After visiting Saipan Naru, Qi Ge brought Smith and Shirley's family back to Chengzhu Castle.
After Smith explained the situation to Rafi, Rafi happily accepted Shirley's family and arranged accommodation for them.
Qi Ge and Smith spent the whole afternoon helping Shirley's family tidy up their new home.
Xueli's mother is a charming woman, a level 1, rank 3 shepherdess.
She also brought the few remaining sheep in her home.
Therefore, Qi Ge also built a sheepfold behind the city lord's castle.
At night, Fort Ivala is brightly lit.
Rafi's birthday party was not a grand affair; only Qi Ge and a few servants in the castle were invited.
After the banquet, Qi Ge found an opportunity to have a private chat with Xue Li.
He and Shirley stood on the small balcony of the Castle Lord's Castle, and Qi Ge asked casually:
“Shirley, I remember I talked to you once before.
You should be aware of the difference between professional combat troops and logistics troops, right?"
Xueli nodded and replied, "I know very well! I know that from now on I can only gain experience points through fighting and exploring."
“I remember that I talked to you, Shirley, about the risks and consequences of becoming an advanced explorer.
But you still chose this path.
I know that you are not the kind of child who will advance blindly without thinking.
Shirley, can you tell me why you decided to become an advanced explorer?"
Xueli said with some sadness:
“Some time ago, when you, brother-in-law, hadn’t come yet.
My father was drafted to fight in the war and my mother fell ill, but I couldn't do anything to help. I could only pray to the angels to end the holy war as soon as possible.
I don't want this, I want to be stronger, I want to help.
If I am strong enough, I can take my father's place next time there is a war."
So that’s how it is. Does Shirley want to be Mulan?
Qi Ge tapped his forehead, without preaching or scolding, but smiled and said:
"Shirley, you like adventure, let me tell you a story about my adventure."
Xueli's appetite was immediately whetted. She nodded vigorously, surprised:
"Yes, yes!"
"I was once chased by a giant dragon, and had to flee into a storm that stretched from the ground to the sky.
I narrowly escaped death, passed through the storm circle, and met a tall giant wind element!
Just one of its fingers is as big as the entire castle!"
Qi Ge said this while gesturing with his hands.
Xueli's eyes couldn't help but follow Qi Ge's fingers and gradually became absent-minded.
Seven Pigeons continued:
"I became friends with the wind elemental giant, and he told me a secret about the world of Yasha."
"secret?"
"Yes. The Elemental Clan is a race that was born in the Yasa world a long time ago.
The earliest family of elements could reproduce by dividing.
For example, a giant wind element can become two large wind elements by splitting its elemental core into two halves.
Wind elements reproduced in this way do not need to grow and are powerful adults from birth.
However, problems soon arose with this approach.
Every time the wind element splits, it divides its power into two halves.
The power is constantly being halved, and soon the wind element will become extremely weak.
No matter how powerful a giant wind element is, it cannot withstand constant division.
So, after tens of thousands of years of experimentation, the elementals created fertility.
Two different elements collide with each other and produce an elemental core that is only a little bit large.
Unlike elemental cores produced by fission, elemental can continuously absorb free Yasa energy in the world to grow.
Although a newly born wind element is extremely weak, even the weakest wind element will eventually grow into a giant wind element as time goes by.
Later, this method gradually became popular in the Asian Sand world.
Many races that were born after the Elemental Race have learned this method."
Xueli blinked and said, "Brother-in-law, what do you mean?"
“What I mean is that it takes time for the wind element to grow, and it also takes time for Shirley to grow.
Shirley, you are only 8 years old this year, which is not the age required by Erathia to join the army. Even if you advance to become an explorer, you cannot join the army.
You see, the great explorer Christian also started exploring after he became an adult.
So, even if you become an explorer, Shirley, next time there is a war, it will still be Shirley's dad who goes."
Xueli's eyes widened and she said aggrievedly:
"Ah?! Brother-in-law, what should I do?
