For some unknown reason, the dwarves who had been a little slack and infighting from time to time suddenly became very obedient and easy to use, and the progress of the work in the swamp immediately became smooth. www.biquge.info The natural affinity and longevity of the earth elemental affinity and long lifespan of the dwarves made almost every one of them a priest of the earth elemental realm of varying degrees of depth. Even if there are no priests to perform high-level magic, a large number of low-level magic and earth and stone skills still show engineering abilities that are not inferior to those of the Imperial Age. Muddy areas were drained and dried, streams and ponds were diverted, terrain was altered, and with the strength of hundreds of soldiers and sailors of the legations, it seemed that the opening of this long-awaited passage to the West Coast was just around the corner.

In the eyes of Lord Li, of course, all this is the work of the moral education of the Celestial Empire, which makes the four Yi guests bow down to heaven and earth, which is not the slightest strange, but in the eyes of the noble mages of the Mage Council, it is amazing and admirable. How to get along with the dwarves has always been one of the biggest headaches on the West Coast, and now these short-tempered barbarians, who have always been unpleasant to humans, have completely changed their sexuality at the hands of Westerners, as if the wild and untamable wild boar and bear have suddenly become hard-working old scalpers at the mercy of them, and even the most rigid problems involving the bottom limits of faith have been quietly bypassed. It's nothing short of miraculous. Many noble mages are talking about it, saying that these Westerners really have some secret methods that can control the barbarians, or what Achilles heel they have grasped these dwarves. There are also clear-minded and well-informed people who say that these dwarves were banished and driven out by the dwarven clans in the Great Mountain Range, and through the introduction of those Western families who have been smuggling with them, they are now committed to the Westerner envoys purely seeking refuge. Either way, this is a time for additional goodwill to the Westerners, and this path is indeed of great benefit to the West Coast. Many aristocratic families also contributed money and efforts, some provided materials and various conveniences for the construction of the envoys, some mobilized private soldiers to help clear the beasts and goblins and other barbarians in the swamp, and the family actually sent two engineering golems that were usually reluctant to use to help, and it was really a lively scene for a while.

Of course, Feng Yinqiu and the Sword of Benevolence and the others didn't care much about this, and they didn't even bother to take a look. However, the dwarven leader Jin Shi did not forget them, although it seemed that it was because of his busy official duties or something, he didn't even pester Liu Xuanying for advice or ask Feng Yinqiu to explain these days, but he sent the relic of the old knight who had promised before, the arcane armor. It was indeed a rare treasure for the few of them, and this arcane artifact from the age of empires immediately attracted everyone's attention.

“... I've seen the materials for this thing. Even in the Age of Empires, this was an unfinished arcane project... Although the specific application is not very high-end, it is an attempt to use the arcane and the essence of life more conveniently, so that people who could not otherwise cross the wall of law can also use the law arcane...... I didn't expect to see this thing with my own eyes. I heard that the user is a veteran of the Northern Legion, isn't it? It's a pity, I seem to be able to see the demeanor of this veteran of the Empire. Did he die at the hands of the dwarve......s in the end?

Looking at the tattered arcane armor in front of him, Mage Motley's eyes were also embarrassed, and he looked quite emotional. The Sword of Benevolence shook his head and didn't care: "Abandon the pride of being a soldier and a man, and a group of ghostly mages who designed to frame us, and finally die on the battlefield, it is also by our forgiveness and mercy to him." But the dwarves didn't sell it, which was a bit surprising to me. They should know that this thing is quite rare, even if it is difficult to make a move for a while, finding the line of the Zhang family can always exchange a lot of useful things, and now they actually use it as a gift, it seems that Brother Feng's slight words really shocked the dwarf barbarian. I regret that I didn't go to see Daochang Liu to teach that dwarf that day, what did you tell him?"

"I didn't seem to say anything to him. I just casually talked about how Daoist Liu knocked him down, and then talked to Master Motley about the concept of the Great Dao of Heaven and Man in the Central Plains Daomen, and he seemed to have comprehended something......" Feng Yinqiu shook his head.

"A short barbarian, what can you comprehend my Shenzhou Avenue. But this thing is really rare, I remember that the old man borrowed it at the time, but he used the arcane of the rank several times, and in the end, it seems that there was another time of rainbow arcane, Brother Wind, you Mi Luo Wan true talisman is possible to turn the arcane in it into your own use? ”

"This... Probably not, there's no complete arcane imprint in it. Feng Yinqiu picked up the Arcane Warframe and closed his eyes again to feel it, and shook his head slightly regretfully. In fact, he had already felt it when the dwarves first brought it, and it was not like those scrolls or arcane props that had a distinct aura, or a self-contained arcane circuit and legal energy reserves, but a dead air, and he didn't know if this equipment was originally like this, and it needed to be used by the person wearing it with special means, or it was smashed and damaged by those dwarves.

