Chapter 70 The Smoke in Front of the Gesar Palace
Strolling in the declining city, Chu Xiang only saw three young people. These three young Tibetans had peaceful expressions, no sadness or joy. Apparently, like the old people, they had the consciousness of death.
Although there are few people in the city, the streets are very clean and there is no garbage. Unlike the cities where people fled, where discarded items are everywhere, it is as clean and tidy as ever. The only difference is that the people are gone, and the government departments that maintain order are also empty.
, the entire city was abandoned, leaving only the monks who persisted, the elderly who did not want to leave their homes, and tourists from other places.
Wandering around, I arrived at the foot of Gesar Palace unknowingly. What surprised Chu Xiang was that there was a barbecue stall in front of the Gesar Palace Square. The smoke was curling up and the fragrance was overflowing. It was packed with people.
Gesar Palace Square is very big, and this barbecue stall is not too small either. There are tables and chairs covering almost two-thirds of the square. There are people at every table, mostly one person per table, rarely several people per table, there are three
A bearded middle-aged man wearing a white hat and a machete hanging from his waist was barbecuing, two young men in white hats were running errands, and an old man with a gray beard was sitting next to the barbecue stall smoking a cigarette.
Chu Xiang already knew the relevant information, but he did not expect that the situation would develop like this. These intruders would be so unscrupulous and gather directly in front of Gesar Palace.
The customers at the barbecue stall are not ordinary people. They all carry knives and swords, and many carry guns. They are divided into two obviously opposing groups. They are all Chinese here, accounting for about two-fifths of the total, and they are all sitting
To the northeast of the square, facing the southwest, most of the others are foreigners, including black and white people of mixed race. There are even a dozen women, all of whom have fierce auras, forming a confrontation with the Chinese here.
Everyone was sitting quietly, some were eating barbecue, some tables were already piled with bones, and they didn't know how long they had been eating, and some were looking at the piece of barbecue in front of them, sitting quietly, not knowing.
Speechless and motionless.
Unexpectedly, Chu Xiang was a little surprised that the foreign coalition forces were so arrogant and confronted the masters who came to protect Gesar Palace. But if you think about it carefully, their strategy is not surprising at all. The Thirteen-Nation Alliance Army,
It is difficult to command in the first place, and most of them are not familiar with the situation in China. They can easily be defeated individually if they act separately. If they gather like this,
Being mixed up with the domestic guardians, China cannot use tactical weapons to attack them, and it can also reduce the difficulty of their command. Furthermore, by displaying part of its power openly, it can confuse the guardians to cover the secret forces. If the guardians do not gather together,
To counterbalance China's strength, it can also break through China's defense line in one battle and resolve the battle quickly to avoid being held back by domestic reinforcements.
These foreigners seem to be unruly people. The other party's commander can make them obey orders and they are obviously not mediocre. The information given above does not clarify who the other party's commander is, and it is impossible to locate the other party's location. If it can be determined
It is undoubtedly best to kill the opponent's commander directly.
Chu Xiangzheng was about to go over and see how the barbecue was being sold, when he saw a wooden board erected next to the barbecue stall, which said in Chinese and English: Only real money and silver will be accepted.
Touching his pocket, there was neither real gold nor silver. Chu Xiang could only sigh.
Just as Chu Xiang was about to leave, a voice came: "Friend, we're here unexpectedly, why don't you come and sit down."
The speaker was a middle-aged man with a sinewy face. He was sitting at a table by himself. A cooked copper rod was standing on the edge of the table. He was facing Chu Xiang. When Chu Xiang looked over, he raised his glass to signal.
Chu Xiang smiled, shook his head and said, "No money."
"What's the problem? I'll invite you." said the strong man.
"Forget it, I don't have money in my pocket and I can't have a stable meal." Chu Xiang cupped his hands and turned to leave.
"What a pity." The strong man returned the favor and continued drinking alone.
The barbecue stall was facing the Gesar Palace. He raised his head and glanced at the majestic palace. Chu Xiang was shocked and walked around the Gesar Palace to observe it carefully. He didn't feel anything when he came here before. Now he looked at this palace and this place.
It made him feel a little strange, and the people inside also made him feel a little strange. The overall atmosphere of this place was like a sleeping dragon, which made him a little afraid. He wanted to go up, but he didn't dare to go up.
It is a mysterious place. After observing the Gesar Palace, Chu Xiang found that the palace was far more mysterious than he imagined, and the secrets inside could not be seen at all. Thinking of the business of this trip, Chu Xiang walked around the Gesar Palace again.
In a circle, Chu Xiang's eyes were always on Gesar Palace.
, but the six senses have always been focused on the people around him. After going around, Chu Xiang 'saw' many people. Many of the people dormant around Gesar Palace were all people with deep auras, and some showed obvious hostility.
There are lurkers with obscure breaths and curious watchers.
It is even more difficult to distinguish between friends and foes. You can't even see anyone, and you can't tell whether the other party is a foreigner or a Chinese. Even if you are Chinese, there is no guarantee that you are a comrade-in-arms. It may have been instigated by the other party, not to mention these comrades-in-arms.
