Half of the limestone fort is located in the middle of the mountain, and that part is the internal industry of the "behind the scenes", which is limited to the outside world, and strangers like Liu An and his party who have just appeared here are not eligible to enjoy the services and facilities there.

However, Buick has, as a veteran thief, he has made a lot of profits for the underground stolen goods industry that is "behind the scenes", so he has VIP treatment.

For some reason, Liu An did not choose to stay in a local high-end hotel, but bought the shop of a bankrupt merchant as a residence.

Of course, Buick came forward to do these things, and the excuse to the outside world is also the old-fashioned story of falling leaves returning to the roots, Buick is tired of wandering outside, and wants to live a dull and stable life, Liu An and his party are the helpers he recruited.

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Liu An and Yan Yan walked on the road paved with black stone slabs in simple coarse linen costumes, followed by their own big-headed tiger mounts with shiny eyes.

"It's been a long time since I've been shopping with you."

Yan Yan took Liu An's hand and said in Chinese.

The streets are bustling with people and loud noises, and for now, unless there is a time-traveler from the Earth Celestial Empire, there is no need to worry about eavesdropping on the content of the conversation - you don't understand it.

"There is no commercial area in this world, at least there is no place in Sbai, how about it, are you interested in being a proprietress for a while?"

The two of them wandered through ordinary neighborhoods, where many adventurers practiced their stalls on both sides of the road, selling all kinds of goods, from a single grass to bizarre items.

"From the point of view of gathering information, I think it's a restaurant or something, but I'm a top student in business and electronics."

"Not necessarily......" Liu An saw a few fruits on the roadside stall that he had never seen, picked them up and sniffed the taste, and negotiated with the stall owner in fluent local for a while. Bought three blue-green fruits with the shape of a pineapple, but with very smooth skin, and continued:

"The shops that are more suitable for us are also medical halls and alchemy shops, which are relatively scarce industries in Limestone Castle, and they should also be able to quickly brush up on their presence and achieve the purpose of exchanging information with "The Man Behind the Scenes"."

During his bargaining with the stall owner. Yan Yan kept looking at him with a smile, acting like an older sister who doted on her younger brother.

Both of them have black hair and black eyes, soft facial features, and they do look like a pair of sisters and brothers to outsiders.

Placing the fruit in a basket attached to their mounts, the two returned to the road, talking and patrolling the goods of interest on both sides of the road.

"Actually, I think there is a faster way to directly carry out trade cooperation with "The Man Behind the Scenes", and the goods of those industries in Baishi should also be in demand here. It looks more developed here, as a stronghold of thieves does, and the pursuit of the details of life in other places should be stronger."

"Well, I'm afraid this won't work...... Liu An shook his head, "It's too dangerous, of course, this danger is not against us, but the entire Kingdom of Worship." Even the entire Savage Continent, you just said it. The level here is higher, once it is found that the low-level continent has the value of invasion, then we will face all kinds of power, which is contrary to our purpose, and half of the secret realm passages between the continents are in the hands of giant organizations or classical noble families, which is not an easy existence to deal with."

Yan Yan tilted her head and thought about it. suddenly laughed, shook Liu An's hand back and forth, and said:

"You're so bad, you've thought of this a long time ago, that's why you started Ada, right?"

"Hey, hey. When it comes to intrigue and intrigues, Nana is an intelligence and organization personnel, Qin Yue is a small-scale operation and planning personnel, both of them are military personnel, and they are not good at politics, and I just have a relatively good overall view."

"Aren't you afraid that the tail will not fall off when the time comes, and it will be difficult to control?"

Yan Yan said with a smile.

"Well-don't be afraid, all the intrigues and tricks are just floating clouds under my brother's stick, you know"

Liu An wiped the hair on his head, waved his hand, and said in the demeanor of Uncle Benshan.

"Phew"

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When they returned to their quarters in the interior of the mountain, their mounts were piled with various fruits, vegetables, and piles of grains and beans, which crushed the two big-headed tigers and showed their excellent weight-bearing capacity.

