High Above

  Chapter 441 Journey to the Imperial Capital (33)

  Yes, Mr. Yinfang is to transfer it to the Dragon Worship Sect.

  Ian is not stupid. After joining the Dragon Worship Cult, can he still fail to see the background of Mr. Yinfang? What he wrote is quite cryptic, but the old man can definitely understand it, and will help pass it on to Elder Manya and Anfa for him.

   In this way, some suspicions can also be avoided.

   After finishing these, Ian began to pack his luggage and prepare to leave Nauman City.

  The longer they stay in the city, the longer and more sufficient the preparation time for Magneto-optic and Zifeng will be.

   If it is not necessary, Ian does not intend to show the power of the second energy level. In this case, the less prepared the enemy is, the better.

  Further north of Nauman City is the golden field. If the name of the Onyx Plain is derived from its magnificent scenery and brilliant colors when viewed from a high altitude, then the Golden Field is very simple in essence.

   This place used to have quite a lot of gold reserves.

The reason why the empire developed Nanling was precisely because a large number of gold mines were discovered in the golden field, and it was determined that there must be richer mineral reserves in the south... This is true, but those minerals are stored in the Baisen Mountains , it is not as easy to discover as the Golden Field.

And the follow-up geological exploration proved that the golden field is not land in essence, it is a cooling zone of igneous rock caused by a super giant lava spewing event, the time is no more than 1,500 years ago, it should have happened in the lost age A huge natural disaster.

   But this natural disaster was suppressed. The scorching lava cooled and solidified rapidly, exposing a large amount of minerals, and the mineral nutrients from the Great Desert of Flamingo and the rainfall from Nanling gradually made this place lush, forming a strange grassland ecology.

  Here, there are huge spiral potholes, hole-shaped potholes, and hourglass-shaped potholes formed by the cooling of lava, as well as wide rift valleys, so that the cross-section of the veins is revealed to human vision.

  The various geothermal spring resources and related ecology are natural nests, allowing many monsters to breed comfortably in this complex plain.

And then across the golden field, there is the landmark building 'Hurricanes Bridge' on the edge of the western province - it is an extremely magical geological wonder. It surged towards the sky, and the wind was so steady that it could even allow people to 'swim' in it, passing through the Great Rift Valley unimpeded all the way to the other side.

In addition, the empire also built a large bridge here. When the bridge was built, it cleverly used the wind from the depths of the abyss. It was built very quickly, and many workers were floating in the air to build it. A great spectacle in the province, it is imitated even today as a celebration program.

  After the bridge is built, it can bear the load stably without relying on the wind... and through it, you can set foot on the official road leading directly to the imperial capital.

   "That's roughly the case, they should attack me in this area."

  Ian put away the map, he had already determined the route, and roughly estimated the three possible locations where the magneto-optic and Zifeng attacked him.

The first one is when you first entered the golden field from the southern border, you passed a worry stone mine. This kind of ore can affect people's mood, and it is the key to some monsters' fear aura and intimidation ability. The "terror potion" also needs worry stone of refining dust.

  This place is quite dangerous, and not many people go there on weekdays, and it can interfere with the operation of many alchemy equipment and even psionic accessories. Only some professional mining personnel will come here.

   But as an alchemist, I will definitely go to have a look and buy a batch of ore - it will be abnormal if I don't go.

   And the second one is a spectacle in the middle of the golden plain, the 'Nine Spinning Abyss'. There are as many as nine huge spiral hollow structures that reach the depths of the ground and are irregularly distributed here. Five of them are monster lairs, and there are extremely rare cave monster ecology inside, which was officially set up as a "key ecological observation area" by the empire. .

  There are often powerful monsters appearing here. Although there are no big monsters of the third level, that is, monsters of the beast king level, there are at least five of them in the second level.

It sounds like there are not as many raised by the natives of Nanling Sequoia... But the five second-level monsters here are all veterans who often bring their own groups to raid, fight with each other, and start wars, and ordinary monsters Not the same.

   What's more, there must be more herd leaders deep in the cave, but only about five of them often appear on the surface.

  If I ran near here and died in danger, no one would be able to say anything wrong.

   As for the third one.

"It can only be the Bart Great Rift Valley. Because of the endless hurricanes, the spiritual energy field here is extremely chaotic. Even if I have communication equipment, it is useless. As long as I find the right time, I can be silently Attack and kill."

  Ian nodded slightly, he will make preparations for fighting in these three areas.

  For example, ‘Heart-Needing Potion’, ‘Beast Repelling Fragrance’ and ‘Beast-Inducing Fragrance’, as well as ‘Wind Affinity Potion’ and ‘Transpiration Potion’...

  The boy entered the alchemy laboratory again, and he didn't come out until the afternoon or evening, only carrying a row of colorful jars and test tubes with him.

Ian didn't plan to change his mount, but he still planned to ride a giant horned camel to the imperial capital—the main reason is that his luggage is too heavy and too heavy for ordinary horses. Sometimes if a battle occurs midway, it is easier to be affected by the aftermath.

  Dry food, tents, materials, utensils and various alchemy substrates. All the things that should be prepared have been prepared with the help of the Yinfang Chamber of Commerce.

