Huang Qitai peeked at Zhang Chi from time to time. He swore that he had never seen this person before, but when he looked carefully, he felt that this person seemed familiar. In what year, month and place did he interact with Zhang Chi? Huang Qitai couldn't help but peeked again.
At first glance, he looked like a pregnant girl spying on her sweetheart.
This time he was discovered. In fact, Zhang Chi had discovered it a long time ago. He said to Huang Qitai: "As a guide, it seems that you should focus on the correct route."
Huang Qitai coughed dryly: "Huo Jiu is leading the way, and this is a highway with no turning places." He is the guide hired by Zhang Chi, not the guide of the entire caravan. As long as Huo Jiu does not make any general mistakes, Huang Qitai will not
Will talk more.
Zhang Chi said: "You still can't remember when you saw me?"
Huang Qitai answered honestly: "I can't remember any place."
Zhang Chi smiled and said, "You will remember it soon."
When we were camping that day, the snow-white lightning walked toward the camp with elegant steps. The caravan discovered the wind wolf. The wind wolf was worshiped as a totem by the Shanman clan.
Their hearts are even closer to the existence of gods.
Most of the caravan members were mountain barbarians. They looked at the lightning and stood up to salute.
Lightning strutted towards Zhang Chi and lowered his head in front of him. Zhang Chi patted the head of the Gale Wolf. Lightning rubbed his head against Zhang Chi's thigh affectionately. Huang Qitai looked at the scar on Lightning's face and suddenly remembered something. He
Looking at Zhang Chi uneasily, if the Gale Wolf makes a contract with humans, it will remain unchanged for life. In other words, it will be impossible for it to recognize a second master.
Huang Qitai has already guessed Zhang Chi's true identity, but what confuses him is that in the past Zhang Chi was a beautiful young man with a beautiful tree in the wind, but now Zhang Chi is a short and fat man, but he is sure that he is the same person.
Huang Qitai said: "Are you Zhang Chi?" After saying this, he realized that he had made a mistake. Now that he was his employer, how could he call him by his first name? He quickly apologized to Zhang Chi: "My boss, I'm sorry."
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "Just say we have met."
Huang Qitai nodded and said with a wry smile: "It must have happened ten years ago." He was very uneasy in his heart. Although he and Zhang Chi knew each other, their relationship ended in unhappiness back then. So there is no free lunch in the world. No wonder
Do they want to take revenge on me by hiring a cripple like me?
Zhang Chi said: "Brother Huang, don't worry too much. The reason why I only revealed my identity now is because of the inconvenience in Storm City. I am absolutely sincere in asking you to be my guide."
Huang Qitai smiled bitterly and said: "I don't dare to take it, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to help."
Zhang Chi said: "I was entrusted with escorting this batch of goods to Crystal City. I didn't think about going back to Storm City after arriving in Crystal City. I wanted to go to the Cold Mountain Plateau."
Huang Qitai said: "There is a civil war going on in the Lengshan Plateau, and you have to cross a long isolation zone. What are you doing there?"
Zhang Chi asked: "Have you heard any news about General Feifeng?" After arriving at Netherworld Ruins, he was most concerned about Qin Luzhu. When he came here, he also inquired about Qin Luzhu, but he did not find any news about Qin Luzhu.
It was as if this person suddenly disappeared from the world. Zhang Chi's last impression was still in Lengshan Plateau, and Qin Luzhu broke up with him in Beibing City. According to Zhang Chi's opinion, there are eight out of ten people with a strong sense of mission like her.
Jiu should defend against the Netherworld army at the Great Wall of Ice and Snow.
Huang Qitai said: "I've heard that she seems to be fighting against the Netherworld on the Great Wall of Ice and Snow."
Zhang Chi said: "Brother Huang, are you willing to lead the way for me?"
Huang Qitai said: "Thanks to my boss for being so considerate, and to tell you the truth, if my boss hadn't hired me, I would have died on the street. If my boss could trust me, I would leave the rest of my life to you."
Zhang Chi said: "Thank you, Brother Huang."
