This bald giant was, of course, Gerrard.
He led the team out this time to train the soldiers.
Any territory needed a decent army. Although the pace of territory construction had been slowed down because of the previous accidents, the construction of the army could not be delayed. So, under the arrangement of Sui Xiong, Gerrard brought a group of young people who had performed well in the previous training to the Commonwealth of Gold Coins for actual combat training.
The targets of their training were, of course, those bandits.
The Commonwealth of Gold Coins was a good place. There were many bandits. As long as you went out of the city gate, you could meet bandits casually. If you followed the caravan, there would be small or large groups of bandits visiting you every night.
Under such circumstances, the young people accumulated actual combat experience very quickly and their strength was constantly improving.
Of course, if it weren't for Gerrard leading the team, perhaps they would have suffered heavy losses. However, with a Legendary powerhouse like Gerrard leading the team, the risk of the battle was well controlled. Over the winter, although many people had wounds of various sizes on their bodies, the number of people who were injured or even killed was still zero.
For example, in this battle, the strength of the man nicknamed "Iron Claw" was extraordinary. Even a seasoned adventurer could be killed by him if he was not careful. But his final result was only to seriously injure a soldier, and then he was smashed into a pile of suspicious mosaic by a giant axe that fell from the top of his head. And the seriously injured soldier had mostly recovered after timely treatment, but there would be a rather horrible scar on his body.
These scars were deliberately left by Gerrard so that the young people could always be vigilant. They could not always live under his protection. Sooner or later, they would need to be independent. He only hoped that in this way, these young people could learn a practical and reliable lesson and avoid unnecessary danger in the future.
Seeing that their business was gone, the adventurers who came from afar were a little depressed. After saying goodbye to Gerrard, they left one after another. Only Josh stayed.
"Big guy, the thing you told me last time, you were not joking, right?" he asked as he sat next to Gerrard.
Gerrard was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he had mentioned "territory construction" to him. He nodded and said, "Of course not. Can I joke about this kind of thing?"
Josh's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked in a low voice, "Is there really a true god in your territory?"
"How can you joke about something like that?"
Josh nodded slightly. Indeed, in this world, it was no joke to joke about gods. Maybe that god will remember you because of this and give you some trouble or something …
"Then when you told me that I'm welcome to join, were you serious?"
"Of course!" Gerald said without hesitation.
Josh had clearly thought it over. He nodded and said in a serious tone, "Then it's settled. Call me when you're going to make your move. I'll definitely go and help! "
Gerrard laughed, patted him on the back, and handed over his flagon.
"Good job! You won't regret it! Come, let's drink! "
Josh cupped the gourd of wine that was even larger than his head with both hands and took a deep sip. His eyes became brighter and brighter.
Sui Xiong couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene through the soul link.
Ever since he discovered Josh, he had always been very curious about this handsome barbarian.
Josh's strength was extraordinary, and his way of dealing with people was also quite smooth. But that was not surprising. What Sui Xiong really felt strange about was the thread of faith on him.
In this world, anyone who had a clear belief could see the thread of faith. Gods and high-level clergymen were able to see the lines of faith, so there was no way to fake faith. Those who pretended to have faith to deceive people could only deceive middle and low-level people at best. In front of high-level clergymen who were really close to God, it would not work at all.
The thread of faith on Josh's body pointed to the goddess of the snowfield and blizzard in the north, also known as the Queen of the North. She was the king of the god system of the Arctic Alliance. Her strength was slightly stronger than the Goddess of Ocean and comparable to the God of Storm. She also had the God of Snow Mountain, Avalanche, and Snow Monster, also known as the Master of Snow Mountain, and the God of Glaciers and Ice Giants, also known as the Ruler of Ice. In addition, she also had two allies who did not directly belong to her, but also respected her as their leader. They were the Goddess of Winter and North Wind, "Biting Cold Maiden," and the God of Fierce Beasts in the snowfield, "Ruler of Ice."
A god system composed of five gods was not a lot, but the power of these gods was concentrated in the north, so their influence was much greater. So even though the barbarians had their own patron god, the god who was known as the "Bear Herding Elder" was far less influential than the gods of the Arctic Alliance.
For example, as a barbarian, Josh did not believe in his own patron god. Instead, he believed in the Blizzard Goddess.
