"Is this Ulan City?"
After eight people walked out of a brewery, Wen Xiaochuan looked at the street outside and asked curiously, "Why does it feel a little deserted..."
Although Wulan City is located in a remote location, it is on the only way to the countries in the Western Regions. Moreover, it is the last town before entering Bailongbo. Caravans and travelers coming and going must stop here to rest and replenish supplies. , so it’s quite lively on weekdays.
However, the world is in chaos now, let alone Chen Guo. Famines, riots and successive years of war have greatly reduced the number of merchants who are still willing to do business honestly. Lu Jing's ginseng has been selling well in the capital recently, also because of other drug stores. It is becoming increasingly difficult to harvest ginseng, especially ginseng in good condition.
The customers who had previously supplied them with goods were either killed by bandits, or their goods were robbed on the way, or even more, they even became bandits themselves.
After all, being able to dig ginseng in the North is not a good thing in itself. Seeing that there is a faster way to make money, who is willing to go deep into the mountains.
At the moment, Lu Jing is the only one who can increase the quantity of artificially grown wild ginseng without increasing the price. So much so that all the pharmacies in the capital are now trying their best to find out where Shopkeeper Gu can source the goods.
Of course, their efforts are doomed to be in vain.
The Chen Dynasty was not at peace here, and the countries in the Western Region were not much better. Frequent strange phenomena began to occur as early as two years ago. First, there was a problem with the climate. Many places changed from the previous hot and dry conditions to become humid, and even Plants have regrown in some deserts, and in some places oases have been formed for human habitation. .
At the beginning, the kings were quite happy and sent out troops to fight several battles to seize the oases. But then they discovered that there was something fishy about those oases. All the humans and animals who set foot on the oases were all seriously ill and would fall ill within a few days. Dead, and the body was shriveled, as if someone had drained the flesh and blood.
Those who were lucky enough to survive felt thirsty all the time and often drank hundreds of kilograms of water a day.
However, water is an extremely precious thing in the countries of the Western Regions, so many people who are still alive have been given up by their relatives in tears.
Those newly emerged oases have been classified as forbidden areas by various countries and are strictly forbidden to set foot on.
Later, more and more people realized that climate change was not necessarily a good thing. For example, some of the drought-resistant crops they planted before had reduced yields. In addition, many desert-specific animals and plants were unable to adapt to the new climate. For example, the fire lantern grass that Lu Jing needed to refine to fall into the mortal world was almost out of stock at this time.
In addition to changes in climate, there are also more and more strange things happening. For example, the daughter of a king of a certain country suddenly started sucking human blood. If she didn't drink it for a day, her heart would be scratched with a hundred paws, and she would look like a mad dog.
There was also a man whose lower abdomen bulged inexplicably, and after ten months it swelled to the size of a watermelon. One day, he felt nauseated, opened his mouth, and spit out two young children, a boy and a girl. They could speak after they landed on the ground, which shocked Baili.
In short, people there are also panicking now.
From the king down to the common people, everyone was busy exorcising evil spirits and catching monsters, and even the once bustling Ulan City fell silent.
After Lu Jing listened to the waiter's words, he reached out and took out twenty pennies from his sleeve and put it on the table.
The waiter swept the twenty coins into his palm with a smile on his face, then paused and said, "You have just entered the city, right? Are you here to find relatives or do business?"
Lu Jing and Kui looked at each other and asked, "Is there anything special about this?"
"If you are here to seek refuge with your relatives, there is nothing to say. If you are doing business, although it is still early, it is best to decide on a place to live as soon as possible."
"Why do you say that?"
The waiter sighed, "To be honest, Wulan City has not been peaceful recently. You see there are so few people on the street now, and it's not just because there are fewer business travelers. It's better during the day, but after dark , the guests must remember to close the doors and windows of the foot shop and never go out. If you hear someone knocking on the door, you can turn off the oil lamp and cover your mouth and nose.
"As long as you don't make a sound, the thing outside the door will leave on its own."
"What could knock on our door at night?" Wen Xiaochuan asked.
"Baratian." Xiao'er looked around and whispered.
"What?"
"A god believed in in the Western Region. It is said that she has three heads and seven arms. The three heads control the earth, rivers, and sky respectively. Each of the seven arms holds magical weapons, which have endless magical uses."
"Then she likes to knock on other people's doors in the middle of the night?" Lu Jing raised his eyebrows.
"This... it shouldn't be in the teachings of the Brahma religion. I don't know what's going on. I just heard from the Brahma believers who guard the temple in the city that starting about half a month ago, the statues of gods will disappear at night. .
"In addition, someone also recognized from the silhouette of the window that the man outside the door did have three heads and seven arms, but no one had actually seen Brahma because everyone who opened the door was dead."
"Thanks for letting me know." Lu Jing said as he took out another twenty cents, "But we won't spend the night in the city. We will buy some things here and then hit the road."
"Then I wish you all to get rich soon." After the boy finished speaking, he accepted the money and left happily.
After he left, Yan Yun said again, "A weird thing?"
"It looks like it's a strange thing." Xia Huai nodded.
"It's been half a month, why hasn't Si Tianjian responded and sent someone over to resolve this matter?"
Dongmen Weilan had stayed in Jinghu Valley for too long. He only listened to Lu Jing's general description of what happened outside, so he had such questions.
As a result, as soon as she finished speaking, Wen Xiaochuan rushed to answer, "No one is coming. Si Tianjian is seriously short of manpower right now. Even if something like this is known, he can only leave it alone."
"Then should we take care of it?" Dongmen Weilan asked again.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Jing's face. Although Professor Xu should be the most respected person in their group in terms of status and seniority, the old man had already said before he started on the road that he would only focus on stargazing, and Lu Jing would make decisions on other matters. .
Lu Jing thought for a while, "If it's just a statue of a god that comes alive and knocks on the door in the middle of the night, it's not too serious. I will report it to the superior Tianjian. As for us, let's go deep into Bailongbo as planned. After all, there are only three left. month's time.
"If we are successfully escaped by that dragon in three months, we will really be in big trouble."
No one had any objections when they heard the words, and Yan Yun said, "I'm going to buy food and water right now."
"I'll hire camels and a guide." Wen Xiaochuan volunteered.
"Then let me go to the drug store to buy some medicinal materials." Dongmen Weilan said, "There are still a lot of poisons in the desert."
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