Chapter 45 Cang Li scratched himself in frustration…
Cang Li scratched his hair in frustration. The salt problem really needed to be solved, but the two places were so far apart that transporting salt would be very troublesome.
Should we move?
Moving was out of the question; along her journey, she hadn't seen any terrain more suitable for habitation than the cave. Her mother, after all, was selective about where she conceived.
Cang Li got up and ran to the end of the salt lake, where he dug a few more pools. When he was feeling irritable, he would find some physical work to do, and he would feel much better after doing it.
Relocation is not feasible, but the human race will develop. Eventually, the human race will spread and settle down. They will come to the seaside, and we can teach them to discover the salt wells in the mountains. However, at this time, we don't know if the salt mines in the mountains have formed yet.
Cang Li put the salt away from the stone pot. This salt was all coarse salt, and Cang Li didn't know how to make it into fine salt. Cang Li didn't care about that. At present, all she could do was to ensure that the human race could survive on this continent.
The next few days were sunny and hot, and the brine in the crystallization pool evaporated quickly, leaving a layer of white coarse salt covering the bottom of the pool.
Cang Li took out a piece of salt from the newly woven bamboo winnowing basket. It was very moist and needed to be dried in the sun. It would be much more convenient to take it away after the moisture inside had completely evaporated.
Seeing that all ten crystallization pools were covered with coarse salt, Cang Li was indeed quite pleased. Whether the salt was enough or not, having some was better than having none.
Fuqu came to play with Cangli again, followed by Mo, who looked very unhappy. As soon as Fuqu saw Cangli, she immediately presented him with a large lobster:
"Immortal Master! I caught a huge lobster today, please have a taste!"
Cang Li was looking at her coarse salt when she heard the voice and said without turning her head, "Just leave it there, I'll do it when I'm done with my work."
Fuqu happily placed the lobster, which was half her size, under the shade of the tree where Cangli was cooking. She then pulled a piece of colorful white cloth from its shell, which looked as soft as water, and ran to show it to Cangli like a treasure:
"Immortal Master! Look, I have obtained a beautiful piece of cloth, woven by mermaids from the sea, which is impervious to water and fire!"
Cang Li's ears twitched, and his gaze shifted from the pool to the cloth in Fu Qu's hand. There really was a mermaid.
Fuqu stuffed the cloth into Cangli's arms: "Immortal Master, Immortal Master, you didn't hold a grudge against Mo the other day. This is to thank you for your leniency. Take it. I don't need it in the sea anyway."
Cang Li was taken aback for a moment: "Why don't you need it? Don't you like it?"
Fuqu was conflicted. Of course she liked it, but she liked Cangli even more, so she wanted to give the good stuff to Cangli.
Cang Li returned the cloth to Fu Qu and said, "I don't need it, you don't need to give it to me. You've brought me a lot of seafood, shrimp and crabs these past few days, and I like them very much, so there's no need to thank me extra."
Upon hearing this, Fuqu pushed the cloth towards Cangli, her attitude becoming even more resolute: "No, no, I want to give it to the Immortal Master!"
Mo Qi, who had witnessed the whole thing, rushed over, half-dead, and said, "Fu Qu! You just gave away the thing I gave you?!"
Fuqu: "Ah, Mo, the Immortal Master didn't even try to kill you last time, so it's only right that I give her a small gift as a token of my gratitude. Why are you so angry?"
Cang Li looked at Mo without speaking, then rolled up the cloth and put it into her backpack: "If you insist on giving it to me, I'll accept it. I'll bring you some cloth woven from clouds later." That shuttle can weave cloth from the clouds in the sky; she hasn't tried it yet, she'll give it a try later.
Mo was even angrier: "Come here! I want to fight you three hundred rounds to see who's better!"
Cang Li was too lazy to pay attention to Mo. This dragon was something in the water and couldn't breathe fire. Winning against it would bring no benefit and would only be a waste of time.
