When they looked up, they saw that they were now on the edge of a basin with a radius of tens of miles. Stone forests and rock pillars are no longer seen in the basin, but there are many more sand columns, sand peaks and sand screens condensed by sand, as well as a collection of sand wrinkles. The sand that has gone through the ages is colorful and colorful. It's not surprising to say that this is a colorful sarin.

The towering sand pillars are more than ten zhang high, and they are more than one zhang short. Either alone or connected, they are seen as forests from afar and peaks from afar. The sand peak mountain is even more varied, suddenly circling straight up, suddenly falling abruptly, forming a peak loop. The peaks are uneven, showing all kinds of shapes and illusions. In the basin, there are clusters of screens, ridges, peaks and cliffs in various forms.

Maple trees with brilliant leaves and beautiful shapes, as well as lush forests and bamboos, stand among the sand forests or on the sand peaks. The leaves danced in the wind, making a rattling sound, and compared to the bare stone forests outside, this was an oasis in the middle of the barrenness.

Let's say that the sand here is colored sand, but the true color is actually no different from ordinary sand. Just because the sarin is too three-dimensional, so in the morning, evening, rain, sunshine or spring, summer, autumn, winter and other different situations, with the intensity of the light, the cloudy sun projection angle is different, so as to produce a set of red, purple, blue, black, cyan, gray, green and other colors in one color.

The various sand belts between the sand forests are also colorful and colorful, which constitute a cool and wonderful "Danqing Chinese painting", which can be called rare in the underworld. Colorful colors and bizarre shapes enrich the landscape of the entire basin.

And the most unique thing about this place is that it is full of sandy forests, the wind is strong and dry, but there are abundant water sources in it, and you can see spring water infiltration everywhere, gurgling water, adding to the beauty of the basin full of sarin. Xiao Shizhu saw that although it was a sunny day and the wind was not small, the sand in the basin was not gray, dry but not dry; in the spring under the sand pillar at the nearest place, it could be seen that the sand spring was clear and transparent, and the water pressure washed under the sand, forming a tumbling and steaming scene. It is like curling smoke, like a dragon swimming out of the sea, which is indescribably beautiful.

It is precisely because of this that the climate here is warm and humid, so that green bamboo can grow. It has formed the beautiful scenery of green bamboo and maple stacked green, and the sand spring water is clear and quiet.

However, before Xiao Shizhu and the others could carefully appreciate the wonders here, the Zhu Rong army, who was guarding the margin, raised their weapons to surround them.

Hu Hui hurriedly took out the customs clearance plate, and after explaining the purpose of the trip, he stuffed some silver into the sergeants, and the sergeants who were still a little suspicious sent a soldier to lead the way for them and lead them to the middle of the basin.

In the middle of the sandforest, Xiao Shizhu suddenly found that the scenery here is beautiful, but the terrain is changeable, like a labyrinth. Walking through the winding sandforest, you can change the scenery at any time, and there are scenes everywhere around, each with its own unique color.

From time to time, you can see caravans carrying goods, elephants, and camels to and from the sandy forest. The brass bells hanging on the necks of those beast souls kept shaking as the beast souls moved forward, making a crisp and beautiful dingdong sound. It echoes with the sound of the maple and bamboo forest on the sand forest, as well as the sound of the wind and waves shuttling in the sand screen, forming a pleasant and beautiful natural sound.

The deeper you go, the more difficult it is to see the dense sandforest, but there are a lot more stone houses and stone houses on the side of the road. Most of them are small bungalows, and the tallest is only a two-story building. It is either on both sides of the road, or it is built against the sand peaks and sand screens of the dunes.

Whether it is the walls and roofs of houses, beams and pillars, bricks and tiles, or thatched huts, toilets, or livestock mounds, chicken and duck nests, they are all built with stones. Coupled with years of wind and rain, these buildings have become more vicissitudes of life, forming a unique stone town scenery.

