Chapter 15: A Small Town in the Desert: Ignorance and No Fear
"Brother Yaliqi, where should we go next?" Xiaona asked Yaliqi with great interest. This was the tenth time she had asked Yaliqi in the past four days.
Kerry and Ram walked aside knowingly, laughing secretly.
Yaliqi helplessly explained to Xiaona again: "Go east, cross the desert to Donghai City, and then you wait there for me to do something, and then we will go back to find your brother." In fact, Ram had already told Yaliqi.
Qi has said that according to common sense, Shenting actually has no ill intentions towards Xiaona, but is just implicated by them. If Xiaona is allowed to return to Loland City, there should be no danger. Yaliqi also understands that he will also treat this kind of
I told Xiaona my idea, but Xiaona seemed unwilling to go back. When I asked her to go back, she cried loudly and said that Yaliqi and the others had harmed her, and now they wanted her to go back to die, so she had no choice but to take her with me.
On the road together.
He just didn't expect her to be so active, and what Yaliqi didn't know was that Xiaona seemed to be very attached to him. Kerry and the others naturally noticed it, but no one would take the initiative to say it.
"Oh, desert, what is the desert like? Brother Yaliqi, I have never seen a desert?" Xiaona has changed her former self since she hugged Yaliqi excitedly last time. She has changed from a strong-willed person.
The girl turned into a coquettish little girl, which gave Yalic a big headache.
"Uh... Well, I haven't seen what the desert looks like, but I should be able to see it in a few days."
"I'm so happy that I can go on an adventure with you." Xiaona whispered with a smile on her lips.
"Sir, there is a town ahead." Lucky turned around and shouted loudly, pointing ahead.
Yaliqi looked in the direction and saw that the road ahead passed through the woods. At a glance, he could see a large town behind the woods, so he said: "Okay, let's walk a little bit.
Hurry over and find out how we can cross the desert and reach Donghai City."
Several people quickened their pace, but the speed was still not very fast. The reason was naturally because of Xiaona. She always looked around and said a few words to Yaliqi from time to time, which hurt several people.
It can't go any faster at all.
"Ha, we're finally here." Kerry carefully looked back at Xiaona, who was still excited, and murmured in a low voice.
By this time, it was already getting late, and there were not many people on the street. They just found a hotel and stayed there. They had nothing to say, and everyone was already very tired, until early the next morning.
"Kerry, Ram, you go and inquire about the news. I'll go to the town to see if there is any place that sells weapons and buy a useful weapon." Yalich arranged this, his sword was already on the front a few days ago.
It was damaged in the battle of Tian, so I naturally had to buy a new one.
After Kerry and Ram went out, Xiaona said, "What about me? What tasks are you assigning to me?"
"You stay here with Lucky and wait for us to come back." Yaliqi felt happy, turned around and walked out, leaving Lucky and Xiaona staring at each other.
First, after Kerry and Ram went out, Ram asked: "Where should we go to get information? To the tavern or to the cargo station?" Basically, any town or city of some size has imports or exports in the town.
There is a goods station in the place, and there are many merchants coming and going there, so it is the easiest place to find out information. The tavern is a favorite place for some wanderers. Everyone chats unscrupulously there, and it is also easy to find out information.
But Kerry said: "Tavern? Cargo station?" He waved his hand and continued: "Of course we won't go to these places. The news in these places is messy and the credibility is very low. Let's go to the market."
"Market? How can you get the news there? Don't be kidding me." Ram looked unbelieving.
"Hey, I don't understand." Kerry said mysteriously: "The market is a place for buying and selling. Of course, you can also buy information. It is also very professional. The credibility is certainly much higher than what you hear casually."
What Kerry said was not made up randomly. In Xiyuan Continent, in addition to some normal transactions, there are also many abnormal transactions, that is, information transactions. They are responsible for collecting all kinds of information and news. After Angry Farewell came
, make an analysis and then sell the information to those who need it, and make a living from it.
