Lan Ruo was embarrassed: "But there is no needle and thread."
Lin Xiaodong smiled: "There are fish bones and threads. Just remove them from the clothes. It's so hot in the desert that you can't wear much."
After dinner, Lin Xiaodong found the leftover fish bones, took off one sleeve and gave it to Lan Ruo. Lan Ruo was really ingenious and sewed a water bag until it was watertight.
Bai Yuquan took the water bag and went to the river to fill it with water. He picked it up, waited for a while, and laughed: "No water leaking! No water leaking!"
Lin Xiaodong nodded, thought for a moment, turned and asked Lan Ruo: "How is your wound?"
Lan Ruo shook her head: "I don't know, it doesn't hurt much anymore, it's a little itchy."
Lin Xiaodong held his chin with his hand and lowered his head to think: "You can't go into the water if you are injured, but the way out is underwater."
Lan Ruo waved her hands hurriedly: "It's okay with me, let's go."
Bai Yuquan said: "Lan Ruo, you don't have to hold on, I will change your dressing after swimming over."
Lin Xiaodong is also worried about something: "If you want to get out, you have to go through an underwater cave. It takes a long time to dive. I'm worried that I won't be able to survive."
Lan Ruo blinked: "I'm pretty good at water. I don't know how long I need to hold my breath."
Lin Xiaodong pinched his face and said seriously: "Let's do this. Let's tie ourselves together and I will take you out." Lan Ruo kept blinking her eyes, biting her lips and nodded: "Okay."
"Then let's set off."
Bai Yuquan picked up the water bag.
The three of them left the camp and went to the river bend where Lin Xiaodong went to catch fish. Lin Xiaodong pointed to the lower reaches and said: "The water here is deep, and it is full of mud. When you turn this corner, the water is full of fine sand, and there are
A very hidden hole, covered with a thin layer of sand, but actually empty underneath."
Several people took a deep breath. Lin Xiaodong turned his head and asked Lan Ruo: "Are you okay?"
Lan Ruo's eyes widened and she nodded: "Okay."
Lin Xiaodong stretched out his hand, and a few vines came out of his fingertips and tied them to Lan Ruo's wrist.
"Let's go!"
Bai Yuquan puffed out his cheeks and plunged into the water.
Lin Xiaodong and Lan Ruo also jumped into the water and found the underwater cave. They had just been stirred by Lin Xiaodong, and the layer of fine sand floating on it had been blown away, revealing a dark cave.
Lin Xiaodong pointed to the cave. The three people floated up and took a breath. Lin Xiaodong wiped his face and said, "This is the place. It's very dark down there. Be careful not to hit your head. Just hold your breath and pass."
Lin Xiaodong looked at Lan Ruo again and said, "If you can't hold your breath, just pull the vines hard."
"good."
Lan Ruo nodded obediently.
The three people dived into the water again and got into the cave. Lin Xiaodong had been back and forth several times and was already familiar with the situation in the cave. The three people successfully passed through and surfaced.
It was already afternoon, but the sun was still fierce, and the water in the lake was as hot as boiling. When I soaked in the water, I sweated from the tip of my nose.
The three people climbed to the shore, sat on the sand, and looked around. Lan Ruo was surprised and said: "I didn't expect that this river actually leads straight to the desert!"
Bai Yuquan pointed at the Sky Burial Mountain behind him and said happily: "What a blessing in disguise. You see, the Sky Burial Mountain has been left behind by us."
Lin Xiaodong took out the parchment, looked at it for a while, pointed in the opposite direction of Tianzhan Mountain, and said: "It's about two or three days' journey through the desert, and it should be in the Populus euphratica forest."
Bai Yuquan and Lan Ruo came up to take a look. Bai Yuquan was very happy and clapped his hands and said: "It's close, it won't take more than three days! That's great!"
Lan Ruo looked towards the direction she was heading and said, "I wonder where the princess and the others are."
Lin Xiaodong glanced at Lan Ruo and said, "I'll change your dressing and see how the wound is doing."
"good."
Lan Ruo squatted down, her shoulders half exposed.
Lin Xiaodong took off the bandage and checked. The wound had not healed yet, but the bleeding had stopped, and there was no infection. It seemed that taking so many herbs had finally taken effect.
"I'll give you another medicine, please bear with it."
Lin Xiaodong simply processed the collected medicine, applied it to Lan Ruo's wound, and re-bandaged it.
"Senior Bai, how is your injury?"
Lin Xiaodong turned around and asked Bai Yuquan again.
Bai Yuquan smiled and waved his hand: "Skin injuries, Wan Fangzhai's fourth show, is indeed not an ordinary person."
Lan Ruo smiled and said: "Senior Bai, you and Lin Xiaodong escaped from death at the hands of Wanfangzhai Sixiu. After you return, you will have bragging rights!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The three of them repaired themselves and decided to travel a certain distance before sunset.
While marching on foot in the desert, there were two more injured people. They were not walking very fast. Along the way, they saw no trace of the princess and her group.
At night, the sun was setting in the west, and the setting sun was like blood, turning the desert filled with yellow sand into orange, and the faces of the three people also turned into amber.
Bai Yuquan looked around and said, "Find a place sheltered from the wind and rest today."
Lan Ruo put up a pergola with her hands and looked toward the sunset, suddenly cheering: "I saw it! I saw it!"
"What's wrong?"
Bai Yuquan and Lin Xiaodong also stood on tiptoe and stretched their heads to look.
I saw a tiny ridge where the sunset was slightly higher than other places.
"Hahahaha! Populus euphratica forest! It's Populus euphratica forest! We're almost there!"
Bai Yuquan's eyes gleamed with excitement.
Lin Xiaodong nodded: "If it can be seen with the naked eye, it will only be a day or two's journey. In this case, let's have a good rest today and set off again tomorrow."
A few people found a leeward sand dune and rested behind it. There was nothing in the desert, so they could only lie on the sand and make do with it all night.
The next morning, it was already bright early before the sun came up. The morning wind blew bitingly cold, and the dew that had not yet dried last night shone brightly.
When the three people woke up, they were all disgraced. There was sand everywhere in their noses, mouths and clothes.
"It's so dry in the desert. My nose hurts and my mouth hurts."
Lan Ruo looked more haggard than usual.
Bai Yuquan took out the leftover mutton and said, "Come on, let's share some with each other and hurry up. The food and water we have prepared will only last three or four days."
The three of them had breakfast and made some repairs. At this time, the sun had risen, and the temperature in the desert instantly rose to a higher level.
"Let's go quickly, we won't be able to walk when it gets hot."
Lin Xiaodong turned around and glanced at the sun.
Bai Yuquan looked into the distance and was suddenly startled: "Huh?
Where is Populus euphratica?"
Lan Ruo walked up the sand dune, frowned and looked into the distance. At sunset last night, she could see that the top of the Populus euphratica forest was gone.
Lin Xiaodong also walked up and looked around. There were low and scattered sand dunes everywhere. Where could there be any shadow of Populus euphratica forest?
"this?
what happened?
Could it be that what I saw yesterday was a mirage?"
Lin Xiaodong asked doubtfully.
Lan Ruo touched her forehead and said anxiously: "I don't know either. It's too far away and it's facing the sun. I didn't see it clearly. Maybe I saw it wrong?"
Bai Yuquan shook his head: "We have all seen it. How can it be a mirage if it has been motionless for such a long time."