"Did you hear that? We have another nobleman here, and it's Ian from the White People's side!"

"I heard that, I still know that kid, he was smart when he was a child, and later went to learn alchemy and inscriptions with the help of Master Grant...... My dead ghost has learned a little bit and can go to work in the guards, but this kid is proficient in all of them—he can become a nobleman, I believe it!"

"Hey, when will my child have half Ian...... No, what about a quarter smart? It can save me a lot of worry......

This is the content of an exchange between several women with children at home on Harrison Harbor Beach.

"Leader Xiahui, that place seems to be recruiting skilled craftsmen...... You don't need to be too proficient, there will be training over there, and what you want is to be young and imaginative, and a few buddies seem to be quite suitable?"

"Don't, but don't, people say you don't want an experienced master, just believe it? Isn't that like you're saying, 'The soldier next door doesn't care about your physique, he will help you exercise, and what you want is a bad life?' This iron will treat us as cannon fodder!"

"What cannon fodder is there when you are a craftsman? Catch us to forge iron day and night, and burn the furnace in the morning and evening? You see, this list says that what they want to do is something very new, and the experience of the master is of little use......

"Or is it the same thing they say, you believe it? Although Xia Huiling is also in Nanling, he also has to go over the mountains!"

"Hey, just like you said, my life is worthless, and now that I'm old, if I don't find some regular work to do, won't I have to eat my parents for the rest of my life? This wave, I fight!"

This is a conversation between two apprentices resting in the backyard of the blacksmith's shop.

"Brother, did you see the notice on the Xiahui Leader's side to recruit people? That's a lot of money!"

"Over there...... It's a bit dangerous, right? Not long after the battle on the mountain people's side, many people died...... And didn't the Lord's Mansion say it too? The old man and Ian and his escort named Qingchao teamed up to repel the attacks of other local special forces...... Obviously dangerous! I'm not happy to go."

"Doesn't this prove that Xia Hui Ling's side has strength? Qingchao I know, good guy, there are at least ten of those sword tricks, I can't wait to go to the apprenticeship, and Xia Hui Ling is said to join the escort team, you can get the guidance of that swordsman!"

"Huh? Brother, are you determined to go to Xiahui? Port Harrison is a very good place, although there is no native, there is little life, but the lord is generous, very suitable for settling down to support the family.

"That's buddy, you have a wife, of course you want to settle down, brother, I plan to try again, see if I can break through - less life, fewer opportunities, less credit, then Qingchao was not a little stronger than brothers before? He is adventuring in the South China Sea Labyrinth with Little Master Ian, so he has the second energy level of merit and affection! That's the hard work that gives you a chance!"

"Hey, brother, you dare to fight - here I toast you, let's not get drunk today!"

"Next time if I can come back alive, ask everyone in the group to drink, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

This happened in a tavern in Port Harrison, where two mercenaries were negotiating.

The entire Harrison Harbor was filled with news about the team led by Xia Hui for a while.

Not only because the lord of the Xia Hui Collar was also a Harrison Harbor native, and he was warmly received by Viscount Grant, but also because the treatment offered by the Xia Hui Leader was indeed quite attractive.

Although since last year, there has been news that Ian has become a lord and made a name for himself, and earlier there is also the news of Ian's perfect performance in the imperial capital, but all of this adds up to far less than one-tenth of Ian's return to Port Harrison with a whole fleet full of novelty goods and various high-end alchemy equipment.

With these definite and practical things, the people who do not see rabbits and eagles in this era will have a little perception and understanding of the distant 'new territory', and will rise 'curiosity and desire'.

Of course, in a sense, Xia Huiling's recruitment operation in Port Harrison this time is to use money to compete for the 'talents' accumulated in Port Harrison for many years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is blood-sucking.

But really

Internationally, everyone in Port Harrison, including Viscount Grant, believed that Port Harrison earned it.

Because in Terra, the most important thing is not these low-end talents.

Rather, it's 'alchemy, aspects of knowledge.'

