Chapter 447: Desert Wolves
Listening to the cold snort that concealed murderous intentions, Zhao Yuan could only ask God to worship Buddha, don't be favored by that handsome man, although he claims to be a womanizer, but he has no interest in men.
Fortunately, on the first day, there was nothing to do, although the handsome man rode to Zhao Yuan's side from time to time, he did not harass Zhao Yuan, but occasionally accompanied Zhao Yuan for a while, very quiet, like a virtuous woman from a good family, but generally not long away, he would be called away by another handsome man.
Faced with the favor of that handsome man, Zhao Yuan could only secretly complain.
What made Zhao Yuan vomit blood was that a group of porters would joke with Zhao Yuan from time to time about the handsome man, making Zhao Yuan have the urge to kill.
This walk, non-stop, walked for six hours, the caravan found a sheltered sand dune to set up camp, at this time, the sunset shot the most faint trace of afterglow, the remnant clouds in the sky illuminated the blood red, making people palpitate.
Beneath the huge sand dunes, experienced merchants formed a huge defensive circle.
This ring of defense is not for horse thieves, but for wolves.
With such a huge horse gang, horse thieves would never dare to provoke easily. In the desert, the merchant's worst enemy is the desert wolf, which is more violent and ferocious than the timber wolf and steppe wolf, which grew up in the barren and harsh desert environment.
It is said that hundreds of years ago, when this trade route was still in the development period, the merchants at that time had no experience in dealing with wolves, but only a dozen wolves, and dragged a gang of 100 horses to death in the desert.
The desert wolf is not only ferocious, but also extremely cunning, and has an extraordinary patience, and it is not uncommon to spend ten days and a half months stalking its prey.
No one likes to be followed by a pack of wolves.
The best way to stop wolves from being stalked is to let the wolves know that there is no chance to take advantage of them.
A caravan of three hundred men is enough to make any wolf pack retreat.
Of course, the basic defense work still needs to be done.
After settling down, Zhao Yuan looked for some hay and horse manure around and boiled some hot water to drink.
As we go deeper into the desert, the temperature difference between day and night is getting bigger and bigger, and now the temperature is almost like putting on a cotton jacket, and being able to drink a sip of hot tea is undoubtedly a pleasure.
The people ate something indiscriminately, and then covered themselves with blankets and leaned against the camels and went to sleep, and the porters were tired of the day, and soon snored loudly.
Zhao Yuan couldn't sleep.
Inexplicably, Zhao Yuan was restless.
Why do you feel this way?
Zhao Yuan has an almost instinctive reaction to danger, and it is precisely because of this instinctive reaction that Zhao Yuan has repeatedly escaped death.
Today's moonlight is very bright, the sleeping porter, the chatting boss, and the camel regurgitating with its neck high, everything seems very peaceful and calm.
Zhao Yuan couldn't help but glance in the direction of the handsome man, over there, except for the two women who were sentry, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Quiet!
Zhao Yuan searched every corner of the camp little by little.
Didn't find it.
Zhao Yuan, who couldn't find the reason, didn't bother to pay attention to it, and began to run the aura and refine the physical body.
The majestic strength becomes inextricably linked, and then gathers in the skin, refining little by little...... A strange scene changed in Zhao Yuan's body, and Zhao Yuan's meridians became exquisite, as if they had been magnified thousands of times.
To Zhao Yuan's surprise, his muscle fibers and meridians were all wrapped and tempered by the aura, becoming tight and elastic.
The bones have also undergone earth-shaking changes, and the pure aura fills the subtle space inside the bones, making the bones more porcelain......
……
Time passed little by little, and Zhao Yuan was immersed in the strange world and couldn't extricate himself.
After breaking through the realm of "quenching" and reaching the realm of "running to the moon", Zhao Yuan will become a real body of steel.
