Chapter 72 Reasoning with People

Xiao Ding hastily spoke up.

"Brother Zhang, please go ahead," said Xiao Li, nodding beside him.

"Having one more friend means having one more path, especially when this friend is a powerful martial spirit practitioner," Su Yun chuckled inwardly.

The groundwork he laid in the Xiao Family was for this moment.

Su Yun took out a map from the system space, marked with the approximate location of the Qinglian Heart Fire.

"Please take a look at this map," Su Yun said, placing it on the table and spreading it out.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li leaned over.

"Take a look, gentlemen. This map has three flame-shaped marks. From your perspective, which of these three places is closest to us?"

The two scrutinized the map, their brows furrowed.

"What an ingenious map," Xiao Ding exclaimed with admiration.

Pointing to one of the flame marks, Xiao Li said to Su Yun, "Here, Brother Zhang, this place should be to the east of our Stone Desert City."

Xiao Ding glanced at it and nodded.

Seeing this, Su Yun felt relieved. This was the place.

He didn't know much about Stone Desert City and couldn't tell where this place was in the city. For this kind of thing, he needed to find a local expert for a quick result.

As for getting Haibodong to come and help, forget about it.

Stone Desert City was quite far from the depths of the Tagore Great Desert, but still close enough for Medusa Queen to sense the seal inside Haibodong.

"I received news from elders in my sect.

Among these three flame marks, one of them has an underground passage with something inside that would help me in my cultivation.

I wonder if the Desert Iron Mercenary Group has someone skilled in terrain exploration?"

"We do, we do," Xiao Ding hastily nodded.

"Then I'll have to trouble the two captains. If you successfully find this place, Xiao Fan will definitely reward you."

Su Yun clasped his fists to the two.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li immediately agreed and then dispatched manpower to help Su Yun explore the passage.

Su Yun and the two arrived at the east side of Stone Desert City, looking at the endless desert, feeling somewhat uneasy.

In the original work, Qinglin sensed the energy fluctuations when Medusa Queen came to take the Qinglian Heart Fire, so she could find a more accurate location. But he couldn't.

Now Qinglin didn't even know where she was, let alone Medusa Queen. If she had already come, he had nothing to worry about.

Su Yun shook his head, suppressing his unease.

Everything was ready, just one last step remained. How could he give up?

The Tagore Great Desert was vast. Even if it was just to the east of Stone Desert City, it couldn't be explored in a short time.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, along with the entire Desert Iron Mercenary Group, searched for seven days here but found nothing.

Su Yun wasn't in a hurry, especially when it came to critical moments; he had to remain calm.

Now, there is still more than a year until Medusa takes away the Qinglian Heart Fire.

However, Su Yun is not in a hurry, but some people are starting to get anxious.

It's not the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, nor Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

It's the other forces in Stone Desert City.

During these seven days, the Desert Iron Mercenary Group made a big fuss here while searching, causing quite a stir.

Naturally, the various forces in Stone Desert City heard about it.

They thought that the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had found some treasure and was digging, intending to come and share the spoils.

One day, while Su Yun was exploring the terrain with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, a group of people came to their door.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were confronting them.

"What are the people of the Sand Mercenary Group coming here for?" Xiao Li's voice was low, with a hint of malice in his eyes.

Don't be fooled by their deference to Su Yun; this was all based on Su Yun's strong power.

In other situations, the Xiao brothers were not easy to deal with, especially when facing enemies.

A middle-aged man standing in the front, obviously the leader, smirked.

"Heh, this isn't your Desert Iron Mercenary Group's territory, is it? We can come if we want. What's the matter? Is there some secret here?"

This middle-aged man's name was Rob, the leader of the Sand Mercenary Group.

Xiao Ding squinted, about to say something when Su Yun walked up from behind.

"Brother Zhang."

Seeing Su Yun, Xiao Ding greeted him.

Su Yun smiled and nodded at Xiao Ding before turning his gaze to Rob, his eyes flashing with coldness.

Blocking my search for treasure, this person has chosen the path of death!

"Friend, what brings you here?" Su Yun's face remained calm as he took out the Dark Short Stick from the system space.

"Friend, we should respect the principle of first come, first served. You aren't being reasonable," Su Yun said.

A hint of disdain flashed across Rob's face.

Reasonable? Hmph, he really is just a naive young man.

Rob activated the qi in his body, and qi armor covered his body.

Qi Armor!

"Hmph, in this world, might makes right!"

With that, Rob charged directly at Su Yun.

In his eyes, even if this young man had reached the level of a Great Fighter, he definitely wouldn't have had time to hone his martial skills.

Compared to him, a mercenary who had shed blood on the edge of a knife, his combat abilities wouldn't be too strong.

Su Yun grinned. Well, then don't blame me for reasoning with you.

Without using any martial skills, he simply infused his qi into the Dark Short Stick, covering it in a blood-red aura.

In the instant that Rob charged towards him, Su Yun smashed the stick onto his head.

With the strength of a Martial Spirit, it was on a completely different level from a Great Fighter.

With the quality of his qi skyrocketing, even just the simple activation of his qi was quite formidable.

Rob, just an ordinary Great Fighter, didn't even have the qualifications to resist, let alone react.

As Su Yun's short stick made contact with Rob's head, there was a dull thud.

His head exploded, and bits of red and white matter scattered across the desert, adding a bit of color to the monotonous landscape.

There was no surprise at all. A worm of this level didn't even deserve a second move; it was beneath his prestigious status.

Behind Su Yun, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li both flashed a hint of shock in their eyes.

Is this what a Martial Spirit powerhouse is like?

Rob, the Great Fighter who had troubled them for so long, was killed with such a simple blow from a stick.

The mercenaries who had come with Rob were terrified and scattered in all directions.

Su Yun held the Dark Short Stick and walked towards Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, patting his head innocently.

"My master told me before he left that when you're away from home, you should use reason to convince people. Did I do something wrong?"

The two shivered and quickly nodded as they looked at the short stick in Su Yun's hand.

Yes, reasoning!

(End of Chapter)