The local people carved all kinds of delicate patterns on the stones, with relief carving techniques, including patterns of strange flowers and plants, patterns of mythical beasts and birds, and more patterns of various flames;

The local people shuttled between the houses and the outside, busy with their own business. Or they set up stone tables outside the door, put on firearms or stone carvings they made, and shouted and sold them to the merchants.

For these exotic customs, Xiao Shizhu and his party are no longer surprised. If it weren't for the fact that they had been walking in Zhurong Country Middle School in the past few days, they would have seen a lot of such buildings, and they would have been curious at this time.

After walking for an hour, they came to the center of the basin.

A single boulder with a height of 100 zhang, dozens of miles in circumference, and majestic momentum, stands abruptly above the basin. It looks like a trapezoidal shape as a whole, and its walls are steep and nearly vertical rock walls. The sheer size of the building makes everything around it seem very small

At the foot of the mountain, a tall wall was built with stones, enclosing the entire boulder. Every five feet, there is a watchtower made of stones. Zhu Rongguo's bright sky fire flag, planted in the top of the watchtower, is dancing with the wind.

Behind the wall, on the steep walls of the boulder, there was a long straight staircase leading from the foot of the stone to the top of the stone. The staircase is about three zhang wide, and every one zhang or so distance, there is a sculpture facing the staircase on both sides of the staircase.

Or winged rosefinch, or sword-raising samurai and stone lampposts that look like spire houses with four corners of the eaves. On the four walls of the lamp house on the upper part of the lamppost, they are carved into the "fire" shaped window holes.

No matter how Xiao Shizhu looks at it, he thinks that this giant rock looks like a Mayan pyramid.

On the top of the flat boulder, there are many large polished stone pavilions, and many towering pyramid-like tower-like buildings stand almost the same shape, all of which are three-storey towers. The base is octagonal, one layer is octagonal, the second layer is flat round melon petal, the third layer is round drum-shaped, the embossed fire man, the top crown phase wheel brake, the upper support gourd. The shape is beautiful, and the look up is quite spectacular.

On the walls of each attic hall, there are carved totems of the Vermilion Bird Bathing Fire and Bifang Burning Flame. In the light of the overcast sun, the glow of red glow converged in the air and condensed into a hemisphere, enveloping everything on the top of the rock.

The buildings were both magnificent and beautiful, but also extremely strong.

One foot and one wing, the blue-skinned red-spotted Bifang bird walked together, flying in the sky above the boulder, circling and soaring around the boulder. As soon as the wings were raised, a line of gray smoke was streaked in the air, followed by a cloud of colorful light bursting from the tips of the wings, floating in the air. Then the light crackled, and a "flower" bloomed in the air. Split into countless tiny sparks of light, flying and blooming in the air. After a long time, it was bleak

If it's night, it's going to be dazzling.

The soldier led them to the south of the boulder, stood at the gate of the palace in the south, and after telling them not to run around, he went into the palace to report.

"Is this the Guangming Palace?" Xiao Shizhu asked Hu Hui, his head not moving, but his eyes were rolling around.

But seeing the Zhu Rongjun guarding this place, it was different from what they had seen along the way, they were all wearing long iron helmets with ear protections turned up. The longitudinal armor belt below the neck guard is tied horizontally to the chest to the back, and the cuirass is divided into two parts, the left and right, and a circular deck on each top. The belt droops down the knee skirt, the falcon's tail, and the lower leg binds. And the shawls on the shoulders are all in the shape of dragon heads.

They all carried 10 beaded guns on their backs and wore goose swords around their waists; each of them had a knife across their waists, and their domineering spirit was exposed! Whether it was armor or weapons, this army was well-used.

"Yes. Hu Hui nodded his head when he heard this, and looked at the red light on the top of the rock in a daze.

"What's that?" After a moment, Xiao Shizhu followed his gaze and also looked towards those red rays.

