Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 343 Sandalwood Forest

The south of southern Xinjiang is the land of Huawai.Miasma is everywhere in it, and there are many savages. There are no towering mountains in the territory, and there are forests and seas everywhere.

This place does not belong to Dagan in the first place, and naturally it will not let Tianting care about it.But in this place, there is a precious resource produced - sandalwood.

The whole body of the sandalwood tree is a treasure. The leaves, flowers, and fruits can be used as medicine, but the most valuable thing is the trunk. The trunk can distill sesame oil and grind it into powder to become sandalwood powder. It is the top material for making incense.Incense, incense, how can we do without incense.This thing is the most important prop of Shinto.

And around Luoshan City, there are a large number of sandalwood trees growing in a radius of more than 3000 miles, which are extremely important sandalwood materials.

The prosperity of Shinto naturally makes this place more and more important, and Heavenly Court will naturally send people to manage it.Since ancient times, there are many evil spirits here, and the local savages are also fierce. In order to protect this sandalwood forest, Luoshan City was established.

After more than a month of trekking, Zhang Wei's family left the southern border and entered the southern border.

When first entering this place, the vixen living in the north felt a little uncomfortable.The four vixens became lazy and listless.Although the practice has reached their level, it is already hard to invade by cold and heat.However, this place full of miasma and unbearable heat is also unbearable to the hairy vixen.

"Sir, this place is so hot, I don't like it at all." Hu Qinghao was wearing a cool gauze robe, acting like a baby in Zhang Wei's arms.This woman will seize any opportunity to act like a baby.

The little ginseng spirit is also sullen and lacks energy, he prefers high mountains and cold places, where he has no energy at all.Xiaoqian hugged him, and gave him a sip of water from time to time, letting him drive away some heat.

Gouzi is fine. He looked at the lush forest around him and said, "This place is different from ordinary forests. It's a bit strange."

At this moment, the surrounding forest suddenly made a noise.Zhang Wei and the others were taken aback for a moment, and then, a large group of 'Wah-Wah-Wah-Wah' sounded out.

A wild boar jumped out of the forest and passed Zhang Wei's fox cart.

Then, dozens of savages who were naked and dressed in grass leaves rushed out.

The savages are chasing wild boars, although everyone's surname is wild, they are not close to each other.Both want each other to enter their stomachs.

But today the wild boar was lucky, because the wild man saw Zhang Wei's fox cart team as soon as he rushed out.So they all froze for a moment.Just stunned for a moment, the wild boar took the opportunity to escape.

The group of savages looked at Zhang Wei's fox cart, and immediately put on an offensive posture, chattering without knowing what they were talking about.

People like Zhang Wei can't understand the barbarian language, so of course they can't communicate.

Seeing that Zhang Wei and the others did not answer, these savages were also annoyed.He stabbed at the big fox pulling the cart.

These big foxes pulling carts were supposed to run on the vast land of Tianmen County, where the climate is pleasant and the soil is hard, so it is rustic and refreshing to run.

And when we got to this broken place, it was hot, the ground was soft, and there were many trees blocking it, so I couldn't run at all. It was really like an old ox pulling a cart!
These giant foxes are in a bad mood, and now they are molested by some unclothed savages, and the giant foxes get angry immediately, don't think that the big foxes have a good temper and don't bite!
These giant foxes let go of the cart and immediately bit the savages.

But the reason why savages are called savages is because of their rich wild hunting experience.

As soon as the giant fox charged at the savages, those savages dispersed immediately, and the wooden spear in their hands shot at the giant fox.

A look of disdain appeared on the giant fox's face. Does this wooden spear still want to pierce its thick fur?
But in the next moment, these giant foxes knew that they had made a fool of themselves.

Because these broken wooden spears really pierced their fur and penetrated deeply into their skin!

It's like a wooden thorn entering the flesh, it's really inconspicuous, but it really hurts.The next moment, the giant fox screamed, calling for help to the passengers behind.

Zhang Jiajia Ding saw that his cart fox had been bullied, which was fine, so he immediately drew his long knife and killed the wild man.

These savages were not vegetarians either, and immediately screamed, and then suddenly strange tattoos lit up on their bodies, and then these savages swelled up, and the wooden spears in their hands glowed with blood.

Zhang Wei, who was sitting in the fox car, suddenly felt something, he raised his head and said, "Evil?!"

This demon is not a demon or a ghost, but something similar to a monster.He stepped out of the fox cart and saw some strange shadows looming over those savages.

These shadows are evil spirits.

Emperor Yu cast Jiuding and established Kyushu.Jiuding protects Kyushu, and evil spirits are not allowed to enter.And outside the land of Kyushu, that is, outside the border of Dagan, this evil spirit wants to be rampant.

