After dinner, the song and dance troupe will start performing.

The girls rushed backstage and began to put on their own makeup, chirping and chattering like a flock of larks.

The girls of the Violet Song and Dance Troupe all have good voices, and what they are best at is using their wide vocal range to sing amazing arias. They wore gorgeous court costumes, danced gracefully, and sang to their heart's content.

Tonight's performance is "Tiranya", a traditional piece of the Reims Empire, which tells the love story of the 300-year-old rose warrior Edie Strick, the founding monarch of the Reims Empire, and his wife Tiranya.

A typical opera that celebrates the virtues of the imperial monarch.

Dais, the pillar of the cabaret, plays Tiranya, another pillar, and actor Bart plays Edittrick. I have to say that the performance of the Violet Song and Dance Troupe is still quite good, Daisy wears a gorgeous court robe to show her style on the stage, and the handsome young Bart wears a warrior's armor and appears in front of everyone with a heroic posture.

Daisy sings beautifully, like a nightingale singing, and Ranti plays Tiranya's maid, a scheming woman who is bent on provoking Edittrick and Tiranya to replace her.

Huey doubted that there was such a maid in history, and it was not difficult to seduce the monarch to his own bed, but to get the monarch to divorce his most cherished woman, such a maid was not smart, but stupid enough to seek death.

"How are my girls?" Clarice asked Huey in a smug tone, standing beside Huey with her arms crossed.

It looked like she was hoping for the kind of praise she'd been expecting from Huey.

Xiu Yi thought for a moment, and then said, "Captain Clarice, I must admit that you have a very good group of girls, not only are they beautiful, but they also have good singing voices, and their acting skills are quite good, and it is like seeing a group of angels singing and dancing on the stage. I heard you trained them?"

"Yes, I trained them. Clarice said triumphantly.

"I also heard that you are good at singing and dancing, melody, and are good at ** these girls, and the Violet Song and Dance Troupe also has a nickname among its peers: the cradle of singers?"

"That's right. Clarice replied proudly.

"But in my opinion, this is perhaps the greatest insult to you. Xiu Yi said coldly.

"What did you say?" Clarice froze.

"You know what I'm referring to, right? You nurture them, but you can't keep them. Huey replied.

Although the Violet Song and Dance Troupe is only a small group, it has always been quite famous in the same industry. Clarice herself is a versatile singer, and the singers she trains are always very popular with other song and dance troupes.

Because the economic situation of violet itself is not very good, many singers will leave to go to other song and dance troupes after they have some skills, in order to seek more benefits.

As a result, Violet leaves a large number of excellent girls every year.

"The Cradle of Singers" not only means that Violet has the ability to cultivate excellent singers, but also means that they have no ability to leave them.

Clarice looked at Huey angrily, "I never interfere with my girls' stays, they have the right to choose whether to leave or stay." You must know that I am not the kind of greedy and shameless nobleman who will not force my girls to die for me. They have the right to pursue their own happiness. ”

She noticed a playful smile in Xiuyi's eyes when she said that she would not forcibly leave someone, so she said coldly: "Of course, for some unidentified little liar, I will choose to keep him to teach him how to be a human being." ”

"You're right, Captain Clarice, but I think you want them to stay, so you don't have to take in batches of girls every year and bother raising them. But alas, the violet situation can't afford to raise a big name, right?"

Clarice's voice darkened a little: "Our business is not very good, and our fame is only spreading among our peers. ”

"So, Captain Clarice, as a singing and dancing instructor, you are very good, but unfortunately, as a troupe leader, you are not competent. The Cradle of the Singer only determines your ability to perform in singing and dancing, but again, it denies your business talent in another way. You are a real artist, but not a real businessman. You may be the best at teaching the girls, but you are the worst at running a cabaret. You are not suited to be the leader of a cabaret troupe, you are better suited to go to a big city and become a specialist dance and singing instructor in a theatre or cabaret troupe. That will definitely make your life a lot easier than it is now. ”

Clarice's arrogance just now was completely defeated by Xiu Yi at this moment, and she shook her head: "You are very right, I am not a qualified leader, I am not good at management, and I don't know how to keep those outstanding girls. Daisy is a girl with a lot of potential, and I've groomed her to be the best singer she can be, but I can't make her a household name. Without stars, our business wouldn't be any better. ”

"That needs to be packaged. ”

"Packaging?" Clarice looked at Huey in surprise.

