"You can find your way with a compass alone?"

Zhang Heng looked at Hao Qi with a strange gaze, and said at the same time: "Then there is such a simple thing, in the desert, there is no reference, just using a compass, can only ensure that the general direction of the journey remains unchanged, but you have also seen the map, right? Starting from the same point and heading in one direction, the deviation is a few points worse, and it may be a distance of 108,000 miles, how can you find the direction with just a compass?"

Hao Qi was going to continue to ask about latitude and longitude or something, but before the words came out, he suddenly remembered that there is no so-called latitude and longitude in this world, after all, this world is not the earth, and it is not clear whether the whole world is a sphere, it is boundless, and the four major regions of the blue sea alone are estimated to be equivalent to three-quarters of the earth in his previous life, or even a larger area...... Is it really on a planet?

"Then what did the Su family rely on to find their way in the desert?" Hao Qi continued to ask unwillingly.

"I guess...... It's an underground river. ”

Zhang Heng looked thoughtfully at the Su family riding on the lone camel beast in front of him, and he said: "You should know that most of the civilizations have established gathering places near the river, even in ancient times, even in ancient times, it is estimated that the ancient times will not be an exception, of course, when the technology is very developed, it is also possible to establish a gathering place far away from the river, but there must be more cities and gathering places near the river, I estimate that the Su family is following an underground river to the inland of the desert." ”

"Underground rivers?"

Hao Qi was also a little abrupt, he looked at the Su family walking in front of him, and looked up at the blazing and intense sunlight in the sky, it is estimated that it will take a few more hours to walk before he can set up camp, and then he will ask Su Shiyan the secret of the Su family to find the direction, thinking that Su Shiyan will not perfunctory him.

"But even if they find the general direction, how do the Su family know that the ruins are there? You must know that this is a desert, even if any ruins are really excavated, it won't be long before new sand will cover them, so walking along the ancient river channel and along the underground river, it is estimated that you will not be able to find those ruins in your life, right?" Hao Qi asked again.

Zhang Heng immediately spread his hands and said: "I don't know about this, I guess the Su family has any secret methods, right? And you can ask Miss Su, hehe, don't say that Miss Su won't tell you, she and you can never see each other." ”

Hao Qi's face was a little red from Zhang Heng's laughter, he didn't answer, he silently looked at the desert in front of him, and said after a long time: "The underground river, that is, there is still a water source flowing in the ground, and the origin of the oasis ...... I think I probably guessed the Su family's plan, no wonder the Su family sent five internal force realms, it is estimated that this is the reason......"

Underground rivers, oases are mostly existing in the underground rivers flow through the channel, the same way, the oasis in the west of the blue ocean represents the life point of the desert tribe, and the Su family followed the underground river to the inland along the way, the more you go inland, the greater the chance of encountering the desert tribe, and the news of this ruin was originally passed on by the desert tribe, and then brought back to their own country by merchants from various countries, so that the Su family slowly knew, so the Su family's plan is estimated to be like this, along the general direction of the underground river into the desert, and then meet the desert tribe to ask where the ruins are, and when you encounter desert bandits, you will be arrested as a guide......

Soon, Hao Qi's guess really came true, and that night there were figures flickering outside the two barracks of the Su family and Hao Qi, these figures were very careful, and their movements were also very cautious, and the most important thing was that they walked on the sand as if they were walking on flat ground, and their walking speed was much faster than that of ordinary people.

In fact, at the same time as these figures appeared, Hao Qi, Su Shiyan, and the other four internal force realms already knew about their existence, Su Shiyan's uncle also specially instructed the Su family to take out a large amount of food and wine to enjoy at that time, and at the same time, the Su family was instructed to deliberately spill a bag of gold coins "accidentally", and so on, until these black shadows completely disappeared, Su Shiyan called Hao Qi to participate in the meeting of the five internal force realms of the Su family.

"The purpose of my trip is to repay Miss Su for the grace of a meal, and I don't plan to decide your itinerary, nor do I plan to comment on your itinerary, my trip is just to escort Miss Su and her people, so if you have any decisions, if you have any plans, do it, don't ask me, then ...... Say goodbye first, Miss Su, everyone. ”

After Hao Qi hugged his fists, he didn't pay attention to the expressions of everyone in the Su family, just nodded with Su Shiyan, and walked out of the barracks directly, but everyone in the Su family did not have any unhappy expressions, on the contrary, they seemed to be very satisfied with Hao Qi's performance.

