The Wizard's Infinite Journey

Chapter 5 The Jungle Outside Ximu Village

In the morning, the morning sun illuminates the earth.

A group of people walked on the road to Ximu Village.

The road from the castle to Ximu Village was much worse than Mu had imagined before.

The road that I thought could be covered in one day ended up being walked for three days.

This is still in the case of Kali as a guide.

"Mr. Yamu, you don't need to come here."

Walking on the road, Kali looked at Yamu who was struggling forward on the horse, and couldn't help but persuade him: "The road here is difficult to walk. For things like purchasing green stones, just let me go there."

Both Kali and Mayne did not understand the fact that Yamu came to purchase in person.

In their view, the purchase of green stones is just a trivial matter, just send someone over there, there is no need for Yamu to come over in person.

You know, as the owner of the market, Yamu is not as idle as he seems on the surface, and still has to deal with many things.

The chamber of commerce outside, the management of the market, and regular audits all need to be done by Yamu himself.

But Yamu insisted on coming in person.

In the short term, this green stone is his only hope of activating the Root.

As for Ximu Village, the only source of green stone at present, no matter how much he attaches importance to it, he cannot overestimate it.

It is quite necessary to come here in person.

But after he came here for a walk, he realized how bad the road conditions in this area were.

There are potholes everywhere, the key is that the terrain in some places is particularly difficult to walk, and it can even be said that there is no way to move forward.

Amu was a little speechless about this traffic situation, but it was not surprising.

After being reborn in this world for 16 years, he is naturally aware of the situation in this Black Forest Territory.

In the past few years, he has also persuaded Earl Reagan to repair as many roads in the territory as possible.

But Earl Reagan resolutely refused, and the reasons were quite good.

Repairing roads can certainly bring some convenience, but it is completely worthless compared with the possible threats.

The world is not peaceful.

The Black Forest Territory is located at the border of the Korolla Kingdom, and there are also many other lords around, some of which are not even weaker than Earl Reagan.

The lords are fighting each other, and from time to time they may have to fight a war.

In this context, a good road is likely to bring convenience to the enemy's transportation and allow the enemy's army to move quickly in its own territory.

Regarding Earl Reagan's thoughts, Yamu actually had other opinions in his heart, but he did not persuade him any more.

Road repairs have thus been put on hold.

Outside, a shadow shrouded the place, causing Yamu to raise his head subconsciously.

"It looks like it's going to rain."

Looking at the sky in the distance, Yamu became a little alert: "Stop first, find a place to shelter from the rain."

After walking for quite a long distance, on the fourth day, Yamu and his party finally arrived at their destination.

Compared with other places in the Black Forest, Ximu Village looks relatively more vibrant.

Compared with most of the serfs who were limited to a certain range and could only farm and serve in that area for life, most of them were self-cultivating farmers because of the remoteness of the place.

Compared with serfs, they had their own land and a greater degree of freedom.

Yamu even saw a lot of strangely dressed mountain people living in this village.

However, the place is still very poor.

Their food is still sufficient, but other aspects are very poor, not to mention other odds and ends of commodities, even farm tools are lacking.

"Most of them are hunters here. I used to come here to buy animal skins and herbs."

Kali spoke and explained to Yamu.

Yamu nodded and continued to look forward.

With the arrival of Yamu and his party, most of the people here also gathered.

Many people hid in the village, looking at these outsiders with some vigilance.

This is the border of the Black Forest Territory. Earl Reagan's authority is relatively weak here, and people from the castle basically only show up when collecting taxes.

Under such circumstances, it is normal for people here to be hostile to outsiders.

After a while, the leader here walked out, looking nervously at Yamu and his party.

"Sirs, we just paid our taxes not long ago"

Obviously, he regarded Yamu and others as coming to collect taxes, and his brows were full of tension.

Faced with this misunderstanding, Yamu didn't speak, but looked at Kali aside.

Kali understood and stepped forward immediately.

Compared with Yamu and others who are completely unfamiliar, Kali is quite familiar with the leader here because he often comes to this place to do business.

"You want enough greenstone?"

Hearing Yamu's purpose, the expression of the leader of Ximu Village eased.

"There are still some in that place, but not many."

He took Yamu and his party into the village, and brought some small packages after a while.

When the package was opened, it was filled with miserable green stones.

"That's all."

He spoke so.

"Only so much?"

Amu was immediately disappointed.

The power provided by a piece of green stone can at most support the activation of the root for half a day.

The green stone in the package in front of me is about 20 yuan, which is only in the early ten days.

For Amu, this is not enough.

"Is there no more?"

Kali understood what Amu meant, and immediately asked, "Isn't there a place where there is regular production?"