Fuqu pulled Cangli and said, "Immortal Master, let's ignore him. Mo just has a bad temper, but he's actually a good person. He often helps little monsters like me who don't have much ability in the sea. Immortal Master, shall I take you to play in the sea?"
Cang Li glanced at the salt lake: "Alright, we're just idling around anyway."
Fuqu was overjoyed and pulled Cangli towards the sea. Cangli stopped when she stepped into the water because she couldn't breathe in the sea and hadn't learned any water-avoidance spells.
"Immortal Master! Why aren't you leaving!"
Cang Li said calmly, "I haven't learned the Water Avoidance Technique."
Fuqu: "Huh?"
It took Fuqu a while to realize that the omnipotent immortal in her eyes didn't know how to avoid water. Fuqu scratched her head and took off the large pearl from her neck and hung it on Cang Li.
“That immortal is wearing my pearl, which can repel water.”
Cang Li didn't refuse; she would just return the pearl to Fu Qu when she came back.
By the time Mo, who had finished fuming on the shore, came to his senses, Fuqu had already taken Cangli to play in the sea.
In a flash, Mo transformed back into his original form and plunged into the sea.
Once the three left, the coastline quieted down. In the past few days, Cang Li had transformed the uneven sandy beach into a large salt pan, which was clearly visible from the air. Strictly speaking, this place belonged to the Dragon Clan, so no one else came here.
But a golden crow that flies overhead every day saw it, and even watched the changes here little by little.
As three-legged golden crows born from the sun star, Donghuang Taiyi and his elder brother Dijun are powerful and have impressive origins. They have now established the Demon Court, and Dijun and Xihe have formed the first marriage in the prehistoric world under the auspices of Nuwa. Dijun has taken the opportunity to spread the reputation of the Demon Court.
Now that the demon race is powerful, few people dare to provoke them. Donghuang Taiyi is bored in the demon court, so he simply goes to the Sun Star to take up his post. Staying on the Sun Star allows him to absorb the fire there to increase his strength, which can be considered a kind of closed-door cultivation.
Having passed by this sea every day for the past few days, Donghuang Taiyi was curious about what that busy female, presumably a newly born human, was doing.
So Donghuang Taiyi descended from the Sun Star, transformed into human form, and landed on this coast. As soon as he landed, the surrounding temperature rose considerably. Donghuang Taiyi concealed his breath, controlled the release of divine fire, and walked to look at several strange pools filled with seawater.
It's so strange. He's never seen another human before, but this human's behavior is baffling.
Donghuang Taiyi stared at the seawater. He saw the human use fire to boil the water dry. Donghuang Taiyi stretched out his hand, and a ball of flame condensed in his palm, distorting the surrounding air. The flame fell into the salt pool, and the salt pool instantly evaporated into a thick mist. It dried up in just a few breaths, leaving a layer of coarse salt at the bottom.
Cang Li followed Fu Qu for a swim around the seabed. The seabed was indeed beautiful, unpolluted, with all kinds of corals and beautiful sea fish, a truly breathtaking sight. However, Cang Li was thinking about his salt, and after playing for a while, he said to Fu Qu:
"Fuqu, I'm going back now."
Fuqu quickly said, "Immortal Master, let me see you off!"
Then, he warmly escorted the person ashore. Cang Li returned the pearl to Fu Qu and said, "You should go back early too. I think that dragon is quite angry."
Mo was right behind the two of them, his head floating on the surface of the sea, staring at Fuqu.
Fuqu nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Okay! I'll go back with Mo now. I'll come again tomorrow, Immortal Master! I'll bring you the salmon you mentioned! I saw it yesterday!"
Cang Li nodded, and seeing that Fu Qu and Mo had left, she turned and walked towards her salt pond. As soon as she got there, she noticed something was wrong. There was a person standing there, wearing a black dress with red patterns, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He was very tall, with black hair and fiery red ends.
There are only two possibilities when Cang Li can't tell someone's cultivation level: either that person has no cultivation or their cultivation level is higher than hers.
It's clear that this person falls into the latter category, having a higher cultivation level than her.
Cang Li became alert and took out the Primordial Holy Sword and the Dragon-Binding Lock.
