Thinking of this, Xiao Yu's heart burned with passion, and his resolve to cultivate grew even stronger.
After all, of the ten-year deadline granted by the system, two and a half years had already passed. It made Xiao Yu feel more and more that slow cultivation simply could not achieve the goal within ten years.
Therefore, he could only seize every opportunity to increase his strength as much as possible, then rely on that strength to pull Xiao Yan up as well. Only then could they escape the system's erasure. Another matter was the system's earlier anomaly. Xiao Yu had never figured out what exactly had happened. It hung over his heart like a shadow.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu could not help but laugh bitterly. "Other transmigrators all get protagonist templates. Mine being a supporting-character template would be one thing, but the system itself seems to have problems too. Sigh..."
That single sigh contained all the bitterness and joy of life.
Shaking his head, Xiao Yu temporarily drove those thoughts from his mind. He should hurry and cultivate, then head to the snake people's tribe to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
He took out the map of the Tagor Great Desert from his storage ring, identified his location, and headed toward the nearest oasis.
In the desert, water was indispensable. Xiao Yu had prepared enough food for these past few days, but he had only replenished his water supply once at another oasis in the desert.
As night neared, Xiao Yu spotted the oasis from afar, and a trace of relief rose in his heart.
After all, the vast desert was filled with yellow sand and deathly silence. Lush oases were the best places of refuge for mercenaries in the desert.
There was also an unwritten rule