"Miss Beji, why are you here?"
Fang Yu asked a little surprised, and at the same time he took a step back and subconsciously pressed his hand on the drawer of the workbench - there was a gun in it. Although he didn't think a civilian girl would pose any threat to him, he still had to be careful and make no mistake.
Bei Ji's eyes looked a little hesitant, as if she was uneasy and had some purpose. Her eyes were looking for something on the workbench behind Fang Pliance, and finally landed directly on the soil source crystal soaked in the reactor:
"...I know a place with many crystals like this."
"What?"
Fang Yu couldn't help but ask.
But after Bei Ji said this, he didn't say a word. She just looked at him with her mouth closed, and her brown eyes showed a firmness.
Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a little confused. He had never seen such a situation before, but at least he loosened his hand from the drawer because he realized that the other party was not a spy or a spy. But he thought you were a little too brave, young lady. You sneaked into someone else's alchemy workshop alone, and when you were discovered, you still said such nonsense as if nothing happened? If I had to change someone with a bad temper, I'm afraid they would have already called someone in to arrest him.
He suddenly remembered that he had discovered that this girl was secretly observing how he used these earth source crystals these days, and then contacted the other party's unfinished words before contacting him, and suddenly realized what the other party wanted to express.
"Miss Bei Ji, are you saying that you know where the Art Struggle Guild got these Earth Source Crystals from?"
But the girl looked at him quietly with her brown eyes, pursed her lips, and said nothing. Fang Yu didn't quite understand where the other party's strange personality came from. He almost thought he had met a female version of the box. He was not very good at guessing riddles, but after being stunned for a moment, he finally came to his senses:
"Miss Bei Ji, what do you mean, you tell us where that place is and we go rescue your father?"
But he shook his head, "I'm afraid not, Miss Beiji. Although the Earth Source Crystal is important to me, it's not worth taking the risk of returning to Oronze. We are also very sorry about your father, but we can only Said nothing could be done.”
After hearing what he said, Beiji was silent for a long time. Just when Fang Yu thought she would stop talking and was about to find a reason to send her out, this taciturn girl suddenly spoke:
"I don't want to go to Kelanao."
"What did you say?"
Bei Ji pursed his lips and repeated in a low but firm voice:
"I don't want to go to Kelanao, I want to go to Grande."
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"Let's ask clearly." Sylvide put a cup of steaming black tea in front of him with a smile. "She has an elder brother who is an alchemist. He has left Orenze to work in Grande for several years, but he has been I have kept in touch with them through letters. I think it is human nature to first think of asking your brother for help when encountering a sudden disaster."
Fang Plover picked up the tea cup.
Baggins, the big cat man, and Miss Attila all gathered in the captain's cabin. Luo Hao closed the door from the outside and walked in. Since he did not intend to make this matter public, Fang Hao did not disturb too many people. .
"How did she get into the alchemy laboratory?"
Baggins asked.
"Take the corridor of the crew cabin to the emergency exit of the communication room. The ladder in that place is full of debris. God knows how she climbed in?" Luo Hao said as he walked over and couldn't help shaking his head.
The lion paladin was manicuring his nails with a file in his paws. He couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "What an interesting little girl."
"Mr. Reed can still laugh thanks to you."
"It's just a small matter, relax, Luo Hao."
"I can't take it easy. I think this is quite suspicious." Luo Hao shook his head, "Even if she really wants to go to Grande, there are still better opportunities to propose. Is it possible that hundreds of kilograms of earth source crystals can be brought forward?" It’s not enough for a ferry ticket to the north, ten round trips are more than enough.”
"To say the least, doesn't she know that places like the alchemy workshop are forbidden to outsiders? What she said after that can be seen as a cover-up."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He looked at this conspiracy theory patient with suspicion. He said that this guy usually behaved abnormally. After getting to know them, he often preached that there was a huge conspiracy behind Stargate Port.
Of course, since joining the Stargate Port Guard, the other party has not brought up the subject of layers of corpses.
He used to be a die-hard fan of BBK, but now he has completely changed his camp, treating the Covenant Mountain conspiracy theory as a story and telling it to Tianlan and Ai Xiaoxiao over and over again.
