The biggest and best inn in Ashendale is always for caravans from Oroyosta. As a semi-abandoned military base, there are many vacant buildings, but it is not so easy to find a suitable place to live, or to live more comfortably.

The rider commanded the camel beast to pull the cart into the wide courtyard, and the knights dismounted, and at once the handymen who had been prepared came with buckets and brushes, and a cart of fodder. The knights bustled with unarmouring and weapons, or went to the front hall to eat the food they had prepared earlier, or went directly to wash and sleep and rest, and the wind and dust along the way were also enough to choke.

"Is this the best hotel here? I doubt they have a bath? I want to take a good bath now, do they have a special massage and bathing servant? Do they have a maid?"

Stepping out of the carriage, Anthony, the most richly dressed of the three teenagers, immediately began to shout. Although this huge carriage is far more comfortable than an ordinary horse-drawn carriage, almost a small moving cottage, it is also a bit bumpy and boring after all, and of course I want to relax when I arrive at my destination. But looking at the cold and tall stone buildings around them, without decoration and servants' houses, it was really too far from the concept of relaxation they expected.

"This is the military stronghold of the Northern Legion, and of course there won't be those things. Master Dundell also walked down with a smile. He is the tutor of the Royal Academy of Magic, and this trip when he was in charge of the family caravan by the way, he took three students to the field trip and practice, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. Although as a true nobleman of the imperial capital, he is a real expert in luxury, but as a mage with a broad vision, he is not unbearable at all, and this is not the first time he has come to this northwest military town.

"Rest for the night, tomorrow the caravan accountant will go to the dwarves and other local merchants to negotiate the price, plus the delivery of the goods, it will be about a delay of three or four days. You can take a good look around here to see what the military architecture of the imperial era was really like. If there are any military golems left, try to ask the Resident Commander to see them. Compared to the ones preserved in the academy, the military golems on the real front line are very rough and practical, and there are many things to learn. ”

"Yes. The three teenagers looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

"I personally have a suggestion. Feng Yinqiu, who walked out of the carriage but did not step on the ground, suddenly said. "It's better for everyone not to run around for the time being, I heard that the dwarves here are a little restless. Especially those who are quite hostile to mages and have attacked the Guardian Hand some time ago. ”

"Ah, that's true. These savages are quite dangerous by nature. Master Dundell nodded. "Angelo, you're a local, you should know their temper well, right? So you're the temporary leader of the three of you, you must remember to be safe, you can't act separately and casually, and it's best to stay away from those dwarves. ”

"Yes. The young mage apprentice with a big pie face blushed and replied forcefully.

Wind shrugged. It was obvious that there was a great danger lurking in this gray valley town, and it was not small that the three teenagers were running around and encountering danger, but he could only warn him of this. Fortunately, this Mage Dundell is also a real high-level mage, even if he doesn't seem to have much experience in the rivers and lakes, the five or six ring arcane arts that can be cast are really not fake, and they are already extremely deterrent high-end combat power in this place on the West Coast. There are also many people in the caravan escort who are good and experienced, and it is not a problem to protect themselves.

Clapping his hands, the Dottala boar, who had just finished eating a small half cart of food, came over wagging his tail, and jumped from the car to the pig's back and sat down firmly without touching the ground, and then pointed his finger at the back of the boar's head, and a two-ring arcane 'enlightenment' was released. This is one of the spells he learned from Mage Dundell, which can strengthen the brain activity of creatures, and is a great help to improve concentration and intelligence, which is one of the arcane arts that mages always have for themselves. However, it is also effective on other animals whose intelligence is far inferior to that of humans. Feng Yinqiu also tried it, and after using it for this wild boar continuously, he was able to vaguely understand many of his commands, which made it much easier to manipulate.

"Master Winder, if you need it, you can send a horse from the caravan to help you get around. Master Dundell suggested with a smile. Regardless of appearance, the smell of this wild boar, who had never known what bathing was, had kept him secretly maintaining a ring of arcane magic that purified the air.

