After Wu Sheng left the mountain village, he first headed northeast. He wanted to see what the forest burned when the fire dragon passed through looked like and whether there might be anything left behind.

After leaving the mountain village and walking for more than twenty miles, Wu Sheng saw a bare mountain in the distance, all black, without any vegetation or a touch of green.

After getting closer, I found that the entire mountain was scorched, the soil was dry, the rocks were broken, and the trees were charred. It was not just one place, nor the peak at Wu Sheng's feet, but several peaks in succession.

Is this "Fire Dragon" so domineering in transit?

Wu Sheng walked around these mountains and found a lot of burnt beast corpses. Two of them were very large. Although the bodies were burnt, the skeletons were still there. It looked like

It is a beast like a tiger or leopard, but its size is larger than that of a cow. It is obviously not an ordinary beast.

Well, Wu Sheng saw a little light between two cracked rocks. He walked over and saw something sandwiched between the cracks in the rocks. He stretched out his hand and took it out, but it was a fiery red scale, as big as the palm of his hand.

Big and small, warm to the touch.

What are these, dragon scales?

What's the use? Regardless, Wu Sheng threw it into the "good luck bag".

He knelt down and stretched out his hands to peel away the burnt soil. There was not a trace of moisture under two feet.

I stood up and looked around, these mountains couldn't be relieved in a short time.

After leaving these scorched mountains, Wu Sheng continued westward. This area was relatively peaceful.

One day later, as we were about to leave the customs in the west, the scenery changed drastically, becoming desolate and heroic.

There is actually a small Taoist temple in the border town. It is very small, just a small courtyard with a main hall inside. Several trees are also sickly, with thin branches and yellow leaves.

view of longevity,

There is also a different point of view here. This stall is indeed big enough.

But compared with those bright and spotless Taoist temples that Wu Sheng had seen, this Taoist temple was old and covered with dust, and there were still a few weeds swaying in the wind on the wall.

A Taoist priest wearing a blue-grey robe was lying on the roof of the main hall, basking in the sun, with a piece of dogtail in his mouth, humming an unknown song softly.

"Well, this Taoist priest has a personality!" Wu Sheng admired when he saw this.

Woo, there was a sudden gust of wind, and the strong wind swept up the sand and soon covered this small town that could be seen at a glance, making people unable to open their eyes.

Bah, bah, bah!

The Taoist priest lying on the roof waved his sleeves and sat up, spitting out the sand in his mouth.

At this time, you can clearly see his appearance. He is not very old, he must be in his thirties. He has unkempt hair, like a henhouse, a pair of hazy eyes, and a unshaven beard. He has a face that has not changed for several days.

washed.

The Taoist priest saw Wu Sheng standing on the street looking at him and waved to him. Wu Sheng subconsciously raised his hand in response.

The Taoist priest stretched and yawned.

Woo, a low horn sounded.

Looking up, I saw the thick city wall not far away. The normally closed city gate made a sour sound and creaked open. A group of soldiers came in from outside the city. They were all cavalry. There were about thirty people in armor.

With bows on their backs and swords on their backs, covered in dust and tired faces, these are the soldiers guarding the border.

The Taoist priest swung from the roof and came to Wu Sheng.

"Want to leave seclusion?"

"Um."

"The wind has picked up. The sky is full of yellow sand outside. There are hundreds of miles of uninhabited people. It is easy to lose your way. There are some strange things in the flying sand. It is very dangerous to go out now. Just wait for two days." The Taoist priest said.

What a monster. When I heard this, I couldn’t help but write it down.

"There are many dangers outside the customs, so be careful." The Taoist priest kindly reminded me.

"Thank you, Taoist Master."

The Taoist priest smiled and waved his hands.

There is indeed an inn in the small border town, but there is no one staying at the inn at this time, and there is only one guest, Wu Sheng.

It was getting dark outside, and the flying sand kept blowing.

"Guest officer, are you leaving customs?" There was no one else in the inn, so the innkeeper started chatting with Wu Shengxian.

"Get out of seclusion." Wu Sheng nodded.

"If you can't go out at this time, you won't go out." The shopkeeper heard this and said.

"Why?"

