"陛xià! 陛xià! There is news for the evidence of the overlord of the frozen sea. ”

Putting down the quill pen, Luo Zhengdao looked happy, got up and asked:

"Huh? Really? Is this news reliable? ”

After taking the parchment from his subordinates, which was said to be a treasure map, and after taking a closer look, Luo Zhengdao did not dare to draw conclusions lightly, and said to the attendants:

"Ask the mage advisors to come over."

After a long period of erosion and man-made damage and other negative factors, the ancient treasure map is often incomplete, and the interpretation needs to be guessed, which is not unusual, considering the current situation of rampant fakes, the coefficient of picking up a treasure map is genuine is indeed a little lower. Not to mention the fakes deliberately forged by the scammers, even if they are genuine, the treasure map that lacks a lot of detailed information, one out of ten can guide the treasure hunter to find the treasure, it is quite worthy of their sweat and hard work, but unfortunately most of the time it is not even this very slim proportion, it is pure luck.

The treasure map of the Evidence of the Overlord is basically regarded as an untouchable and dangerous option in the treasure hunter's business, and for no other reason, the risk taken is completely disproportionate to the final reward.

Seeing that those predecessors who have gone and never returned have fallen into the pit, if the latecomers can't even learn this lesson, then the head on their necks will grow in vain. There is a saying in the old world that the rivers and lakes are old, and the courage is small, and this is exactly the truth.

"Really, I'm sure it's the real thing, because this treasure map is made of dragon skin."

"Your Excellency, have you forgotten that it could also be the skin of a high-level wurm?"

"Nonsense, how could I be wrong? Do you think I'm blind? ”

"Alas, didn't you read it wrong last time?"

"Hey, don't make any noise, His Majesty the King is watching you! Be decent everyone! ”

At this time, looking at the mage advisors who were arguing below, all with red faces and thick necks, Luo Zhengdao was also a little uncertain. Although he can distinguish the authenticity of magical artifacts by using the magic card "Vientiane Dependence", the trouble is that the map is not a magical artifact, but only a piece of leather, and the identification can at most know what age the leather is, which is useless for identifying the authenticity of the treasure map.

The so-called parchment paper in the New World is not all made of parchment, but all kinds of leathers, and the top material is the skin of the dragon, which is not something that can be obtained casually. Although they were accidentally pitted by Aragami when they tried to dominate the world, many dragons have degenerated into beasts under the effect of the curse, and the dragon magic and breath and dragon power inherited from their talents will not be lethal because of the reduction of the dragon's IQ after all, even if the wisdom of the beast is not to be worried, but the survival instinct of the beast cannot be underestimated. Those who dare to run away to slay dragons, if they are not supported by a fully equipped regular army, they will almost have to have legendary-level professionals to suppress the formation, and in addition, those idiots who do not measure themselves have all turned into dragon dung.

"Don't talk nonsense, the dragon skin is real, and the treasure map must be real?"

"Well, there's always a half-chance!"

"Hehehehe, it seems that your confidence is also insufficient!"

As soon as the mage advisors began to study the academic issues, they got carried away, completely ignoring Luo Zhengdao's face on the side, and they got together and debated fiercely.

Slaying a dragon is obviously not a trivial matter, and the price of dragon skin is of course not cheaper, and the larger the size of the peel, the more complete the dragon skin is more valuable, which is a basic law. Generally speaking, the price of a leather with a size of more than ten square inches can be sold for thousands of gold coins at the lowest, and this treasure map that fell into Luo Zhengdao's hand used more than thirty square inches of dragon skin, which is almost enough to make a set of half-body leather armor. The use of parchment as a raw material destroys the natural magic patterns on the dragon skin, and it is difficult for a scammer to be willing to give up this kind of bloody fraud, unless it is the kind of money that burns his hands.

The final conclusion of this debate was that the credibility of the treasure map was slightly more than fifty percent, and it was indeed worth trying, but there was no guarantee of success, so Luo Zhengdao made up his mind and began to prepare for the journey to the Frozen Sea.

In the Seven Seas, the natural environment of the Frozen Sea is similar to that of the north and south of the Old World, and not only is the climate extremely cold all year round, but it is also common to see floating icebergs on the surface of the sea with the irregular movement of the Aether undercurrent and the wind of Mana, a natural phenomenon that poses a potential threat to passing ships.

The tip of the iceberg is also true in the New World, where if they collide with a huge mountain of ice during the voyage, the rough-skinned ironclad ships will be able to escape with their whole body, and the low-durability wooden battleships will be even more unlucky, and the risk of expedition voyages is even higher than that of the Seven Seas.

