Tinder City is located in the Flowing Fire Plains, which is subject to drought and hot weather all year round. Most of the land has been cracked by the hot and dry wind, and a considerable part of it has even been sandstoned, making it impossible for even weeds to grow. It is precisely for this reason that thousands of miles around this place are the territory of Tinder City, making Tinder City the city with the largest territory nearby.
What is the use of the barren and cracked land, except to keep it there for decoration, without being able to grow even a single grain of food?
The strong wind blows, do you want to eat a mouthful of sand?
Therefore, nearby cities would rather have less territory than take over these sandy and gravel lands that are useless and troublesome to manage, which gives Tinder City a "big advantage".
It has been ten years since Bai Gu and his party entered the boundaries of Huorong City, but they are still wandering around the outer city of Huorong City.
There is no way, the third-class carriage of Shanshuifang can only cover 500 miles at most in one day. In these ten days, it has only traveled more than 4,000 miles, and it has not even covered a fraction of the territory of Tinder City.
Although Wang Xizhou and Hua Xie were Shanshui Lang of Shanshui Fang and had traveled to many places and seen many dangerous mountains and rivers, it was not like they had never seen sand and stone landscapes like this before. But the sight of the same sandy and gravel scenery for ten consecutive days was really boring to all the people in the car.
Wang Xizhou is better, after all, his mentality has always been very good.
Although Bai Gu has a young mind, the scenery on the road is just that to him. If it looks good, you will be surprised for a while, and then nothing will happen. What doesn't look good is, at best, just adding some dull colors on boring days. It's like boiled water mixed with some stream water. It's as bland and tasteless. After drinking too much, you will feel retched and nauseated, and it will be cured by vomiting.
it's not a big deal.
But it’s just miserable for Hua Xie, who likes jumping up and down, and Bai Xiaoxiao, who has always yearned for the outside world.
One is a picky eater who is used to eating fish and meat in sweet soup, and suddenly he can only eat pickles, gruel and boiled water. Who can bear it?
A person who has always been in darkness, yearning for light, finally breaks free from the shackles and comes to the outside world that he has longed for, only to find that it is not as good as where he is. Who can accept it?
So from the seventh day they arrived in Tinder City, they looked like they were hopeless and sick.
At this time, Bai Gu was holding a big cake with some sauced meat rolled in it. He was happily eating one bite after another, and his mouth was full of oil.
Wang Xizhou was much more polite, but his eating speed was not much slower than Bai Gu's.
The other two people each held a piece of big cake rolled with sauce meat in their hands, their faces were dull, and they chewed the big cake like wax in their mouths.
In order to reach the inner city of Huorong City as early as possible and see some different scenery, Bai Gu asked the coachman to spend all his time on the journey these days except for eating and sleeping.
But even so, according to the map, it would take them another three or four days to reach the main city of Tinder City.
Bai Gu took out a cowhide water bag filled with warm water and took a sip.
When he left the inn a few days ago, he bought several cowhide water bags, all filled with warm water, in case of emergency.
Anyway, the contents of the Sumeru beads will remain in the same state as before they were put in. There is no need to worry about the water getting cold and deteriorating. You can leave it for as long as you like.
Bai Gu stuffed the water bag into Bai Xiaoxiao's hand and patted the back of her hand, "It will be there soon, please bear with me."
Bai Xiaoxiao originally wanted to pout and act coquettishly at Bai Gu, but as soon as the corners of his mouth curved, he could no longer arouse any interest. He quickly returned to the bored look just now, and just said "ok" softly.
Bai Gu sighed softly and looked at Wang Xizhou, "Brother Wang, where is the nearest town from here? Let's rest for a day or two. The wind and sand have been so strong these days that it makes people stupid."
Wang Xizhou raised his finger, and a spiritual light flew out, turning into a map of light and shadow in the air.
There was a red light moving slowly on it, which was the cursor of the carriage where Bai Gu and the others were sitting.
