The merchant ship that Su Lun and the two were traveling on was going to the port of Kadurante, just as Mr. Mirror was going to Senodia Province, a neutral place between the two empires, where he also needed to transfer to a cruise ship or buy a seagoing ship.
I asked Mr. Hei about the itinerary of his team and found out that they had already docked and were switching to land transportation to head north.
After all, the "Chengfeng" you are traveling on is a pirate ship, so there will be a lot of trouble.
It will probably take another two or three days.
It was also about the time Su Lun and the others arrived.
Su Lun himself also plans to visit the North Icefield. He needs experience and knowledge.
The original owner's Leijiadi family is in the south of Luying, and he has no plans to cause trouble there in the short term.
The Arctic Icefield is a good choice.
Moreover, he is now also preparing for the need to advance to the third level.
Although the dark spiritual power is thin on the ground, he has [Isaac's Alchemical Heart], which seems to carry a dark spiritual power spring with him, which can fully meet the needs of cultivation. His mental power is also steadily improving, reaching the level of the golden material [Usurping Life].
It is only a matter of time before the advanced requirements for Master’s Three-Colored Mask are met...
In addition, he also needs to raise some materials for the journey to the West for his third-level alchemy equipment.
It's a good time to try your luck in Jiadurante, the largest trading territory in the north of Luying.
Su Lun has now learned the secret method of mental power, and the third-level advancement direction is "multi-tasking" and focuses on mental power control.
Therefore, he plans to get a special breeding equipment [mental tentacle] that is highly compatible with the newly awakened ability.
It was the same ability that Pestoya had when she traveled back in time and controlled the limbs of him and Bald Ivan in Stormwind Manor.
I didn't know what the method was before, but now Su Lun knows that it is a method of mental manipulation.
Use spiritual power threads to block target nerve signal transmission, transmit your own will, and control other people's bodies.
The reason why the "Puppet Master" is cunning is not only that he can make all kinds of strange rune puppets, but more importantly, he has some mysterious mental power manipulation techniques.
In the words of his teacher Seria: Are puppets an inconvenience? Controlling dead puppets is just the beginning, while controlling living puppets is the advanced level. In the end, everything you see is a puppet!
The method of mental control will make up for Su Lun's shortcomings in puppet control.
Moreover, because he had previously peeled off the memory fragments of "Forensic Doctor" Gerald and carefully studied his "Anatomy Notes", Su Lun now has an almost complete understanding of various nerve signal transmissions in the human body.
Once the equipment is finished, it can immediately form combat effectiveness.
At that time, the power of puppetry techniques such as [Puppet Theater] will also increase dramatically.
Su Lun does not need to have complete physical control like before, he needs to wrestle with others.
Now the spiritual power is directly transferred to the silk thread, achieving dual control of physical and mental power, and the human body can be easily controlled.
Even later,
As long as we have enough understanding of the target's neural signal transmission, we will not only be able to control humans, but even Warcraft and aberrations.
Theoretically anything can be controlled.
This is also based on his own conditions, and after careful consideration, Su Lun feels that the most suitable breeding equipment is for him to advance to the third level.
After advancing, his strength will skyrocket!
However, although the forging blueprints for the colonial equipment were obtained from Seria, the main materials were very rare.
He needs a complete and fresh brain from a mental monster of around third level, such as [Nightmare Spider], [Hundred-Eyed Evil Eye], [Nightmare Octopus], etc. The higher the quality, the better.
He flipped through the classics and found these alternative targets, but after harvesting so many memories, no one had ever seen one of them.
Therefore, it is best to try your luck in places like the Northern Icefields where there are abundant monsters.
It is said that in the depths of the primeval forest of the "Silent Forest", some ancient species that have become extinct outside are discovered every year.
Ever since they learned that Su Lun was a "genuine" rune teacher, the fur trader Benson and his son Jike became very enthusiastic. In the surface world, teachers are one of the most respected professions among civilians.
Even for meals, someone would be specially sent to summon Su Lun.
After all, it is considered "rescued". It is difficult to refuse the invitation of the ship owner, and Su Lun will happily accept it.
Through small talk at the dinner table, Su Lun also learned some about the situation in the surface world.
