Star Farming, the eldest lady relies on alchemy to counterattack

Chapter 48 Black Water Ice Prison
The destination of this trip is the S-level dangerous Black Water Ice Prison. Ning Xuan is sitting in a carriage pulled by a dragon horse, a unique beast unique to the Extreme Cold City. The others all use their own methods to keep up with the speed of the carriage!

The car Ning Xuan was riding in was shaped like a pumpkin, with crystal windows installed on one side, through which she could see the scenery outside!

Since leaving the safe area, the outside is a vast expanse of white ice and snow. Occasionally, there will be strange-looking beasts blocking the way. The mercenaries will rush forward and can quickly deal with the beasts!
After they have dealt with the strange beasts, they will skin and dismember them on the spot and collect the parts that can be sold. These are considered their extra income, so the mercenaries are very enthusiastic about their work!
Along the way, Ning Xuan saw many strange beasts that she had only seen on the Star Network and in books, including the lightning white swan with long wings, the huge black bear, the brown and black snakes that appeared in groups, etc. The comprehensive combat power level of these strange beasts was mostly below level A. Except for the gregarious brown and black snakes that caused them some trouble, the rest of the strange beasts became the trophies of the mercenaries.

When it was completely dark, Ning Xuan and the others arrived at the North City Town, a small town built by explorers in the vast wilderness to exchange supplies and rest.

There are many supply points like this in the vast exploration area, but the existence time of such supply points varies. If there is extreme weather or a powerful social beast passing through, the supply point will disappear instantly.

Even if some supply points exist for a long time, the people in charge are often replaced. Strength is respected in the adventure zone, and in such places, the strong have the final say!

Because of its advantageous location and decades of weather-free extremes, Beicheng Town has survived for a long time and is significantly larger than newly constructed supply points. To protect against invasions by exotic beasts, the town is surrounded by a man-made barrier stretching several dozen meters. Within this barrier are wide ditches and numerous large traps. Clearly, this town boasts comprehensive defenses, making it a safe haven in this vast wilderness.
As you step into the gate of the town, there are two guards at the door who are responsible for collecting the entrance fee. The fee here is calculated per person, and each person pays one thousand of the common currency of the Extreme Cold City!

Based on the purchasing power of various items, if converted into federal universal star coins, it would be about 10,000 star coins!
Those two teams of mercenaries were hired by Ning Xuan, so the expenses were also paid by Ning Xuan.

The mercenaries saw Ning Xuan paid the entrance fee without blinking, and they looked at each other, marveling at their employer's wealth. Normally, they never came to the North City Town to stay because the entrance fee here was too expensive. They worked so hard on a mission, not knowing how much money they could earn, but they were reluctant to spend money on such a place!
After entering the town, Ning Xuan and her friends found an inn and booked three rooms, one for Ning Xuan and Chen Nan, and one for each of the two mercenary teams.

The inn provides catering services, but Ning Xuan didn't expect to eat such unique and flavorful food here. She looked at the plate of small fish the length of her palm that were fried until golden brown in front of her. She took a bite and found them tender and crispy, leaving a lingering taste in her lips and teeth. After eating, she felt a warm current flowing through her body, which was very comfortable!
Ning Xuan was so happy with the meal that she called the waiter over and asked if they had any of the small fish for sale. She wanted to buy some to eat on the way! She even planned to stay at the hotel again on her way back just for this bite of food!
The waiter was very surprised to see the plate of fish and pointed at it, "Sir, this, this is not served in our restaurant! Go call the manager right now!"

Less than two minutes after the waiter left, he called the store manager, a middle-aged man with small eyes. "This is a specialty of Hanquan, 30 kilometers away from here, the Hanquan moonfish. Only the mayor can catch that fish!" "Sir, you must know our mayor, so he sent this dish over. It's our honor to have you stay at my house!"

Ning Xuan looked at Chen Nan, who shook his head. He didn't know him! He had been to Beicheng Town before, but no one had brought him fish!
"We probably don't know the mayor here, but thank you for his hospitality!" Ning Xuan looked at the dish of fish. She had already eaten half of it, and she couldn't just return it!

When I leave tomorrow, I can only leave a few bottles of the more valuable potions I have as return gifts!
As for why the mayor sent her fish for no reason, she didn't even know who that person was or what he was thinking. How could she guess?
When Ning Xuan was resting at night, she always felt as if someone was watching her, but the gaze was intermittent and there was no malice. She got up to check, but found nothing unusual, and then fell into a deep sleep!

The next day, she wandered around North Town. The shops sold local specialties, and she stumbled upon a mutated honeysuckle vine, useful in a modified body-refining potion. The vine's trunk, a pale bluish-white with a hint of gold, must have been hundreds of years old! Ning Xuan bought the honeysuckle vine and some local specialties, leaving North Town around 10 a.m.
Later in the journey, a young man in the mercenary team always took advantage of Chen Nan's inattention to come to Ning Xuan to show his courtesy. Ning Xuan found the captain of his team and asked him to keep his men under control and not to come around her for no reason!

After walking for about three days, we finally arrived at the Black Water Ice Prison!

Ning Xuan looked at the seemingly endless dark world in front of her. It was clearly daytime, but the world seemed shrouded in darkness. The black icy water was reflected on the sky, dyeing it dark.

Ning Xuan handed a stack of pictures to Chen Nan and asked Chen Nan to distribute them. There were two plants in the pictures, the mist flower and the blue light lotus, and a peculiar mineral, the ice crystal phoenix jade. These three things were used in body refining potions and were Ning Xuan's first target when she came here. As for the ice python living in the Black Water Ice Lake, it was more difficult to hunt it, so Ning Xuan put it at the end. As long as these three things were found, the ice python's inner elixir would be the last ingredient in the potion. No matter whether the ice python could be hunted down or not, as long as those three things were found, this trip would not be in vain!

Before coming here, Ning Xuan searched through various sources. Combining this with the records in the miscellaneous notes over there, she learned about the common distribution areas of these three species. The blue ray lotus lives in the shallower waters of the Black Water Ice Lake and emits a blue light under the starlight. The mist flower grows in the cracks of the rocks on the shore of the ice lake during the hazy morning mist. As for the ice crystal phoenix jade, when the lake water is affected by the stars and the tide rises, the jade will emit a sound like a phoenix.

(End of this chapter)