"Yes, in fact, I don't think Violet is just a lack of weighty stars, you also lack a lot of things. You don't have the money to get you on a bigger stage, you don't have an effective system to manage your men, you don't have a good marketing skills to help you make a name for yourself, and you don't have a good script like Tiranya's for so many years that people have lost their novelty. If violet wants to develop, it must have its own unique content. ”

"Oh, to put it mildly, do you know how much a good playwright costs? Also, your so-called effective management system is suitable for a large cabaret troupe with a large number of people. And in a small cabaret troupe, the emotional bond between people is sometimes more effective than cold provisions!" Clarice is not ignorant of these issues.

"But it's not binding. Huey replied with a smile, and Clarice was speechless.

She thought for a moment and said, "Then I'd like to hear what you think Violet should do." ”

So Xiu Yi said: "Captain Clarice, if you want to be a good song and dance troupe, it is pointless to perform in the countryside. The influence of the city is incomparable to the countryside in any era, and only by making a name for yourself there can you get better development. So I don't think you should be running around like you are now. Look at your audience, the poor number can be counted with a slap in the face. ”

"But there's never one place where people go to see a cabaret show so many times in a row. And the number of people who can accept opera is actually limited. So we have to change places often. ”

"But it also makes your fame disappear. No one knows what kind of song and dance troupe you are, and people are more willing to determine the grade of this song and dance troupe from your pomp and lineup, and then make a choice. Of course, I'm not suggesting that the troupe should only grow in one city from now on, but I think you should shorten your itinerary. You should first find a map, then make some minimum marks on the map, indicate which cities are the most valuable in the past, and the most meaningful to stay, classify them, abandon the places that have no value, specialize in valuable cities, and then divide them, and finally work out an efficient route list. This will allow you to go to the most performative cities in the shortest possible time, rather than walking in the simplest straight line as you do now, and then wasting most of your time in the countryside and on the roads. You should come to a fixed city at a fixed time and try to maximize the number of performances and the effect at the same time. After a long time, people will know that at a certain time, the violet song and dance troupe they are looking forward to will come. And every one of your performances will be rewarded. ”

Clarice stared blankly at Xiuy, her mouth wide open in surprise, as if all the fresh mushrooms she had eaten in front of her were about to run back.

She finally exclaimed, "Oh my God, why didn't I think of such a simple solution?"

Xiu Yi smiled: "In addition, in order to further quickly establish your own fame in the city and maintain your name for a long time, you should rent some really influential venues. ”

"But those places are expensive. ”

Clarice finally finds Huey's unrealistic advice.

Unexpectedly, Xiu Yi shook his head: "I don't think so, Captain Clarice, many troubles don't necessarily need to be solved with money. ”

"Do you want the theater to give us the space?"

"Of course not, but you can find someone to pay for you?"

"Who?"

"Other song and dance troupes. ”

"Oh, it can't be. ”

"No, they'll agree, as long as you agree to the girls who train them for them, they'll agree. ”

"You say I'm going to someone else's cabaret to train their girls? God, it's incredible. I'm not going to agree with this stupid idea, they took the good girls I worked so hard to raise from me at a high price, and now I'm going to take the initiative to help them?

This sentence completely exposes Clarice's hatred for other song and dance troupes to poach people from her, and it is clear that her title of cradle of singers is not as generous as she has shown before.

Xiu Yi smiled, "No, it's entirely possible, I think you should do it, it's good for you." ”

"I can't figure out what's in it for me. ”

"First of all, Violet's fame is far less than your personal fame, and your fame is mainly reflected in the cultivation of singers, which is your advantage, and you need to give full play to it. Secondly, if you go to other song and dance troupes to help them train singers, it means that there is no need for other song and dance troupes to poach your favorite girls from you. The girls they bought at a high price are actually your hard work, but you don't get any benefits. And if you take the initiative to help them, for other song and dance troupes, they will get a batch of excellent singers for the same price instead of one or two. Obviously, it's a good deal for you and the rest of the cabaret troupes. In addition, your open-minded performance will also make other song and dance troupes have a good impression of you, I heard that this industry is not so good, sometimes the competition is even quite cruel, and this approach can make you make more friends and fewer enemies to the greatest extent, and also make your future road easier. ”

Huey's words completely moved Clarice. It is certainly an obvious benefit that other song and dance troupes will no longer poach people from themselves, and getting a fee for training singers is another obvious benefit, but it is also of great significance to be able to form a good friendship with other song and dance troupes. In any industry, there will always be much help for those who have attained the Tao and little help for those who have lost the Tao.

