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Chapter 28 The Lost Trail

Soon, the meal was ready.

Elder Chen Qun picked up a simple lunch and yelled loudly while eating:

"We have to hurry up in the afternoon. Everyone moves faster, change shifts and let the brothers from another team have dinner."

Zhu Yushou and others finished lunch like a wind, then changed shifts and guarded the guards.

During this period, Zhu Yushou found an opportunity and quietly told Dong Tianbao to pay attention to Zhu Yushou's actions.

After another team of guards finished eating, the caravan quickly finished cleaning up the mess and set off again.

In the afternoon, Zhu Yushou continued to practice "The Story of the Wind and Shadow" at the end of the convoy.

Since it is still in Danling County, it is relatively peaceful. Even though there are occasional thieves along the way, they just greeted him politely when they saw the flag of the Zhu family in Jiangning City.

The caravan's head was symbolically given a little money to buy money and it passed, and there was no conflict.

In the evening, the team had been moving for a whole day, and the caravan members who had been used to running around the northeast all year round were fine.

On the contrary, the guards with stronger cultivation remained highly vigilant all day long, and were nervous and looked quite tired.

"Everyone cheer up and hold on for a while. The first ten miles is Zhangjiaji. There are some delicious food there. Let's go there to rest tonight."

"good!"

With a response, the guards talked happily about what to eat at night. As for the wine, they all knew that they would not have been able to drink it in the past two months.

Half an hour later, the caravan finally arrived at Zhangjiaji.

As early as the afternoon, the caravan leader had already sent a quick horse to arrive here in advance and booked the largest inn in Zhangjiaji.

Under the warm reception of the inn staff, the caravan drove the carriage into the backyard of the inn and placed it in place.

The kitchen has already prepared steaming meals.

The room has also prepared hot water for bathing and beds.

Under the leadership of the two elders, the guards were divided into two groups, just like at noon, whether they were eating, bathing or sleeping, and they were carried out in an orderly manner.

That night, Zhu Yushou and Zhu Qingyang and his team were responsible for the first half of the night on duty.

Zhu Yushou silently calculated today's itinerary and found that he had been waiting for more than 100 miles today.

At this speed, you should be able to reach your destination in less than half a month.

But in previous years, why did the caravans take more than two months to go back and forth?

After asking Zhu Qingyuan for advice on his doubts, Zhu Qingyuan frowned helplessly and said:

"We are still in Danling County. Not only are there no danger, but the official road is flat and the carriages are moving very fast. Of course, it is not a problem to travel a hundred miles a day.

When I entered Beihuang County, there was no one there, there were dense jungle and swamps, and bandits and thieves often attacked me. Not to mention a hundred miles, it would be good to travel fifty miles a day."

"I see."

Zhu Yushou couldn't help laughing at himself for being too stupid. The terrain environment of Beihuang County is far from Danling County. The caravans' travel speeds are naturally different in different terrains. How can they generalize them?

That night was still spent safely and peacefully.

Because thirteen years ago, the Jade-faced Heavenly Lord Meng Junhua and the Seven-Star Alliance almost swept across the entire Green Forest Underworld in Danling County.

The slightly famous gangster masters are dead, the broken, the retired, and the remaining two or three kittens are simply not a climate.

Therefore, the public security of Danling County is one of the best in Qingzhou.

As long as the flag of the Zhu family caravan is planted, there are almost no thiefs who are blind and dare to attack the Zhu family, one of the members of the Seven-Star Alliance.

So in the first few days, the caravan was almost smooth sailing. The speed of travel was also extremely fast, and it took more than 800 miles in seven days.

Taking advantage of this period, Zhu Yushou practiced "The Story of the Wind and Shadow" every day, and finally practiced this body technique to the point of entering the hall.

Now, Zhu Yushou has used his light skills, and his figure is like a phantom of the breeze, like a real and illusion, as fast and slow as his heart, and freely moving and still. Compared to the stagnant and rigidity at the beginning, it is simply a world of difference.

The rapid progress was so shocked that everyone in the caravan was shocked.

