Gu Shengchao and Ding Ying left Yunshang City, and Ding Ying saw that he had deviated from the way he came, and reminded: "Brother Gu, we seem to have gone the wrong way. ”

"That's right, we're idle anyway, I'll take you on a shortcut and let you see the beauty of the desert night." Gu Shengchao did not hesitate to lead the way.

"You've been here?" Ding Ying didn't believe it.

Gu Shengchao explained: "I listened to the chatter of diners in the noodle restaurant, and I knew that this road happened to be connected to the road I had walked, and it would not be wrong. ”

"Tell me about it." Ding Ying was interested.

Gu Shengchao looked at the undulating hills in the distance, and recalled the past: "I have already talked about my life experience, so I will not repeat it, and then I saw that there was no way to revenge, so I planned to try my luck in the country of Xileng, and that day I finally found a clear spring through a desert, and after filling the water bladder, I smelled a trace of blood, and looked for the smell to find the past, and saw corpses everywhere, and the blood had not yet coagulated." I had the courage to rummage through the moneyless money, and I collected a lot of silver, and when I found a man, he suddenly woke up and almost scared me to death. ”

He paused, apparently still feeling reeling from the intimidation, and he continued: "The man grabbed me, muttering and muttering that I didn't know what he was talking about, and I was so frightened that I was about to run away, when I suddenly saw him take out a small wooden box from his bosom, and he said 'Xuanqing' and died. I was glad to get it, but I didn't expect the man to pretend to be dead, there was a mechanism under the wooden box, and he pulled the mechanism to kill me with the sleeve arrow inside. It should also be my life, the man lost his strength and did not have the right head, and the sleeve arrow missed the shot. I waited a long time and didn't see the man move, and I kicked him a few times before I realized that he was really dead. ”

"I opened the wooden box and found that there was a night pearl inside, and I also heard that there are rumors in the rivers and lakes that there are four top night pearls in the world, which are called Bright Moon, Starfall, Illuminating Night and Xuanqing. I couldn't tell the truth from the fake, and remembered that Zhao Yinhu was about to celebrate his birthday, he was my housekeeper, and he once jokingly told me about his birthday, so I remembered. I didn't think that I would really use this night pearl and the sleeve arrow in the wooden box to distract him, and successfully pierced his life door with a dagger, so I killed him, and then my brother wanted to kill me and knocked me unconscious in the cemetery, and we met there. ”

After Gu Shengchao finished talking about this experience, his grief and indignation were indescribable, his eyes were full of hatred, and he slowly recovered after a period of time.

Ding Ying also felt a lot, and said with relief: "Let him pass in the past, no matter what, you finally took revenge, and it can be regarded as a wish." ”

The two of them rode on horseback, and for the first few days there were towns of various sizes along the way, and they stayed at inns at night. Gu Shengchao would take time out every day to read the book "Detailed Explanation of Formulas", and he found that this book explained various martial arts mental formulas in more detail, and the "Explanation of Formulas" that he had read before was just an introduction, and "Detailed Explanations of Formulas" was real knowledge. Gu Shengchao reviewed the mental formulas he mastered, and his martial arts were even more refined.

On this day, when they came to a small town, there was a vast desert in the distance, Gu Shengchao and Ding Ying inquired after staying in the hotel, and learned that there was no place to stay further, and without getting lost, they had to walk in the desert for three days before they could reach the boundary of the Dawu Dynasty. The innkeeper suggested that the two of them stay for a few more days, and wait until there was a large group of business trips before going together. Gu Shengchao smiled and said nothing, he made all preparations alone. He bought two spears, two hard bows, and two quivers, each with sixty arrows inserted in them, as well as tarpaulins and wooden strips, and even bought a handful for farm work, which Ding Ying couldn't figure out.

Convenient to carry food and enough water, which must be prepared, Gu Shengchao also bought a lot of grains and alfalfa grass mixed together and put them into a large bag.

"The road is full of grass, are you afraid that the animals will not have anything to eat?" Ding Ying was puzzled.

Gu Shengchao told her: "The desert is desolate, and the horses will not die of hunger if they can't eat enough, but it will affect their physical strength, and they will definitely not be able to go out for three days." ”

Ding Ying had no experience, so she had to obey Gu Shengchao's arrangement. The two stayed in the town for an extra day, fed the horses enough feed, and entered the desert after dark that night. Ding Ying couldn't understand this operation, how could there be a reason to rush in the dark, she just silently accompanied Gu Shengchao and followed him.

The two of them rode a long distance, and the town had long been left behind, Gu Shengchao pointed to the flat and barren desert in front of him and asked, "In such a wilderness, can you find the road signs." ”

Ding Ying looked into the distance, all around were the same, she didn't distinguish between east and west, north and south, she smiled: "I can't find it, since you ask me, there must be a way." ”

Gu Shengchao said approvingly: "You are still smart, I didn't know it before, and I learned it after helping to walk a few long distances in the caravan." He pointed to the north and said, "You see, the star is called the North Pole, and it is always due north of us, so you will not get lost in the square if you refer to it when you walk at night." Although there is a red sun during the day, the position of rising in the east and setting in the west is not fixed, and it is easy for us to go around in circles and take the wrong road, and even find that we have returned to the same place after a hard day's walking. The guys at the inn asked us to wait for the business travelers to go together, in fact, we also had to rush to the night, and the beasts would stay away when there were many people at night, so as to ensure everyone's safety. ”

"I see." Ding Ying finally understood.

