Chapter 123 Trade barriers

boom!

Thousands of pounds of water poured down from the cliffs hundreds of feet high, hitting the hard cliff walls and making a fierce impact. The roar of the waterfall could be heard several miles away.

The magic of nature has created the most beautiful scenery outside Saar City. Below the waterfall is a blue deep pool, with several moss-covered rock reefs exposed above the pool, and are washed by the waterfall day and night.

And Leon stood on the largest reef among them!

The violent waterfall ruthlessly crashed on him, and the most violent collision with the soul armor protecting his body. The red flame soul armor sizzled, and the evaporated water vapor was fleeting, leaving no trace.

The impact power of the waterfall and the violent erosion of the fire soul armor by the water flow could not shake Leon's figure. He was like the reef in Tan, as if it was unchanging.

He practiced under the waterfall for a full month!

Leon held Gustav Rhine's inherited soul core tightly in his hand. Since he was promoted to the Soul Armor Warrior with Naga that day, he successfully broke the second seal in the soul core and obtained a new inheritance of skills.

Using the power of the waterfall impact to cultivate soul armor and soul power is one of the unique ways of practicing the dragon soul warrior Gustav.

This way of cultivation is quite dangerous. It is equivalent to treating the waterfall as a huge hammer, repeatedly tempering the warrior's body, soul power and soul armor, and urging every point of potential in the human body to domineeringly.

It can be said to be a confrontation between man and heaven and earth.

At the beginning, Leon could hardly stand firm on the slippery rock reefs, and was washed down in the deep pool by the waterfalls several times. Even the hippo soldiers playing in the pool were frightened.

However, the setback did not make Leon choose to give up. He climbed up the rocks again and again, gritted his teeth and straightened his waist and his chest, gathering the soul armor to bear the power bombarded on him.

In the midst of continuous failure, he gradually mastered the new tricks of using soul power, and the time he could stand on the reef continued to grow longer.

Through this almost self-abuse cultivation method, the soul power condensed in the Leon soul core is becoming more and more pure, and the time it takes to maintain the armor is getting longer and longer.

No one has achieved success by chance. In Gustav's memory, this powerful beast clan who had been strong for hundreds of years had practiced under the waterfall for three years, and then left after breaking through to the third-level mad soul warrior.

This tenacity and will are undoubtedly a role model for Leon to learn.

Lei Ang suddenly opened his eyes, and a faint light of thunder flashed in his dark eyes. The flame soul armor protecting his body suddenly fluctuated a few times, and the color changed from red to purple and blue!

Sizzle!

Countless tiny electric snakes swam among the splashing water. Several fat hippos who were taking a comfortable bath in the Tan River immediately let out a burst of ghost crying and wolf howling to swim towards the shore.

Where they were originally located, a few small fish floated up with their belly.

This is the power of lightning. After Leon turns the flame soul armor into the thunder soul armor, the water flow that hits the soul armor will have thunder power. It will naturally affect the surrounding creatures when transmitted to the pool water.

There are two ways of expressing soul armor, one is the pure soul armor, and the other is the more powerful elemental soul armor. Since Leon masters the dual power of flame and lightning, he can activate one more soul armor than ordinary beast soul warriors.

Don’t underestimate the role of the dual-type soul armor. When encountering different enemies, different elemental soul armors exert different abilities.

For example, if Leon encounters an ice mage or warrior, then the opponent's elemental attack will have a damage bonus to his flame soul armor.

However, if it is replaced with Thunder Soul Armor, not only does it not have any damage bonus, but the opponent will be easily injured by the rebounding thunder power.

Gustav Rhine's inherited soul crevices were undoubtedly of great help to Leon. It allowed Leon to avoid taking wrong paths and detours on the road of cultivation. The experience and skills in it can only be described as treasures.

Looking at the guys who didn't learn from their lessons, Leon smiled slightly, and the body-protecting soul armor changed color again, from blue-purple to pure black - this is the pure soul power soul armor.

He took a deep breath, jumped up suddenly against the rapids on his head, and jumped into the pool in a beautiful fish jumping posture.

When he resurfaced, Leon was already on the shore of the pool. He touched his wet face and smiled at the disappointed hippo warriors, "Let's go, I'll treat you to grilled fish!"

The Thrall Army has been established for almost three months. After two battles with the Swamp Demon Clan, the Uger tribe can be said to be inseparable from the Thrall Army. Dozens of hippo warriors have become the off-staff combat power of the Thunder Beast Battle Camp.

