Having shaken off those annoying large snakes, Jiang Wen allowed the puppet to move on its own. The puppets in this world were similar to those he had seen in the temple behind the stone gate, all being giant bronze golem weapons.
Behind it was a circular halo, the puppet itself being two-toned, bronze and yellow. As long as mana was poured into the puppet's abdomen, it could maintain the puppet's activity for three or four days, truly a wondrous thing.
Apart from the need for spiritual energy, Jiang Wen was very satisfied with the puppet. His only confusion now was why he had been brought to this strange place. After all, this was not a dream, but it was not entirely unrelated to the Great Qian Dynasty.
If he wasn't mistaken, this should be where the Yu Yun clan was located. As for exactly where, he wasn't quite sure.
There were still too many mysteries in the world, even for someone with his cultivation to fully understand.
"I hope Xue Changming is safe." Jiang Wen thought that Xue Changming might also be encountering the same problem as himself, and silently prayed for him in his heart.
The nameless woman who was with him in the puppet's body was still sitting silently on the ground. The two of them didn't have much to talk about. After all, how could someone who didn't even know who they were have anything to chat about with others?
The two of them got along so awkwardly on the road, stopping and starting, not knowing how many days had passed. Jiang Wen would occasionally check if the puppet was damaged and inject mana into it. The nameless woman would cooperate with him by keeping watch and observing everything around them. The two of them had a very compatible understanding, as if they were old friends who had known each other for many years.
Until one day, the puppet led the two of them over a huge desert hill. Standing on the top of the dune and looking down, Jiang Wen unexpectedly discovered a small town not far away.
"Our luck isn't too bad." Jiang Wen looked at the small town and smiled. "Maybe we can meet some living people and take a rest."
He originally thought that this world was just an endless desert, with no living things. He didn't expect to see a town built by living people, which surprised Jiang Wen.
The nameless woman nodded as if she understood after hearing this. Although she didn't understand why Jiang Wen was so happy, she also felt happy in her heart.
Without saying anything more, the puppet walked towards the town.
It wasn't until he got closer to the town that Jiang Wen could see clearly what kind of place this was.
The town was built in the desert, but not far away there was an oasis. In the oasis was a pool of silver water, appearing dan-red like jade in the afterglow of the setting sun. It was like the most beautiful pearl in the desert, unforgettable to those who saw it.
The architectural style of the town was very unique, all pieced together from parts of various mechanical remains. The bronze houses were quite stylish, captivating to those who saw them.
Seeing that there were no large puppets in the town, Jiang Wen, fearing that he would disturb the people in the town, stopped the puppet under a sand slope about half a kilometer away from the town. Then, wearing a cloak and a bamboo hat, he walked in with the nameless woman.
To Jiang Wen's surprise, there didn't seem to be many people in the town, and they were all wearing rain capes, wrapping themselves tightly.
Walking back and forth on the road, mechanical wooden oxen and horses occasionally passed by. This place was like a mechanical world, with all kinds of mechanical creations everywhere. Mechanical horses like horses, frolicking mechanical dogs, mechanical chickens raised in the yard, and mechanical birds flying in the sky. It was hard to imagine what kind of place would not need a little bit of living things to embellish it.
Jiang Wen took the nameless woman to a place that looked like a restaurant, and he could still understand some of the Tai Cang characters written on the sign at the door.
The two pushed the door open and walked in, and saw a mechanical person in front of the counter fiddling with an abacus, squeaking without raising its head: "Accommodation or repairs?"
"Accommodation." Jiang Wen said concisely, but his voice still attracted the attention of the mechanical person. The mechanical person put down the abacus in its hand and curiously raised its head to look at him. Seeing that his face was unclear and his whole body was covered by a bamboo hat, it didn't say much.
Stiffly moving its body, it took out a bronze plate and tapped it. An illusion appeared on the compass, scattering countless words.
"How many days will you stay?" the mechanical person asked.
"...Three days." Jiang Wen thought for a while and decided to extend the stay appropriately. He glanced at the situation in the store. He didn't see anyone in the hall. Only countless bronze long boxes like coffins were placed in the hall, and he didn't know what they were for.
"Three days will cost two taels of spirit crystals," the mechanical person said again.
"A spirit crystal?" Jiang Wen was very curious about the spirit crystal when he heard the mechanical person's words. He had heard of spirit stones and jade stones, but this was the first time he had heard of spirit crystals.
The mechanical person didn't say anything more when it heard this. It just turned around and took out a piece of spirit stone fragment from the counter behind it and put it on the table.
"This is a spirit crystal," the mechanical person pointed to the spirit stone fragment and said. "If the guest has this, you can stay in the store."
So it really is a spirit stone. Jiang Wen looked at the nail-sized spirit stone fragment on the table and thought. Then he checked his storage bag, which still contained many spirit stones. Some of them were given to him by Li Yunshang, but he had never been able to spend them.
After checking the spirit stones on the table, he found that he didn't have any of this size. In the end, after picking and choosing, he could only choose the smallest spirit stone and hand it to the mechanical person.
The mechanical person took the spirit stone, and its eyes suddenly lit up. It took it in its hand and examined it carefully, and after a long time, it said: "Guest, the quality of your spirit crystal is really good."
"How much is it worth?" Jiang Wen asked curiously.
"This spirit crystal weighs ten taels, but its quality is extremely high, enough to be comparable to a hundred taels of spirit crystals," the mechanical person said happily, and then took out a box and found some spirit stone fragments for Jiang Wen. Then it handed him a bronze token, indicating the room where he would be staying.
Jiang Wen looked at the bronze token with the character "A" written on it. The two went upstairs and quickly found their room.
Pushing open the door and entering, he discovered the unique features of the inn's guest rooms. The furnishings in the room were not normal to use, and even the bed was a hard bed made of bronze.
There were several recessed parts on it. Jiang Wen checked it and found that these places could all be filled with a spirit stone.
"This is really a strange town." Recalling everything he had seen in the town, Jiang Wen always felt that the town was lacking something.
He asked the nameless woman about his doubts, and the woman opened her bright eyes, looked at him calmly, and said: "Don't you think there is a lack of vitality here?"
Jiang Wen's mind immediately reacted, and he felt that the nameless woman's words were right.
This place just lacked a sense of vitality.
