After an unusual short stay, the Qingmudang team set sail again, entering the depths of the Black Wind Desert and beginning the most difficult part of this journey.
"Pooh!"
In the middle of a fairly large oasis, Zhao Yuanba spit out the sand that had been blown in by the wind. He looked up and saw a continuous hazy curtain pressing towards their direction slowly but urgently. Come.
He raised his palm and leaned forward lightly, and immediately felt a relatively obvious resistance.
“What bad luck.
"Why have we encountered so many storms?"
The wind became louder and louder, making Zhao Yuanba's clothes rustle and his hair stand on end. He stood on the edge of the White Crane Chamber of Commerce team, quietly watching the sand wall approaching the oasis.
When it was about to fall, Zhao Yuanba took a step back and got on the carriage.
Entering the carriage, he sat down on the thick blanket at the bottom, glanced at Jiang Yan, who was closing his eyes to rest, and asked curiously:
"Why don't you go out and take a look at such a scene?
"I remember, you thought it was very novel a few days ago? You always look for opportunities to observe it."
"That was a few days ago."
Jiang Yan's movements did not change, he still closed his eyes and said calmly:
"How long has this been going on? Besides yellow sand, it's still yellow sand, unchanged. What else is there to see?"
At this time, his eyes opened a slit and he looked at Zhao Yuanba:
"You, on the other hand, are still so happy to do it. It's so childish."
"I..." Zhao Yuanba was choked. Unexpectedly, he was "despised" by the other party. He opened his mouth and was about to say something to refute.
Woo! Woo! Woo!
Suddenly, a sound like the roaring and hissing of a giant beast suddenly sounded, blocking Zhao Yuanba's words and attracting the attention of all three of them.
The storm is coming!
Countless amounts of wind and sand came from all directions, beating on the outer wall of the carriage, causing a very dense knocking sound to echo, snap, snap, snap.
"call…"
At this time, Jiang Yan took a deep breath, and while closing his eyes again, he spread his right palm and pressed it against the wall of the car where he was leaning.
Silently, the carriage they were riding in was suddenly filled with a rather bright golden light. This layer of light slowly expanded and gradually formed a round cover, completely protecting the carriage and horses.
The roar of the wind and the beating of sand suddenly lost most of their traces, and the remaining traces made people no longer feel irritated, but could instead induce a little sleepiness.
"The old rule is that when the storm stops, Brother Zhao will be responsible for digging out the carriage. Brother Miao remember to take care of the horses..."
Jiang Yan said quietly, ignored the two of them, and completely fell into a light sleep.
During the time they entered the Black Wind Desert, this was not the first time they encountered a sandstorm. After getting along with each other, they already had a division of labor.
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After a day and night.
The oasis as a whole became gray after being hit by the sand storm, and the lake in the center of the oasis also became filthy and no longer clear.
"I have something, do you want to cooperate?"
Mu Yingxue, whose clothes were a little wrinkled, stepped on the gray low grass and walked over. She first said hello to Zhao Yuanba and Miao Xiaohong, and then said to Jiang Yan:
"We want to catch some wild game and enrich the recipe. How about it? Are you interested?"
When she said these words, she did not blink her eyes and looked at the other person seriously, full of expectation.
“Isn’t the food prepared by the Chamber of Commerce enough?”
Jiang Yan did not agree immediately. Instead, he looked sideways to the right and looked at the Aoki Hall disciples who were digging for their supplies from the thick yellow sand.
"Not really."
Mu Yingxue followed Jiang Yan's gaze and responded frankly:
"Although our Chamber of Commerce is not a big force, we will always make the preparations we need to make, so that we won't leave enough food and make us hungry."
At this point, she paused, her tone rose slightly, and she became disgusted:
"But in this kind of weather, even if the food is still intact, the surface will definitely be covered with sand, so it will definitely be edible. Just wash it with water and bake it.
"only……"
Mu Yingxue pointed to the small yellow lake:
"There is also a lot of sand here. It doesn't matter whether you wash it or not. It doesn't make much difference."
