Chapter 410: Desolation as Seen Along the Way (Text)
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Xiang Anbai's cloud boat is the standard cloud boat of Ying Longzong, Ying Longzong's cloud ship technique is unique in the world, and most of the cloud ships of other sects are produced by the Karakuri Sect, only the cloud ships of Ying Longzong are made by themselves.
Zi Baifeng and Xiang Anbai boarded the cloud boat and galloped all the way to the west.
"My lord, your current name is Mo Guang, and you are an introductory disciple under the seat of Elder Dragon Claw, and you have only been entering for three months, so no one else knows you very well, you can remember. Xiang Anbai operated the cloud boat, and at the same time told Zi Baifeng, Zi Baifeng is still too dangerous to go to Yinglongzong now, if others find out his identity, he will be in danger.
Even if he is strong, it is difficult to use his fists for the fourth hand, and in the Ying Long Sect, if he encounters danger, he is afraid that he will not even have time to escape.
"I know. Zi Baifeng silently recited the word "ink light" several times.
Ying Longzong's cloud boat was extremely fast, and it flew out of the Zaitianfu in the blink of an eye.
"My lord, we have now flown out of Zaitianfu, Zaitianfu is located in the western border of the Celestial Empire, the more west it is, the more desolate it becomes, and there are fewer and fewer cities, from here to the west, if you fly in a straight line, you will pass through three cities on the way, namely Changliu, Dingshui and Wangdong, these three cities, because they are on the road from Zaitianfu to Yinglongzong, so they are still prosperous, but compared with other cities in the Celestial Empire, they are still much smaller, and the lives of the people are also quite hard. ”
Xiang Anbai was a qualified guide, he told Zi Baifeng about some of the places he passed on the way, he knew that Zi Baifeng was not an ordinary monk, he was also a magistrate, in charge of the party, he was disdainful of these monks, and he also had a curiosity.
flew out of Zaitianfu, flew for about three hours, and met the first city, Changliu.
"Starting from Changliu, there is no official road to the west, and this city is called Changliu, which is the merchants who are advised not to go west, because further west will be deserted. Xiang Anbai sighed and said, "But there are always people who don't believe in evil, and they use their bodies to pave a path that extends in the desert......"
Zi Baifeng looked at the white finger of Xiang Anbai, Changliu is a very desolate small city, it continues the style of Zaitianfu, covering a huge area, the houses are messy, and there is a lot of space in the city, like gray-brown paint that has been splashed on the ground indiscriminately.
Yunzhou quickly crossed over to Changliu, and said to the shore Bai Baifeng: "My lord, when you go to the next city, it must be night, you take a rest first, if you wait for us to arrive, I will wake you up." ”
Zi Baifeng nodded, closed his eyes, and closed his eyes to recuperate.
Even in the interior of Yinglong Sect, it is also a rare product, and the interior layout of Xiao Yunzhou is very comfortable, a bit like the high-end car that Zi Baifeng sat in in his previous life, although there is no way to lie down, but the seat is extremely comfortable, lying on it, Zi Baifeng is a little drowsy.
In the past few days, he is really tired, he is not like other monks, he can already go without eating, drinking and sleeping, but he still has to sleep, he has to eat and drink Lazar, except that he is stronger, he is no different from ordinary people.
In a daze, Zi Baifeng woke up from his sleep, Xiang Anbai in front of him was concentrating on driving the cloud boat, trying to let the cloud boat avoid the air current, so that Zi Baifeng could sleep more peacefully, Zi Baifeng suddenly felt that something was not right, he frowned, and said to Xiang Anbai: "Have you noticed that the aura is thinner than before?"
"Aura?" Xiang Anbai was stunned, shook his head and said, "My lord, maybe it's just because we flew too high." ”
Zi Baifeng shook his head, and he looked out of the side porthole.
Outside the window, it was already dark, and the moonlight was shining on the clouds, like a dream.
The clouds churned in the moonlight, like a silent sea, surging waves.
"Go down to the clouds. Zibai Feng Dao, Xiang Anbai didn't speak, just manipulated the cloud boat to lower the height, passed through the thick clouds, Zibai Feng luck aura vision, looked down.
"This is ......" He saw that the aura between heaven and earth was flowing to the west, as if it was being pulled by an invisible and huge force.