The left-behind personnel also cleaned enough rooms for rest, but in fact, only Lorika's mother and daughter, who had awakened the attribute of "housewife", were working.

The kitchen is one of the priority places to be sorted out, and all utensils and firewood are ready.

Because the defense system inside the entire limestone fort is not yet understood, it is necessary to live here in the ordinary way and keep a low profile for a while.

When Buick finished his work and entered the kitchen, what he saw was Liu An and Yan Yan's cooking skills as if they were juggling, dazzling peeling, shredding, chopping pieces, the sound of cooking in the iron pot and the sound of clay pot (casserole) forming a wonderful movement, and at the same time, under the stimulation of the aroma of food that he had never smelled in the air, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"My lord, the matter has been done, these are all the relevant documents"

While looking at it, Buick felt that if this kind of knife skill was used in a fight, even if he was confident in dodge and speed, he would die ugly, just like those potatoes that were peeled in an instant.

Sure enough, this guy is dangerous, and so is this woman......

Liu An put down the knife, wiped his hands, took the stack of parchment he handed over with both hands, and looked at it.

"I'll go, a thief's guild is so formal, it even has a title deed and a business license, oh it's called a business license here?"

Liu An browsed the contents of the parchment, sighed, and turned his head to look at Yan Yan.

"I said that there were so many onlookers and tailgating when I was shopping for groceries just now, but I didn't trigger the flag of "Uncle, I want to rob a color", it seems that this "Behind the Scenes" guild is very profound."

Yan Yan smiled but did not speak.

Liu An patted Buick on the shoulder and said:

"Well done, don't fool around for a while, stay and have dinner with us"

Being done by a teenager like this, Buick feels weird. At the same time a little flattered.

"Yes, my lord, thank you very much for your kindness"

"By the way, are you interested in learning to cook with me?"

"Huh?"

From the next day, Buick really learned to cook with Liu An.

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Nestled in the middle of a mountain, the limestone fort is home to thousands of inhabitants. There are no roads, so there is naturally a special way of material exchange to maintain daily needs.

Although Liu An didn't intend to explore other people's privacy, when he reached a situation like this, for the situation of the things around him, just unconsciously emitting the information fed back by his spiritual power could let him know a lot of things.

When he woke up from Sophie's soft and firm twin peaks, he had a rough idea that there were at least three special teleportation circles in the fortress, the so-called special teleportation circles. It is a teleportation array that can be protected by the fortress space barrier.

At three o'clock in the morning, the other hostesses on the wide bed had long since left, but they had hugged Sophie too tightly in their sleep, so the little knight would stay with him.

After a while, lazy, rejuvenated by a certain pseudo? The bear child carried forward the spirit of the wild dog, hugged (three times) the little knight and hugged (one sound) again, making her sweat profusely and soft before getting up and cleaning up.

Outside, Suomy, Yan Yan, the two elves, and Lorika's mother and daughter were decorating the façade with wooden planks, and even the signboard with copper pull rings was hung up. It's just that I didn't engrave the pattern to confirm what kind of store it opened.

"Morning ...... Good day. Louis"

Seeing Liu An coming out of the door, Andres, who was nailing a wooden plank on the ladder, immediately waved enthusiastically, which can be regarded as a true performance, at this time they played the role of a small character with equal status, giving outsiders the feeling that it was the kind of relationship between a childhood sweetheart girl and a young man.

"It's not too early...... Have you all had lunch? ”

Liu An smiled and nodded, and Luo Lika next to him was also greeting him. His woman simply said, "Get up?" Words like "lazy ghost" are very natural.

"If you're hungry, there's still food in the kitchen, but what about Sophie, who hasn't gotten up yet?"

"Oh. Sleeping in the cage"

Whether it's nailing or cutting boards, Suomi is so inhuman that she can drive a two-inch nail into the plank with precision in just two strokes at most, and with a single touch of her fingers without a hammer, she can use a sword to repair wood more easily than a utility...... So she was only responsible for handing over materials under the ladder.

