So the old man opened his mouth to introduce the whole story of his poisoning to Xiao He. The windy season in this desert is coming soon. This is the time when black storms occur most every year. No one in the town can enter the desert during this period. The old man wanted to take advantage of the windy season to go to the desert to hunt a few more yellowtails. sheep. He led several young men from the town into the desert and followed the regular route, but did not want to encounter a storm. At this time, the team was not traveling deep and was only on the edge of the desert. However, the team still got lost in the desert. According to reports, The old man said that he encountered a big black and white snake while leading the team to find a route. It bit the old man's calf and then disappeared into the desert. After that, the old man fainted and did not know what happened.
After the storm subsided, the team found the fainted old man under a sand dune and carried him back to the town. Miraculously, the old man said that he had been lost in the desert with his team for a long time, but the middle-aged man in the team said that only the old man was lost. They had no choice but to wait where they were. After the storm passed, they mobilized people to search for the old man.
"Xiao He, what do you think?" Yue Die looked at Xiao He who was bowing his head in thought and asked in a low voice.
Xiao He looked at Dadi and the others and asked, "Did you go hunting before the windy season, but you encountered a black storm?"
Dadi nodded with certainty and said: "Yes, this is a phenomenon that has never happened before. We have lived here for generations, and our judgment of the wind season will not be wrong. The black storm did come early. If it weren't for the fact that we are only on the edge of the desert Activities, I’m afraid they’ve all been buried by the desert sand at this moment.”
"The windy season has never come early before?" Xiao He asked again.
"No!" Dadi said with certainty.
Xiao He thought for a moment and asked again: "Aside from the early arrival of the black storm, what other abnormalities are there?"
Hearing this, Dadi lowered his head and recalled.
"Thunder! There's still thunder!" A young boy standing next to Dadi suddenly shouted.
"What thunder?" Xiao He asked again.
"That's right! When the black storm appeared, there were a few purple thunders in the sky, but they were far away from us, but this phenomenon has never happened before." Dadi also remembered something and explained.
Xiao He heard this and looked at Yuedie. Yuedie saw Xiao He looking at her, and nodded and explained: "It is true, not only in the desert area, but also in any place. Although the climate of Tongtian Fortress is bad, the violent mana elements will affect each other. and offset each other, so it is rare for storms and thunderstorms to overlap.”
Xiao He heard that Yuedie said something reasonable, but such weather still appeared, and he didn't know what this meant. Then he asked the old man: "Old man, based on your experience, can you tell what kind of snake bit you?"
The old man sighed, shook his head slightly, and said, "I have never seen that kind of venomous snake. It doesn't look like a creature in the desert."
Xiao He looked at Yuedie again and asked, "What are your thoughts? Is there anyone in the seven major cities that is good at monsters or poisons?"
Yuedie thought about it and said, "If it comes to poisons, Sirius City is the best at it. Not only poisons, they also have many ancient methods that are most similar to the aborigines of Tongtian Fortress. So apart from the aborigines, I think only Sirius City Cheng Neng is most familiar with the way of survival in this desert."
"Having the habit of subduing and controlling poisonous monsters is also a match." Xiao He whispered again.
Yuedie looked at Xiao He and asked, "What do you think?"
Xiao He replied: "Based on what the old man said, I speculate that it is very likely that someone entered this desert before us and met the team led by the old man. And based on the information you provided, it is very likely that the person who came was A cultivator from Tianlang City. But..."
"What?" Yuedie asked.
Xiao He continued: "It's just that I don't know the purpose of their trip yet. If the purpose was the aboriginal people here, then the town would not be so peaceful long ago. There are also extreme weather phenomena such as storms and thunderstorms superimposed, What else is revealed?"
