Chapter 2 Plans

By the time the first rays of the morning sun shone through the window and on the soft bed, Yuren had already opened his eyes.

He sat up and looked out the window at the scenery - surrounded by mountains, the green forest radiated with life in the sunlight, and the crisp and melodious birdsong seemed to play a beautiful music. Yuren stared at the view before him, and then smiled heartily, he hadn't seen such a beautiful view in a long time. In that closed soul space, although there are luxurious decorations and warm beds, but you can't see the beauty of nature, and you can't feel the warmth of the sun, it is said that people will know how to cherish it after they lose it, but now for Yulian, he still has a long time to enjoy this world again.

The spirits had vanished into the shadows of darkness at dawn, returning to their own underworld. But they were very efficient, and when Yuren walked out of his bedroom, he saw a clean, tidy hallway, and the hollowed-out curtains had all been pulled up and neatly folded on both sides. The shabby, dirty glass became clear and bright, shining as new—if you didn't take into account the cobweb-like scars of shattering on it.

The weeds on the ground and the cobwebs on the ceiling have also disappeared completely, and the dull red carpet has become bright at this moment. The spirits strictly followed Yuren's request, and showed everything they could do to perfection.

In fact, for this group of geistins, Yulian only discovered their existence after owning this castle. Later, with the help of his power as the Knight of the End, Yuren signed a contract with the spirits and became their masters. According to the spirits themselves, the castle was once the domain of a necromancer, who in the distant years had mastered some secret method of binding the souls of others and created them. According to Yuren's guess, the necromancer probably wanted to create a group of undead minions for his own use, but alas, he went out once before completing this step, and then died under enemy attack. As a result, this group of wandering spirits who were bound by the secret method but could not get a body nested in this ghost place so high. Later, as time passed, humans took over the land and built castles here, leaving the spirits to live in the shadows underground. It wasn't until Yuren appeared and discovered the existence of the geyers that their fate changed.

And because they are bound by the secret law, these geists will not die or disappear, so Yulian entrusted them to manage and protect his castle before he died, select powerful souls to absorb, and keep the magic circle running so that he can resurrect himself.

And for now, these geists are doing a good job.

However, the only regret is that after the sun comes out, they still have to hide back in the shadows underground. It wasn't because of the fear of disappearing, but because the undead had a natural fear of the sun, and even if the sun couldn't harm them, it would greatly diminish the abilities of these geistels, and during the day, they were basically the same as the air.

And at the moment, he was the only human in Yuren's castle - in the boy's memory, although there was an old horseman who came here with him, but after sending the boy to the castle, the old horseman quickly flashed and left this dangerous and strange place, leaving the boy here alone.

It can be seen that although the young man surnamed "Felix" knows the rumors here, the courage and persistence unique to the young man make him not retreat. And last night, Yulian also checked what the original owner of this body carried. I have to say that the heir of this late aristocracy is really poor, except for food, he only has a set of clothes for a change of clothes, and a few books on the history of the continent. Of course, the boy also held the documents issued to him by the nobles regarding the grant of fiefs, and all of them were genuine and not forged. Perhaps the nobles had long considered that this little ghost would not live long there, and it was pointless to waste time and energy on falsification, so the surname Suo took out the real documents.

The document shows that he, Julien Felix (for convenience, Julienso added his surname to his own name, would not raise suspicion) had been given the right to govern the castle and the surrounding area, and that, like other lords, he was required to pay taxes to the kingdom on time and to send troops to fight for the protection of the entire kingdom in times of trouble. Of course, in line with this, he has the right to set taxes, levy and ......... in his territory Fluid right (it's not a typo, you know, um).

It's boring.

Seeing this, Yu Lian pursed his lips, in his previous life, he had a skeptical attitude towards this liquid power, especially those nobles, who had no interest in this rule at all. Although in the beginning, it was indeed created to show the status and power of the lords. But in fact, most of the nobles were insensitive to this power.

