Chapter 1: Lei Yin (Part 1)

  Sharona was trampled on by Qitian Yao, he had already lost the strength to resist, and said: "Are you Master Wanlun?"

  "Qitian Yao smiled and said: 'Qitian Yao, Mirlin Master.'"

  Shalona cursed inwardly. A hidden wheel master in the merchant group, this was too much of a scam. He said: "Senior, I didn't know you were a wheel master, I...I..."

  "Hey, aren't you supposed to be tough? You want the woman to stay behind and the man to strip naked, haha, what a domineering attitude! Tell your subordinates to put down their weapons immediately! Get them all stripped!" He said with a smile, releasing his foot and crossing his arms, looking like he was enjoying the show.

  Sarona was so scared that his legs went soft, and he haggled: "Put down your weapons... take off your clothes, and that's it, senior. This... this is too ugly."

  Qitian Yao kicked him fiercely and said, "Ugly? You still know what's ugly? As a cultivator, the status of a thousand wheel master is much stronger than that of a sand thief. When you're a sand thief... don't care about being ugly or good-looking, get out!"

  Lei Xingfeng couldn't help but laugh, never expecting that the usually serious Qi Tianyao would have such a mischievous look on his face.

  Shalona couldn't resist, his life was literally in the other person's hands, and he could clearly feel that the other person didn't have much killing intent, but rather a playful attitude. If he were to force it, he estimated there wouldn't be a good outcome. He was forced into a corner, and could only loudly say: "Everyone put down your weapons, take off your armor and clothes... Senior... I'll take off my armor, clothes are fine, right?"

  "Cut the crap, strip!"

  A large group of men dropped their weapons and started taking off their clothes. Wen Yan shouted, "Don't take everything off!"

  Lei Xingfeng suddenly remembered his little sister was still watching from behind and also shouted: "You don't have to take off your pants!"

  Shalona finally let out a sigh of relief, stripping off everything. Although there was no danger to her life, for a thousand-year-old master, this was a humiliation that would be difficult to recover from for the rest of her life, it was just too embarrassing.

  Qitian Yao was just playing a prank, so when Wen Yan spoke up, he didn't insist anymore and waved his hand in agreement. When Salona had only one grey cloth pant left, he lifted his leg and gave him a kick, saying: "Follow me!"

  Shalona followed nervously and came before everyone.

  "Go, I've seen three seniors!" said Zhitian Yao.

  Shalona only then discovered the three old men, his heart racing wildly. Qi Tianyao was a Mysterious Wheel Master, what kind of power did he mean by "senior"? In his mind, he had already cursed Tuo Tuoshi to death, but he respectfully bowed and said: "Shalona has seen all the seniors, Shalona didn't know you were here, I apologize for my offense." He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

  Lei Bo and Qi Xuan didn't say a word. Du Hongchen said, "Those tattered things of yours, we're too lazy to bother with, but you shouldn't have launched an attack on us."

  Shalona was on the verge of tears, he had been deceived by others. Not only were his subordinates deceiving him, but even the merchant group was also deceiving him. He finally understood that these people were absolutely not members of the merchant group, and he had foolishly allowed himself to be used as a pawn.

  "I don't know what to say, seniors... I apologize, I'll compensate..."

  Du Hongchen said: "How to solve it, you and the merchant team discuss it yourself. Alright, retreat." He rarely argued with a small Thousand Wheel Master, nor could he start a big killing spree and wipe out all these sand thieves. Killing these sand thieves would not give him any sense of accomplishment.

  "Unbelievable... Senior, you're not going to pursue us?"

  Du Hongchen sneered: "You really want me to pursue this?"

  "Ah, no, no, thank you, senior! Thank you for your magnanimity!" He retreated backward without stopping.

  Taro bird took the opportunity to surround the sand thieves with his men, and put away their weapons and leather armor. Facing a large group of unarmed sand thieves, he deliberately sent someone to catch Tuo Stone.

  After Sharona broke away from the group of terrifying cultivators, he turned around and walked towards his own team. After all, he was a cultivator, and even if the merchant team was the winner, they didn't dare to be excessive towards him. The merchant team didn't have the strength to keep a Thousand Wheel Master behind.

  Taro bird brought several low-level wheel masters and came to Salona's face, saying: "Your people have been captured by us, what do you plan to do?"

  Shalona didn't want to continue at all, this time falling into a big pit, his luck was really bad, he glared and said: "What's the plan, I'm defeated, what do you say we do?"

  The parrot didn't dare say anything else and said: "Leave one person..."

  Shalona understood at once and said, "Give me Datuo Stone, this bastard. He made me suffer such a great loss. Even if you don't deal with him, I won't forgive this guy."

  "Besides, you have to compensate us for our losses!"

