On the twenty-eighth day, the morning temperature gradually rose under the sun. In the corner of the lakeside camp, there was a single-person tent covered by a miniature barrier raised by magic stones. Although it blocked the sound of the gradual recovery in the morning, it could not completely offset the summer heat. In a half-asleep state, Hilo activated the Freeze Ring and adjusted it to the minimum output to reduce the temperature of the tent. Then, the three continued to sleep in the comfortable temperature until it was close to noon. He had been too busy until late last night. After a series of bitter battles, it was already past midnight when he left the old capital. When he returned to the camp built across the lake and really slept, it was already past three in the morning.
The reason they woke up wasn't because they had enough sleep, but because the storage energy of the Ring of Freeze had been exhausted. Then, the three of them woke up in the crowded tent under the high temperature of the noon sun. Luana pushed away Gongyou's sweaty shoulders in disgust and sat up while rubbing her eyes. Although Hilo was also sweating all over, he still held Gongyou tightly and didn't let go until he couldn't stand the sun's vertical rays. Only then did he reluctantly get up to change his clothes.
After the three of them changed their clothes, they used the Cleansing Stone to wash off the sweat on their bodies. Then, they packed their pajamas and pillows and closed the Enchantment Stone. However, when they opened the tent and went out, they met a mercenary who was carrying supplies. When the mercenary saw the three of them who had just woken up, he smiled strangely and whistled. It was only then that he realized that the mercenaries and knights were clearing the waterway near the old capital under the command of the priests. It seemed that they were planning to reorganize this water transport hub.
Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, the three of them went to the lakeside to wash up and then returned to the camp to have a meal with everyone. The news of the battle with the Skeleton General yesterday had already spread among everyone, so everyone was very polite to him. Even the deputy commander took the opportunity to greet him and chat casually.
After chatting with everyone, he found out that the reason why they did not enter the old capital today was because they did not have enough holy water. However, they guessed that the real reason was probably because they had found the lich's phylactery, so the chief priest canceled the exploration plan. Of course, it seemed that the secret information was not told to the mercenary group truthfully.
In the afternoon, Luana blushed and whispered to Gong You that she wanted to return to the City of Farming as soon as possible. He thought for a while before remembering the reason. So the three of them went to the central camp to find the Divine Priest and asked him to leave the team and return to the City of Farming in advance. The Divine Priest also nodded with a smile and agreed, but asked him and Luana to go out first. The Divine Priest wanted to talk to Hilo alone.
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When there were only three people left in the tent, the Divine Priest, the Bishop, his disciple, the Assistant Bishop, and Hilo, the direct staff, the Divine Priest smiled at the nervous Hilo and said," Gongyou is an outstanding young man. You can see from his bravery yesterday that I don't object to you being together. When you get married, I will personally be your witness.”
" Your Eminence, this matter has not, has not..." Hilo blushed and wanted to deny it, but then he stammered and could not speak clearly, but everyone present understood in their hearts.
"I can see that it's only a matter of time before the two of you get together, but you need to always remember the teachings. At the very least, you can't cross the taboos before you get married. There are some things that you can't do now that you're unmarried.”After laughing, the Divine Chief turned to speak sternly. It seemed that he had discovered that Hilo and Gongyou were sleeping together. After all, the news of the three of them coming out of the same tent had spread like wildfire in the camp today. It was difficult not to hear about it.
"…I understand, Your Eminence.”Hilo was puzzled by the content of the words at first, but after a while, she finally understood the real reason why the Divine Priest wanted to talk to her.
"Yes, I heard from the church members from the border town about you. You're a good child, and I believe you won't make a mistake.”The Divine Chief's expression softened again. After praising Hilo kindly, he said with a sharp and serious gaze," Take this badge for that kid. Although the royal family doesn't dare to pursue the matter, there might be some people who can't see the situation clearly.”
"This, this is the Deacon's badge?" Hilo said in surprise after receiving the coat of arms from the assistant bishops. Although she was a missionary, she was no stranger to the clergy rank of an apologist.
The Divine Priest had given Hilo the identity badge of a junior deacon. The person who held the badge was equivalent to a seventh rank cleric of the Church of Earth Mother, two ranks higher than Hilo, who was only a ninth rank deity. A junior deacon could be considered to have stepped into the threshold of the upper echelons of the Church, possessing immunity from the secular world.
This incident was like a fierce armed conflict between a 'big country like the Church' and a 'small country like the Royal Family.' However, there were many things that could not be brought to the surface. For example, if the Church killed the Lich, it could be said that it was a crusade against evil, and the Royal Family did not dare to hold the Church accountable. If the Lich killed the priests, it could be said that the Church's personnel had trespassed on private territory and attacked the nobles, and the Church could not hold the Royal Family accountable.
Therefore, this gathering operation would ultimately depend on who was stronger. The stronger party would have the right and would not be held accountable. The weaker party could only shut up obediently and act as if nothing had happened. Although this was a complete victory for the Church, they had to be wary of the Royal Family doing something that would implicate the people who gathered. That was why the High Priestess had lent Hilo the coat of arms just in case.