The man turned around, his expression humble yet resolute. He was very handsome, and greeted Cang Li with a cupped-hand salute.
"Fellow Daoist, I mean no harm, but I am simply curious about the purpose of these things you have prepared?"
Despite the man's appearance as someone from a respectable family, Cang Li did not lower his sword and remained vigilant: "It has nothing to do with you."
As she spoke, Cang Li carefully walked over to check on her salt, worried that this person might damage her salt pan.
To everyone's surprise, when they went over to take a look, they found that all the seawater in the dozen or so large salt ponds had evaporated, leaving only a layer of coarse salt at the bottom, which was very dry and even better than what she had dried.
Cang Li: ? ? ?
Did she and Fuqu spend several days playing in the sea?
That's not right. She has a sense of time; it's less than half a day at most, so...
Cang Li glanced at the "reputable sect" beside him and hesitated before speaking:
"Did you do this?"
Donghuang Taiyi nodded: "Yes, I was really curious about what you were doing with all this. I saw you boil the seawater dry, so I copied you and dried all the seawater."
After saying that, Donghuang Taiyi said with a hint of apology, "I'm sorry, I didn't get your permission. If I made a mistake, I will make it up to you."
Before he could finish speaking, Cang Li's eyes lit up: "No mistake! Fellow Daoist, how did you evaporate all this water? How long did it take? Can you teach me?"
Donghuang Taiyi pondered for a while. He did have fire-type spells, but they were not as good as his True Sun Fire. This human fellow Daoist could not learn the True Sun Fire.
"It didn't take long, fellow Daoist. My fire magic is an innate skill of the Three-Legged Golden Crow, and others cannot learn it. If you want to learn it, you can learn other fire magic."
Cang Li was a little disappointed, but then she realized:
"A three-legged golden crow?"
Donghuang Taiyi nodded. He never hid his identity when making friends with others; he always exchanged names openly and honestly.
"I am Donghuang Taiyi, born from the Sun Star, a member of the Golden Crow clan. May I ask if you are a human?"
Cang Li was stunned for a moment. Donghuang Taiyi, the famous three-legged golden crow. She didn't expect to run into him. Hmm, it doesn't seem so strange. She had met Donghuang Taiyi's brother, Dijun, before. Speaking of which, her mother had also gone to attend Dijun's wedding.
After a moment of wandering thoughts, Cang Li snapped back to reality and quickly said:
"I've long admired your name! I am Cang Li from the human race. Hello, hello."
Upon hearing that it was indeed a human race, Donghuang Taiyi's expression became even more amiable. The human race was created by Nuwa, who was a saint of their demon race. According to Donghuang Taiyi's logic, the human race was also a part of their demon race.
"Fellow Daoist Cang Li, you still haven't told me what you've got."
After Cang Li learned that it was Donghuang Taiyi, she lowered her guard a little. Based on various works, this person disdained to harm people behind their backs and always fought openly. Besides, she couldn't think of anything about her that would make people covet her... Well, there really was something—the Primordial Purple Qi. Wasn't that something others didn't know about? Cang Li felt relieved and decided to try to build a relationship with Donghuang Taiyi so that he could help her make salt.
"Fellow Daoist Tai! What a coincidence, my mother... oh, my mother is Nuwa, you've met her, haven't you? She went to the Demon Court a while ago, I don't know if she's come home yet."
Donghuang Taiyi: ...Strange human race. Calling Nuwa "Mom" doesn't seem wrong, but isn't it a bit too familiar?
"The Sage is still in Nuwa Palace. Fellow Daoist Cangli, you still haven't told me what you're up to."
Cang Li chuckled: "Salt, you may not know this because you're not human. Many of my people can't cultivate, and they need salt to sustain their lives. That's why I traveled thousands of miles to get salt from the sea. However, I don't know fire magic, so I can only get salt by sun exposure. This method is too slow. I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Tai to be so amazing. In less than half a day, he dried up all the seawater that would have taken me seven or eight days to dry!"
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