"No need. Feng Yinqiu shook his head and kicked the boar, and the boar snorted and walked out. "Thank you very much for the wine, I still have some things to do in this town of Ashdale, so I'm leaving. By the way, I've heard that this place is not very peaceful, so you better be careful. ”

"What a weirdo this uncle of yours is. Are all the mages on the West Coast like this?What do the other mages in your family like to ride?Bison or goats like those dwarves?" Looking at the back of a man and a pig in the distance, the young man in fine clothes named Anthony turned his head and asked the big-faced young man next to him.

"Of course not. "The big-faced boy's face was as if it had been fried.

"No matter how ridiculous or funny it may seem, never let that make a mage look down. This is what one of my teachers told me. Master Dundell glanced thoughtfully at Feng Yinqiu's back. "I've always felt that this Vender is hinting at us something, and it's very strange that he's here alone... Well, maybe we really should be a little careful. After all, this was once the front line of the Empire...... Don't wander around just yet. ”

"Yes. The three young mage apprentices looked at each other, and they could only agree. The young man in Chinese costume suddenly asked, "Teacher Dundell, is it because he also has some strange habits?"

Master Dundell glanced at the student with a strange expression, thought for a moment and nodded, "He just likes to collect socks for every woman he knows, and I heard that in the Imperial Age, it was an elegant hobby. ”

Not hearing the discussion of the mages behind him, and not in the mood to care about this, Feng Yinqiu rode a wild boar on the wide streets unique to Gray Valley Town, seemingly casually looking left and right.

At first glance, it seemed to be the same as when he and Gawain had been here a few days earlier, with the noise of dwarves still coming from the tavern, prostitutes with heavy makeup still standing on the empty streets one by one, beckoning customers, and occasionally drunken caravan guards and mercenaries could be seen walking up to ask for prices. It's messy and depressed, and there is a lot of excitement in it.

The only thing that is different is that there are a lot fewer soldiers of the Northern Legion that can be seen everywhere, and those patrols that maintain law and order, especially the soldiers who swagger and monitor people, are gone, only a few passing by are also in a hurry, at most they just look at Feng Yinqiu who is riding a wild boar, and they don't come to interrogate anything, but there are many mercenaries and dwarves who look at him and laugh at this strange pig-riding mage.

Wind Whisper tugged at the mane of the boar's ears and pulled it to the side, and the arcane-inspired beast walked towards a group of caravan guards on the side of the road. The caravan guards who were laughing immediately turned slightly and dodged to the side, the Dotara boar is a standard dangerous animal, a huge beast that treats people as a snack and delicacy, if Feng Yinqiu is really hostile, this wild boar alone can easily trample them to death.

"Wait, good warriors, I have something to ask you. With a flick of Feng Yinqiu's fingers, ten gold coins flew flat in a straight line. The Tang family's secret weapon technique he learned can only be regarded as just touching the edge of the entry, but it is very interesting to use in this kind of place.

Several caravan guards were stunned for a moment, and they couldn't help but reach out and take it, and each of them dropped one or two in their hands. Immediately, the expression on his face was greatly softened, and no matter where or when, gold is a good thing to ease emotions and express kindness. One or two Aojin can cover a tenth of their remuneration for this journey.

"Your Excellency Mage, may I ask you what you want to ask?" Of course, the caravan guards had to have eyesight, and they could see that the one riding the wild boar must be a mage, and one of the leaders came up and bowed and asked.

"How long have you been here?" asked Feng Yinqiu.

"It's the tenth day. The leader of the guard replied.

"Why did your caravan stay here for so long?"

"Looks like it's because we're waiting for the dwarves to raise money. Our leader is also very annoying, and it's not a way to stay here all the time, but it's not okay if you don't get paid. But we're good, the longest ones have been here for about a month, and the leaders have been waiting for news at the commander's headquarters all day. I heard that the dwarves in the Great Mountain Range are fighting among themselves, and all the gems and precious metals cannot be transported for the time being. However, the commander assured us that it would be resolved in three or five days at most. ”

"So you've been staying here all along, do you know anything special going on in the town of Greyvale lately?"

