Lishan is not too far from Ji Thrush's current location, if they take the official route, they can arrive in about four days.
But now that everything south of the Huanghe River is in the hands of the red-haired devils, Ji Thrush and the others will definitely not be able to go on their way in a fair manner.
Now they are single and weak, and the second young master of the Dong family is an important figure on the holy court's hunting list. No matter how strong Ji Xuan and Ren Jianmo are, they don't want to go head-to-head with the holy court's elite combat power.
So a few people re-planned the route according to the map, and decided to go along the mountain range for safety reasons, avoiding the main towns along the way, but it would take at least double the time;
On the first night, five people and two corpses stayed in the cave overnight, intending to set out at dawn.
In this "world", Xiaguo is in midsummer, and the highest temperature during the day is more than 30 degrees. Because it is in the mountains, the temperature at night is relatively cool, and you need to add a coat at night.
The five people took turns to watch the night, and there were two living corpses who didn't need to sleep, so they could guarantee a minimum level of vigilance.
In an unfamiliar and dangerous environment, the thrush sleeps very lightly.
He leaned against the entrance of the cave, half asleep and half awake, closed his eyes and squinted for a while, when he felt movement around him, he opened his eyes, sat up with a brush, his eyes were as clear as if he had never fallen asleep at all.
Dong Jing who passed by him was startled.
Even in the middle of the night, the boy was still wearing young women's clothes, but the two braids were untied and tied loosely behind his head, which made him look more heroic.
Dong Jing didn't expect Ji Thrush to wake up, so he smiled embarrassedly, "Did it wake you up?"
"No."
Ji Thrush naturally lowered his head and looked at the watch on his wrist—it was an important prop that only the performers could see. Their experience in this "world" has just begun, but what is gratifying is that the color of the cursor is white, which proves that they are still safe now.
"It's your turn to watch the night?"
he asked.
"Ok."
The second young master of the Dong family nodded, "It's almost time to be ugly, I'll take over Zhuzi."
Ji Thrush looked back at Ren Jianmo.
The long-haired young man was lying on his side facing the stone wall, his face was invisible, his body curled up slightly, motionless, as if he was in a good dream.
But Ji Thrush really knows the beauty of his family too well.
In "Peach Blossom Spring", when the two were in a strong relationship, they got along day and night and slept in the same bed almost every night. Ji Xiaoniao had never seen Ren Jianmo really asleep.
At that time, Ji Thrush felt very strange, but out of respect for his lover, he never asked why the other party behaved like this.
Thinking about it now, Ren Jianmo's vigilance was actually very high.
As the top expert in "Peach Blossom Spring", he climbed to the realm of the recognized strongest alone, he would never allow himself to lose his guard, even in a safe environment, he would not fall asleep in front of others, let alone In a "world" with SS level difficulty.
Ji Thrush did not disturb Ren Jianmo.
When he stood up, he followed Dong Jing and walked out of the cave.
The young domestic servant named "Zhuzi" was watching the night at the entrance of the cave, and two living corpses stood beside him, standing upright.
In order to conceal their whereabouts, they dare not light a fire, and the only lighting they can rely on is the bright galaxy in the sky.
The Dong family's second major general Zhu Zi changed in, sat on the ground, and patted his side at the same time.
Ji Thrush also sat down.
As the second son of a cultivation family, Dong Jing is much more easy-going than Ji Thrush originally thought.
He doesn't have the squeamishness of a son-in-law. He not only eats and lives with the servants, sleeps in the wilderness, but also actively asks for shifts in the middle of the night, which can be regarded as quite hard-working.
Ji Xiaoniao's favorability towards Dong Jing silently increased by another ten points.
"Specially accompany me to watch the night..."
Master Dong Er hugged his knees and looked at Ji Thrush. The starlight reflected the smile on the young man's lips, "Do you have something you want to ask me?"
Ji Thrush returned a smile to the other party.
He didn't answer Dong Jing's question directly, but turned his gaze away to the two living corpses standing straight behind them.
The two corpses looked like two javelins, straighter than standing in a military posture, their knees and waist were not even the slightest arc, their chins were slightly raised, their eyes were wide open, and they seemed to be staring straight ahead of them for a moment, if it wasn't for the forehead There was a red letter on a yellow background, and it was almost no different from a living person.
Ji Thrush stretched out his hand and gently squeezed the arm of one of the corpses.
The limbs under the sleeves are soft, and the joints are not stiff at all. There is even a trace of human body warmth, and the touch feels as if it is alive.
"I remember you said that anyone who is killed by the weapons of the Holy Court soldiers cannot become a living corpse, right?"
Ji Xiaoniao turned to Dong Jing, "Then what about your two servants and those people who jumped into the mountain under your control?"
Hearing the words, Second Young Master Dong smiled again, but this time there was a bit of bitterness in his smile.
"Our Dong family has lived in Xijiang for many years and intermarried with local clans, so we naturally know some secrets of Xijiang."
He pointed to himself, "Like my great-grandmother, she is a girl from the Miao family."
As he said that, the boy stood up and raised his hand to wipe lightly on the face of one of the corpses.
I don't know what he did, the corpse immediately acted like a puppet with its strings broken, its knees gave way, and it threw itself forward, facing the door downwards, and fell to the ground.
