"My head hurts so much!" Tianming woke up from his coma in a daze. He felt that his whole body was aching and his head felt uncomfortable. He couldn't help but moaned and muttered.
Raising his hand to rub his scalp, Tianming instantly recalled everything before. He was startled, and his half-closed eyes suddenly widened. He quickly got up and looked around.
Then he found Uncle Gai Nie, Sister Xue Nu, and Shao Yu standing next to him, looking at him with different expressions.
Tianming Moming felt a little embarrassed, smiled and scratched his head, "Hey... everyone, is everyone okay?"
Shao Yu folded his hands on his chest and laughed, "Hey, boy, are you okay?"
Tianming exerted force on his waist and jumped off the bed. He responded angrily to Shaoyu, "Nonsense, how could something happen to me, your brother Tianming!"
Then he carefully looked at the house they were currently in. Well... for him, an orphan living in a border town in the west border, the decoration could be said to be very luxurious, with shiny floor tiles and exquisite beams and columns.
, shiny walls, and the place is very spacious.
The only problem is——
"Shaoyu, where is this?"
Shao Yu spread his hands and said, "Who else could it be, Lou Lan!"
When Tianming heard this, he grinned, "Hey, we finally arrived in Loulan!"
"By the way, where is Xiao Li?" At this point, Tianming realized that there was one less person in the team.
When asked about this, Shao Yu couldn't help but feel a hint of gloom between his brows, and shook his head, "I don't know, we haven't seen Xiao Li since we woke up."
"We still don't understand the situation, and it's not easy for Mr. Gai Nie and Miss Xue Nu to walk around and investigate at will."
Tianming has an impulsive temper and doesn't care about the inconvenience. The most important thing is that his friends are fine, so he immediately shouted, "Why do you care so much? Let's go find Xiaoli quickly."
Naturally, Shao Yu couldn't make the decision, so he raised his head and looked at the two big bosses, Gai Nie and Xue Nu.
Gai Nie and Xue Nu looked at each other, but they didn't object to Tianming's urging.
The two of them were unwilling to take action before, mostly because Tianming was in a coma and did not dare to leave.
Now that everyone is awake, there is no need to stay here. It is better to find Xiao Li quickly.
But just when a few people were about to take action, people from Loulan came over.
They were soldiers with gold and silver armor. Tian Ming didn't recognize them, but Shao Yu and the others had seen them before, but the other party only told them to wait here and said nothing else.
This time, the Loulan soldier came to invite a few people, "Guests from a foreign land, please come with me. Your Majesty the High Priest wants to see you."
Tianming shouted, "Where is Xiaoli? Do you know where Xiaoli is?"
Hearing Tianming's words, the soldier's eyes flashed under his helmet, but he did not answer directly. He only said, "Please follow me. All the answers will be revealed later."
Gai Nie and Xue Nu looked at each other again.
From what the other party meant, something seemed wrong.
However, both of them belong to the lawful good camp, so they would not directly fall out and take action just because they feel something is wrong.
Both parties made the decision unanimously - let's see.
Of course, the main reason why the two dare to be so casual is because they have confidence in their own strength.
This house has windows, and the house is located at a very high place. Looking out from the window, you can almost have an overview of the entire Loulan Kingdom.
This country, how should I put it... is not even as big as Xianyang.
Even if we don’t count the Pan-Xianyang area, which is as vast as more than 300 miles, and only count the palace group with the Jingwei junction as the core, the difference in area between the two is not a little bit.
During the ten years of war for the whole world, Ying Zheng built hundreds of palaces, which together with the existing palaces could stretch nearly a hundred miles.
As for Loulan, compared to a city, it is very big, very big, and the scenery is excellent.
Surrounded by mountains and flowing with meandering water, there are a variety of sharp-edged buildings from the Western Regions, either close to the mountains or by the water. Loulan people from the Central Plains with different clothing styles shuttle among the lanes and houses, which can be called a fairyland on earth. But!
It is such a big place in the palm of your hand, and it is still in the desert. All kinds of resources are probably in short supply. If it supports more than 500 soldiers, the degree of military aggression will be at least twice that of the Qin State. p>
Looking at the mental outlook of the people, it is obvious that this is not the case. Furthermore, considering that almost no outsiders can enter this place, and there is no such thing as an enemy from abroad, Genie estimates that Loulan can only survive with a hundred or so soldiers pretending to be there.
Doesn’t this mean that the combat effectiveness is close to that of air?
Even if you carry a few oil bottles, there is really nothing to worry about.
Shaoyu and Tianming are more casual.
According to their understanding, Xiao Li is from Loulan and is here to save Loulan. We are obviously not enemies and there is nothing to worry about.
Led by several soldiers, the group left the room and continued to move higher along the narrow corridor built on the mountain wall.
The place they are going to is the temple of Loulan. It is located behind the heart of Loulan Kingdom’s most important landmark building, the Statue of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Goddess. It is basically the highest place in Loulan.
The only place higher than the temple is the top of the Jiutian Xuan Goddess statue, but under normal circumstances, that place is obviously a restricted area.
Who dares to be above the gods?
Anyway, no Loulan people who have believed in the goddess for thousands of years would dare.
After climbing the mountain corridor for about a stick of incense, the group finally arrived at their destination, the gate of the Loulan Temple built on the top of the mountain.
Although you can barely get a glimpse of it from the outside, it is enough to feel the luxurious atmosphere of this temple.
Gai Nie felt very strange about this.
In other words, he has been doubting it since he took an overview of the entire Loulan Kingdom.
How was this country established?
It is such a small country isolated deep in the desert. Due to the limitations of basic resources such as food and water, the number of citizens is only about 10,000.
How did such a small population build such a shocking mountain-hugging city within the surrounding mountains?
Such a huge project would require more than 100,000 laborers and take several years or even decades to complete.
Is it possible that there were many people in Loulan before?
Gai Nie had some random thoughts in his mind, but he didn't care too much.
No matter what happened to Loulan in the past, it has nothing to do with him.
Just when Genie and others were about to step up the steps leading to the temple, the soldiers leading the way stopped them again:
"Non-Lolan citizens are not allowed to bring weapons into the temple."
Hearing this, Gai Nie frowned slightly.
He is a pure swordsman. Without a sword, his combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Moreover, as a swordsman, he does not like to hand over his sword.
However, the other party's reasons are not easy to refuse. As soon as you hear the name "temple", you know that it is not an ordinary place. Some of the rules are also common sense...
At this time, Gai Nie glanced sideways at Xue Nu and decided to wait for her to make a decision.
If the snow girl is willing to hand over the sword, then he can reluctantly agree.
Yuki-onna is different from him. She is not a pure swordsman. She can still maintain enough combat power without a sword, which can at least ensure the safety of several children.
