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The Beacon Pier of Gelding Lake is actually a large market town with many buildings.

There is no night on the planet Mandala, so the people who live here do not have the habit of working at sunrise and resting at sunset. They are free to choose how long they want to rest.

Most of the people living on the planet Mandala are cultivators and don't need much rest. They basically don't care about the difference in time. The popular planet Mandala is also cosmic standard time.

For cultivators who are away from home, the most important thing is not rest, but supplies. This includes food and hydration, as well as a variety of other supplies. Cultivators are not immortals, they don't have the ability to open the valley, basic food and water are still indispensable. It would be even better if it could be traded by the way.

As an important road into the Rock Tower Desert, the Gelding Lake Beacon Pier is the preferred foothold for most adventurers entering the Rock Tower Desert. Adventurers can replenish food and water here, as well as various special supplies to enter the Rock Tower Desert. In addition to that, trading is also available here.

The biggest specialty of the Rock Tower Desert is the Dream Diamond. Most of the adventurers come here to try their luck and look for the Star Dream Diamond. If they dig up the Dream Diamond, they will usually choose to sell it on the spot at the Beacon Pier in Gelding Lake in exchange for something else. Otherwise, it would be too unsafe to take the Dream Drill on the road.

The number of adventurers traveling to and from the Rock Tower Desert is generally large. Especially in June and July of Universal Standard Time, the number of adventurers is at its highest. Because, at this time, the rock tower desert is the quietest. This means that at this time of year, the Gelding Lake Beacon Pier is also the most lively.

A lively market town, the existence of inns is naturally indispensable. In the Beacon Pier of Gelding Lake, there are several large inns for cultivators to settle down. Second Inn. It is one of the largest buildings in the Beacon Pier. The owner of the second inn, called Zhou Fanghuai, is also a cultivator, fat and round, not like the owner of the inn. It's like opening a steamed bun shop.

Some time ago, business at the Second Inn has been very good. Every day is full, and Boss Zhou's mood is naturally so comfortable that he can't see his teeth. However, in the past few days, Boss Zhou's brows have not dispersed, and they have been wrinkled tightly. It seems to be firmly glued.

The inn of the beacon pier of Gelding Lake always ushers in the off-season after the peak season every year. Sometimes, there is not a single guest on the door for several days in a row. All innkeepers are used to such an off-season. Therefore, the reason why Boss Zhou frowned was definitely not because of bad business. He was very worried that the inn he opened might not exist for long in the Beacon Pier of Gelding Lake.

This morning, he got very bad news. It is said that the bandits who are swarming have begun to gather. Their purpose was to come to the Beacon Pier of Gelding Lake. Obviously, the Gelding Lake Beacon Pier is about to experience war again. It's really hard to say whether this inn of his can be defended or not!

Everyone knows that once war breaks out. The building is definitely going to be damaged. Either it was destroyed, burned, or even demolished alive. Or it was snatched away. Those bandits who are swarming are not good people. If they come. The second inn is absolutely not guaranteed.

Other merchants can run away with their own people and money, and come back when the war calms down. However, he, the owner of the inn, can't. There was a huge inn here, where did he run, where could he go? He could only temporarily send his wife and children away for safety. And he could only take the risk of staying in the beacon pier, waiting for the changes in the situation and seeking a way to preserve. ...,

Although, in normal times, Zhou Fanghuai also worked hard to establish a good relationship with a swarm of bandits. In terms of rules, there has never been a lack of points. Sometimes, there will be a special tribute. However, after all, Beacon Pier is under the jurisdiction of the Red Buddha Temple, and his relationship with the Red Buddha Temple is better. Therefore, there is an obvious mark of the Red Buddha Temple on his body, and it is almost impossible for a swarm of bandits to let him go.

Probably having learned the news that a swarm of bee bandits was about to bloody the Beacon Pier in Gelding Lake, the adventurers in the Beacon Pier all left one after another. The beacon pier, which was supposed to be very lively, has become very deserted these days. Walking around the streets, there are hardly any people to be seen, like a dead city.

In fact, at this moment, the rest of the Beacon Pier are some adventurers who have something to do with the Red Buddha Temple, or they don't care about life and death at all. They should be here, to find out the news for the bandits of the Red Buddha Temple. Others are trying to fish in troubled waters, or take advantage of the fire to rob. These people are pure outlaws, and no one knows which side they will stand on when the war comes.

