Chapter Twenty-Seven: Encountering the Tide of Beasts on the Way
Three days later, Long Li set off with a caravan for Yunlan City.
Because the identity of Long Li's hunter has been cancelled, Long Li can only enlist in the caravan guard, although Zhang Hengyi is dead now, he has no intention of getting another one.
His role this time is a temporary guard, and the job as a first-order martial artist is not too easy to find.
Along the way, Long Li and his fellow guards also became familiar.
"Brother Long Li, did you go to Yunlan City this time to make a living?"
Long Lihan smiled and nodded, "I just want to go out and see the world, and find a job to do by the way." ”
"Then you can find the right place, if you want to talk about prosperity, it is definitely Yunlan City, and the wages over there are also high, unlike Nankui who can only work in the wilderness."
"Savage is not a thing, the wilderness has been too chaotic lately, and many hunters have suffered."
"No, some time ago, more than 100 people went to Beiyin Mountain, and the first one was a third-order martial artist, but in the end, guess what, only 5 came back."
"So, it's better to stay away from the wilderness during this time."
Long Li was a little weak-hearted, he didn't know if the wilderness had been chaotic recently, but the more than 100 people were all in his hands.
Li Man said with concern: "Brother Long, just go to the city to find a job with your small body, don't run into the wilderness, it's too dangerous." ”
Long Li nodded and was taught, "Brother Li, I can't run even if I want to, isn't my little blacksmith looking for death when he runs into the wilderness?" ”
Dahan exclaimed: "You are actually a refiner, what rank?" ”
Long Li scratched his head, "I don't have any talent, and I'm only a first-order now!" ”
Everyone exclaimed, "I'll go, genius!" ”
"At such a young age, you have to be a genius! In the future, we will find you to buy things cheaper. ”
These two sentences of genius Long Li are very useful, he is very arrogant, "The meeting of the brothers is fate, and I will give you a 20% discount on everything I buy later." ”
"Brother, atmosphere!"
The iron steward walked over, "A first-order little blacksmith is not small, Yunlan City is not a cat or a dog can mix up a person. ”
Several big men looked at each other angrily, but the iron steward became even more arrogant, "Look at it, it's against you, and then I'll deduct your wages!" ”
Long Li pulled a few people, "Don't worry about the beasts, we can't suffer if we don't say a word." ”
"Who do you say is the beast?"
"Whoever buzzes in my ears is the beast, you say?"
"You ......"
Seeing that the steward was so angry that he was smoking, Long Li went out to inspect with a few temporary guards.
If you scare people, you can accept it when you see it.
Nothing happened overnight, and the caravan hit the road early the next day.
Long Li and Li Man walked at the back of the line, and this errand was much simpler than Long Li expected.
"Why do you think this guard mission is so simple?"
Li Man smiled, "Brother Long, you may not know, originally there were many robbers on this road, and our task was to deal with them, but recently, the activities of wild beasts have been frequent, and many robbers have been buried in the belly of wild beasts, so we are relaxed." ”
Long Li was a little puzzled, "Beasts are active? ”
"We don't know, but we heard that wild beasts in many places are like crazy, and they bite people when they see them."
"Anyway, let's be careful."
Long Li thought so, and he couldn't be too careful in the wilderness.
"Cheer up and pay attention to the surrounding movements!"
Li Man roared at the right time, and the guards immediately became more energetic.
The iron steward smiled disdainfully, "What a fuss." ”
Nankui City is not a short distance from Yunlan City, and although the caravan walks on the official road, it will take 5 or 6 days to get there.
So, it's going to be a long journey.
In the first two days, there was nothing to do, and the convoy walked a lot faster.
It wasn't until the third day that the speed of the convoy slowed down near the mountain.
In front of the convoy was 12 canyons leading to the middle of the valley, with high mountains on both sides, this is the junction of the wilderness and the central continent, and after passing the barren valley, you will completely enter the territory of humans.
They are going to walk the third from the right, and the mountain road in the canyon is winding, and at a glance it is clear that the road ahead is not easy to walk.
