People are at the end of the world, so how can the end of the world be so far away?
The end of the world is indeed not far away. It is on the southwest border of Zhongzhou. As long as you have a good sense of direction, you can always reach it.
"Tianya" is a border town and an inaccessible place.
Rather than saying this is a small town, it would be more appropriate to call it a village.
Because the total number of permanent residents and scattered businessmen in this town is only a hundred, so in terms of number, compared with some ordinary villages, it may be slightly lower than that of some ordinary villages.
The town covers an area of ten acres, and beyond the ten acres, the sky is connected to the yellow sand, and the yellow sand is connected to the sky. These ten acres of land are the largest oasis within a radius of 500 miles.
Tianya Town is located at an extremely high altitude. Therefore, it is early spring, and the cold wind is still chilling in the town. It is sunset, and the sky above the town is still as bright as day.
Life always likes to joke with people, and nature is no exception. Just when people think they have adapted to the rhythm of small town life, are accustomed to the unusual climate, and are not surprised, suddenly a bolt from the blue falls!
Just seven days ago, something extremely strange happened in the small town.
On that day, when the sun was about to rise three poles high, the scorching sun lost its former glory, and the sky and the earth lost color until it was dark and dark.
This abnormal celestial phenomenon soon caused a few townspeople to walk out of their homes, brave the sudden wind and rain, and kneel on the ground, praying to God for a lighter punishment.
Even if the short shopkeeper, who is known as "the smartest in town", comes out and tells everyone that this is the sign of the Tengu eclipsing the sun, and it only lasts for an hour from beginning to end, there is no need to worry, no one dares to stand up from the ground easily.
As the saying goes, people rely on mountains to eat and water to eat. People think that they can live a happy life today thanks to this oasis gifted by God. Only by being in awe can we live better. How can we disrespect the majesty of God?
Perhaps it was this awe that moved God, and allowed the generations living in Tianya Town to live a life close to the paradise for a long time. Of course, this is a story for another day.
On that day and at that hour, although people in Tianya Town could hardly see the sky, they could still see their fingers when they stretched out their hands.
However, in the Xunfeng Valley, which is also in the Kunlun realm and thousands of miles away, there is a real darkness during a cup of tea, and the eyes are dark.
It is said that the weather is different every ten miles, and the wind in the Xunfeng Valley that day was stronger than usual. Although there was no heavy rain, it could not burn any light.
If that's just the case, that's it. Not everyone is afraid of the dark, not to mention that most of the people in the world who lick blood with their swords have practiced courage.
However, in the face of darkness, the unknown, and the turmoil, the spread of panic is indeed incalculable.
Where did the riots come from?
It turns out that someone in the darkness still managed to light a fire.
However, the flash of light did not bring any sense of security to these people in the world. Instead, shocking scenes were presented to them.
There were flickering lights of fire crackers everywhere in the valley, and someone saw the person next to them. The person in front of them had their neck wiped, their arms removed, or their stomachs disemboweled!
Then all kinds of screams, angry sounds, angry curses, and calls to kill were heard everywhere.
Everyone raised their swords and swung them aside. If they didn't do this, they would only be the ones to be struck by the sword.
In just one cup of tea, the Xunfeng Valley was filled with blood.
When the light gradually returns, the river of blood is still flowing.
Before people had time to regret whether the butcher knife in their hands had hurt their companions, they were already frightened out of their wits by greater fear.
Sandstorm!
The overwhelming sand and gravel seemed to be paying the price for this farce of killing.
The dead will all be covered under the loess, and God has prepared graves for them.
The people who are not dead have become the people who are about to die, and they are actually going to be buried here!
That day, hundreds of gangsters from dozens of gangs suffered more than half of their casualties in this natural and man-made disaster!
Why is it said to be a man-made disaster?
After all, there are still many people who remain calm at critical moments.
People's hearts are in turmoil and they are killing each other, and they are powerless to stop them.
However, they were extremely perceptive and discovered that at the beginning of the day, dozens of black shadows were escaping from the bottom of the valley through ropes descending from the sky.
At that time, they finally realized that this was a shocking conspiracy!
Seven days ago, people in Tianya Town knew nothing about this.
Now, seven days later, almost everyone in the town knows that something big happened in Xunfeng Valley thousands of miles away!
The residents of the small town have simple folk customs, but there are many wise people who have discovered the clues.
