"Na'er doesn't want to sleep in the car, she doesn't want to sleep in the car, she doesn't want to sleep in the car-"

After leaving the village, Na'er couldn't take it anymore and she lay on the car like a listless lazy cat and muttered. The pasture still stretches in front of the road, and the climate here is generally good, with the tributaries of the Emerald River stretching out like a silver ribbon at the end of the view, and clumps of palm trees casting cool shade.

"Then don't sleep in the car, just set up a tent. Xiulin quipped, as if she was in a good mood, looking at the shining river. Along the way, they carefully avoided the herders who had come out to graze, found a place in the shade of no one and stopped the car.

Camels graze leisurely on the fresh pasture around them.

"Look, the scenery over here is beautiful—"

Xiulin sat casually on the grass and took off her headscarf. The afternoon wind ruffled her light red hair, probably because there was water nearby, and there was a slight coolness in the wind, "It's not bad to live here, hey, little Na'er, do you want to take a cold shower with your sister Xiulin?"

"Hey ......"

Seeing Xiulin grabbing Na'er's arm, as if she really wanted to bathe in the river, Ivan couldn't help but show a very embarrassed expression. He twisted his head to the side unnaturally, then turned back sharply and stared at Xiulin angrily—she looked like nothing had happened!

"Sister Xiulin, why don't you investigate that village?"

"What is there to investigate in such a small village. Xiulin grabbed Na'er's back with one hand, and casually untied Na'er's headscarf wrapped around her head with the other. Unbuttoned the neckline of her dress again, "In such a small village, there is nothing to hide, only a dozen families......

"Xiu, Sister Xiulin!" Seeing that Xiulin still wanted to untie Na'er's belt, Aisha hurriedly grabbed Xiulin's hand. She lowered her head slightly, her face flushed.

"Fourteen households. Carlo spoke, and he stood beside the car with a blank face, giving an accurate answer.

"Uh-huh, fourteen. Xiulin smiled and nodded. Treat Na'er like a big doll and shake her in her arms. She asked her to sit next to her and cling to her, only to jump to the side. The arduous journey made everyone sweat.

"Among the herdsmen. There were no young and strong men at all......" Aisha still kept her head down. "It feels weird. Something must have happened. ”

"Something to do with 'bandits'?" Ivan thought for a moment, remembering the two villages that had been completely destroyed, and the "Crystal Thieves" he encountered along the way. Are those people taken captive by the so-called "robbers". In order to force them to mine and carry the Magic Guiding Crystal?

"'Robbers'?" Xiulin raised her head, looking through the gap between the palm leaves, she narrowed her eyes and looked up at the scorching sky, "'Robbers'...... Perhaps, it is a very special and special bandit. ”

"Na'er wants to take a bath......"

Na'er stood under the tree, tugging at the hem of her skirt and muttering timidly.

"What does Miss Joan mean?" Daphne also followed Xiulin's example, and glanced overhead, the harsh sunlight of the desert made it impossible to look directly, "Fire-"

She kept her mouth shut, unable to speak.

When she first saw the catastrophic scene of the village, the first thing that came to her mind was magic. Demons, or illegal magicians, Xiulin gave such speculations about the identity of the robbers. Later, a band of puzzling crystal thieves and gerbils who have not been mutated for a long time appear, and when they finally find the herdsman's village, they are attacked by the desert herders, who are supposed to be hospitable.

The herdsmen said that it was the "Fire Phoenix" who ordered them to kill outsiders who approached the village, but the Fire Phoenix was not.

"I also want to know that in this world, there will really be a 'fire phoenix'. ”

Ivan didn't have as many concerns as Devany, and he asked directly. As a child who grew up in the Yellin region under the jurisdiction of the Church of the Goddess of Light, he knew almost nothing about pagan beliefs - how could the Yellin Church propagate the gods that Kui people believed in.

Xiulin's reaction was unexpected.

She chuckled dryly, spread her hands, and replied lightly, "How would I know?"

"Sister Xiulin, you obviously said that you are also a citizen of Lord Huofeng, you-" Ai Xia was stuck in the middle of her words, she raised her face and looked at Xiulin in a daze. Xiulin is obviously Kui Ren, isn't Kui Ren the one who believes in "Fire Phoenix"?

"I'm just saying that to get close to them, but in the past, I was a faithful believer more than anyone else, and if you had asked me this question before, I would have been angry with you. But now......"

Xiulin pursed her lips and shrugged.

"I really don't know. ”

"Hmm...... If you want to say that 'Lord Fire Phoenix' is real......" Devonie frowned and made a meditative gesture. She originally wanted to avoid talking about the fire phoenix in front of Xiulin, the "people of Lord Huofeng", but since Xiulin had this attitude, there was nothing to scruple about.

According to Arcatia's account, it can be said that there is indeed a zài. ”

"Oh?" Xiulin raised her eyebrows sharply and reflexively glanced at the sky again, "What does the Yu Clan's record say?"

"Ah, this is different from your account—"

"It's okay, at this time, you don't have to treat me as a Kui people. Xiulin squeezed her eyes, "I'm just a wizard who has been commissioned by you and works for you now." ”

"It's all right, Miss Shelling, say it. Aisha also turned her head, staring at Daphne melancholy. Devine took a soft breath and finally nodded.

"Everyone should know the legend of the fallen heavens, the hometown of our Yu clan, Romesa, fell from the sky and brought disaster to the earth. When our ancestors came to the continent of Paran, the first thing they encountered was the Kui people, who lived in this land for a long time and believed in the power of the sun. For people in the desert, the sun is undoubtedly an awe-inspiring being.

"At that time, the people of the desert believed that the sun was a huge bird that flew through the sky during the day and rested at night. The benevolent sun brings harvest to the earth, and the angry sun dries up the rivers and withers the plants, so they use various rituals to appease the sun's wrath and ask for the sun's mercy.

"But then, the ancient myths of the desert people overlapped with the real history. Because of the disaster brought by our Romesa, there were unusual snowstorms and tsunamis in the northwest of the continent of Paran, and it was because of that disaster that the land became almost uninhabitable further south of Arcatia. Our ancestors, in order to make up for their mistakes, summoned the Fire Elf King for the desert people to resist the calamity of the bitter cold.

"To the desert people, we are like messengers of God, and it is our calling to bring their gods down on this land. We are indeed from the kingdom of heaven, and we have wings to fly. However, the desert people have always believed that the Fire Elf King is the embodiment of the sun...... In the end, it evolved into today's legend of the fire phoenix. ”