After this incident, if the royal family dared to take revenge on Gongyou, Hilo, and Luana, it would be equivalent to murdering the deacon of the Church of Earth Mother. If such a thing really happened, the Church would dare to send the entire royal family to the stake and publicly execute them. The nobles could only sit idly by and did not dare to raise any objections. Otherwise, even the nobles would not be able to escape the fate of being sent to the stake, even if they were believers of other gods.
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When Hilo left the tent, Gong You and Luana had already packed up their luggage. The three of them did not waste any time. They rode three warhorses first, followed by four inferior horses carrying their luggage. The journey of more than 200 kilometers was crossed by three people and seven horses in one afternoon.
The three of them returned to the City of Agriculture in the evening. First, they turned from the east gate to the south gate and submitted a letter written by the priest to the guild. It stated that the three of them had encountered thousands of unclean people during the gathering operation, and they had also personally defeated hundreds of skeleton soldiers and a skeleton general. As for the lich and the underground barrier, they had kept it a secret.
Although the gathering operation organized by the non-adventurer guild could not be paid by the guild, the social contribution of the crusade against the unclean would not be lacking. However, the guild said that they needed to check with the church this time and asked the three of them to ask for the results tomorrow. It seemed that this kind of achievement had scared the counter lady, so she did not dare to casually acknowledge this kind of achievement.
After leaving the guild, the three of them took a detour to the market and went home after purchasing a large number of fresh ingredients. Dinner was a routine celebration. This time, the three of them did not drink. After dinner, they chatted in the living room for a while before returning to their respective rooms. It was strange that Hilo and Luana did not sleep in the shared bedroom tonight.
"I want to sleep alone tonight." Luana ran up the stairs after she finished speaking. On the way, she turned around and waved her fist." If you dare to enter my room tonight, I'll kill you."”
"Good night, Mr. Gongyou." Hilo hesitated for a moment, then remembered the Grand Priest's instructions and returned to her room.
He was not used to sleeping alone at night. It was the first time he slept alone since the three of them started sharing a bed half a month ago. However, after a while, he took out the magic book he had obtained yesterday and took the opportunity to read it. This time, the magic books were about creating undead (Super Level), mental attack (Advanced Level), and mental suppression (Intermediate Level).
Aside from the Super Spell, Undead Creation, he had already seen the other two Spells. As for the new spell, Undead Creation, he could not use it openly because it belonged to the evil faction. Although it might not necessarily be attacked by others if they knew about it, it would definitely be isolated by the kind and neutral factions.
The market price of the three books was about 56,000,000 rmb for the Super level, 10,000,000 rmb for the Advanced level, and 4,500,000 rmb for the Intermediate level. The magic book for creating undead came with six spell slots, so the Super level incantation was worth tens of millions of rmb as expected. The three books came with a total of 15 spell slots, and adding the original 17, there were 32 spell slots. However, only 14 of these spell slots were lit up, and the other 18 were unusable.
" How long will it take for my spirit to accommodate more spell slots?』
[Omniscient: You can now accommodate more spell slots.]
'What should I do?』
" Omniscient: Open the connection with the Wise One's Foundation Stone, then hand over the extra spell slots to it."
" The Philosopher's Cornerstone can help me accommodate spell slots?』
" Omniscient: Confirm. Part of your spirit body is now in the Wise One's Cornerstone. It can replace you to accommodate spell slots."
" Aren't there only 2% of spirit bodies inside?』
" Omniscient: The composition of the Wise One's Cornerstone is special. It can help increase the capacity of your spirit body."
"What do you mean?』
[Omniscient: Able to accommodate approximately 7.77 million spell slots]
He had to admit that he was shocked. This number was completely beyond his imagination. If he filled up all the magic slots and cast spells at a crazy speed of one spell per second, it would be enough to last him for 90 days without sleep or rest. However, it didn't make sense because the spell slots on the magic net would be refreshed every day. If there were so many spell slots, it would mean that they would never be used up.
After that, he learned about the operation process from Omniscient in detail. It was not until he figured out how to use the Spirit Body in the Philosopher's Cornerstone to indirectly carry spell slots that he laid on his bed and began to connect with the Philosopher's Cornerstone as if he was sleeping.
'…Spiritual link locked…Normal link mode activated…Spell slot loading method transferring…Spell slot loading successful…'
Gong You could not help but laugh as he slept on the pillow. He could now fight against a skeleton mage. After connecting deeply with the Philosopher's Cornerstone, he was a quasi-Epic combatant. He could take on five Gold-tier adventurers with standard combat power at once. This was not the limit of the Philosopher's Cornerstone. As long as he had more magic books, he would even dare to challenge an Epic combatant head-on.
He casually tied the Philosopher's Cornerstone with an ordinary rope and made a simple necklace to carry with him. He laughed and fell asleep. In his dream, he kept interacting with the Philosopher's Cornerstone, and the connection between the two became more and more stable. They were like hands and feet when he used them." Isn't it just a million RMB per spell slot? I'll spend 100 million RMB first, and then I'll crush anyone who doesn't like it with magic bullets.'
