Chapter 407: Acquaintances meet and crisis strikes
The next morning.
The scorching sunlight falls into the room, bringing the heat of the desert sun.
Huo Jixing habitually quit meditation, and the red-golden light flashed across the room.
He let out a breath, and his consciousness fell on the data panel. Seeing that the four basic attributes were still slowly improving, he felt certain in his heart.
Then he looked at the snow-white Poro lying beside him. All the food packed last night had been swallowed into its belly, and the snow-white fur was stained with brown butter stains.
Seeing the little guy trying to climb up his body, he gently called for the rain and rubbed the snow-white poro inside and out.
Hearing the noise coming from the window, Huo Jixing walked to the guest room window and looked at the busy and orderly stone street below.
The smell of early morning fireworks, mixed with the scorching temperature of the desert, depicts the market scenery of the rocky village.
Huo Jixing can see from the side stories that the villagers' lives are much happier than those of the Shurima people in Vikoula and Kenesha.
This is very difficult to do in the current Shurima continent.
Whether it is the chaotic situation or the difficult desert environment, the Shuriman people have always been in a low standard of living.
Boom! Boom!
A gentle knock on the door brought Huo Jixing back to his thoughts.
"Ordinary people?"
Huo Jixing looked at the door, a red-gold glow lit up in his pupils, and a white cloud came into view.
Probably the waiter in the tavern. He thought to himself, turned around and opened the door.
In the silent corridor, a waiter wearing linen clothes was waiting in place with a respectful expression.
Huo Jixing squinted his eyes and looked at the unfamiliar waiter. She was not the tribal girl who sent him here last night.
“What’s the matter?”
"Sir, someone is here to visit you."
The waiter turned sideways and pointed out the location of the visitor.
Huo Jixing frowned. There was no one he was familiar with in the rock village.
When he looked in the direction pointed by the tavern waiter, he saw a slightly familiar brown cloud hovering in the sky.
"Shamara?"
Huo Jixing's eyes flickered, and he asked the tavern waiter to wait for a while, then returned to the room and stuffed the snow-white Poro into his arms.
Immediately followed the steps of the tavern waiter and came to the backyard of the tavern. From a distance, I saw Ximala, the caravan consul of the Myrdalda family.
"Mr. Charles, long time no see."
Xia Mara's voice showed unconcealable surprise, and she hurried forward to greet him, her eyes like black pearls shining brightly.
She was surprised. She did not expect to meet the distinguished guest whom she had escorted before - Mr. Charles in this remote village.
But when Shyamala thought of Charles's position in Master Jarl's heart, she became even more grateful for this long business trip.
Huo Jixing nodded, waved away the tavern waiter, and asked with some curiosity: "Xia Mara, why are you here?"
According to Leaving Bergu On the trade routes of Enshi, the rocky villages seemed a bit remote.
Xia Mara stabilized her emotions, spoke softly, and gave a reasonable explanation.
“The rock village is an important location for our business transaction, involving the Chamber of Commerce’s experimental research materials.”
"Experimental research materials?"
Huo Jixing noticed the key words in Xia Mara's words and showed curiosity at the right time.
"Sorry, Mr. Charles, I don't have enough power."
Xia Mara shook her head slightly, saying that she did not have the power to tell the relevant information.
"The rock village is our last trading place."
"If you want to know the detailed information of the experimental research materials, you can return to Bergun with us and ask Master Jal."
Huo Jixing understood Xia Mara's difficulties as the caravan consul and pondered. After a while, a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
“How did you find me?”
“A caravan guard unexpectedly saw you in the tavern last night.”
Shamara recalled last night’s business meeting The report after the team escort returned said that they met an outsider who looked very similar to Mr. Charles.
"The lights were dim at the time, and he didn't dare to step forward to confirm, so he had to wait until early morning and come to visit you again. I hope it doesn't disturb your rest." "It doesn't matter."
Huo Jixing pendulum He waved his hand and looked at the caravan guards and carriage waiting outside the backyard door.
“You also live in a rock village?”
“Yes, we have a large and spacious yard in the southeast corner.”
Xia Mara said, a trace of sadness crossed her eyebrows, thinking about the strange things she encountered in the rock village, and she was a little irritated.
Then a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind and she sincerely invited.
“If you don’t mind, you can live with us. When the matter in the rock village is over, we will leave.”
Huo Jixing’s invitation to Shyamala was a bit confusing. It was unexpected, but it was okay to have a safe place to live in a strange place.
Moreover, he can learn about what happened after the Tomb of the Emperor incident through Xia Mara.
"Thank you for the invitation, Xia Mara."
"I just need a safe place to organize my thoughts." Huo Jixing responded with a smile.
Xia Mara nodded with a smile on her face: "We are happy to serve you."
The two of them talked while walking towards the caravan guards and carriage outside the backyard door. , preparing to return to his residence by carriage.
The southeast corner area of the rock village.
The silent streets finally attracted the attention of the villagers, and then thick clouds filled the air.
Looking from a distance, you can see a heavily armed tribal hunter enforcing martial law at the exit of the street.
Wearing armor and holding spears, they glanced at everyone passing by with sharp eyes.
Even so, many villagers and caravan personnel still gathered around, wanting to find out what happened here.
I heard talk that someone was shocked to find that in the morning, all the villagers who originally lived in this area had disappeared without a trace, leaving not even a trace.
The large number of people missing this time and the scale are the most serious since the disappearances occurred.
“Any clues?”
Faisal, the elder of the rock village, leaned on his cane and looked at the mage of Ixtal in front of him.
"It's very clean. Just like before, they didn't leave any clues."
The mage of Ixtal withdrew his gaze and looked at the old man in front of him.
"Although we suspect that it was done by void creatures, according to ancient records, the minds of void creatures have long been distorted, and they should not have such clever methods and plans."
"Whether it is void creatures or not, things are now in trouble It's very big, we must deal with the existence behind it as soon as possible."
Faisal's tone was cold, a murderous intent flashed in his cloudy eyes, and the sun mark engraved on his shirtless body flickered with a dark brilliance.
“What should we do?” Ixtal’s mage looked at Feisal and noticed the uncontrollable murderous intention in the old man’s heart.
There were too many villagers missing this time, almost everyone on a street disappeared.
This made Faisal, an elder, extremely angry. The disappearance of villagers not only meant that the population of the rock village was reduced.
More importantly, this will send a message to the outside caravans that the rock village is no longer safe.
Once the news spreads, the reputation of the rock village will be greatly affected, and the originally prosperous trade may be seriously affected.
"Gather everyone together and prepare to conduct a thorough investigation of the village. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find clues." Feisal said in a deep voice.
As one of the elders of the rock village, he must take the responsibility of protecting the village and maintaining its reputation.
He was ready to immediately summon all the extraordinary people in the village to discuss countermeasures.
Before that, Faisal needs to strengthen the village's defense and add a hunter patrol team.
At the same time, he is also preparing to send a request to the caravans from the outside, hoping to get their help, use rewards to stimulate the caravan consuls, and jointly uncover the truth of this disappearance.
"I will use the power of Ixtal to assist the village in search and investigation work." Master Ixtal promised.
“Thank you for your help.” Elder Faisal bowed and saluted.
Then the two left the scene together and arranged things separately.
(End of this chapter)