Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 701-Chapter 833)

The barbarians retreated down the mountain. Unfolding before them was a boundless blue sea. The rising and falling terrain were like waves in the sea, while this barren cluster of volcanoes was a lone island in the ocean.

They arrived on the “coastline” and dove into the seawater, crossing through like fish that had returned to the ocean. They moved through the jungle briskly, parting the annoying wide leaves and following a tiny path that was enveloped in greenery, almost indistinguishable from the rest of the forest.

There were very few proper pathways in the Mist province. Most of them were like this tiny path. Even if the obstructing plants were hacked away, they would grow back in just a few days. If a path was not frequently travelled, the greenery would quickly swallow it again.

Very soon, a village surrounded in wooden stockades appeared before their eyes, and they all eased up. There were always various dangers among the trees. The village still brought the most relief.

The stone egg and the Asura Field laid in separate baskets, entering the barbarian’s stockaded village.

Several days later, a ground of several dozen people arrived before the village. They were armed with weapons and dressed in the same manner as regular barbarians. They tied a bandana to their heads, and they had a pouch over their shoulders. They gave off a feeling that they were highly capable.

They sat on top of over a dozen pack animals that resembled oxen and horses. The powerful animals emerged from the jungle on a path with ease. In particular, the leading pack animal was the tallest and sturdiest. The person who sat on it was the leader of these people.

He seemed to be forty or fifty years old. His coarse face was weather-beaten, while his grizzling hair had been tied into a huge braid. His eyes shone brightly, and the large pair of glistening, golden earrings on his ears were particularly eye-catching.

“Open up! Goldie is here!”

“Gold earrings” called out like he was singing. His voice was extremely penetrative, reaching across the entire village very soon.

“The merchants from Goldie fort are here!” “Open the gates!”

A series of yells rang out of the village, and the gates opened loudly. People lined the streets to welcome them as the merchants entered proudly.

The barbarians who collected rocks a few days ago all laid out their rocks, inviting the merchants to pick through them. The merchants took out various goods for exchange.

Gold earrings was currently drinking with the old village head when a subordinate suddenly entered and said to Gold earrings, “Sir, please go and take a look. They’ve discovered a wondrous item.”

“Oh? What wondrous item?”

Gold earrings stood up immediately. Some precious minerals would appear from the volcanic cluster from time to time. His mission was to travel around the volcanic cluster and visit over a dozen villages before transporting everything he had exchanged for to the Fragrant Flower market to be sold. Once he completed this trade, he could make a tenfold profit. However, during the several decades he had spent in this business, there were not a lot of items that could be described as wondrous.

“I don’t know. It seems to be made out of cloth… but no one is sure… They don’t know its function either!”

Gold earrings was taken aback. The men under his command could be regarded as knowledgeable and experienced, yet they could not even identify what it was made of, so he could not help but have his interest piqued. He went over to take a look, and his eyes immediately lit up. He did not know its function, but from the material alone, it was anything but ordinary. Was it perhaps a spiritual artifact?

Despite his well-established inner force, he was unable to see any glow at all, but he was prepared. He took out a tiny insect from the pouch on his waist, and the insect flew over to the Asura Field, but it did not respond. He immediately became disappointed.

The young barbarian held a demonstration in a hurry. He swung the blade he carried on his waist at the Asura Field a few times, and the Asura Field obviously remained unscathed.



“To be wrapped in such great cloth, there must be something good inside. It’s worth a lot of money!”

Gold earrings hesitated, but he still ended up paying a pot of salt and a blade for the wondrous item of unknown function. The wondrous item had definitely been refined through special means. Perhaps it could fetch a great price at the Fragrant Flower market. And, even if that failed, he would not be incurring a loss with how much of a smooth talker he was.

The barbarian accepted the pot of salt and the blade happily. When the merchants were about to leave, a barbarian rushed over to the front and raised the stone egg high into the air.

“It’s a good egg! A good egg! I don’t want any blades, just salt!”

He had brought back this stone egg after so much difficulty, but in the end, he was unable to sell it. Seeing how his fellow villager had obtained a pot of salt so easily, how could he simply accept this?

Gold earrings accepted the stone egg and took a look. There were no signs of polishing; it was as if it was naturally formed. He placed it by his ear and listened before tapping it a few times. The sound was dense, so it did not seem to be hollow. Even if it really were an egg, it was a dead egg.

“This was found with the bundle. It had erupted from the volcano. It’s definitely something good. It’s a loss if you don’t buy it!”

Gold earrings made up his mind and ordered, “Give him a pot of salt!”





Chapter 705: The Bone Eating Tribe, an Egg's Flash | Legend of the Great Sage




“Fragrant Flower market” was called a market, but grey walls that stood several meters tall surrounded it. People flowed through the streets, and the structures stood row after row. It was clearly quite a large scale city, which was rare in the Mist province. Countless villages and tribes within several hundred kilometers engaged in trade there.

Gold earrings lead the group of merchants. After entering through the city gates, they were like a droplet of water that had dripped into a lake. They vanished very quickly. Over a dozen days later, they finally emerged again.

Gold earrings was still at the front. He had changed into a brand-new set of clothes, and his hair and beard had been combed again. He was brimming with joy, but it definitely was not because he had gotten some good sleep and a hot shower in the city. It was because the profits from this trip had greatly exceeded his expectations.

The “patterned bundle” of unknown function made it into the monthly auction of Fragrant Flower market and fetched a lofty price of a hundred taels of gold. Right now, that sum weighed heavily in the bag beside him. Even until now, he did not understand the function of the patterned bundle. During the auction, they only announced that it hid an ancient, precious treasure, but even the most powerful masters with the sharpest blades could not leave a single scratch on it.

When he thought of that, he could not help but feel a tinge of regret. If he had known earlier, he could have handled it properly, and it definitely would have fetched an even higher price. However, the people who were interested in purchasing the patterned bundle were all people he could not afford to offend. If he were in Goldie fort, then perhaps, but in the Fragrant Flower market, he dared not cause any trouble, or there would most likely be problems on the way back.