After several days of contact, Zhan Chen finally got acquainted with Kong Mengjia and Lan Jianmei, and found out about the two of them from Kong Mengjia's mouth.
Kong Mengjia grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth. His parents were the great elders of Yuci Palace, and they were proven to have extraordinary qualifications since he was a child. Naturally, he was specially trained by the sect. He had a smooth journey and cultivated to the realm of martial saints.
But Lan Jianmei's experience was completely different. There was a huge gap in her life. When she was young, her family was at its peak, but she lived a life like a princess.
But then she encountered a huge change. Her family was framed and retaliated by her enemies, and they were wiped out. She was the only one who escaped.
From then on, her character completely changed. She was alone and helpless. With perseverance and hard work, she joined Yuci Palace, learned superior martial arts, and finally avenged her revenge. However, she developed the aloofness, paranoia, and distrust of others she has now.
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After learning about Lan Jianmei's experience, everyone also understood her previous bad attitude.
But she didn't seem to appreciate this, and still showed a kind of repulsion towards outsiders such as Zhan Chen. Even after being in contact with them for a few days, she didn't change at all.
Now, Zhan Chen has lived in this desert for a while and has a general understanding of its situation.
First of all, there is no difference between this place and the outside world, and it is also divided into day and night. During the day, as mentioned before, it is very hot, almost like purgatory, which is unbearable. There is no shade.
Even the strong Martial Saints have to drink water constantly, otherwise they will be dried out by the scorching sun sooner or later, and they will not be able to survive for a few days in this vast sea. Fortunately, everyone came prepared and prepared a lot of fresh water and food, so there is no problem in persisting.
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In contrast, the night in the desert is surprisingly cold, several degrees below zero, but it is still better than during the day. At least there is a full moon and a sky full of stars to enjoy.
On this day, Zhan Chen and others were still aimlessly searching for possible so-called clues in the desert. Suddenly Zhan Chen keenly noticed that the surrounding temperature began to drop. When he looked up, the sun above his head seemed to be no longer dazzling.
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This seemed to be a good thing, but Zhan Chen felt his heart beating rapidly. The sixth sense he gained from practicing the Daqian Sensing Sutra told him that something terrible was about to happen.
Sure enough, after a while, the sky began to change, and many clouds appeared out of thin air. These clouds gradually spread, became thicker and thicker, and gathered into clouds. The clouds became thicker and thicker, making the sky constantly dark and making the entire desert dark.
Eventually everything fell into darkness.
At this time, the desert was completely silent and eerily calm, with not a breath of wind blowing. But everyone felt as if there was a mountain-like pressure coming down from the sky above, making them breathless.
What on earth happened? Wang Xin shouted, with a look of panic on his face.
Everyone's expressions were similar to his, and even Lan Jianmei, who had always been cold and charming, looked solemn at this time.
Suddenly, a breeze seemed to blow through the air, breaking the dead silence. When the wind blew, Zhan Chen suddenly thought of a possibility and shouted: No, this may be a big sandstorm coming.
Everyone was shocked by the sandstorm. According to the current situation in the sky, the intensity of this sandstorm must be unprecedentedly violent.
What to do? Everyone subconsciously looks around, subconsciously trying to find a sheltered place to take shelter. However, there are only rolling sand mountains in the desert. These sand mountains are all made of loose fine sand.
They will only fuel the arrogance of the sandstorm.
This slight breeze was just the beginning. After that, the wind force in the air began to gradually increase, and it quickly turned into a strong wind, so strong that people had to cover their faces with their sleeves.
However, the storm refused to give up. It continued to strengthen its strength, causing the gravel on the ground to run and leap up until it reached the sky.
This was a very difficult time for Zhan Chen and the others. Their bodies were hit by the violent wind and sand like a hail of bullets, and they were in pain.
The wind was still strengthening, even squeezing the air, causing it to be filled with sand and dust. Zhan Chen and the others could no longer open their mouths to speak, because if they opened their mouths, they would be stuffed with a mouthful of yellow sand. They could not even open their mouths anymore.
Breathing, struggling in the sandstorm.
After just a while, Zhan Chen felt that his body was about to be buried by the sand, and he had to do his best to struggle out of the sand. Everyone was swimming desperately up in the sea of sand, just for one thing, that is, not to be trapped by the huge sand.
Swallowed by the waves of sand, he was buried under this unfathomable ocean.
Under normal circumstances, it would be easy for the martial saints to escape from this harsh climate with their powerful strength. However, in the secret realm, their strength is greatly limited, and they are even beaten into mortals. It is difficult to break free from the control of the sandstorm.
It became increasingly difficult, even to the point of utter difficulty.
Everyone tried their best to move closer to each other in order not to be separated in the storm, because if they were separated from the large army, it would be a very terrible thing in the long desert.
