Chapter 8: The First Desert
The origin of the Yushou Realm is biased towards wood spiritual power, and such a world will not give birth to deserts under normal circumstances.
The desert in Shazhou in the northwest is not a natural formation, but a trace left by the ancient monks after the war, and even after countless years, it still cannot be restored.
To the west of Shazhou is a wild land, more dangerous than the desert, and to the north of Shazhou, beyond the poor mountains and bad waters, is Hanzhou, where it is said that the demon monks are entrenched.
For cultivators, the desert is also a fertile land.
Among them, the special output of resources is also extremely precious, under the boundless yellow sand, there are countless ancient monk relics buried, and occasionally one is born, which can bring rich harvests!
Therefore, it also attracts countless monks to come and collide with chances!
Shazhou is a place where there is no order, everything depends on strength!
There are many bandits and gangs here, and the outlaws of the cultivation realm are gathered here, causing a chaotic situation.
The above is the outside world's understanding of Shazhou!
After everything was fully prepared, Zhu Youdao's large-scale military training plan was officially launched.
A caravan of more than 100 people set off from Zhenzhou, along the business road of the Yuxiu Chamber of Commerce, through Dingzhou, Qingzhou, and Huangzhou, and slowly drove towards Shazhou!
In the territory of Huangzhou, the last stop to Shazhou is a city where immortals live together, called "Huangshi City"!
Most caravans end there!
Unless there is a very strong escort force, it will be difficult for the caravan to move an inch in Shazhou!
With the strength of the Yuxiu Chamber of Commerce, they will be stationed in Huangshi City for a long time to provide logistical support for the training team entering Shazhou!
The training team was stationed in Huangshi City for half a month, during which Zhu Youdao secretly contacted various forces, spent a large amount of spirit stones, and collected intelligence in Shazhou.
Finally, after integrating the news from all parties, Zhu Youdao entered the vast desert with a team of forty or fifty people!
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It is rumored that Shazhou is a place where there is no order.
This sentence is actually wrong, Shazhou is not without order, but with the strength to establish its own order!
On the first day Zhu Youdao led the team into Shazhou, he encountered the order established by others.
"Well, this is the territory of the Blood Wolf Gang, the name of a friend, and the knife of the enemy......!
A big man with a meaty face, armed with a plate axe, jumped out and blocked the way forward!
This person's image is somewhat similar to Rykdun, but from the degree of ferocity and evil, this person is too different from Rykdun!
Zhu Youdao's divine sense swept away, and he knew that this person's cultivation was no more than the sixth level of Qi cultivation, and he was followed by twenty or thirty cultivators with lower cultivation, and among them there were even a few mortals with swords in hand!
Zhu Youdao couldn't help but be speechless, just these shrimp soldiers and crab generals, a few of the Zhu family's newly grown children were cleaned up!
But Zhu Youdao didn't make a move, and the information of the "Blood Wolf Gang" flashed in his mind in an instant.
The Blood Wolf Gang, a small force on the edge of the desert, has more than 100 members, but there are only more than ten core members who can really fight.
The gang leader is nicknamed "Blood Wolf", a monk in the middle of the foundation building!
The gang makes a living by exploiting desert goers and treasure hunting squads.
Under normal circumstances, the number of Zhu Youdao's team is not small, and the Blood Wolf Gang does not dare to provoke it.
But it's the three masters of the Blood Wolf Gang who are on patrol today, but the three masters have recently robbed a few new concubines, and they only spend all their time in the gang station every day, how can they have kung fu patrolling?
He casually assigned a subordinate to lead people on patrol, and that subordinate was also used to stealing and cheating, so he casually ordered a minion to lead people on patrol!
In the end, the patrol task fell to Zhang Daniu, the big man who is now blocking Zhu Youdao and his party.
This big bull is a well-known critic, he has always not looked at the direction of the wind, if it is someone else patrolling, seeing such a large team as Zhu Youdao, no matter what the strength is, he has to wait and see before he can decide whether to collect tolls.
