The Earth Mother Goddess is one of the strongest powerful gods among the many gods in the Lofatan Continent.

Her priesthood is agriculture, farmer, crops, harvest season, and more. No matter what world human beings are, they are mainly based on agriculture, and agriculture is the foundation of survival. Therefore, there are countless people who make a living from agriculture who believe in Mother Earth. There are even many alien races who believe in Mother Earth God, the god of the human gods.

The mortal church of Mother Earth God is powerful. In the mainstream human kingdom of the Lofatan continent, almost any city and town has a shrine and church of Mother Earth God. Even in some villages with large populations, there are altars and priests of Mother Earth Goddess.

In almost all cities and towns where there are temples and churches, there are church schools run by the Mother Earth Church.

Li Qing is now sitting in a bright and spacious classroom with a group of children whose oldest is no more than ten years old, listening to a priest of Mother Earth God.

Naturally, religious schools are dominated by religious classes. In addition to religious knowledge, only basic literacy and arithmetic are taught. However, what Li Qing wants to learn is just literacy. So he didn't plan to stay here for too long, and after he learned the basics, he was leaving.

And because he is constantly proficient in language, he has the foundation of language, so when he is taught, learning basic reading and writing, according to Li Qing's estimates, will not take more than a week at most.

To be honest, it's a little uncomfortable to sit with a bunch of kids and learn to read. As soon as the children are free, they will peek at him with curious and even strange eyes, and sometimes they will get together in twos and threes to bite his ears and point at him. Obviously, for him, an over-age "old classmate", the children feel very novel.

Although it was quite uncomfortable to be designated by the children to discuss, in order to get rid of the identity of illiteracy, Li Qing gritted his teeth and endured it cheekily.

However, the pastor who taught was no different from Li Qing, and taught him and the children equally. This made Li Qing quite appreciative, and said in his heart that he was worthy of being the priest of Mother Earth God, which was different. Although when he was in class, he would always go to the building to lecture on the teachings of Mother Earth Goddess, and often spoke for most of the class, but Li Qing could also express his understanding of this.

After all, it is a church school, and it is the duty of this school to preach doctrine and cultivate believers.

After a week of study, Li Qing finally mastered the ability to read and write the common human script on the Lofatan Continent.

During this week, in addition to studying, Li Qing also often went to the adventurer's union.

Of course, he didn't have to take on the mission, and the tasks issued by the adventurer's guild were generally long and dangerous. The low-paid ones can only earn a hard-earned errand money - the adventurers' guild also issues letters to deliver missions, do you believe it?

Li Qing is not short of money now, and he has never thought of being a bitter adventurer. The purpose of his visit to the Adventurers' Guild was just to inquire about the magician.

He wanted to see if there were any adventure missions issued by the magicians, and then contact the magicians through the guò quest to see if there was a chance to find a mage who could set up a cross-dimensional teleportation array.

But this is clearly wishful thinking.

In such a small place, how could a small inland city with a population of only a few tens of thousands have such a powerful magician? Besides, mages also have their own specializations, and even if he is really lucky enough to meet a high-level or even legendary mage, he may not be able to teleport across planes.

It's like the masked female mage who grabbed the horse that Li Qing met last time, she said that her teacher specializes in plastic energy and has no ability to teleport across planes.

Therefore, it can only be a fantasy to find a clue to a strong mage who can build a dimensional teleportation array in such a small place.

For a week, Li Qing found nothing. Fortunately, he finally learned to read and write, and got rid of his illiteracy. He then went to the library to look up the materials, trying to find clues about the magician from the books.

But this is clearly another wasted effort.

How can the clues of the magician be found casually in a public library? There were books in the library about magicians, but they were romantic fantasy poems, the kind that bards used to cheat money.

Of course, Li Qing did not find nothing. Although he didn't find any useful clues about the mage in the library, he was able to get a lot of useful information in other areas.

For example, books such as the geography of the continent, the distribution of races, and the Monster Illustrated Book have given him a lot more understanding of the shape of the Lofatan continent, and he is no longer blind to the eyes.

He also found a lot of information about the ocean - it is said that during this week, Li Qing dreamed of Yiwen again. Counting up, the time he came to the Lofatan continent added up to less than a month. And in this short period of less than a month, it was the third time he had dreamed of Yiwen.

And every time I dream of Yiwen, she is on a sea ship, all kinds of hardship, all kinds of misery.

Such a phenomenon cannot be explained by "coincidence" in any case. Therefore, Li Qing feels that this dream will only be some kind of omen, some kind of hint.

Li Qing didn't dare to say that his idea was necessarily right, but anyway, he was helpless now and couldn't find his way home, so it was better to unravel the hint of the dream, maybe there would be an accident.

Therefore, in addition to the clues of the magician, Li Qing also paid special attention to the clues of the ocean. He searched in the library, inquired in the adventurer's guild, and learned a lot of news.

