Go to Sand Mill and take a look. This was not Ying Zheng’s impromptu idea, but the idea that came into his mind as soon as he heard about this place.
Judging from the information Wu Chan has, the Sand Millstone is located on several fire eyes, and those fire eyes are extremely active, which means that the red current below them must also be very active.
In other words, the natural source power there is very active. Is this situation related to his ultimate mission, which is to restore the natural source power?
If it was related, why didn't Ji Fa mention it?
Could it be that if China's dragon veins were repaired, the place would be able to heal itself?
No wonder Ji Fa said that after the natural source of power was restored, this place would be buried by the desert. It must be related to the red current here.
After leaving Jingjue Palace with Wu Chan, Ying Zheng was thinking about these issues along the way and didn't say much.
Zhehuai rode ahead and went to the ghost cave to recall his thumb. Ying Zheng and Wu Chan followed behind, planning to meet up halfway and go directly to the Sand Mill.
"Have you been to the edge of the millstone?" Ying Zheng turned to look at Wu Chan and asked.
"I've only been there once," Wu Chan said. "It was the last time I went there with Uncle Thumb to investigate the situation, but it's been many years. At that time, I was still a naughty little princess."
In Ying Zheng's mind, the image of a very lively and willful little princess wearing exquisite traditional clothes suddenly appeared.
"If it's dangerous there, don't follow me." Ying Zheng said with concern, "Just let Thumb lead me to take a look."
"Are you afraid that I am in danger?" Wu Chan's bright eyes flashed.
"Well, you are an elite king, so of course you cannot put yourself in danger." Ying Zheng explained quickly.
"Haha, you are still the king of Qin, don't you also want to take risks?" Wu Chan asked.
"That's different. I'm a man." Ying Zheng said.
"Okay, you discriminate against women." Wu Chan said angrily.
Ying Zheng: "..."
Looking at Ying Zheng's helpless expression, Wu Chan smiled softly: "Don't worry, there won't be any danger in that edge area. Besides, Uncle Thumb is here to protect us. He is the most familiar with the situation there. If there is really any danger, He won’t take me there either.”
After Wu Chan said this, Ying Zheng felt relieved. If he caused Wu Chan any trouble because of his curiosity, it would be more than worth the loss.
"But speaking of it, you Chinese people really seem to despise women." Wu Chan continued, "I heard that women are absolutely not allowed to be kings in your country, right?"
"Well, this is true, but it's not because of contempt for women." Ying Zheng said, "This is the rule left by our ancestors. Whether a clan is strong or not depends on the number of men, and the same goes for wars between two countries. Depending on who has the largest army, even ordinary people rely on men to cultivate the fields, so men have always been the main role in Chinese civilization."
"In this regard, it seems to be no different from the Western Regions." Wu Chan said, "Although the main occupation here is cattle and sheep herding, the people who go out to herd are all men."
"This is natural." Ying Zheng smiled and said, "If women go out to herd, they will be kidnapped by people like King Qiemo and made into wives and concubines."
"Hahaha..." Wu Chan was teased by Ying Zheng so much that he started laughing.
For some unknown reason, Ying Zheng also felt very happy when he saw Wu Chan smiling.
"But, to be honest." Seeing Wu Chan smile for a while, Ying Zheng felt a trace of pity in his heart, "As a woman, is it a lot of pressure to inherit the throne at such a young age?"
Wu Chan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "There must be pressure, but fortunately, the elders perform their duties and handle the state affairs in an orderly manner. I don't need to worry too much about political affairs. Besides, Jingjue is good at it. As a small country, the pressure to survive is not very huge.”
Indeed, the head of a family and the leader of a country
The pressure that the Lord bears must be different, and the difference lies in the different responsibilities and missions that He bears?
All this time, Ying Zhengsuo
The huge pressure he felt, in addition to unifying the mountains and rivers, but also the final salvation, was the main source of pressure in his heart.
"Actually, the pressure encountered in running a country is really nothing compared to the pressure caused by threats to survival." Ying Zheng sighed for a while, looking towards the distant north.
Wu Chan also followed Ying Zheng's gaze and looked at the blurred boundary between heaven and earth that was slightly glowing with yellow light, and felt a sense of emotion in his heart.
The two of them faced the same situation. However, one is for his entire ethnic group, and the other is for all living creatures in the world.
While chatting, more than half an hour passed, and two figures appeared in front.
It is thumb and philosophy.
After the four people gathered together, Thumb asked: "Clan Chief, do you really want to take King Qin to the edge of the millstone?"
"Haha, it's not that I want to go, it's that King Qin heard that the yellow sand there is spreading outwards and wants to go there to have a look so that he can help us think of a solution." Wu Chan said with a smile.
"Then I have to thank King Qin first." Thumb made a gesture of courtesy and said, "However, when you three get there, you must obey Thumb's orders and don't run around."
"That's no problem." Ying Zheng said, "How long will it take to arrive?"
"It will take three days." Thumb said, "Let's go back to the city to get some supplies before leaving."
"That's fine."
In this way, the four people returned to Jingjue City, bringing enough food and grass for three days before embarking on the road to the Sand Mill.
"Uncle Thumb, have you selected the candidates to go to China?" Wu Chan looked at Thumb and asked.
Thumb smiled and said: "Haha, Chief Hui, when I mentioned this matter yesterday, the young ghost hands were all rushing to go. They said they wanted to go to China to see the world and taste the delicious food of Great Qin."
