Treading Blood to Sky’s End Chapter 51: The style of the ancient country

The fog is vast, and ice crystals hit the leaves, making a hissing sound, like rain music in the forest, beautiful and meditative, but unfortunately it is broken by the footsteps of a group of people.

"Follow closely, the ancient city wall is in front of you. If you fall behind, you will have to worry about your own life and death." Chai Dahu, who was leading the way in front of the team, kept reminding everyone.

It's terrible to fall behind here, because they have been walking for nearly a day, and the newcomers don't know the direction at all. It would be great to go back, but when they reach the ancient ruins, there is a high probability that they will not be able to come back!

Although in such an environment, people are the most dangerous, after all, killing people and grabbing treasures is the fastest way to make money!

But poor boys like Zhang Tianliu will not be targeted. The threats to them are beasts and the legendary Wu Mei!

The group walked for another half an hour and finally saw the ancient city wall.

The ancient city wall is not high. After thousands of years of wind and frost, it has become dilapidated. Most of it has collapsed. The red stone fire bricks of the past have also been corroded by time and are riddled with holes. They can be turned into mud with a single step.

"Let's rest here tonight. Brother Zhang will stay for the first half of the night, and little brother Yang will stay for the rest of the night. Also, don't pee too far away, and this ever-burning lamp cannot be extinguished, otherwise the fog charm will seduce your souls. Let's go." After Chai Dahu ordered, he started to set up the tent.

You have to bring your own dry food. It is best not to eat other people’s food unless you want to die inexplicably.

Zhang Tianliu had inquired before coming, so he prepared some dry food.

The sky turned dark in an instant, and it was harder to see the surrounding environment clearly in the foggy night. Zhang Tianliu sat in front of a long-lit lantern, guarding the lantern motionlessly, picking a wick every half an hour.

The foggy sea at night in winter is extremely cold. Because the humidity is too heavy, it is useless to wear more clothes. Fortunately, Zhang Tianliu not only wears a hemp cloak, but also wears fire silk underwear, both of which can keep away the cold. , but silk cloth is more effective and more expensive, but it doesn't suit Zhang Tianliu's identity, so he wears it inside and puts the black linen cloth on the outside to cover up his impressive wealth.

With nothing to do, Zhang Tianliu meditates and practices. His control over the Qi cannot be said to be as pure as fire, but he is still quite familiar with it.

He can control the true energy not to explode, and can repeatedly use the true energy threads to expand his muscles and veins. As long as the true energy is not exposed, people without his eyes will not know what he is doing.

In the second half of the night, Yang Bu came out of his small tent after resting. He sat across from Zhang Tianliu and said, "I'll guard while you rest."

It is rare to see such a self-conscious person. Zhang Tianliu woke up from meditation, took out a cigarette and threw it to Yang Buqi. He took one and lit it with an ever-burning lamp, and picked out the wick.

Holding the cigarette in his mouth, he leaned against the tree with his hands folded and took a deep breath, blowing out the smoke and saying, "That's fine with me."

He doesn't have a tent. Although this thing is not food, no one likes to share it with others.

Yang Buxu stood stunned for a long time holding the cigarette. After imitating Zhang Tianliu and lighting it with a lamp, he choked heavily as soon as he took a puff.

"What on earth is this?" Yang Buxu coughed repeatedly.

"Cigarettes are a good thing that have been shipped to the town recently. If you get used to smoking, you can't live without them." Zhang Tianliu said with half-squinted eyes.

"Then I'd better not get used to it." Although Yang Buxu said this, he didn't waste it. He still smoked, but didn't swallow it.

Nothing was said after that, and everyone continued walking deeper into the ruins the next morning.

However, because of a cigarette last night, Yang Buxu became closer to Zhang Tianliu, and the two walked at the end chatting.

This is not the first time for Yang Buxu to come here. He came here last year and returned home after staying for a whole winter and earning more than 30 gold.

