Gu Yuan was completely speechless. Was this old man suffering from paranoia? He clearly had no ill intentions, yet this old man was accusing him of something. Could it be that he had to do something to them to satisfy him?
Gu Yuan sneered and asked: "Are you sure that I am coming for you, and even if I have no ill intentions, I will be forced to have malicious intentions? If so, then I don't mind competing with you. "
The old man frowned, looking at Gu Yuan's expression, which seemed to indicate that he was not lying. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you really not coming for us?"
Gu Yuan sneered and said, "If they really came for you, do you think I would be the only one here? Do you think I can do anything to you by myself?"
The old man's heart moved, and after thinking about it, it seemed that this was indeed the truth. However, he was still a little hesitant and asked, "Then who are you and what is your identity?"
Gu Yuan was speechless.
This old guy, I’m afraid he’s really going to fight with me.
"I've already said that I'm a casual cultivator. I'm here simply to cultivate. My meeting with you has absolutely no purpose; it's just a coincidence. How many times do I have to say this?"
The old man still had an expression of disbelief, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "If that's the case, then I am to blame just now. I hope you won't blame me. After all, in this desert, desert bandits are very rampant. We have encountered them more than once, and each time it was just like this. It's obviously just one person, but in the end our actions will be completely exposed, so we have to be careful."
Gu Yuan frowned and asked, "Are the desert bandits in this desert so cunning?"
The old man nodded and said, "That's right. To prove that you are not one of the desert bandits, would you please show me your left arm?"
Gu Yuan asked, "Is there any trick to this?"
As he spoke, Gu Yuan rolled up the sleeves of his arms and showed them to him.
Seeing that there were no distinctive markings on Gu Yuan's smooth left arm, the old man nodded and said, "Young man, you may not know that the desert bandits are a relatively complete gang, often committing crimes in groups. A solitary bandit is usually called a scout. They often travel alone, specifically to ambush caravans like ours. They won't have any contact with us, but they will keep track of our whereabouts and inform the other desert bandits. This way, we will be completely targeted by their gangs. And they all have a very obvious characteristic: a black skull mark on their left arm. This is because there are many desert bandit gangs, and if they encounter each other, there is a high probability of a fight. After all, not everyone knows each other. In such cases, they can simply show the special mark on their left arm to identify whether they are in the same group. This is why I just wanted to see if there is a skull mark on your left arm. Since there is no skull mark on your arm, it proves that what you just said is indeed true. I apologize to you again. I have wronged you. Please forgive me, young man."
The old man's apology was quite sincere, and Gu Yuan's anger gradually disappeared. He looked at the caravan behind the old man and asked, "Uh, old man, I wonder who you are doing business with in this desert. As far as I know, there are no traces of people in the desert. Even if they appear here, they are either casual cultivators like me or people who come here to explore the ruins. I see that the caravan behind you should have quite a lot of goods. Who are you selling these goods to?"
The old man said with a smile, "Young man, you must have been here not long ago. Anyone who has been here for a long time knows that the things we carry are not so-called commodities, but some special things. We transport things at the request of others. To be honest, young man, we are transporting things because an expedition team discovered a ruin in the desert. They need a lot of materials, so we are going to deliver them to them."
Gu Yuan asked with great interest, "Old sir, if you tell me this, aren't you afraid that I will reveal your whereabouts to the outside world?"
The old man said with a smile: "If you are a real desert bandit, then I would definitely be afraid, but if I can confirm that you are not, then there is nothing to worry about. Moreover, you have to understand that the people who asked us to deliver these things said they were an expedition team, but they actually belong to the four major sects. Although you have been here for a short time, I think you should also know what kind of power the four major sects are. If you dare to touch their things, you are going against them. In this desert, the sand city was built by the four major forces. Unless you don't want to live, otherwise, I don't think you will have to confront the four major forces. After all, the four major forces want to find someone. Even though the desert here is huge, I think it is not difficult to find a person if they put all their efforts. Even those fierce desert bandits dare not touch these things, let alone others?"
When the old man spoke of this, there was no trace of worry on his face.
This made Gu Yuan even more curious. The four major forces formed an expedition team to explore some ruins in the desert. Then they needed these caravans to transport things. What were they transporting?
Gu Yuan wanted to know more and more, but he didn't ask. After all, these things should be their confidential information. If he didn't ask, it would definitely arouse their hostility and vigilance, and they would even suspect that he had some bad intentions.
Gu Yuan wasn't a fool, so he simply didn't do such a thing. Even if he wanted to know, it wouldn't be too late to find out later.
Gu Yuan bowed to the old man and said, "Old sir, we just happened to meet today, so I'll say goodbye now. I'll go ahead."
The old man looked at Gu Yuan and said, "Goodbye, young man. By the way, let me remind you, young man. I see that you are still young and your cultivation is not very high yet. I would like to remind you here that you should try not to cultivate alone in this desert in the future. The environment in this desert is too harsh, and desert thieves will appear around you from time to time. If you encounter them, it will be very dangerous. They are very unscrupulous and anyone may be targeted by them, of course, except for those from the four major sects. You'd better be careful."
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