A person who can turn a ferocious monster into a "supply" can naturally turn a group of domineering mercenaries into a free source of intelligence.

Li Bai guessed correctly, the team he defeated was only one of the many mercenary squads under the "Viscount", and the task of their trip was also for the "treasure".

According to the team leader, just tonight, there will be a secret auction outside Bitterwater, and one of the "keys" to the treasure may appear there.

After receiving this information, Li Bai left the tavern, and in the afternoon, he went to the town to buy another camel, and rested for a while, waiting for the night.

That night, somewhere southeast of Kushui Town.

In what should have been a barren desert, at this time, there was a huge array of traps.

Different from the "organ fortress" in Haidu, the appearance and technology of this group of arrays are closer to the "mobile square city" in Chang'an City, but I don't know what the power and principle of this square city is to move alone in the desert.

Every few months, this desert-driven market, known as the "broker's house", would stay somewhere in the clouds for a secret auction, and most of the items that appeared at the auction would be rare or impossible to buy elsewhere.

After the auction is over, the "broker's house" will start moving again, and its whereabouts will not be known until the next auction begins......

That night, when Li Bai rode a camel to the outside of the "broker's house", he found that a large number of sand boats, machine boats, and machine beasts had been moored around it...... Of course, there was no shortage of people who rode camels like him, and when Li Bai walked into this city, no one stopped him, because the fact that "being able to find the broker's house" was already a kind of pass.

In the market, the lights are bright, and the flow of people is hundreds or thousands.

When Li Bai arrived, the auction had already begun, and the host on the stage was shouting hoarsely for a piece of black crystal with excellent color.

However, Li Bai was not worried that the auction of the "key" had already passed at this time, because everyone understood that the thing must be saved for the end.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the last lot of the night, and I believe you have been looking forward to it for a long time, so I won't sell it, let's ask for this 'key' that people will be eager for......"

Finally, after a period of waiting, the auction came to an end, and the host finally brought out the item that everyone was most interested in - the treasure key.

The appearance of this thing does not look like a key at all, but more like a fine piece of jade, although it is only the size of a palm, but its whole body has been very carefully and precisely cut, and only a little light can reflect the dazzling brilliance.

It is said that there are three such treasure keys, and if you get any of them, you can open "that treasure", but there is no clear information on the ownership of any of them, and they may or may not be in anyone's hands at all.

So the key that appears here today is the first one that has officially appeared, and it may be the only one that people can find.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the starting price for this key is ......"

"I'll give 100,000!"

"I'll give 200,000!"

"Five hundred thousand!"

"A million!"

The guests in the audience couldn't wait for the auctioneer to finish speaking, and they directly soared their prices one by one.

Li Bai watched coldly in the crowd, somewhat crying and laughing.

Indeed, he is also quite interested in the legendary treasure that "can fulfill all wishes", but he doesn't have that much money, and now although he has obtained the clue to the key and found the location of the thing, he can't grab the lot that people have clearly marked, right?

"Five million!"

"Five million once! five million twice!"

"Five million...... Three times!"

"Deal!"

In the end, the key was taken away by a guest sitting in a box on the second floor, and the people outside couldn't even see the real face of the person, but if nothing else, this guest should be the "Viscount".

The reason is very simple, because the people who stood by the window to help him hold up the sign, and the person who took a picture of the key and later helped him get his things, also had the iron cross plum blossom mark embroidered on their bodies.

Just as Li Bai was thinking about what to do next, suddenly!

"It's him! It's the kid in white!" A voice that he had heard once came into Li Bai's ears.

Li Bai smiled bitterly, because he didn't have to turn his head to know that it must have been the group of people who found him in the crowd during the day.

In fact, this is indeed the case, the team that had been "taught" by Li Bai before naturally came to this auction venue at this moment, and they had already joined the other teams under the Viscount, so the number of people was several times more than during the day.

When the auction was going on just now, everyone's attention was on the stage, so nothing happened, but now that the auction was over and was about to end, a sharp-eyed person recognized Li Bai.

So, in the blink of an eye, a large group of mercenaries surrounded Li Bai in a mighty manner, and the one who took the lead was the team leader who was so frightened by Li Bai that he didn't even dare to say the word "no".

"Boy, I didn't expect it, we met again. "That guy has a lot of confidence now.

A dozen people can't beat you, what about the more than a hundred?

This is typical miscellaneous thinking, which is a bit sad, but understandable.

"yes, meet again. Li Bai's attitude towards these people was still very relaxed, "So what?"

"Hmph......" The squad leader snorted coldly, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know if I'm alive or dead, you don't think that the day's affairs are just like that, right?"

"Ha-ha-haha......" At this moment, not far away, there was a burst of laughter.

Everyone was attracted by the laughter and turned their heads to look.

The man who was laughing was also a young man, probably eighteen or nineteen years old, and the color of his skin showed that he had lived in the desert all year round, and the hood and cape he wore and the exaggerated-looking belt with a tool kit embedded in it were common attire for desert scavengers.

