My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 216 It's a promise!

"You think this is strange?" Xie Ninglan was taken aback. "I just observed him, and he probably wants to use this information to exchange drinking water with the Han brothers."

Xin Nian gestured towards her mother with her lips and winked, "I think he's a strange person from head to toe, including his very presence."

"Huh?" Xie Ninglan opened her mouth and glanced back.

Number One and Number Two carried Xiao Tingye's wooden frame, following behind the mule cart, their expressions blank.

It wasn't close to their team leader's position.

Xie Ninglan lowered her voice again, "You suspect he approached our team with a purpose? Does Xiao Jin know about that?"

Xin Nian chuckled at her mother, "That guy is smarter than a ghost; he secretly talked to me about this a long time ago."

"Then why keep him in the team? Are you being so kind as to let Doctor Zhuang treat his bones?"

“Well, we have to put on an act.” Xin Nian said with a half-smile.

If we don't keep him here, how will we know what this person's true intentions are in sticking up to us?

"So, his claim that he could lead us to gold mines and weapons processing plants was also a lie?"

"Of course it's true. If you want to join the team, you have to show some sincerity, there's no doubt about that."

"Is there something wrong with the hot spring?" Xie Ninglan became even more worried when she heard her daughter's suspicion about the man.

Whether or not you take a shower is something you can tolerate, but it wouldn't be good if there were potential dangers.

Xin Nian hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'll test the water quality first. He shouldn't be that stupid, right?"

Adding medicine to hot springs would consume an enormous amount of medicinal herbs.

"Medicines are scarce now, and medicinal herbs are hard to find in the wasteland. Anyone who isn't a fool would keep medicine on hand for emergencies. They certainly wouldn't take it all out just to drug us refugees."

Xie Ninglan held her daughter's hand, "Mother is worried that they're after you."

Xin Nian gave her mother a reassuring look, "After my internal energy settles down a bit more, I'll try to break through to the sixth rank in a couple of days."

She clenched her little fist. "No matter what kind of demons or monsters they are, they can't escape the punishment of force."

Xin Nian actually hoped that the other party had some ulterior motive, preferably that they would use all their strength, such as... seven or eight sorcerers, ganging up on her or something.

Then she can harvest several peons at once.

"Did you talk to Xiaoling? Tell him and Xiaoxi to keep a close eye on Xiaojinzi's brother. Don't let your guard down either. Although you're getting stronger, there are always people more powerful than you. What if... right? Even a lion has to use its full strength to hunt a rabbit."

Xin Nian nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, Mother, I know what I'm doing."

Xie Ninglan looked at her.

Xin Nian clicked her tongue, "Within a radius of a hundred miles, nothing can escape Yan Xi's mental tracking. Don't worry, Mother. I've made an agreement with him."

"What was agreed upon?"

“I told him last time that if he didn’t work hard for me, I would turn him into puppet number four. He knew that and he will keep an eye on him for me. He will definitely report to me immediately if there is any situation.”

Xie Ninglan couldn't help but reach out and tap her daughter's head.

What kind of agreement is this?! Isn't this just intimidation and threats?

This brat is starting to look more and more like a country bumpkin!
“You should be nicer to that young man. Look at them, they're always so timid and hesitant whenever they see you…”

She now knows what happened; the two workers her daughter hired were all intimidated along the way.

"I know, I know."

As the mother and daughter were talking, Ling Luo ran over again. Xin Nian turned around and asked, "What's wrong? Is there any situation with my father?"

"No, there are six refugees running towards us from the west. Yan Xi said she could sense unusual energy fluctuations on them. At least three of the six are sorcerers, but no more than three."

Xin Nian raised an eyebrow.

What's to the west?

"Yan Xi probably came from the territory of Kuaizhou."

Xin Nian had no idea about this continent; she had to look at a map to find out where Kuaizhou was…

There were only six people, and three of them were sorcerers. Xin Nian's eyes darted around.

"Hey!" She suddenly reached out and grabbed Ling Luo. "Why is it always you who comes to report to me? Can't Yan Xi come and tell me herself?"

Ling Luo looked at her with a somewhat complicated expression.

Seeing that he turned to leave without a word, Xin Nian grabbed him, "Isn't it annoying to walk around like this? You and Yan Xi come over and stay with us, then we can talk to each other anytime."

Ling Luo quickly pulled back her sleeve and slipped away without looking back. "No need! Yan Xi said that once he reaches the fifth level of his supernatural abilities, he can establish a mental connection, and then he can report and communicate with you at any time through the mental connection."

Xin Nian blinked, then turned to look at Xie Ninglan, who had a blank expression. "Are these two crazy? One's mute, and the other's like a megaphone!"

Xie Ninglan could hardly bear to look at her own daughter.

They're afraid of you! They fear you like the plague!

Does the little girl even realize that people shrink back and avoid eye contact whenever they meet her gaze?
Seeing her confused expression, Xie Ninglan rolled her eyes, too lazy to talk to this brat any more.

After walking for another fifteen minutes, they indeed saw six men and women, dressed in tattered clothes and with dirty hair, stumbling and scrambling towards them.

The man at the head of the group noticed Xin Nian's group and his eyes lit up when they suddenly fell on the two large wooden buckets on the mule cart.

Without a second thought, he rushed over to the mule cart and reached out to grab the wooden buckets on it, pleading, "Water, give me some water, water!"

The woman in the mule cart was startled. She hurriedly hugged her grandson and raised her hand to shoo the man away, saying, "Who are you? Get out of here!"

The man had already opened the lid of the wooden bucket and saw a large bucket of clear water.

Just as his dirty head was about to plunge into the bucket of water, the old lady, Madam Yu, reacted swiftly, slapping his head away and saying with displeasure, "What's wrong with you? How are the others supposed to drink if you just plunge your head in like that?"

Zhao Xun and Zhao Hu, along with several brothers from Longhu Village, dragged the man toward the mule cart, saying, "What are you doing? You come here and try to steal water."

"Water, give me some water!"

The other five people staggered towards the mule cart like zombies, making Nie Shi pale with worry.

Xin Zhe woke up rubbing her eyes in her grandmother's arms, looking blankly at the people being held down next to the mule cart.

The man whose shoulder was held down by Zhao Xun struggled violently and suddenly flung out a cluster of flames.

Just as the flames were about to land on Zhao Xun's head, Xin Mochen raised his hand and pulled the small flames into his palm.

The fire-elemental sorcerer, his eyes blurred with thirst, pleaded with his hands clasped behind his back, "Just a sip of water, please? We're not bad people, we're just so thirsty!"

Xin Nian walked over to the group, looked them over, and waved her hand, "Fetch them a bowl of water."

Chen Ling scooped a ladle of water from the bucket and looked at the refugees in front of her.

Seeing this, the brothers from Longhu Village quickly handed over several broken bowls they had picked up from the ruins.

Each person held a broken bowl in their hand, their hands trembling as they drank, yet none of the six dared to spill a single drop.