Ever since Gray received the title of duke, visitors to the Fergus family have not stopped, and almost every day, there are many high-end carriages parked on the square of Fergus Castle, either exquisite, elegant or full of luxury.

The owner of the carriage has a noble nobleman in the kingdom, and there are also the presidents of the super chambers of commerce with branches all over the country, and a person of noble status who can make the Purple Moon Kingdom shake with a stomp of his feet is enough to make a shock, with carefully prepared gifts, and his posture is extremely low.

Everyone in the Fergus family was shocked at first, and then became numb, and when they first encountered such a big man visiting, they were still a little apprehensive in their hearts, for fear that they would not take good care of each other and cause the other party to be dissatisfied.

But as they saw more people, they were surprised to find that when they saw these big people, their mood was unusually calm, and I have to say that humans are animals with strong adaptability.

From the mouths of these visitors, they also learned about Gray's achievements in the Flame Kingdom and the origin of Gray's title as Duke Gray.

Shock, unstoppable shock!

Now Gray not only has the strength of the king level, but is actually one of the strongest among the king level, and while understanding why these people would come to visit with such a low posture, a deep sense of pride is born in their hearts.

Not only the Fergus family, but also the families related to the Fergus family are also well-known, and the most popular of them are the two families that are related to the Fergus family by marriage, the Evelyn family and the Carlyle family.

At the current level of the Fergus family, those who are qualified to make friends with the upper nobles and the presidents of giant chambers of commerce with influence all over the country, like some small nobles and presidents of small chambers of commerce, are no longer qualified to make friends at the door.

It's not that the Fergus family became snobbish after their status was promoted because of Gray, and turned away the small nobles and the president of the small chamber of commerce who came to the door, but a potential rule that constrained these small aristocratic chambers of commerce, so that they could not visit the Fergus family.

In addition to the small nobles and small chambers of commerce that have long had a relationship with the Fergus family, if other small nobles and small chambers of commerce break this potential rule, they will immediately be excluded and suppressed by the big nobles and large chambers of commerce.

This is a world of strict classes, and the dignity and inferiority between the big nobles and the small nobles, the big merchants and the small chambers of commerce, have long been engraved in their bones.

Imagine that the big nobles and the president of the big chamber of commerce are sitting in the living room of the Fergus family, and at this time, the president of the small aristocratic chamber of commerce is here, and he is also sitting in the living room of the Fergus family, as if he is on an equal footing with them.

These small nobles and small chambers of commerce could not visit the Fergus family, so they set their sights on the families close to the Fergus family, and the Evelyn family and the Carlisle family, which are related to the Fergus family by marriage, are naturally the best choice.

"Father, you really made the right choice at the beginning!"

A brown-haired man in his thirties said excitedly to Viscount Evelyn.

At the beginning, he learned that his father was going to marry his sister to Bernal. Fergus, when he married the Fergus family, he did not agree.

The marriage of the nobility was a union of interests, and the successor to the title of Fergus family at that time was Gray. Fergus, Bernal. Although Fergus was the eldest son, he did not have the right to inherit the title, and in his opinion, the benefits of this marriage were really limited.

However, at that time, his father was strong against public opinion and led the marriage between the Evelyn family and the Fergus family, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction in the family at that time.

Subsequently, the Fergus family was promoted to the Earls family, and this discontent gradually died down.

When Gray. Fergus broke away from the Fergus family and was given the title of Earl of the Kingdom. When Fergus re-emerged as heir to the title, the discontent died down, and everyone began to praise his father's decision to marry.

And now, the people in the family who had prevented the marriage were glad that they did not stir up this marriage in the first place, otherwise, they would have become the sinners of the family, and the Evelyn family would never have reached the current height.

Similarly, it happened in the Carlisle family, and it can be said that with the addition of Gray to the rank of duke, all the families associated with the Fergus family have gained a lot of benefits.

The woods near Fergus Castle are known as the Fergus Family Exclusion Zone.

A giant beast with a body length of more than 20 meters stood in the glade, the giant beast looked like a lizard, covered in black scale armor, and its huge body was several stories high, and its long sentence tail was full of barbs.

The beast's teeth looked extremely sharp, each one was like a sword, glowing with a white cold light, and its claws, each with three toes, were jet black, flashing with jet-black metallic light, like the claws of an excavator.

The whole beast looks like a fighting machine, and all the structures on its body seem to be made for battle.

