"This Tanit tribe is very generous."

In the tent specially arranged by Babel, Eula couldn't help but laugh as she ate fresh fruit.

What she just said wasn't a joke.

It's true.

In order to entertain Lin Feng them.

The Tanit tribe not only brought abundant food, including fresh fruits, but also enough water for bathing.

Whether it's fruit or clean drinking water, it's an extremely valuable resource in the desert.

Lin Feng and the others had also passed by some hospitable tribes before.

But even if those people were not malicious, and even willing to trade with Lin Feng after seeing the salt, they never provided drinking water.

This is even more evidence of the importance that the Tanit tribe takes in this deal.

However, Lin Feng had some different opinions on this: "Generous? Oh, it's not for the sake of the fertile soil. ”

"Fertile soil? What the hell is this thing? ”

Hearing the name again, Eula asked curiously.

She could see the change in Babel's attitude just now.

The matron, who had always been able to maintain her composure, had a very obvious change in her face after hearing the recipe of the fertile soil.

It looks like this should be something important.

At least one important thing for the Tanit tribe.

Collei, who was also eating fruit, also pricked up his ears and listened carefully to Lin Feng and Eula.

along the way.

She learned a lot from Lin Feng.

One of the most important of these is how to identify a person's true attitude towards you, whether it is good or evil, and some clues can be seen in a few short sentences.

Although this matter is a bit too early for Collei now, in Lin Feng's words, it will be very useful for Collei in the future, and it will never hurt to learn it earlier.

This will Lin Feng begin to compare her learning results.

"Collet, first of all, what do you think of this mistress's attitude?"

"Well, she's not like a good person."

"What else?"

"She's uh."

Collei stood on for a long time, but did not say anything more.

In her opinion.

This woman named Babel actually spoke flawlessly, and it was completely the kind of very official, literary way of speaking.

Collei only instinctively and stereotyped the desert people felt that Babel's good attitude was ulterior.

Especially when you left the tent just now.

Babel said directly that he would send a few 'falcons' to sleep with him, completely ignoring Eula who was beside Lin Feng.

This kind of thing only deepened Collei's bad impression of Babel.

"It seems that it is still a little difficult for you to see through people like Babel."

Lin Feng did not mean to be colaid, but then began to teach: "To look at a person, not only to look at her speech and demeanor, but also to combine her environment and status. ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed out: "Along the way, have you carefully observed the differences between the Tanit tribes?" ”

Collei thought for a moment and replied, "They farm, read, and raise animals. ”

"And what can you see from these places?"

"Well, they're rich?"

"What else?"

"They're very strong?"

"Anything else?"

“.”

Collei couldn't tell.

In this regard, Lin Feng just smiled lightly, and said: "When an alternative appears in a place and can develop steadily, then it shows a problem, this alternative is very strong, so why is this alternative so strong?" ”

"There's only one answer."

"They have a leader who is very strong and skillful, a leader who can make the right choices and keep the whole clan without dissent."

"So I didn't even need to see Babel, I already knew that she was a scheming woman with strong wrists."

Collei nodded thoughtfully, then frowned and wondered if he had missed anything before.

Only this time Lin Feng didn't ask any more questions, and said to himself: "Books are things that the Akademiya strictly prohibits from being transported to desert areas, but in Tanit, every child has a book to read. ”

"Their merchant named Adelphi, I don't know if you noticed him in his tent."

"Lots of books."

"I just took a casual look and saw collections of academic papers like linguistics, philosophy, art, and even a lot of Akademiya."

"What does that mean?"

"This shows that Babel is an outlaw who completely ignores the law and order, she doesn't care about the decree of the Akademiya, from the fact that she forces the people in the tribe to read and study, she is very clear about what the root of the shackles of the desert people is, and she also knows very well that cultural knowledge is the way out, which shows that she is a very rational and far-sighted leader."

"When she was talking to me about the deal just now, the few tribesmen who came forward with her didn't say much, but Babel didn't make a decision on her own, she just gave them time, not time to think about it."

