Duanmu Xianyue's reaction surprised Zhang Yunfan, he thought that this was a jasper-type girl, but the moment the slender jade hand reached out to him, he suddenly understood that he was simply a female man with a new appearance and a fire inside, and what he saw before was all appearances.

Facing the woman's slender hand, Zhang Yunfan couldn't resist, and stretched out his hand as if in a dream, and then felt that his big hand was caught, and a strong force came from his arm and spread to the whole body, and then his body was pulled up, and he straddled the woman in front of him.

Duanmu Xianyue wrapped his hands around the waist of the man in front of him, pulled the reins, kicked the stirrups under his feet, and rode forward on the cloud horse......

Not long after the two left, a group of guards followed, looking at the remaining marks on the ground, the leading guards reluctantly announced that they would turn back and return along the same road, and not long after walking, there was a sudden eagle cry in the air, and an eagle landed on the shoulders of the leading guards.

Helping a bamboo tube on this eagle's leg, the leader of the guard took the bamboo tube apart, and there was a secret letter sealed with red wax hidden inside, opened it and saw that the face of the leader of the guard showed a touch of joy, raised his hand and shook it into powder, and announced to all his subordinates: "Listen to me, this leader has just received an order, go to meet Lord Sato, this mission must be successfully completed, otherwise all will be decided!" ”

It didn't take long for Zhang Yunfan and the two of them to finally come to the place where Duanmu Xianyue woke up, where the sand sea is vast, and the direction is not clear at all, the only coordinate is the empty sun, and Duanmu Xianyue also identified the path to the ice lake through the sun's position.

"I remember very well that the sandstorm came from the northwest and went straight to the east, and we just had to look to the east, and there would be a great hope of finding them." Duanmu Xianyue came up with a personal opinion, and Zhang Yunfan thought deeply about it.

After determining the direction, the two set off again, and not long after walking, there was a village ruins in front of them, a few dead poplar trees were standing, obliquely inserted on the periphery of the village, obliquely fingered, the scene was extremely lonely, looking at the towering poplar trees, a premonition welled up in their minds, and they felt that they should be able to find something in this deserted village.

Thinking of this, they urged their horses to raise their whips, quickened their speed, and rode extremely fast on the cloud horse, and in the blink of an eye they came to the front of the village, but the scene in front of them surprised them deeply.

At this time, it was almost dusk, and the smoke of cooking actually rose in the village, obviously someone was making a fire to make food, and it was clear that this place was inhabited, or this was the smoke signal released by the children of Mingxi, who wanted to attract the attention of their lost companions in this way.

When Zhang Yunfan came up with his thoughts, Duanmu Xianyue showed a look of surprise, and muttered to himself, "Smoke signal? Obviously, she was unfamiliar with this new word, so she immediately changed her method to confirm her conjecture, "Yours should be wolf smoke, right?" ”

Zhang Yunfan secretly smiled bitterly and nodded: "One meaning." ”

Duanmu Xianyue just felt that Zhang Yunfan's words were a little fresh, and he didn't think deeply, and then urged the horse to walk towards the village. When they entered the village, they jumped off their horses, and slowed down their pace to go deeper and deeper in the direction of the rising smoke, and when they came closer, they realized that they had been wrong in their previous guesses, and that it was not the case at all.

There was a mottled earthen house in front of him, there was a fenced courtyard outside the house, and a medicine field was opened in the yard, and a dark-skinned old man was squatting on the edge of the medicine field and looking down at the medicinal herbs in the field, "Alas...... Sandstorm, oh, all the herbs are destroyed......" Sensing that an outsider had arrived, the old man raised his head and looked over.

It happened that Zhang Yunfan and the others were also looking at him, and the two looked at each other, and the old man looked stunned, "Why did you come here?" ”

Zhang Yunfan replied with a smile, "We passed by here, because Sandstorm and his companions were separated and were looking for them, has anyone else been here?" ”

The old man sighed and shook his head: "I haven't seen anyone come this year, there was a sandstorm yesterday, I have been hiding in the house, and I haven't seen anyone passing by." ”

At this time, Zhang Yunfan released his divine sense and glanced at the old man, and did not find that he had any cultivation, he was just an ordinary person, but he knew how to cultivate medicinal fields and grow medicinal herbs, which was very inconsistent with his identity, and then a barren desert, what an ordinary old man relied on to survive here is a very serious question worth studying.

On the way here just now, Zhang Yunfan carefully observed the surroundings, there was a sea of sand, there was no land to grow crops at all, and food was a necessary material for ordinary people to survive, and the old man claimed that he lived here all the year round, which was very doubtful.

