Chapter 14: The Yellow Sand Swordsman
After the surprise of encountering [Sword Spring] faded, the sky also darkened. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Guardian Zhixin and others went offline one after another, leaving only Bai Xiaofei alone in the carriage.
He looked at the empty carriage and the endless wilderness, and he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy in his heart, as if he were a wanderer alone in a foreign land.
However, this emotion only lasted for a moment before disappearing, as he had become accustomed to this loneliness in the past few months.
"Little Brother Bai, we will almost be able to reach Huyang Town tomorrow, let's get here here today. The horses are also tired, and they need to rest. Lao Yang greeted outside.
Bai Xiaofei said: "Uncle Yang, it's good that you decide, when you go out, you must be more experienced than me as an elder." β
Lao Yang smiled: "Okay, I'll go prepare something to eat!" β
After dinner, Bai Xiaofei and Lao Yang chatted.
Lao Yang has traveled south and north for many years, and he is like a treasure for many strange people and strange things, and Bai Xiaofei is fascinated when he hears it.
As he spoke, he suddenly turned the topic to the journey after Poplar Town: "From Poplar Town to Flame City, there is a stretch of desert, and the road will not be calm at that time!" β
"How?" Bai Xiaofei asked.
"This desert is not more than usual, we are walking mostly on official roads now, so we rarely encounter wild beasts or anything on the road. But there are more beasts in the desert, especially the sand fox, which is numerous, cunning, and difficult to entangle. If we bump into it......" Speaking of this, Lao Yang paused deliberately.
Bai Xiaofei took over the words very sensibly: "What will happen if we meet?" β
"If we touch you, you can only pray for the blessing of the Lord God!"
Bai Xiaofei: "......"
Seeing Bai Xiaofei's speechless appearance, Lao Yang smiled: "Haha! You don't have to worry, someone has already figured out how to deal with the sand monsters. You see,"
He took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms: "This medicine, as long as it is sprinkled on the body, ordinary sand monsters will not dare to come over." β
Bai Xiaofei opened the porcelain vase and looked at it for a while, and said, "Uncle Yang, you are too good at selling Guanzi, which makes me worry about it." β
"Haha! Since the Lord God asked me to pick you up strangers, I naturally wouldn't let you get hurt casually. β
After pausing for a moment, Lao Yang seemed to think of something again, and his expression was slightly solemn: "Although there is the blessing of the main god, there are other dangers in the desert. β
"Oh? What else? β
"In addition to all kinds of sand monsters in the desert, there are also desert bandits, if you encounter them, you have to break the bank. Fortunately, they tend to operate in the deeper parts of the desert, and they only seek money and rarely hurt people. β
"Anything else?"
"Of course, the desert is boundless, and except for the Lord God, I'm afraid no one knows how many unknown things are buried in it. These magical things often represent great wealth, but at the same time, there are unknown dangers. β
Bai Xiaofei said: "Then have you encountered it?" β
Lao Yang's face suddenly turned red: "Ahem! I really haven't encountered this before, otherwise I would have made a fortune a long time ago. Not to mention encounters, as far as I know, it has only happened two or three times in the past 30 years. β
Bai Xiaofei rolled his eyes: "After talking for a long time, it turned out to be all hearsay." β
Lao Yang hurriedly said: "Brother Bai, don't worry! Some of them I've heard, but one of them is true. At that time, I was only fifteen years old, and I had just come out with the adults in the town to beg for a living......"
Thirty years ago, Lao Yang walked out of the town for the first time, and he was curious about the outside world. Coupled with his youthful temperament, he often looks forward to the day when he can have an adventure or something. But Lady Luck didn't favor him, so he did nothing for decades.
This also corresponds to the sentence "If you have a life to do it, you will have no luck in your life", Lao Yang seems to be destined to live an ordinary life, and ordinary people can often only embellish a very small number of extraordinary people.
At that time, Lao Yang did not do the handlebar style at the beginning, but followed a dart bureau in the town to become an executioner.
This dart bureau has long since disbanded, but its status in the town was quite transcendent, similar to the current Perak Hall.
The first time Lao Yang followed the dart was to go to Flame City, it was a small dart, which was considered to be a practice for newcomers, and it was said that nothing would go wrong.
In fact, it was true, the dart team had a very smooth journey, and even the desert bandits did not encounter them.
Seeing that they would arrive in the Flame City in another day, an accident happened: a sudden strong wind and sand hit the entire dart team.
"Then you must have suffered a lot of losses at that time." Bai Xiaofei asked.
Lao Yang shook his head: "The loss is not big, but I lost a few things that are not very valuable." But seriously, one of our brothers was missing! At this, his face showed a little sadness.
Bai Xiaofei cooperated: "Then did you go to find him?" β
"Why didn't you look for it? It's just that the desert is too big, and we didn't find him nearby, and we didn't dare to go inside, so the dart head took us away. Speaking of this, Lao Yang closed his mouth, and it seemed that the whole story ended here.
