After being reborn, he became cinnabar in the heart of Quanxianmen

Under the guidance of the old man in the village, they successfully found the original location of the ancient village of Sumuya in the desert.The villagers dug out the materials buried in the ground and set up tents on the wasteland.

However, the location of the former holy mountain cannot be determined after all.

However, they believe that when the people here need it again, it will definitely appear again.

Lu Ran and the others searched around, but they couldn't find any trace of the magic weapon.However, the fluctuating spiritual force field around him also indicated that returning to the spirit must have been completed.Then there is only one explanation: the location of Shahai Guiling this time is not in reality but in a dream, so the magic weapon in reality will disappear.

In any case, the task assigned by Xianmeng has been completed.Duanmujian's spiritual power was exhausted, so he had to go to a stable place to absorb and refine the spiritual power stored in the spiritual stone he carried, while Song Jun was anxious to go to the city gate to warn the guard Aying.Lu Ran also said that he didn't want to stay in this place for a second to see his ex.So the three of them took a short break before preparing to leave.

A bonfire was lit not far from the place where the camp was re-camped, and a strange, rich aroma mixed with the smell of burnt paste came from it.Lu Ran sniffled, feeling that the smell seemed familiar.

A few people walked over curiously, and found that the four people returning from the spice caravan were forming a circle.The scent around the campfire became more intense, and several people had to cover their mouths and noses.Lu Ran looked at the charcoal-like thing in the burning flames and asked, "What is this?"

One of them looked solemn: "These are the locust corpses lying on the temple mountain."

Lu Ran: "..."

vomit.

The other person was carefully using a tool to move the ashes in the flames into a small box decorated with diamond patterns, with ecstasy in his eyes:

"I have been in the spice caravan for many years, and I have never smelled such a mellow aroma. The concubine and princess of the Central Plains will spare ten thousand taels of gold, only for the purified spices the size of a fingernail."

Lu Ran: "..."

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

He looked at Song Jun seriously, and in a voice that only two people could hear, he clenched his teeth and said threateningly: "Promise me, don't get close to this spice, you will become unlucky."

Song Jun, who had already forgotten all about the creepy monster in the dream, was looking at this special spice with great interest: "???"

When the villagers of Sumuya heard that they were leaving, they all came to see them off. Unfortunately, after the catastrophe, there was nothing they could offer as farewell gifts.The businessman rummaged through each of them for a long time, and finally found the only remaining pouch that could be worn on the waist and was embroidered with rhombic pattern, which was still quite delicate.

They put the first batch of coarsely purified worm ash spices in it, and wanted to give it to everyone, but Lu Ran politely but resolutely refused, and instead asked for another thing for Duanmujian.

When they were about to leave, there were three or two other people who earnestly grabbed Duanmujian and said something.

After Su Muya's tent became a blurry dot behind him, Lu Ran asked curiously, "What did they tell you?"

Duanmujian rolled up his sleeves, revealing the shawl tied around his wrist, which Lu Ran asked for for her, which was dyed with exquisite rhombus patterns.She looked at the long yellow sand on the road ahead, and replied seriously:

"They said they didn't have the money to pay for the rest of my design of the temple gate. But we also blew up the temple, so it's even."

Lu Ran: "..."

After the project is completed, there is a new type of speaking technique in which the client refuses to pay the money.

"However, they promised that when they clean up the mess and use the money from the spice business to rebuild the city here, they will send people to the Central Plains and ask me to build the ancestral temple for them."

Duanmujian showed a sly smile: "But at that time, asking me to go out to do design must not be the price it is now."

Lu Ran looked into Duanmujian's eyes sincerely:

"Is there a possibility, I mean possibility, that the design fee will not increase for 20 years, but the workload will increase instead?"

Duanmujian: "..."

hum.

It was at the beginning of the reconstruction of Su Muya, and the three of them were embarrassed to ask for a mount.The three of them had very little spiritual power left, so they could only walk forward.The few people walked from sunset to night, from night to sunrise and then gradually slanted westward, walking for almost a day and a night.

