At this time, Hu Baye, Mo Heng and the others had already driven the remaining sand camel beasts and carts to safety, Hu Baye walked over cautiously and slowly, and from time to time glanced at the quicksand pit that devoured three lives in a moment not far away, sighed, stretched out his hand and pulled up Qu Wuming, who had a bad face, and said, "No way, let's go." ”

Qu Wuming glanced deeply at the quicksand pit, picked up Han Ling'er and Tong Xiangyu, and walked towards the cart silently......

Three days later.

"Where's the next oasis?"

"yes, how far is it? I'm dying of thirst......"

Next to a big car, more than a dozen people gathered around Wei Yixian, licking their chapped lips, staring at the handful of copper coins that Wei Yixian had just thrown away, their eyes full of hope.

Wei Yixian, who also had shriveled lips and a haggard face, raised his finger in one direction, and said in a voice that had become hoarse: "According to the hexagram, it should be in the southeast direction." ”

"But yesterday you were talking about the northwest!" Hou Jinhai couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard this, "I've been gone for so long, won't I go back to the southeast again?!" ”

"That's exactly what the hexagram says...... I don't know why......" Wei Yixian had a little helplessness on his face.

In the crowd, a burst of gossip suddenly erupted.

"Is it because this is a land of lawlessness, and you are not allowed to do this?!"

"I don't need to use mana for this hexagram, so I won't be affected by this place."

"Then I don't think you're right! How can there be a U-turn back and walk? ”

"Damn, Lao Tzu has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, won't he die of thirst in this desert......"

……

A brief argument broke out, followed by a deathly silence.

"I see that you are still not thirsty enough, and you still have the strength to quarrel......" Qu Wuming leaned against the wheel of a big car and said lazily, "Just let Wei Yixian count it again!" Count what you are. ”

"I agree." Hu Baye echoed, "Count it again, I will admit any result!" ”

"Okay, forget it! It's better than walking blindly and dying of thirst in the end......"

Wei Yixian picked up the copper coins one by one, then waved his hand to smooth the sand in front of him, and said silently, and threw the copper coins down again after a while.

Nine copper coins, puff puff fell on the yellow sand. Everyone hurriedly looked down, but they were surprised to find that the position, front and back of the nine copper coins were exactly the same as the last time!

"This ......" everyone's eyes fell on Wei Yixian's face again.

Wei Yixian spread his hands helplessly and said, "Everyone has also seen it...... Or southeast. ”

"Southeast is southeast!" Qu Wuming stood up and walked to a sand camel beast at the front, "If you don't listen to Wei Yixian, do you have a better way?!" ”

"Let's go!" Hu Baye seems to have accepted his fate.

Dejected and listless, the crowd stood up and set out on the journey again.

Half a day later, Qu Wuming, who was walking in the front, looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, raised the shriveled water bladder in his hand, and didn't pour out a drop of water for a long time, and even moistened and dry lips became a luxury.

I just wanted to throw away the water bladder, but I couldn't help but see a distant place, and there seemed to be a different little spot......

Qu Wuming put up a pergola with his hand, looked at it fixedly, and muttered in his mouth: "Is it an oasis?" ”

When Qu Wuming saw it clearly, his voice couldn't help but be a little excited: "Oasis, it's an oasis!" ”

Hu Baye, who was behind him, looked in the direction of Qu Wuzhi's finger, and shouted: "Sure enough, it's an oasis!" There is salvation! Let's go! ”

As if grasping at a life-saving straw, the group was already a little desperate in their hearts, but at this moment there was renewed hope for life, and they struggled to drive the sand camel beast and rushed towards the oasis......

However, after walking for about two hours, there was still only a long stretch of yellow sand around the group, and the oasis on the horizon was obviously in front of them, but they couldn't walk anywhere.

Everyone was full of hope, their eyes were fixed on the distance, and there was only one belief in their hearts - if they walked a little further, they would always end there.

However, not long after, the oasis on the horizon suddenly disappeared-

In the eyes of everyone's longing, as if swept away by a wave of heat, the oasis shook a few times in front of everyone's eyes, and then disappeared like a phantom of water vapor condensation......

"What's going on? What about the Oasis?! Hu Baye was stunned.

"I'm afraid I've encountered a mirage...... Qu Wuming's heart also sank. Muttered in a hoarse voice. After speaking, he swallowed hard, but he felt that he had not swallowed anything.

"Mirage?" Hu Baye was a little puzzled.

"It is often said that in the desert or in the sea, it is often the illusion that appears to be somewhere in the distance, but is in fact an ethereal illusion that disappears before you can get close. If you run after the mirage, I'm afraid you'll be trapped halfway through......" Qu Wuming replied.