"That's true."
Jiang Yan imagined in his mind the scene where he had one mouthful of food and half a mouthful of yellow sand, and suddenly felt a little sour in his teeth. He glanced at Zhao Yuanba and Miao Xiaohong beside him, and found that they were already interested, so he nodded slightly. :
"Where do we need to go?"
"Not far, not far." When Mu Yingxue saw Jiang Yan's promise, a smile appeared on her face. She pointed around casually and said in a brisk tone:
“There are also benefits to this sandstorm.
"We need to pull ourselves out of the sand layer, and the same goes for those beasts that are temporarily suppressed by the yellow sand. If we are lucky, we can directly encounter the ones that have just dug their holes. If we are not lucky, we can also follow these beasts. Leave traces and find them accurately.”
"Sounds easy."
Jiang Yan nodded lightly and then said to Zhao Yuanba:
"Find some firewood and keep it for a while."
After saying this, he and Mu Yingxue walked towards the other people in Baihe Hall.
"Why should I collect firewood?"
Zhao Yuanba looked at the two people's retreating figures and said angrily:
"I also want to go with Miss Mu."
He turned to look at Miao Xiaohong and asked affirmatively:
"You think so too, right?"
"Ah? What did you say?" Miao Xiaohong looked at him doubtfully, seemingly not hearing what he said.
"I mean..." Zhao Yuanba repeated what he just said.
"No, I don't want to." Unexpectedly, Miao Xiaohong shook her head slightly and was not consistent with Zhao Yuanba:
"While I'm out hunting with a woman, I might as well study how to refine a pill that can quickly find prey.
"A woman will only affect the speed at which I can refine the elixir."
"What the hell..."
Zhao Yuanba was speechless.
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After a relatively young man belonging to Mu Yingxue's group joined the hunting team, Jiang Yan and the others used their body skills to leave the temporary residence of Qingmutang.
Standing under a small dirt bag, Jiang Yan looked around:
The weeds that were tall before now only have the top part left, floating in the wind, interacting with the yellow sand and stones next to them. At a glance, the surroundings are like this, there is not much difference, ordinary and monotonous.
"It seems that there are no wild beasts?"
While muttering, Jiang Yan carefully scanned the surroundings several times, but still did not see any traces of wild beasts, let alone the situation where a wild beast happened to show up as someone mentioned.
"This...this..."
Mu Yingxue did not expect this situation. Her eyes were filled with confusion and her face turned red.
"Are those beasts suffocated to death?"
Jiang Yan made a guess at the right time.
"No." Mu Yingxue slowly shook her head and explained:
"No matter what they are, these beasts living in the Black Wind Desert have the ability to dig holes to survive. They have long adapted to this place..."
She then suggested:
"Shall we change places? Maybe there were no wild beasts here before?"
"All right."
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After two sticks of incense, the three returned to the team and returned to their original positions.
Jiang Yan was holding a four-legged beast with black and white fur and a pair of sharp fangs between its jaws. At this moment, the beast's head was hunched, and red liquid occasionally dripped from the corners of its mouth.
"Baozhu, what a good thing."
Zhao Yuanba quickly came over and took the prey from Jiang Yan's hand while licking the corners of his mouth.
It didn't take long for the beast named "Bao Zhu" to be cleaned up, divided into multiple parts and scurrying on different branches, and placed on the burning flame.
Miao Xiaohong squatted next to the fire, sprinkling some ingredients that Jiang Yan couldn't name from time to time. As the surface of the beast turned golden and shiny, a rich meaty aroma gradually filled the air.
"tasty……"
Jiang Yan couldn't help but move his nose. He stared at the meat that was about to be fully cooked and couldn't help but think:
"I hope no shameless people will come over to eat and drink."
As soon as this thought came to an end, his body suddenly stopped for a breath, his head turned slightly, and he looked at the Talisman outside the oasis.
jingle.
Amidst the not-so-pleasant sound, a vague shadow was approaching.
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