The Kingdom of Rohan is a landlocked country and does not face the sea. And in the Duchy of Cort, in the south of the Kingdom of Rohan, it is bordered by the sea. After sailing southwest for more than ten days from the Duchy of Cort, the famous dangerous sea "Ocean of Storms" is located.

The Ocean of Storms is unpredictable, and storms can blow at any time of the year. But deep in the stormy ocean is a rich archipelago rich in gold and precious stones, which is driven by a large number of adventurers with dreams of making a fortune every year.

Of course, only a few can really make a fortune. The vast majority of adventurers either found nothing, or were caught in a storm in the ocean of storms and drowned in the sea.

Li Qing is not interested in making a fortune. But he's a little interested in Stormy Ocean.

Because the sea ship that Yiwen is in the dream, the environment in which it is located is too consistent with the description of the stormy ocean in various information.

Three dreams, in less than a month, two times encountered wind and waves, and once encountered a huge ocean demonic beast...... If it were on the ocean, where would it be so miserable?

"So...... Could it be that Ewen has also arrived on the continent of Lofatan and is still adrift in the Stormy Ocean? Unconsciously, Li Qing had this idea that even he felt a little whimsical.

But regardless of whether it was whimsical or not, Li Qing still decided to leave for the Duchy of Colt to have a look.

Anyway, if you can't find your way home for the time being, then any possibility, no matter how ridiculous, is worth trying.

So the day after finishing his studies, Li Qing left the city for a short time and embarked on a new journey again.

……

Ocean of Storms.

A tattered sea ship, slowly drifting on the sea.

It was a rare good weather, and the sea was calm and the waves were not clear. The sky is clear and cloudless, and it looks like there may be no wind or waves until tomorrow.

But Yiwen's mood was not good at all.

It's already the twenty-seventh day of the Trek. For twenty-seven days, the ship drifted aimlessly on the stormy sea. Encountered three storms and six demonic attacks. If it weren't for Yiwen's luck and strength, this battered ship would have disintegrated and sunk long ago.

With Ewen, a powerful ice magician, there is no shortage of fresh water and food. But the confusion of not being able to find the direction deeply tormented everyone on board.

Yiwen is okay, although she often sighs with tears and bad luck, she is a high-level powerhouse after all, and she has a strong self-regulation ability. And the sailors, who had less than ten sailors left on board, were not as strong as her.

During these twenty-seven days, the sailors were on the verge of a mental breakdown and rioted no less than three times. Although they were easily suppressed by Yi Wen every time, the spirit of the sailors became more and more decadent and confused, and maybe one day they would really go crazy.

In fact, for sailors who are accustomed to running the sea, a long voyage is not terrible. What is truly terrifying is the desperation of not being able to find a direction. That helplessness and confusion are enough to drive ordinary people crazy.

Glancing at a few sailors lying listlessly on the deck pretending to be corpses, Ewen shook her head helplessly.

Although she has powerful ice and snow spells, she is not good at spiritual spells, and she cannot calm the spirits of the sailors, let alone inspire them. All she wanted now was to find a piece of land to rest on before the sailors went mad - even if it was just an island, if it was enough to put one on solid dirt.

Perhaps her prayer had been fulfilled, or perhaps it had come to an end after twenty-seven days of bad luck since her arrival, when Ewen suddenly noticed that a mountain peak appeared on the sea level ahead.

Seeing the mountain peak that suddenly jumped out of the sea, Yiwen first blinked in disbelief, then rubbed her eyes vigorously, and then stared at it carefully, and found that she was not hallucinating, and a mountain peak did appear in the distance!

This discovery made Yiwen tremble with excitement. She stood up tremblingly, her pretty face flushed, her lips twitched twice, and suddenly she burst out with a rude rebuke: "Land is found ahead!" You damn scumbags, cheer up your mother! ”

After getting along with the sailors with bad conduct for nearly a month, Yiwen, who was once cold as snow and looked like a cold goddess, Her Royal Highness Yiwen, as a princess, is now proficient in calling herself an old lady and bursting foul language.

"Land? No kidding, how can there be...... Shhh ”

"That's right! I saw a mountain peak, it really was land! ”

"What? Really hit land? Oh my God, has the great goddess of the sea finally answered my prayers? ”

After making sure that there was indeed a land figure in front of them, the half-dead sailors suddenly regained their vitality. They wept with joy, they screamed, their faces flushed with excitement, and they ran around the boat like madmen.

"Scumbags, don't run around on the old lady's boat! It's all for the old lady! Speed up the boat to the old lady as fast as possible! Hurry up, hurry up! Move it! ”

Ewen's rude scolding suppressed the blind excitement of the sailors and pointed them to the target. So the sailors let out their excitement to their posts, and the ships that drifted slowly became faster and faster, heading for the mountain.

