After resting at the bottom of the cliff for a night, Xiao Ding couldn't wait to fly to the top of the Xiangsi Cliff the next morning without even eating breakfast.
The top of the cliff was relatively flat, and Xiao Ding could vaguely see the remains of a small stone statue exposed on the dust. It looks like the shape of human feet and ankles.
This must be the acacia stone.
Thinking of the story about this stone statue that the magic lamp told last night, Xiao Ding was also filled with sadness.
Ten thousand years was too long, and even the stones turned into dust.
Xiao Ding came to the top of the cliff with the intention of looking for some soil. However, even though the top of the cliff is so high, what you see is still yellow sand.
Years of sand and dust have covered the surface of the cliff top.
The soil on this hill had probably been blown away by the wind and sand.
With the last glimmer of hope, Xiao Ding let go of his consciousness and looked under the dust on the top of the cliff. Trying to find some soil buried beneath the dust.
But after exploring for a long time, he found that underneath the sand on the top of the cliff were basically rocks, with no soil at all.
This made Xiao Ding feel a little disappointed.
After all, it is not easy to encounter a place that is similar to Acacia soil.
Just when Xiao Ding was about to give up, he suddenly discovered that near the stone statue, there was a pit in the rock under the sand, where there was some white dust-like stuff.
He had been exploring elsewhere, but ignored the nearby location.
Now that he had discovered something, Xiao Ding decided to find out. Although he could detect with his spiritual consciousness that the content in the pit was white, which was different from ordinary black soil, Xiao Ding still decided to take a look first before talking about it.
He came to the depression near the stone statue. On the surface, this location is no different from other places, they are all flat. If it weren't for spiritual exploration, there would be no way to find the pits on the rocks under the sand.
Xiao Ding squatted down and used both hands to push aside the yellow sand covering the surface.
Soon he saw something white beneath the sand.
The material looks similar to soil, is finer than sand, and is grayish-white in color.
Is this white soil? Xiao Ding guessed secretly.
He had only seen black and yellow soil before, but never white soil. However, he has heard that there are indeed red, brown, white and other colors of soil in the world.
Xiao Ding held the white soil in his hands and felt it carefully through his spiritual consciousness. He found that the composition of the soil seemed to be somewhat similar to the short fragment of the stone statue next to it.
Could it be that after the stone statue was dumped, it weathered into ashes and accumulated in the pit?
He turned back and looked at the remaining parts of the stone statue, and saw that its material was indeed almost the same as the soil material in his hand.
It seems that what I guessed must be correct!
However, he is still not sure whether this white soil formed by the weathering of stone statues is the acacia soil he is looking for.
Don’t worry about that much for now, no matter what it is, just take it away first.
So, he found a cloth bag from the space, collected all the white soil in the pit into the cloth bag, and then put the cloth bag into the jade pendant space.
At this time, Ah Li at the bottom of the cliff was already shouting to the top of the cliff: "Brother Tian, the meal is ready, you can come down and eat!"
Xiao Ding straightened up and replied to the cliff: "Okay, I'll go down right away."
After saying that, he raised his eyes and looked around, and what he saw was still endless yellow sand. The sand dunes undulate, forming a folded landscape, which looks very dazzling when illuminated by the morning sun.
At this moment, Xiao Ding already somewhat believed what the magic lamp said. If there is really yellow sand everywhere, then even if I keep flying like this, it will be fruitless.
The magic lamp has been flying for hundreds of years, but it has not been able to get out of this desert. Can I fly longer than the magic lamp?
Thinking about the current situation in his mind, Xiao Ding flew down the cliff.
At this time, Ouyang Qing and Ah Li had already prepared breakfast and brought it into the cabin of the Feiyun Shuttle.
The cabin of the Feiyun Shuttle is relatively complete with daily necessities such as tables, chairs, and benches. When eating here, you don’t have to worry about dust falling into your bowl.
Seeing Xiao Ding's frown, Ouyang Qing couldn't help but ask Xiao Ding through her spiritual consciousness: "Husband, haven't you found the Acacia soil?"
Before Xiao Ding went up the cliff, he told the two girls his main purpose of going up, so Qing'er thought Xiao Ding had not found the Xiangsi Tu.
Xiao Ding shook his head and said: "I found some dust after the weathering of stone statues. I don't know if it is acacia soil. Anyway, I have collected some and put them in my jade pendant space."
Qing'er nodded and asked doubtfully: "Now that we have found it, why are you still frowning and looking unhappy?"
Xiao Ding sighed and said: "I just looked around on the stone cliff and found that there was yellow sand everywhere, and I couldn't see the border at all. I don't know if we can walk in such a vast desert in this life. out."
