Chapter 108 Miscellaneous Matters

  "Alright, Jack, put away these traps and go back to secure the horse king, then notify me. The horse king is the one with white lightning-shaped markings on its forehead."

  "Yes, sir!" Jack put away the trap and said: "Sir, I have an idea. Why not select 100 elite soldiers to equip these Thunder War Horses and go to Sunflower City again? The Thunder War Horses are fast and powerful, which is suitable for plundering the merchant teams going to Sunflower City, and can quickly retreat, making it impossible for the Cheetah Army of Sunflower City to catch them!"

  Li Xie nodded: "Let you arrange it."

  As the leader of these people, Li Xie understood how to play his role well. He wasn't arrogant enough to think he was stronger than his subordinates, so he didn't need to make every decision himself. As a leader, it's about letting those below him handle things well, not ordering them to do things well.

  Vandi Sell looked a bit unhappy, Li Xie smiled and said: "What's wrong? Not your turn, unhappy?"

  "Sir, I don't dare." Vandy Sael was indeed a bit unhappy, after all, Kano had a magical pet, and he didn't.

  As for the Seventh-Order Thunderbolt Warhorse, Vandy Sell wanted it, but didn't dare to ask. He also knew who needed the Thunderbolt Warhorse more, and a seventh-order magical beast was dispensable to him as a tenth-order Sword Saint.

  "You're all my trusted friends, if there's anything on your mind, just say it out loud, don't keep it hidden!" Li Xie said: "Don't be unhappy either, I've promised to give you a high-ranking demon beast, and I will definitely do so. It's just that this seventh-rank demon beast is not something I can easily hand over. Let's wait for some more time, I already have connections in Manster City, and I believe it won't take too long before we get eighth or even ninth rank demon beasts delivered."

  Fan Di Xian hastily cupped his hands: "Your Excellency, this humble official has never doubted Your Excellency."

  "Alright, let's drink! Jack, tell Reddy to come and see me."

  "Yes, sir."

  After a meal of wine and dishes, Jack and Kano were worried about the Thunderbolt Horse, so they bid farewell early. Soon, Reddy Gagga arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

  This bandit, with a tiger-tail braid and a ferocious appearance, immediately knelt down and paid his respects to Li Xie. What he had seen in the past few days in Chrysanthemum City made him realize that not only did the Evil Duke have two 10th-level experts as bodyguards, but also a 9th-level summoner as the commander-in-chief of the army, plus 100,000 evil soldiers, 3,000 fifth-level magic beasts, and 1,000 sixth-level magic beasts!

  This strength is comparable to that of a dynasty!

  It's also because of this strength that Vandy Zeal is even more reverent towards Li Xie!

  "The materials for Sweet Dreams, can I get a few more copies? Money, people, take whatever you want." Li Xie said straightforwardly.

  His mind is made up to sleep soundly.

  How great is the value of this thing? At first, he gave Reddy Gaha 500,000 gold coins to get the materials for the Dream Fragrance, but he only got two portions. Li Xie used only one portion and got over a hundred seventh-order Thunder Warhorses, which would be worth at least 2 billion gold coins in market value. The return on investment is simply incalculable. Moreover, if more Dream Fragrances can be obtained, seventh-order magic beasts may be available continuously.

  The value of this is already impossible to measure with money.

  "Adults......" Ledi Gagga smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to get more Sleep Dream Fragrance, but it's really hard to get the materials. One of them, Starlight Grass, is only found on the top of Wanren Cliff, and Wanren Cliff is the territory of the Martial Emperor. Ordinary people can't even think about getting Starlight Grass, sometimes the Martial Emperor's people will pick some to sell, that's how we can get it. Now, I'm afraid there's no more Starlight Grass available on the market."

  "Hmm." Li Xie was slightly disappointed and said, "In short, I'm giving you this task. Whatever you can get is whatever you can get. If you can get one copy, I'll give you 1 million gold coins!"

