Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 375: Minotaur Peiya

When the servant was thinking whether to throw these three well-dressed liars off the furnace spider and spit at them as "country bumpkins".

"Sir, I am from the diplomatic delegation." The lord proudly took out the badge of identity from his pocket and flashed it, which made the middle-aged man's face visibly filled with an amiable smile.

"Sir, I am blind!" He slapped himself lightly, and quickly activated the furnace spider in a flattering manner, and the fee of thirty silver grams per person was dropped.

He secretly lamented his bad luck. How could he have met this group of envoys? Not only did he not make any money today, but he also had to pay for the magic crystal core himself. This trip cost him at least ten silver grams.

However, Yu Guangzhong saw that the young man seemed to be looking at him with a half-smile, and it was as if his inner thoughts were seen through. His heart paused, and he stopped thinking about it and quickly concentrated on controlling himself.

The Furnace Spider began to walk on the flat road of Florence, but its body seemed to be as firm as the ground, and it sat on it without any shaking.

Muslim began to chatter again: "Although the spiders under our buttocks were developed by Her Majesty the Queen of Florence, what is not known to the world is that the most important problem of how to convert the elemental energy in the magic core into power was mostly solved by Lord Rudy."

"His knowledge is as vast as the ocean. Even my teacher admires him greatly. Oh, I forgot to mention that my teacher is the Pope of Telesis."

The man in the top hat who was listening secretly had more sweat on his forehead the more he listened, as if he had received calls from some important people.

He did not doubt whether these young men liked to brag like he did when he was young, because the badge from the palace could not be faked, so he became more cautious.

"I didn't expect there was such a secret." Levi was a little surprised.

"Lord Levi, guess why I came here to visit the great sage Rudy this time?" The Muslim kept it a secret again.

"If you have to fart, just fart now!" The lord, who was always the only one who could keep things in suspense, rolled his eyes without any courtesy.

"Hehe, that's because the great sage Rudy is planning to recruit a few disciples to pass on his alchemy." The Muslim laughed awkwardly.

"Isn't Her Majesty Elizabeth a disciple of Lord Rudy?" Levi was really curious, and then he looked at the Muslim with a strange look: "Then you come to see if there is a chance to learn alchemy, right?"

"This is what the teacher meant. Lord Rudy only looks at talent when recruiting disciples, not status or identity. If we can learn something and bring it back to Taylors, it will benefit the world." Muslim scratched his head in distress: "But in my opinion, isn't it better to focus on magic? Alchemy is just as troublesome as those numbers.

"Complex formulas, cumbersome runes, and the study of natural laws, God, this is more painful than killing me."

“That’s a bit difficult.”

Isn't this just alternative mathematics with a little bit of supernatural power? The lord gave the most concise explanation in his mind.

"As for why Lord Rudy is still recruiting disciples..." The Muslim looked around suspiciously and found that only the middle-aged man in the top hat was eavesdropping. The other party quickly stuffed two balls of cotton into his ears and turned his head away.

The young wizard pretended to shout twice, and seeing that the other party did not respond, he continued with satisfaction: "It is because Her Majesty Elizabeth has to deal with government affairs every day, which will inevitably hinder the research of alchemy. In fact, it is not suitable to inherit the alchemy of Lord Rudy."

"There is a rumor that because the core alchemy is passed down to males but not females, Lord Rudy plans to take in a few more suitable disciples while he still has time so that his alchemy will not be buried in history. Of course, I don't know whether this is true or not."

At the end, he couldn't help but lower his voice.

"The news that Lord Rudy is recruiting disciples is actually only circulated among alchemists. No one else knows about it."

"Didn't they say there are no restrictions on status and identity?" Mir asked curiously.

"There is no restriction, but the talent requirement alone almost forces people to be alchemists and elemental masters." Muslim shook his head.

Levi began to have some thoughts in his mind.

The reason why he brought Mil here was originally to learn from him. Now, it happened that the great sage Rudy was recruiting disciples. How could the lord, who was willing to take advantage of others, let go of this opportunity?

