Ancient Art of Sealing Ghosts

We continued along the route we had set, and after leaving the Devil Forest, the desert still had the same scene of yellow sand all over the sky. The sky and the earth were just separated by a thin line, and there were endless tall sand dunes. Any creature here is stronger than ants. Small.

I sat on the camel and looked around, but I kept recalling that strange red shadow in my mind.

I'm almost sure that's the guy who's been around the campfire the last two nights, and I know it's not just any ghost.But when it comes to what that guy is, I don't think even the uncle can tell the truth exactly.

The guy in the red cloth didn't have the aura of evil spirits on him, and he was definitely not a living person. Could it be that he was really a devil living in this forest of devils?

I suddenly remembered the story Amu told. In the legend, the bride who suddenly disappeared was wearing the same red cloth dress. The sacrifices and stone tablets placed under the tree may be to appease her grievances.But judging from her performance every night, she should be really lonely. She is the only one in such a big forest, and the people who used to worship her regularly were also driven away by the desert wind and sand, so she will When we appeared, they ran over and entangled us, using some tricks like ghosts hitting the wall to trap us.

Fortunately, Dao Feng saved her lonely heart with a bag of compressed biscuits in time, and we were able to escape smoothly.Otherwise, I might have to use ghost eyes again, and I will lose a lot of life in vain before I reach my destination.

Looking back for the last time, the Devil Forest was about to disappear from sight. I hope that someone will visit the bride after us, lest she stir up a gust of sand from time to time and run to drag someone else's camel.

Near noon, we arrived at a ruins where there were only ruins left. Amu said that as long as we climbed another mountain, we would be able to get to where we were going, but he hadn’t walked the road behind the mountain, and everything would depend on us. For himself, he could only try to lead the way to a safe place.

Although the sandy land under our feet is a relic, it is actually just an earthen nest where the ancients lived.

At this time, there was a small wind again, so we drove the camels together, then got into the earth nest to hide, and settled for lunch by the way.

The structure of these earth nests looks very simple, and the preservation is quite complete, with an area of ​​about ten square meters.In front of the Tuwozi, there is a yard-like area surrounded by solid wood. The interior walls are decorated with reeds, and the top is beams made of Populus euphratica trunks. The reeds and dead tree branches and leaves are mixed together as the roof.

It can be seen that it was not easy for the ancients living in the desert. In order to avoid the cruel wind and sand, they had to build their houses underground. Otherwise, as long as there was a strong wind blowing, they would have to blow away people and houses.

After lunch, we went back to the sandy ground. At this time, the wind and sand were much smaller, but we were still unable to speak.

We walked sideways along the ruins of Tuwozi, and found that there was a deep gully near these ruins, which was probably an ancient river channel.

Dao Feng found some discarded food packages under the river, which looked very new. He suspected that someone had arrived here before us.

So we didn't delay anymore, we rode on the camels and continued on our way. We passed many similar earth nests on the way, some of which had obvious traces of human activities, and they were recent.

I thought of Dao Yan and Chu Wentian, so I said to Dao Feng: "Look, it could be the two of them."

Dao Feng shook his head, pointed to the remaining traces and said: "The number is wrong. This is obviously done by a group of organized people. The number is at least twice that of ours."

I scratched my head, and the uncle interrupted in time, "I think it's Tangning."

As soon as we heard this, we all fell silent and stopped talking, because everyone knew that if Tangning was ahead of us, the rest of the road would be much harder.The woman interfered with us twice and three times, not knowing what the purpose was.

The mountain that Amu mentioned was not big, but it was difficult to walk. We barely climbed half of it in the evening, surrounded by weathered faults, and occasionally one or two lizards climbed over it, which was scary in size.

We set up a tent and built a fire, and we will spend the night here, but I always feel that this place gives people a very uncomfortable feeling, which is not as real as the sand.

Dao Feng thought I was frightened by those lizards, so he sprinkled some powder around the tent and told me not to worry, those lizards would not come near here.

It was rare for Dao Feng to be so gentle and considerate, which made me feel flattered. I nodded and pulled him to kiss him when no one was paying attention.

The little black cat is especially active tonight, often jumping out suddenly into the darkness, and then walking back gracefully in small steps as if full after a while, and then lying on his back by the fire to bask in his stomach.

I had nothing to do, so I poked its round belly with a small wooden stick, thinking to myself, this little guy would not run to eat those lizards, would he not be afraid of food poisoning?But also, it itself is highly poisonous, and I am afraid that any poison is nothing in its eyes.

When the little black cat sneaked out again, I followed it, trying to see if it was catching a lizard, but I didn't expect it to run so fast, and I lost it within a few steps.

So I took out the wolf eye that I carried with me, lit it up and continued to walk forward. The mountains in this area are rugged and full of rocks.

