121 The Long Road to the West

I have money on my body, and I don't panic in my heart.

Xu Tianran and his entourage bought camels and horses and embarked on the road to the west. In the past, the Tang Dynasty was strong, and Chang'an City set up a monument to the west to Anxi for 9,900 miles. It means that there are only 9,900 miles from Chang'an to the western Xinjiang of the Tang Dynasty, and the atmosphere of a great country is the so-called fork and domineering flying together, low-key and arrogant resonance.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has passed quietly, the warlords are divided, the Central Plains is fighting, how can there be an army of the Han people pointing directly to the Western Regions, and today's literati can no longer write the poems that have not been returned by the Long March, only the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty can give birth to a broad mind and gorgeous poems.

The Sword Sect lives in the Western Regions, but the Central Plains still regards the Sword Sect as the Central Plains Sect, and every year there are many swordsmen who travel thousands of miles to the Western Regions, just to take a look at the Sword Sect, or to be contaminated with a trace of the Sword Sect's sword energy. There seems to be a recognized truth for people who learn swords in the world, if you haven't been to the Sword Sect, you can't be considered a real swordsman, and the Sword Sect is also bold, often holding banquets to entertain guests from afar. Regardless of the realm, whether rich or poor, as long as you carry a sword on your waist, you will be hospitable, but the threshold is too low, and there are many people who cheat to eat and drink.

The Western Regions are now full of countries, dozens of large and small countries, and it becomes more and more obvious that the Sword Sect is a behemoth, which country dares to fight the Sword Sect, the Faint Sword Sect has become the Emperor of the Western Regions, and the kings of various countries must get the nod of the Sword Sect when they succeed to the throne. Therefore, it also allows the seemingly complicated situation in the Western Regions to remain peaceful for hundreds of years, after all, although everyone has their own small families, and the master is the same person, where do they dare to act recklessly, simply open the door to do business, and usher in the delivery to make a lot of money.

Xu Tianran went out of the border of the Northern Mastiff, and when he first stepped into the Western Regions, he felt very different, the customs of the Western Regions were very different from the Northern Mastiff, and they were not the same as the Central Plains. Xu Tianran took out the map, Lao Bai's map was already blank in the North Mastiff, along the way Xu Tianran added and supplemented, the original blank map became wider and wider, and the territory of the North Mastiff was all recorded in the map, and now the Western Regions will be included in the map. Xu Tianran is heroic, and the husband should be like Wei Huo, who will ride 100,000 horses, gallop across the grassland, build immortal achievements, and shroud in horse leather.

As soon as he entered the Western Regions, Xu Tianran suddenly fell into a dilemma, the language was incomprehensible, and it was difficult to move an inch. Relying on Lu Xiaobu's amazing body language, he was like a headless fly.

The desert yellow sand, the scorching sun is on the head, fortunately, Xu's natural purse is thick, and the water and food brought are enough, in addition to being bitter, you can also move forward slowly. Holding a map written in unintelligible Western Regions script, he walked towards the marked oasis.

Lu Xiaobu muttered: "It's so hot, I'm dying of heat, what the hell is this place, it's tanning me even more, and I really won't be able to find a daughter-in-law in the future." ”

Soul Eater hurriedly patted the sycophants of the first little attendant and said: "Yes, yes, it's so hot during the day and it's so cold at night, it's really not a place for people to stay." ”

Snatching the spirit hurriedly offered his affection, handed over a pot of water, and said with a flattering smile: "Young Master Lu, drink saliva to moisten your throat first, I see that the oasis is not far away, and I can arrive today." ”

But the little earth dragon gritted his teeth, did not say a word, rode on the camel and staggered, was so sunburned that he shed his skin, collapsed and fainted, but still held on and did not ask for help. Xu Tianran saw it in his eyes, but he didn't care much, if he wanted to integrate into this team, he had to find a way by himself, and he couldn't stand it, Xu Tianran would hold him up, feed him water, and ensure that he would not die. People can have arrogance, can not have arrogance, since the little earthworm has been apprenticed, it is necessary to show the attitude that an apprentice should have, if you always think too high of yourself, and are unwilling to bow your head, even if you have the ability to reach the sky, you will only climb higher and fall worse.

