Chapter 62 The Remnant
In the Plantagenet Dynasty, the area of a continent was roughly equal to the area of a province in the previous life, and the state shepherd was the chief executive of a continent, and he also held about 20% of the army in the continent for him to flexibly drive and use it. Deal with a small number of aliens, suppress rebellion, maintain law and order and other miscellaneous tasks.
The other 80% of the troops are in the hands of the captains. They generally follow orders directly from the center of the imperial court, and also have the meaning of supervising the state shepherds. If the state shepherds or other generals want to drive them, they need tiger talismans from the court.
However, if the continent is located on the frontier, or the situation in the continent is complicated and difficult, the imperial court will also give the state shepherd more military power in advance, so that he can usually control about 40% of the troops and horses in the continent to deal with complex and difficult situations. Happening. This is the situation in Xiyou Continent where Roland Hill is now.
In the inn, Loren Hill sat in the corner with his back to the center of the hall, eating dinner quietly. Although I didn't observe it specially, the scene in the inn was also easily transmitted to my mind under the keen perception.
The dozen or so 'Xuan Leopard Riders' were sturdy, and there were still traces of dried blood on the swords and halberds they carried. It was obvious that they did not seldom kill. No wonder the people here were so afraid.
Just when the group of people sat down and waited for the dishes, a vegetable vegetable dish was served on the two tables where the white-robed people were sitting. Seeing this, the cavalry in the lead clapped the table. "This, this....Master Jun, you didn't order green vegetables. They ordered this first, and it's already done." Xiao Er was sweating profusely. "Is it your turn to speak?" Snapped-- A slap slapped him directly, knocking him into the air, and even one or two teeth flew out. Seeing this scene, many guests ended their meals one after another, quickly avoiding and leaving, so as not to cause trouble. The shopkeeper also came quickly from the back kitchen to appease these unruly sergeants. But the beating sergeant didn't care about the long and humble apology from the shopkeeper, but looked sideways at the people in white. At this time, people with a little discernment noticed the badness and conflict, and began to clean up, either going upstairs to rest or bowing their heads and leaving the inn quickly. When Loren Hill saw such a scene, he didn't want to rashly participate in it, and went back upstairs quietly. Afterwards, there was a sound of ridicule and quarrel downstairs. The group of men in white seemed to suppress their anger and leave the inn, and then the downstairs gradually returned to quiet. The next morning, Loren Hill got dressed and walked down the stairs. There were few people in the hall, and only a few people were eating breakfast. After ordering breakfast, Roland Hill saw that the second child was not too busy, and curiously inquired about the surrounding situation. "Do you know the situation in the evening mountain?" "Is it the mountains at dusk? I only know a few things that the locals often know." The young man began to narrate. "We are separated by a barren and extremely high mountain between Xiyouzhou and Mushanzhou. It was called Yama Mountain in ancient times, but now it is called Ximu Mountains. This is the official statement. Many locals still call it Yama Mountain." "A long time ago, there was a large sect on Yama Mountain called Songli Yama Palace. There were many envoys from the nine secluded gates, and they were good at driving dead corpses." "After the great calamity of chaos that year, there were many heroes in the world, and this Yama Palace naturally supported a local force and established the Kingdom of You." "After the rise of my dynasty, these countries were destroyed, and even the Yan Luo Palace disappeared, and the Yugu Kingdom was divided into Mushan Island and Xiyouzhou. And those leftovers of the Yugu Kingdom still lived in the Yama Mountains. The situation is roughly like this." Dian Xiaoer Wiping the table, talking about common sense that the locals are basically familiar with. And if Lorraine Hill asked other things, the second child didn't know much. It seems that she has to go to the Ximu Mountains (Yanluo Mountain) to take a look, because the task given to her by Shimen is to support a shrine in this barren mountain. After packing up, Loren Hill didn't stop there, left the town called Youcen, and continued to move northwestward, into the dangerous mountains where civilians stopped. —————— There was a special chill in the air. When the girl overlooked the land from the air, she found that the color of the earth gradually changed from green to barren gray and black. The rocks and black soil on the mountain are directly exposed to the air, with little vegetation cover, and few other animals. Only a few rabbits occasionally run out of the cave, carefully looking for food. When Loren Hill flew across the wilderness, the tall mountains in front of him gradually became clearer. The towering mountain peaks are like two giant gates standing on the ground. The towns and villages in the distance, under this giant gate, are as small as dust, and even the door frame cannot be reached. The