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Mondstadt, Liyue, Daozhu and Xumi all seem to have wonders that are not natural but are better than nature. Without exception, they are all miracles.
After admiring the sand wall, Ember flew over here and officially entered the desert.
He had been to the desert once before, but since it was led by King Daci Shu, Yi Yan still didn't know anything about the terrain of the desert, so he didn't know where he flew to.
But he fully believed in the Great Merciful Tree King, so Yi Yan lay in the air and watched the scenery with peace of mind.
The scene of the desert is far less eye-catching than the rain forest. Sand, sand, sand, sand is still sand.
Yi Yan only looked at it for a while, then became a little confused. If he were thrown in there, he probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between east, west and north.
Fortunately, Daci Shuwang can distinguish them clearly, and so can her big flowers. After a period of yellow sand, a piece of red land that was different from the surroundings finally appeared in front of Yi Yan.
The land there seemed to have been washed away by running water, forming a huge depression. But in the center of the sunken pit, there is still a part of the land that has not been washed away and still stands in the pit.
As a result, a scene like this was formed here: an equally huge piece of land protruded from a huge pothole, and water gurgled through the sunken gap between the pothole and the land.
Wherever there is water, there will be life, and a prosperous village is built on the raised land in the center of the depression.
There is finally green in the desert. Although there are only some cacti and sparse shrubs and green plants, it is still interesting to Ember.
Then his eyes darkened.
"What?!" After struggling hard, Ember crawled out of the darkness.
Taking a closer look, he found that the flower that "ate" him was an equally huge flower.
"Is this the response that King Daci Shu said?" Yi Jin scratched his head, this should be close to the truth.
His current location is on the outskirts of the village. The desolation here is almost the same as the sand sea outside. If a big flower suddenly grows, it can only be the work of King Daci Tree.
"puff!"
The flower bud took a few breaths, and then spit out a few full and round coconuts. Then, such a huge flower bud retracted into the earth.
Yu Jin ignored the coconut. He watched the flower bud shrink back and felt it was becoming more and more familiar.
"This thing... seems to be an enlarged earth vein flower?"
After scratching his head, Yi Yan didn't care so much anymore. Picking up the coconuts on the ground, he turned around and looked at Aru Village behind him.
He was now at the edge of the sunken pit, with Aru Village in front of him.
But there is a river in the middle. The river flows quietly between Aru Village and the sunken cave wall, like a moat here.
Standing on the edge of the pothole, Ember quickly ran around here. Sure enough, he discovered the entrance to Aru Village.
Aru Village is hidden among the sand dunes and barren mountains, with only an inconspicuous gap leading into it.
Passing through the gap, a dirt road leads directly to the bustling Aru Village.
Of course, the prosperity here is compared to the desert. There are very few human settlements in the desert, and as far as the few seen when Ember flies into the sky, they almost all exist in the form of tribes.
In comparison, Aru Village, which has developed into a large village, is already a huge city in the harsh desert conditions.
"Wuhu, Aru Village, here I come!" Looking at the quiet and peaceful village in front of him, Yi Yan swung his limbs and ran over in a hurry.
But before he arrived at Aru Village, he found an arrogant guy just like him.
“$&#…”
The man wearing the robe of a scholar from the Order Academy bared his teeth and claws and ran faster than the embers. Not only that, he kept mumbling something incomprehensible, and he was even crazier than Ember.
"Hey! Did you come here on purpose to steal my limelight?" Looking at the flamboyant figure next to him, Yi Yan poked his body.
It's a pity that he was not moved at all, he seemed to be immersed in his own world.
"Suborman! Why did you run out again?!" Yu Yan ran wildly with the unknown man, and then he saw a red-skinned guard running out of Aru Village.
His skin was not the kind of pinkish red, but the red of being exposed to the sun, which even made Yi Yan think it was a little red and black.
The guard ran forward and hugged the running scholar. Soon, several more villagers ran out of the village, and together they took the scholar, whose limbs were still swaying, back to the village.
And Yan Yan quietly watched the scene in front of him without saying a word. In fact, he had already discovered that the guy next to him was a lunatic.
But what made him a little strange was that the villagers in Aru Village seemed to be accustomed to the behavior of the man just now.
"Is this Aru Village, you guys?" After patting the guard's shoulder, Yi Yan asked as if he was unsure.
"Yes, traveler, follow the rules of the village and you will have a quiet and peaceful night."
When the guard saw that Yi Yan was dressed strangely and ran in from outside, he explained the most important thing about Aru Village to him.
"Phew! Is it really Aru Village? I almost thought it was a desert mental hospital!" Yi Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Congratulations, congratulations. The accuracy of the Great Ci Tree King is still very good.
The guard twitched his mouth when he heard this. Although he didn't want to admit it, Aru Village did have some signs of this.
He sighed, and then added to the embers:
"The village guard who just came from the Xumi Order, please don't pay attention to the traveler. Also, for your safety and his, please don't get close to him."
"Crazy scholar? Can you learn knowledge and make yourself crazy? Do you want to work so hard?" Yi Yan was shocked when he heard this.
