For Lin Shuo, the three-day preparation period almost passed by in a flash.
Being busy with things, time passed faster, and the main energy of the leader of the hunting gate in the past three days was on the remaining griffins.
Making griffin jerky, Lin Shuo didn't need to do this kind of work himself. There was a special cook in the Duke's mansion, but Lin Shuo still did it himself. He wanted to have something to do for himself.
Otherwise, these three days would be too long, and he was afraid that his mentality would not be stable.
The whereabouts of his mother Yun Yuexin had never been so clear. This made Lin Shuo, who was about to leave, excited but also a little uneasy.
In addition, there is another thing that is bothering him.
That was before he learned that his eldest wife, Su Nianqiu, had led a team to Daxizhou.
Because Su Nianqiu was going to make a state visit on behalf of Huaxia, she landed in the Lieyang Empire in the south of Daxizhou.
Compared with the Tianlan Empire and the Mingyue Empire, the Lieyang Empire occupies the entire southern part of Daxizhou. Its territory is the largest among the three empires, and it also has the strongest comprehensive national strength.
Since Huaxia wants to send people to visit Daxizhou officially, it is natural to choose the most powerful country first.
The couple made an appointment on the phone. Lin Shuo led the team to go to the southwest, and Su Nianqiu led the team to go to the northwest. The two teams kept in touch and tried to keep pace.
But the strange thing is that after Su Nianqiu landed with the Lieyang Empire, the phone contact was cut off.
For this reason, Lin Shuo contacted the Kunlun Mountains, and the answer they gave was that there was a layer of electromagnetic signal interference in the sky above the Daxizhou Lieyang Empire.
As a result, satellite data signals cannot be transmitted, and satellite calls cannot be made.
However, this kind of interference layer only affects specific data, and the signal itself can still penetrate, so Su Nianqiu's location information is still clear, and they are moving normally.
With this news, Lin Shuo felt better, because it at least confirmed that Su Nianqiu himself was safe.
In addition, through mastering Su Nianqiu's position from the rear, Lin Shuo was also able to coordinate the progress of his own team, allowing the two teams to meet in the forest in the middle of Daxizhou.
For the Earl of Beishan, three days passed quickly, and Artemis joined the expedition led by Lin Shuo as agreed.
The team is naturally bigger than before.
In addition to Artemis, the new member, Lun, the military commander of the Principality of Mia, also joined, saying that it was to protect the safety of the Duke.
Of course, what is the real intention of this ninth-rank archer is unknown.
In addition to these two, Moxiya continued to follow as the third prince's liaison officer.
In addition, Lord Duke Artemis' trip was not purely to lead Lin Shuo and the others. As the head of a country, she has to carry out some political activities along the way, which is also a cover for the true purpose of the trip.
Political activities are all about ostentation, you can't just ride a horse, you have to take a car.
There were five carriages in total, with Miao Chengyun leading the way and Lin Shuo the rear.
Lun, as the captain of the guard, rode back and forth on horseback, sending news to everyone from time to time.
After setting off that day, Wei Xingshan and Yang Baokun were in the same carriage with Lin Shuo.
All three smoked and were herded into a car.
The cigarettes that Lin Shuo was carrying before had been exhausted long ago, and now he can only make do with the local tobacco leaves in Daxizhou.
Yang Baokun prepared two dry tobacco poles for them, filled them with shredded tobacco, lit them and handed them to Lin Shuo and Wei Xingshan.
Lin Shuo took it and took a sip, coughing repeatedly. The taste is not so good, it is still strong, but it is better than nothing.
After two puffs of cigarettes, the leader of the Liemen looked at Yang Baokun and said in a deep voice, "Patriarch Yang, I'm sorry, so far, there is no news from Patriarch Yang."
Yang Baokun came here this time to find his father Yang Yucheng, but so far there is no news about Yang Yucheng, and Lin Shuo has already taken everyone to find his own mother.
