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The two chatted briefly, and soon a man entered the house from outside.
"My lord, we just received word from the medical department that they need a herb to treat Lord Kazekage," the visitor said respectfully to Karyuro.
"Oh? What herbs do you need?" Galyu asked, frowning.
"It's a herb called 'Qiufeng Yinsha Cao' (丘风饮沙草), which grows deep in the desert under extremely demanding conditions. The medical department hopes you can send someone to find it," the visitor said truthfully.
Karyu nodded after hearing this, and then said, "Where is Kankuro? Let him take some men to search for him."
"Yes, sir," the man replied and then withdrew.
"Aunt Jialuo, I'll help you look for them too," Qiu Xiaoming said immediately when he heard that the medical staff wanted to find herbs.
"You?" Galuro was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and looked at Qiu Xiaoming suspiciously.
“Aunt Galuro, didn’t you think I was a bit bored? So I thought I’d help you out,” Qiu Xiaoming said.
"Um, Xiaoming, don't misunderstand, I didn't mean to..." After hearing Qiu Xiaoming's words, Jialuo thought that he had misunderstood him and hurriedly tried to explain.
"Aunt Jialuo, I didn't misunderstand, don't worry. I just want to go out for a walk too," Qiu Xiaoming said with a smile.
"This..." Galyu hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, but finally agreed, "Alright, then I'll go out with you!"
"Um... Aunt Jialulu, you don't need to come along, right?" Qiu Xiaoming asked hesitantly.
"Xiaoming, you probably don't know how to find your way in the sand, right? What if you get lost?" Jialuo shook his head, insisting on going with Qiu Xiaoming.
"Alright!" Qiu Xiaoming didn't refuse anymore, because he really didn't know how to find his way in the desert, and he might actually get lost.
"Alright, you eat first, I'll go change my clothes." Galuro said, standing up and running upstairs.
Qiu Xiaoming didn't say anything, and just ate a couple of mouthfuls of rice.
Not long after, Karyu came out wearing a different set of clothes.
Qiu Xiaoming looked at the clothes that Jia Liuluo had changed into and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He thought that Jia Liuluo would change into some nice clothes, but he didn't expect that it was similar to what he usually wore, except that he had a headband.
"What's wrong?" Galuro noticed the strange look in Qiu Xiaoming's eyes and looked at his clothes with a puzzled expression, asking.
"No, it's nothing," Qiu Xiaoming said softly, without saying anything more.
"I'm full, let's go." Qiu Xiaoming put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said.
"Okay, let's go." Galuro nodded, then tidied up the dishes and went to the kitchen. After instructing the servants to wash the dishes, he left the house with Qiu Xiaoming.
"Xiao Ming, after we leave the village, you have to stay close to me and don't run around, understand?" Galiluo said as they walked.
"Mmm." Qiu Xiaoming nodded gently, indicating that he understood.
"Whoosh~" After leaving the village, the two figures quickly flew across the desert, leaving behind a series of afterimages.
“There’s a lot of wind in the desert. If you only remember the sand dunes, they’ll disappear when the wind blows, and you’ll easily get lost.” Galuro led the way, explaining to Qiu Xiaoming how to find his way back in the desert.
Qiu Xiaoming nodded repeatedly, listening attentively.
"Where can I find that sand-drinking grass?" Qiu Xiaoming asked, looking at the desolate surroundings.
"I don't know." Galyu shook his head gently.
She had heard of the name "Qiufeng Yinsha Grass," but didn't know where to find it.
“However, we should be able to find it if we just look for strange places. This herb has a rather special growing environment; it can only exist in some strange places,” Galyuro added after a moment’s thought.
Qiu Xiaoming nodded without asking any further questions.
"Huchi~huchi~"
Qiu Xiaoming and Jia Liuluo were running through the desert, with gusts of wind hitting their faces and stinging them painfully.
The desert stretched as far as the eye could see, with nothing but yellow sand.
Qiu Xiaoming felt the dryness of the desert and couldn't help but sigh. This desert is really dry.
Suddenly, Galuro stopped, and Qiu Xiaoming stopped as well.
"What's wrong, Aunt Jialulu?" Qiu Xiaoming asked, looking up.