Of course, he didn't say anything wrong about this.
"It's not that exaggerated," Fang Yu shook his head, "She knows there are people in the alchemy laboratory."
"That means you are plotting against the captain."
"speak English."
"Ed, be careful and you won't make a mistake."
"Okay, what do you think we should do?"
"In my opinion, they should be allowed to disembark immediately."
Fang Yu rolled his eyes, "Are you crazy? I've already made someone else's 'ship ticket' into a construct!"
"Then we will send them to Kelanao as agreed and disembark at Kelanao."
Fang Yu looked at the fat man with a somewhat speechless look, feeling that this guy was just looking for trouble.
He looked back at Sylvide and Miss Attila, and asked, "What do you think?"
"The captain is interested in that place?" Sylvide was keenly aware of his intentions.
"Did she say where that place was?"
Sylvide shook her head and said, "Miss Beji is very tight-lipped."
Not only was it tight, it was silent at all. Even the stingiest iron rooster Fang Plover had ever seen couldn't compare to this young lady who didn't let go of eagles when she saw rabbits.
But he was really interested in that place, of course, assuming it was true. But it feels like they should be close to each other. In fact, he has always been curious about where the high-quality earth source crystals in the hands of the Art Struggle Guild came from. It is difficult to reach the purity of the source crystals in ordinary crystal associated mines. This level, unless there is another origin.
Therefore, Fang Yu had a vague feeling that the other party might not be lying.
However, there are still two opinions on this matter. Although Luo Hao's statement was exaggerated, it still made sense. He decided to wait until Kailan'ao to discuss the matter.
Fang Yu looked at Miss Aitila again. Among all the people, he still trusted this sister-like figure the most.
"What do you think Miss Attila?"
Miss Elf replied without thinking: "As long as Ed has the final say."
So he kicked the ball back again.
Of course, Fang Yu understood that Miss Elf was definitely not shirking responsibility, and that was probably what she really thought.
However, this sentence itself contains a lot of meaning, because Fang Lu knew that Miss Aitila would definitely bring it up if she felt something was wrong.
She didn't object, which was actually equivalent to acquiescence.
The vote was three to one, so Luo Hao's proposal was killed without any suspense.
Only the big cat man still smiled and said, "I haven't voted yet, Ed."
"Your vote is also three to two, Mr. Reid."
"Hey, Ed, although the result will not change, the process of expressing opinions is also important, isn't it?"
"Okay," Fang Yu was a little surprised, "Mr. Reid, do you support Luo Hao's view?"
"No, I support Miss Attila's view."
Fang Plover: "..."
Then you are talking nonsense!
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Finally, Walnut, who was also on the ship, came to explain to them: "I'm sorry, Captain Ed, Beji was born in Oronze. She has never left there a few times since she was so old. Everyone she knows in daily life , we are the only ones who have experienced things... So she may really not know what is going on on Kukai, nor the rules on the ship. If there is any offense, it is probably because we did not make it clear. If If you want to be punished, please punish me."
But Fang Piao had no intention of locking anyone into confinement. He just shook his head and said that this matter was nothing.
But just as the big cat man said, he also found that weird girl quite interesting. She probably didn't know that the ferry ticket she paid was more than enough to go to the distant Rotao, not to mention Grande.
The Seven Seas Traveler goes north along the Ladder of the Old World, and after passing the Holy Mountain of Eldron, it will enter North Kaolin. Although it does not necessarily have to go to the dangerous Grande, as long as they disembark there, it will be fine. The girdle land surrounding the royal capital is quite safe. It can be said to be the first novice area of Kaolin-Ithurion. Under the escort of the underground walnuts and the others, they should be able to reach Grande safely.
But the prerequisite is that they have to cross Mount Piriede and enter the second peak of the Ladder of the Old World. After they go to the Lake of Tears of Obe, the descendants of Flor should know their next move. The other party will definitely lay a tight siege near the Kailan'ao Pass. If the Seven Seas Traveler cannot break through, it will have no choice but to take the pirate route at Cape San Juan, which will be far away from North Kaolin.
Therefore, Fang Yu will not consider this matter for the time being, and will wait until everything is settled.
