The carriage drove slowly down the road, and after the town of Batu, there was a plain area.

The imperial capital of the Austin Empire was originally built on an open plain, with a wide and deep moat outside the walls.

After the imperial capital, only Batu Town was more lively and prosperous, and then out of Batu Town, the villages along the way became more and more scarce, until the last village marked on the map was out, and the caravan entered a hilly area.

In this world, the population is obviously not large, even if it is the most solemn festival in the lively and prosperous imperial capital, you can't see the scene of another world crowded when you walk out of the street.

In addition, the Austin Empire covers a large enough area, basically there are some sparsely populated villages except for towns, and a little further is a deserted suburb.

The empire occupies too much space, and the distance between cities is too long to place enough garrison troops, so these "no man's land" outside the city has become a breeding ground for the power of bandit groups.

The breeding of criminal syndicates is also a problem for all countries on the mainland, even if the empire has repeatedly organized armies to exterminate it, but this "no man's land" in the wild is too vast to be completely eradicated.

The most important thing is that as long as this kind of three-way zone exists for a day, no matter how it is exterminated, new bandit groups will always spring up like mushrooms after a rain.

So this is one of the reasons why the mercenary profession flourished later.

Of course, it is said that there are many criminal groups in these "three regardless" areas outside the city, and they are not everywhere, after all, the empire covers such a large area, and even the imperial army cannot open the garrison, not to mention those thieves and robbers, there are many people walking on these roads every day, and there are also people who are lucky enough not to encounter criminal groups.

The Banderru caravan had been walking for most of the day, and it was getting late, but the road was still calm.

Although the sound of horses' hooves on the ground on the road is a bit noisy, coupled with the constant bumps on the horse's back, once you get used to this, it is easy to make people drowsy.

Outside the carriage, Bowen and the others, especially Wayne, who was born in a civilian family and whose father was a mercenary, quickly integrated into the mercenary collective, talking and laughing with the mercenary group and a few guard handymen brought by the caravan.

In the carriage, Elle was also like a friend who had known her for many years, pulling Tong Xi and chatting non-stop, and Xi'er on the side just politely said hello at the beginning, and then sat aside alone to meditate.

With such great achievements at such a young age, others will only sigh and envy their high talent, but they have not thought that even if they are talented, they can't do without their hard work.

Of course, in the carriage at this time, in addition to the sound of horses' hooves and wheels rolling outside, as well as the laughter of mercenaries from time to time, there was also a conversation between Elle and Tong Xi.

"Just now in Batu Town, I saw Xiaoxi, you bought a lot of materials! Are you going to research a new formulation? Ellie asked curiously.

"But I know a lot of the primary formula, and some of the ingredients you bought are not right!" Ellie added.

"Hmmm! I'm going to make a batch of potions, but I'm not making primary potions. Tong Xi still had that warm smile on her face, and let Ai Li hold her without struggling and walked away.

In fact, only the people who are most familiar with Tong Xi, such as Rare's father, know that although Tong Xi seems to be so easy-going to everyone and seems to be very easy to get along with, he generally does not have too much physical contact with people in an average relationship, although he has never seen her angry when he is hugged and hugged by a stranger, but he will still politely refuse, and then ask the other party to let go.

Even if he reluctantly sat in the arms of an unfamiliar person, Tong Xi would not be as relaxed as he was at this time.

Only familiar people, such as Daddy Riel, Wayne, Andrea, and Xi'er, Tong Xi will sit in their arms so quietly.

Just now, Tong Xi confirmed with Ai Li again.

"We really haven't seen it before? Really don't know? How do you feel so familiar...... It seems to be a very good, very good friend...... "Tong Xi herself was a little confused and couldn't figure it out, I don't know why she felt this way about Ellie, who she met on the first day, and felt that this person should have a very good relationship with her, just like Wayne Xi'er.

The strange thing is that no matter how Tong Xi recalls, he can't recall the memories about Ellie.

Tong Xi, who couldn't figure it out, simply attributed this strange feeling to his elf blood, the elves are a very magical race, and legend has it that the elves can sense the mood of any animal or plant, understand the other party's joy and anger, and can feel the kindness of the other party.

Maybe it's because this Ellie in front of her really likes herself as much as Wayne and them, right? That's why you feel the same mood? After all, Tong Xi knew that he had a high priest mother of the elf clan.

That's why at this time, Tong Xi regarded Ai Li, who he met on the first day, as a familiar person, and sat quietly in her arms, drinking the tea she handed to his lips, and chatting with her with or without a match.

"What I'm trying to refine is not a primary potion." Tong Xi said while drinking tea.

"Huh? Not a primary potion? Xiaoxi, you are so powerful?! It's going to be a mid-level pharmacist to study the mid-level potion impact so soon?! Elle said with a look of surprise on her face.

"Intermediate pharmacist?" Tong Xi smiled, as if he liked the other party's surprised expression very much.

Pulled out a badge directly from the red rope storage space in his hand.

"Huh?! This is...... Senior Pharmacist Certificate! If Elle was just so surprised that she had a long mouth, then her mouth could have been stuffed with several eggs at this time.

"It turns out that the real genius that the intermediate pharmacist examiner of the Austin Imperial Capital Pharmacist Guild said is you!" Elle said.

"Whenever I go to a city, I always visit some different pharmacists, and this time I passed the Austin Imperial Capital, I passed the junior pharmacist exam at 16 this year, even a young man in his twenties can pass the primary exam is already very powerful! Because potions require a huge amount of knowledge and constant experimentation, which takes time to accumulate! ”

"In the past, when people heard that I was already a junior pharmacist at such a young age, they would always praise me as a genius! But this time, when I came to the Austin Imperial Capital's Apothecary Guild, the mid-level pharmacist who received me had a calm face. ”

"Hehe, that's right, I'm already a junior pharmacist at such a young age, and I'm barely a real genius, if it's not for the real genius I've ever seen...... It really doesn't hurt if there's no comparison...... It feels like I've lived to be a dog for the rest of my life...... Hey......" Elle said in an exaggerated manner imitating the mid-level pharmacist.

"Saying it scares you to death! The oldest senior pharmacist registered with our Pharmacists Association is only 12 years old this year! Ellie's tone was exaggerated, trying to restore the tone of the mid-level pharmacist.

"It turns out that Xiaoxi, you are the legendary senior pharmacist!"

"Xiaoxi, you are so powerful, why don't you accept me as an apprentice and teach me!"

It's just that Tong Xi, who had been smiling and watching Elle play treasure, seemed to have discovered something, and was suddenly stunned, looking at Elle's face in front of him in a daze.

Because...... The words that Elle just said echoed in Tong Xi's mind again, and the lingering sense of familiarity became even stronger......

"Xiaoxi, you are so powerful, why don't you accept me as an apprentice and teach me!"