The evil spirits are like demons but not demons, ghosts but not ghosts, and survive by sucking the essence of human beings.In ancient times, what humans were most afraid of was not goblins, but evil spirits.

Goblins cannibalize people, but they don't come here very often. Even if they are cannibals, they will tell you clearly that I want to eat you.Moreover, the goblin will provide a lot of help in order to allow human beings to multiply and grow.

But evil spirits are different. This thing is like a certain countryman who lives a good life. He is very insidious and cunning. He always sneaks into human beings, and then slowly sucks up human energy.

This is very annoying.This thing is like a mosquito, very annoying.

Emperor Yu established Kyushu, and relying on the power of Jiuding, evil spirits could not breed in the land of Kyushu, which relieved the resentment of human beings.

Outside of Kyushu, the savages here are also disturbed by evil spirits. During these years of harassment, some human beings here have gradually reached an agreement with evil spirits.

You can suck my energy, but you have to help me work, or I will die to show you, dead people have no energy.

Sure enough, some evil spirits began to cooperate with this kind of human beings for sustainable development.A group called wizards was formed.These wizards rely on evil spirits to harm their own clansmen, so as to gain a status beyond their clansmen.

In the same way, this kind of sorcerer supports evil spirits for a long time, and he himself is sucked to lose his energy, and his life span is not long.

In Luoshan City, the biggest enemies are these evil spirits.The guard of Luoshan City is also to guard these evil spirits.

Now, the savage in front of him has borrowed the power of the evil spirit and started to fight against Zhang Wei's servant.Naturally, the servants of the Zhang family would not be soft-hearted, and immediately transformed into a four-armed appearance, and hit them.

Under the support of the evil spirits, these savages fought very wildly, and the spears in their hands were also covered with a layer of red light, which was as hard as a magic weapon.

The fight between the two sides was really evenly matched.

When Zhang Wei saw this, he couldn't help but gasped, and said, "These savages are really strong." What he didn't know was that there was no Jiuding suppression outside Dagan, and the strength of this monster was very different.

At this time, Gouzi Huangdou couldn't bear it any longer, he rushed out, turned into a giant dog one foot tall, and slapped a savage with his paws.

With a sound of 'pa', the savage was shot flying by the soybean, and instantly smashed into the forest, smashing a big tree, and immediately fell unconscious.

Seeing this scene, these savages immediately screamed.

At this moment, Zhang Wei could clearly see that the power of evil that shrouded them became much stronger at once.

And the expressions of these savages also became a lot more excited, which is clearly the image of returning to the light.

Zhang Wei said calmly: "Use the essence to support the evil spirits. If the essence is not enough, it is natural to overdraw the body to provide it. This will lose the foundation and life span."

A demon is a demon, and it really harms others and does not benefit oneself.

But the strength of these savages also increased sharply at this time. The red light on their bodies protected their bodies at this time. Soybean's claws hit them hard. , the sunken chest seemed to be inflated again, and it swelled up again, returning to its original shape.

"Overdrawing the lifespan, the super recovery ability obtained?" Zhang Wei muttered to himself.

The savage had a short lifespan, but now his lifespan was overdrawn. His hair, which was originally black, suddenly turned gray.

The savage roared, and suddenly stabbed at the soybean with the wooden spear in his hand.This time, the soy bean, which is copper-skinned and iron-framed, was pierced through the fur by the wooden spear.

Because the wooden spear germinated instantly, and the power of this germination is like a bamboo shoot breaking through the ground, and it is the best piercing power in the world.

Without checking any of the soybeans, they were directly pierced by the sprouts from the wooden spear, and then these sprouts desperately squeezed into the body of the soybean, and began to suck the flesh and blood of the soybean.

How could the soybeans let these plants succeed? They immediately took a deep breath, then opened their mouths and let out a wild roar.

'Wow! ! '

This roar made his whole body vibrate with the sound waves, his skin, his bones, and his internal organs and flesh all vibrated accordingly.

Then, the sprouts and roots inside the soybean were crushed by the vibrating muscles.

When Zhang Wei saw this, there was a gleam in his eyes, and an immature thought flashed in his mind.

Soybean is really showing off at this time.His claws swung past, and his body bumped past.At this time, he seemed to be among the sheep, killing those savages.

Not to be outdone, Zhangjiajia Ding also fought along with him.

The savages at this time, after a short quarter of an hour of fighting, not only had their hair graying, but also began to lose a lot of hair, and then wrinkles began to appear on their faces. It didn't take long for them to become very old. just die.

Seeing this scene, the few remaining savages finally showed fear in their eyes, then screamed and rushed into the forest.

The servants didn't mean to chase them either. Compared with chasing these savages, they were more important to protect Zhang Wei and the others.

