Origin

Wu Zhongyuan knew that Jiang Nan was joking with him, but he was still very embarrassed. He coughed dryly, took a long breath, and lay quietly without speaking.

Jiang Nan didn't move. I don't know if she was waiting for Wu Zhongyuan to move, but she didn't move.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't move. He had some regrets. As for what he regretted specifically, he couldn't tell clearly. He might regret that he shouldn't have hesitated, or he might regret that he was too thin-skinned and too timid.

I don’t know when I fell asleep, but I finally fell asleep. Naturally, I don’t think about things when I’m asleep. However, I’m used to sleeping alone, and suddenly there’s another person next to me. It’s more or less uncomfortable for me to sleep all night. I woke up and fell asleep, feeling very uneasy.

Yinmahe is located in the northwest region, with a large temperature difference between day and night. In addition, the inn is very simple and the room is drafty. At dawn, Wu Zhongyuan felt cold and turned over in a daze.

As soon as he turned over, there was no chance of physical contact again. When he realized that Jiang Nan was sleeping next to him, he stopped being confused in an instant.

Young people are full of energy and are prone to impulsivity in every aspect. Calmness is a characteristic of older people, and they are calm in every aspect.

Just when he was hesitating whether to continue working hard, the old blind man's voice came from next door. It was not loud and seemed to be talking to himself, "The wind is rising."

After hearing what the old blind man said, Wu Zhongyuan noticed that the wind was blowing outside. He bent down to the ground, walked to the window, opened it and observed the wind direction. It was very good. God had cooperated with him, and it was the southeast wind.

When he closed the window and turned around, he found that Jiang Nan was also awake and sitting on the bed, arranging his hair.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan looking at her, Jiang Nan asked casually, "Pack up and leave early."

Originally, he didn't take off all his clothes. He just took off his coat and put it on very quickly. Perhaps hearing the sound of them moving around, the old blind man and the second child also got up. A quarter of an hour later, the four of them packed up and left the inn.

The Yihuan Market in Yinmahe is open during the day. In the morning, there are breakfast shops on the street. At this time, there are not so many breakfast shops and breakfast varieties as in modern times. There is only one breakfast shop in the market, and Yihuan sells a It is a kind of grilled naan similar to Roujiamo. It is different from modern Roujiamo. At this time, the inside of Roujiamo is not meat residue, but a whole piece of barbecue. The grilled naan is also large, about the size of a plate. One person can eat it while walking. eat.

After replenishing dry food and drinking water, Wu Zhongyuan changed into several sheepskin blankets. The temperature difference between day and night in the desert was even greater, so he had to bring something to keep out the cold.

After everything was ready, he summoned Dasha, picked up everyone, and set off on the road with favorable winds.

Because I went to bed too late,

They got up early, and everyone was a little sleepy after setting out on the road. There was little conversation. Half an hour later, the sun rose, and everyone arrived at the junction of the Gobi and the desert. When they arrived, according to what the old blind man said, everyone found a section that was almost covered with water. The abandoned city wall buried in the yellow sand calibrated the position for the last time, and then entered the vast desert.

To say that I don't feel guilty would be a lie. The endless desert is lifeless. There are almost no plants and even fewer animals along the way. All that can be seen is sand.

The further they walked into the desert, the more unsure Wu Zhongyuan felt. Everyone was currently using the wind direction as a reference. Wind was the most elusive thing. It was uncertain where it would blow. It was also a southeast wind, and the direction and angle it blew were also different. It can't be exactly the same, there are too many uncertain factors.

There were no locators and satellite phones at this time. Once they got lost, the consequences would be disastrous. He did carry a crystal with Wu Qin's spiritual energy, but if they got lost in the desert, even Wu Qin couldn't save them.

Potatoes are a common vegetable in modern times and a supplementary food for poor people. He doesn't like eating them very much, and he never thought that one day he would risk his life for a few potatoes, but now he really needs this kind of food called purple flower. Potatoes from potato are used for food and grass in the war. The hundred-day rice of the Fox clan is not enough to supply the needs of the tribe. They must find and bring back the purple potato. With these two things, there is no need to worry about anything during the war. The soldiers have no food to eat, and they don’t have to worry about the war affecting farming and causing the tribesmen to starve to death.

Among the four of them, except for the old blind man, who had entered the desert before, the remaining three had not gone deep into the hinterland of the desert. They were not nervous, but they were always uneasy. If the old blind man had not been blind, the three of them might have felt more at ease, but the old blind man was not blind. The blind man became blind many years ago. Let the blind man lead the way and use the wind as a reference. This is more dangerous than a dark and windy night and a blind man and a blind horse.

Worried that the wind direction would change, Dasha never touched the ground after setting off and kept flying with the wind. On the way, the old blind man once again informed everyone in detail about the situation of the Dixing clan. The Dixing clan should be close relatives of modern echidnas and may be related to them. The porcupine is also somewhat related by blood. In short, it is an animal with sharp thorns that lives underground. It is about the same size as a wild boar and weighs about two hundred kilograms. It has a low IQ but is very ferocious.

The Black Cloud Valley where they live is actually an oasis in the desert, and purple-flowered potato is their main food. Although they don't know how to farm, they know not to eat all the wild purple-flowered potato, but deliberately leave part of it.

