A slender boy of fourteen or five years old was working hard to sell a product to a visitor from out of town: "Dear Sir, this is the most famous handicraft of Shahan Kingdom, the Mingsha Mirror, and it is the best product for women.
The goods here are sold directly from Boutique Pavilion, and they only charge the cost price of four amethyst coins per side. If you buy three yuan, it will be more discounted, and it only costs ten amethyst coins. You can't find this in any store in the city.
It’s worth it.”
The foreign visitor is Chen Rui who came all the way. The Black Prison Desert is located in the southwest of the human world. It is extremely vast. However, due to its remote location and harsh environment, there are only two small and barren countries in the periphery.
, Shahan Kingdom is one of them.
Tolia City is the largest city in the kingdom besides the capital. It is small in area and not very populous. In Chen Rui's opinion, this second largest city is at most equivalent to a small town in the Dark Moon Territory.
Seeing Chen Rui's interested expression, the young man rolled his eyes and put the mirror back into the small bag in his hand: "This must be your first time coming to Tolia City, sir. Although the girls here are not as good as those in big cities,
But it’s not very charming. Do you want me to take you to a nice place? The girls there are the cleanest and hottest in the city. I’m satisfied with the care! You only need to pay me a small fee for your hard work.”
Looking at the young man who was trying his best to pimp, Chen Rui shook his head secretly and asked: "I'm not interested in souvenirs or women. Are you familiar with the desert area?"
"Sir, I have grown up here since I was a child. Everyone here knows my little Jim. He is known as a know-it-all. He even knows how many sand dunes there are in the Black Prison Desert." Little Jim said enthusiastically.
"It is indeed my first time to come to Tolia City, so first tell me about the Black Hell Desert, known as Little Jim, who knows everything."
"Uh..." Little Jim blinked and looked at Chen Rui without speaking.
Chen Rui smiled and flicked an amethyst coin with his fingers, throwing it up high. Little Jim quickly caught it, nodded and bowed, but secretly thought to himself that he met a generous outsider today who seemed to be able to fool a lot of people.
Scam some money.
While he was thinking about it, another amethyst coin appeared in the opponent's hand. Little Jim was overjoyed when he saw the hard amethyst coin instantly turned into powder in the opponent's fingers: "I will ask other people about the same question.
If what you said is even slightly untrue, I don’t think there’s any need for me to stop talking nonsense.”
Little Jim shuddered, and immediately put away some unnecessary thoughts and honestly introduced the situation of the desert. Chen Rui asked about a batch of materials in a circumstantial manner, including fire crystal sand. Little Jim is indeed a know-it-all.
I knew the ordinary materials quite well and could tell which store in the city I could buy them in. But I knew nothing about the Fire Crystal Sand and had never heard of such a thing.
Chen Rui could tell that the young man was not lying, but Delrus, the King of Light Elements, would not lie to him. The Fire Crystal Sand must be in the Black Prison Desert.
There is another legend about the Dream Oasis. A long time ago, there was a mysterious and remote kingdom in the desert called the Chidou Kingdom. The king was fatuous and favored an ambitious prime minister. Under the prime minister's violent rule, most people believed in cruelty and inhumanity.
, there are fewer and fewer people who believe in the light.
This prime minister not only coveted the throne but also coveted the beauty of the princess. The princess was a devout Illuminati believer, and her fiancé was a young and promising general in the kingdom. Unfortunately, the general was killed by the prime minister's slander to the king, and the princess was given to him again.
Married to the prime minister. The grief-stricken princess went on a hunger strike for three days to pray to the God of Light and then died in love.
The princess' piety and infatuation moved the God of Light, and launched a terrible storm that swallowed up the Chi Dou Kingdom. Only the place where the princess died for her love turned into an oasis, and all believers in the light were spared in the oasis.
The soul of this princess entered the kingdom of God under the guidance of light, and was named "Thesanelle" by the God of Light, which is the ancient saying "Desert Messenger". Over time, she was believed by people to be the goddess of the desert.
"Sir, this goddess is a real existence. She will perform miracles every few years or hundreds of years to help the lost people in the desert return safely. Only those who believe in her can turn danger into good." Little Jim said from his clothes.
He took out an ornament with a small statue engraved on it, "This is the statue of the desert goddess Teshaniel. Although she is only a small god under the throne of the God of Light, in this black hell desert, she
They are real gods. If you really want to go to the desert, you must wear this kind of goddess statue and get the blessing of the goddess. This is a high-level statue of mine that only requires ten amethyst coins..."
Hearing that Little Jim was selling products again, Chen Rui shook his head and said no: "You all believe in the goddess Thesaniel? So is there a Church of Light in Tolia City?"
"Only the Royal Capital has the Church's Temple of Light, but the Desert Goddess is the deity under the God of Light, and this place is located on the edge of the desert. The Church in the Royal Capital also recognizes that this belief does not conflict with it."
Is the Church of Light recognized? Chen Rui is a little more curious about this so-called desert goddess.
According to Little Jim, it is rumored that the Kingdom of Red Dou has left many treasures, and the key breakthrough is in the Dream Oasis. Many adventurers once flocked to it, but unfortunately not only did they find nothing, but most of the treasure hunters never returned. The difference between adventure and treasure hunting
The heat was also greatly reduced, but the sinister reputation of the Black Hell Desert spread from then on.
