80, Loulan
Although the storm has not yet risen, the wind over the quicksand sea is already blowing quite cold.
The lotus of the Myoho flower moves steadily in the wind, like a bright light passing through the wind and rain, and it is reassuring and calm.
Lin Ning looked at the gloomy weather outside the window, got up and closed the normally open Xuan window, and said to Taihao Xianjun: "I originally thought that the quicksand sea would be a sea, but I didn't expect it to be a desert. ”
Taihao Immortal Jun shook his head and said, "It just looks like a desert. There are poems: 800 quicksand realms, 3,000 weak water depths. The goose feathers can't float, and the reed flowers sink at the bottom. That's what we're talking about. ”
Isn't this the description of the quicksand river in Journey to the West?
Lin Ning secretly said in his heart that he was wronged, and he was passively copying the rhythm of Journey to the West.
However, this ordinary quicksand river is not a heavenly moat for immortal cultivators, and only a Tianzi flying magic weapon can be safely crossed.
"Master, call me in Loulan Kingdom, I still want to buy clothes. ”
As if because of the gloomy weather outside, Lin Ning was a little sleepy. Since the Xuanyue Secret Realm, she hasn't slept well for ten years. Although meditation can restore the spirit, fatigue cannot be completely dissipated.
Now that Taihao Immortal Monarch is by his side, Lin Ning can finally put his mind at ease and sleep. Hurry up and take a good rest before arriving in the Western Regions, and when you arrive at the secret realm of Subodhi, there is still a tough battle to be fought.
"Sleep. I call you. ”
Taihao Xianjun watched Lin Ning enter the inner room, and fell asleep on the couch, and after a while, there was a steady breathing.
Taihao Xianjun's fingers moved slightly, and a thin jacket gently covered Lin Ning's shoulder. Taihao Immortal Jun smiled slightly, closed his eyes again, and began to cultivate.
Lin Ning only felt that his consciousness was floating and hesitating, and he had a lot of dreams. until he was woken up by Taihao Xianjun.
Lin Ning got up from the couch in a daze, looked up at the sky outside, and it was still pitch black. The air was filled with the silence characteristic of the early hours of the morning.
Taihao Xianjun's voice was soft but sober, driving away Lin Ning's last trace of sleep: "We have arrived in Loulan Kingdom, go down now, and we will just be able to reach the city gate at dawn." ”
"It's here!" Lin Ning slapped the bed and quickly bounced up. Taihao Xianjun sat on the edge of the couch, his upper body leaned back slightly, and he was almost hit by Lin Ning.
"You, a person from the Jindan period. Other people's Jindan period can open the door to accept apprentices as teachers, why are you still frizzy. Taihao Xianjun chuckled.
Lin Ning wrinkled his nose, sat on the edge of the couch obediently, and put on thin-soled embroidered shoes embroidered with tangled branch lotus. "Master, you've counted me all the way. I don't think this apprentice of mine is a pro. ”
"So many words...... Hurry up, don't you want to buy clothes. Taihao Immortal Jun patted the back of Lin Ning's head lightly.
"Shhh Lin Ning took a breath, but was completely awakened by this blow.
"Alright, alright. Let's go, right?" Lin Ning straightened his shirt and hairstyle, changed the smoky cloud robe on his body into a pomegranate red waist-length skirt, and hung down his hair, and the whole person looked playful and festive.
Taihao Xianjun shook his head and walked out with a smile, and Lin Ning hurriedly followed.
Walking down from the lightly drooping lotus petals of the Miaofa Hua Lotus, Lin Ning and Taihao Xianjun met Huishan leading five little novices, who were also going to Loulan Kingdom.
The group went to Loulan together.
Surrounded by the vast Gobi, walk along the undulating sand dunes and pass the occasional thorny grass. All sounds are reduced here, except for the wind.
Including your own breathing and heartbeat.
Lin Ning followed behind Taihao Immortal Monarch, his eyes kept staring at the junction of the inky blue sky and the earth, the wisps of the golden sunrise.
After walking through another sand dune, a city emerged from Lin Ning's sight without warning. She couldn't help but stand still, looking down at the magnificent city that reflected a golden glow in the morning sun, and lost her words for a moment.
"Compared with the green mountains and beautiful waters of the Eastern Regions, the customs of the Western Regions have a magnificent beauty. Taihao Immortal Jun also followed Lin Ning's gaze and looked at the city in the distance.
The clothes of the two of them were hunting in the wind, but Taihao Xianjun's voice sounded clearly in Lin Ning's ears, not affected by the wind in the slightest.
Lin Ning nodded and said, "I don't know what kind of scenery Lingshan is, it must be quite different from Loulan." ”
Taihao Xianjun said: "This time I should pass by Lingshan, but I won't stop, you can take a look at the viewing platform at that time." ”
Lin Ning nodded and smiled, and the two continued to walk forward.
Loulan is the country of the city, the country is the city, and the city is the country. The Western Regions are vast, but the land suitable for human survival is very scarce. For example, Loulan is a small country that is born on an oasis, and there are many of them.
When approaching the gate of Loulan Kingdom, Lin Ning saw two standing Buddha statues that were one end higher than the city wall.
The two Buddha statues have lotus eyes lowered, their faces are compassionate, their right hands are filled with fearless seals, and their left hands are with the wish seals, looking down on all living beings equally.
Between the two Buddha statues is an open city gate, which is wide open to welcome visitors from all over the world.
Walking to the city gate, Huishan saluted Taihao Xianjun and Lin Ning eleven times, and said: "Two donors, the little monk needs to go to the Loulan royal family to meet the king of Loulan, and say goodbye." Before tomorrow, you need to return to the rosette, so please do not miss the time of departure. ”
Taihao Xianjun and Lin Ning both nodded slightly, and Huishan led the novices along the avenue all the way to the palace built on the high mountain. Lin Ning and Taihao Xianjun also entered the city gate.
At this time, the sun had risen, and the people of Loulan had begun a new day's life.
Loulan is located at the junction of the Western Regions and the Eastern Regions, and there are merchants from the East and West regions all the year round, forming a prosperous commercial city over time.
Lin Ning saw that the Loulan people were all high-nosed, deep-eyed, white-skinned and long-headed, somewhat similar to the racial appearance of the Aryans in the previous life.
The street into the city is the most prosperous commercial street, the first thing the shops along the street do in the morning is to use wooden poles to prop up various colored cloths, forming a shed to block the sun, and put out some of the goods along the street to attract merchants to stay.
Lin Ning pulled Taihao Xianjun's sleeve and shuttled through the crowd, at first it was purely for show, but later he was really dazzled.
The most sold here are all kinds of Buddhist utensils, especially beads, and Buddhist beads of various textures and specifications are placed on shelves along the street.
Mixed with wooden fish, tile bowls, ever-bright lanterns, and pocket pagodas, all of them are exquisite and abnormal. There is an essential difference from the small commodity market that was copied and pasted in front of the tourist area in the previous life.
Lin Ning walked around for two blocks, and finally saw rows of silk color racks beckoning to the wind, and finally came to the area where the silk and satin cloth shops gathered.
Lin Ning said that he wanted to buy clothes, but he really didn't talk nonsense. She really has a need for clothes.
The Xuanyue Secret Realm had almost destroyed all of her clothes, and the mortal clothes that had not been destroyed could no longer be worn as she grew taller.
Loulan not only sells clothes from the Western Regions, but also sells a lot of ready-to-wear clothes from the Eastern Regions, many of which are of good quality.
Lin Ning pulled Taihao Xianjun and quickly pounced on a ready-to-wear store.