"Okay, okay, I think you are the best flatterer in the history of the Ding family. It's not a bad thing to keep you away from the young master." "In wartime, I will
The one who first asked you to lead a death squad charge will not let you have a chance to shake the fighting spirit of the army." Old Qiantou looked at Ding Cai with disdain.
Ding Xiaolian moved lightly, slightly opened the distance between her and Ding Cai, and expressed her position; Ding Cai kept smiling, probably feeling a little proud in his heart, he was the best in the Ding family.
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In March of the year 4872, the snow on the northern land had melted, and countless green grasses stubbornly emerged from the ground, adding a vibrant color to the gray earth.
Ding Kui and Ao Yu did not take the boat directly to the northern empire. Not long after leaving Spring and Autumn City, they found a small town to disembark, bought two fine purebred galloping horses, and galloped towards the north.
At the border between the Lu State and the Guyuan Empire, they bribed the border officials, obtained two identity certificates of the Lu State merchants, and then slipped into the Guyuan Empire in a big way.
"We have been running on the grassland for two days, but we have never seen a mountain. Where did the river on this grassland come from?" Ao Yu looked into the distance on horseback. There was grassland within sight, and there was only
He and Ding Kui were two people.
"The northernmost point of the Shenyuan Continent is called the 'Frozen Icefield', and the Tongyuan River flows out from there. The rivers here may also originate from the 'Frozen Icefield'." Ding Kui doesn't know much about the north than Ao Yu.
How much, even though he also has an elder brother who is a prince of the Gu Yuan Empire.
"This grassland is so big. Although it is not as big as my family's territorial waters, it still feels vast to me. The cattle and horses grazing on it are enough for me to eat for a lifetime." Ao Yu opened his arms as if to embrace this beautiful world.
Ding Kui did not continue to wear the magician's robe, but changed into the appearance of an aristocratic prince, wearing a blue and white satin robe with a close-fitting leather jacket underneath. It was not clear from the outside that he was a professional warrior.
"Look at your little potential, you only want to eat for the rest of your life. You should learn more from me, study magic when you have time, and deepen your understanding of the world. It is not a dream to be promoted to level nine in the future." Ding Kui looked yearning.
look.
With a flick of his riding whip, Ao Yu ran to the side and said, "You have to say hello in advance when you study magic. The destructive effects caused are getting higher and higher day by day. Even I feel that you are in danger. I will be tricked by you before you reach the ninth level."
die."
During these days, as long as no one else is around, Ding Kui will study magic. He is no longer satisfied with the second-level compound magic of Wind and Fire Blade. Recently, he has begun to study how to integrate Wall of Fire and Cyclone, and he is determined to create a magic weapon.
Rotating fire wall.
Not to mention the rotating wall of fire, even the whirlwind technique with fire is also very terrifying. The original control magic has strong lethality and gives no way to survive at all. However, this is a bit beyond the scope of Ding Kui's ability, and he has not bothered yet.
Come out with your eyebrows.
If other wand-wielding magicians knew what Ding Kui was doing, they would think he was crazy. Even if he successfully researched it, such a complex magic requires a huge amount of magic power. The magic wand-wielding magician alone can only cast it a few times.
Compound magic like rotating fire wall.
No one knows what's going on inside Ding Kui's body. The magic power in his consciousness is constantly growing. Tai Shugong's magic notes record that there is a very thick barrier between the ninth and tenth meridians, reaching the peak of a wand-wielding magician.
Finally, it will take a long time to grind down this barrier. At this time, all the magic power gained through cultivation will be used to grind down the barrier, and the magic power will not increase in the body.
Ding Kui did not need to consume magic power to grind the barrier. There was more and more magic power in the sea of consciousness, and the platform under Ding Kui's feet became more and more solid. The small round platform gradually became larger, and the bottom was also slowly thickening.
His magic power at this time is estimated to have exceeded that of all wand-wielding magicians, and he does not see an opportunity for a breakthrough in a short period of time. He does not know how to break through and advance. He only knows that his magic power will continue to grow.
With the introduction of the teacher's magic notes, he knew that he was different from normal magicians. There was no downside to increasing his magic power for the time being, but the benefits were obvious. There was enough magic power for him to squander.
"Don't worry, I won't study magic while riding a horse. If a horse is burned to death, how long will it take me to find a herdsman to buy a horse?" Ding Kui was made to laugh and cry by Ao Yu.
"Yes, I haven't seen any grazing animals since I've been here this morning. Could it be that I've entered the territory of the 'Northern Plains Two-Headed Wolf' again?" Ao Yu took a few deep breaths.
"The royal family of the Gu Yuan Empire is so courageous. They don't send people to clean up the magical beasts on the grassland. They probably want to use these magical beasts to temper their people, so that they always maintain a sense of crisis and maintain a strong folk custom of being ready to fight at any time." Ding Kui appeared.
Differences between the Ancient Yuan Empire and the Shaodian Kingdom.
This is the biggest difference between the two great empires in the north and the countries in the south. They will not clear out the warcraft in the country. Only when the number of warcraft in a certain area exceeds the controllable range, will they send out elite legions to kill the extra warcraft.
