Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

Keqing seemed to be lost in thought, tapping her fingers lightly on the small table beside her.

Just then she felt some movement on her sleeve, blinked, and then consoled Geng Hu.

"I know about the water source. I will find a way."

"There is no need to look for water for the time being. If we can't find water for a long time, we will arouse suspicion and cause confusion among the people."

After receiving the princess's instructions, Geng Hu breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't think the princess had any way to create something out of nothing, her behavior along the way made him feel safe enough.

So after hearing this, he felt relieved.

"Yes!"

Watching Geng Hu leave, Keqing thought for a moment and patted the little silver dragon in her sleeve.

"Come out... everyone's gone."

Watching the little silver dragon poking its head out from her sleeve, Keqing casually poked her head with her index finger.

"ah!"

The little silver dragon was dazed when he was poked, and then he realized that it was his mother playing with him, so he moved his little head forward with an expectant look.

Seeing this, Keqing touched her head with amusement, and the two white bumps on her thumb-sized head became more and more obvious.

Just like a child growing fangs, the little silver dragon also grew two small bumps on its head.

This should be a dragon horn...

She reached out and touched it. It was as cool and flawless as jade, but the bulge was not completely straight. Instead, it was slightly curved like some buds growing on a tree.

It looks like a miniature handicraft, but not fully grown, and is quite delicate and cute.

"Ruoyun's horns have grown a little bit bigger... What on earth did you eat to grow up..."

Keqing held her chin with her hand curiously, poking the little silver dragon with her fingers, teasing it restlessly as if she were teasing a kitten.

However, the little silver dragon was not conscious of it at all. Instead, it enjoyed it very much. From time to time, it stuck out its head, rolled over to reveal its white belly, and stretched out its little tail to wrap around its fingertips, looking comfortable and trying to please.

Poke, poke, poke——

After Keqing had a rare chance to play with the little silver dragon, she pinched her tail and asked curiously:

"What did you want to say just now? Was it about the water source?"

"Yeah, I know where there's water."

Keqing was not surprised to hear the little guy say that. After all, when she mentioned water just now, the little guy rubbed her arm, and she knew that the little guy was reminding her.

If you think about it carefully, dragons can ride on clouds and bring rain. Although the little dragon has not grown up yet and does not have that ability, it can at least get close to water, so finding water should not be a problem.

Based on the fact that the little guy was able to find things with his help several times before, it shouldn’t be a big problem for the water-loving young dragon to find water.

"Then trouble you."

"Yes, I will help mother find water."

Keqing smiled.

After telling the maid to stop the carriage and set up camp on the spot, Keqing left the carriage.

The little white dragon lay on her head, pretending to be a silver-white hairband wrapped around her hair to guide her.

The sun was scorching, the Golden Crow was burning the earth, and the soles of the earth that touched it. The air that touched the skin was filled with a strong smell of fire. Even with a deep breath, one could feel the heat spreading, as if entering a steamer.

Keqing glanced around and saw the coachman sweating and looking listless, and the guards at the back of the carriage who were exercising while carrying huge rocks on the road.

Everyone was scorched by the burning heat, like buns in a steamer, the heat seemed to drain the moisture out of their bodies. The space was distorted with the naked eye, it was the heat waves rolling.

Keqing sighed. They were all like this. She didn't know what Tongzhou Prefecture was like now.

Although this place is not very close to Tongzhou Prefecture, it is not far away either. It will take about half a month's journey to enter the fiefdom. I don't know what the situation is like inside the fiefdom now.

I remember that when I left the capital, I did not receive any news about the drought in Tongzhou Prefecture, but I vaguely knew that there were more refugees coming from the south.

Now it seems that with the drought and the refugees, the situation may become even more difficult.

However, the reason why Tongzhou Prefecture is called Tongzhou is because there is a large lake in the prefecture, named Tonghu Lake. The lake is connected to Tonghe River, which is a large river.

Tonghe River has its source in the Tianshan Mountains in the east and flows to the endless sea in the west. The river channel is wide and the water is turbulent. It passes through the endless eastern grassland, and then flows through Hanyun, Zhenkang, Xiushui, Gongxiang and other places, and finally forms a river stretching for thousands of miles from east to west. It can be said to be the mother river of the south.

Although Tonghu Lake is just a lake formed by the confluence of a tributary of Tonghe River, it covers a large area of ​​about ten square kilometers.

I still remember that seven or eight years ago, Tongzhou Prefecture was hit by a flood due to continuous heavy rains and backflow of water. Keqing remembered it very clearly and had seen the memorial at that time.

"I don't know why there is a drought here..."

Keqing murmured.

Although I felt something was wrong, there was no point in thinking too much about it. Anyway, Tongzhou Prefecture had Tong Lake, and although there was drought, it had a certain ability to resist risks.

However, it is still more than half a month from here to Tongzhou Prefecture. I might as well follow the little silver dragon to find some water to temporarily alleviate my current predicament.

The little girl said that she felt a big, watery treasure, which aroused Keqing's interest.

You know, the little guy doesn't think highly of many things, and there are very few things that are called treasures. Only when he accidentally discovered a ginseng that was hundreds of years old, did the little guy barely think it was okay.

It is said that dragons are auspicious, bring good fortune, and can find treasures. Keqing gradually felt this when she was a child.

She didn’t know whether it was a good omen or not, but there was definitely a treasure hunt ahead.

I don't know what this treasure is...

Keqing was very curious, and she used her lightness skills to quickly move forward in the direction indicated by the little guy. She stepped on the wind and walked as fast as flying, heading towards the direction indicated.

