162. Chapter 162
Successfully getting rid of the tracking of the fifth-order snow ape demon, Du Long didn't dare to stay too much along the way, and headed north at full speed for several days in a row, in order to avoid those low-level flying birds that could not be guarded against.
In the past few days, due to his eagerness, Du Long did not have the heart to find the demon beast clan, and the result of continuous high-speed rush was that they couldn't figure out where they ran to the demon beast forest.
Although the Ring Spirit Beauty was able to calculate the approximate direction, she kept changing directions in order to avoid the tracking of the low-level bird demons, and the error became bigger and bigger, so she couldn't calculate the exact direction of Du Long at this moment.
In order to find the right direction and avoid straying into the dangerous area inside the Demon Beast Forest, they decided to head north-east after discussion, so as to get out of this no-man's land, and it is best to find the path of the human inquiry so that the Ring Spirit Beauty has a reference.
After running at full speed in the east-northerly direction for two more days, the surrounding forest environment has obviously undergone great changes, and the original green primeval forest has become a little desolate at this moment.
Many of the peaks are bare, and apart from the white snow-capped mountains, there is only a gray-black desolate scene, and there is basically no green vegetation in sight!
After continuing to walk in this direction for a day, as far as the eye could see, there was a huge wasteland at all, and even those demon beasts along the way had become fewer, Du Long looked at such a desolate scenery and wondered: "We won't come to the Northwest Wilderness, right?!"
"Nine times out of ten, this area is the Northwest Great Wilderness! I just don't know if our location belongs to the Haotian Empire or to the territory of the Northwest Barbarian Hu Kingdom!" Princess Huofeng muttered.
"Now that you have entered the Great Northwest Wilderness, you are almost in the area where humans have settled, let's go! Keep moving, it is estimated that you will soon be able to find inhabited villages and towns!"
The three of them and one spirit beast continued to run forward quickly, and sure enough, after a little half a day, they saw a village with smoke in the distance, and when they came to take a closer look, they saw that this village was surrounded by a thick earthen wall, which was obviously the most important line of defense for this small village.
Several heavily armed humans could be seen patrolling the earthen wall, and after seeing Du Long and the three of them appear outside the village gate riding a demon beast, the entire village immediately sounded a horn.
Soon a bearded middle-aged man led a group of able-bodied men above the main entrance of the earthen wall, and the bearded man shouted in a strange dialect: "%¥#@%¥#@%"
Looking at the heavily armed men above the earthen wall in amazement, Du Long and the three of them were dumbfounded on the spot, not to mention that he couldn't understand what these guys were saying, even the beauty of the spirit had nothing to do with this strange dialect.
"In the Lower Haotian Empire, Lord Du Long of Fengli County, dare to ask if any of you can speak the common language of the Star Continent?!" Du Long could only shout at these people on the earthen wall.
"Lord Dulong, I am the village chief of Nanshan Village of the Barbarian Hu Kingdom, as far as I know, the direction you came over is the Forest of Demon Beasts, dare to ask Lord Lord, but you came from the Forest of Demon Beasts?!" The bearded man spoke again, this time speaking the most commonly used language in the Star Continent, and this was indeed the boundary of the Barbarian Hu Kingdom in the Northwest Great Wilderness.
"That's right! We got lost in the Demon Beast Forest, and finally came here by accident, so we wanted to ask for directions! We definitely don't have any malicious intentions! I hope the village chief's eldest brother will make it easier!" Du Long replied loudly with a smile on his face.
"Haha! Being able to come out of the Demon Beast Forest alive, Lord Lord is also a strong man worthy of respect! Our Nanshan Village welcomes Lord Du Long to come, it's just ...... The demon beast under your seat is still well-behaved, don't hurt my villagers......" The bearded village chief was obviously a little worried about the big lion.
"Village Chief, don't worry, this is a spirit beast I raised, and without my orders, it won't easily harm any humans!" Du Long said loudly.
"That's okay! I see that the lord and the two beautiful girls should be good people, I, Hu Guo, believe in you! Come on, open the gate and welcome the arrival of the distinguished guests!" With Du Long's assurance, the bearded village chief named Hu Yan immediately ordered.
Soon, the heavy gate was slowly pushed open, and Hu Yan led people to greet him: "Welcome Lord Dulong to Nanshan Village!"
"Hehe! Brother Hu is polite, if you don't dislike it, you can just call Du Long's little brother!" Du Long said politely with a smile.
"Haha! I like the character of Du Long's little brother! Then I will unceremoniously touch the light of being a little older!" Hu Guo replied with a hearty smile, obviously Du Long's words were very appetizing.
The group strode into the village, and a very obvious exotic style was displayed in front of Du Long, most of the houses in the village were made of earthen walls, round arches, and round houses, all of which were very different from the square houses of the Haotian Empire!
The sudden visit of strangers seemed to be a very rare thing for this small village, and many men, women and children in the village ran out to watch three handsome men and women riding a big lion through the street majestically.