At this time, Yuedie seemed to suddenly remember something, and a shocked expression flashed across her face. Xiao He saw something strange about Yue Die, but because of the crowd present, he did not continue to ask. Xiao
He immediately stepped forward and used magic to partially expel the toxins from the old man's legs. However, after being poisoned for too long, it was difficult to remove the toxins from the body. After all, the cultivation level of the aborigines is not as good as that of immortal cultivators. It is difficult for the old man to deal with the poison in his body for four hundred years.
Youyue had been listening to everyone talking. It was only then that she looked at Xiao He and said, "Brother Xiao, do you have a way to cure your father's poison?"
Xiao He thought for a while and said, "I'm not too sure. If I can meet the poisonous snake that bit the old man, maybe I can find a way to detoxify it."
"Two rounds of black storms have passed, how can we find it?" The boy next to Dadi said again.
"Even if there is a glimmer of hope, we should give it a try!" Dadi lowered his head and frowned, "This is entering the desert during the wind season..."
"I would rather go into the desert, but I lack a guide." Xiao He said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Youyue's eyes couldn't help but look at Dadi. Dadi also realized this and said righteously: "I can be your guide!"
Xiao He saw that Dadi was in a bit of trouble, but in order to save face in front of You Yue, Xiao He took two steps forward and patted Dadi on the shoulder with a smile and said: "You just need to take us to the location where we found the old man. You will come back when we get there. Wait for news from us in the town."
Dadi took a long breath in his heart, nodded constantly, his expression still solemn, and said: "No problem, we can set off in a moment."
Just like that, three people, three camels, and the earth as their guide, Xiao He and Yue Die once again entered the desert that almost buried them both.
The three of them followed the ancient river into the desert, and when they reached the place where the sun was about to set, Dadi took the two of them to turn a corner to the northwest. They continued like this until dawn, when Dadi said: "That's almost it." Nowadays, there are frequent storms, and this desert is extremely mobile. I will definitely not be able to find the sand dune where You Yue’s father was found, but the location is nearby, so I can’t go wrong.”
Xiao He looked at his surroundings. The desert stretched as far as the eye could see, and he couldn't see anything else. After looking around, Xiao He said to Dadi: "Thank you, please go back first. Going forward will be very dangerous."
Dadi looked at Xiao He, hesitated for a moment, nodded, said thank you to Xiao He, turned around and walked back on a camel. Yuedie looked at the back of the earth and sighed: "Why do the aborigines here feel so different from your friends in every aspect?"
Xiao He smiled and said nonchalantly: "Maybe they are in a remote location. Besides, if they have any real abilities, there seems to be no need to show them to you and me."
"You are taking risks to find a way to detoxify them!" Yuedie sighed.
Xiao He smiled again and said, "The aborigines must have an innate sense of defensiveness against immortal cultivators!"
"Now... where are we going?" Yue Die asked.
"In the old man's room yesterday, did you have anything to say?" Xiao He asked.
Yuedie nodded and said: "I heard that when the Beidou Order appeared last time in Tongtian Fortress, there were abnormal climate superpositions in various places, so this time..."
Xiao He nodded with a smile and said: "This is really my guess, and the people who entered the desert before us must have discovered this. They are definitely immortal cultivators, but are they cultivators from Tianlang City? It remains to be verified.”
"Have you thought of it a long time ago?" Yuedie asked.
Xiao He heard this and laughed loudly: "Of course, when I saw those monsters that were poisoned by poisonous snakes, I thought that none of those monsters looked like the creatures in the desert. They must have been brought in by cultivators. .”
Yuedie rolled her eyes and said angrily: "Cunning!" After saying that, she suddenly realized something and asked quickly: "What did you say? You said those monsters were brought in by immortal cultivators?"
Xiao He smiled slyly again and said, "When do you think the contract between the monster and its master will be terminated?"
"What do you mean..." Yuedie opened her mouth with a horrified expression.
Xiao He continued: "If I guessed correctly, these people must have died in the process of searching for the Beidou Order, so those few were injured.
