Chapter 100: Chapter 100: Carrot

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    The vast desert stretched endlessly, its golden sands the sole dominant color. The sound of the howling wind echoed incessantly as it carried the sand across the land and sky.

    A pair of fiery red wings sliced through the sky above the yellow sands with a rumbling sound of breaking wind. The strong wind carved a trail on the ground that was quickly covered by the shifting dunes.

    Xiao Yan was flying directly from Desert City to Rock Desert City. For ordinary people, the distance between the two cities was a very long one.

    To put it in perspective, Desert City was like a port city, while Rock Desert City was like an island in the middle of the sea. However, for Xiao Yan who could fly, it only took him an hour to arrive.

    As for the map Hai Bodong had given him, he didn''t even spare it a glance.

    Soon, the outline of Rock Desert City nestled in the Tager Desert faintly appeared in Xiao Yan''s line of sight.

    The smile on his face grew a few more degrees as he saw the city not far away.

    When he was still a few hundred meters away, Xiao Yan retracted his Eagle Wings and slowly landed at the city gates, paid the entry fee, and followed the stream of people inside.

    ''There sure are a lot of people here.''

    To his surprise, this city in the desert had a considerable flow of people coming and going. Most of them were fierce-looking mercenaries armed with swords and daggers. There were also a few traveling merchants among them.

    Rock Desert City had a heavier, more oppressive atmosphere than the cities within the empire. The people who chose to stay here all came for the resources in the desert. Perhaps due to the Snake-People Race, the defenses here were much stricter than in Wu Tan City. Fully armed city guards could be seen patrolling everywhere.N/ne?w n0vel chap/ers are published o/n

    After entering the city, Xiao Yan casually inquired and easily found out the location of the Desert Metal Mercenary Company.

    ''It seems Big Brother and Second Brother''s mercenary company has quite a reputation in Rock Desert City.''

    Xiao Yan couldn''t help but feel a few traces of curiosity in his heart upon hearing the residents'' evaluation of the Desert Metal Mercenary Company.

    He walked south, and soon a compound similar in size to the huge compound the Xiao Clan occupied in Wu Tan City appeared before his eyes.

    At the top of the compound, a flag waved in the wind with the words ''Desert Metal Mercenary Company'' written in large letters. The drawing on the flag faintly emitted a sense of unyielding iron-bloodedness.

    Xiao Yan felt his anxious heart relax a little as he looked at the huge compound. At least his two older brothers had succeeded in establishing themselves outside.

    His Big Brother Xiao Ding and Second Brother Xiao Li were his biological elder brothers born

    to the same parents.

    "Hahaha! Xiao-Yan-Zi, you finally came. How is it? Does this Desert Metal Mercenary Company pass muster in the eyes of a genius like you?" Xiao Li laughed heartily as he quickly stepped forward, giving Xiao Yan a bear hug and a big pat on the back. His voice was equally filled with excitement and joy.

    Xiao Yan put his arm around Xiao Li''s shoulder and laughed, "Not bad at all. Their physical condition is pretty good and they have guts too. At least there are no spineless cowards among them. They deserve a reward!"

    Xiao Yan flicked his storage ring, and ten bottles filled with medicinal pills appeared in his hand with a series of clangs.

    The eyes of the mercenaries lying on the ground immediately lit up when they saw those bottles brimming with pills. Even Xiao Ding and Xiao Li couldn''t help being a little startled.

    Their father, Xiao Zhan, had long told them that Xiao Yan was an alchemist who had refined a large number of pills for the clan. This allowed the Xiao Clan to monopolize the entire Wu Tan City and become the sole dominant force.

    Even so, the sight of Xiao Yan''s generous gift still gave them a shock.

    "Here are nine bottles of 1st-tier Rejuvenation Pills suitable for Dou Practitioners. They can heal wounds quickly. There''s also a bottle of 2nd-tier Body Recovery Pills suitable for Dou Masters. These pills not only help with external wounds but are also effective for internal

    injuries."

    "Second Brother, take care of the distribution." Xiao Yan directly stuffed all the bottles into the arms of a dumbstruck Xiao Li.

    "Tsk tsk tsk, you really are something..." Xiao Li was at a loss for words. So many pills! Even the biggest medicinal merchant in Rock Desert City probably couldn''t take out this many at

    once.

    Standing behind them, Xiao Ding glanced at Xiao Yan and understood his intentions in doing this. Carrot and stick-this move would likely unite the entire Desert Metal Mercenary Company like a solid steel plate.

    Xiao Yan wasn''t just simply testing the members of the mercenary company, but also raising

    the standing of his two elder brothers to prevent anyone from becoming a mole for outside

    mercenary companies.

    Even moles would turn into their own men with this gesture.