The Emperor is Above

Chapter 339: It seems that the Ghost and Witch Department is more cunning (240 subscriptions plus extra)

"This is a settlement totem worshipped by the people of the Great Wilderness."

Pan Qing, who had been silent for more than ten days, suddenly took the initiative to say, "It looks like it is interested in your puppet show, and has no other malicious intentions. As long as you don't provoke it, it will be fine."

"Oh my god, there are people who use big cats as guardian totems?" Qing Yi became more and more suspicious after hearing this. "There are countless wild people's settlements in Jiming Lake. Why didn't we see a settlement totem helping them fight?"

"As long as you are strong enough and willing to protect the safety of the settlement, no one would refuse a cat or even a mouse as a guardian totem."

Pan Qing seemed to be in a good mood today. She introduced it in great detail.
“The totems worshipped by the people of the wilderness are of various kinds, including mountain spirits, tree monsters, and strange beasts and fierce birds. However, not just any strange beast or fierce bird can become the totem of a wild settlement. This is a two-way choice.

Most mountain spirits and tree monsters are peaceful in nature and do not like to move around at will, which easily attracts many wild folk to gather and worship them in order to seek protection and blessings.

The ferocious birds and beasts in the wilderness like freedom and do not like to be bound. Those who are willing to serve as the guardian totem of a tribe are mostly adopted and raised by the wild people since childhood.

The minimum requirement to become a totem is to have a strength of at least level five, otherwise it will be difficult to establish spiritual resonance with the wild totem warriors. The strength of most guardian totems is around level four.

This big cat actually has the strength of a second-grade exotic beast. Even among the totems of the wild folk settlements, it is considered to be relatively powerful. It should come from a large and powerful wild folk settlement.

As for the tribes of the Jiming Lake you mentioned, their inheritance time is too short, and the guardian totems of their settlements are too weak to be considered true guardian totems. "

"It turns out that the wild people of Jiming Lake are not on the same level as the wild people of the ancient wilderness!"

Qing Yi murmured softly in his sea of ​​consciousness, "The guardian totem of the Willow Sacrifice Tribe is a giant tree spirit, and the totem of the Ghost Witch Tribe is the Ghost King. It seems that this big cat should be the totem worshipped by other wild folks who escaped into the salt lake."

Since the Ghost Witch Tribe was able to send Ghost Crow scouts to Huoqiu City to gather intelligence while fighting with the Ji Liu Tribe, it was normal for the Ji Liu Tribe to send out the wild totems of other tribes to keep watch.

During the time of communicating with Pan Qing, San Yisheng and Nan Guoshi were frightened by Qing Yi's appearance. When the lord saw the big cat in the distance, he called out "cat ghost" and just stood there in a daze.

"My Lord, my Lord, this big cat is probably not the incarnation of a cat ghost. It has been wandering around here recently."

"Yes, yes, the cat ghosts and gods incarnate are all pure black cats, and they are definitely not the wild cats commonly seen in the wilderness."

Fortunately, Qing Yi recovered quickly and shook his head slightly, saying, "I'm sorry to have worried you two gentlemen. This is indeed a mountain cat, not the incarnation of a cat ghost. You should go and take care of your own affairs."

After watching San Yisheng and Nan Guoshi leave, Qing Yi carefully looked at the mysterious big cat a few more times. Seeing that it was particularly fascinated by the puppet show, he followed Pan Qing's instructions and did not disturb it from watching the show.

However, for the sake of safety, Qing Yi still gave instructions to the four dragon-clawed locust tree spirits, the four dragon eagle elders, and the twelve Wangmang clan giants, and also reminded Gongsun Wu to be careful in deploying defenses at night.

When the puppet show ended at 10 p.m., the people of Ganquan left reluctantly, and the 15,000 subjects returned to their own sleigh carriages to sleep.

Qing Yi looked at the boulder again, but the mysterious big cat was no longer there. He didn't know whether it had left or was hiding nearby to rest.

The night passed peacefully, but Qing Yi knew that this was only the calm before the storm. It would take at least two or three days to cross the salt lake, and they could be attacked by the Ghost Witch Tribe at any moment.

The convoy set off again early in the morning, heading north from Ganquanli, and could feel that the terrain was clearly descending.

