Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Desert Smoke
Yangguan, located in the northwest of China, is the throat of China's ancient land foreign traffic, and is also the pass that the South Silk Road must pass, and has always been a strategic place for soldiers to fight.
Back then, in the Tianshan Mountains, Zixuan and the three of them inadvertently saved an elder of the elf clan who had been trapped for hundreds of years.
The token that the elder left for them at that time promised that if there was any need for his help in the future, they could come to the elves to find him, and he would do his best. In addition, he pointed out to them the habitat of the elves.
According to the jade slip left by the elder, the three of them learned that this secret habitat of the elven clan was in the desert west of Yangguan.
Listening to Yinyue's words, Xiao Jing stood up, a strange smile appeared on her face, and she said, "Eldest sister, are you going to go out with Fangfang like this?"
The so-called authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. Yinyue and Hu Fangfang stood together, like twin sisters. If two people look at each other, it's like looking at themselves in a mirror.
Over the years, Yinyue has been shown as "Bai Zixuan" on the outside - either it has transformed into Bai Zixuan's appearance, or its original spirit has been placed in Bai Zixuan's body to move, so she has long been accustomed to her current appearance.
And just now, Hu Fangfang's ontological body was placed in the formation to recuperate, and the primordial spirit was placed in Bai Zixuan's body.
Now, both of them are Bai Zixuan!
There are two Bai Zixuan in the secret room, but it's nothing. If the two go out together and are seen by others, I am afraid that it will inevitably make people think about it in addition to shock.
When Yinyue and Hu Fangfang heard Xiaojing mention this, the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
Yinyue actually remembered this before, but she saw Hu Fangfang's smooth seizure just now, so she forgot about it.
She was a little embarrassed and said, "It's me who is too anxious!"
Yinyue thought for a moment, and then said to Xiaojing and Hu Fangfang: "Many people saw me and you come in just now, I think I will become Fangfang!"
"Fangfang, when I go out with Xiaojing in your image, you can find a suitable reason for this!
Hu Fangfang said with a smile: "Your Highness, rest assured, this Fangfang naturally understands!"
Yinyue nodded, and then silently recited the magic in her mouth, her body spun, and a light blue halo flickered around her body, and in the blink of an eye, she suddenly became Hu Fangfang's appearance.
Xiao Jing looked at Hu Fangfang's body in the crystal coffin, and then at the Fangfang transformed by the silver moon, smacked her lips and said, "It's okay! ”
Yinyue threw away a roll of her eyes and said with a smile: "The rivers and lakes are sinister. I'm going to not even be able to do this, how can I take you to mess around?!"
In the cultivation realm, demon beasts can transform into human form when they reach the early stage of cultivation. In the later stages of Yudan, there are even more things that can be changed.
Yinyue is now in the stage of transforming into a god, and it is naturally trivial to become a person.
"Okay, that's pretty much the right thing to do. Now you can go!"
After Yinyue finished speaking, she led the two out of the stone room.
As the three of them left the chamber, the underground returned to its former peace. On the thick stone wall, only layers of spiritual power runes were faintly swimming around.
Dozens of minutes later, Hu Fangfang still stayed in the manor to deal with affairs, and Yinyue and Xiaojing left the Bai manor.
Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, it was Miss Bai Zixuan who stayed in the manor, and she let Xiaojing leave with her housekeeper Hu Fangfang.
After Yinyue dealt with the affairs in Hangzhou, she immediately booked a plane ticket to Dunhuang City in northwest China that day.
Yangguan is located near the Gobi Desert in the southwest of Dunhuang City. After Yinyue and the two got off the plane from the Mogao Grottoes Airport in Dunhuang, they then transferred to a car to reach Yangguan.
In ancient times, Yangguan was a transportation hub and a very prosperous place. Now, the former Yangguan City has long been gone, and only a beacon ruins remain, standing on the mountain, for future generations to hang on.
To the south of the mountain, there is an endless sandy beach with sand dunes and sand beams, between which are gravel flats. Locals call it "Antique Beach".
On the gravel flat ground between the sand dunes of the antique beach, there are many ancient relics, such as ancient coins, weapons, ornaments, pottery shards, etc., which are widely distributed and can be picked up at hand. Therefore, the locals have the saying that "when you enter the antique beach, you will not return it empty-handed".
In addition, there are some remnants of houses, farmland, canals and other ruins, which are clearly visible and eye-catching when the strong wind passes.
Of course, Yinyue and Xiaojing's destination is not here. They didn't come to inspect the ruins, nostalgic for the past and the present.
It's just that, according to the message left by the elven clan elders. Out of Yangguan in the west, after a distance to the southwest, you can see a vast and boundless desert.
According to this elder named Dongyuan, the habitat of the elves is in the sea of sand.
Based on Yinyue's contact, the elven clan to which this elder belongs should be a light elf, and naturally it will not really live in the desert.
It is rumored that elves are born from the corpses of giants and absorb the essence of giants to become spiritual creatures, among which the corpses born on the light side are called light elves, and the backlit side is born dark elves.
The Light Elves are usually gentle, cheerful and enthusiastic, able to communicate with trees, flowers, swimming fish and birds, and usually live in the depths of the forest. Dark Elves, on the other hand, are hot-tempered, calm and unsmiling, and usually live in underground caverns.
Yinyue and Xiaojing chartered a taxi and traveled all the way, seeing many travelers traveling together along the way. They traveled non-stop all the way through Yangguan until they reached a town.
The town, called Sand City, is also known as the last area of human activity - and beyond that, the desert.
At the southern end of the old town of Shazhen, there is a small river. On one side of the river is the city, and on the other side is the huge sand mountain. The desert is connected to the city, the oasis is accompanied by the yellow sand, and the extremely high temperature is only one step away from the normal temperature...... It is undoubtedly a beautiful and charming place.
The taxi driver had obviously been here more than once and was very familiar with it. He apparently regarded them as fellow travelers, and from the beginning of the sunshine, he introduced them to the customs and customs with relish along the way. Shacheng has unique characteristics, and it must be the only one in China.
According to him, Shacheng is rich in yellow sand resources, and it depends on sand to eat sand. This is the holy land of Chinese sand sculpture art, and the sand sculpture art exhibition hall has also been built in the city. Every year, tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists come here to participate in the theme activities.
Of course, this great desert connects Dunhuang and Xinjiang, and therefore has become the most mysterious and arduous road in the ancient silk road, and it is still covered with a veil of mystery, so it also attracts many brave Chinese and foreign explorers every year.
When they arrived in Shacheng New District, the taxi driver highly recommended Yinyue and the two to participate in the farmhouse and go to the new city to see the sand sculpture museum and other attractions.
However, Silver Moon shook her head and instructed him to keep going. The taxi drove over the creek in the old town, crossed the bridge a short distance and stopped.
The terrain is relatively flat, with a small village, and in the distance, there are undulating sand mountains like waves. Human civilization seems to have come to an abrupt end here.
Silver Moon looked up, the sky was cloudless, and a red sun hung high. Smoke rises from the village, and the sound of people and livestock can be faintly heard. In this situation, there is a slight meaning of "the desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets on the long river".
In the driver's surprised gaze, Yinyue and Xiaojing took out some standard hiking and camping equipment, including tents, sleeping bags, moisture-proof mats, hiking shoes, GPS, compass, walkie-talkies, hiking clothes, etc.
"You should believe it now, right?"
Yinyue smiled and said to him, "We really want to experience the desert, and we really want to walk through the desert!" (To be continued.) )