Lightning ate a yellow sheep that Zhang Chi had roasted with his own hands. Immortal Zhang looked at this guy dumbfounded: "Shiqi, why do I feel like I'm the only one serving you?"
Lightning said: "No matter how good a person's cooking skills are, he will be lonely if there are no appreciators. Although you serve me, I will give you recognition and appreciation. The satisfaction of being recognized cannot be exchanged for many yellow sheep.
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Zhang Chi said: "What kind of wolf girl can resist your sweet words?"
Lightning said: "That's just what girls are like. Not even a leaf among thousands of flowers can touch you. That's pure bullshit."
Immortal Zhang started to gossip: "What? Did you have too much fun and get sick?"
Lightning was listless: "Think of me as a human being, I...I seem to be suffering from infertility..."
Zhang Chi thought about the fact that this guy was cheated, and he really couldn't bear to hit him anymore.
After eating, Lightning, who was originally in a good mood, suddenly fell into a trap because he mentioned this matter. He sighed: "You humans don't understand the troubles of wolves." His gray-blue eyes glanced at Huang Feixue, who was not far away.
Said: "She is wet when she looks at you."
Zhang Chi scolded: "Get out!"
Lightning said: "I said her eyes, the owner thought of something, maybe you use your hypocritical language to describe her eyes as watery." The smile crooked her mouth again.
Zhang Chi kicked it on the butt: "Stay away from me."
Lightning said: "If I go too far, who will protect you?"
Zhang Chi said: "Take your harem brothers and keep a certain distance from the caravan. After the transfer to Crystal City, we will continue to the Lengshan Plateau."
Zhang Chi thought that the sandstorm would pass soon, but on the third day, he realized that the sandstorm would not stop for a while. The cold wind blew through the Northern Gobi Desert, blowing up the gravel and dust on the ground, covering it.
The sky blocked out the sun, like a huge army of sand and dust rampaging over the northern wilderness.
"It will be fine just waiting until we reach the snowfield." The guide Huo Jiu said, but when we arrived at the snowfield, the dust turned into snow, but the wind showed no sign of decreasing. Moreover, it started to snow heavily just after entering the snowfield, and the business group braved the wind.
Moving forward in the snow is difficult.
Huang Zhulang came to Zhang Chi and shouted with all his strength: "Master Zhang, there is a beacon tower not far ahead... let's... let's take a rest there? Wait until the snowstorm passes before leaving..."
Zhang Chi nodded. There was no obstruction in the empty snowy field. The wind was raging unscrupulously in this snowy field, looking for the gaps in people's clothes and extracting as much heat from the human body as possible. Immortal Zhang was not afraid of the cold, but other people were in such a situation.
The weather was already miserable and the horses couldn't stand it anymore.
The beacon towers Huang Zhulang mentioned are very common in the wilderness. They used to be used to convey emergency military information. After the Black Yueshi annexed the Shanman clan's land, a large number of beacon towers in the territory have lost their meaning. These abandoned
The beacon tower often becomes a haven for passing business travelers.
Their caravan was not small and it was impossible for them all to enter the beacon tower. Zhang Chi allowed the members of the caravan to enter, while the animals and convoys camped on the sheltered side of the beacon tower and arranged for manpower to take turns.
Huang Feixue brought a black mink fur to Zhang Chi. Zhang Chi took it and put it on her. Huang Feixue blushed and said, "Master, I'm not cold."
Zhang Chi said: "I am not afraid of the cold. Swords are given to strong men, and mink fur suits beauties."
When Huang Feixue heard him compliment her on her beauty, her heart felt warm and warm, and she whispered: "How can the beauty of Feixue and Puliu be worthy of the word beauty?"
Cao Chengguang's laughter sounded from the side: "You deserve it, you deserve it, you are the most beautiful one in our caravan."
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "Old Cao, no one will think you are mute even if you don't speak."
Cao Chengguang said: "If you think I'm in the way, I'll dig a hole to sleep myself." Although he didn't enter the beacon tower to take shelter from the wind, he had his own way. He easily dug a hole in the wind shelter, and went in to avoid the wind and keep warm.
Zhang Chi said: "Old Cao, help Feixue dig one."
