If it weren't for the fact that it was surrounded by endless yellow sand, this palm-sized oasis would look like a garden somewhere in the south of the Great Xia River.

Seven Kills once stabbed more than ten members of Ji Tiannan's family, the leader of the Cao Gang, and it was in Ji Tiannan's house in the Jiangnan Garden at that time. In order to find the last chance, Seven Kills took the greedy wolf to touch every rockery and pond in the Ji family's garden in advance, not only finding out every secret post carefully arranged by Ji Tiannan, but even counting the steps from each corridor to the wing room one by one. Now that he is surveying the dangerous and unpredictable oasis of the sand sea in front of him, he is naturally even more cautious and does not dare to let go of the clues.

The oasis is sunk into a depression surrounded by rising sand dunes on all sides. If you don't sneak into the sand valley, even if you are close at hand, you won't be able to detect the existence of this oasis at a glance.

Xiang Bei crouched on the edge of a sand dune, his body half-hidden in the quicksand, like a sand lizard lurking under the gravel, watching every corner of the oasis motionlessly. But the presence in that oasis seemed to be more patient, motionless like a still picture.

At the outermost part of the oasis are rows of leafy trees, with a dense canopy, but not very high. Jumping over the top of these large trees, you can see the low shrubs surrounding the trees. The bushes form a convergence at the edge of the pond, but there is a small gap due north. The gap leads to a pool of clear blue water surrounded by layers of green, where the water vapor comes from, a pool of clear water spread flat on the sand. Presumably, the water of this pond is crystal clear, reflecting the pure blue of the sky.

Xiang Bei just lay motionless in the gravel and observed for a long time, although there was a breeze in his ears, and his face was gradually covered with the sand on the ground, but everything in that oasis was motionless from beginning to end, whether it was the leaves on the branches, the green and red wild fruits among the bushes, or the wisps of clear waves on the water surface, all of them were still, revealing a trace of frightening dead silence.

Xiang Bei observed on his stomach for a long time, confirming that there was really no trace of life in the entire oasis, and then retreated behind the sand dunes where Tianmo and Yuelai were hiding, and reported what he saw to Tianmo one by one.

"Well, in that case, we'll have to go in and investigate. Tianmo's solemn expression revealed that he was a little weak.

Xiang Bei wanted to go in by himself, but was stopped by Tianmo. After a few discussions, Yuelai took the horse Heizi to stay in place, Tianmo and Xiang Bei went in to investigate, if they couldn't return for more than two hours, then Yuelai rode Heizi to find Tian'en for help.

Yuelai remembered that when Tianen faced him, he always had a dark expression, and she was a little timid in her heart, "Master, I'd better act with you, even if I ask me to find Uncle Tianen, he will definitely not believe me." ”

Tianmo comforted his apprentice, "Don't worry too much about it, you don't have to worry about it, you just want to make sure it's safe." Besides, although your Heavenly Uncle is strict, we are the same door after all, and if he is really in danger, he will not die without help. ”

"Oh. Yuelai agreed, but she couldn't help muttering in her heart, "Tomorrow, Uncle En's prejudice against me and Senior Brother Xiangbei will be prejudiced, Master, why do you lie to me." ”

"Master, then be careful, I'm here waiting for you to come back. Yuelai's eyes were filled with a hint of tide, she was powerless to stop her master's decision, but she always felt that something was wrong, and an inexplicable panic clenched her heart. The last time I felt this way, it seemed to be at the moment when the Great Patriarch of Qingqiu turned to leave.

Tianmo and Xiang Bei were only sentimental as raccoon girls, and Xiang Bei also deliberately flashed his sleeve arrow hidden under his clothes, "Don't worry, Sister Yuelai, even if I am defeated, it will be no problem for me to keep Uncle Tianmo and retreat." ”

Tianmo replied seriously, "Who wants you to protect, but Uncle Shi still has to take care of you." ”

"Uncle Shi's lesson is that let's go together. Xiang Bei stuck out his tongue at Yuelai, and then picked up the blind man Tianmo and set off.

When he arrived at the edge of the oasis, Tian Mo raised his head and looked at the sky, although he only had empty eye sockets, he firmly explained to Xiang Bei, "It will be dark soon, we will simply wait for it to get dark before acting, which is more conducive to giving full play to the advantages of my old man." ”

Xiang Beixin said, what to play your advantages is to avoid your disadvantages, but when the killer acts, he also likes to choose to use the cover of darkness, and this arrangement is also in his own hands.

As Tianmo expected, the sunset soon disappeared on the edge of the endless sand dunes, and in a blink of an eye, it was shrouded in boundless darkness, and the oasis that was close in front of him also faintly turned into a black silhouette, and the lush green during the day turned into a hemispherical shadow at this moment, looking like a lifeless tomb.

"Let's go. Tianmo ordered in a low voice, and the two figures immediately merged with the darkness around them, and with the help of the cover of night, they slid down the slope on the sand dunes towards the oasis, and soon moved to the edge of the oasis.

The two stopped at the edge of the oasis, Tianmo held his breath and concentrated, Du Ling's eyes between his eyebrows opened, and the scene in front of him suddenly shocked him, the spirit yuan here was really surging, the darkness in Xiang Bei's eyes turned red in the eyes of Tian Mo's Du Ling, and even those motionless trees turned into a group of crazy beating flames, scorching the whole world in front of Tian Mo's eyes.

In an instant, the Crossing Spirit Eye was already unbearable for the invasion of those persuasive demonic qi, and had to be closed in order to protect himself, but even so, Tianmo couldn't withstand the evil qi entering his body, fell to the ground, and retched.