This is a map unique to Shanshui Lang, which can automatically track the location of Shanshui Lang. It not only allows Shanshui Lang to know where they are, but also allows them to record the roads they have traveled to update the latest map.
This is why Shanshuifang's map is the most authoritative and standard map, and it is also one of the reasons why Shanshuilang of Shanshuifang often goes out to collect information.
Wang Xizhou glanced a few times and pointed to a place marked with a circle near the red light, "There is a town about fifteen miles away from here called Hongshui Town. You can go there to have a rest."
Shanshui Lang's map logo is very unique. The small circles are villages, the circles are towns, and the squares are cities.
Bai Gu looked at the map and nodded, "This is it. I can't stand it anymore."
Wang Xizhou shouted to the coachman outside the carriage and told him the direction of Hongshui Town.
Bai Gu stuffed the last bite of the flatbread roll with sauce meat into his mouth, chewed it a few times and then swallowed it.
The wind and sand outside the window came one after another, making the car windows crackle. On such a dull and boring road, this meaningless noise will only make people more upset.
Bai Gu ignored the others, took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the table, and began to wander.
Wang Xizhou and Hua Xie continued to do what they were doing, eating while others continued to be in a daze.
After so many days, the two of them have become accustomed to Bai Gu's painstaking practice method.
But the two of them couldn't help but sigh.
After becoming a disciple of the Sword Immortal and working so hard, no wonder the Sword Immortal took notice!
It's just that Bai Gu didn't think so.
Before leaving Guimian City, Bai Gu had already entered the spirit-casting realm, but it was not very stable yet, and there was a possibility of retracting half of his foot at any time.
However, after these ten days of consolidating the wandering spirit, Bai Gu has completely established a firm foothold in the Zhuling territory.
The soul of the cast soul lock is divided into seven colors and has nine levels of climbing.
Dantian, 365 acupuncture points, 7 orifices, 36 major meridians, 72 extraordinary meridians, 108 passes, 81 spiritual mansions, human beings holding heavenly spirits, and five poles The spiritual spring and the central essence in the chest, every time the condensed spiritual essence fills up a part, it is promoted to one level.
Bai Gu has already condensed a spirit filled with aura in his dantian, which is now at the first level of spirit-casting.
And now, he is charging towards the second level of Casting Spirit.
Bai Gu has already completed half a hundred of the 365 acupuncture points, and there are still 300 acupuncture points to go before reaching the second level of Zhuling.
Therefore, I have to do my best, squeeze out all the time I can squeeze, and seize the opportunity to practice.
Not only does Bai Gu need to reach the Perfect Spirit Realm as soon as possible and open the restricted Xumi Pearl given to him by the drunkard, but he also needs to quickly improve his cultivation and reduce the help Wang Xizhou and Hua Xie give him, so as not to owe too much. Favor.
Most importantly, Bai Gu wants to protect Bai Xiaoxiao.
If he doesn't become stronger, where will he have the strength to stand in front of Bai Xiaoxiao?
When they arrive at Black Sheep Mountain and get the Wanghai Stone to cure Bai Xiaoxiao's secret disease, then the demon bone and demon blood in her body will not be hidden by then, right?
If, according to what Qiu Zizai said, he really encountered those crazy people who claimed to be righteous, what would he do?
If one's own cultivation level is greatly improved and the opponent's cultivation level is not high, then this matter can still change.
But what about the other way around?
He and Bai Xiaoxiao could only wait to die.
As for Wang Xizhou and Hua Xie, will they still stand by him and help him deal with those lunatics?
Bai Xiaoxiao is a demon!
That is an existence that makes people change their looks and avoid them. How can a guy like Wang Xizhou, who is so upright and honest and has no sand in his eyes, help him protect a demon?
Hua Xie looked after Wang Xizhou again. If the latter didn't help, Hua Xie would definitely not take action.
To put it bluntly, even if these two people would help him, Bai Gu would have a headache just thinking about how to repay this huge favor.
And although the two of them are at the peak of the spirit-swallowing realm, what if the cultivation of those lunatics is even higher?
