Chapter 029 Auston City
The Nile River is the first river in the Aram continent. This river that almost runs through the continent begins with the Taylor Snow Mountain, which is covered with snow all year round. It brings together countless rivers of all sizes and large and small, and finally flows into the Fenglan Sea.
It is already early spring now, and the cold winter still seems to be reluctant to leave this continent. It sucks its mouth and sways to sway itself as it is rude and powerful. The river surface is shining with the sunshine and the cold wind.
Li Junshan stood on the deck, the linen sails were blew by the strong wind, and the mist in the distance finally disappeared from his sight.
"Master, this is your first time going to the imperial capital, right?" Fat walked over from the deck and stood beside Li Junshan, feeling a little cold and shrank his neck.
"Yeah." Li Junshan nodded and said, "This is the first time. Have you been there before?"
"I have been there many times. My home is not far from the Emperor, just in a village in the Kees Mountains." Fat sighed and said, "I have been away from home for decades, and I don't know what my home is like now.
Li Junshan smiled and said, "Don't sigh. If one day you can break through to the priesthood rank, you will return to your hometown with the badge of the nobles, and your family will be proud of you."
Magicians at the level of the Dharma Saint will be valued by the empire and will use noble titles to win over, and at the lowest level is also the viscount.
"I hope there will be one day." Fat looked fascinated.
Li Junshan smiled and said, "Save the time to practice."
As he said that, Li Junshan walked towards the cabin where he lived. After entering, he closed the door. He sat on the bed, took out the yellowed summoning secret book, and concentrated on following the talisman pattern on it, stretched out his fingers and quickly slashed.
Life is like this day by day, and life on the boat is boring. Li Junshan has been practicing mental power all day long, but there has not made any progress. On the contrary, Fate's magic cultivation shows signs of breaking through to an intermediate magician.
What gave Li Junshan a headache was that the little black dragon's appetite was too large.
When the boat was bored, Li Junshan summoned it out to play. The little black dragon fell asleep in the spiritual space, but it was obvious that it was growing. If summoned outside, it would be like being hungry for more than ten years. The whole roasted sheep could eat it in the blink of an eye, but it still rolled up its tongue and licked its mouth, looking at Li Junshan with that pitiful look.
Li Junshan had to keep calling out to the servants to bring food in a strange look. Originally, the food prepared on the boat was enough for everyone to eat, but because of the extra black dragon, the boat had to find some port cities to supplement food halfway through the journey.
Later, Bernie couldn't help but go to Li Junshan. If the summoned beast is placed in the spiritual space, it does not need to eat. He thought that Li Junshan was bored and summoned an alien to feed him, so he tactfully expressed the Marquis's intention to wait in the imperial capital, and the trip could not be delayed any longer.
Li Junshan stopped summoning the little black dragon out. In this way, he drove along the Nile River for thirteen days, and the sailboat finally approached the shore. The convoy walked west along the avenue for three more days, and finally arrived at the city of Auston, the imperial capital of the Lance Empire.
Auston City has a history of more than 400 years. Although it is not as long as some ancient ruins in the Aram Continent, it has a unique magnificence and desolation.
Auston is located in the center of the Reims Empire. Since King Andrew #Eroy moved the imperial capital from the cold northwest more than 400 years ago, this land that had been silent for centuries has become noisy. King Andrew, who is also a devout believer in the Holy See, ordered the construction of the Central Cathedral, the tallest building of the Reims Empire, in Auston. This unprecedented project lasted for more than 200 years.
If the Holy See had not provided financial support in the back, this central cathedral, which was built halfway up the mountain range and 342 meters high from the horizon, would have been enough to make the financial officers of the Reims Empire vomit blood and die.
After seeing the central cathedral that has been praised countless times in the epic from a distance from the carriage, Li Junshan was deeply shocked. This central cathedral full of Gothic style is closely connected with the towering Kiss Mountains. The building consists of smooth stone strips with unique simple lines, reflecting the morning sunshine, natural and harmonious. The towering towering sword pierces into the sky, making people look awe-inspiring.
At the foot of Keith Mountain is the vast Auston City. The four-wheeled carriage entered Auston City along the wide bluestone Avenue. The city guards first thought it was a caravan, and they were yawning and wanted to interrogate them, and by the way, see if they could blackmail a few gold coins. The badge on the carriage that symbolized the Harriman family suddenly made them sleepless, and immediately paid tribute to the carriage with the most respectful manner.
The carriage galloped along the Central Avenue to the center of the city. The avenue was paved with natural white stones from the Taylor Snow Mountain. The total of more than 3,000 meters of Central Avenue can be said to be full of corpses. Li Junshan heard from Crower that those white stones were transported from the distant Taylor Snow Mountain to Auston City. The three thousand meters of Central Avenue, there were more than 10,000 civilians and slaves who died on the quarrying and stone transportation roads.
