Chapter 748: Void

  Greed is one of the human natures that ordinary people can hardly eradicate. If someone sees eight spatial rings on another person's hand and doesn't have any greedy or even murderous thoughts, they are probably a legendary saint.

  As for the mercenary's gaze cast upon him, Li Xie could understand it, but also felt a sense of vigilance.

  Although Li Xie didn't think the mercenaries on the sailboat could threaten him, but things are unpredictable, these people have lived on the edge of knives, and they have many ways to kill, easy to dodge open attacks, hard to guard against hidden arrows.

  However, how can Li Xie be certain that the four Ost people are also just kind-hearted?

  They called Li Xie to follow, ostensibly out of kindness to protect Li Xie, but people's hearts are separated by skin, so how can they be sure that they don't want Li Xie to follow them and then find an opportunity to get rid of him?

  However, when Ou Zhi said where to go, Li Xie thought of a way to solve the greed around him and loudly said: "I'm not going without a purpose this time, I'm going to prepare for Hai Huang Gong!"

  The Haiwang Palace can only be visited if invited by the Haiwang.

  In other words, Li Xie is a guest of Hai Huang. These people should still not dare to move against Hai Huang's guests, unless they really want to seek death.

  "Bang!"

  Lala's phoenix eyes struck Li Xie's forehead with a loud crack.

  "You're talking big again! This little brat! Unbelievable! No way, I've got to teach you a good lesson!" Lala frowned, her face stern: "Look at you, not even grown up yet, and you're already learning from others to leave home alone, and dressing so showily. Hmph! Do you think you still have elders protecting you at home? Once you step out of the house, it's just you like this, and you won't even know what hit you when you die! Come on, follow us, the Divine Might Mercenary Corps, and we'll send you back home afterwards."

  Wow!

  Li Ye stared blankly at LaLa.

  Girl, it's our first meeting! How come you look just like my mom who I haven't seen in a long time!

  Austere and Kidd's faces were full of embarrassment, they knew Lara's temper, but in front of so many people, hitting a duke who had just met on the head, and teaching him in this tone, was really... The two didn't know what to say.

  Li Xie was hit on the head, but he didn't mind. Instead, he felt a strange warmth in his heart. He could also hear LaLa's kind and innocent words. As the saying goes, "birds of a feather flock together", so the people from Shen Wei Mercenary Group should be similar, and they should be trustworthy.

  Li Xie immediately decided to temporarily accept their protection, anyway, there were still ten days of voyage left, and he had to make some connections, chat with people, and relieve his boredom. After all, he couldn't be like Ze En Nade, pretending to be cool and not saying a word for the whole day.

  Since it's been decided that way, Li Xie didn't care anymore and simply pretended to be weak, letting them think he was bragging. Sometimes toning down one's presence can avoid a lot of trouble.

  "I know I was wrong." Li Ye said with a sincere tone, acknowledging his mistake like a well-behaved child.

  "Uh-huh!" LaLa nodded straight away: "Knowing one's mistakes and being able to change is a good kid, well-behaved, for the next few days just stand by sister's side!" LaLa glared around fiercely, her staff in hand raised high: "Whoever dares to have ill intentions towards you will be asked about my Crystal Love!"

  "Crystal Love?" Li Xie had long noticed that the magician's hands all seemed to have a crystal-encrusted staff, but since there were no magicians around him, he didn't know what the staff was used for.

  "My sister's staff, you know." Lala's face showed two small dimples as she spun the staff around: "Don't underestimate my sister's staff, it's made of eighth-tier water magic crystal! For magicians below eighth tier, it can store energy by 500% and amplify it by 50%!"

  Li Xie was quite embarrassed and asked: "What can a staff do for you magicians?"

  "Look!" Lala tapped Li Xie's head lightly with her staff: "As soon as I hear your question, I know you're a newbie! Hmph! And the Sea Emperor has invited you? Really? Can the Sea Emperor invite someone like you who doesn't even have any magical aura or understanding of anything? Do you think the Sea Emperor is just bored and has nothing better to do?"

  Li Xie rubbed his head, feeling a bit guilty towards his own forehead, which had been knocked several times! He seriously suspected that Lala was an abuser! And Li Xie became even more suspicious, wondering if Hai Huang hadn't just eaten too much and couldn't come out to relieve himself! Otherwise, why would he invite him to the Hai Huang Palace?

  Seeing Li Xie's gloomy face, Oster decided to step out and pull Li Xie away from LaLa's clutches. He dragged Li Xie down to sit, laughing: "Let me tell you about the staff."

  Li Xie was pulled down to sit, and the other members of the Divine Guardian Mercenary Group also sat down. Oster then began to explain things to Li Xie.

  It turns out that the staff is one of the preferred equipment for magicians, used to enhance magical power, reduce magical consumption, and even cast high-level magic beyond their level.

  Although magicians do not need a magic wand to cast spells, the magician's own body has limited magical storage capacity. The magic wand can help the magician store more magic, such as Lala's "Crystal Love", which can store five times Lala's own magic value. Once in battle, Lala's continuous use of magic time can be extended by five times. At the same time, another function of the magic wand is to enhance the power of magic, which can only be achieved through the same system of magic crystals.

  Mages are divided into three major categories: Light, Dark and Nature. Among them, the most numerous are Nature mages, who can be further divided into Fire mages, Ice mages, Water mages, Earth mages, Thunder mages, Wind mages, Wood mages and other elemental mages.

  To have an amplification effect, for example, with Lala, who is a water magician, the magic crystal embedded in the staff must be a water magic crystal to have an amplification effect. Otherwise, it can only be used as a storage of magic.

  It can be imagined that for a magician, the value of a wand that matches his own magic is extremely high. For example, Lala is a seventh-level magician who wields Crystal Love and can even rival a ninth-level magician with an unmatchable wand without falling behind.

