After arriving at Kunmo City.
The group of people no longer hurried as before, but slowed down their journey slightly.
The ancient city is backed by Tianshan Mountain.
Even in the dead of winter, the scenery is rarely good.
Moreover, it coincides with the Tibetan Butter Lantern Festival, and all the Tibetans in the city are parading around the streets like they are celebrating the New Year, wearing brocade clothes and holding lanterns.
It's especially lively at night.
Ole tea, drinking kumiss, the sky is filled with lanterns as bright as stars.
As long as you say Tashi Delek or Daza Dolma, you can drink a bowl of hot butter tea, or dance around the fire with them, eat meat and drink wine.
A group of young people who missed the new year.
Suddenly seeing such a festive festival in a foreign country, they, who already love to join in the fun, would not miss it. After a few days, they learned a lot of Tibetan.
Chen Yulou has no objection to this.
Dou Dou Xing, what I originally did was to make a living by going up mountains of swords and under seas of fire, with swords hanging on my neck. This trip I finally escaped death and came back with a full load.
Rest and rest are nothing.
As long as you don’t touch other people’s beliefs or taboos.
Take advantage of the rest.
He didn't rest.
With Kunlun, who also dislikes liveliness, the two of them have traveled almost all around Kunmo City these days, climbing Tianshan Mountain and admiring the lake scenery. When they are interested, they will bring a fishing rod and go to Pulei Throw a few rods into the sea.
Cold water fish.
Just dig a fire pit next to the lake beach and grill it.
It doesn’t require much seasoning.
Just sprinkle it with salt.
The taste is so fresh that people will miss it endlessly.
As for the rest of the time, Kunlun used the Tianshan Lake to practice, while he was immersed in the way of talismans. It must be said that when he calmed down, his progress was rapid.
I have never been allowed to enter before.
But in just two days, he has obviously gotten a glimpse of the secret.
Once you get started with this thing, the road ahead will be much easier.
When the talisman is carved, recorded, and the spiritual energy circulates, it can rise on its own.
In a blink of an eye.
On the third day.
The Butter Lantern Festival is coming to an end.
They put their minds aside, changed the camel team into chariots and horses, and headed straight to the west of the river along the foot of the world.
As usual this New Year.
Except for the merchants who went deep into the Western Regions to collect skins, there were not many camel caravans taking the ancient Silk Road to Central Asia, but they saw countless camels coming and going along the way.
Huamaguai and others were confused.
But I didn’t think much about it.
Just think that in troubled times, it is difficult to survive, even if the journey is difficult, it is better than having no business to do.
But Chen Yulou and his party, who returned from Kunlun Mountain, knew it well.
After all, they noticed something was wrong that day.
I also asked about the specific situation from the merchants, and naturally I was not surprised.
Until the Black Mountain Range appears in sight.
The atmosphere in the team became obviously restless.
On that day, the grandsons were forced to take the road through Mozigou. They all still remember this clearly.
They are all young and energetic.
In addition, they heard a lot about Tusi City when they were in the mountains.
Enmity and enmity cannot last overnight.
This is what Jianghu people do.
Now, everything is ready, all that is left is a hearty fight.
A group of bandits doing evil in the Western Regions.
He dared to bully the traffickers and pawns who passed by.
“Shopkeeper, there is Xingxing Gorge in front of you.”
"Do you want it?"
Seeing the Black Mountain Mountains in his sight becoming clearer, Huama turned around and stopped, until Chen Yulou and others caught up behind him, then he lowered his voice.
He did not forget to make a subtle motion of cutting his throat in his hand.
“When did he become so murderous?”
Seeing this, Chen Yulou grasped the jade talisman and raised the corner of his mouth.
In the past, when a kidnapper was away from home, it was always better to do less than to do more. After all, the King of Hell was very troublesome, so if he could use money to clear the way, it was best not to have conflicts.
The name Changsheng Mountain is rarely used to overwhelm others.
Look at his posture today.
It would not be enough to vent one's anger unless they were all killed by those grandsons.
“It’s not murderous.”
"Shopkeeper, it's true that those people are too stupid. These thieves have their own ways. People in the world have to abide by the rules of the world. What's going on?"
"Besides, when did I, Chang Shengshan, ever suffer this? Such a shame and humiliation?"
"Even if I can bear it, my brothers can't bear it!"
Seeing that he said it so seriously.
Chen Yulou has nothing to say.
"In that case, what are you waiting for?"
Shruged, "Tell the brothers, even if you let go and kill, you are still killing harm for the people."
"This... "
Huama turned around, as if she didn't expect that the shopkeeper would agree so happily.