There are probably many people who have enmity against each other.
After going around for a while, although the six senses were not focused on the Gesar Palace, Chu Xiang clearly felt that the Gesar Palace in his senses was somewhat different. His six senses seemed to penetrate deeper and the things he sensed were clearer.
With joy in his heart, Chu Xiang began to surround Gesar non-stop.
As he walked around the palace, with each additional circle, the Gesar Palace became clearer and different to his senses. It was like peeling off layers of cabbage, and his senses became more and more acute.
The six senses have been extended to the surrounding hills, and more lurking people have been seen.
Seeing Chu Xiang going around in circles, someone on the top of the hill couldn't help but poked his head out to see, wondering whether he was an enemy or a friend.
It was getting dark, and his vision was getting blurry. Chu Xiang was still circling, round and round, with no intention of stopping. The customers at the barbecue stall were still eating meat and drinking, and no one wanted to leave.
Meaning. The number of people at the barbecue stall is constantly increasing, including Chinese and foreigners. The atmosphere is becoming more and more depressing. Heavy clouds are hanging overhead, and I wonder if a storm is coming.
It was getting dark, and the silent Gesar Palace gradually disappeared into the night. The charcoal fire in the barbecue stall seemed to be getting hotter, making the faces of the people next to it blush. An unspeakable strange atmosphere was brewing and spreading.
Seventy-six times, when Chu Xiang walked seventy-six times around the Gesar Palace, it was dawn. The rising sun was rising in the east, and the sky was full of morning glow. The magnificent Gesar Palace gradually revealed its clear face in the morning mist, as if angry.
The dragon woke up, and Shen Ning's majestic momentum was frightening. He could clearly sense the aura of the palace, and Chu Xiang's heart trembled, as if he was afraid, but also excited.
When Chu Xiang made eighty-two turns around the Gesar Palace, a lonely figure appeared under the rising sun in the east, slowly walking towards the Gesar Palace, his slim figure stretched out a long line on the ground.
The shadow, under the illumination of the morning sun, is still like ice that has not melted for thousands of years, lonely and cold.
The cold figure that could not even be warmed by the sun, but like the dazzling sun, attracted everyone's attention. Everyone at the barbecue stall looked at the slowly walking figure, and the atmosphere suddenly changed. The domestic defenders became more powerful, and the foreign coalition forces
The intruder lost his arrogance and hesitated.
Suddenly, there was a smell of burning. The chef at the barbecue stall looked at Gu Leng's figure and forgot to look at the fire. The meat on the stove was burnt.
The cold figure slightly raised his head and glanced at the majestic Sagar Palace, then slowly turned his head, glanced at the people at the barbecue stall, and continued to move forward. After a while, the figure appeared on the right side of the foot of Gesar Palace.
Yaowang Palace Observation Deck.
The cold figure stood on the observation deck with his hands behind his hands, slightly raising his head and looking at Gesar Palace, as if he had become an ice sculpture, one that even avoided sunlight.
When Chu Xiang turned eighty-three in front of Yaowang Palace, the cold figure above looked down at Chu Xiang, then returned to his original state.
Surprised, very surprised, Chu Xiang did not expect to see Liu Boyong here. The sword god Liu Boyong was here, the strongest person in the martial arts conference who was awarded the rank of major general.
The exchange of glances between Chu Xiang and Liu Boyong was like a stone dropped on a calm lake. Ripples spread in the hearts of everyone at the barbecue stall. Some were excited, some were nervous, some were calm, and some were frightened.
The appearance of Liu Boyong stirred up the storm in the sky. The sky suddenly changed, the people at the barbecue stall were different, the dormant atmosphere around them also changed, and a storm was coming.
When he turned eighty-five and returned to the front of Gesar Palace, Chu Xiang saw special people again - a stooped old couple, the two of them were walking slowly from the northeast street, supporting each other.
His head full of white hair, old and withered hands and feet, and his body so old that he could hardly walk made people suspect that he might collapse at any time.
Naturally, the people who came here at this time were not ordinary people. Chu Xiang hesitated, walked up to the two elderly people, and supported the old couple.
The old couple were unaware of Chu Xiang's approach. Chu Xiang's hand supported them, and they realized that there was another person next to them. The old man raised his head and glanced at Chu Xiang with difficulty, showing a wrinkled smile, and said with a smile as if he was ready at any time.
The dying voice said: "Thank you very much, young man."
"Honey, there are still good people in the world." The old woman slowly turned her head and said to the old man who was supporting her, as if she was afraid that she would break her neck by turning her head too quickly.
"Thank you, kind-hearted young man." The old woman showed a toothless smile and looked at Chu Xiang kindly.
Chu Xiang smiled.
Supporting the two elderly people, they walked slowly forward step by step, probably only a little faster than ants. After walking for a long time, the three of them reached the guardrail of Gesar Palace Square.
"Thank you, young man. I need to take a rest. You can go ahead." The old woman grabbed the guardrail and said.
