Jingle bell bell, jingle bell bell~
The sound of camel bells brought a little "life" ripples to the gray sky, but it was quickly annihilated in the endless haze. Nothing has changed, but change has certainly occurred.
Have you ever seen a camel in the wilderness?
Or……
Uduna?
In the grassland language, it means "toughness". Of course, in the grassland language family that combines the language of gods and the languages of various primitive tribes, it can only mean "toughness" when it is attached to a definite noun.
When it is expressed alone, it is a unique ranking, referring to this kind of camel——
They are silent, with stoic brown eyes.
No hair.
The outer skin was black, wrinkled, and not stretchy at all, like tanned leather. Soldiers who often patrol the borderlands will sharpen their swords directly on it.
Its towering hump stores a large amount of food and water - and is sometimes cut open for food by desperate warriors. Food and water are secondary, the most important thing is the soul-generating power contained in them.
Human monks use soul-generating stones to fight against the ubiquitous resistance and erosion in the desert. Wuduna does not need it. Wuduna can generate the soul-generating power to fight against the desert. This is why Wuduna belongs to the human race, not the demon race. prove.
The beings belonging to the demon race are not afraid of that kind of "drying out", they are already part of the "drying out". The life activities of all monsters, together with the environment, form a "dry" state.
An ordinary war horse has no qualifications to cross the line of life and death and enter the wilderness. When a powerful demon horse steps here, it also needs the power of the soul stone to fight against the environment.
"Uduna" is the most common beast of burden here.
For thousands of years, they have carried humans and marched into the depths of the wilderness again and again. It is both a chariot, food, armor, and comrade-in-arms.
Older scalpers than old scalpers.
No one would be willing to take the knife to Udu Na until it was absolutely necessary.
Cutting open the hump means the final moment of death for many soldiers. This behavior is called "Yi Che" on the grassland, which describes the behavior of cutting open the hump with a knife, but the meaning is "suicide". And it is partial to honor. Dishonorable suicide cannot be expressed by "Yi Che".
On the day Jiang Wang came to Bianhuang, it was said that it had just rained, and there was a rusty smell in the air. Jiang Wang doubted that the rain here was caused by knives.
Yu Wenduo told him, "Absolutely."
Jiang Wang asked again what the rain here looked like.
Yuwen Duo only said that he would know when it rains.
Since then Jiang Wang has been waiting for the rain.
A team of dozens of Uduna, with nearly a thousand warriors from the Mu Kingdom, came out of the gray haze. That long winding dragon is a vague line spreading through history.
Bianhuang is a place Jiang Wang has always wanted to come to, not just because this is the place where Zhao Rucheng once fought for his life.
Including Bian Huang, including Yu Yuan, including the Forest of Meteor Immortals, including the Gate of Ten Thousand Demons... He wanted to see, experience, and feel all the places where human beings faced danger.
Extraordinary strength, extraordinary courage, extraordinary responsibility.
This is his simple understanding of practitioners deep in his heart.
That's why he has always been more tolerant to ordinary people than to monks. Not only because monks are more destructive, but also because "the one with the power bears the responsibility."
This understanding was first established by Zuo Guanglie.
Bianhuang is the frontline between humans and demons. Zhao Rucheng fought here, and Zuo Guanglie also fought here.
The two countries of Jingmu and Mu were heavily deployed on the line of life and death, and over the long years, they charged against the demonic tide again and again.
In this land, there are so many heroic sons and daughters, so many heroic epics, and so many tragic songs of happiness.
Now that we have come to the grassland, how can we not come to the border wilderness?
Don’t forget history and don’t lose sight of the future.
At this moment, Jiang Wang was standing on the line between life and death and saw the return of such a team of "demon hunters".
On one side is green grass like the sea, on the other side is the sky full of gray sand.
Life and death, passion and silence, separate such a clear line between heaven and earth.
This feeling is so desolate, and at the end of the desolation, there is a wisp of ancient heat.
This line of life and death is the dividing line drawn by the human race for this world. Generations of human warriors, using iron blood and steel knives, have carved marks in this cruel world.
Here, on the line between life and death, is a never-ending fight and blood that never dries up.
Behind the line of life and death, there is endless fertile land and billions of human races.
And what about the front line of life and death?
Where are the places where the bones of countless brave men are buried, the depths of the endless quicksand, and the passage connecting the tombs of all realms? What does it look like?
Jiang Wang stood with his sword in hand, and Chitong Qianyang could not see the end.
Yuwen Duo and the returning demon hunter chatted loudly about the harvest. Jiang Wang kept a suitable distance, listened quietly, and showed respect with a sideways gesture.
The Jing and Mu countries have never stopped attacking the depths of the desert. On the one hand, it is necessary to kill a large number of Yin demons, hoard soul stones, and reserve war resources for future fights against the demonic tide. On the other hand, this kind of continuous demon hunting operation can also effectively reduce the intensity of the demon tide.
