I Live on the Land in Global Games

Chapter 430: 414 Cheap Mining SpotChapter 430: Chapter 414 Cheap Mining Spot

Since Mu Ying and Lily were both in the corridor without separated seawater, players could only watch from a distance, but the mermaids had no such concerns.

They were always fond of novel and interesting things and swarmed around, “Is this a hidden style tail?”

Mu Ying: “...”

Seeing the excitement of the mermaids, Mu Ying wasn’t worried at all about the allure of her Magic Potion.

Lily finally realized she got carried away and forgot about the important matters, “This is Yingying’s newly made Human Leg Potion, the one we use to go ashore. Priestess Granny is waiting for us, we should head off now!”

Lily tried to pull Mu Ying and run away, but at that moment, with her two legs in the water, she was just a little wastrel slower than a turtle.

Mu Ying had taken the Fish Tail Potion when she came, and now her lower body was a dark green fish tail; now she pulled Lily along, and with a flick of her tail, they left the camp and darted into the Sea Forest.

Lily let Mu Ying pull her along, her two legs swinging about, eager to try walking on shore.

Passing through the Sea Forest, the Mermaid Village appeared before them.

The Mermaid Village now was very different from before.

Half of the coral field had been converted into a Gill Pouch Grass field. The Mermaid Caves, which used to be decorated primarily with Glowing Pearls, were now filled with various types of luminescent marine plants, looking somewhat like the undersea world of Emerald World.

Among the cluster of caves, the most conspicuous was a Crystal Hut, which Mu Ying had built specifically for Lily using Crystal Coral, right next to the Clam Field and across from the Priestess Granny’s house.

Priestess Granny had long known that Mu Ying was coming today and was very interested in the Human Leg Potion she mentioned.

The moment Mu Ying and Lily entered, Priestess Granny’s gaze fell on Lily’s legs, “Is this the effect of that Human Leg Potion?”

“Yes,” nodded Mu Ying, Lily’s current form was the best demonstration.

“Granny, please separate the surrounding water; I want to try what it really feels like to walk!” Lily pleaded.

With a gentle wave of her Magic Wand, Priestess Granny surrounded Lily with a big bubble.

The legs that Lily couldn’t stabilize in water suddenly felt steady on the ground.

Different from when there was seawater, she could now clearly feel that she was in good control of her own body, “Granny! It really works! So this is what walking feels like!”

Mu Ying then produced another bottle of Magic Potion, “Granny, would you like to give it a try too?”

Priestess Granny didn’t refuse.

She had heard of means to allow mermaids to walk on land, involving Spells, Potions, and equipment.

Only such things were all quite valuable.

Their tribe was rich only relative to the humans of Deep Blue Star; in reality, they were among the poorer and less developed mermaid tribes, which was why they moved to this newly discovered Original World in search of better development.

Such items Priestess Granny had never used before.

Even though she had lived for several hundred years, she was still curious about the experience of having legs and couldn’t resist wanting to try it for herself.

After hearing that the effect of this Magic Potion could last for seven days and, as long as one didn’t eat fish, the effect would be maintained, Priestess Granny grew even more interested in the Magic Potion.

“You want to exchange this for the location of underwater mineral veins, right?” Priestess Granny confirmed with Mu Ying.

Mu Ying took out the previously mentioned ore distribution map: “Yes, these are the ones on here, but this is how it looked before the world integration. Now the topography must have undergone quite a change, so it might only serve as a reference. What do you think is a good way to exchange? This potion is not too difficult to make, it’s just that the ingredients are harder to cultivate, and I need to personally attend to them, which is why the yield is rather low.”

Priestess Granny looked at the simple map: “There’s no need for that much trouble, we are going to send mermaids out to explore the sea territory and plant the marine plant seeds you gave us anyway, so keeping an eye out for exposed ore veins is no big deal. How about 10 bottles of this magic potion for an iron ore spot and 5 bottles for a coal ore spot? We have already located two iron ore and one coal ore spots in the surrounding sea area.”

Although the price, when considered against the outside world’s value, was fair, the seabed of this world was teeming with countless ore veins, and there were not many competitors for them in the underwater world, hence resources were quite abundant. Everywhere were ownerless ore veins, making it advantageous for them from a difficulty of acquisition standpoint.

In fact, these three ore spots were accidentally discovered by the mermaid warriors who went out to explore. It was just because the mermaids were not adept at mining that there hadn’t been any movement on their part.

Mu Ying never imagined that ore spots would be so cheap.

She had refined a total of 32 bottles of the Human Leg Potion this time and thought these would only serve as a deposit, with the rest to be delivered later. She didn’t expect that these would be enough to exchange for 3 ore spots, and she would have 10 bottles left over?

“You aren’t setting this price especially low to take care of me, are you?” Mu Ying was still a little hesitant.

Priestess Granny shook her head: “A potion with such effects would fetch a sky-high price in the outside sea areas; it’s very precious.”

Mu Ying was then reassured and took out 20 bottles of magic potion.

Priestess Granny picked out two bottles from the twenty and handed them back to her: “Lily and I have already taken two bottles.”

“Now you’re being too formal, those two bottles were sample trials and don’t count! If you discover new ore spots in the future, please contact me so we can continue to exchange!” Mu Ying said.

Priestess Granny did not insist further.

Afterward, Mu Ying followed two mermaid warriors dispatched by Priestess Granny to take over the three ore spots.

She had thought it would take a long time, and perhaps she wouldn’t find new ore spots until after her travels, yet on this day, she had acquired three of them.

She hastily set up the smallest sub-camps at the corresponding locations and marked off the areas.

These sub-camps were temporarily sealed and not opened to the public.

With these new ore spots and the upcoming ones she could exchange with the mermaids in the future, Mu Ying wouldn’t have to worry about work for her local people.

At worst, by relying on mining, they would be able to survive in the territory and cover living expenses.

After returning to the Plantation, Mu Ying sent a private message to Professor Su, who oversaw mining, asking him to train more people capable of leading mining camps, to prepare for the future.

Then she posted a message in the “Qingshan Territory Work Group”.

“Mu Ying [Boss]: I am planning to go out and establish a Transmission Array soon, so I might not receive messages via the internal network. For urgent matters, contact me through Dingling Flower phone. Also, please send me the results of the information gathering task in a private message. @All Staff”

Immediately, a flurry of replies popped up.

“Du Jinlan [Territory Business Leader]: Received, sent, be safe on your trip.”

“Liu Luoluo [Breeding Camp Leader]: Got it, Boss go go go!”

“Lin Shang [Public Farm Camp Leader]: Received.”

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