The next day, Xie Changyuan was walking alone on the road south. He carried the broken sword on his back, walked firmly, and looked ahead. Walking in this wilderness, with his big horse and golden sword, it was like walking on a journey.
The night before, he used his jade pendant to contact Zixia and asked her to send Xie Changling back.
Not knowing whether what the girl in the white dress said was true or not, Xie Changyuan did not dare to risk going back. If the people from the Twelve Divine Palaces were really introduced to the north, the Great Wall plan would be completely disrupted.
Explaining the reason, Xie Changyuan also coaxed him for a long time, and then Zixia spent a large amount of spirit stones again, using the jade pendant as a position, and activated the teleportation array to take Xie Changling back.
And Xie Changyuan set off south to face everything alone.
Walking in an uninhabited area at this time, he felt that the further south he went, the better the elements of the environment were. People in the past were right, the aura of heaven and earth in the north was thinner than in the south.
The environment is superior, and the cultivators in the south are definitely more blessed and have better cultivation conditions. In the north, the highest cultivation level in the past hundreds of years can only reach the golden elixir, while in the south, there may be higher Nascent Souls, Transformation Gods, etc.
As for the strong men at a higher level.
Most of these people must have surrendered to the Twelve Divine Palaces, so he naturally thought that the road ahead would be difficult.
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Three days later, Xie Changyuan was still walking in the grassland in the wilderness. The wild grass growing around him was as tall as a person. Even if it was not in the woods, it could block people's vision. Xie Changyuan was tall and could barely poke his head out of the grass and see the direction ahead.
However, once the problem of vision is solved, the problem of feet cannot be solved.
In three days, his feet sank many times and fell directly into the swamp. Fortunately, he was a little capable and could drag his heavy body out of it. Otherwise, Xie Changyuan went south with his sword and fell into the quagmire without killing any of the enemies.
I was suffocated to death, and no one dared to believe it when I reported it back.
After going back and forth, Xie Changyuan also figured out the characteristics of the swamp. Once he saw a place with sparse grass, he walked around it. However, he hadn't taken a shower for three days and fell into a pit several times. His lower body was already covered with mud, and his head and face were covered with dirt.
Dirty.
Of course, the most important thing is that he hasn't eaten in three days.
There seemed to be no other living things except mosquitoes in the vast grassland. He had thought about hunting, but he had to find prey that could fit between his teeth first.
He carried a broken sword and a jade pendant all over his body, and kept walking towards the south. After walking for several days, he didn't see anyone in the wilderness. The sound in his stomach became louder and louder, and a sense of hunger was approaching him.
Come on, the longer it goes, the more tired you feel.
"Even if you use the ancient Zen method to temper your body, a mortal body will still be a mortal body." Xie Changyuan said helplessly to himself.
Suddenly, his ears moved, as if he heard some small movement.
Xie Changyuan looked around, held his breath, and listened. He seemed to hear the faint sound of water. After confirming again and again, he quietly walked in the direction of the sound. Not long after, he gently pushed aside the grass with his fingers and found a small small tree in front of him.
Small pond.
No one built bricks and stones around the pond, it should have been formed naturally. Xie Changyuan saw a man and a woman lying on the edge of the pond from a distance.
This man was probably in his fifties. He was wearing animal skins and had a simple face. He was obviously a hunter who had spent his whole life in the mountains. The woman beside him was relatively young, about seventeen or eighteen years old.
They were lying on the edge of the pool, staring straight at the water with their eyes, looking at the ripples in the pool, as if checking to see if there were any living things below.
Not long after, the man dug out a cloth bag from the animal skin bag and took out a fishhook with a cotton thread tied to it. He skillfully threaded half of the earthworm through the fishhook, flicked his hand, and with a burst of ripples, the fishhook
Falling silently into the water.
Xie Changyuan did not show up, but just hid in the dark and observed. I heard that it is most taboo to disturb people when fishing. Xie Changyuan is also a reasonable person, so he will not show up without permission.
The three of them were in light and dark, and time slowly passed by. The wind in the wilderness made the weeds sway, and there was a rustling sound in their ears.
After an unknown amount of time, Orion's expressionless face began to change. His eyes widened and he stared carefully at the slight ripples on the water. As his fingers felt a twitching sensation, he stood up suddenly and pulled, a two-pound rope.
The silvery-white crucian carp was dragged out of the water.
"Puff puff puff!"
The crucian carp fell on the grass, just like a person who didn't know the nature of water fell into the water, and could only keep flopping around. The male hunter rushed up and grabbed it with quick eyes, grabbing the head with one hand and the tail with the other, and put it into the bamboo of the girl next to him.
Inside the basket.
Xie Changyuan was a little happy because he saw that there were seven or eight fish in the bamboo basket. Although they were of different shapes and sizes, it was still a good harvest for this small pond.
Orion was also very happy, climbed up from the ground, then helped the girl next to him up, and said something to her.
Seeing that they seemed to be packing their things and leaving, Xie Changyuan stood up from behind the grass and waved to them.
"This uncle!" Xie Changyuan wanted to ask for a fish from them.
I couldn't help it, I was really hungry. I had walked for so long before seeing these two living people, and now all my hopes were placed here.
But who would have expected that when the two hunters on the opposite side saw a man emerging from the grass, they were startled at first. When they saw that the man was tall and had no hair, their expressions changed drastically with fear.
"Let's go!"
The old hunter grabbed the girl next to him and ran away. It seemed that the two were father and daughter. Of course, they might also be an old husband and a young wife.
Seeing that the two people looked in a hurry, they were so frightened that they ran away when they saw him. Xie Changyuan was also stunned for a moment, but when he saw that the two of them had almost got into the grass, he couldn't help but speak quickly.
"Uncle, don't be afraid. I'm not a robber. I'm really hungry. I just want to buy a fish from you. I hope it's convenient for you!"
Xie Changyuan spoke sincerely, but the other party ignored him and ran back with him. Xie Changyuan wanted to catch up and explain, but the other party shouted over him.
"Master, if you want to eat fish, just catch it yourself. Don't bother the old man. I really don't have the guts."
"...." Xie Changyuan had a question mark.
After the old hunter walked away, Xie Changyuan touched his head and finally understood what was going on.
He had refined his body with refined iron a few days ago, and the hair on his body had already been burned by the high temperature. Even though he had enough energy and blood, his hair had grown an inch in just a few days, but at first glance, it really looked like an unshaven hair.
Monk with clean scalp.
Moreover, his one-eyed and one-armed appearance also adds a bit of ferocity. If such a ferocious "monk" emerges from behind the bushes, who among these ordinary people can not be afraid of him?
Xie Changyuan only thought it was funny, but it didn't matter. There were fish in the small pond in front of him, so it could be regarded as a self-service food depot.
He walked around the pool twice before he remembered that he didn't have a fishhook. How could he fish without a fishhook?
After thinking over and over again, he came up with an idea, which was to put one of his fingers into the pool and twist it gently to simulate an insect falling into the water.
This method was indeed effective. Not long after, under Xie Changyuan's breathless gaze, a grass carp's head gradually approached the surface from the bottom of the water. It carefully looked at Xie Changyuan's fingers, as if hesitating whether to bite it.