Li Yao secretly cursed. He did not know whether he should play dumb or confess honestly.
Although Xiong Wuji was still standing several meters away from him, his aura was approaching him crazily. He was hugging Li Yao like an invisible bear!
Sha Yulan said, "Whoever you are, you saved my son, who is also the foster son of Xiong Wuji, leader of the Furious Bears Tribe. We are very grateful to you. We mean you no harm, and we are not tricking you, either.
"Although I've never seen the tattoo on your chest, I've sensed a very unique air of evilness, which is unique to the Black Spider Death Curse.
"I know that only the best warriors of Black Spider Tower, the Assassins of Black Spider Tower, will be able to deal with the Black Spider Death Curse.
"If you are really a native of Iron Plateau, I find it puzzling why a member of the Assassins of Black Spider landed on Iron Plateau for no good reason and was killed by you."
Li Yao was rendered speechless.
It was not his fault that his acting skills were bad. He had never foreseen that someone on Iron Plateau would recognize the Black Spider Death Curse!
"Friend."
Xiong Wuji opened his mouth slowly, like an old bear rubbing the bark of a tree. His voice was both low and deep. "You saved my foster son without caring about your own life. I'm very grateful to you. You are a space resident. Witch Doctor Sha is a space resident. My foster son Wu Mayan is a space resident, too. You can see that the Furious Bears Tribe is different from other tribes! Who are you? Why are you here? What do you want exactly? "
Li Yao blinked, his mind in a mess.
He did not expect that Sha Yulan was really a space resident. She did not seem to be a secret in the Furious Bears Tribe, either!
Sha Yulan hinted for Xiong Wuji to stand further away. She moved a chair and sat down. She said gently, "Judging from your wounds, you must've suffered a lot on Iron Plateau. I can imagine what kind of life a space resident has been living after landing on Iron Plateau. That's why you are more vigilant than usual. Everything is normal. How about this? I'll tell you my background first, and you can talk later. Is that okay? "
Before Li Yao replied, Sha Yulan continued, "I come from a family of Cultivators that specializes in medicine in the Cross Wind Space Zone. My father is a well-known doctor in the Cross Wind Space Zone. One of his patients was afflicted by the Black Spider Death Curse. I only have one breath left to find my father. "
"Although I wasn't able to save him in the end, I managed to firmly remember the aura of the Black Spider Death Curse. That's why I was able to see through it."
"My husband is the manager of transportation in a small sect in the Cross Wind Domain."
"Half a year after my son Wu Mayan was born, the three of us took a starship to visit our parents, only to encounter space pirates on the way.
"In the same fleet. Most of the starships were captured, but my husband was an expert at piloting starships. He led us to break out of the siege. In our panic, we were swept by a cosmic storm and drifted all the way to the Iron Plateau Space Zone.
"After we reached this place, we ran out of food and fuel. The telepathic thought launcher on our starship was broken, too. There was no Spiritual Nexus, either. We can't communicate with the outside world. "
"We had no choice but to take the risk and land on Iron Plateau.
"But we didn't expect that the planetary defense network at the periphery of Iron Plateau would be so dense. Our starship was heavily damaged again when we broke through the planetary ring.
"My husband. In order to steer the broken starship, he burnt his life and soul without caring about anything else. Although the landing was successful, my husband unfortunately passed away because of the exhaustion of his spiritual energy. "
Sha Yulan sighed. She continued, "Wu Mayan and I were about to be killed by demon beasts in the desert when the qi-trainers of the Furious Bears Tribe showed up and saved us.
Li Yao opened his mouth. He was about to ask Sha Yulan if she was a Cultivator too. Why didn't they give her a hard time?
Xiong Wuji seemed to have seen through his mind. He sniffed and said, "Who do you think the qi-trainers are? Scumbags who bully an orphan and a widow? "
Sha Yulan managed a smile and said, "I've read some confidential files about Iron Plateau before. I know that the natives of Iron Plateau don't have a good impression of space residents, especially Cultivators, even if they are not primitive barbarians. However, for my son's sake, I didn't care about anything else. I thought that even if they were going to cut me into pieces, it would be fine as long as my son was still alive.
"But as it turned out, when the stupid bears saw us, they didn't know where to start, although they knew that I was a Cultivator.
"At that time, Wu Mayan hadn't been weaned yet. He was just a meatball, and I was just a non-battle-type Cultivator who did not have the strength to tie up a chicken. They couldn't beat us or curse us, and they drove us to the desert, which was a dead end for us.
"Just like that, holding their noses, they established a small place in a corner of Furious Bears City for my son and me to live in. They seemed to be scared of us. Ha.
