The Baisen Mountains on the edge of the Everlasting Ocean and the Surging Ocean stretch for nearly a thousand kilometers from northwest to south, but there is a thrilling depression in the middle. It is a canyon torn apart by geological changes during the Skyfall disaster, and it is also the center of the Ewok River. source.
The towering peaks of the coastal mountains are often surrounded by clouds, and the gaps in the canyons below are covered with towering redwood trees that block the sun, just like wooden mountains.
A somewhat dilapidated port city is located here, surrounded by many natural dangers.
Located at the foot of the mountain, on the seaside, on the riverside and next to the canyon, Harrison Port is the southernmost gathering place for human beings in the entire civilized world.
It was afternoon, but the clouds were thick, so the light was as dim as evening. On the road paved with gray rocks in the port, dock workers are walking in a hurry, and fishermen have gone to sea long before the sun has risen and before the tide has ebbed, and they are still working hard in the open sea.
It has been raining for a long time.
There are many kinds of rain in Harrison Port, some falling like a waterfall, some falling sparsely; some falling like a water hammer, some as light and silky; some being airtight and boring, some being refreshing and cool. It's refreshing.
Today's rain is quite ordinary, just a quick July rain that residents of the South China Sea are accustomed to. Looking up, it looks like countless silver threads hanging from the gray clouds and connecting to the blue sea.
Elder Puder stood on one side of the street, frowning slightly. For this old man, the light white mist splashed by the drizzle did not affect his vision. He easily focused on a boy who was walking slowly in the fish market and looking around.
Then, full of doubts.
The elder wondered to himself: "Why is he here?"
Ian takes a walk in the rain.
This kind of rain is nothing to the Terran people. Unless they are immersed in icy water around zero for a long time, they will not even lose their temperature.
Even an eight-year-old boy can go out in rainy weather as long as he doesn't mind the feeling of his clothes getting wet.
In the fish market, the boy looked around at the various half-dead sea fish in the buckets and basins of the fish stalls with curious eyes.
When Hilliard returned from his trip, he brought back some fish, a bag of potatoes and half a bag of flour.
Immediately afterwards, he apologetically told Ian that he had just found information about his mission on the street, and he had to go find out. He would disappear for a period of time in the afternoon and evening, and would not come back until late at night.
Ian doesn't have to wait for him to come back for dinner at night. He can just stew some potatoes, grill fish, and then use the leftover wheat at home to cook porridge for Ellan.
Considering that Ian needs to reserve a lot of nutrients for his journey to sublimation, potatoes and grilled fish may not be enough, and the nutrition is not balanced enough. Hilliard also left a bag of local silver coins, a total of thirty-five thalers.
This was originally used to negotiate with local residents at critical times, bribe and purchase funds.
But now that I have the status of 'Osenna', it is much easier to purchase supplies and explore. If I don't need the money, I might as well spend it all to replenish the health of my students.
Hilliard's original words were, 'Buy and eat whatever you want. Don't be stingy. Only by knowing how to enjoy the joy of life can you endure the depression of practice.'
He wasn't worried about Ian's spending. In the eyes of the old knight, his student is smart, sharp, patient and quite self-controlled, and is worthy of trust.
So after admonishing some caution in practicing, the old knight went out again and left.
Ian understands this.
Hilliard came to Harrison Port because of his "mission" and lurked here.
The other party must be busy with his own affairs. This kind of sudden disappearance will happen again and again in the future. He must learn to adapt, live and practice independently, and cannot expect anyone to take care of him all the time.
Judging from Hilliard's expression, the old knight looked quite happy. It seemed that Oceana's identity was indeed useful. He got the clues he wanted in Harrison Port.
Since you have money, you don’t need to treat yourself badly.
It has to be said that the thirty-five thalers left by Hilliard were really a huge sum of money.
The Taller silver coin itself is a special silver alloy, which is quite strong and almost impossible to imitate and destroy by folk methods. It has its value whether as an inscription additive or normal smelting and forging, so the Taller is extremely difficult to depreciate.
One thaler silver coin was exchanged for twelve small Bison silver coins, and one small silver coin was exchanged for ten pfennig copper coins.
One penny copper can buy more than a pound of wheat, a solid piece of black bread, and two can buy a baguette that is not too chewy.
Before his mother died of illness, Ian also learned about local prices...because there were very few local pastures, cattle, sheep and pigs were expensive, but fish and meat were extremely cheap.
Therefore, one thaler silver coin can buy six kilograms of high-quality beef, fifteen kilograms of mutton, and more than twenty kilograms of pork. If you have a relationship with a farm or a fisherman, you can buy four live hens and a crowing rooster, or a whole bucket of salted fish.
The average farmer has to work hard for a whole year, and there are no natural disasters or accidents, so that he can save one or two large silver coins, which can buy some new farm tools for the family, raise a few more chickens, or add a lamb every few years, which will take most of his life. Collect enough money to buy a calf.
In the Oceana house, not counting the value of the sleeping powder, Ian found a total of twelve and a half large silver coins - mostly small silver coins and pfennig coppers. The serious Taler only had five coins, among which There is also one that was secretly given to the boy by his mother before she died of illness, as a final life-saving money.
This is an exaggeration enough. After all, Osenna himself is just an ordinary clerk at the dock. This job is not bad, but it only costs one taledo a month at most, plus some in-kind subsidies.
He himself is not frugal, how could he save his salary for almost half a year without eating or drinking? It must have been obtained through collusion with the indigenous people.
But when Hilliard took it out, it was thirty-five thalers! All of them are neat, shiny and large silver coins without any dirt!
