140. Arrogance
The Dragon Valley Clan and the Mammoth Clan, both have a ninth-order holy martial alive, but they rarely show up, and these two holy martial artists have also reached the age of 100, and in the next few decades, they will cultivate a descendant who can succeed them and continue to maintain the status of the race.
As the main city of the Dragon Valley Clan, the city of Notias is magnificent, with spiky towers towering into the sky, and the buildings in the middle are getting taller and taller. Zhao Yuan had stopped flying on the edge of the city, and fell to the ground and walked slowly. The purple wheel horse was still there in the Traveler's Swamp, but Zhao Yuan was not worried, he took out a small silver bell from the Seven Star Ring, which was engraved with a purple pony, and shook it lightly, making a light bell. At the same time, in the woods near the Traveler's Swamp, a handsome purple wheeled horse suddenly raised its head, and there was a small bell on its saddle that was exactly the same as in Zhao Yuan's hand, and it would not make a sound when it usually ran, but at this time it made a light bell, and the direction of the sound was very clear, and the purple wheeled horse was in good spirits and galloped away in that direction, leaving a place of smoke and dust.
After Zhao Yuan rang the bell, he walked towards the towering gate of Notias City. The gates of the city of Nutilas are silver-plated blackiron gates, and although the materials are good, they do not hide the fact that it is only a large, openwork decorative gate. Like the Leons, the Ryugu never feared that their main city would be attacked, so their gates were only gorgeous.
Zhao Yuan even saw a few gems the size of pigeon eggs on the gate. Those gems were set in the sharp tip of the very top of the door, shining with noble light.
He suddenly remembered what Monroe had told him before: "Those beautiful gems and jewels can only be sold at a good price in the Dragon Valley Clan, and the other beast tribes don't care much about this, so I have also set up a jewelry warehouse in the Dragon Valley Clan...... "Now that I think about it, this is true, one of the nature of the Dragon Valley Clan is to collect shiny jewels. In the same way, they did not hesitate to use jewelry as a luxury accent in their daily lives, as can be seen from this city gate.
The Dragon Valley Clan is scarce, but they have one of the best wealth of the Beast Clan, so every Dragon Valley Clan can be called rich. But this only refers to the pure-blooded Dragongow Clan. Since the Ryugu people have inherited the nature of their ancestors, the private lives of the Ryugu people, both men and women, are very chaotic, and in order to avoid confusion between close relatives, their tradition is to seek pleasure from outsiders. So in addition to jewelry, the Ryugu clan also has the largest slave market for the orcs. The half-bloods born to the slaves were thrown into special institutions outside the city by the Dragongu tribe, and they were generally so gifted that they could only do some work in the plantation and handicraft industries in the suburban towns. Occasionally, there is a better talent who has the opportunity to be taken back to the city to study and live.
The distribution of the territory of the Dragongu Clan is also very peculiar, most of the pure-blooded Dragongu Clans live in the main city, while the other towns have at most one or two pure-blooded Dragongu Clans. They also became the lords of that city as a matter of course. However, the city of Notias seems to be of great significance to the Ryugu people, who are willing to stay in the city, live in small villas, and do not want to go to other cities to become emperors.
As soon as Zhao Yuan entered the city, he felt the strange eyes of the people around him. The city of Notias is not as prosperous as the city of Saifei, it is cold and cold, and it exudes a sense of nobility. Very few foreigners will come here, and Zhao Yuan's human race is undoubtedly very eye-catching.
There is only one hotel in the city, although it is not as atmospheric as the Knowles Hotel, but the luxury is not enough for the Knowles Hotel, and the accommodation cost is the same, an ordinary room costs 500 magic crystals a night, and the most expensive room is 50,000 magic crystals a night.
Looking at the arrogant and disdainful eyes of the front desk lady, the corners of Zhao Yuan's eyes twitched, and he asked for an ordinary room. The front lady is a half-race, she is very beautiful, with a pair of ice blue eyes that are full of pride, and her tail is covered with fine scales, but the aura on her body still betrays her impure blood. The adult Dragon Valley clan is at least at the fifth order, but she only has a second order, no matter how similar she looks, a half-race is a half-blood after all.
Zhao Yuan restrained his breath at this time, others seemed to be just a fifth-order martial artist, the front desk lady lived in Notias City, the fifth-order was only the lowest level of the pure-blood Dragon Valley clan, she naturally looked down on it, threw the key to the room on the table, the hotel was very cold, now there was only one guest Zhao Yuan, she stood aside with a cold face and took out a small mirror to make up for it, everyone who can enter this hotel is either rich or expensive, although this front desk lady is only a second-order hybrid, but she believes that as long as she gives full play to her charm, she will still have the opportunity to marry a powerful beast clan with a rich family background in the futureγ As for the human race in front of him, although his strength was so-so, his weak appearance and dusty clothes made the front desk lady too lazy to take another look.