continuous tall mountain peaks cut off the backward sight. When the sun is down, people can't see the setting sun at all. Only a little golden afterglow on the top of the mountain can be seen. And in the hazy cloud and mist, those rays of light seemed to come from another distant world, triggering the reverie of countless people. As the girl entered the high mountains, some small figures dressed in black also appeared below the field of vision. Most of their bodies were wrapped in black linen and their faces could not be seen clearly. They trekked and worked hard in the mountains. Black barley is planted on the barren soil. After finding a mountain village with a large number of people, Loren Hill slowly fell from the sky with a wooden box and walked forward. As soon as the girl approached, a villager at the entrance of the village shouted eagerly, and her accent was quite local. Under the shouting of the villager, a group of villagers ran out of the house , They looked at the strange girl, with fear, surprise, curiosity, disgust, etc. in their eyes. Seeing this, Loren Hill stopped for a moment. "Hello, I'm from Huiluzhou. Do you know where the Qianliu Shrine is?" Seeing that the crowd did not answer, the girl repeated it several times. After a long time, the old man with a white beard came out and asked with a trembling voice. "Excuse me, what are you looking for at the shrine?" The old man's face was haggard, and his head was wrapped in black linen. "I'm a cultivator from Huiluzhou, from the Burning Sun and Feathers School..." The girl briefly introduced. "Is that so..." After hearing the name of the Feather School, the old man seemed to be relieved and heaved a sigh of relief. "Then can you show the token?" He waved his hand slowly, and some young men with weapons in the back stepped back a little. "Is it this?" Roland Hill thought for a while, and took out a garden-yellow token from the box. The old man didn't dare to approach, he looked at it carefully from a distance, and after a long time, he nodded. "Yeah, the same ones I've seen when I was young." His voice was hoarse. "Please come with me." After that, the old man walked slowly towards the village with a cane. "I didn't expect Granny Geluo to be able to contact you..." He murmured in his middle-aged mouth, as if he was talking to himself. Then Loren Hill followed the old man into the mountain village. Compared with the barren land outside, the location of this village is very special. It happens to be in a leeward place surrounded by three mountains, so even if it is a mountainside, there is still a large open space in the middle. The fields of the village are in this clearing, and some houses are built on the slopes of the mountains next to them. When the old man brought Loren Hill into the village, some young and strong residents of the village were called aside by the old man and avoided far away, so as not to let them touch and disturb the young girl. After approaching, Roland Hill gradually discovered that the residents here were different from the outside world. The first is that their skin is very white, but that kind of white that seems to lack sunlight, not ruddy, but a little bluish. In addition, although there are several extraordinary people among the residents here, they are all undead sequences, and there are no other sequences. This is also relatively rare. Generally speaking, the war sequence is the most widely circulated, because it is easy to start at a low level, and it can play various roles at a low level. Coupled with the promotion of the country and the spread of the army, this is also the easiest for ordinary people to come into contact with. extraordinary sequence. Following the small white stone steps and slowly ascending to a flat land halfway up the mountain, the old man finally brought Loren Hill to a house that looked like a half cave. Most of the house is hidden in the mountain, and only the outer circle has windows. After walking into the house, I could feel that it was much cooler than the outside world, and then the old man asked the girl to sit down. The tables and chairs are very old wooden seats with lots of potholes, some scratches, some peeling, some frayed. But it looks very round, maybe it has been used for a long time, so that the corners have almost no protruding places. "You're going to the shrine to find the Wuzhu there, right?" the old man asked straight to the point. "Yes." Roland Hill nodded, looking at the hunched, thin old man in front of him, who was sitting down slowly with difficulty. "That should be right." "I'm sorry, I made you laugh just now, because there are very few outsiders here, so everyone will be very nervous and uneasy." The old man explained briefly. "Because you've come from far away, I think I still have to introduce you to this place." He pursed his lips as he spoke, because his teeth were about to fall out, and his voice changed a bit. "We locals are somewhat different from the rest of you outside the dynasty, that is, the rest of the dynasty. You can probably see that the skin color is very different." Hearing this, Loren Hill nodded, then watched him continue. "Outsiders call us a clan, and we often deal with evil spirits, so we have a bad reputation." "But in fact, this is also a last resort, because living in this land, you have to practice the technique of Jiuyou, otherwise, it will be difficult to live." "You may not be clear when you first arrived. In fact, in