After leaving the tavern, Ling Qi originally had three choices. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Either accept the invitation of the King of the Mountain and be a guest in their new realm. Either work with Gandalf and act as a lobbyist, and get the dwarf kings together to discuss the time to slay the dragon in advance. Alternatively, he could also use the map given by Gandalf to explore some of the ruins of Middle-earth in search of additional gains.

However, Ling Qi unexpectedly chose the fourth path. By the time Gandalf left with a full stomach full of suspicion, he had already transformed into a local landlord and wealthy businessman!

He has a lot of wealth, and in view of the experience of the last reincarnation, when he was in the reincarnation space, he traded with other reincarnators in advance to exchange a large amount of gold and silver treasures, which were hidden in the storage space. Those things do not become the equivalent exchange of the reincarnation world, and it certainly does not mean that they are the same as dung, but their relative value in the eyes of the reincarnation is far lower than that of normal intelligent beings in the normal world.

No one's storage space is infinite, so it is impossible for reincarnators to move the entire mountain of gold and silver from the story world to trade with people, and even if it is very easy to get these in some planes, it is still foolish to fill the storage space with gold and silver treasures.

The wealth that Ling Qi exchanged for was far less than enough to support a country, as he said. But it is more than enough for him to live a prosperous life for a while!

With the help of both swords and status, it took him less than three days to exchange more than half of the gold and silver for a large manor near the Shire, as well as a dozen servants and more serfs, as well as some livestock, cattle, horses, and daily necessities.

Alex left the next day during daylight, not understanding Ling Qi's behavior.

On the third night, however, he returned with a heavy wound.

Thinking that he had found a reason for Ling Qi to be comfortable, he began to concentrate on the goal of raiding the Shire's Bag Pit, and took the initiative to take on the trade affairs with the hobbits.

"Ling Qi, why bother to nest here, although our strength has been greatly suppressed in Middle-earth, and there is no one in ten, it is still more than enough to deal with ordinary beast bandits. ”

"Yesterday Alex single-handedly killed 20 human cavalry, and if we cooperate with each other, it will not be a problem to deal with a whole team of elite warriors!"

Charles was eager to try, and her words were not unreasonable.

Twenty-for-twenty used to be a joke to them, but a trick or two can be put in Middle-earth, where the total population does not exceed 500,000, and the power is difficult to attribute, is definitely a feat.

Conventional warfare in Middle-earth is only maintained on the scale of a few hundred people. The battle of 1,000 people is enough to go down in history, and the battle of 10,000 people will only appear in epic legendary battles.

And the human cavalry is not a goblin that breeds like bugs, and on the plains, an elite human cavalry can even single-handedly take on an elf!

Alex isn't dealing with elites, but he's also cavalry after all, which means that even if he doesn't burst out with special powers, he can deal with more than 50 goblins alone!

"Hehe, a whole team, what if there are two teams, three teams, what if we don't have regular creatures?"

"Do you think Alex's recovery ability will not be able to recover from his injuries until now?"

"In other words, you tell him to try to deal with the giant spider we encountered before now. Or you tell him to deal with those cavalrymen now and see who will have the last laugh!"

Ling Qi lay on a fur cushion, the special chaise longue swayed, the warm sunlight made people feel comfortable, and the absolute darkness gave him the privilege of not being too affected even in the light.

In fact, although different from the previous plane, Middle-earth's suppression of various supernatural forces also inhibits the restraint of light and the amplification of darkness on him.

Charles paced in the uneven courtyard, thinking about Ling Qi's words, feeling that what he said made sense, and instinctively feeling that he was hiding something!

"I understand what you mean, you want to wait until the suppression of the power of the world is completely stabilized, so that we will no longer overestimate or underestimate our own abilities, and then care about other things. ”

"However, even if there were some accidents, it wouldn't push us straight to the brink, would it? I don't believe you don't have the means to break through the limits temporarily!"

"No matter how strong the restriction is, it is relative, with the strength of Alex and me, it is really desperate, and it can completely control a war. And you... I guess it will be able to completely establish a victory in a battle!"

Charles meant something.

On the surface, they seem to have fully integrated into Middle-earth, and like the natives of the land, they are not powerful.

In fact, they are on par with the Maia like Gandalf, who are completely humanoid nuclear bombs.

The only difference is that Gandalf and his ilk are limited to rules and absolutely cannot use too many transcendent abilities, while they do not have such hard limits!

"Oh, yes, and then, don't you realize that the more and longer you burst out of bounds, the faster you can be suppressed. This means that dimensional suppression is not inevitable, much less immutable. As long as it is not 'discovered', it is possible to avoid being suppressed too quickly. And once you expose yourself, the repression may be even stronger than expected!"

"In fact, if we deliberately reduce the burst of our own strength in the first place, it is likely that we will have a lot of strength left after being suppressed. And if we start with all our strength and unscrupulousness, then I am afraid that even a hidden method will be more restricted, and at the same time attract an unknown degree of unnecessary trouble. ”

"You're right, we all have extraordinary capital. But don't forget, we're not here to compete for those petty profits, to go ahead of time and fight for unnecessary trouble!"

Ling Qi squinted his eyes and glanced at the serfs who were plowing and grazing for him in the distance, as if he had truly become a noble landowner in Middle-earth.

