On the surface, Baron Ryan looks like a handsome man with black hair and blue eyes, and a confident and hearty demeanor.

The lines of his face are relatively hard, not the same as those of the Imperials, it should be the blood of the mountain people, and those gray-blue eyes prove this.

He was quite informal, and his eyes lit up when he saw Ian, and he stepped forward and patted Ian on the shoulder with his right hand, while praising the boy for being the youngest, most talented and best-looking young man he had seen in recent years, while expressing his jealousy of Viscount Grant's good luck, such a talent could be produced in his own territory, and the rating in recent years must be quite high.

"I'm sorry to forgive me, because there are some new problems, and I may not be able to entertain you for dinner."

Inviting Ian to sit down, Baron Ryan laughed and said, "Ayers has already told me about your intentions, as a psionic, there is naturally a need for the glow grass extract, so I have prepared it in advance." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not going to take money. For such a young alchemist, a genius who is favored by Master Gosai, even if it is a favor, why is it difficult to give you a nourishing extract of excellent quality? ”

Hearing this, Ian's heart was alarmed—he knew quite well that free things were the most expensive.

Baron Ryan wants to give himself a piece of excellent quality? At least two hundred thalers and above, Viscount Grant and himself don't have such a big face.

But what the other party said next was quite reasonable: "I know that you are also a genius appraiser, and you have also been recognized by Master Gosai, and even Mr. Silverfang of Nauman City has strongly recommended you to me several times. ”

"So, I have an ancient treasure from the mountain people, and I would like you to identify it a little."

"Don't worry, I know it's difficult, in fact, I've already found other appraisers before, and now, I just hope to get another perspective."

The black-haired and blue-eyed nobleman looked urgent, he was obviously too lazy to disguise his thoughts, and Ian did not hesitate, he promised, "No problem." ”

"However, my level is still quite immature, if you make a mistake, please forgive me."

"No, no, no."

The baron laughed again, then stood up: "Let's go, I'll take you to the alchemy laboratory." ”

The alchemy laboratory is located on the third floor of the castle, and Baron Ryan is indeed an alchemist, after all, his territory mainly produces various alchemy materials and sublimation plants, and it is a bit difficult to imagine whether he is an alchemist.

When following the other party, Ian knew that things were a little troublesome, but he couldn't refuse.

Baron Ryan said that if he didn't want to be gifted out of the country, and he couldn't buy a high-quality psionic tonic extract, he would have to agree anyway - so there was no need to think about it.

The only thing worth curious about is what the 'mountain people's antiquities' are.

The third floor was very bright compared to the second floor, and the pyroxene lamps hung around as if they didn't need money, and there were probably vents somewhere, and there was a cool wind in the corridor all the time.

And when Baron Ryan led Ian to the laboratory at the end of the corridor, Ian found that at the door of a room in the corridor, there was a little girl with snow-white skin who was quietly watching him and the baron.

The little girl, who was about six or seven years old, with dark blue hair and purple eyes that resembled a sunset, stood quietly in the doorway, without saying a word, and looked straight over.

"Linda? What's wrong, are you hungry? ”

Naturally, the baron also saw the little girl, and he stepped forward, picked up the little girl with one arm, and said with concern: "If you are hungry, call the Moda steward, and he will arrange for the maid to bring you food...... Haha, see the smile, this is my adopted daughter Linda. ”

Halfway through speaking, he smiled and turned his head to look at Ian, then turned back to the little girl and said, "Come, how did Daddy teach you before?" What should be said now? ”

The little girl's thinking seemed to be a little sluggish, and she stared at Ian for a long time before she said in a crisp voice, "Brother......"

"Brother, it's delicious."

"It's my brother, hello."

Baron Ryan corrected, and after that, the girl named Linda followed: "Brother, hello~"

"You, little lady."

Ian smiled as Baron Ryan sent the little girl back to a room full of pink tones, and the blue-eyed nobleman seemed a little embarrassed: "Linda's brain has been stimulated and she can't speak normally now, but she is actually very smart, and she can write much faster than she speaks. ”

"Her parents were dead because of the accident, so I adopted her and two other children."

