Divine Flame Crystal

When the group arrived at the Sky City headquarters, Xingluo asked Tiffany to take the dwarves to the place that had already been assigned. After arranging the dwarves, she did not stay for long and got busy with other things.

A month later, Xingluo found that many trees had been planted in the dwarf settlement. He stopped for a moment and looked carefully. Sure enough, he found a cave in a dense bush. He bent down and went in. He found that there were many dwarves knocking and banging along the way. When Xingluo came over, a group of dwarves shouted, "Hello, Captain."

Xingluo waved his hand, signaling them to continue doing their own things, but he was quite satisfied in his heart. These dwarves had obviously integrated into their roles. Xingluo picked up a piece of yellow-gray stone with a uniform texture and asked, "What is this?"

Huoyan also picked up a similar stone and threw it into a furnace. "This is dolomite. It is used to remove some impurities in making equipment. It absorbs the impurities and forms slag. Moreover, this slag is not easy to decompose. It can be made into bricks to build houses. Many of our dwarf houses are made of this slag."

Huoyan glanced at Xingluo, raised his sturdy little hand with some pride, and pointed to a group of buildings in front. Xingluo looked up and found that these buildings were indeed made of this yellow-gray stone. He couldn't help but feel the dwarven forging technology.

The dwarf raised his head with some pride and said, "This white palace is the crystallization of the tribe's technology. It was built with mortar made from the chalk we mined. It is thousands of years old and time has not left many traces on it. The statue of Harrison, the dwarf god, is placed inside."

Xingluo sighed. In just one month, this group of dwarves had settled down in the Sky City. These guys who liked to dig holes did not build houses on the ground, but dug who knows how deep underground to build a building complex of a certain scale. These guys had no earth magic, but achieved this level only with their hands and fighting spirit. He really had picked up a treasure.

Xingluo walked over along the lava rock and could not help but marvel at the grandeur of the palace again. He discovered that there were many biological fossils on these chalk stones, many of which were left by large monsters. He didn't know where these dwarves dug them out from. Apparently, there were still many mineral veins in the mercenary base. This place really had unique advantages, with mines and water everywhere.

The red-bearded dwarfs were obviously quite satisfied with their new environment, especially since Xingluo kept his promise and supplied them with free liquor. However, the monthly output was a bit small, which made them a little unsatisfied.

Xingluo said hello to the dwarves and walked out of the somewhat dark underground building. He took a breath of fresh air, shook his head and muttered, "I don't understand why these dwarves like to dig holes so much."

A "meow" sound came from Xingluo's feet, and he slowed down his pace slightly, "How are you going to thank me for helping you find such a powerful helper?"

Xingluo said with a headache: "How can I thank you? I have offended the night elves because of you. Until now, I dare not run to the forest. Now the mercenary group is developing, and it is time to use people..."

Xi snorted coldly, then walked away wagging his tail, and finally heard a sentence, "Greedy."

Xingluo sighed. He knew that he was a little impatient, but there were still many things waiting to be done. These things could not be accomplished by one's own strength, at least not with his current strength.

Fortunately, with the addition of dwarves, the Flame Hammer was even more powerful. A large amount of ore was refined into sophisticated equipment, so he didn't have to worry about the funding issue for the development of the mercenary group for the time being. However, since he recruited a group of people in the academy, no humans have joined for a long time. It's not that he doesn't want to recruit people in the city, but he always feels that those who are recruited in that way are not very satisfactory. Those who have strength have too complicated backgrounds, and those who are not strong are recruited to do odd jobs.

Now, in addition to humans, the mercenary group also has the Royal Cat Clan and the Red Bearded Dwarfs, which makes the development of this group more and more strange. However, Xingluo doesn't think it's a big deal. He has never had the concept of race, and will not discriminate against other races. So he has been chasing Xi to chat recently, and he will definitely ask after a few sentences if there is any news about endangered races. Sometimes Xingluo himself feels a little weird. He always feels that the Sky City Mercenary Group is becoming more and more like an animal protection association.

Xingluo shook his head to drive away these distracting thoughts. He felt that in addition to developing mercenary forces, he could also buy and sell intelligence. After all, he had ready-made resources, the cat royal family, a rare race in the world. He should make good use of this advantage to create wealth for himself.

Thinking of this, Xingluo ran to talk to Xi again. After telling her his thoughts, Xi also fell into deep thought. It’s not that they haven’t thought about selling information, but he is more worried that the entire tribe will be targeted by bad guys and fall into an abyss from which there is no escape.

But this time is a little different. Now Xingluo and the Cat Royal Family are interdependent. The night elves of the Dark Forest are just a visible threat. There are also a large number of forces that want to obtain the Cat Royal Family. This kind of thing itself is contradictory. Some things are useless if you hide them. They will always be discovered by someone with ulterior motives. It is better to quickly strengthen your own power while the various forces have not reacted yet. Even if a fight breaks out, it will make the other side afraid.

Xingluo talked with Xi for a long time. Xi was really annoyed and had to disappear into the darkness under the cover of night. Xingluo also fell into deep thought. He hoped to establish an intelligence system covering the entire continent and even the islands.

The next day, Xi jumped onto Xingluo's bed with a tired look on his face, and curled up in a comfortable position. "Our clan leader has agreed to this matter, but no one can know about the existence of the Cat Royal Family, including the deputy clan leaders. Except for you and our Cat Royal Family, no third party can know about it."

Xingluo sat up all of a sudden and said with some surprise: "Don't worry about this. I would have done the same thing even if you didn't tell me. Since you are good at mental communication, you can work on this aspect. I will study it later and make sure it is foolproof. If other major forces know that you are behind this, it will be a disaster for the mercenary group and even for me."

Xi let out a long sigh. He had already known this cowardly and greedy guy and would never put himself in danger, so he gradually calmed down and fell asleep. He was too tired after running all night yesterday, and the sunlight was so glaring now, so naturally he needed to sleep.

Xingluo glanced at Xi who was sleeping in his arms, with a slight smile on his lips. He knew that he was no longer alone now, as he had many more friends and people who trusted him. Even if some of them could not be considered human, the loneliness that had eroded him all the time when he first arrived in this strange continent had now mostly disappeared.