Chapter 57 The fifty-sixth storm

The corners of Xiao Fang's eyes had already started to tingle, because sweat had flowed into his eyes. He longed to reach out and dry himself off. But he can't. Any unnecessary action may cause fatal negligence and mistakes. Except for attack parry and dodge, no action is necessary. Every muscle in Xiao Fang's body was already throbbing.It's like bowstrings that are stretched too tightly and are about to break. He knew this was not a good situation, and he wanted to relax. But he can't. A moment of relaxation can lead to eternal destruction. How many murderers are hidden in the darkness?When will the attack stop.

The attack stopped suddenly. ——Although no one knows when it stopped, just as no one can be sure when the last drop of rain fell. There is still a disgusting smell of blood in the air, but the ground has returned to silence. What awakened Xiao Fang was his own breathing. He raised his head, only to realize that dawn had dawned in the east.Looking through the milky white morning mist, one can vaguely see the twisted corpse lying on the gravel rocks.It looked like dolls that were broken and torn. —The attack is over, the danger is past, the day is near. A kind of fatigue caused by complete relaxation suddenly grasped him like a magic hand.

His whole body almost collapsed. He didn't fall down, only because the sun was shining through the clouds in the east.It shines on the rocks, on the towering pagoda, and casts the spire-like shadow on the ground. Xiao Fang rushed out, threw the sword in his palm forcefully, and threw it at the tip of the tower shadow. The sword edge sank into the gravel, and the hilt kept shaking. "It's here." Xiao Fang's voice was already hoarse with excitement: "The gold is here." —The gold is here. —Here is the root of all secrets. At such a time, under such circumstances, everyone will inevitably be excited.

His muscles suddenly tightened again, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his palms.His pupils suddenly contracted in fear again. Dugu Chi was standing in front of him, looking at him coldly.The edge of the sword in his palm was just at the place where he could pierce his heart with a single shot. The sun gradually rose, but Xiao Fang's heart sank. He did not forget Duguchi's words. —I'll kill you at the first chance. Now his chance has come. Of course Dugu Chi knew it, and so did Xiao Fang. As long as Dugu Chi stabs out with a sword, it is almost impossible for him to resist dodge and parry!

Dugu Chi held a sword in his hand, and the blood on the blade was still wet.The hand holding the sword has bulging veins. Will his sword come out? Xiao Fang's "Magic Eye" is within his reach.He didn't reach out. He knew that as long as he stretched out his hand, he would die by Dugu Chi's sword. But if he doesn't reach out, it might end like this. "If I were you, I would definitely make a move now." Xiao Fang suddenly said, "So if you kill me, I will die without complaint." Dugu Chi didn't speak, and didn't respond. ——People who want to kill usually don't talk much.

The situation is different with people who may be killed at any time. If you can say one more sentence, you must find a way to say it.It's good to live even a little longer. "But I want you to wait a while before you make a move." Duguchi didn't ask him why. Xiao Fang said it himself: "Because I still want to know one more thing." He said: "If you let me find out this matter before I die, I will die without regret!" After a long silence, Duguchi finally spoke: "It's not easy for a person to die without complaint, but it's even more difficult to die without regret."

"I see." "It's just that there are not many people who are qualified to be my opponent." Duguchi said, "So I promise you." He suddenly asked Xiao Fang: "What do you want to know?" "I just want to know if that batch of gold is still here?" Xiao Fang replied, "Otherwise, I really don't want to die." "Can you be sure that the gold is really here?" "I can." Xiao Fang said, "I have seen it with my own eyes. If you dig down here, you will definitely see gold." Duguchi stared at him for a long time again.

"Okay! You dig!" "Me!" Xiao Fang asked again, "What do you use to dig?" "Use your sword!" Dugu Chi said in a cold voice, "If you don't want to use your sword, use your hands!" Xiao Fang's heart sank again. Gold is buried deep.Whether you dig by hand or with a sword, it takes a lot of energy to get to the gold deposit. Now his strength is almost exhausted, if he consumes one more point, the chance of survival will be even less. Unfortunately, now he has no choice. Xiao Fang stretched out his hand and drew his sword. Duguchi was right in front of him.At this moment, if he stabs out with a sword, maybe he can also pierce Dugu Chi's heart.

But he didn't do that. With this sword he pierced into the ground. There is no gold in the ground, not even a tael of gold. Xiao Fang didn't even seem surprised at all.This incident seemed to have been expected by him. Dugu Chi looked at him coldly, and asked coldly, "Did you remember the wrong place?" "No." Xiao Fang's answer was very positive: "Absolutely not." "Is that batch of gold really here?" "Absolutely here." "How many people know where the gold is stored?" "Three." "Who else is there besides you and Bu Ying?"