  Wow!

  One million!

  Ledi Gagya, who didn't understand the value of Shuimengxiang, was startled by Li Xie's offer and hastily cupped his hands: "Yes, sir!"

  "Go ahead."

  "Vandi, do you know about the Earth Spirit?" Li Xie also knew that it was a rare thing to come across, so since Mount Wanruo had some, he thought of going there to see if he could get some. After calling out to Lei Di - Ga Ga, Li Xie turned his attention to the Earth Spirit.

  This trip to Manchester City's harvest, in addition to this hundred seven-tier war horses, is also a sight!

  Witnessed the value of Somnium, witnessed the danger of capturing magical beasts, and also witnessed the potential value of the earth spirits.

  The Kirov airship was their invention, the space ring was also their conception, and there were also the Lei Huo Cannon fireworks, as well as the beast catcher.

  Li Xie still didn't know that many of the high-tech products on the Gods' Continent were actually made by the Earth Elves, but just these few items alone made the value of the Earth Elves comparable to that of the Dream Incense.

  Vandy's face showed a hint of disgust, saying: "The dwarves are an inferior race, they're not even as good as pigs! Ugly, disgusting, greedy, despicable, lowly, cunning, untrustworthy, and faithless! Master Mian is above all! Any negative words used to describe them seem pale in comparison, they're a race that's only fit to live underground!"

  Uh...

  Why is this guy talking like he's got a grudge against his own father?

  Li Xie did not understand Jipeng, so he naturally didn't have the same kind of disgust as Van Dyke.

  The dwarves are a particularly special race on the continent of gods. They are ugly and greedy by nature, and were once one of the major races on the continent of gods. However, due to their greed, they gradually declined and eventually became slaves to the beastmen and human tribes. Nevertheless, they often betrayed their masters under various temptations, and even helped the demon tribe in the "War of the End", which almost led to the extinction of the dwarves by the other races.

  Now the gnomes are forced to live underground, and they have been driven to the swamps near the land of eternal silence and under the ice sheets at the source of the glaciers. The space left for them to survive is not much, if it were not for their inventions being useful to humans, they would probably be extinct by now.

  But what is called invention has already been a matter of thousands of years ago. Nowadays, the earth spirit can't even survive, let alone invent things.

  Although they are in a pitiful state, no one will sympathize with them for their past betrayal and the evil of helping the demon clan, but only hate them more, wishing they would completely perish.

  However, it seems that spring is coming for the earth spirits, and they have welcomed someone who at least won't despise them now - Li Xie!

  "Is there a way to invite some earth spirits to our Chrysanthemum City?" Li Xie asked.

  "Please?" Vandy Sell snorted: "Sir, the goblins are not worthy of this character! If sir wants to take a look at the goblins, I'll order the servants to catch some."

  "No, please! Invite them to come! According to my instructions, bring some of the earth spirits' favorite things and invite some to come to Chrysanthemum City!" Regardless of what kind of race the earth spirits were, Li Xie did not dislike them. On the contrary, a race that could invent such advanced technology was worthy of respect.

  Without them, humans might not have been able to capture magical beasts so easily, nor trade gold coins so conveniently, and they wouldn't have had the Kyroff airships to save them time traveling around.

  Moreover, Li Xie couldn't even be certain whether the earth spirit he had invited would create value for him, so how could he not show respect?

  Van Di Sel furrowed his brow, but Li Xie instructed him, so he nodded in response.

  Everything was settled, and Li Xie suddenly felt a bit tired. The carefree life he had in the imperial capital seemed to be gone forever, making him even more regretful of accepting the title of City Lord of Chrysanthemum City.

  However, since things have come to this point, he is also at ease with whatever comes his way. The current problem is only the threat from the Sunflower City side. As long as the Sunflower City's Leopard Army and the Panshen family and the Right Chancellor's family are destroyed, he can still be a carefree duke, and even more so than before.

