Chapter Seventy-One: The Desert, the Oasis, and the Guide

Liu Wen nodded: "Okay!" It just so happened that I also wanted to tell him about the situation at the Liao Ancestral Tomb, and many things are now showing a clue, but it still makes people feel very messy. With that, the two of them walked together to the car parked at the bottom of the slope.

Liu Wen got into Shen Yuan's car, and the knife boy stood guard not far away, as soon as he got into the car, Liu Wen choked on the thick smell of smoke on the car, and couldn't help but say: "You smoke too much, this is very bad for your health, smoke less in the future!" ”

Shen Yuan opened the sunroof, let the smoke in the car quickly drift out, and then turned to Liu Wen, who was sitting in the back seat, and said, "I'm sorry, I've been watching you kidnapped by the second elder because of me in the past few days, I feel that my rivers and lakes are really a mess." Anyone can pick me up, beat me, educate and intimidate、、、 hehe! It's too much pressure、、、"

Liu Wen said: "It's nothing, you're still young!" Some things can only be known by experiencing them, and how many different results a thing can have. If you do your best, won't I be safe now? ”

Shen Yuan leaned back in his seat and said, "Can you tell me about the situation in the Liao Ancestral Tomb?" ”

Liu Wen nodded, and then carefully explained the process of how he entered the Liao Ancestral Tomb, as well as the corpses he encountered and the invisible but still existing Jade Spirit Array, as well as the mysterious but frank Khitan remnant tomb keeper who handed over Dinghaizhu!

Shen Yuan pondered for a long time, carefully digested the message that Liu Wen brought him, and then beckoned Daozai to get into the car and told Liu Wen that he planned to set off with Liu Wen and Daozai to find the second elder.

After hearing this, Liu Wen said that he had no opinion, but he mentioned the old way of oxtail!

Shen Yuan had almost forgotten about this old way, if it weren't for the old way just now who got into the tent to drink wine and eat meat, he would have simply treated this old cow nose who has been playing decadent as a piece of luggage, Liu Wen said: "The second elder will not take away his stupid apprentice for no reason, there must be a hidden secret that we don't know, the second elder didn't say that he wanted Lao Dao to help her or help us do anything, but he simply took Liu Lang away as a threat, I have never been banned from beginning to end, And Liu Lang has been firmly locked in the car as if he had been sealed with six senses. Now it means that the second elder has released me, and the purpose is unknown, but the second elder looks at Liu Lang so closely but does not tell Oxtail to do anything. Then there is only one result、、、、、、! ”

Shen Yuan suddenly froze when he heard this, and then asked, "What do you mean, Oxtail knows what the Second Elder wants him to do?" ”

Liu Wen nodded slowly: "It should be like this!" ”

"This old guy has been a shrunken turtle for 、、、 past few days, because he was afraid of revealing his feet!" Shen Yuan suddenly realized.

"So it seems that this oxtail old man has known these two elders for a long time?"

"Not really! But these clues add up, and if you think about it carefully, you will find that there is something strange inside, the Qingcheng Mountain Road Gate is closed, and the Mountain Gate alone is a bit wrong to drive out the old road of Oxtail and this apprentice! Qingcheng Mountain is not a jade connoisseur and has never severed the inheritance, how can it be impossible to protect the innocent Taoists of the two disciples? This is a big taboo in the sect! There is also the Fox Immortal Family, if it is really the Five Immortals Sect that Liu Lang came to Beidaihe to look for us, why didn't the Five Immortals Sect tell us? There is also Li Qi who visited the Yunyin Gate in the middle. It's a bit of a coincidence that these people appeared、、、、、、"

"Alas! It's like this again! Hiding their heads and showing their tails is inexplicable、、、 can't they just say what these people want? It's annoying! Shen Yuan was so angry that he lit another cigarette.