As soon as I saw the barren valley steward's face, there was a look of joy on his face, "Speed up, let's camp in the barren valley at night!" ”
Long Li reminded him: "Iron steward, the wilderness has not been peaceful recently, and it is very unsafe to camp in the canyon. ”
The iron steward originally thought it was a little reasonable, but when he saw that it was Long Li's suggestion, he immediately rejected it, "I've traveled so many wild trips, isn't it as knowledgeable as your little rabbit cub?" ”
Long Li shrugged, "I'm just suggesting, do you like to listen to it." ”
Li Man was angry, "Brother Long, why did you say that kind thing to him, you are optimistic about your heart as a donkey's liver and lungs." ”
Long Li smiled slightly, "I'm not for him, I'm for the sake of our brothers' lives." You see, this barren valley is long and narrow, and once a powerful beast appears, we don't have much room to exert it, and in the end there is no place to escape. ”
Li Man thought so, he turned his head and ordered: "Camp at night and give me some eyes, don't let me fall asleep." ”
The guards said yes again and again.
As night fell, the caravan encamped 10 miles into the barren valley.
Long Li looked around suspiciously, "Something is wrong. ”
Li Man looked puzzled, "No, I feel normal." ”
"Maybe I'm thinking too much." Long Li couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only hold back the incomprehension in his heart.
In the middle of the night, Long Li tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so he got up and went to the fire.
"Brother Man, you haven't slept yet?"
"Didn't you say there was a problem, so I just thought about staring at the point so that nothing went wrong."
Long Li was a little embarrassed, and her casual words made others suffer.
Li Man added some wood and sighed, "In the past, it was lively here, but now you see that there are any caravans, all of them are harmed by demon beasts." ”
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Long Li's mind, "What did you say last sentence?" ”
"Where are the caravans now?"
"No, one more sentence."
"In the past, it was a lively ......"
Long Li slapped his thigh, "That's it!" Brother Man, don't you think it's too quiet around? ”
Li Man suddenly realized, he immediately got up, "No, I have to tell the brothers to get up." ”
Boom Boom –
First there was a deafening sound, then the earth trembled, and many people in the tent were awakened to check on the situation.
Long Li looked into the distance, and it was a black wave, engulfing everything wherever it went.
"Is this a beast tide?"
Li Man turned around and shouted, "The beast tide is coming, hurry up and retreat!! ”
"Beast tide?"
"Run—"
"Run!"
Only then did everyone come to their senses, and they packed up their equipment in a panic, and the scene was so chaotic that the iron steward even ran out with his bare buttocks.
"Someone, hurry up and protect me, let me go first!"
Long Li also ran out with equipment at this time, Li Man was waiting anxiously with a few brothers, and when he saw Long Li coming, Li Man grabbed Long Li, "Let's go, let's go by car." ”
When Long Li and the others came to the place where the horses were tethered, they found that the iron steward had already led a group of people to ride away on horseback, and not even a horse was left.
"Damn it, this coward is so unrighteous!"
"Brother Man, what should we do now?"
"Run, how far can you run!"
After running for a short while, Long Li stopped, "No, we can't run around like this." ”
Li Man and the others turned around and ran back, "Brother Long, hurry up." ”
Long Li glanced at a cliff halfway up the mountain, "Let's go there." ”
Li Man and the others didn't know why, but Long Li took the lead.
"Brother Man, what should we do?"
Li Man gritted his teeth, "Follow Brother Long!" ”
Li Man quickly caught up, "Brother Long, why don't you run forward." ”
Long Li explained as he ran, "We can't outrun a four-legged beast on two legs, so it's better to be safe than to defend a dangerous place." ”
Li Man immediately understood Long Li's intentions, "Hurry up and keep up, don't fall behind!" ”
"Come, hurry up."
Long Li struggled to pull the last person, at this time Long Li and his gang finally climbed the half-cliff on the mountain, everyone looked at the swept torrent secret passage luck, if it wasn't for Long Li they would have been swallowed up.
"Brother Long, thank you for saving our lives, I, Li Man, owe you a life in the future."
"And me."
"I also owe Brother Long a life."
"Don't talk about this now, we'll survive."
Seeing that there were people in the middle of the mountain, the beast tide divided a small group of beasts and attacked Long Li and a few people.
