Luo Jiuyou nodded thoughtfully and looked at the unconscious dark-skinned boy on the ground: "What about this child?"
The swarthy boy's injuries were caused indirectly by Chu Ci.
Chu Ci scratched his head: "This kid had an accident. I'll give him some treatment."
Putting his hand on the dark boy's wound, Chu Ci's palm was filled with starlight, and he used the Star Healing Technique to treat him.
"Huh?"
Halfway through the treatment, Chu Ci seemed to have discovered something and looked at the dark-skinned boy in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Luo Jiuyou asked curiously.
"It's nothing, it's just that this boy's talent is surprisingly good." Chu Ci looked at the unconscious boy and fell into deep thought.
"Perhaps, we can use him as an entry point."
I don’t know how long it took, but when the bright stars hung in the night sky, the dark-skinned boy woke up leisurely.
Looking at the starry sky, the dark-skinned boy suddenly felt like he was dreaming.
He's not dead?
"you're awake?"
A clear voice came from the side. The dark-skinned boy was startled and quickly stood up. At the same time, he stretched his hand to the side, trying to grab his weapon.
But as soon as he stood up, he felt a sharp pain in his legs, causing the swarthy boy to fall to the ground.
"Although I did some bandaging, your wound will not recover that quickly. It's better not to act rashly."
The gentle man's voice seemed to have magical power, making the swarthy boy calm down.
Only then did he realize that the injury on his leg had been bandaged and he was covered with a blanket.
Looking up, there was a bonfire not far from him. Beside the bonfire, a man and a woman were sitting together, looking at him with a smile.
The man has an ordinary face, and the woman has a good figure, with a wheat complexion unique to desert sand people.
The two of them were naturally Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou in disguise.
Because the image of Chu Ci and the people living in the desert were too different, especially Luo Jiuyou's beautiful appearance, Chu Ci used illusions to cover up his and Luo Jiuyou's appearance, so that they could avoid unnecessary trouble.
Looks more in line with the Sand People.
Obviously, the swarthy boy had no doubts.
Seeing that the two of them were not malicious and even bandaged his wounds, the swarthy boy secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you for saving me."
Suddenly, he thought of something and said quickly: "Didn't you encounter the Fire Dragon Sandstorm?"
He remembered that before he fell into coma, he clearly saw the fire dragon sandstorm, and he thought he would definitely die. Now it seems that he actually survived that kind of sandstorm.
Luo Jiuyou glanced at Chu Ci and curled his lips.
Chu Ci coughed dryly: "I didn't see it. When we found you, you were already lying unconscious on the sand dune."
"But I remembered what you said about the fire dragon sandstorm. There is an area not far from you. The temperature is very high, and there are fire sand and stones on the ground."
The swarthy boy was stunned.
Could it be that he was so lucky that the Fire Dragon Sandstorm happened to pass by him?
"Speaking of which, why did you faint in that place? If we hadn't happened to see you passing by, you would have been in danger." Chu Ci began to change the topic.
The swarthy boy hesitated for a moment, then said: "That route is the only way for the Gu tribe people to pass. I am grabbing the supplies of the Gu tribe."
"Grab supplies?" Chu Ci asked curiously, "Are you at war?"
The swarthy boy nodded: "Our Lie Tribe and Gu Tribe are in a state of war. Basically, we have a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days."
"So often? Speaking of which, why are you fighting? We have met many cities at war before."
"You don't know?" The dark-skinned boy looked wary: "Aren't you people from the fire-spitting desert?"
Chu Ci shook his head and said: "I forgot to introduce you, my name is Chu Xin, she is my sister, her name is Chu You, the two of us are from the Wuyang Desert, we are pilgrims, we have just arrived in this desert not long ago
.”
Luo Jiuyou rolled his eyes at Chu Ci, but did not refute his words.
"Pilgrims!"
The dark-skinned boy was startled and looked in awe.
In Yanhuang State, there is such a desert legend circulating.
Legend has it that in a certain desert land, there is a holy land. It is a paradise given by the gods to all desert people. It contains countless sweet fruits and wine, inexhaustible water sources and endless delicious food.
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Under the governance of the gods, there are no disputes, no sandstorms, and no threats from sand beasts. It is a peaceful holy land.
Because of this legend, countless sand people left their hometown and traveled to various deserts in search of the legendary holy land. These people are called pilgrims.
The swarthy boy understood what it meant to be a pilgrim. It was not easy to be a pilgrim. Without the care of a large army, ordinary people could not get out of the desert they were in, let alone become a pilgrim.
Those who can become pilgrims are undoubtedly powerful special beings with rich experience and sufficient courage. They are the most admirable warriors in the desert.
"If you are a pilgrim, then it is normal that you don't know." The swarthy boy's attitude immediately changed: "Actually, the spitting fire desert was not like this a few years ago. Although everyone had some friction, they were very restrained and rarely got into trouble.
conflict."
"But things have changed since three or four years ago. The desert environment has become harsh. Our Lie tribe's water source suddenly dried up three years ago, and the same is true for the Gu tribe."
"In the desert, once the water source is lost, the consequences can be imagined. In order to find a new water source, our two tribes worked together at the time. Unfortunately, we searched for a long time and could not find a water source."
"Without a water source, we can only use other things and exchange water with people outside the desert."
"But there is not much water outside the desert, and sometimes we can't change it. Later we found out that not only the water sources of our two tribes were drying up, but also the other tribal cities were almost the same."
"There are too many people changing the water, and people outside the desert have started to raise prices. We need to exchange for more precious things. Our Lie tribe has almost exchanged the things in a year, so we can only send people out to search for them.
Something else that can be exchanged.”
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Our situation is like this, and the Gu tribe is not much better. They are looking for things to exchange almost at the same time as us."
"In the beginning, our two tribes could live in peace with each other, but as time went by, there were not so many resources for our two tribes in the desert. In order to obtain more resources and exchange more water, the relationship between our two tribes
The conflict became more and more serious, and eventually it developed into a situation where we would fight whenever we met."
[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on new books. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]
Chu Ci frowned: "People outside are raising prices, so why can't you join forces to keep the price down? In terms of strength, you are stronger, right?"
"It's useless." The dark-skinned boy shook his head: "The water source is in their hands, and we can only obey their exchange conditions. Those people only recognize money but not people. There once was a big tribe who wanted to put pressure, but in the end they were the opposite.
At the expense of a large amount of water resources, we invited several other large tribes to take action and wipe out the large tribes that put pressure on them. From then on, no one dared to put pressure on them anymore."
Speaking of this, the dark-skinned young man's tone was a bit angry, and he obviously hated the behavior of the outside gang who took advantage of the situation.
Chu Ci thoughtfully realized that the cause of the war turned out to be the fight for water sources.
Speaking of which, the situation in the Spitting Fire Desert is indeed somewhat different.
When entering the Spitting Fire Desert, Chu Ci discovered that the fire energy of the earth veins under this desert was too strong, and they were all desolate veins that were not suitable for human survival.
Chu Ci didn't take it seriously at first, because the quality of the ground veins in other deserts was not very good. After all, it was a desert area, and the ground veins were almost normal.
Now it seems that the lack of water in the Spitting Fire Desert may be related to the strong fire energy of the earth veins.
After thinking for a while, Chu Ci said: "Is the city where your tribe is located far from here? I want to go to your place to rest and replenish food."
"It's not far, only about ten miles." The dark-skinned young man said quickly: "The two pilgrims are willing to come here. The clan leader will be very happy to know that."