Chapter 119: Picked Up a Senior

Red King's divine envoy.

This was another time Luo De used that title while teaching the young eagles.

Just like when he fooled Kuserla before.

Seeing the divine power originating from the Dendro Archon, and seeing Luo De freely command three kinds of elemental energy, this kind of thing that could only be explained by a miracle made Tadelia and the others easily believe that Luo De was the divine envoy walking among mortals on behalf of the Red King, and also believe Luo De's words that he would punish the rebellious Tanite Tribe in place of the Red King.

As for the heinous sins these young eagles had committed for the Tanite Tribe, Luo De generously said the Red King would surely forgive them.

In a world with gods, this sort of convincing godman act is still quite useful.

At least for the still-young eagles, that's how it is.

These children, abducted or captured by the Tanite Tribe from a young age through kidnapping or plunder, had always lived in a highly oppressive environment; some chose to submit and endure, while still others clung to a sliver of hope for the future.

Tadelia was one of those who still held hope for the future.

As one of the oldest among this batch of young eagles, she also had considerable say among them.

Thus, when she took the lead in offering faith to the Red King, the young eagles who had been faithless all followed suit, together offering sincere devotion to the Red King via Luo De, this godman.

With an insider, things became much easier.

As for the aftermath handling,

"Wait here for now; I've already sent out word. In about three to five days, the Red King's descendants will come to pick you up and take you to a new place to live."

Believe that these young eagles who have converted to the Red King should be able to live well in A Ru Cun, which shares the same faith.

Luo De had also figured out how to handle the remaining people of the Tanite Tribe.

Those who should be separated will be separated; those who can stay together will stay together. For some children, although out of respect for them we won't kill their parents, their parents simply aren't fit to educate children, so they can just honestly do manual labor. Coincidentally, that place is currently severely short of manpower; hearing Dixiya say, they've started hiring the Gilded Travel Group to help.

That was before this.

We still can't let these people run away.

Otherwise, wouldn't we be sparing their lives for nothing!

All the eerie weapons possessed by the Tanite Tribe were confiscated by the young eagles.

With these weapons and Luo De's martial might to intimidate, the minor disturbances stirred up by the Tanite remnants were quickly suppressed.

Now we just need to wait for Kantisi to come and take the people.

However, Luo De is still facing another serious problem at the moment.

Nadixa is angry.

This time is not like the incident in Sumeru Cheng.

Last time she knew Luo De deliberately angered her only to make her clear-headed, so she soon got over it.

But this time is different.

This time Luo De is purely deliberately defying her.

Even to prevent her from intervening to stop him.

Luo De also deliberately took away everything on his person that could bear Nadixa's power, and then killed everyone Nadixa had said could be spared.

The result of doing so was:

Namely, when Luo De put on the Void Terminal again, Nadixa directly ignored him.

And no matter what Luo De said, she just wouldn't speak.

"Don't be angry."

"Just this once, just this once, can't we make an exception?"

"You not speaking at all isn't a solution either."

"Ah, if you keep acting like that, then I'll only be able to wait until I return to Sumeru Cheng to apologize to you in person."

Luo De's final remark was the most cutting.

As soon as his words fell, Nadixa, who had been silent for a long while, finally spoke.

"Why?"

"No reason; keeping them would be a future hazard. I could spare them, but who can guarantee they won't come to kill me when they grow up?"

"Is it just because of this one reason?"

"Yes, exactly because of this. You've read their hearts and know what they think all day. Honestly, hearing it frightened me. You think they might still have a sliver of hope—that's your concern. Anyway, it's not you who would strike, so if they ever sought revenge they couldn't find you. But from my perspective, if they ever had a ten percent chance to turn over a new leaf, the remaining ninety percent chance is that they would certainly try every means to take revenge on me."

Seeing Nadixa still silent, Luo De pondered, weighed his words, and continued: "I know you like children, thinking that even if they're twisted now they might still have a chance to grow straight. But have you considered how twisted they've become—what chance do they still have to grow straight?"

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This question seemed hard to answer, and Nadixa was momentarily at a loss for words.

"Let's just assume they have a fifty percent chance to grow straight."

"But even if that's so, don't they also have a fifty percent chance to continue growing twisted?"

"Then, as their enemy, they will surely try every means to take revenge on me and my friends."

"The desert's rules—you heard them back then, right?"

"They don't care about debts having a clear source."

"So no matter from which angle I consider it, I absolutely cannot keep those people; I can't think only of myself, I must also consider my friends."

Luo De said a lot in one breath, and once again Nadixa was left speechless.

After a while.

Then she sighed: "Next time something like this happens, don't bring me along."

Having said that, it means Nadixa no longer holds a grudge about this.

Luo De breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "All right."

Six days later.

Kantisi finally arrived, a bit later than expected.

Sorry, I'm late.

Kantisi didn't come alone; she also brought many people from the village.

Given her style.

This is actually quite surprising.

"How come so many people came? Isn't the village supposed to be taken care of?"

Glancing at the people following Kantisi, Luo De asked curiously.

Hmm, they're all familiar faces.

Roughly speaking, Kantisi brought half of the village's guards directly.

"These days Dixiya has been helping me guard with the Flare Light Hunting Beasts."

Kantisi replied, then looked at the devastated state of the Tanite tribe after the battle, narrowing her eyes and said: "These are all your doing."

Hmm.

Luo De did not deny.

"I didn't expect you to actually come alone."

