Jibu and Jiyuan are powerful warriors from Xunshan. This time they were ordered to go to the southwest. They took part of the elite team of the Xunshan clan and followed the tattered road map that was the same as the ghost painting.
And go.
But more than sixty years have passed.
They haven't seen Ji Liguo yet.
"This is where?"
Because spring plowing is about to begin, no manpower from each tribe will be sent out. The heads of the Xunshan clan and Ji Zhi clan feel that I, the dignified Xunshan clan, are the leader of the southern wilds. How can I not even walk a road?
Excuse me, brother?
Well, actually, Chief Ji Zhi is still worried about the problem of spring plowing. One more person means more labor force, and he has a map in his hand, although this map looks like a greedy snake...
But the general route of travel is still understandable.
However, Jibu and the others discovered that even if they followed this route map, they seemed to have gone astray.
Ahead is a stable lake area with many small water systems. When Jibu and the others came here, the whole world was different.
Dotted with puddles and earth islands connected by lotus roots, they are stable and neat, with lotus leaves in full bloom, water birds walking in the shallow swamps and swimming on the deep lakes, while mountain vines and cang trees grow under the nearby cliffs, with thin springs flowing from above.
The water flowed, making the moss underneath the water flow green and shiny.
This is simply like a fairyland in another world.
"This...where are we? Didn't the people who went to the southwest say that there should be a hospitable bear cave on the road..."
Jibu and the others groped forward, but when they reached a certain area, they saw a deep and large cave inside, with water constantly pouring from the lake, forming a mountain waterfall.
The most critical question arises.
When the two mighty warriors raised their heads, a huge alien beast with a jackal body and a snake body, a human face and bird wings crawled out from under the waterfall!
Turn into a snake!
Jibu and Jiyuan immediately picked up their spears, while the other low-level warriors immediately retreated with bows and arrows!
The breath of this snake is not underage!
"So strong! Close to the earth beast!"
Although it is said to be close to an earth beast, it is still a beast of prey in essence. However, this kind of guy has already touched the edge of the earth beast. It is so powerful that even the mighty warriors and those below the second awakening are difficult to deal with.
Ji Yuan and Ji Bu are both mighty warriors whose bloodlines have awakened for the third time.
The Great Snake saw someone at the door, but to the surprise of the three warriors, it actually showed a look of horror. It seemed that it did not expect anyone to appear at the door. Then it turned around decisively, followed the waterfall directly, and fell back into the mountain abyss.
The originally tense atmosphere suddenly disappeared, and the two mighty warriors looked at each other, wondering what was going on.
"Wait a minute, there is a transformed snake below this... So, does the transformed snake come from here? The one just now is obviously the leader!"
"Transformed snakes are not something from the south. They grow at the foot of Yangshan Mountain where the West meets the Central Plains. But this one is so big. There might really be a group of transformed snakes under this mountain abyss."
Could one of the sources of flood problems in southwest China be transmitted from this lake community?
However, there are really people raising transformed snakes!
"There are people in this place... This snake is being raised."
"who?"
The valley is ethereal.
The soldiers began to be surprised. In this beautiful and peaceful valley and lake, there were actually people raising exotic animals here?
At this moment, someone's voice came from not far away.
"Well, you ran out again? Are there any visitors?"
The owner of that voice appeared.
A "wizard" who didn't look very old, probably in his twenties, and carrying a medicine basket on his back, appeared.
But the moment Jibu and the others saw this wizard, they had a feeling in their hearts that this wizard was definitely not as young as he looked.
Moreover, are there wizards living here?
Why are there no tribes?
"Who are you and which tribe are you from?"
"You actually raise such a watery beast here!"
Ji Yuan's tone was very unkind, and he asked like a question: "Do you know the harm these snakes do to the tribe? The huge floods they caused were enough to destroy the cultivated land of several tribes, so within a year there were no grains.
