On the eighth day of entering the sand, finally, I saw the end.

Tushan couldn't help smacking his tongue, and said to Ah Hu and Ji Thief: "It's finally time to come out, this ghost place is too big, I thought that this sandy land would be able to go out in one day at most." ”

Ji Thief nodded and hummed: "In eight days, even a large area of mountain range can go from east to west." ”

Ah Hu shook his head: "No, this sandy land is still not that big, and if it dies, it is only half the size of a large mountain range." ”

Tushan wanted to refute something, but the thief next to him closed his eyes and thought for a while: "Ah Hu is right, this sandy land is indeed not that big. ”

Tsuchiyama: "???"

I saw it, and Ji Thief said with a smile: "Tushan, you just counted the time we walked, but you forgot that we have been walking these days while guarding against the attack of poisonous insects and sand snakes, and in addition, there are many quicksand in the middle of the sandy land, which delays our journey, otherwise, I estimate that we should come out three days earlier." ”

Tushan lowered his head and pondered for a while, and only then spoke: "I only know, we have been eating sand snakes for two days, and that thing is really disgusting." ”

As soon as Tsuchiyama said this, the faces of Ji Thief and Ah Hu changed at the same time.

Just as Tushan said, two days ago, the food brought by the three of them had already been eaten.

Hungry, the thief decided to fight these sand snakes, the sand is full of poison, and the food has been disgusting for two days.

You know, you can't clean this thing and eat it, it's a waste of water.

Up to now, the thief has a mouth, and it still has the unique fishy smell of sand snakes, not to mention how disgusting.

Hurriedly took out the last bamboo tube from his body and the only remaining water, Ji Thief slapped the lid open, kept rinsing his mouth into his mouth, and scolded in his mouth: "This time I will be a monk, no one should mention the word meat to me." ”

Rao is Tushan and Ah Hu, who were used to eating raw meat before, and they were also a little disgusted when they heard the word meat.

Yes, it's true that they eat raw meat, but raw meat is also eaten after it is cleaned, which is like now?

It's a real live swallow.

Feeling the sound behind him, the thief looked back, and countless sand snakes poked their heads out of the sand and stared at him.

In the past few days, these beasts have been depressed, and the thieves have fire in their hands, and these guys dare not force them up, so that the thieves have gone all the way, and these beasts have followed all the way.

"Let's go!"

Hearing the incessant sound of spitting in the air, Ji Thief only felt that his scalp was numb, and he hurriedly walked quickly not far ahead.

The eight-day experience made the thief understand that it is better not to run in the sand, otherwise it is easy to fall into the quicksand.

Although they have now come to the edge of the sand, and basically do not see the quicksand, this good habit is still retained.

The three of them endured the heat, walked briskly with torches, and finally, after half an hour, came out of the sand.

When he managed to escape, the thief sat on the ground, tilted his head, and gasped for air.

"It was definitely an unforgettable experience. ”

Both Tushan and Ah Hu nodded hurriedly.

After resting for a while, the three of them got up and found the water source, took off the animal skin on their bodies, and jumped directly into it.

After not cleaning for eight days, the thief felt that he was about to turn into sand, and with a slight shake of his head, countless pieces of grit fell from his hair.

After a long period of cleaning, he was tired of tossing, and then the thief pushed the water to the shore, leaned against the shore, rested his head on a stone and looked at the sky, and let the buoyancy of the water float his body.

Ah Hu and Tushan are not as good as Ji Thief, and they barely stand on the bottom of the water with their feet.

"Patriarch, we've also seen the sand, what should we do next?" Ah Hu asked Ji Thief.

The thief, who was about to relax for a while, opened his eyes when he heard this, and said, "What can I do?" Of course, go back, Usma is still waiting for us at the northern entrance. ”

As he spoke, the thief took a deep breath and dived into the water.

After a long time, he surfaced, holding a big herring in his hand, and said with a smile: "Damn, I haven't eaten fish for almost a year, I didn't expect this kind of harvest, come on, I'll let you see my craftsmanship today." ”

Tushan asked Ji Thief suspiciously: "Patriarch, didn't you say that you don't eat meat?"