The Benmori family was considered to be the middle class among the common people in the imperial capital of the Luying Empire.
What kind of Warcraft furs are abundant in the "Silent Forest" in the North? These furs are luxury goods in the Imperial City and are used to make alchemy scrolls and clothing, and are very popular. The gross profit of such a trip is about 30 to 50 million liso, after deducting taxes and labor
The cost is probably about 10 million yuan in net profit.
I can make two or three trips a year.
But if you occasionally encounter pirates, you will lose all your money.
Benson has also made a lot of money through his own business in recent years, and is considered a well-known rich man in the circle of fur merchants in the imperial capital.
Su Lun's erudition also left a very good impression on Benson and his son.
However, Suellen didn't know why, but he occasionally felt some vague hostility from Benson's somewhat pretty second wife Marianne.
And the guard captain named Raman
On this day, the seaport city of Kadurante is visible in the distance.
On the deck, Su Lun was blowing the sea breeze and looking into the distance.
Next to him, Jike was holding his notes carefully and carefully recording the questions he had just asked.
Su Lun would blow the wind on the deck every day. The fresh sea breeze would help him digest the knowledge he had just received in his mind.
Jike is very studious and will take this opportunity to politely ask for some alchemy knowledge.
Su Lun thought this little boy had good learning talent and explained patiently.
We were about to arrive at the harbor in less than an hour. After getting off the ship, we didn't have such a good teacher. Jike seemed a little disappointed.
He carefully placed the notebook in the pocket of his vest, and followed Su Lun's example and lay down on the edge of the deck, because the grid was not high enough and his feet were still hanging in the air.
Jike sighed with emotion: "Mr. Nicholas, you really know everything. It would be great if I could hire you as a private teacher. Then I would have great hope of being admitted to the 'Imperial Royal War College'."
Su Lun smiled and said nothing.
Jike's eyes were shining like stars, and he continued: "You know, it is my dream to be admitted to the Royal Academy. In the entire empire, there are only less than 5,000 freshmen places every year. We also have to exclude 80% of the noble students.
, we civilians need very high admission scores to be admitted. That is the highest institution that only the real elite can enter."
"Um."
Su Lun was also very interested in listening, smiling and nodding from time to time.
This Jike popularized a lot of common sense about the surface world to him.
The best educational resources in the world belong to the children of nobles, but some opportunities are left to the common people.
Nobles were exempted from taking entrance examinations, while commoners needed one-in-a-million talents and high tuition fees.
Jike has become accustomed to this kind of class difference, and there is no complaint in his tone about injustice.
He seemed like a boy with great dreams, full of yearning for the highest institution of education, and said: "If I can get in, I will have access to the top masters and the best resources. There are many thousand more on the campus of the Royal Academy."
Built in the Atria Empire era 2000, the college library has the richest collection of books in the world! All kinds of unique collections of classics, manuscripts of various masters, and documents unearthed from various civilization relics such as Rogier.
There are manuscripts from Bacon, Clement, Ramon Llull, and Theophrast von Hohenheim, master alchemists of all ages.”
Su Lun listened to the names of famous names in the field of alchemy and nodded in recognition.
The Luying Empire has existed for more than eight hundred years, and the number of documents collected by the Bona royal family is absolutely unimaginable by ordinary people.
This statement made Su Lun really interested.
When it comes to acquiring alchemical knowledge, there is really no place more suitable than the Royal Academy.
After being taught by Seria, he now clearly understands the direction of his future advancement. He must need a lot of knowledge as a stepping stone to touch the top field of alchemy.
However, a place like the Luying Imperial Capital where Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon gathers the top professionals in the entire empire.
The key original owner, the Leijiadi family, seems to have a mansion in the imperial capital.
The thought flashed through Su Lun's mind, and he planned to go take a look after he had some ability to protect himself.
"Oh, right!"
At this time, Jike seemed to suddenly think of something, and added excitedly: "There is also the relic storage room of the 'demigod' Sir Isaac from a thousand years ago. Last time our preparatory college organized a visit, I also
I’ve seen it with my own eyes!”
When Su Lun heard this, his eyes suddenly froze, and he groaned unconsciously: "Sir Isaac's relic?"
