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Two days later, He Ning and his party set off with Wam's caravan as scheduled.

The caravan could have sold all the goods in Pulan City and returned to the north, which would save a lot of time, but the members of the caravan were full of longing for the city of witches hidden deep in the desert in Wam's mouth, and insisted on taking a look in person. This trip was in vain.

With the destruction of the Temple of Otiramus, the lies of the witches have been exposed, and the terrifying legend of the deserted city has been replaced by the reappeared city of witches.It is said that only the lucky ones who are favored by the gods can set foot in the ancient and mysterious city of witches and see the legendary sea of ​​flowers.

Horrible legends are fabricated by the Temple of Otiramus, and the owner of the City of Witches is the real Witch of Alan.

Such stories are widely circulated in the East, and many people believe them.Especially in Pulan City, Bitiya City, Ariel City and Hoshim City under the jurisdiction of Pulan City, the foundation stone of the temple built by He Ning is being laid, and any word about the oracle will spread in an instant.

He Ning thought about this for a long time, since he decided to be a magic stick, he must do his best.Such rumors are not harmful to him, as long as they are not too outrageous, there is no need to pay too much attention to them.

The temple of Otiramus has collapsed, people no longer believe in witches, but it is not easy to establish new beliefs across the continent.Except for the herdsmen in the east and the barbarian priests in the west, the highest belief of the merchants in the north is profit, while He Ning has never seen the sea people in the south so far.

Seeing is believing, hearing is not hearing, which is why the herdsmen in the east can accept He Ning so quickly.As for the north and the south, can they harvest countless believers with just a few rumors?

Think good things go.

Thinking about these things clearly, He Ning immediately dissipated the fluttering in his heart. There is still a long way to go, and it is too early to sit back and relax now.

Not to mention the merchants and sea people, the barbarians alone are enough for him to have a headache.

Sitting on the back of the green lizard, He Ning's thoughts drifted far away, and he came back to his senses only when he heard the cry of the goshawk.The team below is walking to a rolling sand dune, and if they want to reach the oasis ahead before sunset, they have to go faster.

He Ning pulled off the turban around his face and read a string of ancient Shamanic characters. The sand dune suddenly began to deform, and a vortex formed on the surface of the yellow sand, which gradually expanded and deepened, like an open underground door.

The merchants were taken aback, and the knights also pulled the reins. Only Moody's expression remained unchanged. Looking up at He Ning in the air, he could only see the huge shadow cast by the green lizard.

It was only then that everyone realized that what was presented in front of them was not something scary at all, but a passage leading directly to the other side of the sand dunes.Walking from here can save a lot of energy and avoid the scorching sun.

"The oracle, the oracle!"

The merchants were the first to call out their voices, and they can be sure that after today, there will be many more followers of He Ning.

The green lizard waved its wings and lowered its altitude. He Ning waved to the merchants symbolically, patted the green lizard's neck, and took the lead in passing through the passage under the sand dunes.

Moody and the knights followed closely behind. The caravan moved a little slower, but it was not too far behind.

Walking to the other side of the dunes, and then looking back, the tunnel has disappeared, only the yellow sand is left, like a flowing picture scroll.

In the evening, the team arrived at a large oasis. The several ponds they passed along the way were not suitable for camping. There was a large pasture near this oasis. In addition to housing everyone, food for camels could also be settled on the spot.

The bonfire was lit, and the knights and merchants were busy setting up tents. He Ning had nothing to do, and he couldn't help if he wanted to. He could only walk to the tent that had been set up, sit down with arms folded, and stare at the bonfire in a daze.

Miya set up a soup pot on the fire, and along the way, He Ning's food was all cooked by Miya, and never passed through the hands of others.Miya's skill in cooking soup is amazing. He Ning didn't think at first that after getting used to Miya's cooking skills, the food served by others would be difficult to swallow.He Ning's body is also used to the herbs added to the soup, and all silver grass and golden grass are not a problem.

The only thing that troubled He Ning was that this kind of nourishing soup had a greater effect on Moody. If he didn't want to suffer himself, he couldn't let Moody touch Miya's soup, but it was very difficult.

The broth made a gurgling sound in the pot, and when the lid was lifted, the aroma wafted along with the heat.

The seductive fragrance makes people sniff involuntarily and hear the sound of swallowing saliva.

He Ning sat with his knees hugged, pretending not to know.Miya was also unmoved, and scooped out a little with a long spoon to taste the taste, and added two more herbs, which were not yet ready for cooking, so they had to cook for a while.

