Chapter Eighty-Eight: Xichuan Fahrenheit
"Okay! Get ready to get out of town!"
Leng Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he understood something, then turned around and picked up the third-order human hammer, came to the entrance of the space, carefully opened the space, and poked his head out to look around;
That's not right!
It's not yet time, why is it so bright?
If I miscalculate the time, the barbarians will open the gates...... The gates of this city are not opened, are they?
Leng Yihu looked around suspiciously, and gently jumped out of the space into the dark and dead alley, however, just as his feet landed on the hard gravel ground, he suddenly felt a new and unprecedented feeling!
First of all, the narrow alleys and the tall city gates in the distance;
The last time Leng Yi looked at it, it was pitch black, after all, the Western Wilderness was cloudy all year round, and there was no sun or moon; in order to avoid attracting beasts to besiege the city, the barbarian city defense never lit up at night; therefore, when the city wall was near the city, he couldn't see his five fingers; in this case, even if Leng Yi was born with strong eyesight, he could only vaguely distinguish the path;
But now, although the alley in front of me has not changed, it seems to be covered with a faint layer of moonlight, and it has become clearly visible, and the stone benches in the alley, the dilapidated wooden doors on both sides, and the yellowed window paper......
Even, Leng Yi could clearly see that there was a worm crawling leisurely in the city gate hole that should have been pitch black dozens of feet away!
The second is what should be a quiet residential area;
In Leng Yi's memory, the silence around him could be heard by dropping a needle, but now, Leng Yi felt that his surroundings were filled with all kinds of sounds: the whispering of rats, the snoring of men, the ticking of water droplets, and ...... the sound of warm quilts;
Not only that, Leng Yi can not only hear the sounds that should not be heard, but can even distinguish the distance of the sound source according to the size of the sound!
Again, it was a cold sense of smell, and he could even smell a young woman asleep in the house next to him;
Then there is the sense of touch, although through the boots, Leng Yi can clearly feel the flow of groundwater, and even ......
Footsteps and horses' hooves!
It seems that a large group of men and horses are coming from a distance of more than ten miles towards the city gate;
A large group of people!
Leng Yi's brows couldn't help frowning, and he didn't care to ask the old dragon why his senses had become so keen, so he hid under a stone platform at the mouth of the alley, and looked at the city gate cautiously;
Seven, five, three......
Under the darkness of the night, the empty gate square and the huge gate seemed so silent, only occasionally a cold wind blew by, bringing a few whistlings, as if it was no different from an ordinary night;
However, in Leng Yi's mind, the chaotic sound of footsteps was incomparable, interspersed with heavy panting, hurried conversations, the grinding of swords and clothes, and even, one wail after another and a moaning of pain......
Nearly 1,000 people!
Who the hell is this?
As the noise got closer and closer, Leng Yi's brows furrowed more and more, although he was not yet very accustomed to this inexplicable ability, he could still distinguish the approximate number of people outside the city;
If it was really the Daqi border army, it would have been full of wolf smoke a long time ago; if the army of the barbarians had gone out to train had returned, then the city gate should have been opened now, but ......
Is it a caravan? But why is there so many people in a caravan?
If the Cheng family had gathered nearly a thousand people here, the Tiger Benwei would have already assembled, at least the city defense should have tightened their nerves;
So where the hell is this person?
"Brother above!We are the Great Prayer Caravan!Please open the city gate and let us in!" Just when Leng Yi was thinking to no avail, a weak shout suddenly sounded outside the city;
Bone Realm!
Feeling the faint but obviously strong and powerful breath in his voice, Leng Yi's heart sank;
"Prepare the archers! Raise the lights!" At this moment, a loud shout sounded from the top of the city, and then six red lanterns slowly rose from the tower at the top of the city gate, which instantly illuminated the inside and outside of the city gate;
It's really a caravan;
Looking at the arming of the city tower, which was not nervous at all and was completely fulfilling the procedure, Leng Yi was slightly relieved in his heart, but since it was a caravan, why did it ......
"What kind of caravan are you, why are there so many people!, what's the matter with the blood!" At that moment, another interrogation sounded from the top of the city;
"Raise all the flags!" Immediately after, the voice outside the door shouted again, and then Leng Yi heard a few flags shaking, and then frowned again;
Have a habit of flying flags?
Could this be ......
"We have been attacked by the herds, and we have suffered heavy casualties, and many of our brethren are almost unable to hold on!
Herd attack?
Hearing this, Leng Yi was first shocked in his heart, and then a trace of doubt that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time flashed;
It's been three months, and the herd is still attacking the caravans? who is behind this......
Whoa......
