251 Master Tongxuan's Back Garden
On the continent of Zhongzhou, it is still a traditional inland civilization, and the three main countries living here, except for the San'in country, which takes the sea seriously, the rest of the countries have little interest in the endless sea.
The country of Chu is vast and lacks almost everything, as long as it manages its own affairs well, it will naturally be peaceful in the world, so the state of Chu has no interest in the sea.
There is a country in the south of San'in country called Dongli country, this small country is the most abundant granary of the Zhongzhou continent, and the rice production here accounts for almost one-third of the Zhongzhou mainland.
Only the country of San'in, a poor country with more hills than plains and less grain than animal husbandry, a country that faces the threat of the northern red-scaled people at any time and at all times, a poor and weak country that has no way out but to explore the sea, is interested in begging for a living from the sea.
Generations of San'in people began to develop from the coastal fishing industry, and gradually began to march into the deep sea, as the footsteps of chasing fish went farther and farther, San'in people actually explored three safe golden waterways in the sea.
One leads to Tien Shan Island, a chilly island rich in crystals and the finest cod.
The other is the longest route to Wugang, from which the transportation of goods between Chu and Shanyin no longer has to bypass the dangerous grasslands, and because of the large cargo capacity of sea ships, the need for manpower is still small, and the shrewd merchants will of course choose this financial route.
The last golden shipping route is the route from Wengang to Penglai Island. To be honest, there are really nothing good in Penglai Island, there is nothing of value here except for some strange herbs. And there have been no aborigines on Penglai Island, and it was an empty island after it was discovered.
In the first few years after the discovery of Penglai Island, no one wanted to come here, and merchants were reluctant to explore it when they saw that there was no profit here. Everything changed because of the arrival of a few Awakened Ones, who chose to settle here when they discovered that this strange island was far denser than the Zhongzhou Mainland.
Later, these awakened people discovered many rare herbs and entrusted the merchants to trade with the Creation and Transformation Gate. It's terrible now, the Creation Gate is really a golden mountain, and doing business with them is much more profitable than doing business with mortals.
The profit of a trip to the herbal medicine trade is actually three times that of ordinary goods.
At this time, Penglai Island finally prospered, the wharf was repaired, small towns were built, and merchants from all over the world crowded the wharf.
It's a pity that the herbal medicine trade on Penglai Island has been controlled by these awakened people from the source, and ordinary mortals don't even want to go into the depths of the island to collect medicine, and all the supply of herbs can only be rewarded by those awakened.
Herbs are highly profitable, but they are not available in an open supply, which is very frustrating for merchants. They had also organized people to collect them, but as soon as they entered the depths of the island, they realized that this herb was really not something that mortals could touch.
The more cherished herbs are, the more dangerous they are, either growing on the cliffs, or guarded by poisonous insects and beasts, and in the end, the medicine collection team lost six lives in a row, and finally gave up completely, and returned to the dock to go back to their respective homes.
From that day on, Penglai Island only conducted a spring herb trade once a year, and only in the spring would those awakened people take out the treasures they had accumulated over the past year and trade them with the merchants in exchange for some of the various materials they needed for their cultivation. Or just exchange it for gold coins.
It's early autumn, and it's the cleanest time on the docks, and there are more than a hundred people left behind in the whole town. These people couldn't imagine that there were people coming to Penglai Island in this solar term, and they ran to the trestle to greet them.
When the people saw that it was a villager from San'in Kingdom, and it was also a merchant ship of General Zhongli's family, they were all excited. On a distant island, the villagers had tears in their eyes when they saw them. The people who stayed behind invited the sailors to the trading hall, where they were prepared to entertain them.
The people were a little surprised by the identity of Liuhuo and their party, but when the sailors told everyone that this was General Zhongli's brother and the savior of Wengang City, hundreds of people fell to their knees and saluted the noble Awakened.
The banquet was of the highest standard, and the enthusiasm of the people was scorching. Liuhuo was not a person with a big shelf, but seeing everyone's enthusiasm, he slowly became lively together.
But just as Liuhuo was drinking excitedly, a faint voice suddenly came to his ears from outside the window.
"Stinky boy... What are you doing here... Get out right now, just come out on your own..."
This is a thousand miles of sound transmission, which is a very ingenious sonic spell, which belongs to a type of light spell. Flowing Fire understood it as soon as he heard it, and the voice was so familiar, he always felt like he had heard it there.
"Stinky boy... Still stunned... I'm your Uncle Wenmo..."
Ten years ago, in the Zhongzhou Mountain Parade, the scene of Uncle Wenmo scribbling everywhere with a brush was still in front of him, who would have thought that he would actually come to Penglai Island.
Flowing Fire and Insolence whispered a few words, turned around and went out, without a single guard by his side.
On the edge of a beach outside the dock town, the figure of a lone man was leaning against the reef, the pebble in his hand boringly smashing against the distant sea.
