Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1225 I Want to Die

July 2nd, early morning.

The carriage from Paradise City to Holy Spring City has been traveling for more than a day.

Of course, it would be better to call it a "dragon carriage" rather than a "horse carriage" - the City of Paradise is already close to the heartland of the ancient Parthia, and Sherlock is not accompanying them this time. Horses that need to drink a lot of water find it difficult to maintain their body temperature in such high temperatures, and their travel speed is not much faster than a camel.

As we went deeper into the ancient Parthia, the daytime sandstorms became more violent.

The sandstorms on many routes have reached the point where they cover the sky and the sun. If you are not careful, you will lose your way if you are caught in one.

When time is not tight, the carriage can hide in the barrier and wait for the sandstorm to fly over here... But now time is urgent, if we rashly pass through the sandstorm, the horse's eyes and trachea will be injured by the fast-flying sand.

So when the caravan left Paradise City, Aiwass asked them to take all the horses with them - it can only be said that horses are not very convenient for creatures to travel in the desert.

And the creature pulling the cart now is none other than Leviathan.

The dragon-scale-like solid protection on Leviathan's body allowed her to charge into the sandstorm without fear. Even if sand got into the exhaust pipe, she only needed to cough a few times to clear it out.

Even if you need to consider the sturdiness of the carriage and cannot race too fast on the ground, you can take off with the carriage directly when the weather is good and find a sand dune to land before rushing into the sandstorm.

A dragon-like monster was pulling a luxurious carriage across the sky - it looked like a dreamy scene straight out of a fairy tale movie.

The eagles were shocked when they saw this scene from afar, and they took detours to hide. It was not because they knew that this was Aiwass's vehicle, but as flying creatures, their instinct was to try their best to avoid other air units that were larger than themselves.

Although it was a little bumpy inside, Isabel had already returned. The bodies of the others could basically withstand the ordeal. Except for Mr. Iben, who was a little uncomfortable because of his old age... But with Aiwass's treatment, nothing would happen.

In fact, Aiwass didn't want to take Iben with him at first, just like Aiwass didn't want to take Haina with him.

Aiwass was going to fight with Tiansi this time, and he didn't have time to send them back to a safe place. In other words, anyone who stayed would have to fight with Yuan Tiansi.

As the ancient celestial being who is most likely the remains of Ai Shiping, this is indeed Aiwass's destined enemy and an unavoidable battle.

But Aiwass didn't want to involve other people. It was mainly because Yuan Tiansi's attack power was too strong, and Aiwass didn't have the confidence to protect the people around him... and if he used the resurrection ability casually, the transformation progress of the sin beast, which was already close to the critical point, would increase uncontrollably.

Therefore, the teammates that Aiwas arranged at the beginning were only Lily, Zhu Tang and Mu.

Ten miles east of Holy Spring City, over the long snow-capped mountain, is the territory of the Taichu Empire - yes, there is a snow-capped mountain not far east of Holy Spring City. Some opponents of the good master and sages who do not want to get involved in the affairs of the oasis city-state live at the foot of the snow-capped mountain where there are no animals, living on hand-built stone houses and water obtained from boiling ice and melting snow.

There will not be any caravans or slave knights from other city-states passing by here. At least in the Parthian worldview, this is purely the "edge of the world".

Occasionally they would cross the mountains and come to the Taichu Empire on the other side of the snow-capped mountains, exchanging medicinal herbs picked from the mountains for some daily necessities and food... Only during the Black Night Festival would they return to the city to participate in a short carnival.

The friend Zhu Tang knew was an old man who lived on the snow-capped mountains.

It is said that he was a court sage who was exiled because he said something that displeased the good master. Therefore, he not only knows many languages, but is also good at knowledge of rituals, poetry and politics, is proficient in various historical books and board games, and can play the lute at a very good level.

He taught Zhu Tang various card games that were not popular in Taichu, and also learned about tea ceremony and fishing from Zhu Tang. They traveled through the snow-capped mountains many times and picked precious medicinal herbs on the top of the snow-capped mountains together, so Zhu Tang was quite familiar with the terrain there.