"This shows that the Tanit tribe is not her alone now, but judging from this woman's ambition and ability, hmph, those old guys are estimated to live for a short time."

Lin Feng finished speaking.

Not only Collei looked confused, but Eula couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

Just by virtue of such a small thing, you can see so much, can you say that you are worthy of being an intelligence background, this vision and insight is really not the ability that ordinary people will have.

Then she thought of something: "According to you, doesn't that woman have thoughts about us now?" ”

"Or else?"

Lin Feng said as a matter of course: "She's not blind, seeing that you and Collei are still insisting on giving me a few 'falcons' here, doesn't she just want to test our relationship and my attitude." ”

Speaking of which.

Eula thought of Lin Feng's righteous refusal of the 'Falcon' before, and the corners of her mouth hooked: "It's a pity that her scheming was used in the wrong place." ”

"It can only be said that it is a matter of vision."

Lin Feng shrugged his shoulders: "This woman has grown up in the desert all her life, and everything she has seen and done has all happened in this deformed place of the desert. ”

"To give you a simple example, even if you have suffered a lot of eyes in Mondstadt, you still see the peaceful and stable city of Mondstadt, including your later joining the Knights of Favonius, and you are all members of the Knights who can be called the mainstay of a country, and even the leader of Mondstadt, Falga."

"So you're going to put your own challenge and the object you're chasing on Falga, the number one powerhouse in Mondstadt, not some predecessor Fredrica, and not some rising star Diluc."

"And Babel's vision is limited to a small part of the Sumeru Desert."

"Sumeru is not like other countries, they don't have gods to rule the world, they don't have powerhouses above the demon gods, they only rely on the legacy left by their ancestors and the status of the caretaker of the World Tree to support their current status in Teyvat"

"So in Babel's world, Teyvat may only be the size of Sumeru, and with her ears, the Great Wind Judge may already be the most terrifying person in the world, as long as she doesn't expose her behavior and provoke the Wind Judge, Tanit can live forever."

"This is the narrowness of knowledge and vision."

"Collet, did you hear that? Don't limit yourself to a small Sumeru, wait for your demon scale disease to be cured, be sure to go out and walk more, and open up your knowledge. ”

Collei was listening energetically, and suddenly heard Lin Feng say her name, she was stunned for a moment, and then said with a straight face: "Yes, Master Lin Feng." ”

This title is also what Lin Feng has weighed for a long time and asked him to call.

Otherwise, it's wrong to let Collei call him uncle, and it sounds even more awkward to call him his big brother, thinking about it anyway, he is teaching her swordsmanship now, so he just let Collei call him master.

At this time, Eula interjected dissatisfiedly: "After talking for a long time, what is the fertile soil?" You haven't said it yet. ”

"Oh, that's it."

Lin Feng scratched his head and said with a smile: "That thing is used for farming." ”

"For farming?"

"Well, the Akademiya developed it and can be used to fertilize the fields and increase grain production, but the recipe for this thing is also strictly forbidden by the Akademiya."

"The Tanit tribe is farming, so they need it, and then they don't have a recipe, so they can only buy it from the Akademiya at a high price."

"Yes, that's it."

Lin Feng said confidently: "With the formula of this thing, Babel will definitely agree to my request." ”

It was said that it would take three days to discuss.

But Babel was quick to reply.

They agreed to Lin Feng's conditions in principle, but they still had one demand.

That's when they want to meet Dolly.

"For such a big matter, our Tanit tribe still hopes to be able to meet with Master Sango Mahabayi in person."

These are the exact words of Babel.

In other words.

That is, their Tanit tribe did not trust the identity of Lin Feng's messenger very much, even if Lin Feng showed Dolly's personal seal, but for the sake of prudence, they still wanted to negotiate the deal with Lord Dolly Sango Mahabay, the head of the Dolly Business Group.

In this regard, Lin Feng's answer was even simpler.

"Believe it or not, Master Sanggo Mahabayi is very busy, how can he have time to come here and talk about things with a small desert tribe like you."