"Dwarves from different clans often fight, and sometimes with caravans. The most serious was a brawl a few days ago, the people of the Northern Legion isolated the town, and even the buildings were shattered, and I heard that there were dozens of dwarven corpses that moved out later. Several caravan leaders were uneasy, but they couldn't get the money and goods, and they couldn't just leave..."

The wind is silent. The sniping that befell him and Gawain was covered up, and the rest of the town didn't seem to notice anything. The motives of those dwarves, and the cover of the Northern Legion, all showed that a huge vortex was lurking underneath, and as for what it was, he couldn't see through it for the time being. After thinking about it, he continued, "Have you ever seen Westerners in this town, or have you heard anything about Westerners?"

"Westerners?" several caravan guards looked at each other and shook their heads together. "I've never heard of Westerners coming here. Selling wine to the dwarves is a lucrative business, and the annual share is not enough, how can the Northern Legion and those noble families give it to the Westerners?"

"Ah, yes. One of the guards clapped his hands. "I heard that someone had encountered a ghost the day before, and it was the ghost of a Western woman. ”

"Ghost?" Feng Yinqiu was slightly surprised. Ghosts and elves or something, there are still on this continent, and the itinerary mechanism that Gao Wen said is similar to that of the land of Shenzhou, and the obsession spirit of the dying person is strong enough to be condensed to a certain extent, and then it is made by gathering external forces, and there seems to be a sect dedicated to the study of this kind of thing. However, in the eyes of the temple church, this kind of thing is also the product of evil and blasphemy, and it must be purified and destroyed at first sight, so it is not common.

"You mean that?" Immediately there were people who had nothing to do in the town, and whenever there was any gossip, it naturally spread quickly. "I have a friend who said that there were soldiers of the Northern Legion who were killed by this ghost. I don't know what kind of ghost it is, but it actually poured a large amount of well water into the body of a guy, and when the guy died, he was three times fatter than before, like bread that had been swollen all day in thick soup. ”

"But how did I hear that the ghost had steamed a man thoroughly? My friend had seen it with his own eyes, and he said that it took the soldier less than ten seconds to transform from a living man into a fragrant lump of meat. Vomit, what a disgusting metaphor, especially after just having a full meatloaf......"

"It's a weird ghost. Logically speaking, ghosts in general create hallucinations, right? Maybe the souls of Westerners are a little different from ours?"

"It is also possible that the Westerners who were killed by the northern legionnaires turned into ghosts? I heard that the Westerners suffered a lot from them, and it seems that the legionnaires once attacked two small villages inhabited by Westerners by pretending to be bandits, and also coaxed Westerners to come here to trade, and then swallowed all the goods and then killed the people cleanly......

Feng Yinqiu waved his hand, and the ten Arcane gold coins drew a neat straight line in mid-air, falling from his left hand to his right hand, and the eyes of several guards followed all the way from left to right: "I'm very interested in this strange Western ghost. I wonder if you can take me to this ghost-haunted location, or to see the poor victims?"

It didn't take long for Feng Yinqiu to be led by a few caravan guards to a slightly remote ditch on the edge of a small town.

"Here it is. It was in this place at the time, and when we heard about the accident, we rushed over and saw that the soldiers of the Northern Legion had surrounded the place and were searching around, as if there were also battle mages. The escort at the head looked left and right, with a puzzled expression. “... But why didn't you see those guys today? Even the patrolling ones seem to be gone, but that's fine, the province will be verbose with them, and if you're unlucky, you'll be extorted a gold coin or two......"

"There's no one in the town, but there seem to be more troops stationed outside. Several guys from Adler's family tried to go out in the morning, but they were all stopped back. ”

"Is this really it?" Feng Yinqiu closed his eyes and felt it carefully, but his expression was slightly strange. "But I didn't feel any ghosts...... Or the breath of the undead. ”

"It's really here, I promise in the name of Amanta that I'm not lying!" The caravan escort led by him was a little anxious, and swore in the name of the gods. The lower classes of people basically believe in a certain god, and it is even more necessary for them to wander around and pray for the protection of the gods, of course, they may not be very pious, but they will never dare to swear casually.