The wind became stronger and stronger, and gradually even struggling became useless. They all felt as if they were falling into the middle of an endless swamp, sinking deeper and deeper, and sooner or later they would be swallowed up.
At this time, Wang Xin shouted anxiously: "If this continues, we will be buried in the sand soon. The situation is critical now. I thought of a way, that is, everyone holds each other's hands tightly, so that we can tide over the difficulties together."
, the team will not be blown away by the sandstorm.
This method proposed by Wang Xin was so good, and perhaps the only way to overcome the difficulties at present, that it immediately gained everyone's unanimous acquiescence.
The situation was extremely urgent, and they immediately took action. Zhan Chen held Wang Xin with one hand, and subconsciously grabbed the person next to him with the other hand.
A soft and smooth feeling made his mind wander. When he looked carefully, he found that what he was grabbing was Lan Jianmei's hand. The other person's pink face was filled with anger, and he was staring at him with a look that wanted him to be cut into pieces with a thousand knives.
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Zhan Chen suddenly felt very embarrassed, but the situation was pressing, and the turbulent waves of sand were hitting his head, and they were immediately buried. He had no time to think about it, so he had to hold on to the soft hand tightly and not let go.
The strong wind blew for a whole hour before it began to weaken. When all the dust settled, they struggled to crawl out from under the deep sand. Everyone was gray and dusty, and they felt like they were surviving a disaster.
When everyone calmed down a little, Lan Jianmei immediately took out her sword, pointed it at Zhan Chen, and said angrily: Zhan Chen, I'm going to kill you.
Everyone was stunned and looked at the two of them in confusion. Kong Mengjia quickly stood up and asked: Senior sister, what is going on?
"What's going on? You should ask the disciple opposite," Lan Jianmei said angrily.
Kong Mengjia looked at Zhan Chen in confusion. She really couldn't understand. It was just when the sandstorm was at its most violent. Could it be that the man in front of her was still in the mood to take advantage of her senior sister?
Zhan Chen was also a little embarrassed and apologized to Lan Jianmei: "Senior Lan, I was really sorry just now. The situation was really critical. I grabbed your hand without even noticing. I hope you won't be offended."
Kong Mengjia smiled and said: Senior sister, what did I think it was? Isn't it just that I was held in hand? The situation at that time was indeed special. Well, it was excusable.
You Lan Jianmei stared at her, too angry to speak.
Of course, this was just a small episode in their adventure, but after this incident, the miserable Zhan Chen had to endure Lan Jianmei's supercilious looks every day. He had no doubt that if given the chance, this beautiful blue lady would definitely do it with a sword.
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In response, Zhan Chen had to smile bitterly. Women with this kind of personality have serious prejudices. Once you leave a bad impression on them, your image in their minds may never change.
They continued their adventure, but a day later, a more desperate fact almost made them lose confidence, that is, everyone found that they were back at the entrance of the first level. In other words, everyone had worked so hard to achieve this
It's been a long time, but it's been spinning in circles
How is this possible? We have been gone for almost three months, Kong Mengjia couldn't help but shout. She and Lan Jianmei arrived at the secret realm earlier than Zhan Chen and others and started exploring earlier, so they were even more disappointed when they saw this result.
It was all Zhan Chen's fault. Lan Jianmei put all the responsibility on Zhan Chen.
Zhan Chen couldn't help being stunned after hearing this, and asked: What does this do to me?
Lan Jianmei said sternly: Before we met you guys, things were going very smoothly, but since we met you, everything has changed. First we encountered a sandstorm, and now we are back to where we started. It’s all war.
The misfortune you bring this morning
Before Zhan Chen responded to her, Wang Xin became excited and said: Senior Lan, I really can't help but stand up and say something fair today. This has nothing to do with us. Before you and Kong Mengjia met us, it wasn't
You are also clueless. Now you have gone in circles, but the responsibility is placed on us.
At this time, Kong Mengjia also regained her rationality and said: Forget it, senior sister, we really haven't found any useful clues, so we can't shift the responsibility to others.
Lan Jianmei snorted coldly and did not pursue the matter further, because she was indeed being unreasonable.
At this time, night fell. Zhan Chen looked at the sky and said: It's getting late. Let's rest here today and start again tomorrow.
Everyone nodded in agreement, so they lit a bonfire in the valley, took out delicious food and enjoyed it, giving their tired bodies and minds a temporary rest.
However, Zhan Chen couldn't calm down. He thought: Where is the method to crack this first level? We didn't get any hint after entering the secret realm. Could it be that being able to cross the desert depends entirely on luck?
No, think about it carefully, there must be some details in this that none of us have noticed. What are they? Zhan Chen fell into hard thinking.