"Uncle Shi, can you still hold on?" Xiang Bei picked up Tianmo with concern, and looked at the old man's forehead was already full of sweat.

"This evil array is really not trivial. After a long time, Tianmo recovered slightly, and while rubbing his heart, he spit out a sentence with difficulty, and then he was a little puzzled, "Senior Nephew Xiangbei, can't you also look at those spiritual creatures that cross the boundary, aren't you affected by these evil spirits?"

Xiang Bei glanced at the black shadow in front of him again, "The disciple is stupid, and he doesn't feel anything abnormal. ”

At this time, Tianmo struggled to defend his spiritual platform from being attacked by demonic energy, although his face was still ugly, he didn't forget to show off, "Alas, I still have to rely on my old man to help you......"

"However, I think there is a ferocity to the pond. Xiang Bei seemed to be talking to himself, but he let Tianmo hold back the words he boasted about later, the demon spirit that raged just now forced his soul eye to not be open for a long time, but it had already made him see that the root of the most demonic energy came from that pond of the sea of sand.

Tianmo rested for a while, and was supported by Xiang Bei, barely holding himself up. He didn't dare to open the Crossing Spirit Eye again, the Crossing Spirit sent to him by the Sea Lord of the East China Sea was the Eye of Light, and he couldn't stand the filthy evil spirits here in the oasis. As soon as the two entered the woods, Tianmo suddenly felt a biting chill invade his body like a steel needle, and he couldn't help but shiver. But Xiang Bei on the side seemed to feel extremely comfortable, since the Gu poison broke out in his body, his physique was more like yin and cold.

Tianmo knew it in his heart, and explained to Xiang Bei in a low voice, "The evil spirit qi here is too strong, my soul crossing eye can no longer play a role, what the spirit crossing sees is the demon flame boiling, but my body feels that the spirit element here is yin and cold." Once there is a change in a while, we will protect ourselves. ”

Xiang Bei nodded, after all, he had just entered the path of spiritual cultivation, and he was still unfamiliar with the cultivation and formation controlled by Lingyuan. He held Tianmo to watch out for the movements around him, and quietly touched the circle of trees on the periphery of the oasis.

As soon as you enter the jungle, you instantly enter another world, those thick tree trunks are hidden in the boundless darkness, like tall soldiers, hiding their upper bodies in the open canopy. Looking closely at the branches, each branch is like a huge umbrella that spreads out, covering the sky above the treetops in layers. It's no wonder that during the day, you can't see the inside of the woods at all.

However, what Xiang Bei cared more about was the thick tree trunks that passed by him. Knowing that those tree trunks were motionless, as he moved, the trunks seemed to be constantly rushing towards him.

This feeling made Xiang Bei feel pressure, and the palm that was clenching Ming Yang was already holding out the tide, and the tension springs of the sleeve arrows on his fingers were also tight, ready to shoot at any time.

Xiang Bei led Tianmo, not only beware of strange trees, but also used the cover of these strange trees to quietly go around to the north of the pond, where there was the only passage through the shrubs in the inner circle of the forest to the edge of the pond.

"Senior nephew, you have to pay attention to whether there are any things around you that constitute the position of the seven stars. The seven stars became evil, and the eyes of the array came out. ”

Xiang Bei listened carefully to Tianmo's explanation, at this moment, the two of them had approached the passage in the middle of the bushes, and looked along the passage, the entire water surface reflected the faint light of the Zhongtian Star Dou, there seemed to be microwave shaking, and there was no sound of water.

Xiang Bei had been fighting in the rivers and lakes for many years in the name of killing wolves, and he naturally knew Ziwei Dou in his heart. Follow the shape of the Hokuto Shrine and look for the signs that surround the pond.

He first looked at the surrounding hills, which were so undulating that they were already hanging overhead, and there was no obvious difference in those dunes that he could not think of them, and it was impossible to think about them, after all, the sand dunes were driven by the strong winds of the desert, and they were constantly changing shapes.

Looking closer, there is a circle of strange trees on the outskirts of the oasis, these strange trees also look the same, the height and thickness are exactly the same, and there is no difference between them.

The circle of shrubs in front of him couldn't see anything special, although Xiang Bei couldn't call out the names of these shrubs, but it didn't look obvious from ordinary sea buckthorn branches.

"Perhaps, the weirdness is hidden under the water......" Xiang Bei saw that three mounds were faintly visible on the water, and couldn't help but say the guess in his heart.

If you want to form a seven-star array, there must be seven Dharma doors listed in a bucket shape that echoes the number of Ziwei Dou in the sky. This pond is a place where evil spirits gather, and the Seven Stars Array will not be far away.

Tianmo pinched his fingers and counted for a long time, and shook his head helplessly, "The world is chaotic here, the spirit element is changing, and even my spirit hexagram can't start the class." ”

"Then I'll go to the pond and take a look. Xiang Bei said, already emerging from the strange woods, and groped his way towards the edge of the pond along the gap exposed by the bushes. This time, Tianmo didn't insist, and weakly leaned on a large number to hide his figure.

As soon as he came out of the woods, the tip of Xiang Bei's tongue pressed against the roof of his mouth, every muscle on his body was already tense, and the breath of internal breath he held went straight to Baihui on his head. After lightly protecting his body, Xiang Bei took every step carefully, and the soles of his feet fell silently on the soft sand, and even the footprints were so shallow that they were almost visible.

But even Tian Mo behind the invisible tree didn't notice that the silent pool of blue water had begun to move, and countless fine bubbles were like dense swarms of tadpoles, swaying from the bottom of the pool to the surface of the water.