She didn't have any weapons on her, so when she rushed towards the Black Sage, the group of mages didn't stop her.
Yin Lian successfully rushed in front of the Black Sage.
She shouted to the Black Sage, "Stop them!"
The Black Sage smiled and said nothing, looking at her anxious look but saying nothing.
Yin Lian said: "Believe me - if there are really casualties among them, then no matter what you want, you will definitely not get it."
The Black Sage then spoke in a low voice: "Little girl, you are a clever liar. I almost thought you were really an envoy of God, but you should know that you are not. You don't really think that I want to take advantage of you. Did you get some great secret?"
Yin Lian is the kind of character who becomes calmer the more anxious she is, so even though she was confused and uneasy about the Black Sage confirming her details, she still said very calmly: "I don't know why you are so confident. I’m sure I’m not a divine messenger, but I’m pretty sure you want to get something from me. If it’s not something related to the Mother Goddess, then it’s myself…”
Then the Black Sage took over and said, "Now you have fallen into a trap, haven't you?"
As a result, Yin Lian suddenly took a deep breath, stretched his arm to his mouth, and bit down.
A small mouthful of flesh and blood was spat in front of the Black Sage with a pop. There was blood in Yin Lian's mouth, and her expression was as cold as if she had just bitten off a piece of beef. Only the sweat beads oozing out of her ears could reflect her feelings. to the pain.
What she bit was not an artery.
Yin Lian said: "Maybe you look down on me as a divine messenger, but I'm sure you want to get something from me. No matter what it is... Master Mage, the place I bitten is not fatal, but I think it can at least prove that I The ability to get nothing from you.”
When she said this, the blood on her hands seeped out and had begun to dye the white cloak red. The wound was fresh and could not be called ferocious, but the small wound was indescribably shocking.
It's not unusual for a girl knight to get injured while fighting, but it's completely different from a person biting off a piece of flesh from her own body. Self-mutilation requires far more courage than fighting, but what Yin Lian shows is a kind of willpower - or neurosis.
She was proving that she had the courage to kill herself.
She maintained a posture with her arms open, her wrists trembling slightly because of the pain, but there was no movement on her expression. She just said: "I don't have any weapons on me. Maybe it's not worth mentioning to you, but sir, this Nothing in this world is foolproof, even ants can bite you when they are in a hurry, and they can... cause you pain."
At this moment, the Black Sage was really surprised by her.
Yin Lian has no divine power, and ordinary people may be deceived by her pretense, but any mage or priest can easily discover the truth about her.
Is there any divine envoy in this world who does not have any divine power?
However, at her age, it is still amazing that she can fool this group of peasant-born adventurers into risking their lives for her. In particular, some of these adventurers do have outstanding qualifications.
But that alone is not enough for people to take a high look at her. The Black Sage has seen many capable people, and regardless of her age or ability, Yin Lian could be ignored among them—until the Black Sage saw the ruthlessness she displayed at this moment.
The Black Sage curled his lips.
...Unfortunately, it's still a little too naive.
If you are an enemy, who cares how many times you bite yourself? If you can take a few bites from the enemy's body, that's your skill.
Thinking like this, he didn't understand Yin Lian very well. Yin Lian is a person who is extremely good at weighing interests, but he is also an extremely vicious person. She is really the kind of person who dares to bite other people's throats with a smile. The reason why she only dares to bite herself at this time is just because she weighs the pros and cons and does not want to offend the black sage to death.
The Black Sage finally made everyone stop. The adventurers found that Yin Lian was surrounded by mages, and they immediately did not dare to act rashly. Even if some people wanted to rush forward, they were quickly petrified by the mages who no longer wanted to play with them, and they froze in place. When the mages got serious, it only took less than five seconds for everyone in the adventure group to be dealt with.
The difference in strength is really too big.
Yin Lian sighed.
The Black Sage stretched out his hand to hold Yin Lian's wrist and cast a spell. He seemed to have a very casual attitude, but Yin Lian's wrist began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He said: "For the enemies of the mage, sometimes death is not so easy."
Yin Lian had no expression on his face, but said: "But preventing someone from dying all the time must be a labor-intensive thing. How can the noble mage waste time on such things?"
"Every time people pursue death, they tend to lose a little courage." The Black Sage said meaningfully.
