Chapter 8: The Oasis is gone
On the way, Gongsun Murong used the noodles and balls he bought from the town and put them in a basin, and asked Nalasha to pay attention to the temperature, so he didn't care about it.
In the middle of the night, a few drops of rain fell from the sky, and within half an hour, the dark clouds that seemed to want to hide the moon were nowhere to be found, and not even the blood stains on the adventurer's leather armor were not washed away.
When the sun rose again in place of the moon, the heat rising from the armor actually carried a strong smell of blood.
Narasha's little face wrinkled, showing a pained expression, and touched Xiao Jin to discuss with someone.
"Uncle Kellysell, do you think that on a fresh morning you should be in a relaxed mood, such as taking a shower to refresh yourself?"
"Oh, is the lovely Miss Nalasha going to take a bath and is afraid of being peeked at? Well, don't be angry, beautiful Nalasha, the smell of blood is really bad, but what can be done about it? Water, which is precious in the desert. Blood stains on the leather armor let the sun shine, and you'll notice that the taste has been getting lighter. ”
Kellysell shrugged his shoulders and said wittily and self-deprecatingly.
"I ...... Brother Murong, I want to drink porridge. Nalasha was no longer ready to dwell on the issue, making her own requests for breakfast, washing herself, not caring about the waste of water.
Gongsun Murong boiled porridge with rice bought from the town, mixed two kinds of green vegetables and pickles, and fried two medium-rare bird eggs, and then began to make fried buns with good noodles, pure meat filling, only seasoned with something spicy and like green onions.
Adventurers are not treated in the same way, they are accustomed to drinking cold water and nibbling on hard bread.
Including the seven Moses, they don't know what Murong is doing, the magical cooking method, not using the way of baking, nor cooking, or raw mixing, actually wrapping the meat puree with raw noodles, shouldn't the noodles be baked into bread first, and then fried the meat puree?
As the name suggests, fried in water is a great way for people who can't find a steamer or drawer.
Spread a thin layer of oil on the pan so that the buns that have been kneaded into a round shape do not stick to the pan, then add water to the pan, about a centimeter, light a fire underneath, and then cover the lid and leave it alone.
This pot lid is still pinched out by Gongsun Murong with a thin iron sheet, as long as it can be pinched, the process is not difficult, pierce a hole in the middle and screw the handle, it is a qualified work.
Nalasha hugged Xiao Jin and waited to eat.
Risking to watch Xiao Jin while eating, they all guessed how long Xiao Jin would be an adult, and if they could help in the battle, the brother and sister would not be easy to be bullied.
A breakfast makes Nalasha happy and makes adventurers know that there is a way to make food.
With the addition of Xiao Jin, the journey has become easier, usually wrap it in a magic pattern, and the sand beast adventurers who come to attack are easy to pack up and kill, and when there are many and are not good to defend, take down the magic pattern cloth to scare Xiao Jin away, and during the half-month journey, the adventurers have increased their harvest.
It takes an average of one month and ten days to get from Suo Sa Town to Pray Water City, a total of forty days.
In half a month, the team consumed a lot of food and water, and Sha Luo should have vacated three of them, but they were occupied by new prey, and the adventurers seemed very happy.
As the morning dawned on a new day, Keliser asked the team to change direction and move a little north away from the exit.
Without waiting for Gongsun Murong to ask, Moses explained competently: "Today the team does not plan to rest before noon, but goes diagonally to the north, where there is an oasis that can replenish new fresh water. ”
"Hmm!" Gongsun Murong nodded.
When it was almost noon, everyone did not see the oasis, only two caravans guarding a certain sand dune, at first glance, one caravan had about twenty peaks of sand luo, the number was about eighty, and the other caravan seemed to be twice the size of this caravan.
There is no need to ask, Kelisel's group of adventurers also knew that the destination of the two caravans was Suo Town, and five days ago they met a caravan with thirty peaks and sand Luo, and it seemed that there were a lot of caravans going there, maybe they thought that there were more goods in Sao Town that they needed to buy?
However, a few caravans were not the main problem at the moment, and what made Kelisel anxious was where the oasis had gone? In the sand dunes surrounded by the two caravans, there should have been a small grove with a waterhole next to it, and as much water from the pool would emerge from the spring.
Right now......
"Prepare for battle. Kelissell shouted, drawing his knife first, holding it in one hand and grabbing a shield in the other.
The other adventurers also raised their weapons, took their positions, and looked warily at the men of the two caravans.