Harvest, there are hungry people everywhere in the mountains and plains!"
The soldiers vaguely surrounded the wizard, but they were only angry, but their spears were all tilted, indicating that they were ready for battle.
In everyone's opinion, no matter what purpose this wizard had in raising snakes, he has caused damage to the southern wilderness for a long, long time.
But facing Lin Li's spears, the wizard apologized: "I knew that some transformed snakes ran away, so I kept a close watch on them. These transformed snakes were raised by me. They came from Yangshan at the junction of the Western Wilderness and the Central Plains.
Migrated here because their habitat was destroyed."
"If these transformed snakes are allowed to escape, they will cause great harm. Therefore, I surrendered them here and trapped them in this valley, but there are still a few snakes that slipped through the net and escaped."
"And I want to suppress the Snake King here, so I can't get away, and I think that those few escaped are just little snakes sent by the Snake King. There are countless capable people in the tribes in this world...
.It can’t be that he can’t even defeat a few primitive beast-level snakes.”
Jibu and Jiyuan looked at each other and asked strangely: "Has the habitat been destroyed?"
"Yes, at the junction of the Great Western Wilderness and the Central Plains, the Yangshui River flows here. If you walk along the Yangshui River to the north, you can reach the middle and upper reaches of the Luo River. If you go northwest along the Luo River, you can reach Jiechi."
"And follow the Yangshui River, or the Luohe River, all the way to the west... Not far away is the old tribe of the Yellow Emperor. The old tribes who followed the Yellow Emperor in the past but did not want to move east lived there, and they
There are overlaps and frictions with the Kunlun Trilogy."
"The southerners are fighting for land and the northerners are fighting for water. The flow of Yangshui River is decreasing day by day. The Luohe River is also suffering from disasters. The upper reaches are surrounded by the Yellow Emperor's old tribe and the three tribes of Kunlun and their subordinate tribes. They imitate the Gonggong clan and build dams around the water.
, so the snakes had nowhere to live and had no choice but to move south..."
The wizard gave Jibu, Jiyuan and the others a detailed analysis of the matter, and at the same time told them some things about the situation farther west and further north. This made the people in the south look at each other and felt that they could not completely believe it. However, this statement, the influence caused by man-made things, and the
It's the same as what Akagata said.
So Ji Yuan and Ji Bu whispered to each other.
"What this man said is very similar to what the shaman of the Akagata clan said."
"You're talking about the land reclamation project around the lake in Jili Country...Yes, that's what we came for."
"So is what this wizard said true?"
"We don't know how big the Yangshui River is, but even if the Yangshui River is not a large flow, it is only a medium flow... But the Luo River is a truly large river, and it cannot be cut off so easily..."
The two people kept talking, but the wizard heard it clearly. He was surprised and asked quickly: "Did you come here to investigate the water after listening to the advice of another wizard who is familiar with the direction of the water veins?"
"It's interesting that there is such a wizard. Investigating water veins, topography, and the causes of floods... these all require years and months of watching (observation) and writing (summarizing)."
Jibu and the others turned their heads and looked at the wizard: "We are from the Xunshan clan, and we arrived here from the southern wilderness. We were originally going to the Jili Kingdom to ask about the lake reclamation, so as to prevent them from continuing to cause floods to us.
...I wonder which tribe you are from, and where are you from?"
The wizard smiled slightly.
"Don't think I am young, in fact I am also very old."
He pointed to this sacred mountain and green water:
"This place is Danshan, also known as Wushan. It is the burial place of Yao Ji, the three daughters of Emperor Yan. I am Wu Pan. I live here to collect the soil of cinnabar and boil the essence of rock salt..."
Before he finished speaking, Jibu was suddenly startled!
As a mighty warrior of the Xunshan clan, he usually interacts with wizards from various tribes, and even the head of his own family, the great wizard, so he has heard of this "name" before!
"Impossible! Your...name is the Ten Witches of Lingshan!"