The two came to the market and found that it was indeed different from the street. The most bizarre thing was that the most sold animal here was a kind of animal called Shatuo. It was very strange. There was a big bulge on Shatuo's back.
It looked very strange. After asking about it, I found out that this is a special ability of this animal. There is actually a water bladder. Shatuo stores water in it so that he can persist in the endless desert until he finds an oasis.
The two were greatly surprised, but they had not forgotten their business. Kerry took Ram to a small shop with a dove carved on the door. After entering, there was only one person inside, and he was sleeping on a table.
.
Kerry walked over, knocked on the table hard, woke the man up, opened his mouth and cursed: "Damn it, who wants to die come to me?"
Kerry frowned and was about to teach this rude guy a lesson, but Ram quickly stepped forward, stood in front of Kerry, and said to the man: "We are here to buy information."
"Oh? Buy the news," the man looked at them with interest, and then walked around them. Just when Kerry was about to have a seizure, he heard him laughing and saying: "Hahaha... buy the news.
, you are stupid. Haha..."
"What's wrong? Are you surprised that we don't sell information here anymore?" Ram asked strangely.
"Sell, of course, but I've been here for five years and I haven't seen anyone come here to buy anything. Haha, it really made me laugh." The man held his stomach and laughed loudly.
"Has no one bought news here in five years? That's why." As he said that, Ram took out a gold coin and threw it over.
The man's eyes immediately lit up, he stopped laughing, he coughed twice after catching the gold coin, and said sternly: "Well, haha, this news is not worth a gold coin." After saying this, he still quickly collected the gold coin.
He got up and continued: "Because this town is located in a remote place, just on the edge of the desert. Those who come here are all going to Donghai City to make a fortune. Those who come back from the desert are all rich men who have already made a fortune.
No one needs to buy any news."
"Hey! You're right." Kerry pushed away Ram in front of him, walked forward, took out a purple gold coin, and slapped it on the table. With a "pop", Kerry slapped the purple gold coin.
embedded in the table, and then said: "What we want to buy is the information on how to cross the desert. We want a complete set, including what to pay attention to, what to bring, and how much time it will take. A complete set, do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." The man wiped the cold sweat from his head and secretly touched the purple gold coin. After confirming that it was not a fake, he said to Kerry: "It just takes some time to sort it out. Tomorrow at the latest
, I can reply to you.”
"Okay, just tomorrow." Carell quickly pulled Ram and walked out.
After coming out, Ram complained: "Your attitude is too bad, Kerry, aren't you afraid that he will deceive us with false news?"
"Don't worry, my attitude is the right one. One is to shock him, and the other is to tell him that I am not a layman, so that he will not lie to us for the rest of his life. You know, their industry is very important to
The punishment for selling false news to customers is very serious." Kerry said easily.
The three of them returned to the hotel almost at the same time and talked to each other in the lobby of the hotel. Yalic went to the blacksmith in the town and had a casual look. There were no good weapons, so he bought a very ordinary blacksmith.
The knife is back.
But when they saw Lucky and Xiaona sitting in the corner, they couldn't help laughing. Lucky was sitting there, looking straight in front of him expressionlessly, but his forehead was raised.
His veins betrayed his mood at the moment, while Xiaona was sitting next to Lachi, talking nonstop. After they walked over, they understood why Lachi looked like that. Lachi saw Yaliqi
After coming back, he immediately let out a big breath and ran out of the hotel.
It turns out that what Xiaona kept saying just now was the same sentence - "When will Yalic and the others come back?"
"Hey, why haven't Yalic and the others come back yet?"
"How long will Yalic and the others wait until they come back?"
Embarrassing, the situation is very embarrassing.
In the end, it was Yalich who spoke first, and he said to Kerry: "How is it? How is the information gathering going?"
"Well, there is a reason, but we won't get the news until tomorrow." Kerry nodded, "By the way, where are the weapons you bought?" Kerry asked very curiously.
"Here! This is it." Yalic handed the knife to Kerry and looked at it.
