After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 2697 The Not-So-Suspicious Town

"Now, even humans are getting involved," Mother Earth said unhappily. "Annoying!"

Ling Jinbao said, "This is the territory of Baling."

"What's wrong with Baling?" The Earth Mother's clone scoffed. "Three hundred years ago, there was no Baling in the human world."

Its lifespan is so long that all the kingdoms on earth, even those as long-lived as Bega, are but fleeting moments in the eyes of Mother Earth.

They are nothing more than beings that live only a day and die at dusk.

Ling Jinbao probed, "You wouldn't be thinking of...?"

"What are you thinking? We're only staying for about twenty days, so we don't need to pay any attention to them." The Earth Mother's clone yawned in a very human way. "A mere few thousand people can't threaten me. I'll set up a barrier to prevent them from getting close. Just like I told you, I need to get a good night's sleep and replenish my energy for the next twenty days."

Immortal Mingke said, "You've worked too hard for too long. With us looking after the plains, you can rest assured."

For the past three years, Mother Earth has been taking care of the plains day and night without rest—unlike normal organisms, she does not need regular sleep.

Only when it returns to its birthplace and begins to gather nutrients will it get a good long sleep.

Mother Earth's return this time wasn't just about getting some supplements, but also about deep recuperation. It's like a villager who's been working away from home for three years finally returning, and they definitely want to have a delicious meal, take a hot bath, and then sleep soundly all day long.

The Trapped Dragon Hole is the Earth Mother's favorite large bathtub.

Mother Earth didn't stand on ceremony with them: "Alright, I'm going to sleep now. Wake me up if anything serious happens."

Everyone understood: if anyone dared to wake it up early, it would get angry.

After working hard year after year, why can't I sleep in?
"You can use this clone to control the plains on your behalf."

As soon as he finished speaking, the red light in the eyes of the stone golem clone turned green, and its movements became visibly stiff.

The Earth Mother herself has gone into slumber, and this little stone figure is merely a controller. It will follow the commands given by the immortals as much as possible within its authority.

Seeing that the Earth Mother was in a hurry to leave, Ling Jinbao continued the previous topic: "Why are there so many people in Longhu West?"

You can't blame him for being paranoid; the Liaotian Plain, which was originally a forbidden zone for humans, suddenly had a human settlement appearing nearby... This...

The Earth Mother's whereabouts should have been kept extremely secret, but now, there are actually 10,000 people living next to her.

Ling Jinbao felt uneasy.

No matter where you are, humans are the most powerful destabilizing factor.

But he couldn't advise Mother Earth to leave, as the town didn't seem threatening at the moment.

Immortal Mingke said, "I was also worried, so I went into town to investigate. The townspeople all seemed to be ordinary people, with some tourists from other places. Longhuxi has all the kinds of businesses you'd expect in a town. Oh, by the way, the steamed buns and bean and rice cakes at the steamed bun shop are quite delicious."

After saying that, he took out an oil paper package.

The aroma of food wafted out along with the steam.

The red sticky rice cake has four thick layers and is also filled with taro paste, dates, candied fruit, and millet.

Ling Jinbao's eyes lit up. Immortal Mingke was as good at handling people as ever. He went out for a trip and didn't forget to bring back some souvenirs for his companions.

He thanked her, then took the food and broke it apart with his hands to eat it: "Not bad, not bad, soft, chewy, and fragrant! Ah, it's been so long since I've eaten food from outside."

He had been underground for more than two months, and his mouth was practically tasteless.

Ling Jinbao, who had only recently become an immortal, still had a appetite.

"What is the main business of this Longhu West Town?" He chewed on a sticky rice cake, his speech a little unclear. "Do you remember Baisong City that we visited? It looks prosperous, and the people live in peace and contentment, but it is actually located in a remote area and cannot support hundreds of thousands of people at all. The root cause is that the Heavenly Demon built an experimental field in Baisong City to raise humans, and that's why they are fed and cared for so well."

“I remember that White Pine City can only keep running by receiving aid from other cities,” Immortal Mingke said with a smile. “But Dragon Hole West is different; it mainly sells Dragon Blood Grass.”

"what is that?"

Immortal Mingke casually pointed to the dark red forest below: "Liaotian Plain is not friendly to humans, but in recent years, the townspeople of Longhu West have discovered that a kind of grass growing in this forest, if used in medicine with proper dosage control, can break down or dissolve the tumors and worms in the body. They named this newly discovered herb 'Dragon Blood Grass'."

"newly?"

“A new discovery from three years ago.” Immortal Mingke had obviously asked more than one person in Longhuxi. “This town also started to prosper three years ago. Several wealthy merchants and high-ranking officials from Baling simply moved here to monopolize the resources here.”

"If it can target and destroy tumors within the body without requiring open surgery, then this Dragon Blood Grass is truly worth pursuing." In this era of spiritual energy revival, new types of elixirs have proliferated in the human realm, but not all chronic illnesses can be treated with these elixirs.

The so-called "rock tumors" and "worm-borne masses" are actually tumors. They absorb nutrients more aggressively than normal tissues, and 70% of the medicinal power of the elixir is absorbed by them, causing them to grow even larger and more dangerous to the patient's life.

Therefore, once a patient is diagnosed with petrous tumour, not only can they not take any remedies, but they also need to undergo surgical resection. Doctors with this skill are truly rare; the patient's postoperative recovery is also a major problem, as infection is easily contracted during surgery.

The appearance of dragon's blood grass is undoubtedly a boon to these patients.

This made it a rare commodity and a pillar industry of Ryūhori West, which seems perfectly reasonable.

It's reasonable to live off the land and the grass.

Ling Jinbao nodded, temporarily setting aside his question.

Qing Shudi Jun also came over, took a piece of sticky rice cake without asking, and then asked Ming Ke Xianren, "What does Dragon Blood Grass look like?"

"I don't know, I didn't go to the pharmacy to buy it."

Qing Shudi-jun chewed on the sticky rice cake with gusto, not caring about the heat: "The bird demon who just returned also reported that there were human figures in Liaotian Plain, and several small houses were also discovered. There were some plants planted in front of and behind the houses, which looked like cow wool felt, but were blood red."

Planting is more efficient than harvesting. The Liaotian Plain is not suitable for human habitation, but these humans will do anything for money.

"Perhaps it's Dragon Blood Grass?" Ling Jinbao asked Qing Shudi Jun, "Have you ever seen this herb before?"

Qing Shu Di Jun is a plant expert, so of course he has seen and learned a lot, but:
"No."

Immortal Mingke also said, "It is said that this is a specialty of Liaotian Plain, and it cannot be found anywhere else."

After finishing his meal, Qing Shudi Jun sucked on a few fingers before beckoning two bird demons down and ordering them to fly to the forest ranger's hut and steal a few red herbs from their herb garden.

It wants to see for itself.

Then it said to the two immortals, "Next time one of you goes to Longhu West Town, please get me a prescription or a finished product for treating rock tumors so I can try it out."