Chapter 361 Resting Place

The next day after taking the Turtle Fragrance Fruit, the attributes of the Di Lu Horse were all restored to their best state. It awakened a new magical power, the Instant Shadow, which increased its speed extremely quickly and left a series of phantoms to confuse the enemy. It was very useful for both traveling and killing enemies.

When Hua Kai rode the Di Lu Horse again, he felt that it was a little bigger, taller than Tang Lei's sweat-blooded horse, the Xiao Teng. Its legs became slender and powerful. Compared with Xue Chen next to him, the sixth-level divine horse was much stronger than the fifth-level divine horse. It might be more realistic to call the Di Lu a half-spiritual beast.

Since entering the Death Desert in early October, Hua Kai has walked in the desert for a month, but still has not walked out of the desert. The desert has been unusually cold these nights. In order to protect the divine horse, Hua Kai asked someone to make a special thickened and warm tent, which his uncle passed to him. In order to prevent the tent from being blown away by the wind every day, Hua Kai spent a lot of time looking for a place to set up the tent.

Finally, on November 9, Hua Kai finally saw the front entering the rocky beach, which meant that the desert was finally coming to an end.

After riding for thousands of miles, they finally saw the grassland again, but it felt different from the west of the Death Desert. Hua Kai had never seen the plants on the grassland. Most of the grass was thin and long, which was different from the surrounding areas of the Central Plains.

What made people uncomfortable was that there was no spiritual energy here. It was useless to activate the mind method here. Instead, it would use one's own true energy to hone the body, making the true energy in the body less and less.

The good thing was that the power of will was extremely clear here. When Hua Kai activated the [Power of Ice], the air around him was shrouded by more ice air. The rules of heaven and earth here were much clearer than those in the Central Plains.

The two continued to ride westward. They only saw sparse wild animals and flying birds on the road. The number of creatures was much less than that in the Dayuan area. Compared with the places Hua Kai was familiar with, it was unusually quiet.

After walking for more than 2,000 miles, Hua Kai saw a forest in the distance. The trees in this forest seemed sparse and weak. All the trees were just ordinary wood. There was no spiritual energy here, so there was no spiritual wood.

The two had to drink a few sips of [Spiritual Liquid] every half a day to replenish their internal Qi, otherwise it would be too uncomfortable without it. The two horses had to gallop all the way, and they had to replenish [Spiritual Liquid] every half an hour. After walking for a few more hours, Hua Kai suddenly felt someone hiding behind a bush.

He signaled Xue Chen to stop the horse, and the two slowly walked over.

"Hello, we are merchants from the East, we have no ill intentions, where is the nearest city here?" Hua Kai said.

A man with a bare upper body and only a fur skirt came out slowly with a wooden spear in his hand. He saw Hua Kai and Xue Chen's faces full of vigilance.

"Seleucia is in the west, you have to go a long way to see it, we don't have a city here, are you from... Shenzhou?" The man said carefully, he could feel that he was as weak as a chicken in front of these two people.

"Yes, we crossed the Death Desert and walked here, bringing some goods from the East, hoping to trade with you in exchange for spiritual medicine and strange stones." Hua Kai said tentatively.

"Come with me, I will take you back to our tribe! Our tribe witch knows a lot of things, he can communicate with gods, you can ask our tribe leader for something in exchange." The young man looked at Hua Kai and Xue Chen, and finally decided to take them back to the tribe.

Hua Kai looked at the other party, the civilization process of this resting place seemed to be still in a semi-primitive society, but the language used by the other party was very similar to theirs, with a little Qin accent and a little Qiang accent.

The two rode horses and followed each other over two mountains and came to a mountain village. The civilization here was higher than Hua Kai imagined. The houses they lived in were built with a mixture of stone and wood. There were many wooden ladders on a hillside. Watching the young man quickly climb to the top of the wooden ladder, Hua Kai and Xue Chen flew to their mountain village on horseback.

There were about 200 people in this tribe. When they saw the two people riding horses, they all stood in the distance in fear. Hua Kai and Xue Chen stood there waiting. After a while, a burly middle-aged man came out with more than ten people. They were wearing animal skins and seemed to have a higher status than the young man just now.

"Dear guest, I am the leader of this tribe. Our tribe has not come to Shenzhou for business for more than 40 years. Our wizard will arrive later. If you have any questions, you can ask the wizard. Our tribe also has some great medicines and strange stones that can be exchanged with you." The tribe said.

Hua Kai felt that this leader had the strength of Qidong Realm, and the more than ten people around him also had the strength of Kaiyuan Realm. In this world without spiritual energy, the other party could actually cultivate to such a realm. This is really magical. Hua Kai observed carefully that their strength should come from the magical totems all over their bodies. Those totems have been absorbing various will powers between heaven and earth. This magical way of cultivation is the first time Hua Kai has heard of it.

