"Hey, there are so many evil things in this desert!"

Yue Erpao listened to it for so long, he thought that the black cloth bag and blood-sucking blanket were terrifying enough, and even the sky was not very safe, this kind of sand succubus demon dragon composed of ghasts, even if there was no entity, he could feel a trace of horror.

These craftsmen's faces became mysterious, and they lowered their voices and said: "That is, the Devil's Desert used to be an ocean, and I don't know how many vicissitudes of life and geological changes have been undertaken, before it has formed the current arid and barren state. ”

"If it wasn't suitable for the environment, it would have been extinct a long time ago, in other words, but none of the species that can live in the desert for thousands of years are good at stubble, and it is not surprising that such a powerful character appears in the desert."

The words of these craftsmen are indeed very rough, one thing is indeed right, living things need to adapt to the environment to survive, and it is also an environment that is difficult to survive, birds and beasts are more ferocious and abnormal in order to survive, the way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency of damage, the barrenness of the desert cannot allow ordinary birds and beasts to survive, of course, it will be urged by the heavens to send out more strange and strange things.

At this point in the words of these craftsmen, everyone basically understood the power of the Sand Phantom Demon Dragon, and they had a little more curiosity and expectation for the trip to the Red and White Sacred Mountain.

"Brother, this time I want to go to Red and White Mountain with you!"

Nayi hesitated for a moment, her face was obviously a little hesitant, but she still said it.

Keli understands that the place they are going to is the Red and White Sacred Mountain in the hinterland of the desert, which means that this is the most rampant place for the Sand Phantom Demon Dragon, and it is very likely that they will encounter this strange thing that is neither human nor ghost, and his sister is also worried that he will want to follow him.

However, because of this, it is more dangerous to go to Hongbai Mountain this time, it is impossible for him to let his sister take risks, so thinking about it, Keli's face became serious: "Our trip to Hongbai Mountain itself is very dangerous, and you don't know if the angina on your body will get sick at any time, and when you go to the poor and remote place in the hinterland of the desert, once you get sick, it will be very dangerous for you." ”

"Besides, the birds and beasts in the desert are very strange, and I am afraid that they will hurt you, but I still hope that you can stay at home and wait for the good news of our return."

Keli said this, but he didn't take into account at all, this is Nayi's worry about him, the corners of Nayi's eyes moistened slightly, and said: "I will indeed be safer at home, but your danger is not reduced at all, for me, your going to Mirlan City has made me very worried, these days I know the strangeness of the Red and White Sacred Mountain, I am even more worried about you at home." ”

"I understand that you are afraid that I will get sick at any time, but I am also afraid that you will not return, I have lost Abba, and I don't want to lose you again."

At the mention of this, Nayi paused, and her tone became nervous: "It took you about seven or eight days to go to Mirlan City, I don't know how long it will take to go to Hongbai Mountain this time, and I will worry about you every day for a month in the future." I don't want to wait at home all the time and not be able to do anything. ”

"I want to follow you to the Red and White Sacred Mountain, even if it is to experience difficulties or meet monsters, I want to solve it with my brother, we are a family, if you have an accident, I don't know what the meaning of my life is?"

Some of the blood is thicker than water, touching the heart, Nayi's words are completely out of concern for Keli, they themselves are to let Nayi rest assured, so they want her to stay at home, according to Nayi's words, to keep her at home for a month, but to make him worry every day, they might as well take him with them, what difficulties to face together.

Kerry pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "If you are not afraid of hardship, then you can go with us." ”

Song Siyuan saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, so she hurriedly interjected and played a round: "I still have a lot of drugs for angina in my backpack, and they may not be as serious as you said, let's bring Nayi with us, and we can take care of them at any time." ”

"If it's really a crime, you can also use the medicine in my bag to alleviate it, this disease comes dangerously and goes quickly, as long as you pay attention to rest."

Having said that, they have already finalized the number of people to go to Hongbai Mountain, Yue Guanchao thinks that it is better to let the second uncle and the old grandson stay at the inn to pick them up, as for him and Song Siyuan, they will take Keli, Nayi, and Wang Daoshi to Hongbai Shenshan together.

After discussing this, the journey was completed, and they completely decided on this operation.

In the following days, they prepared food for two months, water and emergency medicines, and tools for digging graves.

On the day of departure, everyone met in front of the Thousand Buddha Caves, and Keli and Nayi had already packed their things and stood in front of the river in the Thousand Buddha Caves.

Yue Guanchao and Song Siyuan counted the number of people and materials respectively, took everyone into the carriage, and drove to the oasis county town southwest of Dunhuang.

