The happy training did not last long. The Shadow Chaser airship had arrived at its destination, Sheshou Town, and stopped at the newly built Black Snake Flight Station.
As the insect tide recedes in the Cuihai Valley, the 9-ring spirit beast - the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon and its Black Jade Scorpion lineage are dormant. The pioneering war is gradually gaining momentum, and airships from various places are coming and going non-stop.
So the Black Snake family simply built the Black Snake Flight Station on the northeastern outskirts of the town.
There are several large shuttles in the station, ready to pick up the big shots coming off the airship, and quickly check into the hotel in the town, or directly check into the Black Snake Manor.
"Lord Duke." A great knight of the Black Snake family stationed at the flight station greeted Duke and his party respectfully.
Duke said nothing.
Mulali said on her behalf: "Uncle Mu Yisi, my husband will move directly to Black Snake Manor. You can just send us a car."
"Master Duke is a distinguished guest of our Black Snake family. I will personally drive you to the Black Snake Manor." Mu Yisi Black Snake served enthusiastically.
This enthusiasm made Duke feel a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Mulali was by his side and had already developed excellent communication skills, handling everything in an orderly manner.
Duke just needs to smile from time to time.
The large shuttle drove into the Black Snake Manor in the blink of an eye. After learning the news, the high priest Mulland Black Snake went out to greet Duke in person.
"High Priest."
"Duke, you are back home." The high priest took Duke's hand and said with a smile like a kind little old man, "I learned that you were awarded the title of Erudite. Yesterday I happily drank a bottle of fifty
Years of aging, the glory you have brought to the entire Sheshou Town!"
Duke did not apologize, but said with a smile: "This is just the beginning."
"Yes." Muland looked at Duke, who had a calm temperament but always exuded high spirits, and said with emotion, "For you, being a polymath is just a starting point. The height you can reach in the future, I have already
I can’t imagine it.”
At this moment, Muland has already made his posture shorter than Duke.
If when the two of them communicated before, Muland could rely on his identity as a second-level arcane mage and speak in the tone of an elder. Now when facing an extremely young scholar, his identity as a second-level arcane mage is not enough.
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He also faced this change calmly, and there was a lot of flattery in his words.
Duke understood that this change was a way of survival for the nobility, but Muland's attitude still made him very comfortable.
When people get along with each other, besides interests, don’t they also value an attitude?
After a while of politeness, Muhans Black Snake rushed back from the town, and Mulander happily handed over the task of accompanying Duke to Muhans.
He himself called Mulali to have a friendly exchange of feelings between his ancestors and his grandchildren.
"Little Mulali, you learned a lot from studying with Duke, right?" Mulander personally peeled an orange for Mulali.
When Mulali saw this second grandfather in the past, she would always feel afraid.
But now she suddenly found that when she looked at the second grandpa again, she no longer had the awe she had in the past, and just regarded him as a familiar grandpa.
Taking the orange, she replied with a smile: "I have learned a lot, Second Grandpa, my husband is very good, and he is also very strict in supervising my practice. Now I have learned how to repair the spirit card. I am a
Here’s the card repairman.”
"That's great. This is what a daughter of the Black Snake family should look like." Muland joked a few words with a smile, and suddenly asked, "Have you ever found an opportunity to practice the knowledge your aunt taught you?" "Ah?" Mulali was stunned for a moment.
Then she thought of how her aunt Mulus always taught her how to attract men and how to show her charm.
Two groups of crimson appeared on the face.
Mulali turned her head to look outside and whispered back: "Second Grandpa, what are you talking about!"
"Don't be embarrassed. These are normal interactions between young people. Boys have the charm of boys, and girls naturally have the charm of girls. Your aunt is someone who has been there, so you can learn from her. It's okay.
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"I know." Mulali replied guiltily.
Muland's smile was still kind, but his tone was unconsciously stern: "You have been following your husband for a long time. Don't always think about studying and practicing. When the time comes, you should also enhance your relationship with Duke, right?" Mulali lowered her head: "I know."
"Okay, Second Grandpa won't talk about this anymore. You young people may not like to hear it. But you can't help but nag. You also know that you have the blood of the Black Snake family. The Black Snake family is not stable now.
Without a powerful person in charge, the more the family earns, the greater the risk."
"Second Grandpa, wouldn't it be nice for the family to guard Sheshou Town? What are the risks?" Mulali raised her head and asked curiously.
