Thousands of miles of yellow sand, although it is still early in the morning, but the sun that has just poked its head out of the horizon shows great power. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The temperature of the yellow sand rose rapidly, and it was already a little hot, and there was a smell of fire in the air.

A teenager who seems to be in his teens is stepping on the yellow sand, moving forward unhurriedly.

He looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, but he was carrying a huge backpack with a huge water hyacinth around his waist. Both are close to his height in length, and if you look at them from behind, it looks like a backpack and a water hyacinth are moving on their own.

This young man is Hu Jin.

He was only in his teens, but after a long period of exercise and adequate nutrition in the previous years, he already looked like he was twelve or thirteen years old.

And after successfully becoming a Qi Refiner, in just one month, he has grown a little taller and stronger. Now he looks like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy.

I don't know why, Hu Jin became a qi refiner, and Su Qinan soon found out, and his attitude towards him changed greatly, and he passed on all his martial arts to Hu Jin. The food was even more full, and the food was even much better than that of the Su father and daughter. In just about 20 days, the height has gone up. Kung Fu has also improved by leaps and bounds, and Su Qinan is no longer his opponent.

When he knew that Hu Jin had become a registered disciple of the Five Elements Gate, he immediately packed his luggage and urged him to set off for the Five Elements Gate as soon as possible.

The backpack was obviously made of fine animal skins, and the gourd was not from the desert. I haven't seen him use it before, and Hu Jin doesn't even know that he has these two things. The preciousness of this is evident.

Su Ying looked a little reluctant, but Su Qinan obviously said something to her behind her back, although she didn't urge Hu Jin to leave quickly like her father, she didn't dare to stay.

In this way, Hu Jin left the saltwater well oasis. It's been a few days now in the desert. As he walked, Hu Jin stopped, took out a map from his waist, and looked at it. In fact, he had already memorized the map very well, but next to the path he had chosen in advance, a new path appeared. On the new road, there are many footprints, and they are also very fresh. It is important that both roads go in roughly the same direction.

Hu Jin thought about it, put the map in his arms, and took a new path.

After walking for an hour, the sun gradually rose, and the temperature became higher and higher, and it became unbearable.

If he persists, Hu Jin can still walk for an hour. But the consumption of water and food will increase dramatically, and may not be enough for him to sustain himself to the next oasis.

He looked around, found a relatively high sand dune nearby, and looked around.

This is to find a shady place to avoid the raging sun and reduce water consumption.

As a result, there was a faint roar of a pack beast ahead.

Hu Jin descended the sand dunes and continued to march along the footprints. With a pillar of incense, I saw a pack team from afar.

There are quite a few people, about dozens of people, and there are more pack horses. Because it is necessary to disperse and hide from the sun, it is very separated.

On the periphery of the rest area, there were three or five people, riding sand horses, patrolling around.

The sand horse is a product unique to the Yellow Sand Sea. It has the speed of a horse and is as hungry as a camel. However, the load is not very good.

Only medium-sized caravans will be equipped with a few horses for the escort. The small caravan has one or two, and it's a big deal.

Of course, if it is a bandit in the sea of sand, basically everyone has a sand horse, or even two or three horses per person, then it is another matter.

Seeing that the other party was a regular caravan, Hu Jin no longer covered his figure and walked directly in the direction of the caravan.

However, his left hand grasped the scabbard steadily, and he did not give up his defense.

In the desert, the line between caravans and sand bandits is not as clear as it sounds.

Although he doesn't seem to be harmful, and he doesn't have any oil and water, generally speaking, he can't arouse the other party's murderous intentions. But there are no absolutes in the world, and there is no big mistake in being careful.

"Stop, what are you doing?" a horseback guard spotted Hu Jin, and while shouting, he galloped in front of Hu Jin.

"I'm Hu Jin from the saltwater well, and I'm going to the drinking horse pond. "Like the saltwater well, the Horse Drinking Pond is an oasis. However, it is much larger than the saltwater well, and the number of people is more than ten times that of the saltwater well oasis.

"Do you have a certificate?" the guard asked casually, narrowing his eyes.

"Yes. Hu Jin replied as he took out a wooden sign from his arms: "This is the road guide opened by Su Qinan, the owner of the saltwater well." ”

"Throw it gently. The long-faced guard's tone was visibly soothing, but he didn't completely let his guard down.

Hu Jin gently threw the wooden card over, and the long-faced guard reached out to catch it and looked at it.

Just then, another guard came on horseback.

"Little Four, look at him, I'll ask. ”

Later people had a large round face, a beard, and a burly physique, and looked much stronger. But it's very respectful to the long-faced guards. As soon as he heard the other party's instructions, he was busy and agreed.

After a while, the long-faced guard turned back and threw the wooden sign back to Hu Jin: "Hu Jin, is it, the Li merchant of our caravan wants to see you and come with me." He turned to the guard named Xiao Si and said, "There's nothing for you here, so let's go on patrol." ”

As he spoke, he didn't get off the horse, but just slowed down, took Hu Jin, and walked into the center of the rest area. There, in the shade, a small tent was erected.

