Volume 1 The Hatchling Dragon's Nestling Diagram Soars Chapter 73 Into the Swamp
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The emperor is prosperous, but there is not much that Xiao Yong needs. He bought some ores, some for refining tools, and some for Xiaoding's needs; there were too many restaurants and restaurants to eat, but his mind was not in this regard, he went to one of the most famous restaurants in the imperial capital for dinner, and tasted them on his behalf; he bought ten clothes to prevent them from being damaged in battle; he had a lot of medicinal materials, but he only had a million taels of silver, and after buying ore, clothes, and horses, he only had more than 400,000 taels left, so he could only choose a few that he thought would be difficult to get. In the end, there were only more than 80,000 taels of silver left in the storage ring, and he became a veritable poor man.
At the end of the day, the three of them rode to the three-way intersection a hundred miles away from the imperial capital, and Xiao Yong said, "Master, I'll go to the Yun'er Swamp for a trip, and you should be careful on the road." ”
Nangong said with some solemnity, "If you really want to go, I won't persuade you, you have to be careful all the way, and the teacher is still waiting for you to come back to develop a new puppet." "Nangong is the first time to bring an apprentice, and at the beginning he also brought a reluctant Xiao Yong, who almost changed his personality, and he is no longer bold. But Xiao Yong knew that he had always been very careful, and that big arrogance was just an illusion of his.
There were many teams walking on the road, there were two or three people, and there were eleven or twelve people, Xiao Yong said goodbye to the horse's head, and said, "Take care, take care, take care!"
Qi Shanqing watched Xiao Yong go away, and said with some emotion, "Master, in fact, the disciple also wants to go with the senior brother." ”
Nangong said lightly, "Wait until you have eighty percent of your senior brother's combat power, including the use of puppets." After speaking, he turned his horse's head and ran towards the road back to the sect.
The Yun'er Swamp is 17,800 miles away from the three-way intersection, and Xiao Yong plans to take five days to reach it; not because he can't bear it, but because he is afraid that the horses under his crotch will not be able to stand it. The horses ridden from the sect have been replaced by him, and he spent nearly 500,000 taels of silver to replace them with the famous green dragon horse in the Dragon Star Continent, known as the top steed of "six thousand in a day and four thousand in a night". The horse has a strong torso, no excess fat, slender limbs, light legs and hooves, and a pleasant rhythm to ride on.
The teams that followed behind were thrown away, and the teams along the way were constantly surpassed.
There is a two-person team in the back, one fat and one thin, neither of them is very tall, similar to Xiao Yong, they are both four feet seven or eight, but the two are middle-aged.
Looking at Xiao Yong, who was gone, the fat man muttered, "Damn, he is such a good horse, how can we catch up?"
Thin man, "Don't worry, he is going to the Cloud Ear Swamp after all, where it is better to start." ”
The fat man suddenly smiled and said, "You said that the second young man is too, don't you know how many catties and taels you have?
Thin man, "Young man, I don't know how big the outside world is, and in the family, he is afraid that his father is the head of the family, so he is let him." When you get outside, who knows who you are, your fists are big, not to mention that you are going to provoke others, it is very good if you are not abolished. ”
Fat man, "Our mission is not easy to handle, one middle and two early days are not the enemy of others." ”
Thin man, "The two of us are late, and those three can't withstand one or two of our blows." ”
The fat man smiled, "I think you still have to think about it, and you can't hang it up without knowing it." That Huo Lao Crooked didn't dare to make a move easily, it shouldn't be because he was afraid of his identity as a disciple of the Feiyun Sect, but because he didn't have the certainty of victory, otherwise, the old fox wouldn't let go of that opportunity to make a profit for no reason. ”
Skinny, "too." Er Shao's sneak attack is useless, which shows that people don't necessarily rely on brute force. It's a pity, no matter how good he usually does in front of his ancestors, it is not as important as the hundred yuan stones, which is the result of his lack of attention to the people of the world. ”
Behind the two, there is a team of six people, one tall and one short, two martial artists in the late stage, and four martial artists in the middle stage. Looking at Xiao Yong, who was also annoyed in the distance, Martial Master Gao said, "This kid is running so fast, how can we catch up?"