After all, the purpose of their visit is to explore the ruins of the ancient sect, to put it simply, they came to hunt for treasures, many of the things in the ruins of the ancient sect are priceless treasures, such as the secret recipe of the elixir, such as the secret book of martial arts, these are what the Su family intends to get and find, to be honest, I didn't think that Hao Qi and Zhang Heng could have any role before, and then I saw Hao Qi's strength, but I recognized Hao Qi's possible role along the way, but I began to worry about whether Hao Qi would kill people and seize treasures, and now Hao Qi said this, obviously with alienation, but it also means that he is likely not to enter the ruins, and the decision of the road is not involvedThis attitude made the people of the Su family breathe a sigh of relief, and they were also very satisfied with this alienation.

After Hao Qi left, Su Shiyan still didn't say a word, and let her two uncles and two cousins discuss the next response there......

Early the next morning, the expected desert bandits arrived.

Outside the two barracks, there were about 200 sand bandits, led by a giant man with bronze skin, tangled muscles like plates, at least two meters tall, he was covered with scars and axes, he looked very powerful, and the mount he rode was not a lone camel beast ridden by other sand bandits, but a huge bird of prey, shaped like an ostrich, but much larger than an ostrich, with an eagle's head, and its wings had degenerated and shrunk, but the two bird's legs were thick and large, at least four meters high, and the beak was as dark as iron, and it was sharp in its bending。

However, this leader does look powerful, and the other sand bandits look similar to beggars, wearing rags and patches, and holding a variety of weapons, including bows and arrows, short-handed weapons, and long-handled weapons, and even Hao Qi saw very old-fashioned firearms and weapons in their hands, not only the weapons and clothes look like beggars, but there are also old people, children, and women among these bandits, and there are more than 200 people surrounding the two barracks.

And then...... And then there is no more......

Among the more than two hundred people, there are only a few quasi-internal force realms, and although the leader is an internal force realm, he was also quickly defeated under the siege of Su Shiyan and her two cousins, and was stabbed in the throat by Su Shiyan with a sword, and after killing him, Su Shiyan ripped off a necklace from his neck, a necklace decorated with skulls, all of which were very small human skulls, that was ...... Baby's skull......

As for the others, the weakest of the Su family members are all martial artists who are close to the quasi-internal force realm, after more than 20 Su family members were all dispatched, they killed more than 70 sand bandits, and the rest of the sand bandits were as well-behaved as their sons, but their eyes made Hao Qi frown, it was a kind of numbness, there was no fluctuation, and there was no reaction even when he was injured, only an instinctive empty look remained......

Perhaps for them, it doesn't matter whether they die or not, because surviving in the sand sea in the western part of the blue ocean is almost the same as dying, every day is suffering, every day is suffering, and even death is a kind of peaceful relief for them......

Led by the surviving bandits, they went to their tribe, which was not even an oasis, just a pond in the hollow sand, with not a single tree around, and some endemic plants of the desert were planted next to the muddy sand pool, but they all looked half-wilted.

As for the tribe itself, except for some rotten wood fences, all that remained were some tents with tattered patches, and the only building was a building made of sand and rocks, which was presumably the residence of the leader of the internal forces, and next to this tribe, there was also a place fenced with rotten wood, in which the cattle of the desert were kept, and ...... Slave......

Some of the people of the Su family know desert language, and after entering the tribe, they began to ask around about the ruins, and after asking for a while, there was no clue about the ruins in the information returned, this tribe was very closed, according to the people in the tribe, they almost never traded with the outside world, and there was nothing to trade, what was missing, or what they wanted, just go and grab it, this is the most typical desert tribe.

"Since that's the case, let's go directly, this tribe has lost the internal force realm, they can't even keep this pond, they will either be accepted as slaves by other tribes, or they will die in the desert, go directly. After hearing this return, Elder Su pondered for a while and decided.

"Wait, wait! Are you looking for the ruins? I just heard that, and I know the ruins are there!"

At this moment, a female voice came out of the slave shack, and everyone looked over, and saw a woman standing up in the slave shack, this woman's face was full of small sarcomas, as if she had some kind of disease, covering most of her face, it looked terrible, and the slaves around her were far away from her, as if they were afraid of the infection of this sarcoma.

The words used by this woman are not the indigenous language of the desert, but the lingua franca of the northern region of the eastern part of the blue sea, but the words are a little jerky, as if they were brought from some remote place, but they can still be heard as lingua franca in general.

The woman's face looked terrifying, but her voice was so clear and beautiful that it was so hazy that it was impossible to see clearly, only the voice reached everyone's ears.

"I know the ruins are there, I'll take you there!"