This bag weighs almost a pound of silver coins, which is enough to buy a dozen fine iron swords. Seeing as this is a wholesale transaction, the blacksmith may also give away a few wooden shields and daggers.
——This kind of usage of silver coins, where does the noble master come from?
When he took the money bag, Ian wanted to complain. You must know that in the folk tale of Harrison Port, the Marquis who visited privately incognito also carried a hundred talers with him to show off and slap him in the face. Although it was just the emperor's golden pole, it was It's enough to illustrate the degree of exaggeration.
Together, he and his brother Elam were worth at most thirty talers in the eyes of his uncle and the native priests.
My teacher has been wanted for who knows how long, but he is still worth one-third of a Marquis. God knows what his original status was.
"It's definitely okay if you're full."
Ian shook his head slightly and sighed softly: "It's just that the teacher's silver coins are too shiny and too new to be spent. They have to be put in the ashes to be aged."
After cooking porridge, feeding Elan, and coaxing his younger brother to sleep, Ian put the silver coins given by the teacher and buried them in the ashes that were still warm, and then took an old thaler and some small silver coins with him. Go out happily and prepare to follow the memory in your mind and go to the fish market to buy some nutritious seafood.
One thaler is enough to purchase ingredients. Any more would not be in line with his current status and identity.
As for Hilliard's instructions regarding the cultivation of virtual source seeds, Ian is already quite confident.
——The most difficult step in condensing the Source Seed is to create something from scratch, creating for yourself a Source Seed organ that is almost a second heart and can penetrate the life pulse of the whole body.
Ordinary Terrans simply cannot imagine how to control the second heart, just as ordinary people cannot imagine how to control the third hand. Naturally, they cannot successfully condense it, and the failure rate of the first attempt is extremely high.
The virtual source species, however, can allow people to slowly adapt to the existence of a "new organ that appears the day after tomorrow" in their body, greatly reducing the failure rate.
But even so, there are very few people who can successfully condense the source seeds within a few months.
But Ian is different.
He doesn't need to adapt.
In other words, no one on earth needs to adapt.
The average genetic adjuster per person on Earth in this era has two hearts, two stomachs, and three lungs, not to mention that Ian is still a scholar-type modification, and has more fragmentary special modification modules on his body.
For him, controlling this organ that 'should not exist' is as simple as breathing.
"After all, it is not a real genetic organ, but a source of sesame of different systems... It is still a bit difficult to imitate and analyze."
Muttering to himself, Ian said softly: "One week is enough to fully adapt. But to be on the safe side, for two weeks, learn more about the path to sublimation before trying again."
With this in mind, the white-haired boy walked across the street in the rain and headed towards the fish market: "Now, what I need to do is according to Teacher Hilliard's words."
"It means having a healthy routine, going to bed early and getting up early, eating more, drinking more, and exercising every day."
The noise of the fish market can already be heard at this moment.
The fish market is located next to a fishing pier in the northeastern part of Harrison Port and is brightly lit.
On the gradually darkening sea, returning fishing boats are arriving one after another, and there are many carts, porters, fishermen and dock workers negotiating with each other. Clerks employed by several large fishing fleets are counting the numbers with the fish sorters. There are several workers on the side. They are pulling up a huge wooden sign with the current harvest status of their respective fleets written on it for identification by caravan workers and literate citizens.
"Live sardines, a pfennig a plate!"
“The moray eels from Odell Reef are delicate and delicious, and ice cubes are provided for free!”
"One pfennig and two oysters, one penny a barrel!"
"Fluorescent algae grown offshore from Sequoia! A bundle of three basins, one thaler and five bundles! A bottle of algae oil costs two basins!"
Even though it was already dusk, the fish market was still bustling with activity, and the air was filled with the hawking of fishermen and traders and the fishy smell of the sea.
As the largest seaport and fishing port in the southern part of the empire, Harrison Port produces enough seafood to cover most of the southern province. Caravans from different towns and cities come here to discuss cooperation with the fleet in order to obtain a stable supply of fish and meat.
Occasionally, this place can also produce some big monster-level fish.
Just like the 'O'Dell Reef' in the hawking, there have been several giant moray eels over eight meters long and up to fifteen meters long. Their spine and muscle tissue meet the standards for potion materials, and were discovered by a man from It was purchased by a wealthy businessman from Naumann City, the provincial capital, at a price of 170 thalers per share.
It is said that behind O'Dell Reef, in the deeper waters, there are two super giant moray monsters revered by the surrounding redwood natives as the 'Spirit of the Tide' and the 'Spirit of the Drumming Waves'. The large eels in the surrounding area are are their descendants.
Thanks to these legends and actual production, a pound of Odell eel meat costs three cents, which is more expensive than beef.
Ian is very familiar with this place. In order to help support his family, he once worked as a fisherman with the help of several familiar fishermen. The evaluation was quite good. Sainan's fleet even wanted to wait for Ian to grow up because he could make statistical tables. The older one hired him as the fleet's accountant at the dock, earning him three pfennigs a day, plus two fish.
Of course, this time Ian came as a pure customer.
And... try to pick up the slack.
"let me see……"
Among the crowd, Ian's figure was not conspicuous. He walked around casually and walked to the corner between the two stalls without anyone noticing.
Then, he opened his precognitive vision.
Suddenly, the hazy world in the rain changed into an even hazier mist of various colors.
The three-color glorious clouds of grey, white and blue reorganized the entire fishing market.
"It actually does."
Raising his eyebrows, Ian turned his head and looked at the blue mist with interest.
——In the fishing market, there are actually 'rare' seafood!
