After Ahudala left, Chai Yan and his party walked from the east end of Fangcheng to the west end.
Pang Zhenbei was always by his side. When Chai Yan asked questions, he would always answer them. He looked like a competent tour guide.
Chai Yan stood in front of a crenel, looked north and said: "General Pang, if you want to go north now, how many other ways are there?"
Pang Zhenbei shook his head and said: "No more."
Chai Yandeng was a little surprised and asked: "There is no road left?"
Pang Zhenbei said seriously: "Taoist Master, whether you are going from south to north or from north to south, if you want to pass through the Amokhahar Mountains, the only way to pass through the Qingyuan Pass has been since ancient times, but in order to stop Pizzi
The Chinese continue to invade south, and the passage through the pass has been completely blocked by rocks and soil. Therefore, if someone wants to go to the pass to the north, they can only jump down from here. On the contrary, if they want to come over, they can only climb up from below."
Jimo Qiao was surprised when he heard this, and immediately said: "How is this possible? From such a high pass, isn't it a dead end if you jump down? And it's impossible to climb up! I think it's almost the same unless you have a pair of wings."
Pang Zhenbei nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
Cheng Jiu felt curious and couldn't help but ask: "General Pang, can't you go over the mountain?"
Pang Zhenbei shook his head and said: "Impossible. Look at the Amokhahar Mountain. The mountain is as steep as a knife or an axe. Even if someone with full experience climbs it, it is extremely dangerous and dangerous. It can be said that it is a narrow escape from death, let alone an ordinary person.
Climb. Besides, it’s not like the people from Pitz haven’t tried before, but they gave up soon..."
Chai Yan and the others immediately looked at the mountains on both sides. It was exactly as Pang Zhenbei described. The mountain walls were bare and straight, with very few protruding rocks for people to use to climb. Moreover, the height of the mountain range was astonishing. If you missed it, you would be shattered to pieces.
Very few people can climb it.
Pang Zhenbei continued: "Even if someone is lucky enough to climb to the top of the mountain, he will still have to face the poisonous fog in the mountain."
"What poisonous fog?" Jimo Qiao asked hurriedly.
Pang Zhenbei pointed to the mountain and said: "The Almohahar Mountains are covered by poisonous mist all year round. Once you get too close and inhale the poisonous mist, the milder ones will become dizzy and foam at the mouth, while the more severe ones will become confused or even comatose.
Until death."
"Oh my God, it's so dangerous! Does that mean that there is no other way to cross the Amokhahar Mountains except through the Qingyuan Pass?" Jimo Qiao said in surprise.
"Yes! There is no other way besides this." Pang Zhenbei affirmed.
Chai Yan smiled slightly and said as if talking to himself: "Now I finally understand why Muyue Congress established its capital in Haoyue City."
Jimo Qiao nodded immediately after hearing this, and Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie also nodded.
After a while, Jimo Qiao, perhaps tired of staying for a long time, asked: "Brother, when are you going down? I'm very hungry."
"How do you know how to eat?" Chai Yan said with a smile.
Jimo Qiao said rationally: "Is there something wrong? Eat, drink, poop, sleep, and eating comes first, so naturally it is the most important thing."
"Okay, okay, you're right, okay." Chai Yan nodded quickly.
"Hey, that's right!" Jimo Qiao said confidently.
Chai Yan then said: "General Pang, let's go down now, so as not to save General Fan and others from coming up again later."
Pang Zhenbei nodded, and then led Chai Yan and the others down the road to Fangcheng.
Halfway through, Jimo Qiao suddenly noticed that Chai Yan had stopped walking. Turning around, he saw that Chai Yan was squinting and staring into the distance to the north.
Jimo Qiao was very curious and immediately returned. Looking in the direction Chai Yan was looking at, he asked, "What's wrong? What are you looking at?"
Chai Yan said: "There seemed to be someone over there just now..."
Jimo Qiao looked hard for a long time, and finally shook his head and said: "It's too far away, I can't see clearly. Is there anyone there?"