"Well, there are many risks. Look at Clinda, the chairman of Runwanjia, who is also a third-level arcanist. She was also hit hard by your Mr. Duke." Muland shook his head.
Said, "During the Cuihai Valley development war, the family made too much money and attracted outsiders..."
The Black Snake family introduced Master Bernoulli's Tower and almost became a traitor and traitor in Shenjiao City. Mulali knew this.
So Mulali nodded sensibly: "Second Grandpa, I know how to do it."
"Good boy, Second Grandpa thanks you on behalf of the family... Remember, the Black Snake family is stable and strong, and only the daughters of the Black Snake family will be valued more."
"Well, I know."
"Go, go home and meet your mother. You will attend the noon banquet with your husband." Muland waved his hand.
After watching Murali leave, he held up a tea cup in the flower hall and drank tea slowly.
Immediately, a person came from the back door of the flower hall, walked to Muland and sat down: "Second uncle, how was your chat with Mulan?"
"Mu Lali is very sensible."
"I just heard Mulali's old nanny say that Mulali hasn't experienced anything yet, and this Duke is really tolerant." The person coming is Mudis Black Snake, the most promising member of the Black Snake family.
Arcane Mage, "His female knight, with the old grandmother's knowledge, is the same."
"This shows that Duke is a man of great perseverance and perseverance. Only such an arcane mage can reach the heights of spiritual arcana."
"Second uncle, you are right."
"Don't take it for granted. Duke was born an orphan and grew up in a welfare institution. No one provided him with any help. His ability to get to where he is today is all due to his ability. His talent and means are all top-notch, and they are the most valuable.
What’s amazing is that he is so young but neither arrogant nor impetuous..."
"Last night at the family meeting, you already said it once. We all admit that Duke has all the conditions for success. He is the most potential genius arcane mage in Shenjiao City." Mudis smiled.
"I am emphasizing!" Muland snorted.
"I understand, I understand, second uncle."
"It has been decided at the meeting that Duke's reception level will be raised, but you and Muhans still have to constantly unify the minds of the people below. Don't conflict with Duke and ruin the plans of my Black Snake family... Duke will
He is the strongest foreign aid of my Black Snake family."
"Don't worry, Brother Muhans is more caring than me." Mudis tilted his mouth.
Muland saw it and smiled lightly: "Why, are you envious of Mu Hans? Do you think Mu Hans has taken advantage of Duke?"
"Where is it."
"Haha, my second uncle still doesn't understand your thoughts."
Muland pointed it out directly: "Don't you also have a daughter, Murasan? Do you want to send her there too? I don't think it's just a silly girl like Murali who can control Duke's determination.
With the heart of a person, sisters, you can give it a try."
"Second uncle, what are you talking about? What kind of sisters are you? Isn't this nonsense?" Mudis was embarrassed.
Muland laughed out loud: "What's wrong with the sisters? When your uncle and I were young, we played even better than this. Those mage towers that have stood for hundreds of years, let alone sisters, are three generations of grandparents.
It’s not impossible to go into battle together.”
Moodys chattered but did not respond.
After Muland made a joke, he returned to the topic: "Mu Lashan is your daughter. My second uncle will not make random arrangements. You can think about it yourself. But I have to say that your focus now is on cultivation. My second uncle has already contacted me."
Good Pharmacy Scholar Campos, I will refine the thunder potion for you."
"Thank you, second uncle."
"Thank you for what you said later. I still say the same old saying, hurry up and break through. If you can break through without the help of potions, it will be a great joy for you and the Black Snake family. If you really can't break through, take the thunder potion to promote it." "Second uncle, please contact Scholar Campos to refine the thunder potion first. I will definitely try my best to attack you. If it fails, I will come back to you to get the thunder potion."
"Cultivation is up to you, think about it carefully."
After leaving the flower hall, Moodys Black Snake turned around and went to the front hall of the manor, where Duke was chatting with Muhans. He also sat and chatted for a while.
He didn't leave until Duke wanted to go to town for a walk.
Go back to your home.
The wife is checking accounts with the housekeeper.
He asked directly: "Where is Murasan?"
"I'm learning embroidery in the backyard. What's wrong? Aren't you accompanying Duke in the front room?"
"Duke went shopping in town, I'll come back when I have time." After saying that, Moodys got up and went to the backyard and found his daughter.
"Father."
"Why are you still doing embroidery at home? Mulali is back and you don't want to find her as a companion."
