The next morning, at dawn, a group of youths began to gather at the north gate of Pu City.
The city gates of the Sunshine Kingdom would be closed at night and would only be opened in the morning. This was the rule. However, the Sunshine Kingdom had been peaceful for a long time and such a rule had long existed in name only. The commoners at the bottom might not be able to feel it, but the soldiers guarding the city would not offend these rich kids. Even in the middle of the night, as long as you could report where you came from, you would still be able to pass through unimpeded.
There were eight people and eight horses. The soldiers hurriedly opened the gate. Li San, Qi Er, and the others were all public figures in Pu City and very few people did not know them. Looking at their age and attire, they were all young masters of big families. Who would dare to offend them?
Thus, they made a racket and swarmed out!
Lou Xiaoyi secretly observed them. There were two things that surprised him.
One was Li San Lang. He did not really hear him agree when they were drinking the day before yesterday. He thought that he had already lost interest in cultivation. Since he was two or three years older than everyone else, he would be more mature and would not participate in this kind of pure youth nonsense. He did not expect him to follow them.
He had a feeling that Li San's target was him! Since he had invited him to drink in Lou Province, although he had concealed it very well, it could not escape his intuition of two lifetimes.
Lou Xiaoyi was very curious. What exactly did he have that made the son of the richest man deliberately befriend him? Was it deliberate malice? Or did he have other motives?
Another strange thing was that everyone's bags were full. Lou Xiaoyi thought that he had made sufficient preparations for the adventure, but who knew that everyone's bags were bigger than his. It seemed that the natives of this world were still naturally experienced in this kind of exploration. He was thinking too much.
No one brought any servants. This was agreed upon beforehand. Firstly, it was to prove their bravery. Secondly, it was to prevent their families from stopping them.
If their families knew about this kind of youth's whim, they would not stop it.
After leaving the house, they first ran along the main road to the north. After about ten miles, they turned into a small road in the northwest direction. After another ten miles, even the small road disappeared. The land also lost its green vitality and began to gradually become barren. Sand dunes began to appear and became denser.
Lou Xiaoyi's heart sank. He already roughly knew which area Qi Er was bringing them to!
Although he had never left Pu City ever since he transmigrated, and although his original self rarely left Pu City's walls, these were not a big problem for a person who loved to read.
In the annals of Pu City, the mountains, rivers, lakes, swamps, and towns of various sizes within several hundred miles of Pu City were clearly marked. This was not a land that humans had just reclaimed, but a home that had been inhabited for thousands of years.
Every area around Pu City had its own unique features. The most unique one was the northwestern area. That was because there was a huge Gobi Desert there. It was so big that it could even encompass the entire area around Pu City!
Qi Er said that it was only half a day's journey away from the secret place, which meant that this place was only at the edge of the vast Gobi Desert. If they really went deeper, without a guide or a camel, their fate would only be a narrow escape!
Perhaps in other people's hearts, only a place like this could possibly contain a mysterious opportunity? At least, that was what Qi Er and his gang thought. That was why they maintained their excitement and even became more and more excited.
Under such emotions, Lou Xiaoyi and Li San Lang slowly fell to the back. It was not that their horses were not good enough, but that they were not excited enough.
"What do you think?"
Li San Lang roared. In the rolling yellow sand, there was no way to communicate without roaring.
Lou Xiaoyi roared back, "What the hell am I looking at! Please don't talk and fill my mouth with sand! "
This kind of galloping stopped twice, for no other reason than to feed the horses water and add food. Although they were all foppish sons of rich families, in this world where horses were the main means of transportation, they did not need anyone to teach them how to take care of horses and how to run long distances.
Half a day later, Qi Er, who was in the lead, stopped. There was some confusion in his eyes.
"It seems to be this place. Let me look at the map again!"
Qi Er jumped off his horse and climbed up a slightly taller sand dune. Looking at the map in his hand, he began to look around. They were already dozens of miles into the Gobi Desert. There was basically no obvious green in sight. The sand dunes all looked the same, the only difference was their size. In any case, Lou Xiaoyi could not tell the difference.
However, he was still very clear about the direction they came from. If they walked another dozens of miles in, he was afraid that he would not be able to differentiate between north, south, east, and west!
"Qi Er, do you need someone to help you look at the map? Are you sure you can read all the words on the map? "Li San asked loudly.
"Second Brother! Are you sure you're the only one who has this map? And not the people of Pu City who have a copy? "Lou Xiaoyi also teased from the side.
The others laughed heartlessly. This was the way young people got along.
On the sand dune, Qi Er gestured with his fingers and mumbled. Among the group, he had followed his father's generation to go on business trips the most. Even Li San could not compare to him in this aspect, so everyone still had a lot of confidence in him.
After a while, Qi Er rolled down the sand dune. This was also the most time-saving way to go down the sand dune. Only experienced desert tribesmen knew this. Obviously, this was Qi Er's return to the two provocateurs. He was telling them that in the Gobi Desert, he, Qi Er, was the most experienced.
"Found it. Follow that dry riverbed. We'll reach it after walking for another dozen miles! But now, we need to eat something to replenish our strength! "
The group found a shady place and began to prepare to eat. This time, Lou Xiaoyi finally knew what was in this group of people's bags.
Wine, meat, fruits, cushions, parasols, and even silver plates and jade cups. In short, it was the complete set for a picnic.
No one treated this exploration as a dangerous operation. In their eyes, it was a novel excavation, just like stealing melons from an orchard in the suburbs!
It was as if this was the right thing to do. Lou Xiaoyi wondered if he had read too many books in his previous life and thought too much of cultivators. But this was not the case at all.
This was not a simple meal, but a carnival in the Gobi Desert. To the young people who lacked the tempering of adversity, at least they had obtained happiness, no matter what the outcome was!
Among them, Lou Xiaoyi only ate the food of others and not his own. This was because there were only two kinds of food in his bag, water and flatbread. Moreover, it was the kind that was made of dead noodles. He could not even chew it with his bad teeth!
This was food for coolies. If he took it out now, he would be laughed at by his companions. If he could not use it in the end, he could just throw it away. If he could use it, it would be a life-saving item!
No one cared about this little bit of food.
After eating and drinking to their fill, they saw that it was almost noon. The group packed up and moved forward along that dry riverbed. This was a riverbed formed over time. If Qi Er had not mentioned it, Lou Xiaoyi would not have been able to tell apart from the occasional gravel under his feet.
Horses were already at their limit. If they went deeper, they would have to change to camels. Fortunately, the place they were looking for soon appeared in front of them.
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