But Zhang Daniu doesn't care about this, anyway, this is the territory of the Blood Wolf Gang, no matter who you are, according to the rules, you have to pay the toll when you pass by here!
Zhu Youdao raised his hand to stop the person who was about to make a move behind him, and greeted him with a smile: "This fellow Daoist, we are merchants who have just entered Shazhou and purchased sand goods, so we are tired of borrowing a way!"
Zhang Daniu was very satisfied with Zhu Youdao's attitude, and continued to shout: "It's okay to borrow the Dao, ten spirit stones per person!"
Zhu Youdao didn't say a word, presented the spirit stone, and asked at the same time: "I don't know if all the leaders of your gang are here?
Zhang Da Niu received the spirit stone, and was secretly proud in his heart, saying that I Zhang Da Niu was stupid, except for being able to eat, I had nothing else to do!
He was happy in his heart, and naturally answered Zhu Youdao's question: "The big boss is in retreat and cultivation in Yongquanpo, which is a place thirty miles to the east; the second boss is going to give a birthday gift to the leader of the Sand Scorpion Gang; the third boss is sleeping with his little wife in the gang; and the fourth boss is ......."
Zhang Daniu of the Blood Wolf Gang is not only criticized, but also a talker......
Zhu Youdao got the news he wanted to know, so he couldn't wait to listen to his nagging, arched his hand, said goodbye, and continued on the road with his manpower.
Zhang Daniu collected the toll, so he absolutely followed the rules and stopped them.
Zhu Youdao didn't walk far, and said to Li Yunniang: "Yun Niang, this Blood Wolf Gang dares to collect tolls from us, it's time to change the gang leader, you go to the east thirty miles to kill the blood wolf! The leader of the Sand Scorpion Gang is celebrating his birthday, and we are passing by the treasure land, and it would be too rude not to express it......
Li Yunniang nodded, then broke away from the army and headed east.
After she left, Lei Kedun received an order to follow Li Yunniang to protect her safety and prevent accidents.
Zhu Youdao adjusted his direction and led a large army towards the territory of the Sand Scorpion Gang.
The strength of the Sand Scorpion Gang is much stronger than that of the Blood Wolf Gang, and the gang leader is a pair of twins, one nicknamed "Sand King" and the other nicknamed "Poisonous Scorpion", both of whom are monks in the late stage of foundation building.
There are also five deputy gang leaders in their gang, all of whom are in the middle and middle stages of foundation building.
Zhu Youdao brought people to Shazhou to kill people, but he didn't kill people when he saw them, he had no grievances with the Scorpion Gang, and he went to the Scorpion Gang just for one person.
According to the information he collected in Yellowstone City, the Sand Scorpion Gang has developed from an obscure small gang to a local snake on the outskirts of Shazhou in just a dozen years, and in addition to the two gang leaders who are good, one person has played a key role in it.
That is Xu Fu, the military advisor of the Sand Scorpion Gang!
This Xu Fu was chased and fled into the desert from outside, and was rescued by the Sand Scorpion Gang, and later attracted the attention of the gang leader with his excellent wit and was reused.
Xu Fu did not live up to the trust of the gang leader, and repeatedly offered ideas to let the Sand Scorpion Gang annex several small gangs, so that the Sand Scorpion Gang's strength grew rapidly and dominated one side.
But this Xu Fu's talent also aroused the jealousy of the two gang leaders of the Sand Scorpion Gang, even if he made great contributions to the gang, all he got was a variety of material rewards for enjoyment, Xu Fu repeatedly asked for a Zhuji Dan, but he was not satisfied, but he was afraid that his cultivation would be too high to be controlled!
Xu Fu was obviously unwilling to do this, and secretly escaped from the Sand Scorpion Gang, but was caught back by the gang leader and broke a leg.
People in the outside world are rumoring that this Xu Fu is very talented, Zhu Youdao spent a lot of money to collect information, the main purpose was to find a guide, he carefully read the content of the intelligence, and he took a fancy to Xu Fu.