The sandstorm in the desert devours the sky, but it comes and goes quickly. When night falls, the wind disappears and the sand and gravel ceases to rage. There are no clouds in the sky, the stars reappear, everything on the ground is silent, quiet, empty, not like the earth.

When the storm passed, the sand surface was as smooth as a mirror. There was no living creature in the four places, but there was something out of nothing, and out of nowhere came four lines of traces, which were particularly dazzling on the flat sandy surface. The trail stretched out long and straight into the distance.

Following this trace, I went all the way, over one, two, three sand dunes, and finally there was movement--- under the stars, in the middle of the sea, a man and a woman were supporting each other, and they were silently moving forward. They didn't walk slowly, but they couldn't calculate fast, and their steps were a little heavy, leaving four long marks on the sand.

This is naturally Pei Guo and Jiuzhen. The two of them finally had some enlightenment, although they were beaten by the sandstorm and even scratched everywhere, but there was no big problem. If you calculate carefully, it is a loss that this sandstorm scared away the horse thief, otherwise his life would not be guaranteed.

The sandstorm passed, and the two shook off the dust and lay under the stars gasping for breath. Then they rested for a while, and when their strength regained a little, the two of them got up and struggled south. In fact, the body was exhausted for a long time, but after escaping death, the spirit suddenly increased a hundred times, so they leaned on each other, and they kept walking all the way.

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The night fades and the day returns. In the vast desert, Pei Guo and Jiu Zhenwu walked forward on their own, their legs were numb, their lips were dry and bleeding, but their feet didn't stop...

After all, the woman's strength is slightly poor, and Jiuzhen always relies on Pei Guo more along the way, and Pei Guo is willing. Walking like this, I don't know how long it took, Pei Guo suddenly felt his shoulders sinking, and he saw Jiuzhen's delicate body soft, the whole person leaned up, his lips squirmed, and it took a long time to pop out a word: "Water... ”

Pei Guo hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch Jiuzhen's body, carefully hugged it in his arms, and looked up, it turned out that it was noon, and the scorching sun was in the sky, scorching people couldn't breathe, no wonder Jiuzhen couldn't bear it anymore. Pei Guo was also dizzy for a while, so he gritted his teeth and raised his feet, but when he moved to a huge rock more than ten steps away, he felt that he had spent all his strength.

Pei Guo sat down slowly leaning on the boulder, worried that Jiuzhen in his arms would hurt, his movements were very slow, and the effort was even greater, so tired that he couldn't stop panting. finally sat down, only to find that Jiuzhen was already gray, although his eyes were still stretched out, his eyes were already scattered, and he muttered back and forth just one word: "Water... ”

Pei Guo was in a hurry, raised his eyes and looked around, but as far as he could see, in addition to the gravel, it was still gravel. Looking at the arms again, Jiuzhen has slowly closed his eyes...

Where is this life-saving water?

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"Goo, goo, goo... Jiuzhen gurgled in his throat, which was the sound of gulping water. It's just that the taste of this water is really not very good, salty and astringent, and it is almost difficult to eat.

After a few mouthfuls, Jiuzhen Huo Ran opened his eyes: "This is blood?" Where does the blood come from? "This taste is too familiar, not much different from the horse blood I drank last time, even though Jiuzhen is a little delirious, but the smell of blood between the mouth and nose is really strong and stimulating, and he reacted in the end. Pei Guo saw it clearly, and although Jiuzhen's gaze was still blurred at this time, it was no longer scattered.

"Hey, good luck!" Pei Guo chuckled: "The two of me are lying here, and a goshawk in the sky thinks it has found a dead thing and flies down... Haha, I don't want to send water! ”

Pei Guo's laughter was very weak, but at this moment, Jiu Zhen couldn't hear it, and he couldn't help but show his face when he heard it: "Eagle blood? Good! Good! Good! "I can't help but continue to drink blood, gurgling, as if I am drinking the sweetest sweet spring in the world... Before she knew it, she fell asleep, and a brilliant scarlet hung from the corner of her mouth, hideous and dazzling.

Smack! Pei Guo slipped from the boulder and fell onto the sand, unconscious.

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The sunset hangs on the horizon again, and Jiuzhen wakes up slowly. The first one who caught his eye was Pei Guo lying beside him, he obviously fainted, but his hands were holding himself tightly, not half relaxed.

Jiuzhen was pretty and red, with a slight effort, and she never broke free. Just as he was about to increase his strength, Jiuzhen was shocked and stayed on the spot! It was clear in his eyes that Pei Guo's left wrist was covered with blood, and the blood stains spread, covering his wrists and palms, and even dripping red on the sand. There was silence in all directions, and he couldn't even find an ant as far as his eyes could see, so how could he get the goshawk he said in his mouth?

In an instant, large tears burst out of his eyes, and Jiuzhen sobbed until his whole body trembled. Tears flowed down her fair and soft cheeks into the corners of her mouth, washing away the remaining blood stains in her mouth, so that the familiar and unfamiliar taste permeated again...

The taste of blood was still fishy, salty, and astringent, but Jiuzhen tasted sweet and bitter.

She tore off her shirt like crazy and wrapped it in layer after layer around Pei Guo's wrist. She desperately pushed Pei Guo: "Wake up!" Wake up! Wake me up! ”

As the sun sets, the afterglow of the setting sun dyes the sky and the earth red. This boundless red reflected Jiu Zhen's eyes, which had already regained their clarity, and became chaotic, and suddenly she put away her miserable cry, raised her left hand high, and approached her mouth: "Pei Lang! I'll give it back to you! If you refuse to wake up, then I will accompany you! ”

The remnant sun was like a void, the red light was like a dance, and a big hand wrapped in a heavy cloth was raised silently, and it was accurate to hold Jiuzhen's left arm. It was Pei Guo's left hand, in fact, it was just a void on Jiu Zhen's arm, soft and without any strength, but Jiu Zhen felt that this hand weighed more than a thousand catties, stabilized his hand, and also stabilized his heart...

Pei Guo's eyes opened at some point, and he was actually quite attentive, just looking at Jiu Zhen like this; His face was a little puffy and pale, but he still had a smile.

Breaking into tears and laughing is what Jiuzhen looks like at this moment. She didn't speak, just laughed, and Pei Guo lay lazily and laughed with her.

This laughter was hearty and true, but unfortunately it didn't last long--- the sunset set in the sky, the night covered the heavens and the earth, the sky was dark and heavy this night, the moon was gone, the stars were not seen, and even the laughter of the two people was finally swallowed up by the darkness. In the dark, the voice of the Nine Truths is faint:

"Pei Lang... DO YOU KNOW ME ... I don't deserve you to do this to me ... ”