the mountains and the land, every few days in the middle of the month, many ghosts and ghosts burrow out of the ground and hunt around." "If you don't have some means of self-protection, it will be difficult to survive, and to deal with ghosts and the like, only the technique of the Nine Nethers is the most suitable." "I heard that this place used to be a savage country, it was very prosperous, and there was also a big door-to-door faction here." Roland Hill repeated the description he heard from the second shopkeeper in the morning. Following her description, the old man also carefully listened until the girl finished speaking. "Is this how the outside world describes us? I'm afraid you don't have the heart to say it. It's beautified a lot." After listening to this, the old man sighed. "In fact, this statement is generally correct. Seven or eight hundred years ago, there was indeed a land of scorpions, and it was still a place with beautiful mountains and rivers." The old man's words contained nostalgia for the legend and slowly narrated. "At that time, due to the outbreak of the chaotic catastrophe, the world was destroyed, and there were various threats to the country, so the monarch at that time asked some experts to help resist..." "But all the countries in the world are in danger, and the major factions are unable to help, so the monarch has never been able to find a ninth-order high immortal to come to help." "And at that time, a small faction nearby volunteered to stand up. They called themselves Yama Palace and specialized in the art of Jiuyou." "Although the technique of Jiuyou has always been feared by people, it is indeed powerful in wars, and it is no wonder that it can dominate the world in the West. So the monarch agreed to them and gave them all kinds of support." The old man looked at the light that slanted in from the window, and sat on the rotten and hard wooden chair to recall slowly. "In this way, the disciples of Yamagong evoke those dead corpses all over the country, let them form a mysterious army, and fight against those twisted phantoms." "Compared to before, this really reduces casualties a lot, and even recovers some lost ground." "So this behavior of the monarch is no longer resisted and cursed by people. More and more people, no matter the nobles or the commoners, are worshiping in the Yama Palace, entering the study, and becoming one of them." "In this way, the war lasted year after year, and finally one day the catastrophe passed, all kinds of distorted phantoms were removed and swept away by the immortals, and the world returned to short-term peace." "At this time, almost 90% of the practitioners in Youji worshiped under the Yamagong. Of course, the Yamagong has also gone from a little-known faction to a top-level door-to-door across several continents. There are even hundreds of thousands of practitioners." "It wouldn't be bad if the story stopped here. Too bad it doesn't end here." "The catastrophe is over, and after a brief period of peace, the various princes and great powers have begun to conquer each other, and the Kingdom of You, as a world-renowned power, is no exception." "A bigger war is being waged." "With the continuous expansion of the Youyu Kingdom, the Youyu Kingdom, which relies on the technique of Jiuyou to support the war, was finally feared by the surrounding countries, and then jointly dealt with it." "There have been several battles between the two sides, and the last and most intense one was fought in these mountains and the earth..." Maybe it's been a long time since I've told these stories to outsiders, or maybe this old man is too lonely on weekdays, and no one wants to listen to these past events that have disappeared in the dust. When Loren Hill sat at the table and listened quietly, the old man slowly immersed himself in the narrative of the past, as if it was the past he had personally experienced. "...After the war, nearly a million people died in this land, and the dragon veins were polluted, burst, and even became disordered." "What flows in the earth is no longer the pure energy of heaven and earth in the past, but the magic power of the Way of Nine Netherworld. Even if no one disturbs the dead creatures, they will be infected by such magic power and turn into corpses and ghosts. Walk the earth." "So this is a cursed place, and our ancestors were also convicted and never left..." After a long time, the room became silent again, and the old man slowly recovered. "Sorry, my old man said some rotten things again, sigh... Still can't change this habit, many young guys don't like to listen to this, and they persuaded me, saying that if you listen too much, you will become harmonious. I'm as old as I am, and I don't have the energy to do anything, haha..." Dry and self-deprecating laughter resounded in the house, like an old and broken bellows, squeaking and pulling. The girl wanted to comfort a few words, but she didn't know where to start. In the end, the old man slowly stood up again and opened the drawer beside him. "Sir, are you looking for Granny Geluo? Her shrine is on the other side of the mountain. I have a rough map here, you can take a look." . . . ps: I'm sorry, I was gugugu yesterday, 0 0. In a few days, I will adjust my state, and try to make up for the broken day when it breaks out. In addition, I will make up for it slowly... (all of a sudden It will be difficult to fill it all up, but it will be added slowly)