It's just that emotionally, Clarice doesn't really have a good impression of the other cabaret troupes, so she doesn't want to do it, and she mutters to herself, "Maybe I should keep a few hands on my hands then." ”

"No, you can't do that. Captain Clarice, know that helping other song and dance troupes to train singers can not only get the above benefits, but also help your own song and dance troupe to make a name for themselves. Think about it, when other song and dance troupes accept your guidance and become excellent singers, how famous will Violet itself be? People will know that the leader of Violet is the instructor of all the song and dance troupes in the Reims Empire, and she is the best. The singers of other song and dance troupes can be so good just after you have been ** for a while, so how can those singers who have been under your ** for a long time be excellent......?

Clarice looked at Huey dumbfounded, and of course she understood what that meant.

This means she doesn't have to worry about money anymore.

Huey was still telling Clarice about how the cabaret should be built, how it should grow, and what rules and regulations should be established in the current situation. The freedom of the singers to come and go should no longer be so indulgent, and even if they are not treated as servants, they should sign an agreement.

The agreement can stipulate the time and how much time the singers must serve the song and dance troupe according to the agreement. If you want to terminate the agreement, you will have to pay a sum of compensation, etc......

Clarice couldn't believe her ears, she was hearing something she had never heard before. It's not that there is no such thing as a contract in the Fengming Continent, but obviously, in terms of the degree of detail of the contract, it is far inferior to what Xiu Yi said at the moment.

It was as if Clarice had discovered a new world, and it was hard to imagine how a boy who was not yet sixteen could have so many things in his head.

If the previous meal only made her feel that the boy's craftsmanship was good, now she realized that the boy's brain was the most valuable place for him.

By the end of the day, Clarice had been so overwhelmed with Huey's business ideas and methods that she felt so happy that she was almost fainting.

She wasn't stupid, and she fully understood what kind of changes she would bring to the Violet Song and Dance Troupe if she did what she said.

"So in the end, there's only one question left. Huey said to Clarice, "That's the script." The Violet Song and Dance Troupe needed a new script, beautiful dialogue, a touching story, a moving music, and a new twist. Well, I've learned a bit about writing scripts, but I can't do it, but I can give you a rough hum, and you should be able to figure out the rest. ”

After Hue said this, he noticed that Clarice's expression was a little stiff. He asked a little confused, "What's wrong with you?"

Clarice suddenly hugged Huey and shouted, "You're great, Fink, I'm decided, I'm going to forgive your debt......!" A Werther bar. ”

Huey was speechless.

It is clear that there is no intellectual property in the Wind Continent, but this has nothing to do with Clarice's stinginess towards Xiu.

In fact, Clarice realized the value of Hue for the first time, and even though it wasn't all worth it, it was already exciting enough for her.

It is precisely because of this that Clarice will only forgive one of Kinwitt's debts - if he is really forgiven, who knows if he will run away immediately? Clarice has already decided, in ten months, as long as the song and dance troupe really grows as it is, she will definitely give Xiu Yi a very large sum of money as a thank you, but now, it must be kept secret.

She's still waiting to see the script that Xiu Yi wrote for her.

Although she didn't believe that Xiu Yi could write any script, considering Xiu Yi's excellent performance before, she felt that there was nothing wrong with letting him try it once.

That night, Clarice was so excited that she yelled at the script of Turandot that Huey had written for her: "We're going to get rich! We're going to Leaf City, we're going to use the Lanya Theater, we're going to be the best song and dance troupe in the Empire! I'm going to make everyone fall under my Clarice's skirt!"

Daisy shook her head regretfully and said to her partner, "She's dreaming again." ”

"It's hopeless. Lan Ti also had a headache.

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The performance is over, and the people of the song and dance troupe are ready to rest.

Huey didn't feel the slightest sleep.

He stood by the campfire, listened to the crackling of dry wood, watched the brilliant sparks emerge, and enjoyed the joy of freedom.

The elements of the wind gathered around him, coiling up the dead branches and fallen leaves on the ground, and those fallen leaves danced around him as if the wind was dancing happily.

If someone who is proficient in magic sees this scene at this moment, he will definitely be amazed at the speed of Xiu's progress, because in terms of understanding the wind element, he has reached the point where he can master the breath of the wind, and can make the wind elemental feel his mood and make corresponding changes as his mood changes.

The mastery of this breath of the wind is a realm of understanding.

