The farther west he went, the drier the weather became, and the temperature began to rise gradually, making Meng Tian, who had never been to the desert, feel a little uncomfortable.

Mu Lituo didn't have much reaction to the desert environment, after all, he used to walk this road a lot, and he had a certain understanding of the harsh environment of the desert. Seeing that Meng Tian was a little irritable, Mu Lituo smiled and said to him: "Brother, the further west you go, the hotter the weather will become, but the hotter it is, the more you can't take off your scarf, otherwise the sand will get into your body, and the sun's rays will burn your skin, so you have to be mentally prepared for the next journey." ”

Meng Tian poured a large mouthful of water into his throat fiercely, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Big brother, don't worry, these are not worth mentioning compared to Yanran's life, I must go on for Yanran's sake." “

"Okay, then I'll be relieved, fortunately there has been no wind and sand in the past two days, and if we're lucky, we'll be out of this desert by this time tomorrow." At that time, the edge of the desert is an oasis, and the cantaloupe there is very sweet. ”

Tomorrow the two of them met a caravan on the edge of the desert, this caravan was coming and going from the countries of the Western Regions, and most of the goods were furs, jewelry, and so on. The caravan readily agreed to the proposal of Meng Tian and Muritu to join them in crossing the desert together, and it would be a good choice for them to join two strange companions on their long desert journey.

There were not many people in the caravan, a dozen people, twenty camels, except for a few camels carrying goods, each of the other camels had a scimitar and a bag full of bows and arrows. Perhaps the reason why Meng Tian and Mu Lituo were allowed to join was also because the leader of the caravan could not pose a danger to his belongings by these two men.

The desert scenery is unique, except for the uniform sand dunes, where the scorching sun scorches the parched land.

"Big brother, how did this desert come to be?" Meng Tian was very curious about the fact that it was all sand.

"I don't know, I've walked a few times, but I don't know why it's all sand here. ”

"Young man. A knight on a camel not far from Meng Tian's camel called out to Meng Tian, and he ripped off the scarf he used to protect himself from the wind and sand, revealing his long beard. His beard was already a little gray, and his face looked quite old.

The old knight took a sip of his own water, and then spoke: "According to the people who have walked here before, this place used to be beautiful, but then I don't know if the people living here angered the heavens or what, the heavens came down to punish, and a huge heavenly fire fell from the sky and fell here. The heat of the heavenly fire burned everything here, and all the flowers and trees withered

Dead, even the hills here have been burned dry, and they become the sand dunes you see now. ”

"Heavenly fire, could it be a fire that fell from the sky?" Meng Tian asked curiously.

"Of course, after the fire burned this place into a desert, it turned into a large black stone that sat in the middle of the desert. Not long ago, however, I heard that a gang of horse bandits had taken possession of the rock, and I hope we will not meet them on this trip. When the old knight had finished speaking, he put his face around his face and rode his camel along with the man in front of him.

"Haha, brother, there are so many legends here, you should just listen to a joke. Of course, there is a large rock in the middle of this desert, and I went to see it when I first walked this desert. Murito said.

Meng Tian nodded, no matter whether the old knight's words were true or not, Meng Tian didn't take it to heart, in his opinion, this desert would not have been formed for no reason anyway, maybe what the old knight said was true or not, but Meng Tian didn't believe that there were really immortals in this world.

Continue walking, halfway through the desert, it will be dark. Meng Tian didn't expect that the desert was so hot during the day, but it was cold to death at night, no wonder Mu Li took off and saw that it was getting dark, so he quickly asked Meng Tian to find thick clothes to wear. Fortunately, there was a sheepskin coat in the outfit that Zi Yanran prepared for Meng Tian, and Meng Tian felt much warmer after wearing it.

The people of the caravan were out and about, and everything was well prepared, and when they saw that Meng Tian and Mu Lituo had no tents to live in, they took the initiative to give up a tent for the two of them. In order to repay them, Meng Tian volunteered to stand a shift for them at night.