"I went, but she was surrounded by so many aunts and sisters-in-law. I was impatient, so I made an appointment with her to wait until Mr. Duke went out in the afternoon so that we could have fun together," Mu Lashan replied.
Moodys was silent for a while.
Silently looking at his daughter, she has a slim waist and a face with oval seeds. She is no different from Mu Hansi's daughter Murali.
He then said gently: "You have to keep in touch with Mulali. You are sisters, you know. When Mulali goes to Shenjiao City, you can also go there and have fun. She studied with Mr. Duke, and now she is getting more and more familiar with her."
The better you are, the more you learn."
Mu Lashan was surprised for a moment, then thoughtfully said: "Father, if you have any plans, just tell them directly."
When his daughter said this, Mudis suddenly felt a little ashamed.
Especially when he thought of the obscene words such as "sisters" and "three generations of grandparents" spoken by High Priest Mulander, he felt even more ashamed.
So quickly get up and walk out.
When he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he suddenly turned around and said, "Contact Mulali more and play with Mulali more often... In short, I will follow Mulali into the city and go to the Master's Tower to see the world." p>
After saying that, he left as fast as he could.
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After enjoying a lunch at Black Snake Manor, Duke was not going to delay his trip anymore, so he was going to take the ant queen Xiaohong and set off to Cuihai Valley to "find a bride".
Xiaohong's current body size is already the size of a calf.
It is bigger than any three-ring burrowing army ant queen he has ever seen, but according to the chicken, Xiaohong is still far from its mother Red Branch.
"High Priest, please stay. There is no need to send you off again."
"Then I will send it here, Muhans, Mudis, and you will send Duke." Muland smiled and stayed at the door of the hall.
"Uncle Muhans, Mr. Mudis, you don't need to send him away. I'm not an outsider, so I'll just stay here." Duke walked out of the Black Snake Manor and looked back at the people who sent him off, his eyes on both sides.
Stay for a while personally.
One is his little assistant Mulali, and the other is a girl standing next to Mulali, wearing similar clothes and looking similar.
Duke couldn't remember the girl's name.
However, Xiaoyi quickly displayed the girl's name information on the Dou Qi holographic screen: "Mulashan, the eldest daughter of Mudis Black Snake, is now seventeen years and four months old, a spiritual apprentice, and her mother is Lauryn... Yes
Brother, sister..."
"Xiao Yi, what do you mean, do I want her information?" Duke complained with a guilty conscience.
Immediately.
A large symbol appeared on the Dou Qi holographic screen - "?"
Duke turned a blind eye.
Saying goodbye to Muhans and others, he got into the Black Beetle borrowed from the Black Snake Family, took his own escort knights, and headed for Cuihai Valley.
The Broken Sword mercenary group, which had received the postman's owl letter in advance, was already waiting at the main road intersection in the west of the town under the leadership of Captain Xina.
"Sir, congratulations on winning the title of Erudite!" Zina got into the Black Beetle and saluted Duke excitedly.
Duke's identity has reached a higher level, which means that the Broken Sword Mercenary Group's backing is more stable.
"It's just a false name." Duke waved his hand and motioned for Zina to sit down and talk.
Zina said seriously: "Sir, this is not a false name, this is the highest honor. You deserve the title of scholar. The portable lamp and bright light you invented have brought huge benefits to us ordinary people.
Benefits."
"Not to mention this, I don't know how many people have sung praises for me in the past two days, and my ears are almost numb."
"This is the honor you deserve, sir."
"Haha." Duke accepted Xina's flattery and immediately asked, "Have there been any big changes in Mutated Forest No. 3 recently?"
Mutated Forest No. 3 is the former Well No. 3 area of Xibi Di Ling Mining Company. It was contaminated by the molted shells of ancient evil things and was sealed as a forbidden area. Now the forbidden area has been unsealed and a large forest area has been specially divided to retain the remaining remains.
evil spirit.
Under the pollution of evil spirits, a large number of mutated species appeared in the forest, becoming a large-scale training base for new species.
Mercenaries can freely enter and exit Mutated Forest No. 3 to collect resources.
"Not much has changed, except that there are more evil beasts, and some other evil plants have been marked by the arcane mages who guard the mutated forest and are no longer allowed to be collected."
Beasts infected by evil spirits are called evil beasts; plants infected by evil spirits are called evil plants.
"I'm going to go to Mutated Forest No. 3 to take a look when I get the chance. By the way, can I still collect snow blowing pillars?" Duke continued to ask.