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On the morning of the 29th day, Luanna slept in and didn't do her morning exercise. On the other hand, Hilo was washing the sheets in the courtyard early in the morning. She rarely slept until 8:00 before going downstairs to wash up. At this time, Luanna had just entered the dining room to eat breakfast, while Hilo had already eaten breakfast. When she saw that the two of them had woken up, she took out the leftovers from last night to heat them up." Good morning, Mr. Gongyou. Your breakfast is ready."”
"I don't want leftovers. I want sweet and sour fish.”Luana took a bite of the jam bread, then put down the soft jam bread with an unhappy expression. She looked at the table full of morning food and said coquettishly.
As soon as he walked into the dining room, he was in a good mood. He looked at Luana helplessly and said," Forget it, I'll let her have her way today. I'll teach her a lesson in two days." With that in mind, he lazily replied to Shiloh," Mm, good morning." He even poured Luana a glass of juice before sitting down in his seat, picking up his bread and eating his breakfast.
"I'll go to the market later.”Hilo saw that Gongyou was eating breakfast silently and did not respond to Luanna's question. She could only answer Luanna's question. Anyway, she had plenty of time to rest today.
"Yes, yes, Hilo is the best, unlike some people, hmph.”Luana said happily. After getting an affirmative answer, she obediently ate her breakfast and stared at Gong You while biting her bread.
Hilo sat quietly at the side and watched the two of them clean up after breakfast. They also helped to wash the dishes before sitting down on the sofa in the living room. At this time, he finally had time to talk to Luana." Are you feeling better?"”
"Yes, I'm much better after drinking the healing potion.”Luana lay weakly on the sofa. She did not look lively at all. Instead, she looked willful.
When Shiloh sat obediently beside him, he told the two girls about the day's schedule." Then, Luanna, you rest at home today. Shiloh will stay and take care of you. I'll go to the guild myself later."”
"I'll go too." Luana looked up at Gong You and said, but she still lay on the sofa obediently.
"No need. I'm just going to confirm the upgrade reply. Give me the nameplate and I'll go alone.”After speaking to Luana, who was lying diagonally opposite him, he turned to Shiloh and asked," Shiloh.”
"Don't worry, Mr. Gongyou. I'll take good care of Miss Luanna.”Hilo nodded and said seriously. She felt like the mistress of the house, or rather, she was the mistress of the house. At least, she was more like an adult than Luana today.
After Hilo went to retrieve the two women's adventurer tags, Gong You was ready to go out. He rode his horse alone and headed to the southern district with Hilo's farewell. The road was as lively and prosperous as usual. The citizens had no idea that there was an old city occupied by the Unholy near the lake downstream of the river around the City of Agriculture two hundred kilometers away. A terrifying lich that had slaughtered nearly a million lives was entrenched underground there the day before yesterday.
Twenty minutes later, he slowly arrived at the Adventurers 'Guild. Today, he was not wearing armor or carrying a sword or shield. Instead, he was dressed in casual clothes like a rich young master who went out for a leisurely trip. Therefore, when he stopped his horse and entered the guild, he attracted everyone's attention. At this time, the Adventurers had just finished receiving the commission. The peak of the traffic in front of the counter had passed, and three of the four counters were empty.
On his way to the counter, Ina, who was on duty this morning, saw him. She waved at him and said," Hello, Mr. Gongyou. Your party's upgrade application has been approved by the president.”
After handing their tokens to Ina, who was at the counter, she was a little upset that not all the adventurer members were present to handle the upgrade procedures, but she still followed the procedure and acted as an agent for Gongyou. In a short while, three new emerald tokens were completed. Gongyou, Hilo, and Luana were officially promoted from the seventh tier to the sixth tier adventurer. It had only been eight days since the last upgrade.
"Is there anything special? It would be best if it was a very high-level commission with no level limit.”After receiving the token and thanking Ina for her congratulations, he asked. He did not want to run errands for those middle and low-level adventurers anymore.
If it was any other mid-level adventurer who dared to ask this question, Ina would definitely persuade them to accept the mid-level difficulty commission. However, for the Golden Boots adventurer team who could kill the Skeleton General, an unclean monster that was comparable to a high-level adventurer, it was indeed not suitable for them to continue accepting mid-level and low-level commissions. Therefore, after thinking for a while, she lowered her head and found a few old commission forms. Then, she introduced them one by one." Mr. Gongyou, for your team…"
The war between the gods had lasted for a long time, and the world was filled with all kinds of powerful unknown monsters. In recent times, civilizations were destroyed by monsters from time to time. It was common to find monsters or unknown ruins near villages and towns. There were even unknown ancient ruins near the agricultural capital. It was a foggy area that had not been solved until now, a hundred kilometers south of the agricultural capital. It was the Minos Maze.
Many high-level adventurers from all over the world had gone to explore the Minos Maze in groups, but they could not even enter the gate of the maze. There were also records of platinum adventurers (the brave people of that era) returning in defeat. Even when they asked the priests of the temples of the major churches, they only left an oracle saying that only fools could enter. Therefore, the commission to explore the Minos Maze was generally not posted on the bulletin board of the Adventurer's Guild, but circulated among the markets of the Capital of Agriculture.
