Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 103: The Clinging Thing
The food in that inconspicuous tavern was delicious, and Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao had a big meal there.

Although this place is not far from where you can take a boat to Lingsong Lake, the two decided not to stay here any longer and to hurry on their way.

Jiang Xuan adjusted the two spears on his back and picked up the two people's packages.

Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao paid the bill and left the tavern.

The two of them walked along the sparsely populated winding path, enjoying the beautiful scenery of Lingsong Lake.

"Mr. Sha, with such a nice environment, why are there so few people in Lingsong Lake?" Jiang Xuan looked around and asked Mr. Sha.

Mr. Sha shook his head and said, "It's not always like that."

"Keep going forward, there will be more people. Go until you can see the boatmen, then you will reach the most prosperous area." Mr. Sha said again.

"But can't we sail here?" Jiang Xuan tilted his head and looked at the lake not far away, feeling a little confused.

"Of course it is possible, but there are not many people who need to travel between the two sides. In order to facilitate control, an area is naturally designated. Only in that area can ships sail." said Mr. Sha.

Jiang Xuan nodded and asked, "Are there many boats traveling back and forth between the two sides of Lingsong Lake? Should we leave quickly?"

Old Sha smiled and said to the silly boy beside him, "Do you think everyone wants to go to the Qixi Desert? There are still too few people who dare to go there."

After hearing what Mr. Sha said, Jiang Xuan felt relieved and started to smile along with Mr. Sha.

Seeing Jiang Xuan's smile, Old Sha said, "You're right to worry, but there aren't many ships."

After hearing what Mr. Sha said, Jiang Xuan's smile stopped abruptly.

Jiang Xuan widened his eyes, not expecting such a reversal, and waited for Mr. Sha to continue.

General Sha tilted his head. "Once we get to the other side, the entire area can be considered the Qixi Desert. But even though it's a large desert, it's not uninhabited."

"Not far from the shores of Lingsong Lake, there are several mercenary groups. They live in the desert because there is less competition and less trouble."

"Of course, they are just warriors after all, and they dare not go deep into the desert. They can only live on the edge of the Qixi Desert and the shore of Lingsong Lake."

Hearing what Sha Lao said, Jiang Xuan thought of the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group. After a moment of hesitation, he asked Sha Lao, "Is the Qixi Desert really that terrifying?"

"What? Are you scared?" Old Sha smiled faintly and asked Jiang Xuan.

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan smiled awkwardly: "Since you dare to come, you must have made sufficient preparations in your heart. There is nothing to be afraid of. But you said that since we are going in, we should also understand it clearly, right?"

"If you were going in with someone else, you would need to prepare well. But since the person standing next to you is me, Old Man Sha, there's naturally no need to worry too much."

After saying this, Mr. Sha seemed very confident.

After a while, no one knew what Jiang Xuan was thinking, and it took him a long time to speak.

"According to what you said, even warriors don't dare to go deep into the desert. Are they afraid of getting lost, or is it something else?"

Jiang Xuan seemed to have remembered something and added, "I heard there are many poisonous insects in the desert. Are you afraid of those insects?"

After hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Old Sha couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You know nothing, kid, and you really dare to come to this desert alone?"

Jiang Xuan was increasingly confused by what Old Man Sha was saying, and said, "Old Man Sha, you seem very familiar with the desert. So, what is it in this Qixi Desert that scares even warriors?"

Mr. Sha decided not to tease the little kid any more. His tone darkened as he said, "There are more than just people and poisonous insects in this desert."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuan's interest was immediately piqued by Sha Lao's words.

"Then what else? Are there any ferocious beasts?" Jiang Xuan asked to Old Sha impatiently.

Old Sha nodded and replied, "There are indeed ferocious beasts, but we've hunted them before. As long as we don't go to the deepest part of the desert, we won't encounter any above the second level." Jiang Xuan put his heart at ease and said, "That's right. Ferocious beasts are difficult to deal with. Unless you're a powerful warrior who is confident in yourself, you naturally won't go in easily."

Old Sha shook his head and said, "It's not because of this. If you encounter those annoying things, even monks..."

Mr. Sha's voice became lower and lower, but Jiang Xuan, who was concentrating on listening to Mr. Sha's story about the desert, heard it all.

"What a pestering..."

Jiang Xuan saw that Mr. Sha had not finished speaking and was about to ask more questions when he was interrupted by Mr. Sha.

He changed his tone, sounding a bit more cheerful, as if he no longer cared. Perhaps it also contained a bit of comfort, comforting Jiang Xuan and himself.

"Nothing. As long as you follow me closely, you can avoid those things."

Hearing what Mr. Sha said, Jiang Xuan understood that Mr. Sha didn't want to explain it to him in detail.

Jiang Xuan was also very sensible and did not ask any more questions to Mr. Sha, but he always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

In fact, it was not that Old Sha did not want to explain the matter in detail to Jiang Xuan, but because if he really encountered the things he had not mentioned just now, even Old Sha himself would not have the confidence.

Therefore, before this kind of thing happens, it is better not to use it to scare children.

But what Mr. Sha didn't know was that Jiang Xuan didn't feel relieved because of his deliberate silence. On the contrary, after Jiang Xuan heard Mr. Sha's hesitation to speak, he felt uneasy.

……

The two chatted along the way, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at the place where Sha Lao mentioned they could see the ships.

Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao came to the place where the most boats gathered. After observing their business for a while, they walked into the nearest inn on the shore.

From the inn, you can directly see these boatmen.

……

Jiang Xuan entered the inn and took a look at the environment inside.

The decoration is not bad, but it is far from comparable to the Yunchen Inn where I stayed before.

There were only a few people bustling around inside, but not many customers.

"A room upstairs." Jiang Xuan came to the counter and said to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took a look at Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao and said, "Sir, we don't distinguish between upper and lower rooms here. The rooms on the second floor are a little better and they're not full yet. How about you two stay there?"

Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao looked at each other, nodded, and decided to live upstairs.

It was just for one night, so there was nothing much to choose from.

……

Soon, the shopkeeper took out a key from the drawer and handed it to Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao finally arrived at a place where they could rest. Now, they just wanted to go upstairs and take a nap.

Jiang Xuan took the key and said something polite to the shopkeeper, then the two of them walked towards the stairs, one in front and one behind.

Arriving at the stairwell, Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao had just taken a few steps up when their thoughts were interrupted by the voices of several people walking down the stairs, passing by them...

(End of this chapter)