Bai Liuli said, "It's fine, we can go directly, it will be faster."
Ming Zhi Tian shook his head, "That would be boring. I still don't have my own exclusive mount. Since I finally get to ride one, it would be less fun if we walked."
Fan Wuqi said, "A mount is just a mount. When we reach Sea City in the Diān Qián Sea Region, there will be plenty of mounts, you can choose any you like."
Ming Zhi Tian's eyes lit up when he heard for the first time that there was a place to buy mounts. "Mounts are also sold? Let's go."
Ten thousand li were but a few blinks of an eye to a powerful being. Of course, Ming Zhi Tian wasn't considered one yet; he needed Bai Liuli and Fan Wuqi to carry him.
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Diān Qián Sea Region!
Sea City—
This was a city that truly ruled the sea. All the land was in the center of the sea, but not as islands, rather as a city in the sea.
As the three entered Sea City, everyone, men and women alike, was bald!
Fan Wuqi said, "Duó Tuó Pavilion is indeed like this, all people of the Buddhist faith."
Ming Zhi Tian asked, "Why are they bald?"
Fan Wuqi replied, "Not so, not so. They are bald by nature."
"Bald by nature?" Ming Zhi Tian was slightly stunned. "So they're not naturally balding..."
Bai Liuli covered his mouth with her hand, "This is their territory. Be careful with your words."
Fan Wuqi looked at Bai Liuli with admiration and nodded, "Miss Bai is right."
Ming Zhi Tian nodded, and Bai Liuli released her hand. Ming Zhi Tian could still smell the faint fragrance on his lips from Bai Liuli's palm.
Seeing Ming Zhi Tian pause, Bai Liuli said, "What are you spacing out for? Let's go."
Ming Zhi Tian snapped back to reality and quickly followed, "Then how do they get married and have children?"
Fan Wuqi looked at him with a strange expression, "How can they not? They are just bald, all other functions are normal, how can they not?"
"That's right." Ming Zhi Tian scratched his head.
Bai Liuli smiled enchantingly, "Even the Buddha drinks wine and eats meat."
Fan Wuqi said, "That depends on which Buddha."
They arrived at the Mount Stable. Since Ming Zhi Tian was eager to buy a divine beast-level mount, and he had money.
Fan Wuqi looked around and called out, "Shopkeeper!"
"Deng deng deng..." The sound of descending stairs.
"Coming."
The shopkeeper hurried down, only to find three people in ordinary attire. He yawned and said, "Greetings, immortal friends, good noon."
Bai Liuli, as the wife of Gu Luó Qí, the ancient divine emperor of cultivation, had once dressed luxuriously. Ever since her husband's death, she had stopped dressing up intentionally, and her appearance had gradually become disheveled.
Since meeting Ming Zhi Tian, it could be said that in the latter half of her life, besides guarding the "Shū Jiàn Lù" and avenging her deceased husband with Ming Zhi Tian's help, she had no other desires.
Fan Wuqi said, "Shopkeeper, we want to buy a mount. Please show our young master around."
The shopkeeper glanced at Ming Zhi Tian, whose attire was too simple and shabby. He felt they were just browsing and then instructed, "Ming, Ah Ming!"
A young man called Ah Ming immediately rushed out from the back, "Shopkeeper, what is it?"
The shopkeeper said, "Take them to look around, just casually look."
"I thought some big customer had arrived. Humph."
Though the voice was soft, Ming Zhi Tian and the others could faintly hear it, and paid it no mind. The shopkeeper had already gone upstairs.
Ah Ming, however, was very enthusiastic, "Three esteemed guests, please follow me."
Fan Wuqi nodded, "Please lead the way."
They arrived at the vast beast arena. There were quite a few outside guests test-riding on the track. Ah Ming asked, "May I ask what your ideal price range is?"
Ming Zhi Tian said, "I am not short of money."
Ah Ming did not look at the inconspicuous Ming Zhi Tian, but at Fan Wuqi. Fan Wuqi raised an eyebrow, "We are not short of money."