Chapter 11: The Desert

It's noon.

In the endless desert, two people and a horse are moving forward in the wind and sand. It was Yin Ziqing, Dao Chang and the White Donkey.

They walked out of the forest, into the desert, and set out for the southern city.

Yin Ziqing put the package on his shoulders and carried it on his back, wrapping his head in a white shirt and leaking only his eyes. He was tempted to pour some water on his clothes to dispel his heat, but he didn't know how long it would be before he could get out of here and reach the town, and he had to take care of the remaining bottle of water. There is also dry food to save a little.

The scorching sun hanging in the sky made the scenery in front of him deformed, and there was no trace of greenery in the endless yellow sand.

"Whew" A gust of wind suddenly hit, carrying the yellow sand flying all over the sky. Yin Ziqing hurriedly used his hand to cover the flying sand and stones, and the weakness of his limbs made him feel very uncomfortable.

"The ones in front, stop. ”

A slightly hoarse voice came from behind, and Yin Ziqing turned his head to look back.

In the yellow sand curtain lifted from the rear, several tall black shadows leaked.

Yin Ziqing squinted his eyes into the wind and sand, and saw four men in white robes with swords around their waists speeding from behind on camels.

"Stop!" The leading man came to them on a camel and pulled the reins to stop the camel. Several people behind him also followed one after another.

All four are of medium stature, and their faces and heads are also wrapped in white cloth, only the eyes leak out. They all rode on camels and looked down on him and the Taoist.

The man in white at the front looked at the two of them for a moment and then snorted.

"Take down all the things on your body, and ask for goods and not people. The man in white in the lead pulled out the saber at his waist and pointed at Yin Ziqing.

"Yellow Sand Thieves?" Yin Ziqing thought secretly, he didn't expect that he had just encountered the so-called desert thieves from the forest, and his eyes couldn't help but look curiously at the outfit of the group of four.

"Boy, can't you hear me, put that bag down!" Seeing that Yin Ziqing was looking at him, the leading man did not react to his words, shook the knife in his hand, and warned again.

Yin Ziqing tilted his head and looked at the man in white in front of him, it seemed that he had been unlucky enough recently, but looking at the burden hanging on this camel, there should be a lot of food and drink in it.

Yin Ziqing touched the knife he hid at his waist, although his body was now in a low state, it was as easy as killing a few people and pinching an ant to death.

Just as Yin Ziqing was about to make a move, a strange wind suddenly blew from behind him, bringing up countless sand and stones, and the four of them were immediately blown upside down and flew out and fell heavily on the sand.

Li Wenxu was holding a white feather fan, and the runes were circulating, and the strange wind just now was caused by the feather fan.

Looking at the unconscious few people lying on the ground, he sighed slightly, he really did a good deed every day, and saved the lives of four people this time, otherwise, they would definitely die under the dagger.

Yin Ziqing put the knife back into its scabbard, walked towards the camels of several people, and began to search for the bags of the Yellow Sand Thieves.

......

In the desert, two people, a horse and two camels are moving in the wind and sand.

It was Yin Ziqing, Li Wenxu, the little white donkey, and two camels humiliated under their crotches.

Yin Ziqing took a big bite of the fresh meat he had snatched from the yellow sand thieves, and hugged the package to his chest, the small package that had just dried up was now full, and he had found a lot of rations from the sand thieves just now.

It's a pity that there are no good things, so those people have a few broken knives and some dry food, but fortunately they have a few bottles of water.

Yin Ziqing wiped the oil stains on his mouth with his hand, carefully avoiding getting it on the sleeves, this is the clothes that his adoptive mother carefully sewed for him, fortunately it was only broken in the space, and there was no change in reality, and his heart was secretly distressed when the clothes were broken in that space.

Li Wenxu looked at this young man from the mountains with his spare eyes, 16 years old, medium in stature, six feet tall, sword eyebrows and angular face, plus a fairer complexion because of his morbidity, he looked like a scholar, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that he could tear the blue bird with his hands, which was something that the demon ape and the old wolf in the forest could do.

But Li Wenxu didn't know that the demon ape had also been killed by Yin Ziqing with his bare hands, and if the old wolf hadn't woken up Yin Ziqing, he would have been killed.

Those roots will absorb all the old wolf's qi and blood, and there will be no bones left.

Seeing that green face, Li Wenxu couldn't help but think of when he was young, he could be regarded as a flower in Nancheng at that time.

But it's all in the past, and when he thought of this, Li Wenxu couldn't help but sigh, the years are unforgiving.