The crowd drew their weapons, "Prepare for battle!" ”
"I'll come first!"
Long Li took off the pulley crossbow on his back and shot wildly at the herd, and the dozen or so beasts were dealt with by Long Li one by one before they could get close.
"Brother Long, good archery!"
"Brother Long is too powerful, this arrow is the same as Zagua."
Before Long Li could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw more beasts besieging him.
Long Li put away his bow and crossbow and drew out the ink evil, "Brothers, it's time to get to work." ”
Li Man raised his arms and shouted, "Brothers, kill!" ”
Long Li took Li Man and a few people, resisting and retreating.
He divided the team into three waves, taking turns to snipe the demon beasts, and the one-zhang-wide half-cliff was managed without leakage.
The beast tide lasted for two full hours.
When the beast tide ended, the beast corpses under the 3 zhang high cliff were piled up 2 zhang, and even the path on the cliff was a man high with beast corpses.
Several people were wounded, but they did not retreat, and they finally carried the tide before dawn.
The tide of beasts faded, and the land was in shambles.
The blood stained half of the cliff red, and Long Li and the others fell asleep leaning on the corpse of the beast.
Half an hour later, Long Li felt that his strength had recovered a little, so he woke up Li Man and the others.
"Wake up, we need to get on our way."
"Brother Long, I'll sleep again, I'm tired of being busy all night."
Li Man shouted at the top of his throat, "Hurry up, what Brother Long said is absolutely right." ”
Several people struggled to get up, "We're just too tired." ”
Long Li showed an understanding smile, "Let's go during the day, get to Yunlan City early and be safe as soon as possible, after all, no one can guarantee that the beast tide is only once." ”
As soon as they heard that there might still be a beast tide, everyone immediately became energetic, "Brother Long, you are laughing, we are just talking." ”
After last night's fight, this group of people had been convinced by Long Li, if it hadn't been for Long Li pulling them, they would probably have no bones left by now.
The crowd hurried on the road.
Along the way, they saw a lot of human bones, and the miserable appearance made people chill in their bones.
Several people looked at Long Li with a deep sense of awe.
On the way, they found the remains of the Iron Steward's gang, and all of them were buried in the belly of the beast.
Long Li let out a long sigh, running so fast and still not escaping after all.
"Let's do it, bury them and we'll get on our way."
"Brother Long, you are righteous enough!"
"Atmosphere!"
After burying the iron steward's gang, Long Li continued on the road.
Along the way, there were fewer and fewer traces of the beast, until they disappeared outside a towering gate.
With such a huge gate, Long Li was dumbfounded.
Li Man had long been surprised, he pointed to the gate and introduced: "This is the South Wilderness Gate, people also call it the South Heaven Gate, after this gate is the territory of the human race, you can no longer be threatened by demon beasts." ”
Long Li lifted his neck and removed it, but he didn't see where the top was.
"This ......"
"This door is said to be thousands of zhang high, 10 zhang thick, and the whole body is cast by diamond rock, and it is said that the 9th-order divine beasts cannot be broken."
Long Li was shocked, this was not so much a gate as a mountain, and no one could break it except for the divine beasts.
Lao Jin muttered disdainfully, "Isn't it just a door." ”
"Can you break?"
“……”
"Let's go, let's clear the customs here."
After paying 1 gold coin to enter the city, Long Li and his party quickly completed customs clearance, and several people walked into a small side gate at the foot of Nantianmen, which is the only passage for ordinary people to travel.
Walking through the cave, Long Li exclaimed, "It's no wonder that such a tight defense can not be afraid of the tide of beasts." ”
Li Man explained: "In fact, there are very few beast tides, and this gate has not been closed for hundreds of years, like yesterday's situation is that it has not been seen for decades. ”
Long Li spread his hands, "We are unlucky to feel emotional." ”
Everyone laughed, and one said it was lucky.
After talking and laughing, after passing the Nantian Gate, everyone rode horses for a day and finally saw a magnificent giant city, which looked majestic and heavy from a distance, and it was very magnificent.
Li Man pointed to the vague shadow and said, "That's Yunlan City!" ”