  After resting for a day, Li Xie called Xiao An to the study early next morning to practice calligraphy.

  Although it's been a month, Li Xie has never forgotten the 10 billion gold coins from Sandor Kocsis, especially after his family property continued to shrink.

  Chrysanthemum City has not yet started collecting taxes, and Li Xie himself does not have any industry. The basic infrastructure of Chrysanthemum City needs money, each position needs to receive a salary, and the 100,000-strong Evil Army needs to pay military expenses every month. All the expenses are deducted from Li Xie's personal property.

  When I first came to Chrysanthemum City, the 10 billion gold coins I collected, plus Li Xie's own tens of millions of gold coins, now have a total asset of less than 500 million.

  This is still the expenditure of Chrysanthemum City in less than half a year, and it's also under the premise that no big deal has been made. Think about it, if Sandor Clegane's batch of magical beasts weren't free, Li Xie would be begging on the streets now!

  At this time, Mr. Li really wanted money!

  "Haha! I can finally write my name!" Looking at the two characters "Li Xie" on the paper, Li Xie felt an inexplicable excitement. After all, although his own name was still written crookedly, at least it didn't look like a pig's scribble!

  "Xie Ge, what's so exciting about writing like this? Or should I take over and write it myself, you'd better practice more." Xiao An was still standing behind Li Xie, guiding his hand to teach him how to write with a brush.

  This time, Li Xie was fully focused and didn't distract himself for a moment due to the sensation coming from his back.

  Of course, Li was not a man who didn't understand romance, but now that it's getting into the depths of winter, the temperature has dropped severely. Li wore three layers of clothing, and Xiao An wore at least five.

  Eight pieces of clothing are separated, just like there is an extra quilt in between. I wonder, how can Li be distracted further?

  "Yes! Teacher An, students must practice their writing well and strive for their writing to surpass yours!" Li Xie joked.

  "Hmph! You think you can write better than me? It'll take you several years!" Xiao An pouted, feeling the warmth of Li Xie's back, and couldn't help but press her face against his back.

  "Hey, Teacher An, go on, why did you stop?"

  "Ah?" Xiao An's pretty face turned red, and she hastily walked to the side, pouting her mouth: "You practice first, carefully practicing from the most basic strokes of the hand."

  "Oh." Li Xie was behaving like a well-behaved baby at this moment, listening to Xiao An's words and following her instructions. Then he began to draw on the paper, thinking about the 10 billion gold coins while drawing.

  The only calligraphy style passed down in the Continent of Gods is Kaisho! For a beginner like Li Xie, who has never held a brush before, the most important thing is to draw straight lines and have a clear structure. However, this was the most difficult part for him, as his strokes were shaky and twisted, forcing him to hypnotize himself in order to focus better.

  One hundred billion gold coins, absolutely the best self-hypnosis.

  Xiao An stood beside him, her eyes dazed as she gazed at Li Xie. Li Xie's serious and focused expression seemed to ferment through the air and enter Xiao An's eyes, adding a few more points of handsomeness, causing Xiao An's face to involuntarily flush, her eyes gradually revealing a hint of intoxication.

  The sleeping master said: A serious man is the most handsome! But his handsomeness isn't because of himself, nor is it because he's serious. It's because there's a woman secretly admiring him with deep feelings!

  At this moment, if Li Xie didn't think about the 10 billion gold coins and looked up to glance at Xiao An, perhaps there would be a beautiful story! Unfortunately, Li Xie was just such a focused man, all for the sake of 10 billion!

  The little cat on the table looked at Xiao An, then at Li Xie, and finally at the twisted paper strip with a hook-like shape, shook its head, let out a sigh, and was about to lie down to sleep when it saw Housekeeper Lily walk in: "Master, Rothschild's commander has sent over a magical beast, which is now waiting in the garden."

  "Oh, go take a look."