"Where, I understand."

Ian stared thoughtfully at the little girl sitting on his bed, and then watched Baron Ryan close the door.

He smiled and replied, "My brother is a little older than Linda, and he used to have some reason and now has difficulty expressing his thoughts normally, and I understand this situation. ”

"That's right." Baron Ryan was a little surprised.

He noticed Ian looking at his left arm, and then laughed again: "You can really bear it, and I'm afraid the first sentence is 'Laball, why did you break your hand?'" ’。 ”

"It's just basic etiquette."

Ian was polite on the surface, but in his heart he couldn't help but complain about the Viscount's bad image in the outside world - he assured that Viscount Grant was definitely not so disrespectful to the atmosphere, this statement was not only rude, but simply a country barbarian.

Oh, they Port Harrison are indeed border country barbarians, that's fine.

"You know, I guess."

As if opening the conversation, the baron said with emotion: "I suffered an outrageous theft here a few days ago—a gang of thieves forcibly snatched a batch of refined two-year-old glow grass extract, which was the semi-finished product of the best tonic extract. ”

"I happened to be there at the time, and I was accidentally attacked by the other party and cut off my left arm...... Alas, it's still too careless, and Ms. Yingguang is almost here for this matter, she is tracking down the chain of actions of a group of cultists, but I don't think it has anything to do with cultists, it should be done by people from Flying Flame Land. ”

- You can blow it.

Ian thought to himself. This blowing method is even more excessive than Viscount Grant, and the Flying Flame Land is almost moved to cry, at least Viscount Grant doesn't dare to say that the Flying Flame Land Special Operations Team can cut him off with one hand.

If the Flying Flame Land really had the strength to cut off a second-level nobleman in his own territory, Nanling would have been in chaos a long time ago, not to mention that the entire Ryan Territory was so loose, and it didn't look like the old man had been attacked.

"Baron Ryan's ability to open his eyes and speak nonsense has at least a senior title, the kind that is tested every three years."

The lie was so bad that Ian was too embarrassed to assume he had heard.

But perhaps, this is a hint from Baron Ryan? He gave him an excellent top-level psionic nourishing liquid for free, and he was responsible for spreading his stupid nonsense?

According to the crooked way of speaking of the nobles, it is not impossible, for Thaler's sake, as long as others ask so, then he will say so.

As for why the other party cut off his left arm......

Curiosity is a precious thing, and he doesn't want to use it for it.

Anyway, Ian coughed and pretended not to hear: "Baron, the door to the alchemy laboratory is locked, please open the door." ”

"Haha, I actually forgot about business."

Baron Ryan turned his head without changing his face and used his fingerprints to unlock the lock.

"Please come in."

He opened the door and entered, and Ian followed, looking into the center of the lab.

Next, he stood in place, his eyes slightly dazed.

Baron Ryan noticed Ian's abnormality, he nodded slightly, and smiled: "It seems that your appraiser ability is indeed not Ayers's random boasting, you do have real skills, and you can actually know at a glance which target I want you to identify." ”

- Of course.

Ian's brow furrowed, he did know at a glance what the other party was trying to identify him.

But it's not like it used to be, because of the fog brought by the foresight.

Actually, it's not too bad.

Because the first time Ian noticed it was because there was no mist on it!

It was a crystal skull placed among many miscellaneous objects, it was not large, about the size of a child's skull in his early tens, but it was crystal clear, with a mysterious aura haunting, and it was quite extraordinary at first glance.

According to Ian's instinctive perception, this skull is at least a remnant of a psionic person around the peak of the first energy level, and this information can be easily obtained without fog.

But here's the problem – the prophetic horizon doesn't show it.

In the world of fog, this is the only place where it is empty.

"It's really interesting."

Ian muttered to himself, and he quickly figured out why.

- This crystal skull is related to a prophet!