This is the junction of the Western Wilderness and the South.

Although there is still some vegetation, it is not luxuriant, it can't cover the scorching sun in the sky at all, and you can't feel the slightest wind, so I don't know how the people here live.

A small village is located against a hill with a small river next to it. This section of the river belongs to the downstream section of the river, which has long since dried up, and it is not known whether there is still a water source in the upstream section.

In this small village, the word "沄村" is written at the entrance of the village.

There were three people standing under the plaque at the entrance of the village, and one of them was a young man in black who kept complaining,

"What the hell is this weather, are you planning to kill Ben Shaoxia here?"

"Where is this village? Looking at the name of this village, there should be water to drink in the village, right?"

It turned out that these three people were Wu Xiaoxi, Yehui, and Hongxuan, and after leaving from the land of Shangling, the three of them set off for the Western Wilderness, passing through this village along the way.

The water brought on the road was drunk a long time ago, Wu Xiaoxi had been thirsty for a long time, and finally saw a river, who knew that it had dried up, and there was not a drop of water.

The three of them walked up the river and found the village, so they prepared to go into the village to have a look, just asking for a sip of water to save the thirsty young man's life.

Although Hongxuan is very thirsty, because she is a girl, she still has to maintain her image, unlike Wu Xiaoxi. "Brother Ang, go and ask, there should be water here. ”

Nightglow was as calm as ever, and couldn't tell if he was thirsty or not.

Wu Xiaoxi looked at Yehui and said secretly in his heart, "You just pretend, dead wood." Find the water for a while, who divides you. ”

When the three of them entered the village, they found that there was no one in the village, and all the houses were closed.

Wu Xiaoxi rushed to a room and knocked on the door vigorously. "Anyone?

Hongxuan on the side said that he was rude like this, and just when they thought there was no one, the door of the room slowly opened a crack, and a deep voice said, "Who?"

Hongxuan replied politely: "Hello uncle, the three of us are passing through this place, and we are a little thirsty, please see if you can give some water to drink." Thank you. ”

Wu Xiaoxi rolled her eyes, was glared at by Hongxuan, and immediately stopped her.

The old man said slowly: "I'm sorry, children. Uncle doesn't have any water to drink here, hey. Otherwise, go to the village chief, go straight ahead and turn left to see the village chief's house. ”

With that, he closed the door.

Wu Xiaoxi complained: "What's the matter with the people in this village? Isn't it just drinking saliva? So stingy, it's a big deal for Ben Shaoxia to give him some money." What a god!"

Hong Xuan pinched Wu Xiaoxi, "Maybe there is something wrong with the people, Brother Wu, you see that people are old, is it necessary to lie to you? Let's go to the village chief's house to have a look." ”

"I just see what the hell people in this village are pretending. ”

The three of them walked in the direction the old man had said, and came to a room.

The room was larger than the old man's, and there were some plants in front of the door, but they had all withered.

Hongxuan stepped forward and knocked on the door, and asked gently, "Hello, is anyone there?"

After a while, the door opened, and it was a middle-aged man, about fifty years old.

He looked at the three of them and asked, "Something?"

Hongxuan bowed and smiled, "Hello, uncle." My companion and I were passing by here, and we were a little thirsty and wanted to ask for some water to drink. ”

The middle-aged man saw that the girl was so polite, and the night glow on the side also seemed to be normal and did not look like a bad person, but the other black-clothed young man was a little anxious, maybe he was really thirsty.

He let him come in, "Come in." ”

The three of them hurriedly thanked them and entered the village chief's house.

The village chief's family is very frugal, and the three of them sat down casually, and after some small talk, they learned that the village chief's surname is Liu, and the whole village is basically surnamed Liu.

Uncle Liu brought out the water for the three of them, and Wu Xiaoxi took the water cup and didn't thank him, he drank it in two or three sips, wiping the remaining water from his mouth with his sleeve, "Thank you, Uncle Liu." ”

Although Hongxuan and Yehui were also very thirsty, they didn't drink it in one gulp like Wu Xiaoxi, but drank the hard-won water slowly and methodically as usual.

Uncle Liu looked at the three children drinking water and smiled. "Don't worry, there's more. ”

"That's... Uncle Liu, give me another drink, I'm still a little thirsty. Wu Xiaoxi looked at the empty water cup with some embarrassment.

Uncle Liu filled the glass of water again and handed it to him.

He didn't drink so much this time, and asked as he drank, "Uncle Liu, what's wrong with you here?" Why did we ask the old man from before for water, but he wouldn't even give us any water, and he wouldn't open the door. ”

Uncle Liu smiled, "Xiao Wu, don't blame that old man." It's not that he won't give you water to drink, it's that he really doesn't have any water to drink. ”

The three of them were a little surprised when they heard Uncle Liu say this. I don't even have water to drink, what's wrong here?

Hongxuan and Wu Xiaoxi asked in unison, "Why is that?" Uncle Liu. ”

Uncle Liu sat down and spoke slowly: "We don't know what's going on with the specific situation. It has always been good, although the weather here is very hot, but at least the water source is there, which is the small river next to the village. Since last month, the water in the small river next to the village has been getting smaller and smaller, and it is slowly drying up. No one knows exactly what happened to cause the creek to dry up. ”

Uncle Liu sighed and continued: "Hey, after the river dried up, the villagers began to dig wells and dig groundwater to drink, but within two days of the water coming out, it dried up again inexplicably. The water you just drank was all from the wells I had dug before, and I was almost finished. Some villagers have long run out of water to drink, so they rely on catching some dew in the morning, or finding some plants with water to quench their thirst. In order to avoid water loss, it is common to stay behind closed doors and hide in the house. That's why you blamed that old man before. ”

After listening to Uncle Liu's words, the three of them were immediately a little embarrassed, because the water they drank just now was only some life-saving water left by Uncle Liu.

Wu Xiaoxi suddenly asked, "Then Uncle Liu, didn't you go to the source of the river to see, what happened to cause the river to dry up?"

Uncle Liu shook his head and sighed, "Hey, why didn't you go." Since the river dried up, the village organized three people to check on it, but they were all gone. After digging a well in the back, and the well water dried up, they went to two more people, but they still did not return. So everyone was a little scared, so they didn't go to the source of the creek anymore. ”

Hongxuan looked at Uncle Liu, who was sighing, and asked, "Uncle Liu, is there a monster doing something wrong?"

"Then I don't know, even if there are monsters, ordinary people like us will only die if they go, there is no way, it can only be like this. Uncle Liu looked sad.

Hearing that there was a demon doing something, Wu Xiaoxi suddenly came to his senses and patted his chest, "Uncle Liu, this matter will be on us, after all, I drank your water." It doesn't matter what kind of demons it does, as long as Ben Shaoxia makes a move, he will definitely be obedient. ”

"I can't help it, I can't help it, seeing that the three of you are young, you will definitely die when you meet a monster. Uncle Liu hurriedly waved his hand to refuse Wu Xiaoxi's kindness.

"Uncle Liu, you can rest assured, my Ang brother is known as... What is it called..."

The boy grinned triumphantly, revealing his white teeth.

"Riding the Demon Victory: Thunder Young Man Wu Xiaoxi!"

"Thunder, this is a heavenly cultivation. ”

"The sky is falling, and the purple gold hammer is falling. ”

"Zidian, say Xuanzhen Flame. ”

"The Nine Heavens Hanging Sword has changed dramatically. ”

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