Speaking of which, the situation is really as the Sword of Benevolence said, and this is probably the best and greatest opportunity that he can expand the true charm of all things in the short term. These days, he has taught himself a lot of arcane arts, but most of them are only the first and second rings, and the chats above the third ring have limited improvement of the true talisman of all things. And once the arcane art of the law is printed, it can not only greatly improve the compatibility between the true talisman and the magic net, but also have a good chance to stimulate the innate spirit rune hidden in it to merge with it. He was also quite looking forward to this, not only the relationship of combat power, he always had a faint feeling that as the true talisman of all things gradually merged with the laws of heaven and earth, there should be some greater and more essential changes.

"What are you talking about?" Mage Motri next to him couldn't understand their Shenzhou dialect, but his eyes shimmered at Feng Yinqiu. "Is Mr. Wind going to try to parse this arcane armor with your Western spells?"

Feng Yinqiu shook his head: "I can't do it, this is different from those arcane props and scrolls that I have been exposed to before. ”

"In other words, you can only parse items and scrolls that have full arcane storage?" the female mage's eyes twinkled. "Can I ask you what the principle is? As for the detailed arcane equations, it is impossible for them to be explained by the perceptual cycle of the perceptual world. ”

Feng Yinqiu smiled and didn't answer. On the contrary, the sword of benevolence frowned impatiently and said, "Don't always want to ask everything clearly. Don't you know that distance produces beauty? Mystery is a trait that every mature man must maintain. If you know exactly what color his is, what kind of fart it tastes like, then what attraction does he have to you?"

"I'm talking about arcane, what the hell are you talking about?" the female mage was a little angry.

"I'm talking about arcane art, too. The Sword of Benevolence immediately glared in response. "What I mean is that you just need to know that we have arcane potential beyond your comprehension. The power to force knowledge that you can't afford is the root of the tragedy of many self-righteous poor creatures. ”

"I don't know where you got that argument coming from. The spirit of exploring the unknown is one of the most precious qualities of human beings, and it is also the core spirit of every arcane researcher......"

"Haha. Don't get into any precious spirits, arcane is just a tool. Just look at the virtues of the nobles of the Mage Council who have been learning arcane arts since childhood. The mages who secretly framed us in the past were even worse than the scumbags, and there was another group of people who claimed to be the True Arcane Revival who were putting mass-destruction arcane ...... in a city of 100,000 people."

“... It's not like that at all, okay. The female mage's face flushed at a rapid rate. "The Arcane Revival Society is a noble organization in the eyes of mages dedicated to the arcane arts, and if I could, I would be more than happy to join this guild that only true geniuses and archmages are qualified to join. They may occasionally act more extremely, but they should also have a more far-reaching and macro goal, just like excavating all kinds of arcane relics destroyed by war and clashing with the power of the temple, no one wants to see harm and bloodshed. As for the organizations that act in the name of the Renaissance, they have nothing to do with the arcane......"

Somehow, the two of them fell into a circular quarrel again, and just when Feng Yinqiu felt that he was starting to have a headache, the arrival of a Zhang family put an end to this dangerous tendency in time.

"What? Tell me to help clear the trolls' lair? Aren't those dwarves also very capable of fighting? Aren't there also noble guards to help clear out the surrounding wild monsters?" "I'm doing very important arcane research and philosophical research here, and this little thing is bothering me?"

"This... Mr. Invincible, this kind of thing still needs us to take action personally. "The Zhang family sent here is thirty or forty years old, and like the rest of the Zhang family, they are all down-to-earth, capable and shrewd, which makes people wonder if the bloodline of the Zhang family has this attribute. There methodically persuades the sword of benevolence. "That trolls monster is tall and strong, and even if there are more than a dozen ordinary soldiers, they are not opponents at all, and this trolls also have a sorcerer as the leader, even if the army is dispatched, it will be difficult to exterminate. At this time, let those dwarves deal with it, even if they can help to win, it will have some impact on the road construction project, and I don't know if it will make those barbarians have any superfluous thoughts in their hearts. This is the time to show our strength, and Mr. Invincible will naturally be able to easily win with a heavy lift, so that those European nobles and temples will know Mr.'s strength...... Also, Mr. has been studying arcane art intensively during this time, and I heard from the fourth uncle that the results are remarkable, aren't these trolls sent to Mr. to practice his hands?"

This last sentence is the most recent. The Sword of Benevolence nodded in approval. "But what I said earlier makes a lot of sense, well, let's go with you to the swamp and walk around again, and clean up those trolls. ”

After the Sword of Benevolence left, the red flush of anger and excitement on Master Motri's face slowly subsided, and he said indignantly, "Well, I have to admit that this guy is a madman who has been stimulated by the will of the gods. Just as some severely mentally handicapped patients occasionally show a parity in numbers and logic, his arcane learning abilities may simply be the effect of deranged cranial nerves hitting all mental abilities, and nothing else. ”

“... Is the kind of worry I mentioned before really non-existent to you, Ms. Motri, in your opinion?" Feng Yinqiu asked, still looking at the tattered armor in his hand, without raising his head.