"Is it just ahead? It's all plain wasteland."

"Mother, it's just ahead. I feel the strong moisture. There must be a lot of water!"

The little silver dragon nodded his head firmly and vigorously.

This made Keqing feel a little confused. It's not that she didn't believe what the little silver dragon said, she was just a little curious. There was no mountain stream on the plain, so why was there such rich water vapor?

Is there a lake ahead?

……

……

"You little bastard... just run! Just run!"

A rampant smile with an extremely strong malice came from behind. A young girl was running in a panic, and behind her were several strong men holding knives and laughing wantonly.

The girl was dressed elegantly, wearing fine silk and satin, with a gold hairpin and silver beads in her hair. Although her face was dishevelled, her beauty could not be concealed.

She lifted her skirt and trotted quickly, but she was no match for the thugs chasing her. The man behind her threw a stone with all his might, hitting the girl in the waist.

"hiss--"

Severe pain came over her as she ran, and she fell to the ground without paying attention. The skin on her palm was broken and blood was oozing out, but it was quickly evaporated by the heat.

The pampered girl retracted her hand because of the heat on the ground, but at this moment, footsteps came quickly from behind, and she was so scared that she quickly kicked her legs back.

"Run! Just run!"

"You little bitch, you have no shame, how dare you escape!"

One of the men kicked the girl while cursing. He did not hold back his strength and the girl groaned, rolled over, and curled up in pain. Cold sweat broke out, but it was quickly evaporated by the burning heat.

"Damn it! I have to chase this bitch in such hot weather!"

"That's right, it's so hot, it really causes trouble for people. I think they need to be taught a lesson."

As he said this, the man looked at the girl at his feet viciously, then licked his tongue.

The man stretched out his strong big hand, grabbed the girl's hair, and pulled it up, just like pulling a carrot, and lifted it straight up.

“No, don’t! It hurts! It hurts so much… let me go…”

Ouch, it hurts! Brother, save me...

The pampered girl had never suffered such pain.

The hair pulling on her scalp caused tearing pain, and she struggled wildly in pain, sobbing.

However, the man was not a compassionate person. The girl's crying and begging for mercy like a kitten instead gave him great satisfaction in his sadism and sense of conquest.

He stretched out his right hand and slapped the girl twice.

"what--"

"Cry! Why are you crying? If you keep crying, I will beat you up!"

Before the girl had time to cry, she was frightened by him and turned pale, afraid to move.

The man raised his eyebrows proudly when he saw this, and gently patted her red cheeks with his hands: "That's good, be obedient, otherwise..."

As he spoke, he licked his lips, as if savoring something.

His face with thick eyebrows and big eyes was very thin in thickness, which made him look even more terrifying in these rare years of famine.

The look in his eyes as he looked at the goods was full of greed and evil, making people feel inexplicably disgusted and nauseous.

Seeing the man looking at her like this, the girl's hair stood on end.

"Tsk, I used to think that girls' buttocks and breasts were attractive, but now I think that they are more delicious if they are lean. What's the point of being so big and fat?! They are greasy and disgusting!"

"This delicate skin and tender flesh, looks thin

, or the one raised by the squire. When I ate it before, I felt the aftertaste was full of fragrance. Now this one is better than the last one. Now we two brothers are blessed. "

"No, no...you want to eat me! Please, let me go..."

The girl was so frightened that she was shaking all over. These bandits actually ate people!

Thinking of what her brother said about those man-eating creatures who would cut open a person's skin bit by bit from head to toe, and then dig out the internal organs, and then put them on the stove like roasted lamb, the girl became more and more terrified and trembled all over.

His eyes were as red as a little rabbit's, and tears were tremblingly falling.

"No, don't eat me... I, my brother has food... I'll let my brother give you food."

The crying and begging of the dying kitten made the three of them's eyes red.

Seeing her like this, my mouth became even hungrier.

"Don't worry, I won't eat you now. Such good stuff, of course I will eat it last!"

"You said your brother has food...then where is the food...uh..."

One of them was leaning over to interrogate him, when suddenly, a silver light flashed through his head, his vision went black, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open in shock.

Chapter 539: Madness (4000)

Chapter 538 has been modified and should be approved within 24 hours

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"what--"

Because the man fell to the ground, the girl whose hair was grabbed suddenly fell to the ground and almost lost her balance.

She subconsciously covered her mouth, her eyes wide open with fear, because she saw a hole on the man's forehead, blood oozing out like a trickle of stream, and those eyes were staring straight at her, with his eyes open until death.

The girl had never seen such a scene before, and she took a few steps back in fear! However, because she couldn't see the ground behind her, she accidentally stepped on a sharp stone.

"pain……"

His ankle twisted and he couldn't control himself and fell backwards.

"—"

The sudden weightlessness almost made the girl scream, but before she could scream, a cool and warm touch caught her from the back. Her body that had lost its center was gently supported by a soft force. A shadow blocked the dazzling light of the sun and brought her into the refreshing and quiet shadow.

There was a gentle care in my ears, as pleasant as the breeze hitting wind chimes.

"Are you OK……"

The sudden concern made the tearful girl stop crying temporarily. She looked at the beautiful girl in front of her with a frightened look like a deer.

"Fairy... Fairy..."

Is it the fairy who comes to save me?

Fairy?

Keqing blinked and looked at the pitiful girl in front of her with dust on her face. It was obvious that the girl had mistaken her.

"Thank you for the compliment?"