Lubili said sadly: "I and two other tribesmen followed their tracks in a small boat. But we didn't expect to be intercepted by the Fang tribesmen on the way. Two tribesmen had been eaten by them. My left arm was also ..." Thinking of the horrifying experience he had before, Lubili could no longer talk about it.
Tang Lie sighed and stood up.
Ya Yi'an said sympathetically: "If I am not wrong, then the fleet must be a slave trader for human trafficking. Your daughter should be taken to the Lande Empire."
Lubili cried loudly when he thought of his missing daughter.
Xuan'er quietly pulled Tang Lie over and said softly: "Master, this old man is so pitiful. Why don't we take him to Piaoxiang City together and help him find out about his daughter along the way. Maybe we can meet him."
Tang Lie looked at Lubili's miserable appearance and nodded slowly.
Under Tang Lie's treatment and Xuan'er's careful care, Lu Bili's injury improved day by day. In order to thank Tang Lie for saving his life, he took the initiative to help in the kitchen. Unexpectedly, Lu Bili turned out to be a master of cooking. After he walked into the kitchen, the chef who was originally responsible for the food immediately discovered the gap between him and started to fight honestly.
Five days later, Wu Ending River finally reached its end, Sha Lake. Sha Lake is geographically inseparable from Sha Sha City. Sha Sha City was built on the oasis surrounding Sha Lake.
The sky was clear. A red sun poured its rays of light onto the deck without any obstruction. Although the lake breeze kept blowing, the wind was mixed with humidity and sultry heat, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.
Tang Lie simply took off his shirt and lay on the deck with his chest exposed. His bronzed skin fully embraced the sun. Ya Yi'an came to Tang Lie curiously, waving a cattail leaf fan. She saw that Tang Lie's body was sunburned. The oil was shiny. I couldn't help but laugh and said: "The sun is so fierce. Why are you lying here so stupidly that you want to be exposed to the sun?"
Tang Lie sat up with a smile: "This is called sunbathing. Do you want to try it?"
Ya Yi'an shook his head repeatedly and helped pass the towel next to Tang Lie.
Tang Lie washed himself in the basin and wiped the sweat off his face and body. A refreshing feeling emerged spontaneously.
I raised my eyes and looked ahead. I saw a white beach in front of me, with vague green shadows. I thought it was Sand City.
Ya Yi'an said: "This place already belongs to the territory of Blue Germany. Although Shasha City is located on the border and the folk customs are strong, there is still some order. Walking out of Shasha City is the endless Chiludong Desert. The real danger starts from there. .”
Tang Lie smiled and said: "We are not in a hurry anyway. Let's have a good rest in Shasha City for two days. Make sufficient preparations before setting off."
Ya Yi'an had this intention. He smiled and said: "There is one of the most famous places in Shasha City..." He leaned close to Tang Lie's ear and whispered: "The fox den. The little girls in it are all so charming. Do you want to experience it? one time."
Tang Lie laughed but didn't make any expression. After what happened with Xuan Bo and Fina just now, he didn't have much mood to enter and exit these romantic occasions.
The sailing ship slowly docked. Ya Yi'an took two warriors off the ship to hire carriages and horses to carry the goods on the ship. Tang Lie found the Pugang Puni brothers and asked Xuan'er to take out a bag of gold coins that had been prepared. . Handed it to Pu Gang with his own hand and said: "There is no feast that lasts forever. Since I promised you freedom, today is the day to fulfill it. Take these gold coins and return to your homes."
Pu Gang was slightly startled and looked at each other with Pu Ni. The two suddenly knelt down in front of Tang Lie at the same time. Tang Lie hurriedly picked up their arms and said loudly: "What are you doing? Just tell me if you have anything."
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Pu Gang said loudly: "My dear benefactor, since you saved my life, our brothers have given this life to you. I am willing to follow you in the future. Even if I go up the mountain of swords and under the sea of fire, I will never complain."
Puni nodded and said: "My dear friend, our homeland is long gone. Our bloodline has always been discriminated against by others in this land. Only you treat us as equals. Let us follow you." Half-elf
Human bloodline also has distinctions between superiority and inferiority. They are the most humble among the half-elves. They are a mixture of elves and orcs. Most of them are born from elf women who were captured by orcs and forcibly raped. They are despised by other races.