"Haha, this is all a trivial matter. It would be no problem to marry each of them a big girl." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"Bah!" Wu Chan spat, "If they married a Chinese girl, who would care about Hui Jingjue."
"Yes, in that case, King Qin has taken a big advantage." Zhehuai said.
"Hahaha……"
Several people laughed.
Moving forward while talking and laughing, time flew by so fast that the sun had already set before we knew it.
Thumb found a cave in the hill and decided to camp here.
"Although this is not a ghost cave, it is a temporary resting place dug by ghost hands. It is very safe." Thumb said.
"Okay, this is a nice place." Ying Zheng reached out and took the reins from Wu Chan's hand, "I and Zhe Huai are going to walk the horses and see if they can catch some prey."
Wu Chan said curiously: "Walking the horse is okay, but are you sure you know how to hunt?"
"It's a joke." Ying Zheng said disdainfully, "The old aristocratic families in Da Qin are all on horseback."
After saying that, Ying Zheng took out a flying crossbow from his luggage.
Wu Chan said in surprise: "I didn't expect that you also brought a crossbow with you."
"This crossbow seems to be a little different from the usual ones." Zhehuai's eyes instantly fell on the flying crossbow.
"Yes, this guy is called a flying crossbow. It can fire continuously. Its range and strength are similar to those of a hard bow, and it can shoot with one arm." Ying Zheng said proudly.
"Is it really that powerful?" Wu Chan came closer and took a closer look at the flying crossbow.
"Of course, how about we compete?" Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and looked at Wu Chan with an evil smile.
"Tch, Bibi is Bibi." Wu Chan snatched back his reins with one hand.
You know, people from the Western Regions are experts at hunting.
"Drive!" Wu Chan jumped on the back of the horse, clamped his legs under the horse's belly, and ran out first.
go.
Ying Zheng also flew on his horse and chased after him.
"Clan leader!" Zhehuai seemed to be worried about Wu Chan's safety, raising his hand and shouting urgently.
"Let them go, they won't be lost." Thumb's eyes were quite meaningful.
"Come on, let's pick up some dry firewood."
Zhehuai nodded, tied the horse, then followed his thumb to collect firewood and clean the cave.
Wu Chan's bow is shorter than the long bow used by men, but the bow is wrapped with a layer of cowhide and dyed red. The feathers behind the arrow feathers are also red. I don't know if this is unique to the leader of the Guidong clan. The logo is, in short, very powerful and domineering.
On the hillside and among the woods, there were not too many birds and beasts here compared to Great Qin. After walking for a while, the two of them found a wild deer.
Wu Chan shouted loudly, took the lead in urging his horse to run, drew his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at the wild deer.
Unexpectedly, the wild deer was extremely flexible and suddenly swerved to avoid this fatal blow.
Ying Zheng chuckled, raised his right hand holding the flying crossbow, and shot two arrows very casually.
Whizzing……
The crossbow arrow in front was the same as Wu Chan's shot just now. The wild deer stopped and turned to avoid it, but the second arrow was shot in the direction it was about to run after turning around. Suddenly, the wild deer was caught between the two arrow feathers. In the middle, although he was not unable to move, he was quite shocked.
"Quickly shoot it over." Ying Zheng said quickly.
"Yes." Wu Chan raised his hand and arrow feathers shot out quickly.
The wild deer, which had just regained consciousness, was about to run away again, but fell to the ground just as it took out its two front hooves.
"Haha, good shot." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
Wu Chan turned back to look at Ying Zheng, and his tone was a little respectful: "I can't tell, your shooting skills are pretty good."
"So-so." Ying Zheng laughed, "The main reason is that this flying crossbow is so powerful."
"I see, this thing is really good." After saying that, Wu Chan urged his horse to come to the wild deer, dismounted, put it in a cloth bag, and hung it on the saddle.
"Let's go back." Wu Chan said, "Go back and show me this flying crossbow."
"good."
The two people ran back to the cave where they lived.
A bonfire was lit, and the four people gathered together to roast venison.
"What a crossbow!" Zhehuai, who was squatting next to Wu Chan, glared at the flying crossbow in Wu Chan's hand.
"You want it?" Wu Chan asked with squinting eyes.
"Yeah." Zhehuai nodded repeatedly.
"No." Wu Chan turned his head and put the flying crossbow into his arms.
"If you're not the clan leader, why do I feel like King Qin's flying crossbow belongs to you?" Zhehuai said angrily.
"Once it's in my hands, it's mine." Wu Chan snorted coldly.
Ying Zheng: "..."
"You can't even take a look?" Zhehuai said.
"No." Wu Chan hugged Fei Nu tighter.
"Stingy, forget it if you don't show me." Zhehuai turned to look at Ying Zheng and said with a smile, "Prince Qin, do you still have this flying crossbow? Give me one too."
"Haha." Ying Zheng added a piece of wood to the fire and said, "Looking at your potential, you are fighting for this flying crossbow. I will give you everything I brought this time. "
Wu Chan and Zhe Huai opened their mouths at the same time, stunned, and even their thumbs widened their eyes.
Not to mention new weapons like flying crossbows, even if they are ordinary crossbow arrows, sending so many arrows at one time is a big deal.
After a while, Wu Chan seemed to wake up from his dream and murmured: "Is what you said true?"
"Haha, when did I make such a joke?" Ying Zheng said, "Let me tell you, this flying crossbow is also the royal tomb inherited by me, and as long as there is enough time, Great Qin can continuously make such flying crossbows. Just like you make secret stones."
"Hehe." The three Jingjue people looked at each other and grinned.
