Chapter 1359: Falcon, the inheritor of the old rituals, the heart of Arhat

Tanit Tribe.

Everyone who went out "fishing" returned to the room.

From gems to agates, spices to gold, delicacies to jewelry... the sugar-coated bullets and bribes of the Tanit tribe opened Paimon's eyes.

My heart was moved thirty times today.

Then I felt heartbroken thirty more times.

She felt that after going through these tests, she had become a "clean" official.

Ying's face was dark.

The Tanit tribe actually wanted to arrange a "honey trap" later.

Yes! It is a beauty, not a handsome man. This beauty is dedicated to the god of man.

"…Those who are loyal to the rain forest still maintain their habit of seclusion and silence, repaying the ancient favor with their own strength, but deep in their hearts, they always mourn for their ancestors and His Majesty the Red King who suffered a tragedy thousands of years ago."

In the room, Slusha was still reciting ancient books.

Seeing Ying and Paimon come in, I was as happy as if the get out of class was finally over.

Jiang Yi sat on the bed.

There were a lot of midnight snacks and fruits on the side.

Ying blinked her eyes: "Didn't Babel... send you a beauty?"

The Tanita tribe is so eager to bribe the delegation, there is no way they will let Jiang Yi go.

"Beauty?" Silusha said, "Here she is, Jiang Yi has accepted it."

“!!!” Ying and Paimeng’s eyes widened.

No way! We resisted the bribe, but you, the key person, didn't!

"…I accepted the midnight snack and fruits sent by the beauty…" Slusha shrank her head and said the second half of the sentence.

She had misheard Ying's question just now, but luckily she reacted in time.

"...I was scared to death." Paimon put his hand on his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, suspecting that Sulusa did it on purpose.

"That beauty has blonde hair!" Jiang Yi looked at Ying with a smile.

"There's something behind your words, right?" Ying put her hands on her hips.

Long time no see, Jiang Yi flirting with young girls.

Just about to say a few more words.

Yandora, Feligis, and Lilupal also came back.

Then came Jade, Arhat and Yaksha.

Jiang Yi casually set up a barrier.

"Now that we're back, let's share the information we've learned or observed!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't have it."

"Just have a midnight snack and listen to what others have to say."

He sat casually.

"Who comes first..."

Jade raised her hand: "Me! I don't know if the information I got is valuable."

"The Tanit tribe has taken control of the sandworms' hunting grounds and has been grazing them for a long time. Every year they hunt sandworms and collect their body fat to extract spices. Although the amount of spices extracted is not much, they can usually be sold at a good price. Therefore, they live a relatively wealthy life."

"..." Paimon whispered, "Sandworms, like flying snakes, are descendants of the Grass Dragon!"

"..."Ying's hair stood on end. The Grass Dragon King has finally woken up!

Will nothing really happen?

Lilupal also sighed: "Apep's descendants... actually ended up like this..."

Jiang Yi looked at the frightened Ying and Paimon and said, "Perhaps, this matter is similar to how Liyue dealt with the young rock dragon lizard..."

It's too different! The Wyrm King was sealed and couldn't get out. Paimon complained. Moreover, Liyue usually drives away young rock dragon lizards, and the young rock dragon lizards that are killed have repeatedly endangered human safety.

However, through this incident, we can roughly infer the strength of the Tanit tribe.

Sandworms are not easy monsters to kill, and ordinary tribes cannot resist them at all.

The Tanit tribe is basically considered the top tribe in the desert.

"In fact, these strong and spicy spices are not used by the desert people themselves, but by the city dwellers in the rain forest." Jade pondered, "What kind of commercial killing is this?"

"No trade, no killing..." Paimon spread his hands, "It sounds like you're speaking for the Tanit tribe."

"..." Jade crossed her arms, "I didn't mean that."

"?" Paimon found that Jade seemed angry.

Jiang Yi understood Jade's thoughts. Jade now considered herself a member of the team. If the people in the team spoke for other tribes who wanted to do something bad to them, wasn't this a betrayal?

Jade felt that Paimon was calling her a traitor.

"Uh!" Paimon scratched his head awkwardly.

As they got along, Jade got to know Paimon's character and knew that he didn't mean it and didn't really mean to say that she was a traitor.

"I've learned that when desert people hunt, the smell of sandworms is too pungent and will scare away prey. Therefore, they don't like the smell of mature sandworms themselves. Instead, they choose sandworm pupae with softer smells as scent markings to avoid getting lost in caves or ruins..." Jiang Yi interrupted to ease the atmosphere.

Jade walked down the stairs. "That's right. That's why the spice workers in this tribe don't participate in hunting, nor can they be killers."

"Huh?" Ying and Paimon were both surprised.

This information was obtained in such a short time.

Killer, that sounds dangerous.

"What kind of nose do you need to be able to smell the smell of sandworm pupae..." Paimon has seen sandworm pupae, and the smell of this thing can actually be used as a mark.

Humans are not dogs!

Wait, it seems that many people’s noses are indeed sharper than dogs’.

Possessing special talents of the five senses.

Just like Goro and Manye.

Jade didn't say anything. She had a very sensitive nose and could smell the blood that remained on the clothes after washing them with water a few days ago.

