The Grassland Mutual Market

Seeing Su Mu and the others' expressions turn solemn because of his words, Yan Yi immediately scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Actually, those later things are just my own speculations. I have never been to the Ancient Battlefield either, so you can just listen to it as a story, no need to take it seriously."

"Tsk, brother, you said it so seriously, but it turned out to be just speculation. However, listening to it as a story is indeed not bad."

Hearing Yan Yi say this, Su Mu and the others all smiled, while Xi Meng cast a disdainful glance at Yan Yi, then shifted her gaze forward, her eyes suddenly lighting up.

"This must be the Beimang Grassland. It indeed looks quite different from other places~"

Hearing this, Su Mu raised his eyes to look. He saw that the blue sky was like a canopy, covering everything. On the grassland, the hills rose and fell like waves. One could vaguely see herds of sheep and cattle slowly drifting between the blue sky and green grass, and tents of different sizes and colors were dotted upon it like stars.

And in the north of the boundless grassland, a giant snow mountain could be seen standing tall, piercing straight into the sky without its peak in sight.

"Ah, there are many people over there. Let's go over and take a look."

It was Xi Meng's first time coming to the Beimang Grassland. She was extremely excited, as if she had discovered a new continent, constantly running around on the flying shuttle to look, pointing at a place to their left.

Hearing this, everyone looked over and saw dozens of tents gathered together, surrounding a large area, with people coming and going, making it extremely bustling.

"That is the mutual market, which is also considered a major feature of this Beimang Grassland. Let's go over and take a look."

Yan Yi took a glance and immediately recognized it, while changing direction to fly toward it.

"Mutual market? Is it like a marketplace?"

Xi Meng asked while sizing up the mutual market that was getting closer and closer.

"Indeed. Most of the people on the Beimang Grassland rely on nomadic herding to make a living. Although they also belong to the Great Yu, because of their different living habits, they rarely interact with people outside the grassland."

Yan Yi nodded and said, "Therefore, the court established mutual markets on the borders of the grassland, making it convenient for people inside and outside the grassland to trade, and facilitating exchange."

With that, Yan Yi estimated the distance and slowly lowered the flying shuttle, saying, "Most of those who come to the mutual market are mortals. Flying over there would attract too much attention. Let's walk over."

Su Mu and the others had no objections. They had originally come to travel, so walking a few steps was nothing.

The group descended from the flying shuttle and all restrained their auras, while Yan Yi and Zhao Gua even changed their attire.

The reputation of Yujing Mountain in the Great Zhou was too resounding. If they walked in just like that, it would indeed attract too much attention.

Su Mu and the others followed Yan Yi all the way forward. The closer they got to the mutual market, the more clamorous the voices of people became. The sounds of hawking and bargaining were endless, no different from the bustle of any other place under heaven.

Su Mu observed for a while. Just as Yan Yi had said, the most frequent visitors here were still merchants from outside the grassland, and occasionally one could see some men and women dressed elaborately, who should also be here to travel.

Yan Yi landed in a relatively remote position, but Su Mu and the others were all cultivators, and their footsteps far surpassed ordinary people. Before long, they arrived in front of the main gate of the mutual market.

The structure of the mutual market was extremely simple. Aside from the tents of different colors and sizes, it was surrounded by a ring of wooden fences. However, the wood was very new, looking like it had opened not long ago.

"The climate of the grassland is changeable, and buildings are difficult to last long. Therefore, every once in a while, the mutual market will change locations. This place should also be newly opened recently."

With that, Yan Yi led the way into the mutual market, and Su Mu and the others followed closely behind.

The mutual market, as its name suggested, was filled with all kinds of stalls everywhere. Some were set up inside tents, while others were directly spread out on the ground, for people to choose from.

Su Mu scanned a few times. The goods sold by the Beimang herders were indeed mostly animal pelts, while the goods sold by the Central Plains merchants were flashy and colorful, having everything one could need.

Because of the nomadic life, many things on the grassland could not be produced, so most of them needed to be purchased from outside. These merchants naturally would not miss such a good opportunity.

Those things that were not worth a penny outside could be sold for a good price here. Although it consumed a lot of time on the road, as long as they returned with a batch of the best pelts, they could make another fortune.

However, Su Mu discovered some strange places.

Although the things sold here were of decent quality, and the pelts were all of the highest grade, they were still only mortal items, of no use to cultivators. Yet Su Mu discovered many traces of cultivators.

If it were just one or two, it would be fine, but with so many cultivators appearing together, there must be something in this mutual market attracting them.

Just as the group was wandering a bit bored and planning to leave, Yan Yi, who was leading the way in front, stopped, pointed at a dilapidated tent ahead, and said, "Everyone, we have arrived."

Su Mu raised his eyes to look and found that this tent was located in an extremely remote position, and the tent was also exceptionally dilapidated. No merchants were seen hawking there, only a large dog listlessly lying at the entrance of the tent.

This large dog was extremely lazy, almost always dozing off. Even when people approached, it only twitched its nose and shook its ears, never opening its eyes to look.

Su Mu looked around and found that the cultivators he had discovered previously were actually all gathering toward this place, entering that dilapidated tent one after another. And when they passed through the tent, Su Mu felt a familiar wave of fluctuation.

It was a fluctuation that could only be generated when entering another space.

Su Mu instantly understood that this tent was a passage, and followed Yan Yi into the tent early on.

Sensing Su Mu and the others approaching, the large dog's nose sniffed, and it suddenly opened its eyes wide. After seeing Su Mu and the others clearly, it instinctively took a step back, bowing its head toward Su Mu with a somewhat pleasing look.

Seeing this, the corners of Su Mu's mouth could not help but curve up slightly.

Although this large dog looked ordinary, the blood qi on its body was exceptionally thick, clearly a spiritual beast, and looking at this appearance, its spiritual intelligence was also not low.

To have a spiritual beast that had opened its spiritual intelligence guard the tent, the owner of this tent was also quite capricious.

Su Mu shook his head, followed Yan Yi into the tent, and Jia Yi and the others also followed, not paying much attention to the large dog guarding the door.

After they left, the large dog also resumed its normal state, lying back down again. Just as it was about to continue sleeping, it suddenly saw several people dressed gorgeously approaching.

Growl!!!

The large dog's nose sniffed, and it changed its previous lazy appearance, baring its teeth and letting out low growls, until it scared those people away before lying back down again.

The master's order was that mortals were not allowed to enter the tent, otherwise there would be no food.