The carriage turned from the Central Avenue into the Lyon District. The living place was either the royal family, the imperial ministers, and the power center of the Lance Empire. In addition to the nobles, they were also nobles, no matter how rich the rich were, they were not qualified to move in here.
The carriage turned into the residence of the Marquis of Sweet, located on the western edge of the Lyon District. After the coachman called the carriage to stop, Li Junshan walked down with a harmless smile.
In his capacity, there would naturally be no big shot to greet him, let alone Marquis Sweet himself, with several servants standing in the courtyard helping to move things.
Bernie went up and whispered a few words to a servant, and came over to Li Junshan and said, "Marquis is in the backyard, I will take you there now."
Li Junshan nodded to him, followed with Fate, and looked around the way. The biggest feature of the blue and red princess mansion is that it has planted many strange plants, from blooming roses to the extremely rare black cereals that are almost extinct on the mainland, rockery, fish pond, stone bridge, and flowing water, carefully arranged, complementing each other. The scenery is much more elegant than the ancient Viscount Crower Mansion.
After walking around the many lofts and pavilions, Bernie led Li Junshan into a crescent-like arch. A huge platform immediately appeared in front of him, all made of white stone, like a bright large mirror.
There were dozens of shelves on both sides of the platform, with weapons such as swords, guns, and sticks on it. An old man sat on the empty platform with gray hair and a slightly hunched body. He was holding a thick book in his hand and was in a state of ecstasy.
"Marquis." Bernie took Li Junshan over and bowed and said respectfully: "I brought back Master Nicholas."
The old man was Marquis Sweet. He seemed to have just noticed a few people coming. He raised his head and looked at Li Junshan, smiled slightly, and said, "You are Nicholas, you look quite like your grandpa."
"I have met the Marquis." Li Junshan gave a bow in a good manner and said, "Nicholas's father and mother say hello to you."
"Looking to make trouble, defeat the warrior with his own strength, and killing a level 6 monster of a great summoner. Nicholas, you are really as hot as your grandfather Hadley." Marquis Sweet smiled and his eyes were particularly clear.
Li Junshan smiled shyly and didn't say anything.
"After going to the imperial capital, the people you want to meet are the core of the Harriman family. In front of them, especially those old nobles in their seventies and eighties, don't want to use your own cleverness to exchange for benefits. Be yourself appropriately, even if you are like a fool, you may get what you want."
This is what Linda said to Li Junshan with tears before leaving, and Li Junshan deeply agreed.
"Bernie, take them down to have breakfast first, and bring them here later." The old marquis smiled at Li Junshan and continued to lay his head down to read the thick "History of the Imperial War" in his hand.
Farewell to Sweet, Li Junshan and Fat followed Bernie away from the martial arts ground. A servant had already packed up the room. The two of them changed their clothes and ate at will.
"That's the Marquis." Fat took a bite of the steak's waist and said with excitement and vague expression: "This is the first time I've stood so close to the Marquis."
Li Junshan looked at him with contempt. At this time, he noticed that Bernie walked around the yard, took a few sips at random, and then took Fat toward the yard.
Following Bernie back to the martial arts arena, and it took not long before. There were dozens of people standing in the empty martial arts field just now, all of whom were about the same age as Li Junshan.
Li Junshan and the others walked around the sidelines and came to the back of Marquis Sweet. Bernie didn't say anything. Naturally, Li Junshan wouldn't say much, and stood quietly and looked into the field curiously.
From the exquisite costumes, Li Junshan can see that most of these teenagers are dressed in nobles and arranged neatly. While Li Junshan looked at them, the eyes of those people also glanced at him, both entertaining and curious.
"Okay, let's start." A tall man standing in front of the group said loudly: "Each of them trains separately according to the team."
In an orderly manner, the more than forty teenagers were divided into dozens of teams and carried out some basic training to enhance physical strength. However, unlike what Li Junshan guessed, these teenagers not only had sufficient movements, but also had several taller and more powerful figures. The stone locks of about 100 pounds were thrown up and down, which seemed very relaxed.
"Hook." Marquis Sweet called out softly, and the tall man responded, ran over and stood with his hands down.
"How about it, these people have been here for a month. Have you found any good seedlings?" Sweet put down the book and asked lightly.
The tall man named Hook said respectfully: "Report to the Marquis, a total of 65 people were sent last time. In addition to the seven people who had magic potential who had been sent to George College to study, there are twenty-three people here that are likely to become warriors."
"Yeah." Sweet nodded with satisfaction and said, "Observe it for a while, if you really have no potential, send it to Jim to see if you have other qualifications. If you have waste, just send it home."
Hook bowed and said that Sweet stood up and waved to Li Junshan, and walked straight out. Li Junshan followed the envious eyes of the young men.
Chapter completed!