"This mission to conquer the Minos Labyrinth was issued hundreds of years ago. There is no record of the client, but this mission does exist in the guild's records.”After Ina finished her routine introduction of this mission, she wanted to continue to introduce the next mission, but she noticed that the general's eyes lit up after listening to the mission. He seemed very interested, so she added," I don't recommend you to accept this mission because there are already records of hundreds of gold-medal adventurers returning empty-handed in the guild's files.”
The reason why Gongyou was interested in this mission was that he had found out from Omniscient that the entrance to the Minoan Labyrinth would open for three minutes at midnight on an irregular day every month. If he missed it, he would have to wait until the next month's random time to enter. After entering the maze, he would have to go to the core area and kill the Minotaur Minotaur.
Most intelligent people would try to deduce the opening time of the maze. In the end, they would often waste a lot of time before realizing that they were at their wit's end. Only fools could foolishly wait and seize the chance to open the maze at random. Therefore, this was a maze that only fools could enter, but it was useless for those who had omniscience.
When is the next opening of the maze?』
" Omniscient: Midnight, the day after tomorrow."
He calculated the time and found that it should be 39 hours later. It would only take two hours to reach the maze from the City of Agriculture. It was not impossible to accept this commission. After all, the Minotaur's strength was only comparable to the Skeleton General, so it was not too dangerous for the Golden Boots party.
After thinking about it, Gong You expressed to Ina that he wanted to accept this commission, but she repeatedly dissuaded him. In the end, even the branch president Tom was alarmed before he accepted the commission. However, after Ina finished the handover procedures, she told Gong You that the situation of this commission was very special. The guild would allow the Golden Boots party to continue accepting other commissions, unlike the usual commissions where they were prohibited from accepting the next commission before the previous commission was completed.
After leaving the Adventurer's Guild, he went to the Shell Arena to collect some IQ tax. In just an hour, he had collected more than 200 magic crystal coins (20 million RMB). He happily left the broken gamblers behind and left the West District. His next stop was the Chamber of Commerce Street in the East District. Now, other than the 40 million RMB left for the two women, he had more than 30 million RMB of free funds.
When he arrived at the Chamber of Commerce, senior employee Doug happened to be free, so he immediately handled the handover of the third custom ring. So far, he had obtained the four rings of lightning strike, freezing, purification, and burning. He also ordered three new rings, which were added with the incantations of wind armor, water shield, and earth wall. The completion time was about four days later.(33rd day), 8 days later (37th day), and 12 days later (41st day). The price of each ring was 1.2 million RMB and required a 30% deposit in advance. Similarly, after completion, it would be kept by the Chamber of Commerce for up to half a month.
When it came to custom-made magic tools, Gongyou also asked if he would accept the job of repairing the damaged Rune Words. Doug said that he would have to ask the workshop before he could confirm it. It would be best to take him to the Chamber of Commerce's exclusive workshop to ask in person. He also suggested that the Chamber of Commerce help buy magic books, including non-combat magic books.
"A non-combat magic book? Was it the kind of civil magic tool that recorded non-offensive spells?”Doug asked in a strange tone. He knew that the common reason was adventurers, and it was indeed strange for adventurers to collect non-combat magic.
"Yes, those magic books that record magic for work or life. I want to buy them no matter how many there are.”Gongyou said very seriously. What he needed was a large number of spell slots. As for the incantations, he was free to do so.
"Alright, but even if it's a non-combat magic book…each one will cost about 1,010 to 1,030 gold coins (3,000,000 RMB). Are you sure you want to buy it, Mr. Gongyou?”Doug, the employee, asked seriously after calculating in his heart. This was a very large sum of money, especially because the method of buying without a cap really scared him.
After confirming the deal, he offered an unlimited purchase price of 3.1 million RMB for each scroll. He also replenished some potions and scrolls, such as the Wind Armor Scroll, which was very practical. Finally, he left the Chamber of Commerce with his employee Doug. First, he went home to get the equipment. However, he saw Shiloh buying a recipe book and busying himself in the kitchen. Luana was helping him. After greeting Shiloh, he went upstairs to pack the equipment for the three of them.
The second time he went out today was to let his employee Doug lead the way to the Wendi Workshop under the Chamber of Commerce. He had entrusted the repair of the broken rune sword found in the underground barrier of the old capital and the maintenance of the other enchanted equipment of the three people. He had also chosen to speed up the maintenance of the equipment and paid the workshop to do it overnight. He had to retrieve the equipment by tomorrow morning, including the dragon scale armor, the demon beast leather armor, the flame sword, the wind wall shield, the arm strength gloves, the stamina belt, the leg strength boots, the protective cloak, and the heavy backpack. Strength Bracelet, Agility Bracelet, and most of the main equipment.
