The middle-aged man told his men to pick up the goods that were still in good shape while Zheng-Fu was standing quietly. He looked at the men doing their job until they got everything under control…

Whoosh!

Everyone was extremely exhausted from picking up the goods and the bodies of their friends. It took them two hours to finish the whole thing under the horrible heat. When they saw Zheng-Fu, they were startled to see him not moving anywhere…

"Who is that boy? Doesn't he feel the heat?" one of the people in the group said with wonder…

"You don't know anything. The boy must be so strong that the heat could not harm him," another man said, and his words were agreed upon by the rest of the group…

"No way! I think he uses good sunscreen," the other man tried to give his opinion, which made some people in the group nod along…

"I don't think it's sunscreen!" a tiny man disagreed with the sunscreen idea, which caught everyone's attention, so they all looked at the tiny man all at once…

The owner of the caravan, the young girl, and Boss Tu in a tent also turned to look at the tiny man. The young girl, who had been looking at Zheng-Fu all along, said…

"Look at him! Doesn't he feel hot under the heat? And why does he have to wear that hat and cover his face like that?" The young girl started to feel annoyed by Zheng-Fu because he did not say or do anything but stand still…

"Respecting Master! We took care of all the goods, sir," one of the mercenaries reported the situation the minute they finished picking up the goods and the corpses…

"Great! Why don't you take a rest for an hour, and then we'll get back to our journey?" Boss Tu told everyone about the plan. The mercenaries were delighted to get an hour to rest. Boss Tu walked up to Zheng-Fu when he finished the sentence. He cupped his fists and said…

"Master! We'll get back to our journey in an hour. Do you think you can…?"

"Don't worry! I'll protect the caravan until you reach your destination." Zheng-Fu intended to cut in Boss Tu. He did not know what Boss Tu wanted, but he wanted to know where he was. He thought that it was best for him to act as a protector if he wanted to tag along with the caravan…

Boss Tu was surprised to hear Zheng-Fu's answer. He looked at Zheng-Fu with a strange look because he did not understand how Zheng-Fu knew the question before he asked him…

*Does he know people's minds?* Boss Tu tried to think about Zheng-Fu's ability as he could answer his question before he even uttered any words…

"That's great, Master! I'm Tu-Tao-Fang! I would like to thank you on behalf of my Master. I'll make sure that we'll pay you when we…"

"No need to! I don't want anything in return. I just want to ask you a few things." Zheng-Fu cut in again…

"...!"

This time, Tu-Tao-Fang started to believe that Zheng-Fu could read people's minds. So, he smiled dryly and said, "Of course, I'll tell you everything that I know." Tu-Tao-Fang confirmed Zheng-Fu with confidence before excusing himself to report what he had conversed with Zheng-Fu to the owner of the caravan…

After hearing the report, the owner of the caravan smiled at Zheng-Fu with admiration. However, his daughter did not feel the same way. She continued to look at Zheng-Fu without blinking, but could not find anything wrong with him. It was something that annoyed her to see Zheng-Fu that way…

"I don't believe that he doesn't want anything from us. I have to find out about him," the young girl said while staring at Zheng-Fu as if she were a cop looking at a criminal…

"Dear daughter…I think you're thinking too much. If he wanted to harm us, he wouldn't have waited until now. You saw that Desert Worm Monster. He could kill it within a second. If he wanted to kill us, he could have done it so easily," the owner of the caravan said while trying to have everyone reason with him at the same time…

"Tsk!"

The caravan started to move again, with Zheng-Fu as the protector to make sure everything and everyone was safe. After the incident, the caravan was shrunk to a small scale. The Desert Worm Monster cost the owner of the caravan a lot of losses. However, he knew that it was normal to take some risks in every investment…

The caravan could expect to encounter either bandits or monsters. So, with a protector like Zheng-Fu, everyone felt safer and relaxed…

After a day in the desert, the caravan reached a city. There were a lot of people outside of the city. Zheng-Fu saw many tents around the area. There were many kinds of people, including something like the caravan that he was accompanying. He started to look around to detect the energy levels of the people in the area.

He found that most of the people there were at the mid-level of the Golden Core stage…

When the caravan reached the camping area, the owner of the caravan ordered his men to set up the tents and call it a day. Zheng-Fu wondered why they had to camp out outside the city instead of inside the city. So, he walked up to the owner of the caravan and asked…

"Why do we have to set the tents and spend the night here?"