If Xueli didn't advance, it would be Dad . If Xueli advanced, it would still be Dad who went to the battle. Then Xueli's advancement would not be in vain!"
Qi Ge rubbed Xue Li's head and said:
"It doesn't matter. According to Erathia's rules, if you are a hero, you can go to the battlefield even if you are a minor.
So, I will find a way for you to find a teacher to help Xueli grow up quickly. When Xueli becomes a hero, she can help uncle join the army. "
Xueli's eyes lit up and she said excitedly, "Really?! Thank you, brother-in-law!"
[System prompt: Congratulations to the player for triggering the mission: Little Explorer]
Qi Ge rubbed Xue Li's head and said:
"Then Xueli must promise her brother that she will not do anything dangerous or leave the castle alone before her brother finds a teacher for her.
If you want to leave the castle, you must tell Smit or Shirley's mother.
Can Shirley do that?"
Shirley nodded vigorously, placed her hands on her chest, and said, “Shirley can do it!
Explorers must keep their word, only then will good luck come and they can escape danger!"
Qi Ge patted Xueli's head, pointed behind him and said, "Very good, brother believes in Xueli, go play with your sister Smith."
"Sister Smith!" Shirley smiled and threw herself on Smith. Smith looked at Qi Ge, and they both smiled knowingly.
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Incense burner pass.
This delicate name actually represents the strongest checkpoint in the entire Erathia.
The total length of Xianglu Pass is 79 meters and the height is 20 meters. The entire Xianglu Pass is made of the most solid pure white stone.
At Xianglu Pass, only the defenders can use magic.
Xianglu Pass is a rare magic-forbidden pass in the entire Yasa.
Xianglu Pass is located in the Howling Canyon behind Guanghui Castle and Aromatherapy Lake. It is a deep and narrow canyon, and also a big wind vent.
This big wind vent faces the Aromatherapy Lake, so strong winds are howling.
Its momentum is like a raging wave, like thousands of horses galloping, and it shakes the earth and the sky.
Qi Ge sat on the ship leading to the waterway of Glory City, feeling the ship struggling to move forward against the storm.
After Qi Ge was led out from Aihuala, he used the teleportation array of Baishi City to teleport to Zhongdu City behind Xianglu Pass (not the capital, but the main city, named Zhongdu).
He used the token given to him by Sousa to obtain the identity of a battlefield merchant, passed through the Censer City, and sailed towards the Glory City along the Incense River.
That's the benefit of going it alone.
Come and go freely, with various methods, and flexible ways to achieve goals.
On the cargo ship, Qi Ge, who came on board empty-handed and without any cargo, stood out particularly. However, Qi Ge was very good at communication and was familiar with all the tricks of communicating with NPCs. He quickly became familiar with other battlefield merchants on the ship.
Qi Ge took out a handful of smoked fish and shared it with everyone.
“Come on, everyone, try it. This is the smoked dragon tongue fish from Longshe Port City. It is usually hard to buy.
This is the enjoyment of those noble gentlemen."
The seven pigeons were all treated equally, even the guards on the boat were not left out, and everyone got a portion of the delicious smoked dragon tongue fish.
The power of the dragon tongue smoked fish is strong, and a lot of favorability points are jumping up and down in the background of the Qi Ge system.
When fighting on the front line, most of the supplies needed by soldiers and heroes are provided by the troops.
But there are always areas that the troops cannot take care of.
For example, rare military manuals, food that increases attributes, various alchemical potions, and so on.
Where there is demand, there is a market.
The profession of war merchant was born.
War merchants are different from ordinary merchants. They have the right to bring goods to the front line to sell. The risks are huge, but the profits are also huge.
Of course, not everyone can do this job.
Generally, the war merchants on every cargo ship are like this.
If a newcomer wants to intervene, he must "offer goods", which is somewhat similar to the ancient "letter of surrender".
When you get on board, you have to distribute your goods to everyone, tell everyone what the things you sell are, what grade they are, and whether they conflict with everyone else's goods.
