Chapter Four Hundred and Fifty Five: A Lifeline
It was already bright, but the upper layer was still filled with yellow sand. The sunlight struggled to pass through, but only sparsely like thin lines.
The continuous violent vibrations caused the foundation to break for a second time, and the originally crisscrossing cracks and ravines continued to expand. More quicksand flowed into a bottomless pit, making a dull sound that made the monsters retreat.
Mingxi stayed up all night. The purpose of his trip was the Sun Temple, but judging from the current situation, it was almost impossible for him to leave Liucheng and continue to Daxi City. He was even prepared to lose the six cities of Yangchuan.
What can he do? This incident is like an invisible giant hand, forcing all his plans to stop. He originally thought that the Night King was injured and returned to the Sea of Twilight to recuperate, and he could take the opportunity to find more ways to fight against him.
In heaven, who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin would show up halfway, so that the most precious time would have to be wasted on searching for people in the sea of sand.
He knew that such a search was almost impossible to be effective, but he could not say one more word to dissuade that person.
He just sat there in silence all night, watching the sky get brighter and then darker, and time passed by unconsciously.
The distance of the vibration is indeed getting farther and farther, but the Sunset Desert is vast and boundless. If he wants to search all over the desert by himself, he will probably have to live here for a lifetime.
Do you want to mobilize the army to help? But for what reason does he want to mobilize the army to dig up a woman whose life and death are unknown in the desert?
That group of sand bandits might be able to help, but even if all the sand bandits in Yangchuan are included, it's just a change from living there for a lifetime to living there for most of a lifetime. There is no essential difference at all.
Will the Heaven Realm take action? Most likely not. According to what Xiao Qianye said before, the melee in the Heaven Realm has its own damage, and disappearing now is just a precursor to the coming storm.
And Xuhai? What is going on in Xuhai? So many sensational things happened during this period that he didn't even have the time or energy to understand the place that relied on Feiyuan to live but had never had any clues.
Ming Xi closed his eyes, listening to the roaring sandstorm outside the door like a hungry wolf howling, and feeling the land under his feet occasionally undulating like waves. He thought he was a man who had everything in his hands and strategized, but at this moment he could only do nothing and watch helplessly.
Seeing that the devastated land was hit hard for the second time, he was also thinking about a terrifying question, whether the infamous Yangchuan was really worth saving, and whether it was still necessary to save these people who were willing to sacrifice their own interests and forget their own righteousness.
He has even come to the conclusion that a king should not have. In fact, the lives of these people combined are not worth the life of the woman buried deep in the desert.
But even so, he cannot openly abandon his subjects. This is a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, which he cannot break away from, let alone escape.
For a long time, Mingxi sighed heavily and sat silently for a day and a night without saying a word. His throat was so dry that blood foam could come out of his mouth whenever he opened it. Chi Qing hurriedly handed over some tea, but he gently pushed it away. Jia Ye also
Returning from the backyard with solemn expressions, the three of them simply looked at each other and immediately looked away from each other tacitly.
Last night, he had ordered Jia Ye to interrogate Zhu Yan to find out the more specific location, but as he expected, Zhu Yan did not reveal even a single word. In addition, he was once a member of the Bai Sect, so he even searched directly from his mind.
Information will also be blocked.
Ming Xi twirled his jade ring irritably. Although he had already guessed that this would be the result, it still aroused unknown anger in his heart. No matter what, he never expected that he would fall into Zhu Yan's hands.
Let things develop in an irreparable direction.
When he was rubbing his eyebrows with a headache, he suddenly heard the door being pushed open. Xiao Yibai rushed in directly, holding his brother tightly with his other hand. Both of them were covered with wind and sand, and there was no time to explain so much.
Xiao Yibai said hurriedly: "Mingxi, there were other puppet bugs in the arm that Gao Chengchuan left behind when he died. Those people were later imprisoned in prisons in various places by you. Are there some in Shenshahai now?"
Former ANBU person?"
Ming Xi was startled by his sudden appearance, but reacted immediately the next second and continued: "There are two in Shensha Sea. What do you mean..."
Xiao Yi's face was filled with joy, as if he had grasped the life-saving straw, and he immediately turned around and forced a smile on his younger brother: "Do you remember that you were attacked by ANBU in Jia Luo, and they took you to an underground stronghold temporarily?
Since there can be an ANBU stronghold on the snowfield, maybe there will be one in the desert too? Zhu Yan is originally an ANBU person, so where can he take his siblings? Isn't the most likely place an ANBU stronghold?"
Xiao Qianye looked at him as if he was lost. The light in his eyes condensed into points like lightning after a brief moment of loss of focus. Xiao Yibai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "The ANBU strongholds in various places were destroyed immediately after Gao Chengchuan's death.
The one that was invalidated was because it was an order he had given before his death, so it was destroyed before we could take over it. The matter was later dismissed. We just imprisoned the important members with the puppet worms nearby.
