White Bone Monkey King

The wind howl at night grew louder and louder rapidly.

My eyes started to turn yellow.

Nothing can be seen.

The wind and sand were like knives, hitting my face painfully and making my clothes rustle.

At the end of the night journey, the camels simply closed their noses, sat down cross-legged, and refused to go any further. This is the natural reaction of desert camels. On windy days, they will sit together in groups to resist the wind and sand.

In this situation, there might be a way to survive in the face of Xiaofeng Xiaosha.

But facing the night wind that was getting stronger and stronger in front of them, if they stayed where they were, they would most likely be buried in the sand.

Yali and his adjutant Sureti yelled in the roaring wind and sand, urging everyone to follow the team and monitor each other to see if anyone was lost.

However, the two of them ate mouthfuls of sand as soon as they opened their mouths. They didn't even have a towel to cover their mouths. After accidentally swallowing a few mouthfuls of dry sand, their throats soon became hoarse until they could no longer make any sound. He kept gesturing in the yellow wind and sand.

Originally, Jin An wanted to stay in the front and be responsible for taking the lead in breaking the wind, but those sheep could not keep up with the speed of the camel team, and their light bodies could easily be blown away by the wind and sand. He had no choice but to stay at the end of the team and be responsible for taking care of every member of the team. , to prevent people or camels from getting lost.

This made Yali and Sureti, who were in charge of breaking the wind, miserable. In the end, not only did they not have the strength to shout, they even had no strength to gesture.

Ari felt like he was almost under pressure.

Jin An, who was at the rear of the camel team, saw that this was not the way to go down, and the people in front would be exhausted sooner or later, so he led the goat to the front of the team, handed the reins to Yali and Sureti, and asked them to hold them together.

At this time, the wind and sand continued to get bigger, making it difficult for people to even open their eyes.

Jin An turned his back to the wind and sand and shouted to the two of them: "This goat is very strong. Several men can't fight it. Let it be responsible for breaking the wind for the team, which can reduce your pressure!"

The wind and sand were so strong that it was as if the devils under the sand had escaped. Their ears were filled with the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling. The two of them did not hear clearly what Jin An was saying until Jin An repeated it twice in a louder voice. Finally understood what Jin An meant.

Both of them looked at the goat in front, as strong as a muscular cow, in surprise.

Seeing the two people looking at the majestic and strong goat from behind, with scruples on their faces, Jin An shouted to them: "Don't be scrupulous, just chase it away... Less than half of the hay and water we carried along the way went into its belly. This is called It takes a thousand days to raise an army, but a moment to use it...Everyone in the team is working hard, even every camel is paying. It eats the most, so of course it has to pay the most..."

Jin An's voice was shouting intermittently in the wind and sand. It was really uncomfortable to eat sand.

"mouth……"

The goat seemed to have bleated in protest before it was punched back by Jin An.

Then the camel team continued to move forward.

With the tall goat breaking the wind in front, the team was much more relaxed. It was so easy for Yali and Sureti to huddle behind the goat.

For a moment, the two of them had an illusion.

I feel like the desert wind season in November is nothing special.

Of course, the two people who grew up in the desert would not really underestimate the power of the desert, especially in the windy season after November.

With the goat in charge of breaking the wind in front, Jin An took out the water bottle and Qi and blood pills when he had time, and began to warm everyone and the camel with water.

The desert in November is not only windy, but also has a large temperature difference between day and night, making the weather colder than other places.

After being busy for a while, Jin An returned to the back of the team and continued to keep an eye on the three slowest sheep in the team to prevent anyone from falling behind.

Perhaps it was because they had begun to penetrate deep into the desert and there were few human traces. They could not find even a shelter from the wind along the way.

If it weren't for the qi and blood pills given by Jin An to ward off the cold and replenish energy, even the iron-clad soldiers would have collapsed from exhaustion.

In the second half of the night, the desert wind and sand reached their peak, and no other sound could be heard except the roar of the wind.

At this time, the camel team had no choice but to continue on their way. If they did not bite the bullet and continue on their way, they would definitely be buried under the sand.

When it comes to eating people in the desert, they never spit out bones.

At this time, everyone in the camel team, no matter they were people, camels or sheep, had a look of disgrace, with handfuls of sand in their hair, and everyone was in a miserable state.

The team didn't know how long they had been walking. Suddenly, Jin An, who had the best eyesight, discovered that there was a dark shadow vaguely visible in the wind and sand ahead. Later, even others spotted the dark shadow.

The demoralized team suddenly regained their morale.

The black shadow was huge and looked like a mountain. There must be a place where they could take shelter from the wind.

But after half an hour of walking, the huge black shadow like a mountain was still vaguely visible in the wind and sand, showing no intention of getting closer.