Xunfeng Valley, as its name suggests, has two strong winds. There is constant wind all year round. If the climate changes slightly, there will be strong winds in the valley, making it difficult for people and things to move.
That day there was a strange phenomenon in the sky and the earth, the temperature suddenly changed, and strong winds must have arisen in the valley, but where did the sand come from?
More than 300 miles to the east of Xunfeng Valley is the Kunlun Mountains, and more than 100 miles to the west is the "Boundless Sea".
There is a Kunlun sect on Kunlun Mountain, and the "Boundless Sea" does not have a sea, but a sky full of yellow sand.
People may be familiar with the road to the Kunlun Sect, but if they are not very familiar with the situation in the Kunlun Territory, they will not know that there is such a valley with a unique geographical phenomenon behind the Kunlun Sect.
Little did I know that during this journey of more than a hundred miles, the vegetation was sparse and wind and sand were often raging.
Even if this is the case, there won't be sand and dust rising into the sky, covering the valleys hundreds of miles away with ten feet of thick soil, right?
unless……
Unless all the big and small trees in this hundred miles of land are cut down!
Since he is known as the "smartest in town", the short shopkeeper can naturally guess the general reason of this matter.
But when some ignorant person in town asked the short shopkeeper, who always took the trouble to answer people's questions, what happened, he smiled meaningfully, shook his head, and didn't know anything about it.
Those with good eyesight can see the eleven big characters written on the face of the short shopkeeper: "You can guess, but I won't tell you!"
It's as if there is no three hundred taels of silver here, as if he is the mastermind of this matter.
But people can't help but wonder, can the smartest person in this town really control the weather thousands of miles away?
If this is really the case, what is the motive of the short shopkeeper?
For money?
Shopkeeper Ai owns the largest building in Tianya Town - Liuhe Building. Although his business is not booming, it is not difficult to have enough food and clothing.
The dead and injured were all Jianghu people. People in Jianghu are brave and fierce, but in the final analysis, most of them are forced to embark on an unpredictable road of life and death for the sake of livelihood. Shopkeeper Gao will never get into trouble with these Jianghu people just for money.
For a name?
How could a person who has been content to live in a small border town for more than ten years harm the lives of others for the sake of fame?
For love?
The short shopkeeper looks ordinary, but he is loyal and honest. He is deeply loved by beautiful women. They stay with him day and night, and there will never be any love affairs that can make him want to kill.
For revenge?
A person who lives in a corner and has no fights with the world has long since let go of any bloody feuds in the past.
The short shopkeeper always has a smile on his face. Being a shopkeeper may not make a lot of money every day, but if he can always smile in front of others and behind others, it means that this person is very satisfied with his current life.
Shopkeeper Ai has a pretty daughter-in-law, who is also the shopkeeper of Liuhe Building. She has a family and a career, and can live and work in peace and contentment. It is indeed difficult for people to be dissatisfied with life.
In the eyes of everyone, Shopkeeper Ai seems to be extremely satisfied with the current situation. He does not have any motive to plan a conspiracy to kill thousands of people in the world.
On this day, the news from afar had not yet subsided in the town, and the town welcomed a new guest.
Five groups of guests came from the east.
The first batch of guests was the largest, with twenty-three people in total.
Eighteen of them were all dressed in black linings. At this time when it was warm but still cold, they were still wearing such thin clothes. Apart from being strong, was there any special reason?
The last four groups of guests were much smaller in number. They were in groups of twos and threes, and the total of the four groups was only thirteen people.
Of course, no matter which group of guests they were, they all had fatigue on their faces. This kind of fatigue was beyond what they usually see. This was the fatigue of traveling a long distance with little rest.
Could it be that these people have suffered something?
Could it be that they were the survivors who crawled out of the Xunfeng Valley?
The people in the small town did not dare to draw conclusions. Everyone received these foreign guests with due enthusiasm. After all, it was not difficult to see that these people did not even have the strength to speak at this time.
Liuhe Building is the only inn in town.
Five groups of guests came here without exception.
It's great to have friends come from far away, let alone guests. The short shopkeeper should have been smiling broadly, but when he saw the first batch of guests, the purple-robed young master with a fan in his arms, although he was still smiling, his smile was superficial.
The non-smiling look clearly betrayed his inner thoughts.
Although the young man in purple clothes and carrying a fan looked dazzling to most people in the town, the short shopkeeper couldn't help but frown, as if this man was the initiator of that incident!