At the moment, Luo Zhengdao is more worried about how much time it will take to find the exact location, the route of the frozen sea is not fixed, and those icebergs will drift with the seasonal wind direction and ocean currents. Judging from the clues suggested by the treasure map, it should be on top of an iceberg, looking for a specific iceberg in the frozen sea, which is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

Of course, the good news is that the reason why this treasure map uses such a high-end material as dragon skin is not to show up the scene, but because the dragon skin itself has good magical affinity attributes. This unknown chartmaker has cleverly exploited this property to give the treasure map some other unconventional features, although it is not a magical curiosity, at least it cannot be considered a pure map. It is conceivable that if it weren't for the use of the dragonskin's characteristics, the mappers would not have been able to go to great lengths, and there must have been something that ordinary parchment could not do, but Luo Zhengdao could not tell what it was.

If it weren't for the fact that such a deliberate treasure map was not a trick that the grass platform team could play, Luo Zhengdao, who had always been suspicious, would not have believed that this treasure map was genuine. Anyone who can come up with the idea of using dragon skin enchantment to forge a fake is either a genius or a madman, and the cost of this deception is extremely high. The so-called special function of the treasure map can be boldly speculated, for example, when the iceberg containing the evidence of the overlord appears nearby, the treasure map will sense the location of the iceberg and display it. Assuming that there is no such requirement, Luo Zhengdao can't guess why he wants to use such an expensive dragon skin to make a map, even so, treasure hunting is a small probability event, God knows where the iceberg is drifting, and the detection distance of the treasure map is even more inaccurate, you can't expect to be far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, it will prompt you where the target will appear, and you have to get closer to a certain distance to have hope!

Fortunately, after many years of running-in, the state machine of the Kingdom of Light is barely on track, as the head of state, Luo Zhengdao does not need to stare at it 7X24 hours a day, and it is not a big problem to leave his post in a short time.

Despite this, irresponsibly leaving his family and business to go out to hunt for treasures, it is likely that he will not be able to come back for a year and a half, if something happens in the middle, then no one can say for sure what will happen later, Luo Zhengdao still has to be careful and careful.

"Regardless of whether this trip can find the target or not, I will definitely return in four months at most, so you can rest assured!"

Before leaving, his subordinates came to question Luo Zhengdao, he could only swear and say nonsense that he didn't even believe, and tried his best to coax and deceive him to kill a bloody road from the subordinates who persuaded him to give up traveling, this time he was really not easy!

Geographically, Qiongzhou, which belongs to the coastal waters of the main continent, set sail through the entire sea of stars, then through the sea of floating light, and finally arrived at the frozen sea. The distance of this voyage is long, even with the perverted speed of the Yangwei, it will take about a month and a half to run a one-way trip, and return according to the agreed four months, leaving only a poor month for Luo Zhengdao to hunt for treasure, what is this time enough for? There is no doubt that from the very beginning, Luo Zhengdao made up his mind to break the contract.

The road ahead is long and unpredictable, only Luo Zhengdao, who is full of self-confidence, doesn't think it's a waste of time, and others won't be bored to discuss this issue with him, anyway, he spends it out of his own pocket, even if it is a trip for nothing, everyone might as well accompany the prince to study.

Of course, there are people who understand, and a minister who grabbed Luo Zhengdao's robe sleeve on the dock and refused to let go pleaded and said:

"Then how are we going to explain your whereabouts, Your Majesty?"

"Well, patrol the new territory! Hahahaha, that's a good reason! ”

Hearing such irresponsible perfunctory remarks, his subordinates all smiled wryly and shook their heads, who doesn't know that this is an excuse to find by force, and you don't take the spy ambushed by the enemy too seriously!

"Your Majesty, there are strict rules for inspecting the territory, and you can't change it at will......"

The minister who tried to persuade was so frightened by Luo Zhengdao's vicious glance that he swallowed back the second half of his words, and finally Luo Zhengdao, who was impatient and grinding his teeth, said loudly:

"I said yes, do you want to object?"

"No, Your Majesty! You're sucking at that......"

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao touched his nose and pondered for a moment, and said:

"Well, well! Then I went to the Yaling Empire for a vacation and talked about some business by the way, this reason is enough? ”

“…… Okay, let's say so in a unified voice. ”

Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway, this kind of thing makes the bureaucrats whose cheeks can compete with the armor plate of an ironclad ship, there is no pressure at all! On the contrary, Luo Zhengdao's retainers have always felt that they are very mentally burdened, and this king is too unreassuring, should he be reminded. They began to privately assemble in the team to see off the dock, to see when it would be more appropriate to give advice to the head of the house, so as to persuade him to change this overly straightforward style of acting, you are not a thief and a grass coward, do things a little more decently! There are a lot of things in this world that don't matter if you do it, everyone knows that they won't say anything, and it would be too ugly to say it in a big way.