After five days of arduous marching in the depths of the desert, the three finally saw a glimmer of dawn in the early morning of the sixth day, and under the light of the rising sun, many dead poplar trees appeared on the distant horizon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Populus euphratica is known as "born and immortal for a thousand years, dead and immortal for a thousand years, and incorruptible for a thousand years".

In the harsh environment of the desert, the trunks of the trees were blown flat to the ground by the wind and sand, but they still did not fall, and under the shroud of the glow, they were connected with the corrugated yellow sand, like a golden dragon, winding into the distance.

The three of them were walking sleepily, and when they saw this magnificent scenery, they couldn't help but feel refreshed, Xue Lin exclaimed: "What a beautiful scenery, finally see the trees, are we almost at the destination?"

Yuwen Chenyi nodded, and a smile spread on his face: "Since there is such a large area of dead poplar forest, it means that there was a river valley here before, and according to the distance, we should have approached the periphery of the Holy Sepulchre Mountain." ”

As he was talking, a gust of wind blew behind him, and the sky, which was still clear just now, darkened in an instant, and the three of them looked back, only to see the wind and sand roaring in the distance, covering the sky and the sun, sweeping towards this side.

"It's not good, it's a sandstorm!"

When Yuwen Chenyi saw it, his face immediately turned cold, after entering the hinterland of the desert, although there was wind and sand at both ends in three days, it was the first time that it was so violent, and if he was involved in it, it was possible to be buried alive.

The camels also instinctively sensed the danger signal coming from the sky, shook off the four big hooves, and ran wildly forward, not controlled by anyone at all, and the three of them had to lie on the camel's back and let them run.

The wind and sand came quickly, and before the sand and dust raised by the camels could hit the ground, they were swept into the air, and the surrounding area was shrouded in overwhelming sand and dust, and the visibility became less and less.

The three of them hurriedly squinted their eyes and covered their mouths and noses tightly, what Yuwen Chenyi was most worried about was that someone was thrown off by the camel, climbed tightly on the back of the camel, kept looking left and right, staring at the movement of the two, fortunately, Xue Liu and the others were vigorous, and they climbed firmly on the back of the camel, not moving at all.

The three camels ran very fast, because they were domesticated in the wild, they knew how to avoid the wind and sand, and they ran with their heads down until they were about to foam at the mouth, and still used all their strength to run forward.

After running forward for more than half an hour, the fierce wind and sand had blown so hard that people could not open their eyes, and they could not hear anything except the sound of the wind, and the three of them rode on camels, feeling like pieces of paper, and they would be swept away by the wind at any time.

This situation made the three of them helpless, and they all thought in their hearts, are we going to be buried alive by the yellow sand? Just when they were at a loss, the terrain of the desert suddenly rose up, and a sand mountain appeared.

The three of them closed their eyes tightly, and before they could understand what was going on, the camel under their crotch had already passed around the low-lying place, and the violent wind and sand were immediately much smaller.

Feeling the weakening of the wind, the three of them opened their eyes and saw that the sand mountain turned out to be a ruined city wall, with many houses and buildings in it, Yuwen Chenyi reacted immediately, this is the remains of an ancient city.

The ruins have been exposed to the wind and sun for an unknown number of years, and most of the buildings have collapsed, and the walls are the same color as the desert, and from a distance they look like a large sand dune, and the tall walls are like high sand walls, blocking most of the wind and sand.

Despite this, a large amount of sand was blown into the city by the wind, and the dilapidated houses and streets were covered with fine sand, more than two meters thick.

Yuwen Chenyi led Xue Liu and the others to lead the camel to a tall building in the city, this building is tall and majestic, several meters higher than the city wall, and it is relatively well preserved, but the wooden doors and windows have been completely weathered, and there is not much left of them by the wind and sand.

The three of them led the camel into the courtyard, and before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the big sandstorm outside had already come, the wind was howling, the wind and sand were all over the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and the whole world became like a dark night.

The three of them immediately hid in the dark ancient house, all of them had a feeling of the rest of their lives, and Xue Liu and the others admired Yuwen Chenyi so much that they threw themselves to the ground, if he didn't choose these three wild domesticated camels and find this refuge, the three of them were only afraid that they would be swallowed up by the sandstorm immediately.

Xue Lin pulled out a short sword again to illuminate it, and the entire courtyard was suddenly illuminated, and the three of them looked at the compound, which was very grand, divided into three entrances, at least dozens of houses.

The main building of the house is made of fine granite, which is very elegant, and although the walls have been weathered, you can vaguely see some richly decorated murals on the peeling wall paint.

Judging from the scale and layout of the building, it should be similar to the official yamen or the town hall, and the three of them reached out and touched the thick wall, which could completely withstand the raging sandstorm outside, and they all breathed a sigh of relief: this fate was picked up.

After relieving themselves, the three of them felt tired and were about to sit down to rest, but they heard Liu Dezhi pointing to the corner of the wall and shouting, "There are two white bones there!"

Yuwen Chenyi looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, there were two humanoid white bones, half of which were buried by the yellow sand blown in by the wind, and most of them were still exposed.

One man's arm held a scimitar and slashed at the other's neck, and the one who was cut held held a sharp sword in his hand and plunged into the other's chest, although it was already a pile of bones, the roar of death could still be seen in the white teeth of the two people.

Next, the three of them found dozens of skeletons in the building, all of them samurai with swords in their hands, and most of the bones were still wearing armor.

Yuwen Chenyi frowned, and said with a grin: "It seems that there have been fierce battles in this ancient city, as I expected, there are still many corpses in the entire city, it seems that those legends are true." ”

Liu Dezhi nodded, his face was full of gloom, and said: "Then what should we do next, now that the sandstorm is so violent, I don't know when it will stop, our water is only enough for one day." ”

Yuwen Chenyi looked at the wind and sand outside the house by the light of the sword, and said: "This rare sandstorm has not been encountered for a hundred years, it should not last long, since there is a city here, there must be a dark river underground, and when the wind and sand are smaller, we will go out to find a water source." ”

When Xue Liu and the others heard this, they both nodded, anyway, there was no other way at the moment, so it could only be like this.