Chapter 171 Bus Stop? The Teleportation Station: Real Dumpling Soup! ...
After Shu Xin and Lan Jiao finally set up the teleportation arrays connecting the various areas, their two-day rest day was over.
When the flower fairies returned to the ground on the morning of the third day, which was also the first working day, they found the land of sin transformed.
As the sun rises in the east, wisps of pale white clouds have appeared on the once boundless blue sky.
Bright sunlight shone through the clouds and onto the earth, illuminating the exquisite houses scattered on the gentle slopes of the lake in front of the flower fairy. Whether it was a fruitwood cottage of different colors, a turquoise rattan cottage, or a light green moss cottage, they all looked extremely vibrant.
Now teleported out of the dungeon, the commoners appeared directly in front of the flower fairy settlement in the residential area. Some of the flower fairies noticed a large wooden shed behind them, with elven script carved on the two thick wooden stakes supporting the roof. After a long period of diligent study, they could now recognize the meaning of these characters, which, from top to bottom, were:
agricultural area
Industrial Zone
Educational District
Business District
Activity Center
Dungeon
Although they were a bit tongue-twisting, they were still easy to understand. What puzzled the flower fairies was that all these unfamiliar place names were bound with fixed spatial coordinates.
Curious flower fairies have already flown over and infused their magic into the characters—teachers always do this in class, as it's the most vivid and concrete way to demonstrate the meaning of the characters themselves. And whether or not the flower fairies can successfully unleash a specific spell using elven script is also a good way to test whether they have truly mastered the script.
When the unfamiliar place name was fully activated by magic, a faint spatial fluctuation emanated, and a soft magical glow flashed by. The guy who had boldly channeled magic into the place name vanished into thin air.
The flower fairies immediately stirred, but before they could go to the patrol team or find the officer, the magical light under the wooden shed flickered again, and the clumsy fellow appeared right under their noses.
"So it's a teleportation array!" he exclaimed excitedly. "Our fields are in the planting area of the agricultural zone! Besides the planting area, there's also a breeding area, where the gray birds and snow sheep are!"
The flower fairies immediately gathered around and began studying the lines of text carved on the large wooden stake. After several attempts, they quickly determined that these unfamiliar place names actually referred to various familiar locations:
If you input magic into the "agricultural area", you will perceive two spatial coordinates. One is named the planting area and the other is named the breeding area. The planting area contains all the fields of the land of sin, while the breeding area is used to raise snow sheep and gray birds.
The "Industrial Zone" has only one spatial coordinate. Once you teleport there, you will see the magic workshops neatly arranged on the high slopes and by the lake.
The “Education Zone” teleported them to the island in the middle of the lake. The island was quite large, and the treehouse on the island was also very tall. The flower fairy flew into the treehouse and saw the familiar reed paper and desks, and immediately realized that this was their classroom.
The “commercial district” was empty, just a vacant lot, but the flower fairies discussed it and decided that this place was reserved for merchants to open a market.
The name "Activity Center" was the strangest. The flower fairies arrived directly in front of the Flower Castle's gates, and quickly teleported back using the wooden shed floating above the castle's entrance. Upon learning that the Activity Center led directly to the Flower Castle, the flower fairies looked at each other, somewhat incredulous, yet all harboring a vague suspicion—could it be that the Flower Fairy was planning to transform the Flower Castle into this Activity Center?
Needless to say, the "underground city" refers to the demon settlement they had just left.
The flower fairies all found the teleportation array, which was invisible, to be very convenient. Later, they learned that the Flower Fairy called this large wooden shed a teleportation station, so they started calling it that too.
After marveling at the teleportation function of the large wooden shed, the flower fairies flew towards the houses in the distance. It was getting late, and even though the Flower Fairy had given all the flower fairies a half-day off, so they didn't have to rush to work, they still needed to prepare breakfast to fill their stomachs.
A faint, misty fragrance of flowers wafted in the gentle breeze—the scent of the blooming bellflower vine. The flower fairies and commoners rode the wind, some flying towards the rows of small houses on the distant hillside, others towards the sparse forest surrounding the hillside and lake. The former were immigrants who had recently moved to the land of sin and built new houses, while the latter were the original inhabitants, living in treehouses.
The flower fairy slaves were teleported directly to a large patch of wind chime vines by the teleportation array. The color-changing wind chime vines that had been climbing on the treehouses had now all climbed onto the incredibly tall wooden frames. A vast number of small purple flowers cascaded down, shimmering like a purple river under the sunlight.
