Chapter 8 The Oasis Has Disappeared(1/2)
On the way, Gongsun Murong put the noodles and balls bought from the town in a basin, so that Narasha would pay attention to the temperature and no longer care.
In the middle of the night, a few drops of rain fell from the sky. In less than half an hour, the dark clouds that seemed to want to cover the moon were nowhere to be found, as if they were playing hide-and-seeking, and even the blood stains on the adventurer's leather armor were not washed away much.
When the sun took over the moon again, the heat that evaporated from the armor actually had a strong smell of blood.
Narasha's little face wrinkled, showing a painful expression, touching Xiaojin and discussing with the person.
"Uncle Kellysel, do you feel that you should feel relaxed on a fresh morning? For example, take a shower and refresh yourself?"
"Oh? The cute Miss Narasha is planning to take a shower, but is she afraid of peeking? Well, don't be angry with the beautiful Narasha. The smell of blood is really not good, but what can I do? Water is precious in the desert. The blood stains on the leather armor will make the sun shine, and you will find that the smell is always fading."
Kellysel shrugged and said humorously and self-deprecatingly.
"I... Brother Murong, I want to drink porridge." Narasha no longer prepared to continue to worry about this issue, and raised her own requirements for breakfast, went to wash herself, and didn't care about wasting water at all.
Gongsun Murong made porridge with rice bought from the town, mixed with two green vegetables and pickles, and then fryed two 80% ripe bird eggs. Then he started to use the noodles to make fried buns with pure meat filling, and only some spicy and spicy things like green onions were added.
Adventurers are not treated the same way, they are used to drinking cold water and gnawing hard bread.
Including the seven Moses, they didn’t know what Gongsun Murong was doing. The magical way to cook was never baked, nor cooked, or mixed raw, but actually wrapped the meat paste with raw bread. Shouldn’t we first bake the noodles into bread and then put the fried meat paste in it?
Fried buns in water, like its name, are a good idea for people who cannot find a steamer or trunk.
Apply a thin layer of oil on the pan so that the buns that have been pinched into a round shape will not stick to the pan. Then add water to the pan, about one centimeter, light the fire below, and cover the lid and don’t worry.
The lid of this pot was pinched by Gongsun Murong with thin iron sheets. As long as it can be pinched, the process will not be difficult. Piercing a hole in the middle and twisting the handle is a qualified work.
Narasha held Xiao Jin and waited aside to eat.
They took the risk of eating and watching Xiao Jin, and they all guessed how long it took for Xiao Jin to become an adult and that if he could help fight, the brother and sister would not be easily bullied.
A breakfast made Narasha happy and allowed adventurers to know that there was another way to make food.
With Xiao Jin's joining, the journey became easier. Usually wrapped it with magic patterns. The adventurers who attacked the sand beast were easily cleaned up and then killed. There were many and it was difficult to defend against. When they took the magic patterns and scared Xiao Jin away. During the half-month journey, the adventurers gained more.
It takes one month and ten days to go from Sosa Town to Qishui City on average, forty days in total.
In half a month, the team consumed a lot of food and water. Three sand should have been empty, but they were occupied by new prey, so the adventurers seemed very happy.
As the morning of the new day arrived, Kellysel asked the team to change its direction and walk straight ahead and deviate to the north.
Before Gongsun Murong asked, Moses explained competently: "Today, the team does not plan to rest before noon. They go north slanted. There is an oasis that can replenish new fresh water."
"Yes!" Gongsun Murong nodded.
When it was almost noon, everyone did not see the oasis, but only saw two caravans guarding a sand dune. At first glance, one caravan had about twenty peaks, with a population of about eighty people, and the other caravan seemed to be twice that of this caravan.
No need to ask, Kellyser and a group of adventurers also knew that the destination of both caravans was Sosa Town. Five days ago, I encountered a caravan with thirty peaks of sand and roosted past. It seemed that there were a lot of caravans. Perhaps they thought that Sosa Town had more goods that they needed to buy?