Zhao Yuan looked at the woman who was taking care of her makeup in front of him, and was speechless for a while, the service of this hotel is too poor. However, he didn't know any friends from the Longgu clan, and the hotel was only this one, so he had to pinch his nose and admit it, Zhao Yuan picked up the key that was thrown on the table, and walked towards the stairs by himself.
It stands to reason that Zhao Yuan would be a little angry when he was treated like this, but he had heard from others that Notias City was such a city that did not welcome foreigners, so he had already prepared in his heart.
The only thing that made Zhao Yuan feel relieved was that although the hotels of the Longgu clan were extremely expensive, they were not uncommon to make money from this, and all the facilities and food were the best, which was worth the money. This is also a characteristic of the Dragon Valley Clan, as the number one clan of the Beast Clan, they all have a very high opinion of themselves, which can be seen from the front desk of the hotel, a small second-order half-blood woman. The owner of the hotel does not rely on this hotel to make money, but he sets the price so high, and the furnishings in it are all fine, this is just to satisfy their high-minded mentality, if someone else comes to the city of Nultias, I am afraid that the first night will be shocked by the luxury of the Dragon Valley clan.
Zhao Yuan closed the door, sat on the wide sofa, poured himself a glass of red wine, and called out to the old Xuanwu: "Senior, can you solve my confusion now? β
It was rare that Old Xuanwu didn't fall asleep this time, and he replied slowly: "Do you remember what I told you about the snake clan before?"
Zhao Yuan nodded, about the snake clan, not only old Xuanwu, he had also heard a lot from Mason. They were originally the fourth largest beast clan after the lion clan, and they also enjoyed the title of beast god iron hoof, but somehow they declined overnight, and no eighth-order powerhouse in the clan ever appeared.
Zhao Yuan was quite confused at that time, whether he could become an eighth-order powerhouse didn't rely on his own talent and hard work, there were so many people in the snake clan, didn't there be a clansman who had talent and hard work? However, the longer he lived in this world, the clearer he realized that a god could really have a great impact on his race, and the snake clan fell overnight, and it was clear that he was disgusted by the beast god.
How can a race suddenly be disgusted by the gods they believe in, this matter has always been a mystery, even the well-informed Mason, the long-lived old Xuanwu can't say why.
But after this exploration of the ruins, Lao Xuanwu understood. "The Snake Clan has never had a tenth-order powerhouse appear, I can be sure of that. Old Xuanwu said firmly.
"Then how do you explain that skeleton......" Zhao Yuan's eyes widened slightly.
"Didn't I tell you to write down that magic array, take a closer look, what kind of magic array it is. After Lao Xuanwu finished speaking, he was silent again.
Zhao Yuan recalled the huge and complicated magic array, his fingers dipped a little red wine, and roughly sketched it on the crystal round table, this magic array was very complicated, and it was not within the scope of what he had been involved before, but he didn't directly ask Lao Xuanwu for the answer, but thought about it for more than an hour.
"A strengthened formation, this is obvious, the periphery is a strengthened six-pointed star array...... But the formation of the inner core is very strange, and the strong gathering pattern is not afraid of causing an explosion?...... The middle layer is a typical sacrificial circle, so those white bones should be the end of the sacrifice...... This gives the function of the magic array, which should be to strengthen someone by sacrificing ......," Zhao Yuan muttered to himself. The design of this magic array is very ingenious, if it is changed to a person with a slightly lower formation attainment to build a magic array with the same function, the complexity may be more than ten times more.
Old Xuanwu didn't know when it appeared on the crystal coffee table, and it slowly licked off the simple magic circle drawn by Zhao Yuan before he spoke: "What you said is almost right, but it has dropped a little - the core of the magic array is operated by the power of faith, not by magic." β
After hearing this, Zhao Yuan suddenly realized: "No wonder, I feel that if all the magic is used to run this formation, the activity of the magic elements is likely to make this magic array with a high concentration of energy explode!"
After speaking, he paused again: "However, what is the power of faith?"
Old Xuanwu said leisurely: "The power of faith is the power generated through people's beliefs, and this is the power exclusive to the gods. But the snake clan apparently had a different heart. They cultivated a group of people who specifically believed in a certain high-level snake clan, and then sacrificed the lives of tens of thousands of poisonous snakes and clansmen, just to help that snake clan cross that hurdle, and then - become gods!"
The corner of Zhao Yuan's eyes jumped: "Then, this magic array ......"
"That's right, this magic array is the key. Old Xuanwu said, the silver light on his body dimmed for a moment, as if he was afraid of this taboo topic. "Legend has it that in ancient times, the leaders of those tribes relied on this circle to become the gods they are today. But when they became gods, they banned this magic array to prevent others from becoming gods and challenging their status. β