The day after Yogavin Lombar left the academy, the annual winter conference in Silver City on the thirteenth began. At nine o’clock in the morning, the Assembly Hall was packed with people. Representatives of various forces sat down one after another. Among them, there were representatives of noble forces, municipal organizations, merchant associations, workers’ associations, legal associations, artists’ associations, social workers’ associations, and representatives of various trades and professions …

In accordance with established practice, the incumbent Rain Prayer Priest was the first to speak and propose a motion.

‘”Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am Mu Yu Ling Lan, the attendant of the Rain God. My topic today is” Reserving and developing the strategic resources of Praying Rain City “. Please look at the screen. This is the situation of the previous year’s reserves …”

Following Mu Yu Ling Lan’s gesture, groups of data and related diagrams were displayed on several LCD screens at different angles.

“From the data, it’s not hard to see that our fuel reserves have been decreasing, and the reserves of liquid psionic potions and black oil are also decreasing …”

Mu Yu Ling Lan said above, but the few old men below were blowing their beards and glaring at each other, all of them looking extremely unhappy.

“Look, look, you’re here to ask for something again.” Colin Burns frowned and whispered.

“This girl has too many ideas.” Morton Leylin sighed.

Brandon Peter snorted coldly and did not say anything. Jiang Xiao, the patriarch of the fourth clan, sat expressionlessly, as if he was in a daze.

“I suggest that after this year’s Rain Prayer Festival, form a planar team and head to Desert 5 to open up land, establish a stronghold, and mine ores” Mu Yu Ling Lan continued from above.

“This is all we have. She still hasn’t let go, just like her foster mother did back then.” Colin said indignantly. Mu Yu Ling Lan wanted to set up a plane troop. Most of the troops must have been drawn from the private army of the four great families, because the Rain God Guard was the elite force of Silver City No. 13. They shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending the city, so they could not randomly deploy their personnel.

“Someone from the ground has been starving since childhood. He definitely won’t let go if he can catch something to eat.” Morton said with a fake smile. Actually, when he said those words, he felt very helpless. Sometimes, even though he knew that the other party would come back to deal with him, he had no choice but to make some concessions for the sake of the overall situation.

Brandon Peter snorted coldly again, but still didn’t say anything. Jiang Xiao continued to be dumbfounded.

“The situation in the world is becoming more and more tense, Not long ago, The pattern in the Far East has changed dramatically, “The original balance has been broken, and there are more and more friction between the central continent and the western continent. As far as I know, at this year’s World Conference’s Winter Meeting, the nobles are divided into two factions. Perhaps in the next few years, war will break out between the two sides. Therefore, we must store as much strategic resources as possible in order to deal with it …”

“Even if war breaks out in the central and western regions, what does it have to do with our Northern Wilderness?” Colin stood up and questioned loudly, interrupting Mu Yu Ling Lan’s speech. The reason why he said this was because the situation in Northern Wilderness had always been very stable, and there was basically no conflict of interest between the several major powers.

“Perhaps the flames of war will not spread to the Northern Wilderness, but we will just watch as they divide up the benefits? And then do nothing?” Mu Yu Ling Lan asked. Then, she smiled faintly. Her smile was like a melting iceberg, causing everyone to look sideways. After attracting enough attention, Mu Yu Ling Lan glanced at Colin and said with disdain, “I’m still young. I don’t want to die here.” In an instant, the venue was quiet for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

Colin was so angry that his face was flushed red that he couldn’t say a word. Seeing that his old friend was shriveled, Morton hurriedly pulled his sleeve and signaled for him to sit down.

“You’re getting old, don’t argue with children.” Morton consoled.

“Actually, what she said makes sense. Our external interests are too small.” Jiang Xiao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said.

After listening to Jiang Xiao’s words, Brandon nodded thoughtfully. The few of them were getting old and didn’t have much energy left. They just wanted to protect this inch of land for old age. In these past few years, there had not been any talented people in the younger generation who could take charge of their own affairs. Therefore, in terms of external benefits, they had barely expanded. They were all eating their old money. Although they were fighting to the death internally, they were still the most reliable companions in the outside world. After all, they were on the same boat. If the boat capsized, everyone would fall into the sea.

Colin saw that Brandon had no objection, so he slowly sat down and began to think about it. He had to admit that Mu Yu Ling Lan was the most capable member of the younger generation of Silver City 13, and he had quite a few talents under him. In the past two years, she had been in the Central Silver City, and judging from the previous incident, she had a close relationship with the Temple Princess.

If it was in the past, they might have been worried that Mu Yu Ling Lan would work with the Temple Princess to deal with them. After all, they had all participated in the plot against the third young miss of the Lombar family back then, but now that Mu Yu Ling Lan had already done the Rain Prayer Sacrifice, they were all on the same boat. They would definitely unite in their fundamental interests.

After a long while, Morton sighed and took the lead in breaking the silence. “If you support her, when her wings harden, you will support the ruling of the Nine Directions. In turn, you will weaken our rights. If you do not support her, it makes no sense. It’s really a headache …”

“She dares!” Brandon opened his eyes wide and shouted in a deep voice. Because he was so excited that he couldn’t control the volume, the representatives on the scene looked over one after another.

