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In short, he did just that, dismembering his own flesh and blood to create a massive magic array covering the entire mine.

He used the remains of miners to restrain the growing number of wronged souls.

But Besolini did not answer Ye Xiao's question as to why.

However, Ye Xiao was more inclined to believe the former, because he heard the owl that had been cursing Besolini all along the road hiding behind a wall not far away, sobbing softly.

Even as it was dying, it didn't come out to demand that Besolini hand over the potion that could "turn it back into a human," which perhaps suggests that such a potion never existed at all.

"What a pity." Ye Xiao stood up. "With your magical talent, you might have achieved even greater things through your instincts."

He wasn't talking nonsense. After all, someone who had never systematically studied necromancy could suppress hundreds of dead souls with his mortal body. Ordinary necromancers simply couldn't do that.

“Heh…” Besolini only let out a soft laugh.

His figure was no longer enormous; beneath the tattered cloak, only a few withered bones turning to ashes remained.

"Actually... I want to open a flower shop with Eunice..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the frail body went still.

Ye Xiao sighed softly, turned around and walked towards Greta.

The little maid was surprisingly well-behaved at this moment, staying by Ye Xiao's side without saying a word.

……

It was noon in Gray Gold Town.

Unlike when Ella and her group left, the road was now quiet and deserted.

The entire town fell into a deathly silence. Countless trees grew wildly everywhere, crushing the towering buildings, with their tops extending into the windows and breaking through the tiles on the walls and roofs, swaying in the wind.

It's as if a dense forest has forcibly occupied this town that rightfully belongs to humans.

And hanging from the branches that swayed in the wind were countless mangled corpses.

As soon as the wind blew, the blood fell like raindrops.

"The experimental subjects seem to be performing only so-so."

In the empty tavern, two figures were talking quietly.

"Could it be that your old classmate's abilities are too unexpected?"

You mean Ye Xiao?

The man who spoke was young, with a faint scar on the bridge of his nose.

If Ye Xiao were present, he would easily recognize that this was Zhu Jun, the classmate he had met in Gray Gold Town.

"Heh... he is indeed quite surprising."

Chapter Fifteen: First Encounter with Stormport (3.5k)

Ye Xiao walked all the way back to the mountain by the mine and led the horses that were still there.

It seemed to be noon, and the chill in the forest was finally not so heavy anymore.

He untied the reins from the tree trunk, looked at Greta's fluffy pink head, and finally spoke first: "Okay, I'm actually not used to you being so quiet all of a sudden."

"You..." The little maid stood with her hands behind her back and lightly kicked a small stone on the ground, "Will you blame me?"

"Blame you?...Blame you for what?" Ye Xiao was somewhat surprised.

"If I had given him the Styx Rock in the first place, perhaps none of this would have happened."

"Sigh." Ye Xiao waved his hand. "Everyone has their own fate. If it were me, I wouldn't have given it to them either. It looked so suspicious."

In fact, even if Ye Xiao had wanted to give it to her, he wouldn't have forced her if she hadn't wanted to.

He is the one who seeks a certain outcome, and he is the one who makes the choices, so he will not let his companions pay the price for his choices, even if the price seems insignificant.

"Judging from your mature tone, I would think you're in your fifties or sixties." The maid seemed to relax a little, walked to the horse, stood up, and raised her hands to Ye Xiao.

"What are you doing? Showing a French military salute?" Ye Xiao gently patted the horse's head, then turned around and saw the little maid's posture, feeling a bit strange.

"Are you an idiot?! This horse is so tall, how am I supposed to get on it?!"

"Didn't you go up there before? Your legs shouldn't be that short... Hey, don't hit me, I'm sorry, okay? Hey!"

Finally, after placing the noisy little maid on the back of the horse, Ye Xiao also mounted his horse. He saw that the dark owl named "Eunice" was still perched on a treetop not far away, motionless, and asked, "Then...Eunice, do you have a place to stay later?"

"I don't know...maybe I'll just go back to his little hut and live like this." The owl's voice was still shrill, like a crow's throat that could never produce a pleasant sound.

"If you'd like, I can give you a ride to other places."

“Thank you, but it’s not necessary.” Dark Owl gazed at the open mine below the cliff, its dark eyes reflecting the towering iron towers. “...This is my home.”

Looking at this stubborn black bird, Ye Xiao was also curious about what it used to look like.

However, he probably won't have the chance to know the story behind it now, since many people don't actually like to talk about their past with others.

He pulled on the reins, turned the horse around, and galloped along the forest path with Greta behind him.