Cao Chengguang said with a playful smile: "My cave is very spacious. Miss Feixue can come in and rest together if she doesn't mind."
Huang Feixue blushed and stamped her feet and said, "I'm not going." Her beautiful eyes looked at Zhang Chi with watery eyes and she said, "I'll accompany the young master."
Zhang Chi nodded, came to the wall of the beacon tower and sat down. Huang Feixue spread a blanket beside him and asked him to sit on the blanket. Zhang Chi sat down and waved to Huang Feixue to sit next to him. Huang Feixue sat next to him.
Next, he whispered: "Is Mr. cold?"
Zhang Chi shook his head and stretched out his hand: "You touch it, it's very warm."
Huang Feixue mustered up the courage to touch his palm, and felt that his hand was really warm. She wanted to retract her hand, but Zhang Chi held her delicate hand and said, "You are wearing such thick clothes, why are your hands still cold?"
Huang Feixue said: "Maybe it's because I'm weak."
Zhang Chi said: "You can sleep on me, I will help you keep warm."
Huang Feixue raised her eyes and looked at him happily.
Immortal Zhang nodded slightly, and Huang Feixue's face turned even redder. She hid her pretty face in the darkness, but her delicate body quietly moved closer to Zhang Chi's body.
The bodyguards on duty lit up a fire nearby. Looking at the fire, Zhang Chi couldn't help but think of the scene when they burned down Bingfeng Village. This time, their caravan had to pass through the Lingxiao Mountains. Before coming here, Huang Feihong specially reminded him
, there should be quite a few traitors within the Moon Worshiping Merchant Group. It is difficult to say that this business trip will not leak any rumors, and the possibility of interception in the Lingxiao Mountains cannot be ruled out.
Zhang Chi didn't take that group of bandits seriously, they were just a bunch of rabble. If they dared to come, they would be asking for death. However, after the last battle with the wolves, those bandits must have been frightened.
He lowered his head and looked at Huang Feixue, who had fallen asleep on his shoulder.
Huang Zhulang was a very responsible person. He inspected everything inside and outside. When he passed by Zhang Chi, he smiled at him. Zhang Chi whispered: "You go and have a rest. I will guard the outside."
Huang Zhulang nodded and was about to leave when he heard the sound of flapping wings. He looked up and saw a golden eagle flapping its wings in the air and landing on the corner of the beacon tower's arrow stack. Zhang Chi felt that the golden eagle seemed familiar.
Huang Feixue opened his eyes at this time, saw the golden eagle, and waved to it. The golden eagle flew down from above and landed on Huang Feixue's left arm.
Zhang Chi took a closer look at the golden eagle and found that it has golden fur and sharp blue eyes, but it is smaller in size.
Huang Feixue grabbed a handful of dried meat and fed it to the bird. The golden eagle ate a few dried meat and then flapped its wings and flew into the night sky.
Zhang Chi said: "Is this the one we saw before?"
Huang Feixue nodded and said: "We saw Huang Bohu's golden eagle in the Lingxiao Mountains. After Huang Bohu's death, I always thought it was lost, but I didn't expect that it never went far."
Zhang Chi said: "It seems to have a deeper affection for you."
Huang Feixue smiled and said: "I used to feed it a lot, but now it wants to follow me."
Zhang Chi said: "A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and it also knows how to distinguish between good and bad."
Huang Feixue bit her lips and said, "Am I just a piece of wood in your heart?"
Zhang Chi smiled slightly, Huang Feixue moved closer to him, and whispered: "It's strange, the young master is so warm. Is it my imagination?"
Zhang Daxian said in his heart that this was not an illusion. Did he think that my practice of Samadhi True Fire was in vain? He said softly: "Go to sleep, have a good rest and have to go on the road."
Huang Feixue nodded.
The caravan has long been accustomed to the harsh weather conditions in the Northern Wasteland. On the way, Huang Qitai specifically explained the reason why the Shanman clan had many merchant groups. Storm City is located in the center of the Northern Wasteland. The land in the Northern Wasteland is barren and all kinds of goods are scarce, but the Shanman clan has
It is also a nation that is extremely attached to its homeland. Some people have proposed moving the capital, but they have been rejected every time. Therefore, Storm City needs trade for all kinds of daily necessities, which has contributed to the formation and development of business groups, which can
It is said that the Shanman clan's business group is present in every corner of Netherworld Ruins.
