Chapter 117: Desert Travel
The first thing for Yun Zheng now is to figure out where he is! Now when he returns to the Two Realms Pass, firstly, maybe the City Lord of Xiliu will find a way to intercept him, and secondly, he doesn't want to go back to see Yin Zaiye's face. This guy doesn't die, who knows what moths will appear!
Looking at the map, Yun Zheng felt that he should go north. Further west, it is estimated that they have arrived in Hezhou. To the north is Jingzhou, and Yun Zheng wants to go and see it.
Edgeworth flew for two hours, and there was still yellow sand in front of him, and occasionally there were some oases, all of them were poor people of the Sand Clan, and Yun Zheng didn't want to trouble them.
Flying in the sky, in fact, it is not safe at all! A few black shadows screamed in the distance and flew over, Yun Zheng hurriedly pressed the flying sword and fell on the sand.
Ahead was a small oasis, and the people inside were neighing and panicking.
The Black Feather Demon Bird has no interest in ordinary people, unless they are extremely hungry! In their opinion, Yun Zheng's temptation is even higher.
Yun Zheng stopped on the top of the sand dunes on the side of the oasis and looked at the demon birds hovering in the air. These demon birds thought that they were hungry, so they didn't hesitate for a moment, and directly dived and pounced towards Yun Zheng.
There are still dozens of zhang, and the strong wind with the huge wings has blown the clouds and temples flying. Yun Zheng's eyes froze, Qingyun sword came out, and the sword slashed out.
The black-feathered demon bird screamed, retracted its giant claws violently, and flipped out to the side. The green mangs slashed across its left wing, cutting off more than a dozen black feathers.
The other demon vultures also opened their spiritual skills, knowing that they were powerful, they screamed for a while, swept their wings, and suddenly shot towards Yun Zheng like a strong bow and a giant crossbow.
Yun Zheng disappeared into the Yantian pot in a flash, dodging this wave of attacks, and followed the Qingyun Sword to slash out again and again, and the black feathers that were slashed flew wildly.
Seeing that the demon vulture couldn't take advantage, it croaked a few times and flew away first. Leaving a few seriously injured ones unable to fly, they were still fluttering on the ground.
The people in the oasis saw that the danger was lifted, so they came out to watch. The two desert horses rushed towards Yun Zheng's side, shouting loudly as they ran: "My lord, don't get me wrong, we have no malicious intentions!"
Yun Zheng could naturally see that these two people had some cultivation, and they were only in the late stage of Qi cultivation!
The two horses climbed slowly up the dunes, and when they came near, they rolled off their horses, threw themselves to the ground, and saluted. "Greetings to your lordship!" the two said respectfully.
Yun Zheng took a step back and said lightly, "No need to be polite!" If he didn't want to know the situation here, he actually didn't want to socialize with these people.
The two saluted respectfully, got up and invited Yun Zheng to sit in the oasis. Yun Zheng said: "I still have something to do, so I won't go! You tell me, what kind of territory is this, which city is closer!"
The two hurriedly replied: "Lord Hui, this is Ganshui Spring, and the nearest city around it is Jingzhou Mansion in the northeast!"
Yun Zheng nodded secretly, "It turns out that I still arrived in Jingzhou!"
"Are you going to Jingzhou?" one of them asked boldly.
"Yes!"
"Now Jingzhou is the time to use troops, and the city is very tightly controlled. The man said: "Generally, if you are as advanced as an adult, if you are not introduced, I am afraid that you will not be able to enter Jingzhou City!"
"Really?" Yun Zheng was stunned for a moment, "Is that so?"
That person has been in business for many years, and his level of observation and observation has long been perfect, and when he sees Yun Zheng's expression, he knows what he thinks. I was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "If the adults don't dislike it, you can go with the little ones, our firm is an old business in Jingzhou City! ”
"That's it, that's fine!" Yun Zheng said after a moment of silence.
The two were very happy and hurriedly invited Yun Zheng again. Since he wanted to go along, Yun Zheng also went down to the sand dunes. The two gave up a horse for Yun Zheng to ride, and the two of them rode together.
There were few trees in the desert, even wooden fences, which had not been erected, but a low earthen wall, which had been buried by the sand.
The house by the lake is also a nest of earth half above ground and half underground. But there was a large enclosure by the lake, in which many horses were enclosed.
Yun Zheng walked down the street surrounded by the two. Although Yun Zheng has been disguised according to the clothes of the people of the Sand Clan, he still looks extremely eye-catching. First of all, it is too clean, and secondly, the exquisite and gorgeous clothes are also particularly conspicuous.
Yun Zheng glanced at it and secretly remembered it in his heart. The people on the side of the road watched the group cautiously, and then they went about their own business.
There was no curiosity or amazement in his eyes, just a kind of insensitivity. Life here is too hard, so these people don't have much hope for the future.
Suddenly thinking of the Sand soldiers outside the Two Realms Pass, no wonder they are so brave and good at fighting, people who grew up in such a living environment, although the march is hard, it is better than now!
Yun Zheng sighed secretly, there are many poor people in Zhongzhou, but compared to here, it is much better.