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After working at the workshop in the morning, Gong You rushed home to have lunch with the two girls before noon. Other than sweet and sour fish, there were also sweet and sour pork ribs, lotus seed and red date beef soup, brown sugar radish shredded mutton and several other dishes on the table. They were all dark dishes that the two girls had tried to make while reading recipes in the morning. In the end, Luana only tasted a mouthful of sweet and sour fish and then stopped eating. Instead, she ate a lot of mutton. On the other hand, Shiloh was very happy to eat sweet and sour fish and sweet and sour pork ribs. Ever since they formed the team, their bodies had become healthier because of their rich diet. They had also grown a lot of weight where they should have.
During lunch, Gong You told the two girls about the maze mission. If they could complete this mission, the three of them would be able to increase their adventurer rank by at least one level." So I plan to set off tomorrow afternoon to try exploring the legendary Minos Maze.”
"If it's Mr. Gongyou, there won't be a problem. Even the legendary maze can be successfully conquered.”Hilo immediately agreed to Common Cause's decision. She had no doubt that he could conquer the maze.
"Yes, this guy is especially good in this aspect. Every time, he can explore the ruins as if he was playing.”Luana was still upset that Gongyou ignored her this morning, but she did not object to his decision.
The three of them chatted as they ate. The atmosphere was much better than the awkward atmosphere in the morning. Although lunch was the first time the two women tried to make it under the guidance of the recipe, the two women who often went to the kitchen did not make the mistake of excessive seasoning. They were just a little lacking in the heat, but the taste of the dishes was still acceptable.
"By the way, Mr. Gongyou, when I was buying vegetables today, I met the teachers who came out to buy vegetables. I heard a piece of news from them.”Hilo paused for a moment, organized his words, and said succinctly," There seems to be a winery outside the city that wants to transfer. Through the church's intermediary, it can even be transferred on the same day.”
"Yes, yes, we've all thought about it. Let's buy it in the afternoon.”Luana immediately took up the topic of Hilo. She had discussed this matter with Hilo in the kitchen in the morning. She had even fantasized about how mighty she would be when she was the wife of the manor lord.
"Buying a winery…Do you want to use the money you earned in the old capital?”Gong You thought about it for a while before he understood the two women's plans. They really wanted to settle down in the City of Agriculture, so he replied," Sure. Didn't I say it before? That money belongs to you. You can use it however you want."”
"Yes, it's mine." Luana nodded and said with a smile. She had never dared to think about owning a manor before. Her biggest dream was to live in a big house in a big city.
"Mr. Gongyou, you're wrong. That belongs to the three of us.”Hilo retorted seriously. She had already planned her future with Common Freedom after talking to the Grand Priest yesterday. The purchase of the winery was just a coincidence. Even if she didn't buy it this time, the money would be used to invest in a fixed asset.
" Okay, okay, three people then. If you make me and Hilo unhappy again, I'll... I'll..." Luana was at a loss for words. She hadn't thought about what was going to happen next.
"Haha, then let's go to the church in the afternoon and finish this as soon as possible. We still have to explore the maze tomorrow.”Gong You didn't think about the future, so he started to change the topic. He couldn't guarantee things that were too far away.
The two women were indulging in their beautiful dreams and did not notice any abnormalities. After lunch, the three of them rested for a while before riding their inferior horses out. Although one-third of the clergy of the Church of Earth Mother had not returned from the expedition, there were still enough clergy in the Great Temple to maintain operations.
After talking to the priests who received them, the three of them had a more detailed understanding of the winery. It turned out that the one who wanted to transfer the winery was a priest of the seventh rank of the church. Because the priest opposed the proposal of the bishop of the parish to gather, he was sent to other places to serve as a village priest. Although it was a deployment of the same rank, the village was not as comfortable as living in a big city, so this matter was no different from being exiled from the core of the church.
The priest had a property near the City of Agriculture, a small winery by the river outside the city. After the priest was transferred, he knew that he could not return to the core of the church, so he gave up and wanted to entrust the church members to help him sell the winery outside the city. The priest planned to use the money to develop his position and seriously become a village priest.
Gong You and Luana sat beside Hilo and listened to the priests talk about the cause and effect of the matter. After listening, the first thing that came to his mind was not how unlucky the priest who stopped the bishop from taking revenge was, but that the priest alone had fixed assets equivalent to tens of millions of RMB. What about the assistant bishop? Where was the bishop? Where was the bishop?
No wonder the day before yesterday, when Gong You took out more than 40 million RMB worth of royal bonds to launder money from the Grand Priest, the Grand Priest was so calm and natural. It turned out that the Grand Priest was used to seeing huge amounts of wealth, so he was indifferent. The clergymen of the Church were really richer than the last.
"…So, if Little Hilo wants to buy that winery, you have to pay all the money in one go, which is about 628 magic crystal coins (56,520,000 RMB).”An assistant bishop who was currently in charge of the operation of the Great Divine Hall said. He smiled and stroked his white beard as he sat on the main seat in the reception room and looked at the three. The high priest who had stayed near the old capital yesterday afternoon had told him through the remote communication miracle to take care of Hilo and Common Cause within his ability.