If that was all, it would not be a big deal. But the luster of Josh's thread of faith was also very strange. It was emitting the glow of a devout believer, and it was full of bright red anger. The two mixed together and turned into a heavy curse.
To put it simply, he used to be a devout believer of the Blizzard Goddess, and he still believed in this goddess. But he was full of resentment and anger towards the goddess. This resentment and his devout faith combined and turned into a curse on the goddess.
A mortal hating and cursing the God he believed in?
Sui Xiong felt that there must be a very heavy story behind this.
He was very curious about this, so he asked Gerrard to try to persuade Josh to join his side.
Of course, if Josh's experience was really worthy of sympathy, he did not mind helping him.
Anyway, according to Snow's estimation, when she officially became a god, the Blizzard Goddess would most likely come to make trouble. Instead of waiting for her to bring a group of equally evil gods to make trouble, it was better to try to weaken her power first. It was better to create some chaos for her, so that she would not have time to take care of herself.
Seeing that the negotiation between Gerrard and Josh had been successful, Sui Xiong smiled and turned his attention to the other side.
It was in a natural karst cave in the deep and dark underground world.
This world did not have the huge and complicated underground world that Sui Xiong had seen in some fantasy works before he traveled to this world, but he could still find some large-scale karst caves. Most of them were located at the edge of some mountains, and went deep into the earth. Naturally, there was a set of unique biological system, which had its own wonders.
Palin was carefully exploring the underground karst cave with a few adventurers.
His task was to investigate the ecological environment here and collect specimens of animals and plants, especially mushrooms, to provide reference for Arcaian's research.
It was not easy to cultivate mushrooms that could grow normally in an environment with negative energy, and that were not poisonous and edible. Arcaian spent almost a winter, and only managed to cultivate two kinds of mushrooms that barely met the requirements.
The first kind of mushroom could resist negative energy. Not only could it be eaten, but it could also provide resistance to negative energy for a period of time as food. However, its yield was very problematic. Even in Arcaian's cultivation room, which provided a relatively good growth environment, its yield was far from enough to reach the level of "food."
After all, it originally existed as a medicinal material.
The second kind of mushroom could hit the tip of the umbrella with negative energy. As long as the tip of the umbrella was cut off, the rest of the mushroom could be eaten. However, after all, it could not completely expel the negative energy to the tip of the umbrella, and there was still a small amount of negative energy left in other parts of the umbrella. According to the results of animal experiments, at least ordinary beasts could not completely absorb the residual energy, and after eating it, they would become less energetic and listless.
Arcaian did not want to do human experiments, and neither did Sui Xiong. They could totally imagine what would happen to humans if they ate this mushroom. Obviously, ordinary pioneers would not eat it.
Arcaian felt sorry for the failure of the experiment. However, he also emphasized that research was always a matter of time and luck, and it was not easy to achieve satisfactory results in a short time.
"What should we do?" Sui Xiong asked. "Is there any way to speed up your research?"
Arcaian thought for a while and said that if he could go to those underground karst caves and collect more mushrooms that grew in the underground environment as reference and research materials, it might be helpful.
Mushrooms were a huge biological system. Even though the Pasteur family had been researching mushrooms for many years, it was impossible for them to collect all kinds of mushrooms in the world. They only collected the representative mushrooms, because that was enough for their research in the past.
However, if they wanted to research in the obscure direction that Sui Xiong had requested, the Pasteur family's reserves would not be enough, and they needed to find more materials.
Sui Xiong accepted Arcaian's suggestion and sent people to the nearby karst caves to collect underground mushrooms.
He sent out two teams. The first team was Shuang and Xian. This pair of dragon brother and sister were responsible for a karst cave that was farther away. It was said that there were some dangerous magic beasts there, and ordinary people might be in danger if they went there.
The second team was Palin. The karst cave he was going to was a famous scenic spot, and many travelers came here to explore. For a team consisting of a magician, a warrior, a priest, an archer, and a thief, such a place should be safe.
Things went as Sui Xiong had expected. Palin and his team had been exploring underground for two days, and they had not encountered any danger.
Of course, this was partly because they wanted to be safe, so they had to travel slowly. However, the karst cave itself was quite safe.
However, although it was safe, the efficiency of their work was low. In the past two days, they had found a few kinds of mushrooms, but judging from the images sent back, they were not worth paying attention to. Arcaian had rejected their value at first glance.
To find the mushrooms he needed, they had to go deeper underground …
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