"brush……"

A swallow flew over and landed on the horse's head. He turned his head and combed his feathers before saying: "Sir, the Fire Kingdom should be ahead of us. There are fires all over the ground within ten miles. We are not going in the wrong direction. But we are far away from there.

There are still dozens of miles to go, and we may not arrive until tomorrow."

"Then let's do it tomorrow."

"Are we resting here today?"

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's take another step while the sun shines."

"good!"

A shadow was cast on the desert, and the shadows of the group of people were stretched too long.

However, the calico cat turned her head and looked at the swallow doubtfully as she walked. The temperature that dropped at dusk made her regain a lot of desire to speak: "Every time you speak, why do you only call me sir and not the empress of three flowers?"

The swallow above the horse was stunned for a moment.

Because Empress Sanhua cannot make the decision.

"Because...because Sanhua Empress has other things to worry about. She is already very busy all day long. There is no need for such a trivial matter, and I don't dare to disturb Sanhua Empress anymore."

It can be seen that although Yanzi often listens to the conversation between Taoist and Sanhua Cat and has been immersed in it for several years, due to his own talent limitations, he is not proficient in the "communication skills between Mr. and Sanhua Empress", and his speech is not natural, and he also

Stuck.

"?"

The cat stared at the swallow doubtfully.

Humans can't read any expression from a cat's face, so how can a cat read any expression from the face of a bird covered with feathers?

"So that's it."

Mao'er nodded. Once he accepted it, he became happy and quickly asked: "Then why do you stand on the horse's head every time you come down to rest? Sometimes you also stand on the Taoist priest's shoulders."

But you never stand on Sanhua Empress’s back? You are such a small one, even Sanhua Empress can carry you.”

"Because... because Sanhua Empress is busy taking care of me and my husband every day, and she is already very tired. How can you dare to make Sanhua Empress even more tired?"

"But you are so small and don't weigh much at all. Empress Sanhua can carry you away in her mouth."

"..."

Yan Zi was startled.

Fortunately, it is Yanzi's true form. If he were transformed into a human form, I'm afraid his face would have completed the transformation from normal skin color to red and then to white.

"This...this is not necessary."

"Why meow?"

"Horse...the horse's head is wider, so it can stand more stable! Sanhua Empress's back is narrow and uneven, and she has very long hair. It's not that suitable for her to stand up!"

Yanzi is really brainstorming.

While he was trying to think of how to answer, he also had to use the "sir's advanced skills in talking to Sanhua Empress", which really put him in a bit of a quandary.

"That's true."

The calico cat nodded, and then extended an invitation: "Then the calico cat will take you hunting tonight. There are snakes, lizards, and scorpions hidden in the sand. There are fewer and fewer of them here. They hide in the sand during the day.

They hide deeper than there, and they will come out at night. Lady Sanhua will take you to catch them, and if you catch them, go over there and roast them tomorrow."

"Three, Miss Sanhua, I'm just a bird."

"Forget it."

"call……"

"Then you come and roll in the sand! The sand is hot, rolling around is like taking a hot bath!"

"No, no..."

"and you……"

The Taoist does not squint his eyes and walks forward with his stick.

Suddenly he untied the cloth that wrapped his face, and the smile kept on his lips.

The sun has set in the distance, but it is at its most beautiful moment.

…

There will be no bonfire tonight because there is no wood to burn.

However, with the beautiful glow on the horizon and the stars appearing one after another above our heads, it seems that this world will not be completely dark until dawn.

But it was windy at night and a bit cool.

The calico cat was a little unhappy, because tonight she spent a lot of energy, ran a long way, caught two small snakes and a few scorpions, and wanted to feed them to her Taoist priest, but the Taoist priest first said that there was no firewood here.

She didn’t eat raw food. She said she breathed fire to cook it. He also said he didn’t eat food cooked by spiritual fire. She thought for a long time before she came up with the method of baking it with sand. He also said that there were still honeydew melons he brought.

If one of them is not finished, it will be bad if they don’t finish it today.

Honeydew melons will go bad if you don't eat them, but won't scorpions and little snakes do the same?

So she lay aside and ignored the Taoist.

However, as the night went on and the temperature dropped, the stars became more and more brilliant. When she looked at the stars, she seemed to have forgotten her previous displeasure. She crawled over to the Taoist again and spoke to him in a low voice.

"If there is a grain of sand on the ground, is there a star in the sky?"

"That's what others said."

"There are not as many stars in the sky as there are sand on the ground."

"Miss Sanhua doesn't know something. There may be more stars in the sky than sand on the ground."

"Really meow?"

"Guess."

"Guess!"

"Maybe."

"Maybe……"

The cat imitated his posture, lying down with his legs and hands flat, with only one tail sticking straight up to cover his body, like a small quilt, and the stars in the sky were all like amber.

Her eyes were shining, and she looked at it for a long time before suddenly saying: "Then will you take Sanhua Empress to see the Salt Tower in the future?"

"..."

The Taoist was silent for a long time before he said:

"Maybe."

"Maybe!"

"Maybe."

"Maybe!!"

"Who knows what will happen in the future."

"you guess!"

"Can't guess."

"Then you're not smart."

The cat shook his head and continued to look at the stars.

The tail swung unconsciously, and she also grabbed it unconsciously.

I don't know when I fell asleep.

In a daze, she seemed to have had a dream.

In this vast desert in the dream, tall towers were built one after another. They were all exquisite pagodas with many layers. Only the top of the tower was made of white jade, glowing like the sun.

Then I dreamed of the seaside again.

Although it is very sunny there, there is boundless water. You only need to climb a tree and pick a coconut to quench your thirst. There is no need to save water. You only need to walk around the beach and you can pick up a lot of fish and shrimps.

It's used to satisfy your hunger, so you don't have to worry about running out of food. What's more important is that the fish and shrimp are so delicious that Taoist priests also eat them. It's like a different world from here.

The Taoist next to him still had his eyes open and was thinking silently. It was a rare cat that slept through the night without him.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and the starry sky is getting brighter. Lying in the boundless desert, a sense of loneliness arises spontaneously. The vast stars are reflected in my eyes, and I also see my own insignificance, but I don’t know whether this desert or the stars are there.

How many years have passed, and in contrast, life is short, as if the source of civilization was only in the last moment.

This is also a rare practice.

"..."

The Taoist couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Who says the desert is not hospitable?
Chapter completed!