Bad news, Lu Yu was lost on the vast sea. Without the seabird Jeffrey beside him, it became a problem for him to discern the direction.
Good news, he found a merchant ship.
The bad news was that the merchant ship's route was in the opposite direction from Kelai. Lu Yu could only take a smooth sailing boat to the next continent and follow the trading ship heading to Kelai.
These sailors who returned home with a full load were warm and hospitable. They took out the mead and shared it with Lu Yu while praising their courage to cross the sea alone.
From the map provided by the sailor, Coal Ball knew the destination where he was going to stay for a short time—Duldran.
Sera's understanding of Durderan comes from their prosperous maritime trade with Kelai. This is a vast supercontinent comparable to Mera. The difference from Mera is probably that there is no powerful race here.
Fortunately, there were no disturbances on the way to Durderan. The only thing that was a bit thrilling was a storm that suddenly started to brew. But for some reason, it was just brewing, and there was no wind or rain until the merchant ship completely left.
There was lightning and thunder and strong winds only after entering the dangerous area.
People who travel on the sea all year round are always superstitious. After experiencing this incident, the crew once again took out wine to share with Lu Yu, thinking that he had brought wonderful good luck.
Lu Yu and He Luola couldn't say that they had sunk two ships on the way back to Mela, which was a bit of a bad luck.
As soon as he arrived at the port, Lu Yu followed the instructions of the sailors and went to the navigation notice board to check the ships that had recently arrived at the port. Kelai's name did not appear in the route of Yishui.
When he asked the port staff, Lu Yu was disappointed with the answer he received.
"Are you going to Corai? What a coincidence. The last batch of a combined fleet of twenty ships left just the day before yesterday. Now the sea conditions are dangerous. Most of the ocean-going ships in Durderan will set off in groups, so you
It may take a while.”
"You can pay a seta silver coin as a deposit. As soon as a merchant ship sets sail, we will go to the hotel where you live to notify you."
After replacing the local currency with hard currency, Lu Yu planned to find an experienced guide to cross the sea as before. However, this time, faced with Lu Yu's money offensive, every Seta Empire guide firmly refused.
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On the one hand, the guides are deeply aware of how bad the sea conditions are now, and on the other hand, because the Star Reacher Competition is about to begin, they have to watch the competition and have no time to go to the sea with foreigners to see all kinds of fresh seafood.
As a large-scale trading continent like Kelai, everyone understands the principle of harmony and wealth. Since competition is inevitable, let everything turn to the bright side. The Star Reacher Competition came into being based on this idea.
The business association composed of various countries in Durderan serves as the organizer. It is held every four years. The contestants must be the younger generation who meet the age requirements. After layers of selection, the top ten contestants will eventually be selected and given
The title of Star Reacher.
"Sounds like the previous competition of rising star magicians from the Four Kingdoms?" Lu Lu said with emotion.
"They are similar, but their scale is obviously larger. It is a grand event that the entire continent will participate in. All the forces will attract the younger generation who performed well in the competition. Perhaps many people have already placed bets before the competition, just like
It was just like Tanya did to Lulu, trying to gain huge influence through her own spokesperson." Sera said, "After all, for these businessmen, reputation and brand name are extremely important."
No wonder no guide wanted to talk to Lu Yu. For locals in Duderland, this was the beginning of the World Cup, and it was better to stay at home and watch the game than to work overtime.
"The Rising Star Competition is so nostalgic..." Lulu murmured.
He was at the peak of his career when he debuted, was awarded the title of Crimson Witch, and was hailed as the future star of Solon. Everything seemed to have happened yesterday. Unknowingly, four years had passed since the explosion that changed his destiny.
Feeling the two other souls in the same room with him, so intimate, Lulu suddenly became happy.
"Let's compete."
"There is nothing special about the competition rewards." Lu Yu looked around at the huge rewards provided by the business association today. There was no sign of excitement, and he was not interested in participating.
Sera's reaction was exactly the same as Lu Yu's: "I'm not interested."
"But I want to experience the Rising Star Competition again, just like before."
"..."
"..."
"It's not impossible to participate. Anyway, there won't be any merchant ships leaving the port for the time being."
