Almighty Alchemist

Although he didn't possess perverted observation skills like Raschel, Xiuyi could still see the change in the knight's expression after seeing the wind feather in his hand.

Xiuyi immediately realized that these few wind feathers might bring him unnecessary trouble, so he quickly said: "But when it comes to help, I do have some questions and would like to ask for advice. Can you tell me, what kind of bird's feather is this in my hand?"

The knight was stunned, and Xiu Yi said: "These fell from the two birds that flew away just now. I saw them beautiful, with bright feathers and beautiful calls, but I have never seen them before. The Gascon family is well-informed, so they must know about it."

"So, you picked up these feathers?"

"Yes, aren't they beautiful?" Xiuyi turned the wind feather in his hand indifferently, and he could see the greed in the knight's eyes.

After learning that Feng Yu was picked up by the young man in front of him, the knight's mood was greatly relieved. Wind crows are not something everyone can catch. They fly high in the sky, and they are wind-type monsters. Anyone who can catch them is an extraordinary person with great abilities. Even the Gascon family, which has a license to capture monsters, has always wanted a pair of crows, but they have never been able to get what they want.

Now in the market, a wind feather has already fetched a high price of hundreds of gold verts. If it is sold to the east and north continents, the price can even increase tenfold.

In other words, the wind feather in Xiu Yi's hand is worth a lot.

"It's just a kind of wind-type migratory bird. It's not a big deal. It's rare for you to see it." The knight replied with a cold attitude.

"So that's the case." Xiu Yi nodded with a smile.

"However, these feathers are indeed very beautiful. Why don't you give them to me, and I can pay you a Golden Witte for it."

Xiu Yi was speechless. If the greetings from the Gascon family earlier made him feel a little bit good, then what the knight said now made him feel disgusted. Even if he doesn't know the market in the Southern Continent, doesn't he know the market in the Northern Continent? Even if the Southern Continent has wind crows, he believes that they can never be flooded to the point of being worthless.

People are always willing to give small favors to others, but they can't stand the test in the face of the temptation of huge interests. Just like the most greedy profiteers in the world, it is possible to put a few dollars in the beggar's bowl, but that cannot cover up their greedy nature. What makes Huey uncertain is that he doesn't know whether this is just the greed of the Cavaliers or the entire team.

So Xiu Yi said lightly: "I'm sorry, I like these few feathers, and I don't plan to sell them."

"If you think the money is low, I can give you some more."

"I'm sorry, it's not about money." Xiu Yi made an aristocratic salute, implying that the other party was an aristocratic young man, and he might be traveling. People like them are not short of money.

This made the knight a little helpless. If the opponent was a civilian, he would rob him; if the opponent was a poacher, he could even kill him.

However, this young man is well dressed and speaks calmly. He is obviously a well-educated son of an aristocratic family, so he has to be careful.

It would not be worth it if he got into any trouble because of a few wind feathers.

After thinking about it, the knight asked Xiu Yi: "Since you don't want to sell it, then forget it. By the way, we are going to Raven City, how about you?"

Raven City is a transit city in the Baoqin Plain. It mainly provides services for merchants and is an important distribution center for alchemy materials. Its status is somewhat similar to that of Royo City in the Lance Empire. Before Xiu Yi came, he had done some research on the Southern Continent, so he knew this place. A kind of aquatic raven is abundant there. Every summer, swarms of ravens will fly away from the water and fly over the city. The sight is spectacular, hence the name Raven City.

At this moment, the corner of Xiu Yi's mouth twitched slightly: "That's a coincidence, I'm going to Raven City too."

"In this case, why not go on the road together? You must know that Baoqin Plain is not a peaceful place. There are all kinds of people here. With us, you can get the best protection."

After bowing his head and thinking for a while, Xiuyi finally nodded: "Okay, I agree."

"So, what's your name? Where do you come from?" the knight asked skillfully.

