During the period when the wolf smoke signal was sent for support from enthusiastic people, it was best to search the underground. The blue dragon Festein guaranteed that there was no one else below - because it didn't hear it - but Feiqi was still very alert and searched carefully along the long passage.
The passage is very long, extending from the hidden black crystal basement to five or six miles away. Push open the door locked from the inside, and there is a small wood outside, and an empty hunter's hut is next door. A truck is parked in front of the hut. Judging from the ruts, it should have been coming from the forest path not far away, but there are no pack horses, only some old and broken empty boxes in the truck's bucket. Feiqi checks the hut. Judging from the degree of food decay, no one has used it here for a while.
The house is very ordinary, and I didn't find anything that can be done, and there was no mana fluctuation. Feiqi couldn't find suspicious clues, so he tried not to touch anything and returned the same way.
On the way, Shani suddenly asked, "Sir, what if I didn't understand your gestures or were slower? Will you be killed by that crazy pastor?"
"There are not so many ifs. You understand and act very quickly, thank you."
"No, I mean if." Shani rubbed her hands, looking a little nervous. "If I don't understand or act slowly, will you die? If so, I will always be very scared. My eyes will always be on you and I will never dare to leave for a moment."
"Oh, so that's it. Don't worry, of course I made other plans. In fact, it's very simple. I just need to retreat. In that duel, I only need to expose my vital weakness for two seconds and give her a chance to attack. I didn't promise to let her hit it. So, I can back and dodge and not let her poke it stupidly." Feiqi said with a smile: "However, please keep your eyes on me, as this will make me feel satisfied with being cared for. Ladies, thank you."
"Thank you Shani, I didn't help me." Benny sighed, shook her head left and right, and said, "Oh, after following you, you rarely have to fight quickly. It seems that many things are solved very simply, such as changing your outfit or saying a few words - this feeling is too strange."
"Isn't this good?" Feiqi was a little confused. Isn't it strange to have to go out to fight all day and constantly choose to convince the other party with his fists?
"It's not bad, it's just that I feel something is missing."
"Violence is just a means, not an end. Violence can only solve the people who cause problems, not the problem." Feiqi thought for a while and said, "You care about my safety, and I care about you too, and I don't want you to face dangerous violent scenes. Isn't it a better choice to put the enemy in danger? Then again, I know that you will always have a way to solve the enemy in the end, so I have the confidence and free time to think. These are complementary!"
"You really know how to talk." Benny replied with a smile.
When Feiqi returned Yan Rui, he didn't know how to say it, or he could only talk with programs and code. In this life, the code was replaced with runes and programs were replaced with spells, and this part of his life still retained a lot of similarity. The biggest change actually came from the devil, which allowed him to have the ability to speak and eloquently.
This ability is very good and very convenient to use, giving Feichi a never-before-experience. Using this ability, as a devil, he has a good life in the church, and has become a comrade-in-arms with the Archbishop, and even a life-saving benefactor. He can set language traps, reduce his opponent's alertness, control their actions, and achieve easy victory.
Feiqi has never experienced such a "fish in water" feeling. A sense of satisfaction will come to his heart with every "victory". However, after victory, when tension is vented, and when excitement and excitement are relieved, this sense of satisfaction will also decrease. At this time, the programmer's calmness reoccupied the commanding heights, and he will examine his behavior with the habit of finding loopholes.
"Is it a bit too smooth?" Feiqi said to himself: "No matter what, the danger coefficient of the Holy Trinity Castle is much higher than that of the Ice Peak Fortress. There has been no problem so far, which is a lucky thing that may not be repeated. Anyway, I have made enough money, so I should stop when I see it is better!"
Therefore, when Feiqi returned to the black crystal room, although there was no one else here, and he was alone with the mysterious crystal crystal cluster, he was not moved. It is obvious that the crystal cluster is a problem, involving the original Lord of the Creator and the Goddess of the Truth, there may be a major conflict behind it. As a little priest, it is better not to get in and get involved.
"Sir, aren't you going to get some crystal clusters? That thing is so beautiful!"
"Well, that crystal must be very valuable, but forget it. I really want to go back to the Ice Peak Fortress now, and the matter of the sect is over. If I take the crystal, I will definitely not be able to leave." Feiqi shook his head: "Follow me, let's go back to the ground."
When he returned to the ground, a team of guards patrolling nearby saw Fenghuo coming to check. Now, under the gaze of Blue Dragon, he was talking to Archbishop McIntosh. Feich didn't want to disturb them, so he went to find Blue Dragon.
