In the early morning, there was no movement, and Wu Gen and Sun Hong cautiously walked to the oasis.

Under the crooked poplar trees, weapons, clothing, and stumps were all over the ground, and the strong smell of blood was almost disgusting, and there was hardly a complete corpse in the field.

Wu Gan walked cautiously among them, looking for the scattered waist cards, and in the end there were as many as sixty-one, plus the previous three, there were sixty-four.

Walking to the place where the old man and the golden horn sandworm were fighting, Wu Yan was speechless for a long time, the battle of this person and a worm has exceeded his own cognition, such strange spells and methods, if he didn't see it with his own eyes, I am afraid that he would always think that others were bragging.

Squatting beside the corpse of the golden horn sandworm, looking at the golden sharp horns, Wu Gan touched it lightly and did not feel any discomfort. The sharp corners were very hard, and they were not damaged by such a sharp attack of the old man.

Pulling out the rusty broken knife and carefully avoiding the corpse of the sandworm, Wu Yan slashed it with the knife. The broken knife looks dull, but it is very hard, and no matter how you cut it, you can't hurt half of it.

It took a long day to cut off the one-foot-long sharp corner. It is said to be a sharp horn, but it is different from the usual horns and sheep horns, its shape is like a wat board, and there are arc-like textures on it, which is full of weight in the hand, but I don't know what it is for.

The heart of the wealth fan was up, and Wu Gen casually took it into his arms. The strange thing that grows from this strange insect cannot be said to be the same as any bezoar dog treasure, it is a rare treasure. His fingers brushed the blade of the broken knife, and Wu Yan was just about to insert it into the sheath, when he suddenly quickly picked it up and took a closer look.

After the broken knife was picked up, Wu Gen also tried his best to polish it, but the whetstone was broken, and the rust of the knife was still there. Now there seems to be less rust on the blade, and the fingers feel a little sharper.

Could it be that this golden horn still has such a skill that can be used to sharpen knives? Scratching his head, Wu Yan put the knife back, turned his head and prepared to look for Sun Hong, when he raised his feet, a green jade bottle attracted his attention.

The jade bottle was half-hidden in the sand, and there were a few words on it, but Wu Jian only knew one jade character. Returning to the oasis with the jade bottle, he saw Sun Hong's eyes glazed, still standing motionless.

"What's wrong?" Wu Gan's hand shook in front of his eyes, and since he entered the oasis, Sun Hong was like this.

"Human life is like a mustard, and so many people die in one trial. Brother Wu, I really want to quit. Sun Hong sighed faintly.

"Could it be that you have been in the army for so long, and you haven't been on the battlefield yet?"

"No, I am in the army to assist in the statistics of baggage and grain."

Wu Yan stroked his back and comforted, "Since you have joined the Xiang Army and become a fighting man, it is not surprising that such a scene will occur in the future." The so-called success of one will be ten thousand bones, think about how many famous generals, wouldn't there be a lot of white bones behind them, what is this. If you can't get over this hurdle, you might as well get rid of the military and go home to be your peacemaker. ”

Sun Hong sighed, "I also know the truth, fighting is not my forte, now that I think about it, it is more suitable in the military tent." ”

"Don't be sad yet, help me see what this is." Wu Gen took out the green jade bottle.

"Well, this is Yuhua Dan, what did the two of them say that Lord Zhai used Dan to save people, I think this is it." Sun Hong looked at it for a moment, and then returned the jade bottle to Wu Gan.

"Oh." Wu Gen took the jade bottle, opened the stopper, and smelled it gently, a fragrance overflowed, and suddenly the bones were light, and the qi and blood were smooth. Pour out a red pill the size of a soybean from it and throw it into your mouth.

As soon as the pill entered the abdomen, a warm current surged all over the body, the chest was itching, and the pain suddenly decreased. It's just that Wu Gen soon became hot and dry, his face was flushed, and if there was a volcano brewing in his body, the heat was unbearable. Yuhuadan is a life-threatening thing, and with Wu Gan's injury, taking the next one is indeed too much tonic.

Wu Yan was uncomfortable, screaming and screaming around the oasis, and finally took off the clothes on his body one by one, and tossed for an hour before relieving.

Sun Hong looked at Wu Gan, who was shirtless, his skin was red, and he was steaming hot, and muttered: "Sure enough, you still have to listen to the doctor when you take medicine." ”

After resting in the oasis and getting some water, the two continued on their way. On the way forward, there were no major twists and turns. It's just that the grain and grass have been exhausted, and under the hunger, the two of them even roasted and ate the cold leather clothes issued by the army.