Yin Ziqing saw Li Wenxu's sighing appearance, and he didn't know what this crazy old man was thinking in his heart, so he squeezed his legs and squeezed the camel away from him.

They didn't encounter the yellow sand thieves again, and the creatures that were dormant in the sand didn't bother the group, so they moved forward calmly.

Before you know it, it's dusk, and the temperature of the desert is gradually dropping.

From the scorching sun of the day to the cold to the bone, the changes are so great that people are staggered.

Seeing that the sky began to darken, the two discussed that they wanted to find a place to rest and wait until tomorrow before they left.

If it's a full moon tonight...... Yin Ziqing couldn't help but worry in his heart, with his current state, tossing the things in his body again would be tantamount to making matters worse.

"Rest there, and set out again tomorrow. Li Wenxu pointed to a boulder in front of him on the left and said to Yin Ziqing, the boulder must be several meters high, just suitable for spending the night below.

"Hmm. ”

The two rode over on camels and put the package away, Yin Ziqing sat down against the smooth stone wall, Li Wenxu also sat aside, and the white donkey stood next to the camel resting on its stomach.

There were no branches around, so there was no way to make a fire, so Li Wenxu rubbed his palms to keep warm, and sighed into his palms.

Yin Ziqing looked up at the sky, and there were thousands of thoughts in his mind: "Cultivators?"

When he was a child, he heard the old village chief talk about the legendary supernatural powers of cultivators countless times, and the purpose of his visit to Nancheng this time was to worship the beginner sect to learn the cultivation method and embark on the path of cultivation.

Are those cultivators very strong? What is the status of a cultivator of the same level as the old wolf?

"Which sect are you from?" Yin Ziqing asked as he turned his head to look at Li Wenxu, who was rubbing his hands.

"Nancheng Qingxuanmen, but old man, I'm an outcast, this time you go to Nancheng to worship this sect. Li Wenxu smiled and looked at his palm, as if remembering the original time.

Although that time was not so good, it was also a treasure in my heart.

"Is the sect in Nancheng really so difficult to enter? It is only open to the children of nobles, why is the Qingxuanmen an exception. Yin Ziqing couldn't help but be depressed, and on the way, he learned from the mouth of the Taoist leader that the Nancheng Sect had a very high level of respect for disciples, and except for the children of the nobles, only the children of the Han Sect who were outstanding in the trial ground could enter.

"Because the head of Qingxuan is a child of a poor family, he did not collect and suppress when he was a child, so he took care of the poor family very much. A warm smile leaked from the old Taoist's face, he had also been taken care of by the head before, and without the head there would be no him today. But just a few years ago, the head of the sect passed away, and now he doesn't know the situation of Qingxuanmen.

However, it was not easy for the young man next to him to enter the Qingxuanmen, even those big sects.

Even if he didn't pass the registration for the spirit, with this kid's monster physique, he didn't completely abuse other people of the same age in the trial ground.

The physical body can shake the Dan Demon Beast, he has lived for so long and has never heard of it, I don't know what kind of storm this kid will set off.

Thinking of the appearance of those sects robbing people, Li Wenxu couldn't help laughing, but he was also slightly worried, too sharp, and easy to die prematurely.

But it all depends on this kid's own choice, whether it is a blessing or a curse has nothing to do with him, the old Taoist elder laughed sheepishly as he stroked his eight-character beard.

The old village chief gave him a 10,000-year-old spirit ginseng, as long as he sent this kid to Nancheng, he could go back with the white donkey to continue his idle clouds and wild cranes, and maybe he could rely on that ginseng to improve his cultivation.

"Hahaha, the donkey came and touched his head. The old Taoist elder touched the spiritual ginseng in his arms, laughed and beckoned to the white donkey.

But after a while, there was no movement at all. He opened his eyes and looked around, there were only two camels, a package on the ground, and a Yin Ziqing who looked at him with the eyes of a fool.

"Where's my donkey?!" The old Taoist shouted.

"I just ran away, I thought you knew. Yin Ziqing blinked his eyes and looked at the old Taoist who looked constipated.

"Donkey!"

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The desert has reached night, the temperature is completely polar and daytime, and the whirring cold wind blows on people's faces.

And in the midst of this cold wind, two men rode camels looking for a white horse.

Yin Ziqing was uncomfortable by the cold wind, lying on the camel's neck and looking for the white fat horse with his spare eyes.

The old Taoist next to him had a dead face, his mouth was slightly open, and his eyes were looking around blankly. That dead man made Yin Ziqing feel weird.

Feeling the cold wind, Yin Ziqing felt that his soul seemed to be sublimated......

I'm a disabled person now, and it's really unlucky enough to run to find a horse without sleeping at night.

