870, commercial market
The immortals made a spring, which is not too miraculous in the hearts of the aborigines of the desert. Although most of them had never met an immortal cultivator, they had all heard the story of the immortal. This pearl spring is said to have been left by the immortals in the early years.
But seeing the birth of Qingquan with their own eyes, Ada and the others had straight eyes.
By the time Ada found out that the spring was not born on the ground, but on an old tree root, he was too surprised to express in words.
He lifted the old tree root and moved two steps, and the spring water inside still flowed continuously.
Ada couldn't believe it: "Immortal, can you carry this spring with you?" β
"Absolutely." Lingyu jaw head. Isn't this such a magical spell, this root, the five elements belong to water, can absorb the free water vapor together, and when it is released, it becomes a spring.
This principle is roughly similar to that of the Pearl Spring, Lingyu can feel that at the bottom of the Pearl Spring, there is a treasure close to the water quality, which sucks out the groundwater hidden at the bottom of the desert and forms this desert oasis.
"You have to keep in mind, though. This spring is not a source of water, it flows out only a limited amount of water at one time, and when it runs out, it will be gone. When the spring water dries up, it needs to be placed in a place with plenty of moisture to recuperate, at least for a few months, before it can be used again. β
In other words, it's just a big hydration bladder. If it is buried in a place with abundant water, it can also form an oasis like Pearl Spring, but this functional spirit jade is not going to say that something too good is the bane.
Still, it's enough for Ada to be grateful to Dade. When they walk in the desert, what they fear most is that there is no water. Since the steppe turned into a desert, these tribes of them. Most of them changed from herders to merchants. Those Central Plains people were not familiar with the desert. Fearful as a tiger. It was often they who brought those goods from the other side of the desert to trade with the Central Plains. If they had a water source to carry with them, they would be much safer to cross the desert. A few months doesn't hurt, because they only come to Pearl Spring once a year.
After sending out the spring, Lingyu and Abi received the highest standard of hospitality in the tent of the Haru tribe. Not only those precious melons and fruits in the desert, but Ada even had their entire family's goods brought over. Let Lingyu choose what is desirable among them.
Most of these goods are just mortal things, but there are also some rare gadgets among them.
For example, there is a gemstone called a sound transmission stone, which is two pieces of each other, and if one person holds one, they can talk to each other at a distance that is not too fast. Lingyu and Abi measured it, and this distance can reach hundreds of miles.
This is certainly nothing to the monks. Hundreds of miles, the current Lingyu can be reached with a flick of the fingers. But. With this stuff in hand, sometimes you can save a lot of things......
In addition to a pair of sound transmission stones, Abi also picked up a lot of sparkling gemstones. Looking at Aruna's painful expression, Lingyu knew that these were important goods that they traded with the people of the Central Plains.
Abi probably knew that he had picked up too much, so he took out a fruit and handed it to Aru: "This is my fruit, I'll give it to you." If you plant it where there is water, it will grow, and around it, as long as there is grass and trees, it will grow very fast! β
It's mine...... Fruit? What is this statement? Aru's eyes widened.
Since ingesting the Tree of Life and Death Fruit, Abi's own attributes have changed, and he has some of the potency of the Tree of Life and Death, and he is no longer a low-level little vine demon.
Aru didn't know that he had picked up a big bargain, and he accepted the fruit with a lot of doubts, which didn't look special in the slightest.
Lingyu and Abi stayed in the Haru camp with such delicious food and drink.
There are more and more people in Pearl Spring, and the annual Pearl Spring Commercial Market is the most important festival of the desert tribes.
There are more and more tents by the Pearl Spring, and they hide in the shadows of the mound during the day to rest, and at night, they light bonfires, sing and dance.
Lingyu was intrigued by their way of life, and she thought she was a lost traveler, haunting the tents of many desert tribes and talking to them.
Although the Haru people were reluctant to reveal her identity, her and Abi's super high treatment in the Halu tribe still attracted the attention of others. This made Lingyu's communication with these desert tribes particularly smooth, especially those great witches, who had a more keen sense of observation than the clansmen, and immediately discovered that Abi was unusual.
After a few days, Lingyu had already roughly figured out her situation.
First of all, she determined that this was the Santai Realm. The mortals and monks of the Santai Realm do not live together, so the mortals don't know much about cultivating immortals, and the name of the Santai Realm is still inquired by Lingyu from a very old witch.
Lingyu was glad that although they had encountered an accident, they still arrived at the Santai Realm. That's good, before coming, they had a detailed understanding of the situation in the Santai Realm, even if it changed a lot, they wouldn't be confused.
As for this place, it was originally called the Ulan Grassland, and thousands of years ago, it was a prairie.