According to Pan Qing's description, in the ancient times, the four poles and eight wildernesses were flooded by seawater, and the entire northern wilderness was submerged by the sea. Not only did it leave behind the story of vicissitudes of life, but it also caused the entire northern part of Xing State to be mostly saline-alkali land. The salt lake should be the huge saltwater lake left after the sea water receded, but it dried up over countless years.

Nan Guoshi introduced it with great emotion: "The Yanze stretches six or seven hundred miles from north to south. When the spring comes and the snow melts, but before the rainy season arrives, all you can see is white alkaline soil.

Even the water from the wells was bitter and salty, which caused diarrhea and weakness in the hands and feet. The salt boiled from the brine was also poisonous and should not be consumed.

Otherwise, the nobles and common people around Yanze would have made a fortune just by boiling and selling salt, so why would they live in such poverty now? "

"It's a pity that the salt water in Yanze is poisonous. Otherwise, the people in the surrounding areas can at least solve their own salt needs and don't have to spend so much money to buy salt!"

Qing Yi observed the scene of the salt lake, and suddenly he was a little surprised and said, "I thought the salt lake was a barren desert, but I didn't expect there are many plants growing there."

On one side of Tongdu Avenue, dense straw was exposed in many places under the thick snow. It was obvious that this place was also covered with dense and tall grass in spring, summer and autumn.

Nan Guoshi smiled and said, "Although the salt marsh is very brine-rich, it is certainly not a desert. In summer and autumn, when there is a lot of rain, large areas of water will appear in the salt marsh.

However, since these swamps are filled with very salty water, a large number of salt-tolerant grasses grow here, and only a few animals that are not afraid of the bitterness come here to find food.

In fact, Yanze is not a flat land. There are many high hills and terraces along the way. After years of rain, the soil is less saline and alkaline, and many trees and shrubs grow there. "

Nan Guoshi said this, pointing to a hillock covered with lush trees in the distance: "My Lord, you can see that on such high hills and terraces there is often sweet water for people to drink.

If there were no such wells, the lack of water alone would turn the six or seven hundred li salt lake into a road of death, and the twelve cities in the northern border would be completely separated from us."

"Wait a minute, Mr. Nan Guo, what did you just say?" Qing Yi was shocked, and some questions that were originally unclear to him suddenly became clear to him.

"I mean, if there is not enough water along the salt lake, the twelve cities in the northern border will be separated from the main body of Xing State. The salt lake will be an insurmountable natural barrier."

Nan Guoshi was slightly stunned, and repeated the previous sentence, then pondered, "My Lord, are you worried that the Ghost Witch Tribe will suddenly forcefully enter the three or four thousand salt lakes in order to destroy the water sources along the way?
In fact, there is no need to worry so much. There are many high hills and plateaus along the hundreds of miles of Yanze. Even if the Ghost Witch Tribe completely destroys the water source, the caravan can still choose high hills and plateaus to dig wells and get water.

It is winter now and the snow is seven or eight feet thick. Even if the wells along the way are destroyed by the Ghost Witch Tribe, we can still boil the snow water for drinking."

"I'm not worried about our convoy's lack of water, but I'm worried about the situation in the northern border. Yanze, the main road to the capital, is a bottleneck!"

Qing Yi's expression was still solemn, "I originally thought that the chief priest of the Black Wind Tribe was good at planning and had great wisdom, but now it seems that the Ghost Witch Tribe is even more cunning.

As early as the beginning of last year, the Ghost and Witch Tribe had quietly laid out a big plan, using the ghost baby Enqi to replace the young son of Xing Hou to sneak into the palace. They didn't even take any action during the war last autumn. If I hadn't been lucky enough to kill the Ningtu Ghost King with the help of the city defense formation, I'm afraid the entire capital would have turned into a ghost den.

Now, another beast soul in the Ghost Witch Tribe has been promoted to the beast king soul, which has forcefully integrated the people of Lishui Lake and the surrounding wilderness, and then forcefully entered the Salt Lake.

If it weren't for the mysterious Willow Sacrifice tribe that blocked their way, the Ghost Witch tribe would have completely cut off the Salt Lake Passage by now, and when spring comes, the Twelve Cities of the Northern Frontier will certainly lose contact with the capital. What do you think the situation will be like then?"

Thanks to Zhang Yu 0509 for the reward

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