In this bad weather, time has no meaning, and I don’t know how long it will take to walk, maybe ten miles? About a hundred miles? Everyone was left numb and hurried on, their brains were confused and their reactions were slow.

Suddenly, someone in the team fell down. Thanks to that person following behind Yali and Sureti, they quickly jumped off the camel to help him.

As a result, I couldn't help him up no matter how hard I tried.

Jin An found that the team's progress had slowed down. After he tied the sheep to the camel team tightly, he got off the camel and walked forward against the wind. At this time, the speed of the camel's four legs was not as fast as his two legs.

Arriving at the front, Jin An found Yali and Sureti struggling to help a fallen person. In such a short delay, the sand had already buried their ankles.

I don't know why, but several people tried their best and failed to help the fallen people. Instead, they just delayed. Another person fell down and couldn't be helped up.

People fell down one after another and could not be helped up, and the team suddenly became chaotic.

"what happened?"

Jin An covered his face with his hands, grabbed Yari and shouted loudly.

The wind roared in his ears. Ari put his ear close to Jin An's and shouted loudly: "There is someone under the sand! Someone grabbed our man's feet. The sand was too thick and sucked him in, and he couldn't pull out!"

Yari and the others wanted to save people, but no matter how hard they dug the sand, they couldn't keep up with the speed of the sand, and instead the people were buried deeper and deeper.

After hearing a brief introduction to the situation, Jin An planned to pull the person out himself. Someone immediately stopped him and said that after a person is trapped in sand or mud, he must not forcefully pull it out. The suction force underneath is too strong and it can easily injure the person. .

Next, Jin An took the shovel and dug the sand by holding the shovel's diagonal angle against the roar of the wind and the squinting sand.

This has the advantage of preventing the shovel from injuring people under the sand and minimizing the damage.

Jin An was much stronger than ordinary people and could shovel sand very quickly. With his help, his feet were dug out quickly, and a person was dug out from under the sand.

With Jin An joining in, the two people trapped in the sand were quickly rescued, and three strangers were dug out from under the sand.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, they were buried in the sand for too long and suffocated to death!" Yari said in a depressed mood.

The three people dug out by Jin'an were all dressed like ordinary merchants from the Western Regions. They must have been part of a caravan like them, anxious to find a shelter from the wind. As a result, the team got separated, and these people were exhausted in the end. All fell down.

Then he happened to be bumped into by them.

At this time, Sureti, who could not speak Chinese, shouted to Yali a few times into the roaring wind, and then Yali told Jin'an: "Taoist Priest Jin'an... Sureti said... he felt that these three businessmen The direction we fell down was the same as the direction we were going. We were all rushing towards the huge black shadow in the wind and sand... We all wanted to go to the black shadow to take shelter from the wind, but as a result, we could never stand up once we fell! "

In such a strong wind, meeting three recently deceased people at once was a huge blow to the morale of the team.

At this time, everyone couldn't help but have self-doubt. Do they really want to continue moving forward? Those black shadows can't reach the end no matter how far they go. Will they, like the three Western Region businessmen, eventually collapse from exhaustion?

But just for a moment of hesitation, the sand beneath my feet became more buried.

Jin An's expression darkened.

He continued to send the team on their way.

Even if Wangshan runs away the camel, they must continue on the road and must not stay where they are. Staying where they are means death.

No matter what lies ahead, the team is now exhausted and demoralized. There must be a goal for everyone to keep moving forward, and they must find a place to hide from the wind and sand.

Fortunately, the wind and sand were obviously reducing. At this time, the huge black shadow behind the wind and sand became more and more clear. After the wind and sand became smaller, they were getting closer and closer to the huge black shadow.

It was actually a huge desert city!

As you get closer, you can see the majestic atmosphere of the giant city more clearly. Although it is just a dilapidated and abandoned earth city with broken walls, you can still see the glory and grandeur of its heyday.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, we may have gone in the wrong direction!" Old Sadiq, who was struggling to follow the camel team, suddenly shouted to Jin'an as he looked at the desert city that was becoming increasingly clear behind the wind and sand.

Jin An: "What's going on?"

Old Sadiq said solemnly: "In the direction of Xituo Kingdom, I followed the caravan dozens of times when I was young. I remember clearly all the scenery along the way, but there are absolutely no such large ancient city ruins!"

Jin An frowned.

Old Sadiq continued: "Everyone is too tired. It seems that we can only spend the night in this unknown ancient ruins. When the wind and sand stop and the vision improves during the day, we can re-identify the direction and see how far we deviate from the original route. "

That's all.

The camel team moved on.

At this time, the desert wind and sand had reduced by half, and the huge ancient city became increasingly clear.

The caravan successfully entered the ruins of the ancient city. The place was depressed and desolate. Most of the houses were buried in the yellow sand, with only a few collapsed khaki-colored houses exposed due to severe weather erosion.

Very rundown.

Very desolate.