He told many things that Zhang Tianliu didn't understand, such as why Chai Dahu came to them because they were easy to control!

If you find something good, it’s best to pretend you don’t know the price and just give it to Chai Dahu directly.

If you don’t have strength, you must be willing to be exploited, otherwise you will be seeking death.

This is Yang Buqi’s code of conduct.

"There is a mountain python in front of us, don't panic..." When Chai Dahu reminded him, the twin sisters had surrounded a mountain python with thick thighs. At the same time, they took off the leather whips around their waists, injected their true energy and gave the mountain python a seven-inch blow. He whipped the mountain python and instantly knocked it to the ground.

Without giving the mountain python a chance to fight back, Chai Dahu rushed over with an ax and swung it hard, splitting the python's head off in the blink of an eye and blood splattered all over the ground.

Chai Dahu smiled proudly and asked Zhang Tianliu and others to dispose of the body.

Mountain pythons are also valuable. Python skins, python tendons, and python bones can all be sold, and the prices are high.

"It will take several years for such a big one to grow." Zhang Tianliu sighed repeatedly while peeling off the skin.

Yang Buxu said: "You are really ignorant. This is a newborn python. It will take up to half a year. If you give it a few years to grow, it will be as big as a big water tank."

Zhang Tianliu was secretly speechless.

Since then, they have never encountered any ferocious beasts, and there are few poisonous insects in the fog sea, so they entered the ruins of an ancient city with almost no danger.

The ruins are covered with moss and the ground is slippery. If you are not careful, you will fall down.

"Okay, everyone disperses here and will meet up in an hour. Remember, don't scream when you are in danger. Come back if you can. If you can't run away, no one will come to save you if you scream." After Chai Dahu finished speaking seriously, everyone dispersed.

In order to take care of each other, Yang was not allowed to be with Zhang Tianliu.

"Why can't you scream?" Zhang Tianliu asked.

"I don't know. I heard it will attract terrible things." Yang Buxu had never screamed before, so he wasn't sure.

The two searched several broken houses but found nothing. It seemed that there was nothing here except bricks and stones.

There are not even broken tables, broken chairs, broken pots, etc. The bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.comｍ has obviously been cleared out long ago.

While strolling around, Yang Buxu moved the tip of his nose and suddenly said excitedly: "Follow me."

Zhang Tianliu was confused and did not ask any questions. He followed Yang Buxu all the way to a stone house. Before he could see what was there, Zhang Tianliu was almost vomited by the stench!

Yang Buxu didn’t dislike it at all. He threw himself on a huge dung pile and reached into the dung pile to rummage around, making Zhang Tianliu vomit!

"Yes!" Yang Buxu's surprised voice was low. He pulled out a numb package from the dung heap, quickly opened it and took out a bronze object.

"Fuck!" Zhang Tianliu's eyes widened, he pinched his nose and walked to the side and squatted down to look at this treasure.

This is a bronze wine pot with a piece of exquisite round ancient jade embedded in the pot belly. Unfortunately, the jade has several cracks.

Yang Buxu was also a little disappointed, but it was better than nothing. He happily put it away, and then groped in the dung pile again.

Nothing was found this time. After leaving regretfully, Zhang Tianliu asked: "Is there a giant beast here that swallows people?"

"Yeah, but it's not necessarily swallowed here. It's probably just pulled out while passing by here, so you can't miss any dung pile."

"I'd better forget it." Zhang Tianliu really couldn't accept it.

"You can't make money like this." Yang Buxu pretended to be a senior.

Zhang Tianliu didn't say that he came in just to take a look, and he would come in by himself after learning more about it.

While walking, Zhang Tianliu suddenly staggered and almost fell. When he regained his balance, he couldn't help but feel refreshed, and his whole body felt as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

But Yang Buxu's face was as white as a sheet of paper, because there was a pit in front of them, and Zhang Tianliu stepped into the pit. The pit was not deep, but it was very long, and it looked like a winding mountain road!