This is not difficult for the cultivators, but now the three of them have just gone through hardships, and Duanmujian has been directly drained of his spiritual core by Gui Ling, and his physical strength has long been depleted.

Duanmujian, who was the weakest, couldn't take it anymore, and simply sat down under the shadow of a stone:

"I'm so tired, I can't walk anymore. Let's wait for someone to pick me up."

Lu Ran was also exhausted. Hearing this, he was both surprised and happy, thinking that there is such a good thing?

Duanmujian smiled secretly, took out a bunch of withered grass from the package and lit it, and soon, wisps of beacon smoke floated straight into the clear and transparent sky, which could be seen from a long distance.

Duanmujian motioned Song Jun and Lu Ran to sit down and wait.Filled with joy, Lu Ran hid in the shade with Song Jun and sat down to rest.Duanmujian lazily leaned against the rock behind him, and casually pointed to the sky:

"Look, a mirage."

When the two heard the words and looked over, an oasis appeared indistinctly on the distant horizon.The trees are shady, the lake is sparkling, and it is a vibrant scene.It suddenly appeared in the boundless desert, like a fairyland.

Lu Ran suddenly remembered that when he was kidnapped before, in order to complete the lie full of loopholes, Ah Ying once said that there were many oases scattered in the desert, and there were elixir to bring the dead back to life.

The horse bandit also confirmed that in the past ten years or so, there have indeed been several immortal cultivators crossing the desert, throwing down pieces of jade, and the jade turned into lakes, surrounded by lush aquatic plants.

What they are seeing now is probably the phantom of the oasis left by the immortal cultivators in the hinterland of the desert more than ten years ago.

The spiritual power in the desert is thin, and once the monks exhaust their spiritual power, they will be no different from ordinary people.Even Sumuya, which is not even in the center of the sand sea, is so dangerous.What happened to those who planted the oasis was even more dangerous.

To maintain the life in the oasis in the dry and water-scarce desert requires an extremely powerful magic weapon of water and spiritual power.Lu Ran was suddenly curious, where did they get the jade they carried back then.

Several people sat in the shade and waited for almost an hour but no one came.Song Jun, who was anxiously returning to Dingcheng, was the first to ask impatiently:

"When will the respondent arrive?"

Duanmujian was also a little at a loss:

"No, it stands to reason that this time has already come?"

Lu Ran asked, "Who is coming to pick you up?"

Duanmu Jian replied: "Oh, you may not know something. The former Emperor Suihe of the Great Zhou Dynasty issued an imperial decree that all caravans with cultivators going west can reduce a large amount of taxes. The cultivators who went to the border in the past two years Rarely, some daring gangsters have even started a black business of buying and selling immortals."

She squinted her eyes and looked into the distance, looking left and right: "Before leaving, my brother told me that a large number of horse bandits are active in this area. They are divided into more than a dozen teams and operate flexibly. There are hundreds of people. The border bandits have not been cleared many times. .

We were carrying magical artifacts, and we were in a terrible state of embarrassment. We looked like immortal cultivators who were easy to bully.According to the experience taught by my brother, at this time, the horse bandits have already followed the beacon smoke to find us and kidnapped us and brought us into the city? "

Duanmujian was very confused: "Where is the bandit?"

Song Jun: "..."

Song Jun was angry and funny: "Don't wait, they won't come."

Lu Ran patted the dull-faced Duanmujian: "Because your good sister from childhood sweetheart, my fair and reliable senior sister, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who is wise and powerful in the Great Zhou Dynasty, led the officers and soldiers of Dingcheng to take those hundreds of The horse bandit took it all away."

"What?!" Duanmujian shouted in pain: "How many years have the seniors endured humiliation before these sensitive and suspicious border horse bandits let go of their guards and built up their confidence, believing that the immortal cultivators are weak, pitiful and helpless. You, you, you It's really..."

Duanmujian glanced at the expressionless Song Jun, and immediately changed his words:

"What a young hero, decisive in killing and attacking, courageous and resourceful, he is indeed a disciple of Taiyi sect!"

Lu Ran: "..."

Song Jun: "..."