This sentence directly choked back everything Babel wanted to say.

Then he watched with a bewildered look as Lin Feng and Eula Collei really left the tribe.

"I'm sure the Afya tribe will be happy to make a deal with us."

These were the words that Lin Feng left before leaving.

"What are you doing in a daze!"

"Chase!"

"Chase people back!"

The angry Babel looked at the group of fools under his command who were in a daze, and suddenly became angry.

Why did this man really leave!

Didn't I just say that I wanted to meet with Master Sanggo Mahabayi to confirm the authenticity of the transaction!

And even if you don't agree, just say a word, I have another way to determine the authenticity, as for the temperament is so big!

That's twenty years of salt! And the recipe for the fertile soil!

If the Afya tribe had obtained so many things, there would still be a way for the Tanit tribe to survive in this desert!

Just when all the members of the Tanit tribe went out to find someone.

Lin Feng took Eula to find a small oasis to rest.

"Aren't you going to negotiate a deal with the Tanit tribe? Whatever you say, just go. ”

Eula was still confused.

This morning, Babel sent someone to pass the word, and Lin Feng replied directly.

After that, he immediately called Kelai, who was still practicing swordsmanship, and the three of them left the Tanit tribe as quickly as possible.

And Lin Feng also wiped out all their traces, ensuring that the Tanit tribe did not find them so quickly.

This made Eula confused.

Why did Lin Feng do this?

"The reason is simple, because I am not prepared to fulfill the treaty."

Lin Feng gave an explanation: "I only need the Tanit tribe to help me do things for a year or two at most, maybe I can't even use it for a year, why give them so many things." ”

"Then there's no need to go."

"You don't understand this, it's called wanting to get away with it."

"Want to get away with it?"

"Yes, the Tanit tribe wants to see my sincerity now, but I don't want to give them sincerity, what do you think I should do?"

Eula somewhat understood: "Give them an expectation, give them a threat, and then give them a bottom line, and when they find us again, they won't be able to make any requests, they can only agree to what you say." ”

"Well, that's it."

Lin Feng smiled and flipped the roasted crocodile dried in his hand.

He had taken it out of the Tanit tribe.

Speaking of which.

In addition to farming, the Tanit tribe is most famous for raising crocodiles.

Crocodiles' stuff is very popular in rainforest areas.

Crocodile skin is a precious clothing material, easy-to-preserve and very delicious crocodile jerky is one of the most popular ingredients among mercenaries, crocodile internal organs are processed into various feeds, used to feed other livestock, as for crocodile bones, according to the research of the Akademiya School of Students, this thing can be used for some bone diseases, so it is purchased in large quantities every year to make medicinal materials.

It is also an extremely important source of income for the Tanit tribe.

Forced reading, reclaimed wasteland, massively fed crocodiles and perfected a line of crocodile materials.

Whenever he saw these differences in Tanit, Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh: "This Babel is indeed a talent, if he wasn't born in the ghost place of the Sumeru Desert, he would be a hero's qualifications." ”

"Tsk." Eula only smacked her tongue at this evaluation, and did not say anything about it, but just asked, "Shall we wait here for them to come next?" ”

"Let's go to the Afya tribe."

"Ah, really go."

"Yes, the warnings have been given to them, and it will be a shame if I don't go."

"But do you know where the Afya tribe is?"

"I don't know, I'll ask as you go."

“.” Eula glanced at him, and said helplessly: "It's a shame that you can figure it out." ”

"There's no way, if you want them to do things honestly, that's it." Lin Feng stretched out his hands and looked very innocent: "The Tanit tribe is no better than the rabble in Aru Village, it's not like I can coerce them to do things well by force, so I can only coax them to work willingly with benefits." ”

"If only you had a good idea."

Eula didn't care how Lin Feng used the Tanit tribe, as long as what he was doing now was still in his plan.

Sandstorms in the desert are always so unpredictable.

Just as Lin Feng and the others were enjoying a feast of grilled dried crocodiles, the sandstorm blew again.

