Chapter 43: A True Paradise
Li Mu came to the location of the palace of the old emperor of the palace in Miyagi this time and did not enter, but went around the wall outside the palace and climbed over the palace. Then, his vision was instantly covered by piles of rocks, weeds, and primeval forests.
"It's really big enough!" Li Mu muttered. Performing light skills, he quickly swept towards the primeval forest in the distance, the wind whistling in his ears, and after a while, he got into the forest, and gradually, he began to see some living creatures such as rabbits. Continuing to go deeper, slowly, the living thing that appeared in front of his eyes simply blinded his eyes!
Herds of wild boars, herds of cattle and sheep...... Well, and herds of wild horses!
Oh, my God!
He had been in the forest for less than half an hour, and he had roughly calculated that the total number of living creatures he had seen had exceeded five thousand! He silently calculated in his mind: these things are definitely not native to this place, they should be recorded in Ji Boming's codex, and the dragon descending guard named Guangqi who was killed by him was cultivated here. Li Mu remembered that the light recorded in the codex seemed to be about to establish a country here.
Maybe...... His heart began to come alive: if he went inside, would there be some supplies?
But he soon gave up on this idea, and more than a thousand years had passed, and what material could have been preserved for more than a thousand years? Except for gold, silver, and jewelry...... Well, his heart came alive again, and his feet kept going, and he made his way quickly to the depths of the forest.
There was no trace of man in this forest, and he didn't know how far he had gone, and finally, he was thundered by the towering trees in front of him. It's always been said that the word 'towering tree' is used to describe the height of a tree, but when you actually see such a tall tree, it can really scare people.
The 100-meter-tall tree, if counted as 2.8 meters tall in a house, is more than 30 floors! The leaves here have completely blocked the sun's light from the outside, and it is brighter than the dark sky, but it is definitely not much, which makes him have to slow down. There are many thorns, and if you are not careful, your boots will be cut.
He was reluctant to let Wan Niang's hand-sewn boots be scratched here.
Finally, in the deepest part of the forest, Li Mu found traces of man-made. With trepidation, he searched for traces all the way down, where there was a cliff with a winding mountain path. The winding road is very easy to excavate, but as long as you are careful, you will not fall. Coming to the bottom of the cliff, Li Mu was once again stunned by the scene in front of him.
This is......
Shing mun!
The walls are about five meters high and are guarded by soldiers!
This...... There are human beings living here. Moreover, looking at the clothes and weapons of these soldiers, it seems that they are still very sophisticated, which shows that there is a very complete survival system here.
Isn't it a country?
He cautiously approached the gate of the city gate, and a soldier guarding the city immediately jumped out: "Toll!"
"More, more money?"
"One thousand taels!" said the soldier impatiently, "I don't know how much money you paid when you went out?" ”
"Out, when you go out?" Li Mu immediately thought that this soldier must have misunderstood that he was a resident of this city. Wait, how much does he cost?
One thousand taels?
And listen to him mean that there is a two-way charge in and out?
Blinking, Li Mu looked at the soldier with a smile: "I don't have that much money......
The soldier was displeased, looked disdainful, and said, "A guy who can't even beat two rabbits...... Hmph, if you don't have any money, you can just stay outside. And with that, he went back to the inside of the gate.
Li Mu stunned and recalled what he just said, two rabbits a thousand taels?
Then, he climbed the winding mountain road of the cliff again in a daze, returned to the primeval forest, and happened to meet a flock of frightened sheep, Li Mu came to the middle of the flock with light skills, and quickly grabbed the horns of the two goats one by one, and before they could struggle quickly lift them up and fall heavily to the ground, the two unlucky guys immediately stopped moving.
His peripheral vision glanced at the fleeing flock, and then at the two large goats in his hand.
"Well, it's not bad, let's see if I can afford the ticket money. Thinking so, he carried the two goats down the winding road of the cliff again, and came straight to the city gate. His trip back and forth took less than two quarters of an hour at most, but it was guarded by a different soldier, this guy looked at the two goats on Li Mu's shoulders with wide eyes, and swallowed his saliva fiercely: "What a lot of strength!"
Li Mu smiled awkwardly and said, "Brother Bing, I don't have a thousand taels, look at these two goats......"
"Wait!" said the soldier, who had said a word, and ran back to the gate, and after a few moments he came out with a bearded soldier. The bearded soldier glanced at the goat on Li Mu's shoulder and nodded, "It's not bad, if you don't have money to enter the city, sell the sheep." You know the rules, right? ”
As he spoke, under Li Mu's stunned eyes, the bearded soldier took a sheep from his hand, and then took out four silver tickets from his arms and handed them to him. Li Mu took it stupidly and asked cautiously, "Can I enter the city?"
The bearded man and the soldier before happily pulled the goat into the city gate, completely ignoring Li Mu in the mess. He cautiously walked into the city gate, and the soldiers who were guarding the city did not pay attention to him. Only then did he have the opportunity to look at the silver ticket in his hand. The top one reads 'One Thousand Taels', and the last three are: "Two Thousand Taels", "Wu Thousand Taels" and "One Thousand Taels", 18,000 taels!
Can these silver tickets be exchanged for 18,000 taels of silver?
In order to verify his mental thoughts, he strode in. The town is quaint, with two rows of shops on the road, and vendors pushing carts, and the whole street is full of hawking. What puzzled him the most was: he came in as an outsider without causing any notice from the town?
This situation only shows one thing: the town has a large population, and not everyone knows each other!
However, he definitely didn't think that this town could have many cities like the Great Xia Empire. Most of this place is written in Ji Boming's codex, and the dragon guards seem to want to build a kingdom here, and these people are the descendants of the first humans who came here back then.
With this thought, he went all the way into the town, and at this time, a middle-aged man stopped his way: "Little brother, can you sell this sheep? I will pay 21,000 taels." ”
Li Mu looked at the man in front of him carefully, and the first impression this guy gave him was that he was weak. Wearing an ink-colored robe, he was still holding a folding fan in his hand on a cold day, well, he looked sven. He could smell the inadvertently elegant aura of this guy.
Is this a genius?