In the Clouds: Mulan Line

Chapter 26
In the desert, without supplies, people will die.

I don't know how many travelers have turned into dry bones in the desert because of lack of water.

However, for an experienced desert live map like Wu Nan, water is not a big problem. He is familiar with the location of every oasis and can always replenish water sources in time.

But the food cannot be supplemented by the oasis. Although they walked in the sea of ​​sand in the clouds before, there are quite a lot of towns where they can supplement food and water.

But now it has gone deep into the hinterland of the desert, and the nearby human habitation is almost extinct.

It had been many days, and they hadn't seen anyone other than their group.

When they left Mingsha City, they only brought more than 20 days' rations, and they ate less.

Speaking of which, what a camel can carry is limited after all.

For this reason, Ligu is also very worried. He has tried his best to save food these days.And this is really a bit of a torment for Ligu, who has a big appetite.

He couldn't help but said to Wu Nan: "Uncle, should we speed up?"

Ligu was in his 20s when he was strong and healthy, and he could eat two flatbreads and half a catty of beef for a meal.

On the other hand, Wu Nan, his need for food is very small, it seems that holding a hookah pipe and puffing it up every day is enough...

Wu Nan took a puff of cigarette and said slowly, "Why, not enough to eat? Afraid of starving to death? There are still a lot of bean cakes in Ah Da's pocket, you can take them out and eat some."

The Ah Da mentioned by Wu Nan's mouth is one of the camels he raises.

"Bean cake..." Ligu's expression was indescribable after hearing this. The bean cake is actually made of soybean meal after soybean oil refining. The taste can be imagined. Is there nothing else? This bean cake is eaten by camels..."

Wu Nan pointed to the front and said, "There is an oasis in front, Ada and the others can eat aquatic plants, so they don't mind if you eat some bean cakes."

Ligu: "..."

Does he mean it?He just didn't want to be reduced to eating bean cakes!
At this moment, a large sand boat slowly approached from behind.

Amu Boa stood at the front of the sand boat and said, "Uncle Wunan, why don't you come to our sand boat. Uncle, you are riding a camel like this, the speed is really too slow."

Going to the Black Sand Sea this time, the anaconda was well-prepared and brought a lot of supplies!

Therefore, for the anaconda in the sand boat, the supply is not a problem, but another problem has arisen.

Black crystal sand!
The sand boat relies on the black crystal sand to run, and the black crystal sand is a consumable, and the price is expensive. If it travels so slowly, a lot of black crystal sand will be wasted.

Driven by the black crystal sand, the speed of the sand boat was very fast, but now, they followed Wu Nan who was riding a camel, so they were forced to slow down and drive slowly.

Not to mention wasting money in vain, more importantly, once the black crystal sand reserves on the sand boat are exhausted, the ship will be anchored in the desert, and no one can transport it away, so it can only be abandoned here.

Amu Boa can't afford this loss. He has already carried a lot of black crystal sand, but he can't afford such consumption.In other words, when he came, he didn't even consider that there was still such a situation of burning black crystal sand like this!
These days, he has tried several times to persuade Wu Nan to bring the camels together on the sandboat, so that they can move forward at full speed.

Seeing that the black crystal sand reserves in the sand boat are getting less and less, when they return, maybe the black crystal sand is not enough for them to drive back to Mingsha City!
However, Wu Nan still did not agree this time: "I have already said that the god of the desert is sleeping on the black sand sea. If you drive in the sand boat, the rumbling sound and the yellow sand raised will disturb everyone. God of the Sand Sea, if the God of the Sand Sea gets angry, we will encounter disasters, you might as well bring some food and water down, and go with me, otherwise, whether you can live to see the Black Sand Sea one question."

These nonsensical words again!
Amu Boa is a little impatient. Although their sons of Sand Sea believe in the God of Sand Sea, this situation is absolutely not included. In front of Treasure, these words are just excuses to Amu Boa.

He even began to wonder if this Wu Nan was trying to play tricks...