"Are there any treasures below?" Lan Long originally shrank his body, and after seeing Feiqi, he moved his big head over: "Have you found anything? Gems, gold or mysterious treasures?"
"I'm not sure what it is, but I just felt a little dangerous, so I didn't move. Sooner or later, the church will send experienced and knowledgeable high-level pastors to check it out, so I won't interfere."
"Really? That's a pity. This is another battle without any fuel. Dragons of my age are so strong. They could have gathered a lot of wealth. Now, I guess I have no advantage. Alas..."
It turns out that people are not only worried about the lack of money, but the same goes for dragons. However, Feiqi looked at the Blue Dragon, a little unsure whether it was really crying and poor, or deliberately showing that it was poor, so don't let Feiqi keep thinking about it.
"I promise not to steal your treasure, okay?"
"Okay, we are good friends now." The Blue Dragon stretched out his claws and grabbed a handful of burning wood from the burning fire, and piled it in front of Feiqi: "Come on, to show friendship, let's roast the fire together. Well, I now find that not only to you, but also to your two female companions, as if they were a family. Come here together?"
When Feiqi heard this, she gave a wink at Benny and Shani. Aren’t they still looking for who their father is? Although the Green Dragon and the Blue Dragon are not very close, at least they are both dragons, and there may be news. Feiqi took the opportunity to sit down quietly, holding the cat stick and starting to learn Qitanna’s spell.
Well, this is the feeling of peace of mind.
On that day, almost midnight, reinforcements from the Trinity Castle finally arrived. Not only were the judges of the Sacred Heart, but also the high-level priests of the Sacred Body and the ritual priests of the Word. At this time, the victims were found, and a simple farewell ceremony was temporarily wrapped in canvas, and they were transported to the priest cemetery near Trinity Castle for burial. Then, a thorough search of the manor began, and the priest in charge of the divine arts also found Fitch under the guidance of McIntosh.
"Pastor Feich, please tell me everything you know, and do not miss it. And..." The priest of the divine arts was about forty years old, and was probably the state of the greatest ambition, so he didn't seem to have a good attitude. "You must speak with facts, not by subjective speculation."
Feiqi's eyes rolled, "Well, the fact is that all the information I know is speculated. I have neither evidence nor a method to test it, so do you listen or not?"
"You..." The pastor choked, but could only answer: "Okay, you say, I'll listen."
"You'd better write it down with a piece of paper, because I don't really want to say it again. Well... Shani, please remember one too, it's better to give it to him then." Feiqi was not polite at all. He just wanted to finish the finishing work here as soon as possible, and then head north to return to the Ice Peak Fortress.
So Fei Qi briefly described the process of the battle, including his guess about the enemy's abilities and his understanding of the crystal cluster. "I suspect there is a magic array near the pit where the crystal cluster is stored, but I'm not sure which one it is. You must be careful, there is nothing else to report..."
"Can you explain again why the spells of Crystal Clusters have no effect on you?"
"Is this how you record?" Feiqi stretched his neck, looked at the piece of paper in his hand, and immediately shouted: "Architect, this guy has poor shorthand skills and has written them wrongly. Why not use Shani's records!"
McIntosh walked over and looked at him, shook his head slightly, "Okay, just give me the part of Shanny. Say you are not affected by the crystal clusters? Isn't this nonsense? I'll see you with my own eyes and you will be hit, but you can recover."
"I think so too." Feiqi breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to McIntosh: "Article, the handover here has been completed, right? I think I'll leave now and rush back to the Ice Peak Fortress. If it's fast enough, maybe it can catch up with the tail of the funeral of Mr. Kiplin."
"If you stay here to dig the crystal clusters together, it will be more beneficial to you, after all, the credit will be more than one part."
"I still want to go back to the Bingfeng Fortress. There are enough experts here, and I am not necessary." Feichi rubbed his hands and said in a very sincere tone: "And I don't need credit now. As long as I don't make mistakes, wait for Grand Duke Aria to pardon me first."
"What I said was not that your credit was useless, after all..." McIntosh hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your choice is good. Go back to the Ice Peak Fortress first, I look forward to you playing a greater role in Minas Ishir."
Finally, I could go back! After staying outside for almost half a year, Feiqi found that he missed his own small room in the Bingfeng Fortress. He half-grabbed and half-scamd the knights who had been reinforcements to "request" three good war horses, and exchanged them with three ordinary horses that Shani bought from the chariot and horse station, and then asked the paladins to use the magical technique to enhance their endurance - so their return speed was greatly improved.
