Coralia brought Mira's group in front of a 2 bedroom house with white stone walls and a gold roof.
It was a beautiful work of art but looked exactly the same as every other house.
"It looks good, but then again, so does every other house in this city. If we were to compare these houses to the ones in Lunar Fox City, these houses would obviously be meant for royalty. Maybe even royalty wouldn't be worthy of such luxurious homes." Celaine muttered to which Maria agreed.
"Eh? Human cities aren't as advanced as ours? Even though we live in a dead beast?" Coralia asked with a surprised look.
"I can't say for sure as we live out in the boonies on our continent. Even though the houses are nice, the city that we live in is really just a massive village, much bigger than the city you live in. The reason for the architecture not being that advanced is the lack of resources, attacks from magical beasts, and internal conflicts. It's just not worth building such luxurious homes in a city that is constantly being threatened." Maria answered calmly.
"I see. It seems our way of life is much different. Anyways, please come into my home and allow me to show you around!" Coralia exclaimed and the three of them nodded.
Coralia then led them into her home, which was extremely simple. There was a living room with a large pool of water in the center and a futon that surrounded it.
There were 2 rooms that each had a small pool in them along with a bed, a small kitchen that looks like it's never been used, and a small training ground.
The house was extremely simple and didn't have anything extra in it. If Mira and the others didn't know better, they'd think that this house was vacant.
Coralia led them into her living room and told them to wait so she can go prepare an apology gift.
A few minutes later, Coralia came back with 4 things. One was clearly a trident, a Peak Mortal-Grade Trident. Along with three sets of surprisingly beautiful clothes, but they could tell that these clothes were Low Earth-Grade clothes and one was even a Mid-Earth Grade set.
The clothes weren't like Daoist robes and were instead tight-fitting dresses that went slightly below the knees. There was a hood attached to the back along with a robe that tightly draped around the chest and waist.
Coralia gave the Trident and the red dress with a black robe to Mira, a white dress with a blue robe to Maria, and a purple dress with a white robe over to Celaine. Of course, Mira's dress was the Mid-Earth Grade Set.
"The Trident is just something extra I had lying around, but it should be relatively useful for you if you face any more battles in the water. Not only does the trident have the ability to glide and pierce in the water like nothing, but its toughness and sharpness are also increased in the water, making it more comparable to an Earth-Grade weapon."
"The dresses and robes are made from various fish bones and scales combined with a certain type of fish that produces a substance similar to silk. This is the result of thousands of years of research and each person, even regular people, have weeks worth of these clothes. Wearing these clothes will also increase your speed slightly while swimming." Coralia said pull of pride which surprised Mira's group.
Mira held the trident and even though she would not be using it as her main weapon, it will definitely be more useful than her scythe. It could also be used as something like a throwing spear since its length is a little under 150 centimeters, not long enough to be considered a spear.
The clothes were also greatly beneficial both in the water and on land and Mira was also glad to have another pair of clothes instead of just the one that she is always wearing.
"Don't you have any cultivation resources?" Mira asked while giving Coralia a suspicious glance.
Coralia gave a wry smile while looking a bit awkward.
"Not really. Everything I get from the castle is used immediately. The castle doesn't provide useless resources and only provides an almost perfect amount of resources required or a breakthrough. Like I said, our society has been through tens of thousands of years of research. It's reached a point where we can continuously produce Core Formation Realm experts while knowing exactly how much it will take." Coralia explained, but she was by no means dissatisfied.
"This really is a utopia-like place, huh," Mira muttered as she found this place to be extremely pleasing.
No men, a strength-based society that loves peace, resources evenly distributed to citizens that provide their worth, a city that has almost no chance of being attacked, and everything one could need to live a long and fulfilling life.
She can also tell that mermaids are much kinder than humans. She can't sense anything like greed or envy in the citizens and from what she can see, Coralia is very honest without being two-faced.
If she were to create a society, she'd definitely want to make something similar to Meropis to live in.
She quickly shook these thoughts out of her head and asked Coralia something.
"Do you think we can earn cultivation resources here by providing help or our services to the city? I don't want to just laze around for the next week doing nothing." Mira asked while slightly narrowing her eyes.
"This… I don't know. We haven't had visitors before and honestly you three are very week compared to most of the residents here. I don't know what you'd be able to do to earn cultivation resources…" Coralia answered while looking slightly depressed.
There isn't anything that they are currently in need of, especially from people who haven't even reached the Xiantian Stage in the Foundation Realm.
Mira and the others looked a little sad, but there isn't really anything they can offer. They aren't geniuses in fields like alchemy or forging. Their cultivation isn't that high and most of the beasts this deep in the ocean can kill them with relative ease.
The most they could think of is Mira's battle knowledge, but this is a utopian society with no attackers. Even if that wasn't the case, they have a history of tens of thousands of years and it's a strength-based society, so fighting is still a must.
Even if Mira could increase their battle prowess, it would only be to a negligible level and there is no use for them knowing various military strategies.
They also don't have anything that'd be worth trading so that's out of the question.
Knowing all of this, they almost felt like returning the gifts back to Coralia because right now the only thing they are doing is wasting air.
It's a blessing that they got this much from a place that could be considered the peak of society.
"Well, whatever. I guess we'll be leaving sooner than we thought since there isn't much point in staying here. But I guess we'll stay the night and explore the city a bit tomorrow before deciding what we'll do next." Mira muttered.
"Good! Just leave it to me! I'll be sure to escort you around the City!" Coralia exclaimed with a sharp glint in her eyes which gave Mira a slightly bad feeling.
