Volume 1: Xuanqing Wind and Cloud, the First Arrival Ramp Chapter 74 Meadow
The far north is the northernmost part of the world, where the sky never sleeps, the moon does not dark, and every evening, the moon rises, and the sun is on the horizon, echoing each other, and the sun and moon shine together.
Legend has it that there are many strange beasts and magical anecdotes here. Although inhabited, most of them are scattered in the crevices of the earth, and there are a few tribes scattered around them, and they use magma and geothermal heat to keep warm, which can be described as a double world of ice and fire. At the junction of the Far North and the desert is a key point, a fallen Snow Country Capital. Here, frozen above, there is a vast snowfield, and below there is a highland grassland, where cattle and horses can be grazing, which is a treasure in this barren land.
This is the Ruolan grassland, which has few natural barriers, and has been a must for the two countries since ancient times.
There is a song cloud:
I'm from the steppe,
There the horses are fat and the cattle are strong.
Snow water shuttles and flows,
Visitors drive sheep and are distracted.
By the desert, under the mountains,
Send sheep in time, send children in war,
The scorpion and the wolf sit on the wheel,
Only the shepherds were left from home.
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This limerick poem circulated in the Ruolan grassland was sung in the north. Throw away the helplessness of war and oppression in this poem. Actually, it's a very desirable place.
On foot, this is the only place to go to the Snow Country, because if you stand on the grassland and look up, you can see a snow-capped mountain plateau, and the capital of the Snow Country is located between these mountains. If you go through the snow-eroded mountain road, you will reach the snow country. It was also a place for marching troops, a place between ice and fire. Li Yiming and the others can naturally fly by the imperial object, but it is rare to go north once, so naturally they will not miss this opportunity.
This is also the place that Princess Rada highly recommends, everyone originally planned to fly directly into the forbidden land of the Snow Country, but from the perspective of time, it is better to repair it here. Princess Rada naturally can't fly, and when she got out of Li Yiming's turtle shell, a person finally entered this universal flying magic weapon, which was the same as Li Yiming had imagined, slightly funny and strange.
This is also the place where Princess Rada often visits, and I heard her say that she goes out hunting with her father every spring, and she is very familiar with this place. With her leading the way, it can be regarded as a revisit.
Several people landed next to a small lake, and the water of the lake was like a mirror. There are many cattle and sheep drinking water by the lake, or don't they look up and look around and be alert to some unsafe factors around them. Seeing the crowd descending from the sky, they first looked this way, and finally continued to bow their heads and drink water, ignoring the crowd.
The cattle, sheep, and horses were the shepherds' treasures, and although it was a wasteland, it was still rich. There are dozens of tribes, large and small, and due to the perennial wars, the tribes are also divided, and it has always been difficult to unify. No matter who is the king of the two countries, the attitude towards the Ruolan grassland is extremely consistent, and they do not want the tribes here to unite, which will be the biggest threat and hidden danger.
Because of this, if the Ruolan grassland is stable for a few years, there will be people who will come up and forcibly expropriate all kinds of things. Of course, they all came with troops, which is basically no different from robbery. Shepherds are basically not warlike, so they can only break their wealth and avoid disasters.
There were also some tribes who dared to fight, but due to their weak strength, they were gradually disintegrated. Those who take the lead in resisting often do not end well, either suddenly and violently, or together with the whole family, which can be said to be very tragic. In the early years, the Snow Country also set up a grassland king here, intending to adopt the system of marriage to gradually assimilate and unify this place, after all, this is a battleground for soldiers, and whoever can control this place can strive for more wealth and materials for himself as much as possible to enrich his national strength.
At the same time, as a buffer zone between the two countries of the scorpion and wolf, although it is said to be a harmonious atmosphere on the surface, in this quiet grassland, there are also some forces that are secretly rising, trying to break through this shackle, but it is not so sharp, maybe the time has not come.
By the lake, on the grass, there is a cluster of orchids, with blue-purple petals dotted with stars, lush and fragrant, which makes people feel refreshed. After the group descended, they began to listen to Princess Rada talk about her past.
She said: "In my early years, as my father hunted here, I made a marriage contract to the son of the steppe, but this matter was stopped after the fall of the Snow Country. ”
"What is a Son of the Prairie?" Gui Yan hurriedly asked.
"His father was the King of the Prairie and the most faithful follower of my father."
It turns out that Princess Rada also has a childhood sweetheart. It's just that things have long been wrong, and the fragile marriage contract is afraid that it has been abandoned. Everyone knows that now this side is the world of the Scorpion Country, and those remnants of the Snow Country are all in danger and incognito.
After all, even kings sometimes fall, and those followers often don't end well, either die or flee. Of course, there are exceptions, but they are basically trying to survive in the cracks, and their own life and death are in the thoughts of others.