However, demons are not pigs and dogs that can be slaughtered at will. Demon hunters often have to pay a higher price than demons.
There is a very famous problem on the grassland——
Why is the grass so green at this end of the line between life and death?
And everyone knows the answer.
Because so many people have poured their blood into it.
Even in an era when divine power was at its peak, this was a problem that had never been covered by divine light on the boundless grassland.
"You really don't need me to follow you?" After exchanging information about the nearby area with the demon hunting team, Yuwen Duo came back and asked.
Jiang Wang just smiled.
"Okay." Yuwen Duo shrugged: "I am a burden."
"Stop talking about yourself like that." Jiang Wang comforted, "You're just a little weak."
Yu Wenduo:?
Jiang Wang looked at the haze and seemed to see the shadow of the gray vulture in Mo Lake. He said casually: "Don't make the atmosphere so deep. So many people can enter the border wilderness. What's my problem?"
Yuwen Duo said: "Hunting demons is a very dangerous thing, especially when traveling alone... I know it is useless to say this, but I still have to say it. In case Rucheng Yizu comes out of seclusion, he will cause trouble for me."
Jiang Wang turned to look at him and said with a smile: "Should I also write you a letter of liability to express that my entry into the wilderness was entirely voluntary and had nothing to do with you, and that you have tried your best to dissuade me?"
Yu Wenduo took out a pen and paper: "That's the best."
Jiang Wangzhen wrote him a letter of liability, saying that he voluntarily went deep into the wilderness and had nothing to do with anyone.
It's not all a joke.
If something really happened to him, having such a letter of liability would not affect the relationship between Qi and Mu.
Being able to write such a disclaimer is enough to show that his trip was not a sudden hothead, but that he did have a clear understanding of the dangers of the border wilderness.
Yu Wenduo said: "Actually, you don't have to come, no one will criticize you. Originally, you were an envoy with integrity, so the responsibility is not here. I know that you have a great reputation overseas, and you have killed many sea people in the Mysterious World. .”
"Just think that I am also practicing." Jiang Wang said.
Yu Wenduo thought for a while and then said: "The troops here on the line of life and death have their own defenses and cannot be easily mobilized. But I will stay here and coordinate a reserve army to come over. If something unexpected happens, remember to flee back, I will I’ll support you as soon as possible.”
"Thank you very much."
"Do you need any more help? His Highness Yun has given me great authority."
"Give me a map, give me a bag of soul stones, and give me a black camel." Jiang Wang simply said, "I will be back before the succession ceremony begins."
Compared with "Wuduna", Jiang Wang is more accustomed to calling it black camel.
After all, Prairie Language is not straightforward enough for people like him who were born in the Western Region and are resident in the Eastern Region.
On the line of life and death, Yu Wenduo bid farewell to Jiang Wang.
Watching one person and one camel, walking further and further away, slowly disappearing into the haze, like a bright color in the world, swallowed up by darkness - just like when he was stationed at the line of life and death, every time he said goodbye to Zhao Rucheng .
He thought that Marquis Wu'an of Daqi would say something like the great justice of the human race, and he was willing to believe that, at least from the mouths of people like Jiang Wang, they wouldn't be so false.
But Jiang Wang said nothing and only called this "cultivation".
On the contrary, Yu Wenduo felt that practice was a more meaningful thing. Whether it is killing thieves, serving the country, or defending the human race, it cannot be achieved by just talking. Those who talk about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, and often make others reflect on the world... have they really done anything for this world?
If you move forward down-to-earth and have enough strength, you will naturally be qualified to realize your ideals.
He also has to practice hard.
I will never go to Shen’en Temple again.
Yuwenduo thought about it again and changed his determination——
Not for at least five days.
As for five days later?
I will definitely return to the Royal Court in five days, let’s talk about it then!
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Jingle bell bell, jingle bell bell~
Jiang Wang rode on the back of a camel and wandered into the depths of the desert.
One person, one sword and one hunchback, traveling far away in green clothes, would be quite a bit chic - if it weren't for the constant flying sand and rocks in front of them.
When we are not far from the line of life and death, we don’t feel it yet. By this time, the feeling of being rejected and rejected by the entire world was already very obvious.
The present world is the present world of the human race. This has long been an unquestionable fact. But here, it doesn't seem so accurate.
It is not wrong to say that the wilderness is a demonic realm.
Or is it part of the tomb of the world that invades the world?
Jiang Wang still lacks some knowledge in this area. After all, it already involves the fundamentals of the world, and he was not qualified to contact it before.
Now he can feel that there is a "dry" power that cannot be captured in reality, which is constantly eroding his body and soul.
