Chapter 10: Strange Stories in the City
Under the sky rendered by the setting sun, Fang Tong and a few people galloped towards the Yellow Sand Earth City.
It was originally a horned road horse assisted by wind energy, and in such a howling environment, the speed was doubled, and in just half an hour, several people stopped in front of an earthen city.
In the sound of the wind, there was a dilapidated and lonely atmosphere, as if it had been eroded by time, wind and frost, and the dense cracks were like spider webs, crawling all over the entire earth city.
No, to be precise, it should be an earth-colored wall with a thick soil of yellow sand and high uplift, and with the continuous baptism and impact of wind and rain, it has become more and more defeated.
Whew, bursts of sand and dust were brought up, like a circle of ripples, constantly raging this world, looking at the incomparably dilapidated earth city in front of him, Fang Tong and the other people had a happy mood before, followed by the wind.
"No, there is still such a place of poverty and defeat?"
It's no wonder that a few people are so surprised, after 10,000 years of development, the pattern and strength of the entire human race have been greatly improved, although there are still a small number of places, development is still restricted, cultivation resources are scarce, coupled with the involvement of various surrounding factors, resulting in the emergence of various difficulties and disasters.
But for Fang Tong and the others, it was a scene that he had never seen before, in his impression, the living conditions and all kinds in the Dark Land were already extremely difficult, but he didn't expect the same to be the case in this realm.
Looking at the symbol Tucheng in front of him, which had not even erected a superfluous city monument, Qianmeng shouted in a low voice, with a look of shock that could not be concealed in his mouth, and the faces of several people on the side were moved, as if they were in a trance.
"It's as silent as a dead city, cold and cold. The shadow stared, sensed slightly, and said indifferently.
"Well, that's true. Fluttering nodded.
"There's no other mystery in there, right?" said in a deep voice.
Surprisingly, Fang Tong nodded and admitted his statement.
Under the gaze of several people, Fang Tong said calmly, "Let's go, if you come, you will be safe, some things can't be avoided after all, instead of being passive, it is better to take the initiative." ”
When the words fell, Fang Tong's feet tightened, driving the corner road horse to lead the way into the city, and Piaoran and the others followed.
A dry dirt road falls straight down, on both sides there are many households with yellow sand uplift, high masonry of earthen houses distribution, in the wind whistling, every time to raise a thick dust, like the wind swaying grass, at any time will face the endgame of collapse, disintegration.
Fang Tong's eyes swept away, and he had already seen through the layout of the entire Tucheng.
"Hoof tart, hoof tart. ”
In the air, the sound of horned horses trampling on dirt roads was constantly heard.
"There's someone up ahead. ”
Suddenly, the voice of a bald rat came out.
Sure enough, Fang Tong looked forward, only to see that a hundred meters in front of him, there were many natives gathered in twos and threes, looking at a few of them, pointing and pointing in that special native language, but they didn't know anything about this kind of language, and they didn't know what the other party was talking about.
Listening to the broken words coming from time to time around him, Fang Tong's eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly.
"I don't know what race these people belong to, why do they have fine black markings on their bodies?"
Piao Ran stepped forward and said suspiciously.
"Huh?"
If it weren't for his remark, Fang Tong still didn't post this subtle link.
Under the rendering of Zhou Tian's sunshine, there are many small, dense, like small black snake lines, all over the bodies of those indigenous people, which appear vivid and weird.
"What are those?" Qianmeng only felt a tightness in his chest.
"They seem to have planted some kind of poison that caused the physical abnormality. He burst out loud.
"Hey~~~ Now I have to play. ”
The bald rat grinned, slightly gloating.
Just as a few people were in a reverie, the shadow shook his head and said, "Didn't you notice that the black lines on those natives are very similar to the layout of this earthen city?"
"Boom !!"
When several people heard this, their hearts trembled, and they looked at her a little blankly.
"Don't ask me why I say that, because it's how I feel. ”
"Feeling?" Several people suddenly had a false sense of laughing and not crying.
However, at this moment, a thin indigenous youth walked out of the group of natives in front of him, and walked towards them with his tail shrunk, it seemed that he was the representative elected by many natives.
Fang Tong and the others quickly revealed the situation here, and their eyes looked at the predecessors at the same time.
"Hehe~~~"
Facing the gazes of several people, an extremely bitter smile appeared on the dark face of this indigenous youth, "Hello, I am Kule of the Tujia family. ”
"Do you speak Chinese?"
Listening to his thick and jerky Chinese voice, several people couldn't help but be surprised.
"Actually, it's not very familiar. Kule said a little coyly.
"You said that the people here all belong to the Tujia lineage?" Fang Tong asked again.
