Because of that damn ghost blade, Zhao Yan had to adjust the direction of his journey and went straight to Taixu Mountain.

It's just that from Huanglong City to Linyao Prefecture, it is not a too short journey, and Zhao Yan, who was dragged down by a huge tour group, walked for a month before finally seeing the boundary stone of Linyao Prefecture.

Fortunately, this long journey is not without things that make people feel better, at least the relationship with his own sister Xinyue has become intimate again, which makes Zhao Yan feel very good.

In addition, it was from Daye City that the messenger sent a few letters written by Zhao Pu, the elder brother of Jin's thigh.

Zhao Pu said in the letter that the effect of the toad gong he visualized was even better than he expected, and that it had actually repaired the damaged martial arts—even if not a lot.

After talking about his own situation, Zhao Pu also asked about Zhao Yan's recent situation, the barrier of mountains and rivers seemed to make the news not spread quickly, and Zhao Pu didn't know that Zhao Yan was outside Huanglong City, and was involved in the historical phantom by the tracing streamer demonic art.

In order not to worry too much about Brother Jin's thighs, Zhao Yan took the initiative to mention this matter in his reply letter, of course, those dangerous encounters will definitely not be mentioned, and he has written a lot of exaggerated deeds of killing all sides.

After writing the third reply letter to Brother Jin's thigh, Zhao Yan, who had climbed high and overlooked, finally saw the desert composed of yellow sand.

Before crossing over, Zhao Yan had only seen the endless desert known as the forbidden area of life on the screen.

Therefore, Zhao Yan has the impression that the desert should be a forbidden area for life except for the scorching sun, sand dunes and sandstorms.

But by the surging Yao River, Zhao Yan, who was looking from afar, suddenly found it. The desert didn't seem to be as desolate as he imagined, or at least the desert near Yaozhou wasn't.

Not to mention the banks of the Yao River. Lush woods and meadows within a radius of several tens of meters, even in the desert, there are still dots of green. There are even a few households.

However, the houses that were half buried by the sand looked very dilapidated, and the broken roofs and open doors silently proved that the owners of the houses seemed to have abandoned their homes.

"A few years ago, the concubines came here, and the houses were still occupied, and they even farmed the fields and raised cattle and sheep. ”

Same as Zhao Yan. Looking at the Wanwan of the Great Desert in Yaozhou, she said in a rather nostalgic tone.

"Probably because the rate of desertification is so fast. ”

Zhao Yan replied casually.

The desert on the other side of the river has pushed the dunes to the river in some places, and although the sand has been moistened by the river, the tenacious vegetation has turned the barren dunes green, but this trend is so obvious.

In this kind of place, cattle and sheep may still be barely grazing, but it is indeed no longer suitable for farming.

A slightly larger wind and sand blow can make the seeds that have been sown so hard. Buried deep in the sand, and then the particles are not harvested.

"I don't know what it's like in the depths of the desert. ”

Wanwan said without worry, her parents' clan lived in the vast desert here. Within a few oases.

"Wanwan, in fact, I am quite strange sometimes, when you are obviously in infancy. was adopted by your grandmother, how could she still keep the dress of the Sand people. Are you still worried about the Sand Clan?"

Zhao Yan withdrew his gaze from the sea of sand and asked Wanwan instead.

"Grandma with a concubine. More than once, I went to the Sand Clan to find the relatives of the cheap concubines. ”

Regarding Zhao Yan's inquiry, Wanwan only replied very briefly.

Although he couldn't see Wanwan's expression, Zhao Yan could also guess that Wanwan's more than one trip to find relatives was probably the result of disappointment.

"Cheap concubines always feel that they should have their dearest relatives still alive, but after so many years...... But I can't find it. Therefore, all a concubine can do is to be like a daughter of the Sand clan, which can be regarded as a thought. ”

As she said this, Wanwan reached out and touched her cheek through the colored veil.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked that. ”

Zhao Yan felt that he was guilty again, because Wanwan already looked like she was about to cry.

"No, it's the concubine herself who is not strong enough. ”

Wanwan rubbed her eyes lightly, brushing away the moisture that appeared in her eyes.

Before Zhao Yan could comfort Wanwan a few more words, his non-famous follower Chang Kaishen led a man with dark skin and dressed like an Arab, but with a large hunting bow that seemed to be made of antelope horns, and came to Zhao Yan and the others.

"Yan Shao, I found a guide who was willing to lead the way, and he said that he knew the big white tent of the Dao Sha tribe and which oasis he was stationed in this year. ”

Chang Kaishen, who obviously doesn't know much about customs, used such a stunned report to unexpectedly mention Zhao Yan to relieve the siege.

From the far northwest, the Lisha tribe migrated to the desert of Linyao Prefecture, in fact, not only is it divided into seven tribes, but there is also a chief who is regarded as the co-lord of the seven tribes.

However, the chieftain who was elected did not have a fixed residence, but wandered around all the time, because he lived in a large white tent with a special shape when he was stationed, and outsiders used the big white tent to refer to the chieftain as extremely direct to lead the people.

This is just like the people of the earth use the White House to refer to the government of the United States, and Beijing to refer to the government of the Celestial Empire.

However, unlike the Earth Government, the most basic condition for the Sand chieftain who lives in the Great White Tent to take office is that he must be proficient in the traditional martial arts of the Sand Tribe-"Wild Sand Internal Strength" and "Sand Eagle Bow Technique".

Wanwan said that whether it is the internal strength of "Crazy Sand Internal Strength" or the martial arts "Sand Eagle Bow Technique", they are all very good high-level martial arts.

Therefore, Zhao Yan was not surprised to be moved, and he decided to go to the big white tent of the Sha chieftain to find someone to "learn" martial arts.

