Chapter 21: The Desert

Back Mountain.

Heaven and earth.

This is not the first time Xia Fan has set foot in the back mountain.

When Leng Yan presided over the mess, Xia Fan would occasionally come to the back mountain to walk around twice on weekdays, in addition to hiding in the library to read a lot of books.

Because.

There is a mysterious teleportation circle in the back mountain.

The so-called teleportation circle is a circular structure of twelve smooth boulders, each of which is inscribed with lines of unknown meaning and strange beauty.

What's interesting is that no matter how Xia Fan observes and explores, these boulders are no different from ordinary stones.

According to Leng Yan.

The teleportation circle can only show all kinds of strange things when these boulders are activated, and the current array has not been repaired, so these boulders look unremarkable.

As for how Cold Smoke knows this.

Xia Fan didn't dig deeper.

After all, everyone has their own secrets.

As the secret spy leader of the original Wusi of Dajin Town, Leng Yan is professional in this regard, but she rarely has the opportunity to perform in front of Xia Fan.

When she is a woman who is displaced to a strange foreign land with no relatives, and has to be wary of the attention of Tianmen to survive hard, you can imagine what kind of potential she will be forced out of such a situation.

Xia Fan never doubted the ability and means of cold smoke.

Otherwise, how could such a woman become the head of the town martial arts department in the first place.

How big the heart is, how big the stage is.

Sixteen years.

After losing contact with Xia Fan, the woman Leng Yan began to become ambitious.

If anyone would naively regard her as a pure and gentle woman, it is estimated that they will not know how to die.

That is, in front of a man like Xia Fan who has absolute power, she will restrain her thoughts that she shouldn't have.

Right now.

She simply didn't retreat.

In the past, they could talk about their feelings with each other, but now they are talking about their interests.

Maybe she understands Xia Fan's relationship, so she won't hide it, and may even take advantage of her guilt for her.

Therefore, she concluded that Xia Fan would not refuse her.

After all, replacing Tianmen itself is a matter of mutual interest, but cold smoke undoubtedly occupies the majority of interests.

Occupy it, take it.

Anyway, Xia Fan didn't care about these things anymore.

Maybe it won't be a few years.

No one else is in this world, so what is there to be nostalgic for these.

Intrigue and hegemony or something, it is indeed not suitable for Xia Fan.

Besides.

What is it that people at his level want things that are not easy to obtain, so why bother to work hard.

"Childe, are you ready?"

A teleportation circle made of boulders.

Xia Fan stood in the center of the circle with Zhou Xiaoyu, who was nervously snuggled beside him, and looked at the cold smoke with a solemn expression outside the circle with a calm gaze.

"Are you sure this thing is okay?"

Xia Fan pointed to his feet and said.

"The slave family has seen people operate it once before, so there shouldn't be any problems. ”

Leng Yan said hesitantly.

"Okay, let's do it, even if there is a problem, it is not a problem for me. ”

Xia Fan thought about it and waved his hand indifferently.

"Then the slave family will do it. ”

After Leng Yan said solemnly, he beckoned his subordinates to bring him to the front of the magic circle, and everyone stood in front of a boulder with a nervous expression, and at the same time stretched out their hands and pressed them on the boulder.

"Instill true qi into the boulder. ”

Seeing that everyone was ready, Leng Yan gave the order without hesitation.

In an instant.

Including cold smoke.

They all began to inject true qi into the boulder continuously, and soon, the lines of unknown meaning on the boulder facing Xia Fan and Zhou Xiaoyu flashed with a faint light.

Xia Fan, who was in the magic circle, couldn't help but shake his eyebrows.

Because he suddenly felt that the air around him had sunk into a freeze, as if he was in a cage.

"It's a little interesting, is this the power of condensing the vitality of heaven and earth to break the barrier of space to achieve the effect of teleportation? But I'm afraid this energy can't be done......"

Xia Fan closed his eyes and carefully felt the convergence of the surrounding heaven and earth vitality, and roughly understood the principle of the teleportation array.

Space folding.

The effect of teleportation is achieved by distorting space through a strong gravitational pull, and then instantaneously approaching another point from one point.

In fact, this is similar to Xia Fan's technique of shrinking the ground into inches.

Xia Fan's own strength can't do this, only with the help of the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi can do it, it's like giving me a fulcrum to lift the earth.

Due to the limited power of the individual, if you want to achieve ultra-long distances, you must use other tools.