"Death with death as the goal will naturally wear down your courage. But I think death itself is a huge bargaining chip for a person. No matter how cowardly and incompetent a person is, if he can hold this chip, he can accomplish great achievements." Yin Lian was at this time. Her image is still very petite and weak, not much different from other twelve-year-old girls, but her words are completely inconsistent with her image, "If you just use death as a bargaining chip to do something, then every time you die, Escape not only does not consume courage, but sharpens your will.”
Yin Lian, who said these words, had a chilling beauty all over her body.
At that moment, the Black Sage almost had the illusion that he was about to fall in love with such a weird little liar.
He was silent for a long time and then said: "Even if you are a liar, I can't help but start to admire you, little girl."
Yin Lian replied: "If you insist that I am a liar, and appreciating a liar will make you feel ashamed, then it is best not to force it."
During the short conversation, the two clashed several times, but Yin Lian was not at a disadvantage.
There was such a disparity in power between the two sides that the Black Sage was even a little confused as to what kind of power allowed such a little girl to say such a thing in front of him.
He stretched out a hand to Yin Lian: "Come here."
Yin Lian did not hold his hand obediently, but said, "I want to say a few words to the believers."
The Black Sage paused for a moment before saying, "Don't play any tricks."
Yin Lian walked in front of the girl knight and the leader of the adventure group.
The female knight was badly injured, probably the most seriously of all. Compared to the small bite on Yin Lian's wrist before, her injury was a thousand times more serious.
She had completely collapsed on the ground, and her body was covered with various wounds, including burns, bruises, and cuts caused by wind blades. She raised her head, shed tears, and shook her head desperately to Yin Lian: "Your Highness... Your Highness..."
She wanted to tell Yin Lian not to go.
Yin Lian looked at her look and thought to herself, this is probably why she did things that were not in line with her character. If it was just for herself, she would just let the Black Sage take care of these silly children, and there would be no need to bite off a piece of her flesh just to argue with the Black Sage.
Probably just because of this sentence "Your Highness", this inexplicable trust and loyalty.
It was obvious that this group of idiots actually completely ruined Yin Lian's plan. Not only did they not help, they also caused her some trouble. Yin Lian hated it when others caused trouble for her, but at this moment she felt more helpless than angry.
She asked the Black Sage to heal the members of the adventure group. The mages were dissatisfied with this, but the Black Sage finally let them heal the injuries of these ungrateful country bumpkins.
While treating the injury, Yin Lian said to the female knight, the leader and others: "Ms. Fertility will always protect me, you have to believe in this. If fate gives me hardship, it will definitely not be insurmountable, because the goddess Always here.”
Her confidence and determination succeeded in appeasing everyone.
The two mages witnessed this scene with their own eyes and couldn't help but start biting their ears.
"This deception is textbook level."
"I always feel like I've seen this kind of scene before..."
"...Was it the last time we raided the Holy Land City..."
"Yes, yes! That old liar from the Pope..."
The Black Sage listened to the whispers of his men and looked at Yin Lian's Pope-level deception skills that were recognized by his men. He felt a little bad.
...Where did this weird kid come from?
Was he really right to detain the person?
After Yin Lian calmed everyone down and urged the mage to roughly treat everyone's injuries, he returned to the Black Sage.
The Black Sage stretched out his hand again, and Yin Lian grabbed his hand.
According to their age, it is like an adult holding a child.
Seeing Yin Lian being led away by the Black Sage, the female knight stretched out her hand and began to wipe her tears vigorously. The older leader could only pat her on the shoulder and give her silent comfort.
This group of people never expected that when the Black Sage led Yin Lian into the castle, Yin Lian would say to him: "Remember to give me the weapons and space equipment you promised later."
Black Sage: "..."
He said: "They attacked the city guard just now, but they did not agree to the deal."
Yin Lian glanced at him with a subtle look and said: "I am not a slave, on the contrary, they are believers of the Mother Goddess. In this case, my ownership naturally belongs to me, and your transaction can only be with Let me talk, does it matter whether they agree or not? As long as I agree, that's it."
The Black Sage looked at Yin Lian for a while with a scrutinizing smile and said, "The followers of your Mother Goddess... just attacked the city guards."
