Reborn Naruto, I rolled my eyes to the sky

Although we didn't get a detailed map, we can probably determine the location of the ancient city of Loulan with the direction and distance. If the information provided by the old man is not too wrong, at the speed of the ninja, we can find the ancient city of Loulan in about three or four days.

After getting the accurate clues, Fenglan and I were not in a hurry to set off. We just took a break here and asked the old man: "Thank you for the information, can we take a tour here?"

The old man smiled and said, "Of course you can. We also go out to exchange some daily necessities regularly. Sometimes, some caravans pass by here. There are no restrictions on outsiders. However, I have to take care of my grandson, so you two can do as you please."

"Okay, thank you, old man." Feng Lan and I thanked the old man, then bent down and walked out of the tent.

When I first came in, I entered the tent and did not have time to carefully observe the appearance of this small village. Now that I am out of the tent, the first thing that catches my eye is the rare date palm trees that can survive in the desert, sparsely distributed throughout the village.

The date palm tree has extremely deep roots that can absorb precious water in the desert. Its fruit can provide sufficient water and sugar, making it a treasure tree in the desert.

The camels scattered among the trees and chewing on the bushes were important means of transportation and property. After all, ordinary civilians could not walk on the desert as easily as ninjas. Without camels, it was basically impossible to move forward.

Except for the old man's tent we just entered, there are probably dozens of tents in the entire oasis, which means there should be dozens of households. It is not too many, but under such harsh conditions, it is indeed difficult to have further development.

Just as Fenglan and I were about to take a stroll, we suddenly heard a sound of running and shouting in the distance. I looked up and saw two people in long robes riding camels in the desert rushing towards us.

Less than a hundred meters behind the two men, there were dozens of people dressed differently chasing them. Unlike the people living in the oasis who wore long robes, the pursuers behind them wore long pants and short jackets, and wore cloaks of various colors. They held scimitars and longbows in their hands, with ferocious looks on their faces. They looked like the bandits that could be found everywhere in the ninja world.

In fact, the number of people who have the qualifications to become ninjas in the ninja world is extremely small compared to the civilians in the entire ninja world, so there are no ninjas in many remote places.

In this situation, except for the various ninja villages and the capital of each country, there were no ninjas in the vast land who could suppress one area. As a result, the phenomenon of the strong being respected and gathering together in strongholds emerged, and bandits on the road emerged in endlessly.

It’s just that the bandits who can survive for a long time have a certain degree of vision and generally will not provoke ninjas who are out. Therefore, I rarely encounter such a situation. I didn’t expect to meet bandits in the remote desert of the Kingdom of Wind.

With such a loud noise, most of the people in the village also heard the alarm. The young and strong people who were at home walked out of their tents with weapons in hand and gathered at the edge of the oasis to be on guard, while the old and weak women packed up their things and hid behind the tents with their children.

However, after seeing the number of people and the condition of their weapons gathered at the edge of the oasis, I shook my head. Compared with the bandits on the opposite side, whose equipment was not sophisticated but at least made of iron, the villagers' weapons were varied and mostly made of wood. Although they had more people, they did not have an overwhelming advantage. If Fenglan and I had not happened to arrive here today, the Loulan survivors who had been living and multiplying here would probably have their inheritance cut off.

The old man who just received us seemed to have great prestige here. He directed everyone to bring back the tribesmen who were being hunted by the sand bandits. He took a defensive posture at the entrance of the village and went forward to negotiate: "Sand Fox King, we have already paid this year's offerings. Why are you still hunting down my people?"

I didn't expect that the sand bandits knew the Loulan survivors here and had such a relationship with them. However, considering that the Loulan survivors would still go to other villages in the Kingdom of Wind to trade, it was not surprising that they had intersections with the sand bandits who were the bullies on the road.

On the contrary, although the Sand Bandits are bandits, they collect money from people and help them get rid of disasters. Besides, considering the size and geographical location of this oasis, there is nothing good worth the Sand Bandits' attack. After all, there are still many young and strong people left in Loulan, and it will cost a lot to take them down.

The leading bandit was a burly man with a long scar on his face that ran from the corner of his eye to the corner of his mouth. He looked very ferocious: "I thought you didn't have much money, so I didn't bother to pay attention to you after collecting some tribute every year."

The bandit leader pointed at the two people who had just run back to the oasis in a panic and said, "Later I heard that you were the survivors of the ancient city of Loulan. Legend has it that the ancient city of Loulan was paved with gold and filled with jewels. You should have some inventory, right?"

The old man who survived the Loulan remnant looked back at the two people who lowered their heads in shame, then turned to the bandit leader and complained: "Your Majesty, although we migrated from the ancient city of Loulan, that was nearly a hundred years ago, and our ancestors were just ordinary civilians in Loulan, so how could we have any gold, silver or treasures?"