Chapter Seventy-Nine: Splendor and Carnage Under the Starry Sky

  Night falls after sunset!

  Shining stars and dark yellow crescent moon once again unexpectedly appeared in the starry sky like a chessboard.

  Xiao Yuan gently supported Jing's swaying body with both hands, and understood her psychological feelings. With concern, he asked: "Jing, are you worried about Li Ling brothers and Man Tuo sister? That's why you keep looking back, hoping to see them safe and sound."

  "Yes, Uncle Xiao Yuan, after all, we don't know the true nature of the other party. Li Ling and Mandala sister may be in great danger this time, I can't see them now, my heart is very unsettled." Anjing's eyes were unsteady, her thin eyebrows almost furrowed together, her worried expression pained Xiao Yuan's heart.

  Xiao Yuan's hand grasped the quiet arm tightly, while the other hand rose, pointing to the stars in tonight's sky. His eyes revealed a hint of longing as he spoke slowly: "Look, those stars in the sky, they hang above our heads every day, like one after another winking angel watching over the kind people below. Their existence is meaningful, each one is a guardian deity for kind-hearted people. So, in the ancient desert, there's a kind legend that as long as you're a kind person, you'll receive protection from the stars. They will guide the light and let kind-hearted people return home safely."

  Quietly hoping to follow the direction of Xiao Yuan's pointing fingers, he raised his head to look at the night sky. The night sky was indeed a huge chessboard, and the countless stars on this chessboard were like so many beautiful chess pieces. The black night sky was like a piece of black cloth, and it too was embroidered with diamonds!

  "Thank you, Uncle Xiao Yuan. I believe that Li Ling and Mandrake are extremely kind people and will definitely receive protection from all the stars. So they will return to us safely." Quiet's eyes were filled with joy as she gazed at the stars in the night sky. In an instant, her eyes sparkled, and suddenly a bright shooting star streaked across the sky. She hastily clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and made a wish in that instant.

  "It was a shooting star after all." Xiao Yuan smiled as he watched An Jing's swift and decisive wish, but he was slightly surprised. Shooting stars were not uncommon in the desert night sky.

  She nodded quietly, with a smile on her face, looking forward to the oasis under the starry sky.

  Another hundred meters, and you can fully step into the oasis, feel the pure moisture in the oasis, the fragrance of the green grass, and the ancient vines and the clear waves that bring a sense of relaxation.

  "We've finally arrived, arrived in the oasis." Xiao Yuan excitedly supported An Jing to the edge of this oasis, and with a loud laugh, he looked out at it, suddenly feeling his heart expand greatly. This oasis, located in the desert, had an area of at least five kilometers from east to west, and was considered one of the larger and more affluent green paradises in the entire Taklamakan Desert.

  "Uncle Xiao, you don't have to support me anymore, I can walk by myself." From the moment Anjing stepped onto the oasis grassland, she was excited as if vitality was surging through her body in an instant, and she couldn't help but want to run on the oasis.

  Swept by the wind of the oasis, as if containing the fragrance of a hundred flowers, quietly running out, coming to the grassland, opening arms, quietly breathing in the warm air here, and admiring the scenery around this beautiful lake.

  "What a beautiful desert wonderland, it's like a painting that's breathtakingly beautiful! " Xiao Yu gazed out at the oasis and couldn't help but sing a local Xinjiang folk song.

  ……

  The yellow sand under the night sky, in the dark of night, looks exceptionally cold, especially the desert near the oasis, which has an extra share of dampness and chill compared to the sand in the desert.

  Li Ling and Mandala walked cautiously and quietly in the sand, approaching two strangers wrapped in black gauze from head to toe, leading a camel. Judging from their appearance, one was tall and sturdy, the other slender, likely a man and a woman. They seemed to be dressed like locals of the Uyghur ethnic group, but their behavior betrayed them. Their movements were swift and agile, with a certain rhythm in every action, which was absolutely not characteristic of Uyghurs, but rather that of well-trained assassins.

  The two men did not look up, but led the camels and walked towards Li Ling and Mandala. Their eyes were downcast, looking at the road under their feet, without revealing any signs of preparation to brush shoulders with Li Ling and Mandala.

  "Two of you, there's an oasis ahead. You can take a break there!" Li Ling said in a flat tone, suddenly stopping and narrowing her eyes to slits, just as she was less than five meters away from the other party. At the same time that Li Ling stopped, Mandrake also came to a halt, her extremely high alertness already having her hand on the icy cold Cicada Wing Blade at her back, ready for battle at any moment.

  "Thank you!" one of the men in black robes said in a low, hoarse voice, intentionally disguising his accent, but he still gave himself away by responding in stiff Chinese.

  "This brother's accent doesn't seem to be from around here. Where are you two from?" Li Ling didn't show any expression, only a cold smile as he looked at the two strange men and women shrouded in black veils.

  The man in black stood still, casting a sideways glance at Li Ling, the killing intent in his eyes flashing and then disappearing. The woman in black raised her hand to grasp the man's hand, her gaze signaling him not to act rashly.

  "There's one more thing I want to tell you, the oasis is our habitat, you can also enjoy it, but the camels must be returned to us as mounts." Li Ling looked at the two camels that originally belonged to him, his eyes turned cold and sharp, and he turned to stare at the man and woman.

  "Excuse me, sir, I don't know what you're talking about?" The woman finally spoke up, but her tone was still stiff and had a slightly Oriental accent.

  "It seems that you are not locals, but rather Easterners from the East Coast of the ocean!" Li Ling was able to tell where they were born from their accent and said straightforwardly.

  The black-veiled man and woman hummed coldly in their noses, no longer moving forward. Li Ling and Man Tuo Luo also quietly watched these two strange black-veiled men and women.

  "Sometimes, prying into someone's privacy can bring great trouble to oneself." The man in black seemed to calm down, closing his eyes and breathing in the still somewhat humid air.

  "But sometimes, if you encounter a thief who has stolen your camel and don't go after him, but instead beat the thief to a pulp, it doesn't show that you were anxious about losing your camel! And it doesn't show the distress and regret that comes with losing your camel!" Li Ling had already released his killing intent.

  Killing intent resonated and clashed in the air.

  The atmosphere suddenly solidified, and the temperature seemed to drop to freezing point in the cold gaze of these four people.