Fortunately, the place they were staying in at this time was a small oasis, and even if they stayed in the stone house made by Lin Feng with rock elements, it would not be too boring.

Take advantage of the sandstorm.

Eula and Collei continue to study the Teyvat Literacy Compendium.

Looking at Collei who was seriously learning to write there.

Not sure why.

Lin Feng suddenly thought of the awkwardness he felt when he first came to this world learning Teyvat characters.

At that time, he was used to writing simplified characters in his hometown.

Compared with this simple and profound text, Teyvat's writing is relatively monotonous, and the writing of individual characters is very complex.

Such a boring thing made Lin Feng, who was only a few years old at the time, bored, and would rather carry a big sword to practice than study, but it was Coulson who forced him, so that he did not become an illiterate person who couldn't read big words.

"Oops, causal rotation."

Lin Feng used the ice element to build a recliner for himself, and lay on it with a gloating expression, watching Collei learn to write there with a frown.

The cryo-elemental forces are different from naturally occurring ice cubes.

Even in the hot desert, this ice recliner showed no signs of melting, but added a touch of coolness to the stone house, without the unbearable heat outside.

It's just that this peaceful and peaceful atmosphere is quickly broken.

A man's voice rang out outside the stone house: "Captain, look, there is actually a house in this oasis. ”

Then came a burst of joy.

"Finally a place to rest."

"Oasis, house, haha, good place."

"I wish I could have something to eat here, this damn sandstorm, it's full of those abyssal dog mongrels, baba, baa, the sand is in your mouth."

"Okay, okay, you all be quiet, in case this house already has an owner, won't you be frightened."

The last voice to speak was a woman.

Lin Feng tilted his head, it sounded a little familiar.

Eula and Collei also heard the noisy noise outside, and they put down their pen and paper and looked up at Lin Feng.

"It's an acquaintance, I haven't seen each other for a long time, I didn't expect to meet here."

Lin Feng also sat up straight at this time and looked in the direction of the sound.

I heard that the people outside were just quiet for a while, and then shouted again.

"Captain, there's no door."

"yes, how did you get out of this doorless house."

"It's not good, it's an elemental creation, this may be a trap for monsters, everyone is on guard!!"

As the woman known as the captain spoke again, the sound of the bolt pulling and swinging the weapon continued.

These soldiers, who were clearly Fatui, had just raised their guard.

I saw that the airtight stone house suddenly opened a door automatically.

Then came a lazy voice: "Zoya, what's the matter?" Do you want to shoot me as soon as we meet? ”

Zoya?

The woman, whom the soldiers called a captain, was stunned for a moment.

And this voice.

Her eyes widened suddenly, and she shouted happily, "Brother Troy, is that you?" ”

"Come in and talk, the others stay outside."

Hear this.

Immediately, a loyal soldier stepped forward and asked, "Captain, is this someone you know?" Ann is not safe? Is it reliable? ”

"Don't worry, Big Brother Troy is my relative, there is no safer person than him, listen to Big Brother Troy, you just wait here, with Big Brother Troy here, it is absolutely safe here, and there will be no more monsters to disturb us."

Zoya was so excited that she gave a series of orders and went into the stone house.

And the door that was still open just now, after she entered, was immediately sealed again.

The soldiers who stayed outside looked at each other, then shook their heads and said, "Listen to the captain." ”

Inside the stone house.

Eula and Collei also see this Zoya's true face.

This is a very young girl, she doesn't look as big as Lin Feng, her appearance is ordinary, her face is dotted with a little freckles, and she is wearing a winter military uniform, listening to the words of those Fatui soldiers, she has already achieved the rank of captain at this age, and she is really a great talent.

"Big Brother Troy, it's really you!"

Zoya ignored Eula and Collet, who were constantly looking at her, and pounced on Lin Feng with a look of surprise on her face.

After a short hug.

Zoya immediately blushed and parted.

After eating sand and eating in this desert for a long time, she was a little out of shape for a while when she saw a friend who could be called a relative.