The rest of the voyage was uneventful, and nothing like this happened again. After the Seven Seas Traveler passed through the Great Rift Valley, it headed straight for the Lake of Tears of Obe area not far upstream. The journey was uneventful, probably because the battle not long ago had played a role in keeping the pursuers lingering behind.
The only battle they encountered was a group of violent wind elements that followed a sudden rain. This battle was actually the most difficult battle they had won in recent times. Tang Xin and Ai Xiaoxiao were fighting after the battle. The middle doubles were upgraded and reached the thirteenth level. The wind element left them a batch of wind element crystals after the battle, which enriched the reserves on the ship.
Next, they entered the territory of the troglodytes. The remaining companions of Walnut Underground were waiting for them nearby. They brought the remaining Earth Source Crystals and news about the Lake of Tears of Obe.
Since the Fenris incident, the lizard people have become an unpopular race in the Nognis region. Most of the troglodytes who have been marginalized everywhere have to leave the human world, and most of them have returned to Obe. Lake of Tears.
As the relationship between the Kaulin-Ithurian alliance and the lizard people became increasingly tense, the troglodytes also closed all access to and from the Lake of Tears of Obe area and blocked the airspace.
Although they still allow merchant ships and the expedition ships of the chosen ones to enter after paying a large toll, all warships belonging to the Kaolin-Ithurian side and the major guilds under the Super Sports Alliance Sailboats are prohibited from entering this area.
This opportunity gave the Seven Seas Brigade a glimmer of hope. About a week before the end of the rainy season, the Seven Seas Traveler docked in the Lake of Tears of Obe area and entered a lizard town called Pacheva.
The troglodytes have three towns on the shores of Lake Obe's Tears, of which Pacheva is the largest. Although the troglodytes only have tribes and no kingdoms, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is the capital of the Lake of Obe's Tears region.
However, the Seven Seas Traveler was parked above the lake shore. From a distance, Pacheva only had long and low city walls. The city was lined with roofs of animal skin tents, surrounding the few stone buildings in the center of the city.
It's hard to call this a city, it's just a residential area at best.
However, there are several towering temples and trapezoidal pyramids that remind Fang Plover of the Sinsas ruins he saw in Fenris. Farther away are vast stretches of rainforest, and Pacheva seems to be surrounded by jade. .
There is also a small human settlement area along the lakeshore. Most of them are wooden houses built on stilts on the water, connected by trestles and distributed in patches.
There are hotels, bars, prostitutes and mercenaries there. Adventurers who enter the rainforest spend their days and nights intoxicated here. Of course, there is also a temporary residence for the Adventurer's Guild.
In fact, there is an Astrology Tower, a gathering place for alchemists, but it is mostly filled with magicians and elementalists, because serious alchemists rarely come to such a poor and bad land.
There are also various shops selling strange and weird items from the rainforest, such as skulls from ancient sacrificial pits, voodoo dolls, dart frog eyeballs, animal furs and plant roots.
It was a novelty when I first went there, but after a few visits with Ai Xiaoxiao and Jita, Tianlan got tired of it, and there was nothing valuable in it.
The lizard people also mastered the construction technology of sailboats at the end of the last century. There are several lizard people shipyards scattered along the lake. Although the conditions are a bit harsh, they can still produce serious sailboats.
In order to rush for time, Fang Plover found some lizard boatmen to help repair the Seven Seas Traveler, and agreed with them to use silver as payment. The lizard people fanatically admire precious metals such as gold and silver, which are the hardest currencies here.
But they rarely calculate the exchange rate of gold and silver outside. Therefore, in the past, when the price of silver was low, adventurers would exchange silver for gold, and vice versa. Over time, the lizard people also found that they were at a disadvantage, so they issued a decree prohibiting Outsiders exchange gold and silver in the Lake of Tears of Obe area.
Although underground trading could not be banned, the outflow of gold and silver was still curbed. However, adventurers still have a historical habit. When the price of silver is low, they will use silver to trade with the lizard people instead of Risel.
Fang Plover was naturally not exempt from the vulgarity. Firstly, he wanted to experience this unique customs and customs. Secondly, this was also Sylvain's suggestion.
