Chapter 3 Hold your breath in the basin
"Caught the wrong person? You're not Shatuo? Xuan Ce was stunned and looked at the white-turbaned man who was trampled under his feet.
The white-turbaned man nodded hurriedly: "I am Shang Ping of the merchants in Yucheng, not Sha Tuo!" Kill me, my dad won't give you a ransom! ”
A fine cold sweat broke out on Xuan Ce's forehead, he had seen that these sand thieves were very respectful to the white turban man, and they toasted him one after another, so he thought that the white turban man was Sha Tuo.
Unexpectedly, this white turban man was a kidnapper!
"You were kidnapped, why are you still talking and laughing with these bandits?"
Xuan Ce still put the flying sickle on the neck of Shang Ping Gongzi, and said coldly: "Why are they so respectful to you and toast you?" You are Shatuo! ”
Sha Tuo stood up, his rough voice was a little harsh, and he smiled: "We finally kidnapped Shang Gongzi, so naturally we have to be polite to Shang Gongzi, give him good food and drink, and let the merchant take money to ransom him." If he had been killed or wounded, and we had no ransom, wouldn't it be a great loss? ”
Xuan Ce actually felt that he made a lot of sense.
Shang Ping Gongzi also nodded again and again, obviously he had a good time when he was kidnapped, and said, "I even gained a few pounds." ”
A fat aunt dressed in coarse cloth clothes who was so strong that she seemed to be carrying two restless rabbits in her arms smiled: "Hunter Xuan Ce, you probably don't know the rules of our Xingyue Sand Pirate Troupe, right?" There is also a way to steal, our Xingyue Sand Pirate Group is the most reputable sand pirate group in the desert in the clouds, and it is suitable for all ages. Anyone who has been tied up by us has said yes. ”
Xuan Ce looked around, looking for a way out, shook his head and smiled: "It's indeed the first time I've encountered a sand thief like you. Since you're so good, you won't embarrass me, right? ”
Another black thin sand thief wearing a felt hat blocked his vision and said lazily: "Xuan Ce, the mad hunter in the desert in the clouds, this is also the first time we have seen a real person. I didn't expect it to be a milky little ghost. Although we have a way to steal, we must send him on the road when we meet a mortal enemy. ”
Another big man with a meaty face smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong, we say that we are going on the road like this, not to send you home, but to send you back to Naihe Bridge to be reincarnated!" ”
Sha Tuo touched the huge rosary hanging around his neck, and his eyes were shining with a fierce light: "Brother Xuance, have a good birth in the next life, don't be a hunter!" ”
The sword and sword shadow in the wine shop are murderous.
Xuan Ce hooked Shang Ping's neck with Fei Lian, picked him up, and shouted: "Whoever dares to touch me will kill him!" ”
The sand thieves in the wine shop suddenly became anxious, and raised their hands one after another: "Don't hurt him!" "If you have something to say, say it!" "There's something to discuss!"
Xuan Ce carried Shang Ping and slowly moved out of the wine shop, looking around vigilantly, Shang Ping Gongzi said in a trembling voice: "Don't mess around!" I'm doing well here, I don't need you to save me, I've been kidnapped for more than half a month and haven't been injured! Don't mess around! ”
"Shut up! Otherwise I'll kill you! Xuan Ce was furious.
Shang Ping Gongzi hurriedly shut up.
Xuan Ce led him to slowly move his steps and walked outside the store, and he also felt absurd in his heart.
According to common sense, the sand thieves are extremely vicious, robbing and kidnapping tickets, extorting ransom, and the hunters are responsible for hunting the sand thieves and rescuing the hostages in exchange for a bounty. Now he, a hunter, kidnaps hostages and threatens the sand thieves with their lives, but the sand thieves are afraid of the hostages' lives and dare not do anything!
"Fortunately, I'm not a hunter now, otherwise I won't be able to mix in the desert in the future." Xuan Ce said secretly in his heart.
The bandits of the Xingyue Sand Bandit Regiment were pressing forward step by step, ready to move, but they didn't dare to make a move, so they could only watch him escort Shang Ping Gongzi to the outside of the store.
Outside the store, a strong wind gradually rose, blowing the wine flag hanging outside the liquor store.
