I'm wondering if I'm going to be depleted of my gold reserves without knowing it. I saw that the duck suddenly came to Nie Xiaoqian's face, and reached out to break the mouth of Nie Xiaoqian, who was stiff all over, with a rough method. Then he reached in and pulled out a handful.

Before I could stop the duck's 'evil deeds', for fear that she would hurt Nie Xiaoqian, I saw that the duck actually took out a golden 'wooden thorn' from Nie Xiaoqian's mouth...... Wait a minute, not a wooden thorn, but a very thin, golden 'toothpick'?

Wait a minute, how could Nie Xiaoqian have a toothpick in her mouth? Did she pass out while she was picking her teeth?

When I was wondering how I could take out a 'toothpick' and come out, I saw Nie Xiaoqian slowly waking up after being pulled out of her mouth by the duck. Then she looked left and right, smiled at me and said, "Sorry, the first time I used it, I made a mistake!" ”

After saying this headless sentence, she disappeared in place with a flicker~ This scene is familiar to me, it is what she looked like when she returned to the secret room of the warehouse to rest......

"Hah! Master, did you see it, that's why a lot of gold is consumed! You put it away, and when Nie Xiaoqian recovers, remember to give it back to her! He smiled and threw the 'toothpick' to me, and then said to me.

I quickly took it and took a look, only to realize that it was just a very ordinary-looking gold toothpick. I didn't find anything special after looking at it for a long time, and the only thing that was a little strange was that there was a small line engraved on the end of this toothpick. After carefully observing it for a long time, and even taking out a magnifying glass, I barely recognized that this was a 'knife'-shaped pattern~"Wait a minute, this is not a knife, this ~ isn't it the appearance of 'knife money'?" ”

After seeing what I found, the duck didn't say anything, just directly summoned a pile of rubble to roll up the people of the girlfriend group and bring them back to the warehouse with people and horses, and then explained to me: "You found it!" We~ This is being targeted! ”

"What do you mean?"

"That is to say, someone has taken a fancy to your treasure and wants to treat you as a fat sheep that is about to grow up, ready to feed you first and eat you in one bite!" The duck explained while speaking on guard.

Seeing her guarded look, it was the first time I noticed that the duck was a little nervous. When she had encountered the huge snake demon before, she didn't even show a nervous look. So, this 'fancy my baby' enemy is very powerful?

But I also followed the guard for a long time, and I didn't notice anything unusual around. After seeing that no one appeared, the duck also showed a strange expression.

But soon, the duck rolled his eyes and pointed to the small town behind him and said to me, "Hey! I can feel that there is still a lot of food there, why don't you~ go and grab it, and then we hurry back? The enemy didn't come now, but I don't know what they're going to do. It's just that this method of 'feeding the fat sheep first and eating them first' has always warned me in my remaining memories! ”

Listening to the duck say this, I remembered that she forgot a lot of things because she was separated into two people because she was combined with the mandarin duck. However, she told me early on that she was originally an ancient 'inheritance' self-defeating being. It's the desert demon city that has fused with my treasure box, which is her original body. Therefore, even she finds the problem tricky, I will definitely not be able to solve it!

So, since she said that I should collect the food first, and when it comes to the return trip, I should follow her advice......

It's just that there are so many small towns here, will it cause trouble for Datang when I return! After all, this is a foreign country! I don't know how His Majesty the Emperor will punish us after the news here is transmitted back to Datang......

It is precisely because of this consideration that I decided to go back quickly, and after collecting all the grain that can solve the food shortage in Luoyang City, maybe Your Majesty can spare it once in our 'merit'......

In addition, I listened to the duck explain the function of this 'toothpick', this thing is the treasure made by the 'great power' of a particularly hidden sect after transforming the inheritance during the period of Jixia Academy. The main function is to stab this on the 'machine spirit' of the inheritor of the inherited thing, and use the connection between the machine spirit and the inherited thing to extract energy from the inherited thing, and then spread it to a certain range. As long as you stay in this range, you will be illuminated by the glowing ring of this treasure, and then strengthen your own defense and strength. But the price of doing so is that the energy will be continuously extracted......

Listening to what the duck said, I obviously feel that this is the most common 'aura skill' in some games! Or the kind of buff that it is...... In this way, has Nie Xiaoqian changed from an ordinary 'warrior' profession to a 'paladin'?

I couldn't help but open my mind again......

Well, now I feel more and more like I'm a character in some kind of game. And it's the summoner's kind. In this way, Xiaoyu Nie Xiaoqian, as well as Mandarin and Duck, are all my pet summoning beasts?

If so, Xiaoyu is just a mount. It's still the kind of mount that can turn into a tiger or a horse, and can also transform into a strange divine beast called Lushu!

And Mandarin and Duck are twin mages. One is the ability to transform into yellow sand and summon hurricanes and tornadoes. The other can summon hurricanes and tornadoes at the same time, but the one that incarnates itself is black gravel......

And Nie Xiaoqian, who originally just relied on her own kung fu, was just a 'warrior'. Now that she has obtained this 'toothpick', she has suddenly learned an aura skill that can strengthen her teammates within a certain range, doesn't this mean that she has 'transferred' to become a paladin?

Feeling that my brain hole was a little bigger, I quickly pulled back the idea of letting go. No matter what they have become, the most important thing for me now is to hurry up and buy enough food and return to Datang! classic

Now I can feel that as soon as I leave the territory of Datang, all kinds of troubles will automatically come to my door. Now there is an unknown hidden sect, and it is still the kind that wants to treat me as a fat sheep, first take the initiative to feed me until it matures, and then eat it in one bite...... It gave me some chills. I know that when someone who has a 'heritage thing' wants to 'eat' something, they really open their mouths to 'eat'! I've already experienced 'eating' caves and meadows...... I was really scared at the thought of someone coming back and trying to 'eat' me like that.