Amubo said in a slightly gloomy tone: "The god of the sand sea in the shelter cloud is tolerant of everything. The god of the sand sea is also the god of the sand boat. Even the sand boat is a gift from the god of the sand sea. The god of the sand sea has taught us Our ancestors built sand boats, how could they anger us because of the sound of sand boats and yellow sand? Uncle Wunan, don’t talk nonsense.”

Wu Nan tapped the ground with the hookah in his hand, and said seriously: "The person living in the Black Sand Sea is not the god of sand boats, but the demon god of mechanisms, and the demon gods of mechanisms don't like sand boats."

Baili Shouyue glanced at Wu Nan in surprise.

For the people in the sand sea, different nationals and tribes often have different beliefs, but the beliefs in the same tribe must be the same.

The son of the sand sea believes in the god of sand boats, and they call him the "god of the sand sea", so naturally Nawunan should be the same.

However, Wu Nan called the God of Mechanisms the "God of the Sand Sea", which somewhat violated the belief of the Son of Sand Sea.

Sure enough, the anaconda also frowned.

However, in the end, Amu Boa didn't say anything in response to this sentence, and I don't know if it was because he, as a desperado, didn't have any firm beliefs. He only cared about the treasure, and he still didn't want to have any conflicts with Wu Nan at this time...

"Uncle Wunan, how can you tell us to give up the sand boat? Without the sand boat, we are still the sons of the sand sea. The sand boat is our home at ordinary times. When we are in danger, the sand boat is our shelter. So, at that time, maybe everyone has to take refuge on the sand boat."

With a somewhat seductive voice, the Golden Ring Snake revealed a charming face from the big sand boat, and said with a smile.

Seeing the Golden Ring Snake, Ligu's face suddenly became ugly.

This is basically the case along the way, as soon as the Golden Ring Snake Girl shows up, Ligu will immediately change his face.

Sometimes Hua Mulan watched from the sidelines and found it quite interesting.

And the snake girl with the golden ring especially likes to provoke Ligu, as long as she sees Ligu's face getting worse, she will laugh happily.

Sure enough, at this moment, the Golden Ring Snake Girl's eyes swept over everyone, and then stopped on Ligu's face, and said with a coquettish smile: "Ligu, if you don't like those bean cakes, would you like me to share some of the meat?" For you?"

Ligu's face turned dark, and he quickly put the bean cakes in his hand into the cloth bag, and then he retorted: "You should keep it by yourself and carry it back to Mingsha City. By the way, if there is no sand boat, you will be If you should carry food, or should you carry treasure?"

Ligu had been able to endure the provocation of the Golden Ring Snake before, but now he finally found a chance to fight back.

The expression on the pretty face of the Golden Ring Snake suddenly became less charming, she sneered, and then winked at her brother Amu Bo.

Although Ligu's words made her unhappy, she had to say that there was some truth to it. If the black crystal sand was really wasted, it would be really troublesome when the sand boat stopped.

I have to figure out a way...

"You don't want to lose the sand boat, so hurry up and drive the sand boat back. At most, you can only send one man. Otherwise, if something happens, don't blame me for not reminding you." Wu Nan said again.

The Golden Ring Snake Girl and Amu Boa naturally couldn't let Sha Zhou go back. As for the "accident" Wu Nan said, they didn't take it to heart at all.

I have never heard of the "God of Mechanisms". Wu Nan's words seemed to them to be playing tricks...

At this time, Baili Shouyue suddenly raised his head and looked towards the desert in the distance: "Captain, I feel that there seems to be some disordered energy flow in this desert."

In the sand sea, at some point, the wind started to blow. The yellow sand in the distance was blown up by the strong wind, causing a misty cloud of smoke and dust, blurring the intersection line between the sky and the earth.

Hua Mulan thought for a while and said, "Under the sea of ​​sand in the clouds, there is a buried jade mine. Could the energy flow you feel be..."

