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Unexpectedly, they came to this stone city with Sanji, and he used a branding iron to burn off the tattoos on their shoulders representing officials and slaves, so they became 'runaway slaves'.
The Sunlight Nation's management of slaves is very strict. All slaves must have a mark engraved on their body. If they destroy the mark privately, they will be regarded as "fugitive slaves". Once discovered, they will be killed on the spot.
These special slaves have no tattoos to prove their identity, so they can only stay in this stone city and become Sanji's private property. They are strong and strong, and all of them are good miners, providing Sanji with a lot of spiritual crystals.
In fact, this stone city was only used as a cover. Sanji did not manage it at all. In order to prevent them from escaping, he even strictly controlled the water source and food.
"Then what happened to Xiaochuan?"
"He's Da Xi's child, Da Chuan." Da Xi was a very strong martial artist, but he offended someone. Together with the child, he was sentenced to three years as an official slave. Sanji didn't pay attention at the time, so they used the car together. Pulled to Shicheng, and when I found out that there was a child, it was too late.
Sanji had already destroyed the tattoos of the slaves by his tricks, so he didn't provoke his slaves any more, he let the child exist, and as long as he caused trouble, he let him fend for himself now...
"The tea is gone, you go downstairs and let the stone bring some water." Hearing this, Gu Jingchen said suddenly.
Wu Ri was a little confused when he heard the words, so he looked up at Cheng Yifan and saw that he had no objection, so he stood up and said, "Yes."
When he left, Bai Jin came over again and asked in a low voice, "What's the situation? Are we in the den of thieves?"
It's a pity that the three of them are not in the mood to pay attention to him.
After a while, the sound of heavy footsteps sounded, Shi Shi came up with a pot of water, and Wu Ri followed behind him.
Stone entered the door and saluted several people, then walked to the coffee table and added water to the teapot.
"Several slow use." Stone said and was ready to retire.
"Stone." Gu Jingchen suddenly stopped him.
Stone stopped and turned to look over.
"Sit down for a while, we have something to ask you."
There was a struggling and hesitant expression on Shi Shi's face, and Wuri also looked at him nervously.
Gu Jingchen didn't urge, just looked at him quietly.
In the end, Stone still walked to the table and slowly sat down on his knees.
"The villain can't stay too long..."
"That's a long story short." Gu Jingchen brought a slight smile on his face and poured a cup of tea for the stone.
Shi Shi shook his hands, took the cup of tea, and drank it slowly.
"Tell me about the Shengji Pills."
With a 'click' sound, the stone actually crushed the teacup.
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Stone gritted his teeth, but chose a straightforward confession, "My tattoo was scalded by a soldering iron. If there is Shengjiwan, a new ròu can grow, and then I can find a place to hide, wait until If you go back when your sentence is over, no one will notice."
This is also the reason why Shi Shi was a little lost when he saw Cheng Yifan taking out the Shengji Pill.
Speaking of which, it is also special for the country of the Sunyao Kingdom. Due to the constant heat, all the people of the Sunyao Kingdom have dark skin and only wear bunts. Therefore, the tattoo representing the slave pattern will be particularly conspicuous if it is tattooed on the shoulder. The hierarchy of the Sunlight Kingdom is very strict, slaves are the least status, and the escape of slaves is the least allowed behavior.
They are all official slaves and people who have the opportunity to recover their freedom. Although official slaves have a time limit, they are often hired to do some extremely hard work. There are also those who are arrogant and try to escape, but the end is not much better.
The spiritual crystal ore vein is very hard, and even the skin of the stone layer cannot be broken by strength alone, so it must be a martial artist above the vein level to be able to excavate smoothly. For the purpose of mining, Sanji specially selected a group of people with the most outstanding physical strength among the officials and slaves. He drugged them in the drinking water in the middle of the transportation, and destroyed their tattoos after they fainted.
Registration is required to enter and leave the city. They looked like they were born and raised in the Sunyao country. Naturally, they had to check the information. Once the information about leaving the city and the information about entering the city did not match, their identities would be revealed bào.
If they return to Sunlight Country like this, without Sanji's token, they will be regarded as fugitive slaves, not to mention the scars on their shoulders that cannot be concealed, making them unable to even hide their names.
Therefore, they have no choice but to stay and take orders from Sanchi.
The shopkeeper of this store is called Sangjia, who is Sanji's cousin of the same family. On the surface, he is a businessman who purchases supplies for Sanji and transports them to Shicheng. He opened this store just to cover for Sanji. In fact, it was just to help Sanji secretly transport the excavated spirit crystals back to Sunlight Country.
These slaves dig around the clock in the hot environment, accumulating a lot of wealth for Sanji and Sanjia, but they eat the worst. Not only have they never been full, but even water is limited. Stone has several brothers, who have been tortured in the mining area and are out of shape.
The exploitation of the Sangji brothers and the hardships of Shicheng's survival were really unbearable. At this time, Cheng Yifan and the others who suddenly arrived gave Shishi hope. The only way he can think of is to get Shengji Pills, remove the scar that represents their slave status, and escape from the hell of Shicheng with his companions. Qíng is willing to live in the wasteland, wait until the sentence is over, and then find a way to go. Through some connections, get a fake identity and go back to the Sunlight Kingdom incognito.
