[Ancient Sword II] Morning Light Shadow

Although he left Liuyue City later, Cong Yang felt that he must have been to more places than Shen Xi, but he did not see many good mountains and rivers.

Continue westward from Wuyanjialan, crossing the white wasteland with no one for thousands of miles, mountains with sharp angles, and crossing the waters called the sea but frozen all year round. What you see on the journey is not what it was when you first arrived in the lower realm. But at this moment, he was already thousands of miles away from China.

Regardless of race, language, culture, customs, and beliefs, all her previous cognitions have been subverted.The exotic scenery is not only completely different from Liuyue City, but there is no similarity in Shenzhou.

When passing through Thrace, she heard from the locals that there was a huge scorpion living in the stone, which was very cruel and evil, but she was afraid of the oil squeezed out of the fruit of a plant called olive.

The priest of Tianfu originally wanted to get one back for his friends to play with, but thinking about it, Shen Xi who raised a big scorpion might be even more vicious... Let's forget it.

The remnants of Sassanid adhere to the unshakable faith of Ahura, and the religion of the old dynasty spread to the west of China and gave birth to new religions and main gods; Muslims in black clothes and big food believe in Allah, and have competed with countries of another faith for many years The same holy land; Byzantium, which is called Fufu in the Central Plains, has another set of gods; the Western Roman Empire, which has the same origin as the gradually declining Byzantium, was originated from the Huns in China more than 200 years ago. People are destroyed...

The turbulent, scattered and chaotic situation actually meets the conditions of Congyang in a sense, but it is not enough. Since the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, Shenzhou has communicated with these places, and business activities have been quite developed.Even to the west of the Great Green Sea, you can see silk, porcelain and tea from China being transported on merchant ships and sold to the coastal city-states and countries.

"It doesn't seem far enough..." Cong Yang tugged on Li Goudan's coat and said in a low voice, "Should we go further north?"

Her answer was a carefree woof.The snowball-like Samoyed seems to have gotten a little fatter recently. Under the blazing sun, its pure white fur shone with a very dazzling snow light, attracting the attention of passers-by with various skin colors.

In this strange land, everything from the east is very mysterious. Congyang was expelled as a heretic more than once, and even more extreme, she was arrested and burned to death.The priest of Tianfu has martial arts and magical protection, and he is not a temperament to be bullied, not to mention he has a Samoyed who likes to attack people... Over time, the legend of the terrible witch from the East gradually spread on the Silk Road opened.

He patted the big white dog's head, and seeing that the Lin Han curse hadn't expired, Cong Yang nodded.Li Goudan was born in a place even colder than Liuyue City, and he is very afraid of heat. In order to have a companion during the journey so that he would not be too lonely, he always took this big white dog with him from Yangyang. cool down.

I also thought about it in my spare time, Li Goudan has not become a sperm, and he has not seen aging after so many years, probably because he didn't know how to raise it when he just picked it up, and he was fed too many messy things such as various medicines and Gu... Although It's a bit stupid, at least it's a companion for now.

After inquiring about the old sailor at the wharf, he found a Viking merchant ship and negotiated a commission to hitchhike north.In addition, a sea chart was borrowed at the cost of protecting the merchant ship, which was a surprise.

Before the merchant ship weighed anchor, Congyang Yongtong sent her Yanjianiao a letter, attaching a map of where she had been in the past few months.It will take about five days for the Yanjia bird to deliver the letter. At that time, she may still be bumping with the waves in the sea, and the next letter will take longer to be received...

As soon as the boat went out to sea, Li Goudan was a little over excited. If Congyang didn't stop him, he might have jumped into the sea to play with the sharks.

According to the sailors, there are many strange creatures in the sea, and one of them looks like a mermaid in the South China Sea. It will sing deceptive songs at night to lure people passing by on board to eat them.On the night of the full moon on the third day at sea, they encountered this creature called a mermaid...

Then he was bitten by Li Goudan, who was still excited, and his face was completely changed, and he fled into the deep sea screaming.