Helping the two elderly people to sit down, Chu Xiang exerted slight force on his feet. The hard concrete floor cracked. Chu Xiang tore off the connecting steel bars, grabbed the cement board and inserted it vertically into the hard ground to block the cold northeast wind.
Everyone at the barbecue stall was horrified when they saw Chu Xiang cracking stone monuments, breaking iron and steel, and easily lifting up a 30 to 40 centimeter thick concrete pavement weighing at least 500 to 600 kilograms and inserting it into the ground with ease.
"Thank you, young man." The old man said gratefully, with no surprise on his face, as if what Chu Xiang did was just an ordinary thing.
Nodding slightly, Chu Xiang continued to circle around. Everyone at the barbecue stall observed the old couple for a while, and continued to drink and eat meat.
The square returned to calm, as if the circle could never be completed, and the food and wine could never be eaten. The sun gradually rose, and under the warm sun, when Chu Xiang passed by the Gesar Palace again, the elderly couple had already
He fell asleep leaning against the guardrail.
The number of people at the barbecue stall continued to increase. At the eighty-sixth circle, a foreign drunkard with blond hair and blue eyes staggered towards the Gesar Palace. He was drunk and kept pouring wine into his mouth as he walked.
As soon as he arrived at the foot of Gesar Palace, his swaying figure fell drunkenly into the grass, snoring loudly.
At noon, a thin monk appeared on the street west of Gesar Palace. The monk kowtowed step by step and measured the road under his feet with his life-long head. His dark face was full of the vicissitudes of time, and his gray stubble seemed to
Like steel needles, half of his skinny arms were exposed and were as dark as if they were made of steel. His expression was stoic and pious. He was barefoot like Chu Xiang, and his two feet were dark and covered with mud.
The monk's forehead has thick calluses, the clothes at his knees have long been worn out, the clothes on his chest are covered with dust, and his palms are covered with calluses. He came from an unknown place on pilgrimage. He stood up and lay down respectfully,
Every movement was meticulous, and he did not stop until he knelt at the midpoint of the front of Gesar Palace. He lay on the ground piously and murmured scriptures.
The warm sunshine became hotter, and there were more and more people around Gesar Palace. People kept flashing on the mountains in the distance. The oppressive atmosphere in the air became more and more urgent. Everyone at the barbecue stall sat upright, with their hands on their swords, and they were full of momentum.
Shen Ning, preparing to face the coming storm.
Time crawled slowly like a snail, and the situation in the square did not change. The tense atmosphere reached its peak and slowly relaxed, and the battle horn still did not appear.
The sun slowly sets in the west, dark clouds gather, and the people at the barbecue stalls seem to have turned into stone sculptures. The temperature slowly drops, and the air of coldness spreads. The pilgrim monk in front of Gesar Palace has already sat up, facing the majestic palace, crossing his legs.
Close your eyes, as if you have fallen asleep.
Night fell, and the world fell into darkness. Suddenly, a whistling sound came from the southeast, the sound was sharp and harsh. After a moment, a black shadow arrived in the sky, hovering in the air, and blue flames spurted out from under its feet. The black shadow arrived in the sky.
At that moment, the ground shook, and a tall figure leapt out of the darkness and stopped directly below the black shadow in the sky.
At this time, Chu Xiang happened to come around from behind the mountain and immediately jumped onto the wall of Gesar Palace. Looking at the two black figures that had just arrived from the barbecue stall, Liu Boyong, who was like an ice sculpture, also turned around.
The wind picked up, and the fire in the oven suddenly became fierce, rising to a height of two meters. Through the rising fire, Chu Xiang could clearly see the appearance of the person coming. The person in the air had blue flames under his feet, and was covered in dark armor, dense and dense.
It’s airtight, and judging from its appearance, it turns out to be the same as a movie
The figure on the ground looks like the Iron Man in the movie. The figure on the ground is more than three meters tall, with a naked upper body and gnarled muscles. It looks like an enlarged version of the Hulk in the movie. The difference is that this giant is not green, but gray-black, with a pair of faint blue eyes.
of.
The generals came out of the battle, and the foreign coalition forces stood up. Their momentum was strong, and the condensed aura was as majestic as a mountain, overwhelming. The war was about to break out, and the defenders all stood up. The situation was tense to the freezing point, and the whistling north wind seemed to
It was getting colder, and the wind chilled my body.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a wolf howling in the distance. For a moment, the wolf howled was close. Suddenly, a black shadow flashed, and a cold and stern figure appeared in front of Iron Man and the Gray Giant. Chu Xiang took a closer look and saw that the person was coming with sharp claws and fangs.
He is covered in hair and looks like a werewolf. He is almost two meters tall when squatting, and his muscles are strong, giving people a heavy sense of oppression.
Seeing the appearance of the werewolf, all the black, white and mixed-race people in the barbecue stall stood up, and a passionate fighting spirit filled the air. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance on the east street, and an exciting and heroic voice came.
: Zhao Keman and Hu Ying, Wu Gou Shuang and snow are bright, the silver saddle shines on the white horse, rustling like a shooting star
Chapter completed!