Chapter 4: Apply oil and take drugs(1/2)
"Although the Traceless Sea is large, it has not received any "rare guests"..."
Lin Xiao repeated the sentence with a smile on his face and said in his heart that it sounded interesting, but the matter of "registering immortal status" was really a bit troublesome. I couldn't tell, and I would have to find another way to solve it at that time.
With this thought in his mind, Lin Xiao said: "Thank you, Brother Tuotuo, for the tip. By the way, the destination of this caravan is 'Tutai City', right?"
Tuo Tuo didn't hide anything from him and just said: "Yes, we are going to 'Tutai City'. The distance is short and the road is relatively peaceful. Boss Pa will come next."
He raised his head a little as he spoke. "It is still a team of three small caravans. The boss is also kind-hearted. After this trip, I will earn spiritual stones and distribute them to the brothers. I am afraid there will not be a few left."
Lin Xiao thought about it for a moment, and found that the Solan Guard, counting the two heads of Pashan and Tuosang, and their brothers, there were about ten people.
A guard of this size should be able to escort a caravan of less than forty people.
But what about this result? I'm afraid Tuo Tuoze didn't lie either. Don't expect to make money, so you can just make money.
You know, those who work as escorts and sell goods like to buy in large quantities, get their hair done and walk away neatly and neatly.
No one is willing to accept this "casual deal". To put it bluntly, there is less money and more trouble.
Thinking about it this way, at least from the outside, the Pashan team is somewhat kind-hearted.
When Lin Xiao heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Tuotuo, is the money spent on escorting us all the way to pay for spiritual stones?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the dozens of camels moving slowly forward and said softly: "These secular people, do you have spiritual stones for you?"
Tuo Tuo laughed. "Brother Xu is joking. If they don't give you the spirit stone, why do we brothers have to suffer here and eat a mouthful of sand?"
Lin Xiao also laughed. "That's what I mean. The question is, do they have spiritual stones?"
Tuo Tuo looked Lin Xiao up and down and said strangely: "Brother Xu really doesn't know?"
Lin Xiao spread his hands. "Should I know?..."
"Forget it..." Tuo Tuo suddenly pointed to the camel at the end of the entire camel team not far ahead, and said, "Brother Xu, can you tell what this team is transporting?"
Lin Xiao turned around and saw that the camel had a strong body and a large frame. He should be the most capable of selling goods.
But for some reason, he walked very slowly, and every time he stepped down, he left deep footprints on the sand.
Looking further ahead, the camel is chewing in its mouth and saliva is dripping. It is obviously exerting strength and working extremely hard.
Lin Xiao's heart skipped a beat, his eyes fell on the cages on both sides of the camel hump, and he subconsciously said: "The cages are not too big, but these camels are very tired. Brother Tuo Tuo, this team of camels can't be pulling rocks, right?
?"
After saying that, even Lin Xiao himself laughed.
Unexpectedly, Tuotuo nodded his head. "Hey, Brother Xu really said it. Although it's not a stone, it's not much different."
Lin Xiao was startled and said dumbly: "Is this true or false? If you pull a rock on the road, will you get sick?"
"Sick?" Tuo Tuoze's eyes fell on the men who were holding the reins and leading the camels forward. "These people are called 'stone-moving slaves' in our area, and they are doing the work of the immortal sect.
, the hardest work."
"Stone-moving slave?" Lin Xiao asked.
"Yes." Tuotuo replied, "The starting point of this transaction is Shiyingzi, and the Broken Spirit River next to it is the largest spiritual sand field near Furukawahara."
"I heard from Boss Pa that there should have been a vein of spirit stone in the Broken Spirit River thousands of years ago. Now the veins have changed and the spirit stone has weathered, leaving it in the dry river bed, mixed with sand."<
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"As for these people, they just face the yellow sand and turn their backs to the sky every day. They take tools and keep blowing the broken spirit stones in the sand. When they have collected enough, they go to 'Tutai City' and sell them to the 'Hualing Merchant'
', live in exchange for some spiritual stones."
Lin Xiao felt a sigh of relief. Such "coolies" had never been seen or heard of in either Dufeng Country or Guyou Country.
It is normal to say that there is a difference between immortals and mortals. However, the life at the bottom of the immortal sect has never been so difficult.
So he asked: "Can't you live as a mortal? Why do you have to climb to the immortal gate?"
Tuo Tuo sneered. "Mortal? Brother, you are wrong. There are no mortals in this 'Traceless Sea'!"
Lin Xiao turned to look at the "black man" on the horse, with a puzzled expression on his face.
Just listen to Tuo Tuoze continue: "I don't know what the outside world is like, let's just say this sea of thousands of miles of sand. What can you grow in this land? What can you grow? From the time I came out of my mother's womb, and since I can remember, everyone,
Everything is related to spiritual power, true energy, and cultivation."
"They are those few oases that can support people and build cities. They are managed by monks and protected by spiritual power. The products they produce, whether they are vegetables, fruits, cattle, sheep, or livestock, are not more productive and of higher quality than those produced by mortals.
Gao? If I were the lord of the continent and the city, I wouldn’t let mortals take care of these chores.”
"Not to mention those elusive beasts and monsters in the Traceless Sea... How dare you leave the city with just the bones of a mortal? I'm afraid that as soon as you show your head, you'll get a gap in the teeth of those beasts!"
"In the final analysis, Wuzonghai only recognizes monks and their cultivation. If you want to get ahead in this world, the only way is to cultivate immortality."