It was only noon, and traveling light, catching up with the main force advancing into the Howling Mountains was not a problem.

Actually, if he hadn't been in a hurry, he would have liked to visit Dong Muge, who was still at Tianqin Peak.

Unfortunately, Lyra Peak is on the other side of the mountain range, and there isn't enough time right now. Perhaps we'll have to wait until we return from Storm Harbor to visit it.

……

As the howling echoed through the valley, Ella, Li Cheng, and the others finally met up with Ye Xiao at the exit of Howling Valley.

Li Cheng, who was relaxing in the lead carriage of the caravan playing cards with the Holy Maiden and the others, noticed Ye Xiao riding slowly approaching outside the carriage and greeted him happily: "Hey, Brother Ye, when did you get back?"

"I rushed back a while ago. Did you have fun playing cards?" Ye Xiao asked with a smile.

"Of course I'm happy... it's just that the Saintess's card skills are just too good." As he spoke, Li Cheng saw that the copper coins he had borrowed from other players were taken away by Ella with a playful smile, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

"Mr. Li, a little gambling is harmless, but excessive gambling is harmful to your health." Ella covered her mouth and chuckled, giving Freya a high five.

"Ahem, Her Majesty the Holy Maiden is right, we need to replace the servants." Li Cheng's scalp tingled. This shouldn't be happening, why is it so difficult? "Brother Ye, what do you say?"

"No need for that, and it's inconvenient for me to change while I'm riding a horse." What's the point of playing cards with yourself and winning your own money? Ye Xiao naturally wouldn't join the game.

"Xiao Deng, you come here."

"But...but you borrowed all my money, boss."

"Cough cough." Li Cheng couldn't hold it in any longer.

"It's alright, Mr. Li, I can still lend it to you." The silver-haired girl's deep red eyes curved into crescents. Although her charm was astonishing, her cunning gaze still made Li Cheng feel a little uneasy.

"Spare me, Your Holiness! If this continues, I'll become your slave!" Li Cheng was on the verge of tears, but then he seemed to have thought of something. He stroked his chin thoughtfully, his expression shifting from sorrow to smug delight. "But perhaps it's not necessarily a bad thing..."

"Don't go crazy," Ye Xiao reminded him as he rode his horse alongside the carriage.

……

After leaving the Howling Mountains and Valond, the group encountered no further obstacles all the way into the Coastal Province.

The ordinary monsters they encountered on the road were no longer a threat to the caravan.

Even without Ella and Ye Xiao joining the battle, Li Cheng, who had collected several general points, was able to easily defeat the weak monsters that were attacking from the edge of the road by commanding the guild players.

After another three days and two nights of travel, they headed south and entered the coastal area, where the surrounding forests gradually became sparse.

Unlike the layered mountains and vast forests of Vallond, as the trees along the way thin out, hills covered with grasslands and wider plains gradually appear in the view.

Until a deep blue dividing line appeared on the horizon, the enormous city standing on the coast—Stormport—finally came into view.

As its name suggests, this is the largest port city under the jurisdiction of the Loren Empire.

Towering city walls, built of white sandstone bricks, rise along the azure coastline. Besides the imperial city, caravans and travelers from all over the world come and go in this magnificent port city, forming a more spectacular merchant community than even outside the imperial city walls.

After spending several days traversing sparsely populated mountains and wilderness, the sight of the massive crowds and bustling traffic outside the city walls felt strangely lively.

There were magnificent carriages bearing the church's insignia, and even though the other freight carriages guarding the head and tail of the caravan looked rather ordinary, they moved unimpeded through the procession entering the city.

The Stormport guards standing watch at the city gate spotted the group from afar and jogged over to lead the Seven Stars Society members into the city through the side gate.

Sitting in the freight wagon, Li Cheng looked at the endless line of people outside and couldn't help but sigh, "The Holy Maiden's influence is still amazing. Back when we were in the capital, we had to queue for ages to get in, and then the guards would search us all over..."

"In the end, we had to bribe the guards to get in," Ye Xiao, who was sitting next to us, added.

"Sure, how did you know?"

"Isn't this how everyone gets in?" Ye Xiao stretched.

After successfully entering the city gate, the Seven Stars Society members parted ways with the Holy Temple's convoy at the intersection behind the city gate.

This port city has a unique urban structure. The larger but more populated northern district is located on the mainland coast, with buildings of varying heights forming a huge semicircle along the waterfront.

The bustling but smaller southern district is situated on an island near the coast. The two districts are separated by a deep strait and connected by two long and wide stone arch bridges.

