Chapter 326 The Pleasure of Cultivation (Additional chapters for Haishuchong's 10,000-dollar reward)
With the successful case of the whistle, the next things became much simpler. Even the task of feeding water was handed over by Gervis to Ike and others.
The taste of purple kiwi fruit is irresistible to both ordinary animals and magical beasts, so Ik and others only need to hold the wooden cups in front of the horses, and they will drink it on their own initiative. When Ik and others finished feeding water, all the war horses in the stable had stood up and regained their spirits.
"Thank you, Lord Gervis!"
Just at this moment, Nadine came in holding a whistle. Just now, because she was too excited, Nadine forgot to thank Gervis. But now she did not dare to neglect it and bowed to Gervis very respectfully to thank him.
"Gervis! His name is Nadine, and he's the new leader of the Order of the Rose!"
Alice knew that Gervis didn't know Nadine yet, so she took the initiative to introduce her to Gervis.
"So it's Commander Nadine. You're welcome. This is what I should do!"
Gervis had just seen Nadine's feelings for Whistle, and he also had a good impression of this middle-aged man. He smiled and nodded to him.
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After the warhorse issue was resolved, Gervis returned to the castle with Alice, but Gervis did not accompany Alice. Alice went to Gervis' study to read, while Gervis went to check on the wounded soldiers under his command first.
After giving the wounded soldiers careful instructions to recover from their injuries, Gervis came to an underground entrance on the side of the castle.
This underground entrance was not a secret room or treasure house, but a few cells that had been cleared not long ago. There were more than seventy captured pirates in total. Because Gervis had not woken up, these pirates were locked up in narrow underground cells.
When Gervis came to the underground prison passage, he immediately smelled a bad odor. After all, this underground prison had only four or five cells of less than 30 square meters, with more than 70 people locked up in them. One can imagine the smell.
When Gervis walked to several cells, the pirates all huddled back and crowded together. It was obvious that they knew their fate: either becoming slaves or being hanged.
"Are there any crew members among you?"
Gervis didn't care about the pirates' reactions. He glanced around and asked directly.
However, no pirate would dare to answer Gervis' question. No one knew what Gervis' purpose was, so no one dared to show up.
"Let me ask you one more question. Who are the crew members who can operate the boat? All the crew members, please stand in front!"
Gervis' words were somewhat fierce. He certainly had no good feelings towards the pirates who plundered his territory. He only came here in person for his revenge plan.
There are very few ships in this world, and even fewer crew members who can drive them. Of course, none of Gervis's men can drive a ship, so if they want to rely on those pirate ships to attack the Lakin Territory, they must requisition these pirate crew members.
"No crew members? Ike! Drag them all out and hang them. Keeping them here is a waste of my food!"
"Yes! Sir!"
After hearing what Gervis said, the pirates wanted to cry, not because Gervis wanted to hang them, but because Gervis said they were wasting food.
God have mercy on them. They haven't had even a bite of food since they were captured. The guards only brought them a little water. They are now starving.
"My Lord! My Lord! I am a member of the crew, I am a member of the crew, please don't hang me!"
"My noble lord, I am also a crew member, me too!"
Knowing that disaster was about to happen, the pirates dared not hesitate any longer. When they saw Gervis was about to walk outside, the pirates immediately started shouting.
"Those of you who are sailors, please stand in front. If anyone dares to pretend to be me, I will let you know that hanging is actually a kind of relief!"
Gervis returned to the cells again, only to find that all the pirates were standing at the cell doors. Worried that someone was pretending to be a crew member, he bluntly told them the consequences of deceiving them.
"Sir, we are all crew members and we all know how to drive a boat! It takes at least 10 people to operate a ship, and we all take turns to operate it on the boat!"
Seeing that Gervis didn't believe it, the pirates immediately explained.
In fact, after years of pirate life, these people basically have their own division of labor on the ship, so saying that they are crew members and can drive a ship is not deceiving Gervis.
After getting a satisfactory answer, Gervis ignored the pirates and took Ik directly back to the ground.
"Ike, interrogate them later. Where are the other pirate ships hiding? Where is their lair? Ask them separately to prevent them from colluding with each other!"
"If there are dishonest people, we can kill them as a warning to others. Send them some black bread at night. I want them to sail for us tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"
"Yes! Sir!"
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Next, Gervis went to the training space again, preparing to give the remaining purple kiwi fruit to the unicorn.
Back in Rose Castle, Gervis promised the unicorn that he would give it another purple kiwi fruit to help it replenish the strength it consumed in detoxifying the bellflower.
When he entered the space, Gervis saw the unicorn practicing alone.
Although the unicorn was not seriously injured in the battle the day before yesterday, there were four or five long scars on its snow-white body, which made Gervis feel distressed, so Gervis immediately took out the purple kiwi fruit and fed it to the unicorn.