  "Compensate for what losses? I've suffered greatly here too. Do you think it's because of your victory that we're defeated?. If those people hadn't intervened, would you still be standing in front of me?. Don't go too far, or else I'll go all out..."

  Tuo Luo's heart tightened, he knew that if he offended this person too much, he would really be bothered by him in the future, and it wouldn't be easy to deal with. He said: "We've lost so many people, the compensation money will have to be a large sum... You can't just leave without paying anything!"

  Sharon suddenly produced a leather pouch from his hand and threw it to the Turo bird, saying: "Here are three hundred gold rings, that's all my property now. Also, you have to return our clothes, leather armor and weapons!"

  The bird's head shook wildly, jokingly saying "Give them the weapons", what if they turn against us, this would be another battle. He said: "Clothes can be given to you, but leather armor and weapons cannot!"

  In fact, Sharon just said that, to get back the clothes and not let his subordinates leave naked, this has already achieved its purpose. That group of cultivators is too much pressure for him, the sooner he leaves the better, he doesn't want to stay here any longer.

  "He said: 'Okay, clothes for us, I don't want anything else.'"

  The Tuo Luo bird didn't want to continue entangling either, and said very succinctly: "Alright, deal!" With three hundred gold rings, he could already make up for a bit of his losses. Of course, his losses weren't just limited to three hundred gold rings, but at this point, he could only admit defeat. Who made him weaker than others? This result was already quite satisfying to him.

  Sharon came before the besieged hands and said: "Put on your clothes, let's go!"

  It was just a moment's time, and the sand thieves retreated like a tide, disappearing quickly.

  Tuo Luo bird watched as Sha Zei left, and only then did he let out a sigh of relief. He said: "Bring me the Tuo Tu stone!"

  Retaliation against Tuo Tuoshi is a must, of course, Qi Xuan and his gang are not interested.

  At this time, the sky had already turned white, and a night had passed.

  This oasis is not where the Xirong State is located, it's a very small oasis. After passing through this oasis and walking for two more days, you will truly enter the vast oasis where the Xirong State is located. In fact, this can no longer be considered an oasis, but rather a large green land, which is a hilly area with numerous swamps and rivers, completely different from the desert region.

  Generally, people entering Xizong country immediately separate from the commercial team of Tuoluoniao.

  They entered a border town in the Western Xia Kingdom, which was a small city that began to flourish with a population of 500,000 and a garrison of about 3,000 people. The city was called Mojincheng, although there were not many people, but because this area produced sand gold, there were many gold prospectors.

  On this day, a group of people drove two large-horned cattle and three sand-badgers into the city of Mojing.

  Lei Xingfeng curiously looked at this city, unlike the Dahong Cave City, this city was very chaotic and dirty, with animal dung all over the ground, the road surface was even more messy, garbage piled up, mosquitoes flying everywhere, the houses by the street were also dilapidated, a pungent smell that made people feel nauseous. Due to its proximity to the desert, the climate here was also extremely hot and dry, most people wore long robes and wrapped their heads.

  "Brother, why are they wearing so much? Don't they feel hot? It's really strange. Why do they wrap their heads up?"

  Lei Xingfeng said: "Wearing a gown... probably to block the sunlight, huh, wrapping your head up... looking at all those insects, should be to keep them out." He was also guessing.

  "This place is really dirty... and it stinks!" They were used to living in the forest, where not only was the air good, but the environment was also clean. Where had they ever seen such a filthy place?

  The most common shops on the streets are gold shops, with signs that read "gold for cash", as well as restaurants and a large number of brothels catering to gold prospectors and soldiers.

  "Wen Yan Dao: 'Master, we won't be staying here, will we?'"

  Du Hongchen said: "I don't know, let's see what everyone else thinks. However, it seems like there aren't many inns around here."

  The old man said, "Here the climate is hot and there's little rain. In the wilderness, you can live in a shed, or even without one. Just find a clean spot, light some insect-repelling grass, and anyone can sleep anywhere, who needs to stay in an inn?"

  "We don't need to live in the city," Zixuan smiled and said, "Hehe, this place... even if I'm not particular about it, I still can't stand it, it's too dirty."

  Du Hongchen nodded and said: "Yes, I've never seen such a dirty place before. Let me stay here, I'm not used to it either."

  The old man in the thunderstorm said: "We will pass through the city and not stay here."

  Just as they were leaving Mojing City, they were blocked by a group of Xirong soldiers, about a hundred or so.

  For the soldiers of this place, Leixing Peak was very interested. He had never seen the soldiers of the world before. In the mountains, there were no countries, only spheres of influence that differed from each other. Each force did not have a strict organizational structure and formed factions based on their strength. Once something happened, the various factions would negotiate and then unite to solve the problem.

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