In the end, it is a beautiful woman who is working, it is inevitable that there will be a beauty effect, there are a few idlers on the side, talking from time to time, wanting to help or something, looking at the pretending to be about the nearby residents, Yan Yan has also played a few rolls in the workplace after all, and the rejection without a trace makes them unable to start without feeling annoyed at the same time.

"Luna and Buick are familiar with the environment" Suomi doesn't speak much of the vernacular, but fortunately there is no so-called "lingua franca" on this continent, and the languages spoken are varied, which is not suspicious. "Have you figured out what kind of store to do? The renovation of the façade will be over in a while, so we can start the renovation of the store."

"Well, we already have a lot of work to cook our own meals...... In the short term, it will not be able to replenish the guild's manpower, so let's go to the alchemy shop, take the high-end route, and engrave a simple ring pattern on the signboard."

"Isn't the alchemy shop's logo a flask and a test tube?" Chrissna asked.

"We are mainly engaged in magic jewelry, especially rings, I am very good at it, I need less materials, and it is very hygienic, no need to use a furnace, no forging, and no odor."

Liu An leaned against the door and casually listed a lot of benefits.

A few days later, a magical alchemy shop quietly opened in the Limestone Castle.

Not many people even know about it.

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After experiencing the baptism of the taste of the Celestial Empire, Buick successfully became a foodie, and was madly obsessed with and admired cooking and cooking.

Food, to a certain extent, represents identity, status, but also represents taste and cultivation, after defeating the environment and enemies, "eating" has developed into a unique culture.

To put it simply, gastronomy is a direction of civilization development that spans magic and technology, and the chef can be said to be the most promising profession in the world, because it is an essential part of the life of all civilized creatures.

Previously, Buick's life pursuit was only gold coins. Because the gold coin allows him to enjoy the food, alcohol, and the most beautiful woman in the city. However, the material life without spiritual wealth will inevitably make people feel lonely and empty, and cooking just fills the gap in this part, and even in order to record recipes, Buick not only took the initiative to learn the local script, but also learned Chinese with Liu An.

Every day before dawn, Buick gets up and cleans up the kitchen. Draw water, light a fire, grind beans with your own manpower, in order to exercise physical strength and arm strength, grind good soybean milk in addition to making drinks, but also made into tofu, in addition to Liu An and others to eat, can also be used to practice knife skills and carving, cut into blocks or long strips of tofu, can also be used to make dried tofu and tofu bubbles.

At this time, Lorika's mother and daughter and Luna will also wake up. But their main job is to clean the entire shop, or chop wood, and chop the larger pieces of wood into small strips suitable for the stove to burn. There are many low-level mercenaries in the limestone fort who will take on low-level labor such as collecting firewood and carrying water. Buick would go to the morning market for a day's shopping during their cleaning time, mainly to learn and learn about food identification, as well as to discover new ingredients and spices.

Known and unknown, the mercenaries sell all kinds of items they find in the market every day.

After taking the pack beast and walking around the market. There were two pheasants, five rabbits, three bags of wild wheat, rice, and half a bag of beans, as well as a few small bags of fragrant beans and unknown plants.

Recently, he has been following Liu An's instructions. Try making a condiment called "soy sauce" and a similar sauce called "miso".

In fact, he prefers the flavors of ketchup and hot sauce, but he has never found a substitute, but fortunately, the "adult" has promised him to open a basement under the shop and build a magic greenhouse for him. It is used to cultivate those condiments that are not available locally.

After leaving the morning market, a man dressed similarly to him walked out of the alley and walked beside him.

Buick took out large bright red apples from the basket and threw them to him, and the other party was not polite, and took them in his hand and rubbed them on the gray linen cloth on his chest. Take a bite and the juice overflows.

Both wore gray cloaks, the difference was that Buick didn't wear a hood much now, while the other had his face hidden in the shadows under the hood.

"Looks like you already have what I'm looking for, right?"

Buick asked as he walked like an old friend.

The man was eating an apple, and his eyes under the hood looked at all the passers-by in front of him—pedestrians were still scarce at this time, and he took the opportunity to look behind him as he turned. He ate quickly and gulped down, and it didn't take long for him to eat only the pits of apples bigger than his fist, and when he had time to turn around, he threw the pits into the trash can by the roadside.

