Hot as China, cold as snow

The sky in the sand world is always azure blue, looking down is a boundless bright yellow, and looking up is boundless sky blue.Mr. Liu likes this color very much, it is close to his hair color.Leng Xuanyan pulled a camel behind him, and the sides of the high hump were filled with food and water sources, which was in stark contrast to the one in front of him, with a simple luggage and not much food.

"Is that what you intend to do?"

"Yeah, it's pretty good. It won't take too long to walk in the sand world. If you walk fast, two days is probably enough."

Tie Mian raised his brows: "Do you have any common sense? You still ride a horse when you walk in the sand world, you don't bring a camel, and you don't even have enough food and water. What do you want to do?"

"Crossing the sand world, that's how I came when I came here. Shanting and I, Shanting is a good horse who knows the way. If it's water, just bear it. You are really well prepared, The water alone must be quite heavy." Mr. Liu turned his head and looked at him: "If you find it troublesome, why bother to follow me, why not tell your subordinates to take those ordinary routes."

"You are looking for death. You just like to seek excitement so much, or you deliberately temper yourself. I really don't know why your master Taoshan people in Lingzhou let you go down the mountain. Don't you have common sense? Can this be tolerated? Let's go. "After that, Leng Xuanyan led the camel to the front, did not see Mr. Liu who was pouted behind him, but heard him whisper: "He ran away secretly."

The two of them hadn't been walking for a long time, but the wind gradually picked up, rolling up countless yellow sands, hitting their faces, and it was painful.Visibility was so low that it was impossible to see anything more than ten paces away.Under the influence of the strong wind, even the sand dunes were moving, and the horses and camels were circling around in place, refusing to go any further. There was a lot of resistance to advancing, and the two had to find a place to hide from the wind.

One mouth in the strong wind is full of yellow sand, Mr. Liu still took the time to complain: "There is no good thing when I meet you, it is like this every time, why can't I encounter such a violent sandstorm when I go by myself?" Leng Xuanyan I didn't have time to pay attention to him, but I just focused on grasping the rein in my hand, controlling the camel that was irritable due to the storm.

No matter how strong your kung fu and martial arts are, human power is so small and powerless when the power of nature explodes.

The usually lukewarm camel is now at the moment when its life is in danger, and instinctively avoids the crisis and seeks a refuge. It breaks free from the shackles of the cold black blade, and runs away frantically, carrying those reserved resources.Leng Xuanren wanted to chase, but was held back by Mr. Liu, shouting: "Don't die, you still dare to chase."

The wind and sand continued until night, and the weather was so cold that the two of them hugged each other to keep warm.Shining knelt on one side, covering part of the sand and dust.Leng Xuanren's face was gloomy and cold, Mr. Liu took out the thick clothes that he put in his bag, distributed one to him, and wrapped one around himself, saying: "It's all right now, what? It’s all gone, regret it, if you regret going back now and take another route.” Leng Xuanren squinted his eyes but said nothing, just sat on the outside, enclosing Mr. Liu inside.

When it was dawn, the two stood out from the sand in disgrace.Shan Ting shook his head, snorted, and rubbed his head against Mr. Liu's body.Mr. Liu patted its head, squatted on the ground, and groped along the road with his hands. After a long time, he said happily: "Look, I really found out the supplies that fell on the ground when the camel was running yesterday. .”

The two of them filled their stomachs with these supplies and started on the road.The sun is very strong and the temperature is high which means a lot of water consumption.

Leng Xuanren looked at the boundless road ahead, then at Young Master Liu's chapped lips, and reached out to hand him the water bag, but he didn't take it, just shook his head silently.

"Do you want to drink or not? If you faint, I won't take you out." Leng Xuanyan didn't take back his outstretched hand, and still held it stiffly.Mr. Liu took it hesitantly, but only took a small sip symbolically, then put it away and handed it back to him.

The sun rose higher and higher, and the two walked for a while, the horse swayed slowly, and the man became more and more powerless.Stepping into the sand with one foot and sinking more than half, Leng Xuanren lowered his head, took a step back and squatted down, reached into the sand with his hands, and found out some waste that had been discarded before, he turned his head and glanced at Young Master Liu.

Mr. Liu let go of the reins, sat down on the sand, and said lightly: "Is this lost?" Leng Xuanren didn't speak, and his expression clearly indicated that this was the case.

Mr. Liu supported the horse with one hand, panted with his mouth slightly open, seemed anxious, suddenly got into trouble, pointed at him with a trembling finger and said: "Meeting you will not be a good thing. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't I have been here in the Shunhui Empire for so long; if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be notorious and despised by my fellow martial artists; if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be stuck here, usually well, how can I walk with you I was caught in a storm and lost my way. If it weren’t for you, I would have taken my things and returned to Lingzhou.” In order to maintain physical strength, I hadn’t spoken and drank water for a long time, and my voice was a little hoarse, and it would be hoarse when I shouted again: “ When I told you to go, if you don’t go, go.” He stretched out his hand and pushed Leng Xuanyan vigorously.Leng Xuanren frowned, and was a little angry. Before he could move, he heard Mr. Liu's voice getting smaller and softer: "Master, if I don't see me back, I will be so sad. I haven't repaid the kindness of nurturing for nearly 20 years. , There are still many things that have not been done, how can you let me be willing to die here like this." The nose was a little sore, the voice was a little choked, and the hands were put down weakly, and the whole person fell on the sand, with the sleeves covering the face.