Perhaps feeling that his words were not convincing enough, he said to Charles:

"You can imagine what would happen if we followed the right route from the beginning, went to the Lonely Mountain, which was not far from our descent to the ground, and relied on our unsuppressed strength to slay the dragon?!"

Ling Qi's words made Charles stunned, Alex led the two astray at first, giving the reason that the harvest was not rich enough, and neither of them raised any objections at that time.

And when he found that his strength was decreasing little by little, Charles did not regret and complain about Alex's self-assertions. It's true that this world is not suitable for them, and maybe groups that are good at teamwork can mix more here.

Now that Ling Qi brought up the old story again, Charles couldn't help frowning.

The map given by Gandalf was not exclusive to Ling Qi, and Charles had also seen it.

The place where they descended in the dark forest was actually at the edge of this narrow forest, separated from the lonely mountain by the forest kingdom located in the north-central area.

If they hadn't left early, or even crossed the mountain, they would have faced the elves of the dark forest, and the elven king of unknown strength, Thrandil!

Undoubtedly, the result will probably be the same as they imagined, after someone bursts out of real power, the entire forest elf tribe will be slaughtered, and then the first pot of gold will be harvested.

Then, in order to avoid more trouble, or if they are already in trouble, they must speed up and go to the Lonely Mountain!

According to the distance calculation, when they arrived at the Lonely Mountain, it was the time when the original strength had dropped the most!

Erupt! Keep exploding! With a bit of luck, they can successfully slay the dragon, then find a way to complete the second quest and return!

If they are unlucky, maybe just like Ling Qi thinks, the more they erupt, the harder they struggle, and the faster and more fierce the suppression will come!

According to the information they have learned so far, it is clear that Smaug has stood on the opposite side of the general trend of the whole of Middle-earth, belongs to the dregs of history, and will definitely be crushed by the wheel of fate. But if Smaug is facing outsiders like them, it is difficult to say who the general trend is, and it is estimated that he can only speak by strength!

Strength...

With this kind of strength and these hole cards, they are indeed not suitable to gamble on everything at the beginning like gamblers who play hard. What if there is an accident? It's not worth it! The risks are not proportional to the benefits!

What the strong are most afraid of is the misestimation of strength, and they are currently unable to make an accurate estimate of their own strength and even their own hole cards!

"Well, maybe you're right, but..."

"Are we just like that, doing nothing?"

Charles is a little unwilling, she thinks she is the weakest in the team, and she urgently needs the opportunity to strengthen herself.

"Of course not!"

Ling Qi stood up from the recliner and patted the fluff stained on the silk robe.

"When the time comes, go ahead and help me get baptized. ”

Ling Qi curled the corners of her lips and smiled charmingly at Charles, but the dragonborn girl only felt that this smile was extremely hateful.

Like Alex, she thought she had seen through Ling Qi's careful thoughts, and even looked farther than that guy!

Of course, he is planning and then acting, but he is also accumulating momentum for himself and seeking personal gain!

Ling Qi shrugged, ignoring Charles' implicit complaints.

He could feel that since he used the soul baptism to break through the limits of his physical body, his physical fitness was improving every day, and if there was a regular cooperation of the soul baptism, this speed would be even faster!

In fact, he is not far from the hard standard of heroism!

Baptizing a nondescript flesh with a soul full of impurities had even better effect than he had expected.

Of course, that's definitely not the whole reason for him to stay here!

He needs information, he needs all kinds of information, he really needs time to plan, to adapt to the new environment.

At the same time, personal strength is always a heavy bargaining chip, in order to make himself stronger, it doesn't matter if he slows down the pace of his peers, self-sacrifice has never been his style.

If he has a choice, he would rather strengthen to the legend level and demigod level in such a comfortable environment, and then go out to kill the Quartet, no one is willing to take the initiative to fight to support the war, except for the madman, they are all forced.

Of course, these will definitely not be all his reasons!

He felt the vanishing evil, it had failed in eternity, and even the Guardians had forgotten about it, but it was still roaring!

He longs for and covets that power! But he can't touch it "personally", because that would make him lose his "general trend"!

Ten minutes later, a refreshed Ling Qi and a unhappy Xia Er came out of the room, making people wonder what was going on in the process, but the servants definitely didn't dare to listen and watch more.

"Well, the burden of the dragon's roar on you should not be too much to bear. Also, if you're really bored, try training a group of manor guards, and don't tell me you don't have a way to get people to their full potential in a short period of time. They might be helpers, and that might be. ”

Ling Qi said irresponsibly, but Xia Er was the one who heard it, but he was still quite dissatisfied on the surface, which made Ling Qi smile slightly.

The sun was still shining in the courtyard, and the serfs and servants were sweating like rain, and only occasionally dared to take time to chat.

To the west of the house is a large wheat field, and the Shire looms in the distance, where the scenery is even more beautiful, but no hobbit will be willing to sell the land to humans.

The manor's gate faces just east, facing the Misty Mountains, but the outline of the mountains is no longer visible at this distance.

To the south, outside the wall, there was a huge towering ancient tree, and underneath the tree happened to be a natural animal cage, because there was a large thorn bush around it.

The one-horned antelope bleated, chasing the mottled spots of light under the trees.

In the treetops, a particularly beautiful thrush chirped and sang, and suddenly seemed to be startled by the sheep below, spread its wings, and flew farther and farther.

The bird flew farther and farther until it reached the end of the line.