Because of this, the quality of the northern imperial army is higher than that of the southern kingdom. Without the natural obstacle of the Hengduan Mountains, the armies of the Ancient Yuan Empire and the Tongbei Empire would probably sweep across the south.
Within a few years after the Golden Waterway was opened, Shaodian and Qi took the initiative to destroy all the portals left by the demons in their own countries. These portals were used to cross the Hengduan Mountains.
There is also a secret naval agreement among the southern countries. The navies of Qi State, Cao State and Meng State in the east formed a coalition to cruise on the east coast of Shenyuan Continent to prevent the navy of the Tongbei Empire from invading southward; the navy of Shaodian State and Jiguo formed a coalition
Then cruised on the west coast to prevent the ancient Yuan Empire's fleet from going south.
The Tongyuan River is blocked by the Lu State at the entrance of the golden waterway, and the warships of the two empires cannot pass. Once the Lu State is attacked, the southern countries will do their best to rescue it.
"Those two-headed wolves are really unpalatable, otherwise I will eat them all and let the herdsmen here raise more cattle and horses." Ao Yu remembered the taste of the "Beiyuan two-headed wolf" and spat on the ground.
The two-headed wolf of the Northern Plains is a third-level earth-type monster. Its talent magic is earth stabbing and stone bullets. It usually only appears in the grasslands of the northern part of the continent.
"Don't mess around. Eating all the two-headed wolves in Beiyuan will attract expert investigation. There are many experts in the Northern Empire. You won't be able to run away if you are discovered." Ding Kui tightened his scalp and quickly beat the greedy dragon.
They have met several groups of wandering knights in the past few days, many of them are fearless knights. They may not be able to defeat Ao Yu, but there is no problem in entangling him. None of these people deliberately killed the two-headed wolf of Beiyuan. Ao Yu wanted to run away
If you eat them all, you'll get into big trouble.
The two men ran for a few more days on the endless grassland, and finally ran west to the edge of the grassland and arrived at the first city, Zhushan City.
Zhushan City is named after Mount Zhushan on the edge of the city. Mount Zhushan is not high, only about three to four hundred meters high. It looks tall on the edge of the grassland.
This place is close to the grassland. Unlike the cities in the inner city, the city wall is only ten meters high, which is enough to stop the charge of war horses. There are many short wooden stakes nailed outside the city wall to protect against both cavalry and infantry. It can be seen that this place is not peaceful.
; Many of the bricks on the east wall are very smooth. They were not installed for a long time, and there are traces of suspected wars.
There were not many outsiders entering and exiting Zhushan City, let alone foreigners. Ding Kui and Ao Yu had to pay double the city gate tax before they were allowed to enter, which was very different from Lu State, which had various city gate tax exemption clauses.
The people in the city were very curious about Ding Kui, who spoke with a Shaodian accent. The good guys followed them from the city gate, and then walked through a few streets, followed by a large group of children.
Looking at the group of ragged, sallow and skinny children behind him, Ding Kui couldn't bear it. He found a food store and bought a lot of dry food to distribute to the children.
This suddenly stirred up a hornet's nest. More children and adults who looked like victims of the disaster rushed towards Ding Kui. Even the street where the food store was located was crowded.
After seeing the city, Ding Kui took out a lot of coins and carried them with him. Although there were many people asking for dry food, he could still afford to pay.
Ding Kui found a shopkeeper who looked like a shopkeeper and said to him: "Shopkeeper, let the guys do you a favor. Each of these people who come here will have a share of dry food. Keep an eye on them and don't let anyone take more. Finally, you have to
How much does it cost? I'll pay you."
"Come on, some kind-hearted people are here. Don't worry. These are honest people, not idle people who eat and drink. They won't get more dry food. Guys, please do some exercise. Hurry up.
Bring out the dry food from the warehouse." The shopkeeper quickly urged the store clerk.
"Is there a disaster here? Why are so many people hungry?" Ding Kui asked.
"Oh, this, I can't talk about this. Guest, you are a foreigner and a kind-hearted person. This matter has nothing to do with you, so you'd better not ask about it." The shopkeeper hesitated to speak, but
I would like to talk more with Ding Kui.
"Oh, let it go if it's inconvenient for the shopkeeper. I'm just asking casually." Ding Kui felt that something was fishy, but he was open to do business, so he tried to avoid right and wrong. Forcing others to tell them would be harming them.
"I'm sorry, guest, I'll give you a 20% discount on the dry food today. It's all to help the locals. I'm embarrassed to overcharge you." The shopkeeper still had some conscience and took the initiative to give Ding Kui a discount.
A day's worth of dry food for hundreds of people is not worth much, and the total is less than one gold coin. Ding Kui just gave the shopkeeper a gold coin, "Don't look for this money. You can secretly distribute some extra food to the elderly and children."
, it’s more difficult for them to make money.”
Everyone who received the food had to thank Ding Kui in person. Ding Kui was afraid of trouble, so he and Ao Yu finally left through the back door of the food store.
"Let's go to the city lord's mansion. I want to see what kind of city lord makes so many people under his rule hungry." If Ding Kui wants to find out what happened, it is most direct to find out from the city lord.
Ao Yu didn't understand why Ding Kui wanted to find the city lord, but it was fine for him, as long as he didn't go looking for those who could dig out his magic core.