West of Sand Fox City lay a bandit stronghold. Compared to most places in the Western Western Region, this place was much better—it could be called a small desert oasis.
Not only were there quite a few trees and weeds here, there was also a small shallow lake.
That was precisely why the bandit stronghold had settled here. After all, humans were not sand demons and could not live without water.
Though the little oasis was not large, since these bandits had the strength to occupy it, they naturally possessed some capability. Otherwise, they would have long since been regarded as prey by other humans and demons.
Indeed, this bandit force was no small one, with several hundred men... The strength of its several leaders was formidable as well. Ordinary demons were no match for them, and with the advantage of the shallow lake, sand demons that feared water generally would not approach them.
The bandit stronghold was especially lively today... Not only because they had recently made off with a large haul while robbing travelers, but also because the third leader of the stronghold was getting married and taking a wife today.
One had to know that in the barren desert regions of the Western Western Region... most of the time, one could not even spot a female. Any pretty ones were gathered in important places like Sand Fox City.
Though they were demons, because of the old Fox Emperor, Fan Yunfei, and the others, the sand foxes did not persecute ordinary humans... Instead, they treated them as their subjects.
That was why, although there were not many humans in Sand Fox City... one could occasionally see a few. After all, the sand fox prince's consort was a human woman.
But outside those few major locations, in the rest