In the vast desert, sand and dust swirled everywhere. A desert sledge made from several towering giant trees moved quickly towards the west of the secret realm. It was pulled by illusory horses. Sitting on the sledge were Ye Chui and his group, along with the few Green Bay tribe warriors that Ye Chui had rescued. From their wide-eyed stares, Ye Chui could fully sense just how shocking the desert sledge was to them.
After the mother of the Eleventh Prince helped Ye Chui block a knife and died, Ye Chui buried her under the yellow sand. They rested for a short time, then set off towards the Green Bay tribe’s breeding ground under the guidance of the warriors.
Ye Chui had originally worried if these people would be willing to take them to their home. But in the end, he had thought too much.
“You just wiped out a Blood Scorpion tribe outpost in an oasis. Thousands of Blood Scorpion tribe warriors were killed by you. That is more than we have killed in the past several hundred years! Mr Ye Chui, you must be the heroic warrior that the high priest spoke of. In the Green Bay tribe, a hero who kills Blood Scorpion tribe warriors is the most respected. And you, your actions make you the most honoured guest in our Green Bay tribe!”
One of the Green Bay warriors, a bald man, said this to Ye Chui in an excited voice. His name was Kela.
From the looks on the faces of the Green Bay tribe people, even if Ye Chui had not asked to go to their breeding ground, they would have invited him warmly.
After Ye Chui confirmed they had no ill intentions, he happily agreed.
They travelled through the desert for about three or four hours. At last, they reached a patch of oasis. In this oasis, Ye Chui spotted some signs of fighting. From the remains left at the scene, it seemed to be the place where the Eleventh Prince had been teleported to originally.
They rested here for a bit. Ye Chui rebuilt a huge desert sledge, then summoned the bald heroic spirit Tang Lao Da once more. They started speeding along again.
The heroic spirit that Ye Chui summoned did not consume his magic power. Instead, it used points. For an auxiliary heroic spirit like Tang Lao Da, the point consumption was not much. Speeding for one hour only cost about one hundred points. Ye Chui did not lack points now. Destroying the Blood Scorpion tribe’s oasis camp had left him with a remaining balance of fully forty thousand points!
At this speed, a journey that would normally take two or three days could probably be done in half a day.
During this time, Ye Chui also learned more about the secret realm’s intelligence from Kela’s mouth.
The entire secret realm was incredibly huge. Just the Buried Sword Land was already very large. Unlocking the map package there needed three thousand three hundred points. But in the secret realm, unlocking the map package required thirty-one thousand and twenty points!
That meant the secret realm was nearly ten times larger than the Buried Sword Land!
Ye Chui now had enough points to unlock the secret realm map package. But he was not sure if spending so many points on it was necessary. He kept hesitating.
Thirty thousand points were enough for him to do [Random Enlightenment] ten times.
The secret realm was home to countless terrifying magical beasts like the black ant nests. Humans were divided into four forces. These were the divine citizens who occupied the central area of the secret realm in Divine Citizen City, where the divine citizens lived. Then there were the sand citizens of the three major tribes: Blood Scorpion, Green Bay, and Wild Wind.
The Blood Scorpion’s activity range was in the south of the secret realm. Green Bay’s main camp was in the west of the secret realm. As for Wild Wind, it was a tribe that liked to migrate constantly between oases. They had no fixed home.
At first, the tribal sand citizens were part of the divine citizens. But later, due to some issues with faith, they split apart. In the first few decades, the divine citizens and the tribes were enemies in a life-and-death struggle. But then the tribes split again. Over several hundred years, they divided and united in various ways. This formed the current three major tribes. The Wild Wind tribe rarely got involved with the other two major tribes. But Blood Scorpion and Green Bay were two forces with a deep blood feud.
All the tribal sand citizens had become quite ambiguous in their relations with their original enemies, the divine citizens. They often went to the sand citizen city to exchange for daily supplies.
As for the Crown War, both the sand citizens and divine citizens had inherited it. In the original Crown Battlefield, the divine citizens were responsible for maintaining order in the Crown Battlefield. The final victor would also be decided by them. But now, over several hundred years, whether divine citizens or sand citizens had long forgotten their original mission. The ferocious spirit god chose the Tenth Prince as its host because it wanted to escape this world as soon as possible. The Green Bay tribe warriors seemed to hope more for a stable life in their homeland. They did not have much expectation for those from beyond the heavens.
As for what the divine citizens in Divine Citizen City thought of the princes now, no one knew.
In such conversation, the desert sledge moved quickly between sand dunes.
During the journey, they encountered a group of sand beasts running in a pack through the desert. Sand beasts were not just one kind. The term referred to all magical beasts that could survive in the harsh desert environment. The sand beasts that Ye Chui and the others met were one of the more ferocious types. They looked like wild bulls, fierce and aggressive. There were about thirty of them. The desert sledge stopped behind a sand dune.
Kela poked his head out to see the pack of sand beasts. He quickly signalled for Ye Chui and the others to hide well. These terrifying desert beast packs were the most dangerous. They would attack in groups as soon as they sensed human presence. But… before he could speak, he suddenly saw Ye Chui happily summon his magic guide book. He took out a shiny knife from it. He said in his mouth, “Bloody hell, so much meat,” then turned into a flock of bats and rushed into the sand beast pack…
In the stunned gaze of the simple Green Bay tribe sand citizens, they saw Ye Chui’s figure flip up and down. Each slash of his knife was fatal. Gradually, he killed one sand beast after another. Sand beasts had thick skin and tough flesh. But not a single one could withstand one slash from Ye Chui…
This knife was naturally Ye Chui’s VIP knife. It had now been upgraded to a “Legendary Knife.”