Are the students of the Imperial Academy so cruel? You can actually drive yourself crazy!
"I don't know about this, but there are indeed students in the Imperial Academy who are going crazy, and there are more of them recently."
"Let's not talk about this anymore, traveler. I would like to ask you why you came to Aru Village..."
The guard looked at the ember. He was an outsider and dressed strangely. He looked like a black marketeer.
Black marketeers don't matter, as long as they abide by the rules of Aru Village, anyone can enter it.
"Looking for someone to come over and have fun with."
Yi Yan threw the big coconut to the guard and ran into Aru Village to wander around.
Chapter 656 Desert Mental Hospital
2024-05-09
"Oh la la——"
"Woohoo! Woohoo! Woohoo!"
"The sun in the sky is red, and the moon below is bloody, la la la!"
……
Yi Yan squatted on the street of Aru Village. He looked at the lively scene in front of him and felt that the world was so noisy and he could not fit in.
Crazy scholars wearing scholar uniforms swayed their limbs in Aru Village. Some of their hands showed strange postures and ran wildly on the roof. Some of them seemed to be possessed by Qiuqiu people and were digging for something on the ground. Some even Some even had a bunch of unknown things in their hands and were feasting on them.
The sight of demons dancing in front of him made Yu Yan understand one thing - it turned out that he was still a long way from a true mental illness.
"The red mushrooms and tree roots are delicious. Do you want it?" A mad scholar noticed Ember, and he immediately shared more than half of the "food" in his hand with Ember.
"Thank you." Yi Yan took the crushed "red mushroom" wrapped around the roots of an unknown plant and had a black hand print on it, and swallowed it in three strokes.
"It's delicious. You're a genius." Even though he couldn't taste it, it didn't stop him from praising this mad scholar who was willing to share.
"La la la~"
Unfortunately, the mad scholar didn't hear what Ember said at all. He just hummed an unknown song to himself, and then took out a pile of shriveled plant roots and shrunken red mushrooms from his pocket.
In front of Huo Yan, he showed off his cooking skills without hesitation. And this also successfully attracted Yan Yan's attention. After all, in terms of cooking skills, he really had floor tiles.
As long as his limbs are intact, even if he is just a nerve, he can cook better than Ember. In other words, anyone can teach Yu Yan how to cook - even if he is mentally ill.
"Here comes someone! Araka is eating randomly again!" The voice in the distance paused, and then seemed more urgent.
"He even gave his own food to outsiders!"
"what?!"
Exclamations came from the distance, and then a large group of desert people with dark and rough skin ran over.
"Ah! Someone wants to destroy my research!" Araka, who was concentrating on squashing the mushrooms, saw the villagers from Aru Village running over. He immediately put away the miscellaneous things on the ground, spread his arms and ran away.
Not only him, but the other mad scholars that Yi Yan saw just now, no matter what "good things" they were doing before, they all now ran away.
Aru Village suddenly became more lively. The villagers were chasing the mad scholar. Looking at this situation, they might not be able to stop for a while.
"To whom did Alaka give what was in his hand?"
"Give it to this guy!"
The sound of hurried footsteps sounded, and soon Yi Yan saw a blue-haired woman with strange eyes rushing over with three or two guards.
"Huh..., it's okay, it looks like I haven't eaten yet." Candice couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the ember standing straight on the street.
Alaka always likes to stuff people with strange things. The key is that he always keeps saying that these things are delicacies.
The villagers in Aru Village naturally wouldn't believe it, but they couldn't stand the fact that there were still outsiders here. Maybe someone saw Araka eating so happily and couldn't help but try it?
This happened several times, and it turned out that he was the only one who ate the food made by Alaka without any harm. Every one of the other outsiders who had tried it was lying on the hospital bed.
"I've eaten it, but I didn't taste anything."
"What? Have you eaten?!"
Candice, who was in the distance, came to Yu Ember's side in an instant, and was about to take off the helmet on his head.
"Hey, hey, you can't take this off casually." Yi Yan jumped back and distanced himself from Candice. Good guy, the desert is indeed more open and atmospheric than other places. You lift your helmet as soon as you get up. How could you do that?
"Candice, I am the guardian here. In addition, I am also one of the few doctors in the village."
"I just wanted to see if you were foaming at the mouth or rolling your eyes. According to past experience, people who eat Arak food are often poisoned without knowing it."
"But judging from your appearance, it should be nothing serious. Please forgive me for the offence. We welcome outsiders."
Seeing how energetic the ember was, Candice believed that he really had an extraordinary physique. After introducing herself a bit, she smiled and nodded to Ember.
"So that's how it is. It's okay. Hello, Director. I want to ask where all these mentally ill people are admitted from. Aren't there too many of them?"
After listening to Candice's introduction, Yu Jin walked up to her and shook her hand eagerly.
"What kind of dean? What kind of mental patient?"
"Aren't you the director of this mental hospital? As for the mental patients..."
"Ah lulu~"
On the roof next to him, a manly figure ran past quickly, and then several villagers who were equally fast also ran over following the trace of the man.
"Uh-huh." Yi Jin didn't say anything anymore, he just spread his hands. Because the facts have been told for him.