Chapter 263 The Journey

A week later.

The sky was gray and misty.

In the pale yellow fields, yellow weeds swayed in the wind, surrounded by clusters of short trees.

The yellow and black short trees were uneven, with a winding gray-white path in the middle.

The path was surrounded by a tattered wooden fence, and the road was covered with fine grass and moss.

Two black carriages drove slowly along the winding gray-white path one after the other.

The driver was a knight wearing black leather armor, and there were more than a dozen knights riding horses following the carriage.

One side of the window was opened, revealing the scene inside.

Lu He sat in the carriage, looking at the receding scenery outside the window with a calm face.

Helen sat opposite him, leaning against the carriage, seeming a little tired and drowsy, and next to her were Yerrit and Yue Ling.

The carriage was large, and all the furniture was dark gold.

There was a table, a wine cabinet, three wooden stools, a low bed and a long sofa.

There were some wooden ornaments hanging on the walls of the carriage, with the words "peace" written on them in red pen. As the carriage moved forward, these hanging ornaments swayed slightly.

Lu He supported his chin with one hand and looked out the window.

The carriage was moving very fast. In the distance outside the window, there was a gray-green wasteland that was constantly retreating.

Occasionally, some yellow-red bonfires and abandoned camping sites could be seen on the roadside.

This vast wilderness was a piece of unowned land sandwiched between the Crescent Empire and the Wing Empire.

Lu He was on his way to the Black Refining City of the Wing Empire.

The purpose of this trip was to refine spiritual potions, the Lava Heart Source Spiritual Training Potion.

Brinda's Wrathful Tears had been consumed for a while, and her mental power was basically stable, so she needed to prepare for refining.

The Blue Fire Source Fruit had been processed, and other materials had been prepared, but refining required a special earth fire environment.

Black Refining City is said to be a city built on a huge super extinct volcano.

Its underground is full of natural rock fire holes, and this environment has a high probability of appearing the place Lu He needs.

If not, he has to go to a farther place, an active volcanic belt called Lava Lake, located in the south of the Crescent Empire, in a member republic.

The wheels of the carriage were rolling.

In the gray sky in the distance, several huge black dots were slowly circling, chirping in the distance.

"My lord, it's getting dark. There is a camp not far ahead. We will spend the night there."

Pavis looked up at the sky, lightly squeezed the horse's belly, walked to the window and whispered.

Lu He nodded.

This trip was led by Pavis.

He had been to Black Refining City once, but the guide Anis found for him, Walter, led the way.

A tall and thin knight, carrying a huge black cross sword on his back.

Anis said he was from Black Refining City and was once a mercenary in the Dawn Forest. Later, after breaking through the knight level, he swore allegiance to Anis and became her family knight.

At this time, Walter in front of the convoy also came over and said to Lu He with a very respectful attitude:

"Lord Sauron, there are many horse bandits in the wilderness."

"I suggest that a few knights be sent to clear the way in front of the convoy on the road ahead to avoid disturbing the lord."

"Horse bandits..." Lu He's nose moved slightly, and a trace of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

He spread out his right hand, and his five fingers instantly outlined a series of black fire lines. With countless afterimages, a narrow and flat pupil-shaped spell symbol was formed.

The spell pupil turned into a black mist and quickly rushed towards the black spot in the sky.

A few seconds later, Lu He's eyes were calm, and the vast and desolate wilderness faintly emerged in his pupils.

Vision sharing spell.

The picture in the pupil turned slightly to the right and fixed on a slope more than 20 kilometers away on the right side of the convoy.

Lu He's face instantly became gloomy.

At this time, a group of black-clad horsemen were madly slaughtering a group of people, screaming and blood everywhere.

A naked man gently lifted up a baby no more than one year old, and the baby kept struggling in his hands, crying loudly.

Other knights, some of them chased the villagers, like chasing pigs and dogs.

Once someone was caught up, the knights on horseback would chop off their heads with a knife.

Some people were strung into skewers with long iron spears and fixed on the ground, waiting for the blood to drain and slowly waiting to die.

The whole slope was a cruel scene.

Lu He's face became more and more gloomy.

Although his methods were sometimes dark and cruel, he had a minimum bottom line as a human being.

In his concept, killing was just a way to achieve a goal.

Not because of killing.

He could chop and blow up the enemy with a sword or a punch, and he could deal with a pile of experimental materials without changing his color.

But killing for fun, creating meaningless death and destruction, which made him very unhappy.

"Life and soul have always been precious..."

"The laws of nature shape a life course, and it shouldn't be destroyed so easily."

Lu He muttered to himself, a black mist flashed in his eyes, and suddenly turned to Pavis and said:

"Take people over there and bring back those horse bandits and knights, try to keep them alive."

I have to do some experiments recently, and I just need materials. I can't catch people on the street, but now is the right time.

Pavis was stunned, and then looked in the direction of Lu He's finger in confusion, as if he didn't know what he was talking about.

But he didn't ask any more questions. He nodded and rushed away with a knight and two earth fire soldiers.

"Keep going." Lu He retracted his gaze.

He just saw a camp not far ahead, so there was no need to wait here.

The convoy continued to set off.

The carriage, which was upgraded and renovated by Lu He again, was very fast and soon approached the camp that Pavese mentioned.

Rather than calling it a camp, it was actually a small abandoned farm.

However, the farm was backed by steep rock walls on two sides and reinforced gray brick walls on the other side, which could protect against wind, rain and cold while also having a little defense against horse bandits and wild beasts.

At this time, in front of the camp, a khaki convoy was slowly stopping.

The convoy was not large, with seven or eight carriages in front and behind, and more than a dozen ox carts carrying goods in the middle.

There were also guards wearing gray cloaks on the side.

These guards were all covered with gray cloaks, even their heads.

He held the gray hilt exposed at his waist, and the black hand wrap on the hilt was a little tattered.

They saw Lu He's carriage from afar, and the team was in a panic and immediately formed a defensive formation.

Lu He just took a look and lost interest.

There was no knight in the whole team, and the highest level was two high-level knight attendants.

But it was normal, only large caravans had the strength or financial resources to hire knights.

The standard configuration of small and medium-sized caravans is knight attendants, and then some ordinary warriors.