There are many manuscripts left by Sir Isaac. At the auction house in Old Town, one page can be sold for three to five hundred gold crowns.
The Raphael family has developed Old Town for hundreds of years, and many of the treasures in the underground city have flowed to the surface through them.
"yes!"
But not everyone is qualified to visit the Royal Academy. Jike wanted to tell this rune teacher from a remote southern county about the prosperity of the imperial capital, and said: "Sir Isaac is the greatest inventor in the history of modern civilization.
A philosopher, biologist, and great alchemist, he created countless genius inventions. The library management of the Royal Academy has a dedicated library that collects jazz relics. There are also many autographed manuscripts and design drawings."
Su Lun thought of something and asked: "Is there a leather notebook that smells black and looks like a 'living thing' among those relics?"
Hearing this, Jimmy was surprised: "Hey, Mr. Nicholas, have you also seen the [Theosophical Manuscript]?"
He frowned and thought about it for a moment, then continued: "There is indeed such a notebook in the collection room! The teachers said that it was a research manuscript on a god-level breeding suit invented by Sir Isaac. Oh, I still remember it.
It’s very clear that it’s a very strange note. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the contents.”
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Although Su Lun was a little unfamiliar with the name of this [Theosophical Manuscript], he immediately guessed in his mind that the eight achievements were one of the five [Isaac's Alchemy Manuscripts]!
It turns out that there is also a copy in Luying Royal Academy?
Not surprisingly, there is also a copy in the Raigadi family
Including one and five manuscripts in his hand, Su Lun now knows the whereabouts of three.
"It seems like you really have to go to Luying Royal Academy."
Hearing this, Su Lun looked at the sea in the distance, his eyes gradually deepened.
Not long after, the sailboat was about to dock.
"Jadoulante" is a huge seaport city built on the mountain.
Viewed from the air, it looks like a long boot.
The natural deep-water port is at the heel of the boot, with cliffs on both sides, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
From far away, you can hear the bustle of people on the pier.
Su Lun stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the city in the harbor in the distance, and murmured in his heart: "The technological level of cities in the surface world does not seem to be too high."
The city in front of you looks like a medieval castle complex, with a bit of ancient Greek architectural style, with large areas of white and blue as the main colors. Thick and textured white rock walls, tall pillars and blue spiers, streets
Very crowded.
It seems that there is not much difference from the thousand-year-old architectural styles in the ruins of Auroville.
However, there are many steel elements in this castle-style city.
Steam locomotives can be seen on the bridges between the islands. There are also various steel bridges in the city. There are also floating airships floating above the city.
The most eye-catching thing is the various giant forts built against the mountains. Long and short cannons are densely packed, arming the city like a hedgehog and looking like a mixture of magic and industrial society.
Judging from urban architecture alone, the level of civilization in Kadurante lags far behind the cyber-style high-rise buildings in the inner city of Old Linden.
At this time, Su Lun suddenly heard Mr. Jing's comment coming from beside him: "It has been a thousand years, and the city is still like this. The backward aristocratic centralized system has long proven to be a stumbling block to the development of social civilization. These aristocrats are fighting for their rights.
Enjoyment and lack of progress have actually caused the development of civilization to stagnate for a thousand years. Are we really not afraid that the plane channel will burst and humans will be enslaved by strong men from other planes?"
Her tone was calm, but Su Lun could hear a hint of anger and lamentation.
Sure enough, people who stand in different positions see completely different things.
People like Mr. Mirror, who fought on the frontline to protect the plane space a thousand years ago, see the entire human race and alchemical civilization.
From what Su Lun knows, the aristocratic centralized system of the Luying Empire is indeed quite backward.
The nobility concentrated more than 90% of society's resources.
In addition to the population expansion, neither alchemy nor technology has made much progress compared to a thousand years ago.
No!
Even worse!
At least, in the field of alchemy, no one is now where Sir Isaac was a thousand years ago.
The Marfa Empire only saw changes after the mechanical revolution of the last hundred years.
Mr. Jing shook his head and didn't say much.
At this time, the sailboat passed by a reef with a lighthouse built on it, and Sulendo took a look.