Liu Wen frowned and thought about it and said, "Don't say it!" Can't say! Buddhism talks about extinction, Taoism seeks transcendence, and there are thousands of scriptures, in fact, the whole text is about wanting to talk and rest、、、、、、"

Shen Yuan held the cigarette between his fingers and said softly, "What do you mean?" ”

Liu Wendao: "Nirvana, detachment, ascension!" Anyway, I grew up in the sect in the mountains since I was a child, and when I became an adult, I traveled to many cities, and I can be regarded as having some understanding of this world and the mountain gate, no matter how to cover up and practice, as long as there is still a human mind! Everything we do seems to be in pursuit of a kind of egoism! Money, love, career, work、、、 who isn't working hard for themselves? Cultivating immortals is for one's own immortality, and helping people is to accumulate merit for oneself! Isn't there a person who is willing to dedicate himself to the sake of fame? Since ancient times, 'fame and fortune' have complemented each other、、、 I just think that the so-called three thousand avenues! It's essentially just two words! 'Self-interest' 、、、、、、"

Shen Yuan nodded: "So、、、 do you want to say that no matter how much they disguise their pretense of mystery, in fact, what they ultimately pursue is their own interests!" But we don't know what the benefits these people want. ”

Liu Wen pursed his lips and said, "Then it depends on what they lack?" Money? Right? Substance and vanity? ”

Shen Yuan beckoned Dao Zai to get into the car, then shook his head and said to Liu Wen: "Although I haven't been in the rivers and lakes for a few days, I also know how terrible the mountain gate with a long inheritance is!" They don't care about fame at all, and it seems easy for their subordinates to infiltrate the public door with the help of inheritance, and money is even more of a joke! Bill Gates's wealth is a joke compared to the chaebol families that have been inherited for a long time, not to mention the Pope and some royal families、、、、、、"

Liu Wen leaned on the back of the seat, looked at his slender fingers carefully by the moonlight shining through the car window, and said lightly: "Yes! They lack nothing、、、、、、 they just lack the most important thing to enjoy it all! ”

Shen Yuan took a puff of cigarette and then waited for a while before slowly exhaling it、、、 the smoke slowly drifted out along the car window, and Shen Yuan replied softly: "Time! 、、、、、、 what they care about most is how much time they have to enjoy what they have! ”

Daozi listened for a long time, looked at Liu Wen and asked, "Sister Liu Wen, do you want to say that the reason why these people are pursuing and fighting is 、、、、、、 Changsheng?" ”

Shen Yuan sneered and said, "Emperor Qin and Han Wu have been going all the way to the Yongzheng Manchu Qing Dynasty, can't this Lang Kyushu have some other pursuits?" Are they annoyed, tired? ”

Liu Wen smiled and said, "But! What happens when you've got everything you want? Is there anything left to pursue besides this? ”

Shen Yuan took another puff on his cigarette and remained silent.

Shen Yuan and the three of them were silent in the car for a long time, and finally Shen Yuan broke the atmosphere and asked Liu Wen: "That second elder said that as long as she can enter the Heavenly Ghost Cave, all her property power will be given to the two of us, do you think it's true?" ”

Liu Wen replied: "Is it true and how can it be true?" Don't say that after she came out of the Heavenly Ghost Cave, she became a flying heavenly ghost or a spider-man or something, but now she gave it to you, and then she regretted it and asked you to come back double, do you dare not give it? ”

Shen Yuan was a little discouraged in an instant: "It's this truth, the forces are not equal, and any agreement is a fart!" ”

Liu Wen continued: "At this point, I'm afraid that this time we are in the status of a parasol, or we may be a bait!" ”

"Who lure in the bait?"

Liu Wendao: "Anyway, it's not the second elder!" I always feel that the Fox Immortal Family and the Min Zhulin behind it are using us and the Second Elder as bait to lure some forces to take the bait! ”

Shen Yuan thought for a while and said, "Li Qi? Those people from the old thirteen gates? Or is it another force of the Xuanyi Sect? ”

Liu Wendao: "It's all possible!" Even the old Ushio could be their target! The Heavenly Ghost Cave has existed for so many years, and no one has been able to come out of it alive, which in itself is a place of death. The second elder has been lurking in the Great Black Temple for I don't know how many years, but now she has expressed her attitude to enter the Heavenly Ghost Cave to continue her life! It seems that there is some way to get her out of this state of not being a ghost or a ghost, from Wang Ziheng tossing in Shengjing City to the second elder raiding Tongyuan Fort to snatch the dragon ball guarded by the fox fairy family! When Long Jiushi attracted the Five Immortal Sect's conquest of the Great Black Temple、、、、、、 it seemed that the Second Elder was risking everything, and even provoked the existence of the Five Immortal Sect's Fox Immortal Family to enter the Heavenly Ghost Cave to fight! These things have been paved for too long and too much, and we have always taken it for granted that the second elder and the fox fairy family are life and death enemies, but what if 、、、、、、 all this is still a bureau? ”

Shen Yuan's back was almost soaked in cold sweat as soon as Liu Wen said.

