Heaven's Formula

The two people mentioned by the residents of Jinxia were standing on the east wall at the moment, looking at the cleared battlefield.

"Your Highness, the reports from all teams have been sent up." Staff Officer He walked quickly all the way, and began to report before he completely stopped, "There are more than 97 people who surrendered, and the two large ships accounted for 1000 people. , I have separated them into custody. There are [-] elves that were rescued, and they were all handed over to the tree boat for resettlement. It is difficult to count the number of enemies killed. Many corpses fell into the sea, but there are more than [-] people at least. And most of them are pirates."

"What about our loss?" Ning Wanjun asked.

"Of the 86 people killed in battle, Shuzhou accounted for 35 of them." He Guicai replied briskly, "The resistance from the pirates was more intense, and many brothers were sacrificed when they suppressed them."

"Count up the names of these people, and arrange for pensions, home visits, and family members to be implemented as soon as possible, so as not to miss them."

"Yes, leave it to the minister." He changed the subject, "There are also a few prisoners with special identities who said they wanted to see His Highness. They said they had surrendered and hoped to be treated as prisoners according to the standard."

Ning Wanjun sneered, "Don't they understand that the defeated are not qualified to make any demands? Let's throw these people in the prison to let them dry out, as long as there are protesters to serve them with whips."

"I understand." He Guicai bowed his hands and left.

After the other party left, Ning Wanjun looked at Xia Fan, "How do you think these prisoners should be dealt with?"

"Pirates are basically habitual offenders who kill and rob goods. According to the old rules, send them to the Baisha Mine to play their last role." Xia Fan thought for a while, "As for the sailors, gunners and others on the Natatin flagship, they are all technicians , you can decide how to deal with it after interrogation.”

"That's right, I think so too." The princess said briskly, "I used to think that the sea was a difficult area for Jinxia to touch. Now, with this opportunity, I might be able to pull out a fleet that can be used for battle."

"The Navy costs money."

"You have to figure out a solution to the money problem, don't you?"

Xia Fan was dumbfounded.

"Hmph." Chi, who had been silent before, suddenly said, "If I hadn't made a move, they wouldn't have surrendered so quickly. Xia Fan, you should remember your promise, right?"

"Promise?" Ning Wanjun frowned slightly, "What did you promise?"

"Don't worry," Xia Fan coughed twice, "In less than a week, the whole city will know that the dragon is protecting Jinxia, ​​and your name will be heard by every resident. But..."

"But what?" Chi eyes raised.

"You have to cooperate with the Propaganda Department to participate in some activities and appear in front of the public in a friendly and pleasant manner. Only in this way can the publicity effect be further strengthened, and you can also win more people's love."

"I understand. Just like a sacrificial ceremony, show yourself in front of everyone?" Chi looked calm on the surface, but he was already thinking about it in his heart.It was a scene that was only seen in history books, where the ancestors played the leading role - howling in the low sky, receiving the cheers of thousands of residents, and the real name of the dragon was shouted in the streets and alleys.She never thought that her goal of regaining the glory of her ancestors would become a reality so soon.

The revival of Penglai is just around the corner!

After getting a satisfactory answer, the dragon girl left the city wall with her head held high.

"So it's this?" Ning Wanjun covered her mouth and whispered, "I thought you sold Jinxia's interests in exchange for her help."

"Your Highness...you're thinking too much." Xia Fan rolled his eyes, "She's already stationed here, and giving her benefits is the same as making Jinxia profit."

"That's not necessarily the case." The princess shrugged.

"for example?"

"For example yourself." Ning Wanjun glanced at him, "If the other party hits your head, it will be a real loss for Jinxia."

What?Xia Fan was slightly taken aback. Now he has become a fixed asset of Jinxia City?

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd.

"Look over to the sea!"

"What is that? An island?"

"No...that's a new tree boat!"

Xia Fan and Ning Wanjun looked eastward, and saw an emerald green figure gradually appearing at the end of the horizon.

……

Silver Star Tree Boat did not encounter any resistance in seeking refuge.

With Noah as a successful precedent, and the residents of the island were actually rescued by Jinxia's reinforcements, going to the mainland city seemed to be their best choice.

As the only survivor of the original elder's family, Zhuo Fulan took over the position of patriarch as the eldest daughter. The integration problem of Jinxia City.

After rescuing the elves, hundreds of soldiers took the green shuttle to launch a surprise attack on the warships left behind by the empire. With the strong support of Luo Qingqing and Yan Qing, the enemy surrendered before they could last long. As for the pirates, seeing that the situation was not good , turned around at the first time with full sail, and had no intention of fighting to the end at all—after all, the latter did not have a ship mage, and there was basically no way to counter Olina's dive attack.

In the warm mansion in Fengyang Villa, he stroked Li's fluffy tail and listened to her tell her all the experiences on the other side of the front.

Although the general result has been known in advance through the audio instrument, the result is obviously not as detailed as the party's self-report.

Especially when he heard the part about dealing with demons, Xia Fan really broke into a cold sweat for Li and the others.

"You actually use your soul to directly summon a demon... Does the Privy Council have such an alchemy?"

