Lin Yi walked all the way outside, and the ancestral snake followed him slowly all the way out of the canyon that was usually shrouded in miasma without stopping.
"Do you really want to follow me out of the mountain?"
He looked at the ancestral snake and couldn't help but point towards the outside of the mountain.
The ancestral snake made no other movements. Seeing him making gestures like this, it just lowered its head and rubbed its lower jaw on the ground.
"This is the only action you can do?"
Seeing its appearance, Lin Yi was a bit dumbfounded, "Then even if you really follow me out of the mountain, shocking the world, will you listen to my instructions? Then I don't want you to rush into the battle, but you will also come to help me.
If I act like this, won't it make the enemy laugh out loud?"
This ancestral snake obviously didn't understand his words this time and remained docile.
Outside the mountain, Bai Yuelu and others were not worried about Lin Yi at all. On the contrary, Tianmuwa and a group of people heard the sound in the mountain stop, but they were extremely nervous.
Lin Yi was the most legendary general in the Southern Dynasty at this time and the object of admiration by everyone. If he fell in their Hundred Snake Mountains, no matter how Tie Cejun said he had nothing to do with them, they would probably cause countless troubles.
Just when they were so uneasy, everyone heard the sound of branches breaking in the forest.
"this…?"
They just had a bad feeling in their hearts, but what they saw next made their eyes widen to the extreme, making them unable to believe what they saw.
On a hillside behind the village, Lin Yi and Li Xiangning appeared. Behind Lin Yi and Li Xiangning was the ancestral snake that they had been grateful for and feared for many years.
Compared with the huge and terrifying body of this ancestral snake, Lin Yi and Li Xiangning looked very weak. It seemed that the ancestral snake following them could swallow them whole just by opening its mouth.
However, even from such a long distance, everyone can feel it. Even Li Xiangning doesn't have much fear of this strange dragon at the moment.
"how so?"
A gasping sound sounded like a tsunami.
“…”
Bai Yuelu, Xiao Suxin and others looked at each other. They all felt that Lin Yi could complete the Ancestral Snake Trial, but they never imagined that such a scene would appear.
Lin Yi obviously guessed that this ancestral snake seemed to have been subdued by Lin Yi, but these days Mother Wax's people still couldn't move.
However, these days Mother Wax's people are not moving, Lin Yi wants to test whether this ancestral snake will really follow him out of Bai Snake Mountain.
Under the leadership of Li Xiangning, he took a slight detour to allow the ancestral snake to go around the edge of the village so as not to damage the earthen buildings in the village.
Seeing the increasingly clear and huge body of this ancestral snake passing through the edge of the village, all the people who lived in Tianmuwa felt as if they were in a dream. This picture looked so unreal.
On the way out of Bai Snake Mountain, Lin Yi found that its eyesight seemed to be weaker than that of normal people. It didn't seem to see Bai Yuelu and the others and Tianmuwa's people outside the mountain, but its sense of smell seemed to be very good.
Keenly, when it arrived in front of the village, it sensed the aura of these people and instantly became hostile. The huge snake head raised upwards, and fierce flames surged in its red lantern-like eyes.
"What to do, my own people!"
Lin Yi had long sensed its strange movement, and turned around and shouted sharply.
The ancestral snake froze slightly, then lowered its head in an instant, looking docile again.
“…”
Such a scene fell in the eyes of everyone in Tianmuwax. While they were completely speechless, their eyes looking at Lin Yi had changed from awe before to as if they had seen a real god descending to earth.
The people of Tianmuwax have long realized that the miasma in the mountain forest poses no threat to the ancestral snake. Lin Yi and Li Xiangning passed through the poisonous miasma surrounding the village, and the ancestral snake followed closely behind and passed through directly. .
"What's going on? Why did this strange dragon follow you all the way out?"
Shen Kun, Bai Yuelu and others came forward to greet it first. Seeing the unimaginably thick body of this strange dragon, even a practitioner of the spiritual realm like Shen Kun had a feeling of trembling with fear.
"If this strange dragon is injured and bleeding, it seems difficult to stop the bleeding. It occupies the area of Dragon Blood Grass, which seems to be because it relies on Dragon Blood Grass to heal its wounds. I can't break through the scales on its body, but the food and drink it eats The flesh and blood inside is also fragile, and if it is injured inside, it will be difficult to heal."
