Moonlight and wind

After a night's rest, Shan Zimo was full of resentment. He stood on the city wall early in the morning and looked at the endless sand dunes outside Shahuang City.

"How can we get Qiu Dahong to hand over the secret of breaking through the Wuji?"

Shan Zimo's slender fingers gently stroked the dragon scale jade pendant around his waist.

"Young Master Shan!" The captain guarding the city came to report, "Prefect Ximen wants to see you!"

When Shan Zimo walked into the prefect's mansion, Ximen Gui had already prepared a meal and invited him to sit down.

"Master Shan, there is a small town in the northwest of Shahuang City. There is a lantern festival tonight," Ximen Gui raised his teacup, drinking tea instead of wine, and said in a warm tone, "This lantern festival is a specialty of the Western Regions. Master Shan, are you willing to go? After all, it would be a pity to miss it!"

Shan Zimo held the teacup and his eyes stayed on Ximen Gui's face for a moment. He noticed that Ximen Gui's right index finger was tapping the table unconsciously, and he seemed to be very anxious.

"Since we're here!" Shan Zimo drank the tea in one gulp. "It'll be more lively if we all get together! Let's just treat it as a team building!"

"What is team building?" Ximen Gui was overjoyed. He didn't expect Shan Zimo to agree so readily.

"Lord Ximen, don't worry," Shan Boyu waved his hand, "My young master always talks nonsense!"

A group of people walked out of the city gate and headed northwest.

Shan Zimo sat on the horse's back, with his hands behind his head, looking leisurely.

But he did not let his guard down, for he knew that there must be something else waiting for him in his script.

Sure enough, after walking for an hour, a faint fishy smell filled the air, like the smell of rotten wood.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew up the yellow sand, and the bright sun was instantly blocked out.

Shan Zimo's pupils shrank, and he felt a strange force fluctuating.

"Could it be that some expert is ambushing me here again?" Shan Zimo's heart was beating fast.

"Could it be that old man Chen Tianliu again?" Shan Boyu seemed to have gotten used to the unpredictable weather in the Western Regions.

"He Lingxiao, is this yellow fog, or is it the ability of a master to control the heaven and earth?" Shan Zimo asked He Lingxiao in a hoarse voice.

He Lingxiao stood on the horse's back, the Qi state around him lit up, and the phantom of a mountain appeared behind him.

"Yellow fog!" He Lingxiao answered coldly, but the next second, he frowned and shouted, "Not good! Retreat quickly!"

But it's too late!

The yellow fog spread at an alarming speed, covering the entire team in the blink of an eye.

Shan Zimo heard screams one after another coming from all around him, the horses were neighing in fear, and the scene was in chaos.

"Protect the governor!" the captains of Shahuang City shouted loudly.

Shan Zimo jumped off the horse, touched the soft yellow sand with his hands, and the internal force in his body burst into the sand along his fingertips.

The ground seemed to be torn apart by him, and he saw countless withered figures slowly crawling up to the ground under the sand!

Those "people" looked like mummies, their skin had bark-like texture, their eye sockets were sunken, but they were flashing with strange light.

As they moved in the yellow sand, they made a "crunching" sound, like the friction of dead branches.

"what!"

A scream was heard, and a captain was caught by a emaciated man who came out of the ground. In a blink of an eye, his blood and flesh were sucked dry, leaving only a dried corpse!

"What the hell is this!" Shan Zimo shouted aimlessly at the yellow fog.

But the thick yellow fog made it impossible to tell who was friend or foe.

Shan Zimo mobilized his internal strength, and a golden state of true energy appeared around his body. He didn't care whether it worked or not, and raised his hands above his head.

In an instant, a strong wind blew up, and this sudden wind blew away the yellow fog, and the sun shone on the earth again!

Those withered men seemed to be extremely afraid of the sunlight. They let out shrill screams and tried to dive back into the sand.

Shan Zimo spotted a emaciated man standing there in a daze, and just as he was about to dive underground, Shan Zimo pounced on him.

"Come out!"

Shan Zimo pulled hard, and the withered man let out a shrill scream and was pulled out of the sand like pulling a carrot.

"Master Ximen, it looks like we won't be able to watch the Lantern Festival!"

Yun Fei folded his hands across his chest, as if he had seen through everything. He laughed and looked at Ximen Gui, who had a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

Everyone turned back tacitly and headed towards Shahuang City.

Back at the prefect's mansion, everyone surrounded the captured emaciated man, showing no fear at all. They were like watching a monkey, poking him, and having a lot of fun!

Ximen Gui looked at this group of highly skilled guys, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and finally spoke.

"Actually... I've heard that there are strange things around the double-decker..."

"Oh?" Shan Boyu sneered, "My young master helped you break through to the fifth level, and this is how you thank him?"

Yun Fei smiled disdainfully and patted Shan Boyu on the shoulder.

"You are stupid! If he had told you earlier, wouldn't he be afraid that you would run away? Who would help him get rid of this evil for the people?"

Shan Zimo completely ignored them and focused on studying the emaciated man in front of him.

He poked its armpits with a branch, but there was no response.

He poked its arm with the dagger again, but there was no response.

That withered man seemed to have his own thoughts. He would rather die than surrender. He was very determined!

"This thing can't be invulnerable to swords and guns, right?" Shan Zimo took a chair and sat opposite the withered man. "Even if Lord Ximen wants us to eliminate the evil for the people, it will be in vain if we can't find their flaws!"

Everyone stared at the withered man in silence, thinking of a solution.

"Hey!" Shan Zimo suddenly had an idea and pulled the Fiery Fox from under Shan Boyu's feet.

"It, did you see it?" Shan Zimo said to the flaming fox, "Burn it!"