High Above

Yes, just ask Mr. Yinfang to hand it over to the Dragon Worship Cult.

Ian is not stupid. After he really joins the Dragon Cult, can he not see Mr. Yinfang’s background? What he wrote is quite obscure, but the old man can definitely understand it and will help him pass it on to Elder Manya and Anfa.

In this way, you can also avoid some suspicion.

After doing this, Ian began to pack his luggage and prepare to leave Nauman City.

The longer they stay in the city, the longer Magiguang and Zifeng have to prepare, and the more fully they become.

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

Further north from Nauman City is the golden wilderness. If the Onyx Plains get their name from the majestic scenery and brilliant colors seen from above, then the Golden Fields are very simple in nature.

This place once had considerable gold reserves.

The reason why the empire developed Nanling back then was precisely because a large number of gold mines were discovered in the Golden Fields, and they were sure that there must be richer mineral reserves in the south... This is true, but those minerals are all stored in the Baisen Mountains. , the excavation is not as simple as the golden field.

Subsequent geological exploration has proved that the Golden Field is not actually land. It is an igneous rock cooling zone caused by a super giant lava eruption event. The time is no more than 1,500 years ago, and it should have occurred during the Lost Age. A huge natural disaster.

But this natural disaster was put down. The scorching lava rapidly cooled and solidified, exposing a large amount of minerals. The mineral nutrients from the Feiyan Desert and the rainfall from the South Ridge gradually made the place become lush, forming a strange grassland ecology.

Here, there are huge spiral pits, loophole-shaped pits and hourglass-shaped pits formed by the cooling of lava, as well as wide rift valleys, which expose the cross-section of the veins to human vision.

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

And then across the golden wilderness, we will reach the landmark building on the edge of the Western Province, the "Earth Hurricane Bridge" - it is an extremely magical geological wonder. In the middle of the Bad Rift Valley, there is a long-lasting strong wind from deep in the earth. It surges out towards the sky, and its wind force is so steady that it can even allow people to 'swim' in it, smoothly passing through the Great Rift Valley and reaching the other end.

In addition, the empire also built a bridge here. This bridge cleverly used the wind from the depths of the abyss during construction. It was built very quickly. Many workers were floating in the air for construction and construction. It was the western part of the country at that time. It is a great spectacle of the province and is still imitated as part of celebrations even today.

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

"That's about it. They should attack me in this area."

Ian put away the map. He had determined the route and roughly estimated three possible locations where Magneto and Zifeng would attack him.

The first one is a Worry Stone mine that you passed when you first entered the Golden Fields from the Southern Territory. This mineral can affect people's mood and is the key to the fear aura and intimidation ability of some monsters. The 'horror potion' also requires Worry Stone. of refining dust.

This place is quite dangerous, and not many people go there on weekdays. It can also interfere with the operation of many alchemical equipment and even psychic jewelry. Only some professional mining personnel will be here.

But as an alchemist myself, I would definitely go take a look and buy a batch of ores - it would be abnormal not to go.

The second one is a wonder in the middle of the golden plain, the ‘Nine-whirlpool Abyss’. There are as many as nine giant spiral hollow structures that reach deep into the ground and are irregularly distributed here. Five of them are monster lairs. Inside, there is an extremely rare cave monster ecology. They have been officially designated as a "key ecological observation area" by the empire. .

Powerful monsters often appear here. Although there are no third-level monsters, that is, beast king-level monsters, there are at least five second-level monsters.

It sounds like it is not as many as those raised by the redwood natives in Nanling... But the five second-level monsters here are experienced people who often lead their own tribes to sweep, fight with each other, and initiate wars, and ordinary Warcraft is no different.

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

If he ran around 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 Rift Valley. Due to the constant hurricane, the psychic field here is extremely disordered. Even if I have communication equipment, it is useless. As long as I find the right time, I can quietly destroy me." Attack and kill.”

Ian nodded slightly, and he would be prepared to deal with fighting in these three areas.

For example, there are ‘Ningxin Potion’, ‘Animal-repelling Incense’ and ‘Animal-Attracting Incense’, as well as ‘Wind Affinity Potion’ and ‘Transpiration Potion’…

The young man entered the alchemy laboratory again, and it was not until late afternoon that he walked out, only carrying a row of colorful jars and test tubes with him.

Ian did not plan to change his mount, but still planned to ride the horned camel to the imperial capital - mainly because his luggage was too heavy and too heavy for an ordinary horse to handle, but if it were a carriage, it would be too grandiose and the goal was too big. At that time, if a battle breaks out midway, it will be more likely to be affected by the aftermath.