The other guards looked at Feng Yinqiu with strange looks, and two of them took a few steps back. Generally speaking, only the clergy of certain gods have the ability to perceive undead monsters, and in addition to those who delve into the undead faction, the Arcanists. These guys aren't good people, and many of them are more dangerous than undead monsters, and even among the mage community, they are extremely unpopular. And this strange-skinned mage with a bald head and a stiff face riding a large wild boar controlled by arcane arts, if you add the footnotes of the undead faction, is very much like the kind of guy who will use living people to dissect and study and make all kinds of ghost zombies by the way.

Under the gaze of several eyes with different expressions and increasingly wary and fearful eyes, Feng Yinqiu groaned for a moment and waved his hand to them: "Okay, I believe this is it. Then you can leave. ”

As soon as the words fell, several caravan guards turned around and ran, disappearing into the street in a few breaths.

Feng Yinqiu sat quietly on the back of the wild boar, waited until the guards ran away completely, closed his eyes and felt for a moment, and made sure that there was really no one around, and then drove the wild boar to the edge of the ditch. It appears to be a ditch that carries water for washing in the distance, and although it is in disrepair and there are many peeling rocks in it, the spring water that flows down from the mountain still forms a gentle stream inside. The boar shook his nose and sniffed, then went down and drank it.

The ghost of the Western woman he heard about was the only one he had found out so far that might be related to the cultists. If Gawain heard from him that this cult worships the god of revenge, then it is indeed possible to make some ghost zombies. That's why Feng Yinqiu asked those people to bring him around here, wanting to find some clues from the remaining yin qi resentment. In essence, the evil spirits and ghosts exude an ominous aura derived from distorted spiritual beliefs, which should not be different because they are slightly different from the laws of heaven and earth in the Shenzhou Continent. Just as the flesh of this continent will stink and rot, it is a natural reaction to the evolution of life itself, but the ghosts are only manifested in the spiritual aspect.

However, he didn't notice any residual smell of ghosts and ghosts here, and instead found some unexpectedly interesting signs.

Feng Yinqiu raised his hand and pressed it towards the surface of the water, which was slightly concave downward, and immediately tumbled and splashed again as if it was boiling. The Dotara boar, who was drinking water, was startled, and snorted and took a few steps back, his small eyes glaring fiercely at the strange churning water.

Soon the water calmed down again, as if nothing had happened. Feng Yinqiu waited for a while, and then pressed his palm to the surface of the water again, and then the water surface rolled violently as if it was boiling, and this time the change was even more intense, and more than ten meters of waterways were tumbling and spraying in unison, as if several fountains suddenly rushed out of the ground. But after a few breaths, the boiling anomaly calmed down again.

This is not arcane, but Shenzhou Dao. Feng Yinqiu used the universal true talisman to quietly print so many arcane laws during this time, not just purely for fighting against the enemy, he was also constantly trying to learn from it, slowly pondering the similarities and differences between the Shenzhou Dao method and the European arcane art, and the difference between the laws of the two heaven and earth. Now it can only be said that there is a slight gain, and when applied to reality, it will not be swallowed by the Dao Law, but because the laws of heaven and earth are different, the effect is also distorted and reduced. For example, Feng Yinqiu is now using a one-trick water path method, but if any Five Elements Sect Taoist priest in the Shenzhou Continent sees such a water path method, he will immediately laugh off his big teeth.

Fortunately, Feng Yinqiu is not using this Dao method to fight the enemy or really do anything, he is just using it. The last time, he repeated it again after the afterglow of the Dao method had completely dissipated.

After the fifth somewhat inexplicable waterway method, the water surface that had just calmed down suddenly rose and condensed into a humanoid body of water. And the shape is concave and convex, and it is obviously a woman.

"Mu Daoyou, sure enough, you came. A smile tugged at Feng Yinqiu's stiff face.