The two walked for a night, and when the east revealed the white belly of the fish, Gu Shengchao and Ding Ying stopped. He had abundant internal strength, and quickly dug a big pit with a gentle slope next to it, built a wooden strip on top of it to cover the tarpaulin, and then led the horse down the gentle slope with Ding Ying. The people eat and the horses are fed, and then both men and horses rest under the tarpaulin.

Ding Ying woke up and felt a little stuffy, she walked out of the tarpaulin along the gentle slope, the scorching sun outside was like a fire, she looked around, everywhere was bright and flickering and couldn't open her eyes, and the end of the distance was steaming like a steamer, so frightened that Ding Ying hurriedly ran back under the tarpaulin and didn't dare to go out.

When the sun set and the sky was dark, Gu Shengchao acted, the people and horses had a full meal, packed their bags and set off again.

Gu Shengchao pointed to the southeast direction and said: "If I don't remember the direction wrong, I will pass by a clear spring in the middle of the night, let's make a little repair there, and we can find a small village before dawn, the village is not big, there are only a few families, and it can also ensure that we can sleep well." ”

Ding Ying was also curious when she heard this, how the villagers in the desert survived, and she couldn't wait to see it.

The crescent moon was like a hook, and the empty desert left only the sound of horses' hooves and wheezing, Ding Ying suddenly pointed to the faint black shadow in front of him and said, "Big Brother Gu, look, what is that?" ”

Gu Shengchao was happy: "That's a tree, a total of three willow trees, and under the tree is the clear spring I said." ”

The horse also smelled the fragrance of the grass, and without the urging of the two men, they ran over at the same time, and soon came to the bottom of the tree. It is a miracle that a small patch of verdant land appears in the barren desert. Gu Shengchao and Ding Ying dismounted to the spring to receive water, filled the water bladder, and the horses leisurely ate the grass, and from time to time snorted a few times to express their pleasure.

The two were resting, and there was a crisp camel bell in the distance, Gu Shengchao was not at ease, and Ding Ying led the horse to the side to avoid it, giving up the spring to avoid trouble.

Soon the camel caravan arrived, and more than 20 camels were well-trained, and they all lay down to facilitate the people on the hump to come down. Gu Shengchao silently counted, a total of twenty-two camels, thirteen people, and the rest of the camels were carrying things. The camels did not fight or grab, and drank water in turn around the spring, and it seemed that they were used to coming over often. The thirteen people sat together, with two women in the middle, and the rest of them were surrounded by bows and arrows, always on guard, silently eating their own food.

The leader was a middle-aged man, and when he saw Gu Shengchao and the two of them taking the initiative to let go of the spring, he took a few pieces of dried meat and handed them to Gu Shengchao and said, "Excuse me, how far is it from the realm of the Dawu Dynasty?" The middle-aged man said, his eyes swept over the two of them like electricity, and he glanced at the spears and bows and arrows that the two of them were hanging on the ground, as well as the packages they were carrying.

Gu Shengchao didn't want to demolish him, so he took the jerky and said calmly: "If it goes well, you can get there the day after tomorrow." ”

"Thank you!" The middle-aged man seemed to have the answer he wanted, and returned to his team without asking.

Ding Ying asked in a low voice, "Brother Gu, where are they and what are they doing?" ”

Gu Shengchao looked at the people sitting together, tore a small strip of jerky and put it in his mouth to chew slowly, and whispered to Ding Ying: "Look at what they are wearing from Beihu, ordinary jerky is baked, only Beihu's jerky is naturally air-dried, and it can't be wrong." ”

"Really?" Ding Ying didn't believe it, so she also tore a small strip of jerky and put it in her mouth, and said in surprise: "Yes, it tastes different from the jerky I've eaten." ”

Gu Shengchao stared at the goods on the hump: "This is the tripartite border area of Beihu, Xileng and Dawu Dynasty, and it is normal for outlaws to smuggle goods for huge profits. But it doesn't make sense that there are two women in their team. And......" Gu Shengchao stared at the twilight in the distance and said worriedly, "They also provoked a wolf, and there was one lurking there." ”

"Where?" Ding Ying searched carefully and did not find it.

Suddenly, there was a terrible wolf howl in the distance, and the horses beside Gu Shengchao were frightened, and their front hooves were raised high, and they couldn't stop neighing. Gu Shengchao held the reins to prevent the horses from being frightened and running away, at the limit of his perception, there were hundreds of wolves coming in and out in all directions, eager to rush in, but they were controlled by some mysterious force, he worried: "It's not good, it's a wolf pack, there should be a lot." ”

There was also a commotion in the team that was quiet just now, and the middle-aged man said sharply: "Don't panic, form a formation." ”

They moved quickly, leading the camels in a circle, some of them downing them one by one and tying their hind hooves, and others holding bows and arrows on the perimeter.

Ding Ying felt the vibration of the ground, grabbed Gu Shengchao's arm and said in a panic: "Brother Gu, what should we do?" ”

"Be with them, there are so many people to take care of, and I have never seen so many wolves." For the sake of Ding Ying's safety, Gu Shengchao was afraid that he would not be able to protect her in time if there was a mistake in the melee, so he took the horse over and took the initiative to join the team.

The middle-aged man also welcomed the two of them when he saw them coming, and the more than twenty camels had not all been put down, and the ancient saint shot an arrow at the northeast with his bow.

"Whoosh!"

A wolf lurking in the night was hit by an arrow in the forehead, the ancient saint super internal force was very strong, and the feather arrow pierced the wolf's head and flew backwards with it for a while before landing.

"Good!"

There are many masters in the team, who see the hidden strength of Gu Shengchao's arrow and cheer for him.