Zhang Chi said: "Have you ever set foot in the Far North?" This sentence is somewhat arrogant.
Huang Qitai said: "We have set foot in it hundreds of years ago, but since Netherworld ruled that land, the far north has become a forbidden land, bounded by the Great Wall of Ice and Snow, and the five major clans basically operate south of the Great Wall.
"
Zhang Chi said: "The five major clans have ceased to exist in name only, right?"
Huang Qitai sighed and said: "The Black Moon clan was so ambitious that they encouraged the Shanman clan to join forces to destroy the Chongmu clan, seize the Chongmu clan's land, enslave the Chongmu clan, and cause the alliance of the five major clans to split."
Zhang Chi said with a smile: "The responsibility belongs to the Black Yuezhi. Don't you, the Shanman clan, have no responsibility at all? If the Huangfu family didn't have the ambition to dominate, how could they be taken advantage of by the Black Yuezhi and end up shooting themselves in the foot?"
I can’t understand the truth behind the coldness of lips and teeth.”
Huang Qitai was speechless. In fact, most of the Shanman clan had already recognized this fact, but it was too late. The Black Yue clan took advantage of Huangfu Xiu's ambition to unify the Northern Wilderness.
Zhang Chi asked: "How is Qin's current situation?"
Huang Qitai said: "The reason why our Shanman clan is in today's situation is not because the Qin clan and the Heiyue clan are in harmony with each other internally and externally?"
Zhang Chi secretly sighed, the five clans in Nether Market were fighting so fiercely. Could it be that these people couldn't see clearly that their real common enemy was Nether in the north of the Great Wall of Ice and Snow? Others couldn't see through, so Qin Junshi couldn't see through either? I guess it was coming.
After living in Netherworld for a long time, even my mind has become narrow-minded.
Zhang Chi asked about Ji Chang. Huang Qitai had not heard about Ji Chang. The last time he saw Ji Chang was ten years ago.
Huang Zhulang caught up from behind and reminded Zhang Chi that they had entered the Lingxiao Mountain Range, which was also where the bandits from Bingfeng Village often robbed.
Zhang Chi gave the order to cheer everyone up.
Huang Feixue summoned the golden eagle, which hovered in the air. Huang Feixue had the ability to control the beast. Although he could not inject spiritual thoughts into the golden eagle and use the golden eagle's eyes to observe the enemy from the air, he could also understand the surroundings through communication with the golden eagle.
movement.
Zhang Chi can see that Huang Feixue is doing his best for him. Although Huang Feihong has given her to him, Huang Feixue still feels that she has not been recognized by herself. She hopes to make herself feel that she is useful. The slave status has made her a slave since birth.
It left a mark on her soul, not only a low self-esteem, but also a lack of security. Zhang Chi was not eager to instill in her the concept of equality for everyone, otherwise it would scare her and make her panic.
After Huang Feixue communicated with Jin Diao, she said to Zhang Chi: "Sir, there are no problems around for the time being."
Zhang Chi nodded, and lightning followed him around without sending out a warning signal.
Huang Qitai said: "After passing the mountain pass in front, you can reach the dark night forest."
Zhang Chi also passed through the Dark Night Forest when he fled to the Lengshan Plateau last time, and it was there that he encountered Du Beifeng and his wife and his black warrior group.
Huang Feixue suddenly said: "There seems to be something wrong."
Zhang Chi looked up and saw a golden eagle hovering in the air, then swooping down quickly. Looking far into the distance, hundreds of black dots were rapidly approaching the caravan in the sky due north.
Huang Feixue said: "Gryphon group!"
After hearing the news, the caravan suddenly became nervous. Zhang Chi had never met the griffon before. Huang Qitai had experienced various emergencies. He suggested that everyone disperse quickly. The more the caravan gathered together,
The larger the target, the greater the probability of being attacked.
