The vast and empty sea of yellow sand is endless, and there is no trace of green in sight.
In the distance, there are several ruins that have been eroded by wind and sand. The sound of "ding-ding-dong-dong" coming from the camel bells of the Zheng family riding on the magic bell camel makes it seem a bit desolate in the vast desert.
"Dang——" Zheng Lu sat on the magic bell camel in the front, holding the pipa upright, pressing the strings with her left hand, and plucked a series of long tones with the five fingers of her right hand, which was magnificent and melodious.
After the song ended, Chen Mo rode his camel forward and approached her: "Miss Zheng, why are you playing the pipa in the desert?"
Not far behind the two of them are three foundation-building monks, Zheng Qingyuan, Sun Xing, and another elder of the Zheng family who is in the early stage of foundation-building. After them are a group of Qi-refining guards from the Zheng family, and the magic bell camels carrying the goods. At the end of the line.
A complete camel caravan has two kinds of camel bells, one is a jingle bell hung on the neck of the last camel to prevent the camels from getting separated, and the other is a clang bell hung on the cargo.
Not all items in the world of cultivation can be placed in storage bags. The magic bell camel helped them a lot. A group of more than 20 people heard the "ding, thump, thump" sound made by the camel bell. I couldn't help but feel a lot more at ease.
Speaking of which, three days have passed since Chen Mo practiced that night. In about half a month, they will be able to reach the western border of Yan Kingdom.
The yellow sand in the boundless desert was as fine as flour in the secular world. The dust was flying and was about to be blown into Chen Mo's mouth. He raised his left hand slightly, and the Yin spirit force suddenly formed a transparent wall of air to block the sand and dust. Two feet away.
Zheng Luyan stopped him and said: "Brother Chen, the spiritual energy here is very thin. My sister can feel that her eleventh level of Qi refining has been suppressed by about two levels. She can only reach the level of the ninth level of Qi refining. The desert is dangerous. It’s better for you to reserve some spiritual power.”
Chen Mo nodded and said, "Is it to prevent sandstorms from coming?"
"Brother Chen really knows a lot." Zheng Lu placed the pipa on the recessed part of the hump and said softly: "Sandstorms only happen once every ten years. There is no need to worry too much. What we need to beware of most is actually the boundless Sand lizards and black nematodes in the desert.”
"Sand lizard?"
The two of them rode camels side by side. Zheng Lu explained to Chen Mo on the other side: "This is a kind of monster in the Qi refining stage. It is ferocious and extremely aggressive. Although the individual body only has the cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi refining, once it There are hundreds or even thousands of them, and even a Qi Refining Dzogchen cultivator will have to spend some effort to deal with them."
Chen Mo said: "We have three foundation-building monks, don't worry."
Zheng Lu smiled noncommittally: "Brother Chen asked my little sister earlier why she played the pipa. In fact, it is a special kind of music and one of the most annoying sounds for sand lizards. As long as the pipa sounds, it can be heard at a certain time. To the extent that the sand lizards avoid us."
"So that's it." Chen Mo suddenly realized at this moment: "What about the other black nematode?"
At the mention of these three words, Zheng Lu's pretty face tightened, as if she was reminded of some bad memories: "Brother Chen, we'd better not encounter such a thing, otherwise even if there are three foundation-building monks, the end will be different. How much better would it be.”
Zheng Lu didn't elaborate, but Chen Mo could tell from her face that this was a difficult monster, so he didn't go into details.
Everyone who was marching was almost silent, because if they were not careful, a mouthful of yellow sand would enter their mouths. Chen Mo had been chatting with Zheng Lu for so long, which was also the result of him maintaining the outer shield.
Climbing over the rolling hills are also made of pure yellow sand. This is a world of yellow sand, an ocean of yellow sand. The continuous yellow sand connects with the sky. It is impossible to tell where the end of the desert is.
In the Zheng family's camel caravan, everyone had a compass in their hands that could tell the direction, so they didn't have to worry about losing their way. After walking for a few more hours, the scorching sun set and the high temperature and heat wave in the desert gradually subsided.
"Father, Second Uncle, Master Sun, there is an incomplete ruin half buried in the sand in front of us! Let's go there to take shelter from the wind at night!"
Zheng Lu was the leader, so she naturally saw the small barrier not far away in advance, and shouted loudly to the three people sitting on the camel behind.
Of course they had no objection. They ordered the Magic Bell Camel to run faster, and within a quarter of an hour they arrived at the outer edge of the small barrier that Zheng Lu discovered.
Twenty monks got off their camels and trapped them under the sand dunes with magic to prevent them from running around. After walking into the ruins, they each found a place to rest. They had been working day and night for the past three days. In a hurry, even cultivators' bodies are a little overwhelmed.
After resting for about half an hour, several Qi Refining Guards soon couldn't bear the loneliness. They took out some dry firewood from their storage bags and piled them together to burn so that everyone could keep warm.
Some monks were even prepared in advance. They took out a few large pieces of rabbit meat in their storage bags, marinated it with salt, tore it into many small strips, and then smoked it over firewood. It was delicious.
