When everyone looked over, the dragon bird followed closely behind the shadow that looked like black lightning and had long disappeared into the dark night.

"Qiao Zhi, what did you see?" Zhou Sihan rubbed his eyes, speaking with a strong nasal sound.

Before Qiao Zhi could answer, Chen Huazhe covered his mouth and whispered: "Just... just now, there was a black shadow. I could see it clearly in the tent. The black shadow was looking into the tent. It looked tall and big, with two big eyes that shined, and..."

Chen Huazhe paused for a moment, swallowed, his eyes full of fear, "And it has four legs, and he is walking on the ground!" After saying that, Chen Huazhe's tears flowed down.

After listening to Chen Huazhe's words, Qiao Zhi blinked fiercely and lit an oil lamp with a fire slit. A dim and dark light lit up in the entire tent.

Then Qiao Zhi looked at Chen Huazhe and said in confusion: "Why, what we see is different?"

Chen Huazhe shone with a snot, "Stumb, will that monster transform?" After saying that, he became even more scared.

"Chen Huazhe, have you seen it clearly?" Zhou Sihan asked. She trusted Qiao Zhi more in this matter because Qiao Zhi was more calmer than Chen Huazhe.

"I...I..." Chen Huazhe hesitated and was embarrassed to speak. He clearly saw it just now, but now he can't remember it.

"Partners, don't be nervous. I don't think we are in danger, because Long Bird chases after the black shadow. Don't forget that our mission this time is not only to relieve the dream, but also to help Long Bird find friends."

Qiao Zhi reminded everyone: "The dragon bird is here to find a friend, maybe the black shadow is related to its friend."

After Qiao Zhi finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The wind and sand outside the tent were still whistling, and the sky did not light up. Only the whimpering sound of the wind was heard, pouring into the tent like weeping and complaining.

Chen Huazhe muttered curiously, "Strange, why didn't Uncle Sariman wake up with such a loud voice?"

This sentence attracted the attention of Qiao Zhi and Zhou Sihan, so the three of them walked to the place where Sariman was sleeping together, and saw that the blanket was empty and Uncle Sariman disappeared!

The three of them looked at me, and I looked at you, but they didn't know what was going on. What happened, "Where did Uncle Sariman go?"

Chen Huazhe shook his head, his eyes were red all the time, "Can you be caught by that monster?"

Qiao Zhi shook his head firmly, "No, if he went out of the tent door, we would definitely know."

"Did it disappear out of thin air?" Zhou Sihan looked at the empty blanket and asked incredible questions.

Qiao Zhi squatted in the tent, and Sariman suddenly disappeared, leaving everyone sleepless.

Qiao Zhi stared at the place where Sariman was sleeping, squatted down, lifted the warm blanket, and saw traces of digging under the blanket, and there were broken pieces of soil scattered. "Partners, come and help me, see what's here?"

Zhou Sihan and Chen Huazhe came over and brought the oil lamp closer. They looked at the debris on the ground and said, "Qiao Zhi, has something been buried here before?"

Several people worked together to lift the carpet and suddenly found a small pit. Qiao Zhi picked up the broken pieces of soil on the ground, crushed them and smelled them, "The soil is fresh, and there is a little damp smell on it."

Zhou Sihan looked at Qiao Zhi and asked, "Qiao Zhi, you are so amazing, you can even distinguish between soil."

Qiao Zhi grabbed the back of his head with a embarrassed look and said with a smile: "It's nothing. You will learn a lot of knowledge that we have never been exposed to!"

"After I get home, I have to read more books and accumulate more. I also have to be like you, know everything, and not panic when encountering things." Chen Huazhe said as he clenched his fists.

Several children looked at the small earth pit on the ground, and Zhou Sihan wondered: "Why did Uncle Sariman dig a pit here and then run away?"

Chen Huazhe also echoed and asked: "He said that the Devil City in the middle of the night is particularly terrible and you can't walk around in the dark. This is the most difficult part of the entire trade route. Why did he break this rule?"

Qiao Zhi quickly figured it out, and he suddenly realized it and said, "I understand! Uncle Sariman came here for another reason, not just for those companions who turned into stone."

Zhou Sihan looked at Qiao Zhi, her bright eyes moved a little, and then said excitedly: "I understand, what you mean is that Uncle Sariman has other purposes when he returns here! This small pit is his other purpose."

Chen Huazhe looked at the inconspicuous small pit, "You guys say, what is buried in this pit? Can the timid Uncle Sariman come back regardless of the danger?"

Qiao Zhi looked like a little detective, holding his chin with one hand, frowned and said, "This is indeed a problem. I have some doubts that it is the thing buried in this pit that attracted the monster outside the tent."

The more the other two thought about it, the more they felt that Qiao Zhi was right, "Qiao Zhi, you are so smart!" Zhou Sihan and Chen Huazhe sighed at the same time.

Qiao Zhi looked at the small pit on the ground and fell into deep thought. He was thinking about the whole thing:

They came to Hami and found the mysterious sand mountain. They saved Uncle Sariman by coincidence. After learning that his caravan's companions turned into stones in the Devil City, they came to the Devil City together.

Ma Yao turned into a stone, Uncle Sariman dug out something in the middle of the night and left, leading to a monster that the dragon bird knew...