“Ah what, what a big deal, we have to rush to Jiayuguan tonight.”
"Go ahead and speed through, don't delay your trip."
Waving his hand, Chen Yulou smiled lightly.
After receiving the order, Huamaguai couldn't suppress the smile on his face, "Shopkeeper, just take care of it."
As he spoke.
He pulled the reins, and the red horse beneath him raised its hooves, let out a high-pitched neigh, and galloped to the front of the team.
A simple sentence.
For a while, the mountains kept shouting.
Although the guys didn’t say anything, they were already thinking about it in their hearts.
When given an order, a cloud of followers followed.
The originally quiet mountain road was instantly broken by the thunderous sound of horse hooves. Amidst the smoke and dust, dozens of horses headed straight for Xingxing Gorge.
"This..."
"Shopkeeper, will something happen?"
Seeing that they were so reckless, they neither sent anyone to find out the truth nor formed a siege. It was just like this. Plunging in, once the opponent notices it, and already occupies the terrain, it may lead to a situation of closing the door and attacking the tiger.
After all, in the Xingxing Gorge, one man can block it and no one can open it.
Although there are many of them.
But we can’t be so messy.
“No.”
Looking at Miss Hong’s slightly frowning eyebrows, Chen Yulou just shook his head.
Not to mention that the Xingxingxia bandit had already gone to see the King of Hell.
With his current state.
As soon as his spiritual consciousness swept away, there were no people or people on the mountain, and the demons and evil things had nowhere to hide.
Seeing how confident he was, Miss Hong could only hide her worries in her heart.
Follow the team and stroll towards Xingxingxia Gorge.
A moment later.
Wait until they reach the pass.
But they saw the kidnappers who had come up first, standing there with astonished faces, their faces full of surprise and confusion.
“What’s going on?”
“Didn’t I let you guys fight freely?”
Chen Yulou raised his eyebrows, with a smile at the corners of his eyes.
“Something’s wrong…”
Huamaguai is like waking up from a dream.
They searched the entire canyon several times along the way, but they didn't see even a ghost. However... the gang of sand bandits who blocked the road and robbed the road still had their den built.
It was as if the person disappeared out of thin air.
“Disappeared?”
Listening to his narration, others were also surprised.
That day in Jiayuguan City.
They listened clearly to what those merchants said.
The sand bandits have occupied Xingxing Gorge and have been causing trouble for many years. They have killed countless passers-by and made people panic, so much so that those who came after them only dared to stay in the city and did not dare to take a step out.
As the pass from the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions.
Xingxingxia is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
In the past, it was a battleground for military strategists.
Whoever occupies this place will have the initiative and advantage on the battlefield.
No matter how many people join in, they will only be strangled.
I heard that the gang of bandits stole countless goods in just a few years.
How could you give up such a good cornucopia so easily? "Could it have been wiped out?"
Miss Hong looked around, thoughtfully.
She almost finished her words.
A boy suddenly emerged from a low stone house under the cliff, clutching something tightly in his hand, and hurried to the crowd.
“The boss always takes the lead, and the flowers take the lead.”
"Look, the villain found this in the house."
Hold the thing in his hand high.
Huamaguai looked back subconsciously.
The moment he saw it clearly, his expression changed. It was a shin bone.
As a member of a family of wushu writers, Guaizi is very familiar with human bones. The past events that his father told as stories since he was a child have echoed in his mind many times.
Scan at will.
He then saw that the tibia belonged to a middle-aged man. It seemed that he fell from something before he died and broke the leg bone. The most important thing is that it seemed to have been hit by a fire before he died.
Fire?
How come? !
Hua Maguai frowned and subconsciously looked around.
There are no signs of being burned here.
"Have you found anything else?"
Withdraw your gaze and focus on the guy again.
"It... seems like there are still a lot of ashes."
The guy hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and responded.
"Ashes?"
Hearing this, Huamaguai's face became even weirder. If he wanted to burn the corpse to ashes, ordinary fire would not be able to do it, unless it was... Luofu Phoenix Fire.
"Shopkeeper, this..."
Swallowing secretly, he suddenly turned back to look at Chen Yulou.
“It’s okay, my mind is quite flexible, I thought of it so quickly.”
Feeling his gaze, Chen Yulou nodded and looked over with appreciation.
"It's really you."
Now, Huamaguai can't understand.
The gang of sand bandits did not disappear out of thin air, it was clearly the shopkeeper who had done something wrong.
“Huh?”
"What's the situation?"
"The boss takes action?"
Listening to the vague conversation between the two, the people around them who were still in the dark couldn't help but look at each other.