Zhang Chi gave the order, and the caravan members quickly dismounted and dispersed. Because they were in the snowfield, there was no place to hide.
Thirty archers bent their bows and aimed their arrows in the air. If the griffins were just passing by, they would just return it. If they dared to attack, they would immediately aim and shoot in the air.
More than a hundred griffons were already flying over them, and the golden eagle had landed on Huang Feixue's shoulder. Although it was far away from the sky, it was still trembling with fear.
In the dark sky, more than a hundred white-headed griffons flew at high speed and dragged out white beams. When they flew over the caravan, their speed slowed down significantly. Zhang Chi secretly screamed something bad. The griffins were obviously coming towards them.
Yes, definitely not a passer-by.
After a brief silence, stones fell straight down from the sky. The more than a hundred griffins held the stones in their sharp claws. They dropped the stones from the sky. At the height where they were,
Not to mention a stone the size of a fist, even if it accidentally lays an egg, it will penetrate the head.
Zhang Chi shouted: "Line up the shields!"
Cao Chengguang's response speed was the fastest among all. When he realized that the griffons were throwing rocks from high in the sky, he immediately jumped off his horse and then got into the snow. The shield had no defense on the ground.
Strong.
The caravan members took out their shields one by one and used the shields to protect their bodies. The shields were large, and the bottom edge was close to the snow surface and kept at a certain angle. This was to prevent stones from hitting the shield head-on. Stones falling at high speed would not be inferior to being launched.
The power of the cannonballs can completely penetrate ordinary shields.
Zhang Chi held up a big shield and hugged Huang Feixue, and the two of them hid behind the shield.
For a moment, the sound of clanking and banging was heard endlessly. Zhang Chi saw in front of him that a warrior's shield was penetrated by a stone. The stone that penetrated the shield did not lose its momentum and hit the warrior's face directly. In front of him,
A huge bloody hole was left on his face.
There were constant screams at the scene, and three caravan members died on the spot. A carriage was hit, and the carriage shattered like an explosion, and the goods inside were scattered all over the floor.
After the rockfall attack, Zhang Chi shouted loudly: "Archer!"
Thirty archers raised their bows again.
"shoot!"
Following Zhang Chi's loud roar, a volley of feather arrows shot into the air.
After throwing the stones, the griffins immediately swooped down and launched a second round of attacks on the caravan on the ground.
Zhang Chi grabbed the stone on the ground, and the heat energy was transferred to the stone. He raised his arm and threw it into the air. The stone flew out of the air and burned in mid-air, becoming a raging fireball. It looked like a fireball from a distance.
Meteors penetrate the sky.
The fireball hit the head of a griffin. The griffin's head was smashed in the air and its head exploded. The feathers around its body were ignited by the Samadhi True Fire. It lost its balance and hit another companion. The fire spread along the feathers.
More than twenty wind wolves divided into two wings and surrounded the battlefield from both sides.
Under the command of lightning, the wind wolves sprayed out wind blades at the same time. The attack range of their wind blades was limited, and the most powerful lightning could only spray out a distance of one hundred meters. Despite this, these wind blades also
A line of defense was formed at low altitude, slowing down the attack of the griffins on the caravan.
The three-headed griffin was unable to dodge and collided with the wind blades. It was like entering a meat grinder and was instantly cut into pieces.
The griffon that escaped the group of wind blades swooped down, opened its beak, and picked up Huang Qitai in one mouthful. Huang Qitai was so frightened that he shouted for help.
A fireball hit the griffin's abdomen, and the griffin burst into flames. The burning griffin tried to fly up with Huang Qitai, but Zhang Chi rushed up in time and cut off the griffin's neck with a knife, saving Huang Qitai.
Behind him, a griffon swooped down at low altitude and went straight to the relaxed back. Huang Feixue waved his finger, and a black horse rushed over, raised its front hoof and kicked the griffin's body hard. The griffin's body was extremely powerful, but
It swayed in the air for a while, but still did not change the momentum of the attack.
The golden light flashed, and the golden eagle flew up. Although it was several times smaller than the griffin, it was more flexible. In an instant, it had reached the griffin's head, and its hard beak pecked out the griffin's right eye.