When he has free time, Fang Plover likes to sit in a bar on the shore.
He liked a kind of fermented drink made from fruits in that place. Although the big cat man joked that it was something only children would drink, he had no interest in that so-called adult drink since he got drunk in the Fairy Mansion. Thank you for your drinks.
Of course, this was only one of the reasons why he came here. More importantly, he could get information here. People actually recognized them not long after they came here - mainly because they recognized the unique images of the Seven Sea Traveler and the Big Cat Man.
People called him Captain Ed, and they'd say, "Captain Ed, there you are again, would you like a drink of your juice?"
Fang Plover would protest loudly, "It's fruit wine."
People started laughing, and the older ladies in the bar would give him winks or something, making him blush.
However, as soon as Sylvester arrived, these Yingying Yanyans automatically retreated and looked at the ship officer with envy and jealousy in their eyes.
But generally speaking, these are all jokes, and everyone respects them quite a lot, because after the lizards sealed off this area, most of the people who could come here were the freely chosen ones.
In the eyes of most free-chosen people, anyone who can compete with the descendants of Flor should give a thumbs up, and those on the gray list are even more heroes. Especially after Covenant Mountain, the confrontation between the north and the south has become more and more intense today.
People will take the initiative to talk to them about some outside topics, telling them where the ship of the descendant of Flor has arrived today, and some internal news about the Lake of Tears of Obe area, the customs and customs, etc.
Especially since people knew that this little Ed would come to buy some strange biological specimens, their enthusiasm became even higher. Those specimens were not magical creatures that were difficult to deal with. At best, they were just animals and plants that inhabited the local area, and they could actually be sold. money?
However, Fang Yu just took the opportunity to investigate the ecology of Obe's Tears, so as to enrich the information for his graduation.
He walked straight through the familiar aisle, greeted the customers in the bar, sat in his old seat, and looked around to see if anyone was coming to sell him something.
The owner of the bar was a lizard man who inherited the indifference common to all cold-blooded species - except of course the one they met in Oronze - the other party only looked at him and then poured him a full glass of fruit wine.
The female magician sitting next to him looked at him with interest and asked with a smile: "Little Captain Ed, I have something to sell you. How about it? Are you interested?"
Fang Yu did not dare to look at the low-cut leather armor the other party was wearing and the snow-white skin exposed above. He blushed and replied: "Ms. Essally, please stop making fun of me."
He knew that the other party was probably making fun of him again. The thing was either herself or the key to the hotel room door.
"This is no joke," Essally said with a smile, "It's true. I have some news. How about I only sell it to you for one thousand Lisels. This is exclusive news."
Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Although other people in the bar often sold him information, most of them only paid a symbolic fee of one hundred lisels. Information worth a thousand lisels could not help but arouse his curiosity. Heart.
He looked at each other a little surprised.
"How about it, are you interested? Come over here and I'll tell you quietly."
Fang Yu didn't doubt that he was there and leaned over obediently. As a result, Essally leaned close to his ear and blew a gentle breath into his face in a playful way.
He was so frightened that he almost jumped up from his chair. Essally stepped away first, slapping the table and laughing.
She smiled and wiped her tears and said, "Okay, okay, don't be angry, Mr. Ed, I'm just joking with you. You know the lizards are hoarding supplies, right?"
Fang Yu was a little at a loss and stared at the other party angrily.
The situation in Nognis is so tense that the lizard people are preparing for war, whether passive or active.
However, the outside world generally believes that a fight is impossible because the kingdom is troubled by the rebellion in the south. If Kaolin-Ithulian didn't take the initiative to attack the Lake of Tears of Obe, the lizards would probably not dare to fight out.
But the perception of the outside world is the perception of the outside world. During the past few days at the Lake of Tears of Obe, Fang Plover could still clearly feel the tense atmosphere here.
Essally looked at his expression, smiled, and said somewhat mysteriously: "It is said that the lizards recently obtained a batch of source crystals from somewhere. I guess they may have discovered a new mineral vein. How about it? Is there any? interest?"
Fang Yu was slightly startled. He was now allergic to source crystals. When he heard these three words, he subconsciously thought of the Art Battle Guild.
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