"Later on, a Qi Practitioner's wife ran into a difficult labor. She was about to die, but nobody could do anything about it. I just happened to run into them, and I successfully saved both of them."
"Since then, more and more people have come to me for treatment. At first, they were mostly women and children, and my job was to deliver babies.
"However, although the people here have strong physiques, they often have to fight with demon beasts. Injuries to their muscles and bones are unavoidable. Although some of their secret methods are effective, there are also many illnesses that require the use of outside medical skills."
"After I saved several heavily wounded qi-trainers, I gradually became more and more famous. They all called me 'Doctor Sand'. Not only did I become a household name in the Furious Bears Tribe, even the qi-trainers of the Silver Moon Tribe and the Greedy Wolves Tribe came to me when they had no other options.
"Over the past twelve years, too many Iron Plateau natives have been saved by me. Even Xiong Wuji, who was heavily wounded in the chest, was saved by me, too.
"Under my influence, the adults of the Furious Bears Tribe were too embarrassed to talk bad about the space residents in front of me. The best they could do was say some inappropriate things when their children were having fun."
After a brief pause, Sha Yulan helplessly said, "Yesterday afternoon, my son was playing with a few of his friends. He's a brave and fierce person, and he's not someone who would admit defeat. So he knocked down all three of his friends, and he was a little heavy-handed. One of his friends didn't know what to say and said some unpleasant words."
"My son did not say anything on the spot and slept for half a day after he returned home. Who knew that he would sneak out in the middle of the night, hoping to hunt demon beasts on his own to prove that he was as tough as any native of Iron Plateau despite the blood of space flowing in his veins?
"Thankfully, you showed up. Otherwise, there would have been dire consequences."
Xiong Wuji said, "Last night, I received a message from the Burning Sun Tribe, saying that a Cultivator had landed on Iron Plateau and happened to run into the Burning Sun Tribe. He was going to make a deal with them, but he didn't know that the Burning Sun Tribe hated Cultivators the most among the six tribes of Iron Plateau. In the end, the Cultivator fled in panic and embarrassed the son of the chief of the Burning Sun Tribe. If my guess is correct, the Cultivator was you, right?
"The Furious Bears Tribe is different from the Burning Sun Tribe. What kind of deal do you want to make? Why don't you tell us?"
Li Yao thought quickly. He looked at the two of them and found that they were both as calm as before. There was not the slightest pretense.
Besides, if Xiong Wuji was really the best warrior of the six tribes of Iron Plateau, there was no need for him to disguise himself.
Li Yao pondered for a moment and hid most of the details. He only said that he was a member of an Exo Society who had a fierce battle with space pirates in the Iron Plateau Space Zone and had been forced to land in this place.
Xiong Wuji nodded. "Yes. We did observe a fierce battle in space more than a month ago. The planetary defense system was triggered, too."
Li Yao hid most of the details, but he did tell them about the process of the Skyhill Sword Seminar, claiming that his expertise in refining was quite good and that he could help the Furious Bears Tribe produce a lot of magical equipment.
Xiong Wuji listened quietly. When Li Yao talked about the Skyhill Sword Seminar, he suddenly asked, "You are a refiner? Do you know how to repair starships? "
Li Yao's eyes suddenly shone. He replied, "My specialty is the refinement and maintenance of melee magical equipment, namely sabers and swords. As for starships, I've repaired them several times, but I'm not good at it. It all depends on the model of the starship, the degree of damage, and the number of spare parts!"
Compared to repairing starships, he was better at sabotaging starships.
Xiong Wuji nodded and gestured for him to go on.
It was not until Li Yao was done that Xiong Wuji concluded, "Therefore, the deal you mentioned is that you will get resources and maintenance facilities from us and help us produce a lot of magical equipment."
"Exactly!"
Li Yao nodded. The fire of hope was rising in his heart. "Chief Xiong, I can tell that you are different from Yan Chihuo of the Burning Sun Tribe. You are a reasonable person. The deal I propose will benefit both of us. If you don't believe me, I can craft some sabers and swords on the spot. You'll see for yourself!"
"I believe you, but not right now."
Xiong Wuji shook his head and said, "Right now, I don't have enough resources and facilities to make a deal with you."
Li Yao was dazed. "Why?"
Xiong Wuji narrowed his eyes, with two clusters of terrifying flames beaming out of them. He said solemnly, "Because the apocalypse is coming. All the resources will be used to build large war machines, and all the personnel will be prepared for the battle of the apocalypse! Your Crystal Suit must be a piece of very precise magical equipment. It will take a lot of resources and a lot of time to maintain it. Right now, I don't have the resources and time to make a deal with you.
"Let's make a deal after the apocalypse is over, if we are both still alive!"
This was the second time that Li Yao heard the term 'battle of apocalypse'.
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