Xuan Ce retreated step by step to his flying fish boat, and all around, the sand thieves were low, holding swords and soldiers, their eyes flashing, looking for an opportunity to strike.
Xuan Ce used Shang Ping's son to block in front of him, boarded the Flying Fish Boat, and immediately lifted Shang Ping high and smashed it towards the two sand thieves blocking his path!
The two sand thieves hurriedly dropped their weapons and stretched out their hands to help Shang Ping, and Xuan Ce's Flying Fish Boat had already shot out like an arrow from the string!
"Are you okay?"
Shatuo burst into tears, only to see that there were townspeople on both sides of the town who grabbed the iron rings buried in the sand and pulled them up violently, and suddenly the iron chains were horizontal in the road, blocking the way of the flying fish boat.
If the Flying Fish Boat breaks through, it will inevitably crash into these chains, and the person will capsize on his back!
Xuan Ce's speed did not decrease, he waved two flying sickles, and slashed towards the first iron chain, a string of sparks flew around, and the iron chain broke in response!
Xuan Ce leaned back, and one of the flying scythes clung to his chest with a snort, slashing behind him.
Behind the flying fish boat is the fat aunt wielding a mace, this woman is infinitely powerful, her steps are amazing, and she sprang out when the flying fish boat started, even if she was carrying a mace weighing more than 30 pounds, she was as light as a swallow!
Her strength ranks first in the Star Moon Sand Pirate Troupe, even the leader of Sha Tuo is below her!
"Dang!"
The flying sickle collided with the mace, and the fat aunt only felt that the power from the flying sickle was surprisingly great, making her right hand crack open the tiger's mouth, and the mace was bounced high, and she couldn't help but be shocked: "This little man's strength is so great!" Is it the power of the magic jade, or is it his power? ”
This flying scythe was also hit by this stick and flew forward, and even took Xuan Ce's body to fly off the flying fish boat!
The next moment, Xuan Ce landed, only to see that after the flying fish boat, the sand thieves jumped on top of the sand boats, installed the core of the sand boat, and chased after them!
Xuan Ce rushed forward, two flying sickles opened the way, cut off the second chain, and then turned over and jumped onto the flying fish boat.
The sound of breaking the air came from behind, and the big man with a meaty face flew like a fly, swinging a square-headed hammer and smashing it down!
Xuan Ce swung his scythe to resist, and the huge pressure hit, crushing the Flying Fish Boat to the ground, and it still glided forward, smoothly sliding through the last chain.
Slip through this chain and you can escape this oasis.
In just a short moment of delay, the other sand thieves had already caught up with him in the sand boat, outflanking him from left to right!
Xuan Ce's arms were sore, and his heart sank, at this speed, he would definitely not be able to avoid these sand thieves.
Although the name of the Xingyue Sand Pirate Group is very graceful, with a small and fresh taste, there are many masters in this Sand Pirate Group, and the fat aunt and the meat man are extremely powerful masters, if he falls into a siege, I am afraid that he will definitely die!
"No wonder my brother would write down the name Sha Tuo in his notes, Sha Tuo is indeed different from other sand thieves. Being able to gather so many desert masters, he has some skills! ”
As soon as he thought of this, the sand boats on both sides collided fiercely, almost knocking Xuan Ce to the ground.
Other sand boats took the opportunity to sail forward, ready to block his way.
"Can't escape......"
The sand boats on both sides dragged his flying fish boats, Xuan Ce's eyes flashed, and he was about to fight to catch a sand thief with injuries, when suddenly there was a sound of pipa in his ears, and the two sand boats that rushed to the front seemed to hit an invisible barrier.
Xuan Ce's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the two sand boats were colliding on a silk thread between the gates of the oasis town, which was extremely slender and almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
He was stunned: "Where did this silk thread come from?" ”
"One person at a time, you left and me right!" A voice rang out in his ear.
Xuan Ce followed the sound and saw a white young man riding a shield-headed sand boat appear on his right side, knocking the sand boat of another sand thief into a crooked one!
This white young man is the same person Xuan Ce met in the porridge shop before!
At this time, he was carrying a large lute on his back, five or six feet long, with a slender and long lute head, like a goose's neck, and a black body, like a cross section of ebony, which was astonishingly wide.
Xuan Ce retracted his gaze, controlled the flying fish boat to crash into the sand boat on the left, and went straight to the gate of the oasis town against the sand boat.