"And Panchabana." —Panchabana, a lonely hermit.A favorite national hero.A lonely wanderer.A passionate patriot.A cold-blooded murderer.A man that no one will ever understand.Apart from him, no one has his contradictory and complicated personality. No one ever knew where he was?Where will it come from and where will it go?No one knows what he is thinking? No one can predict what he will do? Hearing his name, even Duguchi's face seemed to change a bit.After a long time, I asked Xiao Fang: "You already knew that the gold was hidden here?" "I know." "Did you steal the gold?"

"no." "Will the three hundred thousand taels of gold disappear by itself?" "Won't." "So where did the gold go?" "have no idea." Duguchi suddenly sneered. "Actually, you should know." "why?" "Because there is only one person who can steal this batch of gold." "Who?" "Panchabana." Duguchi said, "Only Banchabana." Xiao Fang disagreed with this reasoning. "you are wrong." "Oh?" "Besides Panchabana, there is one other person who can transport this batch of gold." "Who?" "Bu Ying!" Xiao Fang said, "Besides Ban Chabana, there is also Bu Ying." "Do you think Bu Ying stole this batch of gold by himself?" "It's not stolen, it's transported away." "Why did he transport it away?" Dugu Chi asked again. "Because he doesn't want this batch of gold to fall into the hands of others." Xiao Fang said, "Because he wants to use this batch of gold to take revenge." "The gold has been transported away, does it mean that he is not dead yet?" "yes." Xiao Fang's eyes shone brightly: "I already thought that the gold would not be here, because Bu Ying will never die. No matter who wants his life, it will not be easy." "It doesn't seem easy to transport 300,000 taels of gold." "Of course it's not easy." Xiao Fang said, "It just so happens that there are still some people in this world who can always do what others can't." "Do you think Bu Ying is this kind of person?" "He always was." Xiao Fang said: "No matter what the situation is, he can find someone who will sacrifice everything to serve him loyally." "What about you?" Dugu Chi asked, "Are you willing to die for him too?" "me too." Duguchi suddenly sneered. "Then I don't understand." "You don't understand?" Xiao Fang asked back, "What do you not understand?" "There is only one thing I don't understand." The sarcasm in Dugu Chi's voice was like a sharp needle: "Since you are willing to die for him, why didn't he come to you?" Xiao Fang was not stabbed. "Because I have already left him." Xiao Fang said, "He didn't come to see me just because he didn't want me to be involved in this vortex again." "So you don't blame him at all?" "Of course I don't blame him." "If he comes to you again, are you still willing to die for him?" "Yes." Xiao Fang replied without thinking, "Yes." The sun has risen, rising higher and higher.But the sharp shadow of the tower stone became shorter and shorter. Without sunlight, there is no shadow.But when the sun was in the middle of the sky, the shadow was invisible. There are many things in the world like this. Duguchi suddenly let out a long sigh!The sound of sighing is like a cold wind blowing from a distant mountain, blowing through the forest tops. "Bu Ying is indeed an outstanding man." "He was." "It's really not easy to kill him." "Of course it's not easy." Dugu Chi suddenly asked: "Will I kill you?" He asked Xiao Fang: "Is it easy to kill you?" He stared at Xiao Fang, and Xiao Fang also stared at him.After a long time, he said, "That's up to you." "Look?" Dugu Chi asked, "Look at what?" "Look who is going to kill me? When is going to kill me?" "If I want to kill you, I will kill you now." Dugu Chi asked again: "Is it easy?" Few people are willing to answer this kind of question, but Xiao Fang quickly answered: "Yes." Xiao Fang said: "It is very easy." The sun rose higher and higher.But in this ruthless land, in this place, between Xiao Fang and Dugu Chi, the heat of the sun seems to be completely absent. Xiao Fang felt very cold, getting colder and colder, so cold that he couldn't even sweat. Duguchi's face was also as cold as ice. "You think I won't kill you?" He suddenly asked Xiao Fang again. "I knew you would kill me." Xiao Fang said, "You said that you would kill me as soon as you had the chance." "You haven't forgotten this sentence?" "Who will forget such words?" Xiao Fang looked at Dugu Chi's hand holding the sword: "You are a swordsman, and now you have a sword in your hand. The sword is ruthless, and the swordsman is also ruthless. If you kill me now, I will not only die No complaints, and death without regrets." He also had a sword in his palm, but his grip on the sword was completely relaxed. The sun rises in the east.Duguchi stood with his back to the east.An experienced swordsman would never stand facing the sun in front of his opponent. Now he has completely taken advantage, and has forced Xiao Fang into the worst position. Xiao Fang still tried his best to prevent himself from facing the sun.So he could still see Duguchi's face. Duguchi's face was still as cold and hard as granite.But there was already an expression on his face. A very complex expression. There was excitement in his eyes. ——No matter who it is, it will inevitably become like this before killing people.What's more, the person he wanted to kill was a rare opponent in his