Qin Yi looked at the tree a few meters tall with a trunk as thick as a bowl and gray bark, and asked, "Is this the Life Tree?"

Lang Ya coolly nodded.

"Hasn’t this tree died already?"

Yun Mengyao said, since the tree was bare without a single leaf.

Lang Ya said, "The Life Tree doesn’t have leaves because it doesn’t waste water like leaves do."

Speaking, he directly descended from mid-air.

Qin Yi and the others followed him down.

They saw Lang Ya walk up to the Life Tree and, using his fingers like a knife, he lightly made a cut on the tree, creating a slit.

Immediately, milky-white sap began to ooze out from the slit.

Lang Ya took a dried-up water pouch to collect the white sap.

"Is this milk?"

Qin Yi was full of astonishment, as the sap of the Life Tree was nearly the same color as milk.

The slit soon ran out of sap, so Lang Ya made several more cuts.

After more than ten minutes, they surprisingly filled half a water pouch.

"Why not continue?"

Yun Mengyao asked curiously.

Lang Ya said, "The sap inside the Life Tree relies on absorbing night’s dew."

"There are still several hours until nightfall, the sun is scorching; if we take all its sap, the Life Tree won’t survive until evening."

"People traveling through the desert generally won’t completely drain the Life Tree. This way, those who pass by later can still have a drink."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yi nodded slightly.

"Little Wolf, I never expected you to have so much life experience."

Lang Ya coolly replied, "Follow me, and you’ll learn a lot more."

Yun Mengyao and Yin Qianqian were amused.

Qin Yi was speechless, this pretentious guy.

"Let’s go and see if we can find a few more Life Trees to store more water resources."

Before Qin Yi finished speaking, the ground suddenly began to tremble slightly, with the grains of sand on the ground dancing.

Yun Mengyao exclaimed in surprise, "Is it an earthquake?"

Qin Yi and Lang Ya looked in the same direction simultaneously.

They saw a swirling mass of sand in the distance, blotting out the sky, as though a Fierce Beast was charging toward them.

"What is this thing?"

Yun Mengyao asked curiously.

Qin Yi, with incredible vision, frowned and said, "It’s lizard people, I didn’t expect such Demon Beasts really exist."

Lang Ya gave Qin Yi a surprised look, "I didn’t expect you to know about lizard people."

Qin Yi was speechless. Did this fool think he was a newbie?

The knowledge from the Evil Eye included records of these desert lizard people.

"Lizard people are an ancient tribe that lives in the desert. They’re not easy to mess with, bloodthirsty and warlike. I hadn’t expected them to actually exist."

Yin Qianqian laughed and said, "It seems we’ve become their target."

"Lizard people are indeed a strong ancient race, but their looks leave something to be desired."

The group looked at Lang Ya speechlessly, they hadn’t expected him to also be part of the beauty standards committee.

"Whoa, they’re really ugly, aren’t they?"

Yun Mengyao, being the weakest in cultivation, only saw the lizard people’s appearance clearly when they were a hundred meters away.

These lizard people were each two to three meters tall, essentially giant upright walking lizards with sharp snouts, fangs, blood-red eyes, and gray bumpy skin that made them look quite creepy.

More than a dozen lizard people were sprinting across the desert using their powerful hind legs, moving extremely fast.

"They actually have weapons?" Yun Mengyao was stunned.

Each of these lizard people wielded a two-meter long spiked mace, their terrifying appearance making them seem like fierce demonic beings.

The dozen or so lizard people stopped about twenty meters from Qin Yi and the others, raising a cloud of yellow sand behind them, creating an imposing aura.

"Humans, why are you stealing our water source?"

The leading lizard man’s words left Qin Yi and the others stunned; these monstrous creatures could speak human language.

Qin Yi was slightly stunned; it turns out this Life Tree belonged to the lizard people.

Qin Yi was about to speak when Lang Ya said, "Life Trees in the desert are unclaimed; you’re lying."

The leading lizard man swung his spiked mace, his blood-red eyes staring at Lang Ya, "I say this is our water source, so it is. Do you have a problem with that?"

"If you dare to object, I’ll smash you into meat paste."

"Bang!"

The leading lizard man slammed his spiked mace into the ground, creating a large pit in the sand.

This was clearly a threat to Qin Yi and the others.

Qin Yi laughed and said, "So what do you want?"

"You compensate us."

"How do we compensate?"

The leading lizard man looked at Yun Mengyao and Yin Qianqian, "If you leave these two women with us, I’ll let you go and provide you with water. How about that?"

Qin Yi was taken aback.

The lizard people were quite lustful, this detail hadn’t been recorded in the knowledge from the Evil Eye.

"What do you want them for?"

The leading lizard man opened its ugly mouth, its tongue flicking in and out, drooling thick and disgusting saliva, and said:

"Human women can be used to reproduce and can also serve as food."

"Reproduce? You with humans? Do the genes match?"

Qin Yi was full of curiosity, like a curious baby.

"Pfft!"

The leading lizard man no longer had the ability to answer Qin Yi’s question.

Because its ugly head had already been cut off from a distance by an enraged Yin Qianqian.

"You disgusting, ugly things, how dare you covet me."

Yin Qianqian was furious, her body surrounded by rosy rays, striking from a distance.

"Boom!"

The terrifying Palm Wind whipped up a storm of sand and struck.

In an instant, dismembered limbs were everywhere, blood-staining the raging sands.

Yin Qianqian was a Tier 2 Transcendance Tribulation Stage expert, infuriated, her palm strike blew out a large pit in the sand, dismembering a dozen lizard people instantly.

These lizard people weren’t strong, just fierce-looking, with thick skin and flesh, good for dealing with average Qi Refiners, but against powerful individuals, they were nothing more than clay chickens and pottery dogs.

Yun Mengyao didn’t even have time to take action.

Qin Yi shook his head helplessly, "I say, big sister, can you at least wait until someone answers my question before taking action next time?"

"No need for an answer, practice is the only way to get the answer."

"There should be female lizard people in this desert. I’ll catch one for you, let you two combine, and see if you can reproduce. It should satisfy your morbid curiosity."

Three black lines appeared on Qin Yi’s forehead, this woman was ruthless.

Yun Mengyao said, "I think it’s feasible. You’re so outstanding, maybe you can even improve the lizard people’s genes, which would be a good thing."

Qin Yi glared at her in exasperation; it seemed his morbid curiosity had offended these two women.

Lang Ya coolly suggested, "I think we should leave here quickly."

"From what I know, desert lizard people have tribes numbering in the hundreds at least, and thousands at most. These lizard people are extremely united, once they bite onto prey, they won’t stop until death."

"If you don’t want trouble, leave quickly. These dozen lizard people were just minions; there’s no guarantee their tribe doesn’t have powerful ones. If their corpses are found, we’ll never escape their pursuit without leaving the wilderness."

Qin Yi clicked his tongue. Even these monsters are so organized.

"What are we waiting for then? Let’s hurry and run, or do you want to stay and propagate the lizard people’s lineage?"