Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

"Huh? Aren't you guys guarding the door? What are you doing here?" Mo Sha looked at the three of them and asked.

One of the minions replied, "Boss, Xiao Si was bitten by a venomous snake just now. The captain asked us to bring him down to see you."

"Is that so?" said the pale-faced scholar beside him. "That's easy. Just wait a moment."

After saying that, he picked up the wooden spoon on the wooden barrel next to him and turned around. After a moment, he scooped a spoonful of water from somewhere and handed it to the man who was bitten by the poisonous snake.

"Pour this scooped water on the wound and it will heal naturally." He smiled.

The minions nodded, took the wooden spoon, and began to do as instructed. As expected, the moment the water in the spoon touched the wound, both the poison and the wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this moment, everyone saw it and felt anxious.

The scholar stood up and said, "You see, this is the effect of the Fountain of Life. It can cure everything, including snake venom."

Mo Sha nodded: "So, if you want the spring water, just follow the rules and don't complain about being poor to me. I won't buy it."

After this was said, people were no longer happy.

"You're kidding! A little spring water is so expensive! You might as well just go and rob it!"

"That's what I mean. You don't have so many requirements for your own people, so why are you so strict with us?"

"Do you still have any conscience? Can you bear to watch us all suffer because of this?"

For a moment, the scene was filled with noise and indignation, the civilians' long-suppressed dissatisfaction erupting like a volcano. They accused Mo Sha and the white-faced scholar of greed and ruthlessness, their emotions growing increasingly agitated.

But Mo Sha sneered, "Conscience? Ridiculous. You're telling me all this now, but wasn't this your own choice?"

"You were the ones who chose to leave the rainforest and come to this perilous desert to avoid suspicion. To avoid suffering, you put the cart before the horse and abandoned your original life. For 'eternal life', you chose to escape, hiding in the dark all day. Fearing discovery, you left the rainforest you had worked so hard to build. Now, are you talking to me about your conscience?"

After hearing this, the civilians were speechless for a moment, with complex expressions on their faces, including shame, anger, and more importantly, helplessness.

Once upon a time, they had left their homes for what they considered a peaceful life, hiding in the danger-ridden desert, begging for protection from others. Although they knew this was putting the cart before the horse, it was too late to turn back...

At this time, Shan Lin, who was standing in the crowd, came up to him and said, "Chief Mo Sha, what about mine? We agreed before that as long as I do as you ask, I can get a share."

Mo Sha looked at Shan Lin coldly, not hiding the irony in his heart: "So it's Brother Shan Lin. Don't worry, your share will certainly not be less, but the prerequisite is to achieve our goal and lure the poisonous spirit into the trap."

Hearing this, Shan Lin became anxious: "This is different from what we agreed on before. You clearly said that as long as I bring those two people back, you will promise to give me the goods!"

"Yes, I did say that, but you have to prove that your efforts are not in vain. Besides, if you hadn't secretly moved the funds for rebuilding the village, how could she have noticed me? In other words, this situation is all caused by you!" Mo Sha said seriously with his hands on his hips.

"Move funds?" Karen, who was hiding nearby, was stunned.

Yesterday, on my way to see Sister Yang, I heard the villagers talking about this incident. They had supposedly taken over 3600 sand dollars, which were supposed to be used to rebuild the village, but one-third were missing. They had assumed it was just a case of common corruption, but they hadn't imagined it hid such a huge secret.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, and at the same time she felt extremely angry at the actions of these people in front of her.

At this moment, Mo Yan sighed and turned his gaze to the poisonous snake on Kailin's body. "You started investigating this a long time ago, right? The spring that can heal all wounds is very similar to the fountain of eternal life you mentioned earlier."

Yang nodded and replied, "Your intuition is quite accurate. Yes, I have been investigating the whereabouts of this group of people before you arrived, but they are good at hiding, so I have never been able to find any clues. If Shanlin, who was responsible for handing over the money, had not been taking chances, I probably wouldn't have made this last-minute plan to alert the enemy."

"Fortunately, you succeeded." Mo Yan said with his hands folded.

"Then what about their so-called Fountain of Life? Didn't you say that after the disaster ended that year, the Holy Lord had removed the Fountain of Eternal Life?" Karen asked.

Yang replied again, "Yes, that's what happened back then. However, a group of tribesmen, yearning for 'eternal life,' left the rainforest where they lived. Everyone initially assumed they'd left Shaling and settled in other towns. But after the rains turned the desert into desert, rumors of the Fountain of Life resurfaced. Later, after Youlong's detailed investigation, I realized that those people hadn't left the rainforest to go elsewhere, but into the desert. To reap the Fountain's benefits, they'd concocted countless concoctions before finally creating the 'Fountain of Life' we know today."

"Don't underestimate its ability to cure snake venom and illnesses. It's highly addictive. Compared to the Fountain of Eternal Life, it's truly a poisonous spring. The residents you see here drink this water year-round, which is why they're so pale and thin."

"Is that so? Then what should we do now?" After hearing Yang's explanation, Kailin was immediately shocked and asked.

Yang smiled gently. "It's very simple. Aren't they trying to lure me into a trap? Then I'll do as they wish and enter from the front. You will be responsible for blocking their retreat. As for the spring, you only need to put the poisonous snake poison in it and it will naturally be destroyed."

Mo Yan nodded: "Don't worry, leave it to us."

"That's right, this time we must completely destroy this poisonous spring!" Karen clenched her fists and said confidently.

After he finished speaking, Yang stopped talking, while Mo Yan and Kailin took the poisonous snake and quietly went around to the back door where Mo Sha came from.

Just at this moment, the two kidnappers who were responsible for handing over and guarding the hostages hurried to the underground hall.

"Oh no, Chief, those two ran away!"

Mo Sha was shocked and asked immediately, "What's going on? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on them?"

"We don't know either. During the handover, we couldn't find the guards and thought they had left early. But later we heard their voices in the cell."

Another kidnapper nodded. "That's right. Since we didn't have the key, we broke in and found them all tied up and locked in a box!"