As a lord, I was forced to farm

"Keep your distance! Keep your distance!!"

"Don't rush, don't rush, attack it."

"Bite it! Bite it!"

With the addition of over a hundred sand wolves, the battle quickly stabilized, and six Flame Armored Wild Boars, their necks bitten off, lay on the ground.

Gao Zhan shouted to the desert people, "Bring the Flame Armored Wild Boars back to the village. Cover the blood outside the village with sand. Be careful!"

Although the monster attack on the village was fraught with danger, the spoils of victory were a welcome surprise. This Flame Armored Boar could feed the village's hundred-plus residents for a month or two.

The weak men and women, who had no fighting ability, quickly grabbed knives, while the experienced ones skinned and shaved the bones off the Flame Armor Boar.

The animal tamers, led by Li Peilian, began to examine the sand wolves' injuries.

"Fortunately, no sand wolves died. The most serious injury was to a leg, which will heal in a few days."

To encourage the sand wolves' bravery, the people of Stone Village immediately threw the entrails and bones of the Flame Armored Wild Boar to them.

The Sand Wolf leader "Victory" even received a whole delicious piece of Flame Armor Wild Boar meat.

While everyone was busy, Jiang Ran approached the ancient tree with its vibrant flowers.

The ancient tree seemed to know that Jiang Ran, the master of the secret realm, had arrived. Its branches trembled slightly, and a bright blue flower fell from it. Jiang Ran reached out and picked it up, then held the flower to her nose and gently smelled it.

A porcelain bottle appeared in her palm, and Jiang Ran poured about a hundred drops of bitter water onto the roots of the Zhanhua Ancient Tree.

Over the past two years, the Juzhu Stone Bowl has accumulated thousands of drops of bitter water. Every so often, Jiang Ran would send someone to water the Zhanhua Ancient Tree with these bitter water droplets.

The effects of the bitter water droplets are most effective when used on withered spiritual plants such as the Zhanhua Ancient Tree. Over the past two years, two to three thousand drops of bitter water droplets have been dripped onto the Zhanhua Ancient Tree. Fortunately, it has been quite effective, and the grooves and scars on the ancient tree have gradually been erased.

"Drink plenty of water, it's good for photosynthesis." Jiang Ran had already confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the Zhanhua Ancient Tree. All things grow and decline in cycles. The fact that the Zhanhua Ancient Tree couldn't protect the plants in Shi Village this time was just because it had reached its decline period.

"Your Highness, is the Zhanhua Ancient Tree alright?"

As they descended the small hillside where the ancient Zhanhua tree stood, countless desert people looked at Jiang Ran with worried eyes.

Jiang Ran paused her gaze on the child in the adult's arms, then said, "It's alright."

Over the past two years, many babies have been born in Shicun.

During this raging fire in the heart of the earth, even these infants with weaker constitutions were affected, developing high fevers.

"Distribute the supplies." Jiang Ran waved her hand over her ink ring, and countless water resources, food, and medicines were taken out. "Doctor, start preparing the medicine."

The desert man's eyes lit up when he saw the pile of things; his joy was palpable.

Gao Zhan: "Aren't you going to thank His Highness the Prince for his kindness?"

"Thank you, Chieftain Da Ran!" The desert people knelt down one after another, first shouting in the desert language, then kowtowing to Jiang Ran, and then saying in the somewhat strange accent of the mainland language, "Your Highness, Prince Duoxie!"

“Many new stone houses have been built in Stone Village.” Jiang Ran looked around Stone Village.

In Shicun, almost every household has three or four sand wolves, and the desert people will build a small stone house for the sand wolves.

The desert people's lives are much better now than before, otherwise they wouldn't be able to support so many sand wolves. Their main sources of income are mining sun stones (Xihe stones), planting grass, and cultivating fire ginger and fire rock flowers.

However, given the harsh environment, most of the money they earn from their labor is spent on buying water and food.

Apart from young adults like Mu Shali who went out to make a living, the other old people in the desert never thought of leaving the Xiangling Secret Realm, precisely to make up for the mistakes they made in cutting down the Extinction Ancient Tree and harming the Zhanhua Ancient Tree.

"A beautiful stone for the beautiful Chieftain Da Ran." Suddenly, a seven or eight-year-old desert girl blushed and carefully placed a Xihe stone in Jiang Ran's hand. After placing the stone, the little girl shyly hid behind her mother.

For the people of the desert, a Xihe Stone can fetch a lot of money. The girl must really like Jiang Ran to be willing to give away this Xihe Stone.

The girl's actions were absolutely adorable.

Jiang Ran glanced at the girl with small ram horns and eyes, then lowered her head and gently kissed the Xihe Stone to express her gratitude.

A slight murmur rippled through the crowd, and the desert people uttered sounds of praise and joy. Next, more desert children and even adults carried sun stones and Xihe stones toward Jiang Ran, hoping to receive a kiss.

Jiang Ran had a bad feeling. She was somewhat surprised by the desert people's sudden excitement. Before everyone could rush up, she went to the spacious and best stone house that Gao Zhan had prepared in advance.

Gao Zhan smiled wryly, "The villagers of Shi Village are very grateful to Your Highness and love you very much."

Jiang Ran saved the ancient Zhanhua tree, which they regarded as a sacred tree, and provided them with a continuous source of water when they had been thirsty for a hundred years. Moreover, she was powerful and defeated Muqi, who had dominated the desert for decades. Therefore, the people of the desert greatly respected her.

When Gao Zhan arrived here, he discovered that although the desert people here did not understand the mainland language, as long as they mentioned the name of His Highness the Prince, these tall and seemingly barbaric desert people would become extremely obedient.

"You've learned the language of the desert?" Jiang Ran glanced at Gao Zhan. She had just noticed that Gao Zhan was using the language of the desert to give them orders.

Gao Zhan sighed, "It's really too difficult to teach them to speak the mainland language. The children are fine; after two years of teaching, they can communicate normally without any problems. But the language ability of middle-aged people seems to have reached a certain point. At most, we can only teach them to understand the mainland language."

To better understand and integrate into Shicun, Gao Zhan learned the language of the desert.

Language barriers hindered communication, slowing down the integration of the desert people into Dasu. In order to promote the development of Shicun, Gao Zhan tried to attract the Dasu people from outside Xiangling Secret Village to travel or even work in Xiangling. However, only a few could endure the harsh environment of the desert people.

So, after all this, the most urgent task is to speed up the planting of grass, bring the oasis Crescent Lake back to Nanling, and improve the facilities in Shicun.

After resting for a night in Shicun, Jiang Ran, accompanied only by Gao Zhan and a few locals familiar with the area, headed towards the even hotter Northern Antelope.

"It's so hot!" The closer they got to the Fiery Heart Earth Fire, the more unbearable the heat became. Gao Zhan and the other desert people were sweating profusely, and they could only prevent themselves from dehydrating by constantly replenishing their fluids.

The sand was scorching hot underfoot, slowing the sand wolves' pace. They panted, their water pouches on either side of their cheeks becoming shriveled.

After traveling for about half a day, Jiang Ran and the others suddenly saw patches of fiery red flowers, as well as tracks of other sand wolves.

The sand wolf opposite first barked fiercely at the stranger a few times, but stopped immediately after Gao Zhan shouted at it, and then pounced on him enthusiastically, wagging its tail. (End of this chapter)