This is a demonic light-level blood beast demonic poison dragon beast.

When the realm reaches the king level, you need to start practicing the magic light level blood method of the thunder lizard sequence, but Gray does not have the magic light level bloodline of the thunder lizard sequence, but the magic light level bloodline of the poisonous lizard sequence and the corresponding poisonous lizard sequence blood method, so he transferred to the magic light level blood method of the poison lizard sequence.

In a moment, Gray's cultivation ended.

Dressed in a high-end silk ruffle lace skirt that showed off her bumpy and upright figure, Barbara gently handed over a wet towel.

Gray reached out and took it, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

During this time, although there were many high-ranking nobles and the president of the giant chamber of commerce who visited the Fergus family, he almost never appeared, and he was familiar with the brothers and sisters of the Addison family, Gavin of the Kenneth family. He only appeared in person when Kenneth and Sister Jessia of House Cumberland visited.

There are too many forces to visit, he doesn't have the energy, nor does he have the time to meet them one by one, and at his level of strength, there is no need to deliberately make friends with a certain force.

And in his opinion, although the so-called "friendship" is not absolutely useless, it will definitely not occupy a dominant position, such as the current Sidney family, how many families do you remember the past friendship?

As long as he is there, it will be enough to ensure the prosperity of the Fergus family for hundreds of years, and if he disappears, the so-called friendship may easily fade.

"I'm going out at noon, so the castle doesn't have to deliver food!"

Sensing something that was still lying in the purple ring, Gray said.

Soon, with blue-black wings stretched out from his back, Gray soared into the sky, leaving the woods, away from Fergus Castle, and half an hour later he landed in a city.

This is a very old city, the city wall is mottled, there are very obvious signs of weathering, and the original shape of the stone wall can no longer be seen.

In the streets of the city, the original paved stone slabs have disappeared one by one, and potholes can be seen in some places.

The inhabitants of the city, mostly the elderly, had a somewhat numb look on their faces, they had experienced the wind and frost, and they looked down on things.

This is a city in the twilight of life, the serious loss of young adults, so that this city lacks a kind of vitality, looking at this city, Gray can't help but think of the countryside in the previous life, the same serious loss of young adults, only some old people are left in the village.

He came here naturally not to improve the current situation of this city, first of all, this city is not the territory of the Fergus family, and secondly, even in the territory of the Fergus family, he has no intention of changing.

Decline and prosperity, just like the life and death of human beings, are the most basic rules of nature, no city can escape, do not need too much interference, in the city decay at the same time, somewhere a new city must be prosperous.

Gray came here because he judged that the history of this city was old enough, and walking in this city, a silver metal ball the size of a ping-pong ball appeared in Gray's hand, yes, his purpose this time was the ghost merchant.

The Ghost Merchant, a rumored top powerhouse during the Imperial period, was at least at the level of magic light or even above, and the earliest recorded documents about him appeared during the Imperial period.

There is speculation that he has something to do with the fall of the Empire, but Gray is skeptical, the fall of the Empire should be the work of the forces that set up the huge super giant rune array, and has nothing to do with the ghost merchants, of course, the ghost merchants are likely to sit and watch the fall of the empire, but they did not interfere in any way.

It may be that the forces that destroyed the empire are too strong, which makes him jealous and dare not interfere, or it is possible that the empire has nothing to do with him, so he watched all this happen indifferently.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Gray, who is only trying to trade with the ghost merchant this time.

Generally speaking, when someone has what they want, in the midst of a city with an extremely long history, the ghost merchant will appear, which is why Gray chose this city because it has been around long enough.

Staying in a dilapidated tavern in the middle of the city, Gray waited for the ghost merchant to arrive, but until nightfall, Gray did not wait for the ghost merchant to arrive.

"How could it be, is this city too small or not old enough?"

Gray raised an eyebrow, confusion in his mind.

The next day, Gray left the city and went directly to the same city where he first encountered the ghost trader.

He found another hotel to stay in, but a day later, he still didn't see the ghost merchant.

"What the hell is going on?"

Gray frowned, he thought it was an easy thing to do, but he didn't expect that it took two full days and didn't succeed.

He then spent several days traveling to several ancient cities, one of which was the second time he had encountered the Ghost Merchant, but the Ghost Merchant still did not appear.

He stopped looking, and at this moment, he had to admit the fact that the ghost merchant was gone!