As night fell, all the tents were set up, guard posts were set up around the camp, and two teams of knights were in charge of patrolling.The others gathered around the campfire, chatting easily while eating hot oatmeal.

The knights were familiar with this road to the oasis, but it was the first time for the merchants to take it. Many people in the Wam caravan took out the sheepskin rolls they carried with them, and after unfolding, they were crudely drawn maps.

Wam has one too, and whenever they walk through an unfamiliar oasis, they add a few strokes to the map.A thick line represents a section of road between two oases, and triangles or circles represent ponds of different sizes. The oasis is also very simple, and a tree can solve the problem.The pasture near this oasis took a lot of brains from the merchants, and finally decided to draw a plant with two leaves.

After He Ning finished his soup, he leaned over to watch Wam draw a map. The merchants in the north used such crude maps to travel back and forth between the mountains and the desert, and walked in the harsh environment for 400 years.

"It was passed down from my great-grandfather, to my grandfather, and from my grandfather to my father." Wam pointed to a triangular family crest in the upper left corner of the map, "This is the symbol of the Sotila family."

In Bitiya City, Wam met his father and got the map from his father.After being hunted down by robbers, he ran into a deserted city by mistake, and fled to Bitiya. All the valuables on the former Patriarch of Sotila were lost or sold. Only this map has been carefully hidden. When it was handed over to Wamu Still with the body temperature of Reed Sotila.

Like camels loaded with goods, maps passed down from generation to generation in the family are also treasures that merchants cannot discard.

The merchants put away the maps and discussed in twos and threes what to change when they arrived at the City of Witches.

I heard from Wam that there are very exquisite blankets, a large amount of wheat and herbs, and a fast-growing one-legged bird with delicious meat, which can be raised like cattle and sheep. A small number of businessmen are very grateful for this. interest.

Gold and gems are enough, they want to exchange and buy some goods that can be sold in the north.Of course, Wam's help is needed to make this deal, and I believe he will not refuse.

The merchants were thinking about their own calculations, and He Ning and Wam yawned after a brief talk.Miya must have added sleep-promoting herbs to her soup today, and pressed the corners of her eyes. Could it be that she has dark circles under her eyes after not sleeping well for the past two days?

At this moment, the knights' warning sound suddenly came from outside the camp. The short and sharp sound meant that an unidentified team was approaching.

He Ning's drowsiness was swept away immediately, and when he wanted to stand up, Moody held his shoulders. He felt the heat from his palm, and his heartbeat that suddenly accelerated slowly calmed down.

He patted his chest and calmed down. The temple of Otiramus has collapsed, and the witch who has been bothering him is gone. The knights just issued an alarm. Unidentified people are approaching. It is very likely that it is not an enemy attack, so there is no need so nervous.

"better?"

"En." He Ning hooked the corner of his mouth, "I'm fine."

Moody didn't speak anymore, nodded, retracted the hand on He Ning's shoulder, grabbed the long knife, and walked towards the direction where the knights sent the alarm.

The city lords and tribal chiefs in the eastern desert will take the lead in the face of war and danger, otherwise they are not worthy of high positions.

Why does the Lord of Horcim make people so shameless and hateful?It is because they abandoned the city and fled during the war.

To this day, the people of Hoshim are not even willing to mention this cowardly and cowardly Lord Santo.

Walking out of the camp, following the light of the fire, He Ning saw a team surrounded by knights. More than 30 tall men wrapped in robes and turbans, nearly fifty camels, and two strange-looking beasts with hard shells on their backs.The head protruding from the shell has a hook-like mouth, the limbs are covered with thick scales, and the sharp nails are like large files, looking very vicious.

"Sea beast!" Mia exclaimed. Few things can surprise Mia so much.

"Sea beast?" He Ning looked sideways at Miya, "Have you seen it?"

"I haven't seen any alive." Mia said, "I just got two sea beast teeth and a small piece of carapace when I traded."

As for who to trade with, Miya didn't say, and He Ning didn't ask either.

While speaking, Miya pulled out a dagger from his waist and handed it to He Ning, "This dagger is made of sea animal teeth, and the scabbard is inlaid with carapace fragments."

He Ning took the dagger and found it was different. The blade was much thicker than ordinary daggers, the blade was very sharp, and the carapace inlaid on the scabbard looked like polished gems.

