Chen Xiao lowered his head in frustration. Could it be that the direction of investigation all along was wrong?

"What's wrong?" Xi Yunting asked, "Can't you tell?"

Chen Xiao shook his head. "That's right, but the last two are very easy to get, so you can just buy them. Shan Li sold the giant lizard's heart, so he can definitely come up with this amount of money. I just think that this is the wrong direction to track down."

Xi Yunting asked two more questions, and looking at Chen Xiao's eyes that were tired from searching through the vast amount of information, he touched his head lovingly.

"You are not mistaken, this direction is correct. You just forgot that we delayed forging the sword for more than a month after we learned the news, and it took another month for the news to spread. The total time coincides with the time when the giant lizard's heart was trafficked here. I think the material that Shan Li hunted for in the end was the capsule."

Chen Xiao's brain was almost boiled dry. Suddenly he thought of something and asked in surprise: "Did you already know this when we were in the restaurant before?"

Xi Yunting nodded, "It's just a judgment. We still need to eliminate the remaining materials."

Chen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. That was great. All his hard work was not in vain.

Xi Yunting leaned over and kissed him on the face, "You have a good rest, I'll make some preparations, and when you get up, we'll leave."

Chen Xiao was really tired. Although he just flipped through the pages and didn't read them carefully, thanks to his good memory, his head was full of recipes for refining equipment.

He fell on the bed, almost unconscious, and fell asleep immediately.

When he woke up, it was already evening. Xi Yunting asked for food to be brought in. Chen Xiao washed his face, ate, and then they checked out.

As usual, wrapping themselves tightly in cloaks, Chen Xiao and Xi Yunting headed out of the city in the southeast direction.

It was dark when they walked away from Xuwu Fortress and could no longer see the city. Only then did Chen Xiao take off the scarf from around his face.

"At that time, Shan Li pulled the car into the city from this direction, so the range where he hunted giant lizards should be the area between Xuwu Fortress and Green Water City." He took out a map copied from Chen Ziyi, and used a metal-tipped draft pen with a color similar to that of a pencil to draw a circle between Xuwu Fortress and Green Water City.

"There are 27 salt lakes, which is not a small area." Chen Xiao scratched his head with the tip of a pen in distress, "I can't understand why Shan Li still wants to collect salt soil since he has sold the giant lizard's heart and has money on hand."

Xi Yunting looked around and said, "I think it's out of caution. The value of the capsule should be very high in the eyes of low-level cultivators."

Chen Xiao hummed, and said, "That's why he hid the things in the corner to conceal his presence. That's why he pretended nothing happened and took the salt back as usual." Then, Chen Xiao sighed softly, "Fate really plays tricks on people. If he hadn't been so cautious, he might not have lost his life."

The Gobi Desert is a windy area, and at night, the wind gets stronger, ringing in my ears, whimpering, as if someone is crying.

Xi Yunting broke the silence and said, "He definitely didn't prepare that car in advance. He must have bought it after hunting the giant lizard."

Chen Xiao looked at the map closely and shook his head, saying, "There are more inhabited places in this range of oases. No matter how vast and sparsely populated Luobei is, the number of towns in this range is enough to be equal to that of a country in the mortal world."

Xi Yunting thought for a moment and said, "Let Chen Ziyi go and investigate. As long as we can further determine the activity range of the giant lizard, we will have narrowed down the area by more than half."

Chen Xiao sighed anxiously and put the map away.

Xi Yunting patted him on the back and said, "We are already far ahead of everyone else, so don't be too impatient."

Chen Xiao licked his lips that were a little dry from the wind and pulled the scarf to cover his face. How could he say that he wanted to end the escort quickly and return to Luochen to avoid the Minju people coming to his house again?

He brought up another topic and said, "This advantage won't last long. Among the missing refiners in Green Water City, if there is one who customized a magic weapon for Shan Li, sooner or later they will follow the giant lizard capsule and find out that someone sold a giant lizard heart in Xuwu Fortress three months ago."

Xi Yunting said: "Success depends on heaven. If this is the case, it will just be back to the same situation."

Chen Xiao hummed in a sullen tone, and the two stopped talking. They used their body skills to soar into the air and flew away.

When Chen Xiao was sleeping, Xi Yunting had already sent a message to Tang Ru, choosing a town between Xuwu Fortress and Lushui City to meet up.

This was a small town, and the oasis was only a thousand meters from one end to the other. The town was too small and barren, so usually no immortal cultivators came. In order not to attract attention and alert the local cultivators, several people agreed to meet outside the town.

Chen Xiao and Xi Yunting arrived first, found an open space on the edge of the small oasis, sat down and waited for others to come.

Chen Xiao slept all day, so he let Xi Yunting rest first while he took charge.

Xi Yunting didn't refuse him, he just sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and began to meditate and rest.

Chen Xiao looked at Xi Yunting, and when he entered a state of meditation and his breathing became long and steady, he pulled out a thick and large blanket and draped it over himself.

Guarding the night, looking around in the darkness from time to time, time passed quietly.

