In a village that was almost completely integrated with the surrounding terrain, it looked like a barren mountain range from the outside, but it was a completely different world on the inside. The people in the village were looking at the petite figure on the altar in the middle of the village with anticipation.
The tiny figure, which was only the size of a palm and had transparent wings engraved with special immortal runes, was combing its feathers at the center of the altar. It was none other than the hummingbird that Mei Xue had observed. It was also one of the most beloved creatures of the Abyss realm.
They were the friends of the humans of the Abyss realm, and were the most outstanding messengers that humans had successfully tamed.
"The messenger bee is here!"
"Quick, quick, quick, take out some delicious food and send a letter as soon as possible!"
For this village located at the border of the human-controlled region of the Abyss realm, the messenger bees that came and went once a month was the only channel through which they could communicate with other regions.
Because the route of the messenger bees was affected by the activities of the creatures in various regions, no one could guarantee when the messenger bees would arrive. If they encountered the Nine Serenities Calamity, even the messenger bees that were born with the ability of "extreme speed" and "concealment" would suffer.
Therefore, the arrival of the messenger bees every month was a festival for the villages in the border region.
This was especially true for those who had families living in the main cities. If they wanted to communicate, they could only rely on the messenger bees. They didn't have the ability to pass through the dangerous passageways to the safe main cities where the number of people could enter was strictly limited.
Humans were not the masters of the Abyss realm, but a race that struggled to survive. There were too many factors that posed fatal dangers to humans in this world, and there were too many species that were more powerful than humans.
Tens of thousands of years ago, there were no humans in the Abyss realm at all. The humans who lived in the Abyss realm now were almost all descendants of the almighty experts and immortal warlocks who entered the Abyss realm in order to improve their strength.
One had to admit that the power of life was great.
From a few small settlements in the beginning, they now occupied almost one-tenth of the Abyss realm, and they were still slowly expanding their territory. The story that happened during this period was enough to be written into a human epic.
Although the Abyss realm was so unsuitable for humans to live in, and the environment was so dangerous, life would always erupt with its greatest potential in order to survive.
In order to gain the power to fight against the native life forms of the Abyss realm, the Immortal Warlocks developed "souls" that could also be used by ordinary people, and created a cultivation system unique to the Abyss realm from scratch.
In order to resist the miasma and toxins of the Abyss realm, Immortal Warlocks built altars and used these altars to establish villages, gradually increasing the population of the human race.
Tens of thousands of years later, humans had become an indispensable force in the Abyss Realm.
The Immortal Warlocks who passed the trial by fire of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range's ranking battle and came to the Abyss realm have injected fresh blood into the Abyss realm.
It is because of the Myriad Sea Mountains, a cradle of life that can continuously produce Immortal Warlock geniuses, that the human forces of the Abyss realm can continue to develop and grow.
For example, this kind of messenger bee that can freely shuttle between regions of the Abyss realm was the masterpiece of a genius immortal warlock from the Myriad Seas Mountain Range thousands of years ago.
Before the invention of messenger bees, communication between regions of the Abyss realm depended on whether a powerful Immortal Warlock happened to pass by and was willing to deliver a letter to you. As for the reply, it often took several years, and it was even normal to wait a lifetime without a reply.
This was because the letter might not reach the destination. Without a Divine Will rank cultivation base, traveling in the Abyss realm was akin to courting death.
Those with only an Immortal Halo or Dharma Body rank cultivation base could only wait for a caravan to pass by once a year. Only then would they have the opportunity to pay a reward and travel with a caravan with a powerful immortal warlock to a safe city or another village.
As for those without an Immortal Halo rank cultivation base, the Abyss realm was not suitable for them to live in. They might not be able to leave the settlement for the rest of their lives, and could only become a member of the next generation.
Although it seemed extremely cruel, this was the rule of the Abyss realm.
This was not a world suitable for the weak to live in, a world where only the strong were qualified to be respected and have everything.
Immortal Warlocks brought civilization to this world, but they didn't conquer it.
The most top-notch immortal spell creations, the most mystical immortal spell cities, and the most powerful immortal warlocks all gathered in this world.
The messenger bees flying above the altars were the symbol of human power in this era.
"Princess, there's good news. The jade slips you wanted have arrived."
Several girls in the village grinned and gathered in front of Princess Jade Rabbit, the first beauty of the village, who was also recognized as the next master of the village.
They were raised to be Princess Jade Rabbit's maids since childhood. Although they lived in a village on the border, but one shouldn't think that the villages here were really like the mountain villages of the Myriad Sea Mountain Range.
The villages of the Abyss realm were the seeds of human reproduction and the pinnacle of the immortal spell civilization.
Every village here was protected by an immortal spell formation, had altars that could produce "souls", and had Divine Will Immortal Warlocks overseeing it. By the standards of the Myriad Sea Mountain Range, these villages were absolutely first-rate immortal sects.
Of course, this was also related to the special environment and production of the Abyss realm. Although it didn't produce elixirs, but the mineral resources here couldn't be more abundant.
Gold and silver didn't even qualify as equivalents here, and the resources of immortal stones were more than 100 times that of the Myriad Sea Mountain Range.
Coupled with the various specialties of the Abyss realm developed by the Immortal Warlocks, it could be said that every village was an out-and-out fortress, a strategic base that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The identity of the master of a village in the Abyss realm was almost equivalent to that of the sect master of a first-rate immortal sect in the Myriad Sea Mountain Range. The fact that she was designated as the successor of this village at a young age was enough to prove how highly regarded the "Jade Rabbit" soul of Princess Jade Rabbit was.
"Ah, we're here." Princess Jade Rabbit was taken aback. If the maids hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten about it.
Before discovering the secret, the treasures brought by the messenger bees once a month were her greatest source of happiness.
Among them, her favorite was the rare jade slips that recorded the various elixirs and spirit items of the Myriad Sea Mountain Range.
She had an instinctive fondness for those beautiful, magnificent flowers and elixirs that bloomed with the radiance of life.
According to legend, as an assistant of the gods, "Jade Rabbit" was born to "pound elixirs".