"Alas" Kerry sighed deeply, "How could I lose to you in the first place? If we were singles, none of the three of you would be my opponent."
"Who says it's not?" After what happened last time, Yalic also felt that among the four of them, Kerry was indeed the more powerful in terms of martial arts. Not only was he rich in combat experience, but he also had powerful martial arts.
During a fight, if Kerry hadn't been careless, the result might not have been that good.
"Hey, why don't I be the boss and you guys be my followers," Kerry joked.
Ram curled his lips and said, "We never fight alone." Kerry was speechless.
Yaliqi smiled and said: "Haha, okay, let's not talk about this. Let's talk about something else. How about you teach us some martial arts skills, Kerry?"
"Ah? What?" Kerry asked in disbelief.
"Well, the three of us have almost no martial arts skills. We will be at a huge disadvantage when encountering enemies. Your martial arts skills are so powerful, why not teach us." Yalic said embarrassedly.
"This is not possible, this is not possible." Kerry waved his hands quickly and said with a wry smile: "First, my martial arts must be matched with the exercises I practice before I can use them. Second, my Golden Light Technique is
What is passed down from family is never passed down to outsiders.”
"Oh, so that's the case, then forget it." Yalic nodded, and then said with an innocent face: "In that case, it seems that the three of us can't beat you no matter what."
"Hehe, it's okay, we are a family, no matter who is good, it's the same." Kerry said with a proud smile.
"Then if anything happens in the future, you will be responsible for dealing with it. If you have no choice but to use a trick, we will take you to escape." The smile on Yalic's face was like a blooming flower.
"Ah" Kerry froze like an eggplant beaten by frost.
However, on the morning of the next day, a few people were sitting in the lobby of the hotel chatting again. They saw a man coming in at the door and peering inside. It wasn't until he saw Kerry that he walked over with a smile on his face.
"Ha, it's you, you're finally here." Kerry stood up and greeted the man.
"Haha, I kept you waiting for a long time."
"I thought you wouldn't come. I was planning to turn back and go to your headquarters. What should I say?"
"No, no, of course I will come. Haha, as you think, we will not break our promise." The man hurriedly defended that if he reported it to the headquarters, he would not only lose this iron job, but also face a lot of trouble.
The punishment is not something I can accept.
Then, he took off a cloth bag he had been carrying, took out a roll of paper, handed it to Kerry, and left quickly.
"Kerry, hurry up, open it and take a look." Ram urged.
"Okay, don't worry."
"Is this the news you are asking for? Why does that person look like he owes you money?" Yalic asked curiously.
Ram straightened his back and was about to speak when he heard Kerry cough hard twice. Ram looked at Kerry and saw him winking at him. He thought for a moment and suddenly understood.
What happened? He lay back on the backrest again.
Kerry cleared his throat and said to Yalic: "It's not that he owes me money, it's just that I know his boss, that's why he is like this. Let's not talk about this. Let's take a look at what is written above."
Everyone quickly formed a circle and carefully looked at the content on the scroll. They saw neatly written on it——
Tips for crossing the desert to reach Donghai City - Find a person who lives on the edge of the desert as a guide.
"Is it over?" Yalic looked up at Kerry and asked in surprise.
"Giggles, it seems there are no words left." Xiaona covered her mouth and said with a smile.
"...." Kerry's face suddenly turned red.
Ram held his stomach and buried his head. Just by looking at his shaking shoulders, you could tell that he was laughing hard.
"I wish we could have just found a guide instead of going to such trouble." Xiaona sighed softly, obviously laughing at them for being so stupid.
"Haha, don't laugh. It's just that a few of us don't go out often, so we don't know these things. Now that we have a way, we will do it immediately. Kerry, you should go with Ram. This time you need to bring the guide.
." Yaliqi said sternly, Ram and Lucky stopped laughing, and Kerry hurriedly walked out after hearing this. Only Xiaona was still there giggling.
