Chapter 24: Mountaineering (19)
The scorching sun rose to mid-heaven, and the dazzling white light spewed like flames onto the unobstructed yellow sand, and waves of heat rose from the sand dunes, baking the air like a steamer, making it difficult to breathe.
Tianhuo felt a little thirsty, but the storage bag still couldn't be opened, so don't think about drinking water, or hurry up and complete the four-stage test, and then you can have as much as you want.
Tianhuo let the heat wave hit his body and began to stride forward, he did not lift his robe to cover it, nor did he take off the extra clothes to dissipate heat, but just walked forward step by step firmly.
He was thinking about how to test the mind in the fourth stage, and it was not clear how to test the mind, but as long as he kept moving forward, he should soon encounter the content of the test.
Time is running out, and you must get out of this desert as soon as possible, otherwise you will be defeated by the harsh environment of this desert, even if you are not defeated by the test.
Soon Tianhuo discovered that this desert was not only scorching hot, but also would plunder the aura on his body, although the process was slow and hidden, but the keen Tianhuo still found it.
Tianhuo converged the pores on his body, which could prevent the loss of spiritual power and body fluids too quickly, but the harm was that the temperature in his body would rise rapidly, and soon Tianhuo's skin would glow a strange red, which was a sign that the internal fire was too strong.
This level of internal fire had little effect on the heavenly fire, but his heart trembled suddenly, and a small sword hidden in his heart suddenly condensed into an entity, and the internal fire immediately rushed towards the small sword, like a moth to a fire, and it was absorbed as soon as it touched the sword body.
This sword has no name, and Tianhuo named it "Ask the Heart", which means to ask the meaning of the heart.
Asking the heart is the highest achievement of Xuanjizi's life's refining, Xuanjizi once said frankly that I am afraid that I will not be able to cast and practice such a spiritual weapon in this life, and the Conscience Sword is the only spiritual weapon that can cooperate with the "Knowing the World", which can give full play to this special mental method to the extreme.
When Tianhuo first got this treasure, he didn't know its benefits, with the improvement of experience and knowledge, he felt more and more that this treasure was exquisite, although it was a spiritual weapon but not an ordinary spiritual weapon, although there was no instrument spirit but it seemed to be born with a spirit, it was the protector of Tianhuo, and it was also the supervisor of Tianhuo.
It can protect the safety of Tianhuo in the most critical time, and every time the mysterious stone platform has the intention of infringing on the body of Tianhuo, Wentian will always show a shock, making the mysterious stone platform that is suspected of being a fairy artifact retreat.
It can also swing a sword to slash all the evil thoughts when the heart of the heavenly fire is facing the darkness, and the deviant behavior of the heavenly fire can be ignored by the sky, but as long as the evil thoughts of the heavenly fire rise, it will be strangled by the heavenly in time.
Wentian was like a sharp sword hanging above Tianhuo's head, urging him at all times.
A long time ago, Tianhuo knew that with the master's refining level, even if it was a coincidence, he would not be able to refine such a magical natal spirit weapon, and there must be something strange in it, but the master insisted that this was what he refined, and Tianhuo was not easy to argue with the master.
Asking the sky has always been Tianhuo's biggest secret, and Xiang Ah Li has never mentioned it.
Today, Wentian took the initiative to appear, indicating that Tianhuo had encountered a real crisis, and Tianhuo actually had an inexplicable sense of excitement, and all the challenging things were what he liked to do.
Soon after, Tianhuo walked up a tall sand dune to see what was going on in the distance, only to find several camels lying under the dune, and a man dressed as a desert tribe lying on the ground.
Is it a test? What is it going to test?
Tianhuo did not choose to avoid it, he planned to pass the test in the most direct way, and he was not afraid of any test.
Skyfire slid down the sand dunes, and when it was not until the bottom of the dunes, he found that the camels were dead, emaciated, shriveled and with cuts and dried blood on the fur of their necks, the marks left by their owners when they were hungry and thirsty when they let their blood drink.
Most of the crates carried by the camels were opened, and the finest gold, silver, jewelry, diamonds, and some unknown goods were scattered all over the place.
Next to the camel carcass, a merchant dressed as a desert people was lying on the ground, with a dark face, a withered face, and bursting lips, looking a little like a Chinese person, but it was not known if he was dead.
"Is this a test of greed and integrity? But this kind of test is probably useless to monks, is it? These gold, silver and jewels do not attract monks in normal times, let alone who will take them in such a bad environment?"
Skyfire had the intention to go directly around the camel and the merchant's corpse, but out of benevolence, he still had to check if the merchant was dead.
As soon as Tianhuo touched the merchant's carotid artery, the corpse on the ground, which seemed to have been dead for a long time, suddenly reached out and grabbed Tianhuo's wrist.
"Help me, help me!" the voice was so hoarse that it was almost unintelligible, but it was audible what was being said.
Tianhuo was not frightened by this catch, he knew that he was not dead when he touched the merchant, and according to the pulse, this person was severely dehydrated and malnourished, and if he could not be treated in time, it was estimated that he would not last a few hours.
"Water, water,......。 The merchant was in a coma, and water was what he craved most in his unconscious state.
"I want to help you too, but I don't have any water myself, if ....... ”
Tianhuo was explaining to the merchant on the ground, and his hand subconsciously touched his waist, and at some point there was something more on his waist, making him swallow back what he wanted to say.
