The sword is the devil

Chapter 562 Dragon Beard River Road 【Happy New Year】

PS: Month to month is similar, year to year is different.Looking into the mirror in the early morning, the appearance is close to decline.It's rare to be free in the world, and it's half empty.Floating life can be a little, Mo Xi drunk spring breeze.

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Hou Niao and his party came to a place called Longxugou one month later.

Longxugou, the reason why it is called an ancient river, can even be traced back thousands of years. In the past, it was also a place with rich water and grass. There was a big river - Longxu River. The whole Hetao area was flocked with cattle and sheep, nourishing countless herdsmen.

Then, after the spirit of Splendid World began to wake up, the place gradually became barren. The wind and sand moved southward, and the undead creatures ran rampant, driving the aborigines here all the way southward, and there is no sign of stopping until now.

The Longxu River is long gone, and there is only the Longxu Ditch left. In fact, it is not appropriate to call it a ditch now, because after thousands of years of changes, the sand dunes are endless, and the wind and sand are sweeping. Where can we still see the traces of the river course thousands of years ago?
Only by standing in the air and looking down from a bird's eye view, through the judgment of the monk's spiritual sense, can one vaguely find that there is a curved connection line with a slightly lower terrain, which is the Longxugou, and it is intermittent and vague.

"This is Longxugou, right? If it weren't for the clear marking on the map, who would have thought that there was a river here thousands of years ago?" Nan Xiangye complained.

Huang Xianzi looked down with a pair of peach blossom eyes, "I didn't see anything special? Why did it say that this place is a land of undead creatures? Why do you want us to search for it?"

Before this mission, Yu Zhengxing specially explained to them that they should conduct a close inspection of the Longxugou line, and then pass Longxugou and go west for a few hundred miles to the end of their inspection, and they can return.

Seen from the air, this old river meanders across the three hundred miles they are in charge of, and then stretches to the distance, not only across the boundary of ancient Loulan, but also across the protection of other orthodox forces. As far as the territory is concerned, judging from historical maps, the Longxu River was more than ten thousand miles long when it was in its heyday, and it can be regarded as a large water system even on the huge Splendid Continent.

If this old river really hides something, or becomes a relay station for the undead creatures to go south, then it is obviously meaningless to rely on their efforts in this section.

In any case, a task is a task, and it needs to be carried out resolutely. If you are fooling around here, it is better not to come at all.

Hou Tiao pointed to Tuyu and said to the crowd: "Let's stroke from west to east, along the river, and strive to clear this section within three days; I walk on the ground with the ape-man, so that we can feel better. It’s clear, the fairy and the pumpkin are following and taking care of it..."

The three of them nodded in agreement. This was also the tacit understanding they formed slowly along the way, and it was the most suitable way to cooperate, because among the four of them, the two of them had the strongest melee combat ability, and they were not afraid of undead creatures' melee assault.

The plan has been decided, Huang Xianzi and Nan Xiangye are still floating in the air, while Hou Tiao and Yuan Shangyuan are on the ground; this old river channel is not narrow, it was a huge water system at the beginning, with a width of more than ten miles, after thousands of years of changes, the river channel terrain has changed. It was changed beyond recognition by nature, which also added a lot of trouble to the two people's investigation.

The two are separated by several miles, walking in parallel, because they are walking on the sand dunes, so sometimes they can't look at each other; they can only communicate with the two companions flying in the sky, which is a little inconvenient.

Yuan Shangyuan's Faxiang can drill under the soil, and has a wide range of perception; Hou Tiao has a deep understanding of the soil, so walking on the sand dunes, within a few miles around, and within a few feet of the sand, they are all area of ​​perception.

Nan Xiangye was in the sky, still unable to let go of his mouth, "Longxugou, the old river channel, under the sand layer must be water. Are undead creatures very close to water?"

Huang Fairy covered her mouth and smiled, "Just because they like to drill under the sand, you can't think that they must be inclined to the earth... Water is the source of life, and everything is like this. I have a feeling that although the skeletons of undead creatures It is difficult to find traces of water movement on the surface, but I infer that they must have a deep connection with water movement, but in which way, this is not what I can understand now."

"I'm curious what will happen if you throw them into the water? Will they become sea creatures?"

How did the undead appear?How was it formed?There is still no conclusion in the world of human comprehension; they neither belong to ordinary mortal beasts, nor do they belong to ghosts in the form of a complete soul.

This is a puzzle that has plagued the human cultivation world for thousands of years, and it is also the fundamental reason why human monks dare not completely wipe out the undead creatures in the Kuxu Desert.

Human beings don't care much about the things they are familiar with, because they know the root causes, such as mountain monsters and water monsters, evil spirits... But they are full of awe for what they don't know. Clearing up will cause even bigger troubles.

Of course, these issues are not something they can consider in their current state. After a few moments, Yuan Shangyuan's spiritual consciousness spoke,
"There is a dark river underground! My Dharma image found strong water fluctuations five feet below the sand layer, which are intermittent..."

Hou Tiao nodded, "It should be like this. I also felt it. The intermittent reason is that with the ups and downs of the sand dunes, you can't feel it at the top of the dune due to the accumulation of a large amount of floating sand, but you can't feel it at the bottom of the dune." It is clear."

Yuan Shangyuan frowned, "My Dharma Aspect has a limited depth, no matter how deep it is, it's easy to lose control, it's a pity."

Hou Tiao stopped his attempt, "It's not necessary, let's walk along the river first, and then make a long-term plan."

They left for three days, but to everyone's surprise, they found nothing, not even a single undead creature, and nothing unexpected happened.

"Did you find the wrong place? It shouldn't be, how can the four of us see the map wrongly?" Nan Xiangye was very puzzled.

Huang Xianzi patted the towering chest, "It's okay, it's okay, pumpkin, don't talk nonsense, everyone is safe and sound is better than anything else."

Yuan Shangyuan's intentions were still unsatisfactory, "Or, go again? Change the route and investigate deeper?"

As the boss, Hou Tiao made a final decision, "It doesn't make much sense to go through it again now. Normally, our inspection this time is considered to have completed the task. If there is no abnormality, there is no abnormality. You can't doubt your judgment just because there may be something deeper. That's beyond our capabilities."

Looking at everyone, "We continue to go west, and there are still about three hundred miles before the end of this parade. When we turn around, we will have plenty of time. Let's organize it again here."

Several people nodded in agreement. It would be much easier if they cleared the area on the return trip, because they had already plowed this area, so they didn't have to worry too much about the sudden appearance of a large number of undead creatures.

As a bird head, he is still very cautious when he really acts.

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