Then she looked at Eula and Collei and asked curiously, "This is my sister-in-law and my eldest niece?" ”

"Sister-in-law is right, niece is not right, that is my disciple."

"Huh? Big Brother Troy, do you accept disciples? ”

Zoya was taken aback.

The fact that Troy Schneitzvich became a family member of the Empress was spread among the Fatui, and to be able to become his disciple would not mean that this little green-haired girl would be Her Majesty's disciple in the future.

Unbelievable, unbelievable.

Zoya immediately stood up straight, beat her chest with her right hand according to the rules of the Solstice, and said: "Zoya Schneitzwich, I've seen my sister-in-law and, and this, um"

"Hello."

Eula and Collei interrupted what she couldn't say for a long time, and smiled at her in unison.

"Okay, Collei continues to study, Zoya, you come here, I have something to ask you."

Lin Feng gave Collei a command, and then with a wave of his hand, an ice chair rose from the ground, facing his recliner right next to him.

Zoya didn't show any surprise at this, and after greeting Eula Collei again, she sat down on it without any image, and then said with a comfortable face: "Ah~~~~~ it's finally comfortable, this damn desert is about to die of heat." ”

"Zoya, how did you get here?"

Lin Feng asked first.

The girl's full name is Zoya Schneitzfna.

Just by listening to the name, you know that she is also an orphan from the [Fireplace House].

Coincidentally, she and Lin Feng were selected for the Fatui in the same class.

Lin Feng, who is powerful and enters the country quickly, is a legendary figure in [Fireplace House], and Zoya, who is in the same class as him, is naturally Lin Feng's little fan sister.

Earlier, when Lin Feng was still serving in the Fatui, the two of them had also gone on two missions together.

At that time, Zoya was not the captain of the Fatume, as a rookie, she always made frequent mistakes during the mission, if it weren't for Lin Feng wiping her ass in the back, their mission would not have been successfully completed at all.

That's exactly what happened.

makes Zoya's reverence for Lin Feng even more continuous like a surging river.

Hearing Lin Feng's question, Zoya immediately sat up straight, and reported earnestly as she had when she was still training in the [Fireplace House], "On the orders of Lord Arecino, I came to the desert to find the Eternal Oasis. ”

"Eternal Oasis? Yo, it looks like you've dealt with the Tanit tribe. ”

"Yes, Brother Troy, with our help, the elder of the Tanit tribe, Babel, has succeeded in seizing power and becoming the new matriarch."

"Well, what about now? Why did you run to the desert to eat the sand again? ”

"Alas, don't mention it, after that woman came to power, according to the agreement, we sent a lot of materials and technical support to their tribe, and that woman also gave us clues to the Eternal Oasis, but the Eternal Oasis is so easy to find, our team has been in the desert for a few months, and we haven't found anything, and we can only fight wits and courage with those monsters in the desert every day."

Zoya's face showed a little helplessness.

In this yellow sand, it is indeed difficult for them to find such a relic of the gods with only these strangers who are not familiar with the place.

"If you can't find it, don't look for it, just make a report."

Lin Feng is very open-minded about this.

Because he was like this before, he didn't do the troublesome task directly, he made a report, Arecchino approved the note, and called it a day on the spot.

on this.

Zoya could only smile bitterly: "Big brother Troy, should you be as privileged as everyone is you?" Those of us who can't complete the task of Lord Arechino are absolutely not allowed to leave our posts without permission. ”

"Tsk, I'll sign a report later, and Arechino won't say anything."

"Huh?"

Zoya's eyelids jumped.

She had heard that Troy Schneitzovich and Master Arechino had turned their faces before, and now it seemed to be true.

Lin Feng rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then said, "Well, it's not safe for you to go back like this, forget it, I'll write another letter to Arichino, from today onwards, your squad belongs to the Eleventh Executive Officer Tartaglia, and you will go to Liyue Northland Bank to take up a position with Tartaglia's protection, so that even if Arecino is angry, he won't be able to trouble you." ”

“.”

Zoya didn't know what to say.

