Chapter 196

In the desert, food and water are the most precious, especially water, which is even more valuable.

"Many thanks! I just want to borrow a place to stay for the night, and by the way, ask you about something." Xiao Yan smiled and smiled at the old man in front of him.

"You must be here in the desert for tempering!" The old man observed Xiao Yan for a while and said.

"Hehe, how did you know?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile.

"This girl is the same as you, also here in the desert for tempering. Seeing that you are about the same age and can come here alone, your strength must be very good. At such an age, you must be from those big families out for tempering." The old man pointed to the girl wearing a bamboo hat beside him and said.

"Guessed right, I am indeed out for tempering. This water and meat will be my reward." Xiao Yan looked at the girl standing there without saying a word and handed the water and meat in his hand to the old man.

"Don't need so much, these things are truly too valuable." The old man refused directly.

Although Xiao Yan knew that her parents must have already met with misfortune, he still didn't say it.

Xiao Yan guessed that those who went to the Mo Clan to work had mostly died, and died very miserably.

The Mo Clan had an alchemist in their ancestry, but this alchemist didn't like researching pills; instead, he had a strong interest in transplanting magical beast organs. He liked to transplant some magical beast organs onto people to enhance himself.

"No, I brought my own food." The girl shook her head, took out a pancake from her bosom, and began to eat it.

Seeing that she brought her own food, Xiao Yan didn't force her, then cast his gaze toward the old man and asked: "I see that there are only old people and children in your village, and not even a young person. Why is this?"

"Here! Eat quickly!" Xiao Yan took a piece of meat and handed it to the little girl.

"Thank you, young man. Please come in!" The old man took the meat and greeted Xiao Yan to enter the room with a smile.

But transplanting magical beast organs is a very dangerous thing. Magical beasts are relatively violent and bloodthirsty, so once magical beast organs are transplanted, the temperament will change greatly, becoming as irritable as a magical beast, and reason will gradually be lost.

"Although I'm not a good person, your actions are very similar to a certain Sun Country. If I don't eliminate you completely, I always feel uncomfortable in my heart!" Xiao Yan couldn't help but think.

Looking at the little girl's wolfing down appearance, she must not have eaten meat for a long time.

After Xiao Yan entered the room, he found that the whole room only had a dilapidated bed, a square table, and three chairs.

"Dinner is here!" In a little while, the old man brought a basin of roasted meat and tea.

"My mom and dad also went to the Mo Clan to work, they have been gone for three years. Can you help me ask about their whereabouts? I really miss them." The little girl looked at Xiao Yan pitifully and said.

Shaking his head helplessly, Xiao Yan cast his gaze toward the strange girl sitting on the bed and said softly: "Do you want to eat some together?"

Although Xiao Yan brought her quite a bit of water and meat, this little girl seemed very afraid of strangers, especially men. Only staying by the girl's side could bring her some sense of security.

After the old man left, the room instantly became quiet. The old man's granddaughter ran to the girl wearing the bamboo hat, looking at Xiao Yan with some vigilance.

"Haven't you sent anyone to look for them?" Xiao Yan asked in confusion.

"No! This food and water were brought by you, you eat first, then we eat!" The old man pulled his granddaughter and shook his head, saying.

"Eh?" The girl sitting on the bed felt the killing intent radiating from Xiao Yan and couldn't help but let out a light "eh", but didn't say anything.

"Many thanks!" Seeing Xiao Yan agree, the old man hurriedly said thanks.

"Hehe, how can this be? Come over and eat together! I also have something to ask you." Xiao Yan said with a faint smile.

If they often grabbed people from the city, they would be exposed sooner or later, and then some righteous people would naturally come to the door.

However, transplanting magical beast organs is a very dangerous thing and requires repeated experiments.

"You guys come over to eat too!" Seeing this scene, Xiao Yan said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

And experiments must have experimental subjects. The Mo Clan naturally wouldn't experiment on their own people, nor would they take action against people in the city. After all, the Mo Clan is still a charitable family on the surface, the kind that does good deeds without leaving a name, often helping old ladies across the street.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan just smiled slightly, didn't feel anything, and sat quietly on the chair waiting for the old man to finish cooking.

"Young man, you sit first, I'll go get you some food!" The old man greeted Xiao Yan enthusiastically.

"I will." Xiao Yan touched the little girl's head and said softly.

Under various drawbacks, the Mo Clan in Yan City temporarily gave up transplanting organs from magical beasts and instead cast their gaze toward some people with strange organs.

After Xiao Yan sat down, the old man took the water and meat to the kitchen to prepare food for Xiao Yan.

"Mo Clan in Yan City!" Xiao Yan furrowed his brows. In his impression, the Mo Clan didn't seem to be a good family.

The little girl looked at her grandpa, and after seeing her grandpa nod, she picked up the meat and ate it, eating with relish.

Xiao Yan didn't stand on ceremony either, directly pulled up a chair and sat down.

Like Qing Lin, who possessed the Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in the original work, she was targeted by the Mo Clan.

"Just take it! I still have a lot of this stuff." Saying that, Xiao Yan placed the water and meat in his hand into the old man's hand.

"Sigh! Although this place is nearly a thousand miles away from Yan City, because the people who went didn't come home for several years, I went to Yan City once, but didn't even enter the Mo Clan's gate before being blasted out. After coming back, not long after, they died directly." The old man sighed and said.

"Originally, this village still had dozens of households and dozens of young people, but a few years ago, people from the Mo Clan in Yan City came to the village and said that working there would earn a hundred gold coins every year, and it included food and housing. A hundred gold coins! This is something we poor people can't earn in a lifetime! So all the young people in the village went to the Mo Clan, but several years have passed, and not a single person has returned, nor has any news come. Sigh! Only us old people and children are left in the village, even eating is a problem, most have starved to death, and now only a few households are left in the village." The old man said somewhat sadly.

So the Mo Clan placed their experimental subjects in some remote villages. These small villages have blocked news, sometimes never stepping into a city in their lifetime, and naturally don't know the dirty things of the Mo Clan in Yan City.

After the old man placed the roasted meat and tea on the table, he stayed on the side with his granddaughter. The girl was also silent the whole time, as if everything had nothing to do with her.

"Good, good! Then thank you!" The old man thanked him repeatedly, took his granddaughter to the table, and sat down.

As this thought of Xiao Yan formed, the killing intent on his body was also exposed unconsciously.

Because many people left the village, there were still quite a few empty rooms.

After Xiao Yan ate and drank his fill, he followed the old man to find an empty room and rested in the room.

(End of chapter)