"Don't hold a grudge and cause trouble for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group because of this matter. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li are both my very good cousins. If I find out you dare to do anything behind my back, the next time you'll see me, it won't be me, but the sword behind me."
Xiao Tianci's words made Sha Luo stiffen again.
After a long while, once Sha Luo was certain that Xiao Tianci had left, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Feeling utterly drained, he leaned back in his chair.
Only then did Sha Luo realize that his back was completely soaked!
Then, Sha Luo suddenly noticed something on the table next to the chair where Xiao Tianci had just been sitting, something that seemed to have been left by Xiao Tianci.
Sha Luo's heart skipped a beat, and she cautiously approached the table.
Only then did he realize that what Xiao Tianci had left behind was actually a pill.
"Is this for me?" Sha Luo hesitated for a moment before taking the small bottle containing the pills in his hand.
A look of ecstatic joy immediately spread across his face.
The pill inside the bottle was actually the second-grade pill he desperately needed: the Golden Light Pill!
Sha Luo's heart was immediately filled with ecstasy.
Regarding Xiao Tianci's killing of Mo Xing and his subsequent threats, Sha Luo felt no resentment whatsoever, but rather a sense of relief.
It's good that Mo Xing died. If Mo Xing hadn't died, I might not have received this pill as compensation!
Without the slightest hesitation, Sha Luo immediately put the pill into his Storage Ring.
He didn't believe there was anything fishy about the elixir.
After all, Xiao Tianci is so powerful. If they really wanted to kill him, they could just kill him directly. Why bother tampering with the pills? Wouldn't that be redundant?
The next day.
Outside Stone Desert City, the sun shone brightly, while the members of the Mo Tie Legion were still carefully exploring every inch of the oasis lake.
Although the lake water is crystal clear, it is still quite deep in some places.
Therefore, frequent ventilation was required when exploring those areas, which added considerable difficulty to the exploration and made the search progress slower than expected.
"Brother, have you noticed? There doesn't seem to be a single member of the Sand Mercenary Group around here today."
Standing on a sand dune on the outskirts of the oasis, Xiao Li glanced around. After a moment, he frowned slightly, looked at Xiao Ding standing to the side, and spoke.
"Not only are there no traces of the Sand Mercenary Group around here, but I just heard from mercenaries who came out of the city that even within Stone Desert City, the number of Sand Mercenary Group members who used to roam around has decreased significantly."
Xiao Ding smiled mysteriously at Xiao Li, then continued, "More importantly, according to the intelligence I've obtained, that annoying guy Mo Xing seems to have died in the Sand Mercenary Group last night, and his death was gruesome, it seems his head was about to fall off. However, Sha Luo didn't seem to be furious about this, on the contrary, he seemed to be in a good mood."
Xiao Li's eyes widened suddenly as he looked at Xiao Ding.
After a long pause, he finally spoke in disbelief, "You mean, Tianci did all of this? That's truly astounding! To treat the Sand Mercenary Group like that, and yet Sha Luo is so scared he doesn't dare utter a sound, what kind of strength does that require?"
"Anyway, Tianci is no longer the little guy who followed us around and needed our protection. He's become more and more mysterious." Xiao Ding nodded in agreement.
Then, the two couldn't help but look at Xiao Tianci.
But they saw Xiao Tianci resting with his eyes closed in the oasis.
There was no trace of pride on his face; instead, it was as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Just as Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were sighing to each other, a figure suddenly ran over from afar, shouting excitedly.
"Commander! The third squad seems to have discovered some traces of a passage!"
Upon hearing this sound, both Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were stunned for a moment, and then their faces lit up with joy.
At that moment, Xiao Tianci suddenly opened his eyes, his face showing both surprise and delight.
After such a long time, the entire oasis has been almost completely searched, and Xiao Tianci even gave up on the Red Water Spirit Root at one point.
But unexpectedly, a pleasant surprise has arrived!
The next moment, Xiao Tianci flashed and appeared in front of the approaching figure, then asked, "Have you discovered the passage?"
The man was startled by Xiao Tianci's terrifying speed, but after recognizing Xiao Tianci, he quickly recovered, grinned, and said with a simple smile.
"Hehe, it seems we've found a clue. Based on our experience, there's a high chance that the passage leads to a hidden space at the bottom of the lake!"
"Okay." Upon hearing this, Xiao Tianci's lips curled up, and he urged, "Take me to see it quickly!"
"Okay!"
The mercenary glanced at Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who were quickly approaching from behind, smiled and nodded, then quickly turned around and led the way.
They jogged for a few minutes following the mercenaries in a certain direction in the lake.
Xiao Tianci looked at the large crowd gathered in a certain spot in the lake, looking into the lake.
"Make way, make way, everyone make way!" The mercenary who led Xiao Tianci and the others over shouted at this moment.
Then, the previously crowded people made way for each other.
Xiao Tianci didn't care at all that his robes were wet, and then he went to the center where the crowd had gathered.
Here, the once level lakebed has been dug out by the crowd, creating an opening about half a meter wide. Inside the opening, it is pitch black.
And from time to time, bubbles would float out of the hole.
Clearly, there must be another world hidden inside this large cave.
"This must be it," Xiao Tianci said, pointing to the cave entrance.
"Hmm." The mercenary leading the way nodded. "If Qing Lin hadn't sensed something unusual about the atmosphere here, we probably wouldn't have noticed the cave entrance at all. This was originally a small flat area, but the water flowing over it formed a rather small whirlpool, which we almost overlooked. Thank goodness."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Tianci also turned his head to glance at Qing Lin.
Then we saw Qing Lin, her robes completely soaked, but her face was filled with a happy smile.