During the escape of the monsters, they went to the ruins of the ancient city to escape the black storm, and were killed by those poisonous snakes. You and I carefully search for the ruins nearby and reap the benefits. "
"Why do you, a white-faced scholar, have such a cunning side? It seems that becoming your friend is the wisest choice!" Yuedie sighed again.
"Let's go, I have a hunch that there is an ancient city ruins within the scope of my consciousness!" Xiao He suddenly said seriously. Then he rode the camel forward, and Yuedie had no choice but to follow closely behind.
After walking not far, Xiao He stopped. Yue Die also walked to Xiao He and asked, "Why, is this right here?"
Xiao He nodded and said, "If my guess is correct, the ruins should be at our feet." After Xiao He finished speaking, he slashed forward with a palm, and yellow sand flew instantly, revealing an area of black stone. It seems that there is not much accumulation of yellow sand here. Looking at the black stone, Xiao He gathered his fist at his waist and struck out with all his strength. A flash of blue light instantly hit the surface of the black stone.
After the green light suddenly appeared, the black stone collapsed, revealing a dark hole. Xiao He just looked inside and jumped down. Yuedie saw that Xiao He had already jumped down, and without thinking, jumped down with Xiao He.
Their feet landed firmly on the stone pavement. Moon Butterfly then raised a torch, illuminating the surrounding space. Only then did the two of them see clearly that they were in a long corridor at this moment. The road ahead is unknown, but Xiao He did not forget to tease: "If you hadn't come here for a moment, I would have forgotten that you come from Wuyang City, which is famous for its fire."
Yuedie glanced at Xiao He angrily and said, "Glib tongue."
The two of them walked along the corridor one after the other. Although they were laughing and joking, their consciousness always covered the surrounding area and they moved forward cautiously. Not long after walking, I saw an arched stone door. The material was no longer dark stone, but square bricks of unknown special material. Looking at the stone gate in front of him, Xiao He thought to himself: "An ancient city in a fortress that reaches the sky cannot be more exquisite than the Dazhi Mountain that I broke into back then? Why should I be afraid?"
Thinking of this, Xiao He strode forward. Yuedie looked at the subtle changes in the expression on Xiao He's face and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Xiao He smiled and said, "Just some past events."
Yuedie dismissed this, then rolled her eyes and asked, "How old are you this year?"
Xiao He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and replied: "I forgot too, he must be one hundred, fifty or sixty years old!"
"What!" Yue Die exclaimed.
"What's wrong?" Xiao He replied nonchalantly, "Sister Yuedie, how old are you?"
Yue Die looked at Xiao He's evil smile, felt angry in her heart, and replied: "It's rude to ask a girl her age!"
While laughing and cursing, the two walked through the stone gate and entered a very large hall. It may be said to be spacious, but it is much smaller than the main hall that Xiao He used when he broke into Dazhi Mountain. The walls around the main hall are made of square bricks, and eight thick stone pillars in the center support the roof of the hall. A jade throne can be seen directly in front. The main hall of the throne is blue and white. Its surface is pure and flawless, without any decoration, but it also shows that the glorious status of this ancient city in the past is now dead and buried here by the yellow sand.
Go forward through the ear gates on both sides of the main hall and you will reach the side hall at the rear. It was also here that Xiao He and Yue Die saw four immortal cultivators - dead cultivators.
The walls around the side hall were smooth, and there were no traces of fighting in the surrounding environment. The four cultivators stood straight on the spot, with no obvious external injuries on their bodies.
Yuedie looked at the corpse in front of her and sighed in her heart: "These four people are at least seventeen or eighty-level cultivation. In this continent, who can embarrass four of them at the same time?"
Xiao He shook his head and said: "There are no traces of fighting around here. The four of them may not have been killed manually."
"That's..." Yue Yue asked hesitantly.
"I don't know." Xiao He shook his head again and said.
Yue Die looked at Xiao He and his expression suddenly darkened, and asked, "What, are you scared?"
Xiao He replied: "I was thinking, if they are the owners of the monsters we discovered before, where did those monsters escape from?"
