Dongyi County, a county in the Chenghuai region of Chu State near the Xiliang Plain.

The Chenghuai area is located in the middle of the south, with complex terrain that encompasses basins, hills, plateaus, plains and other terrains. It is like spring all year round, with smooth weather and good weather, and is known as the Water Country of Chu.

Dongyi County, close to the Xiliang Plain, has low terrain and is mostly hilly. There are many kinds of rice here.

In the previous understanding, Fang Yu had heard countless versions.

For example, as soon as you enter Dongyi County, you will see rice fields all over the place. The rice fields are full of fruits and grains. They are bright and golden. The wind blows in the rice fields, and the fragrance of rice is overflowing.

Some people also say that there are fruit forests all over the place, and the hills are filled with all kinds of fruit plants. You can pick them with your hands and you will find fresh and delicious fruits to eat.

Others say that the villagers and county residents here all live a prosperous life. Everyone wears brocade robes, every house is brightly lit, no items are picked up on the road, and there is always fish and meat.

Fang Yu was naturally skeptical about these rumors that were getting more and more outrageous.

But these escapees, in order to give themselves hope and thoughts, continue to use these rumors to hypnotize themselves, just like looking at plum blossoms to quench their thirst.

Under normal circumstances, no one would believe such ridiculous rumors.

But now they can only believe this, otherwise, they will not even have the courage to persist.

However, although it is outrageous, Dongyi County is indeed a famous grain-producing county in the Chenghuai area. Although it is not as exaggerated as the rumors, it should still be somewhat true.

And that's exactly what happened.

After Fang Yu and the others officially entered Dongyi County with the carriage, they found that the land here was obviously much more fertile.

The water source in the river has also become much clearer. There are mostly hills and mountains here, and the vegetation coverage is completely different from that in Xichuan.

When entering the mountains to rest, Fang Yu could even hear the chirping of insects and birds, which was never heard in the previous areas. Although these sounds were less, they still made Fang Yu and the three of them look at each other.

There was a rare smile on his face.

Because the horse meat hadn't been eaten yet, Fang Yu didn't need to chew the bark anymore.

Fang Yu has already finished drinking the three bottles of elixir. The three bottles of elixir have strengthened Fang Yu's physique a lot.

Fang Yu even felt that the effect of these three bottles of elixir was probably greater than that of one bottle of physical recovery potion.

The evidence is that after Fang Yu stepped into Dongyi County, the Wan Qian Heart, which had been unable to conceive due to excessive physical deficit, officially gave birth to a third-level skill suitable for this world.

Level three skills are skills with extraordinary characteristics, and this skill gives Fang Yu another trump card!

"Invisible Gang Qi: You can extend an invisible Gang Qi on your limbs or weapons. This Gang Qi is extremely sharp and invisible."

After developing this skill, Fang Yu immediately felt as if she had an extra ability.

Stretching out his palm, Fang Yu had a thought. Unable to be seen by outsiders, Fang Yu could feel that invisible gas of less than one centimeter was detected in all five of his fingers.

The end of this gas is triangular, and to Fang Yu, it looks like it has claws on it.

After merging the fingers, the Gang Qi was immediately transferred to the position of Fang Yu's hand knife under Fang Yu's thoughts, and a strip of Gang Qi no longer than one centimeter was found.

After the gas converged this time, it felt like a knife in the hand.

Fang Yu tried to chop down a small tree next to her with her hand.

The palm blade formed by the invisible Gang Qi barely touched it, and the bark of the tree was already cut open by the invisible blade. Then Fang Yu quickly withdrew the Gang Qi.

Because, just when the bark was cut and the trunk was about to be cut, Fang Yu felt that the energy in his body began to be continuously consumed.

This made him put away his anger immediately.

After two more experiments, Fang Yu finally understood this skill completely.

This skill was conceived by thousands of hearts and belongs to Fang Yu's original skill. This skill means that as soon as it appears, Fang Yu can use it instinctively.

He doesn't understand the principle of the emergence of this invisible force at all, but it does not affect his use of this invisible force.

In addition, when attacking or using this Gang Qi, it consumes the energy in Fang Yu's body.

The length and shape of the Gang Qi Condensation Form can be controlled by Fang Yu.

These depend on the energy in Fang Yu's body.

The greater the energy consumption, the longer the Gang Qi is and the more it can change.

