Chapter 117: People in the Western Desert

  Time stumbles forward, perhaps painfully, perhaps unbearable, but it slowly moves forward nonetheless.

  In the gaps of time's stumbling and staggering, the youth also gritted his teeth and grew up bit by bit, becoming stronger bit by bit.

  Yang Yu Xi traveled from the East Sea all the way west, like a lone wolf that didn't know how to turn back, carrying his stubborn and indignant heart across the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. Unknowingly, a year had already passed, and he arrived at the Western Desert three months ago.

  The Western Desert, like the North Mountain Range, belongs to the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The North Mountain Range blocks the Northern Di people, while the Western Desert borders on the Western Rong.

  If the symbol of the Northern Di is the horse, then the symbol of the Western Xiongnu is the desert ship camel; if the characteristic of the Northern Di's attack is speed, then the characteristic of the Western Xiongnu's attack is longevity.

  The Xirong people, who have been living in the desert for a long time, have had the same strong endurance as camels for thousands of years. Every time they clashed with the Great Zhou, it would not be short-lived, and so far, the shortest one lasted half a year.

  It's the hottest days of summer now, and the temperature in the desert is unbearably high. Every grain of sand seems to be filled with heat, making Yang Yuxi grit his teeth even through thick-soled shoes.

  A hazy sun hangs high in the air, its halo layered with a layer of flying sand, making it difficult to discern its clear appearance.

  Yang Yu Xi casually wiped the sweat from his forehead, but it was of no use, because his arms were also covered in sweat. In fact, not just his arms and forehead, Yang Yu Xi's entire body had not a single dry spot.

  "Damn it..." Yang Yu Xi's dry, cracked lips moved, two hoarse words escaping his mouth.

  He wanted to say something more, but the heat wave that came rushing in forced him to shut his mouth and preserve the little water left inside.

  The endless desert is like a yellow ocean, with the sun shining on it, and countless bright lights sparkling, as if it were rippling waves.

  The entire desert was like a steamer, all the water vapor was evaporating, and the scenery in sight seemed to be distorted, slightly rippling as if it were about to dissolve into this huge steamer.

  Yang Yu Xi reached for the half-full water bag at his waist several times, then his hand struggled and shrank back.

  He didn't know how much longer he had to walk before seeing an oasis, so he wouldn't drink water unless extremely thirsty.

  This year, his changes are huge. First of all, there are physical changes. Now he is already 14 years old, and in one year, he has grown to nearly 1.7 meters tall. The Adam's apple on his neck protrudes slightly, the facial features are more defined, and his body is much more robust, looking straight and slender like a pine tree.

  Secondly, his temperament has matured a lot. This year is different from the five years in the Dusk Organization. He is alone now and completes everything by himself. There is no longer the company of Nangong Cangjue and Luo Xuan, nor will there be the scolding of Shui She with her sharp tongue and soft heart.

  This year, he has suffered a lot of cold eyes and eaten a lot of losses. He was even beaten many times, but he gritted his teeth and walked step by step to the present in frustration.

  That silly and arrogant look had faded away unknowingly, his eyes were calm like an ancient well, revealing a sense of depth and maturity.

  His mental state was also tempered and became more stubborn, and his former silly side was carefully hidden deep in his heart.

  He understood that it was for his companions to see, and it was just to ease the tension, to make the people around him happy. What's the point of having no one by your side?

  He gazed through the gap in his falling bangs, narrowing his eyes to look deep into the desert, two sharp lights flashing across his eyes.

  A year of solo practice has also significantly improved his cultivation. The battle with Anming and others a year ago made him feel the power of the legendary realm, although it was only a temporary boost in strength. However, the experience of fighting in the legendary realm did not disappear, and that feeling has been lingering in Yang Yuxi's mind for the past year.

  He felt it again and again, comprehending the profound power of the legendary realm, which was no less than a heavenly treasure for him, who originally only had a faint boundary.