In order to confirm whether the other party is dangerous, Zhang Yunfan asked: "You have lived here for so long, what do you usually do for a living?" ”

The old man's reaction was unexpected, and he said with a smile: "Young man, you must be hungry, don't be embarrassed, it's fate to meet in this desert, the so-called catastrophe will not die and there will be a blessing, although I can't talk about any blessings when I meet the old man, but I won't let you starve, come into the house." ”

Follow the old man into the house, and as soon as he entered, Zhang Yunfan understood some things that he couldn't figure out before, there were a lot of animal skins hanging on the walls of the earthen house, and in the center of the wall, there was a longbow, obviously, this was the tool that the old man relied on to survive in the desert.

Seeing that the two of them looked at the animal skins on the wall, the old man explained with a smile, "There is nothing else in the desert, but there are still a lot of wild beasts, and there is an ice lake not far from here, the ice lake is extremely sinister, the powerful demon beasts live in the ice lake, and the periphery are some weaker demon beasts, every two can live, and there is a water source in that place, there are fish and shrimp in the water, and there are wild fruits in the forest, life is not a problem." ”

Knowing the details, Zhang Yunfan nodded, his eyes finally fell on the longbow hanging on the wall, walked over and picked up the longbow and stroked it, he could clearly feel that there was a mysterious power flowing in the longbow, which made him quite surprised, "This bow is very special!" ”

The old man smiled: "Yes, my brother is a knowledgeable person, old man, I am not a monk, I don't have the ability to fly away, I can survive in the desert, I rely on this bow, it was cast by a weapon master in Absolute Sword City, called 'Moon'." ”

Knowing the origin of the bow and arrow, Zhang Yunfan asked again, "I can feel that there is a mysterious energy in the bow, but I can't see its origin, I don't know if I can tell one or two, and it will also open my eyes." ”

The old man explained: "It's nothing, the characteristics of this bow are in the name, the reason why it is called the moon, is because this bow can only exert its maximum power in the moonlight night, white use, the power will be a lot, so I usually go out to hunt at night, white rest at home, on the one hand, because of this bow, on the other hand, it is caused by the climate in the desert, white is hot, animals are curled up, and there are more prey at night." ”

Knowing the origin and characteristics of the moon-to-moon bow, the old man began to prepare for food, took out the wild fruits and fruit wine treasured in the house, ran to the kitchen and brought out the boiled animal meat, and set a table full of them.

Looking at a table of delicious dishes that are not delicacy, Zhang Yunfan was not polite, and ate a large piece of fruit wine, in contrast, Duanmu Xianyue had no appetite, and picked up a chopstick meat in the bowl but didn't send it to his mouth.

"Female doll, why don't you eat it, is the dish not to your taste?" The old man looked at her with concern.

Zhang Yunfan swallowed a piece of meat, picked up the wine glass and touched it with the old man, and explained casually, "Don't think about it, it may be that the gas is too hot, so she can't eat it, so it may be good for her to slow down for a while." ”

The old man was very enthusiastic, pushed all the wild fruits on the table down in front of Duanmu Xianyue, pointed to one of the fruits that were all fiery red, like dragon fruits, and said: "This kind of fruit is called Huotoutuo, which is only found in the desert, and it is rare to see, only those who are favored by God can meet it." ”

Duanmu Xianyue was curious: "Then where did you get this fruit from?" ”

The old man couldn't help but smile when the fire started, "I only came to this desert a year ago, and together with the caravan, I originally came to the ice lake to pick lotus, but I didn't expect to encounter a sandstorm, and the team was blown away, and when I woke up, I lay under a pile of yellow sand, and I didn't go out for a long time."

I thought I wouldn't survive, so I prayed that if I could survive, I would stay in the desert for a year, guarding this desert, and finally I was favored by the old man, so that I found two Huotoutuo fruits, I ate one to survive, found this village, and stayed here. ”

Knowing the origin of the Huotoutuo fruit, Duanmu Xianyue refused to eat anything, "This fruit means something different to you, I can't eat it, you better keep it." ”

Zhang Yunfan knows the climate in the desert, generally when the fruit arrives in this place, it only takes one to turn into a dried fruit, if a person dies in the desert, the corpse will not rot, and will eventually become a dry corpse, but the old man's Huotoutuo fruit has been placed for a year and is still the same as the freshly picked fruit, if there is no special reason, it must be the old man in Hu Badao.

Thinking of this, he asked, "This fruit has been left for a year, and why has it not dried up?" ”

The old man smiled and explained, "You only know one, Huotoutuo is comparable to a miracle medicine, where there is sand, it can take root, this fruit is put in the sand basin by me to offer, so it has been kept fresh, now the period of the year is coming, the old man is leaving, Huotoutuo can't get out of the desert, otherwise it will rot, it is better to give it to you, I hope to bring good luck to you." ”

Under the persuasion of the old man, Duanmu Xianyue finally agreed to eat this fire head, but after taking a bite, she fell down and fell asleep on the table.

(End of chapter)