Lao Chai's words were fulfilled only three days later.

Just out of the fortress for more than 100 miles, just after the freshness of the scenery, a sudden sandstorm made this rookie reconnaissance team chaotic.

The sandstorm didn't last long, at least in Luo Xiao's opinion, it was much shorter than the sand storm that he encountered outside Hongliu Town, and the intensity was slightly weaker, after all, the season was different. Even so, even though Wang Chong and Lao Chai tried their best to support them, there was still a disciple who mishandled it in a panic and lost the horse and all the supplies tied to the horse's back.

"If you don't have a team and you are alone, you will lose all your food, water, and animal power, and you will basically lose most of your life. Lao Chai looked at the unlucky disciple who had taken the food and water from the team members, shook his head and sighed, "The remaining half depends on whether you are lucky enough to meet the caravan." ”

The disciple looked ashamed, and what made him even more guilty and uneasy was that he still had to ride with others, which invisibly dragged the team back, and the speed of the whole team dropped significantly. The consequence of this is that their crossing of the Gobi will take longer than expected, and food and water will be more scarce.

The terrible situation caused almost everyone in the team to panic, except for two.

Lao Chai is a person who once lived from the desert, and he didn't care about this little scene in front of him at all.

Luo Xiao's Immortal Stone Cave Heaven is never short of food and water, or he hoards a lot of food and water every day, you know, he is a person who has to "retreat" for a month or two every day. And since he came out of the fortress, since he basically slept in the open, just in case, Luo Xiao suspended his daily cultivation in the cave. In this way, the food and drinking water hoarded in the Xianshi Cave are enough for him to use for three or five months, even if he has a "grassland in-depth tour, from spring to autumn", it is enough, there is no need to worry at all.

However, even if the reconnaissance team really had a shortage of food, Luo Xiao would never take out the food, which was asking for trouble. He will only contribute the part of the food he carries on his face, and then leave the team to "hunt" food as a hunter. In this way, you will not be able to expose your secrets, which is considered to be a complete friendship.

After the sandstorm, near dusk, Lao Chai led the team to a canyon, deep ravines and deep or shallow caves on both sides of the mountain wall, giving the team members who had just escaped from the sandstorm a rare sense of security.

"I love this place, to hell with the sandstorms!" Shi Yuan shouted loudly with joy in his hand holding the glowstone, the blue light source reflecting the four walls. As he shouted, the cavern buzzed and dust poured down.

"You guy shut it up for me!" Xu Yunkai looked so angry that he almost didn't put his fist into Shi Yuanda's mouth.

"Woo woo woo ......" Shi Yuan desperately broke free from Xu Yunkai's clutches, and kept spitting, "You bastard has sand on your hands......"

Amid the brawl between the two, the team members tied their horses, unsaddled them, loosened their belly belts, and carried food and water bags into the cave.

Dinner is very simple, boil water in a large pot with you, throw the air-dried beef into the pot, sprinkle a few slices of dried fennel to remove the smell and add salt, and it becomes a pot of beef broth. Each person holds a bowl and eats dry food such as meat buns, roasted cakes, and rice balls, which they have been eating like this for the past few days.

Shi Yuan couldn't stop shouting to go to the grassland early, put on some game and barbecue to eat, if it goes on like this, the mouth will fade out of the bird.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had a heart, and the disciple named Tian Shouyi, who had dragged the team back, couldn't hold back his face, and stood up and said, "I'll go drink horses." ”

"I'll ...... too"

As soon as another disciple who rode with him stood up, he was stopped by Tian Shouyi: "No, you all sit, I'll come." ”

Wang Yanjie glanced at the disciples: "Let him go, or he will be uneasy." ”

The disciples nodded and sat down, and after a while, Wang Zhong summoned Hu Luoxiao and Wang Yanjie over, plus Lao Chai, a total of four people, to discuss the matter together.

"If you go any further, you'll really enter the territory of the Thur people, so from tomorrow onwards, you may encounter the Thur Ranger at any time. Lao Chai squinted at Wang Chong, "Let's say okay first, I'm just a guide and don't participate in the battle." ”

"That's nature. Wang Zhong glanced at Lao Chai's lame leg and nodded, "You don't have to worry about the battle, it's all left to us." ”

Wang Zhong said and turned his head to look at Luo Xiao and Wang Yanjie, and said solemnly: "Our mission is reconnaissance, not fighting, but if the battle is unavoidable, I ask you to lead all the juniors to go all out to kill any Tule people you see with the strength of lions fighting rabbits, and you must not let one go!"

Luo and Wang nodded heavily.

Lao Chai drew a line on the ground with a half-burned wooden branch: "We are here now, and if we go two days further north-west, we may run into a tent of the Thur people, if they have not migrated." This tent used to be friendly to caravans, and its people often went to the border to trade. However, at the moment, the entire Turle Alliance is changing, and it is difficult to say that the other side will remain as friendly as before. So, I think your reconnaissance operations may have to start with this account. ”

Wang Zhong asked for some details again, turned to Luo and Wang, and said: "Once the action starts, it will be divided into three groups, Luo Xiao and Wang Yanjie, you will each take three people, and I will take two people, and touch them in from three directions......"

