"They know about the oasis, but they won't reveal where it is. I asked them about the Oasis, and they dispersed. I didn't look so much afraid of people discovering the oasis, but very in awe, even fear, of the place. "Ah Erdao.

Ah San suddenly said, "I talked to a young man in the village, and he came to me secretly. After talking to him, I realized that the people here had stayed in the village for generations, but had never heard of an oasis. ”

Ruyu said: "What do you say? ”

"The conditions here are limited, the traffic is blocked, it is difficult for people from the outside to get in, and the people inside have no ability to go out, and the rumors of the oasis, they still know from the mouths of explorers."

"Never knew there was an oasis?" Jian Xuran was incredulous, "This is not right, we have passed by so many tribes here, and each tribe has said that there are envoys sent by the oasis every year, how can there be no oasis?" ”

"The most important thing is that this village is the closest to the oasis, it is the end of this desert. ”

Ah San shrugged his shoulders, "But that's the case, we are curious that they don't know about the Oasis, and they are also curious about how we know about the Oasis, this village has no communication with the outside world, and the so-called Oasis Emissaries have never visited their village. ”

Ruyu groaned: "It's really strange, this village is the closest to the oasis, and it stands to reason that it is the easiest to meet the oasis messenger, but the oasis has never sent anyone over......"

Geng Letian looked at her: "Could anyone be lying?" ”

Ruyu shook her head, "The people of the tribe are not lying, and the people in the village are also not talking. ”

To a level martial artist like her, who is close to the Great Perfection of Quenching the Body, it is very easy to judge whether an ordinary person is lying or not, this is an almost intuitive and instinctive judgment, and it will never go wrong.

The last bodyguard, that is, Ah Si, put forward a different point of view, "Is there really no one in this village who has ever gone out?" ”

Ruyu was stunned, "Why do you say that?" ”

Ah Si said: "The people in the village said that the people who went out never came back, did they find the holy mountain, or found another peach blossom source, or went out outside...... There are so many ways out, I don't believe that all of them will be wiped out, and there will always be someone who can get out. ”

"So what are your doubts?" Ruyu asked.

Ah Si said very briefly: "Have the people in this village really gone out, and have the people who walked out tried to find a way back?" ”

Ah Si's words led everyone's thinking to another place to think, not limited to the strange state inside the village, but to jump out and consider from external factors.

Either way, it's enough to show that this village is unusual.

Ruyu said in a deep voice: "Stay here for one night first, and then make plans tomorrow, and strive to communicate with more people in the village and obtain more detailed information." ”

"Good!"

When night fell, on the third watch, everyone slept very deeply, Ruyu, Jian Xuran and Geng Letian did their old jobs again, and visited the entire village at night.

They all deliberately kept their voices low, because the eaves were high, and everyone was dressed in black, even if they heard the noise, they thought it was a rat walking around.

Geng Letian suppressed his voice and said: "One thing I think is very strange, since we walked into this desert, the villages we encountered were all in the form of tribes, and only this one was a village.

When I came in, I also looked at the gate of the village, and it was written the name of a county seat, the name in front was already very vague, and I could only see a county character in the back. ”

Ruyu raised her eyebrows, she didn't pay attention to this small detail, and subconsciously felt that it was very important, so she said, "Let's go, go and take a look." ”

The three of them came to the main gate of the village, the word "county" was very clear, and the word in front was polished by the wind, making people unrecognizable, but this was as difficult as jade.

Jumping up lightly, she reached out and touched the concave and convex marks on the stone wall, and sketched the appearance of this word in her heart.

I don't know what words were drawn, Ruyu's heart shook dramatically, and for a moment she was unstable and almost fell down!

At the critical moment, Ruyu grabbed the bottom of the stone plaque, stabilized her body, and then borrowed the buffer to jump down and landed firmly on the ground.

"Do you recognize what the words are?" Jian Xuran hurriedly came over and asked.

Ruyu was just about to answer, but there was a sound not far away, and the three of them hurriedly retreated, only to find that there was a person who had beaten the watch.

Geng Letian asked at this time: "What word?" ”

Ruyu was about to speak, when a candle suddenly lit up on the eaves where they were standing, and the people in the house woke up.