However, the current few caravans are not the main problem. What makes Kellysel anxious is where the oasis goes? At the dunes surrounded by the two caravans, there should be a small wood, next to it, and the water from the pond will be taken out as much as it will emerge from the spring.
Now……
"Prepare for the fight." Kellysel shouted, first pulling out his knife, holding it with one hand, and grabbing a square shield in the other hand.
The other adventurers also picked up their weapons, stood in place, and looked vigilantly at the people in the two caravans.
The two caravans looked not calm, and they were confronting each other before the arrival of Gongsun Murong.
"Moses, hold Xiao Jin for me, you're going to fight, look at me." Narasha was excited, stuffed Xiao Jin into Moses' arms, jumped out of the sand, stared at the two caravans with all concentration, muttering: "Money, buy a big manor."
Moses hugged Xiao Jin in a hunch, unable to say what he was feeling. Why did the simple-minded lady make her mind more complicated?
Narasha didn't know what Moses was thinking. She came to Gongsun Murong and whispered: "Brother Murong, I will raise the wind in a while. You follow the dust and kill them all, and the things are ours."
"Don't you want to sell water?" Gongsun Murong also whispered.
"Hmm?" Narasha was puzzled.
"The original oasis has disappeared, and they are now short of water." Gongsun Murong explained.
Narasha's eyes shone, her voice lowered: "Really?"
"The caravans are too greedy, and they may not be prepared enough to walk to Sosa Town, put all their hopes on the oasis, and sell a pound of water to twenty copper coins, and they will buy them."
"It's so expensive, so what if they don't plan to spend money, just grab it?"
"You sway, I'll go."
"Yeah!"
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The two caravans didn't know that they were targeted or that they had to pay any price.
When they saw a third party appear, they had one more target to be alert, but they did not dare to take action first.
In fact, the caravan where the oasis was first located was Sha Luo Shao. When he found that there was no water, the leader planned to wait for other small caravans to come and clean up. Who would have thought of a larger caravan?
Later, there were many people in the caravan. When I saw this situation, I wanted to attack the first one. But I found that there was a master of level 5 and level 9 in the caravan, while there were only two level 5 and level 6 in his caravan.
There are many people on one side and experts on the other side, and the scene turns into a confrontation.
Just when they didn't know how to decide, Gongsun Murong's team gave them hope.
They saw that the newly arrived adventurer team set out from Sosa Town, and it would take about half a month to reach the Oasis. There were not many people and there were children, so there should be more supplies to prepare.
if……
The leaders of the two caravans began to communicate with each other with their eyes.
Kelly Sel's forehead was covered with sweat. He also understood the current situation. It was okay for the Golden Tiger to deceive the sand beast, but when facing people, the little tiger would not have the fighting power!
The number of people on one side is small, and the strength is even less than that of the two caravans on the other side. The final result...
"Selling water, selling water, cooling and thirst-quenching water... It's sold at a cheap price, 20 pounds of copper plates, you won't lose money if you bought it. Are there anyone who bought water?"
A crisp and sweet voice appeared on the nervous confrontation field, and Gongsun Murong took Narasha's little hand and walked to the front.
Thirty adventurers led by Kelly Sel were shocked. This is really a waste of money. What a little girl selling water. When is it that you still want to sell water?
The two caravans were also confused. Only one person came to the front of the caravan with an incredible expression, pointed at Narasha and asked, "You, are you Sophia Narasha?"
"Uncle Joseph, you're leaving so fast. You sold you water more than two months ago. You came out of the ruins and ran to the water city. Then you moved here?" Narasha obviously knew this person. She said happily and asked again: "Do you buy water? Uncle Joseph, you are an old customer. I'll give you a 50% discount, one pound of water, and ten copper coins."
"Isn't it a five copper coins last time? The price has risen so much that it's really unbearable." Joseph was still in the mood to ask for the price.
"I was close to each other last time. Now I ran a long way and I was tanned. Uncle Joseph, look!" Narasha pointed to the white skin on her face and complained aggrievedly.
