During the day, we traveled and visited mountains and rivers. At night, we took out our tents and rested directly on the vast grassland.
Sometimes he would be attacked by wolf demons and wolves. Unless he encountered something completely beyond Zhu Xi's ability, Xiang Chen would ignore it and leave it to Zhu Xi to deal with it.
Sometimes when meeting a shepherd tribe, Xiang Chen and Zhu Xi would spend money to buy some beef and mutton and stay in the tribe for a few nights.
The men of these shepherd tribes are not all human beings, some are intelligent wolves, foxes, rats, and birds who have transformed into humans.
These demon clans do not eat humans. They also live a herding life, raising cattle and sheep. They are all members of the Beiyuan Empire.
The Beiyuan Empire believed in the Jiejiao religion. The teachings of the Jiejiao religion were such that there was no distinction between religions. Even the races in the countries that believed in the Jiejiao religion were all kinds of strange, and most of them could live in peace with the human race.
These tribal men are also bold and generous, and they are very enthusiastic when guests like Xiang Chen pass by. They spend a little money to entertain them with good wine and meat. Sometimes the food and wine spent by the other party to entertain them after staying for a few days even exceeds the price given at that time.
On the one hand, the customs are like this, and on the other hand, the grassland is too big, with a vast land and sparsely populated areas. The distance between one tribe and another is far, so it is rare for guests to come.
When guests come, you can entertain them with good wine and meat. If you drink too much, you can't leave even if you want to, so you can keep the guests for a while.
This allowed Xiang Chen to see the customs and scenery in different Tianfeng dynasties, and it also made Zhu Xi understand a truth.
Regardless of any dynasty or empire, local people are equally good and bad.
Perhaps in the eyes of the people of Tianfeng, the people of the Beiyuan Empire are all barbarians and bloodthirsty barbarians and beasts. But when you really step into it and integrate into it with other identities, you will find that this is not the case.
In the eyes of the people of the Beiyuan Empire, the Tianfeng Dynasty was a treacherous, cunning and weak people, but only after truly stepping into the Tianfeng Dynasty and integrating into it did they realize that this was not the case.
The two of them marched all the way, staying overnight in the werewolf tribe, the fox tribe, and the cow tribe, and nothing unpleasant happened to them.
Zhu Xi also curiously asked the people of the Niu Tribe, did they also eat cows?
The answer is yes, but the cattle they eat are essentially different from them. The difference between monsters and ordinary beasts is the difference between intelligent and non-intelligent animals.
This is probably the same as how people in some places eat monkeys.
In addition to such tribes, I have also encountered some mixed tribes, which are a tribe with a mixture of humans, wolf tribes, cow tribes, fox tribes, etc.
And such a tribe needs a very strong leader that everyone can believe in to control it, otherwise racial conflicts will easily occur when different races are mixed together.
Of course, walking in the Northern Yuan Dynasty was not peaceful and even chaotic. We also saw fights between different tribes on the road, fighting for pastures.
They have also encountered large-scale attacks by horse bandits on the tribe, and they themselves have also encountered attacks by horse bandits.
In terms of public security, the Northern Yuan Empire did not have the same peace as the Tianfeng Dynasty, and it also had the disadvantages of multi-racial and multi-tribal mixing. Even under the rule of an empire, conflicts between different races were still prone to occur. This was unavoidable.
For example, when a wolf tribe and a sheep tribe and an ox tribe meet, fights and conflicts are prone to break out, and the genetic instinct of hostility is affected.
The father and daughter walked for three years and entered the depths of the grassland. They met a pure human tribe and stayed in this tribe for the night.
"Where do these distinguished guests come from?"
A burly man with shiny hair was holding a knife to cut Xiang Chen's meat, and there were women beside him to help pour wine.
Xiang Chen did not hide anything and said: "Come from Tianlang City, a remote land, and travel to the Northern Yuan Dynasty."
"Sirius City?" The male host and the woman looked at each other, then both shook their heads, saying they had not heard of it.
The news in this extremely vast grassland of heaven and earth is much more obscure than that of the Tianfeng Dynasty.
"I must have walked for a long time, right? I must have encountered many dangers along the way. It is not easy to come to us in a remote place. As a distinguished guest from Jingyuan, my name is Gebaori." The male host picked up the cup.
Got the wine bowl.
"Mu Chen, thank you fellow Taoist for your hospitality and your willingness to stay overnight." The two of them touched each other and drank the wine in one gulp.
"Haha, it's rare to see a guest in this ghost place all year round. Of course, you should treat him well when you meet him. Come, let's have three more bowls with my friends."
The two of them didn't eat much food, but drank several large bowls of wine first.
Zhu Xi was showing off his experiences along the way with a pair of chubby boys and girls next to him who looked to be seven or eight years old. The boy and girl were exclaimed in surprise.
When Xiang Chen was drinking with the host and hostess, he could clearly feel the sadness hidden deep in their expressions, but Xiang Chen didn't meddle in other people's business or ask any questions.
After staying for seven or eight days in a row, the two of them rested and prepared to continue the night before departure.
"drive--"
A rapid sound of horse hooves was heard, and the horse quickly rushed into the largest tent in the tribe.
Ge Baori in the big tent looked sad.
"Is it coming so soon——"
"Chief, we have to leave quickly, otherwise we won't be able to leave when the people from the Lion Tribe arrive." The person who reported the report quickly said.
"Hey, I got it. Tell all the tribesmen to gather their cattle and sheep and prepare to dismantle the tents and continue the migration."
"yes!"
Soon the sound spread throughout the tribe, and thousands of people in the tribe began to dismantle their tents, collect their grazing cattle and sheep, and start a large-scale migration with the cattle and sheep.
Ge Baori said to Xiang Chen: "I'm sorry, my friend, we are moving away from this place and can no longer entertain you. I hope we can meet again by chance."
Xiang Chen cupped his fists and said, "Where is it? We are just about to leave. We have had a very pleasant time in your tribe."
The two said goodbye, and soon Gebaori led his tribe and began to leave the pasture, driving their tribe's cattle and sheep.
Zhu Xi said: "The Gebaori family and the people in this tribe have a hidden panic and negative emotion in their hearts. I don't like it, but Axie likes it very much."
The Ah Xie in Zhu Xi's mouth is the other half of her personality.
Xiang Chen said calmly: "All living beings have their own sufferings, let's go."
Zhu Xi nodded and said nothing more and the two continued on their way.
Not long after walking, there was a roar from the ground in the distance.
I saw tens of thousands of lion-like monsters galloping towards me. On the backs of these monster lions were warriors holding scimitars and wearing armor.
The lions were howling wildly, and the people were also howling wildly, which looked quite spectacular.
This team of more than 10,000 lions was galloping in their direction, charging towards the two small figures with the powerful momentum of thousands of troops, as if they could be crushed into powder at any time.