Chapter Twenty-Five: Misfortune Strikes
In this way, Jin Yue followed the caravan in the Hengbei Desert for another seven or eight days. On this day, Brother Kui told everyone that if they went west for three days, they would be able to get out of the desert and enter the territory of Yan Kingdom.
Hearing the news, everyone finally showed a smile that they hadn't seen for a long time. Among them, the happiest is the obese man surnamed Li. During this time, relying on the water and food that he begged for everywhere, although he barely survived, the whole person was obviously thinner.
"Goo-goo. ”
Following the source of the voice, Jin Yue curiously glanced at the fat man who was holding a kettle of cow drink not far away.
"There are still three days to get out of the desert, and there is not much water and food left for these days, and it will not be easy for you to ask for some of the same as you did two days ago. Jin Yue couldn't help but remind.
"Hehe, Brother Yue doesn't have to worry about me, just now Uncle Wang heard that he will be able to get out of the desert soon, and he gave me some excess water and food. The fat man grinned when he heard this.
"Oh, I see. As he spoke, Jin Yue glanced back at a small group of five people and eight camels behind him.
The leader was a shriveled and thin gray-haired old man over half a hundred years old. He is easy-going, and the people in the caravan call him Uncle Wang on weekdays.
In addition to Uncle Wang, there were four sturdy retinues and a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, who had red lips and white teeth, and was very delicate, and was said to be the grandson of Uncle Wang.
Uncle Wang's merchant group was added to the caravan before leaving. It is said that at first, Brother Kui did not agree to join the strange merchant group, but later Uncle Wang gave a large sum of silver, and Brother Kui reluctantly accepted them.
"Stop, rest here for the night today, and continue on your way tomorrow. Kui Ge, who was leading the way, looked at the burning clouds that appeared in the sky, and ordered everyone to camp in place. Then, a few shrewd and capable ones were selected among the guards and sent to the distance to guard martial law.
Jin Yue dragged the camel to a small sand dune and squatted down, used the camel as a cover, took some food and water on the spot, and sat on the hot sand to eat.
After eating, Jin Yue took off the cold bedding from the hump, spread it on the sand, then pulled out a wide canvas and set up a simple tent on the side of the hump.
During the day, the desert is unbearably hot, but at night, it is a bone-chilling cold snap, which is in stark contrast to the daytime. So in the evening, keeping warm becomes the top priority for everyone.
However, for Jin Yue, all this is not just as simple as keeping warm and cold. What's more, with the barrier of this simple tent, you don't have to worry about being seen by others when you cultivate on weekdays.
After arranging the simple tent, Jin Yue got into the tent, sealed the entrance, sat cross-legged on the futon, took a pill of Naling Pill, and cultivated quietly.
As always, the caravan set up their tents, and after eating and drinking, they entered the tents and slept peacefully. Under the arrangement of Brother Kui, the guards set up sentry posts around the area to be responsible for the security of the caravan.
Under the urging of the medicinal power, the originally thin mana in Jin Yue's body gradually thickened. Receiving this good signal, Jin Yue ran his qi training with all his might, incorporating the aura around his body into his body.
This lasted for about four or five hours, and a feeling that Jin Yue had been waiting for for a long time came to his heart, only to see that his eyebrows were happy, and in the next second, fine sweat oozed from his forehead.
Time passed minute by minute, about the time of a stick of incense, Jin Yue was sweating profusely, and opened his eyes suddenly, with a faint disappointment in his eyes.
"Did it fail?"
After these days of cultivation, the mana in Jin Yue's body became more and more vigorous. The familiar feeling just now was the opportunity to break through the bottleneck of the second layer of qi training.
"In just over two months, from a secular mortal to a second-level Qi cultivator, this speed, in the remnants of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, is comparable to those cultivation wizards in the Immortal Cultivation Realm who are rare to see in a hundred years. Although there are pills to complement you, in terms of speed, I dare to conclude that your spiritual root qualification must not be low. Just when Jin Yue's heart was lost, the feudal Hua in his mind spoke.
"All in all, my cultivation speed is indeed much faster than that of Huayi Cultivation. In his memory, it took him a full year to ascend from the first level of Qi cultivation to the second layer realm. However, the feeling of qi just now was indeed the same as when he broke through the first layer of qi cultivation before. It's just that I didn't expect to break through, and it would be so much more difficult than when I practiced Qi at the first level. Jin Yue sighed in his heart.
"I don't think it's strange at all, it's getting harder and harder to break through the bottleneck, that's for sure. Otherwise, the immortal cultivation world is still dissatisfied with all high-level cultivators?" Seeing this, Feudal Hua enlightened.
"What the predecessors said is also true, since this time I can feel a glimmer of opportunity to break through the bottleneck, it seems that we are not far from the realm of the third layer of qi training. Thinking through the joints, Jin Yue shook his head and smiled slightly.
But at this time, Jin Yue's ears moved, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.
"There's movement outside. ”
After more than two months of Qi cultivation, Jin Yue's senses and six senses have long surpassed ordinary people. When chatting with Feudal Hua just now, he obviously felt a few "whooshing" sounds in the distance.
Immediately afterward, the sound of a human body falling to the ground was heard.
"Could it be that the thieves are attacking the caravan at night?" frowned slightly, and this idea was quickly ruled out by him almost as soon as Jin Yue's mind appeared.
Along the way, most of the bandits on the caravan route sold Brother Kui to save face, and after accepting the "road money", they no longer had the slightest embarrassment for the caravan.
And the route of the caravan was also under the designation of Brother Kui, and it never deviated at all. It stands to reason that there is a slim chance that bandits will attack the caravan along the way.
"Enemy attack. Sure enough, after a few breaths, a sentry noticed an abnormality.
"Well, there is a brother on the road ahead, why did you sneak up on our caravan. Immediately after, Brother Kui's deep voice echoed all around.
Suspicious, Jin Yue hurriedly got out of the tent, only to see in the distance, several guards who had fallen to the ground with arrows, and the corners of their mouths kept spilling blood foam. Brother Kui and the caravan guards who had quickly gathered were staring nervously at the black-clothed horse team that was rapidly approaching in the distance.
The horse team composed of this group of black-clothed men numbered about one or two hundred, they were dressed in black shirts, wrapped in black cloth, riding on galloping horses with both straddles, and holding longbows with ease, obviously not ordinary bandits.
Without any hesitation, or even any response, the black-clothed men who rode their horses pulled their bowstrings one after another, and one by one, with a "whoosh" sound of breaking through the air, shot at Brother Kui and the guards.
"The situation is not right, find cover and hide. Seeing that the other party could not help but speak, he opened his bow and shot arrows. With a heavy face on his face, Kuige instructed everyone to find cover and dodge the flying arrows.
At this time, many startled businessmen walked out of the tent one after another, but before they could react, they were pierced by sharp arrows flying in the air.
A scream came from inside the caravan camp.
"Brothers, listen to me, if you want to go back to see your wife and children alive, take up arms and fight back. ”
After the first rain of arrows passed, Kui Ge quickly gathered the surviving guards, took out the bows and crossbows with the sound, and launched a counterattack. Using the goods and corpses of the camp to form a temporary position, he stabilized his position for a while and broke the menacing momentum of the black-clothed horse team.
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