Bait lures fish, fish is bait, who is bait and who is fish?

Seven camels stand at the foot of the hill in a daze, and these perpetually sluggish looking animals always look submissive, but if they are provoked, these guys will launch their first counterattack! That's spitting、、、、、、 of course, biting, kicking, and kicking.

Shen Yuan, Daozai, together with Liu Wen and Ava, as well as Oxtail Lao Dao, rode on a camel under the watchful eyes of cuttlefish and several subordinates, and slowly disappeared into the depths of the poplar forest. The cuttlefish's face was cold, and he first assigned a car and people to pick up Shen Budo, who was rushing here frantically, and then turned around and entered the yurt without knowing what to prepare.

Shen Yuan's preparations for entering the Gobi Desert this time are quite comprehensive, since the last time he came back from the Great Black Temple, in fact, Shen Yuan has always missed the environment here--- of course, the dungeon of the Great Black Temple is not among them.

Shen Yuan felt that his spiritual power seemed to have fallen into a bottleneck during this time, and the parts of his own inheritance secret book that he could understand had long been firmly remembered by him. But in the past two months, it seems that there has been no progress in cultivation at all, cultivating some jade talismans with simple effects, arranging a few small formations、、、 his physical foundation and talent seem to be like this, and Min Zhulin's yoga and breathing methods plus the jade master's unique breathing method have never allowed him to get any superb skills.

Anyway, Shen Budo made an assertion - he is not a person with the talent for martial arts and cultivation! Of course, Shen Yuan's perception of secret spiritual power and energy fluctuations is indeed extremely terrifying. In Shen Budo's words, it is a living magic weapon treasure exploration radar!

Shen Yuan now likes this kind of empty and natural space, grassland, desert, forest、、、 as long as he is in this kind of place, Shen Yuan always feels that the thin spiritual power in his body is about to move! Flowing nature is refreshing.

Liu Wen's mood was inexplicably a little low, and he seemed to be thinking about something along the way.

A few people and six camels walked through the poplar forest into the Gobi Desert, which is full of sand beams, and walked along the ancient river channel that had dried up for an unknown number of years to the depths of the desert.

In the early morning until noon, under the leadership of Ava, a few people found a shady stone stone, and several people tied their camels together and hid under the stone stone to rest and replenish their strength. The camels had nothing to eat until the evening, and now they could only greet each other with their lips in boredom on the edge of the shade.

Liu Wen rubbed a little protective cream on her face, the woman still cared more about her appearance, and the knife boy handed her a piece of compressed dry food and an apple. Liu Wen took it and ate it carefully, and then Shen Yuan's food and water were carried by everyone, Shen Yuan took a bite of the apple that had begun to wilt, looked at Ava, and the knife boy understood, and walked over to give Ava a share.

Ava was drinking water and smiling as she took the wilted apple, but turned down the compressed energy bar. "Thank you for the apples, but I'm not used to eating that energy bar, I still like dry food." As he spoke, he took out a bag of fried rice that he was carrying, grabbed a large handful, put it in the lid of the kettle, mixed it with a little water, and ate it slowly.

Daozi turned around and sat next to Shen Yuan, and asked softly: "Brother Shen, he said that he would be able to go to the periphery of the Heavenly Ghost Cave in two days, and we have prepared half a month's provisions." It should be enough for us to go back and forth、、、、、、"

Shen Yuan shook his head: "Be prepared!" Who knows what to expect? In a moment, you take a camel and drag it behind, and quietly set up two supply points. Put the pistols and ammunition and supplies you brought, and put one in each place! Tell us the secret notes and location when we get back. At least four or five supply points should be set up in two days, and the locations should be well found. ”

Knife boy nodded.

Ava didn't seem to care about the plans of Shen Yuan and the others, and let the knife boy disappear at the back of the team, still sleepily riding his own camel to lead the way, ignoring all this.

In the evening. Just when Shen Yuan and the others began to feel a little anxious about the increasingly desolate desert, a small oasis appeared in front of the sunset.

