Chapter 156 Chips Down
Quicksand listened, and his face was solemn. If the belief in the Eternal and Time Dragons truly began to spread in the Faro plane, then Lunai would be the most embarrassing of the gods, and would be regarded as the gods of the Eternal and Time Dragons, thus greatly shaking the foundation of the faith. The Dragons of Eternity and Time don't need faith, but a plane god like Lunay lives by faith. If the foundation of faith is shaken, it will fall to a weak or even weak god level. If you go any further, it is not impossible to fall from the throne.
Richard thought for a moment, but the clouds on his face gradually dissolved, and said, "Okay, don't worry about this for now. The Duke's family is the worship of the ancestors, and the belief in the gods is completely opposite to the two extremes! If he sees the hope of a longer life, he will definitely keep it a secret, and he will definitely not let the followers of the god of time, Lunay, destroy it. In the end, Lu Nai's power in the Sequoia Kingdom is very weak and almost negligible. You'd better think about how to convince the Duke that we have the power to give him a longer life!"
Quicksand nodded, then blasted Richard out of the room, flipped through the time himself, and began to think.
As the strength of the strong people of each class increases, the health of each class will slowly increase accordingly. But at level eighteen, most strong people will gain a longer lifespan, and in the case of humans, the life will be extended to about one hundred and fifty years. And when you enter the legend, the life will be greatly extended, depending on different professions and different power levels, the life of the legendary powerhouse is as short as two or three hundred years, and as long as a thousand years. Longer life is the common pursuit of almost every strong person, which is why the status of the dragon of eternity and time in the Norland continent is far higher than that of other gods.
A longer life is eternity, which is also the ultimate dream of every life.
Early the next morning, Richard had just eaten breakfast when he received the news of the Duke's appointment, and asked him to follow the envoy to Deep Rock Castle immediately, which showed the Duke's anxious mood.
After receiving the news of the duke's appointment, Richard was calm. He first cleaned up his appearance meticulously, and then under the watchful eye of the envoy, he carefully unlocked the magic array that sealed the magic box. The process took nearly half an hour, and the ritual was extremely long and complicated, but the messenger did not have the slightest hint of haste or impatience.
Before unlocking the magic array, Richard pointed to the box and said to the messenger: "This is a necessary measure to maintain the magic power of the magic pattern construction, once opened, the magic power stored in the construction will continue to be lost, so it can only be opened before meeting the duke." It's going to be a long process, and you can't let the Duke wait?"
The envoy thought so, and although his title was not high, he was only a knight, but he was from the famous Notlin family, and he had been in the society for decades, and his eyes were vicious, and he could see at a glance that Richard's sealing box required at least three thousand gold coins just for the workmanship. And the final price of magic items is often several times the cost. Such a magic box that can sell nearly 10,000 gold coins on the market is just used to hold the so-called magic pattern structure. Even if Richard is really a liar, it is still a bloody scam. What's more, does a great magician still need to cheat money? As long as Richard shows that he is willing to serve, any duke will open the door to welcome such a young archmagician. In front of the future Magister, gold is never an issue.
Richard did enough, and then the elven poet Oral took the magic box, took quicksand and a group of retinues, and went to the duke's castle.
In the duke's favorite parlor, Richard finally met the Duke of Greywolf, who was also a big man in the Faro plane. Duke Blue Wolf is forty-six years old this year, in the prime of life, and his strength and wisdom are at their peak. He was slightly thin, but his frame was very large, so he still looked imposing and straight. The aristocratic robe did not have too many ornate and expensive decorations, only a jasper ring on the ring finger of the left hand, and the ring face was verdant, like a clear spring.
The duke had a short, neatly trimmed beard, and the depths of his narrow eyes occasionally flashed with a delicate light. Other than that, he no longer saw any sign of strength in his body, except for the majesty of those who had been in high positions for a long time, there was no sense of oppression from the level of power. Obviously, the duke's mastery of the power structure has reached an extremely high-end level, so he can hide all his strength in the depths of his body without revealing a single thing. But when he looked at him, Richard had a feeling that he had been completely seen through from head to toe, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
Restraining one's own aura and seeing through the strength level of other people, these two secret methods are extremely practical, and there are nearly a hundred different schools of inheritance in Norland, with different effects. However, such a duke's ability to restrain his aura to almost no overflow, and to be able to see through Richard's secret method at a glance, is also a first-class inheritance in Norland.
Richard had long put away all his contempt for the Faro plane, and as the exploration of the plane deepened, the closer contact with human society and the powerhouses of the plane, especially the face-to-face experience with the Duke of Blue Wolf, made him begin to have a sense of awe for the Faro plane.
After all, this is a plane with true legendary power, and without the inheritance of the Demon Pattern Formation, Richard would be a dazzling genius here. The title of genius only means that the possibility of becoming a strong person is greater than that of ordinary people. If you want to put the genius and the strong together, there is no point in comparison.
A strong person must be a genius, but most geniuses cannot become strong people.
After the duke stared at Richard, he smiled and said, "Eleventh level great magician, and he is still so young! Dear Mr. Richard, you are not yet 20 years old this year?" Although Richard was nominally a vassal of the Duke, the Duke gave an extra emphasis on the honorific title of a great magician according to the habits of the plane.
"Just a few days ago I was twenty years old!" replied Richard. In fact, he is only seventeen years old this year, but there is no need to surprise the duke more, even a twenty-year-old great magician is a genius who occupies a certain position in the history of the Faro plane.
"That's a very rare thing, too!" said the duke, who sat down on the sofa in the main seat, beckoned Richard to sit down as well, and then ordered the butler to resump the tea.
After sipping the tea, the Duke waved the butler and servants to step down, leaving him and Richard, Quicksand, Oral, and the fallen priest Cass in the parlor. Richard noticed this detail, and the Duke didn't even keep a cronie with him.
Although Cass was born in a big family of the Iron Triangle Empire, he was still nervous when he faced the Duke of Blue Wolf so closely. This is not to blame him, there are many human kingdoms in the Faro plane, but because they occupy the dominant position of the continent, the power system and title settings are very similar. The dukes of the Sequoia Kingdom and the dukes of the Iron Triangle Empire are both very similar in overall strength. Therefore, Duke Blue Wolf is also a pivotal figure in the Iron Triangle Empire, and there is an unattainable rank difference between him and Cass.
Richard took the magic box from Oral's hand, placed it on the coffee table in front of the duke, and said, "Your Excellency, this is the magic pattern structure I have prepared for you. ”
The Duke lifted the lid of the box and took a casual look, then put the sealed box aside, then looked at Richard, and said gently, "Very rare, but also very precious." But its value is not comparable to that of an artifact, so now, how are you going to convince me not to hand you over to the temple? Xerxes and Anne have always been generous in this matter. His tone, though casually as if to say that the weather was really nice today, suddenly became aggressive.