Huey replied, "Hynes."

He did not give his last name, which ruined the knight's attempt to learn which family he came from.

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"Are you sure that young man picked up Feng Yu instead of using any other means?" The old man's expression was very serious.

"No, sir, this is what the young man himself said. What puzzles me is, since he doesn't know the value of Feng Yu, why he directly rejected my purchase request. Although he himself claimed that he is not short of money, even if he is a nobleman, he would not really think that he is not short of money. What is especially strange is that this nobleman appeared on the grassland alone."

"This is really weird, but in my opinion, we might as well divide this matter into two parts. First, he obtained those wind feathers with his own strength, which means that this boy is very powerful, but at the same time, he let the wind crow go, which shows that he is not a greedy and bloodthirsty guy, so we don't have to worry about him too much. Second, the wind crows met their natural enemies and were injured in the fight. There is also no need to pay too much attention to him."

"You are right, Mr. Tremain, which one do you think is likely to be greater?"

"I hope it's the former, but I think the latter is more likely. To be honest, I haven't heard of any young man in the Southern Continent who has such strength, who can easily catch wind crows and let them go after pulling off a few feathers. Not everyone can have such ability, and even fewer can have such tolerance."

"Indeed, sir."

"Then, let him follow the car. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't pose a threat to us, does he? As for his unwillingness to sell us the wind feathers... To be honest, it's just a few, and there's no need to use deception. Clark, that's what's wrong with you. You love petty gains too much. Remember, a person's temperament determines his achievement. If the boy is unwilling to sell, then forget it."

"Yes, sir."

The knight backed away a little disheartened. He originally hoped that Mr. Treman would allow him to use some tricks to get Feng Yu from the young man, but he didn't expect the old man to refuse.

In his opinion, this is a god-given wealth, that young man is not worthy of having a precious wind feather, since the old man is not willing, then maybe he should think of some way to solve this problem. This made him ignore the other possibility of the two possibilities that the old man said, that is, if the young man is the wind feather he obtained, it means that he is not someone he can provoke at all. Greed makes people short-sighted. Knight Clark ignores the hidden meaning behind this possibility, but the old man does not.

That's why he can become the leader of this team, while the Clark Cavaliers can only sit back and wait for orders.

There are still three days to go to Raven City.

During this time, Xiu Yi had a general understanding of the team.

The Gascon family is a large business family from the Derek province of the Sierra Empire. They are located in the Blue Ear Forest area. The reason why the place is called this name is because there is a rich breed of blue-eared rabbits. This kind of blue-eared rabbit is the main source of meat in the Derek province.

The Gascon family travels to Raven City several times a year. They transport the rabbit fur, rabbit meat, and blue cedar, which are abundant in Derek Province, to Raven City, which lacks other resources except for alchemy resources. They also capture and purchase a large amount of alchemy materials, and then transport them to the North Continent. Such a business, they only need to do one trip every year, and they can earn millions of gold verts. And it is unimaginable that the source of the goods used to obtain the million-dollar Gold Witt wealth is the ordinary goods that Xiuyi saw in the convoy so far... Rabbit fur, rabbit meat, blue fir, a small amount of alchemy materials collected on the road, and some gold coins. The Gascon family used these seemingly inconspicuous goods to obtain huge benefits through layers of regional differences.

The advantage of this huge profit is that the cost is low and the return on investment is huge, but this business model also has huge risks. Almost all the profits of the Gascon family were generated during the long journey. They had to cross half of the continent, transport the goods from one end of the continent to the other, and then cross the ocean. They had to be very careful when dealing with people from other lands, because there, they might be eaten by some greedy bastards at any time.

The Gascon family sends about ten such convoys every year, but only one or two can successfully return. The remaining teams either disappear into the vast sea, or encounter bandits, and then return empty-handed. Even so, the Gaskern family still quickly became one of the big business families in the Sierra Empire by virtue of the huge interests behind it.