Ram followed closely behind Kerry, and the two walked very fast, and soon they arrived at the market again.
"Kerry, do you want to teach that guy a lesson?" Ram said, touching Kerry with his shoulder.
"Forget it, maybe that guy is laughing at me for being stupid, so I won't go." Kerry said awkwardly. This time it was really embarrassing and a huge loss of money.
"We are looking for a guide to cross the desert. Is there one here?" Ram stopped a person passing by them and asked.
"Well, there are all guides over there." The man pointed to a corner in the distance.
"Thanks."
The two looked over there and saw about seven or eight people sitting in the corner over there, including an old man with a gray beard. They were all resting there with their backs leaning on their sand camels.
"We are going to cross the desert." As soon as Kerry finished speaking, a few people who were resting immediately jumped up from the ground and surrounded Kerry. They started talking one by one.
"Just ask me. I've led many caravans, there's absolutely no problem."
"Look for me, I only need one diamond coin, it's very cheap."
"Look for me..." "Look for me..." Kerry's ears hurt hearing this.
But Ram noticed that the old man was still sitting there and just looking at them with a smile, so he walked over quietly, squatted down, and asked: "Old man, why don't you come around and recommend yourself?"
"Haha, I'm already old, so I won't argue with young people. Besides, I'm not short of money." The old man replied with a smile.
"Oh? Then why are you staying here? Why don't you go back to rest? Have you also walked through the desert?" Ram asked curiously.
"I stay here because I can't sit around at home. It feels good to chat with everyone here." The old man stroked his gray beard, smiled, and continued: "As for whether I have walked through it before?
The desert, haha, I can’t remember it clearly, I can’t remember how many times I walked there.” The old man covered his forehead with his hand, looked up at the sky, stood up, took the sand camel and prepared to leave.
Ram quickly stopped and said repeatedly: "Old man, we are staying here. Why don't you take us on a trip again?"
The old man turned to look at Ram, smiled and said, "Aren't I going to go back with you?" Ram was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and suddenly realized, he pulled Kerry, who was still in a daze, and walked to the old man.
Ahead, I took the old man to the hotel.
When they arrived at the hotel, Ram called Yalic and the others out and told him that the old man was the guide.
Xiaona tilted her head and looked at the old man and asked: "Grandpa, why don't you rest at home? Why don't you go out and work hard to make money?"
"Haha" the old man smiled and said nothing.
"How much commission do you want?" Yalich asked.
The old man made a rough calculation in his mind, smiled and stretched out two fingers to Yalic, "Two purple gold coins?" Yalic asked happily, if it is two purple gold coins, it is indeed very cheap, because he was in
The hotel has heard from people that it will take at least a month to walk across the desert.
"No, two diamond coins." The old man shook his head and said affirmatively.
"What? Two diamond coins?" Yalic asked in disbelief.
Even Ram was a little surprised and asked: "Didn't someone just say that a diamond coin is enough?"
The old man sighed and said: "With two diamond coins, I can take you across the desert easily, and I can also let you appreciate the wonders of the desert, just like traveling. With one diamond coin, I can also cross the desert, but it is very difficult."
My body is not as tired as yours, so you make your own decision."
Yaliqi looked at Kerry, then at Xiaona, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, two diamond coins are just two diamond coins. When can we set off?"
"Wait a minute," the old man interrupted Yalich, and said, "I have one more condition."
"What conditions?" Yalic asked, covering his head. Paying money already gave him a headache. If there were any more strange conditions, he would rather rush to the desert by himself.
"There is only one condition, that is, you must listen to me on everything on the road." The old man said seriously.
"Why?" Seeing the seriousness of the old man's face, Yalic asked seriously.
The old man said: "Because there are not only wonders in the desert, but also many unexpected dangers, so you must listen to me, otherwise, I will not go."
"all?"
"right!"
"Everything?"
"Yes"
At this time, Kerry took over the conversation and asked again: "Including when to defecate?"
"Uh... you can decide this for yourself."
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