"It's just, what is the purpose of this sect? Why do you want to 'feed' me first? I asked, a little puzzled.

"Oh! You ask this! I seem to be able to think of some. It's about refining the 'machine spirit'! Oh yes, if you are eaten, then you will become a being like me...... Hey? How do I know this? When the duck explained this, he was suddenly stunned......

"Become like you?" I looked down and pondered. Suddenly realized that she didn't appear out of thin air! Even if there is really any 'machine spirit' that can be formed naturally~ it will not be the same as human personality...... Could it be that she~ was originally a person? Not a naturally occurring machine spirit?

When I thought of this at the same time, we looked at each other and noticed that there was fear in each other's eyes...... If this is the case, then this hidden sect handed down from ancient times is also ~ too terrible!

Thinking of this, I didn't care about anything else, so I quickly took the duck and walked towards the small town.

Originally, I thought that I would buy enough grain from the locals at one time in exchange for the same price, but anyway, the price of rice in this small country is really too low and worthless. And I also learned one thing about how the people here sow rice. They ~ don't bother to cultivate at all. It's basically a matter of finding a suitable piece of land, and then scattering the rice seeds casually, and in a few months you will be able to grow vigorous crops...... Originally, the locals did not have to do the work of sowing rice such as 'seedling planting'......

Honestly, I'm starting to get jealous of the people here......

So, on the one hand, I was worried about the enemy's affairs, and on the other hand, I wanted to hurry back. So I directly came to this small town with a 'strong buy and sell' type of transaction: I went directly to the granary to let the duck take away the grain, and then according to the price negotiated with the first small city market, I left a small number of cheap porcelain tea and other goods I brought from Datang, and began to 'loot' the next warehouse~ I said it wrong, it was the next 'transaction'...... Anyway, I think the amount of porcelain tea I produce must be enough for the price of these grains. After all, the last time I traded with people in the market, I didn't even bargain.

It's just that after I finish 'trading' all the granaries in the city, will it bring trouble to this small city~ Then it's not in my consideration. Anyway, I can see that there is no shortage of food for the people here......

In this way, the duck and I went back and forth like running for our lives, and the small towns we met on the way also came to a 'forced buy and sell' by the way. We're finally 'looting'~ Ahh After trading four or five small cities, there was enough food for the people of Luoyang City to eat for more than a year......

In fact, I also found a lot of local fruits on the way, and they are also all over the mountains. It's just that considering that I don't have much of a way to keep it fresh, and the fruit that I put in the mall will be refreshed because I am not careful. So I only took a small amount of it, and I was going to take it back to Chang'an City as a 'souvenir' to distribute to the bigwigs everywhere.

It's just that in my mall, there are still some of these fruits. So I just picked some big fruits this time......

Looking at Xiaoyu's territory, the new grain mountain piled up has far exceeded the grain mountain formed by looting the whole city's grain from Luoyang City earlier. I'm just ready to go back...... It's just a pity that the mandarin duck hasn't woken up yet. So I can't fly a wooden kite to take off! The road conditions here are even worse, and there is no possibility of gliding for take-off at all.

I started to worry again.

On the one hand, unknown enemies are still in the shadows, and I don't know how they will do anything to me. But when I thought of it, the other party took the initiative to feed me the 'toothpicks' and 'knife money'. I wouldn't believe that they would watch me return unharmed......

On the other hand, there is the fact that I have robbed all the grain of several small towns in succession, although it has not yet been discovered, but sooner or later it will be revealed, and when the time comes, there will be more natives who will attack us.

So I had to find a way to hide until the mandarin ducks were back to normal, and then we could take off and return directly...... However, there is a hidden danger here. That is, the hidden enemy must know about what we will fly. So, I suspect that on the way back, maybe it will be dangerous in the air!

"Alas! I don't know if this 'Hidden Spirit Sect' that gave me the wooden kite has anything to do with the enemy I am encountering now...... "I think about the Hidden Spirit Sect again. Now that I think about it, they seem to have the same feeling as the hidden enemy now, who want to 'feed' me first. Otherwise, why would they take the initiative to give me the kite? This thing is the secret treasure of Lubanmen!

After arriving now, I suddenly found that the ability of the two of them is not the invincible kind in the world, at least this hidden enemy, there must be the other mandarin and the duck's backhand!

I want to hurry back now, and I suddenly found out that the two of them were not the top of the military force of this era, and the news of their own 'inheritance things' had already spread everywhere. Then in the future, there will definitely be people who control the mandarin ducks and ducks by force to find fault!

So I have to hurry back, return to Datang and build the academy as soon as possible. At the very least, I'll have to rely on the academy to muster enough helpers to make enough equipment and weapons to make a self-report...... I have another idea now, when the lady was closed, after those gunpowder were stored in my warehouse for a period of time, they could be magically more powerful. Although I later heard from the duck that this was strengthened by the influence of the energy emitted by the gold reserves. But it also gives me a new idea! Perhaps, for this reason, I can directly use the extremely simple and not so powerful black powder to "strengthen" it, and transform it into a real chemical TNT power in the future~ If this method works, maybe I will soon be able to make a weapon that is enough to protect myself......

If you continue to open your mind according to this idea~ then a monkey made of ordinary fireworks. Will it be transformed to be as powerful as a rocket......

"Hey, hey! This is no longer a brain-opening thing, it has simply become wishful thinking! I muttered silently in my heart.