On the 32nd day of the 32nd month of the god month, in the southeast of the empire, in the southeast of the territory of Sakai in the southeast, a certain small area.

Just a month ago, Ao Zongheng arrived in Geng Laoyuan, and seven days after leaving Geng Laoyuan, the distance between him and Geng Laoyuan had exceeded 200 drives (the general distance unit in the south of the empire, 1,000 miles is a drive, converted into the scale of Middle Earth, which is about four miles plus 45 zhang).

When he first arrived in Geng Laoyuan, Ao Zongheng never thought that he would stay in such a place for nearly a month.

Helping people take care of children is too much work, and if you promise to help others fulfill your wishes in the future, you must first eliminate this kind of trouble, which is the most profound experience of Aozong in the past month.

But annoying, as far as the current result is concerned, Levima should be satisfied.

At the dean's office that day, Fei Lin showed his elemental affinity according to Dean Jia Panzan's request, and the dean, who was skeptical, was shocked by the result - after practicing the Heart Lake Sutra for more than half a month, Fei Lin's elemental affinity has reached a level comparable to that of a talented student like Funa. Although the dean doesn't know the secrets of the Heart Lake Sutra, even if he doesn't consider its subsequent growth, with Fei Lin's current elemental affinity, it is really not wishful thinking to hit the sleeve mage exam in half a year - provided that his performance in the exam is not too bad.

Therefore, the dean immediately agreed to the arrogant condition - as long as Fei Lin could pass the Sleeve Mage exam at the end of the year and become a Green Sleeve Mage, Dean Jia Panzan promised to break the unwritten conventions of the Spell Academy, and make this genius Green Sleeve Mage the youngest Master in the history of Joao Branch. The dean, full of joy, even agreed to a few other additional conditions, such as providing Fei Lin with a single dormitory before the Sleeve Master exam, and ensuring that he was not disturbed by other students and the outside world.

According to Ao's judgment, after he left, if Fei Lin continued to live in the original mansion, it was very likely to attract the revenge of Xiao Liuya Zaza and others, and even Li Mu, and in Geng Laoyuan, the most capable of protecting Fei Lin was naturally Qiao Branch and Dean Jia Panzan. And to make this dean, who does not even interfere in the housekeeping of the academy, willing to protect Fei Lin, the best way is naturally to make Fei Lin a kind of hope for him, so Ao Zongheng visited the academy again, and put Fei Lin under the protection of Qiao Branch and Dean Jia Panzan.

As for becoming the master of Joao's branch, on the surface, it seems that it is a condition to make a deal, but in fact, it is also one of the goals in the plan, and it can even be said that it is a more far-reaching goal.

If it is just to make a living, it is enough to become a sleeve mage, even in the Great Bogar Empire, where the number of mages is relatively large, the quality of life of the sleeve mage is stronger than that of ordinary small merchants, not to mention the social status. However, if the goal is to revive the Levima family, the sleeve mage is not enough at all, look at those blue-collar mages like Li Mu, who are just Sakaishou's staff guests, rich and noble, but they do not have the status of nobles, they can only be regarded as vassals under the shadow of nobles

In the Grand Bogar Empire, there were only two ways to become a nobleman.

The nobility of the empire is generally divided into two categories according to their different origins, namely relatives and nobles.

Needless to say, the relatives of the Emperor are naturally the relatives of the Emperor Chalin, the relatives are the upper class of the nobles, and the three highest noble titles in the imperial etiquette system are unique to the nobles. The most that meritorious people can hope for is to reach the rank of third-class when they are in office, and to be awarded the second-class rank after retirement or death.

Relatives and nobles are basically born, and if you want to become an acquired noble, you have to rely on in-laws, but in the past 100 or 200 years, there has basically been no more in-laws between commoners and nobles - on this road, there are a lot of meritorious children fighting for the top.

If commoners want to become nobles, the more realistic way is still to be noble.

Merit is just a general term, representing the superior class with the title of nobility in the vast imperial system of officials. The higher-level strata are divided into two categories, one is the military meritorious service of the Leweima regiment, who has made meritorious contributions to the east and the west, and the other is the political meritorious person who has made meritorious contributions to the ruling side, just like the head of Jiafen Duomo. There is no opposition between the two, only a difference in origin.

Among the three types of nobles, the threshold for becoming a military nobleman is the lowest, but the risk is also the highest, like Fei Lin Laozi, from the cannon fodder soldier to fight all the way to the regimental general, although it is not uncommon among the regimental generals, but this is the survivor bias, which of them did not come out of the sea of corpses and blood? Although strength is very important, luck may be more important.

Ao Zongheng also hopes that Fei Lin will follow the path of military exploits, but he does not intend to let him completely follow the path of his Lao Tzu, yes, his strength starting point is much stronger, but he may not have the luck of his Lao Tzu.

Before the opportunity came, Ao Zongheng hoped that Fei Lin would quietly become a master first, and it would be better to break through to the mage master in the academy, and then consider the question of a way out.