The two caravans didn't seem to be calm either, and they were confronting each other before Gongsun Murong's team arrived.
"Moses, you hold me little gold, I'm going to fight, look at me. Narasha became excited, thrust the little gold into Moses' arms, jumped off the saloon, stared at the two caravans with all her attention, and muttered, "Money, buy a big manor." ”
Moses hugged Xiao Jin indifferently, I can't tell what kind of mood it is, what does the simple-minded young lady do to make her mind more complicated?
Nalasha didn't know Moses' thoughts, she leaned over to Gongsun Murong and whispered: "Brother Murong, I will raise the wind in a while, you will rush behind the sand and dust and kill them all, and the things will be ours." ”
"You don't want to sell water anymore?" Gongsun Murong also whispered.
"Huh?" Narasha was puzzled.
"The original oasis is gone, and they are now short of water. Gongsun Murong explained.
Narasha's eyes lit up, and her voice was lowered: "Really?"
"Depending on the situation, the people of the caravan are too greedy, they may not be prepared enough to go all the way to the town of Suosa, put all their hopes on the oasis, and they will buy a pound of water for twenty copper plates. ”
"It's so expensive, so if they don't plan to spend money, just grab it?"
"You raise the wind, I'll go up. ”
"Uh-huh!"
The people of the two caravans didn't know if they were being targeted, or if they had to pay the price no matter what.
When they saw that a third party had appeared, they were vigilant and had one more target, but they did not dare to make the first move.
In fact, the caravan that first arrived at the original oasis was Sha Luo, and found that there was no water, and the leader planned to wait, waiting for other small caravans to come and clean up, who would have thought of a bigger caravan.
Later, there were many people in the caravan, and when they saw this situation, they wanted to attack the first, but they found that there was a fifth-order ninth-level master in the caravan first, and there were only two fifth-order and sixth-level people in their caravan.
There are many people on one side, and there are masters on the other, and the scene turns into a confrontation.
Just when they didn't know how to decide, Gongsun Murong's team gave them hope.
They could see that the new team of adventurers was starting from Suo Sa Town, and it would take about half a month to arrive at 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 make eye contact.
Kelly Sel's forehead was covered with sweat, he also understood the current situation, the scorching golden tiger was okay to deceive the sand beast, but when facing people, how could the little tiger have combat effectiveness!
The number of people on his side is small, and the strength is not as good as the two caravans on the opposite side, and the final result is ......
"Sell water, sell water, cool and thirst-quenching water...... It's sold cheaply, a pound of 20 copper plates, you don't lose money when you buy it, do you buy water?"
A crisp and sweet voice appeared in the tense confrontation field, and Gongsun Murong took Nalasha's small hand and walked to the front.
The thirty adventurers led by Kellysell were stunned, this is really asking for money, little girl who sells water, when is it, you still want to sell water?
The people of the two caravans were also stunned, and only one of them came to the front of the caravan with a look of disbelief, pointed to Nalasha and asked, "You, are you Sophia Nalasha?"
"Uncle Joseph, you are really fast, you sold you water more than two months ago, ran out of the ruins to the city of praying water, and then turned here?" Narasha obviously knew this person, and said happily, and asked: "Do you want to buy water?" Uncle Joseph, you are an old customer, I will give you a 5% discount, 1 pound of water, and 10 copper plates. ”
"Didn't you last time be ten catties of water and five copper coins? Joseph was still in the mood to ask for a price.
"Last time it was close, and now I've run a long way and got a tan, Uncle Joseph, look!" Nalasa grumbled, pointing to the white skin on her face.
Joseph looked at Gongsun Murong beside Nalasha again, and saw that the other party's gaze was still as plain as water, not fierce, and not afraid.
Joseph recalls what happened more than two months ago, when he reached the fifth layer of the ruins, he met the team of bloody sand pirates, and the sand pirates were so proficient.
He himself is only a fifth-order sixth-order, and there are four of them like him in the killing of thieves, and there is also a fifth-order seventh-order, and a sixth-order first-level existence.
Except for himself, all his teammates died, and he was slashed twice, although it was not fatal, but there was no way to hold on.
After that, he escaped by chance, and a day later he entered a labyrinth-like place, thirsty and hungry, and as he walked around, he heard the sound of selling water.
Following the sound, he smelled a strong smell of blood around the corner, and he saw the blood still emitting hot air on the ground, and most of his fingers, on which was a pink ring, he had seen this ring a day ago, it was on the hand of the leader of the Blood Sand Thieves, the leader of the sixth-order first-order battle qi.