Dry food, tents, materials, utensils and various alchemical 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 to eat and many sights to see in Nauman City, which is a bit regretful...but it doesn't matter.

He will always come back.

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

So, Ian set out.

Terra 773, early June, the temperature was rising day by day. Around the golden field, twisted heat waves evaporated water vapor, causing the wilting grass and trees to sway in the hot wind. No trace of green could be seen on the originally vast plain.

In this season, even caravans travel at night and hide in the shade of trees or in caves during the day. Otherwise, even the Terrans will suffer from dehydration and heatstroke.

The sun was strong, and a camel beast slowly crossed the road in the wilderness. Waves of sauna-like hot wind blew by. The giant beast, which should have been exhausted from 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.

There was not even the sound of insects in the vast open plain, only the clicking sound of camel beasts stepping on the road.

Two days have passed since he set off from Nauman City. He passed through many settlements and trading towns north of Nauman City, as well as new villages and towns built by refugees from the Western Border in the hilly areas, and saw a lot of local customs and customs.

It is often said that Nanling is a land full of miasma and wild beasts, a land that is ferocious but barbaric. The only people who come here are the relegated refugees and the almost crazy pioneers.

But in reality this is not the case. The people here are equally industrious and brave, working hard to build their homes, and the land here is nourished by the south wind and the minerals carried by the desert. It is unimaginably plump, even when refugees from the Western Region come here. , as long as they build villages and start cultivating wasteland, they can barely support themselves.

The rivers flowing down from the Baisen Mountains pass through valleys and hills to the golden fields.

These rivers and streams crisscrossed the vast land, converged into lakes, and then spread out in all directions, bringing with them large tracts of vegetation, plain forests, and scattered small villages and towns.

Most of the villages and towns in the golden wilderness rely on trade routes, and most of them are various manors built under the protection of knights. They grow some local specialty spices or sublimated plants. This is the most common method for the wilderness on the Terra continent. Countermeasures - Establish human settlements with the Ascendants as the center, and then begin to obtain benefits from the land. Then expand these settlements into cities and towns, and then turn them into prosperous paradises.

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

It was just that the refugees from the Western Territory filled every manor, and the scene of hard work still made him feel a little silent and didn't know how to speak.

Is this oppression? Those refugees probably never think so. Even if their wages are lower than those of local residents, they are at least still free citizens, and the relationship is obviously an employment relationship. The manor knights are happy to accept these people, let them settle down, and accelerate the development of their villages and towns. Development, after all, these refugees have no fixed place to live, 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 Archduke Thorin using war to unscrupulously squeeze the interests of his people and prepare for the next war.

But no matter how crazy Grand Duke Thorin is, he will never oppress his people into such a situation...or perhaps it is precisely because he cannot withstand the pressure of the Flying Flame Land, and the empire does not provide assistance, so Have to surrender to the enemy?

A kind of... a broken jar?

So on the other side, is the reason why the fortresses in the Flying Flame Land rebelled for the same reason?

Ian suddenly discovered that even though he used his precognitive vision to know the future development of the swarm's path, he knew that Archduke Thorin of the West would definitely rebel, and so would the Flying Fire Land... But when the first wave of the turmoil of the era unfolded before his eyes, , he still felt a little unbelievable.

When walking through the Worry Stone Mine, the Magnetic Light Knight and the Purple Maple Knight did not appear. They probably didn't expect Ian to move so quickly. The two had just discussed joining forces and reaching an agreement. Before they could 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 felt the eyes of the Marquis's secret guards several times along the way, and they did not disappear until he crossed the hilly area and officially entered the golden field.

And on June 9th, Ian was about to arrive at the location of the ‘Nine Spin Abyss’.

He suddenly felt a familiar breath coming from not far behind him.

——Is the attack finally coming?

The boy thought this, and then he clenched the charged water gun on his waist, ready to start fighting.

But soon, as the breath gradually came closer, he put the water gun back again.

"How could it be you?"

Ian turned his head and looked behind him helplessly.

"Ian!"

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

One of them was Xiou - he still looked the same as before, running over with excitement on his face.

The other one was another old acquaintance of Ian's.

The former mercenary leader of Port Harrison, mountain man Lubeck.

"you……"

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

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

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

Therefore, when the two of them rode horses and came to his side, the young man said curiously: "Long time no see, Xio...and Uncle Lubeck."

"You two...know each other?"