The two were the leaders of the horse team, and had the best house and the most beautiful girl in the sandbar. In Yun Zheng's opinion, this house is only a little stronger than the ordinary thatched house.
It will be here for one night, and the next morning, before dawn, I heard the neighing of horses outside, and it was a mess.
When Yun Zheng came out of the house, Holke greeted him, accompanied him and said carefully: "But it's noisy to you, my lord? The weather has been good these days, so I'm in a hurry to set off, and in a few days, it will be a black storm again! When it passes, I'm afraid it will be delayed for another month!"
"Black Storm?" Yun Zheng frowned.
"Yes! Together, this black storm will almost sweep through most of the desert! The sky and the sun will be obscured, and even the sun will be obscured. If it's in the city, it's fine, but if it's in the wild, it's often buried by the wind and sand. To such a place," Holker said, pointing to the lake, "this is a treasure in the desert, but why is it that no one occupies it? ”
"Then these people still live here?" Yun Zheng swept his fingers around the low houses.
"There is this lake here, and it can be regarded as a source of water! Second, you can grow a little bit of food. When you arrive in the city, your family has no long-term business, so you can only be slaves and maids, and life and death are in the hands of others. Holker said with a smile.
As the sky dawned, the camels and horses gradually left the village and headed northeast. Holke deliberately found a docile female camel for Yun Zheng and rode between the two peaks, swaying. The copper bell under the long neck of the sand camel makes a crisp and pleasant sound, and in the desert of dawn, it is quiet and far-reaching.
In the distance, the sky is slightly tinged with a hint of blue and white, and the sky is about to dawn.
Yun Zheng closed his nose and couldn't smell the fishy smell of the sand camel, this trip was not so uncomfortable!
Last night, Holke explained that he wanted to ask Yun Zheng to accompany them all the way, he could provide everything they needed on the way, and help Yun Zheng enter Jingzhou City. It's just that at the critical moment, I also hope that Yun Zheng can take a hand.
As soon as it was a trivial matter, Yun Zheng naturally agreed.
After only one hundred and fifty or sixty miles in one day, it was getting late, and the setting sun was like a huge fireball, and it sank behind the sand dunes when I saw it.
The Holke brothers instructed the caravan to gather the cattle together, sprinkle the medicine that drove away the sand scorpions, and then make a fire and prepare dinner.
Yun Zheng's sword flew out of Lixu, stopped at the top of the sand dune, and sat cross-legged to breathe. The Holke brothers looked enviously at the dark shadow of Yun Zheng under the starlight, and sighed: "I don't know if our brothers will have such a day?"
There was nothing to do all night, and when the sky was about to dawn, Holke was about to greet Yun Zheng, but saw that Yun Zheng was already sitting on top of the sand camel.
After two more days, this morning, I climbed over a sand dune and saw a long dry river valley in front of me. This wadi valley is extremely deep, and it is surrounded by cliffs that are hundreds of feet high. What is commendable is that there are still scattered green spaces underneath.
"This is the Red River Valley!" Holke said to Yun Zheng: "Walk along the river valley for seven hundred miles, and then turn to the north and walk more than a thousand miles, and you will reach Jingzhou City!"
In fact, Jingzhou City is only more than 2,000 miles away from the Liangjie Pass, and it is not too far from the northern section of the Tiandu Mountain Range. This dry river is actually washed by the meltwater of the snow-capped mountains in the high part of the Tiandu Mountains, but the water does not flow here in ordinary years.
"It's much easier to walk here than in the desert!" Yun Zheng said with a smile.
The Holke brothers were not happy, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Yun Zheng: "Don't hide it from you, my lord, in fact, this river valley is the most dangerous place on this road!"
"Oh!
"There are ravines and deep caves, and it is very easy for Tibetans to be hidden. Many sand thieves have used this as a base to loot everywhere!" Holker said in a deep voice.
"It's okay!" Yun Zheng said with a smile: "Since I promised you, I naturally won't break my promise." But I also said that in the front, if the opponent's strength is better than me, then I can't be blamed!"
"It's natural!" Holker hurriedly said, "Then the adults can leave first!"
The whole caravan descended a hidden path to the river valley. Under the cliff sheltered from the sun, the grass and trees can be said to be very luxuriant, so that Yun Zheng, who has always looked at the vast yellow sand these days, can't help but be happy.
The camel caravan couldn't help cheering, and some of them sang desolate and graceful songs, although they couldn't understand it, but they also had a unique flavor.
Holke's younger brother Hall shouted, "Shut up!"
Everyone was shocked and quickly shut down. Someone muttered dissatisfiedly, "As for it!"
Hall smiled coldly, and a stone shot out, and the man groaned, covered his mouth, and fell from his horse.
The person next to him hurriedly looked, but saw that he got up from the ground on his own, but in the blood he spit out, there were a few big teeth.
"What kind of place is this? I'm not afraid of recruiting sand thieves!" Holgolma ran around and shouted, "Cheer me up!"
After walking along the river valley for more than ten miles, the canyon in front of me suddenly narrowed, and the two sides were flanked by towering earth walls.
The camel team he saw was about to walk in, and Yun Zheng suddenly raised his hand.
"Wait!"