When they woke up one night, they were completely disoriented, and at this moment they didn't know which direction to go.

Jia Deren not only stole their provisions, but also stole their Sinan. It seems that Jia Deren's intention is obvious, which is to force these competitors out of the desert so that they can own the treasure alone.

"Jia Deren, this old fox, I swear to find him and beat him up severely. Nie Yuanfeng waved his fist.

"Hmph!" Wang Pengzhan didn't know if he had rhinitis, or if he had a cotton ball stuffed in his nose, and he always made a contemptuous sound with his nostrils in a weird way.

Nie Yuanfeng glanced at Wang Pengzhan, "Are you doubting what I said?"

"I've never believed what you say. Wang Pengzhan replied arrogantly.

Nie Yuanfeng was about to open his mouth to fight back, but was pulled by Long Jingtian's sleeves. "You better save your tongue, we have more important things to do. ”

The disciples looked left and right, but found that Tianjizi had disappeared.

"Tianjizi, Tianjizi!" Long Jingtian shouted at the top of his voice.

"I'm here!"

The voice came from overhead, and Long Jingtian looked up, and it turned out that Tianjizi didn't know when he had climbed onto the sand dune.

Tianjizi was standing on the top of a high sand dune and looking into the distance, looking for a marker to discern his direction. Not far away, he saw that some crescent-shaped ridges of sand had formed due to the action of the high winds.

Based on the experience of survival in the wild, Tianjizi knows that in areas with crescent-shaped dunes, it has a gentle slope on the windward side and faces northwest, while a leeward slope is steep and faces southeast. Based on this judgment, he quickly judged the direction.

"Let's go! ”

Tianjizi stepped down from the sand dunes and packed his bags.

"Have you already judged the direction?" Wang Pengzhan looked at Tianjizi suspiciously.

"Of course, what kind of person is my Tianjizi?" Nie Yuanfeng looked at Wang Pengzhan proudly, "He is a well-known Taoist priest. ”

"What kind of cow, like you're a Taoist priest. Wang Pengzhan choked Nie Yuanfeng back with a word, and he didn't know why he always liked to mock Nie Yuanfeng.

"Let's go! you're talking more and more nonsense. Long Jingtian glanced at Wang Pengzhan, he didn't like to listen to this guy say those sarcastic words about Nie Yuanfeng.

Along the way, Wang Pengzhan always walked by Tianjizi's side, constantly asking questions, wanting to learn some knowledge of survival in the wild. Tianjizi always told Wang Pengzhan unreservedly.

Wang Pengzhan learned some methods for discerning directions in the grasslands, deserts and other areas of northern China. For example, due to the action of the northwest wind, the sand ridges formed near shrubs and grasses have a large head and a small tail, with the head pointing to the northwest and the tail pointing to the southeast.

He had only known how to orient himself by looking at the stars and the sun before, but this was the first time he had done something like this. Wang Pengzhan secretly thought that he had learned these methods, and in case of an accident, he could walk out of the desert alone.

Long Jingtian listened to Tianjizi teach Wang Pengzhan the method of identifying the direction, and he was in a hurry. He had long seen that Wang Pengzhan had bad intentions, and he must have taken these methods to plan for future actions.

Today's weather is strange, not like the sun shining in the past, but a good day with dark clouds. This allowed everyone to escape the scorching sun and move forward much faster.

"You see, there seems to be a string there

Footprints. Suddenly, Liu Ruyan shouted.

Everyone looked in the direction of Liu Ruyan's finger, and there was a long series of footprints extending into the distance about ten meters to the left of their direction of travel.

"Jia Deren, it must have been left by Jia Deren. Wang Pengzhan seemed to see hope, and ran in the direction of the footprints.

The others followed suit. Tianjizi stared at the footprints left on the sand, conducting a professional analysis. Judging by the size of the footprints, the man's shoes are about 43 sizes, and they are a pair of desert combat boots.

Judging from the depth of the footprints on the sand, the weight of the human body is about 70-75 kilograms. These data are very consistent with Jia Deren.

"That's right! These are the footprints of Jia Deren. Wang Pengzhan gritted his teeth and said, "I am most impressed by these shoes, because they are the same as the pair I wear on my feet." ”

Nie Yuanfeng touched his head and asked with some doubts: "If it is Jia Deren's footprints, one footprint should be deeper and the other shallow!"

Nie Yuanfeng thinks that Jia Deren is a cripple, so the strength of the two legs is different, so the depth of the footprints on the two feet is naturally different.

"Didn't I say it a long time ago?" Wang Pengzhan looked at Nie Yuanfeng impatiently, "Jia Deren is a liar, he is not a cripple at all. ”

Nie Yuanfeng suddenly realized that he had forgotten that Jia Deren was a liar. However, Nie Yuanfeng's analysis this time is very reasonable, Tianjizi saw Nie Yuanfeng's progress, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

"Let's follow the footsteps and find Jia Deren. Wang Pengzhan said categorically.