It was not until the seventh day that the caravan finally arrived at the junction between Danling County and Beihuang County, which were three forks.

From the edge of Beihuang County to the county town of Bimin City, there are more than 700 miles, and there are two routes to choose from.

However, these two roads are not easy to walk. The one on the left is to pass through a dense jungle foothill. People in Beihuang County call it Mizhilu.

Not only are the roads twisted and dangerous, but there are also monsters and robbers often appearing and caravans walking in it, which is extremely dangerous.

The other road is a huge swamp grassland called Yunmengze. It is not only covered with mud and dark pits, but also covered by miasma all year round, and the danger is no less than the mysterious foothill.

Both places, due to their complex terrain, are very suitable for ambushing.

In order to keep it confidential, the caravan did not formulate a fixed route before departure.

Instead, the two elders, at the intersection of the three forks, negotiated and voted to decide which path to go.

Before this, even the head of the Zhu family would not have predicted the route of the caravan.

Soon, the vote came to the Misty Land.

"Brothers, as long as you pass through these seven hundred miles of Mizhilu, you will be in Mincheng City. However, this Mizhilu is extremely dangerous. Everyone should be cheered up and not be careless."

The caravan members agreed, and Zhu Yushou also stopped practicing "The Wind and Shadow Step" and got on the horse's back.

Moving in such a place, any waste of energy may cause unpredictable consequences.

As soon as I entered the Mysterious Foothill, the surrounding environment changed drastically.

As you see, there are towering trees surrounded by several people. The huge canopy covers the sky and the sun.

The vines growing along the trees wind and winding around the thick trees, and then hung down from the branches, one by one, one by one, and densely packed vines floated around in front of everyone's eyes.

Wei is the most beautiful and natural door curtain in the world, covering this dense and somewhat overly overflowing forest layer by layer.

The dead branches and leaves on the ground were piled up one foot thick. Under the influence of the humid air, the smell of rotten mixed with the stuffy temperature and floated on the noses of everyone.

Due to long-term isolation, in addition to towering ancient trees, rotten leaves on the ground and full of strips, this foothills jungle is densely distributed with countless short bushes, thorns, ground thorns and other plants.

Among the foothills, there is only a path forcibly opened by merchants to allow the carriage to barely advance.

It is just that the pedestrians traveling on this trail are too rare, and in addition to the rotten leaves and the eyes of the trail, there are also countless short bushes, thorns, ground thorns and other plants, blocking the carriage's way forward.

In desperation, the two elders had to send masters who were good at light skills to warn them on the towering trees around them.

While letting the guards take shifts in front, they use the sword in their hands to overcome all obstacles and open up a road for the carriage to advance.

But in this way, the speed of travel will naturally be greatly reduced.

Zhu Yushou estimated that with such a speed of traveling, it would be good to be able to travel fifty miles a day.

The caravan moved forward slowly and firmly, and suddenly, Zhu Yushou, who was leaping between the treetops and reconnaissance with the method of controlling the wind and playing shadows, saw from afar, among the trees hundreds of meters away in front of him.

The leaves suddenly became unique.

If the leaves they are stepping on are dark green and full of vitality now, then the leaves in the forest ahead are dark green, green mysterious, and green deep.

The treetops swayed gently in the breeze, like the ripples on the dark green lake.

A strange and gloomy aura filled the air, looking from a distance, making people feel very uncomfortable.

"Be careful, there seems to be something strange in the woods ahead."

Zhu Yushou stopped slid forward in surprise, feeling a little shocked. His cultivation is getting deeper and his spiritual sense is becoming more acute. Naturally, he can deeply feel the dull and dead aura that is constantly emanating from the dark green woods ahead, and quickly warns the caravans.

"I'll go and have a look."

A burly guard made his debut.

"Be careful in everything!"

A captain nodded and recognized that this person was a disciple of the family's great perfect cultivation level.

Because he majored in physical body, his defense is much stronger than that of his masters at the same level, and it is most suitable for testing such situations that he does not know the depth.
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