An hour later, a large lush, vibrant island appeared in front of Yiwen and the others.

……

The Treasure Strait is the golden sea route of the Duchy of Cort and has the finest deep-water port in the Duchy. Therefore, Treasure Bay City, built on the Strait Peninsula, has become the most prosperous port city in the Duchy of Cort.

After a week-long journey, Li Qing traveled all the way from the Kingdom of Luohan to the Duchy of Cort, and finally arrived in this beautiful and prosperous port city.

Walking along the avenue, a kilometer from the city, the dirt avenue has turned into a stone road.

The wide, smooth blue stone road can accommodate four troikas. On both sides of the avenue are planted with evergreen trees with straight trunks, with an average height of 15 meters, like two lines of guards.

The closer you get to the city, the more pedestrians and carriages will be on the road. Caravans guarded by mercenaries, adventurers with swords and swords, vendors carrying their burdens into the city to sell vegetables, noble carriages guarded by knights...... The whole nine yards.

In addition to humans, Li Qing even saw alien races. Elves and dwarves are the most common, even the Minotaurs. These aliens and their human companions walked down the road laughing and laughing, and the passers-by beside them did not look unusual, and it was clear that similar situations had long been commonplace.

Li Qing also expressed his understanding of this -- it is not surprising that a prosperous port city based on commerce has such an inclusive and open folk custom. Conservatism and discrimination are called abnormal.

In order not to let people see himself as a hillbilly, Li Qing didn't look at those aliens much, took a few glances, and then walked into the city with his head held high and without squinting.

The strong economic strength makes the urban construction of Treasure Bay quite advanced. The urban area is well planned, distributed in a tic-tac-toe shape, with criss-crossed streets and convenient transportation. The avenue is lined with green trees, and you can see small gardens, squares, and fountains everywhere. Li Qing even saw public toilets, sewer systems, and fixed garbage dumps.

"This is the true civilized world." After wandering around for a while, admiring the clean and beautiful city, Li Qing sat on a stone bench for pedestrians to rest next to a small square, looking at the well-dressed gentlemen and ladies who came and went, and couldn't help but let out a heartfelt admiration.

It wasn't until the evening that Li Qing knew that no matter how civilized and neat the city was, there was something that conformed to the characteristics of its times.

It's a bar.

A bar called "Adventurer's Paradise" that is part of the Treasure Cove Adventurer's Union.

Li Qing found a hotel in the city, and after booking a stay, he had nothing to do, so he wanted to find a bar to inquire about some news. With the guidance of the innkeeper, he found this adventurer's paradise.

Bars, casinos, and brothels are the three major places to spend and are the favorite places for adventurers.

Many adventurers like to splurge after receiving a reward for a mission, or after taking a reward, to celebrate that they survived the last mission.

The more difficult and dangerous the task, the more adventurers splendour.

Drunkenness is a favorite way for adventurers to celebrate. A fight after getting drunk, or a crazy night with a sexy and hot woman, can not only vent your frustration, but also allow you to forget your sorrow for a while.

After all, adventurers are really living too hard, often have to lick blood with knives, eat and sleep in the open, don't know what will happen tomorrow today, and have money, of course, they must have fun in time.

In fact, seriously speaking, the reason why most adventurers have been forced all their lives is related to their habit of profligacy. If adventurers have a good habit of saving, the vast majority of adventurers will not be desolate and destitute in old age.

But then again, except for adventurers who have made a fortune and made a lot of money in an adventure, adventurers who can ensure a worry-free life have the opportunity to retire in time and enjoy life, it is difficult for the vast majority of adventurers to make a lot of money.

If you can't make a lot of money, you have to take risks and take on tasks often. And adventures and missions are mostly dangerous, and no one knows if they will survive the next mission, and if they can't, then what's the use of saving money?

It's better to spend it in time, so as not to have to enjoy the money you earned back with all your hard work.

Therefore, except for a few adventurers who have families and a sense of responsibility, the vast majority of adventurers have developed the habit of squandering.

This is the same as that of ocean-going sailors - in any world, the precarious group of sailors is quite famous for their penchant for profligacy.

The Adventurer's Paradise bar is run by the Adventurer's Guild of Treasure Cove. Due to the fact that most of the adventurers are rough men and like to get drunk and make trouble, the facilities in the bar are quite rudimentary. From the counter to the tables and chairs to the barware, there is nothing of value to prevent the adventurers from getting drunk and fighting and damaging their belongings.

Most of the liquor sold in the bar is low-quality spirits, which meet the tastes and financial resources of most adventurers. There are also fine wines to satisfy the pretend needs of a handful of wealthy adventurers.

