Chu Tian stealthily left the convoy, casually removing the five or six layers of masks from his face.
Then, he unfurled his form and rapidly sprinted back in the direction he came.
A few minutes later, Chu Tian entered the tent, panting, and lifted the flap.
*Bang…*
Chu Tian collided head-on with something, almost being flung back.
"Ouch…"
A delicate cry came from inside.
Sitting on the ground was Qianqian.
She clutched her chest, her face contorted in pain.
"Uh… I… I’m sorry!"
Seeing where she was rubbing, Chu Tian knew he had just run into something.
That elasticity, tsk tsk… not bad, not bad…
Qianqian shot him a fierce glare, stood up, and turned to stand behind Nie Yun, her back to him.
"Was it you who took down that钳尾沙獾王 (qián wěi shā huān wáng)?"
That thing was seventy to eighty meters tall. Its fall was clearly seen by Old Yang and the others.
Chu Tian shook his head. "We withdraw, take a detour! Head for the south gate."
"Huh? Not robbing anymore?" Old Yang was stunned.
Even Nie Yun was taken aback, but she showed no other expression.
Qianqian, however, pouted, revealing an expression of "I knew it."
Chu Tian stiffened his neck and shot Old Yang a look. "Robbing what? Am I that barbaric?"
"Aren't you? Then just now…" Old Yang didn't finish his sentence, thinking: *You were the one who said we should rob the convoy.*
Chu Tian waved his hand and continued, "This young master just thought the weather was good, so I went out to watch the meteor shower.
I just picked up some things along the way. Robbing, robbing… Old Yang, it’s not that I’m saying this, but your thinking is problematic.
Are you a bandit? Be a law-abiding citizen, you know?
Look at me, accumulating good deeds and karma, going out to watch meteors, and I can even pick up good things."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a large wooden chest appeared.
The chest was imprinted with patterns and bore the words '清水之城' (Qīng Shuǐ Zhī Chéng).
Old Yang and Nie Yun, who had been with the convoy, immediately recognized it as cargo from that convoy.
"This…" Old Yang stepped forward and opened the chest.
Inside were neatly arranged rows of leather pouches.
Even Qianqian showed a strange gleam in her eyes upon seeing these.
Never mind anything else, this one chest of space pouches alone was priceless.
Any one of them could become a treasured heirloom within a tribe.
Many small and medium-sized tribes, simply by possessing one spatial item, would fight fiercely, even risking annihilation.
This chest was entirely filled with leather pouches the size of two fists.
Could it be… he really robbed the Clear Water City convoy?
No… he said earlier that he found them!
Qianqian picked up a pouch and looked inside.
It was water…
The space within these spatial pouches was square.
Twenty meters long, twenty meters wide, and twenty meters high.
A usable area of a full 8,000 cubic meters.
It was filled with pure water.
Calculating by water density, 1000 kilograms per cubic meter.
This one pouch contained 8,000 tons of pure water.
This chest contained a thousand pouches.
Wouldn't that mean this single chest held eight million tons of pure water?
Even Chu Tian was stunned when he calculated this.
So much water… The chests in his spiritual space…
Although he knew they couldn't all be filled with water, the sheer quantity was still astonishing.
However, upon reflection, it was just as it was.
Eight million tons of water on Blue Star was nothing.
According to statistics, Blue Star's capital city consumed over forty million tons of water daily.
Chu Tian remembered that there were exactly one hundred such chests on the same vehicle.
Estimating, one vehicle carried eight hundred million tons of pure water.
Before obtaining these, Chu Tian hadn't thought much of it.
Only after obtaining them did he realize how immense the numbers involved in this batch of supplies were.
Wan Beast City… for what reason did they abandon this batch of supplies?
Inside the tent, the four of them remained in a state of shock for a long time.
Suddenly, the ground trembled.
Chu Tian looked outside.
The encirclement was shrinking.
Innumerable 钳尾沙獾 (qián wěi shā huān) were running chaotically.
These creatures were digging holes in place and surging underground.
"The 钳尾沙獾王 (qián wěi shā huān wáng) is dead, are these guys going to run?" Chu Tian murmured, watching outside.
Old Yang, watching with him by the entrance, shook his head and said.
"Something's wrong. These damn things wouldn't run just because their leader is dead.
I think we should leave…"
"Mm!" Regardless, they did need to leave, otherwise, once the Clear Water City people discovered them, trouble would be unavoidable.
"Put these on… we’re departing!"
Chu Tian waved his hand, put away the chest, and casually threw out four sets of raincoats.
This time, Chu Tian changed direction.
Target: South.
He planned to make a ninety-degree turn and then cut across, entering through Wan Beast City's south gate.
This was to avoid the people from the Clear Water City convoy.
It wasn't that Chu Tian feared the Clear Water City people, but rather…
He had other plans, and it wouldn't be good for them to appear within the sight of these Clear Water City people now.
Now that the monsters had retreated, the rain showed no signs of stopping.
The four of them, braving the heavy rain, headed straight south at the fastest speed.
"Xiao Tian, our direction is wrong!" Old Yang shouted after they had traveled some distance.
"Hehe…" Chu Tian looked back and smiled, saying nothing.
His smile was peculiar, leaving them all bewildered.
However, since he was insistent on going this way, they couldn't do anything.
"Xiao Tian, there are people ahead!" Old Yang shouted again.
Chu Tian looked back again and grinned at him, "Oh…"
As he grinned, he slightly adjusted his direction.
He was preparing to dodge the group of a hundred people ahead.
Those who could survive amidst the 钳尾沙獾 (qián wěi shā huān) swarm were naturally not weak.
"What the hell are you smiling about? Are you possessed?"
This time, Old Yang couldn't help it.
Ever since Chu Tian returned, he had been wearing a blissful smile, lost in his thoughts.
Little did he know, Chu Tian was currently compressing his divine sense into a straight line.
From a distance of twenty kilometers, he was observing the Clear Water City convoy.
Specifically… inside that luxurious carriage.
A vulgar performance was unfolding.
…
Just moments ago, when Chu Tian and the others felt the ground tremble.
The elder in ornate robes, leading his three subordinates, had just finished off the last Sand Badger commander.
They had expected endless harassment attacks.
They hadn't expected all the 钳尾沙獾 (qián wěi shā huān) to start fleeing.
This turn of events also surprised the elder in ornate robes.
This old fellow, Chu Tian learned from Nie Yun, was surnamed Shen, with the given name He.
He was formerly a minor commander in Clear Water City.
Somehow, after eight years, he had obtained the position of supervisor for the delivered goods.
For such a lucrative post to fall to him proved he was not simple.
Speaking of which, Shen He also felt a weight lift from his heart upon seeing the retreating beast swarm.
He led his men back to the convoy.
He called one of them to go and assess the losses.
"You three, come to my carriage!"
The three people Shen He was referring to were naturally the ones who had fought alongside him.
As he led the three past the cargo carriages, he stopped and took a look.
He saw that the five vehicles were parked neatly, and the external framework had not been tampered with.
He didn't think much of it and continued on his way.
Chu Tian witnessed this scene, and when Shen He stopped, he thought: *This is bad. If he discovers the goods are missing, will he immediately return to his carriage?*
If this went on for too long, wouldn't the mixed gases of the [Burrowing Divine Dragon] and [Muddy Fire Phoenix] dissipate?
However, when he saw Shen He board the carriage…
And moreover, entering with four people.
Chu Tian's expression immediately changed, and he wasn't sure what emotion surged within him.
He had only one thought: This old lecher named "Shen He" is finished!