The sun is blazing, and the sand is yellow.

As far as the eye can see, the reckless land is golden, and the rolling sand dunes are like a golden ocean, stretching for hundreds of miles, and meeting the clear blue sky in a straight line. The heat rises under the soft sand, as if even the scene in front of you is slightly distorted.

The barren desert seems to be a forbidden place for living beings. But if you look down from a high place, you will find that between the blue and golden colors, there are two figures struggling to move forward.

"Ahh

Xiao Can sneezed, covered his forehead and looked at the long road ahead, a trace of deep helplessness flashed on his face.

It has been ten days since he came to the desert, and he has long since lost the freehand chic he had in Dima City. The coat was loosely draped over the shoulders, and the back was soaked in circles of sweat, and the belt that had been tied around the waist had long been torn off and covered on the head, as if this was the only way to resist the heat of the sun. The handsome face that was once remembered by countless young ladies is as black and red as burnt charcoal, with messy stubble, like a typical old man in the Western Regions.

In stark contrast to his down-and-out image, is the Yan mother-in-law on the side.

She wore a hat on her head, and her white power suit was spotless, as if it was difficult for Tianwei to add a wrinkle to her.

Seeing that Xiao Can had been sneezing again and again in the past few days, Granny Yan couldn't help but ask, "In such a hot weather, can you still get cold?" ”

Xiao Can shook his head and said weakly: "Master, I feel that a certain girl should be too worried about me." ”

can still maintain an optimistic spirit in such a harsh environment, it seems that he still underestimates this apprentice.

Granny Yan smiled dumbly and said, "In order not to disappoint the people who are worried about you, it seems that you have to work harder." If you only rely on brute force to cross the desert like this, I am afraid that you will be exhausted if you can't even survive the dark. ”

It's okay if she doesn't say it, Xiao Can gets angry when she mentions the formula.

On the way to the first day, Granny Yan not only opened up a few acupuncture points for him, but also said that practicing kung fu would get twice the result with half the effort. Not only that, but she also taught him the mantra of the instant prison, but this mantra is obscure, what "dantian gathers dings, warms and moistens a hundred remains", "qi is through the veins, and the birds are not frightened", I don't understand it at all.

Xiao Can practiced penance for ten days in a row, and in addition to feeling that his feet were faster, he was only overwhelmed with exhaustion.

He sincerely advised: "Master, I personally think that martial arts cheats should not be too complicated to write, and it would be better to have some pictures and flow charts, such as the light gong atlas to write: inhale - luck - go you!" You see how intuitive it is, and if it's too profound, it's out of the masses, don't you say? ”

"It's you."

Granny Yan glanced at him, and couldn't help but be angry. Other people's apprentices are all well-behaved, the master says one is one, and his own apprentice actually dares to give advice to the master, which is really unheard of.

However, it can be seen that she likes Xiao Can from the bottom of her heart, and she really patiently translated the mantra into the vernacular, taught him how to gather energy, how to indulge, and even demonstrated in person, like a bird that came and went without leaving a trace.

But there are some things that seem simple to the masters, but difficult to compare with the heavens for the beginners. Xiao Can held back for half the weather, except for a long and long fart, nothing came out.

Granny Yan's mouth was dry, and in the end, she didn't even bother to say it, and simply summarized the four-character mantra-

Study hard and practice hard.

So, like an ascetic, Xiao Can began a long practice of crossing the sea of sand.

If it is an ordinary practice, it is fine, but the requirements put forward by Granny Yan are extremely strict: when Xiao Can can cross the sand dunes without leaving footprints, when will it be considered successful.

The legendary thousand miles without leaving a trace? It seems that he can only wait until he hangs up and becomes a ghost.

Xiao Can sighed, only feeling that there was nothing to love.

Complaining and complaining, he still gritted his teeth all the way and persevered, although it was very bitter and tired, but I don't know if it was an illusion, after a few days, he felt that his body was much lighter than before.

One small step closer to achieving the goal of being the first flower thief in history, Xiao Can surged a little confidence, came to a sand dune and sat cross-legged, and asked, "Master, what are you going to practice today?" I'm ready. ”

Granny Yan stood on the top of the hill, looked around with vicissitudes of life, and said to herself: "Can'er, do you know why the teacher brought you to the Great Desert?" ”

Xiao Can seriously analyzed from a scientific point of view: "Because the force is mutual, and the sand cushioning force is strong, it is necessary to make greater force, and the answer is complete." ”

Granny Yan couldn't understand what he said at all, and couldn't help but be angry. Alas, I don't know what to think, but I have a good life of traveling all over the world, but I want to accept another apprentice, and I also accept such a superlative.

She looked into the distance, as if she was caught in a memory, and said slowly: "At the beginning of learning art as a teacher, I also came to this sea of sand, but you are much luckier than a teacher." When I was practicing for my teacher, I went into the desert with thirty-five companions, but only one of them went out. ”

Thirty-six walks, thirty-five deaths!

The shocking number moved Xiao Can, and he said solemnly: "Why is this happening, won't your master save him when he dies?" ”

"See death or not save? Hehe, that's exactly what my master wants to see. Granny Yan looked at the buried bones from afar and said, "She told us personally that in the end, only one person can leave alive." It was precisely because of her words that although I and my twelve companions crossed the desert, we still inevitably had a fight, and when the blood of our companions was stained with the blood of our companions, I saw the smile on my master's face......"

