Chapter 309: Breaking into the Desert, Crossing the Mirror Sea

God's eye against God's drum, God's stone ten thousand times five. If someone can break it, they enter the Dao Venerable's Mansion.

In Tianhuang Cheng, there has always been a legend that the Heavenly Punishment Dao Venerable left behind a cave mansion and treasure in the Tenggerila Desert. The two lines of doggerel above are said to be the clues to finding the Dao Venerable's cave mansion. For over ten thousand years, countless people have gone to the Tenggerila Desert to search for treasure, but none have been able to find it.

On the vast and boundless Tenggerila Desert, a camel caravan is slowly moving forward.

The old beggar is leading the camel at the very front. He is wearing a thick sheepskin coat and holding a black leather gourd filled with spirit liquor. He is the guide Zhang Xingyu hired, responsible for leading the way for Zhang Xingyu's group.

The old beggar patted his chest and told Zhang Xingyu that he had done this guide job countless times, and the terrain of the desert was all recorded in his brain. As long as Zhang Xingyu was willing to pay the price of three low-grade spirit stones a day, he could hire him, the best guide.

Zhang Xingyu once doubted whether what this old guy said was true.

But when he saw the expectant look in the little girl Liu Yingxue's eyes, he couldn't help but agree.

Thus, a desert exploration team was established just like that.

The team and members' division of labor is as follows: Captain and cook Zhang Xingyu; guide and breeder old beggar Liu Sanbian; equipment carrier and security guard Demon King Hali, Ice and Snow Fairy Shen Xueyi; foodie and coordinator little beggar Liu Yingxue.

Originally, Jade Proud Dragon Wang Yuyi of the Taiyi Immortal Gate wanted to join with a thick skin, but was righteously rejected by Zhang Xingyu.

The Heaven's Pride Battle outside Tianhuang Cheng had already passed ten days.

That day.

Wang Yuyi was kicked away by Zhao Ruiling, but as luck would have it, this guy actually flew to Shen Xueyi's side.

Thus, a cheesy plot of a beauty saving a hero was staged.

Under the intervention of the beauty Heaven's Pride, the three wounded Heaven's List powerhouses had no choice but to shake hands and make peace.

With no big show to watch, the surrounding melon-eating spectators naturally scattered and left.

The old beggar wanted to follow Zhang Xingyu to sponge off food and drink, the little beggar wanted to never be separated from the old beggar, and the Ice and Snow Fairy wanted to take care of the little beggar.

Thus, Zhang Xingyu had three more mouths to feed, and they were the particularly gluttonous kind.

Zhang Xingyu felt heartache for his money bag, and after purchasing the necessary equipment, he couldn't wait to lead everyone into the desert.

The north wind was biting, and yellow sand filled the sky.

The sound of camel bells clanged non-stop in his ears.

The treasure-hunting team climbed sand dunes, crossed wilderness, swallowed wind and sand, and had already been walking in this desert for ten days.

The little girl on the camel's back had chapped lips and a dull expression. Clearly, this kind of long-distance trekking was a harsh test for her.

Shen Xueyi sat behind the little girl. Her face was covered with a thick gauze scarf, and a pair of tired eyes were revealed beneath her fair forehead.

Demon King Hali rode a camel alone. She wore a red cloak, and her fair face was tightly wrapped in the hood.

Zhang Xingyu tightened his collar.

The north wind swept past him, carrying yellow sand, adding quite a bit of weight to his thick cotton coat.

"Damn north wind, damn desert," he cursed in his heart.

In fact, the days Zhang Xingyu had spent in the desert were not few.

He was very familiar with the desert's wind, the desert's sand, and the desert's sun.

However, familiarity did not mean liking.

The feeling of walking against the wind in the desert was really not good.

Through the sky-filling yellow sand, the end of the field of vision seemed to be a high sand ridge.

"Senior Liu, let's go under the sand ridge to avoid the wind," Zhang Xingyu shouted loudly at the old beggar.

"What?" The old beggar turned his head and asked Zhang Xingyu loudly.