Not long after, the fox carriage moved forward again, and Gouzi Huangdou walked into the carriage and said, "These savages have tattoos on their bodies, and these tattoos seem to be the source of their strength."

As he spoke, he threw some bloody skins to Zhang Wei to see.

Zhang Wei looked at the tattoo on the skin, but couldn't see why.But he couldn't see that Hu Qinghao in his arms was interested, and then took the skins without being too dirty.

Not long after walking, a group of people suddenly came along the road.The leader was wearing a strange hat, and there was a faint smell of incense on his body, and then he said: "Dare to ask, but is it Mr. Zhang Weizhang?"

Hearing this, Zhang Wei walked out of the carriage, looked the man up and down, cupped his hands and said, "I am Zhang Wei, are you?"

As soon as the man heard this, he made a deep bow immediately, and said: "I belong to Huading, the postman of Luoshan City. I'm here to welcome you."

Zhang Wei nodded. Luoshan City is like this. This is a city directly under the Heavenly Court. Since it is a city, it naturally has people. Most of the people here are woodcutters who are responsible for felling sandalwood trees.

Sandalwood is hard and extremely difficult to cut, so many woodcutters are needed.In addition to woodcutters, there are other people who deal with sandalwood trees. There are no less than 10 people in this city.

With so many people, it is naturally impossible for the Heavenly Court to take care of them in person, so it has imitated the human court and set up three positions: City Guard, Post Cheng, and Wu Ding Chief.The people in the heavenly court guard and manage these three people.

With such a level-by-level management, the people in Tianting naturally save time and effort.After all, he is a fairy, so he can't have to do paperwork.

Wading is Yicheng.He is a mixed race of southern Xinjiang people and local people, and his skin color is slightly darker than that of Dagan people, similar to a tanned person.

He brought a group of postmen and rode a local specialty sambar to meet Zhang Wei.

Just like inside Daqian, this Yicheng is in charge of security outside the city, so it is reasonable for him to come to welcome Zhang Wei.

After meeting Zhang Wei, Wading said respectfully: "Please forgive me, we are late."

Before Zhang Wei could speak, he continued, "Usually the guards fall directly from the sky, and are received by the two adults in the city, so this time..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Zhang Wei already understood what he meant. He waved his hand and said, "It's okay, but since you're here, you can lead the way. To be honest, I don't know the way here either. "

When he said this, Vadin also laughed.Zhang Wei has the supernatural power of 'knowing the way', how could he not know the way, it's just a step down for this subordinate.

As soon as Vadin waved his hand, his subordinates immediately surrounded Zhang Wei's fox car convoy and began to be on guard.

The clothes of these people are also different from those in Dagan. They wear wooden armor made of bamboo and wood, and they also hold wooden spears in their hands. With kettles, crossbow bolts, shields and other things.

This kind of deer has very long feet, which is very suitable for walking in the forest without being afraid of being tripped by bushes because the chassis is too low.

Most of these postmen are of mixed blood from southern Xinjiang, with dark skin and taciturn.

After walking for several hours, there are more and more people on the road.But these people are all in handcuffs, and they are all working.

Zhang Wei gave them a strange look, and then said, "Who are these?"

Wading said: "These are all criminals. The country exiles criminals to southern Xinjiang, and if someone in southern Xinjiang commits a crime, then they will exile criminals to us."

Zhang Wei was taken aback when he heard this...is there still such an operation?
Wading continued: "After these people are exiled, they will be free after working hard for a few years. Although they can't go back to China, they can still work here, which is a good end."

"However, there are still some savages, barbarians, wizards and so on here. These people only burn, kill and loot. Such people will not be free."

Zhang Wei nodded and looked at the workers.They were clearing the weeds on both sides of the road, and the work was hard and monotonous.When some people dressed as jail guards saw Vading and the others, they immediately drove the prisoners to both sides of the road, and then respectfully watched Zhang Wei and the others pass by.

Except for these prisoners, the rest are woodcutters carrying various tools.They are the main force in felling sandalwood.In Luoshan City, the management of people is also very loose.Heaven only needs sandalwood, nothing else.As long as the City Guard's mission is completed, they can do whatever they want.

And the city guard's government didn't treat these woodcutters well, and they didn't care how these woodcutters lived.Anyway, all the daily necessities are exchanged with sandalwood.Where there is sandalwood, there is food, use, and drink.

Although it is surrounded by forests, it seems to be rich in resources.But this is all an illusion.In order to ensure the resources of sandalwood in Heaven, the three thousand miles are covered with sandalwood. Sandalwood can be used as medicine, but it can't fill your stomach.Moreover, in a radius of three thousand miles, there is not even a larger lake, and there are not even rivers on the surface.