Mr. Treman is the leader of this convoy. As an experienced business group leader, Treman knows a truth: good intentions may not necessarily bring good rewards, but malicious intentions will definitely attract bad rewards. So he never took the initiative to cause trouble. The business profits of the Gascon family were already large enough. What the family needed to consider was not how to further increase profits, but how to further increase safety and ensure the success rate of transactions. Because of this, Mr. Treman will never cause unnecessary trouble for himself because of a small profit. It is also his prudence and wisdom that enabled him to successfully complete three trips to and from the north and south continents, becoming the family's most valued business leader.

From this point of view, Xiu Yi quickly came to the conclusion that he should not encounter any trouble in this caravan.

Of course, there are some things that cannot be fully predicted by ingenuity alone.

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When night fell, the caravan rested in a mountain nest.

Huey lit a bonfire by himself.

Not far from him, the guard knights of the Gascon family were gathering to drink heavily. Some maids brought fresh barbecue for them, and a few knights who were too drunk even took the opportunity to touch the maids. The maids were not angry, and just laughed and cursed a few times before leaving with their skirts.

At the other end of the convoy, someone was playing bagpipes, and that was the driver and porter gathering for dinner.

Although they and the knight belonged to the same convoy, they belonged to two worlds. The former was an inferior existence, while the latter appeared to be much nobler.

Unlike the Northern Continent, the status of middle and low-level warriors here is obviously slightly higher.

"It seems that you don't like excitement." A voice came from behind Xiu Yi.

Huey looked back, and then he stood up: "Mr. Treman."

"Oh, you're welcome, sit down, young man." Treman said with a chuckle.

He sat down beside Xiu Yi and raised the tin flagon in his hand: "Have some rum? It's a specialty of the Northern Continent, and it's not easy to drink normally."

"Thank you." Xiuyi took the wine that Treman poured him with the teacup in his hand.

He didn't expect that he would drink wine from the Northern Continent when he just arrived in the Southern Continent. This made him a little bit dumbfounded. If possible, he would rather taste the local specialties here.

"So... are you sure you don't plan to be with them?" Treman asked, and the old man looked very kind and friendly.

Xiu Yi shrugged: "I am not the same kind of person as them."

Whether it is a coachman or a samurai, Huey is incompatible with them in essence.

"That's right, then... young man, since we are all here together, maybe you can tell me about your background? Oh, please don't get me wrong, I don't suspect anything. As an old man, I have traveled all over the world for many years. I know that there are some people who don't like others to ask themselves the bottom line, but I also know that sometimes it is easier to win the other party's friendship by speaking straight to the point. It can be seen that you are a well-educated young man, so you let me have some interest in you. "

"I can fully understand." Huey replied seriously: "In this case, you can call me Heins Stricker."

"Strike?" Treman was a little surprised: "In the southern continent, I have never heard of such a family, but in the northern continent, there is a famous Strick family."

Xiu Yi smiled and said nothing.

This made Treman a little confused about the details of the young man in front of him.

After thinking for a while, he said, "So... about those feathers you got during the day, there is something I must tell you."

"They are wind feathers, from wind crows. Wind crows are level nine elemental birds, wind monsters, and the fastest elemental birds in the world. It is far more difficult to capture them than to kill them." Xiu Yi said lightly.

"You know?" Treman was surprised.

"It's just that I haven't seen the Wind Crow before, but I've always heard of it. When I entered the convoy at noon, someone said that I was lucky and got the Wind Feather, so I knew what these feathers represented."

"So it is." Treman understood: "I must apologize to you, Clark made a mistake, as a knight, he should not have deceived you."

"It doesn't matter." Huey replied.

Sitting in front of the fire, he looked at the knights who were drinking. A group of warriors were sitting together talking anxiously.

The knight captain named Clark would glance back at him from time to time.

It can be seen that his eyes are very unfriendly.

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