Practice begins with collecting character cards

Chapter 198

Li Pingdi immediately invited Xu Guan to go with him.

They were all going to the nearby Shuitun Oasis, and they were originally on the same road.

Xu Gu'an thought for a while, and then agreed, and handed over the seriously injured Jielong to Li Pingdi.

"It should still be useful."

Li Pingdi understood and took Jielong away.

Afterwards, this improvised group of gold diggers resumed their journey, bypassing the water source where the hunters often gather.

After nearly two days of journey, they arrived at a new oasis smoothly.

That is their destination, Shuitun Oasis.

This oasis is also occupied by the Bone Pickers.

The reason why it is named Shuitun Oasis is that the amount of groundwater here is particularly exaggerated.

Xu Gu'an looked at the oasis in the middle of the water lake from a distance, like an island seen in the ocean.

The water resources in the hot stove oasis that Xu Gu'an visited before may not be as good as one-tenth of this Shuitun oasis.

In addition to the massive groundwater resources, this location also often receives rain, which attracts rain clouds to gather and maintain the water volume at all times.

Even during the high rainfall season, the most worrying thing here is whether the oasis will be flooded by a large amount of lake water.

It is also true that the Bone Pickers often form water transportation teams to transport the lake water here to other drier oases.

Therefore, this place is named Shuitun, the place where water resources are stored.

"So you need to go in by boat?" Xu Gu'an looked at the boats parked beside the lake and felt a little ridiculous.

He actually saw ships in the desert.

It has to be said that all kinds of things in this golden desert opened his eyes.

Considering the sand beasts and their cargo, they found a large cargo ship that could accommodate ten of their sand beasts and their cargo.

Of course, there is a fee for one ride.

The huge water lake has too many sand grains mixed in at the edge, making it appear turbid.

When we got to the center of the lake, the lake became much clearer, even glowing with a faint blue color. We couldn't see the bottom, which showed how deep the lake was.

In the current cold winter temperature, the lake water has not been frozen, which is a bit novel.

On the oasis, there are quite a lot of people gathered here, and the climate is not as cold as the outside world, so it can be regarded as a scenic treasure.

"When we get here, we will be guaranteed by the Bone Scavenger Clan, so we are absolutely safe." A gold digger said with a relieved smile.

This trip also encountered rebellious threats from the caravan. Now that they have arrived at the place, they are truly relieved.

After that, this temporary team of gold diggers was disbanded.

When they come here, they each have their own things to do, so maybe Gu An is just resting for a while, and then they will continue on their way and set foot on their way home.

"Brother Xu, I'm somewhat familiar with this place, why don't I show you around, if you want to go, I can take you there directly."

The rest of the people left one after another, only Li Pingdi did not leave in a hurry, but found Xu Gu'an.

With Xu Gu'an's ability and his age, he is a rare genius in the world.

Fortunately, they experienced an accident together, and there was a little intersection. If he doesn't take the initiative at this time, I'm afraid this intersection will disappear soon.

When we meet again later, we will probably be strangers to Xu Guan.

The water flows to the lower places, and the people go to the higher places.

He wanted to make friends with someone like Xu Gu'an, so he naturally didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he offered to be a guide.

Xu Gu'an thought about it, but he didn't refuse his kindness.

In addition to resting here for a few days, he actually has a small purpose.

Walking alone in the desert, he has realized the importance of the map.

So he wanted to find a map of the desert, the more detailed and comprehensive the better.

It would be even better if it could lead all the way to the Golden Desert like the map in Yang Hu's hand.

Of course, he also knew that desert maps were hard to come by.

Because in the vast desert, drawing a map itself is very difficult, not only to detect all the dangerous places along the way, but also to avoid them one by one.

At the same time, it is also not an easy job to artificially place or find various high-quality signs that will not be damaged or buried by wind and sand on the customized route.

Therefore, every desert route explored is quite precious.

Many people and caravans make a living from this, and these maps and safety routes are more important than anything else, and it is impossible for them to take them out easily.

Previously, Jielong's caravan also held a few desert maps, but the scope was not large, and they only moved around Shuitun and a few surrounding oases.

For Xu Gu'an, it is of limited use.

He wanted to see if there was a better map route in this oasis.

The two first found a trusteeship place to deposit and raise their respective sand beasts.

Then we wandered around the oasis.