The sun was shining brightly, the warm wind was howling in my ears, the road quickly retreated, and the mountains and ridges of the Sunset Mountains became taller, clearer and more friendly. They galloped all the way, basically not stopping to rest, and were not prepared to spend the night outside. All actions were given priority to rush back to the Ice Peak Fortress as soon as possible.
They had to pass through most of the model collar vertically, and the scenery here was basically the same, and it was only slightly different after entering Minas Ishir. Feiqi was very happy to see that the road repair work was underway, and the new road of gravel rammed earth was extending outward from the entrances of each village. Although it was not very far down, I believe that as long as I persisted, these roads would always be connected to each other and radiated to the entire Minas Ishir.
Feiqi also saw the large convoy. The car looked a little simple, the mules used were a little listless, and the same was true for the people who drove the car. He was dejected, holding a long pipe in his mouth, and slowly sucking one mouthful of mouthfuls.
"Hello, let's find out where you are going, what are you put in the car? Why are you covered with canvas tightly?"
"Oh, it turns out to be the goddess priest? Are you going to the Ice Peak Fortress?" the coachman asked back.
"I am Feiqi from Ice Peak Fortress. Have you heard of it?"
"No. I only know Giles of the Ice Peak Fortress. He repaired the water truck for us last year." The coachman looked up and down at Fitch without hiding his vigilance: "It seems that you don't look like an elf, but even there is no way. Who said that the current lord is a female elf? She has been messing around since then. She doesn't plant good wheat and has to plant potatoes. These underground crops produce a large yield, but they can't be eaten! Only the elves like devilish things! Look, there are big trucks of carts, and there are so many things to do!"
Unexpectedly, Diderit took the blame for himself. "It turned out to be potatoes. It seems that these are all shipped to the Bingfeng Fortress. How much can it be collected? Have you dug out the fields?"
"I have collected a lot of them. This thing grows faster than a mouse, and it can come out in a row. The fields must be dug clean. These devil's curses remain in the soil. If they affect the planting later, I will be in vain this year." The coachman complained to Feiqi for a long time, but he also made Feiqi understand what had happened here after he left for more than half a year.
Some elves moved in, and as soldiers in the territory were responsible for daily patrols and appeared in the sight of the villagers from time to time. These elves were very elite and had wiped out two groups of gangsters led by hill giants. Nearly 100 wild wolves killed, which greatly improved the safety of the territory. However, the elves did not build castles, but only planted trees, built roads and allowed the villagers to plant potatoes in large quantities, which made people in some places panic. Although the gangsters and wild wolves were threatening, the village could deal with it themselves. At most, they could not afford to spend money to ask monster hunters to take action. However, a lord did not have a strong castle, which meant that they could not shelter the villagers when encountering greater threats, which might cause the tragedy of family destruction.
The stone mines in Collingwood Town are among the few places that satisfy everyone - perhaps besides the elves who don't like dust. The price of stone outside is abnormally high, and the income from working in the stone factory is good. In addition, potatoes do not require much complex management - on the other hand, the villagers don't want to take care of it - so many people work in the stone factory, which has a higher income than in previous years. Moreover, the price of stone in the territory is actually lower, and it is much cheaper to build roads, bridges, and houses. Some villagers buy at low prices and then secretly resell them, which adds some "special income", which at least makes the complaints about growing potatoes less.
"Although I have too much money, I am very tired this year. I have not had time to open stones, farm, and build roads. I have taken some money, but these devil potatoes are worrying. I can't eat them directly, so I need to purify them one by one. Oh, if you have that skill, you can treat more diseases."
"How do you collect these potatoes?" Feiqi asked.
"The potatoes are not allowed to be kept by themselves, and you have to pay as much as you collect them. I originally had to pay 80% of the land I planted, and 80% were potatoes, and the remaining 20% ​​were eaten by myself. Although it was the same as in previous years, I used to know that there were foods from the lords, and if there were disasters, I would still share some. But this year there are only potatoes that cannot be eaten, and the fortress has not been built, so I can't help panic..."
Feiqi gradually understood that the two biggest problems in the territory are food and security, and the food problem is still a security issue in the final analysis. The only reason why people form society and organizations is that individuals cannot provide security, and only society and organizations can do it.
Elite soldiers and increased income are bonus points, and road construction and bridge construction are not obvious yet. Potatoes and no castle are subtraction points. However, Feiqi is confident that he will turn the subtraction points into a plus point, which is still the kind of super plus point.
