Chapter 374 Yellow Wind Grassland (Please Subscribe, Please Bookmark)
"First-grade high-quality fire-patterned stone, second-grade low-quality fire-patterned stone concentrate, and second-grade medium-quality magma raw stone." Looking at the three pieces of fire-attributed spiritual materials in front of her, Sun Shengmei's eyes flashed with a gleam of light.
As for some cultivated fire-attributed spiritual medicines, they are relatively not so eye-catching. These stones, which seem plain on the surface, actually emit endless light, which directly attracts the eyes of the two foundation-building cultivators.
In fact, this kind of transaction with the indigenous tribes of the Shiwan Mountains is particularly important for the branch of the Sun family in Lingtao Mountain, which has not yet truly established itself.
On the one hand, a large amount of spiritual stones and basic spiritual objects can be earned through this transaction, and the nutrients necessary for the family branch to maintain its existence can be obtained; on the other hand, this transaction can also be used to integrate into the Shiwan Mountains bit by bit.
Compared with the constant battles with the tribes, the only disadvantage of this method is that it takes longer, but the already scarce cultivators in the family will not be weakened.
"These three spiritual materials can be traded, both spiritual pills and spiritual peaches are acceptable," Sun Shengmei made the final decision. She was happy to see the truly valuable treasures come to fruition.
"Fellow Daoist, if you are so straightforward, then we will agree to make the first transaction in ten days. The specific transaction price will be determined based on the quality of the spiritual materials and the type of spiritual pills, how about that?" He Mingyuan also struck while the iron was hot.
When the family branch deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains was eager to reach the first transaction with the Brown Stone Tribe, the distance between them was extremely far, perhaps on the Yellow Wind Grassland over a million miles, a caravan consisting of hundreds of first-level top-grade stupid bull beasts was walking on the endless grassland.
There was a thick layer of khaki dust on the body of each stupid bull beast, and it was obvious that they had been walking for a long time. Even from these stupid bull beasts, one could clearly feel a sense of exhaustion from the heart.
There were one or two cultivators following every three or five boxes pulled by stupid bull beasts, and usually ten boxes required a foundation-building cultivator to guard.
"Fellow Daoist Kan, is this the Yellow Wind Grassland?" He was covered in dust and dirt, with a simple leather coat made of unknown fur covering his body. On the surface, he was no different from the silly cow beast. Except for his clean facial features, it was impossible to tell that he was Sun Mingzeng, a genius cultivator with dual spiritual roots from the Sun family.
At the beginning, according to Sun Shengyuan's request, he went to the Yellow Wind Grassland alone to try to establish a stable connection between the family and the tribes here.
It can be imagined that it is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Since arriving at the Yellow Wind Grassland, he has been rejected one after another. The living environment of the tribal cultivators here is extremely harsh. Only a small amount of specialty products can be traded. They only believe in some fixed trading caravans, and strangers are not allowed to enter the tribe easily.
Even after being besieged by a hundred grassland wolves, Sun Mingzeng was severely injured. He rested in a temporary cave and encountered a storm that only happened once in a hundred years. When the weather returned to normal, the surrounding environment had already changed. Coupled with the loss of the map, he completely lost his direction.
After running away in a panic for half a year, they finally encountered this caravan that also came from Song State. After getting permission, they entered the caravan and began to strengthen their familiarity with the grassland by borrowing the name of the caravan.
"This is just the periphery of the Yellow Wind Grassland. The people living here are small tribes with less than a thousand tents. Most of them are extremely poor. Apart from some first-level spiritual sheep and spiritual cattle, there is no wealth. The so-called transaction in front is just child's play. The real transaction requires going to a large tribe with more than ten thousand tents deep in the Yellow Wind Grassland." Fellow Daoist Kan was also generous with some common sense.
Tent is a special unit of measurement belonging to the grassland tribe. Each tent contains a complete family unit, at least six people. Ten thousand tents means that this tribe has at least 60,000 people.
"Mian" "Moo"
Just as Fellow Daoist Kan finished speaking, waves of screams of spiritual sheep and spiritual cattle came one after another. It was the transaction with some small tribes before.
The only purpose of these spirit sheep and spirit cattle is to serve as the sustenance of the whole caravan. The business on the grassland is different from the cultivation world of Song State. The flesh and blood of these spirit sheep and spirit cattle can replenish the consumption of the physical body, which is indispensable.
Daoyou Kan's full name is Kan Qingzi. He was born as a casual cultivator and has the fourth level of foundation building. He was employed by this caravan. He could get a reward of 10,000 spirit stones for each trip to Huangfeng Grassland, which was enough to meet the needs for a long time.
In addition, if you encounter the siege of monsters, you can also get a certain amount of spoils according to the proportion. In short, you can usually get a reward of about 20,000 spirit stones each time.
Of course, foundation building cultivators like Sun Mingsheng who joined halfway did not have any rewards. They were only qualified to share a share of the spoils.
"Daoyou Kan, how far is this place from the core grassland? How long does it take?" Sun Mingzeng asked, obviously very interested in the legendary core area.
"Fellow Daoist Sun, every time we come here the terrain will change under the storm. Unless you have the spiritual weapon, the Star-Fixing Plate, in the hands of the team leader, you will not know the final destination. Otherwise, I would have sold the spiritual objects on my own long ago. Why should I always act as a thug?" Kan Qingzi knew Sun Mingsheng's thoughts very well.
After the brief conversation, the two were in a relatively silent state, each of them seemed to be thinking about something.
In fact, the Song State merchant caravans that came to the Yellow Wind Grassland for trade were mainly composed of the four major sects, and there were also some families with Jindan-stage cultivators.
Any other cultivator who wanted to come here to trade must promise to hand over one-tenth of the spiritual stones obtained in the transaction as a reward to the leader before they can become a part of it.
In this way, the sect and family where the leader of the monk is located only need to invest a small amount of spiritual stones and spiritual objects to earn a large amount of income, which can be said to be a profitable business.
There are also some small and medium-sized families and independent cultivators who do not participate in this type of transaction, but organize spiritual objects to trade separately.
But the only object of their trade is the small tribes below a thousand tents outside the Yellow Wind Grassland, exchanging some spiritual sheep and spiritual cattle to earn a few spiritual stones.
Even this seemingly small-scale transaction requires sufficient connections. These tribes will not easily trust others to trade. In most cases, they will reject people as Sun Mingzeng encountered before.
"If the family wants to make a profit from the trade on the Yellow Wind Grassland, the only way in the short term is to organize a caravan, hand over the profits, and join in." This is one of the only ways that Sun Mingzeng believes can successfully participate in the trade in the short term.
"In any case, since you have joined the caravan, you naturally have to go to the core of the grassland to make it worthwhile."
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