Dunhuang County, the edge of the northern foothills of Mingsha Mountain.

As a tourist holy place, the rare peerless landscape constructed by Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring has attracted tourists from all over the world to travel thousands of miles to visit. Even in the years when the Qing Dynasty was declining, there was still no lack of popularity. As the saying goes, there is a market, and there is a demand. The endless stream of tourists gave birth to countless camel merchants who stayed on the edge of the desert to rent camels. On sunny weather, looking around, the camel fleet formed a long curve along the arc of the hills, which was surging. At first glance, those who didn't know thought that the Huns in the north of the desert had begun to attack the Central Plains again.

On December 18, 1865, the sky above Mingsha Mountain was covered with clouds. It was not a good day for sightseeing, but Pu Zixuan and his seven people arrived in Dunhuang County just yesterday afternoon. After resting in an inn for a night, Pu Zixuan couldn't wait to come to Mingsha Mountain to ride camels. Only then did everyone care about the good and bad weather, they came to the gathering place of camel merchants and chose a big vendor with a wealthy family.

However, although the vendor looks more reliable and has many camels and strong, Zhu Yuanliang seems to be somewhat unlucky to endure it.

"oops!"

Look, the other six people had already chosen the camel and rode steadily, but Zhu Yuanliang was already thrown off his back by the third camel.

Zhu Yuanliang's body had not yet stabilized. Suddenly, the camel was different from the first two, and he stuck out his tongue and licked Zhu Yuanliang's face. The latter was caught off guard and his face was suddenly licked with sticky saliva.

"Ah——" Zhu Yuanliang let out a howl like a pig, and hurriedly blocked the camel's tongue, then got up indignantly and asked the vendor with anger: "Boss, what do you mean by a camel? It's the third one! It's the third one in a row! They have opinions about me, right?"

The camel merchant was named Xu, wearing a white felt hat and a brown leather jacket. After looking up and down, he explained to him with a smile: "Haha, guest official, to be honest, these camels in my house have met distinguished guests today. They have never encountered such a "expensive" guest as you, and they may be a little shy for a while. It is also licking you, and it is also expressing its apology in this way..."

"Go to his grandmother's apologies!" Zhu Yuanliang said, "Don't you just think I'm fat? Tell me, is there any camel that can bear my weight? If not, let's go to another family!"

"Oh, don't change, don't change..." Boss Xu was reluctant to let go of the big business that was finally delivered to the door in the haze weather. He thought for a while and said, "You guys wait a moment, I'll go and ask each other if anyone is willing to carry this brother."

Zhu Yuanliang said in surprise: "What? Can you still talk to Camel?"

"Of course, these camels are raised by me with shit and urine, and only I can communicate with them. You can wait patiently, don't leave!" After Boss Xu said that, he walked towards the camels a little further away.

Not far away, the companions riding on camels had already laughed to varying degrees, but Chen Shuqing said angrily: "Xiao Qi is really, really, we came to this Mingsha Mountain just to lock in the location of the Hanba. We could clearly fly directly over the desert to inquire, but he insisted on riding a camel in. It was a waste of time!"

Pu Zixuan was in a good mood. After being blamed, he did not look angry at all. Instead, he laughed and said, "You don't understand this, right? The emperor of Dunhuang is far away. In our lifetime, we may only have this opportunity to come here to see it. If we change to another place, we can't ride a camel. No matter how much money we spend, we can't ride a camel. You said, how can such a good opportunity be wasted?" Then, he asked Sun Xiaoshu with a side face and said, "Xiaoshu, am I right?"

Sun Xiaoshu had already returned to its original state on the next full moon night after the Battle of Rehe Underground Palace. It took four months to arrive in Dunhuang from Chengde. He was still childish and had already felt itchy about riding a camel. He was a "firm ally" of Pu Zixuan. He was deliberately chosen as the person to ask for the question by Pu Zixuan, so he said tactfully: "Yes, Sister Shuqing, Besides, you can fly, and the rest of us don't know. Everyone is in the same team, so it's better to go into the desert together. If you encounter any danger, you can take care of it."

Chen Shuqing knew that the two of them were venting their anger at the same nostrils, so she was too lazy to pay attention to them. She snorted lightly, turned her face to the side of the desert, and replied indifferently: "It's okay, hurry up."

