What caught Link's eye was an inconspicuous black stone statue interspersed between a pile of colored shells and shoddy stone carvings. Link Ghost sent a messenger to pick up the stone statue, and looked closely at it looked like a four-legged animal, the workmanship was quite rough, and there were even fine cracks all over it.

Link flipped over and over and checked the stone statue, but didn't find anything different, it looked like an inferior stone statue, Niata waited on the side, Link was just about to put the stone statue down, and suddenly realized that the stone statue was wrong, for a stone statue, its weight was a little too heavy.

Link quietly picked up another stone sculpture of similar size and compared it, the stone sculpture in his hand was indeed significantly heavier, but it seemed that their size and material were the same. Link exchanged twenty pieces of pepper for the statue, and looked at the guy in charge of the transaction as if he had taken advantage of it, and Link couldn't help but pout.

The old priest's apprentice and bodyguard were still following Link and Niata inseparably, and despite their mental preparations, Link was still a little disappointed, Niata stared angrily at the old priest's apprentice, and Link was annoyed that he couldn't trade the loot with the caravan in a bright way.

The leader of the caravan on the side was still trying to persuade Zacia and the old priest to send a patrol to protect the caravan, and repeatedly said that the reward could be discussed, while Zacia looked enviously at the jar of tea that the old priest had traded, this luxury came from the distant Karatu continent, crossed the endless wilderness controlled by the Tukan nomadic tribe, came to the continent of Faren along the golden trade route, and was sent to the wild cow desert in the middle of Faerun, the value can be imagined.

The desert peoples discovered early on that in the barren winter, the injuries of the herdsmen who ate only the roots and dried meat were very serious, while the soldiers and freemen who had dried dates and dried bush leaves were much less injured, and the ruling class of the tribes would not get sick at all when they drank hot camel milk with tea and salt. However, even the chiefs could not easily drink such an expensive thing as tea, and only the old priest who could sell the magic scroll could indulge in extravagance after purchasing the spell casting materials and potion materials.

Zacia looked at the two bags of wheat flour at his feet, about thirty catties, which were gifts from the caravan leader, and the old priest also had the same share, which could only be sold for five silver coins in Deep Water City, which was a rare and precious gift in the desert.

Thinking of the wheat cake made with wheat flour and lizard eggs, camel milk, and dried dates, the resolute Zacia couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly. But at the thought of Link, Zacia sighed slightly, and made up his mind to leave all the wheat flour for Link and the two, and it was good to make dry food.

The old priest was perfunctory with the leader of the caravan, and at the same time stared intently at the movements of Link and the two, without the slightest intention of letting Link and the two out of his sight.

Link took the newly bought stone statue and looked at the old priest who was staring at him and the "tail" who followed him, and he and Niata stayed honestly and watched his people trade with the caravan.

Before you know it, the time has come to night, the originally noisy oasis has returned to silence, the tribesmen happily take the goods they have bought back to the tents, the salt and weapons traded by the tribe have also been taken to the special tents by the herdsmen to store, the caravan has come to the periphery of the oasis with its own camel caravan, set up a simple tent next to the sparse bushes, ready to rest for a night and then go to the next tribe tomorrow to trade.

Link looked at a few warriors who were drinking the Oasis's home-grown wine and playing with colorful shells with great interest, and shook his head with a smile, and several "tails" on the side were still dutifully staring at Link and Niata, who saw that there was no chance to blend into the caravan at all, and did not speak to Link, and returned to his tent with a blank face. Link turned his head to look for the old priest, but when he couldn't find it, he returned to his tent.

As soon as he returned to the tent, Link didn't light the fire, he ate something cold, and waited patiently for the sky to get completely dark, and when the moon was completely out, Link tiptoed to the door, looking out by the moonlight, and no one was watching, and it was not Link's expectation, and the constant surveillance during the day was just a warning.

The basis for the escape of Link and the two is that no one knows their plan, after Link and the two escaped with the caravan, Zacia helped cover it for more than two days, so that the caravan could only be considered successful, and now the old priest must have decided that Link was going to escape, even if Link mixed into the caravan now, it was useless, as long as the caravan was carefully checked before leaving, Link would not be able to escape.

Link took out the stone statue he bought, and began to observe the moonlight from the hole in the top of the tent, but he still couldn't see any clues, "Could it be gold?" Link said to himself, and then was amused by his own thoughts, this statue is only slightly heavier than the same size, it will not be a high-density metal like gold, just as Link was about to take a knife and dissect the stone carving to study it, he suddenly thought of something, stopped the movement in his hand, thought of his whim at that time, and carefully looked at the unsightly stone carving.

"Could it be a magic item?" Link muttered as he began to cast spells with his hands and feet.

The apprentice-level spell "Detection Magic" was activated, this magic did not escape too powerful spell fluctuations, and no conspicuous light appeared, Link looked no different after casting the spell except that his eyes lit up a little, Link looked disappointed at the inconspicuous stone carving, extremely disappointed. "I knew how such a good thing as picking up a leak could happen to me!"

The next moment, Link's spiritual power to cast spells inadvertently swept over the stone carving, and the stone sculpture began to emit a noticeable hum, and then, in Link's arcane vision, this inconspicuous stone sculpture emitted a dazzling arcane aura, and Link instinctively covered his eyes while smirking.

Link dissipated the spell, and in Link's vision, the stone sculpture returned to an inconspicuous state, and Link was not worried about the bright light just now being seen, the arcane aura just now could only be seen by casting spells, and ordinary people could not see it at all. With the strength of this magical aura, and the fact that only the spiritual power can be intruded, this magical item is undoubtedly a high-end item, and it has also been constantly covered with a spell to avoid leaking money.

Rookie mage Link didn't know that due to its age, there was a problem with the aura occlusion spell of this magic item, and there was an obvious spell fluctuation at the moment when Link's spiritual power invaded.

The leader of the caravan was discussing with his subordinates in the caravan about tomorrow's security, when he suddenly stopped talking, and his subordinates looked at him for unknown reasons, and the leader sensed it for a while, shook his head slightly, "Delusion, right?" and then continued to discuss with his subordinates.

Njata ate the embezzled dates and turned back and forth on the hides in frustration, but didn't notice anything unusual on Link's side.

The old priest drank camel milk tea in the tent with satisfaction, ate the newly made sweet wheat cakes, hummed a nameless tune in his mouth, and the next moment he stood up suddenly, swallowed the food, put on his leather armor neatly, brought a scimitar and spell casting materials, tidied up, and walked firmly towards Link's tent.