Tianhuo stretched out his hand sideways, and at some point he had an extra water bladder around his waist, and he gently pinched it with his hand, and there was at least half a bag of water in it.
Tianhuo hurriedly untied the water bladder on his waist, unscrewed the plug and sniffed it in front of his nose, and tasted it lightly, it turned out to be clear water, Tianhuo was even more confused, what is this to test?
"Shuishui!" The underground merchant seemed to smell the water, and his voice became rapid and coherent.
Without hesitation, Skyfire handed the water bladder to the merchant's mouth and began to feed him water.
The merchant's mouth and throat, which had been thirsty for too long, seemed to be sticky, and the water that had been fed overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and it took him a long time to regain his swallowing function.
The merchant began to gulp down the water, and after seven or eight sips in a row, the water in the water bladder immediately decreased by a quarter, which made Tianhuo feel distressed, but there was no other way to save people.
Tianhuo didn't dare to feed the merchant too much water at once, so he wrung the water bladder and waited for the merchant to wake up.
Soon after, the merchant opened his eyes, and a pair of blue-brown eyes were far from those of the Huaxia people, and it seemed that he was not a Huaxia person, or a pure-blooded Huaxia person.
"Thank you for saving me, dear sir. "My voice was still hoarse, but it was much better than before.
Skyfire asked, "What's your name?" and "Where is this?" and why did you faint in this desert. ”
"Dear sir, my name is Balai, I am an adventurer and a cross-border merchant, I am from the distant state of Xihe, and I want to travel to Dongshengzhou to see and do some souvenir trading by the way. ”
The merchant wanted to sit up and reply, but was held down by Tianhuo: "Just lie down and talk." ”
"This is the Hengduan Sand Sea that separates Xihezhou and Dongshengzhou, and it is also a natural barrier between the two continents, and I heard our mage there say that the Hengduan Sand Sea can absorb all kinds of non-materialized energy, and it is the place of death for the Eastern monks and the Western mage, and it also restricts the contact between the top forces of the two sides.
Only ordinary people can pass through the Hengduan Sand Sea, but the distance of 10,000 miles is not the distance that ordinary people can reach, and only a few people can pass through the two continents by relying on the mysterious oasis in the Sand Sea.
I prepared for three years, materials, languages, maps, biographies, etc., thinking that I could be the lucky one, but unfortunately an oasis disappeared on the way, and I was trapped here, I thought I would die, but I met you, what a blessing. ”
Tianhuo sighed in his heart, could he have guessed wrong, he thought that the desert, camels, and merchants in front of him were all illusions, and the scenes and characters that he had conjured up just to test the students.
When he treated Balai just now, he was still sighing that the powerful illusion could imitate the pulse of a person, exactly like the real thing.
But after listening to Balai's words, Tianhuo's heart was shaken, could it be that the scene and characters in front of him were real, and he was teleported here, not trapped by illusions?
Tianhuo got up and walked over to the gold and silver jewels, picked them up and rubbed them in his hands slightly, no question was true! The dead camels and dried blood stains were also real.
Is this a mental test? Does every student teleport so far? Is it necessary to play so big?
Tianhuo heard from Master that there were three continents outside Dongsheng Continent, but because of various restrictions, the continents were not connected to each other, or could not communicate directly, which was very similar to the facts that Balai said.
However, it cannot be ruled out that this is an illusion, and it may be a fantasy carefully designed by Taiyi Academy, an illusion that can affect the five senses and intuition.
Tianhuo used the best and most direct way to break the environment, and slapped himself in the face.
With a "snap", Tianhuo's face swollen, he sucked it in his mouth and spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, it seems that he didn't have illusions, Tianhuo was glad while rubbing his hot face.
Balai was taken aback by Tianhuo's movements, and it took a long time before he said, "Dear sir, are you okay?"
Tianhuo smiled at Balai: "It's okay, I'll beat myself up to remind myself not to panic, what's so terrible about crossing the sand sea, we will definitely be able to conquer it." ”
Tianhuo's cheeks were swollen and his smile looked very weird, and Balai asked timidly: "Dear sir, how did you come to Hengduan Sand Sea? I see that you don't have a mount or retinue, and you can't cross the Hengduan Sand Sea alone." ”
Tianhuo shook his head and said, "I don't have to cross the sea of sand, I just need to find a way to break through." ”
Balai didn't understand, he glanced at the water bladder on Tianhuo's waist, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said: "Dear sir, I advise you not to risk crossing the Hengduan Sand Sea, there are still nearly 10,000 kilometers away from Xihe Prefecture, you might as well find the nearest oasis with me, tide over the current crisis, and I will be your guide when you return." ”
Tianhuo got up and pointed to the southeast and said, "I'm sorry, I can only go forward, you can go in that direction when you are ready, there should be an oasis there." ”
Through the technique of observing qi, Tianhuo can see the gathering of popularity within a hundred miles, and only in the southeast direction is there a gathering of popularity, and there is no doubt that it is an oasis.
Balai said cautiously, "Dear sir, can you sell me your drinking water? ”
"No interest, no camels, no supplies, carrying these useless gold, silver and jewelry will only drag down the trip even more, you can keep it for yourself. With that, Tianhuo prepared to leave.
Balai said anxiously: "Half, you share half of my water, and all my wealth will be given to you!" I also have a piece of jade here, which has been identified by our mage there, and said that it is a piece of immortal jade, which can be sold to monks in Dongshengzhou and can be sold for a very high price, don't you want to take a look?"