Xiao Dilong has been following the master for ten years, and he is becoming more and more unable to understand the people around the master, including Lu Xiaobu, who is obviously useless and always loves to brag, there is a white-clothed boy who looks like a father and son, but does not look like a father and son, and there is a soul devourer and soul snatcher who can see at a glance that he is full of evil energy, and the only one who is more pleasing to the eye is about the taciturn short knife slave Chihiro. Although Xiao Dilong has been doing chores in the inn, but his mother led him into the door, and now he is also a five-grade monk, and his strength and perception are much stronger than ordinary people, and he obviously feels that the spiritual power of the soul devouring and soul snatching is the highest, but his status is the lowest among the group, and he is pleasing others all the time, as if they can't afford to provoke anyone. Xiao Dilong is not a good talker, and he is not good at opening his heart, his biological parents died in the war, he was rescued by his mother, and his heart opened to his mother, he is the same guy in the inn, Xiao Dilong has never really made friends, Xiao Dilong thinks they are all fools, what is there to talk about.

said that it was an apprenticeship, but the master only taught himself a nickname, Little Earthworm, and never spoke to himself again, did not teach himself sword skills, swordsmanship, and walked by himself just to make himself strong, and he really had no strength to ride a camel. The scorching sun overhead, stepping on the hot sand with bare feet, countless blisters had already formed on the soles of his feet, and they broke one by one, and the flesh and blood were blurred. Only at night, the master will let himself eat a black pill, and then there will be foul-smelling mud on his body, where there is water in the desert to clean, and everyone will hide from themselves against the stench, so that the little earthworm will not dare to talk to others.

The boy in white said softly: "Isn't it too ruthless? This kid's heart door is not so easy to open, why not be warmer?"

Xu Tianran smiled and said: "I also came here like this back then, the little earthworm quenched his body was already late, fortunately he was in the desert, and the scorching sun and hot sand tempered his physique, and discharged impurities as soon as possible, otherwise he would have to set up a big pot to boil in the Central Plains, which is much more humane now." As for the little earthworm's heart, I am not in a hurry to open it, let him see and think more for himself, only if he really believes in our group, he will accept us, can't be in a hurry, take your time. ”

The boy in white frowned and asked, "Why don't you tell him that this is to torture him in order to temper his physique and make him feel less resentful in his heart." ”

Xu Tianran said calmly: "If he can't even figure this out, I will accept this apprentice for nothing." ”

The little earthworm is also a ruthless person, he didn't say a word all the way, this stunned Lu Xiaobu, this melon baby will become a big weapon in the future, the clothes of the little earthworm have long been dirty and smelly. The little earthworm vaguely felt that every time he expelled some dirt, his strength was greater, and he could walk for an extra quarter of an hour every day, and always at the last glance of his consciousness, he could see a green shirt not afraid of the dirt on his body to pick himself up, and then stuff the black pill into his mouth, and then lay across the camel, so that he vomited more than once, and sometimes the bile was about to vomit out.

Ah Huang couldn't help but wagged his horse's tail whenever he saw the little earthworm vomiting desperately, as if he had thought of something.

The little earthworm slowly knew that the master was doing this for his own good, although he was so tired that he died every day, but what made the little earthworm sad the most was not the physical torture, but the clothes that his mother sewn by herself were completely ruined, and he insisted on wearing this clothes for more than ten days in a row. In the little earthworm's heart, this burden of clothes is his treasure, and his mother sewed it for him by herself, Lu Xiaobu couldn't help but give the little earthworm a thumbs up, and the little earthworm returned a perfunctory smile.

The little earthworm looks down on this gag-only, useless big black charcoal in his heart, he will sleep whenever he has time, he can sleep on horseback, he can sleep when he walks, sometimes he will sleep when he eats, and he will have a degree of laziness, which is too lazy.