In Princess Rada's statement, she has always longed for this place, after all, she is a woman, she doesn't like to fight, and she can have the company of a wishful husband, so what's the difference in this life.
Beneath the sky, a few languid clouds floated above, reluctant to disperse for a long time. I'm afraid of missing the rare beauty in this world, once I leave, it's a lifetime. This situation and this scene, how can it not be recalled. In the memories of Princess Rada, the son of the steppe is so tough, no wonder the king of the scorpion country is so sincere and sincere, but she has never been moved, it turns out that she has long belonged to her heart.
Those who like these stories, except for Xi Yun and Ling Guiyan, the rest of the people just listen to them and don't empathize with them so much. These feelings and expectations don't seem to be so important in the eyes of men, and this kind of thing is a great drag on cultivators.
If there are two choices, one is to have an infinite lifespan, but you need to be pure-hearted, and the other is to pursue human instincts and spend most of your life on it. It is estimated that most people will choose the former.
Those who practice have already seen through the truth. It's just that some of them don't want to believe it, and they can't believe it, and there is still love in this world than Jin Jianyi. The more Rada talked, the more he didn't finish, and in the end, there were only Xi Yun and Guiyan, the two most loyal listeners, and the rest of them scattered and went to have fun on the side.
Ye Huan and Hu Quan walked in pairs on the edge of the lake, as if they were discussing something important. The two of them were full of emotion, and from a distance, their faces were expressionless, and they looked very serious. Zhang Peng has always been active, after being accidentally poisoned a few days ago, his vitality was greatly damaged, and now there is such a good place, and he can also stretch his muscles and bones to the maximum. He found a quiet place, where he practiced alone, flying and treading water, going back and forth between the small islands in the middle of the lake, and was shocked.
Even scared away the cattle and horses drinking by the lake, it turned out that the lake was full of these livestock, and after Zhang Peng's trouble, there was not even one left, and he didn't know where to flee.
Hao Dayun has always liked alchemy and medicine, and wherever he goes, he needs some valuable herbs just like his master Dr. Yao. Especially in this kind of place, all kinds of plants grow together, and there is bound to be something good as well.
Dr. Yao said that seven steps into medicine, ten steps into pills. This roughly means that within seven steps, there will definitely be medicinal materials that can cure diseases, and within ten steps, there will definitely be something that can refine pills, but the effect is different. Of course, these seven or ten steps refer not only to plants, but also to animals and insects that depend on plants, and even the decay that arises after they die, or the fossils that are derived from them.
Seven steps and ten steps are probably the ability of the medicine seeker. Hao Dayun's ambition has always been to become a person like Dr. Yao, and he has been pursuing this hard, seeking to improve in alchemy and medicine. At this time, Hao Dayun was pacing by the lake, looking at the water surface for a while, and looking for it in the grass. It seems that he is performing the "seven steps and ten steps" method taught by his master.
There was also some harvest, seeing that he pulled out something in the grass, smelled it after washing the soil by the lake, plucked the grass roots and chewed them in his mouth, and nodded again and again after spitting it out, it seemed that he had found a good medicinal herb. Occasionally, there are water snakes by the water, and Hao Dayun also grabbed it, took off the bitter gall and swallowed it in one bite. The action seems to be so light and familiar, but it is not muddy at all.
Everyone has something to do, but Li Yi is obviously out of place, and Ling Guiyan was talking about it at first, but now that she has gone to listen to the story, it is impossible for her to get together with them, and she listens to some mothers-in-law and mothers' parents, so she is alone, lying on the grass, looking at the sky with her eyes, as if she is thinking about something.
Since the strange thing happened last time, I haven't heard Xiao Ran's movement for a long time, this situation has never happened before, and this time I am afraid that there is something unspeakable. Although Li Yiming was lying there, he didn't know how many times he called Xiao Ran in his heart, and he didn't see any response from him. Li Yiming was so angry that he really wanted to fill this lucky bag with urine. It's not appropriate to think about it, this is obviously your own treasure, how can it be so bad. Besides, Xiao Ran is very pitiful now, and there is no need to do this.
If Xiao Ran hadn't given him advice in Li Yiming's several crises, Li Yiming would have buried his bones long ago, how could he still be so beautiful today. I was patient for a while, and finally asked: "Senior Brother Xiao, what are you hiding in the unspeakable, you and Senior Brother I will talk about it, maybe I can help you, although I am only a shallow learner, and my cultivation is not satisfactory, and I often trouble you." If you don't talk to me, what should I do, and there may be many dangerous things in the future, if you don't give me some pointers, forget it if you lose face, it's not good if you lose your life, I don't have anything to die, but I can't involve you together, so that you have no hope of resurrection. ”
Li Yiming told Xiao Ran all the sour words he could think of, what was far and near, what was close, and even threatened, but he didn't see Xiao Ran respond, feeling that he had completely disappeared from this world, or he had never been here.