Chapter 303 – A Person from the Flaming Horn Tribe (1/2)

The piece of gold in Su Gu’s hand was square in shape. Even after being left under the sand for such a long time, it didn’t have any mottles and still shone brightly in the sunlight.

Shao Xuan was not interested in gold stone, but was curious about it. He wanted to observe the gold stone carefully. However, since Su Gu was holding on to it tightly, Shao Xuan gave up on this idea and waited for him to stabilize his mood.

“Su Gu, have you finished enjoying the stone? If yes, let’s move on.” Shao Xuan was thirsty. Since they were close to the oasis, instead of enjoying the beauty of the gold stone under the sun, he preferred to head to the oasis, to have a drink and take a break.

Hearing Shao Xuan’s words, Su Gu found himself staring at the “stone” on his hand while his attention wavered. He quickly wrapped up the gold in his hand and placed it in an inner pocket. The attire he wore that day was stitched with an inside pocket to hold things.

Su Gu continued walking after he put the gold in his pocket. After walking two steps, Su Gu felt that something was strange. He looked at Shao Xuan up and down, carefully scrutinized the expression on Shao Xuan’s face and did not let go of any minute details. However, Su Gu felt helpless because he couldn’t spot even a bit of greed or fascination from Shao Xuan’s face. It seemed like, in the eyes of Shao Xuan, what they saw just now was an ordinary stone and not any treasure.

“Don’t you feel that the stone is mesmerizing?” Su Gu couldn’t help but ask.

Shao Xuan shook his head, “Not at all.”

“How?….that’s impossible!” Su Gu looked at Shao Xuan again and saw that he didn’t change his opinion.

*How could there be someone who can resist its charm?!* Su Gu was puzzled at the moment. At the same time, he became doubtful that maybe only he himself felt the stone was so beautiful. If that turned out to be the case, would his father dislike it if he presented it as a birthday gift?

Shao Xuan’s reaction made Su Gu doubt his previous beliefs. *Am I too smitten, or is it Shao Xuan who doesn’t know about the things to appreciate in life?*

“When you saw it, didn’t you have a special feeling?” asked Su Gu.

*Special feeling?* Thinking about it, Shao Xuan only felt slightly surprised.

Noticing Shao Xuan’s expression, Su Gu didn’t give up and asked, “Don’t you have a feeling that you are standing in a palace and overlooking the whole city, when you see this stone?”

“I haven’t been to the palace,” said Shao Xuan. Meanwhile, he also understood Su Gu’s feelings from his words. What Su Gu had seen in the gold stone were power and wealth. As a young master of a city, no wonder Su Gu could appreciate such a treasure. If Lei and Tuo saw this piece of gold, they would probably be more indifferent than Shao Xuan, feeling that this “stone” was even less important than a piece of meat.

“I think he would like it.” As the Lord of a city, the Fallen Leaves Lord would be ambitious and pursue more power and wealth. Even if Su Lun saw gold for the first time, he would definitely like this “stone” that reflects golden light as long as his preferences were similar to Su Gu, .

Su Gu wanted to show it to the other three people to see how they react, but he gave up after thinking about it.

As they moved forward, there were some grasses distributed sporadically, clearly visible in the desert. Surrounded by yellow sand, looking at the green grasses made people feel energetic, like their vitality had returned.

As they continued to go forward, they could see more grass and some trees, that were not tall, which Shao Xuan couldn’t name. Dozens of camels, which were tied to the trees, were eating the grass nearby. Not far away, some slaves equipped with weapons patrolled back and forth, staring vigilantly at the desert in the distance to prevent or quickly handle any abnormal situations.

Shao Xuan followed Su Gu and Wu Shi to the oasis, and a team of slaves stopped them. After Su Gu gave an explanation, Shao Xuan and the other two were allowed to enter.

The area encompassed by the oasis was not large, but it was heavily guarded by about a thousand slaves stationed in this oasis.

After entering the oasis, Shao Xuan noticed a special group of slaves. The clothes these slaves wore were much better than the other slaves. Some of the other slaves also wore fabric clothes, but in most cases their clothes were tattered. However, even though the clothes worn by this special group of slaves were dusty and had some stains, they looked clean without a hole – they even had patterns on them. If Su Gu didn’t mention that those were all slaves, Shao Xuan might have mistaken the Head slave, whose clothes were neat, for a slave master.

“Those are the slaves of my father,” explained Su Gu, “There has not been so many people guarding the oasis before. Probably, because of something that happened just recently, more slaves have been sent here.”

Seeing Su Gu, the leader slave respectfully took a bow, and his eyes swept over Shao Xuan and the other two. His eyesight showed calmness, but Shao Xuan felt as if he had been stabbed by a knife when being glanced at.

Shao Xuan felt as if this slave was acting extremely guarded against them.