Chapter 356: Alive and Dead

Shu Yu and Sect Leader Feng found a flat place to land, shook off the dust accumulated on their bodies, and moved forward with the others.

In deserts and oceans, because the surrounding area is flat, it is easy to see distant objects as close. In other words, people often see things that are close to them as being much farther away than they actually are.

This is the situation Xu Chuchu and the others are in now. They feel that they are very close, but they have already walked for two days and two nights.

If the city didn't look quite big, they would have thought they were trapped in a maze again.

Because they were far away from the Black Water River, they had little water left. Several practitioners did not drink any of it, leaving it all for Xia Wanqing.

Despite this, her body still couldn't support it. One day after she finished drinking the water, she could no longer stand and had to be carried by Master Feng.

Xiaolong was thirsty without water and pecked at Xu Chuchu's fingertips, and the blood was much more than before. Everyone felt a little reluctant to watch.

Finally, at noon on the sixth day, they arrived at the foot of the city.

The city wall is very high, only slightly lower than that of the capital, but taller, thicker and wider than those of other county cities.

But there was no one on the city wall, the city gates were closed, and the sky was gray.

It can be seen that it is an empty city.

Everyone was a little disappointed when they saw this. Even though they knew it was impossible, they still hoped that this was a lively town that could provide them with some water.

"No matter what, let's go in first. It's unlikely to be worse than it is now." Xu Chuchu said to everyone.

Without water, they had no choice but to move forward.

"Let's go." Sect Leader Feng shook Xia Wanqing on his back so that he could carry her more steadily.

At this time, Xia Wanqing had completely fainted and lost consciousness.

Seeing this, Xu Chuchu asked, "How are you? Do you want me to take your place so you can take a rest?"

She could clearly sense the weariness between Sect Leader Feng's brows, but she still said calmly, "It's okay, just take good care of the Queen's child."

Xiao Yu and Shu Yu stood at the foot of the city gate and worked together to push the huge gate open a gap, enough for everyone to get in.

The city gate had not been opened for who knows how long, and there seemed to be a lot of sand accumulated on the surface, which was falling down like a small waterfall.

Xiao Yu drew out the Cang Yun Sword and was the first to move forward to investigate the movements in the city.

After entering, he remained silent for a long time, and did not retreat. Sect Leader Feng behind him asked anxiously, "What did you see? Can you enter?"

Xiao Yu turned around, his face calm: "Come in and take a look."

Several people entered one after another. Xu Chuchu noticed that Xiao Yu opened his hand and inserted his five fingers into the city gate - but he didn't get in at all!

Before she could figure out how this happened, she turned around and saw a scene that she couldn't believe.

The streets, houses, even the pedestrians passing by in the city, and the soldiers guarding the city gates... are all made of sand!

They were moving normally, but with only rough outlines, no other colors, and no sounds!

It's all sand!

No wonder Xiao Yu was able to insert his hand completely into the door just now, because the door was actually thick accumulated yellow sand.

But how is this possible?

Everyone immediately sensed this area, but found it unbelievable that there was no life, no soul, nothing here, only yellow sand!

Why is this yellow sand fixed into a unique shape? How powerful a spiritual force must be to keep this city here for so long?

Shu Yu tentatively walked to a soldier guarding the door, reached out to touch its chest, and wanted to see what it was.

As his hand got close, the soldier suddenly moved, slapped his hand, and raised his weapon at him!

These people made of sand can actually interact with them!

Xiao Yu immediately stopped the stunned Shu Yu behind him, looked at the sand man seriously, and said sincerely: "It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, please forgive me."

It was only then that everyone realized that if you look closely at these sand people, you will find that they have facial features and expressions.

The sand man in front of him had a frown on his face and bulged eyes, obviously angry at Shu Yu's offense. He looked at Shu Yu, then at Xiao Yu, and finally retracted his weapon.

"Let's go." Xiao Yu whispered, "Try not to run into them first."

Everyone nodded silently. Since they were new here and didn't know the situation well, it was best not to start a fight easily.

They passed silently through two rows of guards and came to an open space on the street away from the city gate.

"So these sand people can move?" Shu Yu asked immediately.

Xiao Yu silently raised his head in one direction, and everyone looked at him, their scalps tingling again.

It turned out to be a woman carrying a vegetable basket and holding a child, standing in front of a street vendor selling steamed cakes.

The child was acting naughty and twisting his body, asking for steamed cake. The woman had no choice but to buy one for him, wrapped it up and gave it to the child.

People, stalls, steamed cakes, everything was covered in sand.

They looked at the child carefully and saw that he was holding the steamed cake in both hands and swallowing it in big mouthfuls, biting off the steamed cake made of sand one bite at a time.

"It's better to say that they are alive than to say that they can move," Xiao Yu said finally.

A living world of sand.

They finally found the city in the desert, but not only did they have no way to solve the supply problem, they also faced another difficulty.

The crowd slowly walked into the yellow sand-paved street, looking at the busy pedestrians around them, and unconsciously felt an inexplicable sense of depression in their hearts.

These sand people are busy but do not make any sound, yet they seem to be making sound. The yellow sand under their feet is deep and shallow, and the wind and sand will cover their feet when they blow.

As if it would drown them at any moment. Living and dead.

Xu Chuchu looked at an old man selling buns on the street. He took the copper coins made of yellow sand and handed over the buns made of yellow sand. There were smiling wrinkles on his face when he took the money.

She picked up a small piece of cosa from the ground and handed it to the old man. The old man happily took it and handed back to Xu Chuchu a "freshly baked" bun.

The bun was handed to Xu Chuchu and instantly turned into ordinary sand, flowing out from between Xu Chuchu's fingers.

For some reason, Xu Chuchu felt even sadder when she saw this scene.

It seems that time and life are slipping away at your fingertips.

It seemed as if she was about to merge into this sand city...

"Chu Chu!" A call woke her from her thoughts.

It was Xiao Yu who grabbed her shoulders and looked at her with concern.

"How are you?" he asked.

"It's okay, I just feel a little dizzy." Xu Chuchu woke up and looked at other people. They seemed to have the same reaction as her.

Shu Yu and Sect Leader Feng both looked bewildered and somewhat melancholy, as if they were exhausted and desperate.

Xia Wanqing was already unconscious and almost slipped off Master Feng's back. Xu Chuchu handed Xiaolong to Xiao Yu and took Xia Wanqing on herself.

"Let's take a look around and see if we find anything." Xiao Yu led the way.

Xu Chuchu's head was still dizzy. She found that Xiao Yu seemed to be unaffected at all, and she didn't know why.