And the other corpse next to it remained motionless, standing upright, completely unaware of the abnormal state of the "companion".
Ji Thrush was startled and immediately jumped up.
"it's okay no problem."
Dong Jing hurriedly explained, while spreading his hands, revealing the things he had kept in his palm.
It was a big fleshy bug, about the length of a knuckle, dark gray all over, except for two snail-like tentacles on the head and tail, which were white, and they were still moving in sync with the bug's wriggling rhythm. Stretch and shrink.
"This is a kind of voodoo technique of the Miao family in Xijiang."
The second young master of the Dong family explained:
"The servants I brought out this time are all planted with Gu worms, not only to ensure that they will not betray me, but also regardless of life or death, I can know their location through the Gu worms."
As he spoke, he knelt down and turned the face of the servant who fell to the ground.
Then Ji Thrush saw Dong Jing stuff the wriggling gray worm into the corpse's mouth.
About two seconds later, the body suddenly trembled, and the whole body twitched twice as if electrified.
The second young master of the Dong family put their fingers together, pinched a formula, and yelled "Get up!"
The corpse really turned over and sat up, its knees were twisted into an angle that a living person could never easily make as if they were loaded with springs, and jumped up on the spot.
"Look, that's it. I'm actually controlling the undead Gu worms in their bodies."
Dong Jing laughed, "If there were no these Gu worms, even my spells would not be able to control them."
"I see."
Ji Thrush nodded.
He thought that this "world" was not only very similar in geography and history to his original world, but also in humanities.
There are also Miao people in the western border here, who are good at using Gu insects as in the legend, and there are really people who know the art of driving corpses.
Second Young Master Dong let the corpse stand by his side, and sat down again.
Then he turned his gaze to the direction of the cave.
"You and your senior brother..."
Dong Jing said as if chatting:
"Aren't you two on good terms?"
Ji Thrush didn't expect the young man to mention Ren Jianmo as soon as he opened his mouth, and subconsciously looked towards the entrance of the cave.
In the darkness, he could vaguely see Ren Jianmo's back lying on his side, his movements the same as before.
"Okay… "
Ji Xiaoniao pursed her lips, "My senior brother, he has a relatively independent temper."
Dong Jing let out a light laugh, noncommittal.
He didn't continue to entangle in the topic of the relationship between the two brothers, and instead said:
"Actually, I envy you both."
The boy said: "Because you are both very strong."
He turned his head, stared at the two corpses standing behind him, with faint sadness in his eyes, and laughed with a hoarse voice unique to the voice-changing period:
"In this way, at least in the future, I can go back...to your division."
Ji Thrush: "..."
Dong Jing suppressed the smile on his face:
"I am the best of the younger generation in my family. When I was twelve years old, I surpassed my elder brother in corpse control. I often thought that I was invincible... It wasn't until I left the Dong family that I realized that I was no more than my elder brother." It's a frog in a well."
He lowered his head and shook his right hand in the air, "Even the person who came out with me couldn't be brought back..."
"You fought with the people of the Holy Court, right?"
Ji Thrush sat up straight with a serious expression:
"Can you tell me about their intelligence?"
The boy nodded:
"We have fought against those red-haired devils three times."
Dong Jing told Ji Thrush that the Dong family in Xijiang received a distress letter from an old friend in Jianghu, saying that the Xiyi people traveled eastward in the name of "Holy War" and invaded Xia Kingdom from the southeast coast. Killing, looting and abuse, the people are in dire straits, and the people are in dire straits.
Although the imperial army tried their best to resist, because there were a large number of magicians in the Xiyi army, they often used "Holy Light" to bless them on the battlefield. Even the most ordinary infantry was far more powerful than the soldiers of the Xia Dynasty. The resistance army retreated steadily, so they had to rely on the Huanghe Tianzhu to try their best to maintain the front line, and it seemed that they could not even hold the last line of defense.
So the Dong family sent Dong Jing to support the imperial army by using the technique of controlling corpses to create an army of immortal zombies.
However, the second young master of the Dong family traveled all the way, and soon discovered that "Holy Light" was the nemesis of the Dong family's secret arts, as long as the corpses died under the weapon of the holy light, they could no longer be manipulated by him.
As a last resort, he had no choice but to take his servants all the way to Mount Li, intending to rob and exhume the people buried with him in the tomb of the previous dynasty.
Along the way, Dong Jing and his party encountered three waves of pursuit.
The first two visits were just ordinary Holy Court sergeants, and they used ordinary weapons that had been blessed by the Holy Light.
The servants accompanying the Dong family were actually not bad at fighting, and they killed the first two waves of soldiers by themselves.
But the Holy Court quickly sent out a third wave of pursuers—a small group of elite paladins.
The combat power of the Paladin squad was not at the same level as the previous two waves, and Master Dong Er almost died before he left the army.
"I think those red-haired devils... know where we are."
Dong Jing touched his chin:
"On this road, no matter which route we take, or how carefully we hide our whereabouts, within two or three days, those lackeys from Xiyi will be able to find us accurately."
He looked at Season Thrush:
"I suspect that the red-haired devil must have some kind of tracking spell that we haven't noticed yet!"