Chen Mo was also given a few pieces of rabbit meat, and he wanted to send it to his master, but Zheng Lu started very quickly and had already made rabbit meat for the three foundation-building monks, so he could only give up on it.
He had just taken a bite, and before he had time to chew it carefully, his eyes suddenly and inadvertently landed on the northeast corner of the place. There was a black spot similar to the size of a sesame seed slowly emerging from the sand. If it weren't for the He almost ignored the fire.
"Is that a bug?"
Just as Chen Mo was about to walk over and take a look, he saw the black dot the size of a sesame seed suddenly got into the robe of the Qi Refining Guard nearest to it.
In the next moment, a horrifying scene happened!
The Qi Refining cultivator who was talking and laughing suddenly froze. Under the surprised gazes of everyone, his body trembled violently, and then his eyes widened. There was a "bang" sound, which made Chen Mo's hair stand on end. This person His eyes exploded, and two streams of foul-smelling black liquid suddenly shot out, splashing on the other person who couldn't dodge!
Zheng Qingyuan's expression twitched violently. He raised his hand and killed the Qi Refining Guard who was splashed with black juice with one finger. He had never seen a Foundation Establishment monk shouting in such a panic: "Run!!! Black Wireworm" !!!”
Sun Xing and another Zheng family elder also reacted at this time. Without saying a word, they smashed the fragile earthen wall with their palms to facilitate their escape. The Qi Refining Guards had long been frightened out of their wits. Haocai seemed to have woken up from a dream, and he couldn't care less about the mess and hurriedly ran to the outside of the barrier! !
"Black worm!!"
Zheng Lu was so frightened that her face turned pale. Fortunately, his position was close to the Zheng family elder. The latter pulled him back and fled with Zheng Qingyuan in a hurry!
The moment Chen Mo saw the unlucky monk's eyes exploded, he quickly retreated. He was actually the first one to rush out here! Sun Xing was shocked when he saw this: This...how did this bastard sneak away so fast? !
He also wanted to take the opportunity to drag him back, but he didn't expect that Chen Mo had already escaped!
This small fortress that could shelter from the wind and rain suddenly turned into a terrifying purgatory that everyone wanted to escape from. More than 20 monks ran out in just a few breaths, looking for their magic bell camels and preparing to escape quickly. !
At the same time, within the barrier where no one dared to stay, the body of the Qi Refining Guard killed by Zheng Qingyuan began to rot, turning into a pool of black water in the blink of an eye. In the center, there were more than a dozen people like baby fingers lying The large and small black maggots merged with the previous black bugs of the same size and formed a black meat ball. They flew into the air without any help from the outside world and went straight in the direction of the person who had escaped before to pursue him!
It rained continuously all night, and the desert, which was originally roaring with wind at night, suddenly became eerily quiet. The trapped camels screamed like livestock about to be slaughtered in the secular world, and bumped into the Zheng family indiscriminately. The barrier set up has no intention of stopping even if the head is broken and bleeding.
Zheng Qingyuan's expression changed again, and he shattered the camels' barrier with another finger, shouting urgently: "It's too late! Mark them with spiritual consciousness! The sandstorm is coming!!"
Suddenly, without the restraints of the restrictions, the camels flew towards the east side like crazy, more than three times faster than their normal riding speed. Everyone knew that the truly terrifying thing was about to come!
Just as Chen Mo wanted to run away, Sun Xing appeared in front of him out of thin air. His flying sword, which was an inch wide, rose in the wind. He lifted Chen Mo up with his withered hand and shouted to Zheng Qingyuan: "Yanshan County Let’s meet again!” After that, he accelerated, brought out the afterimages, and flew away in the direction where the Magic Bell Camels were escaping!
Before he had time to say anything, Zheng Qingyuan also hurriedly used the flying sword and asked the guards of his family to come up. On the other side, the old man of the Zheng family and two other guards and Zheng Lu also stepped on the sword and were about to seal their vows and leave. The group of culprits who caused everyone to flee also rushed out of the small barrier and turned into a black light and headed straight for Zheng Lu and the group of monks!
Under the crisis, Zhengjia Lao gritted his teeth fiercely and pushed down the two Qi Refining guards who were caught off guard. Amidst their screams, the two sword lights turned into Changhong and went away one after another.
But the two unlucky guys were miserable. More than a dozen black maggots burrowed into their mouths and noses. Within a quarter of an hour, their corpses were spattered with blood and flesh similar to those of the monk whose eyes first exploded. More than forty black maggots hatched and appeared, and with the dozen or so just now, the black ball became bigger and bigger.
However, without the breath of a living creature, this black ball seemed to have lost its ability to move, and actually stayed in place.
Just half an hour after everyone escaped, the strong wind in the desert was blowing up, and more and more yellow sand was swept in, forming a giant gray sandstorm in the distance. The strong wind was raging, mixed with the frightening underworld. Sound, striding toward the location where the Zheng family and his party were previously.
The night wind roared, and in the sky full of yellow sand with extremely low visibility, the black ball was blown to an unknown direction. It gradually became smaller and shrank, and finally formed a small black dot the size of a sesame seed again.
And no one will ever know how many little black dots like this there are in this vast desert.
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