Early the next morning, Mrs. Xia Lanwei came to visit.

"Good morning, Your Excellency. ”

Wren walked into the living room, Xia Lanwei got up and saluted, she wore a neat casual dress today, with a slight pink on her face, and she looked like a strong woman in a shopping mall, which reminded Wren of the elite white-collar women in her previous life.

"Madame Charanwei came so early. ”

Wren beckoned to sit down, and it was evident that she didn't seem to have rested all night.

Xia Lanwei was full of energy, without the slightest tiredness, and some couldn't wait to hand over a stack of thick papers, and said, "Your Excellency, this is my plan, please take a look." ”

"Good. ”

Wren took the proposal and began to look through it.

He was not familiar with business planning and had never done a similar project before, but Mrs. Xia Lanwei's plan was so detailed that even a layman could understand it.

The plan was nearly 100 pages long, each of which was handwritten and handwritten, and it was evident that it had been carefully prepared for many years and was by no means written in one night.

Wren spent half an hour browsing through it, and there was generally no problem.

The content of the plan is not much different from what Mrs. Xia Lanwei said yesterday, and the budget details of the initial investment are attached.

When he saw the amount, he suddenly felt a little distressed.

According to Xia Lanwei's idea, the entire Shibo Village was built into a small urban area, with hundreds of high-rise residential buildings, as well as supporting facilities and shops, which took five years and invested a total of 1 million gold dong.

The first start-up capital alone will cost 200,000 gold dong.

According to the distribution ratio negotiated yesterday, he immediately had to take out 98,000 gold shields and hand them over to Xia Lanwei to operate.

He counted his cash assets last night, and there were more than 200,000 gold guilders.

This will shrink by a third.

Seeing Wren's brows furrowed, Xia Lanwei couldn't help but be a little nervous, and asked, "Your Excellency, is there something wrong?"

"Nope. Wren shook his head and smiled: "Lady Xia Lanwei's business talent is really rare in the world, no wonder she can become the top rich man in Modu." ”

Xia Lanwei breathed a sigh of relief, heard the praise, and said modestly: "Your Excellency has won the award." ”

She said that she had won awards, but she was beautiful in her heart, and this kind of recognition and trust in business made her feel happier than being promoted to a legend when she entered adulthood.

Wren put down the plan, took out a large box of gold shields and golden tickets directly from the ring, counted out 98,000 and handed them to the steel dragon on the spot.

He gave money so happily, he was not afraid of the steel tornado running away at all.

If you can run, the monk can't run the temple, and the value of Xia Lanwei's assets in Modu is much higher than this money.

The light of the golden shield made Xia Lanwei a little excited.

"In a few days, I will hold a canonization ceremony for you and officially announce that you will become my knight. Wren said.

"Yes, sir. Xia Lanwei then changed her name to Wren.

According to the agreement, she is a cooperative relationship with Wren, and she is not a knight who is really loyal to Wren, but the process has to be repeated, and after the canonization ceremony, she can become the lord of Shibo Village in a clear and straightforward manner.

Wren laughed twice, let a steel dragon be a vassal knight, I wonder if there is a precedent?

Xia Lanwei put away the funds and said goodbye.

"Wait a minute. Wren suddenly said: "You have been operating in Modu for many years, and your contacts are wider than mine, I need you to help me purchase a batch of things, this is the list." ”

Xia Lanwei took the list and read it, her face was surprised.

The list is very numerous, including a complete set of mechanical equipment, machine tools of different functions, steam engines, furnaces, forging tools, and up to hundreds of tons of metal materials, steel, copper, aluminum, more than a dozen rare metals, Mithril Adamantite, and so on.

In addition, there are a large number of alchemical materials, which are of great variety and surprisingly large.

If you buy all the things on the list, you can open a mechanical workshop and an alchemy shop.

Xia Lanwei didn't ask Wren why he bought so many things, thought for a while, and replied: "My lord, these equipment and materials are not uncommon, I can take out most of them in my shop, and the rest can be delivered to the castle in two days." ”

"Then I'm bothering you. Wren nodded and said, "When the time comes, I will settle with you at the market price." ”

What he meant was that Xia Lanwei could act as a middleman to make a difference.

