Summer came unknowingly. The summer in Baishan came later than in the south. Tiewa grew up vigorously in spring. Now he has become a strong young man with a thin beard on the corners of his lips. After Zhang Changgong came back from Peking, he took care of the old man with him and taught him how to fight archery. Tiewa was serious in everything and willing to work hard. In addition, he had good talent, and was able to enter the country quickly with Zhang Changgong's careful training. However, the old man who escaped with him died one after another. First, because he was indeed old, and second, these old men were inevitably depressed after leaving their hometown. In addition, some people suffered from wind and cold shortly after the beginning of spring. It was said that most of them died in just two months, and only three survived.

Tiewa was very sad because of this, but birth, old age, sickness and death cannot be saved by human resources. After Zhou Xiaodie left Peiping, she came to Baishan to live temporarily and lived next to Tiewa and the others, so that they could take care of each other. However, she was indifferent and rarely interacted with others on weekdays. Others saw her temperament and rarely disturbed her unless there was something important.

A month after Zhang Changgong returned to Baishan, the blind man came late with Arnold who went to Huangpu to find him. When he came this time, the blind man brought his grandmother over. He went to Huangpu to pick him up to avoid Mu Sanshou's revenge afterwards.

A group of old friends were naturally very happy to meet, but in the end, Luo Lie was still missing. Before leaving, Luo Lie sent a letter to Zhang Changgong saying that he had gone to Ningxia, Ganbian.

After hearing about this, the blind man immediately guessed that Luo Lie's trip should be related to Yan Tianxin. Although he was determined to follow the footsteps of his old friend, his grandmother and his sweetheart were in Baishan. When people were concerned, they naturally could not leave as they did in the past. However, Arnold heard that Luo Lie was going to yell to go together. This guy was a person who couldn't stop and drank and gambled when he was idle. When he saw that the blind man, the former bad friend, suddenly cultivated his mind and became a five-good young man, and he became more and more bored.

Zhang Changgong saw his anxiety from Arnold's restlessness. He was ready to talk to Arnold, but before he could find Arnold, Arnold had already prepared his clothes and said goodbye to Zhang Changgong.

Arnold's departure was something that everyone expected. People like him who were used to wandering did not like a stable life.

"You're leaving?" Zhang Changgong looked at this golden-retriever and blue-eyed guy. Friendship was borderless. In the past, Zhang Changgong could not believe that he would make friends with a foreigner and would become friends in distress.

Arnold nodded, his eyes a little reluctant, but his thought of leaving was already very firm.

“Where to go?”

Arnold scratched a chaotic golden retriever. He had not had a haircut for two months. His hair had grown very long and drooped past his ears. He had a small braid on his head. Not only did he not look neat, but he looked even more messy. His chaotic beard was staggering one by one, looking like a cactus growing on his face.

Zhang Changgong's words actually stopped Arnold. Many times he usually suspected that he had damaged his brain by alcohol. The simpler the question, the more he felt that he could not answer. Although he was very determined to leave, he still didn't think clearly about where to go. Arnold actually had many choices. He thought about going back to Yingkou and living a life of drunkenness and dreaming again. After all, he now has a lot of money in his pocket. He also thought about following Luo Lie's footsteps and going to the western part of China to see it. He heard that it was a mysterious world. He also thought about returning to Europe, the war had ended, and the European continent was restoring its former peace and tranquility.

The more options available, the harder it is to make a decision.

Zhang Changgong said: "No matter where he goes, don't drink or gamble." In fact, he knew that his advice would be of no use to Arnold.

Arnold nodded, his heart was warm. Although he would not obey Zhang Changgong's advice, there were people in this world who care about him.

Tiewa suddenly ran over panting and said anxiously: "It's not good, it's not good, Grandma Chen is sick."

The sun is scorching. Located in the Tengger Desert on the southwest of Alaxan Left Banner and central Gansu, a man is riding a camel hard. Under the scorching sun, the temperature on the ground has reached nearly fifty degrees. The camel has become lazy under such temperatures, slow and weak, and his eyes are narrowed by the strong light.

A man and a camel left a blue-purple shadow on the golden sand dunes. The shadow flowed quietly on the winding yellow sand. The wind was not strong, but it was very hot, blowing the fine sand on the surface, like smoke and fog, making the blue-purple shadow blur and tremble.

