Chapter 195 Forming a Small Team

Now the Gong family caravan had left unwillingly, but fortunately they hadn't taken a liking to the six fierce beasts, otherwise the Gong family would have suffered heavy losses this time.

Crossing the Death Desert and encountering such a situation, they felt helpless. The other party was powerful, and it was already fortunate to have survived. They just wondered how the other party would deal with the Fourteen Sand Bandits. If they could kill the Fourteen Sand Bandits in the Death Desert, that would be a good thing.

From now on, without the Fourteen Sand Bandits, the Death Desert would be safer.

At this moment, watching the Gong family caravan leave, Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief. It had been quite nerve-wracking. This so-called yin-yang transformation, regardless of gender, was entirely his own fabrication. If he really didn't care about such things, he wouldn't have kept staring at Gong Bingye's chest.

But this matter just now couldn't be blamed on him. Who told Gong Bingye to provoke him? A real man couldn't be crushed by a weak woman. For someone who would one day shake the universe, that would be an indelible stain on his life.

Now the Fourteen Sand Bandits were trembling with fear. "Senior, can we leave now?"

Their strength was inferior, and they were treated like ants that could be crushed at any moment. They accepted that, but now Sha Dulong only wanted to save his life.

Lin Fan looked at the Fourteen Sand Bandits, his eyes flickering, and a smile curled at the corner of his mouth. This smile made the Fourteen Sand Bandits tremble with fear. Was he going to kill them?

"Big brother, let's just fight it out," said Sha Miexiong, though short in stature, he really hated having his life in someone else's hands.

Lin Fan had his own plans now. His target was the Flame Hell.

The Flame Hell was the nearest dangerous forbidden land to the Holy Sect according to the Seven Sacred Treasures Map. Based on the sect's records, the Flame Hell was an extremely dangerous forbidden place. Even during sect training, no one would choose that place.

It was perpetually gray and hazy, and it was home to never-extinguishing hellfire, like a human hell.

Although the Flame Hell was the closest among several targets, the journey was still extremely long. Lin Fan had only covered about one-fifth of the distance so far.

He really didn't know what he would encounter along the way.

And being out here was different from being in the sect. Outside, no one knew who you were, and you had to take care of everything yourself.

Seeing the other party silent with a frightening look in his eyes, Sha Dulong felt sorrowful. Perhaps today would be the end of the Fourteen Sand Bandits.

Sha Dulong looked at these brothers who had followed him for many years, feeling deeply moved. They had honored him as their big brother, and now it was time to take on the responsibility of a big brother.

At this moment, Sha Dulong threw his weapon to the ground and looked at Lin Fan. "Senior, a man must take responsibility for his own actions. Though my Fourteen Sand Bandits have killed many, we have never killed indiscriminately. In life, we just want to live with dignity and eat our fill. Please let my brothers go. I will bear everything alone."

"Big brother, no..." The bandits' hearts trembled.

"Brothers, say no more," Sha Dulong said, waving his hand.

They were people who roamed the desert. Some were outcasts from sects, some were hiding from enemies, and most had no other choice.

"What are you doing?" Lin Fan was lost in thought, but when he came to, he found the Fourteen Sand Bandits acting as if they were about to part forever, pulling at each other and talking.

"Senior, please let my brothers go. I will bear everything alone," Sha Dulong said without changing his expression.

Now Lin Fan looked at the Fourteen Sand Bandits, a thought occurring to him. He then put on a serious face and stared at them with sharp eyes.

"Your crimes deserve death, but I am not unreasonable. From now on, you will follow me, reform yourselves, and when I think you can leave, I will let you go. Do you have any objections?" Lin Fan said at this moment.

On this journey to the Flame Hell, he would need some attendants to do the rough work. The Fourteen Sand Bandits had decent cultivation for ordinary people. Even if he killed them, he might not gain much experience, so it was better to keep them and make good use of them.

Sha Dulong and the others looked at each other in surprise. They hadn't expected him to say such a thing.

"We are willing to serve you like dogs and horses," Sha Dulong said without hesitation, kneeling in submission.

The other bandits also knelt down.

Sha Dulong was overjoyed. He hadn't expected the other party to take them in. This was beyond their imagination.

For them, this was like a pie falling from the sky. Submitting to others meant losing freedom, but it depended on who the other party was.

If they could follow someone as powerful as this, it would be a great blessing.

"En, get up," Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction. These guys were sensible. If they weren't, he might have really killed them.

"I ask you, do you know the Flame Hell?" The sect's records were comprehensive, but they were from long ago. He didn't know what it was like now.

These Fourteen Sand Bandits had been around for a long time and definitely knew more than he did.

"Sir, are you going to the Flame Hell?" Sha Dulong asked in surprise.

"En, I have business there. What, is there something wrong?" Lin Fan noticed a hint of panic in Sha Dulong's expression, as if something had happened.

"Sir, no one dares to go deep into the Flame Hell. I heard that a year ago, a fierce beast with flames burning on its body descended there. Wherever it went, it left a sea of fire. Many sects sent people, but in the end, countless died. I don't know if it has left yet," Sha Dulong said.

"En, let's talk as we go," Lin Fan nodded. This information was somewhat important to him, but he was also frustrated. Why did the first place he had to explore have to be so damn dangerous?

A fierce beast with flames burning on its body—what kind of beast was that? The sect's records didn't mention it.

Along the way, Sha Dulong told him about the situation at the Flame Hell, but there were things he didn't know. Still, the information was somewhat useful to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan also learned about Sha Dulong's past. As for the death of the Gong family head in the Death Desert, that was a tragedy.

The Gong family head's cultivation was much higher than that of the Fourteen Sand Bandits, but because he was too ostentatious, he attracted the attention of a powerful beast in the Death Desert and ultimately fell there.

Sha Dulong had also lost an eye to that beast and barely escaped with his life.

But for people in their line of work, they needed some achievements, so they widely publicized that the Gong family head had died at their hands.

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