The closer you get to the Bingfeng Fortress, the more trucks you will transport potatoes on the road. The mules and pack horses you exchanged for the Anlin Collar began to exert their power. Minas Ishir's transportation capacity was unprecedentedly strong. Of course, this was mainly profitable and smuggled with stones. How can you do without a car if you want to transport stones? The difference and profits are clearly placed there, and the money is touching.
These cars carrying potatoes arrived in Collingwood, unloaded them at the pile yard, got the tax payment certificate for the first half of this year, and then bought some cheap stones from the stone yard. The tax payment certificate is now used as a proof of identity, and only with this can you buy bargains. Everyone has a limit, but the limit is not enough - Eddie made some changes when implementing Feich's plan, deliberately leaving this "loophole", which makes people feel that there is cheapness to make money, so naturally the action will come.
"Don't underestimate it!" Eddie had such skills, which made Feige feel that he had made a fortune. He glanced at the potato piles and saw only two elves officials. He didn't see Eddie, so he continued to move forward and rushed to the Ice Peak Fortress.
Going up the mountain road, you can see a white smoke column rising from afar. It is the smoke column at the funeral, which means that the body returns to the dust and the soul rises into heaven. He urges the horses and promises to have them have good food, drink and rest after reaching the fortress. Finally, when he walked through the unguarded gate and came to the lookout platform next to the castle, he had just caught up with the last stage of the funeral: the final blessing.
Everyone in the Ice Peak Fortress was there, Kelly, Giles, Ssina, Mom, Tron, Wumama, Ramsden, Eddie and Pampong, and even Jodor and Anne were there. Since they had received a raven letter from Feich, everyone knew that Old Man Kiplin had arrived in the Kingdom of Gods as a saint. This was a supreme glory and was also pursued by the old man throughout his life. Therefore, everyone's sadness was not that heavy, and it was more gratifying for the old man to be able to walk peacefully and satisfied.
Of course, everyone hopes that he can live more.
"Feich, we think you will definitely find a way to get back. Hurry up, it's not too late to rest for a while. Come and say a few words and say your final farewell to the old man." Kelly pointed to the urn in the small tomb and waved to Fei hard.
"Uh... I've already said it when I was in the Kingdom of God. Okay, okay, this is the rule, I understand." Kelly still looked very serious, and any non-compliance would bring him glare. It's strange that when he glared, everyone would feel muscle aches. This may be related to his usual corporal punishment training. Feich's muscles have already been remembered.
"Mr. Kipling, you are a good person. I really hope you can meet you earlier, so my life will definitely be happier." Feiqi looked at the urn and was a little confused. He forgot all the rituals and speeches of the pastors at the funeral. He just wanted to say some happy things. "When you are in the Kingdom of God, you must eat and drink well. When you meet a lady you like, you must pursue it. Angels can do it. Then, don't rush to merge with the Kingdom of God. At least don't do that before you have enough fun. The soul usually takes ten or twenty thousand years to completely lose its vitality. You still have a lot of time..."
Kelly had already clenched his fists, and he really wanted to get on Feich's head. Ssina shook her head and said quickly before Kelly got angry: "Feich, you are the priest, perform the blessing ceremony and start covering the soil."
"Oh, yes." Feiqi slapped his head. He took a deep breath, raised the holy emblem in his left hand, recited the goddess's verse, and performed the simplest blessings of the priest's divine art. Then, he felt that it was not solemn enough, so he used the magic seal to display the divine grace and legal armament on the urn, and then used magic spells to perform shields and light dance techniques, and then grabbed a handful of soil from the mound beside it and sprinkled into the deep pit where the urn was placed.
Everyone stepped forward one after another, each of them, which basically covered most of the pit. The cemetery of Bingfeng Fortress is not big, so they can only use the method of burying ashes and then place the tombstone on it. The tombstone of Old Man Kipling is very simple, with his full name on it, including his birth name before becoming a priest, and his subsequent position was "Prince of Bingfeng Fortress". The epitaph reads: "You must believe in the goddess, she is watching you and me."
"Why didn't you write about the saints?" Feichi asked.
"Although I received your letter, the Ching Shu has no following, so I can't formally give him the title of saint." Tron explained.
"No more, I'll do it." Feiqi reached out to touch the tombstone, and a line of luminous magic runes appeared on the tombstone, "A saint is buried here", a very simple sentence. "First use temporary words, and after burial, I will use a chisel to carve a permanent one."
Although it is not in accordance with the rules, no one will object. Let’s straighten the tombstone in the shape of the Thunder Cross, stand firmly on the ground, and then gently touch it on it.
Chapter completed!