"Why is it more than 600 mana crystal coins (50 million RMB)? I heard this morning that it was only 500 mana crystal coins (40 million RMB).”Hilo asked incredulously. Her future plans had yet to begin and she had already suffered a major setback.
"The price of over five hundred magic crystal coins was a speculation that circulated in the outside world a long time ago. However, after the winery was revalued by professionals, the market price was confirmed to be 628 magic crystal coins.”The assistant bishop shook his head helplessly. He also wanted to sell it to Hilo at a cheap price, but the priest found someone to appraise it and determined that the market price was 56.52 million RMB. He could only help Hilo save the handling fee for the internal transfer transaction. After all, the Church did not need to pay taxes to the Lord, and no one dared to collect taxes from the Church.
Gong You saw Hilo and Luana sitting on the bench in the reception room with a disappointed expression. He couldn't help but ask," Do you really like that winery?”
Hilo nodded subconsciously before realizing that something was wrong. She immediately told Gongyou that she didn't care about the winery, but she just didn't want to make things difficult for him because the 10 million RMB gap couldn't be raised in a short time. Even Luana, who was arguing, advised him not to care.
"Alright, I'll buy the winery for Hilo for 628 mana crystal coins.”Gong You said to the assistant bishop after checking the price through omniscience. As long as the two girls liked it and were not cheated, he would buy it and give it to them. Money was the most worthless thing to him. Even if the three of them had not gone to the winery to see it, it did not matter. It was good that the two girls were happy.
The assistant bishop only reacted after hearing Hilo and Luana's shocked expressions. He told them that he wanted to buy the winery. The assistant bishop then asked a priest who was free to lead the three of them to the river bank outside the city to check the winery. The two women did not react on the way and just followed him on their horses.
The winery that was about to be sold was not small. It had three orchards and a processing plant for brewing wine. There were dozens of houses of various sizes, and a large number of farmers were hired to work in the winery. Because these properties were attached to the title deed, the price would increase when the re-evaluation was carried out. The few of them spent the entire afternoon inspecting the winery and did not return to the city until dusk.
In the evening, after the church completed the handover procedures, the assistant bishop took the opportunity to mention the distribution of the spoils of war in the old capital to Gongyou. The church bought the remaining spoils of war that the three of them should have received and discounted them to 50 magic crystal coins.(450,000 RMB), this small amount of money was agreed without much hesitation. Later, the church was entrusted to manage the winery. After deducting daily losses, the church would take 15% of the product profits as management fees every year, and the remaining 85% of the profits would take at least 30 years to recover the investment cost. However, compared to the fixed assets that had been preserved for a hundred years, it was still a good investment.
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After dark, the three of them slowly rode home under the illumination of the magic stone street lamps. On the way, the two women were still discussing the situation in the winery in the afternoon. However, when they reached home, the two women suddenly quieted down. They went into the kitchen and quietly heated the leftovers. They only spoke again when the three of them sat down in the dining room.
"Mr. Gongyou, did I do something wrong?”Hilo asked worriedly. She was very afraid.
"Hmm? Why do you say that?" Gongyou wondered why Hilo had said these things for no reason.
" That money…was left by Mister Gongyou to buy equipment…" At first, Hilo didn't understand where the extra 10 million RMB came from, but she was smart enough to figure it out after an afternoon.
"Hmm…how should I put it? Just take it that the money was left for you. You don't have to worry about the equipment.”He knew what Shiloh was blaming himself for, but there was no need for that. To Omniscient, gold coins were no different from dirt. He could get more money whenever he wanted.
Hilo lowered her head and ate her dinner quietly. She knew that she needed some time to calm down, so she didn't disturb her. However, it was only now that Luana realized what they had been talking about. She had only shut up because Hilo had suddenly quieted down, but she didn't know that Hilo was thinking about these complicated questions.
"Gongyou, did you use that money to buy equipment?”Luana asked. Although she was often willful, spoiled, and mischievous, she was very sensible at critical moments.
"I told you not to worry. Didn't I just get three magic books the day before yesterday? I've become stronger again, and our equipment is very complete, so we don't need to update our equipment for now.”He comforted Luana. She was naive but not stupid. It would be troublesome if she got into a dead end.
"Then…then at most I'll give you the guild funds in the future.”Luana said seriously. She had no chance to use the money she had left behind.
Shiloh burst out laughing. Luana also made Shiloh laugh, and Luana also laughed foolishly. The atmosphere at the dining table became lively. The three of them seemed to have forgotten about what happened in the afternoon. They began to talk about some happy things, such as buying more beautiful clothes and eating more delicious food.
After dinner, the three of them took turns to take a shower. Ever since the two girls got used to the rich life, they did not squeeze together to take a shower. After the three of them said good night, they left the living room and went back to their rooms to rest. Since they slept separately last night, the three of them did not sleep together tonight.
After returning to her room, Luana took out a book from under her pillow and lay on the bed to read. The more she read, the redder her face became. Then she muttered to herself," What if you do something like this to me? Ah, I won't go over tonight. I'll sleep with Hilo later. We'll be together, so I don't think we'll dare to do these things. Hmph, if he dares to do it, I'll beat him.”
