The city was very small and there were not many houses in the city. Wu Dongfang carried firewood and walked towards the city gate. When he was still two or three miles away from the city gate, he found several soldiers checking a man who entered the city. They What she was checking was not the bag in the man's hand, but opening his shirt.
Seeing this situation, Wu Dongfang slowed down. At this time, many slaves were branded on their chests. He was not sure whether these soldiers were tracking down the escaped slaves or intercepting him. No matter which situation he could not withstand. Check, because he has the mark of the white tiger on his chest, which is the mark of the Jin clan wizard. If he is seen by these soldiers, his whereabouts will be exposed immediately.
There were not many people on the road at this time. If they turned around and left, the soldiers would immediately become suspicious.
After a brief deliberation, Wu Dongfang did not turn around and leave, but kept walking towards the city gate at a fast pace. At this time, the city gate was not fully open, indicating that the soldiers had begun to close the door after dark.
There was an elderly man and woman in front of him. After the elderly man and woman approached the city gate, the gatekeepers stopped them.
After the guard guard stopped them, he said something to the two of them. The old lady rolled up her sleeves, and the old man unbuttoned his chest.
The soldier guarding the gate took a look and waved his hand to the two of them, indicating that they could enter the city.
Wu Dongfang understood that the soldiers guarding the city even checked women, indicating that they were making sure that the people entering the city were not escaped slaves.
But things are not that simple. The man who entered the city first and the old man and the old woman were stopped when they arrived at the city gate. If similar inspections were carried out every day, they would stop and take the initiative to solve the problem. He unbuttoned his clothes or rolled up his sleeves for the soldiers to check, but they didn't do that and seemed a little surprised.
What does this situation indicate? It means that this kind of inspection has only recently been introduced, or it has only recently begun to be strictly implemented.
The order the soldiers received may be to check carefully and not let the slaves enter the city, but for the person who issued this order, his purpose was to let the soldiers find him while checking the slaves.
It's hard to say whether the person who issued this order was Yun Ping, but this person was very smart. Looking for clues about him under the guise of checking the slaves could set up great obstacles to his escape and prevent him from entering the city. It can also block the news that he has escaped. If the news of his escape is known to the Jin clan, the Jin clan will definitely send wizards to find and respond to him. As long as the Jin tribe doesn't know that he has escaped, not only will they not send wizards to pick him up, but the Tu tribe can continue to use him to blackmail the Jin tribe.
At this time, there was no one in front of him, and he was less than a kilometer away from the city gate. After the soldiers guarding the gate let the two old men go, several soldiers began to close the door. One of the soldiers discovered that Wu Dongfang was not far away. , and signaled the soldier who was closing the door to wait.
Wu Dongfang secretly thought that it was bad. Now the soldiers' attention was on him. He began to consider whether to run away immediately. If he wanted to run away, he would definitely be able to run away, but running away would reveal his identity, and the other party would judge based on the time and place. He was the one who escaped. If you don't run, you will face inspection, and your secret will be exposed once the inspection comes.
After thinking briefly and quickly, Wu Dongfang started to run, but instead of running back, he ran towards the city gate. While running, he deliberately made the pole tremble. Not far away, the firewood scattered.
He stopped, rearranged the bundles, pretended to tie them up, picked them up and walked away, then scattered them. The soldiers guarding the gate lost their patience and closed the city gate.
There were beads of sweat on Wu Dongfang's forehead. If he had not run to the city gate before, as soon as the firewood dispersed, the soldiers guarding the gate would have suspected that he was delaying deliberately. Now the soldiers thought he wanted to enter the city, and he just wanted to enter the city. Not afraid of inspection. Since you are not afraid of inspection, you will naturally not be a slave.
After bundling the firewood, Wu Dongfang walked back with the firewood, and returned to the mountain half an hour later.
Only then did he understand why Fei Mu didn't let him take the tongueless girl with him. If the girl was not dead, he would never be able to escape the Tu tribe's pursuit if he took her with him.
Thinking of the girl and Fei Mu, Wu Dongfang felt instantly depressed. He didn't even know the girl's name, nor did he know how the Tu tribe would dispose of their bodies.
After a brief moment of sadness, Wu Dongfang cheered up and continued on his way. At this time, the Tu people were definitely still searching for him intensively, but the east was probably not their main search direction. Even if it was, the range of the other party's search should be behind him.
Thinking of this, he stopped walking in the mountains. After bypassing the small city, he walked on the main road. After walking for five or six miles, he scattered the firewood, packed lightly, and ran quickly.
He has never felt that running on the road can be so enjoyable. One night of running on the road can last two days of running on the mountain.
Not long after, the moon came out. Although it was just a crescent moon, it was better than the complete darkness.
At around eleven o'clock, Wu Dongfang stopped, and there was a vague figure dozens of meters ahead.
When a figure appeared in the middle of the night, he didn't immediately think about it. The figure stood still and didn't move. Wu Dongfang didn't move or retreat. He just stood on the road, confronting the figure dozens of meters away.
The figure was very stooped. It should be an old man or an old lady. There was a 90% chance that it was a ghost, but it was abnormal for him to be a human.
Ten minutes later, Wu Dongfang finally became angry and strode towards the figure, cursing as he walked, "Fuck you, come here, let me see what you're doing."
