After another half day of hurried travel, the carriage finally reached a farmstead covering more than ten acres.
Many strange crops they had never seen before grew in front of it.
Some were grains with rice-like heads, but their broad, flat leaves were purplish red and gave off a faint fragrance.
Others were vegetables that looked remarkably like cabbages.
But what cabbage in Tian Nan grew half as tall as a person, with several little blue flowers blooming at its heart?
Among the fields, a dozen or so people dressed like farmers worked in twos and threes, planting and turning the soil.
What a peaceful farming scene!
Naruto and the others were still taking it in when the beast-drawn carriage stopped before the farmstead's gate.
Naruto jumped down first with Qu Hun and looked around.
Azure pines surrounded the farmstead, and a sizable hill stood nearby. The setting was elegant and rather distinctive.
An earthen wall six meters high and several feet thick enclosed the entire farmstead.
Inside, every courtyard looked unusually new, as though it had only recently been built.
"So this is the Gu family's estate!"
Naruto and the others silently admired it, but after Naruto studied the pines for a moment, his expression changed almost imperceptibly.
To his surprise, he sensed faint traces of a formation among the trees surrounding the farmstead.
A restrictive seal had clearly been placed there.
In Naruto's judgment, it was no sophisticated formation, but it was enough to trap low-level Cultivators.
As Naruto wondered about it, Boss Gu, who had climbed down with them, said with an ingratiating smile:
"Honored masters, please come inside and rest awhile! I'll have my servants prepare some of the island's finest wine for you!"
Naruto glanced around the farmstead, then smiled and replied:
"Thank you."
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