Chapter 761

Duanmu Xianyue's reaction surprised Zhang Yitian. Before, he thought it was a small jasper girl, but when his slender jade hand reached in front of him, he suddenly realized that she was a young woman with a new appearance and a fire in her heart. What he had seen before were appearances.

Facing the woman's slender hand, Zhang Yitian couldn't resist. He stretched out his hand like a dream. Then he felt that his big hand was caught. A strong force came from his arm and spread to his whole body. Then his body was pulled up and sat in front of the woman.

Duanmu Xianyue put her hands around the waist of the man in front, pulled the reins, kicked the stirrup under her feet, and ran forward on the cloud horse

Not long after they left, a group of guards followed them and looked at the marks left on the ground. The leader's guard had no choice but to announce to turn back and return along the original road. Not long after walking, an eagle crowed in the air and an eagle landed on the leader's guard's shoulder.

There was a small bamboo tube on the eagle's leg. The guard leader opened the bamboo tube and hid a secret letter sealed with red wax. When he opened it, the guard leader showed a happy face, raised his hand and shook it into powder, and announced to all his subordinates: "listen to me. The leader has just received an order to meet Lord Sato. The task must be completed smoothly, or all will be cut and decided!"

Walking all the way along the sand sea, Zhang Yitian and Zhang Yitian identified the direction. Before long, they finally came to the place where Duanmu Xianyue woke up. Here, the sand sea is vast and the direction is not clear at all. The only coordinate is the sky sun. Duanmu Xianyue identified the path to the ice lake through the sun.

"I remember clearly that the previous sandstorm came from the northwest and went straight to the East. We just need to look to the East and there will be great hope of finding them." Duanmu Xianyue expressed his personal views, which Zhang Yitian deeply thought.

After determining the direction, the two set out again. Not long after walking, a piece of village relics appeared in front. Several dead Populus euphratica trees stood upright, inserted obliquely in the periphery of the village and pointed to the sky. The scene was very lonely. Looking at the towering Populus euphratica trees, they had a hunch in their minds that they should be able to find something in this deserted village.

Thinking of this, they urged the horse to whip, accelerated the speed, and ran very fast on the cloud horse. They came to the village in the blink of an eye, but they were deeply surprised by the scene in front of them.

At this time, it was nearly dusk, and a curl of cooking smoke actually rose in the village. It was obvious that someone was making a fire for cooking, indicating that there were people living here, or it was the smoke signal released by childe Mingxi. They wanted to attract the attention of their separated companions in this way.

When Zhang Yitian said his idea, Duanmu Xianyue showed a surprised look and said to herself, "smoke signal?" obviously, she felt very strange to this new word, and then changed a way to confirm her guess, "should you say wolf smoke?"

Zhang Yitian smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "one meaning."

Duanmu Xianyue just felt that Zhang Yitian's words were a little fresh. She didn't think deeply, and then urged her horse to walk towards the village. After entering the village, the two jumped down from their horses and walked slowly towards the rising direction of cooking smoke. When they came near, they found that they had guessed wrong and that was not the case at all.

A mottled earthen house appeared in front. Outside the house was a fenced yard. A medicine field was dug in the yard. A dark old man with a dry tobacco pole was squatting beside the medicine field, looking down at the herbs in the field and saying, "Alas... Sandstorm, all the herbs are destroyed..." he noticed that an outsider was coming, and the old man looked up.

Just as Zhang Yitian and his wife were looking at him, they looked at each other. The old man looked stunned and said, "how did you come here?"

Zhang Yitian answered with a smile, "we passed by here. We are looking for them because we were separated from our companions by the sandstorm. Has anyone else been here?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I haven't seen anyone this year. There was a sandstorm yesterday. I've been hiding in the house and didn't see anyone passing by."

At the meeting, Zhang Yitian released his divine knowledge and scanned the old man. He didn't find that he had any accomplishments. He was an ordinary man, but he knew how to cultivate medicine fields and plant herbs, which was very inconsistent with his identity. Another desert was deserted. What an ordinary old man depended on to survive here is a very worthy question.

On the way here just now, Zhang Yitian carefully observed that there were sand seas around. There was no land to grow crops, and food was an essential material for ordinary people. The old man claimed that he lived here all the year round. This is very doubtful.

The old man in front of him was very wrong. He felt mysterious all over. In order to confirm whether the other party was dangerous, Zhang Yitian asked, "what do you do for a living after living here for so long?"

