After passing through the Yumen Pass, there is only more than 100 miles left from the final destination of Dunhuang.

However, it was this that became the final hurdle.

The sun overhead was extremely hot, and there was a transparent heat wave on the ground beating endlessly like a flame, steaming up and down, sweat flowing uncontrollably, and the salt pierced the sunburned skin on the way down, and the stinging pain made people frown.

Of course, if it's just like this, whether it's a soldier or a monk, they are all people who have experienced wind and frost, and they won't be unable to endure this hardship.

But since leaving Yumen Pass, although the surrounding environment has not changed much, the road under your feet has become much more difficult.

The Taoist priest Lao Wang knows what is going on,

But if he knows, he can't handle it.

When they didn't go out of the Yumen Pass, it was still in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and ordinary people would be blessed by the gods along the way, not to mention the large army traveling to fight in all directions, and basically the mountain god land along the road would provide them with some convenience.

Of course, these gods don't teleport them directly to their destination, and they don't have the ability to do that, at most they can make the roads smoother and the climate milder......

Although it doesn't contribute much, it is really helpful for the army to travel!

Leaving Yumen Pass now means that the gods in the Tang Dynasty can no longer provide them with protection.

And even if there are righteous gods involved in the Western Regions, there is a high probability that they are playing with those barbarian wild gods, and they can't spare extra energy to take care of them, as for those bullish snake gods... They are estimated to be able to get caught in their hands for money and murder, but they may not be able to do this kind of help.

So the scorching sun, the wind and sand, and the bumpy road under the feet all made it difficult.

After only walking more than ten miles, Lao Wang's father and son, even with two monks, the steps under the feet of these cultivators have become a lot heavier.

The performance of ordinary people such as soldiers is even more unbearable, especially the soldiers who are carrying their shoulders after a while, their legs are sore, and their steps are erratic.

It had to be replaced frequently.

But this also caused the already slow speed to be slowed down a lot.

Lao Wang wanted to open his mouth and ask for it.

After all, these soldiers can't stand it anymore, and their generals will definitely ask to rest in place, but the master in his shoulder is very anxious, and he is worried that there will be a conflict between the two sides at that time.

Don't look at this guy who has been going all the way, staying in the shoulder and rarely showing up.

But Lao Wang didn't forget that more than half a month ago, as soon as he appeared, he killed and then burned those demons, and finally even the corpse was thrown into the Ding for refining... The events of that night, as long as I think about it, seem to be still in front of me.

The old king Ai Ai leaned over: "Venerable God, you see that this road is difficult, and most of the soldiers are mortals, why don't you rest and rest before going on the road?"

Glancing at the state of these people, it is indeed almost the limit.

"Okay, let's get going." Zhang Ke bowed his head.

Hearing the voice, Lao Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and just turned around to negotiate with the generals of these soldiers, he heard a sudden sound of metal hitting behind him, and then a strange fragrance diffused out, and subconsciously sniffed a little, Lao Wang's complexion changed abruptly.

After just a little sniff, he felt that his energy was rapidly recovering.

Not only did the fatigue subside, but even the legs showed signs of straightening.

He glanced at his son, and saw that the young man had a red face, and his body was slightly bent, as if he was hiding something.

looked at the two monks again, although they were not as unbearable as their sons, but their posture was also slightly abnormal, they were all men, could he still understand?

1 glanced at their embarrassment.

Turning around, Lao Wang's expression returned to normal, and looking at the elixir suspended in front of the shrine, he secretly said Sure enough.

Stretched out his hand to take off the pill, took it in his hand and looked at it for a moment, then sniffed it again.

The color of the pill is ruddy, and it is heavy to start, the size of a baby's fist, but the weight is comparable to that of metal of the same size, and the fresh fragrance has a slight fragrance of flesh and blood.

The raw materials of this elixir should be those bullish snake gods more than half a month ago.

Lao Wang didn't think that this fierce god still had the ability to alchemy, but he had seen him take out a magic weapon Ding Furnace before, but he only thought that the fierce god was stewed at the time, after all, these flesh and blood are also great supplements after removing those evil qi.

Now Dancheng has rewarded one.

Meaning, be considerate of their hard work along the way?

It should be.