The gate of the oasis town could only accommodate two sand boats passing side by side, and Xuan Ce and the white young man's sand boats were just in parallel, squeezing the sand boats on both sides to both sides, heading straight for the walls on both sides of the portal.
The sand thieves sitting on the two sand boats stood up and were about to take them down, when they saw the wall getting closer and closer.
"Bang!" "Bang!"
The two sand boats slammed into the wall along with the sand thieves above, and Xuan Ce and the white young man each drove the sand boats away in the face of the gale.
There was a roaring sound of wind breaking from behind, and other sand thieves rushed out of the oasis town in sand boats.
Xuan Ce controlled the Flying Fish Boat with one hand, lifted the lid of the Beetle box with the other, took out the toad glass, and put it on his face to resist the wind and sand. Suddenly, a light bullet struck him in front of him, exploding violently, and the air wave tilted the Flying Fish Boat and the Shieldhead Sand Boat to one side.
Those sand boats took the opportunity to close the distance quite a bit.
Xuan Ce stabilized the Flying Fish Boat and looked back, only to see the sand thieves sitting in the back on a sand boat in twos and twos, and the sand thieves sitting in the back of one of the sand boats stood up, holding a long spear with a thick barrel, the barrel of the gun was on the shoulder of the sand thief in front, the gun body was inlaid with small black jade, and the light of the muzzle of the gun had just dissipated.
Obviously, it was the sand pirate who shot them just now.
That spear was driven by the black jade of the desert in the clouds, and it was extremely powerful, like a small-caliber cannon, if it was hit, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The muzzle of the gun is accumulating energy again, and the light is getting brighter and brighter in the muzzle, but the power of this gun is so great, and the energy storage time is also very long. Xuan Ce's elder brother Shou Yu is a marksman, loves guns like life, and often explains various firearms knowledge to Xuan Ce, so Xuan Ce is no stranger to firearms.
"With such a heavy gun, the black jade core is so small, it will definitely take two to three minutes to store energy!"
Xuan Ce was a little relieved, "The power of this gun is extremely great, and the damage to his body must also be great, he can only use it three times at most!" ”
The desert in the clouds is based on the jade culture, and jade is used in many places, including weapons.
The jade used in weapons is called magic jade. The magic jade contains an extremely domineering power, and this power cannot directly affect the human body, because the human body is not strong enough, and it will be swallowed by the power of the magic jade and turned into the walking dead.
However, after being filtered by the weapon and conveyed to the human body through the weapon, the human body's potential can be stimulated. For example, Xuan Ce's double sickle is the Red Mountain Demon Jade in the magic jade, which is pale red all over, and it is the best in the magic jade.
When Xuan Ce activates the power of the Red Mountain Demon Jade, the peak blade of the twin sickles will give birth to an extremely sharp red light, cutting through the mountain rocks and splitting the weapon, no problem!
The black jade used in the sand thief spear is also a famous jade, which is inferior to the Red Mountain Demon Jade in terms of texture, although it is powerful, it is very damaging to the body.
The power in the magic jade is transmitted to the human body through the weapon, and how much power it can control depends on the individual's cultivation. Under the guidance of the teacher, Xuan Ce can basically exert seventy percent of the power of the Red Mountain Demon Jade.
The sand boats behind had already chased after them, and the sand thieves on the sand boats were shouting excitedly, and the sand thieves sitting behind stood up one after another and took a pole-long weapon from the sand boat.
Because the sand pirates mainly deal with behemoths such as merchant ships, most of the weapons are chain-tethered heavy objects, such as chain hooks, chain sledgehammers, and chain spears, which pierce into merchant ships and drag merchant ships to them.
Xuan Ce suddenly swung his scythe and slashed at the white young man, the young man was taken aback, but saw Xuan Ce's flying Lian fall behind him, and with a bang, he knocked a flying barbed spear away.
Only then did the white young man come to his senses and nodded to Xuan Ce in thanks,
There was a sound of breaking through the air, and a few more barbed spears flew in, and Xuan Ce immediately swung two flying sickles, moving like the wind, knocking the spears flying one by one.
The white young man suddenly stood up from the shield head sand boat, took off the black pipa on his back, plucked the pipa strings, and accompanied by the unique rhythm of the desert, the spear that flew there was shot down by the cold light shot by the pipa!