Strange to say, in just a while, the fat horse actually ran away without a trace, and he knew that he should have caught it when he found it.

Yin Ziqing secretly regretted it in his heart, but he still searched for it in the desert.

The desert is pitch black at night, and in the depths of that darkness often lurks deadly dangers.

Yin Ziqing looked at the moon that was gradually submerging into the clouds, and couldn't help but worry in his heart.

The two of them had been looking for an unknown amount of time, but the sun and the camels had already struck, and he and the Taoist could only walk in the desert, and his heart was really depressed, and now he just wanted to find a place to sleep well.

And now, the Taoist next to him is like a lost soul, and most of them will not listen to his advice. If the moon had sunk into the clouds, the two of them would have been blind in the night.

Fortunately, the moon is not a full moon, otherwise it would have been even more tragic.

When I was muttering in my heart, a breeze mixed with a fishy smell blew over. Yin Ziqing sniffed with his nose, and the smell of blood was mixed with the wind.

The Taoist next to him also noticed something strange and immediately ran in the direction where the wind was blowing.

Yin Ziqing looked at the dark surroundings, and the Taoist who had gradually run away, followed quickly.

The two of them ran in the desert one after the other. Suddenly, the Taoist squatted down beside a rock, looking sneakily ahead.

Seeing this, Yin Ziqing also slowed down, alerted to the movements around him, and walked softly to the Taoist priest and squatted down.

Now the moon came out of the clouds again, and in the moonlight, I could barely see the surroundings.

Nearby was a basin terrain, and they were now crouching down to the rocks looking at a group of people below and a white horse hiding behind dead wood.

The white horse, which was shaking like a convulsion, was the white donkey. Hiding behind a dead log at the edge of the basin, the horse's head sticks out and peeps at the group in the middle of the basin.

The people in the middle of the basin were all dressed in black tights, and they held long sharp knives in their hands, the blades of which shone through the moonlight. They were divided into two parts against each other.

The man on the left suddenly attacked, and the two sides instantly fought each other.

"Who are they, why is your white donkey there spying on others? Yin Ziqing squinted at the Taoist who poked his head out from behind the stone, his hearing was impaired, and he couldn't hear distant sounds.

The Dao Leader stared at the group of people intently, and said to Yin Ziqing in a very soft voice: "Both parties are cultivators, I just heard that they seem to be fighting for a treasure box, and the donkey should have found a treasure so he followed them." ”

"Baby?" Yin Ziqing looked at the black-clothed people fighting together with interest, and he didn't know what kind of baby it was, and whether they would like it......

On those swords, there was a cold light, which was waved by the man in black, ruthlessly slashed, bringing a bright red color.

The two gangs were fighting, and the sword moves were not clever, and it could be said that they were full of flaws, but those people were still slashed in a daze, and looking at the fallen man in black, Yin Ziqing, couldn't help but shake his head again and again.

Even if they are in a low state, it is easy to solve them, can the treasures that people of this strength compete for really be considered treasures?

At this time, the two sides had already fallen, and only four people were still standing in the pool of corpses and blood, facing each other in pairs, ready to go.

One of them suddenly plunged a knife into the body of the person next to him. The other man did not resist, allowing his own blood to flow down the wound and all over the blade, but laughed and fell into a pool of blood.

The other two looked at the man with the bloody knife vigilantly, making a defensive posture.

The blood on the body of the knife turned black, and the faint black qi surrounded it, exuding a seeping aura under the cold moonlight.

"I didn't expect that the remnants of the Blood Knife Gate still remained. Li Wenxu stroked his beard and said in a deep voice.

"What is the Blood Knife Gate?Cult?" Rao is distance of more than a mile, and Yin Ziqing also felt the killing intent emitted by the knife.

"They sacrificed their lives for knives and exchanged their blood for great strength, and they were hunted down by the Nancheng Decent more than ten years ago, but they didn't expect it to be eliminated so far. ”

Sacrifice the sword with human life, so why didn't he kill all his companions in the first place?

Li Wenxu seemed to see through the thoughts in Yin Ziqing's heart, smiled and said: "Their practice mainly relies on the resentment of the surrounding dead people, and then uses one person as a blood medium to gather the resentment on the knife. ”

In addition, the caster himself will also take the damage of the Grudge Impact, but can increase his or her great strength for a short time. This is the signature technique of the Blood Knife Gate.

Yin Ziqing looked at the bloody knife man intently, and sure enough, there was a black gas wrapped around the man's body and the knife.

The other two also saw the danger, and the two of them were close to guard against the bloody knife man. But in an instant, the bloody knife man disappeared before their eyes.

