Chapter 653: Town Spirit Features
Chapter 653: Town Spirit Features
Su and Paimeng successfully found the merchant's base camp, successfully robbed the merchant... and successfully punished the merchant.
Su defeated all the enemies by himself and took away all the property of this illegal caravan.
Including a bunch of gem ornaments, several mysterious mechanical cores, and a car full of children.
Su:……
Paimon:...
Under the bloody setting sun, a gust of wind blew, and the children in the wooden cage cart shivered and huddled together.
Paimon exploded instantly, "So they really are trafficking in people! And they captured so many children!"
Su didn't want to take over this kind of "trophy" at all, but it was obviously not okay to just leave these kids here.
Su irritably put the felt cloth back on the wooden cage cart and walked back, leading the docile beast.
If I had known earlier, I would have let that kid follow me. At least now he can be my free laborer!
Fortunately, they met Kong who was following the trail halfway. Su breathed a sigh of relief and handed all the problems to her reliable friend.
There was helplessness on Kong's face. They had just spent so much time buying pack animals and yet they had encountered such an accident. It seemed that the desert was indeed quite chaotic.
Sora thought for a moment, "It's getting late. Let's go to Aru Village to rest today. Candice must be better at handling things in the desert than us."
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Candice came back after settling the children, and Paimon greeted her, "Candice, when can they go home?"
Su was admiring today's spoils, "Don't worry, Paimon, Candice will be able to handle it."
Candice sighed and told the Traveler Team the true situation, "I'm afraid I can't send them home."
Candice said some of the children were too young to remember where their homes were, while others were sold by their “family members.”
The desert environment is harsh and survival is a difficult test.
Many children who lost their parents were raised by the tribe, and they would be traded away when the tribe was short of supplies.
"If I send them back under such circumstances, it will be even more dangerous for them."
Those children will still be sold or disposed of. In any case, they will not be as lucky as this time.
Before Paimon could cry, Candice gently comforted him, "But don't worry, Aru Village will accept them."
Candice said the children will grow up in a safe environment. "Although the conditions are not very good, they will have enough food and clothes, and they will have education in the future."
Candice brought the topic to the newly built school in Aru Village, describing a future full of hope that made Paimon forget those bad emotions.
Su and Kong quietly gave Candice a thumbs up behind Paimon.
After the exhausted Paimon went to sleep in the pot, Candice took Su and Kong for a walk and told them the secrets of the desert.
"Most of the children you brought here today are good-looking. That caravan should be providing services to the tribe that believes in the flower god."
Su was puzzled, "Didn't the flower god die a long time ago? And what does this have to do with catching beautiful children?"
"The flower god has passed away, but his followers, the town spirits, are still here. The town spirits will grant the beautiful children powerful military strength and enhance the tribe's combat effectiveness."
Candice smiled as she looked at the handsome young men around her. "You look like the type that would satisfy Zhen Ling."
Although Su and Kong don't need the power of Zhenling's blessing at all.
Su's face was full of speechlessness, "I feel more and more that those town spirits are all super obsessed with looks."
"That's indeed the case," Candice continued, "Perhaps you have noticed that some desert mercenaries can use elemental power even though they don't have the Eye of God."
Sora nodded. "Before, I thought they were like the Fatui or the Treasure Thieves, relying on technology and potions to create the effect, but after a closer look, I found that the elemental forces seemed to come from the weapons they used."
Candice: "Yes, those weapons contain broken Eredals. Eredals are the weakest of the town spirits, but they can still mobilize elemental forces."
Weapons that seal evil spirits are more powerful than ordinary weapons, but in order to use such weapons, one must have good looks.
Now Kong was speechless, "There is actually such a weapon..." Could it be that the more good-looking the person, the more powerful it would be?
Candice went on to reveal that the tribe that believed in the flower god captured and absorbed beautiful children in order to attract the attention of the great town spirit and thus find the way to the eternal oasis.
The vast majority of desert people believe in the Red King and want to find the Golden Dreamland, where they can gain the power of the Red King and seize control of the desert.
A small number of people who believe in the flower god want to reach the eternal oasis and live a life without any worries in that legendary paradise.
"Although the Scarlet King and the Flower God have been gone for a long time, there are still many fanatics in the desert who have unrealistic dreams."
"During your archaeological journey, in addition to the poisonous insects of natural disasters and the traps of the ruins, you will most likely encounter threats from humans."
Candice warned earnestly, "So try not to be scattered, and don't trust strangers too much."
"Okay," Su nodded in agreement, "Sora and I will protect Paimon."
"You must protect yourselves as well." Candice handed Su a map. "This is a detailed oasis map. You must remember it well."
Kong knew very well how valuable this map was in the desert area, so he took it and looked at it carefully before returning it to Candice, "We've memorized it."
Candice was stunned for a second before putting the map away, "That's good, come on, look up."
Candice held the girl's shoulders and pointed to a bright star. "If you get lost in the desert, follow the direction of this star and you will find Aru Village and me."
"Okay," Sue leaned against her elder sister and put her arm around her waist. "I'll remember Candice Xingxing and come to Aru Village to see you often. Are you relieved?"
"Candice star..." Candice couldn't help but laugh, as if a Sumeru rose was blooming softly.
She finally understood Dixia's evaluation of Su, "That child is a genius at acting cute! When she's sweet, she's sweeter than dates."
"Su."
"Ok?"
"Eat dates?"
“Hiss—no no!”
As Kong was silently enjoying the breeze, he felt as if he had been forgotten.
The next day, the travel team said goodbye to Candice and Aru Village and officially started their desert archaeological journey.
Two tall beasts of burden were walking on the scorching desert land, with a "tent" made of a wooden frame and thick linen firmly placed on their backs, with a team of travelers sitting inside.
Sora sat on a pack animal in front, controlling its direction with a pole with a carrot hanging from it.
Su and Paimeng sat on a pack animal at the back, and the two pack animals were directly connected by a special hemp rope.
"It's so hot!" Su felt that he was being tortured by the high temperature of the sun.
"Just hold on a little longer," Paimon fanned her with a Tengu feather fan, "We'll be at the oasis soon, and it'll be cooler there."
If Su hadn't insisted on driving the pack animal and ended up taking the wrong route, they would have arrived at the oasis by now.
Sora in front turned around and said, "Why don't you get into the pot, Su?"
The girl said stubbornly, "I won't!"
Their traveling team always shares the joys and sorrows, so why did she go in alone to enjoy the cool air?
Moreover, she really didn't want to be mistaken for Zhen Ling!
Paimon sighed, "It's all because of the lack of knowledge of the Gilded Brigade. Who says that anything that comes out of a pot must be a Zhenling?"
Don't you know that Su hates being mistaken for a face-obsessed Zhen Ling recently? How dare he chase after their Traveler Team!
However, it is indeed inconvenient to put the Chen Ge Pot in the desert. Just like today, when everyone went into the pot to take a nap, it took a long time to find a suitable place to put the Chen Ge Pot.
In the end, not only was some sand blown into the pot by the wind, but the pot was also picked up by someone, causing a stir.