"It seems that not everyone is afraid of you bullies. The hooded man laughed as he took a few steps closer to the place.

When Li Bai turned his head and looked at him, the hooded man also said to Li Bai: "Brother, it's good, although I don't know where you offended them, but I like your attitude of not taking them seriously." ”

Before the hooded man could finish his words, some of the Viscount's men had already recognized him.

"Wait! It's him! It's the desert flying ......"

Before the other party could finish his words, the hooded man took a smoke bomb from his belt with a very quick and skilful movement and threw it on the ground.

Li Bai's reaction was very fast, and the moment before the smoke and dust dispersed, he blocked his mouth and nose with his sleeve and raised his eyes.

Two seconds later, a large area around them was covered in smoke, and the mercenaries choked and messed up.

Li Bai originally wanted to slowly retreat outside the range of the smoke bomb on his own, but as soon as he moved half a step, the hooded man quickly approached from the smoke and grabbed his arm: "Brother, hurry up and slip away!"

After saying this, the hooded man couldn't help but say, and dragged Li Bai and ran out.

When he got outside, Li Bai saw that this kid had put on a pair of goggles at some point, and it was no wonder that he could find himself so quickly in the smoke.

"Friend, I'm ......" At this time, Li Bai wanted to explain to the hooded man that he could deal with those people.

But he had barely said three words when he heard a loud "thud", and they saw the Viscount's men forcibly destroy the walls of the market with machine weapons, and chased them out of the smoke.

The hooded man didn't say anything else, running away was really professional, and before Li Bai could speak again, he pulled the latter and quickly jumped onto a small "sand boat" next to him.

Shaped like a shuttle, the boat is about 2.5 meters long and less than a meter wide, and its tail is equipped with a "black crystal sand engine" with a levitation and propulsion function, and a dirty sail on it.

"Brother, hold on. The hooded man didn't give Li Bai a chance to explain, so he started the engine and set sail.

Don't look at the shabby appearance of his sand boat, as soon as it is driven on the sand, it is like an assault boat, and it is difficult for a horse to reach.

In the clouds, the only means of transportation that can compete with the speed of this fast small "sand boat" is the "jade carpet" of Yucheng, but the latter is usually only seen in Yucheng.

"Fu Feichen, don't want to run this time!" A few seconds later, some of the pursuers shouted the name of the hooded man, and at the same time, they all rode their sand boats or machine boats one after another, and chased after them wildly.

Li Bai was almost blinded by this series of sudden situations, he originally planned to fight directly with those people, but now he came to his senses...... He was already on a stranger's thief ship, and the camel he had just bought was gone.

"Friend, you seem to have a bit of a grudge with them?" Li Bai didn't have to drive the sand boat anyway, and it was impossible for him to take the initiative to jump in this situation, so he was also at ease with the encounter, and asked the other party by the way.

"Huh...... I had used some false information to set them up before. Fu Feichen drove the sand boat forward, and replied, "By the way, what's your name?"

"Li Bai. Li Bai replied.

"Oh, Brother Li, right? Fu Feichen continued, "My name is Fu Feichen, the most handsome, the most clever, the most reliable, and the fastest young talent in the son of the sand sea, is in the next haha!"

"Oh, I'm glad I will. Li Bai was also amused when he heard that this kid was flamboyant and thick-skinned, "But...... Brother Fu, why are you, the 'man who is the fastest in the sand boat', gradually caught up by them?"

It's not that Li Bai wants to pour cold water on him, but when Li Bai looks back, he can clearly see that the distance between the chasing soldiers and them is approaching.

"Harm, isn't it because I brought you?" Fu Feichen told the truth.

In order to run faster during the race, he made the sand boat as lightweight as possible, and it was indeed fast when carrying only one person, but it was not possible to add another person's weight.

"Or ...... Let's stop and make two moves with them?" Li Bai seized the opportunity and hinted frantically.

Fu Feichen said: "What? After two moves, are you crazy? There are more than 100 people, and two moves per person is two hundred moves, I finally rescued you, you will send it?"

Li Bai pondered: I didn't let you drag me out......

But after all, Li Bai is a gentle person, and now, "Actually, I don't need you to save me...... Li Bai was still a little speechless.

"Then Brother Fu, do you have any solutions?" Li Bai continued.

"Hey, that's a good question. When Fu Feichen replied, he had already found a strangely shaped metal object from his belt, "Look at this...... This is something I picked up from a shop called Bomb Cat some time ago. ”

Li Bai basically guessed what this thing was when he heard the name of this shop, so he replied: "Do you need me to throw it away......

"That's great, I still have to drive a sand boat, it's a bit too busy. Fu Feichen said, and stretched the bomb in front of Li Bai's eyes with his backhand, "You just press the raised switch and throw it out, remember to throw it farther." ”

Li Bai hesitated for two seconds, smiled bitterly, and then threw the bomb towards the group of sand boats behind......