Needless to say, this is also the handwriting of Tianting.All water sources are three feet underground, and the root system of sandalwood can absorb water.But humans can't.To drink water, you need to dig a well.But the well will dry up soon.

People here don't understand and think it's another ghost made by Heavenly Court.In fact, this is really unfair to heaven.The climate in this place is hot, and the transpiration is extremely strong. It is only natural that the water from digging the well is evaporated to dryness.

In addition, in this vast forest, there are savages snatching food. These savages do not understand the language and are extremely tough. Even the exiled prisoners do not want to face them...

Zhang Wei listened quietly to Wall-E's introduction, and looked at the people walking on the road pulling sandalwood, and gradually understood the operation of the city.

After walking for a long time, everyone finally arrived at a place.A huge water area appeared in front of everyone, and this water area was the only source of surface water for thousands of miles around.

And Luoshan City, in the middle of the water, was built on a huge sandalwood that covered the sky and the sun.

This sandalwood tree was discovered and cultivated by the Antarctic Changsheng Emperor. Now the trunk alone is more than 1000 feet thick, and there are many "air roots" supporting his huge crown. It can be said that a tree is a city.

The heart of this huge sacred sandalwood tree was basically hollowed out, because the heart of the tree is the most precious place of sandalwood.But the tree can still live without the heart, so this sandalwood tree survived tenaciously, and the hollowed out tree heart was also filled into Luoshan City.

Under the escort of Vading, Zhang Wei came to the root of the tree from the passage on the lake.At this time, two people were already waiting at the root of the tree.

Lan Pa, the city guard of Luoshan City, is tall and thin. He used to be a juren, but was later accused of conspiracy to rebel. After investigation, it was found that this was an oolong case.

But at that time, he had already been convicted severely and quickly. In the end, he had no choice but to throw him to Luoshan City as the city guard...

Belen Mountain, the general manager of Wuding, is a mixed blood of a local and a southerner, and the blood of the local native is more reflected in him.And the strange position of Wu Ding is actually the "supply manager", but because the local dialect reads "supplies" as "Wuding", so he made a mistake and named the material manager as Wu Ding.

In this regard, Tianting is always very casual.

A few days ago, when the previous guard left happily, Lanpa asked him about the situation of the new guard.

Because the man was happy, he said something to Lampa.

"Do you know the underworld in the capital city? This man led his troops into the underworld in the capital city and executed the city god of the capital city. This crime is heavier than your trumped-up crime of rebellion, but guess what? Others are fine, You just need to come here and be a guard!"

"This man has an all-round background. I guess he also came here to avoid the limelight. You just need to serve him well and you'll be fine."

"Finally, I would like to warn you about one thing, don't mess with his rampant soldiers! Remember!"

The previous guardian just left, leaving behind the legend of Zhang Wei.Lan Po was so scared that she didn't sleep well for several days.

This is clearly the second generation with all-hands-eyes!

Now he and Belen Mountain are waiting for Zhang Wei at the gate of the city, and he feels somewhat uneasy.

Beren Mountain next to him looks like a fool, but this person is really foolish, but he is really reassuring in his work, otherwise the guard will not give him the position of material manager.

As we all know, those who manage materials are always the most lucrative.Belen Mountain has been the material manager for so many years, and he has carried out audits time and time again, which shows that he is really fine.

Heavenly Court's auditing is not a joke, there are many methods.

Not long after, a group of teams came over. Lan Pa saw it, straightened his clothes immediately, and waited respectfully.

Zhang Wei soon arrived at the city gate.Lan Pa also hurried up to meet him, bowed and shouted: "The lower official has fallen into the mountain and guarded the city, Lan Pa, I have seen the Shangguan!"

After he finished shouting, Beren Mountain beside him quickly knelt down, knocked his head vigorously, and shouted: "Beren Mountain has seen the elder!"

Just saluting, Beren Mountain shook off Lanpa.But there is no way, Lanpa has the body of a man, with the arrogance of a scholar.As for Belen Mountain, there is no great fame.

Zhang Wei hurriedly supported Belen Mountain and said, "I can't deserve such a big gift, how dare I ask you?"

Beren Shan immediately said: "I am the chief of Wuding here." After he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and quickly added: "Report to the master."

This sentence should be 'reporting to the master, I am the head of Wuding here. 'But this idiot said the second half of the sentence, and the respectful words of the first half were forgotten in a short while, and then he added it.

Zhang Wei couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and then said to him: "Okay!"

Everyone was embarrassed for a while, and then Lan Pa said: "Please also ask the elder to accompany me to the tutelary mansion."

Zhang Wei nodded and said with a smile: "Then please trouble Lan Chengshou to show me around."

(End of this chapter)