Holy Bone

Chapter 433 The Familiar Flavor of Red Moon Rouge Powder (5k Chapter)

The next morning.

The sky and the earth have just brightened, the sun has not fully jumped out of the horizon, and the desert is still cool from last night. Taking advantage of the coolness, one person, one sheep and three camels set foot on the road again.

The three camels asked curiously as they walked: "Master Jin'an, how do you know that the relics of the ancient river course are buried in the yellow sand under our feet?"

Jin'an is holding the rope of the goat, and the rope on the goat is connected to the three camels behind him. Jin'an walks at the forefront, walking along the ruins of the ancient river channel that is invisible under the yellow sand at his feet, leaving their long string in the desert behind. footprint.

Ever since he brought a sheep and three camels into the deep part of the desert, Jin'an has been walking all the way, and has never thought of riding a camel.

Fortunately, he is physically strong and fast on his feet.

The speed of driving in the desert is not slower than that of a camel known as a desert boat.

Jin An led the rope and said, "When I came out of my body last night to wipe out those human-faced phoenixes, I was lucky and happened to discover the ruins of the ancient river."

The little Sahafu asked curiously again: "Master Jin'an, what is the out-of-body spirit?"

Jin An replied: "Nowadays, practice is divided into three realms. The first realm is Qi training, and Sakyamuni calls it Jingchan."

"The second level is that Taoism cultivates the primordial spirit, and Sakyamuni cultivates the appearance of the Dharma. As long as you can achieve the night tour of the primordial spirit without any external objects, you have entered the second level. Remember, if there is no external aid, Forced cultivation of the primordial spirit before reaching the realm, the primordial spirit is so fragile that it can be burned by a candle in the sun, and can easily be swept away by a breeze outside the window for hundreds of miles. If the divine soul cannot return to the body within a limited time necrosis, and finally become a wisp of lonely ghost."

"The third level is the Riyou Yuwu, Sakyamuni called the Dharma Xiang Yuwu. People who have reached this level are very capable. Not only can the primordial spirit come out of the body during the day, but the soul can also pick up the objects in the world and start fighting with swords. A powerful person They can even take people’s heads ten miles away under a bright daylight.”

Along the way, Jin An continued to teach the three of them the various sutras and practice experience of the "Secret Biography of the Five Viscera".

The grotesque world described by Jin An aroused the three people's fascination, wishing to reach the third realm immediately.

"Daoist Jin'an, what state are you in now?"

"It's still in the second realm."

"Daoist Jin'an, you are so powerful in the second realm. We encountered so many demons along the way, and in the end all of them were exorcised and killed by Daoist Jin'an. Daoist Jin'an, you must be the number one expert in the second realm!"

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"Daoist Jin'an, you only mentioned the first three realms. What is the realm after Riyou Yuwu?"

"I do not know either."

"Is there anything in this world that the omniscient Daoist Jin'an doesn't know?"

"There are big hands behind the scenes who put shackles on the world, and set up the Fengshui Bureau of Breaking the Heavens and the Earth, imprisoning the heavens and the earth, turning the sea into dust, artificially advancing the end of the Dharma, and all the mountain gods are in the mist. , prospered and prospered to create today's prosperous age of humanity. This game of breaking heaven and earth has both advantages and disadvantages. It artificially promotes the era of depletion of spiritual energy and puts shackles on the world. It not only imprisoned the most terrifying mountain gods, but also imprisoned the realm of human masters The limit. Whether it is a Buddha or a Dao, the people of later generations can only cultivate to the third realm of the cultivation realm at most. The third is the limit, the third is the infinite possibility, and the third is the limit that cannot be broken through..."

These words are what Master Shanneng once said to him, and now he just repeats them again.

The three of them understood half-understood, only the young Sahafu was more receptive to new things, he asked in a daze, "Then is this game of breaking the sky and jedi four phenomena good or bad?"

"What is a mountain god?"

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The sun rose higher and higher in the sky, scorching so much that the air was distorted, and even people's backs were distorted and deformed.

The deeper you go into the basin, the hotter it gets.

Only drought-tolerant desert camels can barely survive here, but if the temperature continues to rise so extreme, it is estimated that even camels will not be able to stand it.

However, this temperature is still within the tolerable range for the three camels who practice the "Secret Biography of the Five Viscera" and circulate the five elements in their bodies all the time, giving birth to new vitality all the time.

Jin An and the others walked on the scorching desert for a long time, and after leaving Guchi Kingdom, Jin An, who had sharp eyes, finally found an exposed riverbed.