"That's it?"
"It's over, or what do you think?"
"After listening to it for a long time, you will tell me this?!"
Lao Yang looked at Bai Xiaofei's depressed appearance and laughed: "Hahaha, lie to you, since it is a rare story, how can it end so easily?" β
Bai Xiaofei: "......"
Lao Yang is now very satisfied with his ability to sell guanzi, and when he usually tells stories to the dolls in the town, they also have the same reaction as Bai Xiaofei.
He continued: "Originally, we thought that this was the end of the matter, and the person who disappeared at that time had no relatives, so everyone slowly forgot about him. But one day two years later, he suddenly appeared in the town again, and he did something earth-shattering. β
"Our dart game is called [Wanli Dart Game], the name is very loud, but the strength is not very good, so we can only fight in the nearby towns. However, small also has small benefits, can't catch big darts, and the robbers naturally don't look down on a little bit of small profits, so the business of the dart board has been going well. β
Originally, Lao Yang thought that he might follow the [Wanli Dart Game] in his life, but he didn't expect that in the third year after he joined the Dart Bureau, the Dart Game was disbanded.
The reason is very simple, at that time, the son of the head of the dart accidentally offended the Baisha Sect, a first-class sect in Flame City.
The Baisha faction has always been a revenge, not only killing the son of the chief dart leader, but also suppressing the [Wanli Dart Game] everywhere, making the business of the dart game deteriorate.
The pain of losing a child and the foundation he had built were almost ruined, and the old dart owner disbanded the game in frustration.
Listening to Lao Yang's narration, Bai Xiaofei sighed: "Isn't there anyone who cares?" β
"Don't be stupid, the Baisha faction has a big business, how can anyone be willing to come forward."
Bai Xiaofei didn't say anything anymore, he connected with reality, and then listened to the story in the game, and felt that no matter which world he was in, there were irreconcilable contradictions. Although he had recognized this for a long time, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
He was silent for a moment: "And what about later?" β
Lao Yang's eyes suddenly flashed with a bright light: "In the third month after the disbandment of the dart bureau, that missing guy suddenly appeared in the town. When he was in the dart game, he had the best relationship with the young dart master, so after hearing about the dart game, he found the Baisha faction without saying a word. At that time, several acquaintances advised him not to hit the stone with an egg, but he just didn't listen and went anyway! β
Bai Xiaofei had already vaguely guessed the ending of the story at this time, and couldn't help asking, "What about the result?" β
A touch of blush appeared on Lao Yang's face, he licked his somewhat dry lips, and said with excitement: "That battle was really dark, he killed the Baisha Sect with just one sword, and not only the head of the sect, but even the eight elders also died. If it weren't for the Agni Fire Palace to mediate, I'm afraid the Baisha faction would have been removed from the rivers and lakes. β
Just by imagining it, Bai Xiaofei felt a surge of qi and blood in his chest, and he said with a little respect: "What is the name of this person?" β
Lao Yang said: "I don't know his full name, when he was in the dart game before, everyone called him Ah Sheng, but I heard some people in the rivers and lakes say that he seems to have a nickname, called [Huangsha Swordsman]." β
"Ah Sheng returned to the town after the White Sand Sect went on a killing spree. At that time, everyone who knew him couldn't believe it, and then we secretly discussed it in private, maybe it was the great wind and sand that gave him some adventures. Speaking of this, Lao Yang couldn't help but purse his lips, as if he was sighing, and seemed to be regretting why it wasn't him who got the adventure.
Finally, he ends the whole story: "After Ah Sheng returned to the town, he found the head of the dart and helped him start another business, which is now Perak Hall. β
After listening to the story, Bai Xiaofei sighed with emotion: "In life, if you can be as happy as the [Huangsha Swordsman], you will not come to the world in vain!" β
As the night deepened, Lao Yang returned to the carriage to rest, while Bai Xiaofei stayed to keep vigil, which he took the initiative to request, because he would practice internal strength every night and didn't need to sleep at all, so it was only fitting that the work of the vigil would be handed over to him.
The wild sky is low and the trees are low, and Jiang Qingyue is close to people.
In late autumn, when the weather turned cooler, Bai Xiaofei was alone in this endless wilderness, and a sense of loneliness suddenly appeared in his heart.
As soon as this loneliness appeared, it lingered, and Bai Xiaofei couldn't help but recall his game career for more than half a year: choosing [Complete Mode], knowing the death of a knife, exploring the [Sword Shrine] with Lore No. 1, encountering flies and Huangquan Ling, accepting Xiahou Xing's mission, coming to Zailai Town, and breaking with Lore No. 1......
In the end, all these figures disappeared without a trace, and only one person remainedβthe young man named Yang Xiaoxi.
Whenever he thought of Yang Xiaoxie, Bai Xiaofei's thoughts would turn peaceful in an instant.
His heart calmed down, and he took out an item from the storage space, which was the black sheath sword that Yang Xiaoxie gave him.