Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 375: Treasures in the Desert

Seeing that Huang Wang was still hoping for the best and refused to tell the truth, with an attitude that he would not turn back until he hit the wall, Li Zhi felt annoyed and sneered, saying in a cold tone, "Since Manager Huang is unwilling to tell the truth, we will not stay any longer, so we'll take our leave now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhi waved his hand decisively, signaling Nangong Wen and Zhang Wenchu to prepare to leave.

Nangong Wen and Zhang Wenchu were in perfect sync. They immediately turned around with Li Zhi and took big steps forward.

Seeing that Li Zhi and the other two were really leaving, Huang Wang had no time to speak, and the members of the Chamber of Commerce behind him panicked. These people knew that Li Zhi and the other two were their only hope at the moment. Once they left, they would probably have a hard time surviving under the siege of these monsters.

Therefore, everyone could not help but speak up to keep them, their voices full of anxiety and fear: "You three adults can't just leave like this, if you leave, what will we do..."

Their faces were filled with despair and helplessness; some even had red eyes and were on the verge of tears.

Nangong Wen paused when he heard this, turned his head slightly, glanced at those people coldly, and said mercilessly: "Whether you live or die, what does it have to do with us?"

This sentence was like a sharp blade, instantly cutting those people's hopes into pieces. Everyone was choked and speechless, their faces turned pale and blue, and the atmosphere fell into an awkward deadlock.

In desperation, these people could only place all their hopes on Huang Wang and looked to him for help, which invisibly put tremendous pressure on Huang Wang.

Huang Wang knew that these people were the backbone of the Chamber of Commerce. Although their positions were not as high as his, they also had a certain influence in the Chamber of Commerce. If he could not handle this matter well and made them dissatisfied, they might really kick him out of the Chamber of Commerce together, and his years of hard work would go to waste.

Moreover, he knew very well in his heart that if Li Zhi and the other two really left, these weak merchants would not be able to resist those ferocious monsters at all, and they would probably lose their lives in an instant.

After weighing the pros and cons again and again, Huang Wang gave a helpless smile and shouted at Li Zhi's back: "Sir, please stay. Can I have a word with you..."

Li Zhi had expected this in his heart, knowing that Huang Wang was finally going to give in. He slowly turned around and nodded, agreeing to Huang Wang's request.

The two of them walked one after the other and came to a distant place, avoiding the eyes and ears of everyone.

There was silence all around, only the breeze blowing across the sand, making a rustling sound. Li Zhi looked at Huang Wang with a calm expression, and said lightly: "Manager Huang is so serious, it seems that there is some big secret."

Huang Wang's face looked very ugly, like an eggplant hit by frost, with his head drooping. The smile on his face disappeared without a trace, leaving only endless bitterness.

He sighed heavily, hesitated for a moment, and finally said slowly...

It turned out that Huang Wang’s ancestors were not native to Xifeng Country, but migrated from a distant foreign country in his father’s generation.

According to Huang Wang's father, when they were migrating, they passed through this vast desert. One day during the long and arduous journey, when the team reached a valley surrounded by sand dunes, Huang Wang's father accidentally discovered some unusual signs.

It was a quiet afternoon. The hot wind swept the sand and gravel, making it impossible for everyone to open their eyes.

Huang Wang's father slightly deviated from the group in order to find a shady place to rest. As he was struggling through the sand dunes, a strange light flashed by not far away.

Curiosity drove him to take a closer look, and in the depression of a sand dune, he found an object half-buried in the sand. Huang Wang's father's heart moved, and his intuition told him that this was definitely not an ordinary thing.

Just as he approached and was about to take the thing out, he heard a shout from the team urging them to move forward.

Huang Wang's father weighed the pros and cons in his mind at the time, taking into account the mixed numbers of the migrating team and the dangers lurking in the desert, including ferocious beasts, unpredictable weather and quicksand that could appear at any time.

In such an environment, it is not wise to take the treasure away by yourself since you are alone and weak, and it might even bring you into trouble.

Therefore, he could only suppress his reluctance and continue the journey to West Wind Country with everyone.

This incident, like a heavy stone, has been buried deep in his heart.

As time went by, Huang Wang's father settled down in Xifeng Country, but life was not smooth sailing. As outsiders, his family had little roots in this strange land, and they were often excluded and bullied, and their lives were quite difficult.

Before his death, Huang Wang's father knew that he had not much time left, and he could no longer hide his obsession with his baby. He called Huang Wang to his bedside, and with his last bit of strength, he told his son the secret that had been buried for many years.

Huang Wang was greatly excited after hearing this.

Because of their status in Xifeng Country, their family suffered from cold eyes and hardship, and they could never integrate into the local life. If they could find the treasure that his father mentioned, they might be able to change the fate of the family and completely rewrite their difficult situation in Xifeng Country.

However, Huang Wang was not a reckless person. He was well aware of the dangers of the desert. Relying solely on his own, let alone searching for a treasure whose exact location was unknown in the vast sea of sand, he would not even be able to guarantee his most basic survival.

To this end, Huang Wang did not hesitate to spend a lot of energy and financial resources, running around, looking for countless people, and relying on many connections to try to establish a chamber of commerce. He hoped to use the power of the chamber of commerce to provide support and guarantee for his actions in the desert.

At first, the people of Xifeng Country were unwilling to pay attention to Huang Wang, an outsider, and scoffed at his proposal.

However, when they heard that Huang Wang was willing to personally lead the team across this daunting desert to trade with Qi and Yan on the other side of the desert, everyone's attitude changed.

You know, due to the existence of this vast desert, few people dare to walk in it on weekdays.

This made Xifeng Country and Qi and Yan countries on the other side of the desert almost isolated, and there was no communication between the two sides. If this trade route could be opened, it would undoubtedly bring huge benefits to Xifeng Country, which was an irresistible temptation for anyone.

Driven by their own interests, everyone was finally moved and agreed to form the Wanghai Chamber of Commerce with Huang Wang.

After the Chamber of Commerce was successfully established, Huang Wang had the legitimate opportunity to lead the caravan through the desert. Moreover, with the protection provided by the Chamber of Commerce, Huang Wang had fewer worries.

In this way, Huang Wang traveled back and forth in the desert in the name of the Chamber of Commerce, carrying out normal business activities, while secretly he was secretly searching for the mysterious treasure that his father had mentioned.

Time flies, and Huang Wang has been walking in this desert for many years.

I don’t know whether to say Huang Wang is lucky or unlucky.

He had walked in the desert for so many years without encountering any danger. However, Huang Wang never found the treasure that his father had mentioned before his death.

Although Huang Wang failed to find the treasure his father mentioned, after he opened up the trade routes with Qi and Yan, the status of Huang Wang's family in Xifeng also grew.

Huang Wang gradually buried this matter deep in his heart.

However, what Huang Wang did not expect was that during this trip, which he thought was the same as the previous ones, he actually found the treasure that his father had mentioned!