Immortal and Demon Cultivation

On the eighth day of September, there were still seven days before the Blood Soul Sect appointed its young leader.

Ye Xiaochuan and Yun Qiyou came to the ancient city of Loulan.

Yes, it was Loulan in the Western Regions that the people of the Middle-earth were most familiar with.

The people of the Middle-earth knew about Loulan mainly because of a poem.

The long clouds of Qinghai darkened the snow-capped mountains, and the lonely city looked at Yumen Pass from afar.

The yellow sand wore golden armor after a hundred battles, and I would not return until Loulan was defeated.

Wang Changling's "Joining the Army" made Loulan, which was not powerful, the representative of the Western Regions in the hearts of the people of the Middle-earth.

As one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, Loulan's land area was not large, and its main activity area was located in the middle and lower reaches of the Peacock River and the Xiaohe River Basin.

The ancient city of Loulan was their capital, surrounded by the Peacock River and the Xiaohe River, and there were thirty-three large and small affiliated city-states.

The famous Xiaohe Cemetery in the Western Regions was created by the Loulan civilization.

The Xiaohe Cemetery has two major symbols.

First, the Loulan beauties of ancient times were unearthed.

Secondly, the Xiaohe Cemetery is a group of ancient tombs of ancient ancestors. In front of each tomb, there is a long piece of wood. The wood is very strange and is carved into a male reproductive dragon.

It can be seen that in the ancient times of the Western Regions, human fertility was not high, and they were very eager to reproduce.

A few years ago, the Xiaohe Cemetery was discovered. Many scholars in the Central Plains and the Western Regions speculated that this might be the site of the Daughter's Kingdom that had disappeared for many years in the Western Regions based on the male reproductive dragon tree stump.

With the excavation of the Loulan Beauty, the mysterious veil of the Xiaohe Cemetery was unveiled.

However, the ancient country of Loulan did have some origins with the former Daughter's Kingdom.

There is a legend in the Western Regions that the real ancient country of Loulan had long been destroyed by the ancient country of Jingjue in the Western Regions.

The ancestors of the Daughter's Kingdom did not all follow His Majesty the King into the Kunlun Wonderland.

Some of the people of the Daughter's Kingdom were left behind. Because there was no Zimu Spring and they could not give birth, they had no choice but to marry a nomadic tribe in the Western Regions.

This tribe claimed to be the descendants of Loulan, and later built the Loulan Kingdom, which now stands in the Xiaohe Basin and the Kongque River Basin of the Western Regions, and has been passed down to this day.

As for whether it is true or not, it has been too long and no one can tell.

The walls of Loulan are not high, not as good as the general big cities in the Middle Earth, let alone compared with the capital of the Middle Earth court.

The four-zhang-high wall is still an earth wall, which can stop the cavalry of the Western Regions. If the enemy has a siege ladder, this earth wall is just a decoration.

This has something to do with the character of the Loulan people.

The Loulan people are relatively weak and not warlike. Among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, the population ranks relatively high, but the overall strength is relatively backward.

Dayuan in the east, Jingjue in the west, Chechi in the south, and Gushi in the north will tease it from time to time.

The teasing mentioned here is not to tease the beautiful young lady of Loulan, but to invade.

Over the years, Loulan has been a fence-sitter, leaning on both sides, and will surrender to whoever attacks.

Therefore, several countries around here often come here to rob gold coins and virgins.

But you can't provoke them too much.

As the saying goes, a dog will jump over the wall when it is desperate.

Hundreds of years ago, there was a greedy king in Dayuan who asked Loulan to pay tribute to Dayuan every year with 500,000 gold coins, 300,000 cattle and sheep, and 100,000 virgins.

Loulan wanted to bargain, but the greedy king of Dayuan didn't take Loulan seriously at all, and even said that if Loulan didn't agree, he would send troops to rob.

Loulan was irritated, mobilized the people of the whole country, mobilized 100,000 warriors, beat the army of Dayuan, and finally broke into the territory of Dayuan, only a hundred miles away from Dayuan City.

The king of Dayuan was frightened and quickly asked for peace.

According to convention, the city-states that were finally entered and occupied dozens of Dayuan will definitely not be returned easily.

Even if they are returned, Dayuan will have to pay a bloody price.

But when the Loulan army heard that the King of Dayuan had surrendered, they turned around and went home immediately without saying anything.

Then, they paid tribute to Dayuan with gold coins, cattle, sheep, and virgins every year according to the custom.

Those who didn't know would think they had lost the battle.

"This is Loulan.

Although the Loulan people are kind and cowardly, the Loulan women are all very beautiful! They are tall, with slender waists, whiter skin than the snow on the Tianshan Mountains, and blue eyes, like the most flawless sapphires in the Western Regions..." When approaching the ancient city of Loulan, Ye Xiaochuan, who was wearing a loose black robe, told Ye Xiaochuan about the civilization and stories of Loulan.

He was not interested in the character of the Loulan people, but he admired the Loulan beauties.

Yun Qiyou sneered at this.

I don't know why, but she just hates Ye Xiaochuan praising other women.

She made up her mind that when she entered Loulan City later, she would drag an old woman from Loulan and expose the lies of the Loulan beauties.

It was dusk when we entered the ancient city. The prosperous ancient city of Loulan seemed very desolate. There were almost no pedestrians on the streets, and the roads were full of messy debris.

There was a fat woman with a dozen old, weak, women and children, driving seven or eight camels, with a veil on her head, obviously going out of the city.

Yun Qiyou pointed at the fat woman and said, "Is this the Loulan beauty you love?"

Ye Xiaochuan said in surprise, "It shouldn't be. I came to Loulan last year. There were beautiful women on the streets here. They were dressed very revealingly, and their waists were exposed. How come it has become like this now?"

The fat woman happened to pass by and said, "Sister, ask, what happened here?"

The fat woman saw that Ye Xiaochuan and Yun Qiyou were wearing black robes with patterns of flames and skulls on them, and knew that they were disciples of the Holy Fire Cult.

She spoke in a somewhat broken Middle-earth language and said, "There is a war again. We... are going to cross the Black Water River."

Ye Xiaochuan understood.

The news of the second wave of catastrophe had been transmitted to the Western Regions a few days ago.

The Demon Cult has issued an order that the countries in the Western Regions and the tribes in the grasslands should implement the previous strategies and tactics and retreat to the Black Water River line in the rear.

In the past two days, I have indeed seen some people in the Western Regions driving camels, cattle and sheep to the northwest on the road, but the entire city, which is still the royal city of a country, was almost completely cleaned up in a short period of time. This is the first time I have seen it.

This also shows that the people of Loulan are timid and cowardly by nature. Once they received the news, they ran away immediately.

But this is also good news. At least the people of Loulan can distinguish the situation and will not be stubborn.

I am afraid that some people in some cities will think that the Western Regions are far away from the main battlefield of the Central Plains, and the army of the Heaven Realm is unlikely to attack, so they will refuse to leave.

That will definitely lead to a miserable death.

More than 70% of the people in Loulan Ancient City have fled. When it was dark, Ye Xiaochuan and Yun Qiyou finally found a tavern inn.

Not to mention, it was quite lively inside.

There were not many ordinary people drinking and eating meat here, almost all of them were disciples of the Demon Sect wearing black robes.

Looking at the blood dripping marks on their clothes, it can be seen that most of them are disciples of the Shura Sect, a branch of the Demon Sect.

This is no wonder.

The main altar of the Shura Sect is hundreds of miles west of the ancient city of Loulan. This is the sphere of influence of the Shura Sect. It is not surprising to meet so many disciples of the Shura Sect here.