[Xia Hui led the sharing of the technology of the 'new agricultural planting building' with Port Harrison, allowing Port Harrison to open a workshop for the production of conventional plant culture fluids]

[Port Harrison has the right of first refusal to purchase new weapons such as Magnetic Storm Armor, Charged Rifles, and other new weapons, and allows the opening of three workshops for related equipment]

[Port Harrison and Xiahui Collar reached a comprehensive cooperation agreement: the territories of the two sides allow free exchange of personnel, caravans on both sides enjoy tax and fee reductions, and the two sides have reached a number of bulk trade agreements related to raw materials and grain]

[Xia Hui comprehends and helps Harrison Harbor cultivate basic alchemy craftsmen, and as a price, Harrison Harbor needs to assist Xia Hui to purchase a large number of alchemy substrates and related alchemy crops, and the specific content of the agreement is still being negotiated......]

These agreements were all news released from the Lord's Mansion before the arrival of the convoy led by Xia Hui.

After hearing these agreements, everyone was impressed by Ian's generosity and appreciated his return to his hometown.

After all, as an alchemist close to the master-level level (Ian's alchemy level in the eyes of ordinary people), he is willing to accept Viscount's unborn son as a disciple, and this incident alone is enough to make Viscount Grant smile, and it doesn't matter if Xia Hui leads Harrison's 'bloodsucking'.

After all, those ordinary talents will not be lacking at all with the treatment of Port Harrison, and a genius like Ian, who has no feelings, how can he accept apprentices so casually?

And with the relationship between Viscount Grant and Ian, at least the cooperation between the two sides is still continuing, and the Viscount's child must be Ian's personal disciple.

In this way, what if Port Harrison suffers a little more? What's more, they didn't suffer at all.

So, is it Xia Hui who suffers?

Of course not.

Port Harrison has the most needed business port for Xiahui Collar today, and also has the 'low-end technicians' that Xiahui Collar is most lacking today.

Because the redwood natives were pacified, there was no need to maintain so many standing troops in Port Harrison today, so even experienced mercenaries and adventurers didn't need to stay that much, these people could be attracted by the Xiahui Leader and become the force they desperately needed.

Moreover, it is difficult to say in other aspects, as a port city, Harrison Port, which lacks arable land, really needs the design of agricultural buildings, and they will definitely popularize this technology as much as possible, and use themselves as a test field for Xia Hui Ling, and summarize relevant technical experience for Xia Hui Ling.

One side needs technology, the other side needs raw materials and population; One side needs the direction of future progress, and the other side needs trial and error test fields and population data......

- A match made in heaven!

This is the inner thoughts of both sides in the Port Harrison Viscount's Mansion after Ian and Viscount Grant discussed.

"That's all for today, Ian."

The Viscount stood up, and he smiled and said, "Your brother and Elder Pude are waiting for you outside, so I won't disturb your time to communicate with your relatives."

He is undoubtedly the most satisfied with this series of cooperation.

Yes. In the short term, Harrison Port is undoubtedly suffering: all the benefits that Ian can give are things that will only work in the future after a few years, especially those production rights, which require upfront investment and can slowly take effect in the later stage.

Is the stuff good? Truly. But not only has it not been verified for a long time, but it has not been able to make quick money, and even needs to lose money.

For many lords, this alone was enough to make them cautious, even wait-and-see.

Only people like Viscount Grant, who no longer care about short-term gains and just invest for the future of Ian and his children, can accept it.

As for the population loss in a short period of time, not to mention that Viscount Grant closed his eyes and knew very well that in the future, there would be a group of very capable white people who would move to Xiahui Territory in large numbers.

Many of his alchemists are white people. But Ian's painting of the flatbread for him is just too fragrant......

"It was a nice morning."

Of course, Ian is also satisfied, after all, Port Harrison is also his hometown, and there will definitely be a considerable number of White people who will not move to Xiahui Territory in the future, but will continue to stay in Port Harrison—for decades, this is also a piece of the White people's inheritance.

Ian, as the current head of the Silverpeak family, could not have done such a foolish thing as completely abandoning Port Harrison and putting all his eggs in one basket.

The construction of Port Harrison certainly made Viscount Grant happy, but he would not lose ...... After all, the employees of those workshops and the craftsmen who exchange and train must give priority to the people of Bai.

The two lords, one big and one small, looked up, and the two looked at each other and smiled, both very happy.

The study door opened, and Viscount Grant opened it, motioning for Ian to go first.

And the boy had just gone out, and in the reception room not far away, a white figure snapped into Ian's arms with crisp steps!

