Lord of the Desert

Chapter 166 Origin
Hong Fan shrunk his wings and flew down in the air, landing on the side of the tower.

Shayi took the initiative to deconstruct and scattered into Tianye along the north wind.

Hong Fan rushed forward a few steps, easily dispelling his own speed of [-] kilometers per hour.

Then, he was held by Liao Zhenghao who came up to him.

"It's back!"

"It's obviously less than an hour, but it feels like half a day longer than usual..."

After a few words of emotion, the crowd surrounded Hong Fan and went down the tower.

The current situation is tense, and Zheng Zhun, Gongsun Shi and others have many affairs piled up, and they cannot wait in the city all the time.

A quarter of an hour later, the city guard's office.

Including Hong Jian, all the high-level members of Jinhai gathered.

"The number of snake people is between [-] and [-]."

Hong Fan stood alone in the hall and reported.

"The two masters will be the five priests, and there will be about nine fourth priests."

The atmosphere was suddenly serious.

The five-sacrificing snakeman's combat strength is at least at the innate level. After losing Li Heming, only Hong Jian can fight against Jin Hai.

"The snake man quickly discovered me, and the next two snake masters took action one after another."

Hong Fan continued.

"The iron spear thrown by the leader is over 600 meters high."

"The other's stone spear shot reached a height of 400 meters."

"I estimate the shooting speeds of the two sides are 270 meters per second and 200 meters per second."

His statement this time adopts the unit system that has not been popularized for a long time.

One meter is three feet, and one second is one [-]th of one twelfth day (one hour).

In terms of practical operation, Mi used Shenjing Qi as the supervisor to determine the original length of the distribution.

A second is defined based on the period of the pendulum's swing, which is 0.2482 meters long.

Compared with later generations, this system is not accurate enough, but it is enough for basic use.

(We take it as a coincidence that the weights and measures are consistent with modern times. Without this thing, there are many things that are difficult to describe with the virtual fingers of "fingers", "blinks", and "cups of tea", and it is meaningless to compose another set...)
Wen Zhongguan knew the altitude and speed that Hong Fan was talking about, but the rest of you were stupefied and had to do some calculations in their minds.

"Throw the iron spear two hundred feet high, hiss..."

Liao Zhenghao tugged at his beard, hesitant to speak.

This surpassed the realm of sympathy between heaven and man so much that it was difficult for him to evaluate it.

In the end, it was Hong Jian who spoke.

"Both cultivation bases are still in the innate world, the strong one should be similar to me, and the weak one is about the innate second level."

Everyone's expressions softened slightly.

At Hongduo Mountain, Hong Jian, who was innately high-ranking, was able to destroy Wan Guangji with one blow.

But in the face of low-level innate, the realm of sympathy between heaven and man can still match a few rounds.

If the many defeat the few, it is not completely impossible to win.

"Also, their armament is very different from ours."

Hong Fan spoke again.

"The penetration rate of iron is very low, only a few are equipped with armor and use metal weapons."

"The lower-level snake people use stone tools and bone tools. I watched from a distance and found that the shapes are very exquisite."

"They are generally equipped with shields. The shield shape is a narrow and long oval, which can be carried on the back without affecting the movement."

He recalled carefully.

"Oh, right."

"I found that the snake people didn't seem to carry much luggage."

Hong Fan's "discoveries" are experience for most of the people here.

"The shield of the snake man is somewhat famous, because of the similar shape, we call it the snake-eye shield here."

Hong Wu replied.

"Its skeleton is made of banyan tree, and the wood is harder than ordinary vines, but equally strong."

"The outside of the shield is covered with double layers of leather, and then glued with snake scales. The defensive effect is not weaker than our steel shield."

Then, Gongsun Shi took over the topic.

"Snake people never need luggage."

"In the absence of strenuous activity, the consumption of these reptiles is extremely low, and eating and drinking at one time is enough to last more than ten days."

"Eat a full meal before leaving the big marsh, even if the sand sea is fumigated during the day, they only need to drink enough water every day."

He said with a cold voice.

"As for the meat after going south, in the eyes of others, our Jinhai City can be said to be everywhere..."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere couldn't help being weird.

Several civil servants even bristled their hairs and shuddered.

"Many of you have never seen a snake man attack a city."

Seeing this, Liao Zhenghao laughed boldly.

"They don't use siege machines, and their tactics are straightforward."

"Naihe is born with sharp claws and teeth. If no one stops him, he will be able to climb up the four-foot-high wall in a blink of an eye!"