I slowly groped forward along a better path, and came to a very prominent and tall rock. I was worried that I would fall, so I squatted down to the edge of the rock, and then looked down.

This huge rock is probably located at the highest point of the mountain. When I looked down, I found that there were obvious flames and figures far away. It is a camp where a group of people are stationed.

I thought of Tang Ning and her team, and thought that those flames and figures might be them, so it seems that they did not arrive much earlier than us, and they are not too far away from us now. Shorten the travel time.

After grasping the opponent's actions, as long as we speed up appropriately and get in front of them, we will definitely be able to enter the ancient city of Khotan before Tangning. If necessary, we can intercept and kill them halfway, and then take their supplies.

After drawing up a strategy in my mind, I stood up and prepared to go back. While it was still early, I wanted to tell my uncle about this and let him think of the safest way.

I walked to the bottom of the giant rock with a flashlight, wondering if the little black cat had gone back by itself.

Just when I was distracted, a hand suddenly came around from behind and grabbed my wrist, and I was about to call out Xiao Hai in shock, but the man behind laughed softly and said: "Look, I scared you! "

I heard the voice very familiar, so I turned around and wanted to shine my wolf eyes on his face, but the man slapped my hand away and scolded: "Why don't you get rid of your stinking faults, you want to blind me, don't you?" .”

I was stunned for a moment, and finally realized that the guy in front of me was Xiang Wen who was used to sneak attacking from behind, so I raised the corner of my mouth and said, "Why are you here with Tangning? Next time I dare to scare people from behind, I will definitely blind you .”

Xiang Wen snorted, looked at me and said, "I was also forced to do nothing. Who knew that I was cursed when I came out of the Golden Ghost City, so I had to follow me to help. You saw it just now. Tangning is camping below. There are a lot of them. There are also two acquaintances you can't think of."

"Who?"

"Dao Yan and Chu Wentian."

"..." I raised my eyebrows in surprise. I didn't know what to say for a while, because I never expected that Chu Wentian and Dao Yan would hook up with Tangning. The two of them are so powerful. What is the reason? Can you make them willing to submit to others?What's more, Chu Wentian and Dao Yan should have already remembered about going to the ancient city of Khotan, but now they are mixed with Tangning's team. Could it be that they just thought about going to the ancient city of Khotan, but did not think about how to find and enter it?

Seeing my stunned look, Xiang Wen smiled triumphantly and said, "I came to you to invite you to join Tangning's team. Tangning said that everyone is now a grasshopper on the same rope. As long as the curse is solved, She can ignore past suspicions."

I let out a hey, and cursed: "Are we sorry for her? It should be because we don't care about the past."

Xiang Wen coughed dryly, nodded and said, "It's okay if you want to understand it that way, anyway, I'm just here to pass on a message, we found something ahead, and we're preparing for it these days, do you want to go over and have a look?"

I thought for a while, it's better to go over and have a look first, since Chu Wentian is there, they don't dare to harm me, after I understand it, I will come back and tell Dao Feng and the others, so that I can decide whether to cooperate with Tangning or not.

So I waved my hand and said, "Let's go, I have to go back to sleep quickly after finishing watching."

Xiang Wen saw that I looked like a leader reviewing, scolded me unkindly, and took the lead to walk forward.

The little black cat chased up from behind at some point, jumped onto my shoulder twice, and lay there lazily like this, I scratched its chin, then put away the flashlight, and followed behind Xiang Wen with my hands in my pockets.

The camp of Tang Ning and others is not far from our tent, but the road is very bumpy. Xiang Wen and I walked for a full hour to get there. This is still only two of us. Let's go, those camels must take a lot of time to slow down.

After I followed Xiang Wen to their camp, it was Dao Yan who discovered me first. He was stunned for a few seconds, then turned around and got into a tent, and dragged Chu Wentian out after a while.

Chu Wentian obviously just decided to go to bed, and his clothes haven’t been tied yet. After seeing me, he didn’t tie his clothes anymore. He strode over and grabbed my shoulder and said, “Why are you here? Didn’t I tell you not to get involved with this dress anymore? something?"

Dao Yan looked me up and down from the side, and suddenly remembered something, and asked with a gloomy face: "Did that kid come with you too?"

I knew he was referring to Dao Feng, so I had no choice but to say, "The four of us are here, plus a guide."

Dao Yan was about to lose his temper, when another woman with a pretty and pleasant face walked by. She was wearing very cold-resistant and simple and cute clothes, and she looked like a college student nowadays.

She walked in front of me, ignored Daoyan and Chu Wentian's expressions, and said with a smile, "Hi, I'm Tang Yu, Tangning's younger sister. My older sister is in the tent over there. I would like you to come over and say a few words."