"It is said that sea beasts have magical powers." Miya continued, "They can help sea dwellers find the largest schools of fish, they can also carry heavy loads deep into mountains and deserts, and they can also fight against any beasts. The value of a sea beast is even higher than that of a sea beast. Juvenile mammoths. It’s just that the sea people are heavily guarded, and very few people can hunt adult sea beasts, and sea beast eggs are quite rare.”

He Ning blinked, really so powerful?

Amphibious, a land rover when it goes ashore, and a cruiser when it goes to sea?If you put on a pair of wings, wouldn't it be invincible?

However, sea beasts also have disadvantages. The "water consumption" is five times that of land beasts and twice that of mammoths.

When the two were talking, a man who appeared to be the leader walked out of the surrounded team. His whole body was tightly wrapped, and even his eyes were covered with transparent veils, which seemed even more strange.

The man took two steps forward, and made a strange salute to Modi, clarifying his identity.

"My lord, we are a caravan from the south, bringing sea salt that is only produced in the south."

"Sea people?" Moody signaled the knights to take two steps back, "Why are the sea people here?"

Sea people's caravans rarely go deep into the desert, and mostly trade in the eastern and southern border cities.Haimin's physique is not adapted to the arid desert environment at all. They come here purely to seek guilt, or they simply seek death after living enough.

It can't be blamed that they are wrapped up like mummies. Without such a dress, there is no way to walk in the desert.

Moody's words made the other party a little embarrassed. In order to gain trust, he still told the real reason why they appeared here.

"We have heard news from the east..."

It turned out that the power of rumors was far greater than He Ning imagined.The legend about the oracle and the news of the destruction of the temple of Otiramus spread to the south, which aroused the great attention of the sea people. For 400 years, the sea people have been pursuing "isolationism". In other words, since the disappearance of the Alan Empire, the sea people have drifted away from the mainland, as if separating the south from the entire continent.

The herdsmen in the east and the barbarians in the west are fighting every day, the merchants in the north just want to make money, and the sea people want to live their lives behind closed doors. No one can do anything about them.

The only empire that can subdue the Sea People is gone, the Temple of Otiramus?forget it.

It’s not that the Temple of Otiramus has never thought of giving the sea people some color. Unfortunately, the fighting power of the sea people is not weaker than the barbarians and herdsmen. If they are in a hurry, they all jump into the sea and sit on the back of the sea beast with a halberd to provoke them. Can you come down on a camel?

One is on land and the other is in the sea. How to fight this battle?You can't really ride a camel into the sea, can you?

The first generation of Otiramus witches couldn't do anything to Haimin, let alone the successors with diminished witch power.

But soaking in the sea all the time is not a solution, and it is impossible to live in the sea for a long time with gills behind the ears.

In the end, the southern sea people reluctantly reached a consensus with the temple. The temple would not trouble the sea people. The required amount is not painful to them, and it will save those witches from always looking for trouble.

Such an agreement lasted for 400 years. Unexpectedly, news came from the east that the temple was destroyed and the real oracle came to Pulan.The people of the sea were surprised and couldn't help but think that the lord of Pulan is the direct blood of Emperor Alan, and the oracle came to Pulan. Is there a deeper meaning behind it?

The sea people had the idea of ​​finding out, and only then did this caravan go deep into the eastern desert.

After revealing their identities, the sea folk caravan was brought back to the camp. Leaving aside the sea folk wrapped in robes, the two sea beasts caused a commotion in the camp.

Both the black lizard and the green lizard ran over, four giant beasts of similar size, you look at me, I look at you, roared twice, and found that each other's voices were on par, so they just shut up, like a master against each other, After staring at each other for a long time, they all drooled at the same time.

Obviously, gluttonous.

Without Miya's explanation, He Ning can confirm that these two mutated turtle-like monsters are not vegetarian.

The seamen sat down away from the fire, set up a tent at the location designated by the knights, and finally took off their headscarves while eating, so that He Ning could see their faces clearly.

The same two eyes, one nose and one mouth, very fair complexion, light hair and eye color, relatively soft outline, not as deep as the eastern herdsmen and western barbarians, the only special thing is the gills behind the ears and blue nails .

He Ning sat by the fire, watching the sea people eating without blinking, maybe because they were uncomfortable being watched, the sea people finally turned their heads.

He Ning touched his nose, it was really impolite, it was his fault.He simply tore off his turban, intending to wash up and go back to the tent to sleep.

But he didn't realize that when he turned around, all the Haimin were stunned after seeing his face and black hair clearly.