For this poor village, the three of Du Long can be described as well-dressed, and this is still the appearance of them traveling for a long time and being dusty.
In particular, the two beauties who are as beautiful as immortals even looked at all the villagers and were shocked like fairies descending to earth!
From time to time, Du Long and Princess Huofeng smiled and waved to the surrounding villagers, and he realized that it was not only the guards on the earthen wall who were strong and strong, but most of the middle-aged men he saw along the way were all two heads taller than himself, and their bodies around the animal skins were all extremely strong!
"Brother Hu, I really didn't expect that the people of your Barbarian Hu Kingdom are all so strong and strong!" Du Long sighed softly.
"Hehe! In the wilderness of the northwest, if you want to survive, if you don't have this strong body, my Hu people would have been exterminated by all kinds of demon beasts a long time ago!" Hu Yan replied with a faint look.
"Brother Hu, I haven't seen any crops at all along the way, what do you live on?!" nodded lightly, and Du Long asked the question he had been wondering about.
"We usually make a living by hunting, and then we mine some ore and some nearby specialties and sell them to the merchants of the Haotian Empire, and use the money we earn in exchange for a year's food and daily necessities!"
"Oh, you guys are so strong, and you must have an amazing amount of food! Under these circumstances, can you keep all the villagers fed every year?!" asked Du Long again.
Shaking his head, Hu Yan shook his head a little helplessly and said with a bitter smile: "How is this possible? Every winter, there are always people who are starved to death due to lack of food, in our Barbarian Hu Kingdom, the stronger the body, the more food can be obtained, the weaker the body, the less they get, in this way, the stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker! Every year, people are starved to death because of lack of food!"
Nodding, Du Long didn't say anything more, he had already gotten a few pieces of information that he cared about the most!
Following the bearded village chief to his house, a strong middle-aged woman greeted her, and Hu Yan shouted directly to her: "Mother-in-law, these three distinguished guests from the Haotian Empire have made the sand demon that our family has assigned into a snack, and today I will entertain the guests from afar!"
"Okay, I'll go get ready!" the sturdy middle-aged woman agreed happily, and then beckoned to Du Long and the others: "Three distinguished guests, it's cold outside, please sit on the pit to get warmer, I'll go and prepare butter milk tea!"
"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Du Long and the three of them hurriedly said politely.
Accompanied by Hu Lei, he tasted the unique butter milk tea of the Manhu Kingdom, to be honest, this kind of milk tea has a good name, the taste is really good, semi-sweet or not sweet, and it has a heavy sheep smell.
This is clearly boiled with goat's milk mixed with some kind of grass seeds from the Northwest Wilderness, without adding any seasonings such as sugar, compared to the people here, white sugar is a precious and rare commodity.
"Hahaha! Little Brother Du Long, the three of you are not used to drinking this kind of butter milk tea, right?! Many merchants from the Haotian Empire were not used to drinking it at first, but after coming too much, they all liked this unique taste! Take your time, I believe that as long as you drink it a few more times, you will also fall in love with this kind of butter milk tea that is the most popular in our Great Wilderness!" Looking at the three Du Long who were really frowning, this hospitable northwest man burst out with a hearty laugh.
"Hehe! Let Brother Hu Guo smile, the first time he drank butter milk tea, he was really a little unaccustomed to it!" Du Long replied with a little embarrassed smile.
Then in front of others, he turned over and took out a bottle of white sugar, and poured some directly into the butter milk tea, Du Long smiled at the second daughter and asked, "Do you two want some sugar?!"
Huo Feng naturally handed over his bowl of butter milk tea without saying a word, and after pouring some sugar for her, Du Long looked at Xia Qinglian, but found that this Nizi was looking at the butter milk tea in front of her in a quiet daze, and her expression revealed an obvious sadness.
"Qinglian, Qinglian, what's wrong with you?!" Carrying the bottle of sugar, Du Long shouted several times in a row before she woke her up from her sluggish state.
"Ah, what's wrong?!" Xia Qinglian, who came to her senses, asked a little suspiciously, obviously, Du Long had been busy for a long time, and she didn't see it at all.
"Qinglian, what's wrong with you?!What are you doing in a daze?!I'm asking you if you want to add some sugar to your butter milk tea?!" Du Long asked with some confusion.
"No, it's nothing!" Xia Qinglian replied with a look of resignation: "Mine doesn't need to add sugar, this butter milk tea is drunk without sugar, it can be regarded as original!"
"Haha! This little girl is right, I drink butter milk tea in the Great Wilderness, and I will never add any sugar, only in this way can it be regarded as the original butter milk tea! Some towns close to the Barbarian Hu Kingdom, in order to match the appetite of your people in the Haotian Empire, add white sugar to the butter milk tea, and the taste is completely different!" Hu Guo shook his head and explained.
Something just came back, and it's a little late to update today, sorry!