Chapter Seventy-Four: The Other Side of the Mountain

But seriously, although it is called the Desert of Death, it is not really a dry and lifeless place. At least standing in their current position and looking down, the mountain on this side and the large area visible to the human eye at the foot of the mountain are not as lush as those on the other side of the mountain, but they are definitely not desolate.

Although relatively speaking, there is no green tree, no green feeling, and even in addition to the monks who go out to practice, there are not many human beings to prosper this land, so there is a lot less noise.

But this land, at least in the world of flora and fauna, is just as lively, if not more peculiar.

Needless to say, most of the ground at the foot of the mountain is covered with low grass and trees, and although the rocks on the ground in other places are gradually sandy in the wind and rain, there are also one or two shrubs or wild grasses in the bare places that are eager to survive.

Clusters of low shrubs cling to the ground, deep into the ground to absorb water and nutrients from the soil beneath the cracks in the stones, while greatly reducing and hindering the lethality of hurricanes.

Such bushes provide shelter for many small animals, and even become an important source of supplementary water for many large animals in the Gobi Desert.

Their roots are not as deep as those of the vigorous old trees, but again, the need for water in the environment is not as high as theirs.

Just a small amount of moisture, even if it's just the water vapor in the air that comes with the rain and disappears quickly, is enough to keep them alive.

However, if you look further away, it is not difficult to see that the presence of plants is becoming less and less, and more of the ground is exposed, even covered with yellow sand.

On the Gobi Desert, strange rocks are craggy, and strong hurricanes blow from all directions all year round, carving the originally hard boulders into strange shapes little by little.

And those that are not hard enough have already turned into a part of the thousands of gravel and sand, and in the future, with the non-expansion of the desert, one day, they will also become the particles of the desert.

However, it is said that in the hinterland of the desert, there are also large and small oases, where many heaven and earth spiritual creatures that are rare to see in the outside world or even extinct are thriving and growing happily.

It is also their existence that has attracted countless monks to venture here and go deep into the heart of the desert to search for treasure. But around those heaven and earth spirit objects, most of them are guarded by demon beasts or natural formations. Even if you are lucky enough to discover their existence, it is not easy to harvest them.

And under these seemingly peaceful and harmless appearances, under the gravel sand, there are not very toxic but extremely strong, and the most important thing is that they can infest the sand scorpions, sand centipedes and other poisonous insects that can be flexibly infested between the cracks of the gravel.

If you go further into the desert area, there will be sand lizards, which are the most common monsters in this death desert with higher rank, bigger and bigger, stronger lethality, and even higher intelligence.

The Hu brothers, they have seen the most powerful, and they can even easily fight back against the Yuanying Monk.

This is a land full of hideous dangers, and even if you look at it from afar, it does not hide its true face at all. Whether you dare to go or not is a silent shout to the people who come.

In addition to this, there are countless dangers lurking in the desert, and many such as ironclads, bigsfoot oxen, and sandbeasts...... Wait, more ferocious demon beasts than the 100,000 mountains.

The real demon beasts that grew up in the cruel cultivation realm environment are far from being comparable to the same level demon beasts in the 100,000 mountains.

Of course, if these demon beasts can be successfully hunted, the materials they can collect will be more abundant.

Whether it is the sand scorpion's venom needle venom or the sand lizard's fur scale armor, or some parts of other demon beasts, especially the blood of those demon beasts above the fifth order, they are all good materials for refining weapons or talismans.

Not to mention the spirit plants that grew on this land, even the most common low-level spirit plant varieties all had their own uniqueness.

Not to mention anything else, the ability to condense and retain spiritual power alone is enough to make their quality far higher than that of other similar spiritual plants in the outside world.

It was the first time Wei Ruyu had seen such a vast and vast world, the desolate scenery near and the yellow tornado rolling up with the wind and sand in the distance were scenes she had never seen even in her dreams.

And above the desert, the rolling hills and the changes and battles that seem to happen at any time cannot attract attention at all in this vision.

This land belongs only to the desert. It is only the desert that is the eternal theme. Others, whether it is human cultivation, demon beasts, or spirit plants, or even the various phantom mazes or sandstorms that have gradually evolved in the desert due to man-made or natural environmental factors, are just a speck of dust on the desert.

Only silence is the absolute master of this desert of death.

"Snort, don't show this kind of dirty bun expression. Ye Junze stretched out his hand and rubbed it on the top of Wei Ruyu's head, interrupting the little girl's exclamation, as well as the trace of sentimentality. "Let's go, go down the mountain!"

On this side of the mountain, the soil on the surface of the mountain and even the loose stones have long been blown away by the wind, leaving only solid stones, which are blown into strange shapes by the mountain wind, and the roots firmly grasp the mountain and take root in the depths of the roots of large trees, with an occasional small amount of soil.

Although the mountains on this side seem strange and rocky, and the big trees are also iron trees, not only do they not look gloomy, but the sparse leaves always make people worry about whether they are dying.

But the trees that can survive in such an environment so far are not comparable to those trees in the 100,000 mountains that have smooth wind and rain, have no pressure to survive, only need to grow up with a sigh, and will soon be able to reach the sky.

In front of these tall but majestic trees, those big trees that cover the sky and the sun in the depths of the 100,000 mountains and forests are just tall people growing in the greenhouse.

The vigorous branches of these big trees in front of me, every branch, every leaf, and even every tiny structure, are desperately moving upward, exuding vitality.

During a short break, Wei Ruyu used his divine sense to feel the strong vitality and weak consciousness of the few plants beside him, and couldn't help but poke out a wisp of divine consciousness and explore a vigorous ancient tree next to him.

The big tree is not tall, only three people high, and the branches are not thick, and on the side facing the Gobi, the bark has even disappeared, only the heart of the tree inside is like iron wood, tenaciously propped up.

Different from ordinary trees, in order to better adapt to the environment and survive, these large trees not only dig their nutrient-absorbing rhizomes into the ground, but also root deeper and deeper, and hide the veins that were originally located in the fragile outer skin into the depths of the tree.

As long as the heart of the tree is still there, they can live tenaciously.

Wei Ruyu's divine sense was feeling the vitality of this big tree little by little.