  So, relying on the legendary realm's epiphany and this year's struggles, Yang Yuxi's strength has made a rapid breakthrough, and at this time, he is already in the Extreme Dust Three Heavy Heavens.

  At this age and with such cultivation, it's inconceivable. To think that even Rujiaosheng didn't enter the Extreme Dust Boundary until he was around sixteen years old.

  From this perspective, Yang Yuxi has surpassed Rong Qiuqian. Of course, at this time, Rong Qiuqian is probably already a legendary strongman.

  "Hoo... Hoo... Hoo..."

  Yang Yu Xi stopped in her tracks, bent down, with both hands propped on her knees, panting heavily.

  The scorching sun hung over his head, and sweat dripped from Yang Yuxi's nose tip, falling onto the scorching sand and immediately evaporating into wisps of white mist.

  Behind Yang Yuxi, a pair of footprints stretched far into the distance, disappearing from view. From time to time, whirlwinds blew by, and the flying yellow sand instantly filled in the footprints, making everything indistinguishable.

  In a moment, a long string of footprints behind Yang Yu Xi disappeared one by one.

  If the entire desert is like a cage, then he is now like a wooden puppet, being pinched by a pair of invisible giant hands and placed directly in the center of the cage.

  All traces were erased by the whirlwind.

  Yang Yu Xi stood up straight again, gazing out at the endless desert. The sand dunes in the distance looked like scars left behind by someone lifting up the desert, layer upon layer.

  Yang Yu Xi's eyelashes were all wet with sweat, he felt that he could no longer hold on again, only then did he reach out to touch the water bag at his waist.

  "Whoosh!"

  Just as Yang Yu Xi was about to touch the water bag, a figure with a color similar to that of yellow sand suddenly rushed out from the sand behind Yang Yu Xi and snatched the water bag from his waist in an instant, then escaped far away.

  The sudden change left Yang Yu Xi slightly stunned, then his eyes narrowed, the small yellow figure flying away in the distance was very agile and fast.

  Yang Yu Xi's heart was getting anxious, he only had half a bag of water left, and the oasis was still nowhere to be found, he must get the water bag back.

  "Boom!"

  As soon as he made up his mind, Yang Yu Xi's right foot heavily landed on the ground and he quickly chased after the small figure. The desert sand where he was originally standing was blasted open to form a not-small pit, and yellow sand filled the sky. However, before all the yellow sand had fallen down, the original pit was already filled up with sand blown over by the whirlwind.

  "Halt!"

  Yang Yu Xi endured the dryness in his throat and shouted a sentence at the figure in front of him.

  That small figure not only didn't stop, but instead sped up even more, seemingly very familiar with this desert. The body was extremely agile; if it weren't for the fact that they were in a desert, Yang Yu Xi would have suspected that it was a monkey.

  Yang Yu Xi, who was originally parched and unable to cope, suddenly had his fighting spirit ignited, thinking to himself how he could lose to something that didn't even know what it was?

  "Hum"

  Yang Yu Xi's feet quietly underwent a transformation, with scales faintly covering them, and his feet became even more powerful, lightly kicking out several meters away.

  "Where do you think you're going?"

  Yang Yu Xi's hair stood on end as Long Hua's feet dug into the desert sand, creating a massive crater with each step.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Yang Yu Xi ran at an extremely fast speed, and the sound was also super loud. Behind him, it was as if countless giant rocks were smashing into the desert, sending sand flying high into the air in a shocking and thrilling sight.

  The small figure in front seemed to have underestimated Yang Yu Xi's speed as well, and immediately turned around, rushing towards the sand dune group.

  Yang Yu Xi furrowed his brow, but before he could think further, that small figure had already rushed into the sand dune cluster.

  Sand dunes rose one after another, each higher than the last. The small figure moved through this complex terrain with ease, as if swimming in water, and accelerated to an even faster speed!

  And he suddenly turned left and right, his turns seemed to require no buffering at all, the moment he wanted to turn was when he turned, with an angle almost a right angle!