"Heh, have you thought about what will happen to the others if you run away and Sang Ji and Sang Jia find out?" Gu Jingchen asked in a deep voice.
Stone's face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't think about it.
"And even if you managed to escape, in this huge wasteland, without food and water, how far can you go? If Sanji leads a team to chase, how far can you run on two legs?"
One sentence after another, Shengsheng asked Shishi to be speechless, sweating like rain.
"Do you know how many officials and slaves there are in Shicheng?" Gu Jingchen asked suddenly after changing the conversation.
"The officials and slaves were shipped in several batches. I only know that there were about forty or fifty people in our group." Although Gu Jingchen asked this question, Shishi still told the truth.
"There are one hundred and thirty people in the villain's group." Wu Ri also replied softly.
"So how many of Sanchi's cronies and guards are there?"
"Thirty or fifty people...not many..." If it weren't for the lack of manpower, Sanji wouldn't have chosen the slaves like Wuji to serve as the guards of the well.
"Then I'll ask the last question, how many warriors like you have reached the Qi martial state?"
Shitou thought for a while, "After all, there are only a few warriors in the Qi Martial Realm. Besides me, there are four or five people, all of whom have been assigned to work in different stores."
Hearing this, Gu Jingchen already had a bottom in his heart. He picked up the teacup and took a slow sip, and said softly, "So, do you want to cooperate with us?"
"Cooperation? How to cooperate?" Stone asked in astonishment.
"Unite, fight back." Just four words are enough.
The number of slaves far outnumbered Sanji's men. Sanji chose warriors above the Tongmai realm for mining. Once these warriors united to fight back, what a terrible force would it be?
Experts like Shi Shi will be singled out and put to work in this shop. In fact, it is because Sanji is worried that these masters of Qi and martial arts will be oppressed too hard, and those who rebound from him will not be able to suppress him. Just pick them out and watch over them.
"Instead of hiding in the future, it's better to do the opposite and start with qiáng first." Gu Jingchen's voice was as calm as water, but his words made Shishi and Wu Ri's heart agitated, "Get rid of Sanji and Sanji. A, you directly take over the stone city, and still use the spirit crystal to exchange with the lord of the west city in exchange for a lot of materials to live here."
"Jiāo Yi's people have changed, won't the West City Lord be suspicious?"
"As long as the spirit crystal is in hand, I believe he won't care about it at all."
Stone was silent, and began to seriously think about the feasibility of this matter.
At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and Sang Jia's loud voice, "Stone! Stone, you lazy bone! Where are you hiding! How long does it take to bring water and tea?!"
Just as Sang Jia rushed to the door of Cheng Yifan's room and was about to break in, the closed door suddenly opened, and the tall figure of the stone appeared in front of him.
"Sorry, shopkeeper, I accidentally spilled the water, and the stone is helping us mop the floor."
"Oh, so that's what happened?" Sang Jia's fat face squeezed out a blunt smile. After all, he didn't have a seizure on the spot, just kicked the stone and told him to roll down and live.
After Shi Shi and Sang Jia left, Bai Jin blinked twice and asked stupidly, "Does he really believe it?"
Such a stupid reason, does anyone really believe it?
"Oh, believe it or not, it's not the time to really tear your face."
"Senior brother, why should we help them?" Puyang Boyan watched for a long time. With his intelligence, he naturally understood the ins and outs of the matter, but this matter had nothing to do with them. They will be early tomorrow morning. You can get out of here, why bother?
"Idiot, this is helping us." Before Gu Jingchen could answer, Hu Wei couldn't help but scold. At this time, he really admired Gu Jingchen and Cheng Yifan, two young people. They are bold, careful, courageous, and talented. They will have an unlimited future in the future.
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"What do you mean?" Puyang Boyan was a little confused.
Hu Wei was not willing to pay attention to him, but Cheng Yifan told Puyang Boyan about their encounter with Sanji, and Sanji sent someone to follow them.
Puyang Boyan was a smart one, and he quickly figured out the key points. Since Sanji ruined the tattoos of these people and ruined their chance to regain their freedom, it was impossible for them to leave. Cheng Yifan and the others bought Wuri, rescued Dachuan, and will leave Shicheng for the Sunlight Kingdom tomorrow. In order to prevent his secret from being revealed, Sanji will not let them leave smoothly.
"When do you think he'll do it?"
"It should be tonight." Gu Jingchen drank the tea in his hand.
"You mean...? He wants to get rid of us all? Isn't that right?" Puyang Boyan said in disbelief.
If you want to get rid of them, it would be too conspicuous to do it in Shicheng, right? Wouldn't it be more troublesome if the news got out? It's better to wait until they leave the city tomorrow before starting, but they don't know it.
"Heh, what's not to do?" Hu Wei sneered, "Shicheng is Sanji's territory. If something goes wrong, he has the ability to settle it. The big deal is to kill some more people."
"After all, we are the people selected by the Qixia Kingdom to study at Tianhong Academy. How could he dare to attack them?"
"The journey is difficult and dangerous, who knows if we will be accidentally killed? Who else will know that he did this?" After all, in this wasteland, anything is possible.
Puyang Boyan curled his lips and said, "Then what should we do next?"