Not long after.
A group of people walked through the village.
Arrived at the altar.
After briefly worshiping the shaman god, Azhiya led a few people into the house.
This is the second time Chen Yulou has come to this place.
But to Oona, it is indescribably strange.
As soon as he entered the room, his eyes swept around curiously.
Although he is the most powerful person in the Turkic tribe.
Azhiya's residence is unimaginably simple, with nothing more than a bedroom, a living room, and a study room used for practice and retreat.
Because of that incident back then.
Oona drew the ground as a prison and stayed there in the dark underground for more than ten years.
In the blink of an eye, when she came out again, the world had changed, and she was a little surprised by the changes in the village. The faces of her peers changed from familiar to unfamiliar. As for the children, they looked at her with even more curiosity.
It’s just...
How do they know.
She is the one who grew up in this walled city.
Among them, the one who has changed the most is Atta.
Before entering the underworld of purgatory, she clearly remembered that Atta was still high-spirited and highly respected.
But now that we meet again, he is already very old.
I was tortured in that place, so why wasn’t he the same?
My wife and daughter left me one after another.
I can never get over that hurdle in my heart.
The last time she left, before setting off to the Black Desert, the patriarch Wutuo took her and talked a lot.
But she didn’t understand it at that time, but the moment she looked at Atta’s old face outside the village, she suddenly understood everything.
Now let’s look at his residence over the years.
Oona felt as if there was a stone pressing under her chest, feeling indescribable pain.
Eyes red.
But he still endured it and raised his cheeks to prevent tears from falling.
“A humble room.”
“Everyone, don’t dislike it, just sit down wherever you want.”
A Zhiya held the bracelet carefully, with a smile on his face .
He greeted the group of people.
“Thank you.”
Chen Yulou nodded.
He knew that these words were directed at himself and Partridge Whistle.
Wutuo has been an old friend of his for many years.
Of course there is no need to be polite.
As for Oona, she is his biological daughter. They had already settled their differences outside the village, and they had resolved the knots they had felt for many years.
It would be better to leave her alone for a while now.
“You’re welcome, Lord Wizard.”
Partridge Whistle rarely speaks.
After the trip to the ghost cave, he was obviously much more cheerful than before, and even the deep murderous aura between his eyebrows had dissipated a lot.
In the past, he lived alone, and in the whole world, he only had contact with Chen Yulou.
It is still to take advantage of the Xiling faction.
Look for the pearl for him.
As for other sects, he almost never pays attention to them.
There is no way to talk about the sophistication of people and sophisticated articles.
It is extremely rare to see such changes nowadays.
"There are no outsiders, just feel free to do whatever you want."
Seeing the old brother's mind wandering, Wutuo waved his hand and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Chen Yulou and Chen Yulou looked at each other and smiled, and they were no longer restrained. They each moved a chair over and sat down around the coffee table.
He and Partridge Whistle were the only ones who came this time.
The rest of the people stayed outside.
If they were called together, one room would be too crowded to sit in, and they would not feel comfortable dealing with Wutuo and Azhiya in the other room.
There is wine and meat outside.
The atmosphere of the bonfire feast is at its most lively.
They are all young people again.
Both of us are uncomfortable coming here.
What's more, Chen Yulou knew very well that Wutuo and Azhiya naturally called them here because they had something to tell them.
Sure enough.
Waiting for a pot of tea to boil on the fire pit.
After Wutuo took care of each of them, he turned around and spoke.
"Brother Chen, I heard Po Li say that you only walked halfway before returning. What's the reason?"
Wutuo lived for dozens of years and led the clan for most of his life.
A pair of eyes are extremely vicious.
How can a young boy like Po Li compare?
Is it true or false if you just listen to it?
Chen Yulou picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The taste was very astringent. It was not a good tea. The Western Regions themselves did not produce tea. It was most likely brought by traders on the Silk Road.
However, although the taste is astringent, it has a hangover-relieving effect.
Though he drank a jar of strong liquor before, it was nothing to him now, but it had a lot of stamina, so he just used tea to suppress it.
“Chen didn’t dare to hide it in front of the patriarch.”
"In fact, we were heading towards the ancient city from the beginning."
Chen Yulou said lightly.
After the words fell, Partridge Whistle on the side couldn't help but tighten his hand holding the tea cup. He glanced at him calmly from the corner of his eye, seeming a little surprised.
Jingjue Ancient City involves many things.
How can you be exposed to outsiders like this?
But Wutuo, who was sitting opposite, just nodded, not too shocked.
Seeing this situation, Chen Yulou was even more convinced.
He is indeed a character like an old fox.