"It should be different. The energy of the jade mine is very gentle, but the energy lingering around us, though weak, is very manic." Baili Shouyue said with certainty.

Baili Shouyue's investigative ability is very keen, and Hua Mulan will naturally not doubt his judgment.

If it wasn't a jade mine, what would it be?
"In short, we are careful..."

Amu Boa and the Golden Ring Snake also heard the conversation between Hua Mulan and Baili Shounen. Hearing this, the Golden Ring Snake rolled her eyes and asked, "Brother wolf, what kind of energy flow did you say you felt... ...Is it true? But I see that there is only yellow sand here."

Amu Boa also cast his eyes on Hua Mulan and Baili Shouyue. Along the way, he observed these three people from time to time, but he never found out their details.

While Hua Mulan was talking, she saw Wu Nan standing up and looking at the wind and sand in the distance.

There was an indescribable light in his slightly cloudy eyes.

Suddenly, he stretched out his thin fingers like branches, and pointed at Hua Mulan's waist: "Did you bring something?"

Hua Mulan's expression froze, but something immediately occurred to her mind.

It's Yuzai!
The direction of Wu Nan's finger is the place where Yuzai is hiding at this time.

But how did Wu Nan know?
"You brought a piece of jade, right? And it's not an ordinary jade." Wu Nan said lightly.

His words immediately attracted the attention of Golden Ring Snake Girl and Amu Anaconda. The two siblings looked at Hua Mulan's waist together.

Jade?
Isn't it ordinary jade?
Although Wu Nan looks down and out now, he used to be a fanatical adventurer and collected many treasures. He can describe the jade as "unusual", and its value can be imagined.

"You don't have to deny it, you must have the aura of jade on your body." Wu Nan didn't get Hua Mulan's answer, but he seemed to have confirmed his guess, "It's best not to bring jade into the sea of ​​black sand, otherwise, it may cause trouble. Some bad results."

Wu Nan warned.

bad result?
Hua Mulan frowned, she didn't know what was in the sea of ​​black sand, no matter whether it was a sand boat or a jade boy, bringing it in might lead to bad results.

It would be fine if it was an ordinary thing, but she had to carry Yuzai with her.

If it is left here, it will most likely be taken away.

"What is the so-called bad result?" Hua Mulan asked.

"Your jade may be destroyed, and bad luck may happen to you."

Hua Mulan subconsciously pressed her bag, and said, "If the bad luck happens to me only, I will bear it all. As for my jade being destroyed, I will do my best to protect it."

"Then take care of yourself." Wu Nan shook his head and ignored it.

But at this moment, a hand put on Hua Mulan's shoulder: "What kind of jade is it? Can you let me see it?"

The one who spoke was none other than the Golden Ring Snake Girl.

Hua Mulan glanced at the Golden Ring Snake, barely resisting the urge to beat her up: "It's just a piece of jade, it's just a little rare, it's nothing to look at."

The more Hua Mulan refused to let her see it, the more she understood that this piece of jade was not easy: "Just take a look, don't be so stingy."

As the Golden Ring Snake said, she reached out her hand directly, trying to grab Hua Mulan's luggage.

This touched Hua Mulan's bottom line.

"Cha-"

There was only an inaudible sound, and the dagger at Hua Mulan's waist was unsheathed at some point, and jumped into Hua Mulan's palm.

Han Sensen's sword point was pointing at the Golden Ring Snake Girl's wrist.

The Golden Ring Snake's movements froze immediately.

"Didn't your parents teach that it's impolite to touch other people's things?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, my parents died when I was very young!" The Golden Ring Snake actually laughed at this time, with a nervous smile, as if to her, parents were dispensable.

"Why, does this beauty want to do something?" Beside the Golden Ring Snake, Amu Boa took a slight step forward, and he held a crescent scimitar in his palm.

It is true that their parents died early, and their brothers and sisters grew up together and depended on each other for life.

From eating, sleeping, and resisting bullying from others.

