Ethereal Spirit Bug (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader 3842 Book Friend, 3)

Unlike ordinary mortal oases, which grew ever more pitted and desolate over time after enduring the ravages of wind and sand, making survival exceedingly difficult for mortals, the oases of the Far Western Sand Sea were different—the farther inward one went, the more lush they became.

Towering mountains and flowing waters were no impossible illusion there.

This was thanks to a vast ring of sandthorn trees planted around the outskirts of each oasis. Their enormous, dense branches effectively blocked the wind and sand, retaining water and enclosing the city.

Within the city, wind-attribute formations blanketed the oasis, blowing the sandstorms outward.

This ensured that the oasis would not be eroded away.

The water source was also stabilized with formations—sweet, clear, and inexhaustible.

Though they were not lavish enough to grow aquatic grains and the like, planting drought-resistant crops was no challenge.

Thus, although the mortals of the oases often saw immortal cultivators in their daily lives, their reverence for cultivators was even greater than that in the Yan Kingdom of the Eastern Region.

After all, some oases had once lacked cultivators. Not only had they endured the constant torment of wind and sand, but they had also needed to worry at every moment that their water sources would dry up and their oases vanish.

And with the auction drawing near these days, these mortals had seen even more wonders: streaks of escape light everywhere, enormous azure bird-beasts, and massive spirit vessels that blotted out the sky.

Within the immortal city, two- and three-story pavilions could be seen everywhere. At this moment, cultivators had become densely packed as well. If not for spiritual energy perception, many independent cultivators might have thought mortals had mixed in among them.

After all, the number of cultivators here was several times greater than the Zhang