Xiaojiazhuang, located at the junction of the two countries of Barbarian King and Gusen, is located in a remote location, and there are constant wars, which is really a poor mountain and bad water.

Originally, this area belonged to the three irregularities, but the people of Puguang Temple, in the spirit of the compassion of the monks, opened a branch temple here to reconcile the forces of all parties.

After many years of operation, the relationship between the parties here has eased a lot. But recently, the Xiao family, who manages the branch of Puguang Temple, suddenly had a big incident, first attacked by the beast tide, and then attacked by various mysterious people, which made the Xiao family panic.

But not long ago, people from Puguang Temple repelled all those beast tides and mysterious people, and the Xiao family lived a somewhat peaceful life. However, this situation did not last long, just a few days ago, a red cloud suddenly appeared in the sky above Xiaojiazhuang, and all the people in the entire village disappeared without a trace, which was very strange.

……

When Bai Hao came here, it was already noon on the third day. Behind him, there were three other high-ranking disciples of Puguang Temple. They are Feng Xiaohan, who has reached the second level of the Yuan Infant, Li Dongqi, and Yang Xinxin, who have reached the middle level of the Yuan Infant.

The area of this Xiaojiazhuang is very large, much larger than the average state capital. However, because of the perennial war, the population is not very large. Even, some families have almost only one lonely old man.

"Brother Lin, we have arrived at Xiaojiazhuang, let's take a rest. Li Dongqi said.

"Yes, I'm tired from traveling for the past three days. "The wind is cold and cold.

"Hmm. ”

Bai Hao nodded, agreeing with their statement.

……

Xiaojiazhuang is empty, as rumored to be. I guess I was swept away by that weird red cloud. Bai Hao naturally knew that the red cloud would probably not eat back grass, but thinking about it, there were still some clues here.

"There's no one here, let's find an inn. Yang Xinxin said.

"Hmm. ”

Everyone nodded and stepped into a "Rifle Inn".

The things in this inn are messy, and it must have gone through some "turmoil". Those traces should be caused by the rush of everyone when Hongyun first came.

"Brother Lin!"

At the moment when Bai Hao was busy looking around, suddenly, Li Dongqi looked out the window and suddenly shouted. Bai Hao looked back, but saw that he was looking out the window with shocked eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Bai Hao followed Li Dongqi's gaze, but found that the sun was shining outside, and there was nothing?

"Did you find anything?" Bai Hao asked.

"Red ...... Red. ”

Li Dongqi paused slightly, and then spoke: "A red light flashed just now, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye. ”

"What, where?"

Bai Hao was taken aback, at this moment, he was extremely sensitive to the word red light. In fact, this is true for anyone who comes to Xiaojiazhuang. Who told them that the mission of this trip is to track down the whereabouts of the red light and find the missing people.

"It's gone, it's too fast, about four or five miles to the southeast. Li Dongqi hurriedly said, and everyone immediately rushed out when they heard the words, and they couldn't take care of rest at the moment.

Perhaps, that would be a clue.

……

Li Dongqi led the way in front, and rushed towards the place where the red light had just appeared. After half an hour, they finally arrived at their destination, but what they saw in front of them was a desert.

"This, how can there be a desert here?" Yang Xinxin said in shock.

"This desert is not naturally formed, but ......" Feng Xiaohan squatted down to check the fine sand, and continued: "This desert was formed just now. ”

"What?"

"You mean, this desert is just a red light...... Yang Xinxin shuddered unconsciously, and said: "What is that red light, why does it have such terrifying power?"

They were discussing, but Bai Hao carefully squatted down and put his hand into the sand. Sure enough, the thickness of the fine sand here is only about a centimeter, and it is indeed just formed.

Bai Hao pondered for a while and said, "Three, I'm afraid it's not easy here, please be careful." ”

"Well, I don't need you to say it. Feng Xiaohan responded.

……

Whew, whew.

After a while, the wind suddenly blew here. Bai Hao's eyes were stunned, and even when he saw a storm rolling in the distance, Bai Hao was startled, and said in a lost voice: "Everyone run away, the sandstorm is coming!"

"What?"

Hearing Bai Hao's exclamation, everyone looked forward. Sure enough, there was a terrifying storm coming towards them, and at this rate, it would probably not take them more than a few minutes.

Without the slightest hesitation, the four of them fled into the distance.

Whew, whew.

The wind became more and more violent, and the fine sand rolled up by the sandstorm was extremely sharp, and it actually cut the skin of several people. But they are not ordinary people, so naturally they don't care about these small injuries.

"Let's hurry back to Xiaojiazhuang and check it out after rectification. Feng Xiaohan yelled.

"Yes!"

Everyone responded and hurriedly rushed to Xiaojiazhuang.

……

Two hours later, everyone returned to the inn in embarrassment.

Their hair was a little messy, and even Yang Xinxin's clothes were torn. In this team, maybe Yang Xinxin is the weakest.

Bai Hao took a deep breath and sat down at the table, frowning and thinking about what happened just now.

Why do red clouds bring deserts, and why do they have such large dust storms?

Seeing Bai Hao frowning and pondering, those present didn't dare to alarm him. They knew very well how terrifying Bai Hao's cultivation was, and on the surface, the middle level of Yuan Ying might not be his true strength at all.

After a while, Bai Hao finally frowned and said, "Perhaps, I know a little clue." ”

"What clues?" Feng Xiaohan hurriedly asked.

"Hongguang he took away the people from Xiaojiazhuang, maybe he wanted to complete a certain ceremony?" Bai Hao said.

"Why do you say that, do you have any proof?" Feng Xiao said coldly.

"Hmm. ”

Bai Hao put his right hand on the table and said, "First of all, I can be sure that the other party is either a demon cultivator or an evil cultivator, and he urgently needs something from the human body to cultivate. Moreover, so many people may not be able to absorb them completely, and he needs to resort to some kind of ritual in order to achieve his ulterior purpose. ”

"How do you know?" asked Feng Xiaohan.

"Well, these are my guesses, but they came through some clues. ”

"Think about it, it seems useless for ordinary people to take away so many people, not to mention, this Xiaojiazhuang is still mostly ordinary people, and the monks are a minority after all. And ordinary people are needed, and there are only demon cultivators and evil cultivators in this world. ”

"Well, it's very likely that this guess, but the ritual you said ......" Feng Xiaohan frowned.

"The so-called ritual, in fact, I only remembered it when I saw the sandstorm. ”

Bai Hao paused and continued: "That sandstorm, we were in a hurry to escape just now, and we didn't find anything strange, but in hindsight, didn't you find it, the area swept by the sandstorm was too small, right?"

"Swept area?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but Feng Xiaohan was the first to react and said, "Yes, an ordinary sandstorm will never sweep in such a small area." At least, it's a radius of ten miles. ”

"Oh, I see, I understand. ”

Li Dongqi exclaimed in surprise and said, "That sandstorm may not be a real sandstorm, but something similar to a formation. Because there are restrictions such as array flags, the area is not very big. ”

"Exactly!" Bai Hao smiled and said.