After saying goodbye to Qin Zhuo and Qin Han, the horse team set off, and Qin Lang led the way. As soon as he left the city gate, he saw Wu Qing waiting by the side of the road with more than a dozen beast warriors and beast warriors. Seeing the horse team of Luo Jie and others, he greeted them with a smile. Qi Nanshan didn't talk nonsense, he waved: "Keep up!"
Qin Lang squeezed the horse's belly and said loudly, "Accelerate! Accelerate!"
Guo Shishi rode a big black horse and galloped forward closely with the horse team. The feeling of galloping was really great.
Two days later, the horse team came to Hengguan. Hengguan and Savage Pass are very similar. They are located between two mountains. They cross a valley and come to the city wall of Hengguan.
Hengguan is an important traffic pass, guarded by the disciples of Beifumen, and these disciples have a rotating system. There are often disciples who went to the grassland for training, and there are many caravans going out and entering the customs.
Entry and exit must be registered and recorded, but Luo Jie and others do not need to worry about these, Qin Lang and a few men quickly completed the process, and a few hours later, the horse team entered the grassland.
At the beginning, the merchant's carriage team could still be seen. Soon Qin Lang took the horse team away from the normal business road and entered the vast grassland. He chose the closer path, but this path must be guaranteed by a certain amount of force.
Guo Shishi found that the grasslands here are a little different from the grasslands of the previous life. Weeds grow very luxuriantly. If a person stands on the grass, he can only show his upper body, while he can only show his head. No front view.
There are not only lush weeds, but also green forests on the grassland, but because the area is relatively small, you can see the end at a glance when you ride on the back of a horse. There are many unknown birds hovering in the clear blue sky. Thousands of birds gather and disperse from time to time.
There are many herbivores such as bison and antelope on the grassland, and some Guo Shishi can't even name them. When their horse team galloped past, countless birds and beasts fled in shock. He also saw some wild dogs. It was late autumn at this time. The wild dogs were extremely fat and strong as calves.
Wild dogs are relatively fierce animals on the prairie, but they dare not provoke humans, especially horse teams. When they encounter the horse team, the first thought is to run away. Because for thousands of years, the wild dogs who dared to attack humans have been killed without knowing how many. Gradually, they developed a deep fear of humans, and when they saw humans and their horse teams, they instinctively avoided them.
Galloping all the way, Guo Shishi could not distinguish the south, south, north and west at all, and it was easy to get lost on the grassland.
Qi Nanshan urged the horse to gallop to Qin Lang's side, and asked loudly, "Don't rest at noon?"
Qin Lang said: "There is no time to rest, so we can only eat some dry food immediately. We must arrive at the ruins of Nanbao before evening. It is safer there and can relax."
Qi Nanshan knew the horror of the night on the grassland, he nodded and said, "You arrange it!"
Qin Lang said loudly: "Change horses at noon, and take a break. This time is convenient for everyone. We also need to feed the horses and drink water. As for eating... We will solve it immediately. We must arrive at Nanbao before dark."
The team of more than 30 people has hundreds of war horses. Except for Guo's twelve or five children, the others are all experienced and powerful professionals. Only such a team dared to follow the route chosen by Qin Lang, not the route of the caravan, because they have strong mobility and powerful force.
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In the evening, Nanbao finally appeared on the horizon.
"That's Nanbao?"
Guo Twelve looked curiously at the huge tower that had collapsed in half in the distance.
After a day of galloping, the warhorse was covered in sweat, snorting non-stop, and the sound of heavy breathing became one. Qin Lang said: "Everyone, be careful. Nanbao often has wandering squads stopping by. We try not to conflict with them."
Guo Twelve asked, "Master, what is a wandering team?"
Luo Jie said: "Hehe, the wandering team is made up of professionals who have no home. They are a group of people who are rolling on the line of life and death. They are the best at killing, ignore death, and die the fastest. Those who can survive, no If they are not masters, they can even leapfrog to challenge high-level professionals…”
Guo Shishi broke into a cold sweat and said, "Why is it so powerful?"
Qi Nanshan said: "If you are left in the slaughter all day, you will become so powerful, the premise is that you can survive."
Guo Shishi shook his head and said, "I don't want to court death, um, where did these people come from?"
Luo Jie said: "The source is more complicated, some are wandering talismans who have lost their masters, some are cursers who have lost their partners, more are professionals who have been expelled from their families, and professionals who have been expelled by sects, and some are for the sake of The disciples of the sect who are specially trained to improve their own strength... The personnel are very complicated, and in the wandering team, everyone will not ask each other about their origins."
Guo Shishi asked, "Are there many such teams?"
Luo Jie said: "A lot, a lot... Not only on the grasslands, but also on the extreme northern wasteland outside Beifumen. They believe in 'strength first, killing first', and they often draw swords to face each other when they disagree. … This kind of thing is very common, huh, but they generally don’t bully people casually, as long as they don’t mess with them, it’s not a big problem, but there are lunatic among them, they are the kind of lunatic who pull out their swords and slash if they don’t like it.”