Hearing this, Qing'er quickly comforted Xiao Ding and said, "Husband, don't worry, we will get out one day. I believe in you."
Xiao Ding shook his head helplessly and said, "Let's eat first." As he said that, he walked towards the table in the cabin.
Ah Li, who was placing the dishes and chopsticks, saw Xiao Ding coming over and said quickly: "Brother Tian, come and try if the honey grilled chicken I made today is delicious."
Xiao Ding glanced at the large plate of roasted chicken on the table, then looked at Ahri, pointed at the chicken and asked, "Is this a plate of chicken? Did you roast it?"
Ah Li winked playfully, turned to look at Xiao Ding and said, "Brother Tian, guess which of the dishes on the table was cooked by me? Which one was cooked by Sister Qing'er?"
Xiao Ding turned his attention to the table again and saw six dishes placed on the table. Every dish is delicious and delicious.
If it were anyone else, it would be really difficult to tell who made these dishes.
However, Xiao Ding was familiar with both Qing'er and Ah Li. He thought for a moment and then said: "If you want me to guess, those three plates of chicken dishes must belong to you, Miss Ah Li." Craftsmanship. The other three dishes..." At this point, he paused, turned to look at Qing'er who was following him, and continued: "That must have been made by my beautiful and virtuous Qing'er wife. "
Qing'er rolled her eyes at Xiao Ding and said angrily: "Glib tongue!"
Ah Li said with admiration: "Brother Tian, you are so smart, you guessed it right all of a sudden."
Xiao Ding's face was full of sadness before, but when the two women interrupted him, it all dissipated in an instant.
Next, the three of them finished breakfast in a pleasant atmosphere.
After the meal, Xiao Ding just wanted to leave the cabin and drive the Feiyun Shuttle outside to continue on the road.
At this time, Qing'er stopped in front of Xiao Ding, and she said to Xiao Ding: "Husband, if you don't want to take the wrong path, you can put out the magic lamp and ask him which route he took in the first place, and then, We can take another route and maybe have a chance to leave the desert."
When Xiao Ding heard this, he felt that what Qing'er said made sense, so he grabbed the soul-stirring gourd that had been placed on the table, opened the lid, and said to the inside: "Aladdin's lamp, come out quickly."
When the magic lamp heard Xiao Ding calling him, he had no choice but to float out of the gourd, like a cloud of mist, floating in the air. He corrected Xiao Ding and said: "Master, you always make mistakes. My name is not Aladdin's magic lamp, but Aladdin's magic lamp." It’s called the Magic Lamp or Aladdin.”
Xiao Ding said nonchalantly: "It's all the same, it's not much different. I'm used to calling you Aladdin's Lamp. You don't have to correct me every time."
"But, Master, I never said that my name was Aladdin, the god???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? around. I just said that before I became a monk, my common name was Aladdin." After I became a monk, my master gave me a Dharma name, Shen Deng. Why do you always call me two names together?" Shen Deng asked curiously.
Xiao Ding still said very casually: "I just think it's easier to call it this way. It doesn't mean anything else. Don't think too much about it, huh?"
"Okay, Master, if you call me out, what's the matter?" the magic lamp asked.
Xiao Ding said: "I asked you to come out because I really have something to ask you. You said before that you have been flying for hundreds of years, but you have not been able to leave this desert. What you said is true. Of?"
The magic lamp lowered its head and replied: "I dare not deceive the master!"
"Then can you tell me the route you took?" Xiao Ding asked.
The magic lamp answered honestly: "I was moving all the way to the west."
Xiao Ding asked curiously: "There are so many suns in the sky, how do you distinguish between east, west, north and south?"
The magic lamp explained: "There are now a total of nine suns hanging above the nine-sky void. In fact, when I first came here more than 10,000 years ago, there were ten suns in the sky. I just don't know what The reason is that one was lost and nine were left. However, it is not difficult to tell the direction..."
"Then please tell me more specifically." Xiao Ding was a little surprised when he heard that there were ten suns in the sky. However, he did not inquire about this matter in detail, because the magic lamp himself said that he did not know why it actually lost a sun.
"To distinguish the direction in the nine-sky void, you only need to know the distribution of the sun in the sky." The magic lamp paused and continued, "Although there are nine suns hanging in the sky, they are actually not far away from here. Different. Moreover, the trajectories are also different. We only need to know that in the morning, there are four suns in the eastern sky, two suns in the southern sky, and one sun in the western sky. Sun, there are two suns in the northern sky..."
"What about the afternoon?" Xiao Ding asked curiously.
"In the afternoon, it will be reversed. There are four suns in the western sky, one sun in the eastern sky, and there are still two suns in the southern and northern skies." The magic lamp replied.