Ji Thief: "··· Do you mean me kidding?"

The corners of Tushan's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he said in his heart that the patriarch was really true.

Crawling up to the shore naked, the thief patted all the sand off the leather trousers, then put it on, rummaged through the hides on the shore and found the fire folds, asked him to find some branches and weeds near the earth mountain, followed him with a copper knife from Ah Hu, cut the fish and cleaned it, made a fire, and put it on a shelf to roast.

"It's better here, the sky is blue and the water is clear, the air is so fresh, if there is no Qingfeng tribe, it would be great. Grilling the fish, Ji Thief said with a sigh.

After collecting firewood, he sat on the dirt mountain opposite the thief and said: "Come and come, we are not afraid of them, and when the time comes, we will kill as many as they come." ”

Ji Thief glanced at the naked Tushan, and sighed: "That Tushan, although it is said that there is no one who catches naked running, but you treat each other so frankly, isn't it a little too unrestrained? Put on your clothes." ”

Tushan oh oh twice, did as the thief said.

The three of them shared a fish, and after eating, they filled the several bamboo tubes they carried with them with water, drank them to their heart's content, and then went south along the river.

Four days later, the three of them arrived at the northern entrance, where Usma and Achi were tired of waiting.

The two of them had been here for more than ten days, and it could be said that this mountain fault, which was only forty or fifty meters wide, and the entrance to a large area of the mountain range and the north, had been thoroughly studied by Usma.

When he saw the three thieves appear, Usma was about to cry: "Patriarch, you can be regarded as here, for so many days, I thought something had happened to you." ”

Ji Thief snorted twice: "Crow's mouth, I'll tell you about your salary." ”

"No, I'm not kidding. ”

"Okay, don't be poor, how's the research going?"

Usma turned around, pointed to the entrance, and said, "It's not too big, it doesn't take much effort to set up a level, but there is one thing I don't understand." ”

Ji Thief nodded: "You say." ”

Usma looked at the thief and said, "Patriarch, why did you build a checkpoint here, what is the use?"

Ah Zhi also looked at Ji Thief with a puzzled expression.

Ji Thief hesitated for a moment, and before he could speak, he said next to him: "Patriarch, why don't you tell Usma, he will know sooner or later anyway." ”

As soon as he heard this, Usma said that something was indeed wrong.

It seems that I guessed well.

Reaching out and patting Usma's shoulder, the thief said, "Okay, you can't hide it." ”

Usma and Achi hurriedly straightened their attitudes and looked at the thief.

Ji Thief opened his mouth and asked, "Do you remember Songzan?"

"Remember, good patriarch, what did you say he did?"

Ji Thief sighed: "I don't want to talk about him either, but I can't help it if I don't talk about this thing." You know, this guy has a concubine, the matriarch of a large tribe, and there are thousands of people under his command. ”

Usma's eyes widened for a moment: "No, Patriarch, you're not joking!!"

Ah Zhi was also surprised: "Yes, patriarch, how can there be a tribe of thousands of people." ”

Ji Thief pouted and said: "I know that you don't believe it, this tribe, called the Qingfeng tribe, they will come in about half a year, and, to tell you clearly, they are here to avenge Songzan." ”

"Half a year, so fast?"

"Yes, I let the hairy monkey guy run away before, he went back, it must be a ventilation report, I counted the time for the hairy monkey to go back, and the time for the Qingfeng tribe to go south, now, there is only half a year left for us. ”

Ji thief said.

"Did you know before, Patriarch?" asked Usma.

Ji Thief hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Know." ”

"Why didn't you tell everyone, Patriarch?" said Usma.

Ji Thief stretched out his hands: "I said before, can everyone still develop the tribe in a stable manner and put the tribe on the right track?" Now, most of us are fully prepared in all aspects, even if the Qingfeng tribe comes, we can also have the strength to fight with it, this truth, Usma, you should understand." ”