The Myriad Realms Trading Beginning with Douluo

Chapter 289 Entering the Desert
The world of ghost blowing lights.

Regarding Shirley Yang's question, Lin Chen just stood quietly without any other movements.

He had to wait for the fat man to introduce himself first.

Seeing that the American woman looked down on him, the fat man curled his lips and said angrily: "What is XJ? I went to the XJ desert to suppress bandits back then. I killed the bandits in the Niya Oasis, and even killed the bandit leader with my own hands." .Look, this is a trophy.” After finishing speaking, he took out the personal jade pendant and flashed it in front of everyone’s eyes, “Have you seen it before, you guys?”

Lin Chen and Hu Bayi laughed at the side, saying that what the fat man said was made by his father, when did it become something he did.

But Shirley Yang and the others ignored what the fat man said, but stared blankly at the jade pendant in the fat man's hand.

Shirley Yang originally disagreed with Fatty's participation in the archaeological team, but after seeing Fatty's jade pendant, she promised without hesitation to give the two of us a reward of [-] US dollars each. If we can find the exquisite ancient city in the hinterland of the desert, we will pay more double.That money won't be cashed in until we get back from XJ though.

But at this time, Shirley Yang's eyes were on Lin Chen.

Lin Chen is a bit too young, so she can't trust Lin Chen a bit.

Lin Chen smiled, and said in a pretentious manner: "Looking at the winding mountain when looking for dragons and dividing gold, one level of entanglement is one level of pass. If there are eight levels of danger in closing the door, there will be no yin and yang gossip. Heaven and earth have spiritual energy since ancient times, and they are gathered in mountains and rivers." , appearing in the wind and clouds, is called the dragon vein, where there must be a treasure; touch the gold to check the eight directions with a compass, divide yin and yang, and survey the veins of mountains and rivers, which is called "dividing gold"; , It’s called searching for dragons; with the two skills of finding dragons with gold, you can go to the world;”

Seeing that Lin Chen and the others had no objections, Shirley Yang didn't say anything either.

But he made a request: "Don't drive a car, Hu Da doesn't like machines, comels, take a lot of land, Hu Da likes camels."

The old man's name was no longer called out. People called him An Liman, which means a living map in the desert.

Arriving in XJ, Hu Bayi contacted Liu Gang, a former comrade-in-arms in the army. He is a descendant of the [-]th Brigade of the Xinjiang Army. He was born and raised in XJ, but he is not familiar with the local people. It was not easy for the local guide, and finally found an old man in the livestock business through Liu Gang's friend.

In the next compartment, Professor Chen and Shirley Yang were looking at the map.

The old man An Liman held his pipe in his mouth and shook his head non-stop: "No, no, it's the windy season, why not go into the desert, old man Huda, that's the one to blame."

This kind of thing can be said to be the practice of bandits, but there is no other way to persuade An Liman.

Hu Bayi stared blankly at Lin Chen, saying what Lin Chen said seemed to be an expert.

"This mantra has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has survived for thousands of years. My colleagues call it: Dragon Hunting Jue."

On this day, after An Liman finished praying, he quickly jumped up, packed his things and planned to leave.

Lin Chen didn't know Feng Shui at all, he only knew that the dragon-hunting formula he had heard before was very deceptive.

But it should be of great help for this trip to the ancient country of Jingjue.

Lin Chen didn't speak. He listened to Hu Bayi for such things, because he wanted to follow Hu Bayi so that he could find the mysterious fragments of godhead.

The first two days after the departure, the three students of the professor were very interested. They were all young. They entered the desert for the first time in their lives. They felt it was fresh and fun. Rush to fight and sing.

In the end, with no other choice, Hu Bayi asked Professor Chen to show the documents, and then explained to him that we are cadres sent by the state to work, and local comrades must cooperate. If An Liman refuses to be our guide, we will find The police confiscated his camels and donkeys, making him unable to do business.

The initial section of the journey, according to the words of the old man An Liman, was not a desert at all. This section of the ancient river channel of the Kongque River existed before the river was diverted. The riverbed in some sections was not completely dry, and the surrounding sand was also very shallow. There are scattered small lakes and seas everywhere, and occasionally a small group of red-billed gulls and red-billed pochards swim on the water. Along the bay of the Kongque River, there are small oasis, growing sand dates. , Populus euphratica and some shrubs.

The old man An Liman picked twenty camels. On the day of departure, he loaded all our equipment and materials on the camels, and brought a lot of bean cakes and salt.

Professor Chen motioned for the two to take their seats, and then said: "We will be able to arrive in Xi'an tomorrow morning. If we pick up my three students, we will be fully staffed. You are our team leader. I would like to discuss the route with you two in advance. The problem."

Everyone discussed some details, and then went to rest. After the conversation on the train this time, I vaguely felt that these people are very determined, and they may not have to run back after entering the desert for a few days.

Shirley Yang also said beside him: "Yes, Mr. Lin, Mr. Hu, I discussed with the professor. We plan to start from Bosten Lake, look south for the channel of the ancient Kongque River, and then enter the deep desert through the channel of the ancient Kongque River. Duan is going down south to search for the ruins of the ancient city of Jingjue, and we would like to ask for your opinion."