After the war with the Fang tribe, Tang Lie had already admired the Pugang brothers very much. Now that he saw them sincerely following him, he felt extremely happy. He nodded heavily and said, "Okay. Since you are willing to follow me, then accompany me.
Come with me to Piaoxiang City."
Brothers Pu Gang and Puni were overjoyed, but they heard Tang Lie say again: "But in the future, you don't want to call me ungrateful. Just treat me as a friend."
Pu Gang has a straightforward temperament. He shook his head and said: "If my benefactor doesn't like this kind of address, we can call you master along with Miss Xuan'er."
Tang Lie nodded helplessly.
As long as you have gold coins, many things become much easier. Taking advantage of Ma Xingkong's wealth, Ya Yi'an generously hired twenty oxcarts. After loading the goods on the ship, he temporarily located at the east end of Shasha City.
Stay at the Karez Hotel. Among Ma Xingkong's goods are many valuable commodities such as mink skins, medicinal materials, and dry goods. If they are delivered safely to Piaoxiang City, they will make high profits.
Lubili took advantage of his break to search for his daughter at the port. Tang Lie was worried that he would be in danger, so he asked the Pugang brothers to accompany him.
Although the water in Shasha City is clear, there is a nauseating bitter taste in the mouth after drinking it. Tang Lie couldn't help but spit out the tea in his mouth: "This water is too unpleasant to drink."
Xuan'er smiled and said, "I just asked. They put rock sugar in the water. It can dissolve the bitter taste in the water."
Tang Lie shook his head and sat at the dilapidated square table. He unfolded the map he had just bought from the city. From Sand City to Piaoxiang City, you must first pass through the Chiludong Desert. Judging from the distance marked on the map, it must be at least five miles.
Hundreds of miles of vast desert. Even if they were well prepared, it would still take about ten days to travel at the fastest speed.
Tang Lie sighed: "I really envy you for having a pair of wings. If you spread your wings, you can fly across this hot desert sea of fire in one day."
The little white dragon climbed onto the square table at some point. It has grown a lot in these days. It has reached about thirty centimeters in length. Now it looks a bit like a small white lizard. The strange thing is that it still has no hair on its body.
It has scales. It's hard to believe it's a dragon.
Xuan'er was already very familiar with the little white dragon. She stroked the top of its head and suddenly said in surprise: "It's about to grow tentacles."
Tang Lie leaned over and looked at the two golden dots on the little white dragon's head. He stretched out his hand and touched it, and sure enough, many bulges appeared. He smiled and said, "It finally smells like a dragon."
Ya Yi'an just returned at noon. He was accompanied by a guide. If you want to successfully pass through the Chiludong Desert, you must have an experienced guide to guide the way.
Ya Yi'an said proudly: "I bought fifty white camels at the market. I bought almost all the white camels in Shasha City."
Tang Lie looked at Ya Yi'an's appearance as a nouveau riche. He couldn't help but said: "Be careful of excessive ostentation. Invite all the nearby robbers."
Ya Yi'an reminded him, and his arrogance suddenly faded a lot. He whispered: "But we have a lot of goods. It would be difficult to transport them all without these white camels."
If Tang Lie had followed Tang Lie's original intention, the goods on the ship could be sold on the spot. It would be great to easily go to Piaoxiang City. But Ya Yi'an insisted on taking the goods to Piaoxiang City to make a considerable profit. Tang Lie insisted on taking the goods to Piaoxiang City to make a considerable profit. Lie couldn't bear to dampen his enthusiasm.
After making sufficient preparations, at dawn the next day, the sky was not completely bright yet. Tang Lie and his group of more than 40 people, led by their guide Du Ze, started to march towards the Chiludong Desert.
The desert air in the early morning was cool. They still hadn't walked out of the oasis of Shasha City. From time to time, the cool morning breeze from Shahu came behind them. Yayi'an and Jueyi slave girls ran side by side at the end of the team, looking at the goods filled with goods. The camel caravan seemed to see piles of money waving to him. Ya Yi'an sang a ditty happily.
Du Ze rode a white camel beside Tang Lie. He looked at a ray of golden light on the distant horizon and said: "It won't take long. This desert will become a sea of fire. We can't move too fast to avoid too much. It consumes water in the body."
Tang Lie once traveled to the Sahara Desert and had an understanding of the weather changes in the desert. Once the sun comes out, the sun will shine on the vast sea without any obstruction, and the temperature will rise rapidly.
