Above the clear sky, the enormous sun hung high, like a giant fireball constantly releasing flames, sparing no effort to unleash all its heat upon the golden desert.
The fine sand grains were roasted until they resembled red-hot iron pellets.
Because the temperature in the desert is so intense, distorted waves of air rise up above the sand.
It even slightly distorts one's vision.
In the vast desert, a figure in a green robe suddenly appeared slowly.
What's somewhat strange is that, despite the sweltering heat and the fact that the young man wasn't wearing thin clothes, he wasn't sweating at all, and his steps were quite light, showing no signs of the weariness one would expect from someone traveling through the desert.
Xiao Tianci gradually walked up a towering sand dune and looked around from the high ground.
Then, he took out an exquisitely crafted map from his Storage Ring and carefully examined the routes on it.
"Based on the route above and the landmarks we've passed, I am now definitely in the deepest part of the Tagor Desert."
Xiao Tianci held the map in one hand, while the other hand slowly moved along a route on the map. Then, he opened his mouth slightly and muttered to himself.
"This Tagor Desert is truly enormous. It took us half a month to travel from Stone Desert City to get here. We've used up all the supplies we brought. If it weren't for the oases and other supply points marked on this map, we would have been in real trouble..."
With a sigh, a helpless, bitter smile appeared on Xiao Tianci's face.
Since Xiao Tianci left Stone Desert City, he has been following the route indicated on the map, heading deeper into the Tagor Desert.
Along his journey, he did encounter some mercenary caravans and the like.
In addition, Xiao Tianci did not always stay in a straight line. When he saw any rare medicinal herbs near his route on the map, he would also go and collect them.
Hai Bodong's map is undeniably quite accurate.
According to Xiao Tianci's personal experience, this accuracy rate can even reach 80%.
As for the precious medicinal herbs that he hadn't obtained, Xiao Tianci was unsure whether it was a problem with the map of Hai Bodong or whether someone had already gotten there before he arrived.
In the Tagor Desert, besides the magical beasts hidden in the sand that need to be watched out for, the most fearsome creature is the Snake-People Tribe.
In the desert, few people are willing to be enemies with the Snake-People Tribe. After all, their trick of secretly controlling venomous snakes to launch sneak attacks is truly difficult to guard against.
However, Xiao Tianci did not have this problem.
Firstly, because he possessed incredibly detailed maps; secondly, because he had divine sense, he could always easily detect encounters with the Snake-People Tribe in advance.
Although he had no personal grudges against the Snake-People Tribe, if they were to actually meet, the Snake-People would certainly not hesitate to tear Xiao Tianci to pieces.
Therefore, when Xiao Tianci encountered some patrolling Snake-People, or rather, when he lacked supplies and could not find a suitable person to supply him for the time being.
He would then deliberately appear before the Snake-People.
If those Snake-People didn't have any real intention to kill Xiao Tianci, then Xiao Tianci would naturally spare their lives and exchange some supplies in a fair manner.
Of course, if those Snake-People -Snake-People show a strong tendency to attack after seeing Xiao Tianci, then Xiao Tianci will naturally use swift and decisive means to kill them before they even sound the alarm!
After all, this desert is the home ground of the Snake-People Tribe, and it's hard to say whether these Snake-People can cause any real harm to Xiao Tianci.
Let me just mention one point.
Some of the smaller tribes of the Snake-People Tribe are much more united than some of the larger tribes. As soon as an alarm is raised, all the Snake-People in the vicinity will rush over to help.
Being surrounded and intercepted by a group of Snake-People in the Tagor Desert would be a troublesome situation for Xiao Tianci.
It was for these various reasons that Xiao Tianci spent a full half month traveling here.
Xiao Tianci's finger moved along the route on the map, finally stopping slowly on a red dot that represented danger.
There are eight such red dots on the entire map, distributed in different directions within the Tagor Desert.
In the Tagor Desert, besides some relatively united small and medium-sized tribes, there are also eight large tribes.
These eight large tribes don't really respect each other, and the eight red dots on the map naturally represent these eight large tribes.
Eight colossal structures dominate several directions of the Tagor Desert.
Unfortunately, deep in the desert, one of the main routes that Xiao Tianci had chosen was blocked by a red dot.
"As expected, plans can't keep up with changes. The original route didn't need to pass through these larger Snake-People Tribe, but the search for supplies and some rare medicinal herbs completely deviated from the original route."
Xiao Tianci frowned, then looked at the red dot on the map.
Although he had never been to these large Snake-People Tribe, he had heard from many mercenaries and merchants on the road that these large tribes were basically guarded by Dou Ling or even Dou Wang expert.
Although Xiao Tianci was not afraid of them, it would certainly be troublesome if he were to get entangled with them.
He is now strong enough to not fear these Snake-People, but these Snake-People Tribe have their own strengths to have been able to contend with a behemoth like the Jia Ma Empire for so many years without being destroyed.
Therefore, it would be extremely foolish for a lone individual to cause destruction within such a large tribe.
"Never mind, if we're careful, we shouldn't be discovered."
Xiao Tianci shook his head, then took out the water pouch.
He opened the stopper, intending to drink some water, but was somewhat surprised to find that the water bag was empty. The few drops of water that remained dripped from the bottom of the bag into the desert without causing the slightest ripple.
Looking at the crack at the bottom of the water sac, Xiao Tianci couldn't help but frown.
"Damn, this water bag is broken."
That's really too unlucky.