Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 655 - 351: Ferryman, Heading to the Underworld River_3

"What do you want in exchange for taking me to the Nether River?" Lu Yu asked calmly, seeing that the Ferryman was unwilling.

The Ferryman stopped again, finding Lu Yu interesting, and turned to look at him with some curiosity, "Do you want to die that badly?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"It's not that I want to die; I have a reason I must go to the Nether River." Lu Yu replied.

Seeing the seriousness in Lu Yu's eyes, the Ferryman hesitated for a moment and then said, "Alright, if you can bring me 300 pounds of Nether Soil, I'll take you to the Nether River."

Lu Yu glanced at the vegetable garden in the courtyard and pointed to the sparse black soil in the garden, "Is it this?"

"Yes." The Ferryman nodded.

Three hundred pounds of Nether Soil, converted to Black Soil Coins, is about fifteen thousand coins. The vast majority of spirits usually have only a few dozen Black Soil Coins, and even the Shopkeeper wouldn't have more than 500 coins.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so excited to see the three Black Soil Coins Lu Yu had tossed.

The uses of Black Soil Coins for spirits were not yet known to Lu Yu, but judging from the condition of the Ferryman's courtyard, the Nether Soil used to mint the Black Soil Coins was likely an important resource for growing plants in the Netherworld.

The black soil is also called Nether Soil, making it more fitting to refer to Black Soil Coins as Netherworld Currency.

Asking Lu Yu to bring out 300 pounds of Nether Soil wasn't just to make things difficult for him; it was because anything less would be useless.

Three hundred pounds was already his lowest requirement.

The Ferryman estimated that it would take Lu Yu quite some time to earn 300 pounds of Nether Soil from other spirits. He turned and prepared to leave again, saying as he walked, "When you bring enough Nether Soil, I will take you there."

Swish~ A large amount of Nether Soil poured out from Lu Yu's Storage Ring, piling into a small hill on the ground.

Just as the Ferryman finished speaking, he heard movement behind him. He stopped, not needing to turn around to know that the sound was the lump of more than 300 pounds of Nether Soil.

Lu Yu looked at the Ferryman who had turned around and asked, "Is this enough?"

At his feet lay a half-human-high pile of Nether Soil, all fresh, just transported from the other side of the black wall.

Lu Yu hadn't idly dug soil for no reason; all this Nether Soil was excavated from the seat when he took the snail elevator. Since there was nowhere to discard it at the time, he casually stored it in his Storage Ring.

He hadn't expected it to come in handy now.

The Ferryman looked at the piled-up Nether Soil, his eyes slightly excited. With a wave of his hand, all the soil scattered into mud, filling his vegetable patch, and the vegetables visibly grew at a rapid pace.

"Fresh soil from outside is more nutritious." The Ferryman said with a sigh as he watched the thriving vegetables.

"You came from the other side of the black wall?" The Ferryman asked, looking at Lu Yu.

Lu Yu nodded, "Yes."

"It seems like you're pretty lucky not to have been eaten by the things in the mist." The Ferryman said.

Lu Yu frowned and asked, "What's over there?"

The Ferryman waved his hand and said, "I don't know, but it's definitely dangerous over there, otherwise we wouldn't have used all the Nether Soil here to build a black wall to separate the Netherworld."

"Let's go; since you brought me enough Nether Soil, I should fulfill my promise." The Ferryman said, standing at the door.

The Ferryman reached out and opened the gate, and Lu Yu heard the sound of waves outside. As he looked up, the world beyond the door had turned into an endless expanse of black water.

The Ferryman stood at the door, looking at Lu Yu with interest, "The Nether River is right in front of you, do you still want to go?"

"For the extra Nether Soil you brought me beyond 300 pounds, I'll give you a warning: if you touch the water of the Nether River, you're doomed; your body will turn to bone, and your soul will be assimilated by the Nether River."

"I understand." Lu Yu said, without hesitation, and stepped through the door opened by the Ferryman.

Watching Lu Yu step through, the Ferryman smiled, followed him, and closed the courtyard gate.