<h4>Chapter 1188: A Friend In Need</h4>


    Upon seeing Krune—Wang Hu—approaching them, of the vigers paid him any heed as the elderly, giving him derisive looks even, disying that he wasn''t well-received in the ce.


    But, that was only because he was an old coot still alive while the younger members of their vige had died from starvation in the past month.


    ''So, Old Leaf had been picked up by that Yin Beast.'' Krune understood the gist of things, turning around as he returned to his house, uncaring. Wang Hu and the one called Old Leaf didn''t share a good rtionship.


    Thus, he didn''t feel anything for the other party''s death. Instead, there was only the worry that Old Leaf''s body didn''t satiate the Yin Beast enough.


    Krune suppressed the weak-willed thoughts from Wang Hu as he arrived at the backyard once again. ''It''s not the time to be high profile yet. I have to first solve the issue of food shortage.''


    He looked at the backyard, watching a couple of dried potatoes in the ce. The leaves of the potatoes hadpletely withered. As for the potato grown underground, it shouldn''t have been anything worth nothing about.


    There were cracks in the soil, showing a sign of ack of water. Krune then surveyed the other fields, noticing that even though crops filled the ce, they weren''t healthy, showing minor signs of wilting. ''There''s a water shortage. After the bandits raided this ce, there''s a food shortage as well. Most of the vigers are starving.''


    ''In any case, let''s first solve the issue of a water shortage.'' He picked up the Soul Needle, realizing that it had already recoveredpletely. He then closed his eyes, holding it solemnly as he thought, willing it into action. ''Point me towards a water source!''


    This was one of the uses of the Soul Needle, something he had discovered after more than a decade of research.


    Butter, he realized that he could actually control it. Though, it depended on how specific he was. Otherwise, it wouldn''t work. Now, as a mortal, water was a valuable resource, a treasure to him.


    As he wished to find an underground reservoir of water, the Soul Needle acted up, beginning to spin in his hand as its radiance dimmed slightly when it hovered in the air.


    After that, it calmly pointed in a direction. Krune began to walk in the pointed direction, crossing a couple of farm patches before he arrived at the middle of desertednd. It was unimed by anyone from the vige because of just one reason: rocks beneath thend.


    Just a couple of feet under the soil existed a rocky bed, preventing anyone from growing any crops in this patch ofnd. Upon arriving at the ce, the Soul Needle pointed at the ground. Krune then frowned as he calmly circled around the pointed location.


    He watched the Soul Needle constantly change directions ording to his movement while its tip pointed at the location. He also varied the height of the Soul Needle by moving it up and down.


    After observing the change in the angle of the Soul Needle with respect to the ground in all the cases, Krune determined the depth at which the water was located. ''That''s great. It''s only a few meters deep.''


    It was a simple mathematical calction. So, it took him a couple of seconds to finish the calction. After that, he began to walk towards a certain house in the vige. ''But first, I must im thisnd as mine. Otherwise, I''ll just be shooting myself in the foot.''


    As he decided to not reveal his abilities yet, he would be considered a frail old man. With that, a source of water would cause everyone to upy it in their greed, pushing him, the one that discovered it, away.


    The house he arrived at was the Vige Head''s house. He was the one with the authority to preside overnd deals in the vige.


    Krune knocked on the door before turning around to see the Vige Head arriving from behind. It seemed he had gone over to check the state of Old Leaf''s house.


    "Old Wang, you woke up?" The Vige Head asked with great familiarity. They were both childhood friends and one of those that treated him warmly. After all, as they were both illiterate, they had shared worries and concerns.


    Even though the Vige Head''s children were alive, they weren''t smart. So, he was worried about the well-being of his grandchildren once he passed away. For that, he and Wang Hu jointly invested in gathering books and teaching their grandchildren.


    Moreover, when Wang Hu fell unconscious, he was the one helping in secret, using some grains stored in their reserves to help nurse him. Otherwise, in their vige''s destitute state, it wouldn''t have been possible for him to survive a month-longa.


    "I want to im that rockynd." After entering the Vige Head''s house, Krune stated his d?s?r?.


    "It has no value…" The Vige Head stopped speaking, understanding the reason Krune had asked for thatnd.


    At present, Wang Hu only owned a small piece ofnd, insufficient for Wang Hao to survive once he passed away. So, the rockynd, despite being useless, could at least prove useful somehow, in one way or another.


    Even otherwise, the rocks there were of good quality and could be used in house construction if the one purchasing it was someone from another vige that wished to settle here. Plus, since it was worthless, he could im it without paying anything.


    If the Vige Head had imed it himself, it would cause the vigers to doubt his authority, calling him unscrupulous. That was the only reason he hadn''t gained ownership of thatnd.


    ''But, I can help my friend this way. Though, I have no idea if that would evere to happen.'' He sighed, lifting his head to say in return, "Alright, if I didn''t even help you in such a small matter, I can''t call myself your lifelong friend."


    "Thank you, brother." Krune thanked profusely before saying, "Also, can you make it like I had imed ownership of it two years ago?"


    "Oh? Have you thought of something?" The Vige Head asked in surprise, seeing a glint in Wang Hu''s eyes.