After carefully reading the "Flame Fighting Spirit", and making sure that there were no other special difficulties except for the potion, Gervais put away the "Flame Fighting Spirit", and could only wait for the space to arrange for Thomas to purchase medicinal materials, and then try to cultivate after dispensing this potion.

After putting away the fighting spirit, Gervais still sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to concentrate on overtaking the fighting qi in his body and constantly wandering in some small qi veins, it has been more than half a month since he got the "Stealth Secret Technique II" from Bernard, although Gervais has been working hard to cultivate during this time, but the progress is very slow, and he still has not introduced this secret technique to cultivation.

But fortunately, although he has not yet started, he has also gained a good harvest, and over time, Gervais's proficiency in manipulating Dou Qi has been greatly improved.

As Gervais becomes more and more proficient, the stimulation of Dou Qi and the speed of operation have also been greatly improved, which indirectly improves Gervais's combat ability.

Therefore, even if there was no progress in the cultivation of secret techniques, Gervais was not in a hurry, so he used water to grind and practice, and practiced for more than an hour every morning and evening.

The time for cultivation is always insufficient, and before I knew it, it was already noon, and the little maid Anna entered the space to wake up Gervais, because the guards arranged by Gervais had already rushed back to the castle, which meant that Baron Pat was still more than ten kilometers away from the castle and would arrive in a while.

Baron Pat's visit had already sent a messenger to inform Gervais, so it was very formal, and Gervais had to give Pal's visit a sufficient welcome.

After being reminded by Anna, Gervais did not delay, quickly returned to the inner castle, took a happy bath in the bathroom, put on a new silk dress under the service of Anna's little maid, and after getting dressed neatly, Gervais came downstairs, but happened to meet Thomas who was looking for him in the corridor.

"Your Excellency, Baron Pat's team has arrived in Marina Town, I wonder if your Excellency is going to meet Baron Pat outside the castle or in the vestibule?"

For formal visits, it is customary to greet them in the vestibule, and it is not rude for two nobles of the same title, and if you go to greet them outside the castle, it represents the importance that the host attaches to the visitor.

"Meet outside the castle, after all, this is the first nobleman to visit, and it is necessary to make him think that I, Gervais, am a hospitable lord!"

To tell the truth, Gervais and Pat as neighbors, the first time they communicated, Gervais should have sent an invitation first, or went to visit, but Gervais has been busy with the affairs of the territory, and he can't take into account the personal contacts of other nobles, although Pat's sudden visit this time is a little abrupt, but Gervais also made a gesture and expressed his importance to Baron Pat.

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, this sentence can also be described in this way among the nobility, especially since the territory of both of them is on the edge of the Jones Earl, and now the Jones Earldom is under great threat, and it is not bad for Gervais to be able to win over a teammate.

And there are no merchants in Gervais's territory, not even a shop to buy some supplies, and all the serfs in the Storm Territory basically go to the town of Barony Pat to buy things, and Gervais has not heard that Baron Pat deliberately makes things difficult for his serfs, such as collecting taxes, raising prices or something.

"Yes, sir! The villain will arrange it right away! ”

After determining the place to greet him, Thomas hurriedly retired, this was the first time he had helped Gervais greet guests since he became a butler, so the whole person was in a tense state, thinking that he must make the butler's debut beautiful and make Gervais's face shine.

"Anna, let's go too!"

After Thomas left, Gervais turned to look at Anna, Anna's little maid was dressed differently today, and was replaced by a silk clothing, although the style was not distinctive, but the silk material and Anna's lovely appearance were fresh and refined, and Anna was set off like a noble lady.

In addition to Anna's silk clothing, there is another person in the castle who also wears silk clothing, and that is Thomas, when he first came to meet Gervais, Thomas was already wearing new clothes, and his hair was also very carefully groomed, and Gervais was also the first time he had seen Thomas look like a noble butler.

When Gervais came to the vestibule with Anna's little maid, the castle was now full of guards, all of them wearing leather armor with long swords on their waists.

Not only were these guards fully armed, but thanks to the training subjects taught to them by Gervais, they all held their heads up and their chests unmoved, and they were imposing.

"Not bad!"

Looking at the gate of the inner fort, the performance of the guards on the city wall, Gervais nodded with satisfaction, not to mention the combat effectiveness, just this appearance is on par with the soldiers of those small countries on the earth, completely different from the small nobles of this world, those guards who are not even neat and tidy.

Today, in order to welcome Pat, Thomas has ordered a long red carpet to be rolled out on the ground, and the red carpet extends from the inner castle gate to the castle, and Gervais walked the red carpet to the castle gate.

"Your Excellency!"

When Gervais came to the castle gate, Thomas was already waiting with a group of servants, four men and two women standing on either side of the gate, holding copper basins and white scarves in their hands.

When Thomas saw Gervais coming, he immediately came behind Gervais, saluted Gervais respectfully, and said no more.

Gervais answered, and then looked down on the gentle slope of the castle, where a convoy of carriages and horses had gathered at this moment, and it was Baron Pat, who had visited today.

Baron Pat did not ride a horse, but sat in a large and luxurious carriage, which was pulled by six horses, and in front of and behind the carriage were all guards on horseback, dressed in leather chain mail, with a long shield on their backs, and weapons such as swords and spears, and eight of the swordsmen with longbows and arrows hanging from their saddles, so to speak, an army armed to the teeth.

"It's really more human than human, it's infuriating, how rich is this special to be equipped like this!"

The preciousness of horses in this world is one of Gervais's deepest impressions, but this Baron Pat's convoy, except for the six horses pulling the carriage, the thirty guards are all riding horses, and none of them walk, what makes Gervais even more angry is that Pat's men are not only equipped with armor, but even the horses are equipped with light armor.

The fact that a horse can be covered with armor represents only two things.

The first thing is that Baron Pat is really rich, and the light armor of a horse is not cheaper than the equipment of a man.

The second is that these horses are not ordinary horses, not only can they afford fully armed riders, but they also have to wear light armor, which shows that these horses are war horses, and even Gandalf does not dare to slack off on them.