If you master more advanced martial arts, and then fuse them with each other, you should have a better chance of obtaining more advanced new martial arts, right?

At least, that's what Zhao Yan thought.

Of course, allowing Wanwan to meet with her relatives by the way was also one of the factors that made Zhao Yan make this decision.

"Grass people, Ohyinmu. I've seen Yan Shao!"

The hunter who was led in front of Zhao Yan stroked his chest with one hand and then bowed down. He gave Zhao Yan a greeting full of exotic style.

"Excuse me, are you also from the Sand Tribe?"

Zhao Yan asked with interest. The hunter's unassuming attitude piqued his interest.

"No, the grass people are not from the Sand people, the grass people are from Ariel. ”

The hunter named Okh Yinmu, Masashi replied.

"Ariel?"

Zhao Yanting had never heard of this name.

"Ariel was actually a place, and he was in the far north, in the Luzan steppe, a river valley with extremely rich water and grass. My ancestors lived there for generations, until they were driven out of their homes by the Hetuos. Then I had to wander all the way here with the Sand people. ”

Oh Yin Mu replied loudly.

"What was your name?"

After listening to the hunter's story, Zhao Yan, who had not been able to remember people's names, suddenly became very interested in remembering the other party's names.

"Ohyinmu. ”

The hunter gave his name a second time.

"Hmm...... You seem to want to go back to your homeland, right?"

Zhao Yan asked with interest, because he clearly felt the longing hidden in the words of Oh Yin Mu, who was a hunter.

"Yes, Hiko. The grass people want to return to their homeland! Ariel, there are the tombs of their ancestors, all the marks left by their ancestors, and the homes lost by their fathers and grandparents. It's time for the grass people to take it back!"

In the face of Zhao Yan's inquiry, Oh Yin Mu did not choose to hide it, but said generously and slightly fanatically.

"Very ambitious. I hope that one day, you will be able to taste what you want. Zhao Yan nodded towards Ohe Yin Mu. Then he continued: "But for now, I want you to take us with you. Find the Big White Tent. ”

"The grass uses my bow to promise that I will never let you down!"

Ohe Yin Mu raised his antelope horn hunting bow, thinking that Zhao Yan made a solemn guarantee.

The bow of the Ariel hunters is where their honor lies, and taking the bow as an oath is a very heavy oath.

"Good. ”

Zhao Yan was very satisfied with this attitude.

"Wanwan, the convoy is almost across the river, how about we set off too?"

Zhao Yan moved his gaze back to Wanwan's face.

"Zhao Gongzi, everything is up to you, and the concubine only cares about the shadow. ”

Wanwan replied like this.

Is this a literary and artistic way for you to do things with confidence?

Zhao Yan pondered for a moment, and then came up with an answer that was indeed the case.

"Chang Kaishen, have you made up enough horses?"

Zhao Yan asked Chang Kaishen again.

Walking in the desert area, ordinary horses are no longer suitable, but fortunately, when the sand people moved south, they brought bigfoot horses adapted to the desert.

"It's a little worse, our convoy is too large, and the inns that provide bigfoot horses have taken out all their stockpiles, but they are still not enough. ”

Just like Chang Kaishen's answer, the team has the disadvantage of being a big team, and in the case of insufficient supply, trouble will come.

"Yan Shao, in fact, in the sand, there is a hard road that even ordinary horses can barely walk, that is, the oasis with a water source can only be found at a long distance, and you need to prepare some water bladders. ”

At this time, Oh Yin Mu spoke again.

"Is there any other way?"

Zhao Yan continued to ask, perhaps because of the literary and film works he watched before, the lack of water in the desert was exaggerated as tantamount to death, and Zhao Yan instinctively disagreed with Ohhe Yinmu's approach.

"Ditch all the wagons, get rid of most of the useless baggage, and two or three people ride a bigfoot horse, and when they find the Sand tribes in the oasis, replenish the bigfoot horses enough. ”

As if he had been prepared, Okhyin Mu quickly said this second method.

Of course, if you do this, you will have to carry enough gold and silver, even if you can throw away all other baggage. In the desert oasis, the Sand people never ask too low for someone who buys a mount from them. ”

Oh Yin Mu even reminded him like this.

"Money is not an issue. ”

Zhao Yan replied casually, although as the saying goes, wealth is not exposed, but the foundation of wealth is that the strength is too weak to keep wealth, and where else does Zhao Yan need to worry about this problem?

"Chang Kaishen, according to the method that Ohe Yin Mu just said, I think this Yao River seems to be able to sail, you arrange for a few people to stay and escort the carriage by boat, and then agree on a meeting place, let them wait for the brigade there. ”

Zhao Yan casually issued an order, this is not the first time he has done this kind of thing, and even the legendary "momentum of the superior" is not too much.

"It's Hiko. ”

Chang Kaishen answered, and hurried again.

The old man moved his mouth, and the slave ran and broke his leg, nothing more than that.

But at least Chang Kaishen is so willing, if he is not instructed by Zhao Yan to do a few things every day, he will feel that something is wrong......

Oh Yin Mu originally planned to leave with Chang Kaishen, but was beckoned by Zhao Yan to stay.

"Ohyinmu, where is your tribe? Have you always made a living by hunting? You must have some like-minded brothers, right? You ......"

Zhao Yan, who left Oh Yin Mu, used the situation of the aunt of the neighborhood committee to study the three generations, and pulled people to chat about family life.

And this Ohe Yin Mu performed very well, he answered the questions raised by Zhao Yan one by one in an orderly manner.

So, Zhao Yan walked towards the river, while patiently listening to Oh Yin Mu's answer.

These exotic customs and customs, Zhao Yan is really interested. (To be continued......)