Uncle Sariman knew that Ma Yao would turn into a stone, why didn’t he remind everyone?

Why do you have to leave at night even though you know that there will be dangers in traveling late at night?

What did he dug out? It could actually attract something more agile than the dragon bird?

"In other words, Uncle Sariman must have something to hide from us! The thing in his hand is probably the key to solving all problems!" Qiao Zhi concluded.

Zhou Sihan and Chen Huazhe looked at Qiao Zhi's wise appearance and admired him very much, thinking that he was the soul of the entire team.

The screams of dragon birds suddenly came from outside the tent, and the "meeting" of the friends was interrupted.

"Dragon Bird! What's wrong with you?" Zhou Sihan exclaimed at the embarrassing dragon Bird. When Qiao Zhi and Chen Huazhe saw that the dragon Bird was indeed very different from before. The feathers on their wings fell off a lot, and there were fine grains of sand around their eyes. One of its wings drooped, as if they were injured.

Chen Huazhe picked it up and carefully checked it. He found a wide leather rope tied under its wings. "It must be this thing that hurts you, let me help you take it off."

Chen Huazhe carefully untied the leather rope, and the dragon bird that took off the leather rope quickly flapped its wings twice, making an anxious voice, "Chirp, chirp!"

The dragon bird pecked the leather rope with its mouth and placed it on the palm of Qiao Zhi's hand. Chen Huazhe said, "Qiao Zhi, is there something he wants to tell you?"

Qiao Zhi looked at the wide leather rope curiously. It was amazing. He saw that it was not a leather rope at all, but a "message note"!

I saw that it was written on it: "All the secrets are written in the leader's diary. If you find it, you can find the answer to the puzzle." The signature is the Director of the One-legged Immortal.

"Director of the One-legged Immortal? Is this a reminder he gave us?" Chen Huazhe asked as he looked at the message.

Qiao Zhi nodded. This was indeed the handwriting of the one-legged immortal director. He quickly said to everyone: "Parts, don't worry about Uncle Sariman first. Let's go find the team leader's diary first!"

"Okay!" After receiving the response from two people, Qiao Zhi took the first step to find the oil lamp in the tent. He suddenly remembered the human-faced pottery lamp and murmured to himself: "It would be great if the human-faced pottery lamp is there, it can take the initiative to help us get the oil lamp."

Chen Huazhe, who was suddenly searching in the corner, said excitedly: "Qiao Zhi, look, I found it!"

"Chen Huazhe, you are so good! Your eyes are the best!" Qiao Zhi happily patted Chen Huazhe on the shoulder and took the diary excitedly.

Zhou Sihan quickly took the oil lamp over and helped Qiao Zhi illuminate it.

With the director's tip, this diary became even more important, and Qiao Zhi began to read this diary carefully.

The diary started in Dunhuang. The first one was a simple itinerary and commodity exchange matters, and it remained unchanged and there were no ups and downs.

It was not until they came to the Devil City that the content of the diary changed. The diary was recorded in ancient words. Qiao Zhi did not feel embarrassed when he read it because he often read some ancient books, so it was very easy to read a diary.

This made my friends envious again.

When Qiao Zhi saw everyone envious, the proud little daigu raised it higher and looked more seriously.

The diary records:

Today, we came to the Devil City, which was two days faster than we expected. Here, we encountered a strange pottery lamp and a huge blue package. Inside the package, it turned out to be a rare treasure that was passed down from generation to generation!

There is also a map, which I have never seen before. Tao Deng said, it was a treasure map.

This made many businessmen red. They all wanted to get this package and the treasure map.

So they all rushed to ride the same camel as Tao Deng.

However, I found that the map of this pottery lamp was completely different from the route we were going to take, and there was even a dangerous place that we had abandoned for many years.

My objection was useless at all. In the end, I could only let Sariman lead the team to the place pointed out on the Taodeng map.

That night, the wind was howling, and we had to put down the camp outside the Devil City, waiting for the return of Sariman and the team.

Unexpectedly, Sariman, the only one in the group, came back, and I asked him not to say anything.

He only muttered a sentence, there was no treasure, only curse, no golden words, only stones! But I found in his tent that he was secretly hiding a golden compass.

I found that he often carried the people in the team, digging with this golden compass, and I also found that his luggage was getting bigger and bigger.

On this day, I decided not to stay. I wanted to take a team of people to find those treasure hunting companions. I couldn't give up on them. As a team leader, I had to bring home safely and safely.

We are going to Eskshael Castle, where there may be clues to the people in my team. I want to know what happened, maybe there will be an answer.

The diary came to an abrupt end here. I don’t know if the leader had not finished writing it, or if he left in a hurry and forgot this diary.

After reading it, Qiao Zhi let out a long sigh, and then his eyebrows squeezed together again. He looked at the friends and asked softly: "Partners, do you have any doubts?"

Zhou Sihan nodded, "The human-faced pottery lamp has been here, and it took the team to the castle."

Chen Huazhe also said: "What did Uncle Sariman see at Eskshael Castle? Why is he the only one who came back?"

Hashizhi nodded heavily and said in confusion: "Yes, there is also the compass, what is it? Also, why do you turn into a stone? Also, I haven't seen any answers, there is only the leader's question here!"
Chapter completed!