Chapter 160: Inquiring for information
Yang Che's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the young woman with some displeasure and said, "Fellow Taoist, these eight star-patterned stones are what my brother promised me. Is there any reason why I shouldn't give them to you?"
The young woman snatched the star-studded stone from the little boy's hand and pulled him aside, with a sad look on her face: "Wei Chen, you are so ignorant. This star-studded stone But the most important thing our family has left in this 'Holy Scorpion Oasis' is how can you give it to others so easily?"
The little boy named Wei Chen listened to his sister's scolding. Although his face showed guilt, he still tried his best to grab the star-studded stone in his sister's hand:
"Sister, I know how important the star-studded stones are, otherwise Qian Baldy and the others wouldn't dare to take away the six star-marked stones from me in broad daylight. But sister, I have already promised that brother, As long as he rescues me and sends me home, I will give him eight star-studded stones. If he does, then I, Wei Chen, cannot break my promise."
"What?"
The woman was stunned after hearing her brother's words. There was surprise in those moving eyes, but also a hint of hidden relief.
"Sister, I only took two yuan from home, and the other six yuan are my own. I will find a way to repay the two yuan from home. Now give me these star-studded stones. I, Wei Chen, want to be like my father, Be a man who upholds your promises, instead of being a villain like Wen Tong, who almost became my brother-in-law. "
At the end of Wei Chen's words, his words were quite exciting, and he almost shouted at the top of his lungs.
When the young woman heard this, her expression suddenly darkened.
He seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then he pushed the star-studded stone into his brother's hand, then covered his face and followed the old wooden stairs back to the second floor of the wooden building.
When the little boy Wei Chen saw his sister's sudden change in appearance, he realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing. He couldn't help but said anxiously: "Sister, I..."
Yang Che had been standing quietly by the side, watching and listening to the expressions and conversation of the siblings from beginning to end with an indifferent expression.
He wasn't very interested in these, he just stared at the little boy Wei Chen and said lightly: "Can you give me the star-studded stone?"
The little boy came over, but this time he hesitated for a moment, and then handed the star pattern stone to Yang Che with great reluctance.
Yang Che put it directly into the storage bag, then turned around and left.
At this time, the little boy Wei Chen suddenly said behind him: "Brother, you... you are not from the Holy Scorpion Oasis, are you?"
When Yang Che heard this, his eyes turned cold and he stared at the little boy Wei Chen indifferently.
Wei Chen was startled by the cold aura emitted by Yang Che, and he wanted to retreat but stopped abruptly.
Although his legs were still trembling, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Brother, I know you must have come from another oasis, and you may not be familiar with our Holy Scorpion Oasis. Why don't you stay here for now, and I can give you a detailed introduction?"
Yang Che narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then returned to his normal expression.
At this time, of course, he was also full of doubts and eager to find out.
When the little boy saw this, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Then he immediately moved out the tables and chairs from the first floor and brewed a pot of spiritual tea for Yang Che.
"Brother, let me introduce you formally. My name is Wei Chen, and my sister on the second floor is Wei Shan. She is a... poor person from the Holy Scorpion Oasis."
Wei Chen held up the teacup, bowed to Yang Che, and said, "Although it's just ordinary spirit tea, it's the best way to treat guests that our Wei family can offer. I hope my brother won't dislike it."
Wei Chen drank the tea in the bowl like a little adult.
Yang Che picked it up and took a sip. It was indeed ordinary enough. It was said to be spiritual tea, but there was almost no spiritual energy in it.
Naturally, he couldn't get entangled in such a trivial matter. Instead, he and Wei Chen started talking here and there and making insinuations.
The two of them just drank tea and chatted for an hour.
Wei Chen was a child after all, and his curiosity was aroused by some of the anecdotes Yang Che said, and then he even told everything he knew.
Yang Che finally summarized the scattered information and finally roughly figured out the situation of this 'Holy Scorpion Oasis'.
It is said that there are many oases like this in the entire 'Ancient Relics Sand Sea', but every two oases are very far apart.
