Chapter Thirty-Eight: Into the Desert
Don't get in the way, Su Jin threw the burden on Jiuyu's back, raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat on his head, and walked on the soft yellow sand with difficulty, his shoes were already filled with sand grains, and his feet hurt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info It's been three days, and it's still a sandy land and the distant horizon, and the sky is quite blue, clean and monotonous. When will I be able to go out?
"Hey, I said, aren't you demons? Aren't demons flying? Just take me to fly over, why do you have to walk over step by step, we are not going to burn incense and worship the Buddha, but also pay attention to sincerity. Su Jin made a fan with one hand, fanning the wind in his ears, and the heat was really uncomfortable.
"Who told you that demons can fly, I'm a fox, Fanyin is a raccoon, have you ever seen a fox and a cat with wings?" Jiuyu resigned himself to his fate and hung the burden thrown by Su Jin around his neck, it was not the first time that he had worked as a coolie for this scholar.
"Huh? Lie, on the strange and strange tales I see, those demons are chanting a spell, you can go wherever you want, you two monsters won't be in vain, right, soaring clouds and fog, what about the art of the sword, don't tell me you don't, I will suspect that you are fake, or rather, you two are just two little demons who do not enter the stream. Su Jin looked at the two of them with disgust, this Fan Yin is not too hot, the golden mask is about to be roasted by the scorching sun, and he still wears it, does it look more demonic.
Fan Yin stopped, took out the kettle from the baggage and handed it to Su Jin: "Su Gongzi, even if it is a demon, the skills used are all the sources of spiritual power, and they are all closely related to the body, our body can't fly, if you want to practice, it will be very difficult, I'm afraid it will take thousands of years, and I'm just a five-hundred-year-old civet cat, and I don't have that ability now." ”
Su Jin took the kettle and took a sip, and handed it back to Fanyin, there is not much water, Fanyin and Jiuyu have not drunk much water, and the demon will also be short of water: "Fanyin, you can drink some too, I haven't heard of anyone's cat who doesn't need to drink water." ”
"You drink more, after all, I have cultivated into a demon and have more endurance, so let's hurry up and get out of this desert." Vanin said. Su Jin took the kettle and opened it, but he didn't drink it, but fed it to Jiuyu, Jiuyu took a sip and shook his head and stopped drinking.
In fact, Jiuyu really wanted to fly Su Jin over, but unfortunately, the inner pill of the insect marrow had not yet been completely refined, if he was alone, there would be no problem in flying across the desert, but if he brought Su Jin, he was afraid that he would not be able to do it, not to mention that there was a fan cause. He can't risk exhausting his internal strength, and if he encounters any monster on the way, it will be difficult to deal with.
"Your son-in-law and I, are the lives of a young master's body, other people's sons-in-law are reading and writing to prepare for the autumn season, but your son-in-law has gone to the desert to trek, what is it? Ay.. Su Jin complained with a long sigh in his mouth, but he didn't stop at his feet.
Fan Yin put his hand on the pergola and looked ahead: "There is a sand dune in front, let's go over, let's spend the night in the leeward place, if you are afraid of the wind at night, don't hurry, get up early tomorrow and leave again." ”
Su Jin heard the cheers of raising his arms and running forward, this sand dune looked close in front of him, but in fact it was still far away, Su Jin ran for a long time and didn't arrive, he stopped in frustration, and put his hands on his knees to gasp. Jiuyu followed from behind, passed by him without waiting for him: "The road is to be taken step by step, you can't be in a hurry, you can't be bored, you can't be in a hurry." ”
Su Jin stuck out his tongue at the fox tail swaying in Jiuyu, this fox always put on a young and old appearance, and taught him seriously, he was obviously just a little fox who couldn't form himself, and his tail was amazing.
At dusk, he finally walked under the sand dune, which happened to be a shelter from the wind, Su Jin sat down against the sand dunes, Su Jin rubbed his face with his hands, his face was tense and uncomfortable, and when he was in a hurry during the day, the sand hit his face with the wind, and it hurt as much as a knife. took off his shoes again and poured out the sand inside, his shoes were ordinary cloth shoes, not suitable for long-distance walking at all, seeing that Fan Yin was safe in thick-soled cowhide boots, Su Jin was envious, but he was embarrassed to say that he wanted to change with others.
He rubbed his blistered feet, put on his shoes again, took out a handkerchief from his baggage, took the dry food handed over by Fanyin, and ate it in small bites. Since coming out of the house, Su Jin has grown a lot, although his temperament has not changed, he has become much stronger, such as this dry food that is harder than a walnut shell, in the past, he categorically refused to swallow it, but at this time he ate sweetly. If you pay attention to life or something, you have to have that condition, and now in this desert, the tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets he carries in his baggage are no different from waste paper.
The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large, and the earth is still like an oven during the day, and at night, it cools down quickly, Su Jin is not afraid of the cold, but Jiuyu and Fan Yin are afraid, Su Jin holds the fox in his arms, and Fan Yin is back to back to keep warm.
There was a wolf howl in the distance, and there was a small sound of fragmentation in the sand, maybe it was a gerbil, this desert is not as desolate as imagined, even if it is called the Sea of Death, but there is still life thriving here. Perhaps, life is not as fragile as imagined.
The flames were lit in front of the dunes, those jackals did not dare to approach, Jiuyu did not perceive any danger, so he fell asleep in Su Jin's arms, he wanted to recuperate, if there was nothing to do, he was going to take Su Jin out of the desert tomorrow, there was not much water and food. The flame was lit by two little dolls, there was no firewood to light, the flame forcibly ignited a pile of sand, it seems that the experience of this time, the two dolls have also grown a lot.
As soon as it was dawn the next day, Su Jin was woken up by Fanyin: "Taking advantage of the fact that the weather is cool now, we hurried away, and at noon the weather was too hot to leave."
Su Jin rubbed his sleepy eyes, and went on the road with a fumbled footstep, and walked for a long time, Su Jin raised his head and suddenly exclaimed: "Hey, look, is that an oasis?" Jiuyu looked in the direction of Su Jin's finger, and sure enough, there was a touch of green in the yellow sand.
"Fanyin, take a closer look, don't be a mirage, be happy in vain." Jiuyu knew that although Fan Yin only had one eye, he could see through illusory things and restore the truth, so that he could confirm it carefully.
Vanin looked intently: "It is indeed an oasis, it is a narrow strip of land, not too big, but it is enough for us to replenish the water source." Let's get over there. ”
Jiuyu nodded: "Be careful, oases in the desert are rare, there must be something else staring there, don't provoke them." ”
Without waiting for Jiuyu to finish his instructions, Su Jin had already taken off his shoes and ran barefoot, and Jiuyu hurriedly followed, afraid that he would cause some trouble.