Li Pingdi is indeed quite familiar with this oasis, and he can take it directly to various places.

Even some special places can be introduced quite clearly.

Following the exchange, Xu Gu'an also learned that he was not a native of the desert, but that he came from other places just like Xu Gu'an.

Since his homeland was shattered by disputes, he could only flee into the desert in order to avoid his pursued enemies.

All the way up and down, it was not until the strength broke through to the blood refinement level that life became easier.

This Shuitun oasis, he had been there for a period of time and stayed here for about half a year, so he is quite familiar with it.

"After so many years of tempering outside, I plan to go back to revenge after a while!" In the restaurant, Li Pingdi said to Xu Gu'an.

He sincerely wanted to make friends with Xu Gu'an, so he didn't hide many things from Xu Gu'an.

"How sure is Brother Li?" Xu Guan asked.

"Ninety percent." Li Pingdi said seriously, "If it's just me, I might not be able to do it."

"However, after so many years of hard work, I got on the line of the Sword Killing Association. As long as I can afford the money, I can hire people from the Sword Killing Association to fight with me."

"Sword Killing Club?" Xu Gu'an heard of it for the first time.

"It's a killer organization, very mysterious. They can hire people to buy murderers, as long as the money is in place." Li Pingdi explained.

"I didn't expect such an organization to exist." Xu Guan murmured.

This is similar to the role of a mercenary in the previous life, except that the opponent is more established and has a better reputation.

Otherwise, Li Pingdi would not pin his hopes of revenge on this killer organization, let alone say he was [-]% sure.

"In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to one or two things on weekdays."

Thinking in his heart like this, he doesn't need to buy murder for the time being, but if someone else buys murder to kill him, he has to guard against it.

After all, the assassin is in the dark and he is in the light, so it is not easy to detect.

The two chatted and ate their meals.

After sleeping in the open air for so long, Xu Gu'an was finally able to sit down and eat something comfortably, instead of dry food that was simply settled on the road.

Of course, the dishes are not expensive, just some food in the oasis, plus some beast meat from the desert.

Quite a unique flavor of Yubei.

It's a special dish, and it's almost impossible to eat it outside the Yubei Desert.

When he was full of food and drink, Xu Gu'an looked out of the window, and suddenly caught a glimpse of two white figures on the road, his eyes could not help but concentrate.

The large white robe covered the figures and faces of the two men.

Xu Gu'an looked familiar, this white robe was almost exactly the same as the white robe worn by Weng Yan that he had seen before, it was hard not to connect them together.

"It's this group of guys again." Xu Gu'an whispered secretly, these cultists really linger, and they can be seen everywhere they go.

And every time I see these cultists, nothing good will happen.

At this moment, the large lake outside the oasis suddenly spewed out many water jets, straight into the sky.

Even through the window, Xu Gu'an could still see those jets of water.

The water column shoots at least hundreds of meters high, and then falls in all directions. This is repeated several times, making the entire oasis seem to be drizzled.

"This is caused by the airflow from the underground water hole. It happens almost every few days, sometimes more frequently. If you don't want to get wet, I suggest you take an umbrella with you when you go out."

Li Pingdi explained that he had long been accustomed to this.

Xu Gu'an nodded, and then looked at the positions of the two cultists, only to find that they had already disappeared.

After leaving the restaurant, the two returned to the inn to rest temporarily.

Xu Gu'an took off his armor and took a good bath.

The last time I was so comfortable was when I was soaking in hot springs in the Hot Furnace Desert.

Although this bathtub is not as comfortable as that of the hot spring, it has outstanding efficacy, but it is enough for Xu Guan to relieve the fatigue of the journey.

Just as Xu Gu'an was taking a nap in the bathtub, he suddenly heard an extremely slight and crisp sound from the table beside him.

This also dispelled his drowsiness, and he raised his eyes lazily to look at the table.

There were clothes, pants and leather armor that Xu Guan had changed, as well as black knives and gold and other personal belongings.

None of these things seem to be objects that make sounds on their own.

At this moment, another slight crisp sound came out, and Xu Gu'an directly locked the source of the sound.

The little black box that Xu Guan carried and hid.

"Could it be?!"

When Xu Guan thought of something, his mood suddenly became a little high, and he walked out of the tub directly.

Open the black box, and there is the red-patterned egg inside.