When it was completely dark, the discussion was almost over, and Wang Zhong began to arrange a vigil. But at this moment, an unexpected situation appeared - Tian Shouyi, who said that he was going to drink horses, disappeared.

"There are no fewer horses, and they are all fed, which shows that your disciple named Tian Shouyi has indeed worked. Then he ......, "Lao Chai may not be a martial artist, but his rich tracking experience is not comparable to other teenagers, and even Luo Xiao is not as good as Luo Xiao." Now he was leading the people to a cave a hundred paces away from the camp, sniffed on the ground, stood up and patted the dust, and said, "He came here to release water, and this is the last place where he was seen." ”

Looking at Lao Chai's actions, when he heard him talk about "releasing water", almost all the disciples of the Xiuwu Hall frowned, and the corners of their eyes twitched.

Luo Xiao nodded secretly, he knew that Lao Chai was not wrong, and he felt that Lao Chai's actions were very natural, because when he was tracking prey in the mountains before, his actions were even more disgusting than this.

"You mean, Shouyi is missing here? Could it be that someone is plotting?" the disciple who had a good relationship with Tian Shouyi asked loudly.

"Yes, there are no footprints of anyone here, and it is obviously impossible to leave no footprints in such a short period of time. Lao Chai held the glowstone in his hand, hunched his back and looked around, and from time to time touched the sandy ground that looked no different from other places in the eyes of the disciples.

After a while, Lao Chai raised his head and said in an affirmative tone: "The traces here have been processed, and it is obvious that we are being targeted." ”

There was a commotion among the disciples, and their hearts were uneasy.

Wang Chong's eyebrows twisted into a deep Sichuan character, and he was targeted? Is it a Tule person? If this is the case, will there be a terrible trap waiting for their team? As the leader of the team, his duty is to complete the task as much as possible to ensure the safety of the team members. They are not members of the military, and team members are not soldiers, and it is normal to abandon a mission when their lives are threatened. However, then again, holding back because of the disappearance of a team member would damage the reputation of the Martial Arts Hall, and it would also have a detrimental effect on the future prospects of Wang Zhong and the disciples of this team.

Wang rubbed his eyebrows seriously and gave an order: "The whole team is divided into three groups, I, Luo Xiao, and Wang Yanjie each lead one group, Wang Yanjie's group will leave the guarding materials, I will search along the canyon on the left, and Luo Xiao's group will search along the canyon on the right." Action!"

The grouping, which was originally used for reconnaissance, did not expect that it was used for the first time in such a situation.

The group members chose to draw lots, or the group of red belt disciples would choose to lead the team to teach, who wouldn't want a Xuanwu to cover themselves?

The final result was that Shi Yuan and one disciple joined the king, Xu Yunkai, Duan Qinglan and one disciple entered Wang Yanjie's group, and three other red belt disciples entered the Luo Xiao group. However, as soon as the selection of the group was completed, Duan Qinglan discussed with a disciple of Luo Xiao's group in a low voice, and then the two sides exchanged words, Duan Qinglan went to Luo Xiao's group, and that disciple belonged to Wang Yanjie's group.

This swap is permissible, as long as both parties agree.

Luo Xiao saw that Duan Qinglan had paid a Pei Yuan Dan for this, if he guessed correctly, this should be one of the reward resources of that White Grass City Guard.

"I didn't expect you to think so highly of me. Luo Xiao looked at Duan Qinglan with a hint of amusement, "Why? Just because I defeated Wu Junyan, I am the so-called 'first person under the samurai'?"

"Not entirely for that reason. Duan Qinglan said lightly, "The senior brother who exchanged with me doesn't recognize this title, he thinks that you are taking advantage of your footwork, and your own strength is similar to Wang Yanjie." ”

Luo Xiao knew that this was because of the breathing technique, which allowed him to freely control his own breath, and now the breath he released was the early stage of the fifth order, which was indeed similar to Wang Yanjie, so it caused the misjudgment of almost all disciples, including Wang Chong. He didn't care about this, but he was a little strange, why was Duan Qinglan not in this "almost"?

"So, what's the real reason?"

"Maybe it's because I'm a woman. ”

The reason given by Duan Qinglan stunned Luo Xiao, is this also a reason?

"Women are more attentive and detail-oriented than men. Maybe you didn't even notice ...... yourself," Duan Qinglan approached Luo Xiao lightly and said in a low voice, "Along the way, whether it's talking about the shortage of food and water, or the disappearance of team members, your face is always indifferent, and there is never a hint of nervousness in your eyes. You don't worry about yourself at all, so if that's the case, can I follow you without worrying about yourself?"

Looking at Duan Qinglan's back as she quickly left, Luo Xiao smacked his lips and muttered after a while: "Women's nature......"