In the past, Zhao Yuan relied on dragon armor, and his physical body reached the point of invulnerability, but it was just an illusion, not a real invulnerability, and when he encountered a powerful cultivator, his physical body would be destroyed from the inside.
The realm of "quenching the body" is different, not only does it make Zhao Yuan's skin porcelain solid like steel, but his internal organs and meridians are all in a state of primary energy.
When he was in the Stabbing Slave Grassland, Zhao Yuan's dragon armor was easily destroyed and he was seriously injured, if it was Zhao Yuan, who had entered the realm of "quenching" now, he would definitely not be as vulnerable as that time.
Roar!
Roar!
Roar!
……
Suddenly, in the dark desert, there was a low howl, the sound, as if the beasts of the desolation were lurking in the abyss, the desert was shaking and trembling, which was terrifying and inexplicable.
There was a commotion of camels.
Zhao Yuan opened his eyes suddenly.
The porters and merchants awoke from their dreams and stood up to soothe the camels as they looked into the distance.
"What is the sound?" Zhao Yuan asked a porter beside him in a low voice.
"It's the voice of a wolf. The porter had a disapproving expression.
"yes, it's a desert wolf. The other porter also had a relaxed face.
"Is it common?" Zhao Yuan's face showed a hint of unease, and the feeling of danger became stronger and stronger.
"Ha Lu Ha, Xiao Zhao, don't be afraid, there are so many of us, the desert wolf will not come. ”
"Look!" Zhao Yuan looked up at the sand dunes.
"Ah...... Oh my mother!" exclaimed the porter's face as his face changed color.
I saw that above the huge sand dunes, there were countless frozen black shadows, and the black shadows, under the moonlight, formed an extremely clear silhouette.
Wolves!
There was a commotion among the porters, and apparently, people did not expect to encounter such a huge wolf pack, the number of wolves alone exceeded two hundred, and there seemed to be a rustling sound coming from behind the dunes.
In the desert, a pack of more than twenty wolves is extremely rare, and a pack of more than two hundred wolves like this is simply unheard of.
"Take the weapon!" Seeing so many wolves, Zhao Yuan's boss immediately panicked, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to prepare for battle.
What makes people feel strange is that the wolves on the sand dunes do not attack, but just stand quietly on the sand dunes and look down on the humans below.
The whole desert has an enforceable quiet, and the wolves on the dunes and the humans below the dunes are facing each other, as if they are testing each other's patience.
In the face of such a huge wolf pack, people were ready to fight and did not dare to relax in the slightest.
It was a harrowing night.
It wasn't until dawn that the wolves quietly disappeared behind the dunes.
When the wolves disappeared, the people breathed a sigh of relief, ate something hastily, and set off.
As they rounded the dunes, it was frightening to see that more than 200 wolves were still waiting behind the dunes.
The following day, the people were enveloped in an oppressive atmosphere, for the wolves, who followed them all the time, neither attacked nor left, and kept a distance of hundreds of feet from the caravan.
"Oops. A porter muttered.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Yuan asked.
"We're being targeted by this pack of wolves, and it's either them dead or we're dead. The porter's eyes flickered, and he kept looking back and forth.
"For what?"
"They will follow us all the time, make it impossible for us to eat and rest, wait for us to show our flaws, and then kill us. The porter said as he looked around, looking a little distracted.
Zhao Yuan immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
There are at least ten days left to cross this desert, and if you don't sleep for these ten days, the spirit of the porters will collapse, and they will die of exhaustion.
Unless, kill these wolves!
It was easy for Zhao Yuan to kill these desert wolves, but Zhao Yuan went to the Russian Empire this time to find the Penglai Immortal Dao, and if his identity was revealed, it would be a waste of his previous efforts.
Organize these people to fend off the wolves?
Zhao Yuan immediately dispelled this thought.
If he intervenes to organize it, then he will soon be exposed to everyone's attention.
In addition, Zhao Yuan had a strange feeling, he believed that this wolf pack was not an ordinary wolf pack......