So they jumped to another roof, and Jian Xuran had to ask a third question, Ouyang Ruyu suddenly shook his head at him, and said, "Don't ask, I don't know." ”

She glanced at Geng Letian and Jian Xuran, and although the other two didn't know why, they also subconsciously knew that now was not a good time to ask.

They walked around the village, and Lady Luck once again favored them, unnoticed by no one and nothing unexpected happened.

It's like someone made a commotion just now, that's not normal!

After Ouyang Ruyu and the others finished exploring, they returned to the house, and saw that the two of them wanted to ask about the name of the village again, Ruyu took a step ahead and said: "No need to ask, I don't know anything, go to bed early." ”

Jian Xuran and Geng Letian were confused when they received Ruyu's face from them.

If she really didn't know anything, it would be easy to say, but Ouyang Ruyu knew, otherwise when she said she didn't know, her expression wouldn't be so weird.

I know but I can't say it, is it ......

Devil?!

Jian Xuran and Geng Letian quietly wrote these two words, Ouyang Ruyu shook his head lightly, and only said, "Go to bed early." ”

On the second day, Ruyu and his party got up early to help the villagers in the village do things and brush up their favorability.

After a day of getting along, the people in the village felt a lot better about this group of adventurers, and some of the old people who had seen the previous batch of adventurers couldn't help but bow their heads slightly.

Compared with the previous group of adventurers, this group of adventurers can be said to have good quality, treat people sincerely, and be kind and honest.

It was because these adventurers were so good that the people in the village couldn't bear to see them bury their lives in vain, and some villagers secretly approached them and said:

"What an oasis, the oases are all deceitful, I think they are all devils! You'd better stay here. ”

Ouyang Ruyu also encountered a villager who said this to her, her eyes flashed with a look, and asked, "Old man, why don't you persuade us to go back, but persuade us to stay here." ”

The old man said: "Our village is very special, after every adventurer who came to us was persuaded by us to leave, he had the idea of returning, but after walking for two days, he came back, saying that he could not find his way back, so he stayed here in our village." ”

Originally, the population of this village was not so large, and some of them were descendants of the original adventurers.

The descendants of adventurers inherited the adventurous spirit from their parents, and from time to time someone quietly left the village and embarked on the road to the holy place or outside.

Whether these people have found their way out or not, without exception, once they go out, they never come back.

Ouyang Ruyu and the others have not tried to go outside, but they often turn back to the village after going out for two days, which is also strange to say, the road they took was all yellow sand, and not a single plant could be seen along the way.

Even at night, when it is obviously cold, the desert is still very hot, and the slightest dew can be collected.

In the past, when they walked in the desert, many of the water sources they used were collected by using the temperature difference between day and night.

This cut off Ouyang Ruyu's method of collecting water, and the group had to return to the village two days later, because the water source they carried could not support them to get out of this area.

Ruyu and the others didn't try to go back and forth, but as the old man said, they couldn't get out after walking for a few days, and they seemed to be in a maze.

This maze should be a natural maze, even if she is as strong as Ouyang Ruyu, she can't find a way to break the formation, she is not proficient in the formation, and she knows that if she wants to break the formation, she must find the formation eye, unless the strength is strong enough to break the entire formation.

However, it is very unfortunate that her strength is still a little short of breaking the formation, and perhaps only by becoming a real martial artist can she ignore this kind of formation.

As a last resort, they just walked back for two days, and Ruyu and the others returned to the village.

For a moment, Ouyang Ruyu thought that this village was a real oasis, compared to the harsh environment near the village, the people in this village lived and worked in peace and contentment, happy and healthy, wasn't it an oasis?

But something is wrong, everything reveals something wrong.

"Young master, I have asked the people in the village, and they said that they have never seen such a strong-willed adventurer as us, and they are willing to lend us camels to help us get through the difficulties."

While resting in the village, Jian Xuran walked over and said with a smile on his eyebrows.