When Liuhuo got closer, it was Uncle Wenmo, the uncle who posted big-character posters everywhere on Zhongzhou Mountain.
"Nephew Liuhuo, meet Uncle Shi..." Liuhuo knelt on the ground and hurriedly saluted Uncle Shi.
Wen Mo didn't have a shelf at all, he pulled up the drift fire, and said with a smile, "I was walking on the hill this afternoon, and I saw a broken white boat coming towards the dock, I knew that someone must be coming, but I didn't expect it to be you..."
"Come here, come here... Chat with me, this Penglai Island, everything is good, it's just too lonely..."
Liuhuo looked at the anxious uncle, a little funny, he suddenly made this uncle a little childish, but he didn't know that Uncle Wenmo had been practicing in retreat on Penglai Island for ten years.
Ten years ago, after Wenmo and Liu Lao separated, he rushed to Penglai. He was commissioned by Master Tongxuan, a bookworm among the awakened people, who likes to study books and ancient ruins the most, and you let him get involved in the secular competition, he really doesn't fit in, but if you let him study some knowledge, that's his specialty.
Listening to the flow of fire recount the events that have happened in the Creation Gate for more than ten years, especially when Wen Mo heard about the great changes in Cangmu City and the battle of Wengang, he couldn't sit still. Jump off the reef and pace back and forth on the beach.
"Lava giants, this legendary beast actually appeared, and it was controlled by the Li family..."
"The God of War Altar has been destroyed, even the Ten Directions Spirit Pool has been destroyed, and the vast giants are not crazy, so it's no wonder..."
"What? You said you had made an alliance with the orcs? And you stopped them? Okay, good... Flowing fire, you've done a good job, very beautiful..."
"As for the Yu family, I have nothing to say, Yu Fei is already obsessed, he thinks he is creating the future of the Huamen, but in my opinion, he was kidnapped by his selfish desires, and he was kidnapped by the collective selfish desires of their family..."
"No, I have to check the information, the ghost ship you just mentioned, I vaguely remember that there is a record in that book..."
Uncle Wenmo is really a bookworm, as soon as he heard that he didn't care about checking the information, he didn't need to agree to the flowing fire, grabbed the neck of the flowing fire, and carried the flowing fire like a chicken, and rushed over to the dense mountains.
Flowing Fire wanted to resist, because his current posture was too ugly, but no matter how Flowing Fire mobilized his divine sense, he couldn't mobilize a little bit of vitality.
Wen Mo smiled when he saw him struggling, "Silly boy, you have only been practicing for a few years, if you can escape from me, then won't my hundred-year lifespan be like a dog?"
"Just stop..."
Liuhuo only struggled for a short time before giving up, because under the detection of no tears, Wenmo's combat power was full of 4500, and his poor skill of 1100 was not an opponent at all.
Since you can't resist, you can only enjoy it, at least the flowing fire can feel how terrifying the speed of the great mastery is.
But it didn't take long for Wenmo to stop in a small valley with a flowing fire.
"Welcome home, this is the paradise of the old-fashioned, this is the paradise of the ancient awakened..."
Looking at the scattered wooden houses and stone buildings in the valley, he really couldn't think of any connection between this place and heaven. However, in Wenmo's explanation, Liu Huo gradually learned the secret of Penglai Island.
It turns out that this Penglai Island is the secret lair of Master Tongxuan, and it is also the last base camp of Master Tongxuan.
To be honest, almost all of these famous old monsters in the Creation Gate have their own sphere of influence. Needless to say, Shi Zhongxing and Hou Tianhang, the two troops were stationed there, and that was their home.
Elder Lan Ji has the intelligence force of Red Pink, and in the past ten years, relying on the Red Powder of the Savage Ridge Ruins has also developed very rapidly.
Li Xiao's family has Lava City, which is a city built at the foot of a volcano and is the crystallization of the Li family's three hundred years of hard work.
And the Yu family is even more mysterious, everyone only knows that his family has a ten-way spirit pool, but no one knows the specific location. The Jade family is like this, as if it doesn't exist anywhere, and it exists anywhere.
As for Liu Lao, needless to say, his apprentice has already helped him lay a big foundation, a foundation that everyone envies.
Since everyone has their own back garden, Master Tongxuan can't be left behind. By chance, Master Tongxuan got this Penglai Island. However, this is not the base of Master Tongxuan's struggle for hegemony, this is just a place for Master Tongxuan to arrange for himself.
Energetic, rich in herbs, far from the mainland, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The most important thing is that there is a broken ancient ruin here that can be studied, and such a treasure is specially arranged by God for Master Tongxuan.
"Ancient ruins?"
"Yes, the Ancient Ruins... The Great Vitality Array in the Zhongzhou Mountains was excavated from this ruin..."
Wen Mo's words made Liuhuo dumbfounded on the spot.