Further southeast from Tama Manfu Sakai is Shan Zanman Sakai, the real first target of the Empire - the fiefdom of a certain Shernashak family.

Shan Zaman Sakai was located on the southeastern border of the empire and had a large coastline. In terms of area, Shan Zanman Sakai was among the top 60 Sakai in the empire, with a radius of 20,000 tsukili (the standard land area unit of the empire, one vertical and one vertical and one centriaki, converted into three and a quarter square kilometers)—almost equal to one-third of the kingdom of Loren Magaga. However, the population was only more than 200,000, which was not even half of the average population of the empire. It is very appropriate to describe Shan Zan Man Sakai as sparsely populated.

Why is it so sparsely populated? According to historical records, Shan Zanman Sakai was originally the territory of an independent kingdom, and of course it was not called that. In that year, the empire's southern expedition encountered extremely stubborn resistance from the king, the army and the people, and even lost two emperors. At that time, Emperor Chalin announced that all the soldiers and civilians of this country, regardless of age and age, would be killed by women and men. Of course, this move made the citizens resist even more desperately, but they still couldn't resist the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops. There is no need to elaborate on the rest of the matter, in short, when the imperial army collected its troops, there were almost no living people in this land of ten thousand trees.

Later, Emperor Sarin built Sakai here, dividing the entire no-man's land into a Sakai, and the original 20,000 inhabitants of Sakai were all sinners and slaves who were forcibly relocated from other places. For decades to come, Shan Zaman Sakai was seen as a frontier for the exile of the Empire's criminals, with no free caravans or farmers who voluntarily moved in—even though the land was more fertile than many of the inland Sakai.

It seems that the Shernashak family, who have been sealed up on this land, is really not a good mix, as Le Weima said.

Levima's knowledge of this family is very limited, and he can't even tell the specific location of this family's origins, but he only says that it is not far from Sakai Prefecture Tongchasu.

Although you will soon enter Shan Zanman Sakai, it is still far from Tongchasu, and at the usual pace, you will have to walk for at least three to four days, and you will have to plan your route to stop. The enclosures along the way are also far less dense than those of other Sakai, and if you don't plan your route in advance, you'll either have to travel at night or stay overnight in the wilderness.

Approaching the junction of the two Sakai, Ao Zongheng began to inquire about the Shernashak family, but no one here had heard of such a family. However, this does not detract from the confidence of arrogance, in this generation of farming, most people have never left home for more than fifty years in their lives, not to mention the fact that Shan Zanman Sakai is poor and desolate, and the people in this small circle rarely go there, let alone care about the people and things there.

Although I couldn't hear from the Shernashak family, I heard something interesting. In the mouths of the residents of the small area, although the Shan Zan Man Sakai is sparsely populated, there are many living beings.

The creatures mentioned here do not refer to ordinary horses, birds, and beasts, but only living creatures, and even rare creatures. Those who can be called spirits must have a spiritual intelligence similar to that of humans, and the soul is actually the ancient relics in folklore.

In the tavern of Koku, the stories of these ancient relics are very marketable, such as who once saw a group of Inhumans somewhere in Shan Zaman Sakai and stole one of their sacrificial vessels and quickly became a rich man. Who broke into the paradise of the elves, was taken as a lover by the beautiful female elves, and was let go after three dream-like days. And who accidentally ran into the mysterious and more terrible bloodline, was scared into a fool, and even hacked five of his family members to death like crazy on a full moon night. According to what these people said, the ancient remnants were afraid of humans, so where humans lived, they all hid far away, and only a vast and sparsely populated place like Shan Zan Man Sakai would become a paradise for these relics.

It sounds reasonable, but don't the Gogengasha elves who live in the crypts use their racial talents to avoid human infestation.

Ao Zongheng silently kept these in his heart, he went to Shan Zan Man Sakai to find the Sherna Shak family, but if he could meet these ancient relics, Ao Zongheng didn't mind spending a little more time and seeing for a long time.

The night was getting deeper, and there were only two or three guests left in the tavern, except for those who were already drunk.

Ao Zongheng drank the wine in the glass and prepared to leave, this small group is too small, there is not even a hotel, he still borrows to stay at the homestay tonight, it is not good to go back too late to disturb others.

"Wait, wait, you're coming from Loren Magaga, and you're going to Shan Zanman?" the bartender, who had been busy for half the night, suddenly stopped the arrogant who had almost walked to the door of the store.

"Yes, how?" Ao Zongheng was not surprised that the other party could guess where he came from and where he was going, after all, he drank all the wine tonight and paid the bill with Bum, although this is the southeastern border of the empire, far away from Loren Magaga, but people who do business always receive coins from various countries, and it is not surprising that he can recognize it. And I invited several people to drink tonight and listen to the legend of Shan Zanman, and it is not difficult to guess where to go.

Arrogant and curious, this bartender who doesn't look amazing, what do you want to do when you call me?

Although his face was silent, Ao Zongheng was already alert, because from the time he entered this shop until just now, he had not felt that this bartender had paid special attention to him.