Xu Yuehuai wasn't sure if she could get the message to Zisangyi, but she figured it was better to give it a try than to do nothing. The group stopped after a few words because it was incredibly dry, and the sun overhead was getting stronger. It was almost noon, and the sunlight was streaming through the clouds, turning the desert ground golden.
"It's so hot, this godforsaken place. Why don't we go for a walk? Maybe we can find a way out." Zhan Qi fanned himself with his sleeve. They had spiritual energy protecting them, but the temperature was so high that even their spiritual energy couldn't withstand it. He couldn't help but shake his arms, trying to cool himself down in this way.
Ning Xi glanced at him, her lips slightly parted, "Idiot."
Zhan Qi was insulted, and according to past practice, he should have insulted back. But now, even raising his hand was difficult for him, let alone insulting back. He glanced in Ning Xi's direction, then looked away, his mind a jumble of thoughts.
Xu Yuehuai and Ji Yuanchi were in better condition. They had drunk water and eaten fruit at the beginning, so they were in much better shape than the other two. They had not eaten or drunk anything along the way and had even expended a lot of energy.
Xu Yuehua frowned slightly, looking at the two of them as if they were about to die in this place at any moment. She took out four more fruits from her space and handed two of them to the two sitting opposite her.
Upon seeing this, Zhan Qi's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Xu Yuehuai in disbelief, "How do you have something like this? Why didn't you take it out sooner?!"
Ning Xi silently accepted the food, thanked them, and began to eat without uttering a sound.
Ji Yuanchi rolled her eyes upon hearing this, her gaze filled with exasperation. "Who are you? Why should I talk to you? You've been here and haven't done anything. Even the tools you're using to avoid the sandstorm and sun are Senior Sister Xu's. And you still have the nerve to say such things?"
Zhan Qi turned to look at Ji Yuanchi. What she said made a lot of sense, so for a moment Zhan Qi couldn't find any words to refute her. He could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger.
After all, in this situation, he is in a position of needing someone's help and is living under someone else's roof.
He angrily bit into the fruit in his hand, and as he felt the juice burst in his mouth, he forgot that he was still angry and that he was still angry about the matter. He just kept eating.
After they finished eating, they felt much better. Their eyes were no longer so dull and they even had the energy to start observing the outside. In this kind of weather, if they had been walking outside for a long time, they probably would have collapsed from heatstroke.
Zhan Qi seemed determined to prove he wasn't useless, stubbornly insisting on guarding the door, ostensibly so he could spot any danger and allow everyone to escape as quickly as possible.
Ningxi could tell what this person was up to with just one glance, but she was too lazy to expose him.
"Hey, look outside! There's something black coming!" Zhan Qi, who had been watching from the doorway for a short while, quickly called out to the people behind him.
Xu Yuehuai was the first to get up and walk over. Looking out from the doorway, she saw a strange-looking thing moving across a golden desert. She couldn't quite place what it was, but it was moving very slowly.
The other two people also arrived at their side during this brief moment. Looking at the thing from afar, they were shocked. "What on earth is that thing? How can it be so huge!"
The thing was dark and looked about the size of their tent, with countless legs underneath. That's how Zhan Qi described it—like a multi-legged monster.
"Let's hurry up and leave." Zhan Qi's face was serious, with a hint of hesitation. It wasn't that he was afraid, but the uncertainty of this place was too high. He didn't know what was in front of him, or even what would happen. His subconscious fear made him want to run away, but as the only man in the temporary small group, this urge to run away severely damaged his pride as a man. For a moment, he was caught in a dilemma and hesitated.
Xu Yuehuai shook her head. "They should be like us, fellow contestants trapped here."
As soon as Xu Yuehuai said this, the others fell silent and looked back at the strange thing. The thing was getting closer and closer, and they could see some details. It had a black, solid object on top, resembling a large rock or a pot lid, and several people were hiding inside it.
His face was ashen, his mouth was dry, and his steps were heavy, as if each step weighed a thousand pounds.
It was rare for Zhan Qi to see this scene and he fell silent. The light in his eyes said it all. He sighed and said nothing more.
The surrounding area was filled with howling sand and dust. In the short time they had opened the curtain, a pile of sand and dust had already accumulated at the entrance, threatening to engulf their base.
They didn't go out, but stood there waiting. When the people walked up to them, Ning Xi finally spoke: "These are the eldest disciples of the Gale Sect, the Mountain and Sea Sect, and the Thousand Mile Fortress."
Two men and one woman, their steps were so heavy they looked unsteady.
Xu Yuehuai's expression was not good when she heard this. If one or two senior disciples were trapped here, it could be a coincidence, but there were a total of seven senior disciples, and six of them were already here. The remaining one... Dragon Roar Valley!
Thinking of this, Xu Yuehuai gasped. This was the last thing she wanted to believe, but now it was probably the most likely one.
Several people walked up to Xu Yuehuai and the others, then fell heavily to the ground. The things above their heads disappeared as well. The other four people quickly pulled them inside. What they needed most now was people and the information they brought.
The people in front of them had been unconscious for quite some time and showed no signs of waking up. Zhan Qi stood to the side watching, his eyes filled with impatience. "Do you think we'll go through all the trouble of pulling them in only to find them all dead?"
He looked at the weather and the four people lying on the ground in front of him with a sense of irritation.
Ji Yuanchi spoke as if stabbing someone in the heart, without any politeness, "You've only done so much and you're already complaining about being tired. The three of us haven't even said anything yet. If you can't handle it, just say so."
These words successfully provoked Zhan Qi, who pointed at Ji Yuanchi's nose and stammered for a long time without being able to utter a single retort.
Silence fell again. Xu Yuehuai took out a bowl of water from his spatial storage, which Ning Xi saw, her eyes burning with desire.
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