Genshin Impact: Rise of the Desert

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Although Jiaming was brave, he was quickly subdued in order to protect his father. Baishu had almost no fighting ability due to years of overworking his body, and Changsheng did not have any offensive magic.

Soon, Jiaming, Ye De, and Bai Shu were brought before Ivan with their hands tied behind their backs.

Ivan was accompanied only by about ten members of the Moscow Shooting Corps and a few elderly tribal chiefs; the rest had gone to cause trouble in Qiaoying Village.

The longevity potion remained around Bai Shu's neck, and the soldier tied it into a tight knot.

The moment Ivan saw Jiaming, he was certain that this was definitely a character from the gacha pool.

Jiaming's weapons were also brought along: a lion's head from a lion dance, the Eye of God, and a greatsword. Such a culturally rich appearance definitely makes him a gacha character, and even if he isn't guaranteed to appear, his appearance rate is very high.

Ivan recognized Baishu as a physician from the Bubulu Academy, who was said to have adopted Qiqi because he wanted to study the secret of immortality.

What Ivan didn't know was that Bai Shu had been whitewashed because she could use her lifespan and health to cure people's diseases, transferring the patients' illnesses to herself. That's why Bai Shu wanted immortality.

The True Great Love Immortal.

At this moment, Chagan stepped forward: "Shanyu, I beg you to spare Yede's life."

Everyone raised an eyebrow; there was a story behind this!

The story is simple: Ye De, as a businessman, wasn't ruthless enough. On his first business trip, he listened to the lies of his fellow merchants and went to the desert to earn initial capital. However, when he saw the miserable state of the desert people, he only quoted the cost price.

The tribe Ye De went to was Chagan's tribe. Chagan didn't let such a friendly merchant suffer any losses. He filled Ye De's cart with animal hides. Although he earned much less than his competitors, he still made a profit.

Ye De was kind-hearted by nature. After a few trips to the desert, he couldn't bear to see the people's miserable conditions and stopped going. But this merchant, Chagan, always remembered him.

Ivan nodded: "Alright, then we won't go to Ye De's house. Bring Bai Shu up to me."

"Don't touch me, I can walk by myself!" Baishu shook off the soldiers and walked up to Ivan. "As you can see, I am Baishu."

Ivan looked at Bai Shu and Chang Sheng's eyes with great interest: "Why are your eyes snake-like, while Chang Sheng's eyes are human-like?"

Bai Shu remained silent, while Chang Sheng spoke up: "Desert boy, you don't know this, do you? This is a contract between us immortals and humans, which allows me to have Bai Shu cast spells! In the jargon, I am the guardian immortal, and Bai Shu is the spirit medium. Together, we are spirit mediums."

Fairy!

This snake is actually a deity!

The surrounding soldiers raised their guns and pointed them at Changsheng, startling Jiaming and his son, who had just been untied, into breaking out in a cold sweat.

Ye De pleaded, "Sir, please don't harm Mr. Bai Shu, for the sake of the fact that I have never harmed you."

Chagan frowned: "The Chanyu has already shown enough mercy by sparing your lives, father and son. Go home now!"

Ivan waved his hand: "Don't worry, I won't do anything to Bai Zhu. Someone, untie him."

"Boss, this is a fairy!" a shooting soldier said anxiously.

Ivan didn't care at all: "An immortal? It's just a beast with magic. What can it do to me, a descendant of the Crimson King?"

Bai Zhu was untied, and Chang Sheng was also freed from his knots with great effort by the shooting army.

After regaining his freedom, Changsheng crawled around on Baishu's neck to relieve the soreness from his knotted body: "Let me tell you, the most outstanding shaman is Baishu, known as the number one shaman of Chenyu Valley. Kid, are you scared yet?"

Ivan chuckled lightly: "Besides Shenyu Valley, where else are there shamans? Come on, tell me, how many shamans are there?"

Changsheng fell silent and shrank back into Baishu's neck.

This kid isn't easy to fool!

How did he know that Bai Shu was the only shaman in Liyue?

Bai Shu touched Chang Sheng: "I wonder what you want to do with me, sir?"

Ivan narrowed his eyes: "I want you to treat my men's wounds."

Most of the seriously injured had reached the point where amputation was the only way to save their lives. Bai Shu only hesitated slightly before agreeing. In his eyes, everyone needed to be treated, even criminals needed to die healthily.