There is a heavy sense of time.

The further you go in, the denser the buildings become, until a half-collapsed earthen city wall appears in front of you. Perhaps because the city wall resists wind and sand, the sand burial situation inside the city wall is not as serious as that in the outer city, and you can vaguely see it. Go to the entrance halls of many buildings.

do not know why.

The closer we get to the collapsed city wall, the more depressing it feels.

Soon everyone knew where this sense of depression came from. It came from the fear in people's hearts. The earth city was actually filled with dead people.

Lots and lots of skinned dead people.

The ghost town is densely packed with hangings.

……one……

……two……

……three……

There were so many that it was impossible to count them. The number of skinned dead people that could be seen just across the collapsed city wall amounted to hundreds or even thousands!

I can’t imagine how many skinned and dead people there are in other parts of the city!

It was as if there was an electric current rushing to the scalp in the hands and feet. Everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them, their scalps went numb and they were so frightened that they turned pale!

"The Kingdom of Black Rain is full of devils!"

I don’t know who in the camel team screamed in fear, and panic and commotion broke out in the team. Even the cold temperature in the desert late at night could not suppress the chill in my heart, and goosebumps stood up.

As if sensing their master's uneasiness, even dozens of camels were so frightened that they fell to the ground one after another, screaming uneasily and not daring to take another step forward.

Only Jin An was still riding on the camel's back with a calm expression, scanning the ancient city in front of him with narrowed eyes.

"Ilham, what are they shouting?" Jin An looked at the three sheep who were also stunned and motionless.

Seeing Sanyang's neat and stunned movements, he felt an inexplicable sense of joy. Jin An's face remained relaxed, without any fear at all.

As early as when they left the Yueqiang Kingdom, Jin'an and the other party had already discussed it.

After leaving Yueqiang Kingdom.

No need to call him king anymore.

He is now just the sinful sheep, the body of atonement.

Of course, there are also reasons for keeping a low profile.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, they are saying that this ancient city is the Kingdom of Black Rain!" Ilham said in a stirred voice that was also shocked.

After the initial fright, several sheep began to quarrel, trying to confirm whether the ancient city in front of them was the royal city of Black Rain Kingdom.

"The Black Rain Country is not in the southern part of the desert. It is so far away from us, half a year away. How could the Black Rain Country possibly appear here!"

"But the city is full of skinned and dead people, and the architectural style is completely consistent with the scene of Black Rain Country that someone saw when Black Rain Country reappeared in the desert half a year ago!"

"Didn't someone then look for traces of the Black Rain Country again? The Black Rain Country was buried again by the yellow sand and disappeared from the desert!"

"Since the Black Rain Kingdom can appear once, who can say for sure that it won't appear a second time?"

actually.

There was no need to wait for Sanyang's argument to come to an end. When the team arrived at the city gate opening on the front of the city wall, several obscure characters twisted like earthworms were carved on the black stone on the city wall——

Black Rain City!

The desert people recognized those words!

Just when everyone was still immersed in unbelievable shock and panic, suddenly, the light and shadow in the Black Rain City were distorted. Following the dark city gate that had long since disappeared, there seemed to be something hanging inside the city filled with skinned dead people. Something is moving around the city.

When you stare into the abyss, the abyss must stare back at you.

When everyone looked timidly into Black Rain City along the wide open black city gate, Black Rain City seemed to be sensing something, and there was distorted light and shadow walking towards the city gate.

It seems that someone outside the city is staring at this devil's dead city.

This ancient city, which is full of skinned and dead people, is too dark, and it is as dark as a ghost. It is difficult to see too detailed things... I cannot see clearly whether the distorted light and shadow are people or something?

Facing a city full of skinned dead people, something is approaching in the gloomy black rain city! Outside the city gate, Yali and the others were so frightened that they stumbled backwards, their faces turning pale!

Even old Sadiq, young Sahab, and Ilham were so frightened that they retreated in fear!

Only Jin An stood there thoughtfully.

His brows were lightly furrowed in thought.

There is also a goat who remains indifferent to the outside world.

The distorted light and shadow in Black Rain City, the closer it is to the city gate, the faster it is, as if it is accelerating faster and faster, but at this moment, a beam of green light rising from the sky and the earth shreds Black Rain City, and the eyes are still there It's a desert with long yellow sand, so there's no such thing as Black Rain City.

The clear light just now was the first light at the end of the world when dawn came.

"No need to be too surprised. What we saw just now were just distant mirages in the desert." Jin An showed a true look and explained calmly to Yali and the others.

And as the first sunrise breaks the dark night and brings the dawn, the clear air rises and the turbid air sinks. The wind and sand that have been blowing all night also quickly subside. The dawn shines on the faces of Yali and Sureti, reflecting a With stunned expressions on their faces, they could not recover from the fright of the Mirage Devil City for a long time.