After many days, Lu Ran finally saw the sea again.
But it's not what I imagined.
The beach in front of you is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on one side. It is a natural harbor.
But now in the evening, there is no ship on the shore.
Only where Lu Ran was standing now, there was a monument that looked like a fish's head, with the crooked words "Nanlanhai Yulixian Cave Heaven" engraved on it.
The reason why there are no ships docking is obvious. This beach and even the shallow sea are all covered with indigo-blue gleaming mud, which stretches all the way to the deep sea. Ordinary ships cannot sail in it.
No wonder I felt so strange when I was in that village just now. It was a fishing village, but I couldn't see every household drying the nets and catching fish, and I couldn't even smell the familiar smell of fish.
Lu Ran bent down, stretched out his hand and rubbed some blue mud into his hands. The color was very beautiful, and there were some Fritillary seafood mixed in, but it smelled fishy and smelly, and it felt a little burning when it was applied to the skin, so People probably can't walk through it either.
After looking at it like that for a while, Lu Ran climbed up to a higher place and saw that the blue mud sea was far wider than he had imagined. He also saw a blue fairy mountain like a spire in the sea mist, which was far away. It's very far away, so it must be Xu Fang's residence.
It seemed that the old man had not lied to himself. If he wanted to go to the Fairy Mountain, he could only wait for someone to sail a boat from the Mud Sea at night, so Lu Ran planned to return to Nanlan Village to have something to eat and come back at midnight.
Back in the village, Lu Ran soon discovered something strange. He originally wanted to find a low-key snack shop to have dinner, but found that this small village with no business at all had a four-story building. The high-rise hotel is very similar in style to the He Lai Inn in Fenli Town.
Lu Ran didn't want to show off, but after searching around the place there was no second restaurant, so he had to hide his face and go in, find a corner seat and sit down.
After some observation, I learned that this restaurant is called "Dengxian Tower", and it serves immortal seekers from all over the south of the earthquake. As a "destined person", Lu Ran is indeed very destined, and today happens to be It is the day of the annual boat trip to the Immortal Mountain, also known as the "Meeting to Immortal Crossing".
Looking at the smug and even intoxicated people in the restaurant, Lu Ran felt as if he were watching wild monkeys having a meeting on the mountain, but he just smiled secretly and did not go up to talk to them.
The waiter was called to order, and the waiter quickly and skillfully announced several special dishes with very ridiculous names. Lu Ran thought that he had eaten simply all the way, so this time he went extravagant and ordered three dishes and one soup. I also want a pot of local rice wine, and I plan to secretly take Miss Shu to take a sip later.
However, the dishes were served very quickly. When the waiter here went down, the chef over there had already brought all the dishes. Lu Ran took a closer look, asked the price again, and exclaimed that he had been cheated.
Three dishes and one soup, all with mysterious names.
Daogu Xianfeng is just a piece of dried meatless bone. It is the meat of an unknown animal. It is very salty and cannot be chewed at all.
The fairy guides the way, just a few slender mushrooms mixed with a sauce that is neither sweet nor salty nor spicy nor sour, just like eating grass.
Yuhua Dengxian is half a roasted chicken that is full of bones. When you bite into it, it is full of dirt.
The most puzzling thing was the bowl of soup. It was called Crossing the Immortals and Crossing the Sea, but it had a dark blue soup with a few clams floating on it. Lu Ran could tell at a glance that it was the blue color of the beach just now. Made of mud, is this something people can eat?
As for the pot of wine, the pot water at He Lai Inn used to be better than his. Lu Ran frowned and took a few sips, missing those few good days.
For this little item, the set price is NT$398. This is undoubtedly a shady store.
However, Lu Ran did not protest and eventually paid the money obediently. 33
On the one hand, I wanted to keep a low profile, and on the other hand, I heard from the waiter that the money was not in vain. He said that there are thousands of people who come to seek immortals at this time every year, and they have to pay at the Climbing Tower before they can receive a boat ticket. With this ticket, you have the opportunity to board the boat to the Fairy Mountain on the Sea.
Of course, if Lu Ran was willing to spend more money, then the chance of boarding the ship would be greater.
Only then did Lu Ran understand why some of the wealthy-looking people in the hall were so happy and determined to win. It turned out to be because money could bring immortality.
Well, Xu Fang, you used to cry about being poor in front of yourself, but it turns out that you are so wise in making money.
After paying the bill, Lu Ran cursed in his mind. After a while, the waiter presented a wooden sign. As expected, there was a fish carved on the wooden sign, a fish that could blink.
It was exactly the same as the tail engraved on the [Jade Tablet for Capturing Mountains] that Xu Fang gave to Ke Zhizi at that time.
Lu Ran had already begun to imagine what it would be like to meet Xu Fang and ask him for the 398 yuan for the boat ticket.
Afterwards, Lu Ran left the Dengxian Tower and wandered around the village again. It was late at night and the village was dead silent. It was not because they were all asleep, but because every house was locked and no one was home. Lu Ran asked questions along the way. On and on, it wasn't until I slowly walked to the harbor in the afternoon that I realized that the villagers were here. At this time, the lights on the beach were brightly lit, and the villagers decorated their lanterns as if they were welcoming some grand festival.
Lu Ran looked back at the brightly lit four-story restaurant, and immediately understood that the people in this village made a living by running this restaurant, and they earned money from those seeking immortality.
This is probably because the southern sea is not suitable for fishing, not to mention that the eight southern countries also have sea restrictions.
But what Lu Ran is more interested in is that the relationship between people and immortals in this world of Huanjiao is obviously much more complicated and confusing than that of Xia Yajiao.
With this in mind, Lu Ran slept on a huge rock on a sea cliff, watching those people busy coming and going with lights on, and soon felt his eyelids were a little heavy and fell asleep.
As several gorgeous fireworks took off, a loud voice shouted three times from the bottom of the cliff: "Now, all quasi-immortals, please come in!"
Lu Ran woke up, jumped up, took a random look, and ran as hard as he could to the illuminated harbor. However, he arrived too late, as the harbor was already crowded with people.
Only then did Lu Ran realize that he was holding the lowest-grade wooden card, so after much dilly-dally, he became the third-to-last-ranked seeker.
The second to last person in the queue behind him was a turtle wearing a rabbit fur jacket in the summer.
The last one was an old man who looked like he was a hundred years old. He was holding up his pants and panting behind Wugui, saying that he had eaten a lot in the Dengxian Tower just now.
In short, Lu Ran and the turtle barely squeezed into the venue of the "Immortal Crossing Conference" alone, ranking among the bottom three of the twelfth group of twelve.
In front of us, including the busy villagers, there were probably two to three thousand people.
With so many immortal seekers, even if the "Immortal Crossing Conference" is held once a year, it is enough for the people in this village to earn enough money for a year's expenses.
Everyone in the village is making a living in the same place, and they can make a year's worth of money at a time. Which genius came up with this good business?
Some people died, but not completely...