Because the lighthouse is like hanging thousands of flags, there are hundreds of pirate flags of various kinds, some are new, some have faded after being exposed to wind and sun, and it looks like they have been hung for a long time.
There are also several dried corpses!
Looking at the costumes of the corpses, are these pirates?
Because the ship was about to dock, Captain Benson also stepped onto the deck.
Seeing the confusion on Su Lun's face, he explained: "That is "Bloodhand" Stewart, the leader of the 'Blood Skull Pirates', a fifth-level professional and a big pirate who was once active in this sea area.
He committed many murders and committed heinous crimes.”
What merchants hate most are naturally these pirates who burn, kill and loot.
After a pause, his tone was not polite, and he added: "These damn pirates were sent to the gallows instead!"
Su Lun also understood this warning "landmark building". Is this a warning to people about the consequences of becoming pirates?
The body of a fifth-level pirate was hung up and dried like this?
He suddenly thought of Qiantiao.
After the gambling-addicted young woman got off the ship, she didn't follow Mr. Hei and the others, saying she was going to form her own pirate group.
Although she wanted to be a "robber", a grand robber is also a thief, and if she is caught, she will be sent to the gallows.
The ship entered the harbor and stopped among a dense sea of ships.
Su Lun and the other two said goodbye to Benson and his family, and walked into the city first.
There used to be a thick high wall at the pier, and identity registration and verification were required to enter the city.
There was a long queue outside the city gate, and soldiers in silver-gray armor were showing off their identities as people entering the city.
The process is not complicated, just take out your ID, show it, and then put your hand on a crystal ball.
It's a bit like going through immigration inspection for your passport in a previous life. The soldiers guarding the city would ask a few questions casually. After passing the review, they would stamp the document.
Su Lun was also prepared.
Forging documents is not difficult for him.
What's more, except for the cities near the imperial capital, the Luying Empire has a unified identity certificate, and each other territory has its own certificate of birthplace. Most of them are backward pure paper certificates. The only anti-counterfeiting certificate is the gold-gilded coat of arms representing the lord. pattern.
But looking at the crystal ball, Su Lun raised his eyebrows slightly and made an appraisal.
[Inferior energy measuring crystal]
Detailed explanation: We can only roughly judge the level of elemental crystals.
It seems that they are sneaking into the city for high-level pirates, or for some other purpose.
But if you just detect the level, it won't be a big problem.
Su Lun, the second level, was not very eye-catching among professionals.
After this tax, he glanced at Mr. Jing who was holding his hand. If the seventh level was tested and the eighth level came out, it would probably cause a sensation immediately.
Mr. Jing was very calm and responded with a faint smile.
Obviously she doesn't care about this energy-measuring crystal.
The two of them lined up and slowly entered the city.
While lining up, Su Lun also made a point of observing most of the group of adventurers passing by.
Most of them are dressed in traditional professional attire, with a lot of firearms, but not many robotic arms.
Even if there is, looking at the mechanical device, it is about the same technological level as the outer city of Old Lingtown.
This was the first city that Su Lun came into contact with in the surface world. It gave him the impression that the Luying Empire was that kind of ancient empire with a "twilight spirit", like an old and sleepy lion.
Not long after, it was Su Lun and Su Lun's turn for review.
The soldiers guarding the city had to check tens of thousands of people coming in and out every day, and their expressions were already numb: "Show your ID, take off your hat, and put your hand on the crystal ball!"
As he got closer, Su Lun saw that there were wanted notices hanging on the notice boards on the city wall.
In the vast North Sea, apart from the infamous "King of the North Sea" fleet, there are also countless other pirates, large and small.
Most of the people on this bounty list are pirates.
Suellen took off his hat.
He was wearing a plain white suit, and probably because of his attire, the guards guarding the city had a polite tone.
Then he put his hand on the crystal ball, and the crystal ball glowed faintly blue.
The guard on the side looked at Su Lun's face and saw that he did not face any wanted criminals, so he stamped his household registration certificate: second-level professional.
Su Lun passed the customs smoothly, but Mr. Jing on the side took off the wide-brimmed hat that covered half of his face, and the guards immediately looked straight.