Chapter 1755
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Just as Qiu Shuang couldn't hold on any longer, she finally found traces of the oasis!
In front of her was a very small town. Rows of wooden walls surrounded the oasis in the center. These walls were covered in beast claw marks and it was a shocking sight. But Qiu Shuang was extremely excited. Seeing the oasis meant that the two of them could survive.
Qiu Shuang pulled Li Fan and practically moved to the entrance of the town.
"Please, please … Save us …"
Qiu Shuang's voice was already hoarse. Her hands were bitten and the cloth wrapped around them was dyed with blood. She knocked on the door with all her might and screamed in a hoarse voice.
After a long time, two stooped figures appeared on the city wall.
"Where are you from?"
"White City."
Qiu Shuang was very smart. She wouldn't say that she was from the capital. In this place, the higher one's status was, the more one would be discriminated against.
"We are all exiled now. Please take the two of us in."
"Tribute."
The two people on the city walls didn't have any emotions at all. They threw out two words mechanically.
Qiu Shuang reached out and took off the necklace on her neck.
There was a jade pendant on the necklace. This was a decent piece of jade and it was the only thing that Qiu Shuang's mother left her a long time ago. But now, for Li Fan's sake, she had to hand it over.
The Eldest and Second Princes purposely didn't take it. Their intention was to leave a way for their sister to live.
The two of them only wanted to kill the Empress and not their sister. Since the Empress had already given up, there was no need for them to kill each other.
"Not bad, it is a good piece of jade. It is worth a few Celestial Crystals."
The guards used a rope to hook the jade up and then placed it on a scale to judge.
Qiu Shuang didn't say anything. This piece of jade was worth at least 10,000 Celestial Crystals. But here, it naturally had no value. Staying alive was the only value he had.
"Come in."
The city gates finally opened slowly. A small oasis opened up to Qiu Shuang.
It was indeed a small oasis. This so-called town was just a small tribe built with tents. The tents were built around a pool with an area of about 30 square meters. There weren't many residents here, about a hundred or so.
Qiu Shuang and Li Fan were the new residents here. These residents were responsible for mining a special silver mine near the oasis. This silver ore could be used to create seals, weapons, and armors with spatial attributes.
This tribe was the same. There was a small silver mine next to it. If the people in the tribe wanted to survive, they had to constantly go to the silver mines to mine. Every week, every resident of the oasis had to hand over 100 kilograms of silver ore to the mayor of the oasis. Every month, the army would come here to confiscate the silver mine from the mayor.
This was the only reason why the Wildlands existed.
Since Qiu Shuang had become a member of the town, she was naturally given a small tent as her living space. As Li Fan lost his ability to move, Qiu Shuang had to hand over 200 kilograms of silver ore every week for the two of them to have the right to survive in the oasis.
Everyone was exiled and didn't interact with one another. They were all really cold towards one another. Qiu Shuang would head out with the townspeople to mine the silver mines every day. After a few days, Qiu Shuang's skin turned darker. She looked like she had aged and one couldn't tell that she was an empress anymore.
"Come, husband, drink some water."
Qiu Shuang used the Celestial Crystals to buy some water and food. The food here was really simple. There were only some fruits from the plants near the water source. Although it wasn't delicious, at least it could sustain one's life.
During this period of time, Li Fan still didn't say a single word. He just laid there every day like a dead person. But Qiu Shuang took good care of Li Fan. She washed his body every day and often brought back some black stones to treat Li Fan.
These stones were called Dark Mothers and they were only produced in the Wild Lands. It was said that they were formed from the secretion of a type of insect in the Wild Lands. These stones didn't have any other effects but they could slightly replenish Celestial Power. Qiu Shuang's body had already been taken away so these stones were useless to her. But for Li Fan, they were more or less effective.
The Fourth Prince had told Qiu Shuang about the Dark Mothers in private. Apart from the two of them, the other members of the royal family and even the Elders Guild didn't know about their existence.
Qiu Shuang thought to herself that with these Dark Mothers, her husband's body would slowly recover.
A month later, as usual, Qiu Shuang woke up early in the morning and fed Li Fan water and food. Then, she carried her tools and followed the group out of the town to the silver mine not far to the west.
A sandstorm blew in the Wild Lands. Based on what some elders said, one had to be careful when there was a sandstorm in the Wild Lands. Who knew, the terrifying sandworms might be hiding there.
Sandworms were a type of insect unique to the Wild Lands. These insects were three to four meters long and liked to eat humans. The people who were chased out were all powerless criminals. They had no way of fighting against the sandworms. Hence, from time to time, there would be unlucky people who ended up in the stomachs of the sandworms. Luckily, the sandworms only appeared at night. But for some reason, Qiu Shuang had a bad feeling in her heart.
A fishy smell entered Qiu Shuang's nose. Then, a scream came from the side!
Qiu Shuang turned around and saw a three-meter long sandworm crawling out of the sand silently. Then, it waved its claws and in the sandstorm, it tore one of its companions in half and swallowed it. The fishy smell on its body was so strong that it made Qiu Shuang want to vomit.
Death was right beside her.
The sandworms started to wreak havoc and hunt down the people who were fleeing in panic.
Qiu Shuang was also running. She couldn't die. If she died, there would be no one to take care of her husband!
Live on!
Qiu Shuang told herself that she must live on!
But in the next second, the terrifying sandworm had already pounced in front of her.
Husband …
"Pfft!"
The head of the sandworm suddenly flew up high. A figure wrapped in a black cloak stood in front of her with a huge machete.
"Third Princess, are you alright?"
A familiar voice rang in Qiu Shuang's ears.
"Butler Wang?"
The old man in front of her was the old butler who had been by her father's side for many years. When her father abdicated, she heard that he went missing. Why would he appear here?
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