Lei Zhang went to find out more and came back to tell Ding Kui: "It's not that Juyang City has more specialties, but that there are more magic guilds. The security here has been improved by several levels.
Since Juyang City is not far from Cao, Meng and Ji, it is connected by mature shipping routes. Although large ships cannot dock, there are medium-sized transport ships that can carry valuable commodities.
In the past, when there was no magic guild, the security environment in Giant Sheep City was not very good. Now that there is not only a magic guild but also a communication array, the security level has been greatly improved."
"So these chambers of commerce are here to explore and prepare for opening up new business routes." Ding Kui understood.
"Just now the deacon of Lu's Chamber of Commerce wanted to come over to see you, please ask your subordinates to ask what you mean." Lei Zhang added.
"How does he know who I am?" Ding Kui was even more surprised.
"This subordinate doesn't know."
"Let him come over." Ding Kui was a little curious.
A smart and capable middle-aged man walked over.
"The villain Lu Ji pays homage to Lord Ding."
"Forgive me. How do you know who I am?" Ding Kui asked condescendingly while sitting on his horse.
"You are the highest-ranking guest of the Chamber of Commerce in the Shaodian Kingdom. The General Assembly issued an order the year before last. Everyone above the deacon level in the Shaodian Kingdom must recognize your portrait. Anyone who sees you but does not recognize your portrait will be severely punished.
Punishment." Lu Ji bowed and replied.
"The year before last, this happened? Well, okay, what do you want from me?" Ding Kui probably knew what happened.
"My lord, the Lu Chamber of Commerce will soon establish a branch in Juyang City. If you want to buy things or use money, you can go to the villain. By then, the villain may be the shopkeeper here."
Oh, he's here to boost sales. He's a very smart person and is good at doing business.
"Well, by the way, can you bring letters or things from home?" Ding Kui asked.
"Okay, if you want to take something back or ask your family to deliver it, you can do it. The Lu Chamber of Commerce will guarantee that it will be delivered to you safely." Lu Ji wanted to curry favor with Ding Kui, so he asked about the safety prospects of Juyang City from the side.
"Not only are my belongings but also my subordinates. They have been away from home for more than a year. If I don't let you take it for nothing, I can pay you the freight." Ding Kui did not forget his subordinates.
Lei Zhang, Leide, Lao Wangjue, Ma Duping and Ba Xi who followed Ding Kui all had happy faces. They had been away from home fighting for more than a year and had no chance to contact their families. Most of them missed them very much.
hometown.
The Intelligence Department sent letters and messages to Ding Kui, which was regarded as official business. This was the view from Shaodian Mi on down, so only Ding Kui could enjoy such treatment. The rest of the 2o1 Division were not so lucky.
Now the emergence of Lu's Chamber of Commerce has given everyone hope. Everyone is willing to spend some money to contact their families. The network of Lu's Chamber of Commerce can meet almost everyone's needs.
"It is an honor for the Lu Chamber of Commerce to run errands for the soldiers who are defending the country. How dare you accept money? As long as it is a small request from Lord Ding, everything will be delivered for free." Lu Ji patted his chest.
"No, no, the money still has to be collected. I don't owe you this favor, and my subordinates won't owe you either. In addition to letters from home, they also have other things to send home. They can fit several large cars together.
The cost of transporting the car from here to Pingzhong County is not a small amount. The money is all mine, and it is not worth their efforts for me." Ding Kui did not want to owe a favor and would rather spend more money.
"Uh, okay, I will try my best to do whatever the adults ask me to do. I just hope that the adults can take care of the Lu Chamber of Commerce when they have business."
The middle and lower-level deacons of the Lu Chamber of Commerce are very envious and jealous of Lu She. After making several big deals with Ding Kui, Lu She was promoted very quickly. If there is a chance to get in touch with Ding Kui, it is possible to replicate Lu She's miracle.
Everyone in the first brigade was very excited, including the recruits who joined later. The network of the Lu Chamber of Commerce is continent-wide and can satisfy almost everyone.
He wrote a letter to his family and sent back some valuable trophies and the ashes of the fallen soldiers.
These can reduce the physical and psychological burden of the officers and soldiers, greatly boost their morale, and make them more dedicated to serving Ding Kui.
The other brigades of the 2o1 Division could only watch with envy. Ding Kui would not overextend his favor indefinitely, and his service targets were limited to his 700 subordinates.
A few days after arriving at Juyang City, Ding Kui left the inspection task to Feng Liang and ran away with Ao Yu.
Instead of diving into the Tongyuan River, the two of them ran into the swamp.
"Are you sure the Great Swamp is not as dangerous now as before?"
Ding Kui and Ao Yu were flying deep into the swamp.
"Well, the feeling that made my heart palpitate is gone. As long as we don't encounter high-level monsters, there is nothing that can threaten us in the swamp." Ao Yu's confidence returned.
Holding the map given to him by Li Tie, Ding Kui identified the features under his feet.
"This place is about ten miles deep into the swamp. It is said that there will be magical beasts going forward. You should restrain your breath to avoid scaring away those low-level magical beasts." Ding Kui did not use his mental power and only used his own eyesight to observe his feet.