Tuo Tuo looked at the camel caravan in front of him and said: "Brother Xu, you might as well use your spiritual sense to take a look. It's time to pass the time. The old and young men in this caravan are in their thirties or forties, no matter how bad they are.
There is a person with a level 1 or 2 cultivation of Qi refining, so he can live and die, and he can be regarded as having escaped from the mortal body."
Lin Xiao really didn't notice this, so he released his spiritual sense and made a little investigation. Sure enough, even the old man with white hair and beard had a cultivation level worthy of the second level.
However, the cultivation of these people, that is, the "cultivation" on paper, each of them has a heavy aura, mixed and impure, and it is obvious that they are not practicing any decent exercises.
To put it bluntly, I really became a "monk" just for the sake of becoming a "monk". My spiritual sense of true energy is rough and tight, and I don't even understand the four talisman formations and alchemy weapons. That is, my life span and physique are a little better than those of ordinary people.
That’s all.
But the question is, with such hard work, can these people really live longer than the mortals who live alone in the two countries?
I'm afraid not entirely.
Lin Xiao listened and suddenly asked: "As far as I know, there are some people who are born with no spiritual roots at all. They can't live without becoming mortals. What about them?"
"They? They are just like cows and horses with others, thinking about getting a good child in the next life..." Tuo Tuo spat and said silently: "I don't know what their outcome will be, and I don't want to know."
After saying this, the two fell into silence at the same time.
Lin Xiao didn't know how to answer this, so he just sighed in his heart.
But the emotion there ends here. After all, there is a land and a custom, and I am not so in love that I spread sympathy everywhere.
Moreover, I am a member of the Immortal Sect. I have seen a lot of killings from sects before, and there has been a lot of public discord.
However, Lin Xiao never thought that there would be a place where worldly humanity would be penetrated to this extent by the warmth and coldness of the Immortal Sect.
On the other hand, Tuo Tuoze's words reminded him that it was better to be careful and alert at all times when walking in the "Traceless Sea". It was much more ferocious and cold-blooded than elsewhere.
Putting aside all the thoughts in his mind, Lin Xiaoyan said: "Since we all have cultivation bases, using these two legs to travel, wouldn't it be too troublesome to transport goods by camel team? And you also need a team of serious monks to protect you?
In this 'Traceless Sea', there is no transport vehicle that the monks can use, so what happened after being pulled away?"
Tuotuo replied: "Yes, but yes, there is, how can everyone have it..."
Before Tuo Tuo Ze finished speaking, Lin Xiao seemed to have figured it out instantly. He raised his hand and rubbed his cheek and said, "Okay, brother Tuo Tuo, there is no need to explain. There is no place to plant trees in this yellow sand sky."
, how can it be possible to grow useful spiritual buds that can take a hundred years to become useful..."
Tuo Tuo showed his "crazy teeth" and sneered. "Isn't that right? Those who can fly in the sky, regardless of their cultivation level, are all big shots with money and backing, like us 'mud-legged' people, haha
...Climb."
As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Our boss, Pa, has a 'Sasuo' in his hand. Although he can't go to the sky, he can still drive on the ground with ease. We only saw him take it out once, and that posture...
Hehe, but the pet peeve is so reluctant to use it..."
Lin Xiao heard his forehead beating wildly, and thought in his heart that the monks of "Traceless Sea" really have a hard life. They have to go to the battlefield from time to time, and they don't even have a "sword boat" that can fly, and this "Shasuo"...
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"No, brother Tuotuo, it doesn't matter if it can't fly. It can run on the ground, but I don't want to use it..."
Tuo Tuo stared at him and said strangely: "Shouldn't we be reluctant to part with it? There is quicksand all over the ground, no matter what kind of wood it is, it will take a few years to grind it away, and you can just replace it if it's broken? Isn't it a waste of money?
..."
"Okay, don't say it, I understand." Lin Xiao immediately shook his head, but as he thought about it, he didn't know where his thoughts went, and suddenly his eyes flickered and he laughed.
Na Tuo Tuo saw this scene and said in confusion: "Hey? Why did Brother Xu suddenly laugh?"
"No, it's okay, I'm just thinking wildly, nothing serious." Lin Xiao immediately waved his hand and replied.
But Lin Xiao said in his heart, why am I laughing? I can't tell you that in my storage space, there are still twenty or thirty "divine eye tree tips" that were robbed from Qiu Hongshou of Jinya Village, as well as Guan San'er
After taking over the Huang family's business, I have been paying tribute to the fine Yunling wood year after year.
These were all of good quality, and it was not convenient to sell them in bulk at that time.
The former can make some sword boats. Even if the latter can't make boats, the "saxophone" he talks about is more than enough to make some lumps. It's just a matter of carving some wind-inducing magic circles. For Lin Xiao, it's just a piece of cake.<
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If this batch of goods is handled properly, it will be a windfall. If you are not careful, it will lead to death. It depends on how you do it.
Lin Xiao was thinking about it, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Tuo Tuoze taking another black "fruit" and throwing it into his mouth, chewing it, and couldn't help but ask.
"Did Brother Tuotuo eat fruit or something? You have chewed three of them in more than an hour."
"This?" Tuotuo took out a "black fruit" from his pocket and threw it away, "This is a good thing, commonly known as 'spiritual wax'. I don't know its original name, but there is a saying in Wu Zonghai.
In other words, if you paint your face black and talk nonsense, you won't be afraid of monsters!"
To be continued...