Looking at the awe-filled eyes of the sailors, Cong Yang felt a lot of pressure.

Although he speaks different languages ​​and believes in different gods, Congyang's personality makes it easy to make friends. With Li Goudan fighting mermaids in front, it didn't take long. One person and one dog got acquainted with the people on the boat. Woke up.

The journey at sea was boring, and she was invited to play word games and crossword puzzles. After nightfall, sailors who worked part-time as bards would often tell stories and poems of their own nation handed down from their parents, and even sing songs when it comes to rising.

A long time later, Hitomi received the next letter from Congyang, which used about half of the space to complain that the Vikings' singing sounded like wild dogs howling, but there was one thing that was not mentioned in the letter, that Congyang would sometimes follow when he was drunk. Howling, Li Goudan happily accompanied her...

As for the legends about oriental witches and oriental beasts that have been handed down from the Silk Road to the Frankish Empire, that is another matter.

There have been some clues about moving to the lower realm recently. Yigao took people to many inaccessible places to step on it, and selected a few places with suitable climate and products for living.After deliberation, Shen Ye chose a small island in the South China Sea that was isolated overseas.

The problem facing the high priest now is how to cut off the laughter from the demon... Could it be that the priest of Tianfu brought back the group of barbarians from the sea to sing against Li Ying?

Speaking of the sea barbarians, Shen Ye thought of the western merman who was disfigured by Li Goudan... I hope they have no relationship with the merman in the South China Sea, otherwise they will offend all their neighbors before they move. How will they live in the future? ?

He looked at the map sent back from Yang, and combined with her itinerary, he could roughly infer what the place outside Shenzhou looked like—to a certain extent, Liuyue City's understanding of the west of Shenzhou was actually better than that of the lower realm. I know more about the Central Plains—it’s just that I didn’t expect it to be far away in the far west, and I can communicate with Shenzhou. In this way, the possibility of news leaking increases a lot... I can only wait for Congyang to come back , make another plan.

Just as he was thinking, Cheng Luan, the priest of Taiyin, had already arrived outside the door, carrying a roll of newly made maps.According to the map sent back from Congyang, combined with the records of a monk who traveled to the West many years ago, Cheng Luan has already drawn a map of the territory of the land adjacent to Shenzhou. blank space.

Although from the very beginning, Shen Ye had no sincerity to cooperate with Li Ying, but he still had to face it. In the past few years, Li Ying has been pressing harder and harder, so at least he has to make some gestures to appease him.

Most of the believers of the ancient gods are now scattered all over China. No matter which clan is disturbed, it is possible to disturb the heaven above the nine heavens, but it is limited to within China.Even the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi couldn't control the place thousands of miles away from Shenzhou.

What's more troublesome is that the people of Shenzhou are too good at jumping, and they can run to do business in such a far place. If they are not careful, they may still be brought back by those businessmen with clues, so that people in the lower realm know what happened to Liuyue City. Because... Shen Ye only hoped that after going to sea from Congyang, he would bring back good news.

As for Li Poppies, will they protest that the branches and leaves of Jumu are placed too far away to absorb them?

Then it has nothing to do with Liuyue City, who told him not to cultivate well, even such trivial things?If you have the ability to go to the lower realm by yourself.

Shen Ye was more worried about his younger sister than Li Ying, who stood in front of him all day and was an eyesore. If Li Ying hadn't been pushing her repeatedly, he wouldn't have made such a bad move and sent his younger sister who looked like a child to an unfamiliar place. lower bound.But it is not always possible to find an opportunity to visit once a year, and now I can only know from the occasional secret letter that my sister is doing well now, neither hungry nor bullied.

Shen Ye squeezed his fist.It’s almost winter again, and it’s time to gather the households in the city to fry chili peppers... Well, another day, I’ll let Yunyu add some aqua regia, if it doesn’t work, you can put it on for a shock...

Seeing that the high priest was lost in thought again, Cheng Luan, who had finished reporting, put down the map and quietly retreated.The immediate boss began to think about how to torment the demons again, and their subordinates really didn't want to mess around with them.