Magic is different from martial arts, as a magician, you must not only have powerful magic, vast knowledge, and extraordinary talent, but also have a sufficient understanding of the existence of magical elements, this is the realm. People who can't reach the corresponding realm, even if they have powerful magical power, it is difficult to perform high-level magic. Even if you use it reluctantly, the effect will be reduced, and the cost will be even greater.

Wind Breath is the higher realm of wind magic, if the range of elemental resonance represents the attack distance of magic, and the ability of elemental concussion represents power, then elemental breath represents the speed and mana consumption when using spells.

Unlike magic, magic needs to be accumulated over time, and like fighting energy, it is the basis for magicians to use magic. Elemental Resonance and Elemental Concussion are talents, and Wind Breath is entirely dependent on one's ability to comprehend magic.

At the beginning, Cross discovered that Huigler has an extraordinary understanding of magic, and the easiest place for this understanding to manifest is the mastery of the realm. The realm is the only one that can transcend the level.

Although he was only a junior mage based on Xiuyi's magical power, he could not have done a better job than Xiu Yi in terms of the use and understanding of the wind element, even if there were many high-level mages.

Perhaps sensing that his understanding of the wind element had deepened further, Xiu Yi casually unleashed the wind detection magic, the Wind Warbler.

The element of wind began to condense in an instant, forming a faint image that seemed to be nothing.

Xiu Yi was pleasantly surprised to find that when he cast this spell, his mana consumption was significantly reduced, and the time for magic to take shape was greatly accelerated.

With a slight movement in his heart, he waved his hand towards the carriage, and the wind warbler flew towards the carriage where the girls were.

The wind warbler sent the sound of the girls' conversation:

"That Fink, I guess he must have served some nobleman. ”

"Why?"

"Only in the homes of the nobility did you have the opportunity to learn such a good craft. ”

"You're right, I guess he must have been a descendant of some nobleman, and he sneaked out. Only the aristocracy would study how to turn poisonous things into delicious food. ”

"Oh, that's just for him. ”

"Anyway, he was a smart, cute, beautiful and very capable teenager. Don't you notice? He's very polite, and he's much bigger than many grown-ups. The head of the regiment blackmailed him, but he was not angry at all, and worked hard, and even helped the head of the regiment come up with ideas and write scripts. ”

"Yes, he is indeed a good boy. ”

"The point is that he's a really handsome lad. ”

"He's so capable, maybe we should keep him a little longer. ”

"I don't think he's going to want to. Clarice is so stingy, I guess he would never want to stay. I mean, if he can really sell his potions for money when he gets to Fragrant Leaf City. ”

"Maybe we can get him to owe us a little more. ”

"How?"

"How about seducing him? And then take the opportunity to blackmail him, threaten him, and force him to stay. ”

"Wow, that's a great idea. ”

"And who's going?"

"I'll ......"

"I'll ......"

"Oh, aren't we too enthusiastic, it's not ladylike at all......"

Xiuyi's face twitched slightly, and with a slight flick of his right hand, the wind warbler dispersed.

"They're cute, aren't they?" asked Huey the little dragon.

The little one answered him with a disdainful look.

Xiu Yi said helplessly: "Okay, I admit that they did go a little too much this time, but I believe they are just talking." They don't have bad intentions, Asahi and sometimes you have to learn to be considerate of others. Everyone has flaws and makes mistakes, for example, Clarice is a little greedy for money, and those girls are also a little lustful and ...... I'm clever, but that's not a big deal. If we can, we should try to learn to be inclusive. Of course, we must resolutely put a stop to some mistakes. ”

The little dragon whimpered and burrowed into Xiui's arms. It doesn't seem willing to discuss this with Huey.

Two crisp chirps rang out in the sky, red and green in the branches of the treetops after hearing Huey's whispers.

"Oh, it looks like you have other ideas, too?" said Huey, smiling at Red and Green.

Red and Green glanced at each other, then flew into the sky at the same time.

They hovered above Xiuyi's head, their long flaming tails marking large words in the air.

Avril.

Huey's smile froze.

There was a blurry color in his eyes, and he said lightly:

"No, that's completely impossible, I can't have anything to do with her again. ”

Ignoring the unconvincing chaos of red and green flying in the sky, he closed his eyes, and the wind elementals gathered in the next moment, quietly surrounding him.

Instead of letting the ethereal feelings in your heart entangle you, it's better to seize the time to cultivate.

After the soul mage is officially advanced, there are not many things that can be learned, in fact, soul spells have always been pitiful. What intrigued Xiu Yi was that the junior soul mage possessed four very special spells - Spiritual Condensation and Spiritual Exploration, Determined Will and Weakened Will.