"How is that good...... "Hu Baye licked his chapped lips and said weakly, "I feel that these sand camel beasts won't last long...... If we can't find the oasis again, we'll have to kill the sand camel and drink blood......"

"Wei Yixian, can you figure out how far it is? Where is the right direction? ”

"No......" Wei Yixian shook his head, "Since yesterday, my hexagram technique has also failed. All I can say is that it should be nearby, no more than a day's journey at most! ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but show a look of despair on their faces, and they fell into silence all of a sudden.

Suddenly, Tong Xiangyu, who had been silent, said, "I have a way to try!" ”

"What's the solution?" Qu Wuming and Hu Baye's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly asked in unison.

"I'm just going to try, everyone don't talk!" Tong Xiangyu turned over and got off the sand camel beast, and took off all the reins and saddle bolts on the sand camel beast after dividing it by two, and then slapped it hard on the sand camel's buttocks.

The sand camel beast was in pain, and swooped out for a long time.

Having lived in slavery for the first time in its life, this was the first time the sand camel had experienced such a thing—no reins on its head, no saddle on its body, and no intention of the group coming behind to control itself.

The sand camel beast twisted its head and looked at the crowd for a long time, and when it saw that no one had come to chase after it, it stood there again and hesitated for a moment, and finally moved.

It first raised its head and spun around, as if sniffing something in the hot air, and before long it took a slow step and walked in one direction.

"Everyone, keep up from afar, don't disturb it!" Tong Xiangyu turned over into a big car and whispered.

Everyone has no better way at the moment, since Wei Yixian's divination technique failed, everyone has no direction and retreat, even if some people say at this time that they can find a water source by digging down, I am afraid that everyone will also give it a try.

The group followed the sand camel beast slowly in the desert, and walked for more than an hour in the blink of an eye.

"Look over there! It's an oasis! Hu Baye excitedly raised his hand and pointed into the distance and said.

"Great, really an oasis! Come on! Hou Jinhai pulled the reins and turned to the oasis.

"Wait!" Qu Wuming stopped everyone, pointed to the sand camel beast in front of him and said, "Keep following it!" ”

"What if it's just walking away?" Hou Jinfa couldn't hold his breath and said, "Obviously I've seen the oasis!" Not at all in one direction! ”

"How do you know that isn't a mirage anymore?" Qu Wuming asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Hou Jinfa was stunned when he heard this, not knowing how to answer.

"Whoever thinks it's an oasis over there, he is." Qu Wuming shook the reins and continued to follow the sand camel beast, "I'll follow it anyway." ”

The three brothers of the Chen family glanced at each other and chose to follow Qu Wuming without hesitation.

"I followed the sand camel too." Hu Baye looked at the oasis in the distance, although he was a little unwilling, but he was still a sand camel beast under his crotch, and chose to continue to move forward in the same direction.

"You ......"

After a while, only the three brothers Hou Jinhai, Hou Jinfa, and Hou Jinbo were left in place. The others all chose to believe in Tong Xiangyu's method.

"Hey, let's go!" Hou Jinhai sighed, pulled the reins, and with a force under his feet, he urged the sand camel beast to follow......

In the blink of an eye, more than two hours passed.

The sun in the sky had slipped from the middle of the canopy to the edge of the sky, hiding behind a cloud that appeared at some unknown point, appearing and disappearing. In the scorching desert, there is a hint of coolness. After a while, the clouds on the horizon were gradually coated with a layer of red, and the sunlight cast by the setting sun in the desert also turned orange-red with golden light. From a distance, a team of sand camels walked slowly across the dunes, with a long shadow trailing beside them, obviously still advancing, but it seemed quiet and serene.

However, the group walking in this desert had long lost any intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery, and even their eyes became a little confused and trance when they stared at the sand camel beast walking alone in the distance.

Suddenly, the sand camel in front of it suddenly snorted several times in succession, and then ran excitedly, and the four huge hooves kicked up clouds of sand and dust on the desert, and its steps were cheerful as if they were about to fly.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but feel refreshed, and hurriedly cheered up and drove the rest of the sand camel beasts to chase after them.

"It's an oasis! Really found the oasis! ”

"It's an oasis!"

"Saved! There is salvation! ”

"Hahaha......"

After running for miles, everyone finally came to the oasis!

This oasis is very different from the ones you pass by along the way.

There were no tall trees in the oasis, only a few yellow-brown bushes, sparsely and half-dead by a small pool. Around the oasis, there are mostly half-circles of earthy yellow rocks that seem to be a little messy, about twenty or thirty zhang square, which can block the invasion of the surrounding yellow sand and protect this oasis that is not too big. The area of the pool is also a little pitiful, the surface of the water is only more than a zhang wide, but the bottom of the water seems to be extremely deep, and the center of the pool is as black as ink, and you can't see it at a glance......