Now go to Chenshahai to meet those two people. As long as you know the location, maybe, maybe it will be faster to find them."
Xiao Yibai looked at his brother nervously. In fact, he didn't dare to say anything too harshly. After all, Zhu Yan was a moody person. It would be normal for him to just kill Yun Xiao and leave him in the desert. But what's more important right now is
Stabilize your brother's mood. No matter how slim the hope is, you must cheer him up.
"Shenshahai..." Xiao Qianye muttered these three words. The prisons in the Four Realms were formerly under the jurisdiction of the Forbidden Army. Although he knew the approximate location, he could not enter at will without special circumstances, and most of those places were
It is built in an extremely secluded place, such as Tianzhiya under the Biluo Sea. As its name suggests, the Chensha Sea is hidden under the desert. It should be about a hundred miles east of Daxi City. The entrance...the entrance is
where?
Xiao Qianye pressed his brow hard and tried desperately to find those extremely critical things in his memory. After all, he had spent three hundred years in the gap. Many things were blurred and it was difficult to remember them again in the time.
"The entrance to the Sunken Sand Sea is ten miles back from the Moon Temple." Mingxi reminded lightly, lighting tea with his hand and simply drawing a map on the table, "One hundred miles east of the Great Abyss City is one of the twin temples.
From the Temple of the Moon, ten miles further away is the entrance to the Sunken Sand Sea, which is called the 'Silent Gate'."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Qianye couldn't wait to rush out of the door. Xiao Yibai's eyes quickly grabbed his brother's arm and reminded him: "What are you doing! You are a fugitive, and the Moon Temple will not let you in!"
"I want to go in, and no one can stop me." Xiao Qianye struggled to break away from his brother's hand, but he held him firmly and pulled him back. Hearing this, Mingxi just frowned involuntarily. He can indeed be so arrogant.
He broke in, but the Moon Temple was after all an important place for the Ming Dynasty to pay homage to their ancestors. Reasonably, he couldn't let this person openly destroy it, but he also knew that at this point, blocking it would only be counterproductive, so he took out the
He threw a golden token and sighed helplessly, "The current saint of the Moon Temple is named Rong Hua. You go to her with my token and ask her to let her go."
"It's not necessary." Although he caught the token, he didn't want to appreciate it at all. Mingxi coughed hard and continued to draw on the table with water, "Thirty miles north of the Moon Temple is the Sun Temple.
Frankly speaking, I don’t want you to damage these two places to avoid being taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives."
The four words "Sun Temple" were like some kind of tacit code words, which made the three people who knew the truth pause at the same time. Xiao Qianye gritted his teeth and finally put away the token. Xiao Yibai saw that he was about to leave without stopping, so he didn't even think about it.
I wanted to follow him immediately, then put my arm around his shoulder. Suddenly I felt that my whole body was floating in the wind. When I was calming down, I was shocked to realize that I was like a bunch of white meteors, falling rapidly in the sky.
"What are you doing here!" Xiao Qianye seemed to be leaving in such a hurry that he didn't notice that he accidentally picked up his elder brother. Just when he was anxious to send Xiao Yibai back, Xiao Yibai had already hugged him and refused to let go.
He smiled and said, "No, you have to take me with you. I should be better at dealing with people like that than you."
Ming Xi looked at the empty door. He was surprised that the light transformation technique in the heavenly world really came and went without a trace. At the same time, he stood up and ordered: "Get ready. I'm going to Da An City to wait for news."
"Da'an City..." Chi Qing and Jia Ye glanced at each other awkwardly, and then said, "Your Majesty, the roads in the Sunset Desert are not smooth and dangerous right now. It will probably cost you seven or eight dollars to get to Da'an City.
God, it’s not good to be away from the imperial capital for such a long time, isn’t it?”
Ming Xi also thought about it seriously. He had been delayed in Liucheng for a long time due to his capriciousness. Most people in the imperial capital had already noticed that he was gone. Although he was relieved that Gongsun Yan was in charge, after all, at this critical moment,
His absence will still cause criticism. It would really not be good if he continues to stay in Yangchuan.
The most important thing is, looking at Xiao Qianye's current state, it is impossible to discuss the Sun Temple with him if he doesn't find Yun Xiao. Even if he goes to Daji City to wait for news, he doesn't know how long it will take.
.
"Hey, it's troublesome..." After a long while, Mingxi waved his hands helplessly. He didn't expect that things would turn out to be so complicated. Chi Qing had already seen the emperor's concerns and persuaded him, "Why don't you let Jia Ye escort you back first?
My subordinates will personally monitor the situation on Pavilion Master Xiao's side. Although the number of underworld butterflies is not enough, a group of hummingbirds have been recruited. Once there is any new situation, I will report it to you as soon as possible.
I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to search for people in the sea, so it would be more appropriate for you to return to the Imperial City first."
Chapter completed!