A few days later.
The venomous sunshine burned this golden Desert, and the air was distorted by the high temperature.
In the sky full of yellow sand, a young man wearing a vest and covered with gauze was walking silently among the undulating sand dunes under the scorching sun.
This person is Ning Xue who has been away from Mist Village for many days.
"Huh..."
He stopped in the hot sand, pursed his dry lips, and then condensed a stream of water-attribute Chakra from his hand, brought it to his mouth and drank.
If you walk in high temperatures for a long time, the water in your body will evaporate quickly.
The water produced by Chakra can only relieve temporary emergencies. It lacks essential minerals for the human body and cannot restore physical strength at all.
Besides... this Desert is wider than he imagined.
He originally planned to quickly pass through Land of Wind and head to Land of Demons on the west side of the mainland.
However, in Desert, conventional maps quickly lost their usefulness, and the iconic landforms had long been buried by yellow sand.
He could only rely on the position of the sun to roughly judge the direction of travel.
After running Chakra again to create some coolness all over his body to prevent heat stroke, he continued heading west.
(It always feels like one horse and three monks are missing...)
After walking for an unknown amount of time, at the top of a sand dune, he suddenly saw a twisted outline of an oasis emerging in the distance.
Mirage?
Ning Xue knows very well that this phenomenon is extremely common among Desert. Such hope is often just a dream.
The real world is still filled with yellow sand.
However, since there is a mirage, it at least means that there is indeed an oasis somewhere in this Desert.
Unfortunately, he had no way of judging from which direction the scene was refracted.
But as the old saying goes, it's all there, so if it's there, look for it.
Without much hesitation, he adjusted his direction and took steps towards the illusive green shadow.
As we continue to get closer, the oasis seems to be close at hand, but it can never really be reached.
Ning Xue's footsteps gradually became heavier, and his physical strength was gradually drained away.
Just when he was about to give up, there was a sudden movement in the sand beneath his feet.
The next moment, several Desert venomous snakes emerged from the sand, spitting out their venom, and rushed towards him fiercely.
Ning Xue's eyes lit up... the spicy strips are here.
He ducked sideways in an instant, quickly reached out with one hand, and accurately pinched the seven inches of a snake. With the other hand, he had already taken out the sun-heated Kunai and stabbed it with a knife!
"Poof!"
The poisonous snake that was still trying to struggle suddenly lost its strength, twitched a few times and stopped moving.
Seeing that this human being was not easy to mess with, the other snakes turned around and tried to run away.
Unfortunately, there is no reason to let go of the food delivered to your door.
After quickly getting rid of the remaining few, processing their meat, and putting them into the backpack on his waist, Ning Xue continued to move towards the oasis.
He didn't know how long he had been trekking, but just when he was almost convinced that it was just a futile pursuit, he suddenly caught a few dark green spots at the edge of his vision that were completely different from the endless yellow sand.
Not an illusion!
They were several huge cacti rooted tenaciously in the lee of the sand dunes. Their skin was covered with spikes, showing a thick texture full of vitality under the scorching sun.
He refreshed and quickened his pace to get closer.
As the distance gets closer, the dark green bushes swaying slightly in the heat become clearer.
When he actually came to the cactus, he almost seemed to see a savior. He quickly pulled out the Kunai and approached it cautiously.
He first used Kunai to cut off some protruding spikes on the cactus surface, then found a thicker stem section and stabbed Kunai steadily.
Dark green juice immediately oozed from the incision.
Ning Xue quickly took out the portable water bottle and caught it.
The juice didn't flow out smoothly, so he had to press the cactus stem hard to squeeze out more.
At this moment, a huge Desert scorpion suddenly emerged from the sand pile on the side, waving its pincers, and rushed towards him.
Ning Xue didn't even look at it. While continuing to collect the juice, he raised his foot and stepped on it accurately - the scorpion was instantly stepped into the sand and stopped moving.
It wasn't until the kettle was filled with the thick but precious juice that he breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up.