Zina replied: "Sir, I am about to report this to you. The number of Fubuki pillars in the forest is getting smaller and smaller, and the competition is getting bigger and bigger. I have found several mercenary groups looking for Fubuki pillars.
, after my insinuation, it turned out that an arcane mage was eyeing Fubuki Hashira."
"Really?"
"Well, among them is the spiritual plant scholar Outlet from the Mage Tower in Snow Valley Town."
"Outlets?" Duke touched his chin.
Nearby Snow Valley Town, the fiefdom of the Snow Eagle family, there is an independent mage tower, the Outlet Mage Tower, built on top of a small spiritual spring.
It is owned by the outlet family.
The owner of the family, Outlet, is a level 2 arcane mage and spiritual plant scholar.
"It seems that it's not just me who has noticed the value of the Snow Blowing Pillar, but even spiritual plant scholars like Outlet also value its possibilities." Duke laughed and didn't care much about it, "It doesn't matter Zina
, continue to collect.”
"Yes, sir."
Unknowingly, the slow-moving Black Beetle vehicle has crossed the mountain range dividing Sheshou Town and Cuihai Valley and entered Cuihai Valley.
It's early summer, and Cuihai Valley is lush and lush.
At the edge of the safety passage, you can see towering original trees. Their failure to become spiritual plants does not prevent these towering trees from spreading their vitality.
"Stop the car." Duke glanced at the sky and said, "Camp here."
Soon, the people from the Broken Sword Mercenary Group began to set up camp in cooperation with the escort knights. They will spend the night here tonight. As for Duke, he will sleep in the Black Beetle. Vivian will also sleep in the Black Beetle, acting as Duke's
Personal bodyguard.
Zina began to arrange for people to go hunting in the forest and prepare campfire dinners.
Duke called out the queen ant Xiaohong from the black beetle car. Xiaohong's body was not red, but as black as ink, so black that it shone.
Quietly, he came to Duke's feet, and a pair of tentacles kept touching Duke's legs, expressing his intimacy to Duke.
It signed a master-slave contract with Duke, and the power of the contract made it approach Duke from the bottom of its heart and respect him.
Coupled with the method of controlling Gu that Duke consulted with some Gu control scholars, he can easily control Xiaohong.
"Come on, Xiaohong, flap your wings." Duke patted Xiaohong's big head, and there were several engraved dots on the top of its head.
Engraving points are related to arcane solidification.
Like gems inlaid on the shell, three gray-yellow and three red.
If you observe carefully, you can see that among the six engraved dots, three gray-yellow engraved dots have rings hidden inside them. They are slowly rotating like water flow and appear in the three engraved dots in turn.
, look carefully, there are three layers of rings within the ring.
The three nested rings represent that Xiaohong has grown to three rings; the three gray-yellow engraved dots with flowing rings represent that it has solidified three arcane arts with earthy attributes.
They are the 1st-level arcane spell - Silk Web, the 2nd-level arcane spell - Rock Armor, and the 3rd-level arcane spell - Mud and Rock Solution.
The other three crimson engraved dots are a bit dull in color, which obviously means that Xiao Hong also has three types of arcane spells with fire attributes that have been solidified.
The muscles on the sides of the breastplate bulged, and Xiaohong meekly obeyed Duke's instructions and flapped her transparent wings.
Strictly speaking, it is not the queen ant yet, just a female ant.
Only after getting married and getting pregnant can you become a queen ant and establish your own ant colony.
"It's a pity that your body is covered with hard burrs, Xiaohong. Otherwise, I could ride you around. Wouldn't it be more exciting than a flying mount?" Duke tugged on Xiaohong's tentacles and then ordered, "Go, take off, go.
Find your happiness!"
Xiaohong speeds up the flapping of her wings, and her spirituality gathers in her wings, as if countless winds are rushing towards her, lifting her up into the sky quickly.
After circling Duke, he suddenly flew into the vast jungle.
"Sir, this contracted spirit insect of yours is really majestic. It's bigger than the burrowing army ant queen I've seen. What kind is it?" Zina walked over and asked curiously.
"It is the underground marching queen ant, but it is a mutated queen with 5 rings of blood." Duke glanced at the already darkened sky, hoping that Xiaohong could find the same mutated male ant and successfully complete the wedding flight.
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Shenjiao City, a spiritual weapon shop.
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"Boss, do you still have Runwanjia's spiritual lights?" A customer walked into the store and searched on the shelves for a long time before asking.