The old man's reaction was unexpected. He smiled and said, "young man, you must be hungry. Don't be embarrassed. It's also fate to meet you in the desert. The so-called misfortune will not kill you. Although I don't have any luck meeting the old man, I won't let you hungry. Come in."

After following the old man into the house, Zhang Yitian understood some things he couldn't think of before. There were many animal skins hanging on the wall of the earth house, and a long bow in the center of the wall. Obviously, this is the tool that the old man depends on to survive in the desert.

The old man explained with a smile when they looked at the animal skin on the wall, "There is nothing else in the desert, but there are still a lot of wild animals, and there is an ice lake not far from here. The ice lake is very dangerous. Powerful monsters live in the ice lake. There are some weak monsters outside. They can live by hunting two every day. Moreover, there is water, fish and shrimp in the water, and wild fruits in the forest. Life is no problem."

Knowing the details, Zhang Yitian nodded, and finally his eyes fell on the long bow hanging on the wall. He went over, picked up the long bow and stroked it. He could clearly feel that there was a mysterious force flowing in the long bow, which surprised him. "This bow is very special!"

The old man smiled and said, "yes, my little brother is a man who knows the goods. I'm not a monk. I don't have the ability to fly to the sky and escape from the earth. I can survive in the desert by relying on this bow. It was forged by a Weapon Master in juejian city. Its name is' month by month '."

Knowing the origin of the bow and arrow, Zhang Yitian asked again, "I can feel a mysterious energy in the bow, but I can't see its origin. I don't know if I can tell you one or two and open my eyes."

The old man explained: "Nothing. The characteristics of this bow are in its name. The reason why it is called month by month is that this bow can exert its maximum power only in the moonlight at night. When it is used during the day, its power will be much smaller. Therefore, I usually go out to hunt at night and rest at home during the day. On the one hand, it is because of this bow, on the other hand, it is caused by the climate in the desert. It is relatively hot during the day It's hot. Animals can't curl up. There are only a lot of prey at night. "

After explaining the origin and characteristics of the month by month bow, the old man began to prepare food, took out the wild fruits and fruit wine collected in the house, ran to the kitchen, brought out the cooked animal meat, and set a full table.

Looking at a table of delicious dishes that are not good food, Zhang Yitian was not polite. He ate a large piece of fruit wine. In contrast, Duanmu Xianyue had no appetite. He took a chopstick meat and picked it in the bowl, but didn't send it to his mouth.

"Female doll, why don't you eat it? Is the food not delicious?" the old man looked at her with concern.

Zhang Yitian swallowed a piece of meat, picked up his wine glass and touched the old man. He casually explained, "don't think about it. Maybe it's too hot, so she can't eat. Let her slow down for a while."

The old man was very enthusiastic. He pushed all the wild fruits on the table down in front of Duanmu Xianyue, pointed to one of them, which was fiery red, just like fire dragon fruit, and said, "this kind of fruit is called huotoutuo, which can only be found in the desert, and it is rare to see it. Only those who are favored by God can meet it."

Duanmu Xianyue said strangely, "where did you come from?"

Speaking of huotoutuo, the old man couldn't help but smile, "I came to this desert a year ago. I came to ice lake to collect lotus with the caravan at that time. Unexpectedly, I met a sandstorm and the team was blown away. When I woke up, I lay under a pile of yellow sand and didn't go out for a long time.

I thought I couldn't live, so I prayed with God. If I could survive, I would stay in the desert for a year to protect the desert. Finally, God took care of me. I found two huotoutuo fruits. I ate one and survived. I found this village and stayed here. "

Knowing the origin of huotoutuo fruit, Duanmu Xianyue refused to eat the fruit. "This fruit means different to you. I can't eat it. You'd better keep it."

Zhang Yitian knows the climate in the desert. Generally, when the fruit comes to this place, it takes only one day to turn into dried fruit. If people die in the desert, the corpse will not rot and will eventually turn into a dried corpse. However, the old man's huotoutuo fruit is still the same as the one just picked. If there is no special reason, the old man must be talking nonsense.

Thinking of this, he asked, "the fruit has been kept for a year. Why hasn't it dried up?"

The old man explained with a smile, "you only know one thing. Huotoutuo is comparable to the magic pill. It can take root wherever there is sand. I put this fruit in the sand basin for support, so it has always been fresh. Now the time of one year is coming, and the old man is leaving. Huotoutuo can't get out of the desert, otherwise it will rot. it's better to give it to you and hope to bring you good luck."

Under the old man's persuasion, Duanmu Xianyue finally agreed to eat the huotoutuo, but she took a bite, fell down, lay on the table and fell asleep.