"That's because…"

"It's because the city doesn't allow large groups of people to get into the city. Why don't you know this rule? Are you from somewhere else?" the daughter of the caravan owner cut in and asked Zheng-Fu sarcastically…

"Yeah, you're right. I'm not from around here, so I don't know the rules. Please accept my apology for my stupidity, beautiful young lady," Zheng-Fu said while putting his hand on his chest and bowing respectfully to the young girl…

"Well..."

The young girl's face turned red when she saw how polite he was and heard that Zheng-Fu called her beautiful. She could not say a word back to him, but tended to try to, but was not successful. So, she felt shy before stomping her feet many times…

The owner of the caravan had to laugh at his daughter's awkward gesture. He knew well that she had a mind of her own and did not submit to anyone. However, she could not respond to Zheng-Fu at all. When the owner of the caravan returned to himself, he said…

"And where are you from, Master?" Everyone was all ears when they heard the caravan owner's question because they wanted to know the answer too…

"I'm from Blueland."

"Blueland!?"

Zheng-Fu replied calmly and firmly, which made him look confident. He actually wanted to know where he was, but he thought it would not make him look good. So, he chose to tell the group where he was from…

"So, you're from Blueland? You have indeed come a long way," the caravan owner said with surprise…

"Yeah, Master! It is a long way from Blueland to Wild Land. What made you come here? Oops!" Tu-Tao-Fang realized that he had asked too much, so he rushed to cover his mouth immediately…

However, Zheng-Fu did not show that he was angry at the question. Instead, he told everyone why he came to Wild Land. And, of course, he told a lie to the group. He just wanted to know where he was, so he could piece things together…

He started to think about the incident before he got to Wild Land. He remembered that he was in the Ancient Monster Forest and was surrounded by four monsters. Then there was a magical light that occurred beneath him. Then he lost consciousness and found himself again in the desert with the middle-aged man's caravan. And now he knew that he was in Wild Land, the land of the desert.

There were oases in a desert land like this. The bigger the city, the bigger the oasis. That was the reason why there was a rule that prevented a big troop from entering the city. They wanted to protect their oases because they were precious. However, their oases did not produce oil, but instead, they produced Qi energy stones, which was something similar to the Cave of the Immortals in Blueland…

In the Xianxia world, people could find Qi energy stones somewhere else too, not only in the Cave of the Immortals. It was because the density of the Qi energy in each place was different due to the terrain and environment. Wild Land was a desert country, so the Qi energy stones were produced in the desert. And they called the place the 'oasis'…

"Alright! Since you're not from here, let me explain it to you," the caravan owner said while starting to explain all the rules of the city to Zheng-Fu. He also gave him knowledge about the environment of the place. From the caravan owner's explanation, Zheng-Fu also got to know where he was exactly…

Zheng-Fu started to see how he could plan what to do next when he knew that he was in the city that was next to the border of Wild Land. If he walked through the border city, he would enter Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven country…

However, he had to accompany the caravan until it reached its destination before he could separate on his way. But it was convenient too that the caravan's destination was Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven country, which was the way that Zheng-Fu was heading to…

After the tents were set up, the caravan owner asked Zheng-Fu to get to the city with him to register for the use of the tent space. The caravan owner and his daughter could spend the night at a tavern in the city, so Zheng-Fu got to stay with them. Tu-Tao-Fang chose to stay with the mercenaries in the tents, which was something that he was used to…

The three of them headed to the city immediately. They reached the entrance of the city and found a long queue there. The queue consisted of many small groups of people. Mostly, there were about three to five people in each group. They were usually caravan owners and protectors…

"Isn't that Boss De!?"

All of a sudden, the group heard a cunning voice behind them. When they turned to look, De-Tong, the caravan owner, had to crinkle his eyebrows in a bad mood while looking at the chubby man who greeted him…

"Who's that?" Zheng-Fu bent toward the young girl and asked…

"…!"

The young girl was startled and stepped away from Zheng-Fu because he got closer to her abruptly. She tried to get back to herself and replied with shyness…

"That's Boss Ma-Ye-Li from Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven. He usually lowers the prices of our goods. The man is all about taking advantage when it comes to pricing," The young girl said with a disrespectful tone of voice toward Ma-Ye-Li…

"I see. So, he's the bad guy," Zheng-Fu said calmly while checking out the energy levels of the people in Ma-Ye-Li's ground under his straw hat. Then Zheng-Fu was startled and could see why the man dared to take advantage of other people…

"I can see why they dare to be dishonest. It's because their protectors are in the Nascent Soul stage," Zheng-Fu mumbled to himself, which made the young girl next to him look at him with curiosity…

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