He frowned, and his spiritual vision looked harder into the ground, and he could vaguely see that there was a thick earth vein underground, and in the earth veins, the spiritual energy was surging like water, rushing to the west.
And on the earth, the land is dry and cracked, the rivers are cut off, everything is withered, and there is no trace of life in sight.
"This ...... It wasn't like that when I came...... How so?"
Xiang Anbai was surprised, he hadn't returned to Ying Long Sect for a few months, this was the first time he had responded to Long Zong in recent months, and the scene in front of him was completely different from what he had seen before.
"The last time I visited, it was desolate, but it was full of vegetation. Xiang'an Bai said, he frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "Yes, it is Ying Long Sect who has fully opened the Spirit Gathering Array." ”
"Face Immortal Conference ......" Zi Baifeng took a deep breath, Ying Longzong wanted to entertain so many monks to gather in one place, and the consumption of spiritual energy was extremely huge, so they had already begun to open the large array in advance and gather spiritual energy.
At the beginning, the Bird and Mouse Temple went all out to open the Spirit Gathering Array, which made the entire people near the Bird and Mouse Mountain miserable, not to mention this Ying Long Sect, at this time, it seems that the Ying Long Sect's Spirit Gathering Array will even affect the entire Zaitian Prefecture, and even several nearby states.
There is still more than half of the distance from Yinglong Sect, tens of thousands of miles away, and it has already been affected.
"My lord, there is Dingshui City ahead. Xiang Anbai looked forward, and after a moment, he said to Zibai.
"Dingshui City is a city where the nomads gather nearby, this city is not big, there are many large nomadic tribes living nearby, they call themselves Yingding tribe, it is said that they have the blood of Yinglong, and they are extremely aggressive. Xiang Anbai explained to Zi Baifeng, "There is a great commander of the Yingding clan, also known as the Khan, who is more far-sighted, and built a city here in Dingshui City hundreds of years ago to exchange some goods with the merchants who come and go. ”
Speaking of which, although it was hundreds of years ago, listening to his tone, this far-sighted khan is still alive now, and it is clear that he is also a monk.
"The reason why Dingshui City is called Dingshui is because there is a big river that flows into the ground when it reaches here, and it looks like the river is frozen...... That is the Dingshui River...... Huh?" Speaking of this, Xiang Anbai suddenly paused, the place he pointed to, there was indeed a river, but the river was pitch black, without the slightest light, obviously the river had dried up.
"What's going on...... Ahead is Dingshui City, I hope there will be no changes in Dingshui City. ”
Sure enough, Yunzhou flew forward for a while, and saw large and small tents on the ground.
"Strange ......" Xiang Anbai was stunned for a moment, "Are they killing horses?"
Zi Baifeng looked in the direction that Anbai was pointing, and he was also a little puzzled.
Although they were flying high and fast, and it was in the night, they could see clearly that several shepherds had lit bonfires and were killing horses, and one by one the horses were struggling and lying in pools of blood.
"The horses of the Ying Ding clan are Ying horses, and it is said that they also have the blood of Ying Long, they treat the horses as brothers, even if the horse dies, it will be buried thickly, how can it be ......"
Zi Baifeng's eyes wandered, but he saw that this was not a special isolated incident, it was visible to the naked eye, the ground was full of bonfires, like stars, and there were people slaughtering horses at every bonfire.
The shepherds burst into tears and chanted words, as if they were not killing horses, but praying.
"Slow down. Zi Bai Feng said, under Zi Bai Feng's spiritual power vision, it was easy to see a big man in a fur coat standing outside a huge tent, looking out of the tent with a sad face, a young man was tearfully killing a divine horse.
"This is ......" Xiang Anbai's speed slowed down again, and the loud roar brought by the cloud boat alarmed the people on the ground, and the young man who killed the horse raised his head, waving his weapon at the sky with anger and hatred on his face, jumping on his feet, as if cursing something.
The big man in fur changed his complexion, and immediately grabbed him and covered his mouth.
Yunzhou stopped next to the big tent, and the big man sneered and said in a loud voice: "Yingding Khan Huzar does not know that the noble envoy of the Dao Dao is passing by, and he has lost his welcome, please let the noble envoy enter to rest, and Huzar will entertain him." ”
The only person who will pass by here and have this kind of high-speed cloud boat is the senior person of Ying Long Sect, and he does not dare to offend Ying Long Sect.
"Is he the far-sighted Khan?" Zi Baifeng asked.