Xuan Ce was surprised, he had seen countless weapons, but it was the first time he had seen someone using a musical instrument like the pipa as a weapon and being able to attack with music, and it was also the first time he had seen it!
There was a turquoise gem on the black pipa, and Xuan Ce recognized that this jade was called Yingcui Demon Jade, and it was also the best magic jade that could be used as a weapon inlay, and it was as famous as the Red Mountain Demon Jade.
"His origin should be extraordinary!" Xuan Ce said secretly.
"You can't escape!" Sha Tuo drove a sand boat alone, suddenly jumped up, stepped on the Flying Fish Boat with one foot, and stepped on the shield sand boat with the other foot, laughing, and attacked the two of them at the same time.
Xuan Ce and the young man Bai Jing each took a blow from Sha Tuo, and their arms were sore, and they were shocked by his terrifying power, and their hearts were shocked: "This Sha Tuo can stimulate the power of the magic jade by ten percent!" ”
The flying boats of the two immediately separated left and right, and Sha Tuo suddenly fell, dragging the iron rod and scolding forward.
"It's a good thing he's not smart." Xuan Ce breathed a sigh of relief.
However, with Sha Tuo's action, three or five spears were inserted into their flying boats with a few aggressive sounds, and several sand thieves immediately stepped on the chain at the back end of the spears, and walked like flies, killing the two of them's flying boats.
Xuan Ce's shoulders shook, the flying sickle flew out, and the two sand thieves stepped on the chains one after the other and rushed towards the flying fish boat, and the sand thieves walking in front couldn't help laughing: "Little madman, your head is very poor!" ”
He didn't dodge, but he saw the scythe flying over his scalp.
Behind him, another sand thief was unlucky, caught by the neck, and flew off his chain with a thud and fell in front of the Flying Fish.
The Flying Fish Boat whizzed past him, spewing black smoke all over his face.
On the other shield-headed sand boat, the white young man plucked the middle string of the pipa, his fingers trembled, and the sand thief who rushed to Xuan Ce's side flew up with a snort and fell into the dust.
Xuan Ce danced and took off the scythe and cut the chains.
The other sand boats were still persevering in chasing, and at this moment, a strange whistling sound came from the howling wind, rustling, very harsh.
"Look ahead!" A sand thief screams in the wind.
Xuan Ce turned his head to look at it, and his heart sank.
I saw countless tumbleweed climbing up the sand dunes from the other side of the sand dunes and rolling down from the sand dunes in the strong wind.
The sand tumbleweed in the desert is a strange creature that is half plant and half machine, and it is said that it was mutated by the plants of ancient times impregnated with evil energy.
This kind of tumbleweed will pull up its roots in the desert during the monsoon season, and these roots will curl into a ball when it encounters the wind, with a small diameter of half a meter and a large diameter of about a meter, protecting its branches and fruits in the center.
Its rhizomes are extremely sharp, some resembling scalpel-shaped crab feet, while others are pinhole-like empty tubes.
When blown by the wind, its crab foot knife will mechanically plunge into the yellow sand, rolling forward with the wind.
Its air traffic tube will plunge into the bodies of the creatures it encounters along the way, and it will not let go when it penetrates, drawing the blood of those hapless creatures until they are drained!
It can be said that wherever the sand tumble goes, not a single inch of grass grows!
Now in the wind, patches of tumbleweed are blown by the wind, crossing the dunes and forming a rolling frenzy!
Suddenly, a pile of sand tumbleweed hit the shield on the head of the Flying Fish Boat, causing the Flying Fish Boat to smack lightly, and the Flying Fish Grass rolled to the side.
Xuan Ce swung his flying scythe, and with a bang, he blocked the horse chopping knife swung by the sand thief on the sand boat on the left, and the flying scythe flying out of the other hand split the sand rolling grass in front of him!
The white young man kept plucking the old strings and winding strings of the pipa, and knocked the distant sand rolling grass away with a thick rhythm, and when the sand thief came to him, he plucked the sub-strings and middle strings, and the rhythm of the pipa immediately became sharp.
The Flying Fish Boat and the Shieldhead Sand Boat went all the way backwards, facing the dangerous tide of tumbleweed in the fierce wind and the sonorous sound of the pipa, all the way to the top of the tall sand dunes!
