Chapter 4: Sand Cave

Chen Hao's new residence is only a stone's throw away from the west gate of the city.

The next morning, Cui Minggui took Chen Hao and Liu Dafei, as well as more than a dozen other people in the same hospital, all the way out of the West City Gate. He learned that Liu Dafei and Chen Hao had known each other from the beginning, so he decided that Liu Dafei would lead Chen Hao to familiarize himself with his new job.

Out of the city, there were not so many houses in front of him to block the view, Chen Hao saw that on the other side of the wide city, a majestic mountain peak, reflecting the rising sun in the east, revealing a precipitous figure.

"That's?" Chen Hao couldn't help but ask.

"Haven't been out of the city before?" Cui Minggui smiled: "That's Tiandao Peak." If you're lucky in this life, you might be able to go up and have a look. ”

It's not that Chen Hao is curious, it's really that Tiandao Peak is too eye-catching.

The city is surrounded by a vast and boundless plain, and Tiandao Peak is like a sharp sword, rising abruptly from the ground and piercing the sky. The mountain peak is steep and steep, and the white clouds and morning mist surround the middle of the mountain from the beginning. The peak pierced through the clouds and mist, and the top could not be seen at all!

It is said to be a mountain peak, but in fact it is more like a huge pillar dotted with vegetation and mist, as if it connects the heavens and the earth. Chen Hao has never seen such a beautiful scenery in his past and present life?

Outside the West City Gate, there are also some pavilions and other buildings.

Cui Minggui took Chen and Liu and stopped when they arrived at a square.

This square is paved with a large grinding plate, one, this, read # novel xstxt bluestone, the surface of the bluestone has long been stepped on and oily and slippery, and it looks very old. Around the square, there is a circle of stone pavilions scattered and orderly, these stone pavilions are high and low, large and small.

In addition to Chen Hao and his entourage, there are many outsiders in the square, and there seem to be a lot of people who are in twos or threes or alone.

Among them, there were four or five white-clothed men dressed in the same standard clothes, scattered around the square, not talking or hurrying like the others, but cold-eyed people patrolling the square.

There was also a man in white not far from Chen Hao and his entourage, Cui Minggui smiled lovely, and nodded to the man in white: "Yo, today is Venerable Luo's rotation again, you have worked hard." ”

"Lao Cui, don't make a fool of yourself, is Your Holiness called casually? Those who know know that you are joking, and unknowingly sue the head of the family about me for a passover, and I will not be able to get along. The man in white seemed to be frowning and seriously criticizing Cui Minggui, but because of Cui Minggui's flattery, the happy mood could not be concealed.

Cui Minggui's smile became brighter and brighter, and he said to everyone first: "Okay, what should you do." ”

When the rest of the people except Chen Hao and Liu Gang scattered, they said to the white-clothed man: "Venerable Luo, I have added a new person today, and I have to trouble you to give a pass talisman." ”

"What level do you want?"

"For newcomers who practice the third layer of qi, the cave level is enough. Cui Minggui said as he took out a few crystal clear gem-like objects and handed them to the man in white: "It's still three spirit stones for a month, right?"

The man in white nodded, and he didn't see him touching his body, and suddenly there was an extra wooden sign in his hand. He handed the wooden card to Cui Minggui, and at the same time took the spirit stone: "It's still three spirit stones." How many times have I told you, a three-month cave-level talisman only costs seven spirit stones, why do you still only need one month? ”

Cui Minggui smiled, glanced at Chen Hao meaningfully, and said, "It's still safe to buy month by month." ”

The wooden card had a knot on it, and Cui Minggui took it and threw it to Chen Hao: "Bring it, but don't lose it." ”

Chen Hao took the talisman, started with a rather quaint texture, glanced at it slightly, and turned on the "identification" function at the same time:

"Primary Formation Activator.

Sorts, sundries, keys.

Material, pear wood. ”

He had already noticed that Liu Dafei also had such a wooden sign hanging on his belt, so he did the same and hung the wooden card on his belt.

At this time, the other partners in the same courtyard had already entered the different pavilions around them, and then their figures flickered slightly, and they disappeared. At the same time, the other people in the square, like those companions, disappeared from the pavilion in twos and threes.

Cui Minggui said again: "Venerable Luo, how much is the cheapest exorcism talisman?"

"The cheapest? My cheapest exorcism talisman, five spirit stones, do you want them?"

"That's it!" Cui Minggui hurriedly took out another crystal clear spirit stone: "Bring me five first." ”

This time, the man in white didn't rush to pick up the spirit stone, looked at Cui Minggui, and looked at Chen Hao playfully: "If I guess correctly, you are using this kid with the third layer of qi training, right? But this piece of spirit stone with five evil spirit stones, even in the sand cave, is not very safe." ”

"It's okay, people are smart, hurry up with your hands and feet, and you can almost collect enough for an exorcism charm a day. That's it, I don't know if our pavilion master is willing to spend. Besides, there is no insurance in this world, even if you have a full-body magic weapon, no one can guarantee that nothing will happen to you, right?" Cui Minggui said with a smile.

