The road between the Immortal City and Sylvie City was all paved with stone slabs, and the horses' hooves made a crisp clatter on the rigid boards. A long team of horses walked the road.

"Teacher, it's almost time to Sylvie City. Von Meier, who was on a horse in deep thought, was interrupted by the voice of his own disciple Emile. Von Meier turned his head to look at Emir, an eighteen-year-old girl with a beautiful youth and outstanding magical talent, and now she had reached the level of a first-order official mage.

What a genius!" Master Von Meier thought involuntarily, and then shook his head.

Speaking of genius made Feng Meier have to think of his former senior brother Qin Kuairen, who was also a powerful genius, and he had already reached the level of a seventh-order high-level mage at the age of less than thirty. Unlike himself, he was still a fourth-order mage three years ago, and he was finally officially promoted to a fifth-order mage last year.

Although he is only twenty-nine years old this year, he is a genius praised by everyone. But von Meier knew that there was still a big gap between himself and his senior brother. Although his senior brother has never learned any combat magic, so his reputation is not obvious, and there are no legends about him on the mainland, and only a few people know about his existence.

But it's hard for me to forget the existence of this senior brother!

But nine years have passed, and I don't know where my senior brother has gone. Now that I have started to accept apprentices, I don't know how my senior brother is doing now.

Von Meier couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this.

His disciple Amir did not notice the teacher's sigh, but said, "Teacher, did you say that the leaf wilt disease will spread to us?"

Leaf litter is a name given to crop plague by the mages, because infected crops first show the pathological feature of yellowing leaves.

Von Meier's thoughts were interrupted by his own disciple, and he turned to look at the emir, "We are now heading to Sylvie City to prevent a possible plague. ”

"This leaf blight plague is terrible, and the world's food is withering and decreasing. Our Immortal City is still holding up because we have large agricultural cities like Sylvie City in the vicinity. If they are also breached by the plague, then the last line of defense of humanity is over. ”

"The mages are trying to find a way to fight the epidemic in the Tower, but progress is slow. So we're the mages who come out on patrol. If a suspected plague is found within the boundaries of the Immortal City, then the fields must be burned immediately, understand?"

It was rare for the emir to see his teacher so serious.

Because for the mage, everything in this world seems less scary in many cases. With extraordinary powers, they are far more powerful than mortals, and they outlive mortals.

Mortal wars do not affect their daily lives.

But this plague is different, because there is one more thing that the mages can't escape, and that is food. Without food, the mages would starve to death. This is a problem that cannot be solved with mana.

"Let's go, let's do Sylvie finishing today. Tomorrow we will have a lot of farmland to inspect. Von Meier urged the horses under his crotch, and the speed of the whole horse team increased again.

In the evening, the team led by von Meier arrived in Sylvie City, and under the guidance of the city staff, von Meier and the others arrived at the Blade Tavern, and the owner of the tavern had already prepared a room for this team.

Feng Meier, who was pressing things in his heart, was very tired, and he was not in the mood to greet the leaders in the city, so he only slapped his disciple Emil to deal with it.

The city lord of Sylvie City greeted him so warmly, and even set up a reception banquet in the city lord's mansion, just for the sake of his reputation as a genius mage and his teacher being one of the five legendary mages.

Von Meyer almost suffocated himself out of the water in the bathtub he had prepared for himself in the tavern.

"Bullshit genius, it's a pity that Senior Brother Qin Kuairen is not here. He is the teacher's proudest disciple and always has all kinds of novel ideas and methods. When the teacher studied the characteristics of leaf blight disease on the tower, he would always sigh from time to time: "It would be nice if Xiao Qin was here, maybe he would have some special idea to solve this problem." ”

Von Meier finished his bath and found that the tavern had already brought him dinner into his room. Dinner was hearty, with fried potatoes and roast beef, a fruit plate made of three fruits, a bowl of capers soup, and a bottle of barley wine in the tavern.

In this day and age, such dinners are already very rich, and when I went to inspect the human kingdom last year, I found that the civilians of the human kingdom had entered the terrible era of famine. What was once written in the book changed the bones and changed from words to bloody facts.

"This roast beef is probably made from a pound of good kidney and eye meat. Von Meier gently used the knife to lightly everything, and the meat juice overflowed: "The meat is very fat, and the cattle are well fed." You can't raise such a good cow by eating pasture alone, and this cow must be fed with a mixture of beans and alfalfa, and it must be fed with pure grain for 30 days before it is slaughtered. ”

"I am afraid that it will cost twelve catties of grain to raise a pound of such a good beef. And a pound of such a good beef is only half a catty after roasting, which is not enough to eat for a meal. And 12 catties of beans boiled in water can save the lives of 12 people, enough for them to have a full stomach for a day. The teacher has already proposed many times that in this day and age, we should be temperate! We should no longer feed cattle with grain, and beef can also be raised by eating pasture grass and alfalfa, which is nothing more than the difference between fat and thin meat. ”

"And this wine, how many times has the teacher said that it should be banned all day now. How many people have starved to death outside, and there is still wasting food here to raise cattle and make wine, which is really hateful!"

With a bang, Feng Meier's palm slapped heavily on the table and made a palm print.

"The mages of the Immortal City have really been away from the world for too long?!

"Little junior brother, I haven't seen you for nine years, and your character is still anxious and righteous. But the wine and meat are already served, so don't waste it. If you don't eat it, you can still give it to me, the roast beef in this tavern is too expensive, and I can't even afford to order it. ”

Hearing this voice, Von Meier thought he was hallucinating, his ears moved, and then he slowly turned his head in disbelief, and a familiar figure appeared in front of his eyes.

That's right, it's this familiar person. is not tall, not handsome, not brilliant, ordinary like a passerby, this ...... This is his senior brother Qin Kuairen!

"Division...... Brother, is it really you?" von Meier hesitated.

Qin Kuairen nodded: "It's me, I haven't seen you for nine years, it's really been a long time, it......'s been a long time." Before Qin Kuairen's words were finished, Feng Meier walked over and hugged Qin Kueren fiercely: "Senior brother, where have you been all these years? I and the teacher have been looking for you so hard! Do you know that there are a lot of things going on in the Immortal City now, the teacher is anxious, and the Mage Association is not in unison." There is a lot of filth among legendary mages. No one can help the teacher!"

Feng Meier was almost about to cry when he hugged Qin Kuairen here, but Zhang Tong, who Feng Meier didn't notice, coughed: "Ahem." ”

Only then did Feng Meier react, and there was still a person standing next to the senior brother. If you take a closer look, the thick eyebrows, big eyes, sword eyebrows, and starry eyes are simply the appearance of the protagonist in the legendary story. The spirit is magnificent, and the senior brother is standing with him like an ugly duckling standing next to a white swan!

Why is my brother so stupid? He can't stand side by side with this kind of person!

Feng Meier looked at Qin Kuairen and then at Zhang Tong, he didn't know what Zhang Tong came from. Qin Kuairen cleared his throat: "Senior brother, it's a long story about me, and when I see the teacher, I will make it clear to him." I came back this time to find that you were in a big trouble. Qin Kuairen glanced at Zhang Tong, and Zhang Tong took out a withered wheat leaf from his arms.

Feng Meier's eyes froze: "This ...... Where did you find it?"

Qin Kuairen looked in the direction of the outskirts of Sylvie City: "Right here, the plague has already been infected!"