"If we guessed correctly, this should be the Zhaoming Array, a powerful ancient formation. When Hu Hui heard this, he walked to Xiao Shizhu's side and stood still, and whispered in his ear: "It can absorb the fire qi between heaven and earth, and form a protective shield-like thing, protecting everything in it." The formation should be static at this time, and once activated, all living creatures that break into the formation will die the moment they touch the red rays. ”。

"This is the first time I've heard of this kind of formation. After Xiao Shizhu recalled all the formations mentioned in the books he read in the world, he didn't think of such a formation name, so he said to Hu Hui: "I don't read much, don't you lie to me?"

Hu Hui smiled slightly and said, "I believe that soon, the general will be able to see its power with his own eyes." After such unfathomable words, I said no more.

At this moment, they saw the soldier who had brought them here before, walking out with two souls. One of the middle-aged men, with a pair of thick and dignified lion eyebrows on his face as white as a jujube, had a pair of big eyes like copper bells.

The other was a young man with red lips and white teeth, more than seven feet long, and his delicate skin that could be broken by blowing a bullet was very fair. On the crescent-like curved eyebrows, the eyelashes are long and dense. A pair of clear eyes hidden with charm were clamped on his perfectly handsome face with edges and corners, and between the eyebrows, there was an indescribable preciousness. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, revealing a smile as warm as March.

He was dressed in white, with gold trim on his cuffs, and a flying fire dragon embroidered on each side of his shoulder. With long hair scattered on his head, he danced lightly in the wind, and held a small piano in his arms.

Judging from his appearance, he is similar in age to Xiao Shizhu, but in terms of physical appearance, he is better than Xiao Shizhu. If it weren't for his flat chest, at first glance he would look like a beautiful woman who is delicate and smart. If you go out on the street, it's definitely going to be eye-catching.

The young man walked up to the ghost captive, glanced at the ghost captive, looked at King Kong riding on the jald, smiled lightly, and then slightly opened his lips and asked, "Your Excellency is General Xiao Shizhu Xiao?" Gentle and soft, more infinitely gentle.

"Yes. King Kong replied, but his palms were sweaty with nervousness. After all, he has never been an envoy, and he is not good at negotiating or anything.

"In Xia Zhu Rongguo Prince Changqin, this is my uncle Wu Hui. ”。 After the young man saluted King Kong slightly, he introduced the middle-aged man who was following him, and then turned sideways, made a gesture of invitation in the direction of the boulder, and said, "Welcome, come to Bifang City in the Caiji Basin." My father is waiting for you in the Palace of Light, please!"

After King Kong nodded at him, he said, "It's hard work." ”。 Xiao Shizhu was secretly observing Changqin and Wu Hui, which was the purpose of him letting King Kong replace him, so that he could better see everything in Zhu Rongguo.

In the souls of these two people, the middle-aged man who looked fierce and vicious, but there was a look of fear between his eyebrows, but there were a few traces of imperceptible calmness and thoughtfulness hidden in the depths of his eyes. It can be seen that this human soul is also experienced in a hundred battles, and he is by no means an idle person.

In Xiao Shizhu's opinion, this soul is not the most powerful, the most difficult thing to deal with is the young man who seems to be weak. In his eyes, Xiao Shizhu, who is good at a thousand arts, reads perseverance, courage, calmness and wit. Such a human soul is not easy to deal with. Fortunately, Xiao Shizhu also read a trace of immaturity between his eyebrows.

Once this trace of immaturity finally turns into maturity, this kid will become a powerful human soul.

But Xiao Shizhu is not the Emperor of Xudu, he will not be jealous of the virtuous, but can know how to make good use of people; Wu Zhiqi and Lai Yueqi, and later Hu Hui, are the best examples.

After thinking about it, he thought that if he managed to bring him under his command, then this young human soul would be of great use to his future war with Emperor Xudu.

So, he hurriedly muttered to himself in his heart: "Changqin, Changqin." ”。 The name of this young man's soul is deeply engraved in his mind.