Pity... It would be nice if this Great Pill was given to himself, and the power of this pill alone would save him several years of penance, but this person did not clearly specify who the pill was given to, so it seemed that the seeers had a share, not only the four of them, but also many soldiers.

It's fair to divide one point.

But when it falls on everyone's head, after the effect of the drug is dispersed, it will at most make people energetic and rejuvenated.

There are no women around here, so don't you have to stay on the road with the extra strength?

The old Taoist Wang sighed lightly in his heart, but on the surface, he arched his hand: "Daoist Wang Bojian thanked you for your reward for these more than 1,000 soldiers."

So saying, he hurried to find the generals of the soldiers.

This pill is more advanced than the golden stone, and if it wants to melt, it will have to use their cauldron, supplemented by the talisman fire, and it may be able to make everyone drink a bowl of hot soup before dark.

Then it was just in time to set off on the road.

And when they were burying the pot and cooking, Zhang Ke was not idle, and his mind hooked Cangyu.

The two divine seals on the jade seal representing the wind and rain were shining, and in the next moment, a cool breeze blew on the desolate next door, and then the water vapor dozens of miles away was transferred over, and gradually condensed into clouds in the air to isolate the hot sun behind the clouds.

Feel this continuous breeze,

The soldiers who had just sat down all had pleasant expressions on their faces.

And the general who was discussing with the Taoist priest Lao Wang looked up at the sudden change in the sky at this moment, and then looked at the eye niche, with a strange expression.

He was a little confused.

Since this person has the ability to spew flames in alchemy and can call the wind and clouds, how can he not be reduced to the company of the bull snake god?

As long as it is reported to the imperial court, someone will plan for it.

Of course, there is not much chance of going to the heavenly court, and it is more likely that he will be assigned to a certain place to be an earthly deed.

And if you dislike the small position, it is not difficult to replace, after all, today's Datang has been fighting endlessly year after year, and the territory is increasing day by day like blowing balloons, Goguryeo, Mobei, Lingnan...

In these lands that have been conquered one after another in the past few decades, although after the earlier army cleared, a number of evil gods have been cleared, but the hundred-legged insects are dead but not stiff, they are subjugated to the Tang Dynasty on the surface, but in the dark they are encouraging people's hearts.

These places are lacking a large number of gods to cooperate with the government to change the wind, change customs, and stabilize the party.

In contrast, the environment in the Western Regions is very harsh, not to mention that there are many foreign teachers here, and it is not a good place to develop faith or manage authority.

Those who can be sent to the Western Regions are either small families like the four monks and Taoists who want to fight with a shallow background, or they are recruited by the Holy Decree to be a bull and snake god, and only those who have made big mistakes will be relegated to the Western Regions to make meritorious contributions.

So he is completely incomprehensible.

But then again, everyone has their own ambitions, and this one may have his own plans.

It's better to leave other people's business alone.

Looking at the pills floating in the pot, the general licked his lips, this kind of good thing is not common, even if more than 2,000 people share the residual medicinal strength to make good use of it, it can strengthen the muscles and bones, which can save time compared to a 9-to-5 workout.

A pill and the cloud-shrouded sky benefited everyone, and there were a lot more eyes peeking at Zhang Ke for a while, but he didn't pay attention to it.

What he did was purely to save time, and the group of people in the province didn't take two steps before their legs weakened.

By the way, Zhang Ke also wanted to try the effect of this panacea, and now it seems that the benefits to the body are good, but I just don't know if I can replace the beans into soldiers.

This has to wait for him to pass through Dunhuang, catch some ghosts and try them.

......

After a short period of repair, I took advantage of the gloomy sky to hit the road again.

This time, with the vigorous medicinal strength in their bodies, the soldiers walked like flying on this bumpy Gobi, and ran to the city of Dunhuang before the early morning of the next day.

Compared with Yumen Pass, Dunhuang City is larger, and the city wall is more than three zhang high.

And the flow of people is also more dense.

Even though the inspection at the city gate was smooth and fast, the line was still a kilometer away.

And this is because the caravans only bring some goods into the city with people, otherwise there will be more.

After entering the city gate, there are all kinds of vendors and shops on both sides of the street, from daily necessities to valuables printed on everything, all kinds of richly dressed buyers walk through it...

At this point, it's time to part ways.

Before entering the city gate, the soldiers who escorted him all the way were left outside, while the four monks and Zhang Ke were led into the city and took another road opposite the shopping street.

