811 Foreign Land In The Desert
This Canger Town was not far from the white fog. It was only about 200 miles away. In this town, this was the last time she would replenish her things. The rest would be obtained from the foreign land in the fog.
She asked around about this foreign land and Wang Tianan told her about it.
This foreign land was the same as the desert in Mobei. It was filled with sand, and not a blade of grass grew. Many people would return empty-handed.
Wang Tianan even advised Su Xiaolu not to go, but if Su Xiaolu wanted to go, she had to prepare more food in case she could not find food inside.
Su Xiaolu bought a lot of beef jerky and a large pancake.
Wang Tianan even sent over a few hundred taels of silver.
Su Xiaolu did not accept the banknotes, but she accepted the dried meat given by the commoners.
There were already heavy troops coming from Raozhou City to patrol some areas of Canger Town.
Su Xiaolu left when it was almost dawn. The guard guarding the town gate saw him and was about to report when Su Xiaolu stopped him and left.
After leaving Canger Town, she headed for the foreign land.
She didn’t hurry. She rode her horse slowly and held Mantis Shrimp, watching the sunlight gilding the desert.
She could feel that her water-elemental superpower became a little stronger. It seemed that she had to use these superpowers more.
With her superpower, she did not lack water and was not afraid of the heat.
When the horse was tired, she stopped to feed it while she lay in the sand.
Mantis Shrimp snuggled up to her and leaned its head on her arm.
Mantis Shrimp had grown up a little. It was already 20 catties.
“Xiaolu, if there’s nothing in this foreign land, where are we going next?”
Mantis Shrimp enjoyed this feeling very much. It was too comfortable to travel the world with Su Xiaolu.
Su Xiaolu stroked Mantis Shrimp’s smooth fur and replied casually, “Hm, we’ve been to the most desolate place. Next time, we’ll go to the coldest place and leave from here. It’ll be a long journey. A few years will pass. There’s no purpose. I’ll go wherever I end up.”
After three years of training, she estimated that she should go home after taking a slow trip to the coldest place.
After all, if they found something good in the foreign land, a few months would pass if they stayed inside.
Mantis Shrimp leaned against Su Xiaolu in peace and snored.
After resting enough, they continued walking.
The white fog could already be seen.
Su Xiaolu entered the fog. Because of what Wang Tianan had told her, Su Xiaolu knew that entering the white fog was still a desert, so when she saw an endless desert, Su Xiaolu was not surprised. Many people had come in before. After walking for half a month, they still did not see anything. There was no danger or encounter. They even almost lost their way.
Su Xiaolu had brought enough food, so she continued forward.
It was actually very easy to get lost in the desert because all the sand dunes looked the same.
If it were Su Xiaolu herself, she definitely wouldn’t be able to find her way, but she had Mantis Shrimp.
Mantis Shrimp knew, so she went forward fearlessly.
At the end of March, it had been half a month since Su Xiaolu walked into the desert. She should have gone further than the others.
She walked for another five days, but there was still nothing.
Mantis Shrimp was no longer interested. Seeing that Su Xiaolu walked for another five days, he tested, “Xiaolu, why don’t we return… There might really be nothing in this foreign land.”
Although the golden desert was beautiful, he was tired of looking at it every day.
Su Xiaolu removed the water curtain.
Mantis Shrimp jumped into Su Xiaolu’s arms. “Xiaolu, Xiaolu, why is it so hot???”
Su Xiaolu hugged Mantis Shrimp with a smile in her eyes. “Can you feel the difference now?”
Mantis Shrimp muttered, “It’s just very hot. The ground is hot. Is there a volcano in front?”
Su Xiaolu smiled. “I don’t know, that’s why I want to go all the way.”
In the desert, there was indeed no danger along the way, but the temperature was rising.
She just wanted to see what she could find if she kept walking. Anyway, the food stored in her Space could last for a year. The only bad thing was that the food was monotonous and she got tired of eating the same thing.
But in order to survive, it didn’t matter what they ate.
“Xiaolu, why don’t I stay in the Space?”
Mantis Shrimp whispered in Su Xiaolu’s arms.
Su Xiaolu laughed and rubbed Mantis Shrimp’s head before putting it into the Space.
Even though Mantis Shrimp had inherited so many things from his ancestors, it was still a child at heart. He was no different from a child and had to go through the process of being an infant.
Children were delicate, weren’t they?
Su Xiaolu rode the horse forward. The water curtain wrapped around the horse’s entire body, preventing it from feeling the heat.
Her superpower was being used up.
It was already May, but Su Xiaolu still did not see anything. She walked slower and slower. The water-element mark kept heating up. She could not stop using her superpower, so she kept wasting it. She felt very tired and sensed danger.
If she continued, she would be in danger.
However, they had been walking for more than a month. Wouldn’t it go to waste if they gave up now?
She felt that the temperature on the ground must be more than a hundred degrees.
No creature could move on the ground. If she didn’t have water-element superpowers, she wouldn’t have come so far.
The air was scorching hot. Without water-element superpowers, a breath could burn one’s nose. The hot wind could burn people.
The horse had already been placed in the Space by her. It was starting to be difficult for her to walk herself. Coupled with the horse, she couldn’t take it.
On foot, she could only travel thirty miles a day. She couldn’t take any more.
Su Xiaolu thought for a moment and decided to walk for another half a month. If she still couldn’t see anything, she would return.
Time passed day by day. Su Xiaolu felt the mark on her chest begin to hurt. She pulled open her collar to take a look. The dew-like mark had already turned pale red.
The water curtain on her body was no longer cool and was heating up.
From thirty miles a day to twenty miles, she could only walk ten miles in the end.
This was her limit. Su Xiaolu could feel it herself.
On the 13th of May, it felt different.
The air was still hot, but Su Xiaolu absorbed spiritual energy.
The scorching spiritual energy. She looked at the steps under her feet and took a step back. The spiritual energy was gone, and there was only boiling heat. It was torturous and irritable, but as she continued to take a step forward, the spiritual energy entered her body and she felt warmth from the source of the heat.
Su Xiaolu continued forward and sat on the ground to begin breathing techniques.
The spiritual energy entered her body continuously. She could feel that the water curtain on her body was getting cooler and cooler, and the burning mark in her heart no longer hurt. She sat on the spot and cultivated for three days and three nights, recovering her energy.
She pulled open her collar and looked. The mark had turned the color of water. Su Xiaolu heaved a long sigh of relief.
She took out the beef jerky and ate it slowly. After eating her fill, she released Mantis Shrimp and said, “There’s spiritual energy here, but the temperature is still very high.”
Mantis Shrimp moved its nose, and then Su Xiaolu’s sea of consciousness was filled with screams. “Ahhh, Xiaolu, Xiaolu, you found a Heavenly Treasure. Ahhh—”