  Although there are still many delicacies and scenery in Nauman City that I haven’t eaten, I haven’t seen many scenery. It’s a pity...but it doesn’t matter.

  He always comes back.

   Moreover, there is a wider world waiting for him to see.

   So, Ian set off.

  Tara in 1773, in early June, the temperature was rising day by day, and around the golden field, the distorted heat wave transpired water vapor, causing the wilted vegetation to sway in the hot wind, and there was no green on the originally vast plain.

  In this season, even caravans travel at night, hiding in the shade of trees or waiting in caves during the day, otherwise, even the people of Terra will suffer from dehydration and stroke.

The sun was fierce, a camel slowly crossed the avenue in the wilderness, and a hot sauna-like wind blew by. The giant beast, which should have been exhausted by the heat, looked very energetic, because the armored man sitting on it The many holes on the knight's body are continuously releasing bursts of cold air, boosting the energy of the camel beast.

  On the open plains, there is not even the sound of insects, only the sound of camels trampling on the road.

  It has been two days since he set off from Nauman City. He passed through many settlements and commercial towns north of Nauman City, as well as new villages and towns built by refugees from the west in the hilly area, and saw a lot of local customs.

  It is often said that Nanling is a land full of miasma and wild beasts. Although it fights, it is a barbaric land. Only those relegated refugees and almost crazy pioneers will come here.

But in reality, this is not the case. The people here are as industrious and brave as they are in building their own homes. The land here is nourished by the south wind and the minerals from the desert, and it is unimaginably rich. , as long as a village is built and farming can be started, they can barely support themselves.

  The river flowing down from the Bison Mountains passes through valleys and hills, reaching the golden fields.

  These rivers and streams crisscross the vast land, converging into lakes, and then flowing in all directions, bringing up large tracts of vegetation, plain forest areas, and scattered small villages and towns.

Most of the villages and towns in the golden field rely on trade routes, and most of them are various manors built under the protection of knights, planting some local spices or sublimation plants, which is the most common method for wilderness on the Terra continent. Countermeasures - Set up human settlements centered on sublimators, and then start to gain benefits on the land, and then expand into towns centered on these settlements, and then become a prosperous paradise.

  Although this will lead to the birth of batches of new nobles and even 'exploiters', Ian does not think this method is wrong... At least, in this era, such behavior at least represents pioneering.

   It's just that the refugees from the western border flooded each manor, and the scenes of hard work still made him a little silent and didn't know what to say.

   Is this oppression? Those refugees probably never think so. Even if their wages are lower than that of local residents, they are at least free citizens, apparently in an employment relationship—the manor knights are willing to accept these people, let them settle down, and accelerate the development of their villages and towns After all, these refugees live in no fixed place, and the oppression is too tight. What should they do if they go to other people's territory?

  What happened in the West? Ian originally thought that this was a manifestation of Grand Duke Sorin's use of the war to unscrupulously squeeze the interests of the people and prepare for the next war.

But no matter how crazy Grand Duke Sorin is, he will not oppress his subjects to such a situation... Or in other words, it is precisely because he cannot withstand the pressure of Flameland, and the empire does not provide assistance, so he cannot Do not join the enemy?

  A kind of... broken jar?

  Then on the other side, is it because of the same reason that the fortress group in Flaming Land rebelled?

Ian suddenly discovered that even though he knew the future development of the swarm's way with the vision vision, he knew that the Grand Duke Sorin in the Western Territory would rebel, and the same was true of the Flame Land...but when the first wave of turmoil of the era unfolded before his eyes, He still couldn't believe it.

  While walking through the Worry Stone Mine, Magneto-Optical and Purple Maple Knight actually did not appear. They probably didn't expect Ian to move so fast. The two had just discussed joining forces and reached an agreement. Before they had time to continue the discussion, Ian had already set off in the afternoon and left Nauman City.

  The Marquis of Barton must have known this, because Ian had felt the eyes of the Marquis' secret guard several times along the way, and it didn't disappear until he crossed the hilly area and officially stepped into the golden field.

   And on June 9th, Ian was about to arrive at the location of the 'Nine Spinning Abyss'.

  He suddenly sensed a familiar aura not far behind him.

  —Is the attack finally coming?

  The boy thought so, and then he gripped the charging water gun on his waist, ready to start fighting.

  But soon, as the breath gradually approached, he retracted the water gun again.

   "How could it be you?"

  Ian turned his head and looked behind helplessly.

   "Ian!"

   On the avenue behind him, two red-haired mountain men were riding horses, approaching him.

  One is Xiou—he still looks the same, running over excitedly.

   And the other one is another old acquaintance of Ian.

  The former mercenary leader of Port Harrison, Mountain Man Lubeck.

"you…"

  At this moment, he looked at Ian in astonishment, and then at Xiou. The mountain people looked at the two back and forth, and their eyes were full of disbelief: "You know each other?!"

   And Xiou also turned his head in surprise. He used the same posture as Lübeck, looked at Lübeck from time to time, and looked at Ian from time to time: "Huh? Do you know each other?"

   To be honest, Ian wanted to ask the same thing.

  So, when the two of them drove their horses and came to his side, the young man said curiously, "Long time no see, Xiou...and Uncle Lübeck."

   "You two...know each other?"

  (end of this chapter)