After a while, a short, thin old man came over from a distance, looking as if a strong wind could blow him down at any time.

"Hello, two distinguished guests, please come into the tribe and have a chat!" The old priest looked frail, but his eyes were unusually bright. Hua Kai was able to consider that the other party was surrounded by the [Golden Rule] around his body. He turned out to be a master who had comprehended the power of will?

With doubts, Hua Kai and Xue Chen entered the tribe. They came to the largest stone house in the mountain village, which was the residence of the witch.

"The land of the East Land Shenzhou is a place favored by the heaven. Legend has it that there is something called spiritual energy there, which can make humans extremely powerful. Many people can easily reach the leader level. The strength of the great leader and the city lord can be seen everywhere there. Our tribe also had three East Land merchants come to our tribe more than 40 years ago. Today, the two distinguished guests can come to our tribe. It is the favor of God to our tribe." The witch invited Hua Kai and Xue Chen into the house and was very polite to them.

It turns out that people from the East often come to this resting place. To reach here, at least one must have the strength of the Xiantian Realm. People from the Central Plains and even some grassland tribes come here every few years. However, they transport goods or use space magic treasures or their own space. Most of the goods they transport are cloth, weapons, sugar, tea and other things.

Hua Kai was in this house and suddenly felt a spiritual probe sweeping over him. The probe should have comprehended the fourth level or above of [Golden Will]. He turned his head and looked at a huge totem on the wall.

"Dear guests, please don't be angry. Just now, the will of the gods of my tribe came. He asked me to say hello to the two guests. Our tribe dare not have any ill will towards the guests. This should be your first time to come to the resting place. I will tell you all the questions. We will also take out all the great medicines and strange stones to trade with the guests." The witch saw Hua Kai frowning and knew that he was unhappy, so he hurriedly said to him.

Hua Kai didn't care about that. He came to the other party's totem and invested his mental power, but he didn't feel any signs of life. Wu stood beside Hua Kai and didn't dare to speak. Hua Kai and Xue Chen could exterminate their tribe at will.

"Tell me about your gods! I'm still quite interested in this. And I saw that many of your warriors have totems on their bodies, and their power is much greater than that of ordinary people. What's going on?" Hua Kai said.

Wu told Hua Kai seriously about the existence of gods and witches. It was very simple to say.

It turned out that the power system here was very different from that of the East. After understanding the will of heaven and earth, they could be called "witches". Wu could communicate with heaven and earth through mental power, and use the blood of wild beasts or even monsters to carve some special patterns, so that people could communicate with the will of heaven and earth through these totems, thereby increasing their own strength.

Those who comprehend the power of the third level of the will of heaven and earth are called great witches. At this time, their strength is no weaker than that of the general foundation-building realm. Because witches do not cultivate their bodies and have no true qi, they can generally live to 300 years old. At around 250 years old, great witches will bury themselves early in the witch land and fall into a deep sleep. If they can comprehend the fourth level of the will of heaven and earth when they die, their life span can be increased to 1,000 years. Because of their weak bodies, they generally do not come out of the coffin, and use their spiritual power to protect and educate the entire tribe. This is the way the tribes of the Resting Land survive.

If a tribe has no gods, or the gods die at the end of their lives, the tribe will soon fall. If the tribe has no witches and no new totem warriors are produced, the tribe will gradually die out.

In addition, some special totem warriors can also reach a particularly strong level by relying on the power of totems. For example, some leaders of large tribes are all in the Qi training realm. If they can integrate their own totems into their own power of comprehending will, they can be promoted to become a divine servant and become the spokesperson of God. Their combat power is not weaker than some "gods".

Hua Kai also felt magical when he heard this. There are really many wonders in the world. There is spiritual energy in the East, and these complicated methods are completely useless. He asked about the spiritual medicine and strange stones here.

There is no spiritual energy here, but some special spiritual medicines actually grow by absorbing the will of heaven and earth. These spiritual medicines are at least 8th grade or above, and most of them are spiritual treasures. Therefore, merchants who arrive here safely from the East can get very lucrative profits as long as they can exchange a few spiritual medicines and return to the East.

"I wanted to communicate with your god in person, but since he is unwilling, forget it. We are trading with you fairly with goodwill. You can bring anything you have. Tell me what you need." Hua Kai said.

Upon hearing this, the witch hurriedly asked someone to notify the tribal leader that they were about to start trading.

Hua Kai and Xue Chen came to the tribal leader's house, which was only slightly smaller than the witch's room. He saw a pile of strange stones on the other side's stone table.

"You are going to trade with us with these things? There are not many pieces that can be used, and the value is not high. Where is the great medicine you are talking about?" Hua Kai couldn't help but say when he saw this.