After a long time, there was no movement from the outside world, but the people in the caravan did not dare to leave the camp, and went to the sand dunes to investigate the situation, so they could only wait quietly.

The owner of the pack car was naturally regarded as a hero by the caravan because he reminded the caravan in time to avoid a disaster, if it weren't for the fact that the crisis had not been resolved now, maybe they would have held a banquet for this, after all, being able to deal with nearly forty sand thieves at one time was already a big victory.

As for the only deceased, the caravan supervisor, he almost caused a catastrophe, if he hadn't died, he would definitely have been held accountable by the caravan, but now that he was dead, he wouldn't say anything more, hastily cleaned up the corpses, and buried them directly in the nearby desert tomorrow according to the custom of their respective tribes.

As the sky gradually brightened, the people of the caravan already knew that the crisis was really resolved, and at this time, they sent a bold man to carefully touch the vicinity of the sand dunes, investigate, and sent some people to inspect the surrounding area, only to completely confirm that yesterday's sand thieves had retreated.

The spirit of the people in the caravan, who had been tense all night, immediately relaxed, and many of them sat directly on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

Because the caravan's director died last night, the caravan selected one of the elders from the various tribes as the new director, and Kessang, as the most experienced elder, was elected as the new director.

At the request of Kessang, the convoy was now immediately set out to cross the Little Moss Desert during the day, and to clear the goods of the small caravans in the rear, half of which was used as compensation for the loss of the caravan personnel, and the other half was rewarded to the packer owner, after all, if it were not for the packer owner, I am afraid that the caravan would have been finished last night.

Perhaps as a sign of his appreciation for the packer owners, Kersan also placed the packer drivers' carts in the middle of their tribe's convoys for easy care.

After a series of instructions and arrangements, the caravan quickly untied the defensive camp, turned back into convoy mode, and quickly marched towards the outside of the Little Guth Desert. In order to prevent sand pirates from attacking suddenly during the day, Kesang also arranged for a large number of men to patrol back and forth around the perimeter of the convoy in turn, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Although this increased the burden on the caravan guards, in order to be able to save their lives, the caravan guards did not complain too much and honestly carried out the order.

Because they had already walked half of the distance last night, and everyone was in a hurry now, the convoy had already walked out of the Little Gus Desert before noon and came to a small grassland located at the junction of the Little Gus Desert and the Quincy Snow Mountain.

This small grassland has no name, it belongs to the tribes, because it is at the foot of the Quincy Snow Mountain, where the water is abundant and the wild grass grows vigorously, so most of the nearby tribes will come here to graze, and at the same time, they will also bring some tribal goods to trade with other tribes who come here to graze, and over time, it has formed a market that is common to all the nearby tribes.

The combined caravan was not completely safe after passing through the Little Guth Desert, knowing that the caravan's convoy was completely safe after driving into a market composed of large and small tents in the middle of this small grassland, and there was no need to worry about the attack of sand pirates.

Although the tribes around the steppe are all small tribes, but the tribes have marriages, the relationship is very close, and the outside is also very united, because it is a grazing tribe, so there is no shortage of pack beasts in the tribe, and the tribe members are also very good riders, once the sand thieves break into this area, it is basically difficult to escape again, so this is equivalent to a safe haven.

It seems that this is not the first time that the combined caravan has come here, and when they arrived at the market, Gusang took the initiative to talk to an old man who led the patrol, and the relationship between the two seemed to be very good, and then the old man let his cavalry lead the convoy into a clearing in the market and set up camp, and then the caravan people also began to do business with people from other tribes in the market.

In order to thank the owner of the caravan, the people in the caravan took the initiative to tie up the owner of the caravan and dispose of the goods of the small caravan that were given to him, but it was strange for everyone to get a large sum of money, and the owner of the packer, who could already be regarded as a little rich, did not show too much joy, but had more worried looks on his face.

For this reason, someone also tried to ask the packer owner what worried him, but the packer owner did not say, only vaguely brought it, and then returned to his packer with a full Kinsa box.

"Now that you've done it, don't regret it. Leo said as he played with the metal ball in his hand and looked at the dejected packer driver sitting next to him.

"What do you know?" said the packer driver, glancing at Leo, disapprovingly.

Leo smiled and said, "I know you're the one who the sand thieves planted in the caravan. ”

Hearing Leo's words, the driver of the pack car was startled, and quickly poked his head out of the carriage, looked around, and after finding no one else, he shrank back, looked at Leo with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "How do you know?"

Leo said calmly: "It's very simple, if you are not a sand thief, how can you be so familiar with the tactics of the sand pirates, and if you don't know in advance, how can you be so sure that the survivors of the small team behind you are all sand pirates?"

The driver of the pack car was silent for a moment and asked, "Why didn't you report me?"

"Why did you report you?" Leo asked rhetorically, and said with a smile: "If I report you, I, as the person who hired you, will definitely be jointly and severally liable, and who will drive me if I report you, not to mention that you are now the hero of the caravan, I am a foreigner who said that the hero of the caravan is the internal response of the sand thieves, who would believe it?"

The driver of the pack driver was silent for a while, and then said: "I used to be a member of the owl, but I have already withdrawn, and in order to quit, I passed the ceremony and gave up my qualification to wield a weapon. As he spoke, he showed his right hand, which was missing his thumb, and said, "I just want to live a peaceful life, but they just came to me and asked me to be the internal response of this caravan." With that, he turned to look at Leo and said, "At first I thought you were a man of the owls, because their plan was to have a foreigner hire my pack cart to blend into the convoy, and the timing of your arrival was such a coincidence. ”

Leo asked puzzledly, "Why did you choose to betray instead of completing your internal mission, aren't you afraid of the revenge of those sand thieves?"