Even if you have a golden body and chalcedony, even if the power of your soul has been condensed into spiritual consciousness, you will still be shaken by this "drying out".
Fortunately, they were all resolved by the soul stone he carried.
Jiang Wang believes that there is an exchange at the level of rules, but for him at present, there is still a long way to go before he can understand the rules, so he cannot see it clearly.
The number of soul stones was sufficient. In order not to miss the ceremony, he only planned to stay in the desert for five days, and Yuwen Duo prepared enough for him to consume for a month.
Uduna, who was walking slowly on the sand, felt no pressure and felt free.
Over the long years, it has evolved its body and soul to adapt to this land.
In fact, all life in the world has its tenacious part.
Delicate grass can grow in the cracks of rocks. For example, in this desert filled with lifeless energy, there is also a sand scorpion hiding underground - it rushed out recklessly and wanted to attack Uduna, but was killed by Jiang Wang with a snap of his fingers.
Thinking of this, Jiang Wang couldn't help but think - if there were no soul stones, no extraordinary monks, and just ordinary people living here, after a large number of deaths, would some kind of evolution naturally occur in the end?
Just like when the aquarium reaches the sea, it gradually changes. The current Sea Tribe has completely transformed into another race.
Of course, no one dares to do such an experiment.
Winter winter, winter winter.
A monster with thick cow hooves on its lower body, a pair of skinny chicken claws on its upper body, and an illusory human man's head on its head, with a bulging abdomen, rushed from a distance.
The hooves of the cows stepped on the sand, as if they were stepping on an exciting drum beat.
There were piercing screams coming out of his mouth, which were torn intermittently by the wind and sand.
Jiang Wang watched silently.
The Uduna he was riding was also very calm and was still moving forward slowly. The black camel that Yu Wenduo transferred from the army has seen the world.
Jiang Wang was no stranger to the monster in front of him. He had seen it before at the bottom of the Qingjiang River.
Yin demons have no fixed shape at all, but have thousands of strange shapes. He saw two identical people, which was a kind of fate.
But when he saw the monster, he felt an instinctive fear. Now that we see each other again, all I can feel is disgust.
It has nothing to do with courage, this is the leap of the essence of life.
In other words... before the arrival of God, the life essence of human race was weaker than that of demons?
This kind of judgment and knowledge confused Jiang Wang.
Of course it doesn't affect his fight.
The body of the evil spirit is real and tangible, but its head is illusory.
Sometimes the head looks like a human being, sometimes it looks like an animal, and there are all kinds of strange things.
At this time, he seemed to have been hungry for many days, running here crazily, causing the dust to fly.
When he got closer, he suddenly froze.
It screamed in pain, but made no sound at all.
Then starting from the cow's hooves, the flames were ignited bit by bit. The flames did not spread quickly, but as time passed, they gradually spread throughout the body. In a slow process, it was finally burned.
Snapped!
Only a crumpled human-shaped head was left, falling on the sand.
The flames rolled out again, and the head disappeared.
The reason why Samadhi True Fire is used instead of other means is naturally to supplement knowledge. Demon hunting is a long-term matter. If you want to kill quickly and well, you must first understand the "demon". Its composition, its life form, every part of its body...
Jiang Wang felt the flames silently without saying a word.
stop!
A demon with antlers on its head suddenly emerged from the ground, claws slicing at the black camel's hooves——
Snap.
Both pairs of claws were chopped off.
Then the entire body was shattered into pieces, leaving behind a stag-horned beast skull.
The sword light suddenly appeared and disappeared.
With a casual move, Jiang Wang brought the Yin Demon's head in front of him, looked at it carefully for a while, and then threw it into the bag hanging on the side of the black camel.
As the footprints deepen, the evil spirits appear more and more frequently.
At first they attacked alone, then in groups of three or five, and then more than ten, dozens, etc. At the most, nearly two hundred Yin Demons came together to kill them.
In the desert environment, the perception of the human monks was severely suppressed. Jiang Wang also found out about his situation when he fell into the encirclement.
Of course, hundreds of ants still can't surround a human being.
Jiang Wang kept trying his swordsmanship, Taoism, or magical powers - many of them were destroyed by mistake, but there were still more and more evil demon heads in the bag.
He also learned more and more about "demons".
The more we understand, the more confusion arises.
And no matter where he goes or how he hunts, the screams of the evil spirits will never be heard. He also tried to control the power of voice under the special rules of the borderlands.
The battle never stops, and the practice is all the time.
The black camel continued to move forward slowly, leaving a long line of hoof prints.
The people of today are the same as those of ancient times.
It was windy and sandy last year, and it will be windy and sandy next year.
People are not old friends, and people are still the same.
For a long time, on this route, there was only jingle bell, jingle bell~
Its voice is melodious and not lonely.
Because where the wind and sand end, there are countless... responses across time and space.