Gradually, there were more dead grass and trees on the ground, and it should have reached the edge of the desert. Walking further, I came to a grassland, and I saw a living thing.

These beasts are probably rarely seen intruding in, and they surround them curiously. Looking at the looming beast shadow in the artemisia grass, Wu Gen and Sun Hong burst into tears, and finally saw something to eat. It's not a beast, it's a walking barbecue, braised meat.

But since they are wild beasts, there are naturally big and small, good birds and beasts, and after a few full meals, the two were finally targeted by the fierce beasts on the grassland. Wolves as big as calves, with wings wide enough to see giant eagles the size of a room, came one after another.

Wu Gen was once chased by a bald-tailed bird more than two feet tall for a day. When he was finally exhausted, the big bird trampled it under his feet, and after a bubble of bird feces was pulled arrogantly, he walked away. It turned out that this bird did not eat meat, but was resentful of Wu Gan's coveting of its eggs, so he was slightly punished.

Between eating and being eaten, the two fled to a riverside.

At this point, there are fewer beasts. After resting for a night, Wu Gen was sharpening his knife with the golden horn of the sandworm, yes, Wu Gen tried several times in the past two days, and found that this horn could really be used as a whetstone, and the blade of the broken knife became sharper and sharper.

Sun Hong ran over, "Brother Wu, come to the river." ”

"Why is it so frightened, young people should be steady." In Wu Gan's muttering, the two arrived at the river.

Looking up at the river, Wu Yan was also dumbfounded.

I saw that on the wide river, the mist was light, and the stone platforms with large grinding plates floated in the air, cruising back and forth on the river surface. The stone platforms are far from each other, sometimes flying upwards, sometimes submerged in the water, and only occasionally approaching, looking disorganized.

In the river, giant crocodiles with large mouths are swimming slowly. If you want to cross the river, I am afraid that you can only reach the opposite bank by stepping on these stone platforms and jumping step by step.

However, the stone platform is erratic, and if you can't find the exact route, these giant crocodiles will probably not treat you and send you away after a while.

"What the hell is this?" Wu Yan scratched his head, the waist card had already shown two days ago that Wuhua Stone was in front, but the river was absolutely impossible. After walking along the river bank for a long time, there is only a stone platform to cross the river, and it seems that this is also part of the trial.

After staring at the stone platform for a long time, Wu Yan was dazzled and fell to the ground in frustration, "Don't play, it's so complicated, I can't see any clues, we can't go to the river, love at first glance." ”

Sun Hong held his cheek with one hand and stared at the stone platforms floating around, "Brother Wu, I think this is a test of our arithmetic talents." These stone platforms seem to be messy, but in fact they are orderly, but they are difficult to calculate, and one wrong step may lead to a dead end. ”

Wu Geng's eyes lit up, "What do you see?" ”

Sun Hong rubbed his eyes a little sour, "I've been interested in these since I was a child, and in the Xiang Army, I mostly calculate military merits and grain and grass transportation supplements, but I can give it a try." ”

"Okay, brother, you think about it slowly, the rest is in charge of the brother." Seeing that the river was promising, Wu Gen took the initiative to take on other chores.

For three days in a row, Sun Hong sat by the river and pondered, and the calculations made by the branches at his feet were scattered.

After deducing over and over again, denying over and over again, Sun Hong's face was pale and haggard due to excessive mental consumption.

Finally, on the fourth day, Sun Hong jumped up and shouted, "I know." But as soon as he stood up, he fell to the ground again and fell unconscious, and blood gushed out of his nose and eyes like a fountain, which was a sign of excessive mental exertion and the exhaustion of oil.

When Wu Jian woke him up, Sun Hong excitedly told him what he had discovered. These stone platforms are not placed randomly, but secretly conform to the laws of the stars in the sky.

The four black stone platforms closest to the river symbolize the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and stepping on the first stone platform means which season of the stars is chosen.

The second row of red stone platforms is a secret combination of the green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the four elephants of Xuanwu.

Next, it is the computing power of the person who is tested that is really tested. Because when you step out next, it is a secret geography, and the stargazing maps in different regions are naturally different. But what's worse is that you don't know where you'll step in, which can be described as the unreasonable hand of the arranger.

If that's all it takes, the key is that every step after that has hidden variables, and every step needs to be carefully calculated, and the slightest carelessness will fall short.

The way of heaven is long, and there are times when there are ups and downs. How many people watch the sky at night, and they are immersed in it all their lives, but they can't see through the whole mystery of the starry sky.

