In the long desert, the howling wind rolled up the yellow sand all over the sky, like countless sharp daggers rolling around this desolate land.

However, at this time, on a sand dune, a burly man was slowly moving forward against the bone-chilling wind.

The most surprising thing is that there is no spiritual shield outside his body, and he relies entirely on his own body to resist the howling wind.

The Taoist robe on his body had been torn apart by the raging wind, and the sand grains hidden in the strong wind flying at high speed were like countless sharp daggers scratching on his exposed body.

I saw that the surface of his body was glowing with a faint golden-red color, and those sharp sand grains hit his golden-red skin at a very fast speed, but they were unable to hurt his body at all.

The man who was marching against the violent wind and sand was naturally Shen Zhirui. At this time, he was heading towards the place where the secret was buried under the guidance of the animal skin map and compass.

The reason why he did not release a spiritual shield to resist the oncoming wind and sand, but chose to resist completely with his physical body, was just because he wanted to save some spiritual energy consumption in his body.

Although he now has more than a thousand low-grade spiritual stones and nearly ten bottles of elixirs that can restore spiritual power, he doesn't know how long he will have to walk in the desert, so naturally he can save some.

Some.

Of course, this is because he has practiced physical training since he was a child. Otherwise, ordinary monks in the late stage of Qi training would not be able to resist the invasion of the wind and sand with their own physical strength.

...

While walking, Shen Zhirui suddenly stopped, and the black horizontal knife in his hand was tightly held.

The next moment, the ground beneath his feet collapsed instantly, and at the same time, his body jumped into the air, and the horizontal knife in his hand was raised above his head and struck down with all his strength.

I saw a first-order sandworm emerging from the collapsed ground. The sharp horizontal knife immediately chopped down from its head, directly piercing the sandworm, which was more than ten feet long, from head to tail.

Shen Zhirui landed firmly on the ground again, and skillfully found a stone rich in spiritual power from the pile of sand-like debris.

Judging from his coordinated movements, it was obvious that this was not the first time he encountered a sudden attack by sandworms.

This is indeed the case. Ever since Shen Zhirui entered the Jueling Sand Sea, he would encounter sandworms suddenly emerging from the ground to attack him from time to time. The frequency of these attacks also increased rapidly as he went deeper.

But for now, because he has the sensitive perception of a little gray pig, and the sandworms that attack him are only about the first-middle and low-grade, they won't cause much trouble to him.

Even on the contrary, these sandworms can continuously send him stones that are rich in pure spiritual power. These stones will be of great help to him in his subsequent journey.

...

In the following days, Shen Zhirui basically spent the day rushing against the oncoming wind and sand. At night, he found a hidden place to dig a cave and stayed inside to absorb the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone to restore the spiritual energy consumed during the day.

As he continued to go deeper into the sand sea, the oncoming sand wind became more and more violent. After he released his spiritual shield and advanced for a certain distance, he had to use his protective magic weapon to continue to move forward against the wind.

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As a result, the spiritual stones and elixirs in his body were also rapidly reduced, making him become more and more anxious.

Shen Zhirui had to check the consumption of spiritual stones and elixirs on his body every day. If he still couldn't find the secret cache after consuming half of it, he would have to give up and return the same way.

Fortunately, after nearly a month of hard work, he finally reached the location marked on the animal skin map.

I saw Shen Zhirui standing on a towering sand dune, holding the animal skin map in his hand and combining it with the compass that could be used to determine the final location of the secret.

However, as more than a thousand years passed, the landscape of this area has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Everywhere you look you can see yellow sand. There is nothing but sand on the barren ground. The signs that could identify the direction more than a thousand years ago have long since disappeared without a trace.

According to the map and compass, the final location of the secret was near where he was standing, but the desolate scenery he saw made it impossible for him to locate it accurately.

Just when Shen Zhirui was at a loss what to do, he thought of the little gray pig lying in his arms again, and then he took it out of the bag.

"The rest is up to you..."

He first poured out a wisp of [Bigu Pill] from the bottle, fed the pill to the little gray pig, and asked it to take action immediately.

As an excellent spirit-seeking rat, in addition to hiding in the ground and digging holes, the Little Gray Pig's main skill is naturally to find spiritual objects hidden in the dark. It can discover things containing spiritual energy in the ground from a long distance away.

I saw that the little gray pig quickly swallowed the grain of [Bigu Pill], and after eating and drinking enough, it began to search carefully with its nose.

Shen Zhirui followed closely behind it while observing the direction of the compass pointer in his hand.

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Suddenly, the little gray pig leading the way noticed something and immediately ran towards Shen Zhirui in a panic.

At the same time, Shen Zhirui also felt the vibrations on the ground, and something was quickly attacking him in the surrounding sand.

He quickly stuffed the little gray pig into his arms, holding the horizontal knife tightly with both hands, looking at the figures that were moving quickly in the sand around him with cold eyes.

The next moment, several huge black shadows burst out of the ground one after another, rushing towards him with huge mouths full of mucus. They were several huge sand-eating worms.

Facing the sudden attack of these sandworms, Shen Zhirui jumped up directly, and the black horizontal knife in his hand immediately swung out several sharp cold lights, all of which fell on the sandworms.

In the blink of an eye, he eliminated two first-order sandworms, but soon another even larger sandworm attacked him.

First-class top grade!

When Shen Zhirui noticed the aura emanating from this sand head, his expression couldn't help but change slightly.

As far as he knew, sandworms were demonic beasts with extremely low intelligence, and most of them had very low strength. They were only around the middle to lower level of the first level, and there were very few high-level ones.

This first-grade high-grade sandworm is also the first first-grade high-grade sandworm he has encountered since entering the Jueling Sand Sea for so many days!

Looking at this rare first-order high-grade sandworm, a thought suddenly flashed through Shen Zhirui's mind.

I saw that his figure jumped high again, and then a heavy weight fell heavily on the head of the first-order high-grade sandworm.

Under its charged blow, the sandworm's body suddenly sank and fell heavily onto the sand.

Taking this opportunity, Shen Zhirui directly cut his finger to squeeze out a drop of blood, and then quickly pinched out a magic formula with both hands, forming a bloody contract pattern in front of him.

"With my essence and blood, I will bind your spirit, and I will do as you wish!"

As he chanted the incantation, he quickly pressed the contract pattern on the head of the sandworm with both hands.

The moment the bloody contract pattern was printed on the top of his head, the first-order high-grade sandworm froze there. Although it struggled, it was not intense.

But Shen Zhirui was still holding the spell in his hand, with his eyes closed and his brows furrowed, he was obviously still casting the spell.

After a few breaths, he slowly opened his eyes, took a long breath, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

This is obviously a successful contract!
Chapter completed!