Coming to the adventurer's paradise, as soon as Li Qinggang entered the door, he was startled by the noise inside:

Foul language, scolding, and quarreling in all kinds of dialects, wild laughter and strange screams of all kinds of men, screaming and laughing of all kinds of women...... The sound of whistles, clinking glasses, the clinking of bottles, and even the impact of fists to flesh......

The noisy sound constantly stimulated his eardrums, making Li Qing wonder, is this a bar or a colosseum?

"I thought this was the real civilized world. I didn't expect there to be such a barbaric place. Looking at the chaotic bar environment, Li Qing had a very familiar sense of immediacy. After thinking about it carefully, this sister really looks like the bar chaos in the pirate port in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Shaking his head, Li Qing stepped inside. As soon as he entered, a wine bottle flew from his right hand, grazed the tip of his nose, and smashed into the face of a large man on his left.

The big man was so drunk that he was smashed by the wine bottle, and he was immediately furious, and he couldn't help but grab the collar of a thin boy next to him, and punched the thin boy in the face, causing the thin boy to faint directly.

Then the big man drank again drunk.

Seeing this ridiculous scene, Li Qing shrugged his shoulders and continued to move forward.

In fact, in a ridiculous situation like the one Li Qing saw just now, the same thing was happening in the bar all the time. No one is going to pay attention to this little episode. From the moment he entered the door, Li Qing saw at least three brawls. And when he walked to the bar, a fourth brawl broke out.

In the corner not far from the bar, two big men shouted and scuffled together, and a large group of people gathered next to them. While they were drinking, they were heckling, whistling, and shouting loudly. Some accidentally bumped into the people around them, and friction occurred, so they also joined the ranks of the brawl.

Bar waiters in hot clothes nimbly shuttle through the crowd with drinks and food. They skillfully avoided the flying fists, kicks, and debris, and slapped away the hairy hands that were stealing their buttocks. But if someone stuffs a coin into their deep ****, they don't mind stopping and letting that person's hand linger on their ass or chest for a while.

"It's a passionate bar." Li Qing sighed with emotion and ordered a beer.

Picking up the wine glass, he was just about to drink it all when he heard a familiar and unfamiliar voice come into his ears: "Hey, it's you?" Hahaha, this is the guidance of fate! "Most of them are rough guys, who like to get drunk and make trouble, and the facilities in the bar are quite basic. From the counter to the tables and chairs to the barware, there is nothing of value to prevent the adventurers from getting drunk and fighting and damaging their belongings.

Most of the liquor sold in the bar is low-quality spirits, which meet the tastes and financial resources of most adventurers. There are also fine wines to satisfy the pretend needs of a handful of wealthy adventurers.

Coming to the adventurer's paradise, as soon as Li Qinggang entered the door, he was startled by the noise inside:

Foul language, scolding, and quarreling in all kinds of dialects, wild laughter and strange screams of all kinds of men, screaming and laughing of all kinds of women...... The sound of whistles, clinking glasses, the clinking of bottles, and even the impact of fists to flesh......

The noisy sound constantly stimulated his eardrums, making Li Qing wonder, is this a bar or a colosseum?

"I thought this was the real civilized world. I didn't expect there to be such a barbaric place. Looking at the chaotic bar environment, Li Qing had a very familiar sense of immediacy. After thinking about it carefully, this sister really looks like the bar chaos in the pirate port in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Shaking his head, Li Qing stepped inside. As soon as he entered, a wine bottle flew from his right hand, grazed the tip of his nose, and smashed into the face of a large man on his left.

The big man was so drunk that he was smashed by the wine bottle, and he was immediately furious, and he couldn't help but grab the collar of a thin boy next to him, and punched the thin boy in the face, causing the thin boy to faint directly.

Then the big man drank again drunk.

Seeing this ridiculous scene, Li Qing shrugged his shoulders and continued to move forward.

In fact, in a ridiculous situation like the one Li Qing saw just now, the same thing was happening in the bar all the time. No one is going to pay attention to this little episode. From the moment he entered the door, Li Qing saw at least three brawls. And when he walked to the bar, a fourth brawl broke out.

In the corner not far from the bar, two big men shouted and scuffled together, and a large group of people gathered next to them. While they were drinking, they were heckling, whistling, and shouting loudly. Some accidentally bumped into the people around them, and friction occurred, so they also joined the ranks of the brawl.

Bar waiters in hot clothes nimbly shuttle through the crowd with drinks and food. They skillfully avoided the flying fists, kicks, and debris, and slapped away the hairy hands that were stealing their buttocks. But if someone stuffs a coin into their deep ****, they don't mind stopping and letting that person's hand linger on their ass or chest for a while.

"It's a passionate bar." Li Qing sighed with emotion and ordered a beer.

Picking up the wine glass, he was just about to drink it all when he heard a familiar and unfamiliar voice come into his ears: "Hey, it's you?" Hahaha, this is the guidance of fate! ”