It is not that simple to offer goods. It also depends on your attitude.
It is impossible for every war merchant to carry only one kind of goods. There must be good and bad goods, and the prices will vary.
Everyone has a scale in their hearts to measure whether the goods you offer are the most expensive or the cheapest among your products.
For example, the dragon tongue smoked fish that Qi Ge took out was a well-known specialty of Longshe Port City. Any merchant with a bit of experience knew that this thing was very expensive, costing more than a dozen gold coins per unit, and was considered a luxury item.
Qi Ge is a hero, and logically he should not be on the same level as the soldiers and merchants on their ship.
Even if Qi Ge didn't offer the goods, they wouldn't dare to say anything.
But Qi Ge not only donated the goods, but also donated such expensive dragon tongue smoked fish.
This quickly established the impression of Qi Ge in everyone's mind.
Generous, generous, good at dealing with people, and knowledgeable.
Qi Ge sat confidently at the bow, enjoying the strong breeze on his face and chewing the smoked fish with dragon tongue in his mouth, feeling very comfortable.
A fifty-year-old war trader with gray hair sat next to Qi Ge, biting into smoked fish and asked:
"Brother Jishiyu, you've become a hero, why are you still doing our life-threatening job?"
Qi Ge sighed deeply, took a bite of the smoked fish, and chewed it while saying:
"Oh, there's nothing I can do. Life forces me to do that.
You don’t know how hard it is to earn gold coins nowadays.
When I open my eyes every morning, I see twelve mouths in this huge house, all waiting for food.
Without taking some risks, you can’t make big money.”
The merchant asked in confusion: "Brother Jishiyu, do you have such a child at home?"
"No children yet, and twelve wives."
peddler:……
Grass!
The fish in my mouth suddenly doesn’t taste good anymore!
Qi Ge moved and asked, "By the way, brother, this is my first time in Zhongxian. What's the best seller in Zhongxian now?"
As Qi Ge spoke, he handed over a cloth bag.
The merchant weighed it with his hand, shook his head and said:
"Brother, it's not that I don't want to help you, but with this little bit of silver coins you have, it's hard for me to do anything for you.
We are competitors after all, 1,400 silver coins is too little, it should be at least 3,000."
Qi Ge patted the cloth bag and said, "Not that much, only 1,000. But you can open it and take a look."
The merchant used his fingers to open a corner of the cloth bag and then closed it immediately.
He tried to lower his voice as much as possible, his voice trembling a little: "Brother, you don't look like you need money. I want to ask you a question. 1,000 gold coins?"
Qi Ge waved his hands and said, "Brother, I'm not asking for ordinary news.
You can't just ask about business secrets.
Big brother, if you are willing to tell me the truth, I can make back the losses I suffer now in the future."
“This is 1,000 gold coins!
I spent half a month and made two trips but couldn't earn 1,000 gold coins.
This is not difficult to find out. All the merchants on the ship know about it. I am afraid I have been taken advantage of, right?"
After thinking it over, the traveling merchant felt that he could not take advantage of this opportunity. Although the Timely Rain brothers were strangers, they were heroes after all, and he might not be able to withstand the reckoning later.
"Brother Jishiyu, you gave me too much gold coins.
It's just a piece of news, not worth so many gold coins.
You are generous, so I can't be stingy, brother.
The front line is ever-changing, and no one can determine what the front line lacks most.
There is a shortage of food today, but after a war tomorrow, with thousands or tens of thousands of people dying, there will be no shortage of food.
It's all possible.
The front line just won a victory last week, and the consumption of crossbows and arrows was huge. The supplies from the rear have not arrived yet, so the price of crossbows and arrows is 3 to 4 times higher than usual.
Also, the fighting was fierce, there were many injured soldiers, the church was short of priests, and the soldiers on the front line needed some emergency healing potions.
These are the two main things I bought this time.
It’s hard to say what’s missing from the front line this week.”
Qi Ge gnawed off the last fish tail, licked his fingers, and casually pushed back the bag of gold coins that the merchant had pushed over to him:
“Brother.