A moment later, Boss Xu came back with a camel and introduced to Zhu Yuanliang with a smile: "Hehe, OK, this camel is called Dashan, it said it is willing to carry you."

"Okay, then I'll believe you again."

After Zhu Yuanliang said that, he carefully climbed onto the camel's back and sat between the two hump peaks. Sure enough, this time, the camel just shook, and soon adapted to Zhu Yuanliang's weight and settled down.

Zhu Yuanliang then touched the hump in front of him with satisfaction and smiled, "That's right. I wish the pioneer a long time of his life to be able to carry me, but you have the blessing you have cultivated in several lifetimes!"

After the seven people were ready, Boss Xu asked, "It takes thirty cents for a camel to rent for an hour. How many hours does the guest officer need to rent?"

Pu Zixuan responded without thinking, "It's about two days, that is, twenty-four hours. How much do you want? If it's not enough, I'll make up for you."

Pu Zixuan spoke very easily, but Boss Xu widened his eyes and said, "Customer, aren't you joking?"

"Do I seem to be joking like this?" Pu Zixuan wondered.

Boss Xu smiled disdainfully and said, "This place is only six or seven miles away from Crescent Spring. Including the time to go around the surrounding sand dunes for one or two, generally speaking, it is normal for tourists to rent for one or two hours. Even if you want to play more, three hours is enough. You can rent it for two days. How far will it take to go?"

Pu Zixuan understood that Boss Xu obviously regarded himself as an ordinary tourist who came here to see Crescent Spring. This ordinary human would not know that the reason he had to rent for two days was because he had discovered that there was a large number of demonic aura about two hundred miles away from the desert from the beginning, including a super demonic aura. Needless to say, it was known that it was the demon king Hanba, so he locked his target at 200 miles away from the beginning.

But he couldn't tell the evil things clearly, so he laughed and said, "What's the point of just looking at the Crescent Spring? Look, the yellow sand in the desert, the sunset and galaxy, we tourists from the south must see this peerless beauty, so we need to stay in at least one night."

Boss Xu glanced at the seven people, but still frowned and said, "But, you didn't bring any equipment, just go in for the night?"

Of course, Pu Zixuan couldn't say that all equipment could be transformed by Chen Shuqing, so he had to pretend to be impatient and said, "Anyway, it's all adventures. What's the point of bringing equipment? Don't ask so much, I'll calculate it. Seven camels, 210 cents per hour... Forty-eight hours, about 10,000 cents, which is ten taels of silver! You can earn ten taels of silver in two days. Such a good thing, do you have to think about it?"

Boss Xu shook his head and said with a contemptuous smile: "You rich young master from the south really don't know how scary this desert is. No matter how much money you have, have you ever thought that if you can't get it and get trapped inside, can the silver be used for eating or drinking?"

Pu Zixuan snorted coldly: "That's our own business. If you die, you don't have to be responsible!"

"I don't have to be responsible for your adventures, but my camel has also died inside. Who will be responsible for compensation for me?"

As soon as these words were said, Zhu Yuanliang immediately cursed: "What do you mean? Is our lives not as valuable as these stinky camels?"

"Hey, hey, fat man, be careful when speaking." Pu Zixuan saw that Zhu Yuanliang was about to break up with Boss Xu, and was worried that the other party would not be happy and simply stopped renting it, so he took the initiative to defend him, "This is called rough words or not. We must not be able to buy seven camels for ten taels of silver. If they all die, who will they ask for compensation?"

After saying that, Pu Zixuan once again used the "money pioneering" strategy and asked Boss Xu: "So, I'll give you a deposit for these seven camels. How much does it cost in total?"

"It's good to count you fifty taels!" Boss Xu said angrily, "To be honest, I have feelings for these camels. If it weren't for your good attitude, I wouldn't want them to accompany you to take risks! Also, I advise you not to go anywhere in danger!"

Without saying a word, Pu Zixuan immediately took out fifty taels of silver notes, smiled and handed them to Boss Xu, and asked casually: "Have you ever been in this desert? Are there any dangerous places inside? Please give me some advice, let's take care of it."

"I have never entered the depths of the desert, but, according to other people who have entered, there is a devil city, and the city is filled with dead souls!"
Chapter completed!