"The wind and sand outside the pass are very strong. There have been storms in the past few days. The sky is filled with yellow sand for hundreds of miles. It is impossible to tell the direction when you go in. You will escape death. Secondly, in recent times, traces of aliens have been found outside the pass. The border pass

The cavalry fought several battles with them, and there were victories and defeats for each other. The aliens outside the pass are very fierce. If they see us people inside the pass, it would be better to kill them directly." Speaking of the aliens outside the pass, the store owner's face

Showing some fear.

"Yeah?"

He didn't know much about the alien races, and he only saw two of them. He thought it might be a conflict between countries in different regions. As for the extent of the conflict, he didn't know.

"This war has been going on for hundreds of years. Everyone has their own victories and defeats. How many people have died? How can we not hate each other? I guess they hate each other to the core."

"According to what you said, the security here is so chaotic and dangerous, why are you still here without thinking of changing places?" Wu Sheng asked the store owner.

This small inn, in this small border town, probably won't see many guests throughout the year, and there won't be much money to be made. Moreover, the customs here are so chaotic. If a foreign enemy blocks the customs, it might be lost.

Little life.

"It's not like I haven't thought about it. I've been thinking about it all these years. My roots are here. I'll stay there for another two years and go to Guannai." After hearing this, the store owner sighed.

Who doesn’t want to go to Guan Nei? If you don’t have much wealth and no skills, and you can rely on every relative and friend, how can you live with your family?

I chatted with this shop owner for a long time and heard a lot of rumors from outside the country. After dinner, Wu Sheng returned to the guest room.

The wind and sand howled outside, causing the wooden boards to creak.

At night, the small town was covered by wind and sand, with only a few lights visible.

In the military camp, a general wearing iron armor looked at the wind and sand outside the camp, frowning slightly.

The wind is blowing again!

In the Taoist temple, a slovenly Taoist priest stood at the door, holding a piece of meat in his hand and eating it in big mouthfuls. The wind and sand roared in the sky, but he couldn't get within three feet of the Taoist temple.

Plop la la, there seems to be some special sound in the wind and sand.

Um?

The Taoist priest's eyes flashed brightly and he stared towards the sky.

“I come here every time, it’s really something I don’t remember long!”

The Taoist priest waved his hand, and a ray of fire, more than three feet long, flew out from behind and broke through the wind and sand in the sky. It went back and forth in it, squeaking and squeaking, and there was a strange sound in the wind and sand, and then something came from mid-air.

It fell and hit the ground, making a crackling sound on the roof.

what sound?

Wu Sheng suddenly sat up and looked outside.

Listening carefully, I found that there was something in the sand! It made a squeaking sound.

The light of fire killed a stick of incense in the wind and sand, then flew back in a swish and sank into the scabbard behind the Taoist priest. It turned out to be a precious sword.

The Taoist took a bite of the meat and looked at the wind and sand in the night.

"Well, I'll put more salt next time." Suddenly he said,

The strange screams lasted for about half an hour and then stopped, and there was only the sound of wind outside.

After listening for a while, Wu Sheng lay down again. When he opened his eyes, it was already dawn. Although it was bright, the light inside the inn was still a little dark due to the wind and sand outside. The sound of wind and yellow could be heard outside.

The sound of sand hitting the walls and boards was there.

Unable to go out, Wu Sheng meditated on the painting in this inn. No one disturbed him, so it was peaceful.

In the scroll, a big river comes from the sky, suddenly changes into a sword, falls from the sky, cuts the mountains and cracks the ground.

Wu Sheng raised his fingers and hung them in the air, gesticulating slowly, and cuts appeared on the wall not far away, as if they had been struck by a sharp sword.

This yellow sand lasted for three days from beginning to end. It started in the morning and stopped in the evening. Only when they heard the wind and sand stopped did the people in the town dare to open the door. When they pushed the door, the streets were filled with thick yellow sand.

Over the ankle.

Wu Sheng came to the street and saw something strange in the yellow sand. It should be the corpse of some kind of animal, but it was torn into pieces. The color outside the body was earthy yellow, just like the yellow sand. The head was like a strange snake, and the back was like a snake.

Wings like bats.

This should be the monster in the yellow sand that the Taoist priest mentioned a few days ago, right?

Judging from these marks, it should be a sword, and it is a hot sword. The wounds are flush and there are traces of burning.

He looked up at the border not far away.

After waiting for three days, it was time to leave customs.

"Sir, the city gate is closed at this time. We have to leave tomorrow." The owner of the inn said.
To be continued...