The road to cultivation is long, and the spirit-swallowing realm is not the end. There are still several realms ahead.
The world is so big that there is no shortage of lunatics and fools.
Who among those who practice Taoism is not crazy?
If this is the case, even if Wang Xizhou and Bai Xiaoxiao try their best to protect themselves and Bai Xiaoxiao, it will be of no avail.
The cultivation of the spirit-casting realm is really too weak.
According to Bai Gu's prediction, before he arrived at Black Sheep Mountain and Bai Xiaoxiao revealed his identity as a demon, he would need to have at least the fifth realm of transcendence to be able to have some confidence to face these unknown troubles.
And the time left for myself is less than a year, which is totally not enough!
In one year, to jump to three realms in a row, I am afraid only those peerless geniuses can do it.
For example, seventh-level talents and above.
With my second-level talent, if I can touch the threshold of the Kuxuan realm in a year, I should burn incense and worship Buddha to thank the gods for their blessings.
Bai Gu forcibly suppressed these distracting thoughts, his mind became empty and silent, slowly absorbing the spiritual power of heaven and earth, and condensing new spiritual essence in his body.
At this time, half of Bai Gu's body was flashing like stars, but there were bright and dark parts.
There are also white and blue.
Most of them are white, with only a few "stars" shining with dim blue light.
The soul of the spirit-casting realm is divided into seven colors: white, blue, purple, red, gold, purple gold and transparent.
Bai Gu's second-level talent is already a lucky one to be able to condense the blue spiritual essence. As for the brightness of the soul, there is no way to expect too much.
Talent is destiny, and the gap cannot be made up by hard work.
Some people can easily reach the lower three realms in just one breath, while some people spend their entire lives unable to even enter the spiritual enlightenment that is not the threshold of the first realm.
Where does this make sense?
Blame God for being unfair? Complaining about bad luck?
No wonder the words of that saint are spread in the world: there is a time in life that must be there, but there is no time in life, so don’t force it.
It's yours, even if I hold an umbrella, it will rain on you. It's not yours. If you hold it tightly in your hand, it will be like sand, slowly escaping from your fingers.
This is true of opportunity and money, and so is family love.
Bai Gu's state of mind was like a stone dropped in a pond, causing ripples to spread out layer by layer.
Wang Xizhou noticed Bai Gu's strangeness for the first time, and quickly raised his hand, making sword-pointing gestures with both fingers. There was white spiritual power lingering on his fingertips, and he pointed at Bai Gu fiercely.
A white spiritual power dispersed countless smoke in the air, covering the surface of Bai Gu's body, and suddenly awakened Bai Gu from his wandering state.
Bai Gu opened his eyes suddenly, and the cold sweat on his back had already soaked his underwear. He put his hands on the mat, panting heavily like an old dog on the verge of death.
Fortunately, Wang Xizhou was by his side, otherwise Bai Gu would have almost lost his spirit and become possessed.
Situations like this have happened to Bai Gu only once or twice since he started practicing, not many, and it only started to happen after leaving Guimian City, but every time it made Bai Gu feel uncomfortable.
This time, it was fortunate that Wang Xizhou took action in time, otherwise Bai Gu would have been restless for another day.
"Thank you, Brother Wang."
"It's just a piece of cake. But Xiaobai, you are not in a good state right now. You have been having troubles these past few days. Why don't you take a few days of rest and adjust your state and mood before continuing to practice. If you push yourself too hard, you will feel uncomfortable in your heart. Sooner or later the string will break."
Bai Gu lowered his eyes and nodded.
Bai Xiaoxiao looked at Bai Gu sadly, and put a pair of small hands on the back of Bai Gu's left hand.
Three cold hands folded together.
Bai Gu smiled and patted the back of Bai Xiaoxiao's hand, "It's okay, don't worry."
Bai Xiaoxiao's eyes were full of heartache and worry, "Brother needs to be well, and we all need to be well."
"Okay, we all want to be well. After we go back, we will live in a big house and eat chicken drumsticks every day."
"Um."
