After the Lu tribe's migration team left the central region, the number of people they encountered gradually decreased.
Originally, the people of the Lu tribe thought that they would encounter more obstacles when they were in the central region. But who would have thought that the places they passed through would be less troublesome. Although they did encounter a lot of small troubles along the way, such as being attacked by some people who were not from the central region, they passed through smoothly. However, after leaving the central region, when the tribes were not so densely distributed, they might encounter more troubles.
In the central region, there were many people and many eyes. Perhaps some people wanted to hide their identities and attack the Lu tribesmen, but there were too many people in the central region. If they were accidentally discovered by others and recognized the person in the dark, then the person who attacked them would be unlucky. But when there were fewer people, no one would be able to see what they were doing. Even if the Lu tribesmen wanted to find help, they couldn't.
Therefore, after leaving the central region, they had to be more vigilant.
At night, the team gathered to rest.
Shao Xuan had a bad feeling. After thinking for a while, he took out a straw rope and began to perform divination.
The Yanjiao people were surprised to see Shao Xuan like this. Shao Xuan wouldn't use this method for small matters. It wasn't good to rely on it too much. What if the divination didn't work in the future? How could they survive? That was why as long as it was something that could be easily solved, Shao Xuan would not use divination. The Yanjiao people also knew this. Because of this, they were curious why Shao Xuan was performing divination again. Did he have a premonition?
After the knot was successfully tied, Shao Xuan frowned and pondered.
The others didn't ask. Shao Xuan would naturally tell them when he figured it out. However, they were still curious about what Shao Xuan had divined. It didn't look good. Could it be that someone wanted to rob them?
The divination didn't look good either. Shao Xuan looked in a direction. It was the direction of the desert. The premonition he had was related to the desert.
Knot divination couldn't accurately predict what was going to happen. There were too many variables. Shao Xuan couldn't predict what was going to happen, but he was sure that there was danger coming from that direction. The target was clear too.
As he thought about it, Shao Xuan looked in Gan Qie's direction. This time, the target wasn't the Lu tribe or the Yanjiao people. It was Gan Qie.
The sun couldn't be seen now. There was only a little light from the clouds. Gan Qie didn't wear his hood, revealing his bald head.
....... Shao Xuan didn't think that Gan Qie's actions.
"Guang Yi, you and Xiang Chen will leave with the team tomorrow," said Shao Xuan to Guang Yi, who was resting.
Guang Yi frowned deeply. "Something's going to happen?"
"They're not targeting the Lu tribe," Shao Xuan pointed in the direction of the desert. "There might be people coming from there. You guys leave first."
Guang Yi couldn't see faces but he had a good sense of direction. He could tell where Shao Xuan was pointing. He wanted to ask them to stay and help, but he remembered the undead monsters in the desert. He paused and asked, "Just you? Don't you need more people to stay here? "
"He'll definitely stay," Shao Xuan tilted his head in Gan Qie's direction. "Their target might be Gan Qie."
Those people's target was Gan Qie and not Shao Xuan. Guang Yi was relieved. From his perspective, Gan Qie wasn't a member of his tribe. He didn't care if anything happened to him. Shao Xuan, on the other hand, could run if he couldn't win. Chacha could follow him. It was much easier to fly in the air. It would be more inconvenient to leave more people behind.
Since Shao Xuan had already made his decision, it must have been a decision after careful consideration. Guang Yi did not say anything else.
The next day, after a night of rest, the team set off again. This time, Guang Yi and Xiang Chen were in the lead. They would bring their people and travel with the Lu tribe to the Flaming River. With them around, Shao Xuan wouldn't have to worry.
Many people in the Lu tribe were confused when they saw Shao Xuan and Gan Qie staying behind. However, the Yanjiao didn't say anything. They didn't ask any further questions. The only thing they knew was that Shao Xuan stayed behind to stop some trouble.
The cries of the reared beasts gradually faded into the distance. The team could no longer be seen. Shao Xuan found a tree nearby and sat down to rest, waiting for the people to arrive. Those people must have a way to track them. When Robber Eleven went to the secret underground room in the Flaming River Castle, he brought along special tracking insects. The people from Rock Hill City had many tricks up their sleeves, so they must have a way to find their targets.
This place was surrounded by forests. They weren't dense and the trees weren't very big. Perhaps it was because there were occasional people here, but there weren't any thick, ancient trees. There were mountains nearby. They weren't tall and were considered big in this area. However, they couldn't be compared to the forests where fearsome beasts lived.