The dwarf martial artist who was neck and neck laughed, "What's the hurry? We just have to move forward, we will always find his trace." Even if we can't find him, isn't Young Master Ji training in the Yun'er Swamp? ”
Martial Master Gao asked in a low voice, "You said that Young Master Ji is really going to cross the 100,000 Great Mountains? I think his ability is also at the top level in the Dragon Star Continent." ”
The dwarf martial artist also responded in a low voice, "Young Master Ji was stimulated last time, the family planned for ten years, but was defeated once, the loss was too great, he was harshly criticized by the elders, and the old ancestor didn't give him a good face, so he didn't have the face to stay any longer." ”
Gao Wushi sighed, "It's only to blame him for starting to talk too much, but the final result was too disastrous, losing a branch family, two martial monarch old antiques, and completely angering the Feiyun Sect, which can still coexist peacefully, making the family completely reduced to second-rate in the imperial capital, who do you say is not angry? But the family probably didn't expect that it was already said to be beautiful and lively, but it still stretched out its feet at a critical time." ”
Dwarf Martial Artist, "When you are strong, others will give three points, and when you are in trouble, how many are not willing to step on one foot, let alone competitors." ”
Xiao Yong rode the green dragon horse all the way to gallop, and the team that was surpassed all cast complicated eyes on this solo riding boy;
The forks in the road are separated, and the more you go, the more sparsely populated you become, and the official roads are getting narrower and narrower. In two days, he walked 13,000 miles, basically resting a tea exercise for a thousand miles, letting the green dragon horse drink water and feed some high-quality horse feed; Xiao Yong stopped to eat for half an hour, and the green dragon horse could rest for a longer time, and eat some leaves and grass next to it, or lie down and rest his feet.
Walking to the end of the narrow official road, standing in front of a path stepped out by a man stepping on a horse, looking at the sparkling white light in the distance, as well as the misty forests and mountain bags, Xiao Yong took a deep breath, "Cloud Ear Swamp, the source of chaos, the cultivator's paradise, the cultivator's hell." I'm coming!" and galloped in.
In the first fifty miles, it is the road that is artificially thrown into the stones, wooden planks, etc., although it is not wide, the single horse can still walk alone, and at the end of the road, a low house suddenly appears in the swamp, there are forty or fifty rooms, and a huge wood at the door is engraved with three big characters of "cloud ear set".
There were a lot of people walking around in front of the house, and there were also many people sitting on the ground at random, and they saw a person coming in the distance, and some sitting big men stood up, but saw that it was a rich boy who had not opened his pulse, and then sat down again.
Xiao Yong rode his horse to the small house, looked at the many signs placed in front of the house, "recruited" and "looking for partners", and asked, "Where is there a place to store horses?"
A man smiled and said, "Young man, do you still want to go inside? Do you want to lead the way, five hundred taels of silver a day, and I will take you in." ”
Another man shouted, "Young man, join our adventure team, give us four hundred taels of silver every day, don't you take action yourself, we will help you clear all dangers." ”
At first, the man said angrily, "Coward Liu, what do you mean? Do you want to bring this young master in thirty miles and bring it back?"
The man in the back was still colored, "Flying leg Zhang, how did you get your nickname? It's not that you're in danger, and you run faster than anyone? You go in forty miles and show me? It's not always thirty miles in every time!"
A burly man with two scars on his face said lazily, "We have a place to store our horses here." However, if a horse's horse is ten taels a day, yours will be thirty taels. ”
Xiao Yong led the horse to him and frowned, "Why?"
The burly man touched the horse's back, "It's too expensive." ”
Xiao Yong, "Okay!"
"The maximum period is thirty days, and if it expires, it will be regarded as ownerless, and a deposit of fifteen days will be paid in advance. ”
"When I came out, Marco couldn't lose a little fat. ”
"Gotcha. We have experts in raising horses, otherwise we wouldn't have charged you thirty taels. ”
Following the burly man to the backyard, the whole thing was a huge stable, which occupied twice as much space as the one in front. It was estimated that there were about 3,000 horse pens, and now there are about 2,000 horses.
Xiao Yong, "There are a lot of people going in, and there are so many horses. ”
The burly man, "It's good to come out with three achievements." Many of the horses have been overdue, and many have been sold. ”
"What if someone comes out?"