Yin Lian paused for a moment, then smiled at the Black Sage: "I think it's not so much that they attacked the City Guards, but rather that they gave you and the City Guards some interesting entertainment based on your expectations, sir." . The adults of the city guard moved their hands and feet, but the believers paid the price with serious injuries. They work so hard to please you, don't you plan to give them some rewards?"
Yin Lian's eloquence surprised the Black Sage.
He opened his mouth and asked, "Who are you? There is no way you are a village girl from the southern part of the Long Forest. The village girl does not have such good eloquence and sensitive mind as you."
Yin Lian said: "Whether you believe it or not, I am the envoy of Lady Fengfeng. I followed her instructions and came to the village to bring them abundance and wealth."
The Black Sage didn't believe her words at all, and said: "Do you know that a real divine envoy must have divine power? Every mage or priest can see the divine power in people?"
Yin Lian's heart skipped a beat.
She really doesn't know.
But even after knowing the flaw that she didn't expect, Yin Lian didn't panic at all. She just lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, "Sometimes the gods give believers not only strength, but also wisdom. "
"You want to say that you come with the wisdom of a rich lady? The wisdom of a peasant woman?"
Yin Lian was not angry because of his ridicule, but on the surface he kept a straight face and said: "A carefully cared for farmland can produce twice or twice as much food as before. When these food is put on the table, it can make many When people are rich, they no longer starve. And people who are full can do more work, making the whole world rich and abundant... The wisdom of peasant women is the essence of the prosperity of this world."
The Black Sage did not expect that she would say such a thing.
Yin Lian has no divine power, so she cannot be a divine messenger. But other than that, there were no flaws in her words and deeds, as if she was really a divine messenger without divine power.
Although the Black Sage still felt that she was a false envoy, he couldn't help but ask: "Then what wisdom did you bring to Lady Fertility? Tell me."
bingo. Yin Lian thought, here comes the topic.
She said: “The wisdom I bring is how to make the same field grow more fruits, how to make farmers cook more delicious food, how to make wild beasts better domesticated, and how to make the animals grow better in winter. Fruit and vegetables grow…”
The Black Sage was quite noncommittal after hearing this.
Yin Lian saw his attitude from his expression and said, "Don't underestimate this wisdom. You see, the Masters are not engaged in field work, so where do they get their food from? Of course they have to Depend on the support of farmers. If originally three farmers can support one mage, and if it becomes two people who can support one, then every six farmers under your rule can support one more mage. Even you can also support one mage. The excess manpower can be used to do other tasks, such as expanding city walls, copying documents, and building vehicles."
The black sage looked at Yin Lian with a more serious look.
"The benefits don't stop there. I don't know how much of the food in the City of Sages is grown and raised by the people in the city themselves, and how much is traded with the outside world. But I know that once the war starts, the trade channel will become much more unstable. . At this time, if the city of sages can be self-sufficient, it will have fewer constraints no matter in the war."
At this time, the two of them had arrived at the magic tower where the Black Sage lived. The Black Sage seemed to be really interested in what Yin Lian said, and said: "Whether you are a real envoy or a fake envoy, I must admit that I have become interested in what you said. Continue Go on."
Yin Lian sat down in the seat in front of the Black Sage quite like a lady - or rather, a little pretentiously, with a standard smile that belonged to a cunning politician.
She looks really small, so this posture is somewhat unnatural, like a child pretending to be an adult.
The Black Sage laughed.
Yin Lian instinctively felt that she was being laughed at, and she immediately suppressed her smile before continuing: "If we want to grow more fruits and vegetables in the fields and make the farmed animals grow faster, there is a lot of wisdom that belongs to peasant women. . Those are the wealth that can be obtained without resorting to divine power, but only through wisdom. For example, when fruit trees grow, farmers have to replace butterflies and bees to pollinate the flowers that have not been pollinated, and prune off some fruits that are too dense. Only by using branches can the remaining fruits get more nutrients and make them grow richer and fuller.”
The Black Sage said: "If that were the case, wouldn't there be less fruit?"
Yin Lian replied: "It's like some farm families who are too poor to raise too many children. If they have food for two people but give birth to five children, no one will have enough to eat in the end. When there is a famine, maybe none of the five children will survive.”