He looked delighted.

Run over quickly.

The exposed riverbed is very narrow and shallow, and people will mistake it for an ordinary small sand ditch and miss the only important clue to find Wuershi.

If Jin'an hadn't determined in advance to walk along this side, he would definitely find the ruins of the dried up ancient river. On this endless yellow sand, it is easy to miss this small detail due to visual fatigue.

"The team stops first."

In order to verify whether this shallow ditch is an ancient river channel, Jin An stopped his team and began digging sand pits, and a wider and wider river impact depression appeared in front of him.

"Sure enough, this is the huge river that once brought oases and bustling merchant ships to the desert basin!" Jin'an reported the good news to everyone, and the team's morale was boosted, and they hurried along this shallow ditch.

As you go deeper into the basin, the shallow river gradually widens. Although it is still very shallow, it can be clearly seen that this once glorious ancient river is very wide and has nurtured brilliant civilizations on both sides.

However, they still couldn't measure the width of the ancient river, because most of it was buried by yellow sand all the year round, and there were sand piles and high sand dunes on both sides.

If a few hundred years pass, the shallow ditch under their feet will be completely buried under the yellow sand.

"Master Jin'an, the sand here is flowing and is slowly swallowing up this ancient river." Old Sadiq said in a heavy voice.

Jin An nodded humbly: "It should be the sacred mountain of Guchi Kingdom that has withstood most of the wind and sand."

"Didn't you notice that since we left the country of Guchi and got farther and farther away from the country of Guchi, the terrain along the way began to change. The sand dunes were decreasing and gradually turned into a barren Gobi."

"The Holy Mountain of Guchi Kingdom is a small branch of the Kunlun Mountains. It was once used to block the invasion of wind and sand. In addition, there used to be an ancient river civilization in the desert basin. There are mountains, water sources, and oases in this basin. It is like a deep desert. It is a treasured land isolated from the rest of the world... I now understand why the various legends in the desert always refer to the Kingdom of the Undead God as the source of the underground river in the desert..."

Speaking of this, Jin An looked at old Sadik: "You are right, the desert is gradually crossing the mountains, slowly encroaching deeper into the desert, and the desert has been expanding..."

The discovery of the ancient river channel is one step closer to the Kingdom of the Immortal God. The morale of the team is high, and the atmosphere is relaxed along the way. After three or four days of lack of energy, I ran into big trouble.

Old Sadiq, who had followed a caravan when he was young and was most familiar with desert experience, suddenly sniffed his nose, and immediately shouted with a sudden change of expression: "I smell the smell of wind letters, and there will be strong winds in the depths of the desert soon! Yes Very very windy!"

The weather in the desert is extreme.

The sky was still clear just now, but the next moment it said the sky would change.

Especially now is still the most treacherous and sudden winter, with all kinds of extreme weather emerging one after another.

The very, very high winds that can make Old Sadiq go out of its way to show that this storm will not be small.

Old Sadiq looked at Jin An anxiously: "Master Jin'an, this storm will be very big, what should we do, should we go back to Guchi Country now to avoid the limelight?"

Jin An confirmed again and again with a solemn expression: "Old Sadiq, are you sure that this storm will be big?"

Old Sadiq said with certainty: "Since putting on the camel skin and turning into a camel, the camel's keen perception of the desert has also been inherited by me. I can smell it from the air. There will be a big storm soon. coming!"

Jin An murmured: "We are too far away from Guchi Kingdom, and it may be too late to return to Guchi Kingdom now. We must not be able to run at the speed of the storm!"

"This is the river bed after the ancient river channel dried up. Now we can only bite the bullet and continue to move forward, praying that the river bed of the ancient river channel will go deeper and deeper, so that we can find a place where we can shelter from the wind!"

In fact, he still has nothing to say. There are still many unknown dangers waiting for them on the road ahead. If they want to continue to go deep into the desert, they can only move forward and not retreat, otherwise they will think of retreating when they encounter danger, and they will never find Kingdom of Immortal God.

It didn't take long for Jin'an to ponder. Once he made a decision, the sheep and camels carried the heavy supplies on their backs and started running wildly in the desert.

The yellow sand blows up the sky.

A thick yellow curtain wall was swept in with a thunderous rumble. The thick yellow wall could not see the edge at both ends, rolling and crushing all the way.

Although Jin An was already mentally prepared, he did not expect this big storm to come so quickly.

The wind was blowing too fast.