Lin Yi gave a rough description of his fight with the ancestral snake at the bottom of the valley, and then continued: "I gave it a piece of dragon blood grass to heal its wounds, and then it followed out. I thought that since the dragon blood Grass is very important to it. At most, it sent me outside its lair, but unexpectedly it actually followed me out of Bai Snake Mountain."
Li Chengan bravely walked over.
The people of Tianmuwax's natural fear of this ancestral snake comes from countless years of accumulation, but he is the leader of Tianmuwax's generation, and he cannot act too cowardly at this time.
"You should believe now that I am definitely not just talking in general terms. I asked your Tian Mu Wax warriors to follow me on the expedition. With their abilities, they will definitely win supreme glory for you Tian Mu Wax again." Lin Yi solemnly handed over the three dragons. The blood grass was handed to Li Chengan, and then he said these very formal words seriously.
Everyone understood what he was doing at this time.
His approach is not only respect for Tianmu wax, but also respect for Tianmu wax tradition.
"I don't think anyone in Tianmuwa will doubt your words anymore."
Li Chengan took the three dragon blood grasses, bowed to him very seriously, and then said.
There was a burst of cheers.
"Then what to do with it?"
The soldiers of Tianmuwax joined the Tiece Army and their purpose of coming here was achieved, but how to deal with this ancestral snake next made Lin Yi somewhat difficult.
Although this ancestral snake has some spirituality, it is obvious that it still cannot understand most of his words.
"There are very few records about these strange dragons in any classics. I have never seen any book that said there were practitioners in a certain dynasty who could accompany them and control them. But before Any practitioner who encounters this kind of strange dragon will definitely be fighting to the death, and it is absolutely impossible for you to have such an outcome."
Bai Yuelu looked at the strange dragon carefully. She pondered for a moment, and then said: "The saying that a mountain cannot tolerate two tigers means that any beast has a sense of territoriality, but almost all beasts also have the instinct of who is the leader. Take the apes in the mountains as an example. , once an ape king is born after a fight, any good things among them will be provided to this ape king first. If it is not distributed by this ape king, the other apes will not dare to move without permission. This strange dragon believes that the dragon's blood grass is against it It is extremely important, but even if it is seriously injured, it will not dare to take it without authorization, and even after you leave the mountain, it will not dare to occupy that territory again. It seems that it regards that place as belonging to you, and it will need dragon blood in the future. The grass seems to want to be obtained from your hands. In this case, maybe you are really the equivalent of a walking dragon blood herb field, and it will subconsciously follow you."
Hearing what Bai Yuelu said, Mu En, Li Chengan and others nodded repeatedly. Since they were young in Wuliang Mountain and Ailao Mountain, they knew that what Bai Yuelu said was indeed very reasonable. Not only the apes, but also many of them had some intelligence.
All animal groups seem to be like this.
Lin Yi frowned slightly and said nothing for a while.
Bai Yuelu was very familiar with him, and she could guess what he was thinking by looking at his expression at this time, so she said softly: "You think it is of great use, but you are worried that it will not be easy to control, and you are also worried that it will be too shocking after it enters the world.
.But if you are leading the army from Jiankang to the northern frontier city, I'm afraid it is true. But from our place to Dangxiang, there are mostly mountainous areas. If you really want to use it, it can really follow and avoid the population.
In dense areas, it is not impossible to go all the way to Dangxiang."
Lin Yi nodded.
In fact, what Bai Yuelu said was nothing more than that if you want to use it, don't be afraid of trouble. It just depends on whether Lin Yi wants to use it or not.
"I think you don't have to worry about it. A strange dragon like it can withstand an elite army. If it wants to follow, just let it follow. And I don't know if it will keep following."
Luo Jilian looked at this ancestral snake, but she felt it was a little cute. She couldn't help but smile and said: "If you keep following it until it reaches the ice and snow of Dangxiang and it can't move, then let's see how to place it, and if
If you can really follow it there, it will probably listen to some of your commands, and it shouldn't be difficult to place it."
Li Chengan and some people from Tianmuwa looked at each other and saw the look in each other's eyes.
People will die in battle. Although they now respect Lin Yi like a god, they naturally hope that after following Lin Yi out, these soldiers from Tianmuwax will make more military exploits and suffer fewer casualties.
