Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

The battle ended so peacefully that it didn't cause any disturbance or wake Hu Tao, who was sleeping in the room.

Seeing Alfonso clutching his stomach and curled up on the ground, Jiang Bai waved his hand, and Bai Yuan clung to his arm again.

"You can leave now, I don't want to kill anyone."

Alfonso struggled to his feet and left in silence.

After Alfonso left, Jiang Bai called out Gudu.

"Gudong, go and secretly follow that person and see if he leaves obediently."

Gudu nodded and flew away into the night.

Alfonso clutched his injured abdomen and returned to his residence, where he quickly bandaged the wound.

There were papers and pens on the table. He sat down at the table, picked up the pen several times, and seemed to want to write something, but in the end he wrote nothing.

What's there to write? We've already said goodbye; instead of leaving anything behind, it's better to just leave.

He had no intention of going to Lana to use his injuries to smear Jiang Bai. Since the mission to capture Lana Luo could not be completed, there was no point in staying here any longer.

He was not Alfonso; he was the orphan of the House of Hearths, a soldier of the Fools, Trofin Schneitzvich.

The mission comes first.

To complete the mission, any price is acceptable, including one's own life.

He took out the Sumeru map from the box and his gaze fell on the desolate land called Huan Nalan.

Based on the information he has collected over the years, this place is the hometown of Lannaro, and many Lannaro people live here.

Unfortunately, there are very few records about Lannaruo by Xumi. This place also suffered a disaster five hundred years ago and became a desolate land.

But regardless, this was the last clue, and he had to go check it out.

He will forever uphold the will of the Ice Queen until the very last moment of his life.

Seeing that Alfonso hadn't done anything unnecessary, packed his things, and quietly left Vimo Manor in the night, Gudu flew back.

"They've already left?"

"Goo-"

"You've worked hard, go and rest."

Gudu yawned, found an empty vase, and crawled inside to sleep.

Jiang Bai held a pointer on a zither, and the name on the pointer was none other than Trofin Schneitzvich.

He dipped the pointer into the blood dripping from Alfonso's body and wrote his name on the pointer.

Currently, the "Returning to One's Roots" service is almost saturated with customers; 90 out of 100 pointers are already engraved with names.

Unfortunately, the customer mortality rate is not high enough, so these pointers are temporarily locked and cannot be updated.

Jiang Bai deliberately kept ten sticks, not intending to add them to his customers, but thinking that he might need them sometime.

The reason I included Alfonso's real name was simply to see where he would go after leaving Vimo Manor.

Judging from Alfonso's demeanor, he clearly has no intention of giving up on this mission.

So, where he will go is worth investigating.

Anyway, he and the hall master were just wandering around aimlessly, so if they secretly followed, they might be able to see the Fools' headquarters in Sumeru.

Of course, he wouldn't follow too closely, lest Alfonso go directly to the Doctor to apologize, and he would willingly walk into the lion's den.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep."

Hu Tao slept soundly and felt refreshed; the fatigue from clearing the dead zone yesterday had completely disappeared.

The hotel delivered breakfast on time, and Hu Tao woke up Jiang Bai, who was still sleeping in.

Jiang Bai was yawning as he washed his face and brushed his teeth when he suddenly asked a question.

"Are we still going to clean up the dead zone today?"

"Miss Lana probably can't afford the commission fee for the time being..."

Yesterday, they cleared four dead zones in one day, cleaning up the ones closer to Vimo Manor. The remaining ones were in more remote locations, so Lana probably won't ask them to continue clearing dead zones.

"Then let's go check out other places this afternoon. It just so happens that Alfonso came to see me last night..."

Jiang Baijiang told Hu Tao what happened yesterday.

Walnut didn't care; they didn't have a main destination anyway, so they were fine with going anywhere.

"I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to go to the desert. I've never seen a desert in my entire life..."

Walnut, with a piece of toast in her mouth, looked on with longing.

The world of yellow sand in legend must be spectacular.

Chapter 767: Making a fortune by selling water?

"There's definitely a chance. And we have a huge advantage in the desert: we have readily available water sources!"

Jiang Bai held Gudu above his head, and Gudu cooperated perfectly by blowing out a big bubble.

Hu Tao's thoughts drifted off into a tangent, "So, if that's the case, we could make a fortune selling bottled water in the desert, right?"

In the desert, water is a lifeline, money.

In other words, Gudu = money.

"Great idea!" Jiang Bai's eyes lit up instantly.

The head of the hall is truly a business genius!

This desert trip might earn him more than he would have earned from his hard work running his business.

"However, there's a question: in the arid environment of the desert, how much water can Gudu condense?"

Normally, the water that Gudu condenses can be as much as you want, and Jiang Bai uses it almost like a tap.

After all, the surrounding elements are very balanced, and the water element is very abundant.

However, water is extremely scarce in places like deserts, which directly affects aquatic creatures.

If the water that Gudu condenses in the desert is only enough for the two of them, then their grand plan to make money by selling water will have to be abandoned.

"Gudong-"

Gudu tilted his head.

It doesn't know the answer to that question.

It has never been to the desert.

