One day later, outside an oasis.
A young man and a young girl walked out of the long yellow sand. They were Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li who had left the volcanoes that day.
The two of them looked at the oasis not far away, with a hint of joy on their faces.
"Finally found the oasis!"
Mo Li looked a little excited, and his steps became much brisker.
Although Bu Xiaotian looked much calmer, it could be seen from the smile on his face and the faintly accelerated pace that he was also very happy in his heart.
I don't know whether it was because they were unlucky or because oases in the desert were too rare. In the past day or so, they had never encountered an oasis suitable for human life.
Except for the one in front of me.
This oasis looks quite big, and many figures can be seen moving around the edges from a distance.
Not long after, the two arrived at the edge of the oasis.
Some people have already seen them, with a look of surprise on their faces.
It's not to blame for their short-sightedness. In fact, although these two people have a bit of a dusty look on their faces, their outfits don't look like they are trekking long distances in the vast desert.
Although some people were curious, no one made a fuss. Most people looked at the two people from a distance and had no intention of coming up to talk.
Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li walked into the oasis and saw large houses scattered around the outside of the forest.
Most of these houses are tall and wide and look more like they are used to store goods, carriages and horses. There are only a few people dressed like servants walking around in the courtyard.
Although there are many houses in the oasis, all the vegetation is well protected and has not been destroyed by people's activities. The people here seem to be integrated into nature and appear very harmonious.
Countless years of exploration and lessons have made them understand that the oasis is the foundation of their survival. Only by protecting the oasis can they live in peace.
Although the two of them felt very new about such a scene, they did not forget the purpose of coming here.
They didn't stay too much on the outside and walked directly into the oasis along a trail.
The further you go, the more houses there are.
What is different from the outside is that the houses inside are more exquisite and more suitable for people to live in.
Trails criss-cross the oasis, covering the entire oasis like a big net.
The two came to a three-story building and saw many people coming in and out. It seemed to be an inn, so they walked in.
Entering inside, we saw many tables and stools placed in the hall. There were people sitting around several tables chatting, and there were meals on the tables.
It seems that this is indeed an inn.
It was already past dinner time, and the innkeeper was dozing off on the counter.
Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li walked to the counter and knocked on the table.
When the shopkeeper heard the sound, he thought someone was about to pay. He looked up listlessly and saw a pair of boys and girls standing in front of them.
The young man is carrying a long sword and the weapon is majestic. The girl is wearing a light green dress and looks smart and pretty.
After seeing the appearance of the two people clearly, the shopkeeper suddenly became energetic.
The two people in front of me were new faces, and they were obviously newcomers. Although their clothes were stained with some dust, they did not look embarrassed at all.
He has been running an inn here for decades and has visited countless people. Naturally, it can be seen that the two of them have a somewhat extraordinary temperament.
"What do you two objectively need?"
The shopkeeper is very polite, but not humble.
"I want two rooms and some hot water."
After walking in the desert for so long, both Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li needed to freshen up.
"Okay, please wait a moment, both of you."
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he shouted to the side:
"Six sons!"
As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, someone on the other side responded:
"Why!"
Then a lean man who looked to be in his twenties opened the curtain behind the shopkeeper and came out and asked:
"Uncle Wang, what's wrong?"
The shopkeeper said:
"Take the two guests upstairs."
Liu Zi also saw Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li and responded:
"Okay! You two, please come with me!"
There are seven or eight guest rooms upstairs, most of which are occupied by people, and you can faintly hear some people talking inside.
Liu Zi led the two of them forward for a while, stopped outside a room door, and said:
"There happen to be two adjacent empty rooms, so you two can rest here first."
Bu Xiaotian nodded and called Liu Zi who was about to leave:
"Brother, this is our first time here. I don't know where this is. How far is it from Shaliu Town?"
Hearing Bu Xiaotian's words, Liuzi was shocked:
"Did you two come here on your own?"
Bu Xiaotian was a little confused about Liu Zi's surprise and asked:
"Yes what's the matter?"
Liuzi realized that there was something wrong with his performance just now, and quickly calmed down his expression and said:
"Do you know how far it is to get here from the edge of the desert?"
Bu Xiaotian thought for a while and replied:
"More than a thousand miles."
Hearing Bu Xiaotian's answer, Liu Zi finally calmed down.
"More than a thousand miles? Did you walk straight in from the outside?"
"Um."
"Did you meet anyone else on the road?"