The desert night was very quiet, except for the occasional wolf howl in the distance, the night was eerily quiet, and even the crackling of the firewood on the fire in the middle of the tent could be heard clearly.

Meng Tian was on the last shift, so after he had eaten the fragrant dried meat in the middle of the night, he got into the tent and began to sleep.

I don't know how long I slept, Meng Tian felt the sand flowing under his body, as if something was shaking. Meng Tian hurriedly asked Muli beside him to take it off, and then got dressed and walked out of the tent first.

Meng Tian walked to the fire and patted the sleeping caravan standing guard at night. The man standing guard was awakened by Meng Tian, and just wanted to ask him what he was doing, but before he could ask, a fire appeared on the sand dune next to where they lived, and then a group of horse bandits wielding scimitars appeared on the sand dune.

The person standing guard shouted loudly, and he didn't need to guess Meng Tian to know that this person was definitely shouting "The horse bandits are coming".

Mu Lituo got out of the tent, he walked to Meng Tian's side and looked at the horse bandits on the dunes, he asked, "Brother, is that a horse bandit?"

Meng Tian nodded, he asked Mu Li to take off his weapon and fetch it, Meng Tian jumped out of the fire with a long thick wooden branch that had not yet been burned, held it in his hand, and looked at the horse bandits vigilantly.

When the caravan heard the warning from their own people, they all hurried out of their tents, and when they saw the horse bandits on the dunes, everyone was terrified. Thankfully, the leader of the caravan roared and everyone fell silent, and then grabbed their bows and arrows, ready to meet the attack of the bandits.

The bandits seemed to know the armed forces of the caravan beneath the dunes, and after waiting for a while, after a man with a torch gave an order, all the bandits rushed down the dunes on horseback.

"Brother Mu, you quickly tell them to hide behind the camels, if these horse bandits rush over, it won't be long before we all die under their charge. As the general of the Mengjia army, Meng Tian knows the power of cavalry very well, and he also has a clear understanding of the weakness of cavalry.

Mu Lituo shouted Meng Tian's words to the people in the caravan in the language of the Western Regions, and then quickly hid behind a camel resting on the ground.

Meng Tian pulled out the Zhengang sword, held the sword in both hands, and looked at the horse bandits who rushed over. When the horse bandit was still five steps away from him, Meng Tian suddenly stepped forward, and then jumped up, just as the horse bandit also rushed in front of Meng Tian, Meng Tian stepped on the horse's head, and the sword swung forward, the horse bandit's head flew into the air, and then the horse continued to run forward with the headless owner.

After killing the first horse bandit, Meng Tian stepped on the buttocks of the horse that had killed his master, and stabbed out with a sword, only this time his target was a horse instead of a person, and when the horse bandit who was chosen as a target brandished a scimitar to avoid Meng Tian's sword, Meng Tian stabbed a sword on the neck of the horse under his crotch, and when the sword was drawn, the horse also fell to the ground, throwing the person on the horse out. At the same time, it blocked the momentum of the horse bandits galloping behind him.

Seeing that Meng Tian was so powerful, the leader of the caravan was not left behind, and he commanded his men to start shooting arrows at the horse bandits, although it was very dark, but the horse bandits rushed to the front, and they could shoot people or horses without aiming as long as they were not blind. Therefore, before the horse bandits had injured the caravan for the time being, more than a dozen people had already been shot and killed, and their bodies were lying on the ground.

The momentum of the horse bandits was blocked, and there were five horse bandits who died in Meng Tian's hands. As if the judgment of these people was wrong, the leader of the bandits, who remained on the dunes, rode over and stopped his men from dying.

The leader of the bandits rode on his horse and looked at Meng Tian who was standing next to the fire with his sword in his hand, and he didn't know what he said, the bandits who followed him stopped attacking, and then formed a circle to surround the entire caravan.