Chapter 64: Desert Master and Apprentice
"A name is a person's code name, but when a person's profession can become his own code name, people tend to forget his original name! My code name is Adventure King, and my profession is novelist, explorer. I got lost in an adventure with my apprentice, walked for three days and three nights in a big desert, did not drink a drop of water, although we were very tired, but not a second entered the dream, on the third day of our most tired, we saw a person, a very strange person!"
The Adventure King was leaning on a piece of bluestone, writing a diary according to his habits, and next to him, his apprentice Ah Cheng was squatting next to the bonfire, his face salivating, his eyes fixed on the yellow sheep on the grill.
The mutton fat drips into the flames, making a slight snorting sound, which belongs to the unique aroma of roasted meat, and fills the space within a radius of several feet.
Ah Cheng was tall, handsome, with big eyes and thick eyebrows, but he couldn't stop swallowing his saliva after watching it for a while, and asked the tall man who was roasting the sheep very flatteringly: "Brother Li, this sheep is almost roasted, right?"
Li Xiake smiled: "It's almost good!"
He looked at the Adventure King next to him: "Adventure King, do you still have the habit of writing a diary?"
The adventure king gently closed the diary, carefully put it in his coat pocket, then stood up, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "I'm a novelist! The stories that happened on the road are all my materials, and today I met such a strange person as you in the desert, and I have to write down everything I say!"
He only has the height of ordinary people in this era, and his appearance is not very handsome, but he is full of heroic spirit, and he reveals his unique chic energy between talking and laughing, and has a unique charm that surpasses ordinary people.
After Li Xiake rested in the Fu Ji Pharmacy, he entered the bronze mirror of the bronze hall, and after he entered the mirror world, he found that he had entered a desert alone.
The environment in this desert is extremely harsh, and Li Xiake's injuries have not yet healed, if it weren't for the practice of internal strength and a bit of true qi, he would probably either die of thirst or starve to death in the desert.
However, after learning Chang Shuyuan's light body kung fu, he ran with all his might, but he could catch wild wolves and antelopes and other animals running in the desert, and he still had a pistol on his body, so it was not very difficult to hunt.
In this way, killing sheep, killing wolves, drinking blood and eating meat in the desert, he has been trekking for many days, and he has not even walked out of the desert, and Li Xiake is almost desperate when he is impetuous, this is the first time he feels the majesty and cruelty of nature.
Then he met the adventure king and his apprentice Ah Cheng, who were just as lost as him, in the desert.
These two people are much worse than Li Xiake, Li Xiake's misery is mainly the loneliness of finding a path in the desert alone, but in terms of survival, they can barely survive. But the master and apprentice of the Adventure King are different, the two have not eaten or drunk in the desert for three days, and even in these three days, even sleeping has become a luxury.
If they hadn't happened to meet Li Xiake, these two people would probably have to suffer for a while.
Li Xiake, who has been struggling to survive in the desert for more than ten days, was really excited after seeing these two people, this excitement is not the joy of escaping, in fact, there are two more people, and they may not be able to get out of the desert, he is happy that someone can finally accompany him in this desert.
In this cruel environment, even two enemies may help each other survive until they get out of the desert.
Although the most feared thing for human beings is death, the fear of loneliness and helplessness can sometimes be even more terrifying than death.
Li Xiake has a firm heart and a tenacious character, and since he was a child, he basically has nothing to fear, but struggling to survive alone in this cruel environment is still a new experience in his life, and this experience is really not very wonderful for him.
After being lonely for so many days, seeing the master and apprentice of the Adventure King, you can imagine how excited Li Xiake was, and after catching a yellow sheep and letting the two of them drink blood, the two slowly eased up.
Through a conversation with the two, Li Xiake knew who these two people were and what kind of world he had come to.
This is the period of the Republic of China, the world is turbulent, and the adventure king master and apprentice are two people who like to wander around and adventure, looking for seclusion and adventure on weekdays, and sometimes they will supply manuscripts to the newspaper and write something to publish, but the most important thing is to take risks, and there is a great chance of obtaining a large amount of wealth in the adventure, so the two of them have lived a very chic life, and they have never had money troubles.
The master and apprentice of the adventure king were startled when they saw Li Xiake, Li Xiake had long hair and a shawl, was tall, and there was a blood-colored "tattoo" on his eyebrows, which did not look like the people of the Central Plains at all, and the two thought that Li Xiake was a unique ethnic group living in the desert at first, but later learned that Li Xiake was also a lost person like them.
After a brief understanding of each other, the three of them shared the same fate and soon became acquainted.
Now that the night was falling, the three of them found a boulder exposed outside the sand layer, fortunately, there were dead poplars and other plants nearby, which could be used as dry wood to warm the fire and roast food by the way.
"This desert is so hot during the day and cold at night, it's really not a place for people to stay!"
Ah Cheng complained while roasting the fire, "Master, our preparations for this adventure are too inadequate, if it weren't for Brother Li, I'm afraid we really wouldn't be able to hold on!"
The adventure king said solemnly: "This is called Jiren's own natural appearance! Boy, what is adventure? If there is no danger, is it still called adventure? Adventure is to rush forward knowing that there is danger, this is a qualified adventurer, and if you want to be the adventure king, you have to carry out many adventures!"
This person has a restless gene in his bones, and he likes some exciting things by nature, and for him, only when his life is under major threat, he will feel the intensity of life and his strong sense of existence.
Some people like stability, but the Adventure King likes to be adventurous, and the more dangerous and exciting things are, the more he likes them. Just like this expedition, the master and apprentice didn't find anything to be excited about except for the gold jewels they harvested, and the gold jewels they got were still in the desert.
In such a cruel desert environment, the most important things in secular society, such as gold and jewelry, have become the most worthless things, and in order to reduce the burden on their bodies, the two of them threw all these hard-won things into the desert.
This adventure, except for the experience of getting a nine-death adventure, there is almost no gain, if there is a gain, it is that they met Li Xiake, who was also lost in the desert.
And now, the mysterious man is giving them a barbecue to eat.
The adventure king has always been very confident in his kung fu, but after meeting Li Xiake, he has a great lack of confidence in his martial arts, and today Li Xiake ran all the way to chase the yellow sheep, so that this man who often takes risks and has been on the edge of life and death is shocked.