LADY LIN'S FIRST-EVER JOURNEY TO IMMORTALITY

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Chapter 401 Emerging Clues

Tianshui Port is very prosperous because of maritime trade and its location near Tianshui city. It was a famous trading port when Penglai and Ying were not at war. Two months ago, Ying declared war on Penglai and merchant ships of Ying are now forbidden to pull in to shore.

Now the Mu caravan don't have to hide as they always do along the way. Entering the ninth prince's place, their boat rows ashore freely. A team of uniforms led by a lieutenant is waiting for them. The leader greets Mu Qingshan and asks his men to unload.

Others still think this is grain transport. The Mu caravan supports the front line with grain for free and the boatmen all praise this family's devotion for serving the country. Although the front line of the war is not far from Tianshui City, Tianshui Port only bans the merchant ships of Ying. This place is related to several inland cities so the port is still very busy.

The lieutenant's surname is Wu and he is the confidant of the ninth prince. Receiving this batch of arbalests is obviously of great significance and his dark face finally relaxes and smiles. However, Lin Luoran notices his mouth twists when he sees Sang Ye without the cyan phoenix birthmark following the Mu family off the boat.

Lin Luoran doesn't want to see a tough soldier twisting so much and she turns her eyes to other places.

The port is prosperous. Boatmen and merchants are always coming and going. Most of the ships are grain carriers. The name of Tianshui city sounds sweet. In fact, the water produced by deep wells here is alkali water which tastes astringent. Not to mention the soil here is very hard. Lin Luoran has checked it with her spiritual mind earlier in the boat. This is totally a land of alkali soil and it can't produce food. She really can't understand why Ying tries so hard to get it.

A man is selling handmade noodle and Lin Luoran stops him to buy one bowl of it. The noodle is chewy and the scallion oil is delicious. However, the cooking water is astringent. Lin Luoran eats some and chats with the packman to get some local stories.

Here is the northmost Penglai and it is extremely muggy. Even the blowing sea breeze seems salty. The port is always busy so it is a mess. All people here are sweaty and they never see a clean woman as if she is from the quiet deep sea. They all gather around Lin Luoran to sell their own goods.

Buy sugar figure and get free fruit?

Lin Luoran spends less than a tael of silver and gets a bunch of small stuff in her hand, like fried bread stick, sugar figure, and omelette. She only gets some stories she has known on the way here. Lin Luoran feels helpless. People of the Mu family have finished unloading goods and they invite her to go to the camp together.

The seventh prince's thing is not settled yet and Mu Qingshan certainly does not dare to let her go.

A fish and shrimp seller picks out the dead shrimps and says, "You guys are talking about what happened afterwards. The immortals of thousands of years ago were all from a Spirit Mountain!"

Lin Luoran is stunned but tries her best to calm down. She pretends to be curious and asks the fishmonger about Spirit Mountain. However, the man also doesn't know much about it. He only tells her that his news was from a Ying businessman staying at Tianshui Port a few years ago.

Sang Ye's eyes flicker and Lin Luoran doesn't miss the emotion in his eyes.

Does this seventh prince also know the legend about Spirit Mountain?

The way Lin Luoran stares at him makes Sang Ye feel so creepy.

The front army is back to Tianshui city and soldiers all gather here when the sky is completely dark.