Chapter 993 There is a hot spring nearby

After going down the mountain, Qiao Ran released the two horses from the space.

The horse's hooves are wrapped with coarse cloth to prevent slipping and frostbite.

The two horses drank a lot of spiritual spring water in the space, and ate grass that contained spiritual energy in the space. They were not afraid of the cold, were full of energy, and ran very fast in the snow.

The two were unfamiliar with the Northern Desert, so they couldn't just look for hot springs blindly. They first had to find local people to ask, and it would be even better if they had a guide.

However, the northern desert is vast and sparsely populated, with endless snowfields, and it is really not easy to find people, villages or even towns.

The horse ran aimlessly for two hours, and at noon it saw a few wisps of smoke in the distance.

The two men looked at each other and rode their horses over there.

After running for a while, they saw several wooden houses covered with snow in front of them. If they hadn't seen the smoke from the cooking fires, they would have only seen a vast expanse of white from a distance and wouldn't have been able to tell that there were people here.

A shed was built outside the wooden house, and several women were boiling water and cooking on a stone stove.

Seeing the two men and two horses appear, someone hurriedly shouted something into the tent, and then a dozen men with children ran out from several tents. It was obvious that there were several families.

Qiao Ran listened to the conversation between the two people. An old man who looked to be in his sixties came forward with a few men and bowed to the two of them.

"Excuse me, who are you two? What do you want?"

Qiao Ran found that what they said was similar to what the people in Northern Xinjiang said. Mo Beihan explained:

"Beijing used to be part of the Northern Desert Kingdom, but later on, Northern Desert kept wanting to invade Dai Viet. The former emperor of Dai Viet was furious and mobilized almost half of the country's military forces, 500,000 troops, to attack Beimo. It took the sacrifice of 200,000 troops to scare Northern Desert away, and cede Northern Xinjiang to Dai Viet. So most people in Northern Xinjiang still speak Beimo language."

"I see."

Qiao Ran couldn't quite understand Beimo language, so she could only ask Mo Beihan to step forward to negotiate.

After a while, Mo Beihan said:

"I asked them if there were any hot springs nearby, and they said there were two hot springs, one large and one small, at the foot of a mountain less than thirty miles south of here. But the place was occupied by a group of snow wolves, so no one dared to approach."

Qiao Ran was very happy when she heard there was a hot spring nearby:

"Have you asked for the exact location? Are they willing to lead the way?"

Mo Beihan pointed at a relatively thin man:

"This man named Murenbat is willing to take us there, but he wants us to give him 20 kilograms of food."

Qiao Ran looked at the man and saw that although he was not as tall as the others, his eyes were very shrewd.

She remembered that when the man ran out just now, he was talking to one of the women who was dressed the most poorly. The five children who ran out of the tent with him were also dressed in rags and their noses were running because of the cold.

It seems that his family is the poorest among these families, so other families are unwilling to go to the place where snow wolves gather. Only this man is willing to take the risk for his family.

The woman and several children knew that he was going to take an adventure, and they surrounded the man and talked about something.

The woman had a pleading look on her face and she held the man tightly and was unwilling to let go. The man said a few words to her helplessly, and the woman had no choice but to let go. The children's faces were full of excitement.

The man came forward and said in broken Da Yue:

"My name is Muren Bat, you can call me Muren. I am willing to take you to find hot springs, but you need food first. My family has been out of food for several days, and I can only hunt occasionally to keep my family alive. Without food, my family will starve to death before spring!"

Qiao Ran and Mo Beihan exchanged a glance, then she untied a cloth bag that she had prepared long ago from her horse and threw it in front of the man:

"Here are thirty kilograms of food. In addition, I will give you ten taels of silver as a reward, as long as you can lead us to the hot spring."

"Okay! Okay! I'll take you there right away!"

Muren happily picked up the bag on the ground and handed it to the woman.

The woman's eyes were filled with reluctance and worry, but when she saw the children, less than ten years old, surrounding her and staring at the grain bags with shining eyes, she could not stop her husband from taking the risk.