There is no reason for you to take back the gold coins that I gave you as a timely gift. If you don't accept them, it means you look down on me.
Don’t tell me whether you are worth it or not. I think it is worth it, so it is worth it!”
After hearing what Qi Ge said, the war merchant felt that the gold coins were hot in his hands.
He thought about it for a while, looked around, made up his mind, put his head close to Qi Ge's ear and said:
"Brother Jishiyu, if we really want to make money, we have to sell goods to the legendary Sylvia Navy."
Qi Ge pretended not to understand and asked in a surprised tone:
"Navy? You mean, General Sylvia's pirate fleet is here too?"
"Hey, brother, you can't say such things as pirates.
That is our Erathian navy with a formal and well-known name.
Since you understand, brother, I will tell you straight away.
Now the legendary fleet of Sylvia is staying at the Aromatherapy Lake. They like to drink and eat delicious food. For example, your smoked fish can be sold at a high price.
But you must be careful, brother, and don't let the supervisor see you."
Qi Ge understood what he meant and patted the merchant on the back to express his gratitude.
The smoked fish led the way, followed by the gold coins. The merchants and guards on the cargo ship fell one after another, and soon Qi Ge had a general understanding of the situation on the front line.
He found a deserted spot and carefully organized the information he had on hand.
First, the Church of Poseidon "split the land and sealed the borders". After a brief moment of surprise, Queen Catherine immediately took advantage of the arrival of angels and church support to attack Riska and launched a beautiful counterattack.
It was not known whether Riska was on guard against the Church of Poseidon or was caught off guard, but he gave up a main city and three county cities in succession and retreated drastically.
Elasia finally established some advantage in the midfield.
The Erathian military called the battle the "Great Victory of Aromatherapy Lake."
Sylvia's Pirate King Fleet achieved great results in the "Great Victory of Aromatherapy Lake".
Relying on the powerful maneuverability of the Blue Whale, Sylvia managed to go around the back of the Demon City and attack the city from the water.
With the legendary hero of Oufu and the naval commander Olima missing, no one can stand up to Silvia.
While Sylvia blocked the reinforcements coming from the Hell Waterway, he also put pressure on the Demon City, making it difficult for Riska to take care of both ends and he had to abandon the city and flee.
After the "Great Victory of Aromatherapy Lake" ended, Sylvia is still staying in Aromatherapy Lake waiting for Qige according to Qige's plan.
On the other hand, Luo Shi has become famous in the midfield for his superb command and his good character of loving his soldiers like his own sons.
In the "Great Victory of Aromatherapy Lake", Luo Shi led the team to climb the city wall of Molin City and cut off the chain of Molin City's gate.
In the post-war commendation, Catherine highly praised Luo Shi's wisdom and bravery, and praised him as the "rising star" of Erathia.
Among them, there was one most important piece of information that caught Qi Ge's attention.
Two weeks ago, Riska led a large number of demons to attack the city.
The battle situation was once very unfavorable, and some demons even rushed onto the walls of the Glorious City, and the Glorious City was almost captured.
At this critical moment, Riska was hit by a stray arrow, seriously injured, and had to retreat.
Qi Ge knew something was wrong as soon as he heard it.
God damn stray arrows.
To be able to severely injure the legendary hero Riska, it must have been a stray arrow of at least demigod level.
Mr. Ge is an old bootlicker.
He was indeed in Glory City.
Ge, apparently neutral demigod, actually Avilian demigod, and inwardly Erathian demigod, Lu.
Famous Gru jokes from the previous life:
Q: What should I do if I can’t find Gru?
Answer: Assassinate Catherine.
Q: What if I can’t find Catherine?
Answer: Following Gru.
Finally, there is one more piece of information.
Now the church's herald following Catherine is no longer Inheim from the previous life, but Ryan, who specializes in first aid.
Ryan...
To be honest, Qi Ge would rather play against Inheim than Ryan.
"Everyone, get ready, the Aromatherapy Lake is coming soon!