Wu Yan covered his head, with a painful look on his face, waved his hand and said, "Okay." Say no more, it hurts. This way of life is chosen by the Xiang Army, not a Taishi Ling. Fighting, killing, and testing mounted archery are all about it, so why do you have to be so embarrassed. ”

Sun Hong was serious, and rarely retorted: "That's not it, for the generals to know astronomy and geography, so that they can strategize and judge the time and use troops." Not only that, in the war, the enemy's and our troops, consumption of supplies, and planning are all quite high requirements for the ability of the general.

Going to the novel, as far as the individual is concerned, cultivation is just fighting, killing, and killing, and it is okay to sit and breathe, I don't think it works.

The human body is a small world, how to operate best in it, the operation routes required by different means are different, plus talismans, divination, talisman arrays, etc., all require cultivators to have strong calculation ability, in order to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

I don't know who set it up here, but it took a lot of thought, so I can do it. ”

Wu Yan looked at Sun Hong in a daze, as if he didn't know him, "Why do you know so much and dabble in so broadly." "This young man who has been following him since Willow Shuji and looks a little cowardly, today he is impressed.

Sun Hong blushed and said shyly: "There are more books at home, and I like these side scriptures, so I am not serious and refined, and it is difficult to take the imperial examination, so I have to join the Xiang Army." ”

"Talent." Wu Gan gave a thumbs up.

Sun Hong pondered and meditated for a long time, and finally stood up with confidence, "It's okay." ”

Wu Yan tied a rope around his and Sun Hong's waists and walked to the river.

"Which one to choose?" Looking at the four black stone platforms in front of him, Sun Hong spoke.

"Choose spring, take a good omen." Wu Gan did not hesitate.

"Okay, where there are thousands of purples and thousands of reds, it is the spring Fangfei." Sun Hong said loudly.

"How come I only know that the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold." Wu Qian muttered and jumped onto a stone platform.

As soon as the two of them fell, the stone platform swayed and floated forward. When the giant crocodile in the river saw someone passing by, they all exposed their huge heads to the surface of the water, opened their bloody mouths, and waited for the heaven-sent food.

"Green Dragon." Seeing the red stone platform approaching, without waiting for Sun Hong to ask, Wu Ganjing opened his mouth.

Sun Hong pointed to a place, a moving red stone platform was still five or six zhang away from him. While waiting for the two stone platforms to get closer, the two jumped onto the second stone platform.

"Which one to choose next?"

"Far away, I'm afraid of hidden traps nearby."

"Okay."

Wu Gen took a deep breath, looked into the distance, bowed his waist, bowed down, paused, and in one go, his body drew a perfect arc, and landed steadily on a stone platform ten zhang away, which was already the limit of what he could jump out.

In this way, the two of them slowly moved forward one stone platform after another. The further he goes, the more variables there are, and the longer Sun Hong needs to think.

The stone platform is up and down, sometimes high and sometimes low, there is no danger, and I see that I have walked through most of the river.

Wu Gan's body was tense and sweating profusely, and these stone platforms flickered, or flew sideways, or went up, or swept low, and if he was careless, he might fall into the river.

Needless to say, Sun Hong's face was pale, and blood oozed from his mouth and nose. Such a terrifying calculation has caused a lot of damage to his mind.

When they approached the opposite bank, the two of them had already jumped high in the air and flew towards a stone platform. Sun Hong's eyes suddenly widened, "Wrong, that's the place." He pointed to another small round platform a few feet apart, hidden behind the stone platform in front of him.

Wu Gan's face changed greatly, and he couldn't change his direction in the air at this time, so in a hurry, he pulled out his broken knife and slashed at a nearby stone platform. With the force of a blow, the body turned in a different direction and landed on the small round platform.

But at this moment, because of Wu Gan's blow, the stone platform behind him began to operate in disorder, hitting each other, banging sound, and from time to time the stone platform fell into the water.

"Hurry up, the stars are in chaos, and the entire trial formation is about to collapse." Sun Hong shouted anxiously behind his back.

Wu Yan snorted, stepped on the remaining stone platform in front of him, jumped his body, and ran towards the riverbank. As a result, the situation was chaotic, and when there were still more than ten zhang away from the river bank, there was no place to stay. At this time, Wu Gen was also exhausted, and he could no longer jump out of such a distance.

Looking at the big mouth of the giant crocodile in the river, Wu Yan shouted violently, and the knife in his hand was cut down, and the nose of a giant crocodile was cut off. Under the pain, the giant crocodile instinctively closed its mouth, took this opportunity, stepped on its back, and used the last bit of strength, and its body crossed the mouth of blood basins one by one, and fell heavily on the riverbank.