The sun in the sky was so hot that it was so white that it was difficult for people to open their eyes, and the sand and gravel under their feet seemed to have been fried in an iron pot, so hot that people did not dare to get off their feet, and the scorching heat swept every inch of land, making people breathless. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info a scholar is walking hard in this desert with his head wrinkled.

This is a group of scribes and scholars, who read poetry and books weekdays, stay at home, go out on long journeys either on horseback or in a car, and rarely experience hiking in the wilderness, let alone crossing the desert. Within a day, some disciples who couldn't stand it crushed the jade beads and withdrew from the assessment. The supply bags they left behind were snatched up by other people who were still being assessed.

In the evening, Yun Jing helped Sima Ying to a sand dune and rested on the spot. Yun Jing was separated from Sima Ying at first, and saw Sima Ying limping alone from a distance on the way, so Yun Jing caught up and helped him all the way. At this moment, the sun has set, and the heat wave in the desert is fading, but a trace of chill is hitting again, Sima Ying sat beside Yun Jing weakly, his lips were full of blisters, and in less than a day, he had drunk the bag of water he had received. At this time, Yun Jing handed his water bag to Sima Ying, but Sima Ying pushed it away, and said quietly: "Brother Yun, it seems that I can't pass the assessment, and I can't waste your water anymore!" ”

When Yun Jing heard this, his expression also dimmed, he didn't expect the second level assessment to be like this, it seemed simple, but in fact, it was a matter of life and death. At the end of the day, half of them have dropped out of the assessment. Yun Jing shook the water bag in his hand, his heart was also very nervous, it was only one day, there was not much water left in his hand, and he was not sure whether he could get out of this desert.

When twilight came, the temperature dropped sharply, Sima Ying's body began to tremble, and Yun Jing also felt the biting cold, but he endured it and didn't show his nervousness.

After a while, Sima Ying suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Yun, I can't hold on anymore, it seems that I have no chance with the Immortal Dao, but I am still optimistic about you, you are a genius, you have set an unprecedented exam record, as long as you pass this level, maybe you will be selected as a personal disciple." If I keep going, I'll only drag you down. ”

He took out the jade bead and continued: "Brother Yun, before I quit, I have a few words to say to you, why don't you go and compete for the supply bag, you should know that you can't get out of this desert just by relying on the food you receive, and competing for the supply bag is not a violation of the assessment rules." Passing the assessment is your only goal at present, and in order to achieve your goal, you should do whatever it takes to achieve your goal, and you should do whatever it takes, and use all the means to succeed. In the face of the goal, the inner creed is insignificant! Okay, that's all, my supply bag is left to you, I wish you success! He sighed again with a gloomy expression and said: "Alas, I don't regret it, I experienced it, I tried my best!" Only then did he pinch the jade bead, and the whole person disappeared instantly.

"Brother Sima......" Yun Jing wanted to stop but was too late, seeing Sima Ying withdraw from the assessment gloomily, he had to shake his head, in fact, he didn't even have full confidence in whether he could get out of the desert. Yun Jing took Sima Ying's supply bag, opened it, and saw that there were two animal skin water bags and more than a dozen dry cakes. He shook the two animal skin water bags, and found that one was empty, and the other was still half there, so he smiled bitterly, this Sima Ying actually robbed someone else's supply bag! Yun Jing then packed Sima Ying's supply bag with his own, closed his eyes and breathed.

After resting for an hour, Yun Jing felt that his strength had recovered a little, and he didn't dare to stay under the sand dunes for longer, so he got up and walked forward again.

Five days have passed, Yun Jing estimated that he had walked more than half of the distance, these days, he almost day and night, tired according to the ancestors left the pranayama method of meditation pranayama, through these five days of experiments, he has mastered the wonderful use of this pranayama method, when extremely tired, as long as according to this method of meditation pranayama, generally one or two hours can restore the physical strength to seven or eight tenths. But when there is no water and no food, it is still impossible to recover physical strength by meditating and pranayama alone. At this moment, Yun Jing was exhausted, unkempt, his lips were covered with blood scabs, and the water in the animal skin bag was about to bottom out, his confidence was a little shaken, if there was no nourishment supplement, especially water supplementation, then he could only withdraw from the assessment. But when he thought of the tragedy of Chengkan's destruction, and when he thought of the oath he had made, his heart trembled, no, he must not give up! There seemed to be a majestic voice in his heart scolding, since it is an assessment, someone can do it, why can't I! Yun Jing got rid of the inner struggle and continued to walk with a resolute expression.

