Chapter 518 Who is Innocent?
Jade stared at Babel's body motionlessly.
She just watched quietly as time passed.
After an unknown amount of time, she finally woke up from a long nightmare, exhaled slowly, and said with a hint of relief and exhaustion: "It's all over..."
Shao Yun looked around, seeing the corpses scattered all over the ground and the devastated Tanit tribe, and his brows couldn't help but frown slightly.
He knew in his heart that the scene before him meant that there would be a lot of difficult things waiting to be dealt with next.
He just shook his head and sighed helplessly: "Yes, the battle is over, but I have to find a way to clean up this mess. You guys should find a place to rest for a while. After I burn these corpses, we will go to Aru Village together."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the corpses and began to clean up.
In order to prevent the three from seeing what happened next, Shao Yun handed the key to Babel's vault to Ying and asked them to see if there was anything they could take.
In a short while, Shao Yun piled the corpses together, forming a pile of corpses like a small mountain.
Then he took out a dozen bottles of illegal liquor and poured them all on the pile of corpses.
These strong liquors quickly soaked every inch of the corpse.
After doing all this, Shao Yun struck a match and threw it at the mountain of corpses in front of him.
There was a loud "whoosh" and a blazing fire shot up into the sky, instantly illuminating the entire Tanit tribe.
The fire was extremely fierce, ruthlessly devouring everything beneath it.
The strong and pungent smell of blood rose along with the billowing smoke, which soon attracted many vultures in the desert.
These voracious birds of prey circled in the sky, making piercing cries, anxiously waiting for the flames to die down so they could enjoy their meal below.
Shao Yun stood aside and watched the fire silently. As time passed, the flames on the pile of corpses gradually weakened until they were finally extinguished completely.
However, before the smoke cleared, the vultures, who had been unable to hold back, landed impatiently, using their sharp beaks to frantically peck at the rotten meat that had not yet been burned to ashes. For a moment, the whole scene looked both cruel and disgusting.
The desert vultures that have been eating carrion finally got to eat something hot.
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The wealth owned by the Tanit tribe is actually not much. If you count it carefully, there are only more than 200,000 Moras in the box, plus tens of thousands of Moras scattered everywhere.
After all the follow-up matters were dealt with, Shao Yun, Ying and Paimeng took Jade and her "Ben Ben" and headed towards Aru Village.
While escorting Jade to Aru Village, Jade sat quietly behind Ying, her thoughts involuntarily drifting back to the events she had experienced in the past two months.
Especially when she recalled the moment when Shao Yun finally revealed the truth about Babel's life experience, her heart was filled with doubts and curiosity.
So, Jie De couldn't help but cast her eyes towards Shao Yun who was also riding a horse beside her and asked, "Why do you know Babel's life experience?"
Facing Jade's question, Shao Yun answered truthfully: "I accidentally found some notes scattered on the ground in the desert. Then I gradually pieced together Babel's life story."
However, when Jade heard that Shao Yun found these clues in the desert of rocks and deserts northwest of Qianhe Sand Land, she asked in surprise.
"How did you get to that place? From what I know, it seems that it is not friendly to outsiders, and there seems to be an organization called 'Nagajuna Group', and they strictly forbid outsiders to enter that area at will!"
Shao Yun did not explain too much, but changed the subject and said: "Why are you like a curious baby? Now think carefully about your future life. These disputes will have nothing to do with you in the future."
When Shao Yun asked her to imagine her future life, Jiede looked confused and murmured to herself: "But I killed so many people, Breda, Govafa, Igidel, Medul, Theya, Usad, Tafle..."
At this point, her voice trembled slightly.
"Can a 'monster' like me, with blood on my hands, really live safely in Aru Village?"
Listening to Jade's confusion, Shao Yun calmly told Jade some practical truths.
"Who is innocent? There are many cases of killing people and setting fires for gold belts, and repairing bridges and roads without leaving any corpses. In the big melting pot of the desert, even if you are as kind as a little white rabbit, you will evolve fangs."
"As for Aru Village, as long as you abide by the rules of Aru Village, Candice will let you stay in the village."
In a word, there are not so many good people and bad people in the world. There are only those who follow the rules and those who don't, those who have eyes and those who don't.
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It was already the morning of the next day when we arrived at Aru Village from the Tanit tribe.
Bathed in warm golden light, Aru Village appears peaceful and tranquil.
Candice was sitting on the familiar stone at the entrance of the village, concentrating on maintaining the weapon in her hand.
Just as she was about to complete the final preparations before her morning patrol, an inadvertent glance up made her gaze instantly fixed.
I saw several figures walking slowly from a distance. They were Shao Yun, Ying, Paimeng and...Jade!
Candice couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly and greeted him.
"Wow, look who's back! Mr. Shao Yun, and Ying and Paimon, and Jade?"
Obviously, Candice never expected to see Jade again here.
Shao Yun smiled and waved to Candice, saying hello: "Hello, Miss Candice! I would like to ask if Aru Village is willing to accept new villagers now?"