"Who goes there? How dare you trespass on the territory of my Sunagakure Village?" Karyu shouted coldly, his eyes fixed on a spot.
Karyuro's face, which had always been gentle, turned icy cold at this moment.
"Hehehe~ I didn't expect the people in this world to be so vigilant!" A sinister voice rang out, and an old man slowly walked out from the sand dune.
Chapter 240 The Great Creation Palm
Galyu looked at the old man, his gentle expression replaced by murderous intent.
"You're the one who hurt my son?" Galyu asked coldly.
She recognized the evil aura emanating from the old man before her; she had sensed it from her son, Gaara, and it was this very aura that had kept Gaara in a coma.
"Your son?" The old man sneered and said, "Are you talking about that kid who played in the sand? Heh, that kid didn't know what was good for him, he deserved to die."
"Damn it!" Garuda cursed, his figure suddenly shooting out, his kunai flashing out like lightning, aiming for the old man's throat.
"Whoosh!" However, the old man's figure was like a phantom. Karyu, holding a kunai, simply passed through the old man's body without causing him any harm.
Garyu's beautiful eyes narrowed, and she stood still. The old man's body turned into black smoke, which then slowly condensed.
"Illusion?" Karyu frowned.
"Heh heh, illusion? I wouldn't stoop to such tricks." The old man chuckled sinisterly, his evil aura growing even stronger.
As he spoke, the old man reached out his palm and grabbed at Galullo.
Galuro tried to dodge, but to her horror, she found that she couldn't move at all, as if her whole body was bound.
The old man's sinister smile deepened, and his right hand, with its five fingers bent, was about to grab Galullo.
"Roar of the Fire Dragon!" At this moment, a roar came from afar, and a huge fire dragon burning with flames charged towards them, baring its fangs and claws.
"Hmph!" The old man snorted coldly, and with a wave of his right arm, a black mist instantly rose up, transforming into a ferocious ghost head that fiercely crashed into the fire dragon.
The fire dragon collapsed and dissipated in the blink of an eye under the attack of the demon head.
"You dare to act wildly in front of me with such little strength?" The old man glanced at Qiu Xiaoming with disdain.
"Xiao Ming, run! He's not someone you can handle," Garyu shouted urgently.
Having exchanged only one move, Garyuro clearly understood the gap between himself and the old man.
Even though the old man's attention wasn't on her now, she still felt like a mountain was pressing down on her, making it hard to breathe.
"Run?" the old man chuckled mockingly. "Do you think you can escape?"
Qiu Xiaoming felt a little nervous facing the old man, but he did not back down.
"System! Draw a prize! Ten consecutive draws!" Qiu Xiaoming said to the system in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn a consumable item—Qi Nourishing Powder!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn a consumable item—Dragon Ball Senzu Beans!]
"..."
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn a one-time skill—Great Creation Palm!]
Upon seeing that he had drawn a one-time skill, Qiu Xiaoming's face lit up with joy. With this skill, he should be able to get through this danger!
"Great Creation Palm!" Qiu Xiaoming unleashed the Great Creation Palm without hesitation. Instantly, a powerful aura surged from Qiu Xiaoming's body, directly confronting the old man.
"How is this possible? How could you have such powerful battle qi to drive such a powerful technique?!" The old man stared wide-eyed in shock.
The old man dared not hesitate any longer, quickly pulled away, and then shouted: "Great Star Hand of Senluo!"
As the old man finished speaking, his body was surrounded by twinkling stars, as if he were in a starry sky. The stars transformed into a giant hand covered with countless points of light and collided with Qiu Xiaoming's Great Creation Palm.
"Boom!" A tremendous sound resounded throughout the entire world, and a violent shockwave swept in all directions, with yellow sand flying everywhere, obscuring the sky and covering the entire area for several kilometers.
Galuro was also thrown into the air by the strong gust of wind and finally crashed heavily to the ground.
"Thump!" Before Galyu could react, Qiu Xiaoming was thrown out and crashed hard onto Galyu.
"Oh!"
Galyu felt an excruciating pain in his chest, his vision went black, and he fainted, losing consciousness...
Qiu Xiaoming also fainted after crashing heavily onto Jia Liuluo. The two figures were covered by the yellow sand and disappeared without a trace.
