"Senior Ghost Doctor, I entrusted Xiong to you, I hope you can cure him. Xiaoyaozi stood up and bowed deeply to the ghost doctor.

"Hurry up, what are you doing? You help me catch killer bees, I'll help you save your apprentice, isn't this a thing that has been said a long time ago? I'm not the kind of person who doesn't count, and when you say that, I am so embarrassed. The ghost doctor smiled and helped Xiaoyaozi up.

Xiaoyaozi glanced at Xiong and nodded slightly, "Xiong, I'm leaving." With that, he turned and walked away.

For some reason, something seemed to fall from the corner of the bear's eye.

Xiaoyaozi left, and he just left, going to the Western Regions.

It's a long journey, and Xiaoyaozi doesn't know what to encounter, and the people in the Western Regions are different from the people in the Central Plains, and they are all strange.

Xiaoyaozi rented a good horse from the hotel and rode his horse to the west.

Xiaoyaozi also carried a burden, and there were two sets of clothes in the bag, plus ten cakes.

Xiaoyaozi just wanted to go and come back quickly, and he didn't expect such a strange thing to happen on the road at all.

Due to the hurry of Xiaoyaozi, the horse under him could no longer run on the third day. Xiaoyaozi decisively threw the horse aside, and ran away with his own light skills.

In this way, on the seventh day, Xiaoyaozi came to the border, the only place to pass through to the Western Regions, alias the Desert of Death.

This desert is called the Desert of Death because it is very large, and there is no way to discern the direction there, and there is a lack of water. In this area, there are also frequent sand thieves, who specialize in robbing the belongings of passers-by. At the bottom of the desert, there are also huge desert lizards from time to time, and it is likely that as they walk, a desert lizard will pop out from under their feet and eat people in one bite. The probability of survival of those who pass through this desert is only 10%.

Xiaoyaozi came to the edge of the Death Desert, gritted his teeth, and set foot on the Death Desert.

Of course, before entering the Death Desert, Xiaoyaozi prepared a lot of water.

But after all, the desert is too big and boundless, and Xiaoyaozi has no idea that he will only be there in a few days.

Shortly after entering the Desert of Death, he encounters a group of merchants. This made Xiaoyaozi very happy, after all, in the Desert of Death, the survival rate of teaming up is relatively large.

Xiaoyaozi ran towards the caravan excitedly, "Dare to ask where are you merchants from?"

Originally, the people in the caravan were quite vigilant, but when they saw the appearance of the scholar of Xiaoyaozi, they immediately lost their vigilance. It's just that Xiaoyaozi is too wicked, why does a forty-year-old person look no different from a twenty-year-old person? And he looks weak, which is really incommensurate with the profession of a killer.

The merchant began to talk to Xiaoyaozi: "We are merchants from Suzhou, and we have transported some silk to the Western Regions, and by the way, we have imported some spices and ivory from there, and this trip is enough for us to eat for several years." ”

What the merchant said is true, the road to the Western Regions is the road that a merchant yearns for, and if there is no danger, I am afraid that this road will be overcrowded.

But even if there is danger, there are still people who take risks. As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, and there are still quite a lot of people who like money, and this merchant in front of me is an example.

As a businessman, it is difficult not to be attracted by the immediate interests, as long as this trip is completed, the money earned in just two months can be used for ten or eight years, and this money can be used to do a business or something, as long as you run a trip, the fate of this life may change.

So, some people take risks.

For this kind of person, Xiaoyaozi doesn't know what to say, he can only say that everyone has their own way, and everyone has their own choice. It's like Xiaoyaozi, as a killer, it is also a very dangerous profession, as a killer, I don't know when I may also face the danger of being killed.

Some people may ask, after Xiaoyaozi does not regret becoming a killer.

Xiaoyaozi never regrets, and in his dictionary, the word regret does not exist.

During the conversation, Xiaoyaozi learned that there were 27 people in this caravan, of which 12 were responsible for protecting the goods, that is, people who practiced martial arts, and 11 of the other 15 were hard laborers. The remaining four men were himself, and the other three were the bookkeeper, the groom, and the retinue.

In this way, Xiaoyaozi followed the caravan for a day, and because the caravan had camels, Xiaoyaozi sat on the camels, which saved a lot of effort.

In the evening, the caravan set up tents, unloaded all the goods, and gathered them together, sent a few men to guard them, and the others rested separately.

But just as these people were about to fall asleep, a long whistle woke everyone up. Anyone who walks on this road knows that this is a sign of danger, and Xiaoyaozi immediately ran out of the tent and asked the guards, "What's wrong?"

"Oh no, I guess I've met a sand thief!" the guard pointed into the distance in a panic, "Look at those torches, it's very likely that they are the torches held by the sand thieves, they are walking this way, if you meet them, then this trip will be in vain, not only will you not get the hard-earned money, but even the capital will have to be put in." ”

At this time, the merchant also crawled out and asked in a panic, "What's wrong?"

"There are sand pirates, what should I do?" the guards hurriedly reported to the merchants.

The merchant took out a small single-hole telescope and looked into the distance, "It's not good, they have a lot of people, we are not an opponent." In this way, you tell everyone to hurry up and load the goods, let's hurry up!"

So, the group began to pack up their things and run away.

At the same time, the sand thieves were getting closer and could clearly see that the torches, which were once the size of fingernails, had become the size of fists.

"It's over, it may be too late, what should I do?" The merchant was a little anxious, and looked at Xiaoyaozi with a frightened face, "Scholar, you are a cultural person, you have read books, you have wisdom, what should we do now?"

Xiaoyaozi was stunned, this merchant really regarded him as a scholar, "You guys run away first, I'll help you stop those sand thieves." Xiaoyaozi smiled meaningfully.

"Oh! I said that you scholar are not stupid! They are sand thieves, and they can't even do anything about the dozen or so guards I hired, and if you stay here, won't you be sent to death?"

The merchant said righteously, "Although I am a businessman, I am interested in profit all day long, but I am also human, and I will not let you give your life in vain because I take care of my goods." ”

Xiaoyaozi smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine." As he spoke, Xiaoyaozi took out the sword at his waist and held it horizontally in his hand.