Chapter 53: The Town of the Valley
The area of Tiandang Mountain is not as vast and boundless as Qingyun Mountain, except for the three main peaks that Feng Ruo has been to, there are only some small peaks around, but there is another place that mortals in the world cannot reach, that is, the Tiandang Mountain Absolute Valley formed between the three main peaks!
This valley is not as terrible as it sounds, in fact, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a paradise, this is a place where many scattered cultivators gather, of course, there are also a large number of mortals living here, but these mortals have no connection with the mortal world in the outside world, they are all descendants of cultivators, because their qualifications are not enough to cultivate, so they make a living by planting fragrant spirit rice and feeding snow spirit silkworms in the valley.
In this way, after the accumulation of generation after generation, a very large-scale town has already been formed in this valley, and the people in the town are more or less related to the three immortal cultivation sects on Tiandang Mountain, and most of the fragrant spirit rice and snow spirit silk they harvest are sold to the three immortal cultivation sects, so as to obtain a certain number of Five Element Stones.
Feng Ruo and the others' destination was this Peerless Valley Town, because it was the only place in the Yanbei Immortal Cultivation Alliance that had sufficient spiritual energy and allowed foreign cultivators to live.
"We need to rent a courtyard first, all the properties in this town belong to the three major sects, and those who build it privately will be expelled from the valley, but the rent is very expensive, and a small courtyard needs to pay at least a hundred Five Elements Stone every year!" Peng Yue seemed to be very familiar with this valley town, so he took the initiative to explain to everyone.
"So expensive?" Feng Ruo and the others couldn't help but be taken aback, a hundred Five Elements Stones was not a small amount, and they could only live for a year.
"No way, this is the rule here, but the conditions of that courtyard are very good, not only has a protective formation, but also a twenty-year-old spirit tree, which is enough for cultivation, if it is in the wild, it is not only easy to be attacked by various spirit beasts, but also to avoid the mountain patrol disciples of the three major sects, it will be even more difficult!" Peng Yue also said helplessly.
"Of course, we can also choose to share a courtyard with other casual cultivators, and each room only accepts twenty Five Element Stones per year, but it will be very inconvenient for the five of us to do this!" Peng Yue said, his gaze swept over Feng Ruo and Mingxi.
"Uh, then let's rent a courtyard, just one room for one person!" Feng Ruo hurriedly said, before he just explained that Xi was a friend he met not long ago, but looking at the eyes of Tang Qing and Peng Yue, he obviously didn't believe it, even Lan Ling was like this.
"Let's take a look around first, and if there is a suitable courtyard, we will rent it, which will also be conducive to my master's recuperation!" Lan Ling finally clapped.
Everyone walked along the spacious streets of the town, and I have to say that this valley town is completely different from those towns in the mortal world, clean, tidy, and although it is also full of people, it is not very noisy.
There are also very few shops here, and the streets are lined with courtyards of different sizes, and the courtyards are surrounded by a faint yellow light, needless to say, they are the simplest formations like mountains.
And because the aura of this place is quite abundant, even those mortals are all energetic, full of red light, and rarely have the kind of sickness in the mortal world.
However, along the way, Feng Ruo and the others never found a suitable courtyard, either the rent was too high, or they needed to share it with other casual cultivators, so they had to continue to move forward.
"Senior Sister Lan, what do you think of this courtyard?" waited until everyone walked to the end of the town, only to see a courtyard that was not very large and almost deserted.
"Well, yes, it's quiet here!" Lan Ling nodded, in fact, she was secretly complaining in her heart, she had never taken the Five Elements Stone to heart before, and if she didn't have it, she went to Ye Hong to ask for it, but who knew that she was kicked out all of a sudden, just now she also took a fancy to a few courtyards with very good conditions, but the annual rent needs at least two hundred Five Element Stones, and now she only has less than a hundred low-grade Five Element Stones, how can she afford to live there?
"I'll ask!" Peng Yue volunteered to run forward and knock on the door, now he was also a little panicked, who would have thought that the rent of the courtyard in this valley town would rise so much, but almost all of them except Lan Ling were poor ghosts, if this courtyard could not be rented, they would really have to wander in the mortal world.
"Senior Sister Lan, I have ten of them, you take them first. Secretly sighed, Feng Ruo took out the only ten water surname Five Element Stones that he had left, there was no way, he had consumed so much in one breath before, plus the ones that were fed to the little bald man and the Silver Armor Heavenly Spider, there were only these Five Element Stones in his hand that were originally intended to refine the sword weapon.
"Senior Brother Tang, do you still have the Five Elements Stone in your hand?" Turning his head, Feng Ruo asked Tang Qing again.
"Where else is there!" Tang Qing spread his hands helplessly, "Didn't they all use it to buy that low-grade Five Elements Stone before!"
"Uncle Ye should have it on him, right?" Feng Ruo asked Lan Ling again without giving up.
"Even if there is, I won't be able to take it out!" Lan Ling shook his head, "Master has been unconscious, and his storage belt can only be used by himself. ”
Just as Feng Ruo and the three of them sighed at each other, Peng Yue ran back with a look of surprise on his face, "Senior Sister Lan, Senior Sister Lan, I have already negotiated, this courtyard only needs the rent of sixty Five Element Stones every year!"
"Sixty pieces, so cheap, Peng Yue, you haven't been deceived, right?" Tang Qing asked suspiciously.
"How is it possible! It's true, the owner of this courtyard has already agreed, but there is no spirit wood in this courtyard, and there is no protective formation!"
"There is no spirit wood, there is no protective formation, what kind of broken courtyard is this!" Tang Qing said angrily, because there is no spirit wood, it means that it is impossible to cultivate normally, it is almost not much different from the mortal world, as for the lack of a protective formation, it is very likely that it will be often patronized by some spirit beasts.
"Okay, let's rent this courtyard! After a while, let's change another one, we must settle down first!" Lan Ling said calmly.
Hearing Lan Ling say this, Tang Qing had no choice but to keep his mouth shut, who let these people lack the Five Elements Stone!
Taking advantage of Lan Ling and Peng Yue to sign a contract with the owner of the courtyard, Feng Ruo and Tang Qing inspected the environment around this courtyard.
The construction of this courtyard seems to have been a long time ago, and many of the courtyard walls have cracks and are overgrown with various weeds, apparently because there is no protective formation.
And the location of this courtyard is also extremely remote in the town, and it is also separated from the nearest courtyard by nearly a hundred zhang, which looks very desolate.
Dozens of feet behind the courtyard, there is a black and oppressive forest, although it is in the white, it still makes people feel a kind of gloomy.
"Feng Ruo, do you think this courtyard is very evil?" Tang Qing, who came around from the other side at this time, said in a low voice.
Feng Ruo glanced at the gloomy woods, and then said, "What did you find?"
"No, I just think that judging from the tight situation of the courtyard in the Desperate Valley Town, there is no reason why this courtyard will be idle for so long? Moreover, this forest is also weird!" Tang Qing said, his eyes were firmly fixed on the forest, "Perhaps, we should find a time to go in and search, otherwise, our courtyard doesn't even have a protective formation, and it is not a good thing to be disturbed once we are cultivating!"
"Hehe, let's talk about it in two days! I think this courtyard needs to be cleaned up!" Feng Ruo smiled slightly, but he didn't care, because there was a local old man living here before, so there shouldn't be any filth in this courtyard.