Bu Xiaotian shook his head:
"No."
After hearing this ordinary answer, Liu Zi's eyes changed when he looked at the two people, from looking at ordinary guests with respect to awe.
Bu Xiaotian also noticed the changes in Liuzi and couldn't help but ask:
"What's wrong?"
Liuzi did not answer Bu Xiaotian's question, but asked:
"You two are not ordinary people, right?"
Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li were both very surprised at this time. They asked themselves how they had not shown anything different from ordinary people since they first came in. They didn't know how Liu Zi could see it.
Bu Xiaotian was still thinking secretly about where they had exposed their flaw, but Mo Li had already asked:
"How did you know?"
Liuzi actually felt a little regretful just after he said that. He already knew that the two of them were not ordinary people, but he still exposed their identities. If they deliberately concealed their identities, wouldn't they want to kill him to silence them?
Hearing Mo Li's question at this time, in order not to anger the two of them, Liu Zi did not dare to hide anything and immediately explained:
"You two adults don't know. It is true that this place is more than a thousand miles away from the edge of the desert, but that is the shortest distance. To reach here, ordinary people have to walk at least half the distance."
Hearing this, the two of them felt strange and asked:
"why is that?"
Liuzi didn't dare to show off, so he said honestly:
"Because there are not many oases in the desert, there are a lot of poisonous snakes and scorpions, and it is easy to get lost. Ordinary people have to follow the caravans to go from oasis to oasis if they want to enter the desert.
If you are unlucky, you will encounter quicksand and sandstorms, so sometimes even if there are many people traveling together, the entire caravan will disappear in the desert.
The caravan also had to find larger oases to replenish water sources on the way, and larger oases were not distributed regularly in the desert, so they had to take many detours.
Ordinary people who want to walk directly from the outside in will only die on the road and will not be able to get here at all. "
Bu Xiaotian suddenly realized:
"So that's it. No wonder we didn't meet anyone along the way. We didn't even see a larger oasis."
After Liuzi answered Bu Xiaotian's words, he saw that the two of them didn't look angry. He felt relieved and asked cautiously:
"Two adults, can the younger one leave?"
"You haven't told us how to get to Shaliu Town?"
Liuzi shook his head timidly and said:
"The younger one has been in Huyang Town and has never been out, so he doesn't know how to get to Shaliu Town."
Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li suddenly showed disappointment on their faces, but they did not embarrass Liu Zi:
"Okay, nothing's wrong. Go and boil some hot water for us."
Hearing this, Liuzi felt as if he had been granted amnesty, and immediately nodded and said:
"Okay, you two adults, wait a moment!"
After saying that, he quickly left the second floor.
After Liu Zi left, Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li didn't say anything more and went back to their rooms to rest.
Not long after, Liuzi brought hot water. The two freshened up and then went downstairs to order a table of food. While eating, they thought about how to go to Shaliu Town.
Just when the two were about to finish eating, a fierce quarrel suddenly came from the far corner.
"Are you crazy?! Shaliu Town is so dangerous now and you still want to go?"
"My brother is still there. Even if I die, I will find him!"
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Hearing this, Bu Xiaotian and Mo Li both looked at each other. They stopped eating at the same time, looked at each other and then looked in the direction where the argument came from.
I saw four people sitting on a table over there, two of them looked excited, it was obvious that they were arguing just now.
Bu Xiaotian signaled Mo Li to sit here and don't move, then he got up and walked over there.
At this time, the two people had stopped arguing and were confronting each other.
"Excuse me, how many of you are going to Shaliu Town?"
Hearing Bu Xiaotian's voice, the four of them realized that there was an extra person next to them, and at the same time they looked at Bu Xiaotian who was standing aside.
One of the older people looked at Bu Xiaotian and saw that he didn't look like a villain, so he answered:
"We are indeed planning to go to Shaliu Town, but someone said before that a sand demon appeared in Shaliu Town, and we are discussing changing the itinerary."
As soon as the man finished speaking, a man on the other side lit up and immediately asked:
"Are you going to Shaliu Town?"
Bu Xiaotian glanced at the man and saw that he was one of the two people who had argued before. Judging from his expression, he seemed to insist on going to Shaliu Town, so he nodded and said:
"Well, we are going to Shaliu Town to find someone, but we have never been there before and we want to find someone to go with us."
The man seemed to suddenly grasp hope and asked again:
"How many of you are there?"
