Traveling in the wilderness is actually far more boring than imagined.

This is the first long-distance trip that Zhang Cheng has made after traveling through time. Even if he left Kunwu City before, it was only half a day, which is nothing compared to this trip.

It should be said that Zhang Cheng's conditions for this trip were quite good. He had a very good car, two very good horses, and a very good coachman. In addition, he also had a very knowledgeable and funny companion.

However, even the funny thing about Xia An was worn out during the long journey.

It is hard to say that it is because of natural conditions or other reasons. There is no human settlement on this road. Moreover, it is almost winter, and the green on the wilderness is gradually turning into yellow. If the "green nature" can still make people feel pleasing to the eye - although it is just that if you see too much, then there is really no landscape worth mentioning in the withered and yellow wilderness. Only that feeling of loneliness. After a day, Zhang Cheng got tired of it.

Moreover, the physiological structure of human beings determines that sitting is the most comfortable way for humans to travel. Standing can help you avoid violent vibrations, but it is also easy to get tired after standing for a long time. Of course, this may also be because his physical constitution and strength are not strong.

On the first night, Zhang Cheng was camping in a small depression. Although he now knew that Cheyenne was definitely the kind of guide who would not get up early without profit, he had to admit that such a guide was indeed worth the money. Although Jia was a soldier and had been trained in camping, he was better at group camping than a team of two or three people. In fact, whether it was a camping site, arranging site, or a diet, it was done with the guidance and help of Cheyenne. Everything was well organized.

The bonfire was burning, and the world was silent. Zhang Chengjing lay in his bedding, remembering Xia An's expression in the morning.

Beside him, a little bear with a small size of a kitten and golden fur appeared in a faint starlight. Well, the fur is yellow under normal light conditions, but at this time, I inexplicably feel that the bear is closer to golden.

Although the bear is "boarding" in his mind and can maintain this state for a long time, if conditions permit, it is more willing to make it physical, which is considered to be a movable muscle.

According to the bear, the state of the hosting mind is similar to the fact that humans keep a posture still - it is not difficult, but maintaining it for a long time will make the mind numb.

"Little Bear, what is that 'big witch'? No one dares to offend? The princes dare not?" Thinking back to Xia An's statement, Zhang Cheng still felt very strange. However, judging from Jia's reaction, this seemed to be a kind of common sense, which made him dare not ask at the time.

"I don't know." The little bear didn't seem to understand either. "You human languages ​​are always changing, and I can't figure out what this 'big witch' refers to. It seems to be a witch? Or what you call a priest or priest? Could it be... the priest of Haotian?"

The word "Haotian Priest?" suddenly reminded Zhang Cheng of the new character when the game was created, and there was a bloodline called "Haotian Bloodline". The highest level of all bloodlines, the price point is so expensive. One of the introductions is that the descendants of the Haotian Priest will inherit the Haotian Bloodline.

How expensive is Haotian bloodline? In the identity option, the identity of the "doctor" is worth 10 points, and the price of Haotian bloodline is twice that of the doctor's identity, which is 20 points. If you understand it according to the idea of ​​"you get what you pay for", then a person with Haotian bloodline is more noble than a doctor and can be comparable to the princes. According to the instructions, the advantage of this bloodline is that in addition to the full attribute bonus, the full map NPC favorable bonus. Unfortunately, although Zhang Cheng passed the level many times, he had never selected this bloodline, so he didn't know what treatment a Haotian bloodline would encounter in the game.

"Well, I've just heard some rumors. It is said that only the gods know the true mystery." Xiao Xiong said. "Sometimes, in more accidental circumstances, a small amount of Haotian's power will differentiate and merge into the world. If it enters an ordinary item, then this item will become a spiritual object. If it enters the body of a wise creature, that creature will become a priest of Haotian."

"You mean...born?"

"Born." The bear admitted.

"Then, what's strange about Priest Haotian?"