"Shopkeeper, what's going on? Aren't you always with us?"
Facing Miss Hong's beautiful eyes filled with confusion.
Chen Yulou shook his head and smiled.
Not much explanation.
Just pointed towards the sky.
Everyone subconsciously looked up, but could see almost nothing except the blue sky and mist.
The next moment.
"唳——"
A phoenix cry that penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks came from the clouds.
The flowing fire fell.
“God, what is that?”
“It can’t be a meteorite, right?”
"Don't talk nonsense, kid. That's Lord Luofu."
"Luofu...it's really Luofu."
Seeing the fire getting closer and closer, the terrifying fire was overwhelming and covering the sky. Next, a group of guys who didn't know what was going on felt like they couldn't open their eyes, fear was surging, and they were so horrified that they wanted to die.
This was their first time seeing Luofu.
But there are a lot of rumors about it on the mountain.
Some people even said seriously that it was an ancient alien species, a descendant of the phoenix. Others said it was Qingluan, Huopeng, and so on.
It’s just that a month and a half has passed before and after this moment.
But they have never seen Luofu.
So, I never thought that it would suddenly fall from the sky.
At this moment, feeling the terrible pressure like a collapse of the sky, the timid man had closed his eyes and prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky for the blessing of his ancestors.
Good thing.
Wait for the raging fire to appear several feet in the sky above your head.
Disappeared suddenly in an instant.
The pressure on everyone suddenly disappeared.
Open your eyes boldly and look.
Only then did I realize...
I don’t know when a mysterious bird appeared on my head and shoulders.
Wearing colorful feathers, his eyes are burning.
Looks like the legendary phoenix bird.
Faced with everyone's awe or curiosity, it seemed as if it didn't see it. It just combed its feathers on its own without looking at them.
"It's still not quite right."
"Brother Chen, I didn't seem to notice Luofu's aura before coming here."
I saw it suddenly appear.
In this regard, Partridge Whistle is not surprised, it has been commonplace for a long time.
But now that he has established a foundation, it stands to reason that such a big movement in Xingxing Gorge should not be hidden from his awareness, but from beginning to end, he has not noticed anything.
Say this together.
Huamaguai and others also looked over with puzzled faces.
Although they are not as good as Partridge Whistle and can see clearly in all directions, their five senses are far superior to ordinary people. The appearance of Luofu is so shocking, and the attack is even more terrifying.
Plus this trip to the plains.
The fire here in Xingxing Gorge is like a sea, and it cannot be hidden from everyone’s eyes and ears.
"That's because..."
"Luofu had already taken action as soon as he left last time."
Chen Yulou smiled faintly.
The gentle words made everyone feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
"This..."
The group of people looked at each other.
Finally I understand why I didn’t notice anything along the way.
What’s even more frightening is that he has never mentioned it for so long.
“Well done!”
“These grandsons have harmed so many people. The rift valley in front is filled with bones. They should all be passing merchants who died in their hands.”
Huamaguai was the first to react.
They were the first to come.
There is only three feet left to dig into the Xingxing Gorge.
The pit of bones did not escape their search.
Even people like them who eat the food of dead people feel chills when they see it.
"That's right, it's a pity that we have to start early, otherwise the brothers will definitely be angry today..."
The words fell.
The guys who reacted also spoke one after another.
Everyone was filled with indignation.
Although Chang Shengshan was also born in the green forest and was said to be a bandit, he never disdained killing people, setting fires, robbing homes and houses. These grandsons have defiled the word Jianghu people.
Hear the words.
Chen Yulou didn’t say much.
In troubled times, there are countless such things.
He has restrained Changshengshan, and he has done many things like smoking, eating, drinking and gambling in the past. It can only be said that he can only guarantee that there will be no bullying or bullying in one-third of an acre. Things like robbing civilian girls.
“Let’s go, there’s Jiayuguan City a few dozen miles ahead. Just take some supplies and get on your way as soon as possible.”
Think of this.
Chen Yulou breathed out.
It's still early in the morning, and with the speed they're traveling at, there's absolutely no problem reaching Jiayuguan before dark.
Nothing more.
He did not plan to enter the city again this time.
He wanted to pass through the Hexi Corridor as soon as possible, pass through the land of Xiliang, and then cross the Qinling Mountains to visit Lantian Longling.
This is also the way to go.
Promise to Yang Fang.
“Yes, from the shopkeeper.”
Following his order.
Everyone stopped thinking.
The team that stopped at the pass of the canyon, without further delay, headed straight into the valley like a black dragon. (End of this chapter)