"Buy again. There are more overdue horses. ”
"You're not afraid of people looking for trouble?"
"We come by the rules, there are not many people who dare to make trouble, and besides, we are not vegetarians. I think back then, we all went into three or four hundred miles, and now there are not many people who can go that far. ”
"So you have a map to sell?"
"Surely, we need to stay in this dangerous place by keeping the horses alone, and if there is a harvest from inside, we can buy it. I don't think you're very old, are you really going to go in? Go in alone?"
"I'm running fast. ”
Maybe it's because he looks at Xiao Yong's age and is careful to dissuade him, or maybe it's because he looks at him pleasing to the eye, and the burly man keeps giving him the danger inside.
In the swamp, there are not only martial artist realm beasts, but also martial monarch realm beasts, I don't know if there are any higher realms, there are also poisonous barriers and man-eating flowers and plants, if you are not careful, you will be fooled. The dangers inside are not only fierce beasts and poisonous barriers, but the biggest threat is martial cultivation; if you meet ten people, if one of them doesn't attack you, you will be lucky. This is just one of the three normal entrances to the Izumo Empire, each of which has hundreds of people entering every day, as well as some unknown entrances that have their own unique paths. The Flying Dragon Empire and the Yunfei Empire also have many masters entering, and if you go four or five hundred miles inside, you may encounter them.
I spent a hundred taels of silver to buy a map, and asked the burly man some specific questions, where there are the most fierce beasts, where the fierce beast realm is the highest, and where the medicinal herbs with a long year are produced.
The burly man was originally depressed that he did not frighten the little fellow, and when he saw that he did not know whether he was alive or dead, he stretched out his finger on the map and pointed out a lot of places, and finally said that he had only seen it from a distance, and he had heard from the monks who had returned, and he only guessed that there were those places.
Xiao Yong took the map and asked for two dishes and a pot of wine in the wine shop opened by the burly man, and studied it while watching. It is said that the map of the cloud ear swamp is actually a narrow and long map with a width of thousands of miles and a depth of no more than 700 miles, and the more than 100 miles inside are not very accurately described, and they are observed from a distance.
After drinking, Xiao Yong walked towards the swamp alone, and shouted, "Young man, you really don't want us to take you in?"
The timid Liu asked the burly man, "Da Lao Cai, do you think that kid really wants to go in, and how strong is his ability?"
Elder Cai frowned, "I don't know either." In the past 20 years, I have seen a lot of people, but I haven't seen through what he can do. You say he's incapable, he doesn't seem to care about my scares at all, which means that he is still confident. Let's say that he has ability, but I just can't see his realm level, could it be that his realm level is higher than that of Wu Jun?"
Timid Liu, "It's impossible to be taller than Wu Jun, the Dragon Star Continent can't afford to raise that kind of person, that kid is a bit evil." ”
Flying Leg squinted his eyes, "The four ghosts of Nanshan have gone out again, probably trying to get that young man, this group of people is one of the most dangerous sources in the Cloud Ear Swamp." ”
Da Lao Cai, "To enter here, some are here to try their luck, some are here to find opponents, and few are soft-footed shrimp, they are not beaten many times and run away in a hurry, lying for a few months before they can get up? ”
In the first forty miles, there were many people walking, and there was an established route, although it was difficult to walk, but it was difficult for Xiao Yong to adjust the refining tool to eighty catties, and use the footwork of stealing the teacher, and passed in less than a stick of incense.
After forty miles, the route was not so clear, and from time to time there were water beasts jumping up and attacking in the swamp, but the realm level did not exceed the samurai realm, and they were punched and kicked away, and some even became footholds.
After walking for hundreds of miles, I saw a small forest in the distance, and that was the first safe island marked on the map, and although I could see it, it was still more than fifty miles. This is the case on flat ground, because there is no reference, the concept of distance is not very clear.
Turning his head, there were people running towards him in the distance, and in the distance, the row of houses was so close to the ground that if he didn't know there were houses, he wouldn't have been able to see them.
After walking for more than one hundred and twenty miles, the number of water beasts in the Samurai Realm began to increase, and the frequency of attacks was much higher. Xiao Yong has been using his eyes with all his might, stepping on the tufts of grass, holding the big knife captured from the Guo family's martial artist, and slapping the warrior realm crocodiles, otters, piranhas, etc.