Zhou Fanghuai looked at the outside of the inn, and at the turn of the street, there was a cultivator who was so downcast that he was paralyzed there to bask in the sun. Looking at his appearance, it feels like he hasn't taken a bath for at least a year and a half. I don't know how high his cultivation level is. Perhaps, this guy will be hacked to death with a knife when a swarm of bandits arrives.

"Ah Fu, how is the situation outside?" Zhou Fanghuai suddenly asked.

"Boss, there hasn't been any movement yet. "The job of observing movement outside is called Ah Fu.

Ah Fu is also a cultivator. Strictly speaking, he should be Boss Zhou's henchman disciple. Otherwise, at this dangerous time, he would not have followed Boss Zhou to stay in the beacon pier. He was in charge of observing the situation outside the beacon pier. At present, there is indeed no movement outside the beacon pier of Gelding Lake.

All around, everything was quiet, as if nothing had happened. The surroundings of the beacon pier of Gelding Lake are dead and silent, as if even the wind and sand have stopped. The sky is also a rare blue. Occasionally, I saw white clouds fluttering gently.

The planet Mandala is not Earth. The climate here is very complex. It is very difficult to see the blue sky and white clouds. And it is even more difficult to stop the wind and sand in the Yanta Desert. However, today, at this time, the blue sky and white clouds came out, and the wind and sand in the Yanta Desert also stopped.

Zhou Fanghuai felt that such a calm was the most terrifying. Before the storm comes, it is always calm and terrible. It can be inferred that the coming man-made storm will definitely be very terrible. Who knows what it will be like when a swarm of bees arrives?

He suddenly regretted that he shouldn't have stayed in the beacon pier. No matter how precious the second inn is, it is not as good as the treasure of one's own life! In the final analysis, the inn is still something outside the body! If one accidentally buries one's own life, what kind of inn can we talk about? As long as one's own life is still there, there is still hope for the inn. If your life is gone, even if the inn is preserved intact, it will be someone else's.

Boss Zhou, who came to his senses, was about to open his mouth to greet Ah Fu and a few other disciples, pack up his things, and prepare to leave the beacon pier as quickly as possible. He had a faint feeling that the swarm of bandits should arrive soon. However, before his words could be spoken, a situation arose.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Suddenly, from the outside of the beacon pier of Gelding Lake, there was a dull sound of footsteps.

The footsteps were very heavy and very dull, as if every foot was stepping on it, it weighed dozens of tons. ...,

At first, heavy footsteps were far away, and they just heard the sound. However, not long after, as the footsteps approached, the sand in the beacon pier began to tremble involuntarily with each foot falling. It can be seen how powerful the footsteps from outside are. At least a behemoth of several thousand tons or more can create such an effect.

Zhou Fanghuai's face changed suddenly. He has been doing business in the beacon pier for so many years, so he naturally knows what kind of monster beast's footsteps this is. Just when he was about to pack up his things and fly away, the swarm of bandits happened to kill him.

At this time, Ah Fu also shouted quickly: "Boss, it's the footsteps of the Earth Walking Dragon!"

Zhou Fanghuai pretended to be calm and nodded, indicating that he understood. As a member of the Beacon Fire Pier of Gelding Lake, Zhou Fanghuai is the most familiar with the footsteps of the Earth Walking Dragon.

Usually, in the beacon pier of Gelding Lake, you will also see the figure of the earth dragon from time to time. For these behemoths, any cultivator will never forget them.

However, after Zhou Fanghuai was frightened, he felt a little strange. How come the swarming bandits have also begun to use the Earth Walking Dragon? In his impression, it seems that only the robbers of the Iron City Society will domesticate the Earth Walking Dragon on a large scale. Could it be that they drove the Earth Walking Dragon over and prepared to move all the valuable things in the Beacon Pier back to their lair? Don't they want to control the Beacon Pier?

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The footsteps of the earth walking dragon are getting closer and closer, and Zhou Fanghuai's face is getting worse and worse.

He judged it. This is not the footsteps of one or two earth-walking dragons, but the footsteps of dozens, dozens of earth-walking dragons. Later, there were more footsteps of the earth-walking dragon, and there were hundreds of them. As the distance got closer and closer, the vibration felt by the beacon pier became more and more intense.

In the street in front of the second inn, the sand on the ground was constantly shaken and rolled by the sound of heavy footsteps. Even the half-dead cultivator who was sleeping soundly opened his eyes in some surprise. In that moment, his eyes actually became extremely sharp. However, after a moment of brutality, he returned to a half-dead and dying state.

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