The surroundings were green and there was still some dew on the grass in the morning.
Shao Xuan rested on the tree and waited. As long as they didn't move, those people would definitely find them. Even if they didn't arrive today, they would definitely arrive tomorrow.
The Yanjiao and Lu tribe's teams were already far away. No matter how big the commotion here was, it wouldn't affect them.
Gan Qie sat on a large rock under the shade of a tree. A long time ago, a team used to rest here. There were some drawings carved on the rock with hard tools, but they were already blurred so he couldn't tell what was written.
The hood covered most of Gan Qie's face, so his eyes couldn't be seen clearly. He just stared in one direction for a long time. He didn't even blink once. He was like a stone statue, maintaining the same posture without moving. This wasn't something a normal person could do.
The sun hung high in the sky and set. The clouds in the sky were burning and the ground seemed to be covered in a layer of red.
An eagle screeched in the sky. Shao Xuan stood up and looked in a certain direction.
They're here!
Not long after, four flying birds appeared in the distant sky.
When the figures in the air flew closer, Shao Xuan also recognised these birds. They were the species domesticated by the desert slave masters, a type of eagle that lived in the desert. Compared to eagles in other places, their claws were larger in proportion to their bodies. Every toe was longer and harder. When they found prey in the desert, even if the prey burrowed into the sand, they could dive down and dig their long sharp claws into the sand to fish out the prey. Many desert snakes, scorpions and lizards were the prey of these desert eagles.
There weren't many people coming. Of the four eagles, three had one person standing on them. The leading eagle had two people on its back. There were five people in total.
Shao Xuan became even more cautious. The fewer people there were, the harder it would be to deal with them.
Shao Xuan recognised the two people on the leading desert eagle. It was Su Le, whom he had met in the desert, and the cloaked man who controlled the puppets beside Su Le.
There was only one person on each of the other three eagles. Su Le and the person beside him were sprawled on the eagle's back. The other three were standing, and they stood very steadily. They were dressed like the strange puppets, but Shao Xuan knew that these three people were different from the puppets he encountered in the desert.
Before the three desert eagles landed, the three people had already jumped off their backs and fell.
Bang bang bang!
The sound of three people landing on the ground shook the ground. It was like the muffled sound of boulders crashing onto the ground.
There was a thick layer of grass on the ground, so there wasn't a lot of dust. After the three people landed, they didn't move. Instead, they stood in the crater. Because their faces were covered with cloth, Shao Xuan couldn't see what they looked like. However, through his special vision, he could see that their bones were brighter than normal people's.
They didn't breathe, nor did they have a heartbeat. They didn't even pant after landing. They were like lifeless pieces of wood.
Puppets. They were special puppets.
Shao Xuan looked at Gan Qie. These three people were very similar to Gan Qie. Perhaps they were Gan Qie's clansmen who had been turned into puppets.
Unlike Gan Qie, these three people had traces of red energy flowing through their bones. This was the energy source that controlled their movements. It was also the power of the fire seed that had been implanted into their bodies.
Someone had implanted the power of the fire seed into their bones to control them. The person beside Su Le couldn't have done this. Otherwise, Gan Qie would have been turned into a puppet long ago.
However, Shao Xuan didn't sense anyone else around. Where was the person controlling these three people? Or did they not need someone to control them?
Shao Xuan's heart skipped a beat. The puppets he had seen in the desert could only be considered high-level puppets. However, these three people might be even more special.
As Shao Xuan pondered, the eagle that Su Le and the person beside him were on had landed. They weren't like the three puppets who couldn't even feel pain. They wouldn't fall from the sky. Instead, they waited for the desert eagle to stabilize itself before coming down.
After Su Le steadied himself, he looked around. His gaze lingered on Gan Qie, who was sitting on a large rock. Then, he looked at Shao Xuan, who had already come down from the tree.
"Yanjiao, Shao Xuan!" Su Le shouted angrily.
Su Le was so angry that his liver hurt when he recalled Su Gu's gloating expression after he had abandoned his armor and escaped with his body covered in wounds. The Luoye City King was very disappointed in him. He had also thought of finding the ancient corpse. He didn't hesitate to use his treasures to contact the thief and ask him to go to the Yanjiao tribe to find the lost ancient corpse. Unfortunately, there was no news of the thief. The thief said that he was already dead.