After Bai Shu left, Chagan asked, "Shanyu, what if he does something bad?"

Ivan said, "It can't get any worse than it is now."

The seriously wounded would rather die healthy than become a burden on their tribe after being disabled, and even Ivan could only amputate their limbs.

Afterwards, Chagan led his men to take Jiaming and his son back to the Ye family's old house, and instructed them not to leave the yard until the desert people had completely left, otherwise something bad would happen.

The servants of the Ye family breathed a sigh of relief when they saw their master return. Ye De said a few words to them and then looked at Jia Ming.

Jiaming's eyes were filled with anger. Ye De sighed, "Jiaming, don't go to your death. Do it for your mother's sake, okay?"

Jiaming's anger subsided, replaced by a look of dejection in his eyes. He silently returned to his room, leaving Ye De alone in the courtyard, sighing deeply.

...Three days later...

"Beast, beast!"

"My tea, my tea..."

"You bunch of robbers and bandits!"

In the past two days, all the tea farmers in Qiaoyingzhuang who dared to resist died. The rest were captured, divided into groups, tied up, and forced to watch the atrocities committed by the desert people.

After the desert people took away the finished tea and all their possessions, the tea farmers didn't react much, thinking it was better than losing their lives.

Next, the desert man walked to the tea trees, which were about one meter tall, and sprinkled bags of salt on the tea trees, which were shrubs or small trees, as well as on the ground. The tea farmers still didn't react.

When the desert people boiled the water and cooked the collected tea seeds with salt, the tea farmers were a little excited, but the guards forcibly suppressed it.

When the desert people poured salted water onto the salted tea trees and the soil, the tea farmers finally realized what was happening.

These bastards are going to ruin their tea plantation and land.

The tea farmers began to riot, but with their hands and feet bound, they were no match for the soldiers and were quickly knocked to the ground, watching helplessly as their tea and land were wantonly destroyed.

The tea leaves fell to the ground on the very next day, turning the land yellow and bare, leaving only bare branches on the terraced fields.

"Beast...you beast..."

"Worse than a beast! Worse than a beast!"

"You barbarians of the desert, you will be punished by the heavens!"

The tea farmers cried and cursed, but there was nothing they could do.

Under Ivan's orders, the desert people did not forcibly abduct women or indiscriminately kill; instead, they stripped everyone naked, sprinkled salt on their clothes, and burned them.

Then, a troop of cavalry drove the tea farmers until they were fifty miles south of Qiaoying Village.

Fifty li south of Qiaoyingzhuang, there are more cavalrymen. Their warhorses graze nearby, and the riders dig a ditch, cut down and transport away all the flammable materials in the vicinity, and create a firebreak.

Right here, they released the tea farmers and let them run south.

Another day later, at Ivan's behest, the area south of the firebreak was set on fire.

In autumn, the north wind blows, but it blows southward.

Large trees and grasses that withered even earlier than shrubs were easily ignited by the spreading fire. Even plants that were still green were quickly set ablaze by the wildfire.

This can effectively slow down the advance of the Chiyan Army and even cause casualties.

The area to the north was not affected because a firebreak had been dug.

The seriously wounded also recovered under Bai Zhu's care, and many desert people were very grateful to Bai Zhu.

Dixia found Ivan. She had been holding back her anger as she witnessed ordinary people suffering undeserved calamities along the way. She tried to comfort herself by telling herself that these ordinary people were also accomplices of the merchants, but after seeing the plight of the tea farmers, she could no longer deceive herself.

The tea farmers' wealth was not much different from that of other farmers, yet they were forced by the desert people to witness the execution of their land and tea trees.

When Dixia found Ivan, before she could even speak, Ivan said to her:

"I know what you wanted to say to me, but you'll have to wait a bit. Listen, they're coming."

The next moment, several authoritative voices rang out.

"The Three-Eyed Immortal with Five Manifestations, the Great Sage Who Subdues Demons, Xiao."

“The Three-Eyed Immortal, the True Lord Who Leaves Clouds and Borrows Wind, and the Idle Clouds.”

"The Three-Eyed Five-Manifestation Immortal, the True Lord Who Carves the Moon and Builds the Sun, Hou Zhang."

"The Three-Eyed Immortal with Five Manifestations, the True Lord Who Manages Water and Stacks Mountains, receives the scepter." (scepter hu, fourth tone)

"I've come to learn from you!" *4