Chapter 1168 – Sand City
Xu Chuniang remembered that when a few people saw her, their first reaction was to vanish.
“When you saw me just now, why did you hastily want to leave?”
“Fellow Daoist doesn’t know, this Prisoner Sand Mountain has a harsh environment, and there are often sand beasts infesting the area, in order to fight against the sand beasts, the cultivators who come here to look for heavy stones tend to travel in groups, and those who have the strength to walk alone on the Prisoner Sand Mountain are by no means idle people.
We saw that you appeared here one step ahead of us, and not wanting to cause any misunderstandings, we planned to leave directly.”
So that’s how it is, it seems that these few people have quite a cautious character.
“I want to go back to the Northern Realm, is it true that I can leave Prisoner Sand Mountain just by going all the way to the north?”
“Theoretically that’s true, but the Prisoner Sand Mountain is very vast, the terrain will change with the climate, and it’s extremely easy to get lost when walking in it.
For safety’s sake, if you want to leave, you can follow the merchant caravan in Sand City, the caravan has a Demon King realm cultivator with it, so the safety will be greatly enhanced.”
Xu Chuniang was a bit surprised, “A merchant fleet in Sand City? There’s even a city built in this Prisoner Sand Mountain?”
“Originally there was none, but the number of people who came to the Imprisoned Sand Mountain to look for heavy stones increased, and slowly there is nowadays Sand City, said Sand City, in fact, the scale is not that big, you will know when you go there.
It’s just that the caravan asks for a high price, you Taoist should be prepared in your heart.”
“Thanks for informing me of this.”
Xu Chuniang thought for a moment and took out a top-grade magic crystal from her storage space, sending it to a few people.
“Could you also tell me which direction Sand City is in and how to get there? This magic crystal is your payment for solving my confusion.”
The cultivator in the lead looked at the magic crystal in front of him and weighed it for a moment before putting it away.
“We’ve taken the heavy stones and are planning to return to the city, so it’s fine for you, Fellow Daoist, to follow behind us.”
Upon hearing this, someone in the group revealed a look of surprise, and did not ask more questions due to the presence of outsiders.
“Alright, then I’ll thank a few of you first.”
Xu Chuniang acted as if she didn’t see the looks on the faces of the rest of the people, maintaining a certain distance and following behind the several people.
On the way back to the city, someone finally couldn’t hold back and transmitted a voice to ask the leader.
“Brother Gui, we’ve only just left Sand City not more than a few days ago, and we’ve only gotten a heavy stone here, how come we have to go back?”
Usually, when they made a trip out, they would at least stay out for ten days and half a month, and sometimes, they would even be stranded outside for a month or two.
It couldn’t be that they were delaying themselves just to lead the way for others, could it?
“Yes, and this female cultivator mistakenly entered the Imprisoned Sand Mountain, the strength should not be strong where to take, she is out of the upper grade magic crystals, it seems to be a fat sheep, why don’t we do it ……”
The questioner didn’t avoid the others, so his voice transmission was heard by the rest.
Some people’s eyes flickered, plotting to kill and seize the treasure.
Before the person addressed as Brother Dangerous could speak, the only female cultivator in the group, the Dao Couple of the Dangerousness Cultivator, snorted coldly.
“Both of you, are you both brainless? Although that person mistakenly entered the Imprisoned Sand Mountain, when she faced off with the five of us just now, did she have half a bit of fear on her face?”
The two were reprimanded, their faces were a bit snappy, “Could it be that she was bluffing?”
“Hehe, this is Prisoner Sand Mountain, even if she hasn’t been here before, she has heard of the infamous reputation of this Prisoner Sand Mountain, if she was really bluffing, why would she send us away with top-grade magic crystals?”
The reasoning of not exposing one’s wealth to the world of cultivation, in the world of cultivation, even a three year old child would know that.
That female cultivator generously took out the top-grade magic crystals and casually dismissed them, from this small action it was enough to see that the other party had a strong bottom line and didn’t take a few people as a threat at all.
The two reacted, and immediately broke out into a cold sweat.
“So Brother Gui took the initiative to lead the way in order to ensure our safety?” “Not bad, we don’t know the depths of the other party, and there’s no guarantee, if the other party will storm out.”
Cultivator Gui explained, “But she has a request from us now, and if we take the initiative to lead the way, at least she won’t make a move on us until we arrive at Sand City, and by the time we arrive at Sand City, we’ll be safe as well.”
The two of them glanced at each other, each could see the celebration in the bottom of the other’s eyes, it was still Brother Gui and Sister-in-Law who had thought it through.
It was better for them to be honest and follow Brother and Sister-in-Law.
Xu Chuniang was unaware of the conversation between the several people.
She followed far behind them all the way, traveling through the yellow sand for four or five days, and finally, early in the morning of the fifth day, she saw Sand City in the distance.
The journey was uneventful, causing the Gui cultivator to breathe a sigh of relief.
He turned his head to look behind and introduced Xu Chuniang.
“Fellow Daoist, ahead is Sand City.”
Xu Chuniang nodded slightly, her gaze landing on the earth-brown walls outside Sand City.
This city wall was low, only about ten feet high, but it was amazingly keeping the roiling yellow sand outside the city.
Cultivator Gui followed her gaze and explained.
“Fellow Daoist, don’t look at this city wall being low, when this city wall was built, it was mixed with a lot of heavy stones, and some other rare materials.
Utilizing the natural adsorption properties of heavy stones, it can adsorb a large amount of sand and dust, and keep the yellow sand outside of the city walls, which is also considered a major feature of Sand City.”
Hearing the other party’s words, Xu Chuniang nodded her head secretly, her gaze looking towards the large and small, rolling tents outside the city.
With Sand City as the center, outside the city walls, dozens of feet to hundreds of feet away, there were many camp tents staked out.
Outside the tents, there were simple formations, and there were also some tents that simply did not have anything, with the figures of cultivators coming and going between them.
She surveyed the tents and wondered, ”Why don’t they enter the city, but instead pile up outside the city and camp? Is it because there are too many people in the city to live there?”
Cultivator Gui showed an embarrassed look, in fact, several of them didn’t live in the city either, and two of these tents were theirs.
It’s not that the city can’t accommodate more cultivators, it’s really that the price in the city is too high to afford to live there.
Dangerous surnamed cultivator’s couple, greatly explained.
“Fellow Daoist do not know, this sand city is the only city in the imprisoned sand mountain, the initial cost of building the city is not expensive, so this entry fee is also surprisingly expensive. For every day you stay in the city, you have to pay a fee of one thousand magic crystals.”
One thousand magic crystals per day would be thirty thousand a month, and three hundred and sixty thousand a year, which was indeed a hefty fee.
“The entry fee is too expensive for us to afford, that’s why we retreated and chose not to enter the city and camped outside the city.
To camp and reside near Sand City, one would also have to pay a fee to the city, only that this fee is quite a bit cheaper than the entry fee.”
“So it is.”
Xu Chuniang withdrew her gaze and looked at the few people in front of her.
“This journey, thanks to you all, otherwise on my own, I’m afraid I’d have to search for a long time before I could find this Sand City.”
“A show of hands, there’s no need for you to take it personally, not to mention, you’ve already given your payment.”
Cultivator Gui did not take credit, “The road has been brought to us, we still have things to do, so we’ll bid you farewell.”