It came with the traits of game equipment. Every time it killed a sand beast, equipment could drop from the beast’s body. The knife itself could also be upgraded. After several days of levelling up in the early stage, this knife had reached a very high level. Ordinary magical beasts could not resist its damage at all. Even a slight touch on the sand beast’s body was enough to kill it!
Ye Chui was now using [Bloodthirst Battle Intent], which gave him strong physical movement ability. Paired with this knife, a mere pack of sand beasts was no problem at all. In the blink of an eye, the sand beast pack turned into a field full of medium-sized meat chunks, fur, beast bones, and other things.
After Ye Chui calmed the bloodthirsty desire in his heart, he happily waved to Debbie and the others. “Come quick and pick up the loot!”
“I wonder how the meat from these sand beasts tastes?”
“My fur coat seems to have a source now.”
Debbie and the others cheered happily in their mouths as they rushed to Ye Chui’s side to clean up the harvest.
The Green Bay tribe sand citizens: “…”
After enjoying a delicious and fragrant barbecue feast, the journey continued.
This time, after about two more hours, they finally arrived at the Green Bay tribe’s camp.
Ye Chui and the others finally understood the origin of the Green Bay tribe’s name. The Green Bay tribe’s breeding ground was at the farthest west of the secret realm. The secret realm was a fragment of space. Ye Chui suspected it was very likely also a piece of a gods’ relic. A space fragment was a piece after space shattered. It was like dripping a drop of water on the ground. Some tiny droplets would spread around the edge of the big drop. The Green Bay tribe’s breeding ground was just such a place.
It was almost an independent shattered space particle outside the secret realm. Only a thin connection point like a bridge linked it to the secret realm world. It was surrounded by chaotic void space. Because of this trait, the Green Bay tribe’s breeding ground was like a paradise isolated from the world. Outsiders found it hard to invade.
The Green Bay tribe’s strength was far inferior to the Blood Scorpion tribe. Yet they had fought the Blood Scorpion tribe for over a hundred years without defeat. This natural fortress-like breeding ground was the most important reason.
The name Green Bay came from this too. A green harbour in the sea of chaotic space.
The entrance to Green Bay was guarded by a few Green Bay tribe warriors. When they saw Ye Chui and his group, they looked alert. But when they saw Kela and the others, their expressions turned to joy at once.
Kela jumped off the sledge and hugged one of them. After he explained the situation, the few guards let Ye Chui and his group pass through that connection point and enter Green Bay.
Ye Chui hesitated for a moment when entering. Although he had confirmed that the Green Bay tribe people had no ill intentions, going into a place like a cage, who knew if there might be some danger inside.
In the end, he let Green, Raisa, and the others stay outside first. He went in with Debbie and Jacob’s guardian spirit, the Blue Knight. The Blue Knight’s Twisted Spear could send them directly several miles away in an emergency. And as a guardian spirit, even if trapped, the Blue Knight would not die. He would automatically be summoned back to Jacob’s side after going beyond a certain distance.
After entering the Blue Bay territory, Kela walked back to Ye Chui’s side and said, “I will go notify the high priest now. He will surely welcome your arrival.” As he turned to leave, he remembered something. “Oh, by the way, in these past few days, the Green Bay tribe has met two princes. We have already brought them to the Green Bay tribe.”
“Two princes?” Ye Chui was stunned. Kela and the others had been locked up in the Blood Scorpion tribe for over half a month. They did not know what had happened in that time.
“Which two princes?” Ye Chui asked.
“I do not know that. They are at the central lake. You can go take a look.” Kela pointed in a certain direction and left.
After Kela left, Ye Chui and his group began to fully appreciate the scenery of Green Bay. The landscape here was quite beautiful. It was completely different from other oases. At the centre of Green Bay was a turquoise lake. That was the central lake Kela had mentioned. Scattered houses were built around it. It was like a primitive village full of flavour.
Tribal sand citizens in clothing with very distinctive styles bustled about everywhere. When they saw Ye Chui and his group, they all stopped to watch.
Ye Chui saw many women and children among them. In the earlier attack on the Blood Scorpion tribe outpost, it had only been tribal warriors stationed there. He had not seen women and children.
Ye Chui waved and greeted a girl standing not far away. But the girl turned her head and ran off.
“The people here are really shy,” Ye Chui sighed.
“That is because your way of greeting is wrong. No matter how you look at it, it seems improper,” Debbie accused Ye Chui. Then she demonstrated herself. She waved at a young man standing nearby. “Young man, you…”
“Wah!” The young man turned and ran off.
Debbie: “…The people here are really easy to scare.”
Ye Chui shook his head with a smile. He walked with Debbie and the Blue Knight towards the direction Kela had pointed. After passing a cluster of half-person-high green plants, the turquoise central lake appeared in their view. There were even a few small fishing boats drifting on the water. The lake had precious fish in the secret realm that could be caught. Some sand citizens were squatting nearby on the shore, washing clothes. They looked towards Ye Chui from afar, as if whispering something with their heads down.
Ye Chui’s gaze looked ahead. Suddenly, his view caught an extremely shocking scene: someone was bathing in the water!
It was a long-haired beauty with her back to Ye Chui and the others. He could only see her bare upper body above the water. She had fair skin and a sturdy body. The rippling water, combined with the distant fishing boats and the grey sky flashing with lightning now and then, formed a picture full of temptation.
Ye Chui was stunned at once.
Debbie let out a low hum. She opened her eyes wide and said, “Shameless. To bathe in a place like this in broad daylight!”
It seemed she heard Debbie’s voice. The half-naked beauty turned around.
So, in Ye Chui’s expectant gaze, the face of the Flower Prince, the Fifth Prince, appeared before his eyes…
Ye Chui: “…Shameless. To bathe in a place like this in broad daylight!”