life. Although his eyes were glowing with excitement, there was a kind of helpless sadness at the corners of his brows and eyes. ——Taking advantage of others' danger is not a glorious thing after all.But he must force himself to do so. ——Once a good opportunity is lost, it will never come again.Even if he didn't want to kill Xiao Fang, he couldn't lose this opportunity. Xiao Fang understood his feelings. Xiao Fang knew that he was ready to make a move. In this breath of life and death, there is no time to wait, Duguchi's face suddenly changed again. His face suddenly became completely expressionless again. At this moment, Xiao Fang's heart suddenly contracted, because he suddenly felt that someone had come behind him. —Who is coming? Xiao Fang didn't look back, nor did he dare to look back. He was still staring at Duguchi's face.He suddenly found that there seemed to be an indescribable pain and anger in his eyes. Then he felt a gentle and smooth hand gently holding his cold and sweaty hand. —Whose hand is this? —Who will stand by his side and hold his hand in his most difficult and dangerous time? He thought of many people. ——Sunshine, Bowa, Susu. They already had feelings for him, and they would not stand far away and watch him die under someone else's sword. But he knew it wasn't them who came. Because he knew that although they all treated him well, he was not the most important person in their hearts. ——Guangyang still has Buying in his heart, Bowa still has Banchabana in his heart, and Susu still has Lu San in his heart. No matter how good they were to him, no matter what they had done for him, they would still abandon him under certain special circumstances. Because they didn't belong to him in the first place. But Xiaoyan is different. No matter whether she hates him or loves him, at least she never has another man in her heart. He never paid much attention to this point, but at this moment of life and death, when there is no time, he realized that this point is so important. He asked softly, "Is it you?" "Of course I'm here!" Although the voice was also very cold, it carried an emotion that no one could believe or understand except "they". ——"They" are no longer two, but three. Dugu Chi also understood this kind of feeling, but he still couldn't help asking: "What are you doing here?" He asked Qi Xiaoyan: "Are you here to die with him?" "no!" Qi Xiaoyan said coldly: "He won't die at all, why should I die with him!" "He won't die?" "Absolutely not." Qi Xiaoyan said: "Because there are already two of us now. You are no longer sure to deal with us, so you dare not make a move at all." Duguchi didn't speak again.Didn't make a move either. He knew she was telling the truth.A person like him would never argue with the facts, let alone act rashly. But he didn't relax himself. He still maintains an attacking posture, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time. So he doesn't move.Xiaofang and Xiaoyan didn't dare to move either. Their hands clasped each other, and the sweat from their palms flowed into each other's palms.Blending with each other, it's like blood. Who doesn't know how long this situation will be stalemate?The sun rose higher, but the sky suddenly darkened.Unreasonably dark, horribly dark. Xiao Fang's palms suddenly broke out in a lot of cold sweat, because he suddenly found that the wind blowing on his body made him very cold. There should not have been such a cold wind in the great desert, which was extremely hot during the day. He is already very familiar with this ruthless land.On a similarly hot day more than a year ago, he also had the same experience—the sky suddenly darkened, and the wind suddenly became colder. Then came a terrible storm that no one could avoid resisting. Now there is no doubt that another storm of the same dread is coming. He still didn't dare to move. Just one movement can cause a fatal oversight. Duguchi's sword was far closer and more terrifying than the coming storm. So he just stood there and waited for the storm to come.Even if he knew that after the storm came, everyone might die here. Because he can neither choose nor escape. Sure enough, the storm came. The wind became more and more urgent, and the strong wind blew up the sky full of yellow sand.It hits people like an arrowhead. When the first gust of wind blew over with yellow sand, Xiao Fang knew he was doomed. Because although he considered every point, he still neglected one point. Any negligence will cause fatal mistakes. He forgot that he was standing against the wind.The wind and sand blew over and hit him right in the face. By the time he thought of this, the big mistake had been made and it was irreparable. Duguchi's sword had stabbed towards him like a poisonous snake.He only saw the flash of the sword's light, but he couldn't open his eyes anymore, and he couldn't even feel where the sword pierced his body. When he fell down, he heard Qi Xiaoyan shouting, and then he couldn't even hear the sound. The wind is howling, and the yellow sand is flying. Xiao Fang seemed to hear Xiaoyan's voice again.The voice was full of pain, crying out to him for help.It also seems to see that Dugu Chi has torn her clothes. In fact, he couldn't hear anything, and he couldn't see anything. When he woke up from the nightmare, his clothes were soaked in cold sweat, and