This is the first time Lei Zi has heard of the Lingxi Fruit. Hearing that it might exist in the desert, he had something to say: "Just in time, there is a good place - Loulan Ancient Country."
"I know this place, but the ruins of the ancient Loulan Kingdom have been discovered long ago, and archaeologists have gone there. Now it is a tourist destination," Bai Yi said, "It sounds like there is nothing left to do."
"Then I was wrong. What I have discovered now is just the tip of the iceberg." Lei Zi lowered his voice: "I stayed there when I was a child. Let me tell you, my master once said that there are real clues about the ancient Loulan country.
The ancient country is still underground, so what we discovered is nothing."
The Xieling sect once faded out of the Central Plains and lived in the frontier fortress. It would be possible if this sect had news about Loulan passed down, Bai Yi thought to himself.
"Do you really have a clue?" Bai Yi also became interested.
"Of course." Lei Zi said: "But the ancient Loulan country is located in the Sea of Death."
Bai Yi knows that the Sea of Death refers to the Taklimakan Desert. The Sea of Death was proposed by Swedish Sven Hedin, not Uyghur. "Taklimakan" is Persian, which means "even the leafless trees"
"Cannot grow" means. As a result of natural selection in arid areas, the leaves are very small or even non-leafy. "Even small leafless trees cannot grow" refers to the extremely dry climate. The average annual precipitation there is only 25
~50 mm, and in some places only 10 mm. Plants are very rare and belong to the restricted area of life.
It was the Swede who proposed the Sea of Death. In 1895, he once led a group of eight camels, two dogs, three sheep, one rooster and 10 hens, which was enough to feed the group for three to four months.
We went to the Taklimakan Desert in just a few days with supplies of food, a full set of fur coats, winter clothes, and enough equipment to equip a guard squad with 3 long guns, 6 short guns, and a host of scientific instruments ranging from thermometers to altimeters.
All the drinking water was used up in a matter of seconds.
In order to save their lives, this expedition team even drank human urine, camel water, sheep blood, and anything else containing water. Although they finally found a waterhole and were saved, they still lost all the camels.
, the camel driver also lost his life, gave up most of his luggage, lost two cameras and 1800 films, the sea of death...
"What are you thinking about?" Lei Zi waved his hand in front of Bai Yi: "Are you afraid?"
"Afraid?" Bai Yi shook his head: "I was just thinking that the most important thing in the desert is water. How to bring enough water, and how to find water sources in the desert and learn from the lessons of our predecessors."
"Predecessors, who are the predecessors?" Lei Zi was stunned: "Has anyone ever fought upside down?"
Anyway, talking to him about the Swedes is useless. Bai Yi said: "Have you stayed there for a while?"
"Well, there will be about a month before and after." Lei Zi said truthfully this time: "The place we stay in is a residential area, which is still some distance from the desert. However, I am still very clear about some of the customs there."
Tang Sancheng finally understood: "After talking for a long time, you are actually a layman, right?"
Lei Zi chuckled: "Well, it's easy to understand why I don't want to go to the desert. The grass is still green here, but around the corner there is a sky full of yellow sand. The most terrible thing is that I lose my direction, lack of water, and there are sandstorms.
Feng, Master never lets us in and controls us. Otherwise, Zhu San and I would have been unable to bear it. Fortunately, Master has controlled us. Otherwise, we would probably be two mummies in the desert. Maybe in the desert.
Which corner is it?"
Bai Yi closed his eyes: "It's best if someone can lead us in."
"There is someone here." Lei Zi said: "When I was still living there, I heard that there were some people in black cloaks who could lead people across the desert. I have seen them before, but...those
Most of the people are teenagers of fifteen or sixteen years old, and they don’t know whether it is true or false.”
"Let's not talk about this for now. What clues did your master have about the ancient country of Loulan?" Bai Yi asked.
"The ancient Loulan country was buried underground by wind and sand. Master once said that if you find Ming Gong, you can find the ancient Loulan country hidden underground." Lei Zi nodded and said, "Ming Gong."
What the hell is this? Bai Yi put his hands on his hips, sounding almost as unreliable as Lingxi Guo, "Okay, Lei Zi, make preparations, we have to go this time."
"This girl Xiao Ning." Lei Zi said with his eyes a little red: "Okay, I will do the preparations, Xiaoshan, and I will return it to you. By the way, Bai Yi, Master Hong said that you should contact him when you come back.
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It seems that Ming Qi took action. The harvest this time was very rich. I guess Master Hong must have been frightened. Bai Yi sent Lei Zi away and immediately went to Master Hong's house. After Master Hong retired, he lived a similar life.
It is a solitary life. Apart from those fixed channels for contact with the outside world, the door is rarely opened. Bai Yi can be said to be Mr. Hong's closest guest. This level of relationship is somewhat close to "friends who have never known each other." Perhaps
It's because of his age. After all, Bai Yi, who looks like he's in his early thirties, is actually over eighty years old.
Bai Yi had his own rhythm when knocking on the door. Master Hong could clearly know that the person coming was Bai Yi, and he would open the door faster than usual. Seeing that it was Bai Yi, Master Hong said lightly: "Come back."
Already?"
"Yeah." Bai Yi walked into Mr. Hong's yard and saw an ancient book on the table in the yard. When the old man had nothing to do, he would bask in the sun in the yard and read ancient books. He lived a leisurely life.
"The harvest on the last trip was good." Mr. Hong said: "I found someone to re-melt the gold and silver ingots before selling them. After all, it is safer this way. The other bright weapons will be sold directly."
Gold and silver are now also one of the currencies in circulation. So much gold and silver suddenly pouring into the market will definitely make people suspicious, especially the words "Heaven, Earth, Humanity" on it, I am afraid it will bring risks to everyone. It is indeed Hong Ye
, handled it with great experience, "Master Hong is still careful." Bai Yi praised.
"I came to you because of the summoning order." After Master Hong finished speaking, Bai Yi was surprised: "Does it mean the legendary summoning order?"
"That's right." Mr. Hong said: "There is a group of people who are recruiting troops to find Qin Ling together. Now it has spread in the fighting world. I have wanted to inform you for a long time, but you haven't seen anyone for a while."