"Upper!" One of them slashed upwards with a knife, but the original shadow had already dissipated.

"Ugh. ”

The man's chest had been pierced by a blood-colored knife.

Yin Ziqing was very confused, just now the bloody knife man disappeared in an instant and then appeared in the air, but in the next second, he instantly moved behind the man.

"They can teleport within a certain range. Li Wenxu once again clarified Yin Ziqing's confusion.

"This range mostly depends on the number of deaths, and it can be teleported within a certain range through the surrounding grievances, which is extremely popular on large battlefields and brawls. ”

Li Wenxu stroked his mustache, and couldn't help frowning slightly, thinking about how to snatch the treasure in the hands of the bloody knife man later.

Yin Ziqing also squinted his eyes and looked down and pondered, he didn't expect the cultivator to have such a strange technique.

At this time, the man with the blood knife had already put the two down and groped for a wooden box on one of them.

"Baby?" Li Wenxu looked at the wooden box in the man's hand and quickly stood up.

Just as the old Taoist was about to snatch it, the white donkey, which had been hiding behind the stones, suddenly rioted and rushed towards the bloody knife man.

The bloody knife man heard the sound and quickly turned his head, and he was greeted by a gradually enlarged horse's head. With a muffled "bang", the bloody knife man was knocked out dozens of meters away, and the wooden box in his hand fell to the ground.

The white donkey immediately bit the wooden box, and then ran towards Yin Ziqing.

"Donkey, quick. Li Wenxu was ecstatic, he didn't expect this baby donkey to do something big again.

Yin Ziqing couldn't help but be surprised by the speed of this fat horse, when it crashed into the man just now, Yin Ziqing only saw an afterimage, and then the man flew out like a kite with a broken string.

And the speed that rushed towards them now was also so fast......

It's going to be bumped!

Seeing that the white donkey was instantly approaching him, Yin Ziqing hurriedly squatted down to dodge, he didn't want to be hit by this crazy horse.

Is it okay to take care of the sick and disabled?

Li Wenxu stretched out his arms to greet his beloved horse. But when the white donkey ran in front of them, he leaped forward. Then he ran into the distance until he was lost in the night.

Li Wenxu stood in place like a sculpture......

"Chase, Lao Tzu is going to slaughter it!"

In the middle of the desert night, two figures chase the white horse galloping ahead.

And the man who had been knocked unconscious had already woken up and sent a signal to the sky. In the distance, several people dressed in the same clothes as men looked at the red smoke floating in the air and rushed towards the basin.

At the same time, things in the desert are ready to move......

"You faint donkey!" Li Wenxu scolded angrily and slapped the white donkey on the head.

The white donkey now put its tongue on the outside, and fell on the sand with a big gulp like a dog.

Rao is Yin Ziqing also felt a little dizzy from running.

Li Wenxu picked up the wooden box that fell on the ground, wiped the saliva on the white donkey, and then opened the wooden box.

Reaching out and taking out the "treasure" inside, he put it in his hand and fiddled with it, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see anything wonderful.

"Just that broken knife?" Yin Ziqing laughed a little, daring to feel that he had been chasing for so long, and there was only a broken knife in the wooden box......

Li Wenxu's face also stiffened at this time, and he stared at the broken dagger in his hand that was rusty and had a few chips, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

I shouldn't have taken it wrong, think about it carefully, this wooden box is just the first thing the man took out, and it is not necessarily a treasure......

It didn't look like a treasure artifact, and there was no reaction when it was injected with aura, which meant that it was a genuine broken and rusty dagger.

"Ahem, this thing must be extraordinary, so the old man will give it to you and keep it as a thing for you. The old Taoist made an unfathomable appearance, put the dagger into the wooden box, and threw it to Yin Ziqing casually.

Yin Ziqing sighed, put the wooden box into the package on his body, don't be in vain, it won't take up space anyway.

After packing the package, Yin Ziqing raised his head and asked the old Taoist, "Do you still know how to get out of the desert?"

They had been looking for this crazy horse for so long that they had long since lost their way.

"Ahem. The old Taoist chief coughed a few times embarrassedly at this time, and was about to quibble, when there was a sudden "rustling" sound from the rear.

"That'...... What is it?" Yin Ziqing turned his head and squinted at the black 'waves' and wondered, but suddenly pulled his clothes with a force and pulled himself back.

The white donkey that was lying on the ground had already stood up, and at this time it seemed to be psychic, and Yin Ziqing obviously saw the fear in its eyes. The old Taoist elder rode up and pulled Yin Ziqing up.

"Sit down!"