"In the eyes of the snake people, there is no difference between war and hunting—I have seen people who couldn't bear it halfway through the fight, and swallowed a few stumps on the spot to fill their stomachs."

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Ren Yuanlong's face turning pale, deliberately speaking vividly.

"Swallow and swallow."

Wen Zhongguan leaned against the back of the chair and let out a smirk.

"When the soul has descended to the Nine Springs, who cares about the whereabouts of the skin?"

"Anyway, we also peel the snake's skin and eat the snake gall. It's just a matter of courtesy."

Liao Zhenghao was not annoyed when he heard the words, but laughed loudly: "Haha, that's exactly what Master Wen said!"

The laughter dissipated in an instant.

Hong Fanfa asked.

"Speaking of which, the snake people have been fighting against our clan for more than a thousand years."

"Having been under the influence of hearing and seeing for so long, have you not made any progress in armaments?"

He knew that the snake people had sacrifices and would trade ritual objects with humans.

This is clearly enough to be called civilization.

However, the two tribes have been adjacent to each other for dozens of generations, and it is puzzling that the snake people can't even imitate bows and arrows and trebuchets.

"It's not that the snake people are stupid."

Gongsun Shi replied.

"They don't bother picking up the teeth of our human race."

Hong Fan raised his eyebrows: "Disdain?"

"Yes, snake people are stubborn."

Gongsun Shi nodded and said.

"They firmly believe that the limit of living beings should be self-sufficiency."

"That's why all the mysteries already exist in one's own flesh and blood. The stronger one is, the less likely he is to fake something outside his hands."

In the past, every time Hong Fan met Gongsun Wujian talking about the snake man, he either hated or mocked him.

But this time the latter spoke cautiously.

The sky outside the window was dim, and the candles inside were flickering.

The hall was a little too solemn for a moment.

"That's surprising."

Hong Fan laughed loudly.

"The words 'limit' and 'mystery' are too vague, and I don't want to talk about them."

"But the truth that one must first sharpen one's weapon is straightforward."

"Snake people always admit that Dahua is much stronger than them?"

Liao Zhenghao shook his head.

"I used to be in the army in the guard, so it's not like I haven't seen any captured snake people."

He said.

"They don't think that our human race is weak, it's nothing more than a large population."

"The population is so small that it depends on the land to feed itself."

Hong Fan opened his mouth and returned.

"The fertile land in the world that my Dahua occupies, can't it be given away by foreigners?"

He retorted without thinking.

"Ah, why didn't I think of that at the beginning?"

Such domineering words were extremely flattering to Liao Zhenghao, making him slap his thigh.

Hong Fan was not exhausted, and continued to speak.

"Furthermore, under the guise of foreign objects, at least there must be a definition of the concept of 'foreign objects'?"

"Let's not talk about swords and armor. To enter the Qi realm in martial arts, you must attract the aura of heaven and earth. Is it counted as borrowing foreign objects?"

He was rarely in control.

"It is said that the snake people focus on the body, so don't blood sacrifices need sacrifices?"

Gongsun Shi was a little speechless.

"Of course you have a point in what you say."

After a while, Wen Zhongguan replied softly.

"But what the snake man thinks and does has its origin."

"It is said that the Nine-Headed Snake God eats the Nine Mountains, and has a long life and terrifying power."

"The way of the snake man is inherited from him..."

When it comes to alien gods, the quiet room is inexplicably solemn.

It seems that there are layers of curtains invisible to the naked eye, hanging down from nothingness.

Everyone agreed to stop talking.

As a human being in the second life, Hong Fan has never been a character who insists on being the first.

But only at this time, he felt a lump in his throat, and he was unwilling to stop talking no matter what.

"The Nine-Headed Snake God should see farther than ordinary people."

"I'm not qualified to break up with him."

Hong Fan walked to the door and looked up at the blazing daylight filtered by clouds.

"But martial arts was taught by Zulong himself."

"Zulong, he must have seen farther than the snake god!"

The voice is quiet, but the words are distinct.

The front of the hall was still quiet, but everyone suddenly felt a flicker in their hearts and felt relaxed.

PS:

It’s still the operation officer’s update, and it’s approaching the end of the month. I hope everyone will support voting for the monthly ticket. It would be great if you can participate in the monthly ticket lottery next month (although I don’t know what this thing is for...)
Thanks again -ˋ('')ˊ- good night!

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