The tiny flower fairies also discovered a wooden shed behind them. The supporting pillars of this shed, which was adapted to the size of the slaves, were also engraved with elven script. After exploring it for a while, they discovered that it was a teleportation array.
Unlike the commoners, the slaves saw an additional "dining hall" in the place name. Teleporting there, they would see a tall treehouse. Flying inside, they would find that the treehouse was divided into three levels:
Besides a bakery, the first floor also has three stoves with large pots, a row of shelves holding various ingredients, and a spring that emits wisps of steam and is full of magic. Clearly, this is the kitchen where the flower fairy slaves can cook large meals.
Upon reaching the second floor, you'll find a very spacious hall with rows of wooden tables and chairs neatly arranged on the floor, clearly intended for the flower fairy slaves to dine in.
The third floor is also spacious and filled with tables and chairs. However, the third floor leads directly to the terrace. Standing on the terrace, you can see the incredibly romantic bellflower corridor not far away, which is like a purple cloud. Countless bellflowers form a purple waterfall that flows under the golden sunlight. In the distance, there is a continuous green forest like the sea, and further away, there is the Tree of Life, which stands in the sea of trees with a canopy so large that it seems to support the entire sky.
The tiny flower fairies landed on the terrace, gazing at the enormous magical plant. Someone bowed first, and then all the flower fairy slaves, with utmost piety and reverence, bowed deeply towards the Tree of Life.
Even though the Flower Fairy in the Flower Castle couldn't see anything, they still wanted to express their overwhelming gratitude to this benevolent, almost saintly, ruler.
Meanwhile, the benevolent and wise Flower Fairy is currently enjoying a bowl of dumpling soup.
Next to Shu Xin, Lan Jiao was also holding a large bowl, slurping soup. There was already a stack of large bowls beside her.
During their two days off, Shu Xin and Lan Jiao worked almost non-stop, without eating, drinking, or sleeping. They worked for two whole days and nights before finally finishing.
As soon as they finished work, Shuxin dragged Lanjiao straight to the Flower Castle and enthusiastically invited Lanjiao to try the wheat flour soup cooked with new seasonings—which was actually just dumpling soup with MSG added.
This time, the dumpling soup is not the sweet soup that Meimeilin made before, but a real, fragrant, smooth, thick and rich dumpling soup with soft and smooth dumplings, and a savory and delicious taste!
When Shu Xin tasted this incredibly fragrant and simple dumpling soup, her eyes welled up with tears.
Even in this other world, the method for making dumpling soup isn't too complicated—
Crack a few gray pheasant eggs into the golden honey wheat flour and stir evenly with chopsticks until the flour forms small granules. Cut vegetables such as clover and asparagus into strips and set aside. You can also add fish balls to make seafood dumpling soup, but Shuxin just wants to drink the most basic dumpling soup right now. So, after preheating the pot, add diced sour fruit, scallions, and ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add a lot of water, a little bit of baking soda, salt, and MSG. After the water boils, pour in the prepared granulated wheat flour and vegetable strips, stirring constantly while cooking. It doesn't need to be cooked for too long. Just cook until the wheat flour dumplings are slightly translucent, and then it's ready to serve.
Meimeilin cooked three large pots of dumpling soup, which Shuxin and Lanjiao ate clean.
Although the taste was slightly different from the dumpling soup she remembered, Shu Xin was already very satisfied. After seeing off Lan Jiao, who was full and ready to go to sleep, Shu Xin herself was also very sleepy, but instead of going to sleep, she went to the terrace to enjoy the breeze.
Shu Xin held a cup of hot water. The cup, made of cardamom glass, was filled with steaming hot spring water, and a few dried fruits were tossed at the bottom. The sun had already risen, and from above, the clearly defined functional areas of the Sinful Land looked like a fairly large city. Shu Xin took a sip of the slightly sweet hot water and her eyes welled up with tears.
...If only I hadn't made the cup the style I used to use. She lowered her head and took another sip of hot water, her feelings a mixture of emotions and calm—it really did remind her of her original world.
However, she had never eaten so much delicious food before. Perhaps it was because of the magic that the spring water from Sun Spring was so delicious. With a long sigh, Shu Xin gulped down the water in her cup and chewed up the dried fruit at the bottom of the cup. She turned around and went down to the terrace. There was still a lot of work to do, such as asking Mei Meilin to cook a dumpling soup that tasted almost exactly like the one Shu Xin remembered, and the MSG that she had recently developed.
Besides MSG, the sour fruit, scallions, and ginger slices also contributed, but the flower fairy merchants bought very little of it. However, the flower fairy caravan brought back a lot of kelp, which can be used to make MSG.
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Author's note: The dumpling soup is super delicious!
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