First arrival in Qingshan Town (Happy Lunar New Year's Eve, readers)
"Then, Great-Grandpa, is that powerful figure who can summon wind and rain still in the Snake-People Tribe?" Yao Ye couldn't wait to know more about this mysterious person who could control the weather. 🍩💋 🐟☠
Is it really true that one can control the wind and rain?
If it's true, we can bring them over to our side, and things will become much simpler.
If that doesn't work, try to eliminate it if possible.
Of course, diplomacy should come first, then force.
It would be best if we could succeed, but if we have no other choice, since we can't use it for our own benefit, we shouldn't let it benefit others.
Better to be a broken piece of jade than a whole piece of tile.
As the future emperor of the Jia Ma Empire, she was responsible and did not want to disregard the Jia Ma Empire because of her own misplaced compassion.
I just overthink things.
In her position, she cannot afford to be careless.
Given her personality, she certainly didn't aspire to sit on the throne for pleasure, entertainment, or political maneuvering; rather, she wanted to be a truly responsible and wise ruler.
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Jia Xingtian sighed, naturally knowing what she was thinking, "He's gone. It seems that the mysterious person left the Tager Great Desert several months ago. That's what the snake people were talking about in private. Nobody knows where he went."
"They're gone!" Yao Ye was somewhat disappointed. The Dou Qi Continent was so vast; if they left, it would be difficult to find them again.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up again. "Great-Grandpa, now that he's gone, without this mysterious person to control the weather for the Snake-People Tribe, and without rain falling, does that mean the snake people's Desert Oasis Plan has fallen through?"
Jia Xingtian shook his head again. "No, although that mysterious person has left the Tager Great Desert, he can still control the wind and rain, just not from within the Tager Great Desert, but from a distance. 👻♕ 👺♥"
"Furthermore, I've observed that although that mysterious person isn't in the Tager Great Desert, it still experiences heavy rain every ten days during the month he was away. This is enough to show that although the mysterious person has left the Snake-People Tribe, he is still wielding considerable influence in the distance, influencing the Desert Oasis Plan in the Tager Great Desert Tager Great Desert."
"That's amazing!" Yao Ye never expected that he could remotely control the rain to fall in the Tager Great Desert Tager Great Desert he wasn't there.
That ability must be incredibly powerful!
"Um... what's your great-grandfather's name?"
"It seems... it seems the snake people all call him Mr. Qian Ye," Jia Xingtian said after thinking for a moment.
Yao Ye muttered, "Mr. Qian Ye, Qian Ye? An unfamiliar name, and Great-Grandpa, you said he's also a Seventh-Tier Apothecary?"
Jia Xingtian nodded. "Yes, although I don't know if it's true or not, I overheard the snake people talking about it privately, and it wasn't just one or two snake people saying it, but multiple snake people saying it, which is enough to prove that it's true."
Yao Ye: "Seventh-Tier Apothecary, and he can even summon wind and rain! Just who is this powerful figure?"
He then looked at Jia Xingtian: "Great-grandfather, this person is far from simple. Moreover, our Jia Ma Jia Ma Empire is currently beset by internal and external troubles. The Mist Yun Sect is stirring up trouble against us, and outside, forces like the Chu Yun Empire are eyeing us covetously. If anything goes wrong, our Jia Ma Empire will be in grave danger. (っ◔◡◔)っ♥ ♥"
"If we can find this Mr. Qian Ye and bring him into our service, it might give us another trump card and solve the snake people problem. It would be killing two birds with one stone. Giving him some extra benefits wouldn't be out of the question."
"Yes, Your Highness is absolutely right. I will send more people to find him. Hopefully, with sufficient incentives, we can capture him. I will also personally stake out the Tager Great Desert; if he returns, this is the easiest way to find him."
Yao Ye nodded, having no other choice. "Well, then I'll have to trouble Great-Grandpa."
"Um..."
Outside the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
There are several factions in the area surrounding the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
Most of them are forces composed of mercenary groups, and the highest leader of the group is generally below the Seven-Star Dou Ling.