In the rear, sand thieves were constantly hit by Xuan Ce's flying sickle and the sound of the white young man's pipa, fell off the sand boat, and were pierced into the body by the empty pipe of the sand tumbleweed, and let out a terrible scream.
Sha Tuo was shocked and angry, and hurriedly struggled to pick up a ball of sand tumbleweed, saved his brother, and shouted: "Little madman Xuan Ce, I have written down this hatred!" Don't die at the hands of anyone else, for I will cut off your head with my own hands! ”
The sound of the pipa was faint, getting farther and farther away, Sha Tuo snorted, let the injured brother return to the astrolabe oasis, and led others to continue to hunt down Xuan Ce.
But seeing that the wind was roaring, the wind was getting more and more urgent, and the visibility was getting lower and lower, Sha Tuo and the others followed closely behind Xuan Ce.
Xuan Ce and the white young man braved the wind and tumbleweed all the way up to the dune, but they were greeted by countless rolling tumbleweeds, rolling up along the dune in the wind!
And the eyes of the two were far away, and they saw that everywhere they looked, there were tumbleweeds wielding crab foot knives and walking along the wind!
Even the fierce beasts in the desert were sucked out of their blood in an instant!
"Keep going!"
Xuan Ce waved two flying sickles to open the way, and said loudly, "There is only one dead end if you stop!" ”
The sound of the pipa sounded again, and the two of them struggled forward by boat, Sha Tuo and the others followed them, and also climbed the sand dune, and the sand thieves gritted their teeth violently and slaughtered into the sand rolling grass frenzy.
In the sandstorm storm, lightning and thunder roared, thunder and lightning fell, falling on the sand tumbleweed, and suddenly the current spread along the sand tumble to other sand tumbles, forming a sea of thunder and lightning.
Whether it was Xuan Ce, the young man Baijing, or Sha Tuo and other sand thieves, they were all trembling with electricity, and their mouths were spitting black smoke.
The wind became more and more urgent, and Sha Tuo and the others gradually lost the traces of Xuan Ce and the white young man.
Xuan Ce and the white young man were still struggling to move forward, overcoming thorns and thorns, and the two of them only felt that their hands were like hanging on two mountains, and they could barely lift them, and they were so sore that they were terribly sore. Their strength is completely depleted, and they are only supported by willpower.
And the wind carried the yellow sand on the scarves of their mouths and noses, making it even more difficult for them to breathe!
What's even more terrifying is that this tumbleweed frenzy seems to be endless, and it will never end!
Suddenly, Xuan Ce's ears moved, and his face showed joy: "The wind is light!" ”
He laughed and said, "The wind is finally light! ”
The white young man looked at him in surprise, a little puzzled, he didn't feel any signs of the wind abating.
However, it didn't take long for the wind to become much smaller!
Finally, the wind gradually stopped, and the overwhelming sand tumbleweed suddenly lost its momentum, taking root in the desert, and the roots stretched out, revealing the fruits protected between the roots, which were red and attractive.
Now the branches and leaves of these tumbles are soft, and the aroma of the fruit is refreshing, and it is not as dangerous as before.
Xuan Ce slipped down from the Flying Fish Boat and fell on the desert on all fours, panting heavily, never wanting to get up again.
The white young man also threw himself on the yellow sand, panting for breath.
"My name is Xuan Ce." Xuan Ce held out his hand to him, "Hunter Xuan Ce." Now it's the Great Wall Guards. ”
"My name is Zero, Musician Zero."
The white young man also stretched out his hand and shook his hand, and said weakly, "Sometimes I am a hunter." I was entrusted by the merchant to rescue the merchant Pinggongzi. ”
Xuan Ce endured the pain in his muscles, sat up suddenly, and held a pair of hook sickles: "You are a hunter, why don't you go to rescue your merchant son, but flee with me?" Also, why did you steal my broken jade? ”
"Stealing your broken jade?" The musician was stunned, his face changed slightly, he hurriedly touched his chest, his face changed again, and he hurriedly looked at the flying fish boat.
On the Flying Fish Boat, in the package containing the relics of the Hundred Miles of Covenant, something is drilling around!
"Lettuce, don't steal from anyone! Come out of here! Musician Zero hurriedly shouted.