Cave Refuge

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s instructions, Ye Liuyun also rolled her eyes at him, "You think everyone is like you."

Seeing the banter between the two, Yara and the others knew that their relationship must be good.

"Making nutritional supplements isn’t a problem for me; what’s difficult is figuring out how to ship them from Pengcheng to your city."

Upon hearing what Ye Liuyun said, Gordon immediately took over the matter, "I have a few friends in Kyoto, and even if the personal delivery service isn’t available, I can still find a way to smuggle some contraband aboard a transport."

After hearing Gordon’s words, Ye Liuyun nodded, "That will do. As for the trade price, I prefer bartering. That way, no matter what the evaluation price is in Kyoto, we’ll just agree on what feels appropriate for the first few trades."

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, the three of them knew that Ye Liuyun wasn’t the type to haggle over every detail, so they each began to introduce the local specialties from their area.

Coming from the black soil region, Gordon said that their city had a unique type of creature, one with a small flower growing atop its head resembling a wild cat.

Ever since these creatures appeared, they’ve been called Flower Tigers because of their fierce temperament.

Naturally, their local specialty became the small flower on the Flower Tiger’s head. After testing, they found that when a Flower Tiger died, its body, as if drained by the little flower, would instantly shrivel up, while the flower on its head would become exceptionally enchanting.

Depending on the Flower Tiger’s physical health before death, once it died and the flower was plucked from its head, the petals would quickly fall off, leaving only the pistil behind.

This pistil wasn’t an edible herb but could be applied directly to wounds for rapid healing.

Moreover, this substance was not only effective for ordinary people but also for Martial Artists. However, the higher a Martial Artist’s cultivation level, the more pistils would be needed for wounds to heal.

At this point, Dong Tianyu specifically asked whether Flower Tigers could be captured alive and possibly tamed for artificial breeding.

Gordon’s response made Dong Tianyu reveal an "I knew it" expression.

Just like the Bug Nest that appeared in Pengcheng, there was no problem with artificial breeding, but for some unknown reason, once these creatures were tamed, their special abilities would rapidly decay until they completely vanished from their bodies.

Also similar to the Bug Nest in Pengcheng, these creatures couldn’t leave their native habitat; if they did, they would quickly perish.

However, once the Flower Tiger died, the medically beneficial pistils could be freely transported without being affected by regional restrictions.

Dong Tianyu had always thought that external healing medicine would be Yara’s local specialty, only to find that her specialty fit people’s impressions of their area even more closely.

Yara’s local specialty wasn’t a creature, but a type of mushroom, whose effects had been finalized after personal experimentation by many (dog-head warning).

That is, eating this mushroom could put any creature to sleep quickly, not only faster than anesthesia but the effects were also much stronger.

No matter if it was an ordinary person or a Martial Artist, whether ancient creatures were diminutive or colossal, a single bite would plunge them into unconsciousness. A physically fit Martial Artist or a massive ancient creature might recover quickly.

But regardless of their physical fitness or size, after eating one hallucinogenic mushroom, they’d fall into at least 10 seconds of unconsciousness, completely insensible to the outside world, like a vegetable, vulnerable to anyone.

Now, after purification, a concentrated solution has been created; just a tiny drop can make an ordinary person fall unconscious for a day. Even those whose physical fitness has reached the Body Tempering Realm, depending on their robustness, would need to sleep for at least three to five hours.

Though local officials designated this item as restricted, due to the dangers posed by prehistoric creatures outside the city, they didn’t prohibit private refining and use.

They only informed local survivors to avoid using it on people as much as possible.

Franklin’s situation was a bit special; being close to the sea, they didn’t face much threat from the land, but threats from the sea made them slowly begin to move inland.

Many people might not have seen Iron Wireworms in person but might have heard of them or seen them in short videos.

Normally, Iron Wireworms should only live in freshwater, but those in Magic City seemed to have mutated, existing not only in freshwater but also surviving in the sea.

And for some unknown reason, even the originally clean groundwater began to show worm eggs.

Right after the drought ended, due to being near the coast, many went swimming in the sea. At first, it was fine, but from some point on, the number of survivors drowning in the water started to increase.

Initially, it didn’t draw much concern, but as the death toll rose, the officials noted something unusual and, with consent from the families, arranged for professionals to conduct autopsies on the bodies.