“Grandpa Brandon, what do you think of this proposal?” Mu Yu Ling Lan asked at the right time.

“Not bad!” Brandon said in a rough voice. Actually, he wasn’t listening at all. He was just being watched by everyone. His old face couldn’t be hanged. He had to find a way down the stairs …

After the winter meeting, Mu Yu Ling Lan personally handed the plan to the four Patriarchs and left.

A moment later, the four of them looked at the information in their hands and couldn’t help but gasp.

“How can she know more about our private army than I do? I don’t know many officers!” Colin was the first to lose his composure as he blew on his beard and shouted.

“Forget it” Brandon waved his hand and sighed, “It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be born in the blue. Let her try.”

Just as the four Patriarchs were worried about their gains and losses, Qin Ke’er returned to the Fire Horn Temple and saw the Great Grandmaster before the Holy Flame.

At this moment, beside the Great Grandmaster stood an old man dressed in a gray robe, with a seven-colored straw rope tied around his waist, but somewhat dispirited.

“Ke’er, this is Great Grandmaster Scarlet Snake.”

“Respected elder, good afternoon.” Qin Ke’er nodded and greeted him obediently.

“Sigh …” Great Grandmaster Scarlet Snake shook his head and said, “I’m not an elder. I’m just a stray dog.”

“Old friend, please don’t say that. You only gave up resisting because you couldn’t bear to be killed by your fellow clansmen …” Grand Master Fire Horn hurriedly comforted.

‘”Yes ~” Qin Ke’er echoed, although she didn’t know what had happened.

The Great Scarlet Snake Grandmaster looked at the Holy Flame and remained silent for a long time. He said, “I am ashamed of my master …”

“Those are all the sins of the Spirit Snake Magician. It has nothing to do with you.” Great Grandmaster Fire Horn consoled.

“Since the Spirit Snake Divine Temple has come to this point, no one can escape responsibility.” Great Grandmaster Scarlet Snake said.

“Old friend, what are your plans in the future?” Great Grandmaster Fire Horn changed the topic. “If you don’t mind, then stay here and we’ll sit on equal footing.”

“The so-called Mountain Tiger, Army Marshal. If my old friend doesn’t dislike me, then leave me as a fueling person.” Great Grandmaster Scarlet Snake cupped his hands and said.

“How can this work!” Great Grandmaster Fire Horn refused.

“If you don’t agree, I’ll leave.” Great Grandmaster Scarlet Snake said indifferently as he stared at the sacred flame.

Looking at his stubborn old friend, Grand Master Firehorn remained silent for a long time before finally nodding his head.

“From now on, there will be no more Great Master Scarlet Snake in this world, only the person who added oil to the fire.” After saying that, Great Master Scarlet Snake untied the seven-colored straw rope around his waist and threw it into the fire.

“Ke’er, although you are not an evolver, you still need to learn some body-building and self-defense techniques. You should take Old Man Fatty as your teacher and let him teach you some skills, okay?” Great Grandmaster Firehorn asked.

“Alright!” Qin Ke’er replied in a crisp voice. Having a Saint-ranked master was naturally a rare good thing.

“This” The old man hesitated.

“Ke’er, hurry up and pay your respects to Master.” Great Grandmaster Firehorn urged.

“Disciple, greet Master.” As she spoke, Qin Ke’er knelt down to the old man.

Looking at the girl in front of him, the old man closed his eyes and helped her up. He said, “If you don’t dislike her, then be my Seventh Disciple. Although your senior brothers and sisters have already carried me away, I can’t pretend that I haven’t received them.”

“Yes, Master.” Qin Ke’er said softly. She saw an indescribable sadness in the old man’s eyes. She couldn’t help but feel pain in her heart and her eyes turned red.

“Child … you … what’s wrong with you …” Facing the tearful little disciple, the old man was at a loss.

“I’m happy, because I’m happy” Great Grandmaster Fire Horn quickly made up his mind, “Ke’er, the Fire Horn Temple is your home. I’m half your grandfather, so I’ll arrange a Master’s Banquet for you and come …” He tugged at his old friend’s sleeve and said, “Have a good drink. Today is a happy day …”

At this moment, the extraordinarily magnanimous Great Master Fire Horn incarnated as a scoundrel, dragging the old man into the kitchen, persuading him to drink and steal meat, causing the old man to not know whether to laugh or cry. On the side, Qin Ke’er saw that the normally unsmiling Great Master Fire Horn was now like an old naughty child, and she broke into tears and laughed. Then, she put on an apron and cooked a small meal for the two old men.

“Ke’er is a good child. You can’t hide any secret treasures.” Great Grandmaster Fire Horn said as he placed his arm around the old man’s shoulder.

At this point, the old man stopped, as if he remembered something. He groped around for a while and took out a small rusty iron box. Then, he called Qin Ke’er over and handed it to her. “What else can I have except this grey robe?”

He opened the lid of the box and saw that there was cotton inside. In the middle was a crimson blood serum. It was the fire of life that was worth ten thousand gold.