The sharp whistling sound in the ear was getting louder and louder, like a sword plowing the ground, and the sandstorm wall behind him was getting closer and closer.

At this time, it was difficult for camels to walk in the strong wind. Even though they were carrying a lot of cargo and their bodies were heavy, they still could not resist the power of nature. stable.

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The sound of the wind was still screaming, like thousands of fierce souls pouring out their grievances in their ears, and what was worse was that the wind continued to strengthen.

Jin An knew that if this went on like this, not to mention the three camels would be blown away by the strong wind, even he and the goat would not be spared.

"Don't go away, get down on the spot! Get down on the spot! Use the ancient river channel as a sand barrier!"

But no matter how Jin An yelled, the camels and sheep couldn't hear his words clearly. Everyone was blinded by the wind and sand, and their eyes were covered with yellow haze.

This is the biggest storm Jin'an encountered in the desert.

According to this wind speed, I am afraid that ten sand dunes will be emptied.

Fortunately, he was still holding the goat's rope in his hand. He covered his face with one hand tightly to prevent sand from running into his nose, mouth, eyes, and found the goat while following the rope.

In the sky filled with yellow sand, there is a goat covered with thick horns and body hair. It is as strong and burly as a snow-capped yak. ​​It stands still in the desert storm and actively acts as a wall to break through the wind. It can't even stand up behind it. of three camels.

This greedy and silly sheep eats and drinks Jin'an's various tonics on weekdays, and now he finally has a place to use.

Jin An approached one sheep and three camels, pointed to the river bed, and repeated it loudly several times. Only then did everyone barely understand what Jin An meant. The pile of sand gets down.

Although the ancient river course is not deep, it is still possible to lie down alone to avoid the storm. At this time, everyone finally had a chance to breathe.

Especially the old Sadiq and the other three, although they were only two or three feet away from the bank of the ancient river, they were already exhausted.

"Now is not the time to relax! This storm is too big, the sand in the ancient river has been rising, and sooner or later we will be buried under the sand!" Jin An shouted in the sandstorm, not optimistic.

At this moment, he was holding on tightly with both hands. The original sun hat was blown away to nowhere by the strong wind, and the sand on the top of his head was hitting him like a stone. , It’s just that the old Sadiq and the three suffered.

Looking up, not only did he have no intention of stopping, but the strong wind was still growing, Jin An's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, fearing that they hadn't even passed the center of the storm.

Jin An understands that he can't sit still like this any longer, or he will be buried alive by the yellow sand sooner or later: "Stay here and don't move anywhere, I'll go and find out if there is another better shelter from the wind!"

The wind and sand were too strong, and Jin An had just left a few steps before he couldn't see his back clearly. Old Sadik and the others managed to open their eyes but only saw billowing yellow dust. The wind and sand blew into the eyes and quickly buried their heads and closed them.

Old Sadik didn't know how long he had endured, it seemed like a day, or a year, the time passed so long, only the whistling wind was left in his ears, the world was so quiet that only one voice remained, and his body became heavier and heavier, His body is being buried by yellow sand.

In this kind of murkiness full of wind and wind, old Sadiq didn't know how long he persisted. Suddenly, he felt someone slapping his face and calling him constantly. He opened his eyes with difficulty, and was surprised to see that the yellow sand had been buried in the ground. Half of his body... until he saw the familiar figure in the five-color Taoist robe, his drowsy head woke up, and the blinded hearing heard the outside sound again.

"I've found shelter from the wind! Follow me!"

Jin'an dug the sheep and camels out of the yellow sand, and led them along the half-submerged ancient river channel.

The place Jin'an found was a concave hole in the river channel washed out by an undercurrent.

After the team hid in the concave hole on the river bank, the sound of the wind in their ears suddenly died down by half. At this time, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Only Jin An kept shoveling sand at the entrance of the hole with a shovel.

Prevent the yellow sand buried higher and higher in the ancient river from blocking the entrance of the cave.

The biggest storm that Jin'an had encountered since entering the desert lasted until around midnight before finally subsiding.

One sheep and three camels survived the catastrophe, regardless of the cold and freezing night, they all ran out to spread their hooves and exercise their muscles.

As a result, he just ran out, and immediately there was an exclamation: "Daoist Jin'an, come quickly! There is a dead man here!"

When Jin'an walked out of the ancient river and landed on the bank, he saw a dead man on the deserted Gobi. The man was lying in a pool of blood, lifeless.

