The blue sand dunes shine with countless brilliance, as if every gravel in them is a gem.
Gathered together, continuous.
Like the huge waves of the sea, they are frozen in the silence of heaven and earth.
And the blazing heat from all directions spreads in this silence, making everything here even more hazy.
Only the brilliance emitted by the gravel is like stars, and like countless dreams intertwined here by countless hours.
Like a dream or an illusion.
Looking at it, it is an illusory splendor.
"Senior, this place is the Desert of Time. After crossing this desert, we can reach the ancient teleportation array."
"Through the formation, you can teleport to the area near Black Cloud City."
On the edge of the desert of time, on the mid-air wooden boat, Qianfan of Yunmen could only see the figure of Xu Qing reading in front of him.
At this moment, she was sitting on her knees, peeling off the fresh fruit for Xu Qing, and speaking in a playful voice.
For her, this journey was just like the waves shown in the desert. Her heart was always fluctuating, and her thoughts were like dreams.
Every time I recall it, I feel it is amazing.
The cultivator of the Seven Realms of Yun Shen who can cry to death with one glance.
He can kill four elders in a few breaths.
Can suppress gods with one hand.
This scene made it clear to her that the senior Yan Xuanzi in front of her must be the master!
Although she has met other master-level monks before, whether it is the ancestor of the family or the genius of the family, they are all masters.
Moreover, she had seen several foreign rulers from a distance.
But it's nothing short of superior.
There has never been anyone so close to her and accompanying her all the way.
This feeling of being protected in the face of all dangers was a rare experience in her life, and it was deeply rooted in her soul.
At the same time, in the past few days, she would occasionally ask Xu Qing questions about her own cultivation while he was drinking, and Xu Qing was not stingy and gave him some advice.
She has benefited a lot from these pointers, and many of her confusions about practice ideas have been solved in the past few days.
Even in her opinion, the senior in front of her saw many problems more thoroughly than her ancestor.
As for why a master-level monk would become a guest of her own family and hide her cultivation, she didn't want to think about it, and she didn't care.
After all, the whole family is like this, and everything has nothing to do with you.
"Senior Yan Xuanzi must have some unavoidable reasons, and even more secrets that he doesn't want outsiders to know."
Yunmen Qianfan said silently in his heart, then picked up another fairy fruit and continued to peel the peel. At the same time, he noticed that Xu Qing's wine bottle was almost empty, so he replaced it skillfully.
There are many items in her storage bag, food and drink are only part of them, but they are also quite abundant.
This is naturally not the result of divination, but after she made her choice, she accurately positioned herself to be an all-round maid, trying to make Xu Qing comfortable along the way, thus increasing her confidence in survival.
Xu Qing didn't pay attention to her thoughts.
But I have to say that this Yunmen Qianfan has indeed done an outstanding job as a maid.
Moreover, this woman is very smart, especially her proactive notification at the beginning and the early release of the seal of the space soil, all of which show decisiveness.
So Xu Qing is also willing to fulfill his previous promise.
At this moment, while picking up the wine bottle and taking a sip, his eyes fell on the desert ahead.
Look at the brilliance, look at the hazy, look at the countless time here.
Nearby, the desert is picturesque, as if heaven is writing laws.
In the distance, the outlines of sand dunes are blurred, as if they are hiding ancient secrets.
In addition, the vegetation in the desert is sparse, with only a few plants occasionally seen, and their leaves degenerate into needle shapes. Such species changes are to reduce water evaporation and delay the passage of life.
The tenacity of life is reflected here.
Everything is like this.
All living beings are actually like this.
In the sky, several eagles soared, and their silhouettes were particularly eye-catching under the aurora.
The silence of the desert was also broken by the hawk's cry from the sky at this moment, but it was not abrupt, but instead added a bit of mystery and desolation.
"Why is this place called Time?"
The wooden boat flew into the desert, and Xu Qing slowly spoke.
Yunmen Qianfan, who knew everything about the various places he passed along the way, hesitated at this moment.
After a while, she whispered uneasily.
"Senior, the reason for the name of this desert is not recorded in any ancient books. It is passed down orally by the people living in this desert."
"So why it's called this name, I don't even know..."
Xu Qing nodded, glanced at Yunmen Qianfan, and let out a faint voice.
"The places you have chosen along the way are all very interesting, such as Tianshui Lake and the Desert of Time. How much do you know about places with special names or ancient legends?"
After Yunmen Qianfan heard this, he quickly took out a bamboo book from his storage bag and placed it respectfully in front of Xu Qing.
"Senior, they are all here. I usually like stories recorded in different landforms and environments, so I have been collecting them."
"Except for some places within the family's sphere of influence, which I have seen with my own eyes, most of the others have been heard about by others and I have never had the opportunity to actually go there."
"So there may be truth and falsehood."
Xu Qing took the bamboo scroll, and after scanning it with his spiritual thoughts, a faint light appeared in his eyes.