"Of course I'm afraid," the packer driver looked at Leo with fear, and replied honestly, "It's just that I'm more afraid of death." If I help them in, you're afraid you're going to kill us all, and you have the power to do that, right?"

Leo didn't give the other party a reply, but asked with a little curiosity, "Why are the sand pirates targeting this caravan?"

"It's not very clear, according to reason, the goods of this caravan are not particularly valuable, and it is also very troublesome to get rid of, according to the principle of doing things, this kind of caravan will not move these caravans unless it is a bad year. The packer driver shook his head slightly and said, "It is likely that they were hired to attack this caravan." ”

"Hire?, will the sand pirates still be hired?"

"Of course, those big tribes need someone to help them do something shady, and the Sand Pirates are the best candidates. The driver of the pack car showed a look of disdain and said: "Why do you think the owl has been able to survive in the Great Gus Desert for so many years, it's not that the big lords of those city-states can't exterminate him, but they don't want to, they need the owl to do things for them." ”

After listening to the explanation of the packer driver, Leo didn't ask anything more, and sat on the velvet blanket as if he was closing his eyes and recuperating.

The packer driver hesitated, took out all the rewards he had received from the caravan, pushed them in front of Leo, and said, "Since you helped me hide ......"

"No need! keep it for yourself!" Leo shook his head, then smiled and said, "And someone will send me money." ”

As soon as Leo's words fell, he heard Gusan, who had become the head of the caravan, outside the carriage, saying, "Is Mr. Leo here?"

Without waiting for Leo to respond, Gusan opened the curtain and walked in, and after seeing the driver of the pack car, he pretended to be surprised and said, "So Mr. Sans are also here, I have something to talk to your employer, can you give me a convenience?"

Although Gusan seemed to be asking the packer for advice, his tone was actually more like asking the packer to leave now, and it was not to be refused.

The driver of the packer also heard this, but he did not leave immediately, but turned his head to look at Leo, and only after seeing Leo nod his head, he left the carriage.

This detail was seen by Gusan, and he couldn't help but re-examine Leo's identity or ability, as he saw this emotion of awe in the look of the packer driver.

Gu San had thought about recruiting this Sansi to drive the cart before, because he could see that this Sansi was not simple, even in the environment of being watched, he was not timid at all.

It's just that Sans declined his invitation very tactfully, and behaved very decently, neither humble nor arrogant, but such a person now showed such obvious awe of Leo, a foreigner, which made Gusan have a trace of doubt in his heart, and he gave up the words he had prepared before.

Gu Sang couldn't find a good explanation for the time being, so he could only say straight to the point: "May I ask if this wood carving is yours?"

As he spoke, Gusan took out the wood carving and placed it in front of Leo.

"Not really. Leo shook his head and gave an answer that surprised Gusan, but he heard Leo say again: "I have given this wood carving to the children of your tribe, and the ownership belongs to him." ”

Hearing Leo's words, Gu Sang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile: "I think this wood carving is extremely exquisite, I heard that Mr. Leo has a few wood carvings here, just one set, I don't know if Mr. Leo is willing to give me this set of wood carvings? I am willing to pay a high price." ”

"What's the high price?" asked Leo in a deep voice.

"Five...... Five hundred kinsa. Originally, Gusang was going to say fifty kinsa, but thinking of the look of the packer just now, he immediately changed his words and increased it tenfold.

"Haha!" Leo smiled and said, "Mr. Director is really joking, and he would offer such an unexpected price, but you seem to have underestimated the value of my wood carving, if you are willing to pay five thousand gold for one, I would be willing to consider it." ”

"What? 5,000 kinsa apiece!" Gu Sang was obviously frightened by this number, because even if the caravan was traded this time, the gross profit that their tribe could earn was more than 6,000 kinsa, and if all kinds of expenses were removed, 4,000 kinsa would already be the top of the sky, but this wood carving was actually offered by Leo for 5,000 kinsa each, which really surprised him.

"Are you kidding?" said Gusang, with a slightly gloomy face.

"Do you think a strange object with magical powers is not worth five thousand quinsa?" Leo asked rhetorically.

At this moment, Gu Sang understood that it was impossible for him to detect leaks, and it was obvious that the other party was very clear about the value and effect of this thing.

If he hadn't seen Leo before, Gusan might have some bad intentions and snatch the wood carving directly from Leo's hands, but after seeing the attitude of the packer owner towards Leo, as well as Leo's own performance, he knew that the person in front of him was probably far from being as simple as it seemed on the surface, and the other party was probably the legendary person with special abilities, because only this kind of person would give items with special abilities to others at will without care.

Gusan was silent for a moment, lowered his posture, and said, "I hope that Mr. Leo can keep this set of wood carvings for a few days, and I will immediately scrape together enough money to buy it." ”

"Can you get it?" said Leo when he took out the box with the wooden carvings, opened it to Gusang, and said, "There are four more here, and twenty thousand kinsa is not a small amount." ”

Seeing the four identical wood carvings in the box, Gu Sang's breathing increased a lot, and his eyes showed a strong sense of possessiveness, but fortunately, his sanity was still retained, allowing him to calm down and not make any unprepared moves.

After that, he hurried out of Leo's cart and returned to his tribe's camp, where he quickly wrote something in his tent, stuffed it into a cloth bag, took a messenger eagle from its cage, tied it to its chest, and went out to release it.

According to Gu San's estimates, at most, the messenger eagle will reach the tribe, and by that time, the pen tribe should be able to raise enough funds to take down the four wood carvings before they reach Kugang City.

Gusan's idea was very good, but he didn't find that he left Leo's pack cart in a hurry, his expression and demeanor were a little wrong, and what he did after leaving was also very abnormal, in the eyes of some people with a heart, he had already guessed something, and these people were also interested in wood carving, so his attention was also focused on Leo.