The reason is also very simple, as a lord, there are so many things to be busy every day, especially those big lords, there are so many villages and small towns below, there are people getting married at any time, and as a lord, they can't even finish their own affairs, how can they have time to run around to exercise their right to liquid? And take a step back, once the right to liquid is exercised, then in case there are heirs in the future, there will be more troublesome things, and the nobles have always believed that their blood is sacred, noble and inviolable. Therefore, if a commoner gives birth to an heir with noble blood, then the nobleman must take him back to raise, which becomes a stain on the nobility. In this era, there is no way to identify the paternity of the two parties through DNA and the like, so there are many examples of fake as the son of a lord in a vain attempt to extract money. And for many people, once they are pregnant with the blood of the nobility, then they can get money, and even glory (after all, in the eyes of ordinary people, the blood of the nobility is also noble), so in some cases, those brides are even more eager for the right to liquid than the lord who exercises his power.

It is precisely because of this that the right to liquid has long become a system that exists in name only, after all, if the nobles want beautiful women, they can get them in any way, and those who marry are not necessarily beautiful, and it is not good to get into trouble again. So far, although the right to release liquid has not been abolished, its only remaining meaning is to remind those commoners that they are still the property of the nobility.

This document is the most valuable of the items carried by the juvenile. Then came a dozen gold coins, and a short sword for a talisman - the descendants of this nobleman were indeed poor.

Although the lord can also collect money from his jurisdiction, Yuren is well aware that there is no human gathering place within his territory, except for the town below the mountain. Even in the surrounding mountains, there are only wild beasts, and even thieves and bandits can't see it, and Yulian chose this place only to rest and hide himself, so in his opinion, it is better to have no people, but now Yulian finds that things may become a little troublesome.

Until then, though, there's more important things to do.

Thinking of this, You Lian couldn't help but pick up the young man's talisman short sword, like other nobles, this kind of talisman short sword has no attack power at all, judging from the gems and gold threads inlaid on its scabbard, it can be seen that this is a thing that is specially created to deceive the rich with beauty as the first element.

As a Knight of the End, what Yuren needs most is his own weapon, and this short sword obviously cannot be used as a weapon. So, he needs something of better quality.

Thinking of this, Yu Lian suddenly remembered that in the town at the foot of the mountain, there seems to be a blacksmith, and in the previous life, Yu Lian also used to create some interesting little things there, although it has been seventy years now, but I think that in this kind of town, there should be no special changes, even if the blacksmith is old, his descendants should inherit and open a shop.

Without further ado, since the decision had been made, Yuren had no intention of stopping his actions, fortunately, the old groom still had a little conscience, and kept a horse for the young man before leaving, so Yuren was not polite, and rode through the mountain road, and then came to the town at the foot of the mountain.

It's just that what Yulian didn't expect was that his appearance immediately became the focus of the town.

As a remote mountainous area, Twilight Town is not isolated from the world, but it is definitely a place with a very poor mobile surname, and in this kind of place where there are almost no outsiders, any unfamiliar face will become the focus of attention and the topic of everyone's attention. Because of this, Yulian had just entered the town and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Look, it's him, he's the new owner of that castle. ”

"It's so pitiful, it's still so young..............."

"Grace is above......... This world is really ........."

Pity, fear, sorrow, doubt, curiosity, all kinds of eyes shot at Yuren, and then quickly retracted, and Yuren didn't pay attention to their gaze, just rode leisurely and smugly, towards the blacksmith shop in his memory. Even after seventy years, Yulian can still see many familiar buildings on the streets, and even the sign of the Rose Tavern is still hanging diagonally, and it has not changed at all because of time. It's as if time has completely stopped in this town and nothing has changed.

Because of this, Yulian quickly found the blacksmith's shop, which was a new change from seventy years ago, the old wooden door was covered with a copper skin, and the wooden planks on the sign were replaced with new mahogany—a change that was already remarkable for a town that had hardly changed at all.

Standing in the doorway, Yulian took a light breath, feeling the heat coming from inside and the smell of steel forging, and then, with a smile on his face, he pushed open the door and walked in.

Then, Yulian was stunned.

As the saying goes, you can't just look at the surface.

It is only today that you can truly appreciate the true meaning of this sentence.

From the outside, this blacksmith shop has not changed from before, so You Lian also subconsciously thinks that there will be no special changes inside. But he didn't expect that the other party was actually a duck paddling - the action was below.

The weapons, shields, and armor hanging from the walls in Yulian's memory were all gone, replaced by pitchforks, hoes, and the handfuls of hanging in a dazzling ......... Kitchen knife.

This is not a blacksmith shop at all, it is almost the same as a farm tool shop.

You Lian stared blankly at the figure behind the kitchen knife and pitchfork, wielding a hammer and clanging bells, and was a little speechless for a while.