Zhao Shun secretly raised his eyebrows and asked directly: "What can I do?"
The man she faced was wearing a cloak, so she couldn't see his face clearly. She only felt that his tone was a bit sly: "You have to go with me. You don't need a map. I will guide you."
"Then how do I know that the path taken by my fellow Taoist is the right one?"
"This road goes straight to the northwest and is extremely dangerous. Since I am going with you, you and I are fellow travelers whose lives are bound together. We must do everything we can to keep you and me safe. If you regret and don't want to go along the way, then that's okay. OK, just go back the way you came, see if you are willing." The man waved his hand and put all the choices in front of Zhao Chun.
Zhao Shun pondered for a moment and then agreed to the matter. As the other party said, if something was wrong along the way, it would not be difficult to find the original way back with the monk's photographic memory. Besides trusting this person, there is currently no better way. Even larger settlements in the wilderness rarely explore the northwest. Instead of buying a map that is not known to be true or false, it is better to find someone who knows it. Go with everyone on the road.
Both are risky, and if you are not careful, your life will be in danger. The latter is traveling with others, so he has a backup plan. If he has evil intentions, it is not impossible to kill him.
When the unknown monk under the cloak saw Zhao Chun's promise, he took advantage of the situation and stood next to her. If he was a little dazed during the meeting, he would miss the person in front of him. Only by walking side by side can he verify each other's true identities when they go out.
"One more thing," the other party paused suddenly, and then said, "The wilderness is dangerous. After the two of us go out, I have to find someone. She is super powerful. With her escort, you and I can have a little more protection." .”
This makes sense. Zhao Shun nodded under his cloak and responded: "Yes."
After deciding on this matter, the two of them wandered around the Baohui to see if there was anything suitable for use in the stalls on both sides. If there was something useful, Zhao Chun took out the spiritual jade and bought it. Most of what she buys are elixirs and spiritual materials. The former may be beneficial to practice, or they may be of high quality and low price. The latter are also prepared for weapon refining and daily practice.
As for the magic weapon of elixirs, she had no shortage of them all. She was only interested in a special magic weapon called the Wind-avoiding Bead. She bought it for the price of a thousand low-grade spiritual jade, intending to understand its beauty and create a magic weapon to avoid water and fire. The utensils are here for easy use across the sea.
The strange thing is that although the unknown monk beside him was very excited and kept looking at various stalls along the way, he ended up empty-handed and bought nothing. Looking at Zhao Chun's decisive bargaining, the spiritual jade in his hand seemed to be endless. I'm also very envious.
The number of monks who poured into Baohui that day was so large that there were countless stalls in the market. By the time Zhao and Chun stopped and walked around to look at the stalls, nine days had almost passed, and the curtains hanging around them began to fade. Xian'e opened the entrance and asked everyone to return their cloaks, which also meant that the treasure meeting was over and they could leave.
Zhao Shun walked among the crowd and gradually approached the place where she had entered and exited earlier. When she took off her cloak, someone beside her exclaimed: "Sister, it's you!"
She turned around and saw that the unknown monk walking alongside her had also taken off his cloak, revealing the girl's bright smile, like a bright spring. It was the wild monk Pu Yue who had been rescued from the black thief.
The cloak given by Tianzhou was too mysterious. The monk's body shape and cultivation were unknown, and even his voice was changed. Therefore, neither of them knew that the other was the person who traveled with him at the Baohui. They only took the cloak to verify each other's true identities. , only to find out that they were acquaintances.
Knowing that it was her, Zhao Shun felt more at ease about the trip to the northwest. The two left Baohui all the way. She asked Pu Yue again: "Are you going to find the person you mentioned now?"
Pu Yue smiled sheepishly and put her hands on her cheeks: "No need, the person I'm talking about is you, sister."
"Originally I was going to tell you after we got off the boat, but seeing that you were going to the Tianzhou Baohui, I thought about waiting outside for you to come out, but then I thought it was pointless to wait, so I might as well go in and play for a few days, so as to learn more. , I didn’t expect that we would meet inside.”
That was it. Zhao Shun nodded and asked, "When we said goodbye that day, you said you were going home."
"Yes, my home is in the northwest. Sister, the map you see was drawn by the elders of my family, but somehow it ended up in the hands of others..." Pu Yue was also very candid, as when we first met. Like, he keeps talking, it's a shame that he has a young mind and is not very defensive about others.
"Since it was drawn by your elders, it is the real picture."
"No!" She shook her head and rejected Zhao Shun's words. She pulled Zhao Shun's sleeves and walked forward. Her two bright round eyes blinked, causing her crow-feather eyelashes to wave. "Although the road is Yes, but without my family members to guide the way, we still won’t be able to reach our destination.”
She let go of Zhao Shun's sleeves, stepped up and ran forward, turned around and said: "On the map that my sister looked at, the tribes of the Desolate tribe marked are only a few of them. Many smaller tribes do not live permanently in this area." They are just one place, but they are constantly changing with the wind and sand. The painter could not determine their specific location, so he did not dare to draw them on the map."
"People outside always think that cannibalism of the Desolate tribe is very barbaric, but in fact the main blood food of the Desolate tribe is not the human race, but a type of creature in the wilderness called camel beasts. They chase the wind and sand to eat. Small tribes do not have the ability to raise camel beasts in captivity. , we can only follow their migration to ensure sufficient food. As long as we identify the trend of the wind and sand, we can avoid the Desolate tribe and pass safely."
What Pu Yue said is not based on the records of Bowen Tower. It can be seen that the three human states still have little understanding of the wilderness, and there are not so many monks.
"Traveling by discerning the wind is somewhat similar to discerning fog on the sea." Zhao Shun wrote down these things. After returning to the sect, he can also record them in the Bowen Tower to enrich the sect's knowledge.
"The change of the sea fog has a known time limit, which is much simpler than the wind and sand in the wilderness. These wind and sand will not wait obediently for a month. They always change at any time. One moment, they are thousands of miles away, and the next moment they are violent. Gungun, come to me." Pu Yue nodded and shook her head in a very smart and cute way, "So, sister, it's better for you to go with me. I have a secret treasure passed down from my family, so I'm not afraid of these at all."
Zhao Shun was also very curious about the family she mentioned. How could he settle in the wild northwest and walk in the wilderness where the wind and sand changed endlessly without real talent and learning?
"If we hadn't met at the treasure gathering, how could you be sure that I would definitely go with you?"
She scratched her head and smiled shyly: "When my sister and I were talking on the boat, she mentioned the lush ancient country many times. I thought she was very interested. My family happens to have something to do with the ancient country. You saved my life again. The elders in the family I will definitely treat you well, and I planned to invite you to be a guest with me, but whether you agree or not is another matter."
After talking for a long time, Pu Yue herself was not sure whether Zhao Shun would go if they could not meet at the Baohui.
