Lu Qingyao heard He Qun mention that when people from the Anhe Guard meet, they don't need to rely on tokens that can easily reveal their identities to recognize each other. Everyone who joins the Anhe Guard will use a special token behind their right ear. The tattoo of a crane was embroidered on the dye, so that other Dark Crane Guards could deal with it promptly when they found the bodies of their comrades, without exposing the existence of the Dark Crane Guards' whistles scattered in the rivers and lakes.
The sky was full of yellow sand blowing in the wind, and on a day when there was no wind or rain, Ye Tian and Lu Qingyao were walking and found something lying on the road blocking their way. When they took a closer look, it turned out to be two corpses. The two corpses were already in an air-dried state. Judging from their clothes and belongings, they seemed to be two traders who had strayed into the sand dunes.
Only Lu Qingyao, at first glance, felt that it was a bit unusual to see such a merchant dressed in this place. In this sky full of yellow sand, you couldn't see the boundaries of the land. Where did the merchants come from? And where did the two merchants plan to go? What about asking for money?
There was only one possibility. Lu Qingyao remembered the information he had heard from the whistles who followed him before. None of the whistles sent to the Demon Realm could come back alive. He casually turned over the right ear of a corpse, and sure enough, there was a tattoo in the shape of a crane behind the ear. The corpse was dehydrated and the skin was tightened, making the shape of the crane clearer and easier to identify. After looking through the ears of another corpse, I also found a tattoo of a crane behind the right ear.
This should be the whistle that the Dark Crane Guard wanted to send to explore the Demonic Realm. However, I don’t know whether it was because they strayed into the depths of the sand dunes on the way or were swept by yellow sand when they came here. The two people were trapped and stayed in the sand dunes ever since. In the yellow sand.
Ye Tian had seen dead people, but he had never seen such a corpse. He was so frightened that he did not dare to speak in front of Lu Qingyao. Seeing Lu Qingyao pull out He's tattoo, he recalled in his mind what his master and uncles had told him about the identifying characteristics of various sects in the world. It seemed that no one from that sect used tattoos as an identifying characteristic.
Ye Tian looked at Lu Qingyao, "Brother Lu, what sect is this? Do you recognize it?"
Lu Qingyao wrote lightly: "Probably some idle people working as thugs for some wealthy family. This tattoo looks like a family totem of some wealthy family." After all, An Hewei, a personal soldier of the emperor, Half of the existence is hidden from the light, so it is better not to let this kid Ye Tian know about it, so as not to get involved in it.
"Oh, oh, oh, Brother Lu is still very knowledgeable. Although I am a disciple of Qingcheng Mountain, I have never seen such a thug until I came down from the mountain." Ye Tian scratched his head and was impressed by Lu Qingyao's knowledge. Guang is really envious, this little brother can always say something he has never seen before.
Lu Qingyao is not only well-informed, but his ability to tell lies is also the best in the world. As early as when He Qun taught him martial arts, the little eighth prince who occasionally didn't want to go to school had already learned how to play tricks and pretend to be sick and have a headache. He was able to use his skillful acting skills to deceive He Qun, the leader of the Anhe Guard, every time, so that later he also He learned how to use the unparalleled light skills taught by He Qun and became famous. He wandered around on the top of the imperial city, and from time to time he went to find out some news that was related to him or not, beneficial or unfavorable. As beautiful as a tree is in the forest, the wind will destroy it. The eighth prince had already learned how to talk to people and to ghosts when he was young. His mother and concubine said that life can be saved at critical moments, and the young eighth prince took it to heart.
While the two were talking, the yellow sand gradually stopped, and a city suddenly appeared in front of them, which didn't seem very far away. The city gate towered into the clouds, making it a spectacular sight. Wherever there is a city, there are people, and wherever there are people, there are inns. Ye Tian happily said to Lu Qingyao, "Brother Lu, look! There should be a place to stay there!"
Lu Qingyao had read in a book that this kind of thing is called a mirage. It looks very close to you, but you can never reach it if you walk past it step by step, because this city does not exist at all. Presumably, the two whistlers who stayed here also saw such a mirage. They walked forward but never reached it, and finally died of dehydration on the road.
The book also writes that if you can see a mirage, it means that there is indeed this scene or a similar scene nearby, but you cannot move in the direction of the mirage. The place where the real scene is most likely to appear is in the opposite direction of the mirage.
In other words, the two whistles may have gone in opposite directions, and finally sent him away.
"This is a mirage. Let's go in the opposite direction and see if we can find this city." Lu Qingyao didn't explain much, and didn't want to waste time and saliva telling Ye Tian about this mirage and how to solve it. They You really don’t have much water to carry with you, so use it sparingly.
Sure enough, after walking in the opposite direction for about a quarter of an hour, yellow sand began to blow up all over the sky again. When I looked back, I saw that the mirage in the yellow sand no longer existed. The yellow sand in the sky blocked the only sunlight they could see. Maybe they walked for another quarter of an hour, maybe for half an hour. Although Lu Qingyao didn't know which direction they were going, he secretly estimated that this path They must have deviated from the established direction. The two people's footprints could not be seen even if they went far, and they were all buried in the yellow sand.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, when the wind in the long yellow sand gradually stopped, they arrived at the gate of a real city. Three big characters are clearly written on the city gate: Devil City.
It is not allowed to say whether the news in the world is different, but this ability of spreading rumors has been passed down from generation to generation in various sects. This was a bit bad, as they accidentally stumbled into a demonic realm that neither of them thought about going to.
Lu Qingyao felt happy and funny in his heart. Fortunately, the two of them finally didn't have to die of hunger and thirst in the long yellow sand with no one to collect their bodies. What was funny was that they didn't want to come to the Demon Realm but walked to the gate of the Demon Realm. There is no difference in life. It's really the end of the world. We don't meet each other everywhere.
Ye Tian hadn't figured out the situation yet, so he squinted his eyes that were blown by the wind and looked, "Brother Lu, where have you been?" His face was covered with deep and shallow yellow sand, and Ye Tian No matter how deep the facial features are, they don’t look so outstanding.
Lu Qingyao said softly, "In the Demon Realm, I haven't seen the place where the martial arts sect came out."