Pang Zhenbei, Cheng Jiu, and Yu Tie also walked to the crenel at this time and looked in the direction Chai Yan said.
"Where is it?" Pang Zhenbei put up an awning with his hands and kept looking around.
Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie also said they had not seen it.
Chai Yan pointed to a forest in the distance and said, "It's right there. When you didn't notice, you had already hid behind the tree."
Jimo Qiao said: "Senior brother, can you see it from this far away? Could it be that you saw it wrong?"
"No." Chai Yan shook his head, and then asked Pang Zhenbei: "General Pang, do you have any telescopes? Can you borrow them?"
"Telescope?" Pang Zhenbei heard about this thing for the first time and asked in confusion: "What is it?"
Jimo Qiao had never heard of it and immediately said: "Brother, what is a telescope?"
Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie also looked at each other, obviously not knowing what a telescope was.
Seeing everyone's expressions and reactions, Chai Yan understood. It seemed that there were no telescopes in this time and space, so observation was all done with the naked eye.
"How should I put it? This telescope is actually...a tool that can help us see far, far away places. It also has a name, called clairvoyance!" Chai Yan tried to use easy-to-understand words.
explained in language.
Jimo Qiao hurriedly said: "Clairvoyance...that means you can see things thousands of miles away, right?"
Chai Yan thought for a while and said: "Well... it's not impossible, but the condition is that the production materials and production standards must reach a certain level. I can't tell for a while. It will always be possible."
It’s a bit complicated…”
Just after finishing speaking, Chai Yan immediately added: "However, those who can see things thousands of miles away are high-end telescopes. What I am talking about now are just the most ordinary telescopes. Although they cannot see things thousands of miles away, they can clearly see the woods in front of them."
No matter what the situation is inside, it’s still more than enough.”
Pang Zhenbei said: "But Taoist priest, I have never seen this telescope you mentioned before, and I have never even heard of it."
Jimo Qiao immediately took over the topic and said: "Don't worry, my senior brother will definitely have a solution, right senior brother?"
Chai Yan didn't reply. He thought for a while and then said: "General Pang, I think the telescope is very useful. In this way, we will ask General Fan later to see if we can find the materials and find a way to make one. When we have the telescope,
It’s much easier to observe the enemy’s situation.”
"Taoist Master, do you really know how to make a telescope?" Pang Zhenbei was surprised but also full of expectations.
"Hey, hey, what are you talking about, you man who cleans the latrine?" Jimo Qiao immediately became unhappy: "Tell you, my senior brother knows astronomy and geography, and he knows all the three religions and nine schools, and he can only use a telescope. Can you do it?"
Chai Yan immediately signaled Jimo Qiao to silence, and then said: "Don't worry, General Pang, the most common monocular telescope can't trouble me for the time being."
Pang Zhenbei nodded immediately and said impatiently: "Taoist Priest Changsheng, let's go down to find General Fan now."
"That's fine..." Chai Yan said with a smile and added: "Let's have a meal by the way to fill our stomach."
.....................
On the way back to the camp after getting off the pass, Chai Yan and his party happened to meet Fan Xingwang and others.
Fan Xingwang had just sent away the second prince and others. Before leaving, the second prince specifically told Fan Xingwang not to offend or neglect Chai Yan, because this was related to the safety of Qingyuan Pass.
"Taoist priest, you came down just in time. The kitchen came to report that lunch has been prepared. Why don't we..."
"...General Fan, it's great to see you. There is something very important that I want to ask you."
Before Fan Xingwang could finish speaking, Chai Yan interrupted him.
"What's the matter, Taoist Master?" Fan Xingwang immediately became serious when he heard it was an important matter.
Chai Yan gestured with his hands and asked: "General Fan, is there any way you can find two pieces of transparent crystal? It must be very transparent, not too small, at least this big. I will be of great use."
..."
--------------------------
PS: Please give me monthly votes and rewards, thank you all.