In the subsequent adventures, battles, and even murder and robbery, they all advance together and retreat together.

Baili Shouyan took off the spear behind his back, and came to Hua Mulan's side calmly.

Kai also held down the big sword at his waist, and he held the hilt backwards, and the sword drew a scratch on the yellow sand.

However, the Golden Ring Snake didn't take it seriously. She giggled and pointed at Baili Shouyue's muzzle: "I always think your ears are very cute, like I have cats, I can touch them. Touch it?"

"You can try it." Baili Shouyue said with a blank expression, holding the trigger with his index finger.

"Don't be impulsive, we are here to find the missing girl in Heishahai."

Hua Mulan lowered her voice and said to Kai and Baili Shou promise without looking back.

Baili Shouyue and Kai nodded. They naturally understand the mission of this trip, but they can't weaken the momentum of the Great Wall Guards in front of these children of the sand sea, otherwise the other party's thoughts will become more and more.

"It's so well hidden, isn't it a jade boy?" The corners of the Golden Ring Snake's lips curled up, her smile was as unrestrained as a wild rose.

Hua Mulan's heart skipped a beat, did you guess?
Although Wu Nan said it was Yu, how did the Golden Ring Snake guess from Yu that it was Yu Zai?

"Hee hee!! Looks like I guessed it right! Actually, I saw your little bag move before, and I thought you packed some small animal, but since it is said to be jade, it must be Yuzai. I really didn't expect that the three of you, who have no valuables all over your body, have such a precious thing."

The Golden Ring Snake touched the silver snake earring on her right ear, and looked at Hua Mulan aggressively.

Hua Mulan finally understood why Ligu became enmity with Golden Ring Snake.

This woman is extremely possessive!

Especially for some rare things, as long as she likes them, she wants to get them, and she doesn't care about other people's feelings.

Ligu's sand boat was probably taken by the Golden Ring Snake before, and it did fall into the hands of the Golden Ring Snake in the end.

"Forget it, forget it, you can't take jokes, what a boring group of people!" Golden Ring Snake covered her small mouth with her slender fingers, and yawned exaggeratedly.

Hua Mulan's expression darkened when she heard it, and seeing that she couldn't get it, she said it was just a joke, she really wanted to beat the golden ring snake girl hard.

As for Baili keeping the promise, he didn't silently put away the gun until the Golden Ring Snake turned around and left. He took a deep look at Hua Mulan and hesitated to speak.

At this time, Wu Nan had already slowly climbed onto the camel: "We have to hurry up, the wind is already blowing from the west, maybe it will blow over, if you are not lucky, it may turn into a storm."

Hearing Wu Nan's words, Hua Mulan was speechless, isn't it you who have been dawdling?They have been out for more than ten days, and they have only traveled this far. Why are you so slow? Do you have no idea?

In fact, when Wu Nan talked about speeding up, he didn't speed up much at all. However, as they gradually approached the Black Sand Sea, the surrounding scenery changed slightly.

It is no longer a uniform sky full of yellow sand, but sporadic rocks appear in the sand.

These rocks are black all over, they stand alone in the vast desert, despite the wind and sun, they have stood for tens of thousands of years.

Kai couldn't help but stepped forward to touch these black rocks. The rough and steady touch made him marvel: "These rocks are standing here, and they are not weathered. It's incredible."

Wu Nan turned over from the camel's back and explained: "These are not ordinary rocks, but tens of thousands of years ago, the God of Mechanisms created a powerful mechanism puppet. In order to forge weapons for this mechanism puppet, the God of Mechanisms collected Liuhe Tiejing, these black stones are leftovers after casting weapons, so they can withstand the erosion of wind and sand."

Leftovers after casting weapons?

How big of a weapon would it take to make so much material?

Hua Mulan didn't believe the legend Wu Nan said at all.

"Huh!? What are you doing? Stop! Don't you want to live!?" Wu Nan suddenly scolded.

(End of this chapter)