After being on duty for more than an hour, a small object suddenly flew out from the darkness and circled around Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao was startled by this little thing that suddenly appeared, and his heart and breathing became faster. Xi Yunting immediately opened his eyes and looked in his direction.

Chen Xiao reached out his hand and caught the small thing, which was a small jade token. He said, "It's okay. You continue to rest. I don't know who sent me the communication talisman."

Xi Yunting said, "I've rested enough. Let me take over the night shift. You go to sleep."

Chen Xiao's energy penetrated into the communication talisman, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. Xi Yunting asked, "Who is it?"

"It was Senior Hua Baisui. She asked me where I was. It seemed like she was coming to look for me." Chen Xiao said.

Xi Yunting thought for a moment and said, "Send a communication talisman to Senior Hua and ask her to come here to find us."

Chen Xiao also had this idea. With this great man who can transcend tribulations here, if the people from Minju dare to come again, they will definitely never come back!

The next afternoon, Taoist Zhenlu and his three companions finally arrived. After the sun set, Chen Ziyi also came. They were all exhausted after traveling around in circles.

After gathering together, they still did not enter the town, but instead went to a denser and more hidden place in the oasis woods.

Xi Yunting anticipated that he would have to sleep in the open air in the days ahead, so he purchased a lot of food while in the fortress.

These things include training rations, air-dried lizard meat, dry food with little moisture, and vegetables and fruits specially purchased for Chen Xiao.

The quantity of food is relatively large and is distributed to people who need to eat every day according to their needs.

Tong Nuonuo looked at the words written on the training rations and shouted, "I don't want lizard meat flavor!"

Xi Yunting said without turning his head: "In Luobei, lizards are the main meat, and there is no other kind of meat." The mortals here basically do not engage in breeding, let alone raising chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and pigs on a large scale.

Tang Ru and Chen Xiao said at the same time: "I want to switch with you."

Tong Nuonuo was deeply moved: "Good brothers!" He quickly approached the two of them.

Before coming, Tang Ru bought some training rations from Luo Chen and asked Tong Nuonuo to pick out a few that he liked.

Chen Xiao suddenly remembered the fried giant lizard heart he brought for Tang Ru, so he took it out. Tang Ru was really interested, but Tong Nuonuo grinned with an expression that didn't flatter him.

The three of them gathered together and commented on the giant lizard's heart, while Xi Yunting told Zhenlu Taoist and Chen Ziyi the details of the situation.

Taoist Zhenlu and Chen Ziyi were both very excited. They didn't expect that there would be further news so soon, and a more specific scope would be determined.

Xi Yunting poured cold water on the two people and said, "Don't be happy yet. If we can't find the place where the giant lizards appear as soon as possible, this advantage will soon be lost."

Chen Ziyi calmed down a bit and said, "We have some bad news. There are a hundred times more people following us."

After hearing this, Chen Xiao stopped trying to sell fried giant lizard hearts to Tong Nuonuo and walked over and stood still.

Chen Ziyi glanced at him and explained, "It is said that the Minju people gathered a group of independent cultivators. At first, there were only a few hundred people, but the snowball kept growing and now there are hundreds of people."

Chen Xiao was very surprised and said, "Although the value of the Broken Star Sand is very high, when there is no guarantee of how much you can get, these people just blindly follow the Min Ju people. Aren't they afraid that the spoils will be divided unevenly in the end?"

Taoist Zhenlu shook his head and said, "This is not something they need to consider at this stage. If they don't choose a side to join now, they won't even have a chance to get a share of the pie."

Xi Yunting looked solemn, and said slowly: "I am afraid that among the current forces, the Min Ju people are already the first."

Chen Ziyi frowned, and his tone became heavier: "I'm afraid that he will resort to all means to get revenge, and unite with other forces."

Xi Yunting thought for a moment and said, "Among the many forces, no top immortal sect has been dispatched, so there is no need to worry for the time being."

"Don't worry?" Chen Ziyi wondered.

Chen Xiao suddenly laughed, "Because we have more powerful foreign aid here."

Chen Xiao did not hide it any longer and told him about Hua Baisui's previous night visit to him and asking him to accept Huang Keran as his disciple.

He said, "As long as Senior Hua Baisui comes and asks her to help us, there will be no problem with safety."

Hua Baisui would definitely not let Huang Keran's master die before he became his disciple, so, although there is a suspicion of cheating, there is a great possibility that Chen Xiao's request will be granted.

Taoist Zhenlu clapped his hands and laughed, "I never thought you would have such luck. With a senior in the Tribulation Crossing Stage here to guard you, how dare these lowly people come and get themselves killed!"

Tong Nuonuo said enviously: "Xiaoxiao is now going to accept a third apprentice. I don't know when I can get a apprentice that suits my taste."

Tang Ru complained bluntly: "If you don't have high requirements, there will be many people who want to become the apprentice of the Master of Machinery. You are too picky, right? If you want to receive a more satisfactory apprentice, you must at least be promoted to the Golden Core Stage, and then those noble families will be willing to entrust people to you."

Tong Nuonuo said with a headache: "How can you say anything to get to this point?"

Chen Xiao looked at him sympathetically. Who could he blame for being too obsessed with mechanical arts and not practicing well?