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Chapter 550 Mirage
Xiao Lingjiang looked down at the map by candlelight.

The desert outside Shazhou City is vast, and the Devil City is deep in the Gobi.

It's just that although its location has been marked on the map, if you are not very familiar with the terrain, you may get lost if you enter it rashly.

Nie Yin pointed to that place and said: "According to the Hu merchants who have seen the Devil City, the Devil City has appeared several times on the night of the full moon. According to calculations, its location should be within this range. It's a pity..."

He sighed, with a hint of sadness in his tone: "The men I sent to investigate, all those who went deep into the desert disappeared without a trace..."

In the past two years, he had made several trips in person, and finally on a full moon night, he came across the Devil City appearing in the desert.He originally wanted to go in and find out, but the Devil's City was like the moon in a mirror in the water, out of sight and out of reach, making it difficult for others to enter.

There is also quicksand surging quietly around it, and if you are not careful, you will be swallowed up by it.

Nie Yin tried many times but was unable to enter, so he had no choice but to turn back.

Xiao Lingjiang's eyes darkened slightly when he heard this: "This Devil City is indeed as mysterious as the rumors... It seems that this trip will not be easy."

She looked at the dancing candlelight with a faint light in her eyes: "In a few days, it will be fifteen, right?"

Hearing this, Pei You raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you want to go to the Gobi in the next few days?"

Xiao Lingjiang nodded slightly, brushed the location marked on the map and said, "According to past investigations, this devil city only appears when the moon is full, and it is mostly in winter that you can get a glimpse of it."

"Winter will begin in two days, and in five days, it will be the fifteenth. In winter, the moon is full. If you are not bad, you may be able to see the Devil City appear..."

Nie Yin couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this, and asked: "Princess, can you allow me to accompany you when you are here? You can rest assured that although I am not proficient in mystical arts, my martial arts skills are quite good, and I will never hinder the princess."

Xiao Lingjiang smiled and said: "I can't ask for anything. My son and I are not familiar with the terrain. If Knight Nie can lead the way, we will get twice the result with half the effort."

The few of them hit it off immediately and decided to go into the desert to explore the Devil's City.

Xiao Lingjiang doesn't have many people on this trip. With just these few of them, even if they find out the situation of the Devil City, they will definitely not be able to annihilate it in one fell swoop.

What's more, there are Xifan people stationed here with troops in Shazhou City. If they act rashly, the shrine and the Xifan team up, it is possible that they will be trapped in the desert.

With Xiao Lingjiang accompanying him, Nie Yin became more confident about entering the Devil's City. He clasped his fists and bowed: "Princess, there is no need to worry about manpower. The shrine is a remnant of evil, and it is inseparable from the fall of Shazhou." , if the princess needs it, she will lead her more than five hundred people to listen to her orders!"

Xiao Lingjiang couldn't help but be moved by the fact that he was willing to help so much: "Then I'd like to thank Knight Nie for his righteousness."

The siege of the shrine is of great importance and must be adequately manned.However, Shazhou is now under the rule of Xibo. It is difficult for Zhou soldiers to enter here. Even their group had to disguise themselves to get in.

If planned properly, these 500 men might really be able to help them avoid the Western Tibetan ears and eyes, and annihilate the shrine in the desert in one fell swoop...

But for now, they still focus on exploring the Devil's City. Without knowing what's going on inside, no matter how many plans they make, it will be in vain.

After setting a date to enter the desert, Xiao Lingjiang and his party got busy.

Under Nie Yin's arrangement, they pretended to be Hu merchants returning from Shazhou to a small country in the Western Regions. In addition to Xiao Lingjiang and the others, they were accompanied by five Xuanshi and ten of Nie Yin's subordinates, forming a group. A team of 18 people.

After preparing camels, food, water and other supplies, they set off.

The desert was vast, and the group of them walked for two days before reaching the surrounding areas where the legendary Devil City appeared.The round sunset slowly fell, and looking from a distance, the desert was covered with a layer of dark red.As the camels walked, clouds of sand and mist rose up. Under the reflection of the setting sun in the desert, they turned into a colorful mixture of gold and dark red.

The camel team stopped under a sand dune.

The sky is getting dark, the warmth of the day has faded, and the coldness of the desert at night is also following the wind, lingering on the limbs and bones of night travelers.The red bonfire lit up in the desert, giving people a little warmth.

Xiao Lingjiang took the naan cake from Pei You, took a bite, and then drank a mouthful of hot water, and then he felt his body warmed up.She looked up to the east, and the moon appeared faintly on the horizon.

"Tonight is the full moon..."

"Yes." Pei You responded, "If you can encounter that devil city, it will happen overnight."

A group of them gathered around the campfire and after filling their stomachs, the moon jumped out of the horizon.

The desert is vast, but not endless. The stacked sand dunes will cut off people's sight.If they want to see the Devil City that happens to appear when the moon is full, they have to look for it separately.

They left a few people to guard where they were, while the rest divided into groups of two and three and climbed to the top of the dune to observe the situation.

Xiao Lingjiang and Pei You climbed up the high sand dune.Unknowingly, it was already the zenith of the moon, and the full moon was as bright as a lantern. The entire desert seemed to be covered with a layer of silver gauze, bright and bright.

However, the vast desert is as quiet as water, and there is no trace of the Devil City.

Xiao Lingjiang narrowed his eyes.

At this moment, two red lights suddenly rose above the sand dunes in the distance.

She and Pei You looked at each other: "The Devil City has appeared!"

The two of them immediately took up their Qinggong skills and headed towards the sand dune.

When I got closer, I saw a quaint small town standing quietly under the bright moonlight in the vast desert.

It seemed not far away from people, but Xiao Lingjiang and Pei You flew forward, but the small town was still as far away as before. It was indeed not easy to get in and have a glimpse of it.

Xiao Ling and Jiang stopped, and Nie Yin also saw the signal and rushed over.

"Princess, look..."

Xiao Lingjiang didn't answer immediately. He looked up at the moonlight and looked at the Devil's City carefully. He smiled softly and said, "It's interesting. Look, does the Devil's City in front of you look like the legendary mirage?" "

Due to geographical location, weather conditions and other reasons, natural light will refract the scenery in another place, which is called a mirage.In the desert, an oasis often appears in front of a lost traveler who is thirsty for water. He rushes to it but cannot find it. This is the explanation for his death from exhaustion.

Nie Yin couldn't help but frowned: "Is this just a mirage? If that's the case, it's hard to tell the specific location of Devil City..."

After all, when light refracts a scene, it is difficult to tell where its entity is.

Xiao Lingjiang shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. If the devil city in front of you is purely a mirage, even if the surrounding quicksand is dangerous, it won't be such that those who have been exploring this place will never return. I look at it, it may be a mirage. It's just an appearance, there must be another mystery behind it..."

(End of this chapter)