Including the foul smell in some of the tribe's tents.

"The Tanit tribe should have stopped this activity now!" Ying said, "No one is sure whether Apepu will be angry."

"Yes! If hunting is no longer possible in the future, the people of the Tanit tribe believe that the price of the spices that have not been sold in the tribe will exceed ten times the same amount of gold." Jade nodded, "They are also considering whether to hunt rare animals around the oasis and take their teeth, horns and other tissues to replace this way of making money."

"What a bastard thing to do... According to the laws of the rainforest, he should be thrown into jail!" Paimon stomped his feet.

In such a large oasis, those people actually think about hunting animals instead of grazing and farming?

"Haha! Otherwise, how can the Tanit be called the oldest wandering tribe!" Lilupal has seen a lot of things like this. They are diligent in herding sheep and farming, so there is no such thing as robbery. Money comes quickly.

"Here is my intelligence..." Yandora said, "I heard it from the water droplet hiding the water-shaped phantom in the water of the Tanit tribe."

"After Babel took over as the tribe's matriarch, they have been cooperating with the Fatui, and believe that; 'Only those who control the past can create the future.'"

"In the past, I had been exploring the desert with the Fatui. I wanted to leave the Fatui behind and control the Ever Oasis alone, so as to enhance Babel's prestige. Then, with the help of the Ever Oasis' power, I could conquer the surrounding tribes."

"However, those plans are now outdated."

"The Fatui suddenly refused to continue cooperating with them, and the entire desert has undergone earth-shaking changes. What dominates their future is... the will of the God of Man and the God of Grass."

She sat next to Jiang Yi, pulled down her hat, swung her feet, and looked at everyone.

"I'm done..."

Paimon nodded awkwardly, always feeling that Yandora would call her name.

"Ying... Ying... Do we have any intelligence? I was just counting how much money the other party was going to bribe us, and I didn't pay attention to anything else."

Ying held her chin in her hand and thought: "Hmm! No..."

The day when the disaster happened was intertwined with the time and space before her eyes. She was in a trance and didn't care about anything else at all.

Jade said, "When I was adventuring with my father before, I also dealt with those northerners who called themselves the Fatui. I can probably guess why they refused to cooperate with the Tanit tribe."

The fools, of course, fear the gods of men.

However, before they withdrew, they did not remind the Tanit tribe that the god of the people was among the delegation.

"I don't have any information, I just asked Babel to dance and I would fulfill her three wishes..." Lilupal smiled, "So, I watched a dance!"

"It seems that she really desires that position."

"Greedy, ambitious, forbearing, and very cruel to himself and the tribe. A desert man who needs to be chained. Oh! And he enjoys pleasure... It can be seen that this is a body that is often taken care of."

Everyone looked at Lilupal who brought the "big news".

I didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"...Ying, what does the last sentence mean!" Paimeng didn't understand.

"It's meaningless, so you don't need to explore it." Ying looked at Paimeng kindly.

"Those three wishes..." Slusha asked, "Are you really going to fulfill them for her?"

"The town spirits never cheat, they just play word games. A wish that comes true in a dream is still a wish." Lilupal said with a smile, "Although I am not very satisfied with her dance, I am still willing to send her a dream tonight."

Feligis said: "I heard that the Tanit tribe once had nine elders who shared the supreme power of the tribe. But eight of the nine elders were eliminated one by one under Babel's calculations, and only one elder named Marcela survived."

"It is worth mentioning that...Marcela's daughter, Tadella, is a strictly trained 'Falcon'."

"'Falcon'?" Paimon asked in confusion.

"Leave this information to me!" Sulusa said confidently, "This matter started a long time ago..."

She first recounted the history in the ancient books she had read before, and then said in the tone of chanting a legend, "...even though the meanings of many ancient characters and patterns have been lost or misrepresented, even though the majestic figure of the Red King drawing his bow and arrow has long been shattered in old dreams..."

"The ancient and elegant archery rituals are still passed down by the descendants of the priests to this day."

There was a moment of silence, as if I was stuck while reciting a text.

"Hmm? And then?" Paimon was already eating the midnight snack beside her without any worries. She didn't dare to eat the food sent by the Tanit tribe, fearing that it was poisoned. But these foods sent to Jiang Yi and confirmed by Jiang Yi were naturally safe to eat.

"..." Slusha said, "I'm just giving you a minute to digest the information."

"Oh!" Paimon, Ying, Yandora, and Jade nodded in agreement.

Slusha was a little annoyed. She really didn't forget how to recite it.

"Humph!"

"Some of the 'hermits' who disappeared into the desert strayed from the path of the priests, became obsessed with the tiny illusions of power, and attempted to transform the tribes that gathered and dispersed constantly."

"They use the harsh rituals of the old days to train lost children into mindless hawks and dogs."

"This is 'Falcon.'"

She finished her last words smoothly.

"The so-called lost children..." Jiang Yi put down the book, "are the children adopted and abducted by the Tanit tribe."

"..."Ying and Paimon inexplicably thought of the legendary Hearth House among the Fatui.

No wonder the Tanit tribe can cooperate with the Fatui.

Totally like-minded.

Jiang Yi tapped the book.