Most of the houses of the Zhaoye tribe are simple shacks, and a small number are tents. The living conditions are very difficult. This is a desert after all, and there is really little land that can be used for farming in the Blackpool Oasis. The people in the tribe have worked hard for a year, and they are happy if they don't have a full stomach and don't starve to death.
Kunlun Yu's home is located next to the Black Pool. It is a small wooden house and one of the few "mansions" in the entire tribe. Behind the cabin is a jujube forest. The jujube trees are drought-resistant. The most common plants here are jujube trees and some drought-resistant shrubs.
"I live in the room on the far left. Next to it is my brother's room, and then my father's room. The other room is a place for cooking and also for storing sundries." Kunlun Yu led Ning Tao to several small rooms. He walked towards the wooden house and introduced the situation at home to Ning Tao as he walked.
Ning Tao looked back and saw a group of little kids following him and Kunlun Yu. Those children were dirty and seemed to be very interested in him as an outsider. But those children were timid. When he turned around to see them, they ran away.
Ning Tao smiled: "Am I that good-looking? You actually came so far to see me."
Kunlun Yu couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing: "You are really thick-skinned. How come you are so good-looking? You are not as good-looking as me."
Ning Tao smiled and said, "Of course I'm not as good-looking as my wife, it's necessary."
The two of them chatted and laughed and entered the room. There was no decoration at all in the room, with wooden walls and pillars, only a bed and a table, a chair and a cabinet for storing clothes. With such a family situation, if the world were to live more than a thousand years later, it would easily be classified as an extremely poor household. But here, I don't know how many girls are envious of Kunlun Yu's little nest.
Ning Tao reached out and knocked on the wall, and there was a loud bang. He frowned slightly. Such wooden walls had no sound insulation effect, and his brother-in-law lived next door. Wouldn't this make his brother-in-law scream
Kunlun Yu asked curiously: "Husband, why are you knocking on the wall?"
Ning Tao said: "This wall does not turn off the sound. We have to pay more attention to it in the future."
Kunlun Jade became even more curious: "What should I pay attention to?"
Ning Tao was a little embarrassed: "What do you think?"
Kunlun Yu thought for a moment and suddenly understood. A blush suddenly appeared on her pretty face. She spat lightly: "It's not serious. I think about that all day long."
"Madam, what are you talking about?" Ning Tao asked knowingly.
Kunlun Yu covered her face: "If I don't tell you, you will bully me."
Ning Tao's mind flashed with the image of Nanmen Xunxian. Isn't the beauty from the Western Regions in front of him her? He felt pity in his heart and reached out to hold her in his arms.
"It's broad daylight now..." Kunlun Yu was very nervous.
Ning Tao couldn't help but laugh: "I just..."
He just wanted to hug her, but she thought too much.
"Brother-in-law." Black Jade Chong's voice came from outside the door.
Ning Tao hurriedly let go of Kunlun Jade, but before Kunlun Jade could leave his arms, the door was pushed open, and Black Jade rushed in.
"Uh... I didn't see anything." Hei Yuchong pretended to cover his eyes, but his eyes were rolling between his fingers, staring at Ning Tao and Kunlun Yu.
Kunlun Yu hurriedly came out of Ning Tao's arms and glared at Hei Yu Chong: "From now on, if you knock on the door, you can only come in with my consent."
Black Jade smiled twice at Hehei, not sure whether he agreed or was perfunctory with his sister.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Ning Tao said aloud: "Yu Chong, you are in such a hurry to find me, is there something wrong?"
A flattering smile appeared on Hei Yuchong's face: "Brother-in-law, those children are pestering me and asking you to accept them as your disciples. They want to learn kung fu from you."
Ning Tao's face suddenly showed a troubled look: "This..."
He only had a total of seven days in this past time and space, and even this time with Kunlun Jade was not enough for him. How could he have the mind and time to teach those children.
Kunlun Yu said: "Don't cause trouble for your brother-in-law. The most dignified hero of the Tang Dynasty is the leader of the child. If this matter spreads, it will weaken your brother-in-law's reputation."
Hei Yuchong said: "I told those children the same thing, but they are all the future of our tribe. Brother-in-law, you are world-famous in martial arts. Why don't you teach me, and then I will teach those children, so that your time will not be wasted." ”
Ning Tao smiled and said nothing.
Kunlun Yu said angrily: "Wouldn't it waste time to teach you?"
Hei Yuchong was unhappy: "I am your biological brother. I have been your brother for eighteen years. Did I complain about anything? Did I say I wasted time?"
Kunlun Jade: "..."
Hei Yuchong looked at Ning Tao and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, do you think what I said makes sense? Just teach me. I will definitely become a martial arts master second only to you, and I will not let you down."
Ning Tao smiled: "Okay, go back and find a remote place where no one is suitable for practicing martial arts. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you peerless martial arts."
"Thank you, brother-in-law!" Hei Yuchong was very excited. When he said "brother-in-law", he suddenly realized something and then added, "Brother-in-law, should I call you master?"