For simply being good at this, in fact, this female mage is not too reckless. At first, Feng Yinqiu didn't want to tell her all her doubts about the Sword of Benevolence, but as the inquiry deepened, such as 'different personalities and behaviors before and after', and 'suddenly more skills and knowledge', this female mage, who seemed very naïve in some places, actually deduced what Feng Yinqiu was really worried about, showing the logical thinking ability of a genuine arcanist.

However, as for the possibility that the Sword of Benevolence could be manipulated by monsters in the lower realms, she said that it was purely unfounded.

"From the Arcanist's point of view, this possibility really doesn't exist. The female mage replied in the affirmative, with the confidence characteristic of an arcanist. "As much as I really hate this guy, I still don't slander him for being taken over by the filth of the lower realms. As for the lower realms, our arcanists do not know more than those clergy, but there are factions in the arcane that specialize in the study of creatures in the lower realms. ”

"Basically, the evil creatures in the lower realms are divided into two types: demons and demons, and although there is no really clear dividing line between the two, they are still very clear in general. To use our concept as an analogy, demons are just beasts with no strength, acting only on primitive desires to kill and devour, and demons are people with very high intelligence and self-control. Both of these are those who are likely to be guided by arcane art, or by the prayers of those cultists, to project their will into possession of people's hearts. And the reactions of the two are diametrically opposed, once occupied by the demon's consciousness, the ferocious nature and extremely aggressive desire cannot be suppressed, and leaving will be revealed. And any devil who has the ability to project a will and soul is far more intelligent and cunning than humans. Their plans are huge and far-reaching, and many times they are calculated in ten years and hundred years, and they will never expose themselves until the last moment. How can this guy be so swaggering, and claim to be a warrior of love and justice...... It's a laughing death. ”

"If that's the case, that's great. Feng Yinqiu nodded. No matter how crazy this old man is, it is better than being turned into a puppet by those exotic monsters. It's just that some strange doubts can't be explained by simple madness, so he can't completely let go of his heart. "Hmm...... Is that possible, a cover-up?"

"Why? Such an attention-grabbing cover-up, no matter how it works on a technical level, is it better to hide quietly?"

“... And it is. Feng Yinqiu thought for a moment and nodded. It seems that it is necessary to open the skylight and talk to him head-on. ”

At this time, the Sun Temple in Osstar City welcomed a somewhat mysterious guest.

Generally speaking, no one in the Temple of Sunlight dared to deliberately hide his face, which was suspected of being disrespectful to Amanda, who was shining all over the world, but this guest kept his appearance hidden with a hood until he was guided by the priest to the room of High Priest Sandell, and when facing the High Priest, he removed the disguise, revealing a handsome and elegant face with a pair of pointed ears, which was actually a rare elf in human society.

"Good day, High Priest Xander. Praise to Amanta. His splendor and mercy spread throughout the world. The elf bowed deeply to the high priest, and then pulled something out of his bosom. It was a green leaf, exuding infinite vitality and vitality, as if it had just been plucked from a budding tree in the early morning of a spring day. However, it is a little different from ordinary leaves, there seems to be a faint starlight flickering on the leaf surface, which is full of vitality and seems to be deep and far-reaching.

The high priest took the leaf and looked at it, nodded slightly, and then gave it back to the elf, saying, "It turned out to be the messenger of the Forest of Stars and Moon." It's been many years since I've heard of you walking in the human world, is there something important this time? Could it be related to the previous spiritual turmoil?"

"That's true. The elf's face was solemn. "I have brought an important warning from the High Priests of the Moon Forest. At the festival of the gods who were disturbed by the world's streams by arcane not long ago, an evil spirit took the opportunity to descend on this world and lurk. The unequivocal abomination emanating from the Source of Life is most likely the will of a high-ranking devil from the lower realms. ”

"What?" said High Priest Xander's complexion. As the highest-ranking cleric on the west coast of the Temple of Daylight, he certainly knew that this information was infallible. In the eyes of the Empire, the Moonlight and the Forest of Stars are just a barbarian base, but for every priest, it is a special existence, and in a way, the god of life and nature that the elves believe in is the source of all secondary gods, and it is a true god that can be ranked with the elemental ancient gods. And when they become the high-level priests closest to the gods, they can gradually feel that this great god also has a vague connection with all the other gods.

More importantly, as the most important god in this world, this god of nature and life is very sensitive to any invasion of this world by the lower realms, and is extremely disgusted. In the previous catastrophes caused by demons in the imperial era, the warning and help from the elves played an important role. In this regard, no one can take lightly the information provided by the elves.

"Are they sure, then, of whom this soul resides?" asked High Priest Sundell in a deep voice.

"Nope. The source of life didn't have time to pinpoint the evil spirit, but it was certain that it was in the person in that festival. We have sent messengers to all the major temples, and I am only one of them. As the closest place to the place of origin, do you have relevant news and clues? If so, I hope you can take measures in time. ”

After thinking for a moment, High Priest Sandel nodded thoughtfully, "I understand. I just happen to have some clues here......"

PS: Some time ago, I had a gout attack, and I had to take a child, which was unspeakably miserable. Painkillers until diarrhea and dizziness. Fortunately, it has come to an end. Start resuming the update ......