Stepping on a cluster of grass, Xiao Yong had a solemn expression for the first time, there were only a few sparse clusters of grass in front of him, but there were fifteen or sixteen crocodiles swimming below, and the highest level was two martial artist realms;
"I don't know how those people lived before, but since they can live, then I must live too. ”
In fact, he didn't know that when others saw such a situation, they would never walk in such a straight line, and they would not take the risk of forcibly passing through a place where the grass was scarce. In this swamp, experienced waders often say, "It is better to go around 10,000 steps than to wade into no grass", which is what they are talking about.
The grass under his feet sank, he was one hundred and thirty or forty pounds, and the refining tools were eighty pounds, although the grass was rooted and had a certain ability to support, but it still couldn't withstand his long-term pressure, unless he stepped on the ground that was rare in the swamp.
Put away the light knife, replace it with the heavy one, and slash at the first crocodile.
A sword light fell on the top of the crocodile group, and the first Martial Arts Realm crocodile jumped up from the water, its skin was cut open, and crocodile blood flowed out, and the five Warrior Realm crocodiles behind jumped up and rushed towards him.
The knife was exhausted, and the new strength was not enough, Xiao Yong stepped on the head of the crocodile in the martial arts realm, used a little force, and retreated.
The crocodile group did not stop attacking, after the first batch of warrior realm crocodiles fell into the water, the one led by jumped up and attacked, and the other four warrior realm crocodiles jumped two or three breaths behind and bit them, and the rest of the crocodiles followed and swam slowly.
"Wu Cao, even if you will cooperate! one after another, attacking in turn, this is what the beast tide mentioned in the book looks like. ”
Swinging a knife at the crocodile group again, a jumping warrior realm crocodile was cut into four, and the leading martial artist realm was also slashed again; Xiao Yong failed to rush forward, and the second wave of crocodiles jumped up and opened their bloody mouths to wait for him, so he could only retreat backwards again.
The grass was overwhelmed by the crocodile, and the blood of the leading crocodile flowed more and more, and the sliced samurai realm crocodile lay there and did not move, and the crocodile blood slowly flowed out, slowly turning the muddy water into bloody water.
The Warrior Realm crocodile swam quickly, trying to launch another attack, but those warrior realm crocodiles seemed to be a little manic, the smell of blood around them was too strong, and they began to look for the source of blood; some found the warrior realm crocodile, and some found the dead warrior realm crocodile; there was flesh and blood, and the flesh and blood depended on each other, and some warrior realm crocodiles bit the warrior realm crocodile that led the team, and some warrior realm crocodiles bit towards the dead warrior realm crocodile. The latter did not resist, but the former was different, still alive, and the realm level was higher than theirs, and he turned around and bit at the little cubs who had beaten his own ideas.
From time to time, the crocodile sprang out of the water, and the target of the attack was not Xiao Yong, but the crocodile, and the scene was chaotic; Xiao Yong had an idea, sacrificed two electric talismans, and then stepped on the top of the slightly numb crocodiles, and ran forward.
"Damn, this guy isn't completely numb!" As soon as he jumped up on the tail of the crocodile in the Suppressing Array Martial Arts Realm, he saw that the crocodile's tail also lifted and swept towards him, Xiao Yong was shocked. It hasn't been numb, it's in trouble, and it's also semi-numb, but it's just that it's gone through a lot of adaptation training, and it's just a little faster than others in the talisman.
"Poof!" Xiao Yong didn't have time to react before he felt a heavy blow to the outside of his right thigh, and was swept by the raised tail, swept three feet away, and slanted into the swamp in a daze.
Without any hesitation, he slapped his hand on the water, stood up and stepped on a tuft of grass in front of him; when the Martial Master Realm crocodile turned around, Xiao Yong had already stepped on the grass and ran forward quickly; after it quickly chased forward for more than ten zhang, it found that it was chasing farther and farther before it stopped doing useless work.
Maybe this group of crocodiles was the occupants of this radius of thirty miles, and the rest of the way, they didn't encounter a single attack, which made Xiao Yong feel lucky and quickly stepped onto the grove.