The little earthworm looks at the master differently, riding a horse is also pranayama practice, once camped and rested, he silently walked the knife in eight steps, and the little earthworm also learned the master's movements and quietly compared, but he didn't have a knife in his hand, how to compare?

After a long time, the little earthworm began to wonder how the master came and went, stabbing, stabbing, chopping, splitting, sweeping, teasing, pushing, and cutting. One move at a time, eight steps and eight moves, coming and going and repeating the practice, could it be that he was really deceived, the boy in white said that the master is the peak of the Jindan Realm, will it be a lie? Could it be that even his mother has been deceived?

The little earthworm had eaten the dry food, and he was far away, drinking water in small sips, he knew that his body was extremely tired, although he was thirsty and hungry, but he still ate in small bites, because his mother said that the more hungry he was, the slower he had to eat, and the more he was thirsty, the slower he had to drink. The truth of life is also like this, let him experience it carefully, the little earthworm still doesn't understand the truth of life, but he remembers the teachings of his mother, and sure enough, such a small bite, chewing and swallowing slowly is the most comfortable for the internal organs.

Soul devouring and soul snatching wanted to pat the master's eldest disciple as soon as possible, but Xu Tianran was forbidden to talk to the little earthworm, and they didn't dare to get close to the little earthworm for half a step, so they could only accidentally send out a look that they thought was full of kindness, but in the eyes of the little earthworm, that look was full of evil energy, and they couldn't help but shiver. Soul devouring and soul snatching finally gave up the sycophants of the master's great disciple in advance.

Xu Tianran waved his hand, everyone set off again, I heard that the oasis in front of it is called Hami, it is also a city-state, the size of the Western Regions is 36 countries, the big ones have hundreds of thousands of subjects, and the small ones are only a few hundred people, most of the city-states are built according to the oasis, and Hami is on the traffic artery, and there must be a lot of merchants coming and going, prosperous and lively. I heard that there is also a small cultivation sect called Qingxiamen. Although this sect is not big, it is very popular in the Western Regions, because this sect is full of beauties from the Western Regions, and the sect leader Ayiguli is a famous beauty in the Western Regions.

Xu Tianran was not interested in any women's sect, he gently unfolded the map, recorded the location of Hami, marked some information, put away the map, and continued to hurry towards the city-state not far away.

The little earthworm dragged his tired pace, looking at the green in front of him and couldn't help but be full of joy, he could finally take a bath, and unconsciously accelerated his pace for a while, Xu Tianran sensed that something was wrong, and the sudden change of rhythm was extremely damaging to the qifu, and the damage was endless if he was not careful, the little earthworm's eyes were dark, and he fainted again, and he picked up the foul-smelling little earthworm in the warm arms of a green shirt, and this time he didn't feed the black balls anymore.

Entering the city, the soul devouring and soul snatching were busy before and after, and paid the taxes for entering the city, and the guards saw that this group of people would not speak the Yayan of the Western Regions, the lion opened his mouth and asked for a golden bean, Xu Tianran didn't care about this, thinking about hiring a translator first when entering the city, otherwise it would be extremely inconvenient to communicate.

Without waiting for Xu Tianran to enter the city for a hundred steps, suddenly, more than a dozen veiled fair women on the roofs on both sides of the street chased a white-clothed swordsman who fled in embarrassment, led by a woman wearing a big red skirt, which was extraordinary.

For a while, the whole street seemed to be frozen, and everyone was obsessed with the stunner running on the roof, only to see that the white-clothed swordsman in the Central Plains was muttering something in the Western Regions, but the result was not pleasing to him, in exchange for the flying sword of the woman in red full of resentment.

Xu Tianran looked at it, hurriedly turned his face away, and urged everyone to hurry up and find the inn. Unexpectedly, the white-clothed swordsman had sharp eyes and recognized Xu Tianran at a glance, and he actually dodged the flying sword while coming towards Xu Tianran's sword, and Xu Tianran had 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping in his heart, which could not be dodged.