"It's too far ahead now... Let's talk about it when we get to the desert. What if there are many oases in the desert and no shortage of water?"

“That’s true…” Jiang Bai brushed away the Mora flying towards him and landed back on solid ground.

Instead of trying to make money by selling water, why not try to find the treasure of the Red King's ruins in the desert? Wouldn't that be faster than selling water?

Speaking of historical sites, they saw almost no ancient sites along their journey from Huachengguo to Weimozhuang. Even the few dilapidated buildings they occasionally saw were relatively recent.

We didn't see a single one of those ancient, long-standing ruins.

Is it because of the special nature of the Sumeru region?

According to the information currently available, before the war between the demons and gods, this entire Sumeru was a desert. The reason why the rainforest became a rainforest is because the Great Tree King kept planting trees and constantly used his power to transform this land, which is why the rainforest came into being.

With this connection, it suddenly became normal that they hadn't seen the relics of the previous civilization with the Celtic triangle carved on them in Xumi.

"Then let's leave this afternoon, follow Alfonso from a distance to see where he goes, and then head towards the desert!"

That afternoon, the two said goodbye to Lana and continued their journey.

Alfonso was injured and traveled very slowly. Since his destination was the former Huan Nalan, he took the main roads, which made it very easy for Jiang Bai to track him.

Jiang Bai wasn't afraid of losing him. With the Four Directions Instrument in hand, he could always find him by following the direction the pointer indicated.

The two arrived at the Zen Garden, which was not far from Vimalakirti Village, before dark.

Zenna Garden is a research base exclusively for the Life Theory School, and it covers a large area.

All sorts of plants are planted here, and many scholars of the biophilosophy school wander among them.

A number of houses and shops have been gathered around the Zen Garden.

As the saying goes, where there are people, there are business opportunities. These people gathered around the Zen Garden to provide food, entertainment, and even accommodation for the scholars inside. Although it was not as prosperous as the city of Sumeru, at least the competition here was less intense.

"Oh well, I don't have to sleep outdoors tonight."

Walnut was quite happy to see a gathering place.

Even with Jiang Bai around, sleeping outdoors still provides shelter from the wind and rain through doors and windows.

But ultimately, there was no comfortable, warm bed.

It's fine to rest in the wild occasionally, but if you rest in the wild all the time, you'll turn into a wild man.

Jiang Bai looked out over the Zen Garden built against the mountain and saw many students coming out in twos and threes to find food as the night gradually darkened.

Although there is a canteen in Zenna Garden, the food is the same every day, and it's nowhere near as good as what you get outside.

"I don't know if Zenna Garden is open to visitors."

"It's probably similar to the schools of the Biological School in the Faith Council."

Walnut wasn't very interested in visiting the Zen Garden, and she couldn't understand the various plant studies inside.

After enjoying a hot dinner, Jiang Bai leaned against the window of his hotel room, observing the crowds on the street below.

I was just browsing casually, but I unexpectedly came across Alfonso.

Even though we set off so much earlier than them, we still ran into each other here.

Jiang Bai couldn't help but wonder if there was a gathering place for the Fools here.

Jiang Bai carefully examined Alfonso. He seemed to be in better condition than when he was injured yesterday, and there was a scholar in a bio-theory uniform beside him giving him instructions.

"Is this where you heal your wounds...?"

The medical care in Sumeru is free, and most of the scholars of the Life Theory School are also healers, so it is quite normal for them to heal their injuries first.

I originally planned to follow from a distance, but the other person was too slow, and I was overtaken...

Jiang Bai had mixed feelings.

"Jiang Bai, can you see that over there?" Hu Tao's excited voice came over.

He stood by the west-facing window, excitedly pointing to the distant mountains in the southwest.

"The trees in that area are all huge! The whole area is full of such big trees!"

Jiang Bai looked at the map in the direction Hu Tao pointed out. "If I'm not mistaken, that should be the [Water and Sky Jungle]."

"Let's go take a look tomorrow."

Walnut was very interested in that place.

When she was little, she had a small wish: to build a treehouse in a tree, so that she could live in a tree like a bird.

Unfortunately, the trees at the ancestral hall are not big enough to build a house on them.

Upon arriving in Sumeru, one finds treehouses everywhere, especially in Sumeru City, where the entire city is situated atop towering trees.

Although this small wish has long since faded with the passage of time, it doesn't stop her from wanting to play on those particularly large trees, swinging on the vines like a nimble monkey.

"Okay," Jiang Bai readily agreed.

Of course, we'll go wherever the leader says.

Jiang Bai went downstairs to ask the locals about the Water and Sky Forest. He felt that there was a large, solitary patch of tall trees there, which seemed quite unique.

"You're going to the Water and Sky Jungle?"

"Is it dangerous?"

"No, it's just that it rains there very frequently. Also, there's a lot of water below, not many roads, and the visibility is poor due to the fog."

"That's not all. There are also a lot of monsters over there, and mushroom spores everywhere. Be careful not to inhale too many spores, or a mushroom will grow inside your stomach."

A vendor next to them chimed in, as if telling a scary story to children.