Luana read the book again before hiding it in the closet. She took the pillow and left her room to knock on Hilo's bedroom door. Hilo was lying in bed reading recipes. When she heard the knock, she was shocked and her mind went blank. Then she panicked and was afraid, then she was happy, shy, nervous, and finally decided to open the door. However, it turned into disappointment and regret.
After the three of them went upstairs, they went to their respective rooms to sleep. They lay on the bed in their own bedroom and thought about the two girls. He could feel that they were secretly in love with him, but he would leave this world in a month, so he did not choose to break the window paper. Instead, he naturally continued to spend time with the two girls, neither too close nor too distant.
After he calmed down, he took out the books he had obtained from the underground workshop in the old capital and read them carefully. Although he could ask Omniscient if he wanted to know anything, he still retained his interest in reading books to understand the unknown. It was his turn to read the Encyclopedia of Magical Materials tonight. The book mainly introduced the wear resistance, corrosion resistance, hardness coefficient, and temperature resistance of various materials. There were even legendary materials that could withstand 6,000 degrees of heat. However, the book also reminded him, The best way to resist the high temperature was to rely on the field. The characteristics of the material itself had a limit.
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[No Grade] Natural Material, such as (Collect): Stone, wood, fiber, beast bones and skin;
[Ordinary] Natural materials (molecular impurities), such as (initial processing material): Rock, brick, porcelain, glass, the teeth and claws of mid-level magic beasts;
[Ordinary Item] Forging material (molecular simple substance), such as (refined substance): Claws and scales of Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, and high-level magic beasts (claws and teeth comparable to steel daggers, fur comparable to metal armor);
[High Ordinary Item] Alloy Material (Molecules Mixed), such as (Rare Metal Mix): Chromatic steel, titanium alloy, white copper, tempered glass, and the claws and scales of Commander-level magic beasts;
[Epic] composite material (molecular sequence), such as (organic and organic mixed): Bionic plastic, foam metal, magic steel, vibranium, the claws and scales of Lord-tier magical beasts;
[Advanced Epic] Nanometer-sized Material (Molecules Ordered), such as (Low-temperature Superconducting Material): graphene, aerogels, diamonds, orichalcum, green mithril, and adamantine;
[Legendary] Phase transfer material (molecular resonance), such as (room temperature superconducting material): translucent magical crystal, dark red crimson gold, telepathic metal, dark alloy;
[Demigod] Intermolecular Force Material (Atomic Resonance), such as (High-temperature Superconducting Material): Philosopher's Foundation Stone/Soul Stone, Dark Dawn Silver;
[God] Interatomic Force Material (Electric Track Overlapping), such as: Star core;
[Theory] Nucleon interaction material (strong interaction force).
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" The Philosopher's Cornerstone…I accidentally obtained a Demigod material!'After reading the detailed description of the Soul Stone in the book, Gong You was pleasantly surprised. However, he immediately realized that something was wrong.'
Is there a way to hide the Philosopher's Cornerstone?』
" Omniscient: The Philosopher's Cornerstone comes with the ability to identify itself. Only a god-tier being can see through it. Non-divine creatures cannot discover the hidden Philosopher's Cornerstone."
Gong You finally let out a sigh of relief after listening to it. After putting down his worries, he became interested in some vague records mentioned in the Encyclopedia of Materials, especially some of the materials that only had names but no detailed descriptions.
" What is a star core?』
[Omniscient: The initial product of degenerate state, supermetal, electron degenerate state matter]
He had heard of this thing before he transmigrated, but he didn't expect that he couldn't recognize it just by changing its name. However, to be able to use something that only existed in physics textbooks as a material, the gods are really amazing.'
" Does the theoretical material above God really exist?』
[Omniscient: It does exist, such as the intermediate product of degenerate state, matter zero, neutron degenerate state.]
He saw another theoretical material that could only be seen in textbooks. However, compared to other materials, he found that this world was much stronger in material science than the world before he transmigrated. Many materials that existed in theory before he transmigrated actually existed in this world.
" How do I refine the Sage Cornerstone?』
" Omniscient: Can be refined using the Life Refining Circle. One gram of the Wise One's Cornerstone can be refined from every 100,000 souls of intelligent creatures."
In other words, the 8g of the Philosopher's Cornerstone in my hand was actually refined from the souls of more than 700,000 people in the old capital…Common Cause finally understood why the Philosopher's Cornerstone could hold more than seven million spell slots. This was because each person had an average of ten spell slots, a miracle created with the lives of an entire city. And now, this miracle material was hanging around his neck.
The night before he went to bed slowly passed by as he read. He stayed up late until he was sleepy before he put down the book and turned off the lights to sleep. In his dream, he wore the neutron armor and fought all the invincible opponents. In the end, he got tired of the worldly struggle and found a beautiful place in the countryside to quietly accompany the two girls.
