574: Ruyunlu Village, the mysterious Xingzhou

Yunluo Village.

It is a village in the Barren Desert, with over three hundred villagers, ruled by the Chitian Ancient Kingdom.

For many years, the Chitian Ancient Kingdom has stood in the Great Desert, resolving numerous powerful savage beasts, which has also saved many villages from the slaughter of savage beasts.

Every year, the Chitian Ancient Kingdom dispatches armies to patrol all directions, and whenever savage beasts with excessive strength are discovered, a new round of eradication is carried out.

Otherwise, ordinary villages standing in the wilderness would surely face destruction.

Outside Yunluo Village, tall earthen walls stand, with villagers carrying bows and arrows and holding long spears, standing on the earthen walls, diligently patrolling.

"They're back, Mo Kuang and the others are back."

When the patrolling villagers saw the four hunters return, they were all overjoyed and quickly shouted loudly.

Subsequently, an old man with a cane and white hair, along with many villagers, walked out, as if to welcome the return of their warriors.

Although the Chitian Ancient Kingdom has dealt with many powerful savage beasts, for the people of Yunluo Village, hunting is a necessary and high-risk activity; every hunting trip is accompanied by great danger.

Being able to return alive is an excellent thing, and if they can bring back prey, that is even more impressive.

Mo Kuang was the person who was almost killed by the savage tiger earlier; he said to the white-haired old man, "Village Elder, we are back, and we have a great harvest!"

"Hahaha! It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

The white-haired old man smiled and nodded, then his gaze fell on Xie Weilou, with a hint of divine sense in his eyes.

Mo Kuang quickly introduced, "Village Elder, this is Brother Xie; we encountered a ferocious savage beast earlier, and he saved us."

Upon hearing this, the white-haired old man immediately bowed to Xie Weilou and said, "This old man is Mo Hen, the Village Elder of Yunluo Village; thank you, young friend, for your assistance."

"It's a small matter!"

Xie Weilou said with a faint smile; this old Village Elder has a cultivation of the Tuojiang Realm Late Stage.

Village Elder Mo Hen smiled and said, "Young brother, please come into the village with us first; the village's conditions are a bit poor, please bear with us."

"No problem!"

Xie Weilou smiled wryly.

Subsequently, he followed the crowd into the village.

After entering the village.

Zhao Kuang took out the savage tiger from his storage bag.

This savage tiger is not small in size, and its entire body is valuable; its scales, bones, tiger skin, tiger sinews, etc., are all treasures that can be used to make weapons or sold for a good amount of money.

As for the flesh and blood, it can be used as food; one such savage tiger is enough for the entire village to eat for several days.

When Village Elder Mo Hen saw the savage tiger's corpse, a look of shock appeared in his eyes: "This is a Dao Repository Realm savage tiger!"

Such a savage tiger is even more valuable; its entire body is filled with good things.

Zhao Kuang looked gratefully at Xie Weilou beside him: "To be honest, we got a bargain; this savage tiger was actually killed by Brother Xie."

Upon hearing this, Village Elder Mo Hen was even more startled and bowed to Xie Weilou again: "Thank you, young brother."

To be able to kill a Dao Repository Realm savage tiger, this young man's cultivation must be extremely terrifying.

That's right, the Barren Desert is unpredictable and dangerous; if one's cultivation isn't sufficient, who would dare to venture alone?

People like them, under the protection of the Chitian Ancient Kingdom, are able to live peacefully in this Great Desert; if they were to venture alone, it would surely be a dead end.

"Small matter."

Xie Weilou smiled and waved his hand.

Village Elder Mo Hen pondered for a moment and said, "Young brother, come with me into the house for a drink of water."

"Good!"

Xie Weilou nodded gently and followed Village Elder Mo Hen towards a stone house.

Inside the stone house.

Village Elder Mo Hen poured Xie Weilou a cup of water, and he looked at Xie Weilou and said, "Young brother is alone, presumably a cultivator venturing into the Great Desert alone. This Barren Desert is boundless and extremely dangerous. When this old man was young, he was a Escort (bodyguard) for an Ancient Kingdom and had been to many places in the Great Desert, so he has some understanding of this Great Desert. If young brother needs anything, you can just ask."

Xie Weilou chuckled, "Since the Village Elder understands this Great Desert, I suppose you have a map of the Great Desert?"

The map Zhou Xuantian gave was only a small part of the Great Desert; if he could get a more complete map from the old Village Elder, that would naturally be best. If not, he would just have to go to the Chitian Ancient Kingdom to see if he could get a more comprehensive map.

Village Elder Mo Hen pondered, "The Barren Desert is boundless, and this old man does not have a complete map; even the entire Chitian Ancient Kingdom does not have a complete map. However, this old man can give you a partial map of the Barren Desert."

Saying that, he took out a yellowed sheepskin scroll map from an ancient storage bag and handed it to Xie Weilou.

"......"

Xie Weilou took the map and looked at it carefully.

This map was indeed more comprehensive than the one Zhou Xuantian gave; it recorded some power divisions within the Great Desert, extending as far as the depths of the Great Desert.

However, this map did not cover the area indicated by the strange fire.

According to the map, Yunluo Village belongs to one of the thirty villages in the Southern Region of the Chitian Ancient Kingdom; ten thousand miles north, one can reach the capital city where the Chitian Ancient Kingdom is located. Around the Chitian Ancient Kingdom, there are many other forces, such as bandit groups, mercenary groups, and sects in the Great Desert, and so on.

After some thought.

Xie Weilou took out the strange fire map and handed it to the old Village Elder: "Village Elder, do you know the location shown on this map?"

Village Elder Mo Hen took the map and looked at it; he said in surprise, "This is... Xingzhou..."

"Xingzhou?"

Xie Weilou looked at Village Elder Mo Hen.

Village Elder Mo Hen said with a solemn expression, "Xingzhou is located deep in the Great Desert, north of the Chitian Ancient Kingdom, tens of thousands of miles away from the Chitian Ancient Kingdom. It is an oasis, a celestial realm of stars. In my younger years, when I was a Escort (bodyguard), I was pulled there by a mysterious force and barely escaped with my life."

At this point, he said to Xie Weilou with a serious expression, "Young brother, Xingzhou is a forbidden zone; even the strongest experts of the Chitian Ancient Kingdom dare not set foot there. If you want to go there, you must be careful."

Xie Weilou obtained important information; the location of the strange fire was indeed deep in the Great Desert, and he had to go there no matter what. He asked, "May I ask, Village Elder, what realms are the strongest experts of the Chitian Ancient Kingdom in?"

Village Elder Mo Hen said, "This old man doesn't know what realm the strongest experts are in, but this old man knows that the Chitian Ancient Kingdom has experts in the Cave Profound Realm. However, even those in the Cave Profound Realm dare not go to Xingzhou; it is a land of death. Many Ancient Kingdom experts have gone to investigate, and they all ended up dead. Young brother, you must be cautious."

At this point, he still felt some lingering fear; if he hadn't been lucky when he was swept into Xingzhou back then, he would have died there too.

"Thank you, Village Elder, for the reminder."

Xie Weilou nodded gently.

Village Elder Mo Hen returned the map to Xie Weilou: "The Chitian Ancient Kingdom is also very vast; young brother must visit it. This old man has seen many cultivators who ventured into the Great Desert, and most of them have been to the Chitian Ancient Kingdom. It is not a barren place, but a cultivation land full of vitality."

"I will definitely go and see."

Xie Weilou said with a faint smile.