Lizardfolk

Song Wen held a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone in each hand, and pure Spiritual Qi was continuously absorbed into his body.

In the Endless Desert, the physical body becomes like a sieve, and spiritual energy within the body constantly leaks out.

To maintain an abundance of spiritual energy within the body, one must constantly replenish Spiritual Qi.

If there were no pursuers behind him, Song Wen could still rely on his strong physique to slowly walk through the desert.

However, the threat from the Nascent Soul Cultivator was like a sword hanging over his head, leaving him no room to stop and forcing him to advance at top speed.

Suddenly.

In the distance, the phantom image of a ruin, weathered by wind and sand, appears in the sky.

The ruins appeared to have been abandoned for many years, looking dilapidated.

Song Wen frowned deeply.

What is this?

Mirage?

Or is it an illusion?

This was not the first time he had seen strange, illusory phenomena in the sky amidst the Endless Desert.

These phantom images sometimes vanish in an instant, and sometimes linger for several hours.

After a moment of contemplation, Song Wen Wenchao flew away from the illusory image of the ruins.

Song Wen traveled for two hours through the swirling yellow sand.

Like the phantoms he had chased before, he saw nothing but yellow sand until the phantoms gradually disappeared.

Suddenly.

While flying through the air, Song Wen noticed that a patch of yellow sand in the sand dunes below suddenly moved, creating a sand pit the size of a water vat.

It looked like something was churning the yellow sand underground.

Finally, in this unchanging world of yellow sand, Song Wen noticed something unusual. He immediately stopped his escape light, concealed his aura, and focused intently on observing the sand dunes below.

The cloud of yellow sand stirred for a moment, then returned to stillness.

After waiting for about half a cup of tea's time, there was no unusual movement in the sandpit.

However, about a hundred feet away from the sandpit, suddenly, yellow sand exploded up.

A towering figure, six feet tall, leaped out from beneath the yellow sand.

This is a creature with an extremely strange appearance.

The creature has the head of a lizard, but human-like limbs, with extremely large hands and feet, and sharp claws.

Behind it, a thick tail trailed behind.

Its tail was very long, about four feet long, dragging on the ground, constantly swaying from side to side, sweeping up the yellow sand.

In the Lizardfolk's left hand, he held a three-zhang-long worm.

The snake was dead, hanging limply.

The Lizardfolk, carrying long worms, strode across the various sand dunes.

Song Wen flew through the air, following far behind.

This Lizardfolk showed no signs of Spiritual Qi, but its physical body was exceptionally strong, comparable to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.

The Lizardfolk were very fast runners; in just over two hours, they covered two to three thousand miles.

I wonder how it discerns its direction amidst this vast expanse of yellow sand.

Finally, the Lizardfolk's speed gradually decreased; it had reached its destination.

Song Wen had hoped that Song Wen Lizardfolk would take him to the oasis, but his wish was not fulfilled.

There was no oasis below at all, but rather a complex of buildings.

The architectural complex was exactly the same as the mirage that Song Wen had seen not long ago.

Only then did Song Wen realize that this was not an ancient ruin at all, but a settlement built by a group of creatures with low intelligence.

Within the complex, hundreds of houses are scattered haphazardly.

The house was built of piled stones and was extremely poorly constructed.

The stones were of varying sizes and piled up crookedly.

It's like a group of mischievous children, casually stacking blocks that could collapse at any moment.

The walls are riddled with holes and cracks, some large enough for a person to crawl through.

It was drafty on all sides, with yellow sand sweeping across it.

The stones used to build the house were not natural stone, but rather made of yellow sand bonded together.

There are no fewer than a thousand Lizardfolk in these houses.

Lizardfolk lizardmen exist.

The one Song Wen had seen earlier was male.

Male Lizardfolk are easy to distinguish; female Lizardfolk have two cow-like objects hanging from their chests.

The Lizardfolk who caught the long worm was among the strongest of all the Lizardfolk.

The Lizardfolk, carrying a long worm, passed through the dilapidated houses and headed towards the center of the settlement.

There stands the largest and most magnificent house.

The house is built of real stone blocks, which are bluish-gray in color and whose origins are unknown.

Among these dilapidated houses, there were many small Lizardfolk, and they all looked at the long worm in the Lizardfolk's hand with longing in their eyes.

Like the expression on the face of a child who has been starving for a long time when they see food.

One after another, small Lizardfolk emerged from the house, following behind the Lizardfolk, and headed towards the blue stone house in the center.

Gradually, no fewer than fifty smaller Lizardfolk gathered behind the Lizardfolk.

The Lizardfolk came to the outside of the blue stone house and made a few loud, chattering noises.

Sudden.

A water bag the size of a washbasin was thrown out from the blue stone house.

The Lizardfolk's face lit up with joy.

It took the water bag from him.

He tilted his head back, opened his mouth wide, and began to drink heartily.

Drops of clear water slid from its mouth and dripped onto the yellow sand.

In an instant, it was buried by the yellow sand and disappeared without a trace, leaving only a faint trace of Spiritual Qi.

Soon, it swallowed a large bag of water.

As for the worm in its hand, it was carelessly tossed on the ground.

The little Lizardfolk swarmed forward, tearing at the long worm.

Soon, the long worm was torn to pieces and devoured by the group of small Lizardfolk.

Dozens of small Lizardfolk sharing a single long worm was clearly not enough to satisfy their hunger.

They ate the worms very cleanly, without wasting a single bit.

Even the black mucus flowing from the worm's body, which fell into the yellow sand, was caught by these little Lizardfolk and swallowed.

After drinking all the water, the Lizardfolk became excited, shaking his head as he headed towards a dilapidated house.

Inside the dilapidated house, there were two female Lizardfolk.

Soon after, shouts of "ee-ee-ya-ya" came from inside the house, the shouts being particularly loud.

High in the sky, Song Wen wore an expression of great interest.

These Lizardfolk all possessed powerful physical bodies, but had no spiritual power or Divine Sense.

They perceive their surroundings entirely through sight and hearing.

What interested Song Wen the most was that a Human Race cultivator, a male cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, actually lived in the blue stone house at the center of the complex.

This is the person who just gave the Lizardfolk lizardman a bag of clean water.

Moreover, that bag of water contained a considerable amount of Spiritual Qi.

Half an hour later.

The sun sets in the west, and night falls.

Scattered lights appeared within the settlement.

The Lizardfolk all returned to their respective houses.

Song Wen descended from the sky and landed outside the door of the blue stone house.

"Fellow Daoist, may I open the door for a chat?"

Inside the stone house was a middle-aged male cultivator who was meditating. After hearing Song Wen's words...

Suddenly jolted awake, he abruptly stood up, his face filled with horror.

A person suddenly appeared outside, but he didn't notice at all.

This only proves that the person outside is far more skilled than him.