The water crisis was plaguing us, and just when we were at a loss, I stumbled upon a crucial problem on the map!

When the front of the map was facing me at a 90-degree angle, the route of our march was clear: the distance from the three sand dunes to the ancient river channel that meandered like a snake in the sea of sand was four times the distance from the Danxia landform next to the ancient city to the position of the three sand dunes! It took us less than half a day to get from the ruins of the ancient city under the Danxia landform to the three sand dunes, so if we were in a hurry, it would only take one day and one night from the three sand dunes to the first river bay, and now we have walked for most of the day, that is to say, if nothing else, we will be able to reach the river before noon tomorrow and replenish the water source in time.

I told the three of them about this idea, and the sixth master shook his head after hearing it: "Brother Su, I walked this road nine years ago, and it took me five or six days to reach that river on a camel at that time. ”

I smiled, pointed to the second bend of the ancient river channel, and said, "If the expectation is good, Sixth Master, you may have arrived here at that time." ”

From the direction where I am, the shape of the ancient river channel is very similar to an "S", this ancient river channel in the depths of the desert has a characteristic, that is, it will only appear when it is rainy in spring, and the part that appears on the ground should only be a part of this ancient river channel, according to the proportion of the distance, the sixth master and his party should have arrived at the second river bay, at that time, the first river bay should have dried up and disappeared into the ground.

As soon as Gu Yixin heard me, he quickly turned the sheepskin map, and also discovered the mystery, and said excitedly: "We have to start immediately, if the river is not hidden underground, we should still be in time!" ”

Black Bull didn't understand what we meant for a while, and asked, "What's the matter, it seems that your urgent need has been solved?" Hey, I haven't had any comments yet! ”

As he spoke, Gu Yixin had already gotten up and beckoned Zhang Xuefeng to prepare to leave.

I patted my ass and got up, and said to the black bull: "This is called the general pressing the formation, and the problem is self-solving!" Let's go, we'll have to take it next. ”

Hei Niu took two large bags of beef jerky from the cloth felt beside the sixth master, and said hypocritically: "Sixth master, you are old and have bad teeth, so you are not suitable for eating this thing, I will borrow it first, and return it to Beijing!" ”

The sixth master was helpless, but he didn't bother to bother with him, waved his hand and said, "You just take it, and you can't pay it back yet." ”

I walked back with the black bull, passed by the camel behind me, and met Alai feeding water to the medicine woman, and the black bull said a few words casually.

The medicine woman suddenly raised her head and looked at us with gloomy eyes, her eyes were full of surprise, I was a little weak by her, and I was busy saying: "You guys talk, I, go back and clean up first!" ”

"Come back!" The Medicine Woman stared at me and commanded in an unusually cold tone.

Seeing this, Hei Niu smiled evilly at me and said, "Come on, Lao Su, you talk slowly, I'll withdraw first!" ”

With that, the black bull glanced at Alai, and Alai walked back with him in a playful way.

Before I could ask, the medicine woman leaned forward, ripped open my trouser leg, and stared at the wound on my ankle, the wrinkle between her eyebrows tightened, and her face looked a little hideous.

I was puzzled and asked, "Grandma, what's wrong?" ”

As he spoke, he also looked down at the place where he had been bitten by a camel-eating bat, and this look shocked me, and the wound that had turned white and stammering turned dark green! And my first reaction was that I was poisoned by camel-eating bats, or there was a problem with the medicine of the divine medicine woman! But then I looked up at the camel in front of me, and the place on the hump where the bat's bite was coated with the powder was completely scarred, just like the one at my ankle!

"Stinky boy, what's going on!" The Medicine Lady stared at me and asked.

I couldn't cry or laugh: "Grandma, how do I know what's going on!" However, it doesn't seem to hurt at all! ”

The Divine Medicine Woman continued to ask, "What touched your ankle along the way?" ”

Her question, on the contrary, made me find a direction to think, and I replied, "Corpse! When I was cleaning up the valley road, I dug up several corpses wearing oil exploration uniforms, and the one with the head off grabbed my ankle! However, my pants are thick, so I shouldn't have scratched them through! ”

I bent down and looked at my trouser legs, only to realize that there was a small hole in the wound covering, this small hole was bitten by a bat, could it be that the claws of the corpse, which were as dry as dead wood, had direct contact with my wound because of this hole?

"It seems that I've come to the right place, old woman!" The Divine Medicine Woman muttered to herself excitedly.

I didn't understand the meaning of her words, so I asked tentatively, but she ignored me, but took out a small blood-red medicine bottle from her sleeve, "I didn't expect that the antidote that my wife has studied for half a lifetime can still come in handy!" She glanced at me, her eyes were faintly wrapped in tears, and her eyes were full of bitter love.

She pulled out the lid of the red medicine bottle, and sprinkled the scarlet medicine powder on my wound with the same scarlet medicine as the bottle, I was flattered, and hurriedly leaned down and said politely: "Grandma, I'll do it myself." ”

The Divine Medicine Lady ignored it, and after sprinkling it, she raised her head and said, "Stinky boy, this road is more dangerous than you think, be more careful!" ”

The Divine Medicine Woman must know something we don't know, and these things should have something to do with the Sand Sea, the Hades Palace, and those inexplicably dead corpses! Her words were obviously prompting me, and I suddenly remembered the strip of cloth that I found in my backpack earlier that said "Be careful of her", so I lowered my voice and asked, "Grandma, did you put the strip of cloth in my bag, or Alai?" ”

The Divine Medicine Lady was stunned for a moment, a trace of surprise flashed in the old man's eyes, and she shook her head: "It's not us, I'm not going to do that kind of sneaky thing!" ”

I fell into a fog: if it wasn't for the medicine woman and Alai, who put the strip of cloth? Perhaps, who else is hidden in this team?