Spiritual cohesion makes people's spirit more focused, and spiritual exploration can explore the surroundings, but it is only effective for living organisms, and the advantage is that it is not as easy to be found as the wind warbler.

Strong-willed is the best weapon against soul spells, while weakened-willed is the opposite.

These four spells didn't seem to have much effect, but Xiui didn't think so.

In his opinion, spiritual condensation is a good spell, the high concentration of spiritual power can be used to improve the effect of cultivation, and with the condensation of elements of the wind system, it can make the cultivation of magic power twice the result with half the effort. In addition, spiritual cohesion can also play an important role in the battle against the enemy, strengthening people's body and mind. Of course, this kind of steadfastness may not be meaningful to magicians, but it is different for samurai. And the biggest difference between Xiui and others is that he is not only a magician, but also a samurai.

These four spells may not be more than this to others, but to Xiui, they are equivalent to a treasure tailored for him.

For now, at least, the spirit condensation had done its job - Hue released a spirit condensed into himself, and went into a state of studying magic all the time, leaving the girl who had been obsessed with him out of his mind and no longer being affected by it.

Red and green flew angrily in the sky, full of indignation at Huey's "cheating" behavior.

Compared to the pitiful spells that a soul mage can learn, a wind mage has a lot more primary wind spells, and the range of options is much larger and more troublesome.

In terms of support, the advanced level of wind spirit art is of course the wind soaring technique, but it also has a side branch advancement - the vision of the wind, the smell of the wind and the touch of the wind, and then the enhancement of the wind, which is an advanced line of spells that strengthens the self.

In terms of defensive spells, on top of the air shield, in addition to the Wind Vortex, you can also learn the Ethereal Shield. This is a shield materialized by the Wind Elemental, which can already be visually revealed. Compared to the Air Shield, which only reduces damage, the Wind Spirit Shield can effectively absorb damage and has a stronger defensive effect.

As for the Wind Whirlpool, it is actually a trap spell that is both offensive and defensive, and the lethality is good, but unfortunately he can't move, and he can't take the initiative to attack the enemy, and the best options he can learn in the active attack spell are the Wind Splitting Technique and the Air Cutting Technique.

The two attack spells, Wind Crack and Air Cut, are not much different in themselves, but they represent different advanced directions. Wind Crack is a face attack spell that attacks enemies by creating dozens of small wind blades, while Air Cut is a single attack spell, but it is much stronger than Wind Crack in terms of attack power and range.

They represent both range attacks and monolithic attacks.

At the beginning of Purgatory Island, Xiu Yi did not hesitate to choose to major in Wind Crack, and he didn't even touch it.

After all, wind spells themselves are spells that focus on area attacks. And the enemies he will face in the future will also be a large number of imperial soldiers. As for those Lancelot-like characters who are so strong against the sky that they don't have to think about beating them in a short period of time, even if they practice the air cut well, it is a question of whether they can break their protective body fighting spirit.

Besides, the air cut can also be completely replaced by Xiuyi's samurai technique Thrust, although at the samurai rank, he is difficult to break through due to lack of practice, but Shui's Thrust ability itself is greatly enhanced.

However, there will be further bifurcation in the later stage of wind splitting and air resection. For example, after the wind cracks, there are two options: the wind counterattack and the wind attack, which represent the primary and secondary directions of attack range and attack strength.

After hundreds of years of development, wind spells have formed a huge branch-like system of magic, and the same is true of water, fire, earth, and other spells.

The cultivation of low-level spells directly affects the use of high-level spells. It's like if Xiu Yi directly learns and uses Wind Flying without learning Wind Spirit, the effect of his spells will be greatly reduced. The development of the foundation determines the superstructure, even in the cultivation of magic.

Therefore, in many cases, magicians just choose a major direction, which is enough to study for three or five days, after all, once chosen, regretting it is tantamount to wasting time.

Fortunately, for Xiuyi, these are not in a hurry for the time being.

Today's Xiu Yi may be so low in level that he looks pitiful, but he has multiple abilities at the same time, and after combining them, Xiu Yi believes that even if he faces a third- or fourth-level magician now, he can't be his opponent.

After determining the direction he wanted to work on next, Xiu Yi finally stopped practicing and prepared to sleep.

That night, Huey spent his first night of freedom and relaxation since he came into this world.

He slept soundly, deeply, and had never slept so comfortably and soundly.

The only fly in the ointment was that when he was asleep, the spiritual condensation could no longer help him continue to strengthen his will, and he dreamed of Avril......