"Yes, he is. Xiang Anbai sighed, poked his head out of the cloud boat, and said, "Old Hu, it's me, Xiaobai." ”
"Xiaobai, is that you?" Huzar sighed, wiped a handful of sweat, and said, "It's good that it's you...... Hassan, come here, it's Xiaobai here. ”
"My lord......" Xiang Anbai turned his head to look at Zi Baifeng, Zi Baifeng nodded, and said, "You can rest for a while." ”
He also wanted to know what was going on here.
"Master Xie. Xiang Anbai turned around and took out a large bucket from the cabin, and smiled sheepishly at Zi Baifeng.
Zi Baifeng shook his head, it turned out that Xiang Anbai had planned to stop here for a long time.
"I'm your junior brother. Zi Baifeng reminded him not to reveal his identity easily.
"Yes, sir. Xiang Anbai nodded and jumped off the cloud boat.
"Old Hu. Xiang Anbai greeted Hu Zhal, Hu Zal saw that Xiang Anbai was still followed by other people, his face changed, Hu Hansen scolded just now but it was very difficult to hear, if this person and Xiang Anbai are not the same heart, if they go back to chew the root of their tongue, it will not only bring them a catastrophe, but also affect Xiang Anbai.
Seeing Huzar's expression, Xiang Anbai hurriedly introduced Zi Baifeng behind him, and said, "This is my junior brother Moguang, don't worry, my own people." ”
"That's good, that's good. Hu Zhal said with a smile, handed over the big wooden barrel in his arms to Anbai, and said: "Hu Lao, the good wine brought by Zai Tianfu, Yunzhou is too small to bring too much, that's all." ”
"Ha Luha, if you have a heart, it's good to have these. Huzar laughed, but although he was laughing, the melancholy in his eyes was not dispelled, but even more melancholy.
"Brother White!" The young man known as Hasen dropped the knife in his hand, rushed over, and gave a bear hug to Kishibaku.
Xiang Anbai is slender and of medium height, but Hasen is a stout man, and this hug almost killed Xiang Anbai.
"Brother Inklight. Hasson came up and hugged Bai Feng again, Zi Bai Feng hurriedly shouted that he couldn't stand it, this big man smelled of blood and sweat, and he didn't know how long he hadn't taken a bath.
"Old Hu, I passed through the sky just now and saw that the water was dried up, and there were still ...... What's going on......"
"Yes, the Dingshui River is dry......" Huzar shook his head and sighed, "We are worshipping the dragon god......"
Ying Long is a dragon, and dragons are in charge of rain, and legend has always said that this has always been the case, and Ying Long is no exception.
"Since the last time you left, it hasn't rained again, and the water in the Dingshui River has become less and less, and the water in the Dingshui River dried up a month ago, and our wells are out of water...... "Huzar said in a low tone.
The Yingding clan believes in the god of Yinglong, and at this moment, they can only worship the god of Yinglong in their way, hoping that the god of Yinglong can favor them.
In fact, in Zi Baifeng's view, it is more like they are no longer able to support these horses, so they can only kill these livestock in the name of sacrifice, as for cattle and sheep, it is estimated that they have already been killed.
"How can this be?" Xiang Anbai was shocked, and then he looked at Hu Zal and Hu Hansen's eyes, and suddenly understood: "Is it Ying Longzong?"
"I ...... I didn't know what it would be like to do that...... I ......" Xiang Anbai subconsciously began to blame himself, Huzar shook his head and said: "It's none of your business, although you are also a disciple of Yinglong Sect now, but this kind of decision is not something you can decide." ”
Huzar did not resent others indiscriminately, and Zi Baifeng had a good impression of this rough khan.
"Come, it's rare to have good wine today, I ordered someone to prepare some wine and food, and if you don't get drunk today, you won't return. Huzar put away his gloom, and said with a smile, even in the face of such a predicament, he still did not change his true colors.
"No, no need, Old Hu, you know that I don't eat and drink much, so you can leave more things to the clansmen. "Xiang Anbai has traveled for many years and is well-informed, so naturally he is not the kind of monk who does not eat the fireworks of the world, he knows that every bit of food is very precious to the entire Dingshui City, and it is naturally impossible to eat and drink again.
"We still have some food here, and the last well. Han Sen said, "Wangdong City in the west is difficult, and the old stubborn in Wangdong City has bowed his head and begged us, anyway, we can't raise those livestock, so let them take some ......."