He also saw a cute little girl with a large basin of water and two pieces of barbecue at her feet.
Next to the big boy...... Gaze...... Plain as water.
As at this moment, everything ...... It's like yesterday.
Not knowing what he was doing, Joseph found that his heart suddenly twitched and his throat was dry.
He swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva nervously, squeezed out a smile with all his might, and said to Nalasha: "Kind and lovely Miss Narasha, thank you for selling me water and food last time, but please forgive me, I can't call the shots, I need to discuss it with the head of the group, are you willing to wait?"
"Very good, Uncle Joseph. Nalasha smiled like a little lady.
Joseph hurriedly came to the side of the caravan leader, pulled the head of the caravan into the distance, and said solemnly: "Captain Joyce, please believe me, I swear to the god of war, if you plan to obtain fresh water by force, then you and the people in the team will lose their lives, ten copper plates per catty, not very expensive, right?"
Captain Joyce looked at Joseph again with a suspicious look in his eyes, and asked puzzledly, "Strong and brave Joseph, are you afraid of the other party's adventurer with a fifth-order and fifth-level battle qi?"
"Oh my God, how can I, Joseph, be afraid of him? Captain Joyce, you are insulting me, even if I am more warlike than me, I, Joseph, will not be afraid, I am the one who has managed to get out of the hands of the bloody sand thieves. Joseph's anger was unmistakable.
"Really......?
"Captain Joyce, the Blood Sand Thieves should be gone, if you still insist on grabbing 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 Nalasha, and her brother, Gongsun Murong. ”
"I heard you call the little girl by her name. ”
"Okay, you heard, the two of them have been selling water in and around the ruins before, all the time, every layer has their footprints, no matter how big the wind and sand outside the ruins, there are adventurers who have seen their tents selling water, and some people have even accidentally fallen into the cave of the red armor beast, and bought barbecue meat with them inside. ”
"A red-armored beast equivalent to a sixth-order, third-level battle qi strength?" Joyce asked with wide eyes.
"Yes, you're not wrong, the adventurer who fell in bought the roast meat of the Red Armor Beast, as well as water, ten catties and five copper plates, oh, today's price is much more expensive, but we are short of water, aren't we?"
"The cave of the Red Armor, perhaps...... Okay, okay, thank you, thank you, you can tell me this, you don't need to quit, you have to help us complete the deal. Captain Joyce made a compromise and gambled on whether the Red Armor was dead or not.
Joseph breathed a sigh of relief, happily took the money, and returned to Nalasha, smiling and buying fifteen thousand catties of water, and spending fifteen gold coins.
Then the caravan he was in departed, and he was on sufficient alert for the other caravan.
Nalasha sold almost all of the water in the ranks, and happily counted the fifteen gold coins over and over again.
Moses pulled Kelly Searle aside and kept explaining that they had a way to the next oasis and asking him to believe it.
The main thing is that if you don't sell the water to Lu, you will be attacked by two caravans together, and now there is one less, and the largest number of people is missing.
The other caravan that didn't buy water and was going to rob it was dumbfounded.
The new team asked for money and sold all the water, and no matter how much water they robbed, they couldn't grab much water.
The caravan that bought water ran as fast as it could, and if it went to catch up, it would consume a lot of water, and the other party could even unload all the goods, and let Sha Luo run with only water and their people, and then turn back when his side died of thirst.
If their own side also abandons the goods to catch up, the result is still desperate, if ...... They ran so fast, how many miles did they run out of the city in this moment's work, and they grew wings?
"Do you want to buy water? There are still more than 1,000 catties of water here, and 50 copper plates per catty, which are sold cheaply. Nalasha was selling the last bit of water in her ranks.
George, who recognized her as the owner, also came over to help: "If you buy a thousand catties of water, you will not delay time on the journey, save money, and there is still a great possibility to reach Suosa Town." ”
"It can't be unless we give up all the goods. The leader of the caravan roared.
"Okay, or you choose to bury it in the sand with the goods, do you want to rob it? We won't give up resistance, we'll put the water out first, and everyone will die in the desert together. George said nonchalantly.
"What are you going to do if you sell us water?" asked the caravan's man the key point.
"Wait here, maybe the oasis has suddenly returned, you have to believe in miracles. ”
"Can I exchange the goods?"
"No, no, no, we're going to Pray Water City, and the goods brought from there are not worth much. George refused.
The people of the caravan discussed it, and after that, they said to George, "Buy, this is money, please bring us water." ”