"My lord is the most generous lord I have ever met. Xia Lanwei praised from the bottom of her heart.

Wren smiled and sent her out of the castle.

Xia Lanwei's work efficiency was extremely high, and sure enough, it only took less than two days to buy all the things on Wren's list and send someone to the castle.

Wren had already cleared a large hall inside the castle and moved all the equipment and materials into it as his own personal mechanical alchemy room.

At the same time, he asked Osiria to arrange a protective circle for the mechanical alchemy room, and designated this area as a forbidden place, and no one could enter without his permission.

Outside the door of the mechanical alchemy room, there will be two extreme warriors standing guard at all times.

Since this day, Wren has spent the rest of his free time in the mechanical alchemy room, except for studying in the floating city at noon and the big picture gallery in the afternoon.

Occasionally, there was an explosion in the mechanical alchemy room, which aroused the curiosity of the mercenaries and servants in the castle.

Everyone is speculating about what the Lord is doing inside.

Even Emilys was intrigued, and Wren did not answer directly after several side knocks, and warned her not to enter without permission.

Half a month later.

Top floor of the Wezeland Tower.

Wren raised his hand to concentrate on casting spells, and a bright ball of electricity was generated on his finger, quickly expanding to the size of a skull, and then throwing it out, exploding in an instant, dozens of lightning bolts erupted, raging the entire space, but it was blocked by an invisible force field, without causing any damage.

"Not bad!"

Anxi Wodaus clapped his hands, with a satisfied expression, and said: "Your learning progress is faster than I expected, it only took less than twenty days to eat the electric explosion magic ball, and you have initially mastered the skills of casting spells quickly. ”

"It's a teacher who teaches well. Wren looked humble.

"Less of this. ”

Ancy Vodaus stroked his snow-white beard and glared at him, "No matter how well I teach, it can't compare to your own talent and comprehension, don't say nice things to me, I've been tired of hearing it for more than a thousand years." ”

Wren scratched his head helplessly.

After these days of getting along, he knew that his teacher was actually an easy-going person, informal and sincere, but he had his own bottom line and principles in his heart, and he was definitely a trustworthy leader, which made people admire.

There is no reservation in the teacher's teaching.

Wren's magical knowledge has improved by leaps and bounds, far more than just a spell with an electric explosion orb, and a huge rune knowledge system.

It used to take more than two seconds to cast the Electric Explosion Orb, but now it has sped up to one and a half seconds!

Of course, he was able to master the rapid casting of the electric explosion orb so quickly, not only because of the careful guidance of his teacher, but also because of the effect of the will of truth.

This legendary element is a great support for spellcasters.

It can help you master every thought in your mind, every soul power, you can do fine control, very few mistakes, just after enough practice, you can achieve the desired effect in the shortest time.

Moreover, this is only the initial rapid casting.

Wren predicts that as he becomes more and more proficient in the electric explosion orb, he will be able to compress the casting time to less than one second in less than half a year, and even be instantaneous in the future!

In the next step, he continued to study the Electric Explosion Orb, but switched to another technique, which was Extreme Spellcasting.

This technique brings out the greatest power of the spell.

The concept of spell casting of the Modu sect is to specialize in a small number of spells, starting with the first spell, and after learning all three techniques, then specialize in the second spell.

"Alright, let's get here today. Ansivodaus said, "Tomorrow I will teach you to cast spells with extreme effect." ”

"Yes, teacher. ”

Wren got up to say goodbye, remembered something, stopped and asked, "Teacher, hasn't there been any news from Speaker Colstead yet?"

"Not yet. ”

Ansiwodaus glanced at him, "I just contacted him yesterday, he has already explored the small half of the shield island area, and found no abnormalities, it may take another half a month to get results." ”

Wren nodded slightly, but did not speak.

But in his heart, he was thinking that if his guess was not wrong, Colstead might never find any clues, let alone half a month, even if he gave another half a year, it would be useless.

He's been spying on Falina a few times lately.

Farina's sea trading company and alchemy shop are both normal operations, and they should be the industry she founded outside the floating city, which is her money-making channel and serves as a cultivation resource for wizards.

She would only come to the office once every two or three days, and only stay for an hour or two before returning to the Floating City.

Wren squatted for a few days and found nothing.