"That old man in Wangdong City?" Xiang Anbai was shocked, "He would bow his head to Old Hu?"
"Looking at the East City today, is our tomorrow...... That was already a month ago, and after careful calculation, the food has already been eaten up now, and I don't know how many people are still alive in Wangdong City now. Huzar smiled bitterly and shook his head, he had fought with the old man all his life, he was an enemy, but at this time, he didn't know what Lu Dao was doing, and he had a sad feeling of rabbit death and fox death.
"It's not time to stay here for long. Xiang Anbai said to Hu Zhal: "Hu Lao, take them to the east, I see some water ...... other places on the way."
"Migration, where can we move?" said Huzar, laughing even more bitterly, "and now most of the horses are starving, and even if they don't, they can barely walk, and we have to kill them." If you take a cloud boat, you can cross thousands of miles in an instant, but for us now, I am afraid that we will not be able to travel a thousand miles in a month.
Xiang Anbai looked outside the big tent, and the guards in the big tent were the bravest warriors under the command of the Khan, but these warriors were now all with sunken cheeks and thin faces.
"I should have thought of ......" Zi Baifeng also felt very bad in his heart, since the Death Desert was governed, he thought that this kind of scene would never appear in this world again, who would have thought that in the Heavenly Empire, he would see this scene of people living in poverty and starving everywhere.
The Face Immortal Conference is a grand event of the Ying Dragon Sect and a grand event of the entire immortal cultivation world, but for ordinary people, it is a huge catastrophe.
Zi Baifeng simply thought that the consumption of spiritual energy by a large number of monks was a good opportunity to make money, but he never thought about what this so-called conference would bring to the ordinary people living on this land.
When did I ignore something so important?
When did I become so utilitarian that I would bother with money and things outside of me, but ignore the things that really mattered?
Zi Baifeng fell into self-blame, until Xiang Anbai pushed him and said, "Mo...... Brother, let's go. ”
"Xiaobai, if you are passing by Wangdongcheng, go and help me take a look at the situation in Wangdongcheng, I want to know if the old stubborn surnamed Lu Dao is still alive......"
"What did you say?" Zi Baifeng was suddenly startled, sobered up from his self-blame, and looked at Huzar with wide eyes.
"What?" Huzar was startled by him, startled, what are you doing?
"You just said that the surname is Zi?" Zi Baifeng grabbed Huzar's hand.
"Yes, surname. Huzar said, "What's the matter? Is there any problem? Little brother, do you know that old stubborn?"
"Big ...... Senior brother ......" Xiang Anbai looked at Zi Baifeng's excited look, and suddenly woke up, the old man's surname was Zi, and Zi Baifeng was also surnamed Zi.
"Senior brother, the surname of the city lord of Wangdong City, no one knows what his name is, everyone calls him the old man, there are about three or four hundred people in Wangdong City, and the son is also a big surname in Wangdong City. "Xiang'an white pair of Zibai wind channel.
"Why don't you tell me!" Zi Baifeng was shocked, when he was a child, he often played in the family ancestral hall, and the old people in the village would nag him about the great deeds of their ancestors.
He didn't remember many things, he was too young at that time, but some of them remembered clearly, for example, their sons were descendants of ancient kings, and then they were exiled to the world, they migrated from the northeast, and they migrated for only more than ten generations, and now there are their kindred people in other places.
"There are no two sons in the world, as long as it is a person with a surname, it is our clan, Bai Feng, you can remember. He vaguely remembered the old man and said this to him.
There are no two sons in the world.
Those people are my people!
Zi Baifeng echoed this thought in his heart.
In fact, Zi Baifeng does not have a deep understanding of the clan, and he does not particularly care, but Zi Jian is different, he has been very eager to find other clansmen since many years ago, and his persistence has also affected Zi Baifeng.
And Zi Baifeng felt more guilty in his heart, the fish flooded Zicun, it was because of him, and in his heart, he always wanted to make up for something.
"Little brother, ...... you" Huzar looked at Zi Baifeng's excited appearance and was a little puzzled.
"Moguang is my Tao name, my real name and surname. "Zibai wind channel.
"I see...... Then you have to hurry up and take a look!" In a word, Huzar understood the cause and effect, and hurriedly said.
"Let's go, go to Dongcheng immediately!" Zi Baifeng shouted.