Chapter 4052 I will do my best

The matter that Chief Bengka mentioned was originally a secret that could not be told to anyone. Even the people in the village did not know where his son Bengsha had gone, and they all thought that Bengsha was working in the capital of Changgu Kingdom.

But when we showed enough sincerity, Chief Bengka gave us his personal belongings.

He also said that if we encounter trouble at Zhaoyao Mountain, we can take this token to his son Bengsha to see, and maybe he can save our lives.

Only after hearing what the Bengka chief said did we realize the importance of this token.

Now that you mention it, we have people in Zhaoyao Mountain, and they are from the Long-legged Kingdom, which has the largest physique. Their fighting power must be extremely strong.

We naturally accepted the token; it truly saved our lives in a critical moment.

To express my gratitude, I also took out some salt and sugar from the Dragon Tiger Mirror and gave them to Chief Bengka.

Chief Bengka did not refuse and allowed all his people to be put into the baskets.

We've traveled a thousand miles to see you off, but we must part ways eventually. We thank you now and go our separate ways.

For some reason, after saying goodbye to these people from the long-term stock market, I felt a strong sense of reluctance.

Through these few days of getting to know them, I've come to realize that although these people from the Long-legged Kingdom are tall and strong and look fierce, they are actually very kind-hearted.

In particular, when Benka handed his token to us, it was as if he had entrusted his son's destiny to us.

What level of trust is required to make such a move?

We watched the Bengka chief and his group leave until they disappeared from our sight before turning and leaving.

At this point, we remained silent for a long time.

Finally, Master Zhiqing broke the silence, glanced at the token in the slovenly Taoist's hand, and said to us, "Don't take out this token unless it's absolutely necessary. It's best not to encounter Bengka's son, Bengsha, as it could very well bring him a fatal disaster."

What Master Zhiqing said is true. There must be more than just Bengsha guarding the Zhaoyao Tree. If Bengsha saves us, he will definitely be surrounded and killed by the other guardians of the Zhaoyao Tree. This is not the outcome we want to see.

We had to walk the rest of the way on our own. After being carried by those people from the Changgu Kingdom for several days, it was quite a change to suddenly have to walk on our own.

After walking for another half an hour, we entered the territory of the Mao Republic.

Upon entering Mao Minguo's territory, the scene immediately changed.

The plants here are noticeably smaller, and the further you go, the sparser they become, and the temperature seems to be getting much colder.

According to information we gathered from other countries, the people of this Mao Republic are covered in hair and don't wear clothes. As for what they look like, we have absolutely no idea.

Furthermore, Maomin Kingdom is the coldest place in the entire Fire Domain, a fact we have already clearly felt.

The temperature was quite high in the Nie Er Kingdom and Chang Gu Kingdom we passed through before, and it was also quite warm in the Di People Kingdom, but as soon as we arrived in the Mao Min Kingdom, we could clearly feel that the temperature suddenly dropped.

At first, there were quite a few plants around, but the further you went, the sparser the plants became, until finally you couldn't see a single plant at all.

Continuing onward, you'll find yourself in a vast, seemingly endless expanse of Gobi Desert, barren and devoid of any vegetation, but dotted with numerous stones of varying sizes.

Moreover, all those stones were black.

We traveled under the cover of night for five or six hours, and in the middle of the night, we entered this place that resembled a Gobi Desert.

But after walking for so long, we haven't seen a single person from Mao Zedong's country. We probably haven't reached their place yet.

This Gobi Desert is barren, and even the people of Mao Zedong's Republic of China could not survive here.

So we found a big rock; it was sheltered from the wind, perfect for setting up camp.

When we got here, we had Blood God Gu and Enchantress scout ahead to make sure there was no danger before we started setting up the tent.

We're already very close to the Kingdom of Pierced Chests. We really don't want to cause any trouble or provoke anyone here.

But my intuition tells me that crossing the territory of the Mao Min Kingdom will probably not be an easy task.

After setting up the tent, we sat together without even lighting a campfire, for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.

After a brief discussion on how to cross the territory of the Mao Min Kingdom, Master Zhiqing suggested that if things got too difficult for the next leg of the journey, they could use invisibility talismans. He had prepared many of them. Since Grandpa Zhang had informed them in advance that they were going to another space, Master Zhiqing had asked his fellow disciples at Longhu Mountain for many talismans, so he was not short of invisibility talismans.

As he spoke, Master Zhiqing took out a thick stack of invisibility talismans and distributed them to us, with each person receiving more than twenty invisibility talismans.

If we travel by day and rest by night, and use our resources sparingly, we might still have some invisibility charms left over after traversing the Mao Min Kingdom.

Everyone had no objection to this, since we weren't using our own invisibility talisman.

Li Chao, who had been silent all along, suddenly looked at us after our discussion and said very sincerely, "Everyone, I am very grateful to you for taking such a big risk to come to the Fire Domain for my sake. We have experienced many dangers along the way, and you have always been the ones who rushed to the front and ultimately turned danger into safety. I admit that I really looked down on you before, but through these days of getting along, I have found that you are not ordinary people. Whether it is your intelligence or your various methods, I, Li Chao, admire you very much. There is nothing else to say. Regardless of whether I can recover my Dharma body this time, I will consider you my friends. If you ever need my help or if you need Longhu Mountain to step in, you can come to me. I will do my best."

These were heartfelt words from Li Chao, and we were all quite impressed that he could say such things.

The slovenly man chuckled and said, "Brother Chao, we're all friends, and this was ordered by Master Zhang. Master Zhang has always taken good care of us. Even just for his sake, we would definitely come over. But we're still very happy that you've accepted us and become our friend."

Actually, we came here not for Li Chao, but for the leaves of the 'Showy Tree' tree. But we can't say it outright, because Li Chao is so stubborn and hasn't thought of that yet.