An Liman knelt down and prayed toward the sky every day, and Lin Chen couldn't figure out what kind of god he was asking for.

The first route of the itinerary is to start from Bosten Lake to the southwest, and walk west along the Kongque River until you find the ancient river channel going south.Bosten can be translated as the meaning of standing. The origin of this name is because there are three lakes and mountains standing in the lake.In ancient times, this lake was also called Fish Sea. It is the largest inland freshwater lake in China. The Kongque River originated from here and flows deep into the Taklamakan.

Hao Aiguo walked in and looked at Hu Bayi: "Comrade Hu, the professor wants to discuss something with you, come here."

Shirley Yang nodded half-understood, then didn't bother about Lin Chen's background, and directly agreed to Lin Chen's joining.

Because in order to avoid the blazing sun during the day, everyone basically sleeps during the day and leaves at night.

In Xi'an, I met the rest of our archaeological team, all students led by Professor Chen, the simple-looking Sa Dipeng, the tall Chu Jian, and the female student Ye Yixin.

Hao Aiguo poured a glass of water for Lin Chen and Hu Bayi each.

The old man An Liman had no choice but to agree, after all, he could not be against the country if he followed suit.

Hu Ba nodded, then approved a piece of clothing, called Lin Chen, and followed Hao Aiguo out.

Hu Bayi looked at Shirley Yang and said, "Miss Shirley Yang, Lin Chen is the successor of Dragon-Xunjue, which relies on compass and earth veins to determine the location of ancient tombs, so it can be regarded as an expert at finding tombs."

In this way, Lin Chen and the others joined this expedition team composed of scholars and photographers. Hu Bayi became the leader, and Lin Chen and Fatty became the vice-captains.The matter of going to the desert was finalized like this.

Our nine-person team is not so much an archaeological team, but rather an ancient camel team. The amount of food carried lasts for less than a month, and the clean water is enough for more than ten days. As well as the underground river, fresh water can also be replenished.In addition, there are several large leather pockets of yogurt soup. When you are too thirsty in the desert, one sip can quench your thirst, which can hold ten sips of water.Coupled with the various equipment and equipment of the expedition team, each camel bears a heavy load. When traveling, the personnel can only rely on two legs, walk half of the way, and ride half of the camel.

The westbound train was speeding across the vast western land. The three of Lin Chen chatted leisurely on the train. The first stop of the archaeological team was Xi'an, where they would meet with several students of Professor Chen and then go to WLMQ , the equipment of the expedition will be consigned directly there.

Dragon-seeking tactics?Hu Bayi looked at Lin Chen in surprise, he finally knew why he felt that Lin Chen's words were familiar, it turned out that Lin Chen was the heir of the "Xunlong Jue".

Shirley Yang told him that as long as he came to be our guide, we would pay double the price to buy all his animals. When we came back from the desert, the animals would still belong to him, and the money would also belong to him.

After the three of Lin Chen joined the group, Professor Chen introduced the fat man's jade pendant to the three of them.

Shirley Yang looked at Lin Chen suspiciously and said, "You don't seem to be Tianxing Fengshui, what is it?"

In this link, Hu Bayi and the old man An Liman agreed that camels are much more reliable than cars in the desert.

Everyone was soft-spoken, but An Liman still didn't go.

However, the three of Lin Chen and the others just bought a little symbolically and brought the supplies with them, and the other supplies were all in Lin Chen's storage ring.

Adding the previous five people, there are nine people in total.Arrived at XJ.

An Liman's words are indeed very funny, and it is very pleasant to listen to his words.

There are also those thousand-year-old Populus euphratica living in the desert. It can be said that it is a miracle of nature that it can survive for such a long time in a place where there is no water source.

Shirley Yang wanted to buy the jade pendant in the hands of the fat man, but the fat man gritted his teeth and refused to sell it. After all, judging from the introduction just now, this jade pendant can be said to be a rare commodity.

The most spectacular thing in the desert is the battlefield left over from the ancient times, after being submerged by the wind and sand, it will have a different taste.

Fatty's jade pendant is a relic of the ancient country of Jingjue, and there are characters of the ancient country of Jingjue on it, although it is impossible to translate what the symbols on it represent.

After crossing this river bend, it is considered that we have entered the desert. The Kongque River diverted to the southeast, and there were Loulan, Lop Nur, and Danya. We headed southwest and entered the "Black Desert".The old man An Liman said that the Black Desert was created by Hu Da to punish the greedy heretics. Countless cities and treasures were buried in the desert, but no one can bring them out from the Black Desert, even if you only took one Gold coins will also lose their way in the black desert, buried in them forever by wind and sand, and never come out again.

Seeing that Lin Chen had nothing to say, Hu Bayi looked at Shirley Yang and said, "Miss Yang, although I am the team leader, we are not qualified to participate in the decision on the route arrangement. You have determined the route and goal, and we In other words, yours is the work of the shopkeeper, and ours is the work of the coolies."

Looking at him in such a hurry, it was very scary.

Many camels are also very flustered, because animals are naturally more sensitive to disasters than humans.

Lin Chen looked at the crowd and shouted, "Get on the camel, the desert storm is coming."

After Lin Chen finished speaking, he got on the camel, and when the other people heard Lin Chen's shout, they also quickly got on the camel, and then started to move.

(End of this chapter)