In the global desert, I have a spring of spiritual water.

"To have your water stolen on your own turf, how humiliating, how truly humiliating!"

"The lord actually agreed to such an outrageous request! Our Taiping Manor is also short of water!"

"Who told Daxing Manor to have a second-tier cultivator? This is blatant robbery!"

"Wasn't the manor lord supposed to be a life source master? How come he's become a coward!"

"Sigh, our Taipingzhuang's reputation is being trampled on like dirt!"

After Chen Chuan made the decision to borrow water, he dismissed the officials of Taipingzhuang and sent them back to their posts.

Those who left the council hall couldn't help but complain. Although they knew that Taipingzhuang was not as strong as Daxingzhuang, they were still upset to be bullied at their doorstep.

Zhu Xu, the director of the Agriculture Department, pulled aside Zhang Xu, the registrar, and whispered, "Brother Zhang, what do you think of this matter?"

"The lord has his own ideas, and we will obey."

Zhang Xu remained calm and did not complain like other officials.

"Right now, the sand demons are attacking the city repeatedly, and most of the farmland outside the manor has been destroyed. I originally wanted to talk to the manor lord about getting water for irrigation, but Daxing Manor came to our door to steal water. In this day and age, who doesn't have a water shortage..."

Zhu Xu shook his head and sighed. As the director of the Agricultural Affairs Department, his primary concern was naturally grain production, since over ten thousand mouths in the entire village were waiting to be fed.

"I don't think they can take this water with them. Brother Zhu, just proceed according to the original plan."

Zhang Xu lowered his voice and said.

How do you know?

Zhu Xu raised an eyebrow: "That Guo from Daxing Village is a second-tier expert."

"intuition!"

Zhang Xu smiled, turned around, and went into his office.

Inside the council chamber.

Ma Baoquan and Guo Longyuan sat on either side of Chen Chuan, effectively placing him under house arrest. They did this because they were worried that Chen Chuan would organize a rebellion, and if they kept him by their side, he wouldn't have that opportunity.

Geng Hu, holding a long sword, stood behind Chen Chuan. At this moment, he only regretted that his cultivation level was too low. If he were also a second-level cultivator, how dare the people of Daxing Village come to steal water?

However, with the blessing of the spiritual liquid given by Chen Chuan, Geng Hu has now cultivated to the first level of nine stars, just one step away from the second level. However, he doesn't know how long it will take him to take that step.

Even if he wasn't a second-tier cultivator, if Ma Baoquan and Guo Longyuan really wanted to harm Chen Chuan, he would definitely fight them to the death.

Chen Chuan, on the other hand, was much calmer. He acted as if nothing had happened, complaining to Ma Baoquan about the increasing frequency of sand demon attacks on the city in the past two days, while inquiring about the situation in Daxingzhuang, as if he were paving the way for his escape to Daxingzhuang.

Chen Chuan's demeanor also lowered Ma Baoquan's guard. He had long heard that Chen Chuan was a good-for-nothing playboy who had been expelled from Shanghe City for doing immoral things. Today, upon seeing him, he was indeed as rumored, a cowardly young master who feared death.

Ma Baoquan gave perfunctory replies, but in his heart he despised Chen Chuan. He planned that if the other party really ran to Daxingzhuang for refuge in the future, he would first squeeze all the money out of him and then throw him into the desert to feed the sand demons.

But since Chen Chuan is the young master of the Chen family, he can't do this himself. He can set up a trap with a familiar bandit.

Half an hour later.

All 18 camel carts in Daxingzhuang were filled with water.

Ma Baoquan and Guo Longyuan both stood up. During the water-filling process, Chen Chuan had already promised that starting tomorrow, 200 vats of water would be transported from Taipingzhuang to Daxingzhuang every day.

Ma Baoquan believed that Chen Chuan wouldn't dare to lie to him, so he stopped worrying and had Taipingzhuang send camel carts to transport water today. This would save time; otherwise, if Taipingzhuang had to mobilize camel carts and load water, they wouldn't be able to reach the campsite between Taipingzhuang and Daxingzhuang before sunset.

In the desert, transportation is inconvenient, and the distances between villages, towns, counties, and prefectures are relatively far, often making it difficult to reach them in a day. Therefore, people choose places with natural geographical barriers to build campsites. These campsites have lighthouses and simple defensive fortifications, and with their natural geographical advantages, it is relatively safe to spend the night there.

Before they arrived, Ma Baoquan and Guo Longyuan had already planned their return route. They absolutely could not stay overnight in Taipingzhuang, since it was Chen Chuan's territory and things could get complicated if they stayed too long.

The desert was too dangerous at night to travel, so they planned to spend the night at a campsite on their return journey.

"Master Ma, Director Guo, have a safe journey!"

Chen Chuan rode his Crimson Flame Horse and escorted the water transport team from Daxing Village to the East Gate.

"Master Chen, don't forget your promise. Starting tomorrow, 200 vats of water will be delivered to Daxing Manor every day. If you don't receive the water, Director Guo will come to demand an explanation from you."

Before leaving, Ma Baoquan didn't forget to make a threat.

Chen Chuan said solemnly, "Master Ma, please rest assured. My purpose in delivering water to Daxing Manor is to ensure I have a comfortable life there in the future. Master Ma, please don't forget my contribution then!"

"As long as Master Chen does his best to transport water, I will naturally not treat you unfairly."

"It's getting late, we need to get going!"

After saying this, Ma Baoquan climbed into the camel cart he was riding in, and the water transport team from Daxingzhuang marched out of the east gate in a grand procession.

A cold smile crept across Chen Chuan's lips: You really should get going!

He spurred his crimson horse and rode up the city wall along the horse path. Once the water transport team from Daxing Village entered the attack range of the Overturning Water Demon-Slaying Formation, he activated the formation.

A beam of white light shot into the sky, and intricate patterns appeared on the dry, yellow earth surface...

This sudden turn of events startled Guo Longyuan, who was riding on the Crimson Flame Horse, and the members of the demon-suppressing team responsible for transporting water were also greatly alarmed.

"It's a formation! Run!"

Guo Longyuan roared and leaped into the air, trying to break out of the formation's attack range by relying on his superhuman speed.

Hearing the shouts, Ma Baoquan poked half his head out of the camel cart: "What kind of formation is this? What's wrong?"

No one answered, but blood splattered onto his face.

Ma Baoquan's eyes suddenly widened as he saw countless crystal-clear water blades flying towards him!

"No!"

"The one surnamed Chen..."

Ma Baoquan then realized he had been tricked. The playboy, who seemed to be completely obedient to him, had actually already chosen a burial site for him.

The curse words stuck in his throat, and Ma Baoquan's burly body was blasted into a cloud of blood mist by thousands of water blades.

In an instant, only Guo Longyuan remained within the great formation. He used his spiritual power to condense a phantom shield to block the first wave of water blade attacks. After seeing Ma Baoquan and the others turn into blood mist, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted at Chen Chuan on the city wall, "Master Chen, spare my life! If you are willing to let me go, in the future..."

boom!

Before Guo Longyuan could finish speaking, the illusory shield in front of him was shattered by dozens of ring-shaped water blades. Before the look of horror in his eyes could even solidify, his body was cut into dozens of pieces by the ring-shaped water blades, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.