The next morning.
High up in the sky, a large group of Auspicious Clouds was rapidly drifting.
Above the clouds, Ye Fan and Akatsuki were flying side by side.
Just like last time, Ye Fan set up a spirit qi wall in front of Akatsuki to prevent Akatsuki from getting frostbitten by the cold air in the sky.
Wearing a white robe and a red crystal mask, Akatsuki turned her head and asked Ye Fan, "Where are we going?"
"Southwest Great Desert." Ye Fan, who was wearing a white jade mask, replied.
"The Southwest Desert?"
"Yes."
"Since we're going to the southwest, why are we heading southeast?" Akatsuki asked Ye Fan in confusion.
She wasn't wrong. The two of them were currently flying southeast at high speed.
"It's precisely because we're going to the southwest that we have to head southeast," Ye Fan said as he turned his head to look at Akatsuki.
Hearing Ye Fan's words, the exceptionally intelligent Akatsuki instantly understood the meaning of Ye Fan's words.
It was obvious that he was deliberately disrupting Matsumoto Takeyoshi's line of sight. On the surface, they were heading southeast, but their true destination was the Southwest Desert.
Needless to say, Ye Fan bringing her to the Southwest Desert had something to do with the Nine Cauldrons.
The reason was simple. Aside from the Nine Cauldrons, Ye Fan wasn't interested in anything else.
It seemed that she would have to lie to Matsumoto Takeyoshi again. Akatsuki thought to herself.
"Why aren't you asking me why I'm hiding it from Matsumoto Takeyoshi?" Ye Fan asked when he saw that Akatsuki was no longer speaking.
"You must have your reasons for doing this. If you want to tell me, you'll naturally tell me," Akatsuki replied.
Akatsuki's words made Ye Fan's heart skip a beat.
He turned his head and looked at Akatsuki.
Akatsuki, who was wearing a mask, looked forward, her long hair fluttering in the wind.
"You trust me that much?" Ye Fan turned his head and asked.
"Mm." Akatsuki responded.
"Why?" Ye Fan continued to ask.
"Because you are a good person," Akatsuki said softly.
When Ye Fan heard this, he frowned and did not say anything else.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the two of them flew out of the East Sea.
Above the clouds, Ye Fan saw that they had circled around enough. He immediately chanted the incantation and pushed the clouds aside, heading straight for the Southwest Great Desert.
Ye Fan kept using the Cloud Controlling Art to control the Auspicious Clouds under his feet, and the mountains, rivers, and cities under the Auspicious Clouds immediately retreated like flickering lights and passing shadows.
Two hours later, a vast expanse of yellow sand entered the sight of the two people from afar.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had crossed thousands of miles and arrived at the Southwest of the Great Ming Dynasty.
"We are almost there," Ye Fan said to Akatsuki on top of the Auspicious Clouds.
"Mm." Akatsuki nodded.
"There is a small border town not far ahead. Let's find a place to settle down and take a rest," Ye Fan said.
"I'll listen to you," Akatsuki replied.
Sure enough, it was as Onigirō had said. The two of them continued to fly for less than half an incense stick's worth of time. Then, a small border town came into their view.
Ye Fan slowed down the speed of the Auspicious Clouds under his feet. Then, he pressed the cloud's head, and landed in a deserted place not far from the town.
The two of them felt waves of heat as soon as they landed.
This place was close to the desert, and it rarely rained all year round. It was either raging winds, yellow sand, or rolling waves of heat. It was unbearably hot, and the environment was extremely harsh.
"What a hot place," Akatsuki said as she squinted her eyes and covered her eyes with her hand to block out the scorching sun.
She was from Japan, and Japan was surrounded by the sea, and the air was humid. It was the complete opposite of the environment here. Since she was young, it was her first time coming to such a place.
"It is indeed too hot here. Let's find a place to settle down first," Ye Fan said as he led Akatsuki to the town in the distance.
It was noon, and the scorching sun was mercilessly roasting the yellow sand on the ground.
Ye Fan and Akatsuki stepped on the scorching yellow sand and arrived at the entrance of the town.
"Fire Dragon Town." Through the air that had been distorted by the heat, Akatsuki, who was shielding her eyes with her hand, saw the large wooden sign hanging above the entrance of the town.
The edges of the wooden sign were jagged, and it was obvious that it had been there for a long time. The words carved on it were a little blurred due to the constant exposure to the wind and sun.
On the wooden sign, there was a huge skull of an unknown animal hanging on it.
This skull had a pair of long and straight horns, and it bared its sharp teeth. Its pair of black eyes stared straight at Ye Fan and Akatsuki, who were standing in front of the entrance.
"Let's go in."
"Okay."
The two of them slowly walked into Fire Dragon Town.
Whoosh … Just as the two of them stepped through the entrance, a gust of wind swept the yellow sand toward them!
Ye Fan narrowed his eyes and instantly released his spiritual energy three feet away, setting up a seven-foot-tall spiritual energy wall in front of the two of them!
Whoosh … When the gust of wind met the spiritual energy wall, it instantly bypassed the two of them and whistled toward the entrance.
In the blink of an eye, everything returned to normal.
"What a strange wind." Akatsuki said to Ye Fan.
"This wind is strange, we have to be careful." Ye Fan whispered to Akatsuki.
When the gust of wind blew, he sharply smelled the stench of rotting corpses.
Although he didn't know where the wind came from, Ye Fan knew in his heart that this strange wind was definitely not a natural wind.
After hearing Ye Fan's words, Akatsuki nodded.
The two of them continued to walk inside.
Rather than calling this place a small town, it would be better to call it an earthen city. All the buildings inside were built with thick mud bricks, and the entire town seemed to have only one color — yellow.
The houses built with yellow mud bricks, the streets filled with yellow sand, and even the jars and jars placed outside were all yellow in color.
Ye Fan and Akatsuki remained alert while looking around.
The more the two of them walked, the more they felt that something was wrong.
From the moment they entered the town until now, they hadn't seen a single person, not even a single living thing.
On both sides of the street, all the doors of the houses were tightly shut, and even the restaurants that were supposed to be bustling with noise and noise had closed their doors and hung a sign.
If Ye Fan hadn't heard the sound of breathing behind the door, he would've thought that this was a dead town.
He stopped in his tracks and turned his head to look at a nearby tavern.
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