Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Zhang Qiling, Hua Yu and his party came to the Hotan area in Xinjiang, which was the famous Silk Road in ancient times. It is famous for its abundant production of Hotan jade and is a famous jade town.

This place is close to the Taklimakan Desert, but the Taklimakan Desert is also known as the Sea of ​​Death in the local area. According to Uyghur legend, it is a cursed city that was submerged under the desert. Therefore, Taklimakan is also known as the underground city.

The Taklimakan Desert has a large area of ​​mobile sand dunes, with the height of the dunes generally ranging from 100 to 200 meters, and the highest reaching about 300 meters. The types of sand dunes are complex and diverse, with compound sand hills and sand ridges, like giant dragons resting on the earth, tower-shaped sand dunes, and various honeycomb-shaped, feather-shaped, and fish-scale-shaped sand dunes that are unpredictable.

Therefore, after Zhang Qiling, Hua Yu and others arrived at the local area, they first looked for a famous local guide, Anliman.

It is said that this person had been to the core of the desert - the Black Desert, and came back alive and well. No one had ever been able to leave the Black Desert alive before, and only Anliman returned from that cursed place.

"Mr. Anliman, we would like you to be our guide and take us around the desert. Of course, we won't ask you to take us to any dangerous places."

"No, no, the desert wind season is coming soon. There will be huge sandstorms in the desert. If you are caught in the sandstorm, you will die."

"Mr. Anliman, don't worry. If there is any danger, we will protect you and bring you back alive from the sandstorm."

Under the guidance of the locals, Xiao Zhang and his friends found Anliman, told him their request, and invited him to be their guide.

But Anliman is not a fool. People who live in the desert know that sandstorms in the desert are seasonal. The windy season is coming soon. Going in at this time is tantamount to seeking death, so Anliman refused to go no matter what.

"Mr. Anliman, how about this? We can hire all your camels. What do you think?"

An Liman rolled his eyes and wanted to agree, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and turned away, "No, no, thank you camels for your life. I relied on them to get out of the black desert. I can't let them die!"

"Well, how about this! If your camel is in trouble after entering the desert, we will also compensate you accordingly. How about 500 for each?"

Xiao Zhang and his friends also saw clearly that An Liman did not have enough bargaining chips, so they directly bribed him with money. After all, the last thing their Zhang family lacked was money.

"You said it, so you have to keep your word! Make sure I leave the desert alive and protect my camels. If my camels are gone, you have to compensate me five hundred for each one!"

Anliman naturally knew that his camel was not worth 500 yuan, but he was a fool not to make money. He supported the people on the other side and did not go back on his word. He agreed to their request and asked them to write it down and sign their names.

After the matter was settled, Xiao Zhang and his friends asked Anliman to prepare some necessary supplies for entering the desert, such as fresh water, food and so on.

Anliman took the 500 yuan handed over by Xiao Zhang and others, looked at it left and right, and patted his chest to guarantee that the supplies would be prepared properly.

After the others left, Anliman took out the five hundred yuan from his pocket again and kissed it again and again. After keeping it properly, he locked the door and went out to prepare supplies.

Not long after Anliman left, another group of people came to his house looking for him, but he was out, so the group could only wait at the door.

When Anliman came back with a large cart of supplies, he saw several people squatting at his door.

"You must be Anliman! We are from a scientific expedition team and would like to invite you to be our guide and take us to the Black Desert."

"No, no, I've already promised others to take them on a trip to the desert, so I can't take on other people's work."

"There are people going to the desert too? Who are they? What are they going to do in the desert? How many people are there on the other side? Are the things in your truck theirs?" Among the people who came, there was a middle-aged man wearing glasses. When he heard that there were people going to the desert too, he thought they were his colleagues and wanted to steal the credit from them. He immediately stood up and grabbed Anliman and asked loudly.

"Sir, how would I know what they do? They want me to take them on a trip to the desert. I'd be a fool not to make some money! Besides, their insurance company will bring me out safe and sound, and they've hired my camel team. If one of my camels is missing, they'll compensate me. It's such a good offer, how can I not agree?"

Anliman smoothed over the middle-aged man's hand that was holding his arm and drove the camel back home.

The middle-aged man seemed to have a nervous breakdown at this time. He was shouting and screaming at the door and scratching his hair wildly. The people who were traveling with him stayed away from him for fear of being hurt by him.

"Mr. Hu, what should we do now? You are the only one who has entered the Black Desert, and the other guides are not as famous as him." Another elegant old man looked at the tall and thin man standing beside him and said with some embarrassment.

"Don't worry, he just wants to make more money, but I don't know if Miss Yang is willing to spend the money?"

The man, whom the old man called Mr. Hu, waved his hand nonchalantly, then looked at a woman among their group with a joking look on his face.

The woman's body is as white as pearls and as hard as coral. Her silk dress flutters in the wind, her hems drift away. She looks around with a radiant look, and her long whistle is as fragrant as orchids.

Her black hair was simply tied into a high ponytail, her exquisite figure was wrapped in a brown windbreaker, her long and straight legs were also wrapped in overalls, and she was wearing a pair of thick-soled high boots.

"Money is not a problem. As long as you can take us to the ancient Kingdom of Jingjue in the Taklamakan Desert, I can pay everything." The woman looked at Mr. Hu and answered.

"That's no problem, but who knows, maybe the other group would be willing to go with us?"

"This? Why would Mr. Hu say that?"

"Let's solve Anliman's problem first, then we can discuss other things!"

After Mr. Hu finished speaking, he walked into Anliman's house without waiting for other people's reactions. A chubby fat man followed closely behind him, and the woman also followed him in.

In the end, only the old man, three young men and two women, and the middle-aged man who was still going crazy were left at the door. After hesitating for a long time, the old man left two boys at the door to watch the middle-aged man, and the others followed him in.