"I said, let's go under the sand ridge to avoid the wind," Zhang Xingyu shouted again.

"Want to eat camel meat?" The old beggar looked at Zhang Xingyu in surprise.

"Not eating camel meat, I said avoiding the wind," Zhang Xingyu shouted helplessly again.

"Oh. You don't want to eat meat, you want to drink osmanthus wine. The wind is too strong, this old beggar can't hand the wine gourd to you!" The old beggar waved his hand and said.

Zhang Xingyu was speechless.

Forget it, let's keep walking.

It's impossible to make things clear with this hard-of-hearing old beggar.

Half an hour later, they finally arrived under the sand ridge.

This was a leeward place, and the wind and sand were much smaller.

Zhang Xingyu helped the little girl off the camel.

Everyone took off their face scarves and rested on the ground, leaning against the camels.

Zhang Xingyu took out a piece of parchment and then gently unfolded it.

This parchment was a map, depicting the terrain of the Tenggerila Desert.

He checked the distance, looked at the terrain, and his fingers slid gently over the map.

The old beggar raised his gourd and took a sip of wine.

He looked at Zhang Xingyu and then said from the side: "Stop checking, we have already walked more than four hundred miles. Crossing this sand ridge, the front should be Luolanbo. It is said that tens of thousands of years ago, Luolanbo was a vast highland lake. Around the lake were distributed several powerful ancient kingdoms like Lanlou, Sunwu, and Qiangruo. It's a pity that a world-shaking battle happened here, Luolanbo dried up, and the powerful ancient kingdoms also disappeared in the long river of history."

Zhang Xingyu nodded. He also had a rough understanding of Luolanbo and its legends.

However, he had no interest in archaeological work. He was here to hunt for treasure. How to find the cave mansion of the Heavenly Punishment True Monarch, how to find the cave heaven immortal treasure left by the Heavenly Punishment True Monarch—this was what he was most interested in.

The wind gradually stopped, and the desert returned to tranquility.

Zhang Xingyu shook the yellow sand off his body and stood up, leaning on the camel's hump.

In the desert, camels are the best partners for humans.

They tirelessly carry supplies for humans and also use their bodies to shield humans from the wind and sand.

Zhang Xingyu woke up everyone next to the camels one by one.

Taking advantage of the time when the three ladies were drinking water and eating dry rations, he and the old beggar hurriedly went to feed the camels.

After feeding the camels, everyone set off.

Taking advantage of the sunset's afterglow, they still had to complete the last leg of today's journey.

Crossing the high sand ridge, everyone's eyes lit up.

Ahead was a vast, blue sea, seagulls flying on the sea surface, and fishing boats shuttling on the sea surface.

"So beautiful!" Shen Xueyi praised loudly.

Zhang Xingyu nodded: "Beautiful is beautiful, it's a pity it's fake."

Beside him, the old beggar was introducing to Demon King Hali and the little girl Liu Yingxue: "This sea is the legendary Mirror Sea. Legend has it that tens of thousands of years ago, a god from heaven used supreme divine power to freeze Luolanbo into a mirror. The scenery in the mirror is the scene of Luolanbo before it was frozen into a mirror."

Seeing the two listening seriously, he touched his messy beard with his hand and continued to introduce proudly: "Therefore, there is another ancient legend circulating in this desert."

"Don't keep us in suspense, Grandpa, tell us quickly!" Liu Yingxue opened her watery eyes and urged expectantly.

In fact, she had already heard this legend countless times from the old beggar.

However, whenever the old beggar was about to tell it, she would pretend to be a 'curious baby'.

The old beggar nodded and continued: "Legend has it that whoever steps into the Mirror Lake will become part of the mirror and will never be able to come out again."

"Grandpa, where did those people who stepped into the Mirror Lake go, why didn't I see them?" Liu Yingxue tilted her head and asked.

The old beggar touched his granddaughter's head: "Silly girl, didn't you see the fish caught by the fishermen? It is said that the people who entered the Mirror Lake all turned into the fish in that sea." ===== CHAPTER 310 =====