They also naturally felt that if there was such an astonishing strange dragon following it, and if it could really be used in a battle formation, even if it appeared, the opponent would be frightened by the news, which would naturally reduce the casualties of Tie Ce's army.
"I do think we can give it a try. Anyway, if we walk through Ailao Mountain to the Dangxiang border, Ailao Mountain alone is quite a distance away. By then it should be enough to see whether this ancestral snake can follow it out of the mountain.
"
Li Chengan hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind and said: "And I suggest to General Lin that we can take a slight detour and visit Zhemu Zhiwa's village. If we can persuade them, we can get their soldiers to join the Tiece Army.
It’s also more convenient to go to the party.”
"Zemu ozokerite?"
Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, knowing that this must be a tribe in the mountains. He couldn't help but ask: "What's so special about them?"
"We have also had contacts with some caravans over the years. I heard before that some nobles and troops in the Dangxiang area like to keep falcons. In the past, they were used to hunt and obtain meat, because in the frozen plateau or frozen areas, warriors had to walk.
Perhaps hunting on horseback is too difficult, but specially domesticated falcons can even catch some antelopes weighing tens of kilograms. Later, Dangxiang had many contacts with Tuyuhun and the Northern Wei Dynasty, and meat was no longer in short supply in the past few decades, so recently
Over the past few decades, the Dangxiang nobles have accumulated more and more troops. Before the war between the Northern Wei Dynasty and our Southern Dynasty, I heard some caravans say that many Dangxiang nobles already had heavy troops and were ready to move. They now only have a few falcons.
For hunting, many of these party troops deliberately have a kind of flying eagle called the snake falcon. They are not large in size, but they can fly among the high mountains and ice peaks without any obstacles, and can pass through wind and snow. These snake falcons they raise,
It allows them to find traces of enemy troops, and they often use it to track down some criminals." Li Chengan looked at Lin Yi and explained in detail: "The names of these falcons domesticated by Dangxiang's army happen to have the word snake, so it happens to be
The people in that caravan knew that our ancestral village was in Bai Snake Mountain, but they jokingly mentioned it to me. Mu En should also know that our Zhemu Zheliang in Ailao Mountain also has the tradition of raising falcons, but our Zhemu in Ailao Mountain
The falcon raised by Mother Earth wax is a giant eagle called Qingwu. They raise this giant eagle firstly for hunting and secondly for use in fighting with humans. Their giant eagle is equipped with iron claws.
When it swoops down from the air, ordinary warriors have no time to react, but the iron claws of this giant eagle fall on the Tianling, killing them as soon as they are caught, and the entire Tianling cover is lifted off in an instant. This kind of giant eagle usually preys on various birds.
When the caravan member told me about Dangxiang's snake falcon, I laughed in my heart. What I didn't say at that time was, what snake falcon? You can let it come to Bai Snake Mountain to see our ancestral snake, and even if
If it really flies here, I'm afraid it won't be able to fly here, and it will be eaten directly by the green crow of Zhe Mu Zhi wax."
"Have you ever heard of this snake falcon?"
Lin Yi listened intently. After listening carefully, he turned to look at Luo Jilian and asked.
"I've heard of it, but I didn't know that many of the party's troops now have domesticated eagles for reconnaissance, but it's a tradition for party nobles to make eagles. Every spring, there is an eagle-flying conference in Zhezhi City." Luo
Ji Lian's face instantly became solemn. She also knew very well that Tie Ce's army was destined to take the route of a small number of surprise troops. If after entering the Dangxiang territory, their whereabouts were known by the Dangxiang army, they would have little chance of winning.
"If we can recruit some warriors from Zhemu Zheliang, there will be some benefits." Mu En looked at Lin Yi, but his face became strange. He seemed to want to laugh as he said it, "They are the best in Ailao Mountain."
Among the tribes who make wine, the most indispensable thing among them is dried meat and spirits, and the Zhemujiwa Village where they live is relatively humid. The wine they brew contains some medicinal herbs from Ailao Mountain, which can ward off the cold.
Wet, it should also be very useful to remove party items."
"We should be very sure of success if we go together to persuade them. If this ancestral snake still follows, it will naturally be more convincing." Li Chengan glanced at the ancestral snake, and he still felt a little frightened.