South of the Nile, the city of Titans.
It was August, the land was close to the desert, and it was dry and hot. Under the blazing sun, even the air seemed to be distorted. Looking far away, it was dense, like an illusion.
With the sound of bells, Lou Cheng and Yan Zheke rode a camel, staggeringly approaching the ruins of the temple dedicated to Isis.
Not far behind them, a professional tour guide wore a robe and a turban, followed with his eyes slightly squinted, and "invisible" himself so as not to disturb the distinguished guests.
With Lou Cheng's strength, it is no problem to visit the Nile tourism industry on a regular basis, but it is impossible to rely on brute force for everything, which will lose fun and mood. Hiring a tour guide with excellent connections at a high price can save a lot of trouble, just like Just now, if it was just two foreign tourists who wanted to ride a camel, they would definitely be blackmailed, and they might not have a good time. But as soon as the tour guide came forward and found a familiar friend, the problem was solved immediately. The reasonable price and thoughtful service made the trip easier. The young couple rode very comfortably.
You get what you pay for, and if you can solve it with money, you don't need to do it.
After approaching the ancient and dilapidated temple, Yan Zheke lightly jumped off the camel and looked at the interior happily. She has long sleeves and trousers, black hair and a scarf, which has some local characteristics, but the actual purpose is only one , that is sunscreen.
Girls are so obsessed with sun protection that men can't imagine, but Lou Cheng's T-shirts, shorts, and martial arts shoes are not conscious at all.
"This is the temple of Isis, the goddess of the earth." Yan Zheke pointed to the front and introduced Lou Cheng, "It is said that one of her original forms is 'Inanna' in Sumerian mythology, Venus, fertility, sex and Goddess of Love."
Seeing someone nodding with a confused face, Yan Zheke said with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "Do you think this goddess 'In Nanna' is strange?"
"I seem to have heard of it, and I don't seem to have heard of it." Lou Cheng replied awkwardly.
This is a temporary tourist attraction added by a fairy, I don't have time to do my homework in advance!
"Then I'll change her name, and you'll be familiar with her!" Yan Zheke pursed her lips with a smile.
"What?" Lou Cheng asked curiously.
"Call me Teacher Yan first! Teacher Yan is fine too!" The girl turned her head halfway and lifted her chin slightly, her slender and beautiful fair neck looming under the cover.
Lou Cheng laughed and lost his voice: "Please guide me, Teacher Yan."
"Hey, have you heard of Aphrodite? Have you heard of Venus? Well, these two are just the difference between the name of Qinhai and the name of Guro... Also, have you heard of the Virgin?" Yan Zheke asked a few questions, raised her hand and said, "One of their prototypes is 'Inanna'!"
"She's really amazing..." Lou Cheng was dumbfounded.
After showing off her knowledge, Yan Zheke pursed her lips, pointing to the weathered sculptures, statues and stone pillars:
"Come on, take a picture for me, and let the tour guide take a picture with us later."
"Okay." Lou Cheng took out his digital camera and waited for the girl to pose.
At this moment, a man who claimed to be a staff member came over. He had a unique local beard and offered to take a photo for the young couple.
Knowing that if he took over, he would definitely be blackmailed, Lou Cheng firmly shook his head without any hesitation.
The staff member backed away in dismay, and when Lou Cheng pressed the shutter, he suddenly jumped out, was captured by the camera, and left a video.
Then, he pestered him and kept asking for fees in English mixed with slang.
Although the young couple was not short of money, they were not willing to be forced like this. Lou Cheng looked back at the tour guide and saw that he was walking quickly, so he stretched out his right palm and patted the staff member on the shoulder.
In an instant, the staff member felt cold all over his body, and felt as if he was locked in a cold storage at the edge of the desert in the hot season.
He shivered involuntarily. He wanted to open his mouth, but he could only hear the sound of his teeth colliding. He wanted to move, but he found his body stiff and difficult to control.
Lou Cheng took the little fairy away as if nothing had happened, changed the location to take a photo again, and signaled the tour guide to solve the follow-up questions.
The "Sitting Tiger", who has always loved to be aggressive and fierce, was frightened by what happened just now, and he shouted to call the police, but he dared not take any real action, and was easily "dissuaded" by the tour guide.
After taking a group photo, the young couple held hands and walked around the ancient ruins of the temple, talking and laughing, very happy.
After visiting the last scenic spot, they returned to the bustling area. Under the introduction of the tour guide, they entered a Babura shop, which is a special barbecue shop. Here, they selected ingredients such as lamb legs, smeared with pepper, refined salt and ancestral secret recipes. The recorded ingredients are roasted with a rich aroma and a tender taste.
"It's not bad. It's not the same as what I ate at Dika, but I'm still a little tired..." Yan Zheke looked at Lou Cheng with bright eyes, and said with a little "wrongedness", "Nile is all roasted." Roasting, or it’s cakes, bread, and bread, and I don’t know how to develop other methods! It’s because my Dahua country’s food culture has a long history and rich methods!”
Dika is the capital of Nile. The young couple arrived at the first stop here. They spent three days there and saw many ancient cultural relics, pyramids, and mummies.
"So, you have to lower your requirements when traveling." Lou Cheng looked at the girl with a smile and said, "We have one more stop in Nile, and then we will go to the prairie. It must be different from here."
