Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1156 Why are there more and more people?

Aiwass finally forgave Sine - even though strictly speaking, Sine had done nothing wrong.

After all, he didn't need the Water Celestial Fragment, and it didn't really serve him much. The Fire Fragment, on the other hand, was of some significance to him.

The holder of the Fire Fragment is dead, but Aiwass doesn't have the time to snatch the fragment... nor does he need it that much.

So Aiwass paid a water fragment in advance, which was the most conservative price, that is, directly exchanging the fragment of Geometry for another fragment. No matter how Sine completed the process, whether it was bought by himself, exchanged, or robbed, it was up to him.

Whatever he earned extra belonged to him, and if he lost money, Aiwass would not reimburse him.

——So the essence of this matter is that Aiwass found a scalper.

As long as the scalper didn't run away with the money and didn't give the ticket, there was nothing to be sorry about - at worst, Aiwass could just go and trade with others. It was wise for Zhengsine to return the deposit directly to Aiwass instead of rushing into the desert alone and leaving Aiwas penniless.

Aiwass really didn't believe that "Hassan the Flame Fist" would not trade with him.

The Fire Fragment was just a special power for them. According to Sine's information, Hassan was a fourth-level mage, so he was at the fifth level at best. With this fragment, he might be able to fight against the Advent God, but that was about it.

——But the water fragments can really attract water.

As one of the four elemental fragments left by Geometry God in the material world, the water fragment represents the laws of water in the material world - flow, evaporation, and solidification.

Although its attack usually manifests as freezing... it can actually summon water out of thin air.

This principle is the same as the contract signed between Yuan Tiansi and the good masters, which also summons matter from the dream world. The magic craftsman of Yan Tiansi also summoned the fire element from the dream world, and the Dawn Fire Technique also summoned the Dawn Fire from the dream world.

Even the contracts signed between Yuan Tiansi and the benevolent masters required various costs - either human sacrifice or imparting some spiritually polluted knowledge. These water sources were not free, but the benevolent masters were able to bear these costs through slaves.

The ancient Parthia was not a place where living people could live.

There is something beneath the Forbidden Desert - said to be a large number of Sinthorns, but it could be something else. They have sucked the "blood of the earth" and sucked the water away along with it. In this case, any water that falls will be quickly drained by the Sinthorns below, and this is a cursed land where no life can thrive.

But the presence of good Lords brought about a change.

Before the ancient Parthian Empire split, they were called "forbidden magicians". They were also a branch that split off after the collapse of the Tower of Babel. As secret keepers, they mastered many forbidden spells, including the ability to communicate with Yuan Tiansi to summon water.

When they were exiled to the desert, they used their forbidden magic to create oases. At that time, the monarch of the Parthian Empire still existed, so they formed an extremely terrifying empire. The reputation of the Desert Cavalry was known to the world, and even the Herasil Empire in its heyday had to pay attention to it.

So they signed a contract with Yuan Tiansi and offered sacrifices in exchange for water, thus creating an oasis in this cursed desert, which allowed people to survive in this desert. In this process, "people" were the currency used to exchange water from Yuan Tiansi...

Because water shortage is the most fundamental contradiction in Anxi, and water has become the most precious currency. Therefore, "living people" who can be exchanged for water have become a kind of currency linked to water - it can also be called "water-based" currency.

It is for this reason that slavery became the most basic and unshakable political structure of the Parthian Empire.

In this case, the water fragments of Geometry will bring them unprecedented changes——

Both are about creating water out of thin air, but the difference is that water fragments do not require any cost.

——Or in other words, summoning water from the material world actually does not require a price. Endless water fills the domains of several water-attributed celestial officials, just as darkness is everywhere in the domain of the fallen celestial officials. The price that the Deep Celestial Official extorted was the reward he himself received—in order to spread and continue the remaining fire of the forbidden path, rather than the cost required to summon water.

When Yuan Tiansi arrived, endless water directly formed a huge lake like the ocean in the forbidden desert, which was proof of this.

Although the things under the desert can absorb water, it does not make the water disappear. As long as there is enough water, lakes can be accumulated.

The water that was naturally generated when He descended could completely offset the curse of the Forbidden Desert and even create a lake that would never dry up. This was enough to prove that "water" had no cost to Yuan Tiansi. And the fragments of Jihe Tiansi could do the same thing.

But the fragment came back just in time.

Without it, Aiwass would not have been able to include Isabel in the trip.

After all, Isabel is still pregnant... Even if the physique of a fifth-level extraordinary person is strong enough, she cannot lack water at least.

Fortunately, Isabel has the art of puppetry, which allows her to hide her true self by transforming into another person, so she doesn't need to worry about her true self being attacked or facing similar risks.

Aiwass tested it and found that the staff did not show the panel attributes. As a fragment brought back from the ruins of the Tower of Babel, it was also something that Aiwass had never obtained in the past reincarnation. Aiwass, who did not have the adaptability of the Path of Wisdom, could not activate its power, so it could only lie quietly in Aiwass's hand.

In order to use this staff, one needs a smart person who can be recognized by the Geometry God.

——That’s naturally Sherlock.

Aiwass discussed with Isabel whether to bring Sherlock directly or let Isabel become Sherlock - in the end, under Aiwass's strong request, Isabel gave up the latter proposal.

In addition, there was Zhu Tang who was going home, and Mr. Mu, a warrior monk who was traveling with him. And Ibn, the court ritual master who was going back for revenge... He was also Aiwas's ritual teacher, so Aiwas had to take him with him when he went to the ancient Parthia.

There are already six people.

Since they had brought so many people with them and Lily had asked to go with them, it was difficult for Aiwass to refuse. Since Lily was here, Selene, the moon witch, and her summoned beast, Shark, also came along.

——That’s how the number of people gradually increased.

In the blink of an eye, this has become a team of eight people!

They were going to enter Anxi from the east of Narcissus Territory, which was the direction from which Zhu Tang and his group had escaped. And that place was still far from the heart of Anxi... Considering that so many people needed to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, they simply organized a brigade and a convoy.

They didn't need guards, but they needed servants, translators, and guides. Gradually, the number of people increased to more than 50, and the number of vehicles in the convoy gradually increased to 18. The purpose of the trip was to establish diplomatic relations - and that didn't even include people from the Theocracy.

“…Why do I feel like tourism is gradually turning into diplomacy?”

Isabel sighed: "I still want to go out and have some fun."

"It's all the same, it's all the same..."

Aiwass soothed.

(End of this chapter)