Everyone knows the rules: make your fortune in a low-key manner and don’t sell contraband, especially alcohol!
If anyone is caught selling contraband, I will throw him under the Aromatherapy Lake to feed the fish!
Brother Jishiyu, you are a newcomer, so you must be extra careful. "
Qi Ge clasped his hands and answered loudly: "Don't worry, sir, I know all the rules!"
The cargo ship arrived at Glory City smoothly, and the war merchants hurriedly counted their goods and unloaded them.
Qi Ge jumped off the boat and stood with the captain of the cargo ship guard.
The captain patted Qi Ge on the shoulder and said:
“Brother Jishiyu, don’t say that I don’t take care of you.
Don't listen to the war traders on the ship.
You have to remember, you can go anywhere, just don't go to the Pirate King's Fleet.
Sylvia has a special legendary identity, and her subordinates are all ruthless pirates who kill without blinking an eye.
I can tell you that their fleet's opponents are not only us humans, but also the vicious minotaurs, the weird and evil evil eyes, and the cunning and treacherous slinging dwarves.
They are all ruthless people.
The other war merchants had very little meat on them, so the pirates looked down on them.
You are different.
Even if you haven't done anything wrong, if you lose some money, you may not be able to get it back.
Don't even think that Her Majesty the Queen can stand up for you, because Sylvia Legend is a man that even the church can't do anything to.
Even those of us in the army don't dare to provoke those pirates.
Because you are kind enough, I remind you to take it easy."
Qi Ge had just said thank you to the captain of the guard and turned around and walked towards the Pirate King Fleet.
The captain of the guard shook his head, sighed, and said, "Good meat can't save a griffin that jumps off a cliff. Damn it, it will die anyway."
As soon as Qi Ge approached the ship of the Pirate King's fleet, he was stopped by two sea hunters.
One of them held a rapier in his hand, the other a spear, and they laid hold of the seven doves by the neck, and asked:
"Stop, what do you do?"
Qi Ge nodded and replied, "Please give me some favors, gentlemen. I am a war merchant selling goods."
"Selling goods. What goods are being sold? Let's take a look."
Qi Ge flipped his hand, took out a flag and said, "Sir, please take a look."
The two pirates' pupils shrank when they saw the pattern of seven doves on the Seven Doves Flag.
They immediately put the flag away and said, "Okay, the stuff is pretty good. Let's go."
Qi Ge followed the two pirates into the cabin. As soon as the cabin door closed, the two pirates turned around:
"You can take off the hood now."
Qi Ge took off his hood, put on a pure white night shadow, and greeted him in a cool manner:
"Hey, Coke, Chicken Stick, long time no see."
The two of them shouted in surprise:
"First Mate Qige! You're finally here!
The big sister has been thinking about you for a long time.
Come on, we'll take you to find the big sister."
"Let's go, let's go, there's no time to lose!"
Qi Ge put on his hood again and followed the two pirates to climb up to the deck. Once on the deck, he used the planks between the ships to walk across different ships, and finally arrived at the Blue Whale in the middle of the lake.
As soon as he got on the Blue Whale, Jibang shouted loudly:
"Big sister, the first mate is here!"
Before Qi Ge could react, Sylvia jumped down from the watchtower, jumped behind him, and then grabbed Qi Ge and knocked him to the deck.
Sylvia wrapped his legs around Qige's legs, put his hands under Qige's armpits, locked Qige's throat, and lay on his side with Qige.
She said as she exerted her strength:
"Great! You're finally here!
You sent me here while you went off to "divide the land and seal the borders" with Adela!
Church of Poseidon, you are so majestic!
I actually waited a week!
I've never had to wait a week for prey when I was hunting!"
Qi Ge felt his back being squeezed, and his thighs could still feel the friction of Sylvia's thighs, but he couldn't let his mind wander, so he could only beg for mercy:
"Sylvia, you misunderstood!
It was Sosa who split the land and established the borders. What does it have to do with me, the Seven Pigeons?"