Lingyu flipped out the map and found that there was indeed a Ulan grassland on it.
There is only one whole continent in the Santai Boundary, and this Ulan grassland is located in the northwest of the continent. The climate here is dry, but the ocean to the north blows moisture and rainfall, so large grasslands are formed.
Thousands of years ago, the Ulan grassland received less and less rainfall, and the pasture gradually withered, and in about a few hundred years, it completely turned into a desert.
A few hundred years is a long time for humans, but it is very short for geographical changes. There must be a special reason why the steppe turned into a desert in such a short period of time.
In the early years, when the Ulan grassland still existed, the holy mountain was not famous. At that time, there were not many places like the Holy Mountain in the Ulan grassland, but it was not impossible.
However, when the Ulan grassland turned into a desert, the holy mountain did not change at all, it was still green and the grass was abundant, so this originally nameless hill became the holy mountain in the mouth of the desert tribe.
It was also from that time that the monks went to the Holy Mountain. Lingyu could probably guess the thoughts of these monks. The holy mountain in the desert is so special that the monks must wonder, is there some reason for this? Maybe there's a treasure in it.
It's not that the immortal cultivation world is without the kind of treasures that gather water sources, but those treasures can at most make an oasis like Mingzhu Spring, and it is absolutely impossible to keep a mountain in the climate of the grassland period.
For thousands of years, the uniqueness of the sacred mountain has probably not been found, and the monks have gradually disappeared, and in recent decades, no one has set foot at all.
In this regard, Lingyu has the heart to explore, but it is just such a thought, and the most important thing for her is to find her lost companion. She has turned into a god, unless those treasures that involve the vitality of heaven and earth, ordinary things are not attractive to her, the holy mountain in the desert, just curious.
As for other things, these desert tribes don't know either. Immortals do not live together, and when the clan comes out of the monks, they will leave quickly and will not stay for too long.
A few days later, when Lingyu was intercepting the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the tent to heal his wounds, there was a drum noise outside.
She knew that it was the Central Plains caravan that had arrived, and the Pearl Spring Oasis was already on the edge of the desert in terms of location, and as soon as those caravans stepped into the desert, she already felt it.
This journey takes about three to five days.
Some caravans were more daring, and wanted to cross the desert and trade on their own in the west of Ulan, so that the benefits obtained were greater, and it could be said that they became rich overnight. But that is also very risky, needless to say that there is a lack of water in the scorching sun, and you may also encounter robbers, in that case, a trip down is equivalent to walking in vain. The most terrifying is the most feared sandstorm in the desert, the robbers generally only rob goods and do not kill people, once the sandstorm is encountered, it is likely that a whole caravan will be covered under the sand sea.
Therefore, most of the caravans will trade with the desert tribes in Pearl Spring, these tribes who have lived in the desert for generations are more resistant to wind and sand than them, and it is only fitting for them to connect the east and west of the desert.
The importance of this oasis is evident from this.
Ah Bi rushed in from outside and shouted happily: "Master, those Central Plains people are here, and they are wearing the same clothes as us!" β
At first, Abi was still very curious about the desert tribes, but after a few days, she had lost patience with the desert tribes who did not understand the language, dressed monotonously, and had little fun. To be able to meet people who wear the same clothes and speak the same words as herself, as if she had seen her own kindβin fact, she could never be the same kind as those people, she was a demon!
"Got it, you want to change things, take these." Lingyu pointed to the table, where there was the gold and silver she had conjured.
That's really what she conjured. Turning stones into gold is not an uncommon thing for the Avatar Monks, everything in the world has the same origin, as long as you gather some gold and silver qi and condense it into a block, you can turn into gold and silver. The gold and silver are genuine, not a trick.
Because of this, in the eyes of the Avatar Cultivators, ordinary treasures were not uncommon at all, and only things that involved the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi could they look at them.
Abi likes those gadgets, but she doesn't have any possessions, and the spirit stone is something that mortals can't recognize, and it doesn't have any effect. These days, Abi always likes to exchange her collection of fruits for gems, and Lingyu has to meddle when she sees that she is changing more and more.
Those spirit fruits are tantamount to immortal fruits to mortals, so what's the matter with spilling them like this? So she changed the gold and silver, so that Abi would not be too ruined.
So, Abi happily went out shopping with gold and silver in her hand.
At the beginning of the commercial market of Pearl Spring, there were precious gems and silverware everywhere, and there were many people who spoke any language.
In the evening, the market comes to an end for the time being, and under the bonfire, the singing and dancing begins.
At this time, Lingyu came out of the tent and began to look for a suitable person to talk to.
If she wants to find her lost companions, she must first understand the world and go to the place where the monks live. (To be continued......)