The golden hourglass, with its smooth and graceful lines, resembles a beautifully carved handicraft. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At the top of the info hourglass is a pale golden disc with a golden bead the size of a grain of rice in the center, shining in the sunlight.

The hourglass base is wrapped in black brocade, the brocade clings to the base, and it is inlaid with dense broken diamonds, some of which are so small that you even have to look closely to see the little sparkle of the small gem in the sun.

The transparent crystals form two connected balls that form the main body of the hourglass, which contains countless tiny grains of sand. Almost all of the sand grains are concentrated on the top of the hourglass, which is the side of the golden beads. At the bottom of the hourglass, there are hardly any grains of sand. Inside the crystal ball on this side, there is only a very thin sand line leaking down. If you look closely, you will find that this sand line is simply made up of tiny sand grains one by one. In other words, this hourglass is sand leaking from sand to sand.

What's even stranger is that this hourglass is different from a normal hourglass, no matter how you shake it, the sand inside won't tumble. And even if it is upside down, it will not change the direction of the sand line, which is a lot of trouble.

Because according to the witch, the time marked on the hourglass is the time limit for them to complete the trial mission. Cheng Ziming had to complete the trial task of picking stars before the sand in the upper part of the hourglass was drained, otherwise he would fail the trial.

No matter how the hourglass is flipped, it will not change the direction of the sand flow, so that Cheng Ziming can carry the hourglass with him. Don't worry, if you are not careful, if you put the hourglass upside down, the sand will flow backwards and disrupt the timer.

Cheng Ziming put the hourglass on the sand, and put the world map given by the witch on the edge of the hourglass. "These are the only two clues, the hourglass indicates when the mission ends, and the map allows us to orient ourselves," he said. ”

The map was made of sheepskin, the size of a carpet, with golden lines outlining the terrain of the mountains and deserts. Looking closely at the map, you can see that the topography of this world is somewhat strange: there are no seas and rivers, and the whole continent is like an iron plate, an undivided whole. At the edge of the continent are towering mountain peaks, and beneath them are the desert.

There are no rivers, no oceans, and the whole world is a desert surrounded by mountains, desolate and uninteresting.

Cheng Ziming pointed to a small red dot on the map and said: "This red dot is our location, which happens to be on the lower right side of the map, which should be the southeast direction of the world." ”

Qi Feiyun clicked on the map with his hand and said, "There are two cities near me, namely Sweetwater City and Immortal Spring City, listening to the name, these two cities should have water sources that can be used as a base for supplies." ”

Cheng Ziming nodded and said approvingly: "Yes, judging from the map, there are a total of three cities where humans gather in the entire desert, in addition to these two nearby cities, at the bottom of the map, there is also a Linxian City, built at the foot of the camel peak. And on the camel peak, there is also an immortal city, called Feiyun Immortal City, which should be a city where immortal cultivators gather. Other than that, there are no large oases on the map, no water, and no one settles. It can be seen that the entire map has areas of human activity, which are concentrated at the bottom of the map, that is, in the south of the world. ”

Wen Pearl raised her jade hand, lightly touched the small print in the center of the map, curiously approached to take a closer look, and read: "Death Sand Pit, Brother Cheng Ziming, look, there is a large area in the middle of the map, all circled with black lines, and it is also labeled as Death Sand Pit, what does this mean? Could it be that this area is full of quicksand, and if you are not careful, you will be swallowed by quicksand, so it is called Death Sand Pit?"

"I don't know, but since it's called like that, it's probably a dangerous area. Cheng Ziming stared at the center of the map and took a few closer looks. I also think that this desert is a bit strange, the black ink lines are circled and circled, and they are spread out layer by layer around the most central ink spot, as if a stone has been thrown on the calm water, and the water ripples layer by layer.

"Ahh

"What?" Cheng Ziming hurriedly leaned over, only to see that where Wen Coral pointed out, there was a temple pattern, outlined in royal blue light ink, and the ink color shone strangely in the sun.

"Could it be that this map is also a magic weapon?" Cheng Ziming touched his chin and said, "I originally suspected that the red dot that marked our location could be moved. Wherever we go, the red dots on the map move as well. But the other icons, which indicate cities and mountains, should not be moving.

And this temple, by the way, I've researched, it's the only temple on the map, and it's weird that it was built on a map far from a human city. The temple was built for the people of the world to worship the gods and Buddhas. There are only three mortal cities in this desert world, and they are all concentrated at the bottom of the map. If you want to build a temple, you should also build it near the city. How could this temple be built so far away from the area where people live? I thought it was an ancient temple that had been abandoned. But are you sure the temple will move? Can you see it just now?"

Wen Coral nodded vigorously and definitively, drew a line on the map, and said, "The pattern of this temple just now suddenly moved from here to here, and then stopped moving. ”

Cheng Ziming's brows furrowed, he stared at the map and looked at the time of a stick of incense, before he said: "It's really strange, but why doesn't this icon move now?

"Huh?" everyone suddenly let out a burst of exclamation, and the blue temple pattern suddenly jumped and moved about a finger distance.

"Sister, it's really not your dazzle, this temple can really move!" Wen Zhu's eyes widened, and she sighed in surprise: "The world built by the witch is really strange, all kinds of strange things have happened, and there are even temples that can be moved." Brother Cheng, you said, why did the temple suddenly move just now, and why did it stop and not move now?"

"Hehe, I think that the witch has cut corners in building this world, there is not even a lake and a sea, even if it is land, there are no forests and grasslands, only deserts and mountains, and the craftsmanship is getting more and more back. I wonder if this world is a half-finished product she has built, and has thrown us in a hurry before she can open up the ocean. As for why the temple moved, I have a guess, I don't know if it's correct. Cheng Ziming touched his chin, stared at the map and said thoughtfully.