As the night was getting late, Duanmujian exhausted his energy due to Guiling, while Lu Ran stayed up all night to keep in touch with Ruomu.Although they both knew that Song Jun was worried about Guan Cheng and A Ying, and insisted on continuing to walk towards the border, they still couldn't hide their slow pace.

Song Jun also understood that they endured the exhaustion for their own sake, felt very sorry, and persuaded: "Why don't you rest here tonight, and I will rush back to the border all night, and then call people back to pick you up. "

Duanmujian flatly refused: "No, I know all about it. Affected by migratory locusts, all kinds of big worms and scorpions have come out. Now you are the only one who can fight here. Don't worry, I will never leave you half a step."

There was a flash of light in Lu Ran's pupils that were burning with the light of the copper lamp, which also signaled Song Jun to be calm: "I also suggest to wait a little longer."

He pointed to the east: "Someone is riding a horse."

Two quarters of an hour later, the three rode on horses and walked towards Dingcheng.

Duanmujian's sequelae of returning to the spirit that he had suppressed before broke out completely this time. His legs that were exhausted trembled uncontrollably, and he couldn't even push the saddle. match.

Lu Ran was a little stronger than her, but the horse under him also walked crookedly. After helping him pull the reins a few times, Song Jun simply sent him to ride with others.Lu Ran mumbled a thank you, and then fell asleep completely.

In this cavalry, Song Jun's words can basically be regarded as the highest order.

Two quarters of an hour ago, Lu Ran saw someone coming from afar through the soul lamp.Just when he and Duanmujian thought it was a remnant of a horse bandit and were about to make an emergency confession, Song Jun, who lay on the ground and listened for a while, deduced that the horseshoes of the visitor were neat and orderly, not like a gangster who was loosely organized and fleeing in a hurry.

Sure enough, not long after, a group of armored cavalry came towards the direction of the beacon, seeing Song Jun was like seeing his own mother.

A handsome and strong military general rushed over and cried loudly: "The last general came too late to save me", and a gentle and elegant civil servant knelt down and wailed: "The death of a humble minister is the only one to blame."A rather handsome young military doctor shouted "Her Royal Highness is suffering" and ran over tremblingly to get his pulse, but was driven away by the embarrassing Song Jun.

Duanmujian was so jealous, he muttered sourly to Lu Ran who was also ignored: "Is this the happiness of a princess?"

Lu Ran ignored her.He didn't know the happiness of being a princess, but when he finally didn't have to walk by himself, and later even the horse was helped to control him, he deeply felt the joy of being a princess' junior.

A group of people rushed towards the border.Lu Ran sat on the bumpy horseback, drowsy, and vaguely heard the officers and soldiers reporting the situation in the city to Song Jun.

After a few people saw the sand locust storm from a distance in the temple, Aying was ordered to return to Dingcheng to report the news as quickly as possible.It only took a whole day from the time she left Sumuya to the emergency start of the city's alert at the border.

For ten hours, he kept on attacking for almost a moment. For half an hour, he endured his temper and arguing with dubious officers and soldiers. Finally, his patience was exhausted. In the last half hour, he simply put the knife on the neck of Dingcheng Sheriff, ordering him to start immediately. Deal with the locust plague, or die immediately.

In fact, Dingcheng Sheriff has long recognized from his dark skin and blue eyes that A Ying was trained by the Supervision Department, a legendary "shadow raider" from a foreign country.

Generally speaking, a shadow guard usually has both the characteristics of hiding his body in normal times, and blocking the knife at critical moments to withstand injuries.But A Ying is an exception, she is a killer assassin through and through, a top-notch weapon.

Her thin body could hardly resist injuries, and she hid in the shadows and slipped faster than her master.More importantly, the special exercises made her feel like a fish in water in the dark.This means that once she betrays, she will be completely unable to counter it.

This kind of person was not suitable to be a shadow guard.But she and Song Jun had a deep relationship, and when the eldest princess left the palace, she was the only one who took her with her.