Lin Shuo felt embarrassing about judging others by himself.
Yang Baokun was also frowning for a while, smoking a cigarette in a dull manner.
Wei Xingshan looked at the expressions of the two of them, and said, "Actually, we don't have to worry about not hearing about people like Old Patriarch Yang."
"Oh?" Lin Shuo asked, "Why?"
Wei Xingshan said: "We have been in Daxizhou for a while, and we have a general understanding of the strength of the practitioners here.
Anyway, for someone like me, the gun in my hand is not counted. The ability is not bad among ordinary civilians, but compared with those noble practitioners, it is not so good.
The first to ninth-level practitioners here can generally correspond to the people in the nine realms of our Liemen, one to nine realms.
The difference is that all the people in the Nine Realms of our Liemen are elite hunters who have to be independent and have more comprehensive abilities.
On the other hand, the professionals in Daxizhou pay more attention to expertise.
Except for magic warriors like the third prince who are rare dual-jobs, most of them have clear advantages and disadvantages.
So if we really want to fight, I think our people from the Nine Realms of Liemen will have the upper hand.
Lao Lin, I am relatively low-level, so I don’t know if I’m right. Can you correct me? "
Lin Shuo nodded and said, "Your judgment is not bad."
Wei Xingshan continued: "That's good, but we're at the end of the Nine Realms of Liemen, Daxizhou has one more title level. Lao Lin, you have been in close contact with three title level masters so far. How does it feel?"
Lin Shuo shook his head: "I don't feel very good."
"Boss, what's wrong?" Yang Baokun asked.
"The masters with four-character titles here are actually not much better than ordinary ninth-level workers. Like Nemea, as long as the information is clear and the two sides play their cards, Patriarch Yang will have no problem dealing with you." Lin Shuo said, " However, a master with a two-word title puts a lot of pressure on me. One-on-one should be about the same. If it is one-on-two, I should have no chance. And for such a master, the relatively weaker Tianlan Empire among the three empires has Ten, the entire Great Western Continent should have more than fifty."
"Yeah." Wei Xingshan nodded, "Above these masters with two-word titles, Daxizhou still has five one-word titles."
"Then what does this have to do with my father's news?" Yang Baokun asked.
"Uncle Yang." Wei Xingshan asked, "Your father, Patriarch Yang, has been a god-dragon for decades, and basically never appears in the world, so does he just stay in the Yang family?"
Yang Baokun shook his head: "My father rarely goes home, basically every five or six years, and he doesn't tell us juniors where he is usually."
"I've heard about the old man not wanting to go home before." Wei Xingshan said, "Then where do you think he is usually?"
"Could it be that he is in Daxizhou?" Yang Baokun raised his expression and asked.
"It's very possible. The old man possesses the power of the celestial master Nine Dragons, so he should have the ability to cross barriers." Wei Xingshan said, "And with the ability of old Patriarch Yang, if he is usually in Daxizhou, how can he be an unknown person?" What about his generation? He must at least be a master with a two-word title? He might even be one of the five people with that one-word title. If you think about it this way, isn’t the scope too small?”
"It makes sense!" Yang Baokun said, "This direction is right."
"If this is the case, with the ability of the old Patriarch Yang, he should be one of the five people." Lin Shuo said, "He has a normally fulfilled Nine Dragons contract, and the power of Nine Dragons is much stronger than that of me, a novice who has just practiced. It must be above me, the two-word title is more than one."
"Old Lin, in your opinion, among the five masters who are currently titled with one title, which one could be the old Patriarch Yang?" Wei Xingshan asked.
"The 'sage' of the Tianlan Empire is unlikely." Lin Shuo shook his head, "The third prince is the direct disciple of this national teacher, and the way of both magic and martial arts is obviously wrong."
"What are the names of the remaining four?" Wei Xingshan asked, "Old Lin, have you inquired about it?"