"That place is too dangerous."

The leader of Ximu Village shook his head and explained with a wry smile.

The green stone appeared in a forest next to Ximu Village.

Locally, that forest is a forbidden place, and it is also a place where the locals of Ximu Village are strictly forbidden to enter.

It is said that there is something in that place, once the living people enter, they will be cursed by evil spirits, thus taking their lives.

Of course, after living here for a long time, there will always be some people who accidentally walk into the dense forest.

This kind of green stone was discovered by those who entered by chance, because it looked very beautiful, like a certain kind of gemstone, so it was sold to merchants like Cali.

"In other words, this thing is only produced in that dense forest?"

Yamu couldn't help frowning when he heard the leader's narration.

"Yes, it is"

The leader nodded: "These in front of you are all that you discovered at the beginning."

"As for more, we can't get it out."

"Since there are some in the dense forest, then go directly to collect them in that dense forest."

Cali looked at the leader and spoke.

He doesn't care about dense forests, dangerous or not.

All he knew was that there was what Lord Amuda needed in that dense forest.

For this, it doesn't matter if the place is a dense forest or whatever.

"But... that is a forbidden place passed down from our time."

The old leader was a little hesitant, looking a little hesitant.

"Five coppers."

Cali's voice sounded: "As many as we want."

After the voice fell, some young people in the distant village raised their heads.

"The terrain in that dense forest is very complicated. Except for our local hunters, it is difficult for others to enter"

The old leader's drowsy voice sounded.

"Eight coppers."

All the young people's footsteps began to stop, and their eyes were a little bright when they looked at Cali.

Some old people were shaking their heads, looking around at the young people who were about to speak, ready to reprimand them loudly.

"There are a lot of beasts in there, it is easy to be dangerous"

"A silver coin!"

Cali gritted his teeth and quoted the price.

At this moment, he almost thought he was going crazy.

For a low-level gemstone of unknown category, he actually quoted a high price of one silver coin?

Do you know how many raw gemstones can be bought with one silver coin?

That is to say, Yamu behind him hasn't spoken yet, otherwise he will definitely turn around and leave now.

At this moment, everyone in the village stopped.

The young man looked at the light in the eyes of their old leader, wishing he could immediately agree instead of him.

The old man opened his mouth, forcefully swallowed back the scolding he was going to say, and also looked eagerly at his leader.

Even the old leader himself was heartbroken.

Almost subconsciously, he wanted to say yes, for fear that Kali would go back on his word, but in the end he held back and looked behind Kali somewhat secretly.

Behind Kali, the young man who had come together before, vaguely like the leader, was still sitting there, with a calm look, as if he was not frightened by the price quoted by Kali at all.

Looking at the calmness shown by the young man, the old leader swallowed, resisting the impulse in his heart.

"That place is cursed by the banshee. Anyone who enters will die inside. Even the soul will be swallowed by the banshee."

The old leader stammered and spoke.

"Old thing! You."

Kali got up all of a sudden, a surge of anger suddenly rose in his heart, and he wanted to attack.

It's just that before all this happened, a hand behind him pressed it back.

Yamu looked at the agitated Kali, smiled calmly, and then looked at the old leader.

When Kali couldn't believe it, the old leader was full of excitement, and the people around him were almost fanatical, he reported his final price.

"Five silver coins."

The people in Ximu Village finally succumbed.

It is impossible not to surrender.

As the aborigines of this place, they have many reasons to convince themselves not to set foot in that dense forest.

But there is no doubt that these reasons are nothing compared to the money that is enough to smash them to death.

For these mountain people, five silver coins is already a wealth that they can only accumulate in a few years.

And that's just the price of one green stone.

If you find two, it will be ten silver coins, which is equivalent to the price of one gold coin.

As mentioned earlier, one gold coin is enough to meet the consumption of an ordinary family for a whole year.

But what this ordinary person refers to is not farmers or mountain people, but the citizen class living in cities.

For the citizens living in the city, their income is higher, but their expenses are also higher. Usually, even necessities such as food also need to be purchased with money.

For them, a gold coin is just a year's consumption for a family.

But this standard is obviously not the case for these mountain people in front of them.

Living in this area, they are much poorer than the citizens of the city.

Under normal circumstances, a gold coin is already the greatest wealth they can see in their lifetime.

To be honest, as far as the situation in the Black Forest is concerned, even a gold coin is enough to buy a life.

Go outside to buy a high-quality female slave, the price is only one gold coin, and the price of ordinary slaves is even lower.

Under such circumstances, the price of five silver coins and one green stone is enough to make the mountain people in Ximu Village ignore all concerns.

(End of this chapter)