  "It turns out so." Li Xie thought that there was still much for the Gods' Continent to know.

  "Hmm! How's that?" LaLa raised her nose tip, swinging Water Crystal Love, feeling complacent.

  Li's eyebrow twitched: "Lala sister is mighty and domineering! But I wonder, how's my Tiel'ni?"

  While Oster was speaking, Li Xie had already taken out fine wine and distributed it to several people, especially selecting a good bottle of Tiel'ni wine for Lala.

  Lala stuck out her tongue: "Not bad, just a bit too little!"

  "Haha, come to my Chrysanthemum City when you're free, and LaLa sister can drink as much as she wants!" Any master who caught his eye, Li Xie would invite to his Chrysanthemum City. As the city lord, he was indeed doing his best.

  "Alright, you said so!"

  "Of course, hehe!" Meng Da Shi said with a smile, "This doesn't count as seducing a little beauty, this is just a polite invitation."

  A few people drank and became familiar with each other. Li Xie introduced them to the Chrysanthemum City, but didn't mention that he had many powerful followers or reveal his own strength. Except for a cold-blooded man named "Rěn Yá" from the Divine Majesty Mercenary Group, the other three people chatted happily with Li Xie.

  Li Xie also knew that they had come to explore the adventure, legend has it that there is an ancient relic on a sea island called "White Elephant" in the Bering Sea, and most of the people on the sailboat are heading to White Elephant Island.

  "What is an ancient relic?" Li Xie asked again, being a novice.

  Lala shook her head: "You! You! How can you be a noble? Don't you know any history?"

  Li Ye rubbed his head, looking embarrassed. I'm not a person who doesn't like to read books, it's just that I'm not from the mainland of the gods, many things, no chance to mention, how could I know?

  Lala thought it was time to teach Li Xie a lesson again, raising his staff. This time, however, he didn't strike, saying instead: "The continent of the gods can be divided into several periods. At first, there was only the period of the gods, known as the 'Era of the Gods'. The gods thought the continent was too monotonous and created various living beings, which marked the beginning of the 'Primordial Era'. It's said that during this time, all living beings were as powerful as the gods. However, it's been too long ago, and only ancient texts have some legends about it. After the Primordial Era came the 'Ancient Era', a time when strong beings were countless. It's said that half-gods filled the skies and divine beasts roamed everywhere! Even half-gods could cultivate into true gods! Later..."

  Lala took a sip of wine and continued, "Later on, it's said that the living spirits wanted to challenge the divine authority, overthrow the gods' rule and become gods themselves. This enraged all the gods, and the highest god brought down the destructive light of the apocalypse, killing off all the strong ones and leaving only a small portion of weak living spirits to multiply and thrive. After the ancient era, the legend was cut off and remained silent for a long time, this period of time is called the 'Void Era', the Void Era lasted until the highest god fell, the gods' strife 'Dark Era', and then the four major races fought, after the doomsday war, only then did we have today's new era."

  Lala took another sip of wine and continued to explain to Li Xie: "What we're looking for are the relics of the ancient era, left behind by powerful beings. Although most of them have been destroyed, occasionally someone will stumble upon an ancient relic. It's said that Martin Wieg, the King of Mercenaries, became a demigod after discovering an ancient relic! Moreover, during the ancient era, there were countless demigods, and in the Primordial Chaos Era, living beings could cultivate into divine spirits. Some lost secrets might be hidden within these ancient relics, so it's not just mercenaries searching for them - even the powerful beings on the Continent of Gods are looking for them. Even the Three Emperors would be moved by the discovery of an ancient relic!"

  Remnants of the strong from ancient times?

  Li Xie suddenly thought of the dark apostle Robert who brought him to that underground altar.

  At that time, he didn't look closely, and all around were broken things, nor did he think there was anything worth looking at carefully. Li Xie left the underground altar.

  But now that I think about it, the underground altar may not have been built by Robert after all. And since Robert is a 2,000-year-old antique, wouldn't the altar also have a long history? Maybe it's even a relic from ancient times? Could there be some kind of secret?

  It seems I have to find some time to go back and take a closer look at the altar again!

  Li Xie thought for a moment and said: "Since the Three Emperors are all interested in the ancient relic, what's the point of you guys searching for it? Even if you find it, you can't compete with the Three Emperors."

  Ji De smiled and said, "You don't understand this. Even if we find the ancient ruins in front of the Three Emperors, they won't take away even a single thing from the ruins."

  "Why?" Li Xie couldn't understand, if he were one of the Three Emperors, seeing others find relics, would definitely take them for himself, this can't be said to be unreasonable, ancient things, naturally belong to those who are capable.

  "This is the cleverness of the Three Emperors!" Kite said: "Many ancient ruins were destroyed, and not many were left behind. After the end of the ancient era, a long period of time passed, and even if there were any remaining ruins, they would have been buried by the sands of time and become unknown to people. If the Three Emperors wanted to obtain something from these ruins, how could they find it on their own? They couldn't compare to the numerous adventurers who flock to them! And if the Three Emperors were to seize the ruins discovered by adventurers, who would dare continue searching for ruins? In the end, the ruins would be buried in history once again. Therefore, the Three Emperors will not seize them. If they really want something from the ruins, they will buy it or exchange for it. Adventurers will give face to the Three Emperors and won't secretly hoard things. Moreover, what the Three Emperors truly desire is to break through the half-god realm and become true gods. Most of the things that can help them are ancient books from the ruins, but adventurers wouldn't care too much about these books. Besides, everyone can read these books, right? Do you understand?"

  Li Xie nodded, and at this time, a series of "ding ding" sounds rang out. The expressions of several people from the Divine Might Mercenary Group changed slightly, it was an alarm!