But the hippos did not choose to enter Saar City to settle down. It was not that the city did not have their place, but that the hippos had their own unique lifestyle, and urban life was not suitable for them.

Leon respects their living habits and naturally does not forcefully interfere, but this does not prevent him from becoming friends with these simple and honest hippos.

Fat Richard's fragrant grilled fish cubes are also a great choice in Saar City. They have become the favorite of those who originally only eat raw fish and hippos, but most of them are short of money, so it is not easy to go to the bar to spend a meal.

So when I heard Leon treat him, the few big guys opened their mouths wider than their heads, and their eyes were so smiling that they couldn't see them.

Xiao Mi, who had been standing on the shore, looked at these shameless guys and happily sent Leon over.

Since being brought to Salling by Leon, the stable life of food and clothing has quickly restored the kitten woman to health. Coupled with the usual love for her, the little loli has become more and more beautiful and cute, and has become a treasure that everyone loves.

She is closest to Qiangwei, but she will come to pester Leon whenever she has time. In the past few days, she has been running to the pool every day to watch Leon practice, and she is not boring at all.

Leon put on his coat, patted the catwoman's little head gently, and said with a smile: "Let's go!"

Like Xiao Mi, Saar City is also changing every day.

In the city square, the statue of the beast god was completely erected, leaving only the last details of carving and polishing.

The nearby churches were more than half completed, and new buildings were rising from the ground, and the black smoke from a newly completed smelting workshop soared into the sky - although it was a bit unsightly, this was a sign of the increasing prosperity of Saar City.

On the streets, pedestrians were no longer just residents of the city. There were more and more sturdy mercenaries. They appeared in the shop to buy the materials they needed, including many merchants.

Half a month ago, the Saar City Mercenary Union Office was officially established and began to issue missions, and the mercenaries followed.

The pure women's land that has not been fully developed, with relatively low prices, the charming natural scenery around Saar City and many rich materials, all attracting the mercenaries who come here.

With the increase of foreign population, the second bar, hotel and other commercial facilities in the city have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the rapid changes are dazzling.

Fat Richard's Porcupine Bar business is even better. Although his bar is not as beautiful as the bar girl who attracts customers, his superb cooking skills have retained and attracted customers who like food.

Many times, Leon also dines in the Porcupine Bar, although there are other chefs in the Lord's Mansion.

It's noon now, and most of the bars are full of people, but Leon has his own lord seat, so he doesn't have to compete with others for a seat.

He and Xiao Mi and a few hippo warriors who were free to eat, sat down and found Rubin and two craftsmen walking in, so they raised their hands and asked them to come over and join in.

Rubin is now also the No. 1 important figure in Thrall. He manages dozens of human craftsmen and can call two thousand green goblins at any time. If necessary, even Thunder Beast Warriors can be sent to him.

However, the craftsman looked a little depressed today. After sitting down, he began to complain to Leon.

What he said was a new problem facing Thalling.

Since the establishment of the Sal City Mercenary Union, Batlimi's caravans frequently transported supplies, and the trade blockade policy of Colinworth's on Sal's was immediately unable to be maintained.

As Leon expected, when more and more merchants in the Grey area noticed the emerging Thalleges, the pressure on the Colinworth family suddenly increased, and Viscount Meller had the confidence to resist the many powerful business groups behind it.

So the trade blockade of Colinworth's leadership was soon cancelled, and caravans were no longer prohibited from entering Saal through Colinworth's leadership, but Viscount Meller was not willing to accept his failure and began to impose high taxes on the caravans that were coming and going.

It is completely legal to impose passers-by taxes in the territory. Although high taxes and fees will certainly make the caravans dissatisfied, their nature is completely different from the prohibition of caravans.

After all, Thrall has just been established and the business can be done is not big, so many business groups have given up their plan to enter Thrall.

This disguised trade blockade greatly increased the cost of the Thralls' acquisition of materials from the outside world. The taxes and fees paid by the caravans entering the territory will eventually fall on the Thralls' heads, which is equivalent to the Collinworth sucking blood from the Thralls' body.

A mine near Saar City and a smelting workshop in the city have been officially put into operation. Many excellent iron and weapons are built every day. Leon and Rubin hope that these metal products can become an important source of income for Saar City.

But the trade barriers under Colinworth led to the export of these products becoming a problem. Unprofitable merchants were unwilling to buy them, and the finished products in the workshop were piled up.

"Don't worry, I'll find a way to do this. You should focus on smelting first and reduce the creation of weapons." Leon comforted Rubin.
Chapter completed!