However, after all, he had just gotten started, and detailed changes were not possible yet, but Fang Yu had a hunch that this change could be practiced.

Finally, this Gang Qi is still in its infancy, or Fang Yu's physique is not strong enough. It now extends at most about one centimeter outside the body, and will dissipate if it grows any longer.

Moreover, it can also be placed on weapons or items.

This item must be connected to Fang Yu's limbs.

Fang Yu tried it. He could cover the broken dagger, branches, or leaves with the Gang Qi.

Once it is covered with these items, every time you attack, the Gang Qi will be consumed first, and only after the Gang Qi is broken through will it cause damage to the items.

In other words, as long as Fang Yu holds a handful of branches and is covered with Gang Qi, as long as his Gang Qi is not broken, the branch will be a magical weapon and cannot be destroyed.

This makes Fang Yu's weapon options almost infinitely expanded.

And pretending...ahem...sometimes can make you look more graceful.

The only drawback is that it cannot have the ability to pick leaves and flying flowers.

The Gang Qi can only cover objects that are in physical contact with him. Once the object is removed from the body, the Gang Qi will automatically dissipate.

Fang Yu didn't know if this was the only way to go now or if it was the only way.

We can only look at this later.

But no matter what, with the skill of Intangible Gangqi, Fang Yu will be even more threatening when she becomes Lao Yin... ahem, when she keeps a low profile.

In comparison, it feels more secure.

He took back the invisible energy.

Fang Yu has no idea how to use this thing. Although this skill can be mastered without learning, Fang Yu really wants to study it carefully.

He didn't like the feeling of knowing something but not knowing why.

And he believes that studying how this skill appears will definitely yield great results!

However, now is not the time. This invisible energy consumes too much energy. After only doing it for a while, Fang Yu felt a little weak. This made him eat more horse meat to barely make up for it.

There wasn't much horse meat, and Fang Yu didn't want to use horse meat to restore energy. It would be too wasteful, so Fang Yu carried Fang Sanduo and Huang Mei on his back and gnawed some more bark until her stomach was full before going back.

He dare not eat too much.

He couldn't eat as much of the bark as he wanted.

After all, tree bark is not highly nutritious. Although his iron stomach can absorb more, there are some things that cannot be fully absorbed by the iron stomach.

The more bark the tree eats, the more it excretes, and when excreted, it will cause great trouble to Fang Yu's daisies.

Therefore, even though Fang Yu knew that the bark could be digested, Fang Yu still did not choose to eat more. It was precisely for this reason.

He had not absorbed much yet, but if he continued to eat, Fang Yu would sooner or later become a human-shaped feces-making machine.

Just as Fang Yu and the others thought that their escape was finally over, they set off again. After climbing over a mountain, they finally saw the so-called rice fields in Dongyi County.

only...

Looking at the swaying rice fields in Dongyi County, many rice fields are lying directly under the water, and the rice ears hanging above have turned black.

The originally orderly rice fields are now in chaos, and there are still signs of fire in some places.

There are many corpses on the road.

Some of them looked like they were refugees, others were dressed in sackcloth and looked like villagers from Dongyi County, and the rest even included some rough-looking, bare-chested male corpses with patterned tattoos.

The cause of death of these corpses was not death from starvation or thirst.

There were more or less stab wounds and gunshot wounds on their bodies.

It looked like it had been through some kind of war.

Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo looked at each other.

After experiencing so much, Fang Sanduo has also grown a lot.

Especially for magic medicine addiction, both he and Huang Mei have survived three attacks now.

This kind of addiction is a mental torture every time.

Unconsciously, even Fang Sanduo didn't realize that his spirit and willpower had become much stronger at this time.

At least, now that he saw the corpses strewn across the field, there was no longer panic in his eyes, but solemnity.

Huang Mei got off the carriage and was shocked when she saw this scene.

After Fang Yu and Fang Sanduo exchanged glances, Fang Sanduo nodded, and then Fang Yu got up and walked forward alone.

As Fang Yu got closer, the death status of these corpses became clearer to Fang Yu.

Fang Yu looked over and found that these corpses had stab wounds and gunshot wounds. They were all killed by weapons.

In the rice fields next to it, there are many hoof prints of horses. Obviously, the rice fields here have been trampled by horses.

About one kilometer ahead, Fang Yu could see what seemed to be a village in the distance.

Fang Yu endured the stench, squatted down and turned over the body, then returned to the carriage.
To be continued...