Cars rumble, gallop and roar.

Out of Dunhuang City, the car walks in the oasis of scattered stars, the route on the south bank of the desert is still desolate and strange, the sand mountains are continuous, the only difference from the previous is that there are many more ribbon-shaped oasis corridors here.

Walking through the oasis promenade, looking left and right, you can clearly see the strange and desolate, strange wind-eroded peaks, sandy wastelands, dried up ancient rivers, abandoned fortresses, earth caves, diversions of old rivers, barren wild mountains, fragmented river valleys, and the sand dunes that can never be counted, like the accumulation of fish scales and waves!

They are endless, divided up and down, undulating, staggered before and after, stacked left and right, nestled around the corridor, spreading to the horizon that the eye can't see, and then looking into the distance, only the blue sky, the transpiring red sun, the endless yellow sand, and the starry vines are left.

Many herders will spontaneously plant sea buckthorn and arrange thatch at the junction of the oasis and sand dunes to fix the sand dunes as much as possible and block them out of the oasis promenade.

Judging from the map, these oasis corridors begin to appear from Mingsha Mountain and Sanwei Mountain not far from Dunhuang, and are implicated along the south bank of the desert to form a corridor line that outlines the outline of the desert.

These emerald green beads are many county towns on the south bank of the desert, and now under the rule of the Republic of China, they are Rongqiang County, Tiemo County, Minfeng County, Cele County, Moyu County, if in ancient times, they are the Ruoqiang country, the end of the sentence, the Niya country, the Khotan country, and the Shule country on the south bank of the desert.

With the experience of the previous times, everyone already knows how to travel in the desert, wrap their bodies tightly, and wet their mouths and noses with water, which can not only make the breath less dry, but also absorb the sand and soil rippling into the carriage.

Song Siyuan put down the windshield on the side of the carriage, put down the binoculars and played the map of the Western Regions, and introduced the route they took this time: "From Dunhuang to Hotan Oasis, it is about five or six county seats, during which most of the area belongs to the desert, only these counties are connected by an oasis corridor, although it is intermittent, there are still traces to follow in the end, and it will not make us lose our direction." ”

"We will walk along the oasis, according to the speed of the car, in about five or six days, we can reach the Hotan oasis, which is the seat of the Khotanese Administrative Office, which has been established as a county five or six years ago, and we will repair it for a short time in Moyu County, and rent a camel team here to go along the Hotan River to the Red and White Sacred Mountain."

Yue Erpao stared at the desert outside and asked curiously, "Won't these oases disappear?" ”

Song Siyuan nodded: "No, these oases are close to Altun Mountain and Kunlun Mountain, and there are many snow-capped mountains meltwater, and it is not surprising that a stable oasis is formed, which is different from the oases in the lower reaches of the Peacock River, those oases will slowly become barren with the diversion of the river, these oases guard the meltwater of the snow-capped mountains, and it is basically impossible to dry up, as long as there are tributaries of the main river to integrate the meltwater of the snow-capped mountains into the oasis, it can ensure that the oasis does not dry up." ”

She paused and continued to explain: "From this point of view, the existence of the oasis is indeed a miracle in the desert, but this does not mean that the oasis is always safe. ”

"Perhaps, this is the magic of these heavenly ways, no matter how dry the desert is, there are always oases dotted in between, giving these desert species a chance to survive!"

In the next few days, everyone hurried for several days, and finally saw the Hotan Oasis in front of them.

If the oasis experienced along the way is compared to the emerald green pearl, then the area of the Hetian oasis will be counted as nearly ten times larger than the Hetian jade pendant!

The entire Hotan Oasis is located at the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains, and further ahead is the Taklamakan Desert, which looks like a huge fan, appearing at the northern foot of the Karakoram Mountains, and it is also by relying on the meltwater of the snow-capped mountains of the Kunlun Mountains, and the Hotan River can nourish a huge oasis.

Take the Hotan River as the boundary, the Hotan Oasis is the Moyu county town in the west, the east is the city of the Khotanese Office, there are countless lakes and tidal flats scattered in the meantime, the Kashgar River and the Yulong River meander north from the Kunlun Mountain, nourish the oasis promenade like the dragon's whiskers, and then only see the dragon's whiskers shrinking, turning into fine lines, if you stand on the high place as a whole, you can see the Hotan Oasis and the promenade, as if it is like the phoenix peacock flying with the tail feather, soaring on the south bank of the Devil's Desert.

The car drove through the road of the Khotanese oasis and stopped in front of the county seat of Moyu, which is already very different from the Han-style county seat, and is a completely different town style.