"That's what I said...... "The man in white suddenly fell silent as if he remembered something. took Cui Minggui's spirit stone and handed him five talismans.

Cui Minggui took Chen Hao and Liu Dafei to an inconspicuous small pavilion and said, "Okay, Liu Dafei, you can take Chen Hao into the sand cave." Liu Dafei, you take Chen Hao with you, you don't need to exorcise evil spirits today. And Chen Hao, you see that this exorcism talisman is so expensive, I can't buy it every time, right? You learn a spell from me as soon as possible during this time, it is impossible to use the exorcism talisman all the time. ”

When the two entered the pavilion, Chen Hao saw a mysterious talisman carved on the ground, and there were things like gems inlaid on it.

Before Chen Hao had time to take a closer look, a flower in front of him, the formation was activated, and Liu Dafei and Liu Dafei entered another world.

The light flickered for a moment, and the harsh sunlight shone down. Only then did Chen Hao know that he began to see other people's figures flickering, which was actually the feeling caused by the flickering light of the space during the teleportation. And my body, I don't feel anything.

Liu Dafei said to Chen Hao: "Follow me." ”

Listening to the name, Chen Hao originally thought that the "Sand Cave" was a cave, but he didn't expect that there was a Gobi in front of him. There is no grass, a large area of desert, gravel, and some slight ups and downs in the terrain. The strong sun shone on the Gobi and was steaming.

Chen Hao looked back, where he came in just now, there was a circle of boulders, and the ground was also a rare flat stone surface in the Gobi, and it was also depicted with a teleportation array similar to the one in the starting pavilion.

"We have a total of six hours, and when I used to work in the sand cave, the daily quota was five millimeters of concentrated sand, so we need to hurry. Liu Dafei walked and said to Chen Hao.

Ten milli is one centimeter, ten centimeters is one tael, and ten taels is one catty. This conversion unit, Chen Ergou must master when he works in the Treasure Pavilion.

It seems that Liu Dafei is very familiar with this place, he kept walking, and took Chen Hao to one direction: "We have to go farther, the Qiqi sand in this vicinity is almost all lighted." ”

After walking for more than an hour, Liu Dafei slowed down.

"Run the aura, release it close to the ground, but be careful not to lose it too quickly, just have a little aura. If there is Qi Gathering Sand nearby, you will feel the speed of aura draining faster. ”

Chen Hao followed Liu Dafei's teaching, but when he didn't feel anything, he saw Liu Dafei suddenly stop, took out a wooden box from his arms, squatted down on the ground and used his index finger to be careful, and then put this index finger in front of Chen Hao and said, "Look, this is the Qi Gathering Sand." As long as you have an aura on your finger, getting close to it will stick it up. ”

That's right, Liu Dafei's finger is stained with a grain of gas gathering sand. When Chen Hao was processing the refining materials in the Treasure Pavilion, it was for this thing that he was burned by the fire, and then came here to work.

Watching Liu Dafei gently put the grain of qi-gathering sand on his index finger into the wooden box, Chen Hao smiled bitterly: "I didn't feel it at all. ”

"It's okay, it was like that at first. When you are familiar with the external loss of aura, and there is gathering sand nearby to pull your aura, you will feel it. ”

In this way, Chen Hao and Liu Dafei braved the scorching sun, sweating profusely on the vast Gobi, searching for fine grains of sand.

Liu Dafei had already found more than twenty grains, and in the process, Chen Hao felt that his aura seemed to change countless times, but after careful searching, he found nothing. Only once did he find a grain of gas gathering sand, and Chen Hao didn't know if he had stumbled upon it by chance.

It's not easy to do at all.

But people's emotions are really hard to say, even if it is so hard and monotonous, Chen Hao has to admit that when he found the grain of qi-gathering sand, he actually felt a little happy.

When the two of them reached the edge of a huge rock, their clothes had already been wet with sweat and dried four or five times.

"Take a break here. ”

Liu Dafei saw the shadow on the side of the rock and made a suggestion.

"Good. Chen Hao was already dry-mouthed, ready to take a breath in the shade of the rocks, drink some water from the water bag he carried, and eat some dry food by the way. Although the heat and dryness made him lose any appetite, it was difficult to stick to it without adequate nutrition and water in such an environment.

As soon as the two of them walked to the shadows, a gray-brown stone on the ground suddenly jumped up, and at the same time opened its claws, half a person tall, extremely vicious, and rushed towards the two of them!

"Sand locusts, be careful!" Liu Dafei shouted as he pulled Chen Hao abruptly.