Little Jim finally mentioned the relevant information about the Dream Oasis - the Dream Oasis is actually moving! In other words, this oasis does not have a fixed location, but moves around like a living creature.
Chen Rui frowned secretly. The Black Prison Desert is as huge as the ocean. The environment is very harsh and the magic map cannot be used. Finding a small oasis in such a huge area is as difficult as finding an unknown island in the Sea of Death.
almost.
It was related to Duoduo's safety, and he had learned from the previous experience of almost going astray in the waters of Storm Island, so Chen Rui did not dare to ask for help and asked: "Little Jim, is there a guide in Tolia City who can find the Dream Oasis?"
"Sir, you... do you want to find the treasure of the Dream Oasis?" Little Jim looked surprised, "It is said that the moving locations of the oasis are in the core of the Black Prison Desert. Let alone finding the oasis, even if you enter the core area, you will not be able to find it.
People can do it. In addition to the terrible sandstorms, there are also ferocious sand bandits on the road. Those bandits will attack towns from time to time and plunder food and property. Last month, the city of Tolia was also attacked."
"You don't have to worry about the reason why I'm looking for Dream Oasis. You just need to answer it." Chen Rui had another black crystal coin in his hand.
Prices in such a small place are much lower than those in big cities. One black crystal coin is already an astonishing sum of money. Little Jim swallowed involuntarily, but shook his head with regret: "Although I
I really want this money, but unfortunately I really don’t know.”
"It seems that my luck is not good." Chen Rui didn't look at Little Jim. He just looked around, put away the black crystal coins, asked where the hotel in the city was, walked straight away, and soon disappeared into Little Jim.
in sight.
When Little Jim saw Chen Rui walking away, he looked around, slowly walked into the alley next to him, then turned around a bit, seemed to relax, and ran forward quickly. Suddenly, his feet were touched by
I tripped over something and fell heavily to the ground. The small bag in my hand blurted out. It was so painful that I couldn't get up for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, several pairs of old cowhide boots appeared in sight, and at the same time a voice that was least expected to be heard sounded: "Little Jim, you can run away pretty damn fast."
Little Jim endured the pain, looked up at the face full of bruises, and said with a sorry smile: "Master Pino, I'm just worried about Father Lar. Recently, the old guy's old habits have returned."
The big man who came with Pino shouted: "Stop pretending to be stupid! I heard the old cake seller Kaili say, did you just meet an outsider and make a lot of money?"
"Old Kaili's eyes were dim, so I sold him a mirror and got some white crystal coins..."
Before he finished speaking, Pino's right hand was firmly stepped on by one of his feet: "How dare you pretend!"
Pino exerted a strong force, and Little Jim finally released his grip on his right hand. The amethyst coin stained with sweat slipped out from between his fingers, and Pino grabbed it in his hand.
"That's the money I used to treat my father's injury! Give it back to me!" Little Jim struggled to get up and wanted to snatch back the amethyst coin.
"Where did that foreigner go? Tell me and I will return it to you."
Little Jim thought of the scene where Chen Rui crushed the amethyst coin and replied: "The hotel."
"Let's go to the hotel." Pino waved to his friends.
Little Jim was anxious: "Give me the money back!"
"Fuck you!" Pino turned around and kicked little Jim's thin body away and hit it against the wall.
"Brother Pino," a friend on the side suggested: "Over there at the hotel... let's go explore it first?"
"Well." Pino weighed the amethyst coin in his hand. "If you want to do it, you have to do it as neatly as last time. If that guy is not strong..."
Pino smiled evilly, and made a knife-like scratch on his neck. Unexpectedly, blood actually spurted out from this scratch. Pino was stunned until he felt a severe pain in his throat and his hands were filled with his own blood.
Realizing what had happened, he immediately covered his neck and let out a horrified sound of "Hehe" from his throat.
This weird scene looked like a cold joke, but no one could laugh out loud. Then a voice rang out: "Are you looking for me?"
Only then did everyone realize that there was an extra person around them. At the same time, a chill arose in everyone's heart, and their limbs seemed to be frozen, unable to move.
Little Jim got up and looked at the "outsider" who had given him money with the same horror.
"Who are you! Pino's brother-in-law is the captain of the city's defense team. If you dare..."
"It turns out that we are still a family of officials and gangsters. It seems that you are all veterans of murder and robbery. Since you dare to kill people, you must have the consciousness to be killed." Chen Rui flicked his fingers, and in the horrified eyes of little Jim, everyone including Pino
The bodies of the four big men instantly shattered into dust-like particles and disappeared without a trace, not even a trace of blood was left.
Only the amethyst coin that Pino had taken away automatically floated in front of little Jim, but the young man was frightened by the scene just now and did not dare to take it for a moment.
"Little Jim, it seems that it's not me who is unlucky, but you." Chen Rui shook his head: "Actually, I saw it before. You didn't tell the truth. Is the person I'm looking for... the one you said?
Daddy Lal?”
Little Jim trembled, and Chen Rui smiled slightly: "Let's go to your house. I forgot to tell you that in addition to killing people, I can also save people. As long as your father is still breathing, I can save him.