Take the oasis called 'Holy Scorpion' in front of you as an example. Before, Tianxie Ziyin used top-level talismans to enhance her consciousness, but she could only sense this oasis within tens of thousands of miles.
Naturally, the little boy didn't know what was going on in other oases.
But he really knew a lot about the situation in the Saint Scorpion Oasis.
For example, today, by coincidence, is the 'Forbidden Spirit Day' in the Holy Scorpion Oasis.
The Forbidden Spirit Day is a rule set by the city lord of the city in the center of the Holy Scorpion Oasis, the Holy Scorpion City, long ago.
There is one day every month, in the entire area of the oasis, no living being is allowed to use spiritual power or things related to spiritual power to fight.
However, there are exceptions to some special circumstances, such as accessing items from storage bags, opening and closing specific formations, etc.
The forbidden spirit day focuses on prohibiting fights related to the use of spiritual power.
As for why the city lord set such strange rules, no one knows the reason.
From this, Yang Che finally understood why the few foundation-building monks earlier surrounded and kicked Wei Chen, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Yang Che was also secretly grateful.
If he had not held back when he had murderous intentions before and used his spiritual power to kill people, the nearby 'Oasis Patrol' would have sensed it and would immediately come to kill him.
These oasis patrols have great power. During the Forbidden Spirit Day, only they can use spiritual power to maintain order without restraint.
In addition to learning about the Forbidden Spirit Day, Yang Che also learned a very important thing.
This Holy Scorpion Oasis is under the absolute rule of the Lord of the Holy Scorpion City.
The Lord of the City, ‘Sha Ke’, is an eleventh-level monster comparable to the early stage of the God Transformation. It is rumored that he has passed the assessment of the ‘Ancient Relics Alliance’ and is one of the city lords officially appointed by the Ancient Relics Alliance.
The residents of the Holy Scorpion Oasis, whether living in the city or outside the city, must pay the ‘full-patterned star-patterned stone’ to the City Lord’s Mansion on a monthly basis.
If the required number of full-patterned star-patterned stones is not paid for more than two months in a year, they will be driven out of the Holy Scorpion Oasis.
Residents outside the city who want to enter the city must pay one full-patterned star-patterned stone or ten spirit stones every day.
The amount paid inside and outside the city is different, and the east and west of the river separated by a river are also different.
In the Hexi area where Wei Chen and Wei Shan live, paying ten full-veined star stones every month is the minimum.
Nevertheless, people living in Hexi have the worst living environment and cannot go to the city to make a living. In addition, they have to maintain their cultivation needs. Therefore, ten full-veined star stones every month are an extremely heavy burden for them.
According to the little boy Wei Chen, the full-veined star stones that his Wei family wanted to hand in last month were cheated away by a cultivator named Wen Tong.
Not only his Wei family, but many families in this Hexi area have had their full-veined star stones cheated away by this person.
Since Wen Tong was originally his sister Wei Shan's prospective Taoist partner, he lived in Hedong.
Therefore, after Wen Tong cheated all the full-veined star stones from these families and disappeared, many people took their anger out on the Wei family.
Wei Chen was surrounded and beaten by several foundation-building cultivators led by Qian Tuzi in an attempt to snatch the star stones, which was naturally related to this matter.
Yang Che picked up the tea bowl, took another sip, looked at Wei Chen, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "You just said that you and your sister will go to the city the day after tomorrow to hand in the full-patterned star-patterned stones of this month and last month?"
"Yes."
The little boy nodded and said: "The day after tomorrow is the deadline given to us by the City Lord's Mansion. If we fail to hand in 20 full-patterned star-patterned stones, my Wei family will be driven out of this Hexi area and enter the extremely dangerous desert. By then, my sister and I will definitely not survive."
Yang Che narrowed his eyes slightly and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
After a while, he suddenly said: "Then can you take me with you when we go into the city the day after tomorrow?"
When Wei Chen heard this, his hand holding the tea bowl suddenly tightened, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