Kantisi shook her head: "Actually, you could have come to me for help; you've helped the village so much, if you have trouble, the village ought to help you."

"At first I did think that way."

"But I thought the village had too much going on, so I didn't look for you."

Luo De chuckled and said: "Besides, I have something that can save my life; with it, at least I can keep myself safe."

He was referring to Nadixa.

With the Void Terminal, Nadixa's divine power can be transmitted from Sumeru Cheng; due to the great distance the signal is poor, so the duration is limited, but it at least gives Luo De an hour of invincibility that he can use to kill enemies or flee.

However, looking at Kantisi's appearance, she seems to have misunderstood.

"Are you referring to the emblem I gave you?"

"Although it's hard to bring up, I still need to remind you: the emblem of A Ru Cun isn't all-powerful; the desert tribes have different beliefs from ours, and sometimes they won't back down just out of respect for the emblem."

Regarding the fact that A Ru Cun has little deterrent power deep in the desert, Kantisi had no reservations.

This is an indisputable fact.

The name 'Pure Land of the Desert' is quite renowned.

However, this name is limited to the Great Red Sand Sea region; farther out, it's the domain of desert tribes, whose people, like the Tanite tribe, are settlements that worship the Flower God.

Beliefs differ.

Moreover, these desert tribes themselves are quite strong in combat, and A Ru Cun is far away, so this emblem naturally has little deterrent power over them.

As for such frankness.

Luo De smiled and didn't explain this.

As for the matter of being able to contact the gods and borrow their power, it's best not to let a second person know before Nadixa is freed.

Next.

It's Kantisi bringing people to receive these Tanite survivors.

Honestly, it's quite troublesome.

The people Luo De left behind still number over a thousand.

Among them are those with healthy limbs, the old and weak, the sick and disabled, and those extremely resistant to going to A Ru Cun.

If it weren't for the young eagles helping, relying solely on these people from A Ru Cun, it would really be difficult to successfully bring so many back to A Ru Cun.

Luo De gave Kantisi a list.

It clearly states which people can be trusted, marks which need observation, which must spend their lives as laborers, and which children the village should take in as orphans.

Besides that.

For these young eagles, Luo De also has a special request: "Don't let them go into battle anymore; let them study properly. Hasn't the village already recruited two teachers? A De Ba Yi can also help out—these eighty-odd people aren't many, so let them enjoy what they've never received before. Just pay more attention to them; the training of hunting falcons isn't ordinary people's training, and when they interact with the village folks, their temperament might cause trouble."

"You don't need to tell me; I'll do that."

Kantisi looked at those frost-faced youths wielding weapons, commanding the Tanite survivors' young eagles, and sighed softly: "They're still just children."

"Yeah, they're all children."

After likewise sighing, Luo De then said: "I'll leave this to you; I still need to help my teacher with his affairs, so I'm off."

"Be careful on your way; the sandstorm just passed, and monster activity is frequent."

Knowing that this side still needs some time to finish the relocation, Kantisi didn't try to detain him, merely giving him a few reminders.

"Hmm, I know."

"No need to see me off; when I'm done, we'll meet again at A Ru Cun."

Luo De waved his hand and then, just as he had come, dove headfirst into the endless desert.

The return journey still followed the old road.

Along the way, besides sand, there was nothing much to see.

Luo De, unwilling to linger, sped forward at an even faster pace than when he came, rushing toward Sumeru Cheng.

Nafisi's plan over there has been underway for over half a month.

According to his planned progress.

Now Hafusai should have been promoted to a position just below the Sage.

This is the risk Nafisi mentioned when making his plan.

Because of Hafusai's personality, if you want him to risk offending the two Sages to act against Luo De, you can only say that the research data in Luo De's hands is enough for him to steadily become a Sage of the Life Theory Faction.

Thinking about achieving this, two conditions are needed.

One: Hafusai must be just one step away from becoming a Sage; two: the research materials in Luo De's hands must be sufficiently shocking.

The first condition has already been completed.

As for this second condition.

Luo De prepared A De Ba Yi's original research materials, and at the same time expanded them using the genetics knowledge he had learned in his previous life.

Although it's just some knowledge learned in high school.

But placed in the Academy, which has no genetics research whatsoever, this is most certainly a sage's door‑knocker.

"Greed is not enough; a snake trying to swallow an elephant."

"Tsk tsk."

Thinking of this, Luo De smacked his lips and let out a hehe laugh.

With him present.

Hafsa, this time you'd better not repeat what you did to A De Ba Yi again.

Just then.

A flash of light suddenly streaked across the distance.

This light was very familiar to Luo De, and he couldn't help but stop and look over.

"Vision?"

When I first obtained the Vision, it was exactly this kind of light.

Luo De was quite certain.

This light is definitely not someone activating the Vision to use elemental energy; rather, someone has obtained the Vision and, like him, caused some anomalous phenomena.

Driven by curiosity,

Luo De sped up his steps and rushed toward the place where the Vision was flashing.

When he arrived at the place.

What he saw.

was a blue‑haired girl fainted on the ground; the wind‑element Vision that had attracted him was shining brightly beside her.

Strangely,

After Luo De arrived, the Vision stopped glowing, as if the earlier light had merely been meant to draw him over.

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The girl's face looked very familiar; Luo De recognized her at a glance.

Academy, Knowledge Theory School scholar, Elu Shan.

Um, senior.

I never expected to be able to pick up this legendary figure from a hundred years ago here.

(End of chapter)