Chapter 1623: Barren Rock City
Barren Rock City is not a bustling place with people coming and going. Compared to outsiders, it is an isolated world. As its name suggests, Wild Rock City is located in the Urines Mountains on the Moratima Plateau, hidden among peaks such as Rising Sun Peak and Broken Bone Ridge. The average altitude there is more than five thousand meters, which is very desolate and cold. The place where the city is located is even more barren mountains and rubble. It is said that Huangyan City is not the current name, but existed a long time ago. Huangyan City itself is not newly built, but built on the ancient site, while maintaining the overall original appearance of the old site.
When Bing Zhixie came here, it was already snowing heavily. The snow covered the plateau and froze the water into ice springs, but there were warm springs emerging from the ground flowing through the cold frozen soil. If someone hadn't led the way, it would have been difficult for him to find the location of Barren Rock City among the chaotic peaks. It was so barren that there wasn't even a single weed to be found. Only occasionally could he see snakes crawling in the mountains crawling through the cracks in the rocks.
Alice is such an energetic person, but she is exhausted even after climbing here. The thin air makes it difficult to breathe. This place is no better than Shuiyunzhijian. Although Shuiyunzhijian is high in altitude, there are many plants in the stream and the air is full.
“Ahead is Barren Rock City.” Jennifer pointed to the light behind the low ridge in front: “You can see it after passing the hillside in front.”
It was already night at this time, the snow had stopped, there were thin stars in the sky, and the snow on the ground was not deep. Jennifer, Bing Zhixie and others carried backpacks and luggage, walking on the messy and harsh gravel road, heading up the hillside. Along the way, Bing Zhixie and Alice took turns taking care of Sufina. Seeing her crazy appearance, they all lost their smiles.
“Is this Barren Rock City?”
A beam of green light shot straight towards the sky and slowly faded away. The green light was emitting from a large building with dense buildings surrounding it. Many houses. Next to it is a very tall pillared castle, several hundred meters high. There are a lot of lights in the city, and there are also dense lights below the city. In addition to these two population gathering places, there are also some population gathering areas scattered in the surrounding mountains. They are all stone buildings, with a few stars shining through in the night.
“Wow, it’s amazing that there are so many people living in this place.” Alice was extremely impressed, but she immediately thought of a question: “Are there so many people living here? Then they How to live? It’s so cold and there’s nothing nearby. Where can we get food?”
Jennifer said with a smile: “Barren Rock City has a logistics supply department that specializes in transporting food. Every season they go to various places to purchase large quantities of food. The food is coming ”
"Don't you find it troublesome? You have to walk a long way to bring the food here," Bing Zhixie said.
Jennifer said: "No, our food is transported by air. It can transport the food up in the fastest way and reduce losses."
"Air transportation!" Ellie Si was surprised. Being able to transport a large amount of materials here by air is not something that any organization or city can do. What's more, in such a high-altitude plateau and mountainous area, there are requirements for flying and transporting monsters. Very high.
Everyone continued to walk a few steps forward. Bing Zhixie saw many ruins of ancient buildings nearby. He heard from Jennifer and the others that this place was built on ancient buildings, so he was very curious. I took a few glances. Arriving under the high city wall, the guards on the city shouted: "Who is below?"
"It's me, Jennifer, Corpse Fly Squad." Jennifer replied.
After a while, several people came down from the city. After confirming their identities, they asked the guards on the city wall to lower the drawbridge and open the city gate.
The heavy suspension bridge was lowered and the thick city gate was opened. Alice followed the people from the Corpse Fly Team behind, looked around and said: "The management here is so strict, it's like a military camp area. Same."
Bing Zhixie supported Sufina, who had calmed down for the time being, and carefully helped her across the bridge into the city, fearing that if he moved too much, she would be irritated.
Actually, Barren Rock City is not well-known in the world. Very few people know about it. Even if they have heard of it, they don’t know much about it. Generally speaking, people in the city would not easily bring outsiders here, but since it was about the Sand Temple, Jennifer had no choice but to take a risk and bring them because she might be punished and reprimanded for doing so. For example, she was punished by not being able to eat for two days.
When I entered the city, I found that the atmosphere in the city was far less strict than what I saw outside the city. There was a sense of relaxation and joy in the air, which was no different from that in ordinary cities. There are also special patrols patrolling the streets to maintain order in the city.
Jennifer asked her companions to respond first, then turned to Bing Zhixie and the others and said, "I will find a place to settle you first. I will send a message for you and inform the city guard of your intention."
< br>Alice said: "Thank you very much, please lead the way."
The place of placement is a welcome hall, because few people come to Barren Rock City, so although there are various shops and restaurants in the city, There are no hotels. Sofina was settled down and given a drug to calm her mind. Taking too much of this drug is not good, as it will affect the brain's IQ, and long-term use may lead to dementia. But Sofina's condition was serious and there was nothing that could be done.
Bing Zhixie coaxed Sufina to sleep by the bedside, sighing in her heart, that sunny teacher could be reduced to such a state.