Joseph looked at Gongsun Murong beside Narasha again, and saw that the other party's eyes were still as plain as water, not fierce, and not even afraid.
Joseph recalled what happened more than two months ago. When he arrived at the fifth floor of the ruins, he met a team of bloody sand thieves. The masters of the sand thieves were everywhere.
He himself is only at level 5 and level 6. There are four of the same as him in the killing of the thief, one with level 5 and level 7 and one with level 6 and level 1.
Except for himself, all other teammates died. He was cut twice on his body. Although it was not fatal, he could not hold on any longer.
After that, I escaped by luck and entered a maze a day later. I was thirsty and hungry at that time. When I was walking around, I heard the sound of selling water.
Following the sound, he smelled a strong smell of blood at a corner. He saw the blood still emitting hot air on the ground, and most of his fingers, which was a pink ring on his finger. He had seen this ring a day ago. It was worn on the hands of the leader of the blood-sand thief, the leader of the sixth-level first-level battle aura.
He also saw a cute little girl with a large basin of water and two pieces of barbecue at her feet.
The big boy next to him...the eyes were as plain as water.
At this moment, everything... seems to have reappeared yesterday.
For some reason, Joseph found that his heart suddenly tugged and his throat was dry.
He swallowed his saliva nervously, tried hard to squeeze out his smile, and said to Narasha: "Celegant and cute Miss Narasha, thank you for selling me water and food last time, but please forgive me, I can't make the decision, I need to discuss with the team leader, are you willing to wait?"
"Okay, Uncle Joseph." Narasha smiled like a little lady.
Joseph hurried to the side of the caravan leader, pulled the leader to a distance, and said solemnly: "Captain Joyce, please believe me. I swear to the God of War that if you plan to obtain Tamsui through force, then you and the people in the team will lose their lives. Ten pounds of copper plates are not very expensive, right?"
Commander Joyce looked at Joseph again with suspicious eyes and asked in confusion: "The strong and brave Joseph, are you an adventurer who is afraid of the other party having the fifth-level and fifth-level battle aura?"
"Oh my God, why am I, Joseph, why are I, afraid of him? Commander Joyce, you are insulting me. Even if I am a man with a higher fighting spirit than me, I, Joseph, will not be afraid. I am the one who successfully escaped from the bloody sand thief." Joseph's anger was undoubtedly revealed.
"Is that so? Then..."
"Captain Joyce, the bloody sand thief should have disappeared. If you insist on robbing the water, then... I quit." Joseph smiled bitterly and said, "Joyce, I can tell you something for free. The little girl who sells water is called Sophia Narasha, and her brother, Gongsun Murong."
"I heard you just called the little girl."
"Okay, you hear that the two of them have been selling water in the ruins and around the ruins before, and they have been selling them all the time. Every floor has their footprints. No matter how windy and sandy the outside of the ruins are, adventurers have seen their tents selling water, and some people accidentally fell into the cave of the Red Armored Beast and bought barbecue from them inside."
"The red-armored beast equivalent to the sixth-level third-level combat energy strength?" Joyce asked with wide eyes.
"Yes, you are right. The adventurer who fell in bought the red-armored beast's barbecue, as well as clear water, ten pounds and five copper plates. Oh, the price today is much more expensive, but we lack water, aren't it?"
"The Red Armored Beast's cave, maybe... OK OK, thank you for telling me this. You don't need to quit, you have to help us complete the transaction." Team leader Joyce made a compromise and betting on whether the Red Armored Beast died was a dangerous thing.
Joseph happily took the money and came back to Narasha. He smiled and bought 15,000 kilograms of water, spending fifteen gold coins.
Then the caravan he was in left and remained on guard enough for the other caravan.
Narasha sold almost all the water in the team and happily counted the fifteen gold coins over and over.
Moses pulled Kellysel aside and kept explaining that they had a way to reach the next oasis, and asked him to believe this.
The most important thing is that if the water is not sold out, two caravans will be attacked together. Now one is missing and the number of people is the largest.
Another caravan who had not bought water and planned to rob it was dumbfounded.
To be continued...