After the unicorn happily swallowed the purple kiwi fruit, Gervis comforted it with a few words and did not disturb the unicorn to continue practicing.
However, although he left the unicorn, Gervis did not leave the training space.
Instead, he sat not far away and started practicing. The effect of this red kiwi fruit only lasts for one month, so wasting one day now is equivalent to wasting ten days. Of course, Gervis did not dare to be lazy.
Gervis randomly found a small grassy slope and sat down cross-legged, then released his perception to begin capturing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
This step is no different from the previous ones, but when Gervis took the separated spiritual energy into the body's qi channels, a different feeling immediately appeared.
Originally, it took a long time for the spiritual energy to circulate within the meridians before it could be slowly absorbed by the body. This process was also the most time-consuming and mentally demanding. However, this time, when Gervis began to circulate the spiritual energy within the meridians slightly, the spiritual energy was immediately absorbed by the body.
"This is too incredible! This cultivation speed is really amazing!"
Faced with such an effect, Gervis was also extremely excited. This speed of practice was like changing from driving a car to flying a plane. The originally boring practice became full of pleasure. Gervis only practiced for more than an hour and he could clearly feel the increase in strength.
Why are so many noble children unwilling to practice? Is it because they don't have talent? Is it because they are lazy?
Maybe a little bit of both, but the main reason is that too much investment has not seen obvious returns. Even if there is a training space, it will take at least two years for a person with ordinary talent to become a titled knight.
It takes two years of effort every day to capture and separate the spiritual energy, and then use the mind to guide the spiritual energy to flow and be absorbed within the meridians. Many children of nobles procrastinate and give up halfway.
Some favored offspring would be urged to practice cultivation by their parents, but the nobles in this world were extremely fertile, so once there were many children, one or two would always be neglected. This caused some noble children to be unwilling to practice cultivation and become good-for-nothings.
If other noble children could also have the pleasure of practicing at such a fast speed, Gervis felt that there would no longer be noble children who just eat and wait for death in this world.
Having tasted the sweetness of rapid cultivation, Gervis was unwilling to waste time, so he continued to cultivate in the space, and this cultivation lasted for an entire afternoon.
It was not until the evening that Anna brought Alice to the training space, and Gervis stopped only after he noticed the movement.
"Alice, why are you here?"
"I heard that you have been practicing in the space since you came back, so I came to take a look!"
When Alice saw how energetic Gervis was, there was a look of approval in her eyes. No woman would appreciate a lazy and unmotivated man.
Gervis had just woken up from his injury this morning, but he immediately practiced in the training space for an entire afternoon. This really made Alice look at Gervis with admiration.
"By the way, Gervis, I didn't expect that in just a few months, you already have so many elf bugs!"
"I also heard from Anna that the elf named Cassie transformed after you returned from Rose Castle?"
Alice took the initiative to change the subject. She stayed in the study reading in the afternoon. She happened to see Anna letting the elf bugs and elves out to play. She was shocked at first sight.
She really didn't expect that Gervis now had so many elf bugs and elves, especially the green elf which was transformed from Gervis' own elf bug.
The elf bugs of other nobles transform into elves because there is a base number of elf bugs. For example, if a noble has 50 elf bugs, then he is certainly more likely to obtain an elf than a noble who only has 10 elf bugs!
But Gervis, apart from the elf bug he got in Rose Castle, originally only had five elf bugs. But among these five elf bugs, a little elf was transformed. How many nobles would envy and be jealous of this! What good luck this requires!
Alice felt that there were more and more incredible things happening to Gervis.
At that time, Gervis looked like a peeled egg in front of her, smooth and clear at a glance.
Now Gervis has become a mystery. The more Alice tries to understand Gervis, the more mysterious he becomes.
Facing Alice's question, Gervis muttered in his heart: "I am a person with a system. If energy points were not so difficult to earn, perhaps the elves and fairies in my castle would be as common as caterpillars and bees!"
Of course, he could only mutter this to himself and definitely not tell Alice, so Gervis said, "Luck! It must be good luck! I didn't expect that a little elf would transform from those elf bugs! The rose powder may have contributed to this!"
Alice was certainly not satisfied with Gervis's all-purpose answer, but she just rolled her eyes at him and didn't pursue the matter any further.
"Come on, Alice, I'll take you to my grape space and let you taste some delicious food!"
At this moment, the spiritual energy in the training space was almost consumed by Gervis, so he did not plan to continue training. Instead, he took advantage of Alice's rare visit to his territory to accompany her for a walk.
When she just returned to the castle, Alice had already told Gervis that she was going to return to Rose Castle early tomorrow morning.
After all, the southern expedition was imminent, and Alice was the feudal lord of the entire Jones Territory, with countless things waiting for her to arrange and resolve.
Thanks to the 20,000 yuan reward from "Hai Shu Chong"!!! Here is one chapter first!!! I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow to give you the other chapter!
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