"Dear guest, welcome to experience the Furnace Spider next time." The middle-aged man in the top hat walked over considerately, pulled the steps out of the spider's body, then took off his hat and saluted.

Dinglingdangdang~
Then, the crisp sound of eleven silver coins kept colliding in the hat. He looked up in astonishment, only to see the other person's back. He couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, sir, what is your name?"

"Levi Targaryen."

"Derby's Dragon Knight..." the middle-aged man in the top hat muttered to himself.

The other party left without looking back.

……

"It's here."

Levi spoke with certainty, looking up at the layers of stone steps leading up to the clouds in front of him, his eyes fixed on the top of the mountain.

Since he was promoted to a legendary rank, his five senses had become unimaginably strong. Even from such a distance, he could still clearly feel the many elemental fluctuations on the mountain, and the strongest one was a restrained and peaceful element.

As both are elemental users, the difference between Muslims and their opponents is like the difference between a giant dragon and a crawling dragon. The fact that the gap is so huge can only mean that this elemental fluctuation belongs to a legendary strongman.

The three of them quickly climbed up the stairs and arrived at the top of the mountain. Unexpectedly, the top of the mountain was an extremely flat grassland with a simple small manor standing in the middle, surrounded by birch trees.

Little Buji crawled out from Levi's arms, poked out his delicate little head, and rubbed his sleepy eyes with his little hands.

The other party was extremely attached to him as an old father, so Levi would almost always take her with him except when he strongly requested her to sleep alone during business hours.

Xiao Buji was undoubtedly an epic-level elemental controller, so she could definitely sense the elemental fluctuations in the manor that were as vast as the ocean, but she just came out to take a look and then went back in.

Anyway, no matter how strong she is, she is not as strong as her father, so Xiaobuji is not worried at all.

The Muslim rarely spat into his palm, tidied his messy hair, straightened his clothes, and knocked on the door twice with a serious look.

Click~
With a slight sound, the door opened, revealing a two-and-a-half-meter-tall, clothed Minotaur iron man.

As he opened the door, this alchemical minotaur greeted:

"Hey, why are you here again? Hey, who are the other two guests?"

Muslim scratched his head and said, "Sister Pei Ya, these two are my friends. I brought them to meet Master Rudy."

"This minotaur is no different from a real minotaur except for his body which is basically made of various metals and glows with a unique glow in the sun," she said perfunctorily, looking at the stunned Mil.

"I'm sorry to scare you."

But when his eyes turned to Levi, he flashed to the lord's side and held his hands with both hands. Levi rarely saw saliva in the mouth of a vegetarian iron man. The other party apologized: "My handsome guest, please forgive my sudden shock. No matter how much I apologize, please tolerate my decision to cook a rich meal to treat you as a token of my apology."

Mir felt that he was hurt. This hurt did not come from the sharp sword, but it insulted his personality.

Levi tried to pull his hand away, but found that it was held tightly in the other party's hand. If he tried to pull it out forcibly, he would only throw the presumptuous minotaur into the sky.

Considering that I was a guest, I could only smile awkwardly and let the other party take advantage of me.

……

dusk.

The aroma of beef stew filled the kitchen and the manor's reception hall.

The minotaur Pei Ya, wearing an apron, was humming an unknown tune in the kitchen while happily stewing beef.

"I didn't expect your arrival, Lord Levi. It gives an old man like me the chance to have a rich meal." Rudy and Levi sat in front of the dining table, with hot tea on it slowly emitting steam.

Until now, the lord has been complaining and doesn't know how to vent, the reason is naturally because the great sage Rudy in front of him is actually a tiger man!
The other person had a tiger head and was about the same height as Sam, about 1.6 meters. He was a little thin, wearing a loose robe and a single gold-rimmed glasses, showing the style of a knowledgeable scholar.

But the famous sage, the monument of alchemy, was actually a tiger man. This was something the lord could never have imagined.

"Who is that Miss Paya?"

Fortunately, the lord had witnessed many big scenes, even a mouse eating a cat, so this little thing was not enough to make him lose his composure.

