When the old man saw the three of them in such a demeanor, he said again: "Oh, I am talking about the time it takes to walk, and you are naturally much faster on horseback now, and it will not take half a day to reach the desert." However, horses can't run in the desert, and it will take you at least a day to cross the desert. If you can't get out of the desert in a day, you have to spend the night in the desert. ”

"Spend the night in the desert?" shouted Allah and Ullah's Peach almost at the same time.

The old man continued: "Spending the night in the desert is no joke, it is hot during the day and cold at night. If it's windy, you'll bury people if you don't get it right. ”

"Isn't that terrifying!" said Ulla's peach with a look of fear.

"It's dangerous. Then the old man said, "I see that you are riding three horses, so you should not cross the desert, but go around the mountains, and walk for a day at most, but it will be much safer." Especially if you still have a little sister with you, let her suffer less. ”

"That's it, for the sake of Sister Peach, we won't cross the desert. Allah Hastily took over.

After listening to their conversation, Alayanzong nodded slowly, "It's okay, let's go around the mountain." Thank you so much for showing us the way and saving us from running around like headless flies, and we don't know what the risks are. ”

"You're welcome, you're welcome. The old man was still smiling.

"Alas, let me ask the old man, is there a checkpoint in the town ahead?" Whether there is a checkpoint or not is not a problem for the Alayanzong, but there are also the two of Ula Peach, and he doesn't want to make trouble in vain.

"Ahh I had to cut some vegetables and provide them for the villagers, so I was allowed to come out. I'm afraid it's not easy for you to pass through the town. ”

"Is there a way around the village?" said Alayanzong, trying to get the way.

The old man said, "In this way, you go back, about ten miles, there is a fork there, and then go east, go three or five miles, and then turn north." If you go all the way like this, you won't encounter a desert. It takes about a day to ride a horse, and there is a big mountain in front of it called Ethereal Peak. I have been walking along the mountain road, only taking the main road, and the main road leads to the northwest direction, and I will directly arrive at Qiao Lu West Bird City. ”

Ula Peach jumped up first, "That's great! Don't go to the desert, you can walk for an extra day or two!"

Bidding farewell to the old man, the three of them rode south.

According to the road guided by the old man, the walk was smooth, and I only saw a few small villages, and I did not encounter any checkpoints. To the surprise of Alayanzong, no one was seen in the village.

At noon, they rested on the edge of a small village, and Alayanzong went to look at the village and found that it was an empty village.

Seeing Alayanzong walking back with a lonely face, Ula Zhitao, who was sitting on a stone on the side of the road, asked, "What are you doing in the village?"

Alayanzong replied: "It's strange that I can't see people, I didn't expect this to be an empty village. ”

Ula Tao said: "We don't seem to see anyone in the few small villages we passed by, are they all empty villages?"

Allah Xiaoer bit the dried fish in his mouth and said vaguely: "It's possible, isn't there only four or five old people in the small village where we used to live? ”

Before he could finish speaking, a gust of wind blew, and a piece of paper was pasted on Allah's face. He hurriedly took it down, and saw that it turned out to be a round piece of paper money.

He threw the paper money on the ground, and the paper money drifted away with the wind, saying, "Bad luck!

Alayanzong looked around and pointed to the east side, "Look, there is a cemetery over there, and there seem to be a lot of new graves!"

Allah Xiaoer and Ulan Peach quickly stood up and looked east, there was a tomb, there were indeed many new soil graves, and many people should have died recently.

Ula Peach hurriedly said: "Let's go, I'm afraid, the weirdness of the noon is so panicked." ”

Allah asked rhetorically: "Are you really afraid? You dare to kill people, you don't blink at the dead body in front of your eyes, and you are afraid of a few new graves!"

Ula Tao's face was full of displeasure, "That's different! Let's go!" she said, and got on the horse.

So the three of them continued north.

Alayanzong's heart was heavy, and he suspected that the people who died in the new graves might be caused by the plague.

After walking for a short time, I did faintly see a mountain shadow. The three of them hurried to the bottom of the mountain before dark, looking for a shelter from the wind and spending the night in peace.

Wangshan ran to the dead horse mountain, although he had already seen the mountain in front of him, but he couldn't walk in front of him.

I ran all the way and finally arrived at the foot of the mountain while I could still see the sun.

A large road ran from east to west, and the three men hesitated, reined in their horses, and wandered at the junction.

Allah asked, "Shall we go west or east?"

Ula Peach said, "Isn't it to the edge of the desert to the west?"

Allah pointed to the east and said, "The farther and farther you go east, you see that the mountain road has turned south." ”

Alayanzong discerned the direction and said, "The old man said that if we don't go to the desert, we must go around the mountain road, and we will have to walk an extra day on horseback. ”

Ula Peach was puzzled: "But he said to keep going!"

Alayanzong pondered for a moment, "That old man may not have walked this road at all, and he may have heard about it. Just because the road is straight doesn't mean it's straight, and you may have to make a few turns. I decided to take his word for it and headed east to go around the mountains. ”

Seeing that Alayanzong insisted, the two of Ula Peach had no choice but to follow him.

So he urged Ma Dong to go again.

I didn't expect that the east side was just the foot of a mountain, and after going around, there was a road to the north.

The horse galloped again for a while, and it was dark.

Seeing a path heading west, the three men stopped. It is necessary to find a shelter from the wind as soon as possible, and not to sleep on this road, and to have horses, but to find a place with grass so that they can have enough to eat, so that they can travel tomorrow.

The three of them hurried down the path, and after walking a short distance, they saw a Taoist temple, and the three of them cheered.

When I came to the front, I saw that the temple was only ruined and broken, as if it had collapsed many years ago. On the face of the Taoist temple, you can vaguely distinguish the words "Ethereal Peak Taoist Temple".

Alayanzong remembered, this is where Mo Xuguyun practiced martial arts.

The three of them dismounted and led their horses into the doorway, and there was a ruin in front of them. The dilapidated scene was the same as the Taoist temple where his master once lived, with the house collapsed and collapsed, and there was simply no complete house.

The courtyard is large, but it has long been overgrown with weeds, some dry and some new green. After tethering the horses and letting them graze here, the three of them went to find a place to sleep.

The front row of houses is only rubble, and the second row of houses, although there are still a few walls that have not completely collapsed, still do not have a complete house.

Alayanzong remembered that he had heard Mo Guyun say that there seemed to be a cave behind the Taoist temple, so he hurriedly walked to the back mountain.

Sure enough, after passing through a forest, I found the cave.

There are still traces of a wooden door at the entrance of the cave, and there are still door frames, and the wooden door is gone.

There are stone tables, stone benches, and stone beds in the cave. The cave was about thirty meters deep, and the end had been built with stones and plastered with mud. Allah Yan seems to have heard Mo Guyun say that this is the place where disciples who have violated the rules of confinement are confined.

Seeing that there was also new grass near the entrance of the cave, the three men went back and brought the horses, unloaded their luggage, tied them, and spent the night in the cave.