The mission left Canniang's territory and continued to move forward. Five days later, the sky suddenly became dense with dark clouds, followed by thunder and lightning. The most outrageous thing was that a strong wind blew in the deep canyon!
The wind and rain came suddenly, and the grain loaded on the cart got damp. After the rain and the weather cleared, I wanted to dry the grain. Unexpectedly, deep in the canyon, even if the sun is scorching, the water vapor cannot escape.
Within three or two days, the food became moldy and turned into green colonies, making it impossible to eat. The mission fell into crisis for a while, with a population of more than 3,000 people unable to survive for a few days without food.
"What can we do?"
Wu Shilang had a sad look on his face, he took off his thin placket and twisted it hard, sweat and moisture flowed down.
"It will take at least half a month to reach Nanli and Zhongnan, which have contacts with Dahua. In this wilderness, if you want to buy food, there is no boundary to buy it. Three thousand people, won't they all starve to death here?
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"Yes, you can't eat your mount. If you don't have a horse, you won't be able to walk."
Li Zhengxi rubbed his stomach that kept growling and sighed.
If Chai Tiannuo hadn't come up with the emergency food supplies in Taoyuan Blessed Land, a group of people would have starved to death in the past few days.
Chaitino also had a sad look on his face. There was very little edible vegetation at the bottom of the valley, and there were only a few snakes and rats. There was nowhere to hunt, so what should I do?
"The ancient books say there are kuns in the water. It would be great if I could catch one."
The hungry student with green eyes said weakly, and Li Zhengxi curled his lips:
"Pull it down. I've been fishing for several days and I haven't seen any fish scales. I think this is a stagnant pool with not a single living thing!"
Everyone around sighed, but Chai Tiannuo took it seriously. He picked up a thick brown rope dozens of feet long, hung it on a huge iron hook, threaded it through a fairy peach produced in a blessed land, and threw it into the water with a clang.
"Tiannuo, what are you doing?"
Li Zhengxi asked doubtfully, Chai Tiannuo grinned:
"Just like Ziqi said, if we can catch a kun, the food shortage will be solved."
"...Would you believe it if the little boy fainted from hunger?"
"You might as well fill your hunger with me if you throw a peach into the water."
Rolling his eyes, Li Zhengxi sat down next to Chai Tiannuo. Although he said that, he was also praying in his heart that someone big would take the bait.
Chaitino paid no attention to him, but quietly felt the vibrations from the brown rope.
"Boom~!"
The rope suddenly tightened, and Chaitino was shaken. He never imagined that this reaction would come so quickly!
"Retract the rope, quickly retract the rope!"
Li Zhengxi shouted loudly, never thinking that something big was really taking the bait!
Chaitino was also refreshed. He stood up and grabbed the rope to lift it up. He saw that the dark blue water surface was rolling non-stop, and the splashing waves were one or two meters high.
“Now I’ve eaten some!”
Li Zhengxi excitedly raised the halberd in his hand, preparing to kill the fish with one blow when it came out of the water. Just by looking at the water splash, he knew that this fish was definitely not small!
"come over!"
A spike as thick as an arm protruded from the water. Chaitino hugged it, roared suddenly, and used all his strength to drag the large object ashore!
"Moo~"
The cow screamed loudly and waved its huge tail rapidly. Li Zhengxi, who was about to stab Li Zhengxi, was hit by the tail and flew seven or eight feet away!
"Mom, this is too big!"
Li Zhengxi stumbled to the ground, blood flowing out of his nostrils, but he ignored his injuries, picked up his halberd, and ran back.
"Yin and Yang split into two parts!"
Minghong fell, and the big thing flopping on the shore was immediately split into two. Blood splashed and poured all over the spectators. But instead of being disgusted, the crowd cheered loudly:
"There is meat to eat!"
Chai Tiannuo rubbed his shoulders. This thing was too big. With his current level, he had to exert 10% of his strength to drag it out of the water. It weighed at least 70,000 to 80,000 kilograms!
Two hours later, everyone ate the hot stew. Wu Shilang drank the broth and looked at the huge skeleton and couldn't help but muttered, couldn't it really be Kunpeng?
Chaitino, who was washing his long back tendons in the water, smiled and said:
"Kunpeng is a legendary beast. It should be some kind of water beast. It may have been the one that Qian Sheng saw back then."
"That should be the case, but Mr. Chai, are you taking the back tendons and sharp corners of this monster as decorations?"
"no."
Chaitino shook his head, stretched his strong back muscles, and said with a chuckle:
"The material is good, I want to use it to make a bow, a bow that is not inferior to the Moon Rhinoceros!"
The remaining animal meat was taken into Taoyuan Paradise by Chai Tiannuo. At this time, he did not care about the consumption of spiritual energy. Otherwise, due to the humid and hot environment outside, the meat would go bad in less than a day.
Traveling day and night, the mission finally left the Wudao Canyon on the ninth day. Thirty miles away was Nanli Country. No need to rush, everyone naturally moved forward at a high speed. After eating animal meat for nearly ten days, everyone was really tired of it.
"Something's wrong."
Speeding along the flat road, the mission quickly entered the territory of Nanli State. They could see the village barracks, but not a single person.
After checking the empty barracks, Li Zhengxi couldn't help but frown. The things were packed very cleanly, and they should have been evacuated in an orderly manner. They might be performing some kind of mission.
But no matter what, we should keep the sentry on duty. If we leave like this, wouldn't it mean that the barracks is abandoned?
The same goes for the village, which does look a bit weird.
"My lord, what should we do next?"
Li Zhengxi asked with a solemn expression. Wu Shilang thought for a while, pointed forward and said:
"No matter what else, go directly to the capital of Nanli Kingdom. Wear all your armor in case of any unexpected events!"
"Here!"
Li Zhengxi took the order and sent a battalion to rush forward to clear the way. The entire mission was tightly guarded and slowly moved south away from the capital.
There are no less than a hundred countries in the Southwest Territory, but except for a few, the others are all too small.
For example, the Nanli Kingdom is considered a large country in the southwest region, but its total population is less than 500,000. It only has one capital city and hundreds of villages.
If it were in Dahua, I'm afraid it wouldn't even be comparable to this mansion.
"Report, Nanli Capital City is under siege, and there is a fierce battle now. The attacking side is Cangtian Dao, with more than 10,000 people!"
The mission had traveled less than ten miles when a messenger returned to deliver the message. Li Zhengxi thought about it and gave the order directly:
"Hold up the flag and fight southward from the capital, prepare your crossbows with arrows, and rush through the Cangtian Road to enter the city!"
After the order was issued, the atmosphere immediately became tense. Battalions of soldiers left the main force one after another and rushed to the front.
Li Zhengxi came to the carriage and said to Chai Tiannuo:
"Tiannuo, the Minister and the students have been left to you, let's go and clear the way!"
"Be careful!"
Chai Tiannuo nodded. Chai Man'er's health has been getting worse these days, so he has been taking care of her in the car.
Horse hooves were like a tide, and the Three Thousand Xiaoshan Mansion quickly disappeared. Everyone's hearts were heavy, as Cangtian Dao surrounded the capital. The situation in Nanli Country seemed to be very bad.
"Master Chai, should we stay here and wait, or should we catch up?"
Wu Shilang asked through the car window, with Chai Tiannuo, the Yalu Immortal, there was no problem with safety, but if he didn't enter the capital, there would be nowhere to buy the food.