It's also very crowded.

But unlike the calculating, haggling vendors, most of the people on this street are in a hurry, and they never lower their prices even when they stop to buy.

Zhang Ke's eyes scanned and found that most of the goods here were talismans, weapons, various metal medicinal materials, and air-dried stumps of some kind of creature....

Many of these people are cultivators, and most of the rest are strong and strong.

This is a bazaar dedicated to these practitioners.

And as the shoulder was carried in, the originally lively street instantly cooled down, and people quickly avoided to the sides, and at the same time, all kinds of eyes also looked at the shrine in the shoulder hall brightly or secretly.

Most of them just swept by, but some stopped to look at the shrine, and for this, whether good or evil, Zhang Ke slapped it.

Hit their heads on the ground.

It wasn't until one of them broke his head that he let go.

And the Taoist priest Lao Wang turned a blind eye to this, and still followed him close to his shoulder.

After the shoulders gradually faded away, only then did passers-by dare to step forward and help these unlucky people up: "Where did you come from to be stupid and bold, and dare to take this road without an acquaintance?"

"What's wrong with me leaving?" The man endured the dizziness, looked at the bleeding forehead, and spoke in a somewhat bad tone.

"Most of these shrines are because of His Majesty's holy decree, the Bull Snake God came from all over the world, and their temper is not very good. And they have all taken the initiative to serve, and the government will turn a blind eye to them, as long as they don't cause too much trouble."

"The bottom line of this mess is that they are not allowed to kill the people of the Tang Dynasty indiscriminately, as for the others..."Speaking of this, the passerby sneered: "Whether they are eaten alive, or they are hooked to be cattle and horses."

That is, this old man has just arrived, and his temper is not very big, otherwise with your offensive behavior, it would not be a matter of kowtowing..."

The passer-by was explaining, but his mind had already drifted away from the shoulder.

This place is full of treacherous snakes and gods, but it is rare to see a man like this who does not have an evil spirit and is not short-tempered.

I'll have to inquire later,

Let's see where this old man will go.

When the time comes, there will be a master to block those big guys, and he will have to drink the soup with him.

And this passer-by is not the only one who has this thought, many people on this street have taken action.

At the time of these people's actions.

After walking a few streets, the shoulder also stopped, and in front of Zhang Ke was a magnificent temple.

Yes, magnificent, the height of the outer walls alone is enough to rival the walls of Dunhuang itself.

After passing through the gate, there are pavilions of various styles inside.

The most conspicuous is a main hall.

Carved beams and painted buildings, gold bricks and blue tiles... Although I haven't seen what the palace of the Tang Dynasty looks like, compared with the palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the eye

The former temple is not inferior, and even surpasses.

After all, the palace does not glow, but the main hall in the temple shines with scorching light.

Outside the main hall, there is a huge copper tripod, in which a large number of incense candles are burning, the incense slowly flows into the hall along the door, and the smoke that has become waste slag rises above the temple, obscuring all the light emitted by the main hall.

With these smoke shields, coupled with Zhang Ke's divine thoughts being confined in his body, he didn't notice it all the way.

When he arrived outside the temple, Zhang Ke was invited to take off his shoulder, and the rest of the way to the main hall needed to be walked by himself.

And before entering the door, he looked up, and the plaque on the temple gate had three big characters depicted in gold lacquer - Xiyue Temple.

As soon as he saw these three words, Zhang Ke understood.

The Great Emperor of Xiyue is one of the five mountains, and it is the group of gods who stand at the apex of the earth gods, and it is not too much to match a temple of this scale.

Zhang Ke was still strange before,

Even if the Tang Dynasty has the intention of waste utilization, these bull and snake gods are potential risk factors, and they are thrown to this place far away from the emperor of the mountain, with their nature, isn't it purely giving them the opportunity to cause trouble?

But with a Xiyue temple built in this town, none of this is a problem.

The West Yue, the gold, silver, copper, and iron of the main world, and the winged birds." It means that the god of Xiyue is in charge of the world's gold and silver, and "gold" means gold and silver treasures, as well as "money" war.

Emperor Xiyue can not only supervise those treacherous snake gods here, but also his authority can also affect the bias of the war, and finally be like a nail, to ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road.

Three birds with one stone, make hemp!