Seeing some things in the mess inside, Meng Ke'er said in surprise: "Brother Ji Chen, I think there should be no one living here for a long time, you see how messy it is." ”

Lin Suyan also nodded and continued Meng Keer's words: "Indeed, it is difficult to survive on the edge of this desert. This hut is supposed to be an abandoned place. ”

Ji Chen slowly moved inside, picked up the lid of the pot inside and looked at it, frowned, and said, "The things in here haven't dried yet, and there are still traces of water, which means that there must be people living in it recently." I just don't know what purpose this person lives here for. ”

Several people discussed for a while, but they couldn't come up with a reason, and soon fell silent, Ji Chen unloaded a bag of wine and a bag of dried meat from the horse, and handed them to share the food.

Although the taste was very light, they were tired enough because of the day's drive, and soon several people spread a place in the grass hut and hugged each other and fell asleep.

At night, Ji Chen was suddenly awakened by a buzzing sound outside, and a thought flashed through his mind, thinking, "Someone is coming!"

It turned out that Ji Chen saw the signs of recent inhabitation in the house, and in order to prevent the invasion of people with bad intentions, he arranged a few simple defensive formations outside, but he didn't expect that it really played a defensive role.

Several women's cultivation was not weak, and at the same time, they heard the sound outside, and they also quickly got up and followed Ji Chen to leap out and fall outside the hut.

Under the light of the bright moonlight, Ji Chen saw an old man standing opposite him with a withered branch, his hair scattered, and his ragged clothes, standing outside the hut with his body bent, and a blue light shot out of his eyes, like a wild wolf, very scary.

When he saw Ji Chen and the others coming out, his eyes changed slightly, but he quickly regained his coldness, opened his mouth, and made a sound in his throat, so that he couldn't hear what he was saying at all.

Meng Ke'er was a little scared, and grabbed Chu Linglong's hand tightly, her palms were sweaty.

Lin Suyan was also shocked when she saw the light in the old man's eyes, and she also hid in Ji Chen's arms, and asked in a sloppy voice: "Brother Ji Chen, look at this person, why are his eyes like this, they are like beasts."

Ji Chen was just about to comfort her, when suddenly the person heard the word "beast" in Lin Suyan's mouth, a fierce light suddenly shot through his eyes, opened his mouth, let out a roar, and asked in a strange voice: "Beast, I'm not, you, what are you, come here, what are you doing?" The voice was intermittent, but it could make people understand what he meant.

Seeing that he could speak, Ji Chen also relieved his heart, knowing that this person had lived here for a long time, had not been in contact with people for a long time, and gradually lost his language ability, but suddenly heard a few people talking, which evoked his language memory, so it was so difficult to speak.

"Is this the desert around the Tucker Empire? Only then did Ji Chen notice that both of their horses had fallen to the ground, and there was a large pool of blood around them, and it seemed that they had been killed by this person.

At this time, it was useless to regret it, Ji Chen motioned to Chu Linglong to take a ball of jerky from the horse's back and hand it to the old man, the man hesitated for a moment, suddenly took the jerky suddenly, swallowed it into his mouth, and made a chirping sound, obviously extremely hungry.

"Is there anything else?, give it to me!" The man swallowed from time to time, stretched out his thin hand to Ji Chen, and pleading sounded in his throat.

"You answer my question first?Does this desert belong to the Tucker Empire?" Ji Chen saw that this trick worked, took another piece of dried meat and put it in his hand, shook it at him, and asked.

"The Tucker Empire, gone. The man snatched the jerky from Ji Chen's hand, swallowed it into his mouth, swallowed it hard, and said.

"Disappear, what do you mean?" asked Ji Chen puzzled.

The man picked up the branch in his hand and pointed back, at this time, the sky was about to brighten, and there was already a trace of fish belly white in the east, Ji Chen looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that there were large and small buildings of different heights standing in the vast desert, but they all looked like ruins.

"What's going on?" Seeing such a terrifying scene, Ji Chen and the others couldn't help but sigh at the divine power of nature, guessing that it was the erosion of wind and sand that destroyed the entire empire.

"In recent years, the wind and sand have become more and more severe. The man said again.

"Then why are you staying here?" Ji Chen asked curiously, the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and Ji Chen could see clearly that his facial features were resolute and rigid at this time, although his body was rickety, but between his gestures, there was still a faint power in it.

"The wind and sand have become bigger because of the sacred grass. I'm going to find the Divine Grass. The man stammered a few more words, and through talking with him, Ji Chen learned that this person's name was Tat Minli, and he was the master of the Tucker Empire, which was originally the center of the desert and existed according to a mysterious oasis. Later, a sacred grass appeared on the oasis, and the locals called it Feng Baiwei, which means phoenix divine grass.

Someone once picked Feng Baiwei, and the refining realm was actually raised by three levels, and it was rare to meet opponents in the entire empire, so people set off a frenzy and went deep into the desert to find this magical grass.

But this grass has a strong hallucinogenic effect, among the people who seek the grass, some of them die in the desert, but more people are in a trance by the spirit of this grass, and finally scream and die.

This terrible situation did not stop these people's enthusiasm for grass, on the contrary, more and more people wanted to get Feng Baiwei. Slowly, the entire empire declined, and the surrounding barriers against wind and sand were unmaintained, and all of them were eroded by the desert.

"I can't imagine that this grass can lead to the downfall of a country. Ji Chen looked at the broken debris that was faintly visible in the desert in the distance, and muttered.

Lin Suyan walked behind Ji Chen gently, took his hand and said, "No, Brother Ji Chen, what really made the Tucker Empire fall was people's greed, everyone has greed, but if it is not contained, it will destroy people." ”

Hearing that she had this kind of insight, Ji Chen couldn't help but be amazed, and there was a different look in his eyes when he looked at her.

I thought it was because of the dual cultivation system, but I didn't expect that she was not only outstanding in appearance, but also extraordinary in knowledge, which was Ji Chen's unexpected joy.

Ji Chen looked at Tat Minli, frowned slightly, and asked, "Since you know Feng Baiwei's hallucinogenic effect, why are you still waiting for this kind of grass here?"

Tat Minli didn't speak for a long time, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Ji Chen's question, and waited for a while before he slowly said, "Yes, recover, Empire." This grass. It's powerful, but give it a try, I want to. ”

Ji Chen was secretly surprised when he saw the resolute look on his face, and the women behind him didn't believe his words, the entire empire had been swallowed up by the desert, could it be restored with just one grass?