"Aunt Yan said no," Li shook his head and said, "At most they only use soul-gathering talismans to strengthen evil spirits, and they are usually only used for alchemist training. It's not that they are weak, but that since the Yong Dynasty, the Privy Council has listed this kind of alchemy as a Forbidden technique. The reason is that evil spirits and the living are inherently opposed, and those who are sensitive to energy should not use the power of chaos for their own use at any time, otherwise it will be a matter of time before they suffer backlash."

Judging from the fate of the female mage, it just confirmed this point of view.

However, Xia Fan noticed some other details.

For example, when the opponent casts a spell, the "gate of hell" looks like a crack.

Chapter 382 Silver Star's Role Model

When the An family alchemist turned into a demon and died, he also saw a bottomless crack in the night.

Judging from Li's description, the two have such a similar feeling, as if behind the rift, there exists a space that is completely different from the present world.Since it was only an impression left in the blink of an eye, Xia Fan couldn't tell whether it was an illusion caused by the distortion of light and shadow, or whether such a place really existed.

However, there is no doubt that this kind of situation is by no means normal for evil spirits to appear - so far, he has eliminated many evil spirits, and none of them will cause this kind of vision before dissipating. Even the demons in Qingshan Town are dead. Quite simply, there must be a reason for the difference.

Another point is the female mage herself.

Judging from the information Xia Fan has collected so far, mages are basically similar to alchemists, and most of them are human beings.They have their own training and inheritance institutions. They are famous for their prowess and knowledge. They rarely involve in political affairs. In terms of status, they are firmly suppressed by the nobles of the kingdom—that is, the demons of the Western Extremes.

They don't have natural spells, and they can only achieve success through their own study and training day after day. They should be quite rigorous in dealing with spells.

It is true that casting this soul spell was forced and helpless, but the female mage should have anticipated the risks in advance.In other words, she thought that Luo Qingqing, Yan Qing and others threatened her more, so she used this trump card.Xia Fan believed that no normal person would use "self-explosion" as a trump card for self-protection, and the other party would certainly do the same.

He always felt that there was something strange about this matter, but he couldn't say what it was.

After all, the summoned Great Demon Light made people feel creepy from the description. It was absolutely unusual that a green sword, a listener, and a fox demon were helpless with it.

You must know that the promotion of the Privy Council started from the questioning, and it was no longer possible to gain merit by simply destroying evil spirits. This shows that the threat of evil spirits is not high in the eyes of the alchemists. It is really unimaginable that such a monster suddenly appeared.

If it is summoned during the mage's daily practice, I'm afraid the entire mage tower will suffer.

"Fortunately, you sank it into the bottom of the sea," Xia Fan patted his tail with emotion, "This is indeed the most correct choice."

"The idea was brought up gently by Luo." Li comfortably closed her eyes slightly, she was very used to the feeling of being stroked by her tail now, "but I can feel...she actually has some regrets."

"Uh... sorry?"

"Because that thing seems to be able to slow down time. If it is used for research, it should be very helpful." Li said, "For example, it was difficult for me to imagine the appearance of thunder and lightning you described before, but when I saw extremely After the electric light at a slow speed, my mind suddenly became much smoother, and my natural spells were also strengthened."

"Really?" Xia Fan asked in surprise.

The fox demon suddenly smiled slyly.

He suddenly had a bad premonition, "Wait——I believe it."

"It's too late, seeing is better than hearing a hundred times, let you experience my new illusion for yourself." Li's golden pupils burst out with dazzling light, instantly enveloping Xia Fan——

……

At the same time, Noah was on the boat.

Zhuo Fulan also met the rumored high priest, Senia-sama.

As a fugitive with a close destiny, she has too many questions to ask, too many encounters to tell, but before she could say these words, her eyes blurred.

"Priest... my lord..."

"I understand." Senia walked to her side, hugged her in her arms, and let the latter cry.The confusion and fear accumulated on the way to escape, as well as the pain of bereavement, all poured out at this moment.As someone who has experienced it, the High Priest naturally understands the other party's feelings, and he just needs to give her time to recover.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhuo Fulan gradually calmed down.

"Hold, I'm sorry... I lost my composure just now..."

"World Island has fallen apart. We are all refugees now, so don't pay too much attention to etiquette." Senia said softly.

"Yes..." she replied in a low voice.

"Besides Silver Star, do you know any news about other tree boats?"

"The ones that can escape the pursuit of the empire are the tree boats on the outer edge of the west side of the world island, and there are seven or eight others that are separated from the silver star, but I don't know exactly where they sailed."

Senia nodded to show her understanding.At that time, the imperial army was busy capturing the center of the world island, which gave the marginal tree boat a chance to escape.However, compared to the entire Big Island, there must be a small number of islanders who can escape.

"Master Priest..." Zhuo Fulan's tone suddenly became a little apprehensive, "If Silver Star wants to stop here at Jinxia, ​​does it need to pay anything? I heard that this place is similar to other human kingdoms, everything is inseparable from coins .”

"Indeed." Senia said seriously, "Although Jinxia has a covenant with Noah, it doesn't mean they will support the islanders for free."