“Experiencing the local customs and customs is also part of the journey back home, so you have to taste it.”
Lu Lu was overjoyed to hear the two people's tacit change of tone, but they didn't say a word.
"But there are some problems with our attitude in participating, right?" Serra pointed out, "They want to test the age group, and the possibility of bone age testing is very high."
The real thing is that coal briquettes can measure bone age. With their voices and looks, as long as they take off their disguises, the Star Reachers will probably become a demon slayer convention.
"Anyway, we still have some time, we might as well try..." Lulu said tentatively, "Temporarily remove the briquette body?"
"Temporarily lifted?" Lu Yu decided to give it a try, "I can understand that you want to try to restore it. What this means is that you are very confident that you will be able to reproduce the briquette agent and will continue to maintain this attitude in the future?"
"Potion science is full of magic. Let's continue studying it together, shall we? Hey!" Lu Lu pretended to be silly and cute.
Sera and Lu Yu were very uneasy about Lu Lu making recovery potions. Their past experiences told them that Lu Lu was undoubtedly a genius. An idea about potions could always bring about dazzling results in various aspects, but this idea
Behind every movement is the refinement of her duality of gods and ghosts. Whether it is a god or a ghost, no one can predict it before the new potion is released.
If an ordinary potion master fails to challenge a new potion formula, the potion will be completely useless and the expenditure will explode. If it is more serious, it will be poisoning or explosion. However, Lu Lu's super powerful magic will make the new potion under development, such as Schrödinger's Cat, give people a sense of wonder.
A huge surprise that can expand the boundaries of cognition, such as the current posture of briquettes... Can other potion masters do it?
As expected, the age determination section of the trial required taking off clothes and using magic devices, so there was no possibility of getting through. However, Herola, who accompanied Qiu Qiu on a whim, successfully registered. Her bone age showed that she was only fifty-two years old, so she was indeed young.
The large amount of funds exchanged for the Coral Flying Dragon's spine bones gave Lu Lu the room to spend extravagantly. They purchased a large amount of medicine refining materials in one fell swoop, and then plunged into the mountains.
Herola was prohibited from approaching the medicine refining area. In order to prevent her from misunderstanding, Xu Yu introduced some of Lu Lu's glorious deeds while accompanying her in hunting hares that came out of their holes in early spring.
I thought Herola would be very nervous after hearing this, but...
"Teacher Lu Lu is so amazing."
He covered his forehead for a moment. This reaction was very similar to Lu Yu's first student and apprentice Bo Mu. Bo Mu, who was born in the blood race, inexplicably likes big noises, and explosions are very suitable for her. If Lu Yu hadn't named him, she would probably join Lu Lu.
of potions set.
The crackling sound of the roasted rabbit from time to time did not come from the firewood pile, but from behind Xu Yu and Herola, where the medicine was being refined.
The two of them were lost in thought as to what kind of potion could make the sound of electric arc jumping and fill the scene with purple-black smoke. However, the refining of this kind of potion, where anything is possible, is a spirit of exploration at the intersection and a huge progress for potion masters.
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"Is this also progress?" The crackling sound like firecrackers made Herola swallow.
Before he finished speaking, a dull explosion sounded. For a moment, he couldn't help but nodded and signaled to Herola: "You see, this is a greater progress."
The genius potion master Lu Lu encountered some minor problems. She was explaining to Lu Yu and Sera why they failed one after another.
The villains formed by Lu Yu and Sera in the chat room nodded frequently, expressing their full psychological expectations for the current situation.
Compared with the accidents in the development of new medicines that have the duality of gods and ghosts, Lu Lu's spiritual magic has made steady progress.
Maybe it was her who basically completed the perception during the Trinity, or maybe it was the long-term and high-frequency permanent use of the chat room, but now Lu Lu's chat room was able to condense the projection of the two of them.
The chat room is no longer a platform where you can only hear sounds and feel emotions through perception, but has scenery visible to the naked eye.
The chat room constructed by Lu Lu was actually her room in Chenxi Territory. All the furnishings and the scenery outside the window were perfectly restored. The two people who welcomed this change suddenly thought that they were back in Chenxi Territory.