After Wu Dongfang shouted, the figure began to move north. When moving, its limbs did not move. It was floating. It was really a ghost.
Seeing the ghost start to move, he followed it in stride. He left the road and followed the ghost into the grass beside the road. Through the grass, he saw a cemetery in front of him. Through the faint moonlight, he could see whether there were new or old tombs here. There are dozens of places, both high and short, some as high as two or three meters, and some as short as the tombs are almost flat.
The ghost disappeared in front of a tall grave. The grave was not completely covered by snow. It could be seen from the pile of soil that the grave had not been piled up for a long time.
Wu Dongfang rushed over, ran to the top of the grave and stamped his feet wildly, "Why are you running? Come out, come out!"
After stamping for a while, he couldn't understand his hatred. He unfastened his belt and started to pee. After peeing, he pulled up his pants and said, "If you dare to come out again, I will dig you out and burn you."
After scolding, urinating, and relieving his hatred, Wu Dongfang started to walk back. After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned back. After walking a few steps, he turned back. What he was most afraid of was seeing something scary when he turned back. But the more afraid he became, the more he forced himself to look back. You must overcome the fear in your heart, otherwise you will be scared to death by ghosts along the way.
After turning his head more than a dozen times, Wu Dongfang returned to the road and started to continue running. After running for a few steps, he started to get scared again. He felt that fear forced him to look back again. When he turned around, he found that there was nothing behind him.
When he found that there was nothing behind him, he still felt scared. He cursed and turned around and ran back. He came to the cemetery in the grass again and sat down on another grave.
"Is there anyone who can talk? Come out and talk to me." Wu Dongfang said.
The surroundings were silent and there was no movement. He was so fierce, let alone a ghost, he even scared away the weasels active in the cemetery.
"You, come out." Wu Dongfang pointed at the grave where he urinated previously.
Still no movement.
"Come out and tell me clearly why you are standing in the middle of the road. If you have a reasonable explanation, I will let you go. If it is just to scare me, I will really dig your grave." Wu Dongfang said loudly.
A few minutes later, a figure appeared. Due to the close distance, he could clearly see the appearance of the ghost. She was an old lady with a stooped waist.
"Come here." Wu Dongfang waved to the ghost.
The ghost didn't dare to come over, so he knelt down and bowed to him repeatedly.
"Can you speak?" Wu Dongfang asked.
The ghost shook his head and made a strange sound, which was similar to the funny sound before death.
"Forget it, go down." Wu Dongfang waved his hand.
The ghost felt like he was being pardoned. He bowed to Wu Dongfang and faded away.
Wu Dongfang was completely relieved. He stood up and returned to the road, adjusted his breathing and ran again. People's fear of ghosts mainly stems from the fear of darkness. To put it bluntly, it is fear of darkness. To put it more deeply, it is fear of the unknown hidden in the darkness. , if ghosts come out in broad daylight and can see their appearance clearly, most people will not be afraid of them.
Only when you can see clearly can you really not be afraid. It is not difficult to see things clearly at night, as long as there is spiritual energy in the body. But now he is at a critical moment of escaping. It is too late to run, so he has no time to practice spells.
After what had happened before, Wu Dongfang became bold and ran in large strides. At this time, he didn't know how wide the widest road was, and he didn't know whether it was the main road. He only knew that he was going to run east. Leave the Jiuzhou area controlled by the Tu tribe, go to the Wood tribe, and give this wooden staff to an old wizard named Fei Qing. This is his promise to Fei Mu.
In the early morning, a city appeared in front again. It was smaller than the previous city. It had no city walls and it should be a town.
Contact with people would easily expose his whereabouts, but he had been running all night and was tired and hungry. He needed rest and even more food.
After weighing the balance, he did not go to that town, but continued to run east. While it was still dark, he ran forward for dozens of miles. After dawn, he returned to the mountains, looking for something to eat while walking. Soon he I found a dead animal in the woods. It had a long nose and short hair, a bit like a tapir. This animal had not been dead for a long time and its eyes were not cloudy yet.
After observing, Wu Dongfang gave up. There were wolf footprints around this strange animal. If this animal could eat, the wolf would never give up this delicious meal. Surviving in the wild is not as simple as eating whatever it encounters. You need to know what to eat and what not to eat.
Dirt slopes are not found everywhere, and hedgehogs cannot be found at any time, but he was very lucky and found a chestnut tree. He found a lot of chestnuts in the snow and leaves under the tree, which was a good thing.
The sun rose and the light became brighter. Only then did he dare to light a fire, bury the chestnuts, and light the bonfire. He took out the practice method Fei Mu had written for him. He looked at it for a few times and felt that he couldn't understand it, so he He rolled it up again and put it back in his arms. Cultivation requires full concentration, and human energy is limited. Multitasking is the biggest taboo. The top priority is not to practice magic, but to cheer up and escape.
Wu Dongfang ate a few of the braised chestnuts and carried the rest in his arms. These chestnuts were enough for him to eat for two days.
He could only walk in the mountains during the day, and soon the sun would set again. He began to worry about where to stay at night. He didn't know whether it was because he was unlucky or because there were so many ghosts now. He met a zombie the day before yesterday and a ghost yesterday. If he met a ghost tonight, If you still live in the wild, God knows what you will encounter...