The Dixing tribe cannot transform into humans. At least the old blind man has never seen any Dixing tribe that can turn into human form. The attacks of the Dixing tribe are simple and crude, mainly scratching and biting. Their special skill is to scatter the sharp thorns on their bodies. Usually when shot out, those sharp thorns are as long as chopsticks, very hard and very sharp.

Looking for purple sweet potato is extremely dangerous, but the danger does not come from the Dixing tribe. No matter how sharp the Dixing tribe's sharp thorns are, it is impossible to hurt Dasha at all. If this trip is 100% dangerous, 90% of it comes from On the way to find Black Cloud Valley, the weather in the desert changes rapidly, especially in the mobile desert.

At noon, Dasha landed, not because the wind direction changed, but because the wind stopped.

There are many tall sand dunes in the desert. The sun shines directly at noon and the heat is unbearable. Everyone rests and waits on the shady side of a hill.

There are only a few animals in the desert, but it's not that there are no animals at all. People are not the only ones who know how to escape the heat. There is also a venomous snake over five feet long coiled in the shade. The second oldest is an armadillo. It likes to eat snakes, but it is somewhat similar to a cat. , they would not eat the mouse immediately after catching it, but would play with it for a long time first. While the second child was teasing the venomous snake, the three of them estimated their current location and the approximate distance to the Black Cloud Valley from a short distance away.

The old blind man set out from Yinma River and flew for six hours before accidentally discovering the Black Cloud Valley. Everyone set out at chen o'clock, and now it is noon. After flying for three hours, judging from the time, it is still 30 kilometers away from the Black Cloud Valley. Half the way.

The shade of the desert is just out of reach of the sun, but the temperature is actually not low. After the sand is heated by the sun, the heat waves are rolling, and even hiding in the shade is like taking a sauna.

The second child also had a poisonous snake to kill time, and the three of them could only wait. In fact, waiting was not painful, because while waiting, they could take the opportunity to think about many issues. Wu Zhongyuan kept closing his eyes, thinking about what he should do after receiving the spiritual energy. Use something as a reference and bury it in the spirit stone in certain places. If Wu Si really sends him back, he can still find a way to come back.

Even if you were to find something buried five thousand years ago, you may not be able to find it five thousand years later, because five thousand years is too long. Not to mention the rivers that often change their course, even the mountain peaks that stand on the same spot will be deformed. .

After pondering for a long time, he suddenly had an idea. The bird warrior dressed as a Taoist priest who tried to kill him that day once obtained a spiritual stone. The spiritual stone was wrapped in an iron ball and then embedded in a piece of bluestone. Here, he clearly remembered the shape and size of the iron ball, and also heard Mr. Li, who had collected spiritual stones, tell him the general situation of the mountain where the spiritual stones were located.

If he gets the spirit stone in the future, he can go there. He doesn't know the specific location of that mountain peak. He only knows that it is in the area near Dongguan of the Bird Tribe. Then he will go there with the spirit stone and find a mountain peak. The iron ball wrapped with the spirit stone was embedded in the bluestone as a reference, and then some more were buried nearby. Once Wu Si sent it back, he went to the place where Mr. Li got the iron ball to look for other spirits. stone

In this way, the spiritual stone obtained by the bird warrior dressed as a Taoist priest was buried by him, and was eventually obtained and used by himself. He was too lazy to think about the paradox of time and space. You must know that not all It is necessary to think when thinking. Just remember that what is thrown upstream will definitely be obtained by the downstream. This logic is not wrong.

The weather was very hot and the desert was very dry. It didn't take long for the three of them to start sweating and their lips began to swell.

After staying up until the sun went down, I finally felt better. After nightfall, the temperature dropped sharply. The four of them moved from the shady side to the sunny side, where the sand still had the residual warmth left by the sunlight during the day.

At the fixed meal time, Dasha wanted to eat, but there was no food nearby for him to eat. Wu Zhongyuan sent his thoughts and asked him to eat well after leaving here, and Dasha lay down quietly.

After dark, scorpions and snakes in the desert come out to look for food. Their food is insects and rodents respectively. There are few plants in the desert, and it is not known what they live on.

With the second child around, there are no poisonous insects near the three of them. The second child is also a nocturnal animal, so it will keep vigil at night.

After staying up all night, it was still windless the next day, so I had no choice but to wait.

Dasha can survive for a long time without eating. The dry food and drinking water everyone brought are also sufficient, at least half a month's supply. Even if he waits from here for a few days, it won't be a problem.

In the afternoon of the third day, the wind finally picked up, but it was not the southeast wind that everyone was expecting, but a biting west wind. The wind was very strong, carrying yellow sand, and it was very painful to hit the face.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, yellow sand filled the sky, and the clouds blocked out the sun. Although it was daytime, it was almost to the point where you couldn't see your fingers. Fortunately, Dasha was there. It was very huge. Unexpectedly, it was blown away by the strong wind, and the four of them hid under it. Under its belly, rely on its protection.

The four of them were all disgraced at this time. Seeing the three of them in such distress, Wu Zhongyuan felt very guilty and uneasy for causing them to suffer.

The wind picked up in the afternoon and did not subside until midnight. Looking around, I saw that the originally towering sand dunes had turned into a small bump, with at least dozens of meters shaved off.

There was still no wind the next day. Although everyone secretly complained, they could only continue to wait...

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