"So cutting off some fruits appropriately is actually a kind of kindness. It can at least allow the remaining children to grow up healthily."
This is a theory that I have never heard before, but the Black Sage feels that it sounds somewhat reasonable. But whether these principles can be applied to reality in the end, the Black Sage is also a little unsure.
He found that he could no longer tell how much of the words of this girl who had no divine power but claimed to be an angel were true and how false.
This is something that almost never happens.
As the most noble mage and sage in the City of Sages, the Black Sage has always been proud of his wisdom, but he suddenly couldn't tell the truth from a young girl's words - this incident made the Black Sage feel a little uncomfortable. .
Yin Lian didn't know what the other person was thinking. If you knew it, you would probably feel proud.
In order to support Lanyun Village, she spent a lot of time to understand some agricultural-related information. She even recited a large amount of written materials and translated them into the local language bit by bit, even including some vocabulary that did not exist locally. , she would also try to express it in more concise words.
And these efforts pay off. For example, at this time, although she could not be called a top student in agriculture, she was more than enough to use part of her knowledge to fool the Black Sage.
The Black Sage seemed to be interested in what she said and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Yin Lian said: "The knowledge taught to me by the Mother Goddess is much, much more than this. But these are the knowledge that must be imparted to believers, and I should not impart it to people who are not believers. Master Mage If you want to know and use this knowledge, are you willing to build a temple for me in this city? If you are willing, I can teach your citizens all the knowledge they can use."
The Black Sage suddenly laughed: "Building a temple in the capital of sages? Are you very brave?"
Even though he said this, there was a smile in his tone rather than annoyance.
Yin Lian carefully judged his emotions, and then said: "Why not? Lady Fertility is not the enemy of mages. She provides for all things and is not an enemy of anyone. The mages are hostile to the church because the church cannot tolerate mages. Our existence. But Lady Fertility has never been a church trying to unify the continent. She is tolerant and non-controversial, and we can coexist."
Thank you for the presence of the Lady of Abundance. As a deity worshiped by farmers, she does not even have a written canon or unified teachings, and can only be passed down orally through the ages. In this case, there is no problem if Yin Lian wants to make up his own teachings, because even though many of the contents currently circulating on the mainland, no one is sure whether they are the original teachings.
"Do you know that since the Mage King took Salmati away, mages have been enemies of all divine sects?" Black Sage said leisurely, "Aren't you afraid of being involved in the dispute between mages and the church?"
Yin Lian said: "We don't want to be enemies with anyone...but we won't be enemies with mages. Whether it's the church or the magic association, Ms. Fertility has always supported us. In this case, how can we be enemies?"
"And..." Her eyes were like ripples under the light, "Salmaty left with the Mage King voluntarily. She is not a bargaining chip used by the Emperor to measure and test the kings. She also has her own wishes. .If the Mother Goddess were here, she would definitely say this: Love is not a sin.”
Her face was even more beautiful in the night than under the magical light. Yin Lian's appearance is too delicate, and her temperament is too complicated. In fact, just looking at her appearance, she doesn't look like a follower of Lady Fertility (that is, a village girl). However, the wild innocence in this sentence can shake the soul.
She is more like a witch than an angel.
The Black Sage suddenly said: "Do you want to become a mage, a divine envoy without divine power?"
Yin Lian was stunned on the spot.
The Black Sage said: "I have limited interest in your Mother Goddess. All sages have their own abilities. The wisdom of the Mother Goddess you hold may or may not be useful to us, but no matter what, it is useful to me." The attraction... I'm afraid is very small. But I am very interested in you."
Yin Lian was silent for a while, but suddenly became serious and asked: "What is your interest in me, sir? Is it my piety, my wisdom, or my body?"
Black Sage: "..."
He glanced at Yin Lian's figure, which was completely the same before and after.
Yin Lian was always good at reading expressions and demeanor, so he immediately revealed it himself: "It doesn't look like the body."
The Black Sage suddenly smiled: "Girl, you have a very beautiful appearance and unique charm. But if you want to use your body as capital, I'm afraid you have to wait another ten years."
"But your mind has matured. Only the smartest people in this world can become the greatest mages. I don't have a disciple yet, but I will be happy to accept a cute girl like you as a disciple."
Become a mage... To be honest, this proposal is very practical for Yin Lian.