Qi Nanshan said with a smile: "That kind of lunatic usually doesn't live long, because most wandering professionals don't want to form a team with such lunatics, it's too unsafe."
Guo Twelve said, "Aren't they afraid of death?"
Luo Jie said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of death, it doesn't mean I'm willing to court death. With a lunatic like that in the team, everyone's safety cannot be guaranteed."
Guo Shishi asked: "In Nanbao, will we encounter such a team?"
Qi Nanshan said: "It is 100% possible to encounter it. This is the first stop to enter the grassland and the last stop to return from the grassland, so it is a very lively place."
Qin Lang said: "Nanbao has a special area for the wandering team, hehe, the Twelve Young Master, as long as you don't offend them, there will be no problem, and the wandering team often has some strange items for sale, they Like us, we also need talisman money to support the team's consumption."
Soon, Nanbao was close at hand. This is an abandoned ancient castle with a large area. Although most of the walls have collapsed, it is a good resting spot on the grassland. There are more than a dozen wells in the castle, and only about five wells can be used.
After entering the castle, I saw several fires, surrounded by some people. Qin Lang took everyone to a well and said, "I'll rest here today, old man, I'll make a fire and cook."
Luo Jie smiled and said, "You are in charge of lighting the fire. It's enough to have Twelve and the others to cook." He was used to the food cooked by Guo Twelve and the others, and it tasted much better than boiled meat in plain water.
Guo Shishi nodded and said, "Let's eat barbecue today. Uncle Luo, you bring someone back from hunting three wild buffaloes. When I came in, I saw a herd of buffaloes in the southwest. Hurry up, it will be dark."
Luo Zhan greeted him and ran out of the castle with a few Fu martial artists on horseback.
Qin Lang beckoned his men to go down to the woods outside to cut down trees. It's already late autumn, and there are many withered and yellow weeds and trees, and many will be shipped back soon.
Guo Twelve erected dead wood and weeds and raised a fire. Before it was completely dark, Luo Zhan and others came back with four fat bison.
Everyone started to peel and open the guts together. Guo Shishi set up a large copper pot, made soup with beef bones, took out a special barbecue rack, supported three bison, and began to make barbecue. This is definitely physical work. Guo Shishi is in charge of the command. He has a group of strong men under him, and he doesn't care about the weight of the bison.
After half an hour of roasting, a strong meat aroma permeated. From time to time, people peeped over here, and they were all attracted by the smell of meat.
Guo Twelve first arranged the food for everyone, and then brought four companions to the side. He took out a rectangular grill, which was made from the memory of a previous life, took out a pile of burnt charcoal, and took out a large number of copper sticks, and said, "Come on, there is a bison here, we will make our own barbecue. skewered."
Chen Hong started the fire, the others skewered the meat, and Guo Shishi was in charge of the skewers. He took out his own secret sauce and enthusiastically started grilling beef kebabs.
This is his first time making kebabs in this world. Huo Bao only took one bite and couldn't help but shout: "Hey, it's delicious... Oops, it's so delicious..."
Chen Bing took the time to grab a kebab and bite it down, his eyes widened immediately, and he couldn't care to speak any longer, and ate wildly.
When Luo Jie saw Guo Shishi and his four companions running to the side to eat, he knew that they had tricks. When the aroma of the kebabs drifted over, he couldn't help sneaking over quietly. Qi Nanshan was responsible for Luo Jie's safety. Of course, he knew the old man's actions and followed him quietly.
"Twelve, what are you doing delicious?"
Guo Twelve smiled and handed over a few skewers of grilled meat. Luo Jie just took it in his hand, when a big hand stretched out beside him, grabbed two of them, and said, "I'll try Twelve's craftsmanship..." The meat skewers were very Big, each piece of meat is the size of a fist, Qi Nanshan savagely bit down a piece, tasted the taste a little, and praised: "Twelve, you are... unexpectedly... so delicious!"
Luo Jie was surprised when he took a bite. The roasted meat skewers were different from roasted whole beef. The taste was more delicious and the meat was more tender.
After a few skewers were roasted, a few skewers were snatched away. Guo Shishi couldn't eat them at all. He shouted helplessly, "Hey, leave me a few skewers..."
Everyone couldn't help laughing, but Guo Shishi just baked more than a dozen skewers, and was immediately snatched away by a few hands. Guo Shishi suddenly raised his head and found a sloppy big man with two kebabs in his hands. He couldn't help but be surprised: "Who are you?"
The man ignored it at all, took a bite of a piece of barbecue, swallowed a few mouthfuls, and then widened his eyes, probably never had such a delicious meal. After eating two skewers of barbecued meat like a storm, he stared at Guo Shishi again.
Guo Twelve himself didn't know what was going on, so he handed over the two skewers of barbecue that had just been grilled in his hand.