Ning Tao said speechlessly: "What do you call me master? A brother-in-law is a brother-in-law. You are my brother-in-law. If you call me master, then how can your sister call me?"
"That's right." Kunlun Jade slapped Black Jade Chong on the back of the head, "Is your head filled with sand?"
Hei Yuchong said gloomily: "Sister, you said I have sand in my head and you still hit me. Doesn't it mean that the more you hit me, the dumber you get? Brother-in-law, you must make the decision for me. You must take care of my sister."
"He dares!" Kunlun Jade looked fierce.
Ning Tao smiled and said nothing.
No matter how fierce she is, she can still be more fierce than him. He has his own way of keeping her in check.
"Brother-in-law, I thought of a good place." Hei Yuchong's brain was jumping. "There is a small stone mountain to the north of the tribe. There is a cave on one side of the stone mountain. Few people usually go there. It is very suitable. You teach me martial arts, and others can’t learn it secretly.”
It turns out that he found such a remote place because he was worried about someone stealing lessons.
Ning Tao glanced at Kunlun Jade.
Kunlun Jade smiled at him, as if you were making up your mind.
How can a sister not love her younger brother? She is usually fierce towards Bai Yu, but she is actually a brother-supporting demon at heart.
Ning Tao felt that his brother-in-law was really anxious, but he couldn't shirk it, so he had to nod.
At this time, Kunlun Yu suddenly remembered something and said: "I know that place, I have been there too, and there are some strange patterns and symbols in that cave..."
Ning Tao's heart moved and he couldn't help but interrupt her: "What patterns and symbols?"
Hei Yuchong said: "I went there once when I was a child. Some elders said that place was an ominous place and we were not allowed to go there, so I haven't been there since I grew up. Even after so many years, I can't remember it. Clear."
"Brother-in-law, can we find out if we go and see him?" Hei Yuchong said.
Ning Tao nodded: "Okay, let's go take a look now."
"Let's go from behind and don't let anyone see us. Those elders will nag for a long time if they find out." Kunlun Yu said.
Ning Tao said: "By the way, let me remind you that there is something wrong with the Blackpool Stone elder. Later, you also remind your father-in-law and ask him to be careful about that old man."
"What's wrong with him?" Hei Yuchong asked curiously.
Ning Tao said: "I don't know yet."
"Then how did you know something was wrong with him?" Kunlun Yu was also curious.
Ning Tao smiled: "My husband is good at fortune telling. For example, you, my wife, will have three boys and three girls and live a long life."
Kunlun Yu's face turned red and her voice was small: "Three boys and three girls, you are really willing to let me give birth to one child a year, and I will give birth to them for six years. Do you think I am..."
She said the word "pig" beautifully.
"Brother-in-law, what do you think of me?" Hei Yuchong looked at Ning Tao, his eyes a little bright.
Ning Tao said: "You, you have wonderful bones and majestic horns. You will become a great person in the future."
Hei Yuchong thought for a moment: "Brother-in-law, do you mean to let me find a girl?"
Ning Tao: "..."
With this IQ and comprehension ability, even if he becomes a weapon in the future, it will probably only be a spoon or chopsticks, not a great weapon.
The three of them came out of the house, went around to the back of the house and entered the jujube forest.
The jujube branches are lush and leafy, and the branches are covered with jujubes.
Ning Tao reached out and picked a green date and put it into his mouth. It was a bit astringent in the mouth and it would take a while for it to ripen.
After passing through the jujube forest, the three of them climbed up a sand dune after a few miles. Ning Tao glanced back. From a high position, he could see the black pool in the middle of the oasis, which was like a crescent moon. The water was clear but blue-black. The blue may be the reflection of the sky, but the black seems to have no reason, giving people a mysterious and weird feeling.
"Brother-in-law, what are you looking at?" Black Jade asked.
Ning Tao said: "I'm looking at the black pool. By the way, how deep is the black pool?"
Black Jade Chong said: "Brother-in-law, you may not believe it. My father has the best water quality in the entire tribe. My father said that he went down there when he was young, but unfortunately he didn't get to the bottom of it."
Ning Tao was surprised: "Is it that deep?"
Kunlun Yu said: "Husband, please don't go down. My mother told me when she was still here. She said that my father almost died in that black pool."
A bottomless pool in the desert
Not normal!
But there must be something extraordinary in an extraordinary place, so Ning Tao thought about finding some time to go and explore. However, he didn't want Kunlun Jade to know about this, lest she worry.
"I'm just taking a look, let's go." Ning Tao withdrew his gaze.
After walking for more than a mile, a stone mountain appeared among the hills, about five to six hundred meters high, like a severely weathered stone tablet in the desert.
Ning Tao awakened the gazing state of his eyes, and in a blink of an eye he caught the existence of a group of spiritual energy. Locking on the aura, he saw a dark cave entrance on a cliff at a glance.
That cave should be the "ominous place" mentioned by Black Jade Chong and Kunlun Yukou.