Just when Leng Yi was puzzled, there was a faint sound of chains and mechanisms turning in the heavy city wall, followed by a heavy "rumbling" sound, the huge city gate in the darkness slowly opened, and a faint torch light shone into the city through the crack in the door;
Immediately afterwards, in a noisy noise, the large group of people outside the door began to slowly enter the city, Leng Yi also suppressed his breath and looked at it from afar, and then his eyes narrowed-
Illuminated by the few torches in the crowd, a group of ragged and blood-stained men walked into the gates dejectedly, bandaged, armless, and lying on the backs of their companions...... Wail after wail, so eerie and terrible in this dead night;
Again......
It's the same as the Xichuan Zhao family caravan that I met before killing Cheng Pifu last time!
Nearly a thousand people, none of them below the fourth level of quenching, such a team with such combat power and such a number of troops actually fell into such a field, what kind of scale of beasts must be this!
"Hurry up, hold on a little longer, and you'll be at the station soon!"
Just when Leng Yi's brows were furrowed, three listless and energetic decorators squeezed out of the crowd, and then stood by the city gate, urging weakly, looking like this, if they hadn't been forced to hold on, they would have fallen asleep on the ground;
Bone Realm!
Seeing that the three people appeared, Leng Yi was startled, turned around and was about to run, but found that the three people didn't even look here, it seemed that they had really exhausted all their energy, and they didn't want to care about anything!
They didn't want to meddle in their affairs, so Leng Yi simply didn't run away, and still hid outside the alley to continue to observe;
Three masters of the Bone Refining Realm!
Moreover, one of them has already exceeded Leng Yi's perception range, and should be above the second level of the Bone Refining Realm;
Such a strong team...... This is certainly not a caravan!
Leng Yi looked at the three people from a distance, thinking quickly in his heart, there were no horseback riders in this group, which clearly indicated that they had received a certain amount of training to resist the attack of the beast herd, and gave up the horse at the first time;
Because when encountering a herd of beasts, there may be a trace of survival for everyone to resist together, and if they run away on horseback, it is certain death, how can ordinary horses run fast with fierce beasts, unless they have black-scaled horses......
Moreover, there are no horses to show that they were not blocked back not long after leaving the city like the Zhao family caravan that day, but they came in on their own initiative;
And also......
The group was dressed in three colors, and they were not supposed to be from the same family, but they were certainly grouped together;
"Isn't it shameful enough to put down the flag!"
At this moment, one of the three people let out a weak scold, and then the flag bearer in the crowd put away the flag with his eyes wooden, and at the moment when the flag was put away, Leng Yi's eyes were slightly stunned;
I saw that on the flag, there was a strong word "Hua" written on it;
Nishikawa Fahrenheit!
I said whose team has the habit of flying flags, but how could they come to the West Wilderness City?
Looking at the Chinese character, Leng Yi was stunned in his heart, as if the matter in front of him had become more complicated;
In the huge territory of Xichuan Prefecture, there are four major cities, seven major counties, and twenty-nine small counties, and there are nearly 100 large and medium-sized families of upper scale; these families have formed alliances of different levels and numbers of forces because of various relationships; but only three top-level forces rank first among all alliances;
The top force at the top of Xichuan is naturally the leader of Xichuan, the Xichuan Cheng clan;
The second-highest force is the Xichuan Hua clan headed by the Yin Hua Jin Hua family of Xichuan Prefecture; although the Hua family is a foreigner, and it is reasonable to say that it is not even a second-class big family in terms of overall cultivation or family assets;
However, the position of Yin of Xichuan Mansion was canonized by the imperial family, and with the background of the royal family, although Fahrenheit could not call the wind and rain in Xichuan, it was not much worse;
The third major force in Xichuan is the first business name of Daqi "Wan Zhenghe", but Wan Zhenghe is a business name after all, the organizational structure is relatively loose, and he has never done business, and does not care about other things, but because of his complex network of relationships and extremely mysterious background, no one dares to provoke them;
Therefore, the competition and contradictions between the top forces in Xichuan are mainly concentrated in the Cheng family and the Hua family;
However, after all, the Hua family is a political alliance, and its power is mainly distributed in the officialdom and military, and its business organization is very weak, and it does not have the ability to travel between Xihuangcheng and Xichuan at all, and has never done business in this regard;
But it was the Hua family, who ventured into the Western Wilderness with a large team of people for the first time......
It is certain that they are also here for the vitality water, and only that mysterious vitality water can attract the two top forces to attack at the same time;
But the key is that the Cheng family has been preparing for almost two years for vitality......
How could Cheng Guiyun be willing to share it with the Hua family?
And also!
What exactly is Vitality Water?