Although it was dark, it was still early. Bing Zhixie wanted to go out for a walk to understand the situation in the city, and asked Alice to take good care of Sufina.
Alice also wanted to go out and have a look, but now she is not as willful as before, so she obediently listened to her master and stayed at the Guest House.
Nothing happened all night, and the next day the city guard sent someone to see them. Bing Zhixie asked Alice to help Sufina and go with the people who came to invite her.
The city guard was in the tallest pillared castle. Bing Zhixie went up the circular corridor outside the castle. Halfway up, he glanced down from the wall door to the bottom of the city. From here, If you go down, you can have a panoramic view of the entire city below.
The city guard did not stay at the top of the castle. No one would want to live at such a high place. Bing Zhixie met the city guard in a hall in the middle area. He had heard Jennifer and the others introduce this city guard before. He was a seventy-seven-year-old man named Salu Germeni. His hair and beard are already gray, he has thick eyebrows, his face is very thin, and he is wearing a long red magic robe with patterns. He looks very tall, but in fact he is about 1.8 meters tall, which is about the same as an average tall person. . Bing Zhixie also heard that he was nicknamed "Black Tide" and that he was good at water magic.
When Germeni saw Bing Zhixie and others arriving, he glanced at Sufina first and asked, "Is this the patient?"
"Yes sir." Bing Zhixie said with a greeting.
Germeni didn't say much, separated his left and right hands, and ignited a ball of air upwards from his palms, purple and green, gathering together and hitting Sufina. Sufina was trapped by the airflow, but there was nothing abnormal. Germeni relied on the connection of the magical airflow to penetrate into Sofina's body and observe her internal and mental state. After a short while, he withdrew his magic power and said, "I understand her situation, but I can't cure her."
Bing Zhixie was startled, but she didn't expect him to say it so simply and neatly.
Alice was a little angry and said with a puffed face: "Can you see the condition clearly in such a short period of time? Don't fool us and try to send us away."
Germeni glanced at Alice and ignored her, but said: "Just because I said I can't cure it doesn't mean that Barren Rock City can't cure it. What I'm good at is internal and external injuries, and the mental system is not my strong point. With her Mental trauma can only be cured by the city lord."
Bing Zhixie asked: "I heard that the city lord is not here. I don't know how long it will take to come back. I hope I can stay here and wait for him to come back. Come."
Germeni said: "You are lucky, the city lord will be back in a few days at the latest."
Bing Zhixie. Excited: "Thank you Lord City Guard."
Germeni said: "Don't be in a hurry to say thank you. Let's talk about the reward for treating your friend first."
Bing Zhixie was well prepared and said, "Please tell me, City Guards. I wonder what conditions can be used to treat my friend?"
Germeni waved his hand and called the people below and said: "Take this patient away first and don't let anyone else get close."
"Yes." Two attendants, a man and a woman, helped Sufina from Bing Zhixie's hand and left.
"Hey, this...where are you taking Teacher Sufina?" Alice was a little worried that they would just take her away.
Germeni saw their worries and said: "You don't have to worry, my people will take good care of her. If you don't trust me, you can take the patient away from here."
Bing Zhixie told Alice to be silent and asked: "City Guards, please state your conditions." He knew that the reward required by Huangyan City would definitely not be money. With the scale and manpower of this city, what they wanted to do There are many ways to make money, there is no need to use this method. Healing other people's diseases that others can't cure will inevitably lead to greater benefits.
Germeni said: "First, I heard from Jennifer that you have a similar purpose to them and are also looking for the ancient tomb of Phoecanus Glonas."
"Yes."
Germeni said: "I hope that if you have a conflict of interest with them in this matter, you must give priority to them."
"Okay, I promise you." Bing Zhixie said without hesitation.
Alice was a little surprised and looked at the master. This means that if there really is Long Ling in Glonas or Sand Temple, and Sand Rock City also wants it, then the master must give it to them unconditionally.
Germeni then said: "Second, you must contribute yourself to let us study. Including your body and soul, as well as your magical ability."
Bingzhi Xie was startled and frowned: "Study me?"
Germeni said: " I know you, Celeste Bingzhixie, you should have died in the incident two years ago, but you suddenly came back to life, so I am very interested in you and want to know how you did it. What secrets are hidden?”
Bing Zhixie hesitated, it wasn’t that he couldn’t bear to leave him. But their purpose is too naked. Naked. Once they are allowed to study their own bodies, understand their own spiritual consciousness, and know their own magical strength, all their weaknesses will be completely exposed to them.
Bing Zhixie thought about it again and again, and said: "I can agree. But how are you going to study me?"
Germeni stretched out a finger and said: "You have one month to hand over your body completely. , I can’t resist at my mercy.”
“Okay!” Bing Zhixie agreed.
"Master!" Alice is not stupid. He can hear the other party's intentions. This promise to the master is made without any reservations, and there is no trump card left.
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(End of this chapter)