Liu Ruyan nodded, "That's right, we must catch up with him, this guy is so hateful that he almost made us die in the desert." ”

Tianjizi quietly looked at the footprints in the distance without saying a word, and no one could guess what he was thinking. Wang Pengzhan was so anxious that he couldn't wait to chase him in the direction of the footprints.

"Daoist Tianjizi, do you have something to say! Do you want to chase or not?" asked Wang Pengzhan with round eyes.

Tianjizi didn't speak, just shook his head.

"Why is that? Is it just to watch him find the treasure before us?" Wang Pengzhan shouted excitedly.

"These are not the footprints of Judren. Tianjizi said suddenly.

How could it be that it wasn't Jia Deren's footprints? No one could accept this judgment, judging from the size of the footprints and the pattern of the soles, it was clear that they were Jia Deren's footprints.

"Do you think my judgment is wrong?" asked Tianjizi.

Everyone nodded in unison, waiting for his answer.

Tianjizi smiled slightly, "You all overlooked a detail. ”

After careful analysis, Tianjizi believed that the footprints were not left by Jia Deren, which made everyone very incomprehensible.

"What details did we overlook?" Nie Yuanfeng looked up at Tianjizi.

"Height! You're all ignoring Judren's height. Tianjizi asked, "How tall is Jia Deren, have you noticed?"

"He is about 1.75 meters tall. Wang Pengzhan said affirmatively.

Tianjizi nodded, "That's right! Jia Deren's height is only one meter seventy-five, and how far away are the footprints on the sand?"

Long Jingtian squatted on the ground and measured it with his fingers

, "It is estimated that it is more than eighty centimeters." ”

"You can test that the normal walking distance of a person who is 1.7 meters tall is about 70 to 75 centimeters. And in the desert, as the fatigue of the person increases, the distance of the pace will become shorter and shorter. ”

Tianjizi's analysis caused the others to nod frequently. In this way, the person who left this series of footprints will definitely be more than 1.7 meters tall, and it is conservatively estimated to reach more than 1.8 meters.

"Your analysis seems to be reasonable, but it cannot be ruled out that Judren deliberately amplified the pace in order to mislead us. Wang Pengzhan raised his own questions.

This possibility also exists, but Tianjizi also has ample evidence to rule it out. That's his apprentices.

The disciples have seen Jia Deren, and the disciples who have practiced Qianli sniffing clearly remember his body odor. Tianjizi asked the disciples to sniff the footprints carefully, and the disciples raised their heads and said something.

Tianjizi has already made a judgment, this is not Jia Deren's footprints. Because the disciples told him that this was the smell of another person's body.

Although Wang Pengzhan was skeptical of Tianjizi's judgment, he believed that the nose of the police dog would not be wrong.

"In this way, apart from a few of us and Jia Deren, there must be others who have entered this desert. Wang Pengzhan speculated.

"It seems that this desert is quite attractive, and there are so many people who set foot here. Liu Ruyan said in a low voice. His physical condition has not been good, and he has relied on Wang Pengzhan's support all the way.

"It can't be foxes...... No, the footprints are fresh. Tianjizi thoughtfully, "Let's go as planned." ”

With such a rare cool weather like today, it would be a shame if you didn't speed up. The clouds were getting thicker and thicker, black as thick ink, obscuring the sky.

But strange to say, although the dark clouds are getting lower and lower, almost touching the top of people's heads, the rain just can't drip down.

"This is really a hellish place, it's so scary!" Looking at the dark clouds overhead, Liu Ruyan began to be timid. "You hear like someone is crying. ”

Everyone else stopped, stood quietly and pricked up their ears to listen carefully, but they didn't hear Liu Ruyan's cry.

"Are you hallucinating?" Nie Yuanfeng asked suspiciously, "Why can't I hear anything?"

Liu Ruyan's face turned pale, and her body shook involuntarily. "No, I'm not lying. It's the cry of a baby, so pitiful!"

Looking at Liu Ruyan's trembling body, everyone was at a loss. Obviously I didn't hear the cry, but Liu Ruyan said it so terrifyingly, what was going on?

"You calm down, maybe you're too tired these days and you're hallucinating. Wang Pengzhan hugged Liu Ruyan and comforted.

Liu Ruyan didn't seem to listen to others, and her expression was still trembling with horror. He covered his ears tightly with his hands, not wanting the horrible cry to get in.

But I didn't expect that the tighter he clutched, the louder the miserable cry was. It was as if the voice was not coming from outside, but from his heart.

"Let's go! Let's get out of here, maybe a little later. ”

Tianjizi took a step and wanted to lead everyone out of this strange place.

The clouds grew thicker and lower, and suddenly a gust of wind struck, and the raindrops fell like stones on everyone's body.