The main mercenary groups are the Blood Battle Mercenary Company and the Snake Nest Mercenary Company.
Each mercenary group is an adversary, and they have often fought each other behind the scenes for resources and territory.
The Blood Battle Mercenary Company is located in Qingshan Town, in the area next to the Magical Beast Mountain Range. It is a well-known large mercenary group within a radius of a hundred miles, with a total of about a thousand mercenary children in the group.
Of course, that was the number of people before, but now there are far fewer.
The reason is simple: the Blood Battle Mercenary Company's opponents have suddenly become stronger. After years of intrigue and conflict, the Blood Battle Mercenary Company suffered heavy casualties, with its membership reduced from a thousand to a few hundred.
All these changes only began a year ago.
The Snake Nest Mercenary Company wasn't originally located in Qingshan Town; they only moved here a year ago.
Since the Snake Nest Mercenary Company set up shop in Qingshan Town, the Blood Battle Mercenary Company has faced the danger of annihilation.
"Qingshan Town? This is Qingshan Town?"
At this moment, a man dressed in a red robe and wearing Dragon King Mask appeared at a major intersection.
At the intersection, a large gatehouse stood tall. He looked up at the large characters "Qingshan Town" on the gatehouse.
And he was none other than Qian Ye.
Qian Ye came to Qingshan Town just to take a look.
After all, this was one of the places where Xiao Yan, the male protagonist of Battle Through the Heavens, developed after leaving his home, and it was also the place where he first met Little Fairy Doctor.
"Qingshan Town, here I come. Although Little Fairy Doctor is not here, she is still alive. I should be able to see her soon." Qian Ye muttered to himself as he walked into Qingshan Town.
Qingshan Town is small, but it's very lively, with people coming and going on the streets.
There were many people in the town, with shops and vendors hawking their wares on the street.
Qian Ye walked down the street, looking at the town. Surrounded by beautiful mountains and clear waters, with birds singing and flowers blooming, it was definitely a wonderful place.
Moreover, its proximity to the Magical Beast Mountain Range ensures abundant natural resources.
The Magical Beast Mountain Range is not only teeming with monsters, but also rich in medicinal herbs. Many merchants come to Qingshan Town to purchase these herbs, which is why Qingshan Town is so bustling.
Moreover, Qingshan Town is also a medicinal herb cultivation base. Local residents not only go up the mountain to collect herbs, but also cultivate their own medicinal fields, grow herbs, and then sell them to merchants.
Merchants collected the medicinal herbs and transported them to major cities in the Jia Ma Empire, and even sold them abroad, earning the price difference.
It's very profitable.
Of course, it's also very dangerous.
Because of various forces along the way, there were quite a few robbers.
If there are many medicinal herbs, merchants will hire local mercenary groups to escort them for safety reasons, which is also one of the mercenary groups' sources of income.
Besides escorting goods, mercenary groups also engage in other forms of livelihood, such as gathering herbs in the mountains, hunting magical beasts, or being hired by others to protect them while they gather herbs, hunt magical beasts, or act as bodyguards.
Of course, they also have their own territory in Qingshan Town, with shops and land where they collect protection fees and rent.
Therefore, in order to seize the territory of Qingshan Town, the Snake Nest Mercenary Company had no choice but to set its sights on the Blood Battle Mercenary Company. They had a big appetite and planned to completely annex the Blood Battle Mercenary Company.
Originally, the Snake Nest Mercenary Company and the Blood Battle Mercenary Company were evenly matched, with similar strength in terms of both their leaders and the number of mercenaries.
Even if they fought, it would be a draw, a tie.
Furthermore, the Blood Battle Mercenary Company is a local power in Qingshan Town, with a stable foundation, many connections, and a good reputation, making them incredibly powerful in the Qingshan Town. The Snake Nest Mercenary Company, on the other hand, is an outsider, and generally speaking, outsiders are no match for the Blood Battle Mercenary Company when their strength is roughly equal.