On this bamboo scroll, geography is written in text, including different landforms, mountains, lakes, and even river basins, etc., with names, stories, and general directions marked.
"Luoxie Pond, Tianfeng Cave, Fire Sky Mountain Range, Immortal Meteor Plain, Main Road Cliff, Digui Pond, Yunni Basin..."
Looking at these names, Xu Qing became very interested.
"Even if only a small part of it is a truly special place like Tianshui Lake and this time desert, then it will be of great help to me."
Thinking of this, Xu Qing put away the bamboo scroll.
In his opinion, the value of this bamboo scroll is no less than that of the soil that contains the energy of space.
Xu Qing then looked at Yunmen Qianfan again.
"Are you in a hurry to go to Black Cloud City?"
"No rush, no rush, no rush at all."
Seeing that Xu Qing was satisfied, Yunmen Qianfan felt even more excited. As long as she could help Xu Qing, she felt that it was a reflection of her worth.
Moreover, the guidance she received along the way made her even feel that it would be better if the journey were longer.
So when she heard Xu Qing's inquiry, she quickly responded happily.
Xu Qing nodded slightly, took a step forward on the boat, disappeared in an instant, and appeared on the desert dunes.
Sitting cross-legged there, Xu Qing's eyes were bright.
"Here, time is chaotic, or in other words, there are countless times flowing to varying degrees, but in this blending with each other, everything becomes normal again."
While muttering, Xu Qing's spiritual thoughts spread out and enveloped all directions.
Yunmen Qianfan was already used to Xu Qing's constant reflections. Seeing Xu Qing cross her legs, she immediately put away the canoe, landed next to Xu Qing, and started to get busy.
Soon, she built a shed around Xu Qing and arranged a mat woven with spiritual grass. Finally, she sat aside, leaning her chin, and looking at Xu Qing with her beautiful big eyes.
Although Xu Qing's current appearance is middle-aged and somewhat vicissitudes of life, showing his age, in her eyes, he has a special charm.
"When I was young, my senior must have been very prosperous and magnificent."
"And there are many stories about him..."
"Many times, he looked at the distant world. Was he reminiscing? Reminiscing about his family, reminiscing about his old friends?"
"There is also that piece of music, Jianghu Long, unparalleled in its sassiness, but also sad. When I played it, the back of a woman vaguely appeared in my mind..."
"Is that... senior's Taoist companion?"
Amid the murmuring of her heart, a hot wind blew, causing Xu Qing's long hair to scatter and her clothes to move with it.
This wind also fell on Yunmen Qianfan's body, making her dress cling to her delicate body and outline the undulating curves, making her very graceful.
The picture is beautiful.
It seemed that the mysterious heavenly craftsmen also looked sideways and began to write on the desert. As the desert flowed, scenes of sand paintings were formed.
Just like that, time passes.
Five days passed.
Xu Qing's spiritual thoughts have already covered an endless range. While covering this desert, they have also penetrated into every grain of sand.
Five days ago, when Xu Qing saw this desert for the first time, he felt the chaos of time here.
As for the specific reason, he was not sure at the time. He just felt that the rotation of his sundial needle was stuck here. It would speed up for a while, slow down for a while, and stop for a while.
And my own extreme time path is more turbulent than usual.
Until now, after five days of observation and research, combined with his own understanding of time, he had a vague guess.
"The endless sand here seems to be an uncountable mass, but in fact... it gives me the feeling of being one."
"This kind of unity does not describe the desert as a whole, but...the unity of individuals!"
Xu Qing groaned deep in his heart.
"To be precise, although the surface wear marks and size of each gravel here are slightly different, in fact, they may be the same at the beginning."
"No matter how big or small, no matter the wear marks, including all the details, they are all the same.
With such a large number, it’s as if they were copied.”
This is a realization he came to after five days of observation, research and exploration.
Xu Qing raised his hand, picked up a palmful of gravel, and stared at it.
"It seems...there was only a grain of sand here."
"It was the blowing of the wind or the influence of external objects that caused the movement of this gravel. Every time it moves, the time acting on it changes."
"Every change is equivalent to an extra line of time and an extra grain of sand."
"As time goes by, and under the caress of the wind or mysterious power, there are more and more timelines here, and there are more and more gravels."
"Every grain of sand has the same initial point, but soon has its own timeline. In their respective timelines, they have different frictions and trajectories."
"In the end, this desert was formed."
"This is also the reason why there are so many times here, and they are intertwined with each other."
Xu Qing raised his head and looked towards the end of the desert.
"This place is very magical, or... this place is actually a treasure related to time."
"But few people can take it away, because the way to take it away is to correct the time of every gravel here, so that this desert can return from chaos, and eventually the gravels will be reduced one by one until they become the original
That one."
"I can't do it now."
"But... here, I can see how the power of time can be demonstrated in a deeper way."