The teleportation circle made of these boulders is a similar tool.

However, the power of the true qi instilled by Leng Yan and the others was too weak, even if the teleportation array was activated, the condensed Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was not enough to distort the space for teleportation.

"Forget it, I'll help you. ”

Xia Fan slowly raised his hand.

A grab, a grip.

The next moment.

The lines engraved on these boulders suddenly emitted an incomparably dazzling light.

Dou Hongying, who was standing in the distance, looked at Xia Fan and Zhou Xiaoyu in the center of the circle in a daze, and the figures of both of them gradually began to blur and distort, and finally suddenly disappeared without a trace.

And the people who instilled true qi in front of the boulder all spat out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person flew upside down and fainted on the ground.

Only Leng Yan was the only one with a pale face and a shaky support for his body.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

Seeing this, Dou Hongying immediately rushed forward and grabbed the hand of the cold smoke and said anxiously.

"Are they gone?"

Cold smoke inhale into the airway.

"Gone. ”

Dou Hongying hurriedly said.

"Really?"

Leng Yan slowly moved his steps on the boulder, staring deeply at the center of the empty circle and was silent for a long time.

......

"it?!"

Meanwhile.

Xia Fan stood in the boundless desert, scratching his head and looking at the desolate and barren scene around him with a question mark on his face.

"What the hell did you teleport to?"

"Uncle?!Where is this?!"

At this time.

Zhou Xiaoyu, who was holding Xia Fan tightly and burying his head in his arms, heard this, cautiously opened his eyes and looked around, and the whole person became as confused as Xia Fan.

"Uncle doesn't know, there seems to be a problem with the teleportation circle, this situation is like using a random teleportation volume. ”

Xia Fan touched his chin and said.

He wasn't sure if he had teleported back to the Shenzhou Continent now.

After all, he had never seen a desert when he was active in Shenzhou.

"Uncle, what should we do now?"

Zhou Xiaoyu suddenly said nervously.

"Don't panic, Xiaoyu, uncle will identify the lower position first. ”

said.

Xia Fan raised his head and looked at the scorching sun above his head.

Emmmm......

"We go east. ”

After identifying the direction, Xia Fan waved his big hand to the east.

As far as he knew.

Shenzhou is surrounded by grassland desert to the north, sea to the east, endless mountains to the south, and desert to the west.

In other words.

They should be in the far west by now, so it shouldn't be wrong to go east.

After speaking.

He grabbed Zhou Xiaoyu's hand and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Oh, this desert is a bit big. ”

In the evening, the night is about to fall.

I don't know how many miles Xia Fan, who had traveled through the desert, stopped in front of a small oasis.

He looked at the yellow sand around him and couldn't help but fall into self-doubt.

Is he really not going in the wrong direction?

"Uncle ......"

Zhou Xiaoyu came back to his senses, and his little head was a little dizzy.

"Let's rest here tonight, we'll be on our way tomorrow." ”

Considering Zhou Xiaoyu's physical condition, Xia Fan immediately made a decision.

Soon.

The two lit a fire in front of the small lake in this oasis, and Xia Fan also caught two big fish in the lake for barbecue.

Although the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is quite large.

But this temperature difference didn't have much impact on Zhou Xiaoyu, who was an enlightenment mirror, let alone Xia Fan.

"Uncle, is this the desert?"

Finished eating the grilled fish.

Zhou Xiaoyu, who had recovered his spirits, suddenly watched the desert at night with great interest.

Born on an island, it was the first time she had seen the desert, and she naturally felt very new in her heart.

"That's right, and such a large desert was formed at least millions or even tens of millions of years ago. ”

Xia Fan replied lazily as he sat cross-legged on the leaves laid on the sand.

"Wow...... Doesn't this mean that this desert existed before our ancestors were born?"

Zhou Xiaoyu's eyes widened and he said incredulously.

"Yes, compared to this universe, or this planet, we humans are just a drop in the ocean, thousands of years have passed, even if human beings have perished, but this universe, this planet still exists, until I don't know how many billions of years later, they will gradually decline. ”

Xia Fan felt it and said.

"So, the most important thing for people to live for a lifetime is to make themselves happy, but unfortunately this is easy to say, but few people in the world can do it, and each other will be burdened with all kinds of troubles throughout their lives, so that people can't be happy if they want to. ”

"Uncle ......"

Zhou Xiaoyu couldn't help but look at Xia Fan in a daze when he heard this.