His Heavenly Secret Jade Pendant was placed next to the black box, containing this egg.

At this moment, the jade pendant changed, and a large white mist visible to the naked eye flowed out of it and merged into the egg.

On the surface of the egg, two obvious cracks have appeared, and it seems that the creature inside is about to break out of the shell.

After such a long period of cultivation, is it finally about to hatch?
Xu Gu'an inexplicably has a subtle feeling of being pregnant in October.

I was also very curious in my heart, what kind of thing was this creature named Tianji Beast inside.

After going through such a rough life, Dan can still survive.

It is said that fate is great, but it is also due to its own strength!
At this time, there was another crack mark on the surface of the eggshell, and the large white mist that gushed out of the Jade Jade seemed to have found the entrance.

It was sucked into those cracks in the eggshell at once, and disappeared.

This eggshell was tried by Xu Gu'an at the beginning, and it cannot be broken by external force, but now it seems that it can only be broken from the inside.

Eggshell cracks are becoming more visible.

Suddenly, a piece of the eggshell shattered and fell off, and a small, faint whining sound came from inside the egg.

This is a new life.

Xu Gu'an reached out to touch the eggshell, and found that the rest was still hard, and the red lines were extremely hot, enough to burn the skin of Xu Gu'an's fingertips.

hum!
A strange fluctuation appeared in front of the eyes, and the one-meter-square space where the egg was located produced a strange sense of distortion.

This made Xu Gu'an couldn't help rubbing his eyes, suspecting that he was wrong.

When I looked at it again, the distorted space recovered a bit, but it still felt like a heat wave surging on a flame.

Xu Gu'an took a few steps back, the water droplets on his body that had not been wiped off were quickly dried under the heat wave just now.

Then, the eggshell seemed to be smashed by force, and a large piece fell off.

Xu Gu'an looked intently, and inside the eggshell was a white mist, which was the energy in that day's secret jade.

Suddenly, the white mist was quickly withdrawn, and it was all incorporated into a small figure.

A pair of shiny pupils met Xu Gu'an's gaze.

This pair of pupils are extremely red, like two round red suns.

For some reason, a feeling of antiquity emerges and rushes towards my face.

Xu Gu'an then carefully looked at the little beast in the egg.

It can be confirmed that it is a four-legged animal. Its head is a bit like a lion cub, and it is also a bit like a tiger cub. Some short manes stick to the head and neck.

I don't know if it's because of the cold outside or because of fear, the small body is curled up, naked and fluffless, trembling a little.

Only then did Xu Gu'an realize that the temperature inside the eggshell was higher, like a small melting pot.

It's just that with the large-scale cracking of the eggshell, the high temperature inside the eggshell is difficult to preserve and is being lost rapidly.

The little beast opened its mouth and called to Xu Gu'an, the voice was as soft as a newborn bird crying, and it was a little weak.

And as time went by, it became weaker and weaker. It seemed that it wanted to crawl out of the broken eggshell by itself, but it seemed that it had no strength and could not even stand up.

"What's the situation?" Seeing that the situation was wrong, Xu Gu'an immediately reached out to fish it out of the cooled eggshell.

After finally hatching, he didn't want to see it die just like that.

The little beast was at most the size of a palm, with a slender tail and a tuft of wet bright red hair, which was the same color as the mane on its neck and head.

There are still two small bulges on the head, and it seems that a pair of horns will grow in the future.

Xu Gu'an held it in the palm of his hand, but found that the little beast's body temperature was already cold, and its breath became weaker and weaker.

"Could it be that you can't adapt to the outside environment?"

Xu Gu'an didn't expect this little thing to be so fragile, maybe it needs the high temperature environment in the eggshell.

Thinking like this, Xu Guan raised the charcoal stove in the room.

It has to be said that the outside world is in the middle of winter, and the temperature in the room is indeed cold.

For his physical strength, this is nothing, but for this newborn little guy, it may be fatal.

Xu Gu'an has no experience in raising small animals, so he can only think about it by himself and make inferences based on the situation.

Soon, the fire was lit, and the temperature in the room became warmer.

Xu Gu'an put the little beast by the fire, with a blanket under it.

The little beast finally made some movement, its four legs tried hard to slide on the blanket, and took the initiative to get closer to the fire.

It seems that only the flame can restore its body temperature.

(End of this chapter)