My father told him the story about the Jiuding. When he first heard it, he thought it was a fantasy, but as time went by, too many things began to subvert his cognition. The seed of wisdom planted by his father in his body was also quietly changing his physique and consciousness. After leaving Peking, his sleep improved a lot. I don’t know if it was because the internal skills and mental methods taught to him by Yan Tianxin played a role or because the journey was too exhausted, or the effect of the seed of wisdom, the insomnia that has plagued him for many years had almost no attacks recently.

But he still often dreams, not all nightmares. There are often some strange thoughts in his dreams. Unlike the scenes that usually wake up and cannot remember the dreams, he will remember the things in his dreams clearly. He will even dream about the scenes of his parents when he was young, dream about the things about Jiuding, and dream about many scenes that cannot appear in reality.

Luo Lie did not think that all these scenes in the dream were illusory. The words his father said to him before his death were deeply imprinted in his mind, and all these things happened after his father planted the seed of wisdom in his body. He even believed that many of them were the memories given to him by the seeds.

The earth walls eroded by wind and sand blocked the rapid wind and sand for Luoli. The sound of wind and sand passing by his ears is like a golden sword and an iron horse. In this deserted and empty desert, people often cannot distinguish between reality and illusion. Being in the wind and sand, they may even have a blurred confusion of ancient and modern times.

Luo Lie recalled this journey. He could have chosen a smoother and easier journey, but in the end he embarked on a hard journey that was almost self-abuse. When he walked here alone, he began to realize that such a journey did not bring peace to his heart, nor would he find true happiness.

Along the way, Luo Lie has a deeper understanding of today's China. Although the demise of the late Qing Dynasty brought about a new era, this era still did not bring a stable life to the people. Foreign enemies are eyeing each other, domestic warlords are separatist, and people are mostly fighting for power and profit. The lives of the people are even more difficult than those in the late Qing Dynasty.

Luo Lie often remembers what his father said. All these sufferings may last for more than 30 years on the land of China. The reason why history becomes history is because the times are constantly moving forward. The parents have experienced the future, while they are experiencing history that they have not been involved in. Do they belong to this era? Is it an orphan from the future or an abandoned child from history? This question has always troubled him. The wind and sand have not shown signs of weakening. It is more violent than before. The howling wind has stirred up sand and dust covering the sky and the moon. The beast-like roar and roar have brought Luo Lie back to reality. He took off his luggage. Although he carried a tent with him, he could not complete the camping work in such bad weather.

So Luo Lie simply wrapped himself up with a blanket, pressed against the narrow space between the broken wall and the camel, and yawned. He lived in the present moment, the more he was in the stricter environment, the more he could clearly feel the rhythm of life. He decided to abandon all the chaotic thoughts and dreamed with the wind in this ruins abandoned by history and eroded by wind and sand.

When the sandstorm passed, the sky was about to be bright. The sky in the east looked white, but the sky above the head was still dark blue, from east to west from light to deep, a golden crescent moon hung high in the sky without a trace of wind, and the sky seemed to suddenly stop.

Luo Lie shook off all the sand and dust, and the camel was still lying beside him. The lake basin not far away was as flat as a mirror, reflecting the sky before dawn, but it was more colorful than the sky. This sudden sand and dust blew away the heat of the day. It won’t take long to go here and turn it into a hot world again as the sun rises.

Luo Lie breathed in the cool air at a big mouth. He realized that he had to hurry up and rush to go more before the temperature on the ground increased. He pulled the camel's reins, and the awakened camel shook his body, and the camel bell made a clear sound in the morning light.

Luo Lie turned over and stepped onto the camel's back. As the camel stood up again, his vision could be further away. The dunes were undulating. The harmony and tranquility in front of him made it hard to believe that the wind and sand last night was just two different sides of the desert.

Luo Lie identified the direction in the morning light, and the driver camel continued his lonely journey.

However, Luo Lie soon discovered that he was not the only traveler in the desert. A camel caravan appeared on the sand dune behind him, winding forward, and the melodious camel bells echoed in the empty desert. The camel caravan was quite large. Although the glorious Silk Road had long been lonely, there were still merchants and travelers on this famous ancient road.

Although Luo Lie did not want to have contact with this caravan, his mount was not good. The rising sun made the camel more lazy and was soon surpassed by the caravan behind.

The caravan with nearly fifty people was filled with laughter. It seemed that the bad weather last night did not affect their mood. The members of the caravan were quite interested in the lonely traveler in the desert. When they passed by him, they all looked at him with curious eyes.

