André's first stop on this trip was the Limestone Clan settlement in the southern Foggy Mountains. At first glance, the Limestone Clan may not seem to be much different from the previous tribes of Andrarui, but in fact, the size of the Limestone Dwarf settlement can be called a "city in the mountains".

As the largest and earliest clan center of the Limestone Clan, although the scale of Qiyan City is far less magnificent than that of Garlanord, it is much deeper than the new Andrarui, which has just been built for less than a year. Although the city is built on a hill and most of the buildings are hollowed out of solid rock structures, it seems to be a little unplanned compared to the rapidly growing river valley town. But it is precisely because of the straightforward style of the limestone dwarves who dig wherever they want to make the city of Qiyan City, which is half built on the mountain wall and half leaning against the cave, will be even more charming. Just by following his masters around the rock for half a circle, André couldn't tell the path at all.

Although the city has a different grandeur and bizarre atmosphere than Garlanord's, in fact, the main purpose of the Abyssal Child's trip is not here. This is because Andrey's field trips are mainly aimed at advising his fellow strategic partners and developing more unique resources that can be used in trade. As a city in the mountains with a history of more than 400 years, the development plan of Qiyan Castle has long been in a bottleneck - if the existing foundation is dug indiscriminately, it may destroy the city's current stable structure and cause catastrophic accidents such as landslides. Even the dwarves have carved countless earth runes into many of the supporting structures in the cave to reinforce the artificially modified rock structures.

The Children of the Abyss are complete outsiders when it comes to building mechanics and the like, though the dwarves were able to build such a wonderful city only because of their magical gift for rock and the experience they have gained over the years of using it. In short, the Limestone Dwarves are currently difficult to make any major expansions to their clan center, and it is naturally difficult for André to make any constructive suggestions for such a dizzying city built on a foundation of reinforced magic.

As for the special products of the limestone clan, they are naturally a wide variety of strange minerals and gemstones. If there is anything else Andrei can say about smelting and forging, then when it comes to mining and cave building, the children of the abyss are naturally inferior to these bearded men with thousands of years of mineral gathering history. There are a lot of suggestions in the general direction, such as ventilation and drainage, of course, in terms of practice, the dwarves are naturally experienced, and each of them is enough to take charge of themselves, André's theory is just a summary of their experience accumulated over thousands of years.

The only thing that really interested the dwarves was the tunnel transportation system consisting of rails, minecarts, and pulley lifting platforms. Historically, other dwarves, including the Limestone Clan, have used human and animal power to transport minerals, and which is more appropriate will probably require a detailed and thorough investigation of the delicate relationship between mineral reserves, exploitable reserves, and construction costs.

Even dwarves who knew as much about rocks as elves did about the flowers in their back gardens would not be able to hollow out the mountains and keep the geological structure of the mines stable, and even if the entire mountain was made up of a variety of rich minerals, the dwarves would only be able to obtain a limited portion of it.

Harvested from the various precious magical metals and gems presented by the clan elders, André said goodbye to the unstoppable enthusiasm of the limestone dwarves. Relying on the grain produced by a dozen elven villages near Andrarui and the convenient river transportation system, the current production of amber distilled spirits has reached an incredible nearly 10,000 cans per month! Although the dwarves have seriously questioned this number because of the number of winemakers in Andrari, the huge production and the drop in the price of finished products due to the reduction in raw material costs and the improvement of process efficiency have made the dwarf people who are addicted to alcohol taste the sweetness. When these unconcealed bearded men realized that the value for money of the drinks that little Andrarui could provide had left the entire elven kingdom far behind, the Greystone Clan had already regarded the new town that was integrated by various alien races as their most important partner in the future. Not to mention that Andrarui also represents the most advanced level of smelting, forging and melting technology in the entire continent. More and more dwarves had joined in the construction and development of Andrari with a fervent yearning, making it impossible for most of the elders of the clan to deduce whether this outcome was good or bad.

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In addition to the traditional specialties of the dwarves, André unexpectedly discovered another project that the dwarves urgently needed to develop. However, this project has a certain relationship with his next destination, so how and to what extent it should be developed, the Son of the Abyss can only draw an accurate conclusion after making a more in-depth understanding of the most important target of his trip, the Van Jia Kingdom.

The Grey Goat, a camel unique to the Limestone Clan, is said to have some of the same magical beast characteristics as the Horned Eagle Beast, which is evident from their robust physique. Although they are nowhere near as tall as the unicorns, their large hooves and dwarven-like limbs make them look unusual. Coupled with the thick curly horns that are very in line with the aesthetics of the demons, and the dense thick fur that belongs to the semi-plateau species, this camel beast that is said to have mastered some of the magical characteristics of the earth, and can carry a cargo equal to its own weight on the mountain cliff and can walk on the ground is simply an indispensable perfect companion for the mountain dwarfs.