You know, he has never shown anything wrong before.
But...
A team of hundreds of people is inherently suspicious. What's more, no matter how well concealed the merchants and bandits are, their auras between movement and movement are completely different.
Also.
Return today.
The team returned with a full load.
You can tell something is wrong just by looking at the carriage and horse axis prints along the way.
They didn't go to the Central Asian countries, but just turned back halfway. As a result, everyone's faces were happy, and they even brought back dozens or hundreds of boxes of goods.
Is this... satisfactory?
Or rather.
They headed towards the ancient city from the beginning.
Exchanged goods.
It was never the spices, furs and glass of Central Asia.
It is not difficult to think of this step.
But Chen Yulou still doesn’t understand.
Since Wu Tuo had already seen that something was wrong, why would he allow Oona to lead the way? He was not afraid that she, a girl, would get mixed up among his gang of thieves and be devoured until her bones were left?
“It seems that the patriarch has already guessed Chen’s identity?”
"Guessed something."
Wutuo didn't hide it either.
"Then Oona..."
Chen Yulou finally couldn't hold it back, glanced at the back figure who was staring around the room, and asked in a low voice.
“You want to say, why do I dare to gamble?”
Wutuo stroked his beard and smiled.
Chen Yulou nodded.
After so many years of wandering in the world, I have seen too many dangers, demons, ghosts, and evil things, but they have never been compared to the darkness of the human heart.
Even if the demon eats people.
But there are few cannibals in the world?
Not to mention that in troubled times, people cannibalize each other. When do the little people at the bottom of the market not have food on their plate?
Even today.
They are far from close to each other.
After all, we only met twice in total.
Why would Wutuo dare to gamble on human nature in this situation?
"Our clan has moved to Yuhaizi not five hundred years ago, but three hundred years ago. Don't think that we just occupied an uninhabited wasteland. For such a place to stay, countless people have lost their lives in the past few hundred years. "
"In the past few decades that I have been in charge of the tribe, I have suffered countless bandits. I know very well what methods those people use."
Wutuo said slowly.
It seems to be talking about a completely unrelated matter.
But Chen Yulou listened extremely seriously. "To be honest, I knew your origins from the moment you appeared outside the village."
“You can’t hide the charlatanism in your body.”
Hearing this, Chen Yulou couldn’t help but smile.
When setting off on the same day, he also specially selected some young people. In fact, he had this consideration in mind. The old people who have been living in the mountains all year round have too much gangster spirit.
He even warned me before entering the village.
All I can say is that the eyes of the old man in front of him are so vicious that nothing can be hidden from him.
“But...”
Wutuo waved his hand and changed the subject.
“Although the Jianghu aura is strong, there is not much evil aura.”
“Completely different from those big thieves and demon kings.”
"Of course." Speaking of this, Wutuo raised his eyebrows and grinned, "I don't dare to entrust Oona to you and a group of strangers."
"Before departure, let Azhiya Divination asked the shaman."
"This..."
Hear the last sentence.
Chen Yulou was startled at first, and then a trace of helplessness appeared in the corners of his eyes.
He was just wondering where Wutuo's confidence came from, but it turned out to be a divination.
But, to them, this seems normal.
“So, which mountain did Brother Chen fall on?”
While he was pondering, Wutuo spoke again.
However, when he heard this, he raised his head in astonishment. The two looked at each other with a strong sense of disbelief.
Sunset?
This is real slang.
This place is far away in the hinterland of the Western Region, at the boundary between southern and northern Xinjiang. It is thousands of miles away from the nearest Jiayuguan Pass.
They really couldn’t figure out how Wutuo knew this.
There was silence for a while.
Chen Yulou tried to raise his hand.
"There is a tall building on Changsheng Mountain, and heroes from all over the world are here..."
Hearing these two sentences, Wu Tuo couldn't help but shook his head, "Brother Chen, there is no need to test, I have been here since I was a child. I have traveled to the interior with my elders, as far as Qin and Long."
"Otherwise, where do you think I learned this Chinese language?"
Wen Yan. .
Only then did Chen Yulou understand.
The land of Ganlong and Qinchuan has had strong folk customs since ancient times, with thieves and thieves emerging in large numbers, and those who want to fight against each other emerge in endlessly.
No wonder he actually knows the incisions of the mountain scriptures and the slang of the world.
"That's it."
"Please don't be surprised, clan leader. Chen was a newcomer that day and did not dare to reveal his identity at will, so he acted under the guise of a businessman."
Chen Yulou crossed his fists and said seriously.
“It’s not a bad thing to have multiple minds when you’re away from home.”
Wutuo waved his hand.