Fang Tong still has some understanding of this weak race, and the Tujia family is the weakest line among the other races, and often plays the role of the bottom.
However, in the ancient years, this race also bloomed with immortal brilliance, and it was powerful for a while, shocking all races.
It's a pity that at the moment of glory, when the curtain finally comes to an end, now, the edge of this race's past has long been buried in the long river of time and space, forgotten by the world.
In Fang Tong's mind, information about this race immediately appeared.
"A few guests, can you follow me to the main land to meet the patriarch?"
Kule asked, cautiously.
After pondering for a while, several people looked at each other before nodding, it just so happened that they also had a lot of doubts in their hearts, and it was best to be able to inquire clearly.
Whew, seeing a few people nodding, Kule was obviously relieved, looked at the corner road horses they were riding with some nostalgia, and said with a smile, "Please follow me." ”
After that, he turned around and left, and Fang and a few others drove the horned road horse and followed unhurriedly.
Along the way, there were a lot of Tujia people who pointed fingers.
After a few moments of passing through a high wall of yellow sand, Kule led them to a more remote place.
Surprisingly, there are no layers of earthen walls here, but the shadows of the trees around it, the greenery is hazy, and some are just a lonely house.
"Patriarch, I brought them here. ”
Kule raised his voice and shouted into the house.
After a while, the door was slowly opened, and out of it came an old man with white hair on his back.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem!!"
The old man was as thin as bones, and he trembled when he walked, as if a gust of wind could blow it away, so he walked into the courtyard step by step, his cloudy eyes looked at Fang Tong and the others, and nodded slightly, "Come in." ”
As he spoke, he sat down on a chair beside him.
"Hehe~~~ The patriarch is such a temper, I hope you don't mind. ”
Kule said to a few people, and then walked in, Fang Tong and a few others also followed, and sat down one after another at the signal of the old man.
"Who are you, and why are you here?"
The old man's Hanyin is quite familiar, but it is difficult to hide the faint impatience, obviously not a special cold for them outsiders.
"Kid Fang Tong, it's for the people of the land tour city, these are my partners, just because I am entangled in important things, I have to go there in person, if there is any recklessness, I hope the seniors will forgive. ”
Fang Tong replied respectfully.
"Lu Youren?" the old man muttered, his gaze constantly changing.
After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "Now this realm is not very peaceful, there are many evil demons and demons, who love to suck people's essence and blood, and their methods are cruel and vicious, and many lives have died tragically under their hands, even my Tujia people." ”
"Hey~~ Seeing that you are young and it is not easy to practice, I will tell you by the way, if there is nothing important, it is better to stay away from here as soon as possible. ”
On the old man's face, there was a dead air coming out, although it was gone in a blink of an eye, but it was also seen by Fang Tong.
Seeing this scene, Fang Tong already had something to say in his heart, and the faces of several people on the side were also slightly moved.
"Can the seniors say it clearly, maybe the juniors and others can still help. ”
"You?" the old man glanced at a few people, shook his head with a wry smile, and said nothing.
But behind him, Kule said, "Those evil demons and demons are weird, infested impermanently, and people can't trace them thoroughly, and they come out to hunt for food and look for blood food when the night is dark and the wind is high, and ordinary people can't be hostile to them at all, and in just these few days, several lives have been lost in my clan." ”
At this point, Kule suddenly bowed his head and fell silent.
"I thought that after the decline of my Tujia clan, I would be able to live here and reproduce, but I didn't want to, and I encountered such a catastrophe again, maybe it was destined in my previous life. ”
The old man sighed faintly.
"If the seniors promised, we can stay here and find out about it. ”
In order to reassure the old man, Fang Tong said, "We have our own treasures to guard against, even if we face the danger of life and death, we also have the means to return." ”
Fang Tong said slowly, but in his heart, he felt that this matter was extremely strange, and there would always be some connection, which made him interested.
This time, even the old man, including him, cast strange glances at him.
He really couldn't understand why the person in front of him wanted to jump into this whirlpool layer so much, and often encountered such a tricky thing, and it was too late to hide, let alone participate in it.
Seeing Fang with a confident look, the old man finally gave up persuasion, and sighed, "You guys be careful, those evil demons and demons are not easy to deal with, before the border city, several masters have been sent to investigate this matter, and none of them were spared, all died in their hands, I can't give you much help, if you don't mind, there are still a few vacant rooms here, you can move in." ”
"Kule is familiar with the terrain of this generation, so you can ask him for help if you need it. ”
As he spoke, the old man walked into the house.
"Thank you, seniors. Fang Tong said in a deep voice.
Whew, seeing that the night was coming, he had some more anticipation in his heart.
"Just let me see who's doing the trick. Fang Tong stared at him and muttered.