Ella was heading to the Ocean Sanctuary in the South District, while the Seven Stars Guild and others needed to register at the Adventurer Guild Hall in the North District to accept local missions.

Reluctantly parting ways with the Holy Temple's convoy, Li Cheng and Ye Xiao, along with other guild players, pushed open the door to the local Adventurer Guild Hall.

As soon as they entered, the lively clinking of glasses and the bustling chatter in the hall subsided, and several pairs of eyes turned to the group of newcomers who had entered through the door.

"To be honest, the way these people look at me reminds me of when I was late for class." Li Cheng looked around, found the guild service desk located inside the lobby, and walked over under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

"You'll get used to it; the local customs here are much more rugged," Ye Xiao said with a smile, recalling his experiences in Stormport in his previous life.

The receptionist wasn't a beautiful, voluptuous elf like those in the Royal City Adventurer Guild Hall, but a red-haired woman with a tricorn hat, an eye patch, and a somewhat nonchalant tone.

She lay lazily on the creaking chair, showing no intention of getting up when Li Cheng and Ye Xiao approached. She simply put her hands behind her head, grinned, and asked, "A new guild in the area?"

“Yes, hello, Miss.” Li Cheng took out a certificate issued by the adventurer guild from the Imperial City from the lining of his armor and placed it on the table. “We are the adventurer guild Saint… ‘Seven Stars Guild’ from Valond. We’re here to register.”

"Valond?" Upon hearing Li Cheng's words, the red-haired woman merely yawned and continued lying down. "Why would you leave the capital and run off to Stormport? Couldn't you make it in the capital?"

"Hahahaha," came some undisguised laughter from the side.

“…I’m here to do a cross-city mission.” Li Cheng ignored the other party’s sarcasm and continued, “I also want to take on some local missions while I’m at it.”

"Um... I'm sorry, there are no spots available." The red-haired woman waved her hand. "Come back in a few days."

"Quota...what quota?" Li Cheng was completely confused.

"The guild registration slots, kid, go back to where you came from."

"Huh? I've never heard of needing a quota to register for the Adventurers' Guild?"

“I said I want it, so you’ll take it. You haven’t heard that means you’re not suited for this city.” The red-haired woman gave a disdainful smile. “After you finish your little task, go back to Valond and put on your diapers.”

"Hahahaha!!" "Good!" "Hahaha!" The laughter around them grew increasingly unrestrained.

Li Cheng's lips twitched as he picked up the certificate placed on the table.

Ye Xiao frowned slightly. Since Li Cheng had already established a guild when he arrived at Storm Harbor in his previous life, he had some idea of ​​the local customs and the nature of the organizations and institutions, but he still did not expect that the front desk of this adventurer guild would be so arrogant.

"I went to Ella later and asked her to help me get one..."

“No need, Brother Ye,” Li Cheng put the certificate back into the armor’s inner layer, “If we have to trouble the Holy Maiden with such things, what are we supposed to do?”

"Hmm, but judging from her attitude, even if we complain, it probably won't do any good." Ye Xiao stroked his chin, glancing at the other guilds in the hall. "Shall we teach her a lesson?"

"Beating up the staff of the Adventurers' Guild might be a bit difficult to handle," Li Cheng thought for a moment.

"Hmm... I have an idea." Ye Xiao thought for a moment and decided to use the method that Li Cheng had used in Storm Harbor in his previous life. After all, Li Cheng, who was used to the environment of the imperial city in this life, might not be able to think of a solution to the problem in this place.

"any solution?"

"Hello, that guild over there that's been laughing the whole time," Ye Xiao tapped the table and looked at the red-haired woman lounging lazily in her chair, "yes, that group of people, what quest did they accept?"

"Are you stupid? Why should I tell you?" The red-haired woman looked at Ye Xiao with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

"Because they were going to be unable to finish, I came to pick them up early."

"what?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Xiao didn't wait for the red-haired woman to reply. He turned around and walked directly to a group of burly adventurers who were closest to the front desk.

"What, kid, you're not convinced?" "Hahahaha, he even came looking for us. Look at this bean sprout." Several dark-skinned adventurers looked at Ye Xiao, who had no expression on his face, but put their legs up on the table and laughed even more unrestrainedly.

"You delicate-skinned nobles of the capital, why aren't you going back home yet? Or the sea breeze will crack your face and you'll be crying for your mother, hahaha... What are you doing here?"

"What the hell are you laughing at!" Ye Xiao picked up the wooden chair next to the table and, without saying a word, chopped it down on the head of the leading man.

Chapter Sixteen: Outsiders