"What are you thinking about investigating their details on other people's territory?"

"I just want to know more about the place where I settled, but I have invested a lot of money here, and this investment may increase in the future, and I will also get married and have children here, I don't want any accidents, and my future wife and children don't want to be bitten by some mess."

The man nodded, agreeing with his statement.

"Oh...... I kind of understand that with your status, I am afraid that living in other big cities will not be so stable......"

Buick rolled his eyes and said: "At that time, I was young, and I offended everything I could steal around me, and I didn't know how to forbear...... At least walking like this is still dangerous in those places."

"Looks like you're tired of living like a mouse...... the man nodded, hiding his hands under his cloak as well.

"So?"

"So you don't have to worry, it's still very stable here, although the main business of "Behind the Scenes" involves dirty work, but they are different from us when we were young, they still know how to measure very well, and the surrounding forces, whether official or private, the relationship is relatively friendly;

It's their own place, so you don't have to worry about someone cutting off your head in your sleep...... But it's better to keep a low profile, as far as I know, like the Marquis of Lucas, and a few similar nobles, but you want to get your head into a skull cup at all costs, and drink the wine of revenge."

Buick shrugged, "After all, it was I who released the news of their incompetence, and I also released the pressure that had been accumulated for a long time for their wife...... This is understandable, so I was young and ignorant at that time."

"Young and ignorant...... Looks like you're really planning to settle here, you didn't talk so much in the past, but it's a good phrase."

"What else?"

"There are indeed night nobles in "The Man Behind the Scenes", but you can rest assured, it is the gentle Sofitel faction, the night nobles of the Sofitel faction, generally raise blood slaves, and do not hunt at night, and the blood slaves they raise are also voluntary, they provide remuneration or work, and the objects are generally ordinary people with no life skills, after signing a contract, they do not make a move on humans outside the contract, of course, there are also highly capable people who are willing to make short-term deals with them, It seems that the blood of a certain type of people has an irresistible attraction to these Night Aristocrats, and they also have certain resources that humans cannot resist."

"Night Nobles...... What do you call those monsters? ”

After being silent for a while, as if digesting the news, Buick took a breath and said.

"Is there something wrong?"

"They're mortal enemies of humanity...... Even though we don't seem to be qualified to say such things."

Buick sensed that the man under the hood was looking at him again, and after a while, he said:

"They are no different from us, and some of them have been converted from human beings...... Just like we steal and kill, they drink blood just to survive, don't think too low of yourself, and don't think too highly of yourself;

The Sofitel faction can coexist peacefully with humans among their kind, you don't know the way, Limestone Castle...... The establishment of this place was actually promoted by a baron in the Sofitel faction, there are no kingdom laws, no nobles, no taxes and tax officials, as long as you have the ability and as long as you contribute, you can survive here."

At this time, the sky has completely brightened, and there are more pedestrians on the streets, and people are gradually coming out from the simple buildings on both sides, and some houses do not even have roofs, only the walls built with firewood on all sides leaking, and you can see ordinary people and low-level mercenaries sleeping on the straw bunks.

These people, though poor and almost beggars, did not seem as decadent and numb as the same people seen in the cities or in the villages of aristocratic domains. They are full of hope to tidy up the hygiene and belongings, greet each other warmly, or help each other with labor,

Buick had never paid attention to these before, but today he did, and somewhat understood the words of the hooded man.

"You steal, I kill, and the blood clan sucks blood...... I don't know who's right and who's wrong, and who's sinful, but it's our life, isn't it? ”

After that, there was some silence on the journey, until the hooded man reminded Buick.

"Hey, where's my pay? You're not trying to pay off, are you? ”

"Ah, I'm sorry......" Buick was stunned for a moment, and came to his senses. Why don't you go to my shop with me and see if there's anything you like, and honestly haven't sold a single thing until now? ”

"You're really honest...... What kind of store did you open? ”

"......" (To be continued......)