Chapter 179 Familiar Taste
Lou Qianjiang was very talkative. After Xu Zhenfeng chatted with him for a while, he almost figured out the general personnel situation of General Fenwei's family in Qin Yueguo.
Lou Qianjiang is the eldest son of General Fenwei. He is twenty-six years old this year and has already reached the ninth level of the Xuan Realm.
General Fenwei has one wife and four concubines. Lou Qianjiang is the eldest son and the legitimate son. He has three younger brothers and two younger sisters, all of whom are not his brothers from the same mother.
According to the practice of the Qinyue Kingdom, General Fenwei guards the border city. If he wants to retire in the future, he can also recommend his legitimate son to the Qinyue court to succeed him as General Fenwei and continue to guard the border city.
In other words, the Lou Qianjiang in front of Xu Zhenfeng may become the next General Fenwei many years later.
He took over his father's job and continued to guard this vast sea of sand, facing the Demon Mountain from afar.
From what Xu Zhenfeng heard from Lou Qianjiang, it seemed that he did not have the same contempt and extremely defensive attitude towards the demon race as he did towards other human races.
But this is just what Lou Qianjiang showed.
What was his real thought? Xu Zhenfeng couldn't tell in this short contact time.
They chatted and drank, and soon it became dark.
The monsters lit more bonfires. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they did not gather together with the humans. Instead, a group of monsters stood guard by a bonfire not far from Xu Zhenfeng.
Xu Zhenfeng had almost finished eating and drinking. Lou Qianjiang's face was red from drinking and he started to talk more.
Seeing that it was getting darker and darker, Xu Zhenfeng said to him with a smile: "It's getting late, Brother Lou, why don't you hurry back to the city gate at night?"
Lou Qianjiang glanced at the several campfires beside the oasis. The humans he brought with him were also talking and laughing beside other campfires.
"Brother Xu, why don't we just rest here tonight? The wine from your Yaoshan is really strong. I've only drunk two or three bowls, and I'm already a little drunk.
Anyway, there is nothing to do now, so why not stay here for a night and go back early tomorrow morning. "
Xu Zhenfeng didn't care.
Just now, Lang Fu and his men went out for a patrol and came back, quietly telling him that Lang Xiangtian had already sent a battalion of demon soldiers to hide outside the Howling Wind Mountain.
If there is any unusual movement among the human race, they will come in to support them immediately.
However, this future General Fenwei, with only a group of twenty or so riders, was going to spend a night next to this desert oasis, without any human guards to protect him.
Lang Fu and his men explored the entire Howling Mountains, but found no human army.
I don’t know whether he was too confident in the demon clan, or was he certain that the demon clan would not dare to do anything to him?
Following Lou Qianjiang's order, the human race began to set up tents.
There was no movement from the demon clan.
Seeing that they were not moving, Lou Qianjiang thought that Xu Zhenfeng and his men did not bring their tents for camping, so he said to Xu Zhenfeng, "I have some extra tents that I can give to your men.
Brother Xu and I get along very well. Why don't you sleep with me tonight? We can have a good chat by candlelight."
Xu Zhenfeng shook his head and said, "We, the demon clan, don't need tents. This is all sandy land, which is much better than camping in the mountains of Demon Mountain.
If you want to chat, you can do it by the campfire. If you feel tired, you can go and rest."
Lou Qianjiang was speechless when he heard this. He knew that the conditions in the Demon Mountain were difficult, but he didn't expect Xu Zhenfeng to be a genius among the demons.
A monster that should have been particularly valued by the demon clan would actually sleep outdoors with his subordinates?
Are the demon race so poor that even their genius can’t own a tent?
Lou Qianjiang nodded silently. Since they had decided to camp here, he poured two more bowls of wine and continued chatting with Xu Zhenfeng.
Not long after, a bright moon appeared in the sky, casting its clear moonlight, covering the quiet oasis and the surrounding sandy hills with a faint fluorescence.
Most of the humans went into the tents to rest, leaving only two or three humans on both sides to patrol and stand guard.
On the demon side, except for Langdu and Langfu, the three demons from Manshan who were guarding the campfire behind Xu Zhenfeng, the other demons went up to the nearby sand hills and stood guard and patrolled on the top of the hills.
Lou Qianjiang was still talking incessantly about the rise of his father, the current General Fenwei.
Just as he was talking about how his father was poor and destitute as a teenager, fainted from hunger on the side of the road, and was rescued by a Taoist saint.
From the hilltop not far away, a long wolf howl was heard.
Hearing the howl of Lang Chong, Xu Zhenfeng, Lang Du, Lang Fu and the monsters Manshan all changed their expressions.
Lou Qianjiang was already drunk. After hearing the wolf howling, he noticed that Xu Zhenfeng's face changed drastically.
He hurriedly asked, "Brother Xu, what happened?"
Xu Zhenfeng stood up, glanced around, and said to Lou Qianjiang, "Hurry up and call all your people. There is ghost fog spreading in from outside."
"Ghost fog?"
When Lou Qianjiang heard the word "ghost fog", he suddenly became a different person. All the drunkenness disappeared and he sobered up immediately.
He stood up quickly and whistled sharply with his hand.
The humans who were resting in the tent quickly gathered behind him with weapons in hand and nervous expressions.
"Brother Xu, why is there ghost fog?"
Lou Qianjiang still couldn't believe it.
"I don't know. My monster said that ghost fog is spreading in from all directions and will soon reach the oasis."
Xu Zhenfeng had already put on his armor and was holding the magic sword in his hand.
He couldn't understand why they would come to the human world when the underworld was at its busiest time?
It is definitely not something a small ghost can do to create such a ghost fog that spreads across the entire Howling Mountain.
Or maybe it was some big ghost king from the underworld who came up.
Either the underworld has opened the Yin-Yang Road and sent a large number of ghosts up, otherwise there would not be such a thick ghost fog.
Lou Qianjiang saw that all of Xu Zhenfeng's men who were on guard on the top of the mountain had rushed back and were standing guard beside Xu Zhenfeng, looking ready to take action.
He immediately ordered his men to also be equipped with magical armor.
At this time, thick layers of gray fog were rolling in from the foot of the mountains in all directions.
Then, a blanket of fog spread over the mountain tops, and the bright moon in the sky began to be obscured.
The oasis, which was originally illuminated by the moonlight and had a relatively bright view, became dim.
The light above and around Xu Zhenfeng and the others gradually disappeared.
Lou Qianjiang ordered his men to gather together several still burning bonfires to form a large bonfire.
These humans and monsters all gathered around the big fire, with their backs facing inwards and their faces facing outwards, on guard.
As layers of fog slowly approached them.
The thick fog was surging and rolling, as if there were countless strange things hidden inside, spying on Xu Zhenfeng and other demons and humans with ill intentions.
Xu Zhenfeng smelled a vaguely familiar scent.
He was wondering where he had smelled this scent before.
At this time, Lou Qianjiang leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Brother Xu, the ghost fog will disappear at dawn. Should we stay here until dawn, or rush out?"