Lin Xiaodong looked around again and found nothing unusual.
Lan Ruo suddenly said: "I heard that the sand dunes can move. Maybe the terrain has changed after one night?"
Bai Yuquan shook his head: "The sand dunes move because they are blown by the wind. There was no sandstorm last night. Even if the sand dunes move, they won't be able to move very far."
Lin Xiaodong picked up the treasure map and took a look. The marked location was in the Populus euphratica forest, but there was no specific location in the Populus euphratica forest.
Bai Yuquan turned his head and glanced at the direction they came from, and said: "Fortunately, we haven't gone too far yet, and we can still see Tianzhan Mountain. Even if we can't find the Populus euphratica forest, it's always right to go in a direction away from Tianzhan Mountain."
Lin Xiaodong looked worried: "Fortunately, we haven't lost our way yet, but if we go further and cannot see Tianzheng Mountain, we will have no way to identify the direction. If the sand dunes here really move, we can only look at the stars and roughly identify them."
We’ve got our bearings.”
Bai Yuquan nodded: "It takes about five days to cross the Netherworld Desert. Let's go in a certain direction. Even if we can't find the Populus euphratica forest, we can at least get out of the desert."
Lin Xiaodong glanced at Lan Ruo and said, "If we walk into the desert like this, there is no way back."
Lan Ruo smiled, looked back and said, "Sir, since I said I would follow you, I will follow you through all the swords and seas of fire."
After Bai Yuquan heard this, he shook his head and smiled: "Harmful!"
So the three of them continued on their way, using the increasingly distant Celestial Burial Mountain to barely discern their direction, and headed towards the hinterland of the desert.
When we first entered the desert, we were located near Tianzhan Mountain, close to rivers and desert springs. From time to time, we could see some bushes and some occasional reptiles in the desert.
However, a few people walked closer and closer to the center of the desert, which became increasingly arid. They could not see a single blade of grass for a long distance, let alone any animals. The sun was hanging overhead at noon, and the entire desert was dead silent, so silent that it made people panic.
The three of them were so dizzy from the sun that they were wrapped in cloth torn from their clothes and poured cold water on their heads to barely support themselves.
It was so hot, the journey was hard, and the wounds were very easy to get infected. Fortunately, a few people who accompanied them had prepared medicinal herbs in advance. With the power of the medicine, Lan Ruo and Bai Yuquan recovered well from their wounds.
good.
But they will face another crisis next. They are running out of water and mutton left.
In the afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, but the temperature in the desert showed no sign of dropping. Instead, the sun shone directly into my eyes, burning my forehead.
Lan Ruo looked up in a daze and looked into the distance, and saw a small black dot appearing in the long yellow sand in front of her. She hurriedly pointed out: "What is that?"
Lin Xiaodong and Bai Yuquan also looked over, but they were too far away and all they saw was a black dot.
"Let's catch up quickly and take a look!"
The three of them accelerated their march and got closer. Only then could they see clearly that there was a large group of people in front of them.
Bai Yuquan raised his eyebrows and said: "This desert is deserted, and those in front must be Princess Xiyun and her party."
Lan Ruo was very unhappy after hearing this. She pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "Humph, we are really enemies on a narrow road. I thought they had left long ago, but I didn't expect that riding a horse is not as fast as us walking."
Lin Xiaodong blinked: "It's not because we took a shortcut and it will take time to climb over the Sky Burial Mountain."
Lan Ruo turned around and asked Lin Xiaodong angrily: "What should we do, catch up?"
Lin Xiaodong glanced at Lan Ruo and knew that she hated the princess, but at the moment, in this vast desert, it was safer to walk together, and said: "It doesn't matter, in this desert, life and death are left to fate, and the princess is nothing special."
Lan Ruo pouted and said nothing.
Bai Yuquan put up the awning with his hands and looked in the direction of the princess and her party, saying: "The princess has brought so many people with her, and I don't know how many of them will die here."
The three people continued to walk forward, and soon the princess and her party discovered them. The guard behind them rode up to the princess and shouted: "Report! - Three people were found behind!"
"oh?"
Princess Xiyun tilted her head, reined in her horse, and hurried towards the rear of the team.
After hearing this, Qingfeng rolled her eyes and followed Princess Xiyun to the end of the team.
Princess Xiyun was riding on the horse, pulling her neck and looking into the distance. Lin Xiaodong and his party were three people, two in gray robes and one in pink skirts. Who else could they be if not Lin Xiaodong?
Princess Xiyun sneered playfully: "Oh, I thought they fell off the cliff and died, or died of thirst in the desert, but I didn't expect they could catch up."
When Qingfeng saw that it was indeed Lin Xiaodong and the others, he was overjoyed and thought to himself: It really took no effort at all. Lin Xiaodong actually delivered the treasure map to his door! "How can these three people on foot catch up with us on horseback?
"
Qingfeng asked doubtfully.
"Huh, maybe I took a shortcut."
Princess Xiyun rolled her eyes disdainfully and turned to greet everyone: "Stop for a moment!"
Lin Xiaodong and the others continued to walk forward. Lan Ruo looked forward and wondered: "Why don't they go forward?
Are you waiting for us?"
Lin Xiaodong smiled and said: "It's okay, what are you afraid of? In the desert, even if she is a princess, how can she be so arrogant?"
After walking for a while, several people caught up with Princess Xiyun and saw Princess Xiyun riding on a horse. Qingfeng and Lu Liangcai were separated on the left and right, with a row of people on each side. It was such a grand scene.
Lin Xiaodong smiled without saying a word, glanced up and almost laughed out loud.
After running around in the desert for several days, Princess Xiyun was even worse off than Lan Ruo. She was also blown away by the wind and her face turned gray and black like a little devil. All the luxurious dresses and jewels on her body were covered with dust.
Qingfeng beside him was also covered in dust, but his eyes were still sharp and his face was expressionless.
The accompanying guards and mercenaries also showed signs of fatigue and lacked the energy they had when they first set off.
The worst thing is the Feng family.
Although Princess Xiyun arrived before Lin Xiaodong, she got lost first. They were chasing Populus euphratica at first like Lin Xiaodong.
But after walking for several days, the Populus euphratica forest was still far away, always one or two days away from them, like a mirage, or as if it was deliberately teasing them.
Qingfeng noticed something unusual, and after observing for a while, he discovered that the Populus euphratica forest was actually moving, and they had been relying on the Populus euphratica forest to guide them. If the Populus euphratica forest was not accurate, it meant they were lost and had wandered around the desert several times.
The whole team fell into panic, and Qingfeng began to ask everyone to save food and water. At first, the Feng family could eat and drink, but then there was no food.
After walking aimlessly for two days in the desert, the Feng family finally couldn't even drink water.
By the time Lin Xiaodong caught up with Princess Xiyun, it was already the third day. The Feng family, including Feng Ming and Feng Shi, had not drunk water for three days.