"This man is wearing the clothes of the Western Regions, so it's not obvious that he is from the lineage of the King of Kangding, or from the Great Khan of the Northern Grassland Tribe." Jin An squatted down and carefully observed the dead man.

can die here.

Identity is not difficult to guess.

It's nothing more than a few waves of people.

"This man's limbs were blown off, his skull was shattered, and the blood under his body was splattered. He should have been crushed to death after being swept into the sky by this storm."

In order to find out the identity of this person as much as possible, Jin An endured the bloody nausea and continued to observe the dead man: "Huh?"

"Why is this man's ears missing?"

Jin An frowned slightly.

Hearing Jin An's scary words, the sheep and three camels who were shivering in the desert night wind all looked up at Jin An.

Jin An pointed to the bloody man on the ground and said, "Look, this is where the head is. Although the man fell to pieces, some heads can still be discerned. The face facing up has no ears."

"Wu Ershi's ear-cutting ceremony?"

"Could it be that someone has already found Wuershi!"

Old Sadik and the three exclaimed in unison.

Jin An didn't speak, he didn't dislike disgust at all, he groped up and down on the dead man's clothes covered with blood and flesh foam.

There was nothing on this person that could prove his identity, and there were not many valuable things on him. The only thing that was most valuable was a few stacks of bank notes that were stained red with blood.

"This is a bank note from Datong Bank of Kangding State. This bank is a bank jointly established by businessmen from several prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. It has branches in all prefectures of Kangding State. With these bank notes, you can freely exchange them for Wenyin in each prefecture." Jin An said in a deep voice.

"Since this person holds a Chase bank note, it seems that his identity is from the side of a certain prince in Kangding Kingdom. He should be a guide or translator hired by the mountain guards. He is weak, so he was blown into the sky by the wind and sand. died."

"If this person is really with the mountain guards, there is a high probability that the people who find Wu'er are the mountain guards."

Next, Jin An continued to search for more clues on the dead man, but this time he found no new clues. When he stood up and looked at him in a certain direction in the night sky, his expression suddenly froze.

"What happened to Daoist Jin'an?"

The three camels also turned their heads to look, but they didn't see anything. The desert at night was as dark as ink, and their vision was limited.

"I seemed to see a flash of fire just now. You go back to the ancient river and wait for me. I will find a place with high ground and check the surrounding area carefully."

Jin'an leaps to the last high ground

This time he was finally convinced that there was indeed a fire flickering in front of him. Although it was far away and flickered in the dark night, it was indeed a fire.

There is fire!
It means there are people!
"You guys pack up, we'll be on our way right away, I spotted someone moving in front of us, let's go over and have a look, maybe it's the group of mountain guards who have already found Wu Ershi."

Old Sadiq and the others obeyed Jin'an's words. Although they had just escaped a big sandstorm during the day and were exhausted, they still gritted their teeth and continued on the road.

Driving in the freezing desert winter is not a good experience.

Fortunately, there is a great medicine sealed by Jin'an, which nourishes the blood and strengthens the energy, the body is warm, and the sun fire is strong, so it is possible to drive at night in this cold night.

As they got closer, a tall black shadow gradually appeared in front of them, like a tall specter standing in the dark night and staring at every passerby, revealing a sinister and sinister aura.

It wasn't until I got closer that I realized that the black shadow was actually a huge earth mountain about ten feet high. The earth mountain stood alone on the Gobi desert, like a tombstone without words in a cemetery, desolate, lonely, and dark.

And on the side of the huge earth mountain, there is actually a stockade.

The village was surrounded by a low earth wall, and no one was on duty on the low wooden wall at this time.

"This is……"

Even Jin'an frowned slightly. In the depths of the desert, which is dry and rainless all year round, is there really any sign of living people?

The gate of the village was not locked. When Jin An wanted to knock on the door, the gate of the village creaked open on its own.

There seemed to be voices in the village.

Passed along the door.

Jin An suddenly frowned and stood still.

"What happened to Daoist Jin'an? Sure enough, there is something wrong with this place?"

"I don't know if it's been too long since we've been apart, but I smell the familiar scent of Red Moon Rouge Powder..."

"Rouge is only used by women. Is there an old friend of Daoist Jin'an here?"

Jin An shook his head and thought: "I have been separated from her for too long. She left without saying goodbye that day and has disappeared so far. It should not be such a coincidence...Whether this place is Longtan or Tiger's Den, we will know when we go in."

Jin An was the first to open the door and enter the village.

(End of this chapter)