"Why do you want Runwanjia's spiritual light lamp? I only have portable lamps and strong light lamps from the Giant of Light. There are all kinds of varieties."
"Why don't you sell Runwanjia's spiritual light lamp? It's cheap and easy to use."
"Isn't the portable lamp of the Giant of Light bad?" the store owner said, "Besides, Runwanjia's products are all plagiarized. Now Lord Duke has become a scholar. This is the glory of Shenjiao City. From now on, our store
We only sell lamps from Giant of Light."
"Of course I know about Mr. Duke, but isn't the aura lamp cheaper than a portable lamp by 1 copper dragon... Forget it, I don't have an aura lamp, just get me a portable lamp."
"A portable lamp, right? 40 copper dragons."
"What?" the customer yelled, "Didn't we sell a copper dragon for 15 yuan before?"
The boss said funny: "You also said it was before. The Giant of Light fought with Runwanjia before, so he sold takeout at a loss. Now that Lord Duke's Giant of Light has won the battle, he must not bring the price back, otherwise he will lose money for charity.
Ah!"
"Then it's better not to win and keep fighting."
"Your idea is wrong. There is no reason to do business at a loss. Moreover, Runwanjia's Lingguang Lamp is a copycat of a portable lamp, which in itself is infringing on Lord Duke's interests." The boss spoke in a measured and coherent manner, "
Lord Duke's invention has illuminated thousands of households, are you embarrassed to have sex for nothing?"
There was a pause.
The boss continued: "Besides, Mr. Duke already cares about us people enough. The original price of this portable lamp was 45 copper dragons. Mr. Duke asked to earn less, so now it is priced at 40 copper dragons on the market. You have to be grateful as a human being.
!"
"Thank you, thank you. Of course I am grateful. I have replaced a new strong lighting lamp at home. How can I not be grateful to Mr. Duke?" the customer explained hurriedly.
Ordinary people don't dare to be disrespectful to an arcane mage. If they are sued, they will be left with nothing to eat.
"Just be grateful. Do you still want this portable lamp? I'll tell you the truth. Mr. Duke has many things to do every day. He has just obtained the title of Erudite, so he pays attention to the Giant of Light. In case he is busy with research, say
Maybe the managers of the company adjusted the price back."
"I..." The customer hesitated.
The boss seemed to understand: "Don't worry, Runwanjia has removed all the infringing lamps. You can't buy 15 bronze dragon lamps anywhere."
"Really?"
"Do you think you, Erxue Tower have already ruled that Runwanjia will not only dare not produce infringing products anymore, but also have to compensate Mr. Duke for the patent fees. I heard it is a lot of money, more than 100,000 gold dragons."
It’s here!”
"Okay, I bought it." The customer really needs a portable light.
"To be honest, you might as well add some money and switch to a strong light portable lamp. It's not expensive. It only costs 20 copper dragons. The brightness of the light is definitely not comparable to that of a portable light." The boss said this and combined the portable lamp with the strong light.
Take out the light with your portable lamp.
Turn on the switch and the brightness contrast is quite obvious.
The customer suddenly felt that the boss was right, so he took out his Spirit Dragon Card, transferred 60 copper dragons, and went home with a strong light portable lamp.
It was only when I got home that I suddenly realized: "I wanted to buy a spiritual light just for the sake of cheapness. Why did I spend so much money on a strong light portable light?"
However.
Turning on the switch and looking at the bright light beam of the strong-light portable lamp, he couldn't help but laugh again: "You get what you pay for, this hand lamp is really powerful!"
But I quickly turned off the switch, after all, turning it on for a while longer will consume more psychic energy.
Looking at the bright lights in his home that had just been replaced, he felt he loved and hated them: "It's good, but it's too expensive. I have to replace so many bright lights this month, but I don't know what the psychic power will be next month."
How much does it cost to recharge... Oh, giant of light!"
Ordinary people not only love the powerful lamps brought by the Giant of Light, which provide brilliant light in the dark night, but also hate that these lamps are not cheap and consume a lot of spiritual energy.
But for Duke, who invented the bright light technology, I can only respect him and dare not be disrespectful at all.
However, Clinda, the chairman of Runwanjia Spiritual Weapon Factory, who was hiding in her mage tower and looking at the financial bills sent by her subordinates, hated Duke deeply.
"What the hell, what a bullshit scholar title!"
"It's worthless, it's worthless!"
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