  Yang Yu Xi, who was chasing from behind, had a tragic outcome. The powerful dragon feet indeed increased his speed, but every step he took would cause a sand dune to collapse, and often Yang Yu Xi wouldn't even have time to rush out before being buried by the sand dune. By the time he emerged from the sand dune with a dirty face, another sand dune would be waiting for him.

  Yang Yu Xi was so angry she gritted her teeth, and really wanted to curse out loud.

  But he didn't dare speak out, because once he opened his mouth, the sandstorm would fill it up completely.

  What drove him even crazier was that the little yellow figure in his eyes ran further and further away, almost disappearing from his line of sight.

  "Boom!"

  Yang Yu Xi's anger surged, and he no longer cared about anything else. A sleek dragon tail suddenly appeared behind him, and with a flick of the divine dragon's tail, Yang Yu Xi's figure instantly vanished from his original location, disappearing much faster than before.

  As expected, the small yellow figure enlarged in Yang Yuxi's pupils once again, and grew bigger and bigger.

  The little figure was shocked, and his body trembled slightly, then he ran frantically with a somewhat disordered pace, and a faint cry of suffocation could be heard.

  "Huh?"

  Yang Yu Xi heard the roar and was slightly stunned, then a fire ignited in his heart.

  He's a great guy!

  Yang Yu Xi's face was gloomy, the dragon tail swung, and a curve like a divine sign appeared in the air. His figure immediately appeared on the right side of the small figure, and Yang Yu Xi caught him with one hand.

  Powerful dragon feet sank into the yellow sand, Yang Yu Xi's figure drew a long line in the desert before finally coming to a stop.

  Yang Yu Xi used both hands with force, and finally subdued the little thing that was struggling desperately in her arms.

  "Hey, can you speak human language?!" Yang Yu Xi asked irritably.

  The little guy stopped struggling when he heard this and raised his head. A pair of extremely shiny black eyes stared at Yang Yu Xi.

  This is a boy, but with a pair of eyes more beautiful than those of a girl, topping a shiny little head, only wearing a beast skin skirt around his waist, his bare body reflecting a healthy wheat color, two small arms tightly holding Yang Yuxi's water bag to his chest.

  "You can't even speak human language!" The little guy rolled his big eyes at Yang Yu Xi and mimicked her tone.

  Yang Yu Xi was taken aback, somewhat lost in laughter. When he saw this child, his anger dissipated by half. He pretended to be serious and said: "Why did you snatch my things? Don't you know that snatching is wrong?"

  "Cut!" The little boy blinked his eyes and turned his head to one side.

  "Ah!" Yang Yu Xi was speechless, just about to say something else, but felt the entire desert shaking.

  "Huh? No, it's a sandstorm!" Yang Yu Xi's face suddenly changed.

  The distant horizon suddenly darkened completely, and a tsunami-like sand wave appeared layer by layer on the horizon without warning!

  At the same time, a strong gale swept across the desert, with flying sand and pebbles everywhere. Everything was blown into the air, shrouding everything in darkness, as if even the sun had been blown away.

  "Ah!"

  Yang Yu Xi suddenly felt a sharp pain, his arms relaxed, and the little boy fell to the ground, then quickly got up and ran away again.

  "Hey!" Yang Yu Xi shouted loudly, lowering her head to take a look at her arm, where there was a row of clear teeth marks.

  But at this time, Yang Yu Xi's heart had only one thought, the sandstorm was coming, and the little boy was in danger!

  Yang Yu Xi raised her head, wanting to see clearly where the road was to save the little boy, and then seemed to have seen something unbelievable, staring blankly.

  In Yang Yu Xi's line of sight, the little boy's agile body darted back and forth in the vast expanse of yellow sand. The fierce and terrifying sandstorm seemed to be nothing in front of him. His footsteps were not disordered at all, his pace seemed to have a certain strange rhythm, and this rhythm made him feel like he was running with ease in the sandstorm.

  In no time, he disappeared from Yang Yuxi's line of sight.

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