"Yunfeng, I advise you, when you are away from home, be friendly and make money. If you have money, we can make it together. In order to show my sincerity, I will show you something good."
Aza looked around and saw no one was around. He opened his backpack and took out a black plastic bag.
Opening the plastic bag revealed its contents.
It is an irregularly shaped black stone.
Under the firelight, the inside of the black stone faintly glowed with red light, as if there were blood vessels inside the stone.
"This...is this...Alxa Blood Agate?"
Aza took action instantly and wrapped up the stone so that it would not be seen again.
He smiled and said: "As long as I can participate and get a share of the pie, you will also get a share of this stone when it is sold. The price is beyond your imagination. Now there is the entire underground black market in Yinchuan outside, including those big-nosed jewelers." , are all looking for this rough stone."
"how?
"That's how sincere I am."
One look at this thing blew me away. It looks a bit like blood amber, but I know that this thing is far rarer than blood amber.
I don’t know how this piece of blood agate got into the hands of this kid. In the early years, a senior in the antique shop gave this genius and treasure a name, called fine goods.
Like the Tianhuang Stone, there are Huangtian, White Field, Black Field, and Red Field, and the Light Yellow Field is divided into eight yellows and one essence. Loquat yellow, orange peel yellow, honey yellow, chicken fat yellow, osmanthus yellow, ripe chestnut yellow, soap yellow, tung oil yellow, and that essence refers to Tianhuang essence, which is the highest grade stuff in Tianhuang. It is said that the Forbidden City is a treasure field. Huang Sanlianzhang is made of Huangjing. Undoubtedly, the raw blood agate stone in Aza's hand is also a fine product of this level.
Anyone who understands this will find it hard not to be moved by this piece of blood agate. I am no exception and become greedy.
"Aza, I've said something ugly before, if you want me to believe you..." I pointed to the plastic bag and said, "I have to keep this thing on the road."
"No problem, I knew you would say that, so we agreed in advance that it's yours to keep the things, but in the end it's still mine, it's just your share."
I nodded and said yes and took the backpack.
The next day, Xiaoxuan woke up and saw Aza and I like this. She rubbed her eyes and couldn't believe it.
"I read that right...you two..."
Aza and I are now as good as brothers.
Aza put his arm around my shoulders and said with a smile: "Beauty, Yunfeng and I became good brothers last night. The past has been wiped out. Now the three of us are grasshoppers on the same rope. Yunfeng promised me to join you." A gang."
Everyone in Xiaoxuan was dumbfounded.
I also hugged Aza and nodded: "Yes, from now on we will be good brothers, sharing blessings and suffering together."
Aza and I looked at each other and smiled. We both knew one thing.
The other party has something hidden in their heart.
This ghost hasn't shown up yet because it's not time yet.
After eating the dry food, I took out the sheepskin map and studied it for a while, and I had already determined the approximate direction to go.
Ordinary maps don't work in the desert, but the one the Kayaks gave me was different. For example, in the place we passed by before, a bottle tree was drawn on the sheepskin map. Walking a few kilometers west from the bottle tree, a few poplar trees were drawn. The map was very accurate. We rested at the poplar tree last night. night.
From the map, heading west is an oasis. That oasis is probably the Crescent Oasis that the guide Lao Zhang mentioned. After walking through the oasis, we arrived at the Paba Ring Sand Dunes, which is the final destination. If we can't find any trace of the Hute people at the Paba Sand Dunes, then we may have no choice but to return home.
Aza walked in front, Xiaoxuan and I were behind him.
"What's going on? Why did you agree to take him? That kid is not a good person," Xiaoxuan and I walked side by side, complaining softly on the way.
Seeing that Aza couldn't hear us talking, I whispered: "Of course I know, I just lied and promised him."
"Then...let's..." Xiaoxuan made a gesture of wiping her neck.
"You dare to do it?"
Xiaoxuan gritted her teeth and said, "This place is deserted. Even if we did it, if you don't tell me and I don't tell, no one will know."
I said Xiaoxuan, you are awesome, I don’t dare to kill anyone, I have other plans.
"What are you two mumbling over there? If you don't leave quickly, what if we encounter a sandstorm?"
"I'm coming."
After walking for more than two hours, I could see a lot more poplar trees in front of me from a distance. Taking a deep breath, it seemed as if there was a touch of moisture in the dry air.
"That's the oasis marked on the map, let's go quickly," Aza turned around and joked loudly: "It feels like the three of us are like the third apprentice in Journey to the West. I am the eldest apprentice, little beauty, you are the second apprentice, and Yunfeng you are the third apprentice. Apprentice, it’s just right to be a master when you’re old enough.”
Xiaoxuan picked up a stone and threw it, "Who are you scolding? You are the second senior brother, you are the pig!"
Aza chuckled and was thinking of saying a few flirty words when his expression suddenly changed and he ran forward quickly.
When I got to the place, I saw a row of camel footprints on the ground and a plastic bag that looked new, as if it had just been thrown away.
"They are the leaders!"
"Definitely is!"
I was a little excited when I saw the row of camel footprints. They were most likely left by our camel team. Besides us, who else would come to this desolate desert after being full and having nothing to do.
Aza squatted down and looked at the footprints and said: "There was no wind last night. It seems that these footprints were left last night. They have many people and many camels, so they can't move fast. We may be able to catch up now if we are traveling lightly."
I shook my head and said: "Don't worry, we finally arrived near the oasis, and we need to replenish the water source no matter what. We split up, the air here is humid, and the poplar trees grow so well, there must be water. Aza, go and find out where there is water. I and I Xiaoxuan went to find cactus to make some kettles."
Aza asked me: "Didn't you bring water with you when you left the Kaya tribe?"
"That's not enough. I didn't bring much. There's no need to delay. If we continue to delay, the camel team may wander away again. Hurry up."
"Okay, I'll go for a walk around the area and meet up in an hour." After he finished speaking, he walked towards the south.
"Yunfeng, wait for me, why are you leaving so fast?"
I didn't care about talking and pulled Xiaoxuan forward quickly.
"Aren't we looking for a cactus?"
"Look for a damn cactus," I looked back and said, "Let's go find the leader and let the kid find water by himself."
Xiaoxuan realized this and trotted after me.
As I ran, I looked back to see if Aza's roots had come up.
I was carrying a backpack, and there was that piece of blood agate in the bag. No one cares about that boy's life or death. That boy caused us such misery that he got lost while looking for water.
Jogging all the way, we gradually entered the hinterland of the oasis.
"I...I can't run anymore. That guy probably didn't follow me, right?" Xiaoxuan said, panting and bending over.
I looked back and saw no one.
That's it.
"Hey!" A voice suddenly came from in front of me.
I saw Aza sweating profusely, standing fifty meters in front of me and shouting: "You... you two are running very fast."