Some low-level monsters have no strength, but are very sensitive to mental power. Ding Kui's mental power can easily scare such monsters.
There was a flash of blue light, and Ao Yu's body was covered with a film of water. He didn't even finish covering it before he reached out for Latin Kui's arm.
"I don't have Longwei, so I don't need water film." Ding Kui wanted to avoid it.
"You need to use magic power to fly, right?" Ao Yu still grabbed Ding Kui's arm, "If you don't cover it with a water film, it will scare away low-level monsters. I don't want to eat animals."
"There are at most water rats, bone beetles, and mud bugs here, but they don't have much to eat. You can eat them if you go deeper tomorrow." Ding Kui didn't have the slightest appetite for these kinds of monsters.
"I think they taste better than dried meat. At least they can replenish my consumption." Ao Yu's eyes glowed green.
But they couldn't find a single monster all day long, and before dark, they settled on a piece of muddy ground with several crooked-neck trees.
Ding Kui lit a fire and piled it with branches picked during the day.
"It's strange. No one has been to this place for at least two or three years. There are many birds and beasts. Why can't you see a single monster?" Ding Kui was puzzled.
He didn't choose to come to the Great Swamp to eat monsters. He obviously came here for the magic cores. Although the low-level magic cores were not very valuable, they were more valuable. Now that he couldn't see any of them, he was disappointed.
"It's not surprising, I smell the scent of an intermediate level monster." Ao Yu was calm and his eyes no longer gleamed.
"Intermediate level monster? What is it?" Ding Kui became wary.
"Not sure, it should be a big snake." Ao Yu stretched out his finger and tapped the tip of his chin. He learned this action from Ding Kui.
"Big snake? Could it be the 'Earth-turning Dragon'?" Ding Kui was searching for information in his memory.
The Earth-turning Dragon is not a dragon, but a kind of python. It is a fourth-level monster that lives in the great swamps. However, this kind of monster has a rare lifespan and can generally live for hundreds of years. The legendary Earth-turning Dragon King has a lifespan of thousands of years.
Due to its long lifespan, the Earth-turning Dragon can be promoted from a fourth-level monster to a high-level monster. It is said that the Earth-turning Dragon King has a seventh-level strength, which is one of the monsters with a relatively wide range of strength.
There are several kinds of pythons in the swamp, but the most famous one is the earthworm.
"Bah, that big snake deserves to be called a dragon!" Ao Yu was very dissatisfied.
"Haha, that's the customary name of humans. Your dragon clan is too mysterious, and most people can't even see it. The reason why the dragon-like pythons and dragons are called dragons is because humans like the dragon clan. However, there are indeed huge ones of these earth-turning dragons.
Twenty meters longer is considered common, some people have seen tens of meters long, and the legendary Earth-turning Dragon King is over a hundred meters long."
Ding Kui was lucky enough to read the Nanqiu County Chronicle and learn about the common monsters in the swamp.
"This one is not small, it should be over twenty meters."
Ding Kui was stunned by Ao Yu's words.
"Over twenty meters? You must be at the early stage of level five. How could you come to the outskirts of the swamp?"
Now Ding Kui is no longer afraid of level five monsters. He thinks back then, a star-catching falcon could force him to hide in the water for a long time. He may not be able to defeat a star-catching falcon again, but he will definitely not be as embarrassed as before.
However, he still used his mental strength and carefully searched around the muddy ground. Being attacked by a level 5 monster was not a fun thing.
"Hmph, it won't dare to get close without me." Ao Yu could sense Ding Kui's mental power.
"Did you find it?"
"No, but there is a lingering scent of it nearby. I can smell it from a long distance away."
"Could it be that this earth-turning dragon has eaten up the low-level monsters nearby? Damn it, it can digest low-level magic cores to promote its own growth. My magic cores are all going to be ruined now." Ding Kui remembered.
About a characteristic of the earth-turning dragon.
"Hey, then its flesh and blood will contain a lot of magic power. Eating one is equivalent to eating many low-level monsters." Ao Yu's desire for magic cores is not high.
"Well, let me sort it out. This earth-turning dragon has probably just been promoted. There were not enough low-level monsters in its previous habitat to give it the energy to advance, so it was attracted by the low-level monsters here.
When it came here, it ate all the low-level monsters, and then it was probably on its way back to its habitat. It had just been promoted and had eaten a lot, so its movement speed must have been very slow. We should be able to find it if we walk in tomorrow."
Ding Kui thought that eating python meat would be helpful for his cultivation. It was better to harvest a level 5 magic core than to return empty-handed, so he decided to capture this earth-turning dragon.
"It's not easy to catch this big snake. It can go so deep into the ground that neither you nor I can get down."
The Earth-turning Dragon is an earth-type monster, and its name tells you how good it is at moving underground. Ding Kui and Ao Yu just can't get into the ground, so there is no way to deal with an Earth-turning Dragon hiding underground.
"If we can't get down, we'll lure it out. As long as we drag it to the sky or water, it won't be able to escape. Now we can't even capture a level five monster." Ding Kui pinched his chin.
Ao Yu began to sympathize with the earth-turning dragon, but Ding Kui cared about it and almost didn't run away. In the end, it could only end up falling into his own belly to help him increase his strength.