I don’t know if there is relevant knowledge in Sayer’s spiritual magic. If not, this is a new history.
The exploding refining container made the two people who were sighing about the updated version of the chat room stunned for a few seconds, but then they stopped paying attention.
Used to it.
Mini Lu Yu and Mini Sela opened a private chat room, and the topic gradually shifted from the use of briquettes to the current briquette postures of the three of them.
"Although it is not bad to lift it, but..." Lu Yu seemed to be recalling something, "I always feel that this body is very good."
"To be honest, I'm used to this state. If I change back, I would really be reluctant to do so."
It was hard to believe that these were the words of Sera who was the most resistant after turning into a briquette, but Lu Yu did not specifically point out Sera's "really fragrant" behavior.
"You have already planned your future path, right?" Sierra asked suddenly.
"Is it about the age of gods?" Lu Yu nodded, "For you, Lu Lu, and Chenxi Leader, I must bear this responsibility."
Sera was stunned for a moment, and the villain's projection looked directly at Lu Yu, as if she didn't recognize him.
"How do I remember that when I met a person, he frankly said that he just wanted to eat and wait to die."
"I don't want those who believe in me to get hurt, and the children who don't want to believe in me can only shout in vain."
"Of course, the most important thing... I don't want the people I like and everything to come to nothing." Lu Yu said, "Sierra, I am a homeless person, Dawn Leader, and you, are everything to me.
This is the only thing I have... Whoever wants to take away these my only treasures, I will fight him to the death."
In my impression, Lu Yu is always laughing and joking, suppressing a lot of sadness, anger, uneasiness, and all negative emotions in his heart. Even if he occasionally expresses it, he will quickly skip it, just like having a small talk with others.
joke.
But today Lu Yu is more serious than ever.
"Actually, I have seriously thought about it...if we really face an insurmountable crisis in the future and have to risk our lives to gain a glimmer of hope, what should I do?"
"I'm very afraid of death. I finally have so much... I don't want to lose it. But if it is really unavoidable, I can't hesitate... In this way, you can live, everyone in the Dawn Leader can live, everything we have conceived,
You and Lulu will definitely be able to continue."
"Later I figured out that these extreme assumptions stemmed from a lack of strength. Now that she has revealed that path to us, let's take the initiative to move forward."
"If the end of the pioneer's road is God, and the road of faith guides everyone who glimpses the path, then, no matter how people define it, I will walk this road to the end."
It was as if she had penetrated into Lu Yu's complicated inner world for the first time and saw another side of him that no one knew about. Sera was moved.
She originally wanted to respond seriously, but for some reason she got caught in Lu Yu's attempt to hide himself.
"Hmph, it's good that Xianyu wants to make a comeback. Now that the path has been revealed, I will naturally try. If the inevitable crisis you imagined does arise, I won't let you do the multiple-choice questions alone.
of."
"I don't want something to happen to you one day and Lu Lu loses control completely... Everything she has now is what I once wanted to give her."
"Dongdongdong!"
"Dongdongdong!"
The chat room prompt sounded, which was Lu Lu's reminder to the two of them that they should come out of the private chat room.
"Clang, clang, clang!" Lulu's tentacles held up a bottle of dark green potion and danced excitedly, "This time, there must be no problem, I can feel the power that is completely opposite to the briquette potion!"
"Why, you don't have any special reaction?" Lulu was curious, "Don't you really want to change back?"
"The premise is that we can change back. We have taken several potions in the past few days, and you said each one is full of hope."
"It's no problem this time." Relying on the control of his body, he drank the potion in one gulp.
Waited for a long time, no response.
Lu Yu and Sera's villain looked at each other and sighed together.
But I don't know why, but I feel a little lucky.
"Pfft-"
The briquette's body suddenly expanded violently, and thick black mist leaked from all parts of the body, instantly flooding the surrounding area.
Herola and Xu, who were waiting outside and quickly scooped up the wild rabbit, looked at the black clouds rising behind them, dumbfounded.
"For a moment, this is..."
He hesitated for a moment and said: "Maybe it's another form of progress."