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On the morning of the 30th day, Luana resumed her morning exercise. She worked out in the yard for nearly an hour before she sweated in the morning light. When she finished her exercise and took a shower, Hilo had already gotten up and went downstairs. After the two women had breakfast together, they discussed the first topic of the day at home. Should they wake Gongyou up?
In the end, Luana, who was getting impatient, slammed the table and said," I'll go wake that lazy worm up."”
"Then I'll leave it to you, Miss Luana.”Shiloh thought about it and agreed with Luana, because if she didn't wake up the common breakfast, it would get cold.
However, when Hilo's breakfast was completely cold, he did not see Luana calling for the commoner, so Hilo got up and went upstairs to see what was going on.
Gong You woke up after a good night's sleep, rubbing his eyes. When he turned around, he saw two beautiful girls lying on the edge of the bed and watching him sleep. They stared at him with wide eyes and whispered,"It's true."
"Ahem, good morning," He coughed twice to remind them that he would lose face if the two girls continued to discuss.
"Ah, good morning, Mr. Gongyou. I'll go heat up breakfast for you.”With that, Hilo turned and ran away, but even her ears and the back of her neck were red with excitement.
"Humph, you lazy worm, you woke up so late.”Luana turned around and walked away quickly. However, when she reached the door, she continued to lean on the door frame and peek into the bedroom.
After changing his clothes, he realized that Luana was actually peeking at him blatantly. After she was discovered, she even snorted arrogantly at him. Did she think that no one could control her after her body recovered? Thinking of this, he immediately walked forward and reached out to mess up her neat ponytail. Then, before she could react, he quickly ran downstairs.
"Ya ya, smelly lazy worm, I must beat you to death today.”Luana chased after him like an angry kitten into the dining room. The two of them ran in circles around Shiloh until Shiloh couldn't stand it anymore and stopped Luana. Only then did the morning farce end.
After breakfast, Gong You planned to go to the workshop to retrieve the equipment for maintenance. The two girls, who had nothing to do, naturally followed him. The three of them went to the largest workshop in the South Artisan Street. At this time, the blacksmiths had already completed the maintenance of the three people's equipment. Taking advantage of Hilo's presence, they helped her pick a new pair of combat boots. Although it was a White Equipment, it was lighter and had stronger protective effects than the previous pair. Even the steel chain armor that Hilo wore under his holy robe was replaced with light armor made of magical beast materials. In the end, he also added some small parts to Luana's knee and elbow. Unfortunately, the enchanted equipment produced by the workshop had been sent to the Chamber of Commerce for sale. He could only ask the workshop owner to help him pay attention to the enchanted leather armor.
As for the damaged runic sword that was entrusted to be repaired, it had also been evaluated by the blacksmith master. Its real name was 'Plague Carrier', and it was attached with three runes of plague, pain, and bleeding. It was worth more than 2,000,000 rmb. The repair cost alone would cost at least three magic crystals (270,000 rmb). The blacksmith master said that it would take at least three days to repair it, and he would even need to go to the Mage Guild to find someone familiar to help.
After leaving the workshop, the three of them went to the market to purchase supplies. After that, they returned home to pack their luggage, take care of the horses, and feed them. They were busy until it was close to noon. After lunch at home, the three of them locked the door and set off. After leaving the City of Agriculture through the east gate, they took a detour and headed south.
Their luck wasn't too good on the way. The three of them happened to encounter rain clouds in the afternoon. After hiding from the rain for half an hour, they set off again. Fortunately, their destination wasn't far. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the three of them arrived at the Minos Maze, which was 100 kilometers south of the City of Agriculture.
The maze was built in a forest. There was a huge stone tablet at the entrance, and there were three strange embossed on the tablet. Below it was a tunnel that slanted underground, very similar to the Ogre's underground city. However, the entrance of the tunnel was now sealed by a stone door. Beside it were some ancient words that introduced the maze. The general idea was the name of the maze, who built it, and what the purpose of building the maze was.
"What does it say?" Luana pointed at the words beside the stone door and asked. Although she had learned simple reading and writing under the guidance of her parents, she did not have much knowledge.
"I don't know either. I've never seen this language before.”Hilo examined the words carefully. Although they looked familiar, she couldn't remember where she had seen them before. She had received enlightenment from the priests in the nursery and memorized a large number of classic books stored in the temple, but she was not knowledgeable enough to understand the ancient words.
Through Omniscient Translator, he found that the purpose of building the maze was to resist the gods, and the builders claimed to be survivors of the ancient civilization. However, after he used Omniscient to check, he found that the maze had long been attacked by the angels sent by the gods, and was finally transformed into one of the seven trials to select the brave. He wondered if the builders would die in peace after knowing.
As there was no water source near the entrance, the three of them left the maze entrance and went to a water source two kilometers away to wait. Although there were some carnivorous beasts living around, it was just enough to replenish the three of them with fresh ingredients. Therefore, they made a simple barbecue grill and began their picnic.
They played like this until dusk. The two girls took turns to catch up on sleep. The three of them prepared in advance to enter the maze. One of them stayed outside to guard while the other two went into the tent to rest. By late at night, each of them slept for an average of three to four hours.
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