Two or three guards rode around the neighborhood, apparently protecting the small tent.

Hu Jin couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Looking at the size of this caravan, it is only medium. There were as many as seven or eight guards patrolling on horseback on the surface. Together with the resting ones, this is a force of close to twenty escorts. The horseback guards of ordinary large caravans may not be much more.

Walking into the tent, Hu Jin was even more surprised, there was a cool air in his face. That's what it means to have a array.

You know, the array plate can only be made by monks, and it is very valuable. It also has to be driven by spirit stones, which is long and costly. This kind of person, how can he just be a medium businessman. It seems that the size of this business cannot be judged simply by the number of people.

However, Hu Jin crossed over from the earth, and there was nothing surprising about this little enjoyment. What's more, he is also a monk now, and the wealth of a merchant is not enough to move his mind.

Just stunned for a moment, he looked at the other side.

There were only two people in the tent, an old man, sitting in the center behind a long table. There was also a lean young man, kneeling on one side, who seemed to be a guard.

The old man had gray hair, but his complexion was ruddy, and there were basically no wrinkles on his face. The figure is also very burly, and it seems that he is also a practitioner.

Seeing the backpack and gourd on Hu Jin's body, the old man smiled: "Originally, when I saw the wooden sign, I was still a little puzzled, Brother Su didn't have any children and nephews, how could he give a road guide of the highest specification." Now when I see your backpack and gourd, there is no doubt about it. ”

He looked at Hu Jin again, saw the long sword on his waist, and became a lot more enthusiastic: "Even the weapon was given to you, Su Qinan values you very much." ”

As he spoke, he got up, picked up a blanket, and spread it on the other side of the long case: "Hu Shaoxia, please take a seat." How about chatting with the old man. ”

He quickly took a glass cup from under a few cases, poured a glass of wine, and put it on Hu Jin's side: "This is the 'blood drink' produced by Zheerhai, come, taste it." ”

The old man's actions made the eyes of the young man kneeling on the side squint slightly. However, he didn't make any superfluous moves. Still sitting upright.

"Thank you old man, I'm only ten years old, and Uncle Su Shi won't let me drink so early. Hu Jin gently put the backpack and gourd not far from his side.

However, the sword in his waist was not untied, but was carried behind his back, which was easier to pull out.

Hu Jin's refusal was not nonsense, he had eaten well and slept soundly at the Su family for nearly a month, but he had not drunk alcohol.

When Su Qinan was occasionally happy, he would drink a few sips of wine alone, including wine. But never let Hu Jin drink. Moreover, it was indeed said that Hu Jin should not drink alcohol until he became an adult.

The old man was stunned for a moment when he listened to Hu Jin's casual words while putting things down. I don't know if I was surprised by Hu Jin's age, or I was stunned by my rejection.

The young man next to him suddenly straightened up, and scolded angrily: "Boy, can you refuse the reward of Shopkeeper Li?" ”

Hu Jin didn't look at the man, and continued to say to the old man: "Is there any water here in the old man's house, if you can drink it to your heart's content, it will be no better." ”

The old man smiled: "Yes, yes, yes!" took another glass bowl, took out a large glass jug, poured a bowl, and pushed it in front of Hu Jin: "Hu Shaoxia, this is the snow water on Tianyun Mountain." The old decay is usually used to make tea, don't be polite. ”

Seeing Hu Jin drink it all, he hurriedly went to get the jug again, and wanted to fill it up again for Hu Jin.

Hu Guo hurriedly said: "Old man, I can't help it, just come by yourself." After a pause, he added, "The old man just calls me by name." ”

"Good, good, good. Then I'll hold you up and tell you to make a small progress. Xiaojin, please feel free to do so. Shopkeeper Li watched Hu Jin pour water, looked at the young man next to him, and said casually: "Li Zhi, go and see if those guards are going to change shifts." ”

Li Zhi was ignored just now, and he was already quite embarrassed. If you want to continue to be angry, it seems that it will cause Shopkeeper Li to dislike it, stop making a sound, and feel very aggrieved.

Shopkeeper Li's words just relieved him. So he said yes and got out of the tent.

When the curtain of the tent door fell, Shopkeeper Li smiled apologetically at Hu Jin and said, "That's a nephew of my family, who is usually arrogant and indulgent." There are many offenses in the right talents, and there are many forbearances in the small advances. ”

"Where, Li Daxia is young and promising, and his kung fu is afraid that he has been refined to the point of being superb, and some arrogance is inevitable. ”

Hu Jin is only in his teens, even though he is taller than his peers and has an old face, he looks no more than fourteen or fifteen years old. At this time, he praised Li Zhi, who was in his twenties, for being 'young and promising' with a young and immature voice, how strange it was.

Shopkeeper Li didn't seem to feel any sense of disobedience.

The two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and soon stopped talking about Li Zhi, but talked about the desert scenery, specialties, and customs. The two sides talked happily and seemed to have forgotten the New Year's Friendship.