When the Abacus Bead compasses of Green Ox Valley dripped with seawater, Pei Hongxiu’s Abacus Bead merchant fleet was cutting through the waves across the South Sea. An Abacus Bead on the mast projected the character "South": "Luzon Island is ahead! The Abacus Beads dictate setting up the 'Water Floods Golden Mountain' formation!" Yuqing’s Taoist priests chanted the Abacus Bead water incantation, causing waves shaped like Abacus Beads to rise from beneath the hull, each wave carved with Nanyang script reading, "Abacus Bead ships cross the sea, ten thousand merchants come to pay homage." A Biao escort stared in amazement: "The Abacus Beads are brighter than Mazu’s divine lamps!"
"The 'Abacus Merchants' graduated from the academy are about to make their debut!" Xiao Moli waved the Abacus Bead translation flag, and an Abacus Bead on the flag bounced into the character "Language." The peasant Old Qian was actually using Abacus Bead gestures to bargain with Luzon merchants, an animation of "Date palms for medicinal herbs, three to five" projecting right on his palm. At the end, a small seashell embroidered with "Once the Abacus Hand opens, I set the price of gold" appeared. The Luzon chieftain exclaimed in admiration: "These gestures are even more expressive than our seashell script!" An Abacus Bead bounced into the character "Expressive," projecting an image of Huwa carving an Abacus Bead holding shell currency onto his feathered crown.
The fragrance of coconut milk drifted fro…
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