Fortunately, he still had one more chance. As long as he brought back the lost ancient corpse, he still had a chance to compete with Su Gu.
Su Le's eyes were filled with murderous intent when he thought of the culprit who had caused all this. However, when he thought of Shao Xuan's strength, he became wary. Fortunately, he didn't have to fight this time. Otherwise, even ten of him wouldn't be a match for Shao Xuan.
"Chu Xu!" Su Le looked at the person standing beside him.
The person wearing a yellow sackcloth cloak didn't pay attention to Su Le. His gaze was fixed on Gan Qie. Before he landed, he knew that the person sitting there was the person he was looking for. However, he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong. He looked at the exposed half of the person's face and the pair of pale hands. His heart skipped a beat. He looked at Shao Xuan abruptly and asked, "What did you do?!"
Shao Xuan smiled and didn't say anything.
Chu Xu's cloak was still covered in sand. The wind that blew against him still carried the smell of the desert. It didn't fit in with the surrounding atmosphere.
Chu Xu looked at the person who was sitting on the rock and wearing a cloak. The grey and rough sackcloth was fluttering in the wind. He was also wearing a cloak, but compared to the three people they brought with them, he looked more like a normal person. If it weren't for the fact that the person wasn't breathing and that the tracking device in his hand was pointing in the same direction, he would've doubted his own judgment.
What did the Yanjiao people do with the ancient corpse?! Why would there be such a huge change?!
"Why are you asking so many questions?!" Su Le became impatient when Chu Xu didn't move. "Shao Xuan, hand the ancient corpse over to us and we'll let you go this time!"
With three powerful helpers by his side, Su Le was confident in his words.
Shao Xuan chuckled.
Shao Xuan's nonchalant attitude infuriated Su Le. Shao Xuan's gaze and tone were obviously looking down on him. Su Le recalled that he had suffered a few losses at the hands of Shao Xuan. He took a deep breath and said, "Cut the crap. Just kill him!"
The last sentence was directed at Chu Xu. As long as they killed Shao Xuan, they would be able to take the ancient corpse away. Originally, he didn't want to fight Shao Xuan here. If he accidentally lost his life, it wouldn't be worth it. However, with Shao Xuan's attitude, Su Le didn't want to give up so easily. His father, the Luoye King, had said that these three puppets were different from ordinary puppets. Perhaps they wouldn't have a problem facing Shao Xuan's strange flaming blade?
Su Le's expression turned cold when he thought of this. "Chu Xu, what are you waiting for? Do it! "
The cloaked man beside him still ignored Su Le because he noticed that the cloaked man had glanced at him. Under the shadow of the cloaked man's hood, there was a pair of eyes looking back at him.
Chu Xu suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and said to Shao Xuan again, "Ask him to come here. We want to bring him back to Rock Hill City."
Shao Xuan didn't move. "I don't care. Why don't you talk to him personally and see what he thinks? If he wants to go, I won't stop him."
What did he mean?
Su Le and Chu Xu were puzzled. Then, they heard the person sitting on the rock say, "Who are you?" His tone was cold and emotionless.
"He … he spoke!" Su Le felt his scalp go numb and his back felt like it was stuffed with ice.
Isn't this an ancient corpse? How can it speak?!
Chu Xu was horrified. The Yanjiao people had brought an ancient corpse out. Judging by the looks of it, he guessed that the Yanjiao people had used some means to turn the ancient corpse into something like a puppet. However, a puppet couldn't speak on its own because it was inanimate. But, what was this person sitting on the rock not far away from them? He had placed the ancient corpse under the beast carriage for a long time. He should have been familiar with it. But why did it feel like a complete stranger?
"He must have been controlled by the Yanjiao people! Chu Xu, do it! "Su Le's voice was sharp and piercing due to his extreme shock.
This time, Chu Xu didn't wait any longer. If they wanted to know what had happened to the ancient corpse, they would know with a single look!
"Do it!" Chu Xu shouted.
As soon as Chu Xu's voice fell, the three cloaked men standing in the pit charged towards Gan Qie like arrows released from a bow.
Feeling the hostility, Gan Qie felt an indescribable sense of loss. His entire body tensed up. His body, which had no temperature to begin with, seemed to be emitting cold air. The temperature around him seemed to be dropping as well.
They were his tribesmen. Gan Qie had already sensed them before they had even appeared. Now, he could feel the murderous aura emanating from the three tribesmen. Their target was him.
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