"Yeah." Yan Zheke rolled her eyes and said with a chuckle, "I was thinking, if you were the domineering president, how would you answer just now?"
Lou Cheng thought for a while, then suppressed a smile and said:
"I will contract the kitchen here to make you a bowl of fried rice with eggs. The eggs must be raw from free-range chickens in the middle of Xiushan Mountain, and they will be shipped by air!"
"Not domineering enough... You should buy this restaurant, fly in a few chefs, and cook Chinese food!" Yan Zheke looked up, blacking out the domineering president with great interest.
After eating barbecue and drinking special drinks, the young couple returned to the hotel, resting while thinking about tomorrow's itinerary.
Half an hour later, Yan Zheke stood up "overcoming all difficulties", put on airs, and calmed down. When her mind was complete and her body and mind were pure, she contracted her qi and blood, allowing her strength and spirit to collapse inward, congealed in her lower abdomen, and hugged her. Form into a small ball.
At the end of July, she realized the meaning of "receiving". Under Lou Cheng's guidance, she began to break through to the alchemy realm. This is a process, not a node.
At first, Lou Cheng used the opposition and rotation of ice and fire to balance Cheng Dan. This time, he asked Yan Zheke to use his "earth" ability as "Yang" and his own power as "Yin". Filled with blood, they oppose each other, rotate and balance, gradually showing signs of success in holding the pill, and in another seven or eight days, the girl should be able to completely enter the pill realm in this way.
While Yan Zheke was practicing, Lou Cheng was not idle. He pressed his right hand on his daughter-in-law's vest, and used the ice mirror to "listen" to her subtle changes, comparing and corroborating with the experiences he could recall back then, to find out the key.
Over and over again, even if Yan Zheke had great enthusiasm for the dream of achieving alchemy, and did not use the "Zhe" and "Jie" formulas, she could not overcome the exhaustion of her body. After getting deeper, I lay on the bed, not wanting to move.
"Sweat all over..." she said contentedly, "but I don't want to move at all, I don't want to take a bath..."
I just want to lie down so comfortably and be massaged by Chengzi.
"It's more comfortable to take a hot bath." Lou Cheng smiled and squeezed, "Didn't you see the hotel announcement before? There will be a power outage later. If there is no hot water, maybe the water will be cut off."
"Don't, don't, don't." Yan Zheke turned her body sideways, shaking her sweaty hair, and buried her face in the pillow, with a "non-violent non-cooperation" look.
"Who always urges me to take a bath? Who loves taking a bath the most?" Lou Cheng said with a smile.
"I'll stink you to death later!" Yan Zheke replied with "hate".
"I don't care, I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it yourself." Lou Cheng smiled and helped the little fairy turn around, only to see her squinting her dark eyes quietly looking at the outside world.
"Hmph!" Yan Zheke pouted, "There's a power outage, you're in charge of the hot water! There's no water, you freeze the water! Isn't it called a household multifunctional robot?"
"I have to save the ice power to prepare for the lack of air conditioning at night." Lou Cheng explained, trying to pull classmate Ke Xiaoke up.
"No, no, no..." Yan Zheke shook her head like a rattle, raised her right foot, and pressed against Lou Cheng's body, even using repulsion.
Lou Cheng easily relied on the repulsive force to hold the girl's foot, stretched out his fingers and scratched it a few times, in exchange for a little fairy wriggling like a fish and a shy laugh, she hastily retracted her foot, and suddenly sat up and "scrambled" .
After playing around for a while, the atmosphere gradually heated up.
Suddenly, the girl gasped and said:
"Take a bath first... take a bath first!"
"Just now, who said that you don't want to take a bath?" Lou Cheng said vaguely.
"You don't know, don't you know that girls are fickle!" Yan Zheke resisted with all her strength.
"Then go wash..." Lou Cheng picked up the girl in his arms.
"Don't, don't... don't wash with you..."
The topic seemed to have returned to the beginning, but gradually became silent.
There was a clatter, mixed with intense panting, and after an unknown amount of time, the young couple lay on the bed, one satisfied physically and mentally, and the other face like peach blossoms.
"I'm thinking about a technical problem..." Lou Cheng thoughtfully.
"Don't listen! I won't listen ~ it must be extremely dirty!" Yan Zheke closed her eyes and shook her head.
"I'm talking about your abilities..." Lou Cheng snickered, but before he finished speaking, the girl interrupted: "I can't even listen to you! You are such a dirty mind!"
While laughing and laughing, they suddenly heard a huge roar, as if an explosion had occurred somewhere in the city.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of firecrackers continued to come from various places in the city.
"What's wrong?" Lou Cheng turned over and sat up.
Yan Zheke picked up her phone, just in time to see a message coming in, it was from the embassy, saying:
Sudden turmoil in Nile, a suspected coup, please do not go out blindly, if necessary, please go to the embassy, consulate or the residence of Huaguo enterprises, and wait for evacuation!
At the same time, Lou Cheng also received the news, and the young couple looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling somewhat unreal.
Is this a big deal
S: In order to avoid harmony, the war-torn areas and surrounding areas do not correspond to the real world, so you don't have to guess.