Hearing this, Candice was stunned at first, then quickly glanced at the people around Shao Yun, with a little confusion in her eyes, and asked hesitantly: "You... are you four planning to settle down and become villagers of Aru Village?"
Shao Yun realized that his previous statement might have caused Candice to misunderstand, so he quickly waved his hand and explained with a smile.
"Haha, that's not the case, Miss Candice. There's only Jade and her Ben Ben. I wonder if Aru Village welcomes them both?"
After listening to Shao Yun's explanation, Candice smiled warmly and replied, "Of course no problem!"
Then she stood up, took a step forward, and extended her right hand with a smile, sincerely inviting him.
"Ms. Jade, you are very welcome to join Aru Village and become one of us from now on. Please follow me, I will arrange a place for you to live so that you can adapt to life here as soon as possible."
Jade widened her eyes and looked at the amiable Candice in front of her in disbelief.
She originally thought that joining the village might require going through a series of cumbersome procedures or tests, but she didn't expect it to be so smooth and easy.
This sudden surprise made her a little overwhelmed for a moment.
Shao Yun, who was standing nearby, saw Jie De's surprised look and whispered in her ear, "See, I told you not to worry. Enjoy your new life in Aru Village!"
After hearing Shao Yun's words, Jie De came back to her senses as if awakened from a dream, and her gratitude was beyond words.
She first gave Shao Yun a look full of gratitude, then turned her gaze to Ying and Paimeng who had always been by her side, and thanked them sincerely.
"Well, thank you so much. If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid I don't know what to do."
After thanking him, Jade turned to look at Ben Ben beside her, gently stroked its head, and said softly: "Ben Ben, let's go."
As if it understood what its master said, "Ben Ben" followed closely at Jade's feet.
In this way, Jade brought "Benben" and followed Candice into Aru Village.
After that, Aru Village had another enthusiastic girl and her little mechanical friend who helped the villagers.
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After settling Jade, Shao Yun, Ying and Paimeng discussed at the entrance of the village when and how to go to Fontaine.
Paimeng casually glanced at the person walking out of Aru Village. After seeing his appearance clearly, she was suddenly stunned. Then she pointed at the person coming out of the village and shouted, "Seno? How did you appear in Aru Village!"
Seno walked over slowly and began to explain in a calm and serious tone: "Because there are some official business that needs to be handled."
"According to the reports submitted by the discipline officers, over the past two months, a number of caravans have mysteriously disappeared in the southern area of the Thousand Valleys Desert."
At this point, Seno paused for a moment, then continued: "So, I decided to go to that area in person to investigate."
"We just arrived at Aru Village last night to take a short rest, and now we are preparing to set out to conduct an on-site inspection."
Hearing what Seno said, Paimeng couldn't help but frown and whispered in a low voice to Ying and Shao Yun beside him.
Paimon muttered softly, "In my opinion, this incident was most likely done by the Tanit tribe. After all, they are located just to the south of the Thousand Ravines Sand Land, and that is also their usual hunting ground..."
At this time, Ying also lowered her voice, turned to look at Shao Yun and asked softly: "So, should we tell Senor about this situation?"
However, Shao Yun shook his head and asked in a low voice: "What should we tell him? Should we tell him that we have killed all the people in the Tanit tribe? Forget it...some things should be buried in the yellow sand."
Seeing Shao Yun, Ying, and Paimeng whispering to each other, Senor couldn't help but feel curious. He stepped forward and asked, "What are you guys whispering about here?"
Shao Yun was slightly stunned, then quickly shook his head and lied as if nothing had happened.
"Oh, nothing special, nothing special, just talking about a friend from Mond whom I met in the desert two months ago. We were talking about whether she would encounter any danger."
Hearing this, Seno's expression instantly became serious. Once it involves the safety of others in the desert, it is not a trivial matter that can be easily ignored.
He quickly asked, "In that case, can you tell me what your friend from Mond looks like? Perhaps I can help you."
Faced with such enthusiastic inquiry from Sino, Shao Yun originally planned to just perfunctorily answer the question and let it go, but he changed his mind...
So he began to briefly describe Eula's appearance to Seno.
"Well, she is a girl, a little taller than Ying, and has a figure similar to your senior sister 'Lisa'. She has short blue hair and wears a black lace headband (Yan Fei's safety pants?)."
"Right! She should still be wearing a navy blue cape, but now she should be wearing a white hooded cape to protect her from the sand."
While recalling the image of Eula, Shao Yun explained it to Seno in detail.
Sino silently memorized the features of the friend Shao Yun described, and nodded in response: "Well, OK, I already know the general situation. If I am lucky enough to meet your friend in the desert, I will definitely help him."
But then he added another sentence.
"However, if you had met her two months ago, I wouldn't be able to make any promises now..."
Shao Yun seemed quite calm. He shrugged and replied nonchalantly: "It's okay. She is very skilled. I don't think she will encounter any serious danger..."
"Of course, if you really meet her, it would be great if you could help her."
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