"two."
When he heard Bu Xiaotian say that there were only two people, the look on the man's face suddenly turned gloomy again, he shook his head and persuaded:
"There are only two of you? Then I advise you not to take risks. There is a sand demon in Shaliu Town. Even if you can get there, you won't be able to come back alive."
Seeing that the man had insisted on going to Shaliu Town to find his younger brother, but he still kindly persuaded me, I suddenly felt a good impression of him and said:
"Brother, don't worry. Although there are only two of us, we both have some cultivation skills. We can still deal with ordinary monsters!"
Hearing Bu Xiaotian say that he was a cultivator, the four of them looked at him in surprise, especially the eyes of the person who insisted on going to Shaliu Town. The person who spoke first was calm and asked :
"It turns out that little brother is a cultivator. I tell you the truth. I also know a little bit about cultivation. I know that when you practice to high and deep places, you can fly to the sky and escape from the earth, drive water and control fire. However, those who are not high in cultivation are no better than ordinary martial artists. A little stronger, seeing as my little brother is not very old, I guess his cultivation level is also limited, right?"
Although he was questioned, Bu Xiaotian was not annoyed. He just smiled and pointed at the empty bowl on the table.
Several people immediately followed Bu Xiaotian's fingers and looked at the empty bowl on the table. They saw that the originally empty coarse porcelain bowl actually emerged from the bottom of the bowl with water. In the blink of an eye, the porcelain bowl was filled. Bu Xiaotian's hand was filled with water. While doing this, the water in the bowl suddenly ignited into a raging fire, and the flames jumped up to three feet high.
When the flames burst out, the four of them stood up and took two steps back. Feeling the burning sensation from the flames, they all knew that this was not a trick, and their eyes when looking at Bu Xiaotian suddenly turned into awe. Incomparable.
Seeing their reactions, Bu Xiaotian knew that his goal was achieved. He smiled slightly and pointed another finger on his hand. The flames in the bowl immediately dissipated, leaving only a bowl of clear water.
He reached out and picked up the bowl filled with water, drank the water in a few sips, then looked at the man and asked with a smile:
"how?"
Even if that person had some knowledge, in the final analysis he had only heard the stories of some cultivators. When these incredible things happened in front of his eyes, he lost his calmness and said in fear:
"The villain is short-sighted and has offended the immortal. I beg the immortal to forgive me!"
The movement here has long attracted the attention of other people in the hall, and everyone looked here in surprise.
Bu Xiaotian waved his hand and said:
"This uncle doesn't have to be like this. I don't mean to blame you."
The man had just breathed a sigh of relief, and before he could say anything, the young man who had persuaded Bu Xiaotian before suddenly fell to his knees and implored excitedly:
"Please ask the immortal master to take me to Shaliu Town to save my brother! In the next life, Yue Xuanyin will make a cow, a horse, and a grass ring to repay the immortal's kindness!"
Bu Xiaotian pulled him up and said:
"Brother, you don't have to be like this. We just need a guide. As long as you take us to Shaliu Town, maybe we can catch up with your brother."
When Yue Xuanyin heard this, he became even more excited and wanted to prostrate himself again, but Bu Xiaotian reached out to stop him, so he could only say over and over again:
"Thank you, Immortal! Thank you, Immortal!"
"Okay, without further ado, you go back and prepare now. We will set off early tomorrow morning. As for the other three, let's stay here for now. We don't know the situation in Shaliu Town. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you then. .”
Naturally no one dared to object.
After Bu Xiaotian finished speaking, he no longer cared about the reactions of the others, and returned to Mo Li with a calm expression to say hello, and the two of them went upstairs.
When the remaining people saw the two people leaving, the originally quiet hall became lively with a "boom". Everyone was marveling and talking about what had just happened.
After going upstairs, Mo Li looked at Bu Xiaotian beside him, with a narrow smile on his face, and joked:
"Bu Daxian Chang, does it feel good to be a saint in front of others?"
By this time, Bu Xiaotian couldn't pretend anymore, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and said:
"Stop talking, I feel like a charlatan sorcerer. Let's get ready. We'll probably have to hurry up in the next few days."
Mo Li stopped teasing him, nodded and returned to his room.
Several people were prepared not to mention it that day.
Early the next morning, the two went downstairs to have dinner, and said to Yue Xuanyin, who had been waiting at the door of the inn and looked at them eagerly:
"Let's go."