Now the only suspicious clue he knew was Pirino Aiden, the Marquis of Atlanc, who had been staring at him and sent someone to ask twice, but the reply was unchanged.

In the past half a month, the wind and waves have been calm, as if the threat of the floating city is about to crash, no longer exists.

Bidding farewell to his teacher, Wren entered the Arbitrary Door to the Wizeland Library.

On the fifth floor of the Great Library, he found Osilia.

"Celia. ”

"Hmm. Osilia heard the voice, looked up at him, nodded slightly, and continued to immerse herself in the world of the book.

Every day after class, Wren would sit in the large library for a few hours, secretly copying books and expanding his library.

At the same time, I was able to meet Osilia as well.

This iridescent dragon is very homely, except for meditation and research spells every day, the rest of the time is soaked in the big library, reading books day and night, absorbing knowledge.

Because they have met a lot, the two have formed a tacit understanding and often sit together.

Occasionally, Wren would exchange a few words with her, but most of the time, the two of them did not say a word, read their own books, and sat quietly all afternoon.

Rennes enjoyed the tranquil atmosphere.

It reminded him of the days when he was a librarian in his previous life, when a book could pass the whole day, swimming in the ocean of knowledge, and he didn't feel empty at all, but felt fulfilling.

Traveled to Ehrenus, not only can he continue to read, but he is also accompanied by stunning beauties.

It's wonderful!

In the evening, Wren closed his book and got up, nodded goodbye to Osiria, activated the portal on the badge, and stepped inside.

The other end of the portal is in the castle's study.

As soon as Wren sat down, the door of the study was pushed open, and the wind elf Fabian hurriedly came in and said loudly, "My lord, something happened. ”

"What's the matter?" Wren looked at his face, realizing that it might not be small.

"In the afternoon, it was reported to the patrol that there was a large number of bones in one of the estates in the territory, most likely an altar of bones. Fabian said briefly, "Lady Emily has brought someone over to see it, and she hasn't come back yet." ”

"Bone Altar!"

Wren immediately couldn't sit still.

The Bone Altar was used to offer sacrifices to the Lord of the Necromancy, and the presence of the Altar meant that there were undead creatures moving around, which was an ominous sign to one's own territory.

"Tell me the location, I'm going to go in person. ”

Wren immediately set off and rode out of the castle on his dragon-scale horse.

A moment later, he and a few Ultramarines rushed to the manor as fast as he could, the manor was located by the sea, and it was already guarded by centaurs and mercenaries outside, so that people could not get close.

Seeing that it was Wren coming, he hurriedly saluted and shouted, "Lord Lord." ”

"Hmm. ”

Wren jumped off his horse and swept his gaze around the manor.

This manor is very luxurious, built in no more than ten years, it is relatively comparative, the layout is designed very atmospheric, and it is usually carefully maintained, it can be seen that the owner of the manor is worth a lot of money, and the whole manor can live in hundreds of people.

However, his voice of all things can only be heard in the manor with a few heartbeats.

Walk into the lobby of the main building of the manor.

Wren's face couldn't help but change slightly, the originally decorated palatial hall was now gloomy, and the scene was chilling.

In the middle of the hall, an altar more than two meters high was erected, all made of white bones.

Scattered around the altar were corpses, all the flesh of these corpses was gone, leaving only snow-white bones, and bursts of foul stench filled the air and lingered.

At a glance, there are at least 200 bones here!

There were several figures next to the altar, it was Emilys and her mercenary group leaders, carefully probing the hall for clues.

The ground was covered with bones, and there was almost nowhere to put his feet, and Wren could only walk through them.

There was a cracking sound of bones at every step.

"Your Excellency. Emilys exclaimed.

Wren looked at the altar and asked, "Did you find anything?" as he asked, he opened his soul eye to observe the altar.

A few wisps of pale soul flames, remaining on the altar, indicate that the sacrifice has long since ended.

Nothing else.

Emilys shook her head and said, "We arrived too late, there was not a single living person in the entire manor, no useful clues were found, nothing was found. ”

Wren was about to ask again, when a short figure spoke up:

"Captain, Lord Lord, this Bone Altar was built by a necromancer, and it shouldn't be very far away, it's still in the territory. ”