Leng Xuanren flattened his eyebrows and suppressed his anger. He took the time to shake the dust off his body and sat on the ground: "What? Finished scolding? Finished getting angry? I didn't expect you to look so wild when you lost control of your emotions. Villager, you really deserve to be a disciple of Taoshan people in Lingzhou, and you really have a rough demeanor. I don’t know what to do? Didn’t you say that your old horse can know the way? I advise you to save your energy.” He stretched out his hand He took off the sleeve that covered Mr. Lanling Liu's face, patted his face, and said to his closed eyes: "You forgot that I can look at the stars, and I can't find my way during the day, so it's against common sense , we walk at night. It would be better to rest."

Mr. Liu ignored him, rolled on the spot, found a place leeward, dug a hole, buried himself in the sand, only one nostril, mouth and a pair of eyes were exposed.Shining is human, and he found a place to relax, and the cold black blade was in front of him, blocking most of the sunlight and closing his eyes to rest.

Master Liu of Lanling touched and touched the soil with his hands, and there was a very hard slate. He opened his eyes, stood up, and there was a rectangular slate on the ground. There were some blurred marks on the slate, which seemed to be flowers. some text.With his back to Leng Xuanyan, he dug up a large piece of sand with his hands, revealing the entire appearance of the stone slab.

Leng Xuanyan knew what he was doing as early as when he was moving, so he didn't deliberately look at what he was doing, but saw that he didn't calm down for a long time before getting up and going over.He took a deep breath and saw Mr. Liu's bloody hands. He raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "What are you doing?" Mr. Liu ignored him, stroking the stone slab with his bare hands.Leng Xuanyan squatted down and grabbed his hand, moved his body forcefully, and let him look at him: "Are you stupid? I'll do it later, even if you find the treasure map, it doesn't matter, no one will follow You grab it." After saying that, he took out the holy medicine for healing from his bosom, carefully applied it, and tore off a long strip of cloth from his close-fitting underwear, and wrapped it around his hands.

Young Master Liu remained silent, staring at the stone slab, until his hands were put down by Leng Xuanren, and then he started to move again. He used his bandaged hands to clean up the dust on the slate, and his movements were clumsy.Seeing this, Leng Xuanren directly helped him lift the slate out of the sand and said, "I'm afraid that the sandstorm yesterday blows away the sand here, so you will find this slate."

"It's almost like this. The sandstorm has changed the terrain, the landform. Maybe it's not necessarily a sand dune yesterday."

The edge of the stone slab is a sequence of curves, and the formed pattern surrounds the entire slate. There is a very bright flower in the center, and there are many words around the flower. Unfortunately, it is so old that the handwriting is unclear and indistinct.' The word "crape myrtle family".

Leng Xuanren took only a few glances and didn't pay much attention: "Why is it really a treasure map, do you believe it?"

"No." Mr. Liu explained in a very soft voice, his eyes were soft and cherished.Leng Xuanren followed his gaze, and his eyes fell on the bouquet of flowers. The opposite leaves were oval, and the flowers were clustered into circles. The night before, under the moonlight, five colors of crape myrtle flowers shone on the snow-white shoulder. He put his hand on Mr. Liu's shoulder and said, "This pattern is exactly the same as the one on your shoulder."

Mr. Liu was shocked when he heard that, he just tilted his head slightly but said nothing, then carefully looked down at the documents on the slate, traced the flower patterns on the slate with his fingers over and over again, nodded slowly: "Maybe."

Hearing this, Leng Xuanren squinted his eyes and snorted coldly, and said in a casual manner: "It's really mysterious, is this a totem? Who are you? You are the only one whose background I can't find out, Mr. Lanling Liu It's a well-known and flawless identity!" At the end of the sentence, he emphasized his tone, and he obviously didn't believe in this identity.

Mr. Liu didn't look at him, but just put down the stone slab, and groped under the slate, around the stone slab, there were many other objects around, some were broken porcelain bowls, but most of them were shapeless.The way down was blocked by another stone slab. He moved it vigorously and found that this should be a trap, and the trap should be like the entrance of a hole.With their existing physical strength, tools and time, there was absolutely no chance to open this mysterious hole, and he gave up the idea of ​​opening it after only trying.

When it was getting late, the sun was slanting to the west, and the weather was getting very cold, Mr. Liu carefully put the stone slab back to its original place and buried it again with sand.He looked up at the cloudless sky and the looming stars.Leng Xuanren knew the stars and the way, turned his back to Young Master Liu, looked up at the sky and said: "Follow closely." Young Master Liu responded, leading Shan Ting to follow closely behind.