They could see that Aying was covered in dust and the tiredness in his eyes could not be concealed. They must have come here all night, and the information should be true.But in a place like the border, it is impossible to rely on the shadow guard to order the whole city to be on alert——

What's more, she is still the shadow guard of a princess who has given up her fate and stepped into the fairy gate.In case the migratory locusts divert halfway, or the god of the hen suddenly appears and the whole army of sand locusts is wiped out, the black hat that I have so hard to get will fall off!

Now A Ying intends to force him to death with violent threats, which is considered to be a crooked attack, giving the county guard an opportunity to "forced to order", allowing him to blame him, and simplifying the matter.

But before the county magistrate Shunpo rolled out the order, the adjutant next to him with the highest level of education in the city immediately burst into tears:

"Be merciful under the knife! Don't hurry up and send an order. A group of people will go to the gate of the city to prohibit any caravan from leaving the city immediately, and send people to recover the caravan that left the customs today. A group of people will go to the reinforced warehouse to keep food, grass and medicine. A group of people collected fuel cotton for emergency needs, and others went to the streets to help households block all window openings as soon as possible.”

"If it is checked afterwards"

The gentle adjutant looked 12 sad: "It is said that the vicious shadow demon took dozens of members of the sheriff's mansion as hostages, threatening to force the government to submit. In order to protect the safety of the sheriff, we have to do it!"

Sheriff: "..."

A Ying: "..."

Okay.

In the early morning of the third day, that is, the night when the return to the soul from the sand sea was completed, the sand locusts that covered the sky and the sun arrived at the border.

But on the one hand, half of the sand locusts stayed in Sumya; on the other hand, the smooth return to the spirit changed the spiritual force field in this area, and the demonic nature of the locust swarm was greatly reduced.Coupled with timely precautions, the damage to the border town by the locust plague was successfully minimized.

Only a small number of dilapidated wooden houses were eaten and collapsed by hungry sand locusts.The people in the house were also eaten to death after being bitten to death, and the death conditions were very miserable.The grain and grass warehouses were also attacked several times, and heavily armed soldiers tried their best to drive away flying insects with prepared torches.Many were seriously injured, but fortunately few died.

After several nightmarish hours, the sand locust storm left like a black cloud, and the border was saved.While the sheriff started to clean up the mess in the city, he immediately sent people to Sumuya to look for the eldest princess.Seeing the look in the eyes of the sheriff, the adjutant understood, and as the only scholar in the city, he even began to secretly write obituaries behind A Ying's back.

The team of horses scoured the desert without much hope.Seeing the beacon smoke rising, I just wanted to try my luck, but I didn't expect to meet Song Jun again.

Fortunately, after parting from Dingcheng, they finally managed to turn danger out of danger and reunite after a long absence.

What kind of big stick is Lu Bai who predicts things like a god! I haven't seen you in 20 years, and the level of prophecy has improved a lot!

Lu Ran thought to himself, and fell asleep completely peacefully on the horseback.

The author has something to say:

I'm back~

After a few days of emo, I finally figured it out: this article is expected to be very long, and it will be more difficult to write as it gets to the end. There are opportunities for emo.If the story is so sad now when the plot is simple and easy to write, then there is basically no way to continue (cover your face) So instead of emo, it is better to code words √Keep writing, I will be happy√

Routinely embarrassingly explain the foreshadowing: the magic locust will have an aroma when it is burned (should have been mentioned several times before), which is also the fundamental reason for setting the returnee as a spice merchant.The volcanic eruption destroyed the original land, but brought fertile black soil to the realm of worshiping the gods.The sand and dust will not destroy the country of floating, but it will bring gold everywhere to the land of gold.Meteorites fell from the sky and destroyed the stronghold city, but brought a star of enlightenment to the village of embers.Likewise, the Sand Locust rampage destroyed Ember Village, but also brought spice to the next era.It is definitely not to "thank you for the disaster", but to show that after surviving desperation, there is always a glimmer of life.

The horse bandit in Shahai Chapter 1 is also corresponding in this chapter √ In fact, the desert oasis and the horse bandit will echo again later (provided that I insist on writing to the end and make a fist)