"Ouch - how do you look like a shark......

Ian picked up the white thing that had thrown into his arms and spun it around before placing it firmly on the ground: "You guy, you have a lot more strength!"

He urged his eyes to look at his brother gently, "And he's grown taller too!"

"Hmm!"

And Elan, who threw himself into Ian's arms, raised his head, stared at Ian quietly with a pair of purple eyes, and then showed a big smile: "I've grown taller, brother!"

"Good!"

Ian's eyes lit up, he laughed, and pinched Elan's face, "And...... The words are also smooth!"

"I've been practicing for a long time......

Although it was said to be smooth, Elan's words still had a pause that was imperceptible to ordinary people: "Bishop White Mist said that my mind is used to thinking like this. It's also a good thing, because I'm not used to talking, so I'm very good at meditation!"

"Brother, my meditation has been able to 'be peaceful,'! Although the time is relatively small...... But the bishop said I was very good!"

Tranquility is the third stage of meditation in the Huaiguang Church, the first two stages are 'sitting still, and 'no waves,' which means that you can sit quietly for a long time without getting irritable, and you can calmly look at your body's troubles and emotional anxieties without any mood fluctuations.

Tranquility means that there are very few distractions in the mind, reaching a state of long-lasting tranquility and serenity, at which point the painful penance will also become mild, because all the physical perception will be dealt with by the meditator with a perception outside the body.

Even among the monks, 'tranquility takes a considerable period of penance to attain.

As for the tranquility, all that's left is 'waiting.' When meditation reaches this state, there is nothing left to actively practice, it is enough to maintain such a quiet state of mind.

The meditation method of the Huaiguang Church is obviously born from the spiritual practice and sublimation of the civilization of the previous era, and this meditation method is obviously completely different from the meditation method created by Ian, it emphasizes not directly using some means to transform one's soul, but using a subtle way, using the method of transforming people's thinking patterns, and in turn shaping the soul from scratch.

In general, it is a method that places too much emphasis on talent, which is good for geniuses, but for mediocre people, the effect is not as good as the meditation method that Ian created to transform his soul little by little.

However, the fact that Elam was able to cultivate so quickly to a stage close to 'tranquility' was enough to prove that he was extremely talented in this area.

It's no wonder that during the path of the insect swarm, it only took six years for Elam to go from being a disciple casually accepted by the White Mist Bishop to a full-fledged member who could accept the direct inheritance of the Holy Mountain.

It doesn't sound like much, but you know, even a second-level Minoan bloodhunter like Ransom is not a regular employee of the Huaiguang Church in a way, at most a contract worker - and Elan, who has a potion ration as soon as he reaches puberty,

I can take the compilation directly!

As we all know, the end of the universe is the compilation, and Elan's ability to go directly to the end in one step is of course due to Ian's legacy, and his own efforts and talents should not be underestimated.

Just as Ian sees it now.

In the young man's silver-blue eyes, information about Elan was emerging.

【Elam】

[Symmetrical humanoid carbon-based sublimation creatures on both sides of Terra Star (Cretaceous People variant)]

[First Energy Level, Juvenile Body, Excellence, Innate Intelligent Creatures, Major Intelligent Creatures in the Star Field, Psionic Potential is Awakening]

[After a certain period of practice, the human individual is gradually tapping into his latent psionic talent, and the talent has begun to awaken and show some of its strength]

[The human subject has received good and correct guidance, and although his strength has not been directly improved, he is changing his future potential]

【Body Material...... Carbon-based life ...... Crystallization potential】

[Strength Grade: Normal]

[Essentia: 21.5593 base units]

[Hint: This creature has a strange connection to the bloodline of a powerful crystalline lifeform, which indirectly leads to his psionic growth.]

[Warning: Psionic growth is uncontrollable and irreversible, the human individual is still in its infancy, and the guardian should be responsible for guiding the intelligent life larvae correctly, rather than allowing them to grow savagely!] 】

【......】

"Huh?"

Ian was slightly stunned.

He thought that he would only see his younger brother grow in spiritual energy, but he couldn't help but be shocked.

- Crystalline lifeforms have a peculiar connection?

Wait a minute...... Could it be......

Inside the swarm path, that swarm crystallized dragon?!

This Elan, the growth is indeed growing, but the growth is too barbaric, right?!