However, my heart was far from the calmness shown on my face.
Everlasting Victory Mountain!
That is where bandits from all over the world gather.
A bunch of thieves and thieves who eat the dead.
It’s no wonder that the trip came back with a full load, carrying enough goods to fill a white car.
It seems that they are all artifacts under the ancient city.
Thinking of this, Wutuo couldn't help but look scared.
If he had known this was the case, even if he had a hundred courages, he would not have dared to hand Oona over to them easily, let alone lead the way.
Fortunately, the final result was a near miss.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t know how to face Azhiya’s old friend.
Picking up the tea cup and taking a few sips, his mind gradually calmed down.
“By the way, Atta, my daughter has lived up to her trust during this trip.”
"I brought back a lot of sacred trees."
After the two of them finished talking, Oona finally spoke.
At this moment, her eyes were bright, like the morning star rising, and the tranquility reflected the lake in her heart. There were no complex worries and restless moods in the past.
“Sacred tree?”
He never spoke.
Azhiya, who was just sitting on a chair and quietly looking at the silver chain in his hand, suddenly raised his head.
“Yes.”
Oona didn’t delay either.
Go out the door and ask someone to fetch the goods she told her about.
After a while.
Long pieces of wood are lined up on the coffee table.
Under the firelight on the side, it shone with gold and silver, and the delicate wood grain seemed to be mixed with a uniform layer of golden sand.
There is an indescribable mystery.
"Yes...it's a sacred tree."
"That's it."
Azhiya's face was filled with wonder.
I thought that my daughter would be able to get back only one or two yuan from this trip, which was already an incredible achievement. Unexpectedly, what she took out casually was more than what he brought back to the Black Desert more than ten times. There will be more to come back.
Not to mention.
There are countless more in the bamboo baskets on the side.
It's not like he has never been to that ancient city. The wizards of all generations of the tribe will be told about the ghost city, where the ancient city of Jingjue is located, and then go to collect sacred trees.
He had been there many times in his life.
Not only to collect wood, but also to find the whereabouts of his wife.
But even so, he had never seen so many sacred trees in that city.
He even suspected that Chen Yulou and others had turned that ghost town upside down. Otherwise...where could he find so many sacred trees?
“Is it a material for making magical instruments?”
As the clan leader, Wutuo naturally heard about this.
However, the look of astonishment on his face right now is no less than that of A Zhiya.
"Yes."
"Shaman blessing..."
So many sacred trees.
Enough for a hundred years.
If it weren’t for the blessing of the shaman god, they really wouldn’t have thought of the second possibility.
“Thanks to shopkeeper Chen, if it weren’t for them, my daughter wouldn’t have been able to find so many sacred trees.”
Oona shook her head.
After all, she had personal experience and knew that if Chen Yulou had not killed the female snake, she alone would never be able to bring it back even if she found the underground lake.
Those monsters are simply not something humans can deal with.
Hearing this, even Azhiya, who has always been stubborn, couldn't help but show his gratitude.
Chen Yulou waved his hands repeatedly.
Exquisite trip to the ancient city, they are also needed for songs.
What's more, these dead Kunlun sacred trees are not of much use to him. The only living one has been integrated into the Aoki's true body by him.
Compared to these.
That one is the priceless treasure.
"By the way, Senior Azhiya, I wonder if you still remember that when we first met that day, you once said that I have the aura of the God of Fire. I wonder... have you seen the God of Fire?"
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Chen Yulou suddenly spoke.
Turks believe in shamans and worship heaven and earth, wind, rain, thunder and lightning, mountains and rivers, especially the God of Fire. Every time they open an altar, they will worship first.
Think again of the ghosts and gods of the Wa ethnic group and the evil god Mahakala.
He could vaguely guess something.
Nowadays, this is actually quite aggressive, but in order to verify what I think, it is a helpless move.
Azhiya fell into silence.
As a shaman believer, if it were anyone else, he would have rebuked and walked away with his sleeves waved, or he would have even become furious and ordered someone to arrest him.
God... cannot be looked at directly.
Once angered, it is a person who sins against God. At the least, he will be thrown into the underworld of purgatory, and at worst, he will be burned to death.
But Chen Yulou is a guest after all.
And, according to my daughter, if it weren’t for their help, they wouldn’t have been able to find so many sacred trees.
After much hesitation, he finally sighed.
"Of course I have seen it before."
"Without the protection of the gods, how would my family have gotten to where we are today?"
"If you want to see me, I can I recommend it to you, but I said it first, and you must not blaspheme, otherwise it will cause disaster, and even I can't do anything about it." (End of Chapter)