there was still only a piece of yellow sand in front of him. —he is not dead. ——What they heard and saw just now was nothing but a hallucination in a dream. But Qi Xiaoyan's people didn't know where they went, and Duguchi didn't know where they went either. What happened in his dream just now may also have happened in reality. Thinking of Duguchi standing naked in the cold wind and letting Xiaoyan scrub him, Xiaofang suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his heart that he had never felt before. —He must find them, must prevent this from happening. He tried to struggle to stand up. But when he moved, his lower back hurt like a knife. I don't know if it is his luck or misfortune?Dugu Chi's sword unexpectedly missed his vitals. Now he is alive.But even he himself doesn't know how long he can live. ——The storm has not yet passed, and his wounds began to bleed again.His lips were chapped and his muscles were still aching. —his food and water have been blown away by the wind.The woman who lived and died with him is likely to be abused and humiliated by others now. His body and mind are suffering unbearably tormented by anyone. How can he survive? Only those who have experienced it personally know how difficult it is to survive the desert storm. Xiao Fang had this experience. He almost died here last time.This time his situation was far worse than last time. If he wasn't Xiao Fang, maybe even he himself wouldn't want to live anymore. ——If a person loses the will and courage to fight for survival, who else can make him live? He is Xiaofang. He kept telling himself. —He must live, must live. There was a haze between the sky and the earth, and no one could tell whether it was day or night. Xiao Fang was lying on the icy sand, and the wind and sand had almost completely buried him. He is so tired.Too much blood was lost.I really want to close my eyes and go to sleep first. —What a beautiful place is the soft dark sweet dreamland! Xiao Fang suddenly opened his eyes and turned over with all his strength.Rub the rough sand with the horns of his forehead, and let the pain wake him up. Because he knew that as long as he fell asleep, he might be buried alive under the yellow sand. He is not asleep. His forehead was bleeding, as was the wound on his waist, but he was fully conscious. — As long as there is a little water, he can live. In this ruthless desert, in the violent wind and sand, where can we find water? Xiao Fang suddenly jumped up and took a few steps forward.When he fell again, he crawled forward like a lizard. Because he has the desire to live again. He suddenly remembered those people who died under his and Dugu Chi's sword last night. ——They have been waiting here for more than a day, and of course they have water and food on them. This thought hit his whole body like an electric shock, giving him strength suddenly. Sure enough, he quickly touched the corpse of a person and the leather bag tied to the belt of the corpse. There were three heavy silver ingots and some scattered silver in the leather pouch. There is also a golden hand in the leather bag - the golden hand that Lu San uses to order his subordinates. ——Lu San!Wealthy Immortal Lu San!A sworn enemy, a powerful enemy who swears no two sides. But now Xiao Fang seems to have forgotten even this kind of hatred, because his heart has been completely occupied by a stronger emotion. ——The desire to survive is always the strongest of all human emotions! There is no water in the leather bag. Another waterskin had been punctured.The person who pierced the water bag was probably Xiao Fang himself. What a sad and painful irony is this? But Xiao Fang didn't think about it. He didn't dare to think about it. Because he knows that if a person thinks too much, he may reevaluate the meaning of life. For him at this moment, life is priceless.Nothing can ever replace it. So he started crawling forward again. His heart suddenly beat wildly.Because not only did he find the body of another dead man, but he also touched the leather bag containing water around the man's waist. The water pockets are full, rich and plump like virgin breasts. Xiao Fang knew he was saved. Xiao Fang stretched out his cold and trembling hands, trying to untie the leather bag.But at this moment, he heard another voice. He suddenly heard a heartbeat. This person's heart is still beating, this person is not dead yet! Xiao Fang stopped, as if suddenly frozen. There is no shame in taking a little water from a dead man to save your own life. Looting a water bag from a dying, completely defenseless living person is another matter. Xiaofang is still Xiaofang. He is himself under all circumstances, for he never loses himself--never loses his conscience, never changes his principles.Don't do anything that makes you feel sorry for yourself. The "dead man" who did not die suddenly asked him in a strange and weak voice: "There is water in my leather bag, why didn't you take it away?" "Because you are not dead yet." Xiao Fang said, "You also need this water." "That's right! I'm not dead yet, but if you give me another sword, I'll die." He asked Xiao Fang again: "Since you want my water, why didn't you kill me?" Xiao Fang sighed: "I can't kill you, I can't kill you for such a reason!" "But you were going to kill me," said the man, "I should have died at your hands."