"Okay, just listen to these words, and I don't know why, in front of you, Uncle always can't change this problem of being a good teacher. ”

Xia Fan sighed lightly.

If it had been someone else, he wouldn't have bothered to say this.

Think about it.

Isn't everyone who is a parent has this habit of treating their children?

“...... Uncle, when do you say we will be able to get out of this desert? After hearing you talk about the prosperity of Shenzhou before, I can't wait to see it. ”

Zhou Xiaoyu was silent for a moment, seemingly inadvertently diverting the topic.

"Rest for one night, I estimate that I will be able to get out of this desert tomorrow, as for the prosperity of Shenzhou, just think about it, now that the war is over and the new dynasty is established, all parts of the country must be in ruins, except for a few big cities, it is difficult to see the previous prosperity. ”

Xia Fan shrugged his shoulders and said.

"What's more, Uncle still has serious things to do this time, when Uncle has wiped out the remnants of Tianmen, I will accompany you to enjoy the great rivers and mountains of Shenzhou when the time comes. ”

“...... All right. ”

Zhou Xiaoyu muttered.

It was late at night.

Zhou Xiaoyu, who was mentally exhausted, curled up beside Xia Fan and fell asleep.

Xia Fan, on the other hand, looked up at the starry sky overhead.

Judging by the astrological signs.

They are indeed in the Shenzhou Continent now.

Although this teleportation circle was a little tricky, it still teleported them over.

Otherwise, you don't know how long it will take to travel by sea, especially if you don't have any guidance.

He was a little curious.

How does Tianmen maintain contact between the two places?

Could it be the big man who said it in cold smoke?

He had seen this kind of flying bird in the back mountain of the Tianmen headquarters. I have to say.

This flying bird is really big.

The body length alone is about the height of an adult, and the wings are spread out for five or six meters.

He also deliberately rummaged through the books that recorded the great man in the library cabinet.

Legend has it that the ancestor of Da Weng was a larger bird, and at that time, Zhou Xiaoyu and their ancestors also domesticated some as flying mounts, but unfortunately after the great change of heaven and earth, these flying birds became extinct, and Da Weng should be regarded as their close relatives who survived and breathed.

Perhaps it is a domesticated relationship.

The big man raised by Tianmen is not afraid of people, but is relatively close to humans.

It's just that the sharp beak of the big man is a little scary, and he always feels that he can easily peck through people's brains as soon as he pecks down.

"Huh?"

In the wee hours of the morning.

Xia Fan, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

Even Zhou Xiaoyu, who was sleeping beside him, woke up in a daze.

"Uncle, I seem to hear something. ”

Zhou Xiaoyu rubbed his eyes and said.

"You heard it right, there's someone coming towards us, and there are quite a few of them. ”

Xia Fan stroked Zhou Xiaoyu's head and said.

"What?"

When Zhou Xiaoyu heard this, he immediately jumped up and looked around in astonishment.

"How could someone suddenly come in the middle of the night? and in this barren place. ”

"Maybe it's because of it. ”

Xia Fan casually said angrily at the lake in front of him.

"Water?"

Zhou Xiaoyu was stunned.

"You know, in the desert water is more valuable than gold, like this little oasis in front of us, if there are people living nearby, they will fight each other to fight for this oasis. ”

Xia Fan said lightly.

"Uncle, who do you think will be the one who will come?"

As the vibration from his feet became clearer and clearer, Zhou Xiaoyu couldn't help but look into the dark distance.

"Who knows, look at it. ”

Xia Fan said disapprerovitically.

About a quarter of an hour later.

In the sight of Xia Fan and Zhou Xiaoyu.

Each of them saw countless black shadows galloping towards each other, and the other party obviously also found Xia Fan and them by the fire.

Not much.

These immediate visitors automatically separated the two teams of people and surrounded Xia Fan and Zhou Xiaoyu in an orderly manner.

"Who are you, and why are you here?"

The horses were veiled, mainly to protect them from the dust.

The siege is complete.

Soon, a person who was suspected of being the leader rode a horse and led a few people to Xia Fan slowly, and immediately asked unceremoniously.

"Who are you?"

Xia Fan didn't raise his head and used a withered branch to stir the fire in front of him.

"Munch, master of the desert in this area, and the oasis you enjoy before your eyes is my property. ”

The leader in front of him said in a low voice.

"But why do I think you're just a bunch of horse thieves?"

Xia Fan turned his head to look at the other party, and suddenly showed a playful smile.

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