The oasis is small and treeless, except for a few thorny plants growing around an ancient well that has existed for an unknown number of years, and some stones scattered around an unknown time and someone

Put it there. A sheepskin tent stood silently beside one of the largest thorns, and two camels were tethered to the outside of the tent. A man in a robe was boiling a pot of food at the door of the tent.

A trace of coldness flashed at the corner of Ava's mouth, and he didn't look back, and said to Shen Yuan and the others: "That is the herdsman's man!" He is also the guide for us to enter the Heavenly Ghost Cave, and everyone who wants to enter the Heavenly Ghost Cave can only rely on him to guide the way, otherwise 、、、 can only go around in this desert until they get lost and die here! ”

Knife boy pouted: "We have only walked for one day, how far can we go?" You won't be trapped here! ”

Ava smiled and said, "Not many people have seen this oasis since ancient times, and if you can't get rid of the physical body, you can get here to find a guide if you want to see the Heavenly Ghost Cave!" If you don't believe it, you can turn around and go back now, and with the supplements you have buried, you can live in this desert Gobi for about seven days, but you will never find your way out of this desert! ”

Knife boy didn't believe it. was about to speak, but was stopped by Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan looked at the man who was still busy by the fire in the distance, and said to Ava, "You mean that this desert is weird? Without this man, we would all be trapped here? Don't you know the way? ”

Ava shook his head, "I only know this way to find the oasis, I don't know the other paths. It's like a maze, with sand dunes, Gobi and rocks, as if they are changing positions all the time. The Second Elder should be able to go to the location of the Heavenly Ghost Cave alone, but as long as she takes me, she can only come here to find this guide. I don't know why, this person is not a subordinate of the Second Elder. He and the Second Elder seemed to be in a cooperative relationship. ”

Liu Wen asked, "Then what happened to his wife and son outside the desert?" ”

Ava smiled softly, "Ghost knows、、、 that woman seems to be his cousin!" The son didn't know if it was his. He would go out to see the woman once a year, and the rest of the time he would be here guarding this oasis as if he could take it with him! Wherever he wandered in the desert, he would find an oasis like this and an ancient well with little water. When he is gone, this oasis and this well will disappear! ”

Shen Yuan and Liu Wen frowned and didn't speak, and Dao Zi looked a little disbelieving, but at this time, the old cowtail who had been dozing off on the camel suddenly spoke: "It's indeed a bit of a doorway!" I can't get out of this desert Daoye、、、、、、"

Ava looked at the old man with interest: "The people of the Oxtail Dao are no longer pretending to be dumb?" ”

The old man sighed and said, "Master Dao I thought of a way all the way, until I followed you into this desert and saw this oasis, and now there is no turning back!" ”

Shen Yuan said: "Oxtail seniors 、、、"

Lao Dao clenched his fists and said, "Mr. Shen! Please forgive me for the offense in the past few days, Lao Dao has been trying to get back the green cow seal since the day he met Mr. Shen and then avoid this situation today! As a result、、、 alas、、、 now, I can't go! In the evening, Lao Dao and Mr. Shen will talk in detail! This 、、、 here and this guide must not be offended! A few people can speak less and be safe! ”

Shen Yuan, Liu Wen and Dao Zai looked at the old oxtail who had been pretending to be Alzheimer's along the way in a little surprise, although they were all full of questions, they still nodded, and several people walked towards the oasis with Ava full of doubts.

The sheepskin tent was old, patches on top of each other, and the man looked old, with many wrinkles on his dark face, and it was impossible to tell how old he was. was stirring the turbid soup in the pot, as if he didn't seem to have any interest in the Shen Yuan people sitting down next to him.

"Come here! Drink soup 、、、" The man tapped the edge of the black iron pot with a spoon, and said to Shen Yuan and the others without raising his head.

Daozi frowned and wanted to get up, but was stopped by Shen Yuan with his eyes.

Avash Shiran got up and walked straight to the iron pot, picked up a worn copper bowl from the stone next to the pot and stretched it out. The man scooped up a spoonful of soup with a spoon without raising his head and gently poured it into the bowl, Ava stretched out his mouth and blew gently, and then frowned and drank it all in one gulp!

Shen Yuan and the others stared at Ava, and saw Ava gently put down the copper bowl, sat down next to the bonfire with a slight stagger, closed his eyes, and showed a strange smile on the corner of his mouth. It's like you've fallen asleep!

Shen Yuan and the others looked at each other, a little at a loss.