If you want to get supplies, robbing is the most effective way, but robbing the supplies of fellow disciples is equivalent to extinguishing the hope of others, especially the disciples who have persisted for five days, they also have a strong will, and they have a strong desire to pass the assessment, this kind of thing that harms others and benefits himself, Yun Jing can't do it. Since he was sensible, he knew that the first precept of the Cheng Kanyun family was not to do things that harm others and benefit himself, this precept has been deeply ingrained in his heart, and has become the bottom line of his way of doing things, he never thought that he would break through this bottom line, Sima Ying's words to him before quitting did touch him at that time, but after a little thought, he completely rejected this idea, not to say that it was for an assessment, even if he lost his life, he would not break through his bottom line! In addition to robbing, another way is to find the water source by himself, but in this vast sea of sand, everywhere is dry and smoking, how can he find the water source?

As far as his eyes could see, in addition to the sand and sand and sand and sand and sand and sand and sand

On the sixth day, there was no water left in his skin bag. With his will, Yun Jing persevered, faltering, forward, forward, and forward! His eyes were a little hazy, but in the haze, he suddenly noticed that an old man was staring at him coldly in front of him, and there seemed to be animal skin bags piled up next to the old man. Yun Jing rubbed his eyes, and after a closer look, there was really an old man there, and the animal skin bag on the side was bulging and full of water. Yun Jing was excited, and ran to the old man in three steps and two steps, "Water, water......" He muttered.

The old man laughed and said, "You want water?" Buy, 500 gold a bag! ”

When Yun Jing heard this, his mind was confused, thinking that he had heard it wrong, "500 gold? He asked,

"What? Too expensive? The old man replied coldly.

"This ...... You ......" Yun Jing was so choked that he couldn't speak, and when he touched the money bag on his body, he only found 30 gold. This was still given to him by Master Ling when he said goodbye to Bai Yueshan, and he used some on the road, and now there are only so many left.

"Haha, haha, 30 gold also want to buy water?" The old man saw that Yun Jing had been groping for a long time, and only found 30 gold, so he laughed and laughed.

"I only have so much, what should I do?" Yun Jing looked at the old man with begging eyes.

"Humph! What should I do, I won't sell a cent, either I will take the valuable things on my body, or you will go to your sunny path, don't delay me in business! The old man snorted coldly and said strongly.

Yun Jing forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and groped for a while on his body, Yin and Yang pillow, no, even less Qiankun pen, he suddenly groped for a jade pendant and a small jade bottle. He paused, the white Sansheng flower flashed in front of him, and the pretty woman's smile flashed back, he hesitated, and finally withdrew his hand, sighed and said, "I have nothing to resist!" ”

The old man sneered and sneered: "'If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached?'" 'Money and treasures are just things outside the body, and you can't enter the immortal path, or your life is gone, what use are these things to you?' It's just good for others! The old man seemed to have seen through Yun Jing's thoughts, and the words he said made Yun Jing speechless with embarrassment for a while.

Yun Jing was stunned for a while, then resolutely walked forward without looking back.

"Hey, why don't you think of a workaround? You can write an IOU on credit! Also, in the face of an old man like me, you can grab ......" When the old man came with teasing words, Yun Jing still didn't look back, just walked forward step by step.

At noon on the seventh day, Yun Jing stumbled and fell on the sand dunes. He didn't even have the strength to struggle, his eyes were blurry, in the blur, the figures of Daddy Yun, Yun Hai, Aunt Sun, Uncle Sun, and Lin Mo appeared one after another, and then Erhu, Ziyue, and Zhao Di also appeared in front of him, they all seemed to be looking at him eagerly, Yun Jing wanted to shake his head but found that he didn't even have the strength to shake his head, his hand unconsciously touched his pocket, wanting to find the jade bead, but he found out a small jade bottle, his hand pinched, as if pinching out the pretty girl's body temperature,' Don't say that I bully the small', the crisp voice sounded in his ears, and the eyes like an autumn pool also glanced at him, Yun Jing couldn't help but smile slightly,

Holding the jade bottle in front of him, he couldn't see clearly, so he sniffed it with his nose, but this smell, he was refreshed, the hallucinations in front of him disappeared, and the bright light in his mind flashed, "Qingling Pill!" He hurriedly opened the pill bottle, sniffed it, and a thick cool breath penetrated into his lungs, and he immediately felt extremely refreshed. He poured out a pill of Qingling Pill, swallowed it, and immediately a cool air flow surged through his meridians to his whole body, his mouth was full of fluid, and his chapped lips seemed to be healing. Yun Jing was overjoyed, jumped up, moved his muscles and bones, and felt that the rolling heat wave around him was no longer scorching. He laughed and walked forward with a light step.

On the tenth day, a green space appeared in front of Yun Jing's eyes, and he knew that he had reached the end!