Naturally, Lu Fang did not intend to avoid Yan Dan's solicitation. On the contrary, for him who was eager to enter the city to search for dragon souls, improving his status as soon as possible was an urgent pursuit.
This coincides with Yan Dan's thoughts.
but!
The world does not revolve around the two of them.
It's not that if you two are in love with each other, things will develop in such a harmonious way.
The most indispensable thing in this world is variables.
For example, for Lu Fang, Chi Yao was the biggest variable in his life.
At this time, Lu Fang had already left Jicheng, even left Yan State, and went north to enter the Dai territory of Zhao State.
However, he did not leave voluntarily, but as soon as he closed and opened his eyes, he had already changed to the human world when he woke up.
"Who exactly are you?"
Lu Fang woke up leisurely, looked at the desolate Gobi scenery around him, and asked.
"Young, wake up."
Seeing this, Chi Yao joked, "Then let's talk about it, what should we do next?"
Although he said this, there was a faint light in his eyes, obviously he was preparing to activate the enchantment Gu again.
After several previous tests, Lu Fang was like a stone. He refused to tell anyone no matter what he asked. He had to take a hit of the ecstasy Gu before he was willing to tell the truth.
But this time, perhaps because he had some impressions of his previous encounters, Lu Fang understood that it would be useless no matter how much he refused. Instead of doing that, he might as well take them with him, so as to send a warning message to his compatriots if anything happened.
"Wait, I said."
Lu Fang looked around at the surrounding scenery for a while and said.
"oh?"
Regarding Lu Fang's change of attitude, Chi Yao didn't understand the reason, but he didn't want to spend any effort to distinguish whether it was true or false. He simply threw the ecstasy Gu at him and said, "You want to say it now? It's too late!"
"you!"
Lu Fang's neck stiffened, and he returned to a dull and absent-minded state without saying anything.
"That's right, I still like you like this."
Chi Yao clapped his hands gently, "How convenient is it that you don't have to worry about distinguishing the authenticity from the fake?"
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In this way, a carriage carried Chi Yao and his party into the vast Gobi desert, heading deeper into the yellow sand-covered land.
With the guidance of Lu Fang, an old horse who knows the way, they did not need to make any detours. Apart from changing the riding tool from a carriage to a camel midway, they encountered almost no troubles.
"Is this right here?"
Chi Yao looked at the vast yellow sand around him, but he couldn't see any difference between this place and other places, and he didn't know how Lu Fang identified it.
"One day later, there will be a sandstorm, which is caused by the opening of the passage between Loulan and the outside world."
Lu Fang's voice was dull and his tone was calm, "At this time, the sand beasts guarding the passage will also appear, and the passage is at their feet."
"Okay, then we'll wait here all night!"
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The golden crow sinks in the west and the jade rabbit rises.
The desert that was so hot during the day suddenly turned into a ghostly wind, and the temperature plummeted like a cliff.
This is the difficult thing about being in the desert. It is obviously the same day, but day and night are almost like two seasons.
Fortunately, everyone present was a member of the martial arts community, and their bodies were strong enough, so there was no chance that they would become sick due to the sudden change in temperature.
One night passed, and the sun rose in the east.
Watching the sunrise in the desert is a very shocking experience.
It is different from watching the sunrise from the top of a mountain. The sun seems to appear from the far end of the horizon and rise slowly. Every inch it is raised, the entire desert is illuminated one more point. The golden light moves from far to near, The whole world seems to be bathed in golden sunlight, and the sky and the earth are the same color.
This beautiful scenery did not last long. When the sun rose into the sky and drove away the coldness of the night, the heat returned.
Not only that, the yellow sand under the feet of several people also began to vibrate slightly, and the tiny gravels jumped one after another, as if there was a huge heart beating underground.
Roar——
A loud roar like a bull's roar exploded, and billowing yellow sand rose up. In just an instant, it connected to the sky and the earth.
The sandstorm is coming!
Woohoo~
The strong wind carried the gravel and twisted it wildly between the sky and the earth, forming two golden tornadoes.
The strange thing is that these two tornadoes don't move, they just spin in place, spinning thicker and faster.
"It's coming out!"
Lu Fang's voice without any emotion sounded, and Chi Yao also focused his attention.
I saw two huge black shadows faintly appearing in the swirling yellow sand.
They have horns, snake necks, turtle backs, and horse hooves, are about ten feet tall, and are made entirely of yellow sand.
"Is this the sand beast guarding the gate?"
Chi Yao narrowed his eyes and directed the ice crystal butterfly lying on his shoulder responsible for cooling to go over and test it out.
The ice-blue butterfly flapped its wings, bringing wisps of cold current directly into the body of a sand beast.
Kachacha——
Immediately, there was a sound of freezing friction, and the frost quickly wrapped the whole body of the sand beast from the inside out. From a distance, it seemed as if it was wearing a layer of frost armor.
Unfortunately, the armor's stomach was not strong. It didn't last for a few breaths before it suddenly shattered and turned into countless ice crystals scattered on the ground.
Chi Yao waited for a while, and a little doubt appeared in his eyes: "Killed? That's it? I haven't exerted my strength yet!"
Such little combat power doesn't quite match Lu Fang's previous bragging and his formidable appearance!
Lu Fang, who was in a state of ecstasy, heard Chi Yao's question and replied dully: "Maybe it's because he lost the dragon soul."
"Just take it as such."
Chi Yao shrugged, and after he easily dealt with the second guardian sand beast, a huge vortex of quicksand appeared under their feet.
According to what Lu Fang said before, going down from here is where Loulan is.
Without any hesitation, he jumped with Lu Fang.
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After a while, Chi Yao opened his eyes and was amazed by everything in front of him.
"This is even more outrageous than Peach Blossom Spring..."
The tall castle not far away, the neatly arranged buildings around it, the people walking on the bustling streets, and even the blue sky and white clouds high above, make it difficult to figure out whether this is under the desert or somewhere else.
.
"Could it be that that quicksand is actually a teleportation formation?"
Although it is still outrageous, I think that this was once a country where the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady was worshiped, and there was even a real mythical beast named Pixiu as the core energy source, the Dragon Soul.
Then one more teleportation formation doesn't seem too out of the ordinary.
In order to avoid being discovered by the guards patrolling the city, Chi Yao and Lu Fang quickly left the place.
"Tell me, do you know where the Tears of the Goddess, the Demon God of War and the Chi You Sword are?"
He added another ecstasy Gu to Lu Fang.
But it is a pity that although Lu Fang is the Loulan envoy, he does not know this confidential information. He only said that the high priest must know it.
"High priest?"
Chi Yao looked at the solemn temple in the distance, and vaguely seemed to see a graceful figure surrounded by many guards.