The wind accelerated the water dissipation. The traveler still wrapped himself tightly at such a temperature, covering his head like an Arab, only revealing a pair of black eyes. His eyes were still sharp and his body was still upright.

A small piece of silver reflection appeared in his field of vision. It was intuition that it should be a small lake, but he was not sure. After all, there were too many illusions of mirages in the desert. As the distance approached, when he saw more and more camel thorns and red willows, he dared to conclude that what he saw was not an illusion, but a real source of water, and the place called the lake basin by the locals.

The lonely traveler turned over and got down the camel by the water, letting the camel go to drink water and eat grass. He came to the place with the sunlight on his back, untied his headscarf, revealing his handsome face that was black and handsome by ultraviolet rays. He was Luo Lie. After leaving Peking, he came to Ningxia alone in Ganbian. His original purpose was to come here to find the Lianyunzhai people who migrated from the Pale Mountain and meet Yan Tianxin. But the journey was not peaceful. When he passed through Shanxi, he encountered warlords fighting all the way, and had to choose the route to cross the desert.

The Tengger Desert is the fourth largest desert in China. It crosses the Great Wall in the south, reaches Helan Mountain in the east, and reaches Yabulai Mountain in the west. It is more than 500 miles long from north to south and more than 300 miles wide from east to west. The desert includes two parts, Nanjiling in the north and Tengger in the south, and is commonly known as the Tengger Desert. It has sand dunes, lake basins, grass beaches, mountains, residual hills and plains.

The area of ​​sand dunes accounts for more than 70%, mainly flowing sand dunes, most of which are lattice sand dunes chains and crescent-shaped sand dunes chains. There are more than 500 lake basins in the desert, and half of them have accumulated water, which are dry or retreating residual lakes. This is one of them.

The lake water was clear. Luo Liejuqi tried it with a handful of water, and was sure that the water was not salty and astringent. Then he drank it with confidence. After drinking the water, he filled the water bag he carried with him, took off his clothes and entered the lake basin, and washed away all the dust. It was a great luck to have such a situation in the desert.

According to his judgment, his current location is about 100 miles away from Mount Yabulai. At his current speed, he can reach it in two days. The sun shines on Luo Lie's body, and it looks like bronze. Although the long journey has made him lose weight, his physical fitness has been tempered during the trip and his will becomes stronger.

When he wiped the water stains on his body, Luo Lie paid special attention to the heart. When his father planted the seeds of wisdom in this place, he left a purple scar at the beginning. As time passed, the scar had disappeared and the color of the skin returned to normal.

Luo Lie wiped his hair with a towel. The hair that had not been repaired for many days had exceeded his ears. However, this did not affect his masculinity. Instead, he seemed unruly and wild. On the other side of the lake basin were several ruins of buildings. There should have been people living there in the past and living by the lake. Until the surrounding environment became more and more severe, people had to give up their homes and leave here.

The sky suddenly dimmed, and black clouds covered his head at a speed visible to the naked eye. The camel, who was originally lying on the shore, had two ears stuck out, and then stood up from the ground.

Luo Lie quickly put on his clothes and grabbed the camel's reins. If he lost the camel in the harsh environment of the desert, he would be struggling and would probably lose his life. The calm lake basin began to show fine lines like fish scales, and the wind was blowing towards him, and the wind was constantly increasing.

Luo Lie raised his eyes and saw that the scenery in the distance had begun to become hazy. Although the sun was scorching after entering this desert, he had not encountered extreme weather with wind and sand. Judging from the situation in front of him, it should be a sandstorm that was about to come.

The camel began to pace uneasy. From its reaction, it could be judged that the coming sandstorm should be quite large. Luo Lie decided to leave here as soon as possible and find a safe place to hide from wind and sand. He led the camel against the wind. His nearest hiding place is the ruins opposite the lake basin.

It seems not far away, but it is not that easy to walk over. It is about one mile away from the lake basin. When you walk halfway, the wind has increased. The strong wind swept through the yellow sand and gravel. Luo Lie had to lower his head to minimize the damage to the body of the wind and sand. He firmly held the camel's reins with his right hand, for fear of getting separated in the wind and sand.

He could no longer see the road, and walked into the water several times. He had been exploring for nearly half an hour before he reached the ruins of the wall. He found a relatively solid earth wall and sat down. The camel was tired of lying beside him. Each person and the camel had exhausted his strength by the raging wind and sand. Luo Lie spit out the yellow sand in his mouth. The previous bath was considered in vain.
Chapter completed!