"There is nothing strange. What you must say is that it is better than ordinary people, stronger, more agile, smarter, and so on. But it is the level of the gods, which is not an exaggeration. But I don't know why..." The little bear stopped talking.

"how?"

"The gods seem to be particularly concerned about the priest Haotian." Xiaoxiong said. "The general saying is that the priest Haotian is a person with a destiny, very noble, and can directly communicate with Haotian and get various inspirations. Those who violate the priest Haotian are extremely likely to anger Haotian and thus bring huge disasters. This statement was actually accepted by the gods."

"In other words," Zhang Cheng became interested. "The priest Haotian can be rampant, but no one dares to resist? Because as long as he resists, he will anger Haotian and thus cause disaster."

"That's not the case. There are many priests of Haotian who were killed, but they have never heard of any major disasters." Xiaoxiong replied hesitantly. "So I just heard some rumors, but I don't know what the truth behind this matter is. In short, I don't know whether Haotian will cause disasters, but the gods obviously prefer them. Do you know the gods?"

"I know." Not to mention anything else, Doctor Kunwu is Zhurong's god's descendant. To put it bluntly, he is the god's own son. The god's father naturally cared for and loved him in all kinds of ways. When problems arise, the god will shamelessly help him. For example, the last time in the undead dungeon was that the great god Zhurong took the initiative to warn Doctor Kunwu. Deviated from reality, according to the game's setting, if the son chooses to be the father's priest, there will be a lot of extra benefits.

"The gods treat the priest Haotian as they treat their own gods. Maybe it's a little bit, but it's not too far." The bear replied.

If the gods like Kunwu are their own sons, then the Haotian Priest is at least at the level of godson. Moreover, the Kunwu only has Zhu Rong, one biological father, while the Haotian Priest has a lot of godfathers. If you think about it a little, you will understand that a person like Haotian Priest has a simple and easy-to-understand name on the earth, called Hangpin.

If you compare the identity of Haotian priest and the identity of a noble, one is cheating and the other is krypton gold. If you are not krypton gold, you will definitely not be able to fight with cheating. Even if you are krypton gold, it will be difficult to fight with cheating. Because krypton gold has limits, there is no limit on cheating.

So we can fully understand why the wizards occupied Xia Xu but no one dared to provoke him. Even the legal lord of Xia Xu, the king of Song State, and a duke, dared not let go of a single fart.

Zhang Cheng didn't think so at first, but now he really wants to meet this great witch named the wizard.

Just like Doctor Kunwu. Doctor Kunwu did not appear in the game, but used facts to prove that he was a golden thigh. So would the wizard who did not appear in this game be another golden thigh?

The boring journey soon entered the fourth day.

At this moment, the three-person team has completely left the scope of people. On the first day, even if you did not encounter houses, you can still see traces of human (or intelligent race) activities. But now you can only say that you have completely entered the wild world.

A small hill can already be seen in front of them. This hill is also marked on the map, so judging from the map, they have walked about one-third of the road.

In other words, according to the current speed, it is about nine days to arrive in Xiaxu.

However, here, there was a conflict between the guide and the map. The path drawn on the map was obviously required to go around the hillside, and Cheyen believed that it could be passed through the middle of the hill. He knew that this road allowed vehicles to pass. If they walked like this, they would save about a day's journey.

"Look, from this direction, the mountain is not steep, and there is a concave in the middle, which can be passed by vehicles. Even if there is gravel or something, it will be easy to clean it up." Xia An gestured with his hands.

As mentioned earlier, it is late autumn and winter, and the mountain is also full of yellow color. The path Xia An mentioned can be vaguely seen. However, the uphill is a bit steep after all, so the three of them get off the car and lead the horse.

Xia An did not lie because after walking through the initial slope, the ground became flat. Although there were all kinds of bad terrain, it was not so bad that it could stop the vehicle from passing. At most, it would pass by. At noon, Zhang Cheng guessed that he had passed by half a hill. Not only that, they also encountered a clear spring on the mountain. Xia An and Jia both took the opportunity to rest, gave the three horses water, and replenished their water bags.