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The griffin was in severe pain and let out a shrill scream. Zhang Chi then stabbed the gryphon with a backhand knife under its jaw, directly penetrating its head.
Huang Feixue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zhang Chi escaping, but the pain in the back of her head was severe as a gryphon grabbed her hair and dragged her into the air with its wings.
Zhang Chi roared angrily: "You evil beast, where are you going!" He strode towards Huang Feixue, jumped into the air, and flew towards the horse's back. His right foot was a little on the horse's back, and his body took off again, but the height was still not up to the griffin.
When he was about to fall, a white light appeared in front of him, but Lightning leaped into the air. At the critical moment, Zhang Chi lent its back. Zhang Chi stepped on Lightning's back and the downward momentum suddenly stopped. Instead, he leaped upwards, his body
The fish jumped up, finally reaching the same height as the gryphon, and struck the gryphon's head hard with the steel knife in his hand, splitting the gryphon's head in half.
The dead griffon and Huang Feixue fell on the snow together. Zhang Chi then fell down, kicked the griffin's body away, and pulled Huang Feixue up.
The caravan suffered the most damage in the first round of rockfall attacks. Once the battle turned to the ground, the Griffin's advantage became less obvious. Coupled with the help of the Wind Wolf, the situation soon reversed.
Immortal Zhang was so majestic that he killed twenty-two griffins in succession. The second most efficient person in combat was Cao Chengguang. From time to time, a pair of small hands came out from the snow and dragged the griffins into the frozen soil, suffocating them alive.
He killed as many as nineteen griffins with his own hands.
Ten minutes later, the battle situation was decided. Seeing that the defeat was already over, the remaining dozen griffons had no intention of fighting and fled into the air one by one.
The caravan's archers took advantage of the victory and pursued them, killing two more.
Zhang Chi raised his head and looked into the sky, only to see the dozen gryphons flying higher and higher, and finally disappeared from his sight.
Huang Zhulang was responsible for counting the dead and injured. They killed five people in total, and more than twenty people suffered varying degrees of trauma. They killed eighty-nine griffins. Cao Chengguang was busy removing the spiritual stones from the griffons one by one.
dig it out.
Huang Qitai was sitting on the snow. His combat power was almost negligible. If Zhang Chi had not rescued him during the battle, he would have become a delicious meal in the belly of the gryphon. Seeing Zhang Chi's amazing combat power, Huang Qitai secretly admired him. Even when he was in the best condition,
Not even half as good as Zhang Chi, not to mention that there were wolves to help out. The dwarf was also very powerful. He could appear and disappear in the snow, and his sneak attack techniques were unprecedented.
Huang Qitai thought to himself that fortunately he and they were not enemies, but then he thought about who else would look at him like this, and he couldn't help but feel sad when he thought about it.
Huang Feixue twisted her foot when she landed on the ground. Zhang Chi helped her take a look and felt relieved after making sure there was no fracture.
Walking to Huang Qitai to see his condition, Huang Qitai said: "Thank you, boss, for saving me."
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "Brother Huang, there is no need to be polite to me. Have you experienced such a battle in the past?"
Huang Qitai shook his head and said: "Although I have seen griffins, there are only three or five at most. This is the first time that we have seen one on this scale today."
Zhang Chi said: "So let me catch up."
Huang Qitai said: "It is no accident that a group of this size can be assembled. There is usually a beast master behind the scenes."
"Beast Controller?"
Huang Qitai nodded and said: "Actually, Miss Feixue is a beast master, but her ability is limited and she cannot control a ferocious spiritual beast of this level. However, given time, with the improvement of her ability, she should be able to do it
."
On the side, Huang Feixue said full of self-blame: "Young master, it's all my fault. I can't help you at all, and you have to distract yourself to protect me."
Zhang Chi said: "It is natural for men to protect women. What is there to feel guilty about?"
Huang Qitai looked around and seemed to have something to say to Zhang Chi. Zhang Chi understood what he meant and said softly: "Brother Huang, let's go for a walk over there." He walked towards the snow hills not far away. Huang Qitai walked towards the snowy hills not far away.
