Divine Flame Crystal

Xingluo walked down the stone steps first, followed by Tiffany, while Ying stayed outside, ready to meet them at any time. As they went deeper, the surroundings became darker and darker, while the temperature continued to rise.

Xingluo couldn't help but increase the output of magic power to make the magic shield thicker. As soon as they came down, the entrance of the cave was closed. However, with Ying outside, he was not worried about being trapped here. With Ying's ability, even a great magician might not be able to find him.

As they went deeper, the view gradually widened. When Xingluo was a little tired of the repetitive stairs around him, a giant cave appeared before his eyes. Many of the walls here had extremely smooth cross-sections, which showed that they had been specially built by someone.

Looking around, the place where he was standing was just one of many cave entrances. Many of the cave entrances led to unknown places. It was pitch black above and even with his eyesight, he could not see clearly. Looking down, he saw a large brightly lit square with many low stone houses dotted on it. Many dwarves were coming in and out of them.

After seeing these dwarves, Xingluo let out a long sigh and couldn't help but sigh towards the Cat Royal Family. What a powerful race they were. They were really good at gathering intelligence and they even found the dwarves who were hiding so deeply.

Xi, who was in Xingluo's arms, pricked up his ears and began to communicate with the cat royal family here with his faint spiritual power. Soon, Xi smiled and said, "Let's go. Let's go directly down from here to the square over there."

Xing Luo began to climb down along the vertical row of densely packed concave surfaces that were artificially carved out on the wall. This place was very high from the ground, and he didn't want to make too much noise, so he turned around and said to Tiffany, "Be careful."

"Yeah, you too." Tiffany looked at Xingluo and said softly.

Soon they arrived in front of the square. These dwarves were busy with their own things. They were short in stature, rough in appearance, with dark red beards. They were wearing heavy metal armor. Xingluo roughly estimated that the armor was not light in weight, and it was obvious that they were extremely powerful.

At this time, the two dwarves finally discovered Xingluo. One of them held an axe in both hands and looked at Xingluo warily, "Who are you?"

The other person turned around in a hurry. A series of rapid bells rang out. Xingluo watched their actions but did not stop them. Soon, dozens of dwarves surrounded them. Xingluo felt that these people were quite powerful and well-equipped. He felt the great danger. He stepped forward and protected Tiffany behind him. "I am Xingluo from the Luoshen Academy. I have no ill intentions. I just want to make a deal with you."

The dwarves surrounding him parted, and a fellow who was obviously more burly than the other dwarves came out. He wore a huge beast-horned helmet on his head, and a giant hammer shining with magic on his back. "Human, you have offended us by trespassing into the territory of the Red Beard Dwarves. We will not trade with you!"

Xingluo frowned slightly. He was confident that he could escape from here alone, but Tiffany was still there. How could he escape alone? Besides, if he left a bad impression this time, how could he continue to get along with these dwarves?

"Wait a minute!" Xing Luo saw that they were ready to attack, and hurriedly took out a bottle of white transparent glass from his ring. The transparent liquid inside was the white wine he brewed for this occasion. He pulled out the rubber stopper and threw it aside. The rich aroma suddenly reduced the hostility of the dwarves on the opposite side, and even their eyes were slightly straight. "This is my apology to you, please accept it."

Although the red-bearded dwarf was still somewhat wary, it was not as strong as before. He knew how powerful the boy opposite him was, and most importantly, he was still so young. In addition, he was a student of the Luoshen Academy, so it was not easy for him to kill him so easily.

Xingluo heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the dwarves' reaction to the wine. He put the wine down and stepped back a few steps. At the signal of the red-bearded leader, a dwarf took the wine, sniffed it first, and then glanced at the leader. When he nodded, he took a sip and smacked his lips. "Good wine, better than any other wine I've ever drunk."

When the dwarves heard this, they started to make a commotion. The leader of the red-bearded dwarves took the wine, sniffed it, and drank a small sip. But then he couldn't help but drink a few more sips. "Yes, it is really a good wine. Tell me, why did you come here, and how did you get in?"

"I came to you specially after being introduced by a friend, and the purpose of my visit this time is to hope that you can join the mercenary group..." Xingluo gave a brief introduction. He didn't care whether the other party believed it or not. At least his identity and wine were real.

"Boom!" Suddenly the dwarves' voices exploded.

"What? Let us noble dwarves join the human mercenary group?"

"Impossible, humans are all liars."

"I absolutely disagree."

"But the wine."

"Hmph, the most we can do is buy wine from him. It's absolutely impossible for us to join." When they heard about wine, they twitched their noses again and sniffed the fragrant white wine here, and their tone was no longer so tough.

The dwarves were talking among themselves.

Only the dwarf leader did not show much emotion when hearing this. When the dwarves finally quieted down, he slowly said, "Human, do you know what you are saying? Although dwarves have teamed up with humans before, we have never had a whole tribe join. Your wine is very good, and we can exchange it with precious equipment and ores, but joining the mercenary group is impossible."

Xingluo knew that the dwarves would refuse. Even if he used white wine, which had never appeared on the continent, as bait, the other party would not agree. He was not discouraged. At least the dwarves had eliminated their hostility and were willing to trade with him.

"This is my student ID. You can go to any tavern and ask for me. I am the youngest great magician in history, and I am from the space department. If you join the mercenary group I formed, I will swear to the God of Magic that as long as I, Xingluo, am here, no one will dare to bully you..." Xingluo launched a deceptive offensive.

However, it seemed that the dwarves were just like the legend. No matter what he said, they were stubborn and just insisted on trading with him instead of joining the mercenary group. Xingluo had no choice but to say, "Okay, but this wine is extremely precious. I am the only one in the whole continent who can make it. If you want to drink this wine continuously, you have to join the mercenary group. But to show my sincerity and apology, I am willing to trade with you this time."

Xingluo said as he took out 5 more bottles of this liquor. Suddenly the eyes of the surrounding dwarves turned red, and they were ready to kill Xingluo for the liquor. Xingluo hurriedly used his powerful mental strength to calm the drunkard dwarves, "I can only continue to make this liquor after I get out of here. I am the only one in the whole continent who can make it. Calm down."

Finally, under the words, mental strength and the scolding of the dwarf leader, the dwarves restrained themselves. Then the dwarf leader said impatiently: "How do you want to trade? We have excellent equipment and rare ores."