Chapter 31: Chapter 031 Phoenix City
But there is a small town located on the border of Haoyue Kingdom, where the people are simple and honest, and jade is abundant all year round. The people's lives are prosperous. The streets are clean, buildings and pavilions are everywhere, and everyone stays indoors at night. However, there is a god like figure stationed here all year round, and he is the mighty prince of Haoyue Kingdom - Murong Jin.
But in the past, it wasn't like this here.
The original name of Phoenix City was Stone City, because it is filled with strange looking jade like stones everywhere. The vegetation here is completely barren, except for the most common and easy to grow cactus, which has various names and stands everywhere.
Therefore, people gave this place a very rustic name, called Stone City.
But at that time, people were unaware of the gold value and high value of jade. In addition, this place is plagued by sandstorms all year round, and people's lives are also very impoverished and difficult.
Until one day, a wandering poet named Yu Fenghuang came here to play and accidentally made this significant discovery. He discovered that the main reason why plants and trees are not easy to grow here is that there were originally many natural jade buried underground.
So the overjoyed Jade Phoenix, under a somewhat skeptical gaze, hired the people here at a very high price, helped him load more than ten carriages, and dragged them to another place to sell. Unexpectedly, these unexcavated jade stones were all snatched up.
This jade phoenix has earned a lot of money as a result. No one expected him to distribute all the money he earned to everyone. And lead the people here to mine and quarry together.
Jade Phoenix also offers high prices and recruits the most skilled craftsmen from all over the continent to teach them how to carve jade and make exquisite jade objects. While studying, I also made jade stones.
This stone city is actually a feng shui treasure trove with a natural jade mountain.
The jade pieces made are also renowned throughout the continent, and even the royal relatives, nobles, and families of the Haoyue Kingdom wear exquisite jade pieces on their waists.
Therefore, the fame of Stone City is also increasing, and generations of Stone City ancestors have passed on their good craftsmanship to future generations.
The hardworking people of Stone City rely on their intelligence and wisdom to carve these ordinary jade stones into exquisite, elegant, and priceless treasures.
So they exchanged seemingly inconspicuous jade for daily necessities and priceless possessions to improve their own and their families' lives.
In order to commemorate the great contribution of the Jade Phoenix to this land, later generations renamed the Stone City, which was originally impoverished and filled with jade, as the resounding Phoenix City. And people carved a statue of a jade phoenix from jade, making it forever stand in the hearts of the people of Phoenix.
Nowadays, after the continuous mining of the stone city by people, the scene of a wilderness no longer exists, with flowers blooming everywhere and lush trees, while the number of cacti is decreasing day by day.
Although Phoenix has only a population of over ten thousand, it is indeed a natural barrier for the Haoyue Kingdom. Not only is the terrain dangerous and difficult to attack, but it is also a major commercial city in the Haoyue Kingdom. Every year, Phoenix is one of the largest surrenderers.
And the unique conditions of Phoenix, along with everything that is increasingly prosperous here, have been seen and coveted by the neighboring country's Wolf Fang Kingdom. They have long been eyeing this lucrative area of Phoenix.
Even the most ordinary commoners here can be covered in jade ornaments, shining with jewels and treasures, living a more prosperous life than the upper class people in their wolf toothed country.
Where can a small country like Wolf Fang compare to everything here? Their country of Wolf Fang has few people, and it's winter all year round. Even the food they eat is far inferior to that of Phoenix.
They thought, what kind of scenery would it be if a small border town could have the entire Haoyue Kingdom?
But it is said that Langya Kingdom is located to the south of Haoyue Kingdom, in the marshy polar region, with a large temperature difference between day and night.
Even in spring, there is a significant difference in temperature between morning and night. People with extremely low temperatures in the morning and at night must wear cotton coats, while during the scorching noon sun, they need to wear a single coat and a jacket.
This kind of ghost weather with large temperature differences is always like this in spring, not to mention the extremely cold winter climate.
Moreover, the spring and autumn seasons here are extremely short, while the winter and summer seasons are relatively long.
People who cannot adapt to the temperature here will either die from the cold of winter snow or from the scorching heat.
Therefore, if one is not born and raised here, they cannot adapt to these harsh conditions.
There are few people in this country of Wolf Fang. Although the population is sparse, the people here, regardless of age, women, and children, are good at riding and shooting, and the men are also brave and skilled in battle.
Because their ancestors were werewolves, the people here have inherited the wildness of their ancestors' werewolves.
It also has the cunning and cruelty of being a wolf, so the Wolf Fang Kingdom is the most troublesome opponent for the Haoyue Kingdom.
In recent years, a strange person has emerged from the Kingdom of Langya, known as Langya, the national master of Langya. This person is not only skilled in magic, but also proficient in astronomy and geography. He is also skilled in marching and setting up formations, and has repeatedly violated the borders of Haoyue Kingdom.
Unfortunately, there has always been Murong Jin from Haoyue Kingdom here, this fierce general guarding. Murong Jin not only experienced hundreds of battles, but also possessed extraordinary skills and high abilities. In addition, he governed the army strictly, and for a while, there was no opportunity to take advantage of Langya.
Therefore, in the countries of Langya and Haoyue, whenever the name Murong Jin is mentioned, no one fails to respect him.
As the general of the Wolf Fang Kingdom, Hu Huiyu, had been defeated by Murong Jin multiple times and had been ostracized by others in front of the Han Emperor. Therefore, he also wanted to kill Murong Jin, but quickly.
But he was also afraid of Murong Jin's reputation and dared not act rashly. He had been secretly waiting for an opportunity.
On this day, in Langya on the observatory, I saw a strange celestial phenomenon. Huinuo Star met Tianmang Star, and then a strange light shone on the dark starry sky, illuminating the dark night in an instant.
But this moment of illumination is indeed very brief, it can be said to be fleeting.
Langya was very surprised by this strange phenomenon. He had been searching for it for nearly twenty years, could it really be that he had waited until it was impossible.
So he suppressed his restless heart and pinched his fingers to calculate a hexagram, which was incredibly peculiar. He couldn't figure out exactly what it was, he only calculated a rough location near the deep sea of Nanyu.
Langya then ordered the two proud disciples beside him: "Yuanfang, Li Meier, obey orders. As a teacher, I command you two to quickly go to the vicinity of Nanyu Deep Sea and check if any strange phenomena have occurred. If you see anyone suspicious, do not let them go
Yes, disciple, take the order. "So Black Wolf Li Yuanfang took the lead, while Red Wolf Li Meier brought Langya's token and mobilized a group of nearby personal soldiers to advance towards the deep sea of Nanyu.
Li Yuanfang walked with his sword all the way, but unexpectedly, just after he arrived at the deep sea of Nanyu, he happened to encounter Yue Wuya accidentally opening his heavenly eye, illuminating the things in front of him.
Seeing the strength of the opponent, Li Yuanfang suddenly had the intention of launching a surprise attack, so the two of them didn't say a word and started a big battle.
Although Li Yuanfang did not know why the sword in his hand inexplicably betrayed him, he ultimately resorted to deception with the help of the Red Wolf, injuring Yue Wuyang and seizing a large amount of gold and silver. It can be said that he returned victorious.
Looking at the ten thousand taels of gold and thirty thousand taels of silver that they had seized, which were the income of their Wolf Fang country for several years, Li Yuanfang couldn't help but feel a little proud.