If the regular trade between the Vanga Kingdom and the Elven Kingdom is to be truly established, then the Foggy Mountain, which stands like a moat between the Vanga Sea and the Whispering Forest, is a hurdle that must not be bypassed. Although the journey is not yet halfway through and the difficulty of the road up the mountain has not yet been felt, for the time being, the dwarven gray goats are still the only means of transportation suitable for the development of this trade route. As for the rest, it depends on how rich the products of the Van Jia Kingdom are, and what price it takes to climb this mountain.

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A special geological structure like the Foggy Mountains would undoubtedly be an incredible wonder of the world if they appeared on the planet known to Andrew.

First of all, the formation of mountains can be attributed to the part of the geological faults that are uplifted by pressing each other, and generally speaking, mountains only appear on land, and the more steep the peak, the higher the elevation of the flat land at the foot of the mountain. And such a wonderful landscape as a mountain like the Foggy Mountain, which is several kilometers above sea level at the southern foot of the mountain, is undoubtedly something that Andrei has never seen before. It is not that there are no "mountains" in the sea, those scattered islands are the "peaks" that expose the sea, and the altitude of the southern foot of the mountain like the Foggy Mountain is generally nearly a thousand meters lower than that of the whispering forest in the north.

It stands to reason that a mountain range with a main peak of more than 6,000 meters above sea level like Mt. Shawu should have a plain or hill as a buffer, at least Andrei has never seen a Qiwei mountain range that spans from sea level to a height of 6,000 meters! At least the top of the world in another real world is located on a plateau, and those peaks that stand on the plain can hardly reach the same level of elevation. The Mt. Shelter is like a dam that the goddess of the earth has pulled up from the flat ground to maintain the climate of the Whispering Forest! Without this thousand-mile stretch of towering mountains, the climate of the Whispering Forest would probably have become like a subtropical rainforest, and it would have been difficult to keep it as warm and dry as it is now. And this is also the origin of the name of the Foggy Mountain Range.

The Whispering Forest is like a separate back garden that the goddess has built for her children, and the Misty Mountains are the "wall" to the south of the garden, and even the data that the main peak is as high as 6,000 meters above sea level was directly told by Galandia to the inquisitive limestone dwarves.

Fortunately, although this wall is impermeable to the warm and humid air currents in the south, there are still many valleys with not so amazing altitudes, and if you have to conquer those snow-capped peaks to climb the Foggy Mountains, then the value of this unopened "trade road" is undoubtedly equivalent to chicken ribs. The valleys were winding with mountain peaks, and the valleys were carried by grey goats for six or seven days and nights as the climate slowly warmed and humid as the journey progressed. The limestone dwarf, who is the tour guide, finally told everyone that in half a day, you will be able to see the pregnant tide valley that connects to the Vantiny Sea. Looking to the north, you can see the World Tree hundreds of kilometers away from the mountains! The huge green canopy looms between the clouds and mist, and it looks even bigger than the nearby peaks! When you can still see the incarnation of the goddess on the earth, then you can't help but feel that the legend that the Foggy Mountain is a barrier erected by the goddess is no longer so unacceptable.

As the smell of the sea breeze became more and more obvious, the sound of the waves began to echo faintly in my ears. Having climbed over a small hill, Andrei finally saw the so-called "valley of pregnant tides". It is a large valley between the two peaks that is submerged by the sea, and terrain like this is not uncommon at the southern foot of the Mt. Shaki, and the valley in front of you was given the name "Pregnant Tide" by the Vanga Kingdom because of its largest area. It is said that when the tide rises, there will be cross-tumbling waves in this valley, but I don't know what the difference is compared to the silver bay tide that is famous in another world-famous China.

In addition to this wonderful scenery where mountains and seas meet, the most conspicuous thing is the group of "Fanjia people" with different shapes by the waves at the foot of the mountain. In addition to the turtle and Naga people that Andre had already seen, there seemed to be a similar body to the Naga but taller and thinner, no dorsal fin and only tail fin, these scales reflected a faint golden light, the snake people had a deadly venom that was not inferior to the swamp snake people, even in the Vanga Kingdom, they belonged to the flow of extremely brave warriors. There was also the giant with a head of more than four meters, dark blue skin and cheeks, but symmetrical white oval patches, and from the oval head, it seemed that this was the famous whale warrior who was almost unrivaled in the sea.

It is said that the only people who can compete with them in the sea are warriors of their own kind.

However, the most eye-catching was the long navy blue hair that the children of the abyss felt familiar, but unlike the curly wavy hair in his memory, the hair of the beautiful woman in front of him was noticeably straighter. Unlike Princess Devi's delicate smile with a playful smile, the temperament of this beauty on the beach gives people a strong sense of being unapproachable.

"Welcome to all distinguished guests who have come from afar, I am the second princess of the kingdom of Van Ga, Emmela Vantiny. Although her expression was very cautious, the second princess of the Sea Clan did not show a smile at all, which made the children of the abyss wonder if the goddess Vantini had left all the lively and happy parts for her youngest sister when she portrayed their sisters.

While Andre was still thinking nonsense, Princess Iceberg stared at the young son of the abyss with her blue pupils like a waveless ancient well, and asked calmly: "This must be His Royal Highness Andre, who has cultivated the same ship for a hundred years, and slept together for a thousand years?"