White Bone Monkey King

After dawn, the desert cools down and becomes hot and scorching again.

After the team fed the camel team, they continued along the ancient river channel to the depths of the desert basin.

Today's team was a little less lifeless and a little more energetic. Those who had been hungry for several days miraculously regained their energy today and rode camels on the road in high spirits.

But this spirit is still fundamentally different.

Ayimaimaiti's eyes are clear and bright, and her face is rosy.

But Yan Kuan's people are more feminine.

Yan Kuan and the mountain guard also noticed the difference in spirit between the two groups, and they subconsciously looked at Jin An and Mr. Yiyun.

The two of them went to Ayimaimaiti and others more than once to try out their words, but they were all tight-lipped and didn't ask anything.

During the break, Jin An saw the process of the mountain guard preparing rice as tribute. He was slightly surprised, but not too surprised.

In this way, the camel team walked in the desert for another two days, without seeing any building ruins on the way. However, based on some descriptions of Baizu in the history books, everyone felt that they should have gone beyond Baizu's territory.

As we walked out of the Hundred Foot Territory, the sun above our heads became even hotter and scorching people. The people riding on the back of the camel were swaying under the strong sun.

People and camels are also finding shade to rest more frequently.

The camel team stopped again to rest for half an hour, and then continued on the road. However, not long after they started this time, they were forced to stop by a corpse.

This was the body of a man who had just died. The body was not seriously dehydrated due to exposure to the sun, and the floating sand on the thick windproof robe that wrapped the body was not thick. All signs indicated that the time of death of this man was very close.

Jin An was not taboo about the dead at all. He carefully examined the identity of the corpse: "Looking at his thick bones, big cheeks and high cheekbones, and looking at the coiled intestine pattern on his boots, this man is from the northern grasslands."

"It's getting hotter and hotter in the desert. Not only are we uncomfortable, but the northern grassland people are also uncomfortable. Casualties are gradually appearing among their ranks."

"This body just died, which means we were traveling faster than those people. We shouldn't be too far away from those people."

After Jin An finished speaking, he clapped his hands and stood up.

After Yan Kuan and the mountain guard inspected the body, they both agreed with Jin An's statement.

This news boosted the morale of the team a lot. Everyone continued to get on the camels and continued to see corpses along the way. When the fourth corpse was found, some people in Yan Kuan's team finally couldn't bear it anymore. The camel fell off its back and plunged headlong into the desert. He broke his neck on the spot and died.

In fact, at this point, it goes without saying that everyone knows that the weather here is extremely abnormal.

This is still the desert winter when the temperature is not high, and several people have already died from the heat. In normal times, they would have been cooked long ago and would not have been able to walk here.

The camel team continued to move forward in the vast sea of ​​sand. The desert was so big that if a camel team fell into it, it would be as small as a drop in the ocean.

Except for the long string of hoof prints left behind, which occasionally proved that the team was moving forward normally, there was no sense of direction in this unchanging and boring sea of ​​sand.

An unchanging desert.

Isn't it slowly wearing away people's will?

When the team turned a sand dune, suddenly, someone pointed in front of them with an excited look: "Look, what is that? There is gold everywhere. Then, shouldn't that be the Kingdom of the Immortal God?"

"We have found the Kingdom of the Immortal God! We finally found the legendary Kingdom of the Immortal God!"

Shockingly.

At the end of the desert, ancient ruins like golden buildings appeared. The golden light was brilliant and dazzling. It was like a second sun rising in the desert, blooming with a sun-like divine light, with thousands of golden lights.

This scene was so shocking that people were so excited that electric currents shot up in their scalps, and their eyes were crazy and fanatical.

In Buddhist scriptures, it is said that there is a Buddhist land in the world.

That Buddha Land is also called the Pure Land.

This is the other shore where the Buddha saves all sentient beings from the sea of ​​suffering. In the pure land, he "removes all diseases of sentient beings and brings peace of mind and body."

There is a saying that this pure land is the clearest and flawless gold.

Even Jin An was stunned at this moment.

Because of the scene in front of him, he felt a sense of familiarity. Yes, it was the eleventh prophetic mural in the dojo's tomb.

Jin An looked at the golden monuments at the end of the world with complex eyes.

However, no matter how hard they chased, the team never closed the distance with the Kingdom of the Immortal God. It was as if they were running to death in Wangshan Mountain, or it was like a mirage.

Instead, because they were in a hurry, the few clear water in the team was quickly consumed.

Everyone kept chasing until the evening, and as the Golden Kingdom was completely out of sight, Jin An and Lord Yan Kuan called to stop the team at the same time.

Yan Kuan looked at Jin An, who shouted to stop at the same time, with no joy or anger on his face: "Taoist Master Jin An, have you also seen the problem?"

Jin An: "We must have encountered a mirage in the desert. It looks close, but is actually far away. If we continue to pursue it, we will be consumed in the desert sooner or later."

When talking about this, Jin An frowned and looked at the stars at night: "But this is still a small problem. Fortunately, we discovered it in time. The biggest problem now is that we chased the mirage during the day and caused a large deviation in the direction. If we want to return to the original route, If we delay for one more day, we will waste two days and water in vain."

Water is precious in the desert.

Getting lost in the desert is extremely dangerous.

The conversation between Jin An and Yan Kuan suddenly pushed the morale of the team to the bottom. After chasing them in the desert for a day, they told them that everything was false. The huge psychological gap was enough to destroy the tightness they had been holding since they entered the desert. nerve.

When Jin'an and Mr. Yiyun were preparing to feed the camels and set up camp on the spot, the people from Ayimaimaiti took the initiative to help unload the supplies and feed the camels and sheep. Jin'an and Mr. Yiyun were happy and relaxed. No rejection.

After all this work was done, everyone had time to sit around the fire and grill meat and naan. Jin Anduo prepared portions for those in Ayimaimaiti, and everyone gathered around to eat.

Mr. Yiyun was tearing up the naan with his hands, chewing it slowly, and said, "Actually, there is no need to be too depressed about today. Although the Kingdom of the Immortal God we saw during the day is not real, it also proves it from the other side. The Kingdom of the Immortal God is real."

"Since seeing the mirage Immortal Kingdom, I have become more interested in the real Immortal Kingdom."

A night of silence.

the next day.

The team returned to their original path and continued on their way.

Ayimaimaiti, who was riding a camel in the desert with the scorching sun above her head, suddenly pointed forward and asked the people around her with some suspicion and uncertainty: "Aheqi, Benny, is this still a mirage? Do you have any?" I saw a group of camels sitting in a circle under the shadow of the foot of the mountain in front of me, and is there someone feeding those camels water?"

When Jin An heard Ayimaimaiti's words, he raised his eyes and looked in the direction of his finger.

Just when Ai Maimaiti's fingers were facing each other, the person opposite who was feeding the camels happened to spot Jin An's camel team. The man turned around in fright and disappeared.

This made Ai Maimaiti stunned for a moment: "It turns out it is really another mirage."

Jin An listened directly to the music.

"He ran away as soon as he saw us coming. He was clearly a living person and not an illusion!" Jin An said, urging Shayang to catch up.

Others also urged the camels to follow.