Among them is a young girl with a high nose and deep eyes. The sun shines her skin into wheat color. Although her facial features are not beautiful, they are well-born. Two thick eyebrows that rarely appear on women's faces. She looks at the tightly wrapped traveler.

Luo Lie sensed her gaze, turned his face and smiled at her. Although he only showed his eyes, he could still accurately convey his kindness.

The girl also laughed, revealing her neat and white teeth, and then she mumbled.

Luo Lie guessed that she was speaking some minority language, but unfortunately she couldn't understand it.

The girl got an answer from his confused gaze and changed to awkward Chinese: "Your camel is sick!"

Luo Lie was stunned and lowered his head to observe, but he never thought that the camel's front hooves were soft and he knelt down and collapsed on the sand slope without any warning. Luo Lie jumped down from his hunchback in time, so that he could not be suppressed by the camel's body.

Seeing the camel foaming at the mouth and his body twitching, it was obvious that he was sick. Luo Lie sighed in his heart that he was too negligent and did not find out in time that the camel was sick. If it weren't for the girl's reminder, I would have to wait for the camel to fall to the ground and it seemed that he would have noticed it.

Luo Lie knew nothing about the veterinarian, and he could not help looking at the camel who suddenly became sick.

The girl who reminded Luo Lie just now tied the reins of her mount, turned over and hunched her back, came to Luo Lie's camel, lifted the camel's eyelids and looked, and then opened its lips behind her ears. She found that the camel's tongue had turned purple-black, and her two thick eyebrows frowned and said, "What did you eat for it?"

Luo Lie shook his head, only remembering that camel ate some aquatic plants next to the lake basin, but he didn't know what it was.

The girl said, "I'm poisoned, this camel is probably not going to succeed."

Luo Lie couldn't help but tighten his scalp, and he wouldn't be able to leave the camel in the desert.

Several more merchants in the camel caravan surrounded him, and one of the old man with white cloth wrapped his head was muttering.

At this moment, the camel that Luo Lie was already exasperated. The girl said to Luo Lie: "Where are you going?"

Luo Liedao: "Yabri Mountain."

The girl nodded, turned around and repeated it to the old man in his own language. After talking for a few words, the girl turned to Luo Lie again: "We happened to pass there. If you don't dislike it, you can walk with us. Our camel caravan can provide camels for you to ride."

Luo Lie said gratefully: "Thank you! I'm here with Luo Lie."

At this time, two strong young men helped carry luggage from the dead camel. Someone selected a strong camel to provide it to Luo Lie for riding. Through conversation, he learned that the girl was named Martha, and the old man was her father Desiri. They both came from the Tajik tribe in the Western Regions. This time, he returned from business in Shaanxi and traded some supplies to return to the tribe. In order to avoid the warlord melee, Luo Lie chose a relatively difficult but rarely visited road like Luo Lie.

The only person who knows Chinese in the caravan is Martha. Luo Lie also needs to communicate with others through Martha's translation. Martha is outgoing, enthusiastic and kind, and soon became familiar with Luo Lie. She asked Luo Lie for the purpose of going to Mount Yabulai.

Luo Lie received their enthusiastic and selfless help, so he was naturally embarrassed to lie and told Martha honestly that he was visiting an old friend when he went to Yabulai Mountain this time.

Martha translated Luo Lie's answer to her companions, but she didn't expect that her companions would laugh, which made Luo Lie a little confused.

Martha smiled at Luo Lie and said, "They said you must be looking for a lover, right?"

Luo Lie said: "It's a friend, not a lover!"

Martha translated his words to her companions again, which caused another burst of laughter. Martha said, "It must be for the sake of friends, especially you Han people, that you dare to take such a big risk to travel through the Tengger Desert."

Luo Lie heard the implication from her voice and couldn't help but smile and said, "What's wrong with us Han people?"

Martha said: "Don't you Han people often say that you love the country and the country, you can just ignore the country for the sake of the country, so you can naturally put your life aside."

Luo Lie laughed loudly because of her explanation, and the people around him laughed, although most of them didn't understand why Luo Lie laughed, which was a politeness to the hospitality Tajiks. Luo Lie said aloud: "Life is precious, love is more expensive. If it is for freedom, both can be abandoned." He recited it as the representative work of the Hungarian poet Petofi.

Martha's eyes shone brightly when she heard it. She had never heard of this poem, and thought it was Luo Lie's original work, and said full of admiration: "You Han people are talented."

Luo Lie laughed and said, "I didn't write this poem." He told Martha about Petofi's identity and background.
Chapter completed!