Is digging into the foot of a wall so casual?

Merely.

Although she has no chance of returning home to Liyue's Northland Bank, she is an orphan in the first place, so staying in Liyue seems to be a good choice.

That's it.

In Zoya's silence, Lin Feng quickly drew paper and wrote two letters, leaving the mark that belonged to the empress's family alone, and handed the two pieces of paper to Zoya.

"Alright, send it back with a magic trap, and then you can report to Liyue, and when you see Tartaglia and say that I told you to go, he won't say anything."

Zoya took the two letters in silence, folded them carefully, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Brother Troy, I asked you to clean up the mess for me again." ”

"Hey, what's this, it's just a gesture." Lin Feng smiled lightly.

It was exactly the same thing as when she comforted herself, and Zoya felt like tears were about to pour out.

Lin Feng didn't give her time to be sad, and then asked, "By the way, you all sent some supplies to the Tanit tribe?" ”

"Books, fertilizers, fodder, seeds, planting techniques, mechanism techniques, weapon forging techniques." Zoya counted with her fingers for a long time, then scratched her head and said, "Hey, what's more, I can't remember it, anyway, it's a lot." ”

"I gave a lot of good things."

"Isn't it, and I don't know why Lord Arecchino is so generous in such a poor place."

"So, Babel is the mistress, and you have also made a big contribution?"

"Well, we helped her assassinate a few elders, and then that woman came to power by her own means, hey, this woman's concubine is not ordinary, a fierce horse, I am not his opponent with the evil eye."

"Concubine?"

"What's it called, Asarig, he doesn't have a vision, but his martial arts are very strong, and he used our technology to let that woman get him an elemental power weapon privately, and this guy didn't contribute less when he killed the tribal elders."

"It's kind of interesting, but I think there seem to be a few elders in the Tanit tribe."

"Huh? Big Brother Troy, you also went to the Tanit tribe? ”

"It's okay to go on a trip."

"That's fine, don't deal too deeply with them, there are no good people there."

"I know."

"By the way, what you said just now, in fact, because we killed all the elders who opposed that woman, there are a total of seven or eight elders in the Tanit tribe, not all of them are against that woman, several of them are in support of her, and after this woman took the throne, she also promoted some tribesmen who originally supported her as new elders, so Brother Troy, you can still see a few elders in the tribe."

"Well, that's pretty much what I thought."

Lin Feng thought for a moment, and then asked, "Then do you have any clues to find the Eternal Oasis?" ”

The reason why this question is asked.

It was because Lin Feng suddenly thought of the Eternal Oasis and heard that it was the burial ground of the God of Flowers, and he didn't know if there was any power of the gods there that could be picked up.

As soon as I mentioned this.

Zoya angrily scolded in solstice: "That damn woman, I think she must have given us false information, otherwise why did we look for so long, but we couldn't find even a clue." ”

"Well, it's right that you can think so, Babel is full of lies, probably using you to help her kill an elder and deceive some materials and technology by the way, now she and Asarig have fully integrated the power of the Tanit tribe, and you can't help her in terms of force, so you can only let yourself eat this loss."

Lin Feng calmly analyzed.

The more he spoke, the anger on Zoya's face grew.

"Whew-whew-"

"No, I can't swallow this breath, Brother Troy, you happen to be here, you must help me vent my bad breath!!"

The relationship between Zoya and Lin Feng is quite good, and there is no kind of awe between superiors and subordinates when she speaks, but more like a younger sister coquettish to her brother.

"Hey, coincidentally, I happened to be cheating on them recently, how about it, Zoya, do you want to join the gang?"

"But before that, we have to get your little brothers away first, and you can follow us alone."

Lin Feng laughed.

He was already thinking about how to handle Babel, and Zoya came at the right time.

When she heard that Lin Feng was really preparing to plague this Tanit tribe, Zoya immediately came to her senses and promised: "No problem, big brother Troy, hehe, I won't tell you, if I hadn't been able to defeat them, I would have gone to destroy them a long time ago!" ”

(End of chapter)