Zhuo Fulan clenched her hands tightly, "But there are not many coins on the Silver Star... Do we have to treat elves as goods..."

The high priest couldn't bear to tease her any more, and said with a smile, "This is not an empire, so don't worry about the ocean area. The early expenses can be paid off with tree species. You will count the special products on the Silver Star later, and hand it over to me." Give it to the General Affairs Bureau, and they will give a reasonable purchase price."

Zhuo Fulan was stunned, "If it's just the seeds of the spirit tree, there are still a few stocks in the warehouse...but if there are no corresponding islanders, ordinary people can't use them."

That's why the empire captured the elves as slaves.

"This is another point I want to say." Senia put away her smile and said seriously, "This is not an empire, but it is not a world island. If the islanders want to live well, they must leave the tree for a while. Zhou, take the initiative to integrate into the environment of mainland cities.”

"Leave...the tree boat?"

"That's right. For example, raising tree species, using natural spells in a planned way, or injecting magic power into magic tools, all of them are considered stable jobs at Jinxia's side, and they can get corresponding rewards." The high priest introduced, "With With this amount of money, everyone can live a comfortable life, and life is not worse than that of World Island in the past."

"Aren't they... not afraid of blood fusion?" Zhuo Fulan showed hesitation, "I heard that the protracted war was originally caused by this reason."

"Noah was also worried about this issue at the beginning. Believe me, when I made this choice, it was more difficult than you imagined. But now..." Senia showed emotion, "Probably the tree god finally asked We opened our eyes, and heard that the chances of people with aura appearing in Jinxia Academy—that is, demon possessors are many times higher than before. Although the reason is not clear yet, this is probably the best chance for the islanders to integrate into the new continent.”

"School?"

"That's where mainlanders teach children to read, write, and popularize knowledge. Didn't you ask me before, if you want to stop at Jinxia, ​​what should Yinxing do?" Senia stroked her hair, " There is indeed one very important point—that is, to let more people of the tribe receive written education and learn the language here as soon as possible. And you should lead by example and become a role model for Silver Star.”

Chapter 383 First Newspaper

After a lot of intensive preparations, the newly established Propaganda Department of the Secretariat finally released the first issue of Jinxia City's newspaper - "Shenjin Weekly".

It can be seen from the name that it is not only facing Jinxia, ​​but also the whole territory of Shenzhou.

However, due to the conservative consideration of new things, its first printing is only [-] copies, which will be shared and sold by three private bookstores and the official printing office of the Bureau, and each copy is priced at ten copper plates.

Wei Wushuang came to the bookstore closest to his home early in the morning, but found that he was not the first one—a lot of people had already gathered in front of the store, and the discussions were quite lively.

It seems that everyone is quite concerned about the actions of the Bureau.

He wasn't wearing an official robe, so no one would recognize him naturally. Relying on the generous physique bestowed by the alchemist, Wei Wushuang easily squeezed into the crowd, but the scene in front of him surprised him.

It was lively, but the newspapers were neatly placed on the table, and no one took them.Facing the selling price of ten pennies, most people choose to wait and see instead of directly paying for it.

What's more, on a small wooden board next to the table, the whole picture of the newspaper is posted.

Anyone who can read can read it for free.

"It turns out that this is a newspaper. I thought it was a book, but I didn't expect it to be two sheets of paper."

"It would be great if it was a book. You can also decorate it when you buy it back. Buying two sheets of paper for ten cents always feels like a bit of a loss."

"Old Zhang, can you read? You usually kill fish and want to use books to decorate your appearance, so you are not afraid of being laughed at by those scholars?" Someone half-jokingly asked.

"Say, what are you talking about! My son is in the school, who is not a scholar?" Lao Zhang retorted, "I can't read, so can't I let my son read to me?"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

"Hey, what did the newspaper say, can anyone tell me?"

"It's the latest battle. It turns out that the mastermind behind the scenes is the Xiji Dynasty, whose name is...Natatin Kingdom."

"I see, but why did they cross such a long distance to attack Jinxia?"

"It's because of the elves. Her Royal Highness has signed a covenant with the elves. If they beat the elves, they are bullying Her Highness. Of course we can't just sit idly by!"

"That's right! Although the elves are monsters, if I get to know them more, I find that they are actually quite good...especially the energetic girls in the Machine Building Bureau..."

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes turned to the speaker.

"Uh, I didn't really do it, I just admired it!"

"But since the newspaper is talking about a battle, why is there a portrait of a girl hanging in the middle?" A bystander changed the topic, "And the appearance of this girl... I'm afraid she is also a demon?"

"This lord is not an ordinary monster. She is a dragon and auspicious! And she is also the biggest contributor to this battle!"

"Dragon?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

"That's right," the introducer said high-pitched, "Then the West Pole Fleet galloped across the ocean without any opponents. Why was it trapped in the Jinxia Shallow Sea, and was finally wiped out? It was because Master Long cast a spell to block the sea breeze, so that these The warship was unable to move an inch! Moreover, in the final boarding battle, she took the lead and frightened the enemies on many warships in one fell swoop, which is a great contribution!"

"Oh----"

The crowd let out a sigh of emotion.