Xiao Can was completely silent.

He never imagined that Granny Yan would be Ling Jue behind the fact that she had walked all the way through the sea of corpses and blood. What kind of teacher needs such a cruel inheritance?

The desert is still that desert, but when Xiao Can looked back and looked back, he didn't have the Yaxing to enjoy the scenery, but was full of awe, because there were too many stories buried under the sand.

Granny Yan sighed and said, "The reason why the teacher said this is to tell you that if you want to become a peerless master, it is impossible to succeed without indomitable courage and determination to put yourself to death. So for the rest of the experience, you can only rely on yourself. ”

Xiao Can nodded with feeling, and suddenly a hint of foreboding swelled up, and said, "Master, I feel that I still have a short way to go before the master, and I need your careful care, hey, hey, hey-"

Before the words fell, he was grabbed by the collar and lifted up by Granny Yan, and the whole person crossed the sand dunes like a cloud. Looking down from the heights, the golden earth is in full view, and the road is endlessly desolate and magnificent.

"Oops!"

I don't know how long it took to fly, Xiao Can felt that Granny Yan's hand suddenly loosened, and she flipped several times on the hot sand. He got up, thought of the scene he had just seen, and said excitedly: "I understand, the master must want me to appreciate the feeling of soaring clouds and fog, and tell me that as long as I am willing to work hard, sooner or later I will appreciate the lonely scenery like you, right?" ”

"That's not right." Granny Yan shook her head decisively and said, "You are entangled in mundane things, and it is difficult for you to concentrate on learning martial arts, but you have many enemies. You and I are a master and apprentice, and I don't want you to lose your life in vain, but unfortunately everything in this world has a price, if you want to achieve speed, you have to pay the price of speed. ”

The master is worthy of being a master, and even his words are so profound.

Xiao Can looked admiring and asked, "What is the price of quick success?" ”

Granny Yan stood with her hands in her hands and explained: "As a teacher, I believe that with your greedy nature and fear of death, only in the face of the test of life and death can your potential be fully stimulated. ”

A test of life and death?

Xiao Can chewed on the four-character mantra, secretly vigilant in his heart. Her mysterious master is a ruthless person who killed twelve companions in a row, and what she said must be carefully pondered, but when she looks around, she doesn't find where the "test" comes from.

He was about to ask something, when he suddenly felt his feet sink slightly. Looking down, it was as if there was a bottomless abyss buried under the yellow sand, and the golden sand and gravel couldn't help but converge and flow to the center, and in a moment he buried his feet in it.

"Quicksand, I didn't expect to be able to see such a spectacle in my lifetime, it's really ......in vain" Xiao Can cheered in surprise, but suddenly thought of something, and his face changed greatly: "I'll go, quicksand!" ”

He finally knew where the danger was coming from, and there seemed to be a pair of hands under the yellow sand, desperately trying to pull him into the underworld. By the time he realized something was wrong, the sand was up to his knees.

Xiao Can screamed, desperately trying to escape from this hot whirlpool, but the quicksand finally caught the prey, how could it be easy for him to break free? Every piece of gravel seemed to kill him, biting at his shoes and clothes, and making sure he was buried in the sand.

Heavy, incredibly heavy.

Xiao Can only felt that his legs and feet seemed to be filled with lead, and the more he wanted to break free, the faster he sank. A trace of fear finally flashed on his face, death was not terrible, but being suffocated to death by the hot sand was too painful.

In desperation, the woman standing not far away seemed to have become the only life-saving straw, Xiao Can exclaimed sadly: "Master, this test is too sudden, I haven't prepared yet, can I start from scratch?" ”

Granny Yan shook her head and said, "As the teacher said, the only thing you can rely on is yourself." If you can't even pass this test, you are not worthy of being my disciple of Ling Bingyan. ”

It turned out that the master's name was Ling Bingyan, such a domineering name.

Phew, they're all dying, what's the use of thinking about this!

Xiao Can saw that Ling Bingyan had no intention of helping at all, so he completely put aside his selfish thoughts and tried to pull out his leg with the strength of breastfeeding. But the terrible thing about quicksand is that the more force he is subjected, the more difficult it is to break free, and it doesn't take long for the delicate yellow sand to be buried in his thighs.

Granny Yan frowned when she saw it, and said loudly: "If you can't learn and don't know how to indulge, you only have a dead end." The teacher has opened the acupoints and pulses for you, and if you feel it carefully, you will definitely be able to perceive the qi in your body. Try to control it, let the breath surge, and fantasize yourself like a leaf. ”

Xiao Can seemed to grasp the hope of survival, so he closed his eyes, briefly gave up control of his body, and tried to capture the indescribable "qi" in his limbs.

Come on, hurry up and get some gas!

Strange to say, when the heat of the sand clearly conveyed the message of death, and the ghost gate was getting closer and closer to him, Xiao Can really vaguely sensed that there was a mass of aura condensed in the dantian!

The breath spread along the veins, slowly guided and ascended by his consciousness, as if dragging his body to slowly rise, allowing himself to turn into a fallen leaf drifting in the wind.

"Up!"

Xiao Can roared and suddenly opened his eyes. But when I looked down, the yellow sand was actually buried in the navel!

"...... I'm going to be cold, isn't it......."