"This is an incompetent disciple of mine. He studied the alchemy of 'creation' but lost his body. From now on, his soul can only live in this specially made container." The old white tiger shook his head and sighed.

Obviously, the other party was his most proud disciple, but because of this incident, alchemy had to come to a standstill from then on.

The principle of alchemy is equal exchange. Although he has understood the secret of alchemy, he has exchanged himself for equal value.

"I'm so sorry." Levi apologized.

I thought this group of alchemists had reached the point of creating souls out of thin air, but it turned out that they had transferred a person's soul into the Zhaidai Iron Man.

“Delicious beef is here!”

Pei Ya, wearing heat-resistant gloves unnecessarily, walked over with a plate full of beef.

Levi ate a piece and praised sincerely: "Miss Pei Ya's cooking skills are really good, even those halfling chefs have to admit defeat."

"Then eat more." Pei Ya put her hands on the table, holding her face and staring at Levi.

"Pei Ya, please pay attention to etiquette. You will make the guests uncomfortable." The old white tiger put down his bowl and chopsticks helplessly and gave a warning.

"You old fool, this is the only hobby I have, are you going to deprive me of it?" Pei Ya glared at her teacher.

“Alas…Alas…” Rudy sighed twice and could only apologize to Levi: “Sir Levi, please forgive my disciple’s rudeness.”

"It's nothing." The lord waved his hand, pretending to be magnanimous.

To be honest, she treated him to a meal, so it didn't cost any money to let her take a look. Besides, she was just a pile of iron lumps and elements, and there was nothing she could do to him.

"Sir Levi is as magnanimous and kind-hearted as he showed before." The old white tiger took out a white handkerchief and wiped his mouth. He waved his hand lightly and a kettle suddenly emerged with wings and flew over, filling everyone with tea.

Then it flew back to the fireplace, and the charcoal in the fireplace turned into a string of flames, condensed into a human face, opened its mouth and spit out, and the raging flames continued to keep the water boiling.

From the Lord's perspective, this should be the material transformation of alchemy.

This ability is not something that just any small fry can use. Among alchemists, anyone who can use this ability is qualified to be called a master alchemist.

In their eyes, turning ordinary stones into gold is easy.

However, every alchemist follows the ancient principle of equivalent exchange and therefore will not do anything that has a huge impact on reality.

Because in their view, this will inevitably condense into an unknown disaster in the dark. This is an equal exchange, and along with the benefits, there will inevitably be disadvantages.

In fact, this sentence can be applied to various aspects and is the core of alchemy.

"As an envoy, he didn't have to pay, and despite the contempt of the spider driver, he still paid the other party a reasonable fare afterwards. It must be said that he is very generous. Lord Levi does not have the arrogance that other legends should have." The old white tiger said slowly.

"How did Lord Rudy know this? From what I sense, you have been staying here the entire time and have not even left this manor." The lord raised his eyebrows, feeling as if he was being watched.

In fact, he did have a feeling that he was being watched at that time, but there were a lot of Florence citizens watching him on the avenue, so he didn't care too much.

"There is a 'Hidden True Eye' that I made for the Holy Sith Kingdom in the sky above Florence, which is responsible for real-time monitoring of the entire city." Old White Tiger did not hide it and said directly: "And I also have the permission to use it."

"In fact, I am not observing Lord Levi on purpose, but the holy light in your body is as dazzling as the sun, it is hard not to notice it."

"This..." Levi inexplicably remembered a sentence.

When you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.

When he felt the elemental fluctuations in the old white tiger's body, the other party must have also sensed the rich holy light in his body.

Sure enough, strong people are attracted to each other.

"Can it be hidden?" Levi asked curiously.

After all, he is a veteran reader of knight novels and knows the importance of the protagonist pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

"Sir Levi, do you think the sun in the sky can be hidden?" Old White Tiger spread his hands, "Just like a giant dragon can never turn into an ant."

"Concealment may be useful for ordinary people or people of low rank, but for us it's like putting a piece of cloth over our eyes."

(End of this chapter)