"I asked Artemis." Lin Shuo said, "In addition to the 'sage' of the Tianlan Empire, the other four are the 'god' and 'immortal' of the Lieyang Empire, and the 'Emperor' of the Mingyue Empire." ' and 'after'."
"These two from the Mingyue Empire sound like the emperor and empress?" Wei Xingshan asked.
"En." Lin Shuo nodded, "It's really embarrassing for the emperor to give him a title, but I heard that these two people are really powerful."
"If it's that 'Emperor', then the case will be solved." Wei Xingshan said with a smile, "Patriarch Yang has someone outside, so he usually doesn't like to go back to the Yang family."
"Boy, be careful what you say." Yang Baokun quit, and knocked Wei Xingshan on the head with the pipe stick in his hand.
Wei Xingshan rubbed his head: "Then let's rule out these two, and only these two from the Lie Sun Empire in the south are left, and Old Patriarch Yang is probably one of them."
"It's a pity that Nianqiu can't get through on the phone." Lin Shuo said, "She is in the Lieyang Empire now, otherwise you can let her inquire."
"It's not a big deal." Wei Xingshan said, "We're going to join Anne and the others anyway. Since Anne is on a state visit on behalf of China, she will definitely have a comprehensive understanding of the Lie Sun Empire. The situation of the two one-word titles is the most important thing." She won't let it go, so when the two groups of people get the news, maybe the whereabouts of the old Patriarch Yang will be known."
Lin Shuo looked at his big apprentice, and felt as if he didn't know him, and asked, "Old Wei, why is your brain so good all of a sudden?"
"What are you talking about?" Wei Xingshan said dissatisfied, "I'm not stupid in the first place."
"That's right." Lin Shuo nodded, "This is your last business trip, and you won't come out in the future. You are just a clerical job. If you don't know how to use your brain, you will lose your job."
"Why do I hear your words so bitterly?" Wei Xingshan raised his eyebrows, "Are you envious of me?"
"Am I envious?" Lin Shuo rolled his eyes.
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The Principality of Mia is not a very big place. Starting from the Earldom of Beishan, go southwest and cross another earldom, and this is the land of others.
This is also a principality, called the Xiangshan Principality, which belongs to the Badia Kingdom together with the Mia Principality. The area of Xiangshan is smaller than that of Mia, with a total of nine earldoms.
However, although the land area is slightly smaller, the Duke of Xiangshan himself is much stronger than Artemis.
Because the seventeen earldoms of the Principality of Mia were all divided out, currently Artemis actually directly governs only one earldom of Beishan.
In addition, in order to gain the support of those younger brothers and sisters, the taxes and military service paid to the Principality by these counties were kept at an extremely low level.
So on the whole, Artemis, the duchess, is not much stronger than the average earl, regardless of her personal cultivation.
The Xiangshan Principality is different. The powerful duke directly controls seven earldoms, only two of which are entrusted to his important ministers.
The duke itself is so powerful, which means that even if the earldom is enfeoffed, it is also subject to high taxes and high conscription, almost indistinguishable from the direct administration.
Therefore, the power that the Duke of Xiangshan can use is already comparable to some weak kings. He has 100,000 troops in his hands, and more than 1,000 elite soldiers above the seventh rank.
In this eventful autumn, the Principality of Mia is surrounded by the Principality of Xiangshan, which is full of scattered sand. At the same time, the Principality of Mia also has an excellent port.
The situation is very obvious. In this trip of Artemis, the Duke of Xiangshan is an important stop, and she must do everything possible to stabilize the Duke of Xiangshan.
Otherwise, as soon as the soldiers of the Xiangshan Principality arrive, the Mia Principality will have no choice but to surrender. Artemis had just returned from the sea, and was about to be exiled to the sea again.
So that night, when they were approaching the territory of Xiangshan Principality, Artemis invited Lin Shuo and Miao Chengyun into the car.
The beautiful and charming Duchess looked at Lin Shuo and Miao Chengyun, and said, "You two, why don't we discuss another deal?"
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