While the two were drinking horses, Zhang Cheng walked to a large stone beside him and looked around. There was no trace of people around him, and it felt like the vast world was like "no ancient people in front of him, no visitors behind him."

"Young Master Zhang Cheng!" Suddenly, Xia An ran over hurriedly. "Go away!"

"Go away?" Zhang Zhike realized something was wrong. "What's wrong?"

"There are problems here," said Cheyen anxiously. "Let's leave quickly!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng's confused look on his face, Xia An pointed his finger in the distance. "Did you see it from the edges of those trees?"

Zhang Cheng looked into the distance and saw a few trees there. But what are you worried about with a few trees? Then Zhang Cheng noticed the unnatural thing.

At the limit of the field of view, you can see several stumps on the edges of those trees.

It is not the stump formed by the decay and broken tree, but the stump formed by the tree being cut down.

"Is this... are there anyone here?" Zhang Cheng asked. There are residents in this place? He didn't understand Xia An's expression that could only be called "terrified". Logically speaking, a businessman like him should have long been able to work hard for money and hang his head on his crotch.

"It's a wild thief!" Xia An emphasized. Speaking of which, he also felt that the young scholar was really ignorant and had no idea what this situation meant. But I think so, the other party was young and obviously had no experience in traveling far away.

"What is a wild thief? Are savages?" Zhang Cheng asked. The "savages" these days are not close relatives of humans who do not know whether they are real or fantasy. Instead, they refer to those in human society who have a low status and are not even qualified to join the army. Those who are qualified to join the army are called "Chinese people". They are the cornerstone of the rule of lords in various places and have a certain political status. If lords in various places want to do, they must pay attention to the opinions of the Chinese people. However, savages cannot join the army, and they are not even qualified to speak for themselves. They can only accept it.

"The savage is just outside of Wang Hua," Xia An looked as if he was disappointed. "The wild thief is a people who are not convinced by Wang Hua! He is not convinced!" Seeing that Zhang Cheng still didn't understand, he simply made the words clear.

"Savages can do business, as long as they don't make them angry. But wild thieves will kill and rob! And there are all kinds of things among wild thieves!" Including but not limited to all kinds of monsters!

"So, if the thief finds us..."

"We're dead!" Xia An emphasized that he made a gesture that crossed his neck. The savages were customers who could do business. You can say that they were not very good, but they couldn't say that they were not customers. But the thief was a naked bandit robber, and the most brutal bandit robber.

"Just a mere robber." Jia suddenly said beside him. "I have seen a lot of people who are fugitives, prisoners of crimes, etc."

"You can't underestimate the strength of the wild thieves. There are indeed escaped slaves, prisoners, and refugees among them. These are nothing, but there are also some evil gods witches or followers, exiled scholars, and even foreign races, and there are also no shortage of alchemists!" Xia An wanted to pry open the guy's mind and see what was inside.

As a traveler, Xia An is not a person who has no power to tie a chicken. If he encounters an ordinary bandit group, he is still very capable of jumping around. However, if he encounters a wild thief...

You should know that this is the core area of ​​the territory of Zhuxia. If it is those marginal areas, the princes often cannot make any moves to deal with wild thieves in the face of pressure from foreign races, so the strength of the wild thieves is really hard to judge. But in such places, the only reason why wild thieves survive is that they are strong enough. They are so strong that the princes and even the emperor's army cannot gain any advantage. Facing an opponent of this level, Xia An does not feel that he has any chance of winning. Even if there is a young scholar around him.

Wild thieves are the enemy of civilized society. For example, refugees or fugitives, they may have the opportunity to join a wild thieves gang (even if they are treated as cannon fodder), but a combination of wandering merchants and scholars like them is probably not even likely to surrender.
Chapter completed!