Ouyang Ruyu felt strange, "Their camels are given to us, if we don't come back, the camels won't come back, without the camels, how can they go out?" ”

Jian Xuran said: "I also asked them this question, and they said that the camels gave birth to cubs a few days ago, and they just raised the cubs, and the adult camels can be given to us." ”

Ruyu raised her eyebrows, and she couldn't hear any emotion in her words: "Oh, so noble? Then you have to thank them. ”

Jian Xuran still couldn't taste what Ruyu said, and he was silly at himself, "Yes, they are really good, so I took some silver taels for them, but silver taels are not hard currency here, and I also took some other jewelry for them, which are quite new things for people here." ”

Ruyupi said with a smile: "You are really amazing, I will give people things without asking any opinions." ”

Jian Xuran was stunned, "This is not a precious and important thing, there should be no need to worry about it." ”

Ruyu shrugged her shoulders and grinned at him, this smile was like a demonic smile: "No, I want to care." ”

"Huh?"

"Take everything back, who said I'm going to go to find the oasis right away?"

"Huh??"

"The oasis is close at hand, why be so anxious, stay in the village and take a good rest, when the time comes, I will naturally call you when it's time to go."

Jian Xuran swallowed his throat, "But, but." ”

Ouyang Ruyu glanced at him slantedly, his eyes were sensitive, and his tone was light: "Do you have an opinion?" ”

Geng Letian bumped into Jian Xuran, these two stunned people must not be stupid at this time!

Jian Xuran came back to his senses, hurriedly shrunk his neck, and shook his head: "I have no opinion, no opinion." ”

This day can be said to be Jian Xuran's most faceless day, and he took back the things that had been distributed a long time ago one by one.

Fortunately, these villagers are very simple and have no opinion on his behavior.

Unconsciously, seven days have passed, Jian Xuran and Geng Letian will ask Ouyang Ruyu every day when they will leave, Ruyu said that they are not in a hurry, and now they will not ask.

Unconsciously, twenty days have passed, Jian Xuran and Geng Letian have completely become Buddhas, if they didn't take out the resentment beads every day to take a look, they would almost forget that they were still doing tasks.

Unconsciously, forty days have passed, Jian Xuran and Geng Letian wanted to ask Ruyu with a bunch of words in their hearts, but in the end they still didn't speak, they believed that Ruyu had a reason no matter what she did

Before they knew it, sixty days had passed, that is, two months, and they had been in the village for two months.

On this day, Ouyang Ruyu suddenly stood up, took the initiative to walk out of the town, came to the main gate, and watched the sandstorm roaring in the distance!

The most feared devil in the desert is here!

"Ruyu, come back quickly, you will be swept away!" Jian Xuran and Geng Letian braved the wind to dissuade those like jade.

"Yes, this son, come back quickly, our village has to blow a sandstorm every three months, we all have experience in dealing with it, hurry up and go into the cellar to hide!" The village names also braved the strong wind to dissuade Ruyu.

Ouyang Ruyu stood upright on the ground, stretched out his hands to meet the fierce and abnormal wind, and gave an order: "Call everyone out, the key to our return is here!" ”

Jian Xuran and Geng Letian were both a little stunned and stopped in place.

Ruyu glared at them, "Do you still want to go back, two nerds!" ”

The two came back to their senses again and again, God knows how long they have been waiting for this sentence, it is not a daze, it is excitement and ecstasy to the point that their minds are blank!

Regardless of the dissuasion of the villagers, Jian Xuran and Geng Letian called out Ah Da Ah Er and the others, and Ouyang Ruyu specially ordered that there was no need to bring luggage, everything was simple!

The village names looked at them very strangely, as if they were taking the initiative to send them to death, and some people came to persuade them, but they were ignored by Ruyu and his party.

Finally, before the sandstorm came, the most respected old man in the village, supported by the young man, came tremblingly and said, "Children, go back with me." ”

To be reasonable, in the face of such a weak old man, there are usually people who have compassion and take the initiative to help the old man, but Ouyang Ruyu and his party are not such people.

They were indifferent to the old man's persuasion, Jian Xuran got along with them for a long time and had some feelings, and said, "Grandpa, go back, we're leaving." ”

The cane in Grandpa's angry hand slammed heavily on the ground, "Go? Where can you go?! There are no oases, no holy places, it's all lies! ”

Ruyu suddenly turned her head to look at him: "You are the liar." ”

"Huh?" Everyone else was stunned.