As long as they can get out of the city safely, Zhu Tang and Mu can flee to the east at any time to a safe enough place, and with the hermits on the snow-capped mountains, there shouldn't be any big problems... The only thing to worry about is whether the tsunami caused by Yuan Tiansi's arrival can cross the mountains.

Lily, on the other hand, can hide in Aiwass's shadow, which is relatively safe unless she is hit by special attacks.

——But Ibn and Haina are different from them after all. Zhutang and Mu go to Taichu to go home, but they cannot go home by going there.

If they followed Zhu Tang to Taichu, they would most likely never come back in this lifetime. If they wanted to come back, they would have to cross the entire desert directly... Perhaps after Anxi was transformed by Aiwass, there would be a chance that he would be brought back. Sinthorn can invalidate the extraordinary power of any path... With the disturbance of sinthorn under the desert, the teleportation spell cannot be used in the desert, just like a strong magnetic field may make some delicate electronic equipment ineffective.

Even a great wizard of the fifth or sixth level has to travel on foot through the desert - no one knows whether there are sinthorns buried under the desert ahead.

If other spells are affected, at most the flames will become unstable, the curse will deflect to other people or become invalid... but if the teleportation spell is seriously affected, the moment you land on the ground, you may turn into red jam evenly distributed within a radius of 50 meters.

You know, even when you get on a plane, you have to turn on the flight mode! Teleportation spells are much more dangerous than flying.

"You two...are you not planning on coming back?"

Aiwass finally couldn't help himself and asked the two of them.

Old Iben smiled and nodded, looking calm and composed: “Yes, I won’t come back.

"My life span is almost over... I remember telling you before."

——That’s true.

Iben, the court ritualist, had sensed that his life was coming to an end almost several months ago - it was precisely because he felt that he was about to die that he accompanied Aiwass to the promotion ceremony.

At that time, he was ready to sacrifice himself to send Aiwas to a higher level. Later, he was able to survive the ritual and complete the promotion. Although part of the reason was that he did have an extremely sophisticated ritual spell, another part of the reason was that he was lucky enough - that determination to face death was definitely not false.

The promotion ceremony allowed Old Ibn to live longer, and he had a few more black hairs on his head. However, he was still an old man... The extended life span was not enough to make him young again.

I had overdrawn too much vitality during the rituals, and now it was time to pay back the debt.

"You and I both know that death is not the end of life, nor is it an eternal separation."

Old Iben said slowly: "But when you ascend to the dream world and fall into the source river, the soul always has a direction to flow."

"...Who do you want to follow?" Zhu Tang on the side asked hesitantly with his eyes closed.

"That's naturally the Snake Father."

Old Iben knew what Zhu Tang was worried about, so he smiled at him and turned back to look at Aiwas seriously: "I'm not going to chase Huan Tiansi yet."

"Snake Father rarely recruits apostles."

Aiwass couldn't help but remind him seriously: "Snake Father and Hengwo have the fewest apostles, even less than Amber. There is a high probability that you will still be taken away by Huantiansi."

"I know. But if you don't fight for it, you won't even have a chance."

Ibn sighed: "The tide of transcendence has arrived and has not stopped... If things are as you said to me before, the Snake Father is planning to transcend the amber and go to the world outside the world - then the day He chooses can only be August 8th.

“After a person dies, if there is no one to guide them, it will take about a week to enter the dream world. There are also many lost souls wandering on the other side... It will probably take another week to line up and enter the source river.

"I have to die before July 20th to be picked up by the Snake Father. Considering that the Snake Father will be getting busier and busier, it is better to die early than late. And if I want to be picked up by the Snake Father, I must do something beyond the ordinary that will amaze Him.

"——Then is there anything more 'transcendent' than dragging your aged body to participate in the God-killing Plan?"

Having said this, Iben smiled excitedly.

(End of this chapter)