The bright red tongue of the Snowy Holy Mastiff was hanging out. It was the first time for it to come to a place like the desert. It ran around the camel caravan happily. Soon it was defeated by the rapidly rising temperature. He climbed onto the back of an idle white camel and dozed off in a daze.
After trekking for two days and nights in the Chiludong Desert, everyone began to feel the vagaries of the desert climate. The fresh and exciting feeling at the beginning had been completely worn away. Everyone was looking forward to leaving this harsh environment as soon as possible. of desert.
Duze's energy was always strong. He was familiar with every grain of sand in this desert. After choosing to camp in front of a huge cactus community, Duze pulled out the scimitar from his waist, cut off the thick rhizomes of the cactus, and quickly shaved off the surface. Prick it with acupuncture, cut it into small pieces, stuff it into your mouth and eat it happily.
After Tang Lie drank the water, he came to Duze's side and whispered: "We still have a few days to get out of this desert." Because of the dryness, Tang Lie's voice seemed a little hoarse.
Duze laughed, showing a pair of white and neat teeth. He carefully inserted the scimitar into the sheath: "Seven days. But we have entered the sphere of influence of Tsar Ricardo. From tonight, the vigilance will be strengthened. "
Ya Yi'an came over at some point. When he heard Tsar Ricardo's name, he seemed a little panicked: "The Tsar has thousands of sand thieves. They can freely travel through the desert and use the special environment to launch attacks. The merchants’ pursuit. I almost died in their hands last time.”
Duze said: "What Boss Ya is talking about is the art of swimming in the sand. This group of sand thieves are like fish in the water. Their unique breathing method and swimming art can allow them to swim freely under the sand layer." Run."
Tang Lie took a breath of air. If it were a face-to-face battle with real swords and guns, he and his group of half-elf warriors would naturally not be afraid. But if the sand pirates used this method to sneak attack, I'm afraid it would cause a lot of losses. .
Du Ze smiled and said: "Tsar Ricardo rarely robs merchants near the cactus community. As long as we do a good job of vigilance, there should be no accidents."
The temperature dropped rapidly at night. The bright moonlight illuminated the endless desert white. Most of the half-elf warriors had already fallen asleep. Tang Lie covered Xuan'er who had just fallen asleep with his mink fur and walked forward. walk up the sand dunes.
Pu Gang led four half-elf warriors to take charge of the night vigil. They looked in four different directions with sharp eyes. When they saw Tang Lie approaching, several people hurriedly saluted. Tang Lie made a gesture to indicate to them to keep quiet so as not to disturb them. sleep of other companions.
"Is there anything unusual?" Tang Lie asked in a low voice.
Pu Gang shook his head and said: "It's very calm. It seems there won't be any enemies around."
Just as he finished speaking, the Snowy Holy Mastiff suddenly shook its long hair and suddenly stood up from the ground. The little white dragon that was sleeping with it to keep warm ran to Tang Lie's feet like lightning. Tang Lie stretched out his hand He grabbed Xiao Bailong with both hands. He understood Xiao Bailong's keen premonition and deduced that something unusual must have happened.
The little white dragon's blue eyes looked towards the north. Tang Lie looked up and saw the yellow sand in the distance slowly flowing like a river. Although the speed was slow, the range was huge. It was constantly moving towards their resting place. near.
"What is that?" Pu Gang's eyes widened.
The alert Du Ze also stood up and came to the sand dune. When he saw the scene in front of him clearly, his expression suddenly changed. He said loudly: "Everyone, get up quickly and leave this place. The sandworms are coming."
Although Tang Lie didn't know what sandworms were, he could already feel the approaching danger from Du Ze's frightened tone.
He called on everyone to pack their bags quickly, got on the white camel and ran towards the south.
The yellow sand flows faster and faster. The golden bugs the size of grapes are running fast on the sand surface. The area they cover reaches an astonishing about one square kilometer. The hard abdomen of the sandworm is closely related to the yellow sand. The sand rubbed against each other and made a rustling sound. The sound was like the footsteps of the god of death in hell.
Tang Lie's expression was more serious than ever before. He looked behind him from time to time, only to see that the sandworms had swallowed the yellow sand and sprayed it out. Looking from a distance, a yellow sandstorm about ten meters high rose above the group of sandworms. And They were quickly approaching their position. As long as their camel caravan was swallowed up by the sandstorm, what awaited them would be a dead end.