"Cough~ cough~ cough~"
The old man coughed a few times, and a trickle of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, clearly indicating that he had also suffered some injuries, and perhaps quite serious ones at that.
"Damn it, how does this kid have a Heaven-level fighting skill? And he can even activate it?" The old man clutched his chest and cursed under his breath.
"I can't stay here any longer. What if some powerful expert comes? That would be terrible," the old man thought to himself.
Despite this thought, the old man did not leave immediately, but instead searched for Qiu Xiaoming's figure.
Qiu Xiaoming posed too great a threat to him. If he were to let the tiger return to the mountain, he would likely be in big trouble in the future.
After a while, the old man still couldn't find Qiu Xiaoming. He muttered to himself, "Strange? Could he have run away?"
The old man searched carefully and, after confirming that Qiu Xiaoming was not around, turned and left.
Not long after the old man left, Qiu Xiaoming slowly woke up, feeling a soft touch on his face.
Qiu Xiaoming, who had been trapped under the yellow sand, struggled to his feet and crawled out from under the sand. He then looked at the unconscious Jia Liuluo.
"Auntie Galuro! Auntie Galuro!" Qiu Xiaoming shook Galuro a couple of times, but when he found that Galuro did not respond, he panicked.
However, Galullo still did not react at all.
Qiu Xiaoming placed his hand near Galuro's nose and tentatively breathed in.
"Thank goodness, she's still breathing." Qiu Xiaoming breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up Galuro.
"Um...where should I go?" Qiu Xiaoming picked up Jia Liuluo and looked around at the endless desert. He felt lost.
Without Karyu's guidance, he had no way of finding his way back.
"What should I do? What should I do?" Qiu Xiaoming muttered anxiously to himself, his heart filled with worry.
"Should I set up a teleportation point here and then teleport back with Aunt Galuro?" This thought suddenly popped into Qiu Xiaoming's mind.
But soon he shook his head and muttered, "I don't believe I can't get out of this desert."
As he spoke, Qiu Xiaoming carried Galuluo's body and walked across the boundless desert.
These affection points aren't easy to obtain. After setting up a teleportation point at Garyuro's house and teleporting back and forth a few times, he now only has 2700 affection points left.
If we set a teleportation anchor point here, after teleporting back, there will only be 1500 sentiment points left.
"Shh~shh~" Qiu Xiaoming walked on the sand, his footsteps making a soft rustling sound as he stepped on the sand, which sounded particularly jarring.
Chapter 241 Why don't you hold me?
"Damn it! Why haven't I seen an oasis or a village yet?" Qiu Xiaoming wiped the sweat from his forehead and plopped down on the ground.
His eyes were filled with exhaustion, and he was panting heavily; he was completely worn out.
He walked in the desert for two days and one night, without encountering any living creature, let alone an oasis or village, much less water or food.
If it weren't for the Dragon Ball Senzu Beans, he probably would have starved to death in this desert long ago.
For the past two days, Karyuro has also been in a coma.
After Qiu Xiaoming ate a magic bean to fill his stomach, he remembered that magic beans could heal injuries, so he thought of giving her a magic bean to wake her up.
However, the system suddenly gave him a task, forbidding him from feeding Garuda Senzu Beans or teleporting back with Garuda, with a reward of 500 points.
In order to complete the mission, Qiu Xiaoming had no choice but to carry Galuluo through the desert in his arms.
"Damn it, this is killing me," Qiu Xiaoming sighed, continuing to carry Galuro.
After walking for about three hours, it was getting dark when Qiu Xiaoming finally saw a faint green in the distance.
As the green thing drew closer, Qiu Xiaoming finally couldn't contain his excitement and exclaimed, "An oasis? Finally, a place where I can rest!"
Qiu Xiaoming quickened his pace and walked towards the oasis, soon reaching its edge.
Qiu Xiaoming quickly carried Jia Liuluo to a lake, where he lay down and drank the water from the lake in large gulps.
Although he doesn't feel thirsty because of the Senzu Beans, he is still mentally thirsty after not drinking water for a long time.
"Guru Guru~"
Qiu Xiaoming wiped his mouth, stood up, laid Galiluo flat on the lake shore, then scooped up a handful of water and brought it to Galiluo's lips.