"Another team is coming from the other side of the desert."
Jiang Yan turned his head and warned Zhao Yuanba and Miao Xiaohong. He ignored the pieces of meat that were already cooked and exuding a rich aroma. He stood up, raised his chin, and looked in the direction of the sound.
jingle.
As the shadow approached, more and more people noticed its traces, and soon several groups of Aoki Hall disciples crossed over from their own ranks and made arrangements in advance to guard against accidents.
jingle.
Half a quarter of an hour later, under the alert eyes of everyone in the White Crane Chamber of Commerce, a large team passed through the wind and sand barrier and arrived at the oasis where Jiang Yan and the others were now.
"It's not like a certain force, it's more like a gathering of fleeing people."
Jiang Yan looked around and discovered the characteristics of this team:
Although this group of people was large, they did not stick together as a whole. Instead, they were divided into more than a dozen groups of different sizes. The clothes on each of them were wrinkled and patched, as if they had no new clothes to replace and were torn. They are just mending; their bodies are thin, their exposed skin is rough and chapped, and their expressions often show fatigue.
There was no threat in the crowd... Jiang Yan made a judgment in his mind, and Jiang Yan quickly withdrew his gaze, sat down again, and no longer paid attention to those people. He held a wooden branch, didn't care about burning it, directly picked up the string in his mouth, and started chewing it.
"It smells so good."
Mu Yingxue came over looking for the taste. When she saw the three of them smearing oil on their mouths and eating happily, she sat down on the ground nonchalantly, threw away the red meat pieces in her hands, and started to grab the food.
"delicious."
She took a small bite of the braised pork, chewed it gently, and then narrowed her eyes with a satisfied expression.
"Don't just focus on eating. Tell me, where are those people from? Are there so many ordinary people traveling together that they will die?"
Jiang Yan touched the woman beside him with his elbow and asked curiously.
"They are just a bunch of people who can't live any longer."
Mu Yingxue swallowed the food, looked sideways at the group of people who had moved to the other side of the small lake and had no contact with them, and began to repeat the news she had learned from Qingmutang:
"The Lieyun City area has been hit by a drought recently. Many places have almost no harvest this year. The rich families are fine, but it is difficult for the small farmers."
Her movements did not change, and her eyes were still fixed on the crowd:
"They are those at the bottom. They have no way to survive. If they continue to stay in the Lieyun area, they will starve to death. Therefore, before they have reached their limit and are not in a truly desperate situation, come out and try their luck..."
"That's it..."
Jiang Yan couldn't help but slow down after listening to Mu Yingxue's words. He gradually stopped chewing and looked over there, wondering what he was thinking.
"Such things happen every year, everywhere."
After Mu Yingxue ate all the remaining pieces of meat, she stood up, patted Jiang Yan on the shoulder, and said in an encouraging tone:
"Do you want to be a good person?"
"What?" Jiang Yan came back to his senses and cast his eyes on Mu Yingxue's face, looking a little confused and feeling that he had not followed the woman's train of thought.
"Look, there must be a lot of danger for those people coming all the way from Lieyun City."
Mu Yingxue's "righteous" heart breaks out:
"We can give them some protective items, such as talismans, utensils and so on..."
It turned out to be this... Jiang Yan immediately understood what the other party meant, and without thinking about it for too long, he nodded lightly and agreed.
He reached into his pocket with his palm, took out a stack of talismans of different styles and colors, and handed them to Mu Yingxue:
"You all know these, right?
"Take it and take it."
"Tsk tsk..." Mu Yingxue turned the talisman in her hand up and down with a surprised tone:
"I can't tell you are so generous."
Putting these things down, she showed a sweet smile to Jiang Yan and headed towards the other side of the small lake.
Looking at her back, Jiang Yan couldn't help but touch his chin and said to Zhao Yuanba:
"Somehow, I don't feel any violation when she does these things. I just think this person is a bit stupid..."
"But I think so." Zhao Yuanba glanced at Jiang Yan:
"You are also a fool."
"Ha ha……"
Jiang Yan couldn't help but laugh when he heard Zhao Yuanba commenting on himself.
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It didn't take long for Mu Yingxue to come back, followed by two people beside her.
This is a man and woman. The man is very tall, about six feet tall, in his forties, with long black hair.
The woman is short in stature, has short hair, brown eyes, and good facial features.
Both of them were wearing loose robes with bamboo patterns printed on the chest and abdomen. As they walked in, there was a faint scent of mixed medicine.
"Qingqiu Road?"
The one who made the sound was Zhao Yuanba. He looked at the iconic costumes of the two people coming over and put away his guarded posture.
"Thank you for your help."
Coming closer, the two men in robes seemed to have known Jiang Yan's identity in advance. They stepped forward together, bowed their hands and expressed their gratitude to him.
"It's just a little effort."
Jiang Yan didn't look at Mu Yingxue, but he also knew that the other party had already introduced him to the couple. He made a gesture and invited them to sit down:
"My name is Jiang Yan.
"What do you call it?"
"Xu Shaonian." After the black-haired man said his name, he then introduced the woman next to him:
"This is my junior sister, Jiang Xue."
The brown-eyed woman immediately smiled at Jiang Yan and the others, indicating that she agreed with the man's statement.
At this time, Xu Shaonian ate a piece of barbecue. At the same time, he shifted his gaze and stayed on Zhao Yuanba for a few breaths. He smiled lightly and said:
"Your Excellency seems to know about us?"
"...I once met two of your classmates in the Dark Moon Forest." Zhao Yuanba subconsciously pursed his lips and responded.
Then, he turned his head and said to Jiang Yan and the others:
"Qingqiu Dao is the largest sect in Ninglu Prefecture, and the Zongzong Kung Fu's Spring Breeze Transformation Rain Technique is extremely powerful..."
It turned out to be a disciple of the great sect... Jiang Yan nodded as if understanding, said nothing, but seriously saluted Xu Jingnian and Jiang Xue.
"Is the news from Nanyan Province so lagging behind?"
After Xu Shaonian returned the gift, the smile on his face gradually disappeared:
"There is no such thing as the No. 1 Ninglu sect now.
"Don't you all know that just a few days ago, our Qingqiu Dao Mountain Gate was breached by the Ninglu Army? The sect master and the Supreme Elder died in battle, and most of his disciples fled Ninglu Prefecture and became bereaved dogs..."
"What?"
Zhao Yuanba's eyes widened, as if he couldn't digest the meaning of the black-haired man's words.
In his opinion, Qingqiu Dao, as the number one sect in Ninglu Province, had countless martial arts experts, but such a sect was actually broken.
Jiang Yan did not react as strongly as Zhao Yuanba. In the final analysis, he had no complete idea of the power and influence of the strongest sect in the state.
Mu Yingxue did not expect that just by doing good deeds "routinely", she would meet a disciple of Qingqiu Dao and hear a storm of almost explosive news.
For a moment, the woman didn't know how to answer the question.
After a while, she broke the silence nearby:
"Sorry, we were on the road recently and didn't meet any well-informed teams, so we didn't exchange any information in this regard.
"Can you tell me more about it? I'm curious."
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