"But why, why do people treat their own kind so cruelly?" Date didn't understand.

"Because they love themselves more than anything else." Li Yi replied, shaking his head.

"People often burst out with incomparable power in desperate situations, I hope that Andelu can live until I go back," Li Yi was thinking about Andelu's affairs, it seems that his family also has power in the Sky Academy, and he actually forced him to drop out, and wanted to completely kill him outside the academy, which is more powerful than Dimante Dis, this is a means to force people to a dead end, and it can easily work for ordinary people, however, Andelu is not an ordinary person, he must have thought about his back before entering the academy, but he doesn't have to worry about him.

Two days later, the White Rose arrived at the port of Daxman, and Date was quietly sent away by Li Yi. It is a harbor that does not freeze even in the harsh winter, and the strong currents wash the black stone slopes, eroding the ring-like threads, and even if you scoop a glass of water from the sea, it will freeze completely after a few minutes on the shore, and there is not a thin ice in the sea.

Arrive in the morning, before the evening to be fully supplied, as usual is two old men watching the ship, Michelle with an ugly face and a hat man to buy food and water, the bread here is very distinctive, you can often see a long line on the street corner to buy a kind of baguette, the taste of the bread is related to the time of baking, after baking for a long time, it will be hard like a newspaper roll, very tough, but the fragrance is more and more intense, the baking time is short, it is soft and delicious, there is a light fragrance. It is not difficult to buy food, the key is that fruits in the north are difficult to buy, and cold-resistant citrus is small and astringent, so you can only buy more sauerkraut and pickled cabbage with pickled peppers.

Li Yi wanted to get off the boat and take a look, he glanced at Blas and smiled. went off the boat alone, Blas was shocked, thinking that Li Yi was going to do something to himself outside, so he had to stay on the boat.

"Hmph, the idiot is scared like this, now is not a good time to kill him." Li Yi couldn't help but smile. He enters Daxman, the snow-covered port.

Daxman Harbour is surrounded by a small seaside town that is neither a transportation hub on the mainland nor an important fishing hub, but it is especially prosperous because of the explorers who flock to the ice circle every winter to pan for gold, and the streets and houses are covered with thick ice covers, and the local residents like to splash seawater on the houses, and the sea freezes in temperatures of more than 50 degrees below zero. In this way, the surface of the house forms a waxy tear-like ice shell, which can not only keep warm, but also very beautiful. At the intersection of the main street, you can often see all kinds of ice sculptures, and some ordinary people also make ice sculptures for explorers to make a living, and their own sculptures stand on the streets of Daxman, which has to be said to be an honor. Daxman's local explorers are very brave, drink and gamble. There are not a few people who fight when they disagree.

Li Yi doesn't have any special hobbies, unlike most sailors. After staying at sea for a month, the first thing I did when I got off the ship was to find a bar, eat and drink well, and finally find a woman to vent my long-accumulated desires and spend all the money on my body.

He walked quietly from the harbor to the center of Daxman. He bought a newspaper and went to a coffee shop for his breakfast, and next to him was an old man with a gray beard, his face glowing red, and a ring of frostbite around his fat ears. He kept pulling out a flat flask and drinking whiskey, and the hot breath he exhaled melted the ice residue on his beard.

Li Yi was a little disgusted, the smell of wine made him dizzy, he had only tasted cider so far, and he knew a little about the soft taste of fermentation, with sunlight and water vapor in it. The whisky was obviously too much of an irritation for him, and he frowned and moved away to sit somewhere else.

"Hey, boy! Do you think I'm old and dirty? The old man was very unhappy, and the tip of his nose was a little translucent red like a cherry on a cake.

"Of course not, you misunderstood," Li Yi waved his hand, finally getting rid of the pungent smell of alcohol, "I just don't drink, maybe I'm allergic to alcohol!" ”

"Haha, you girl-like kid, you actually said that you don't drink, is a man still a man if he doesn't drink?" The old man laughed, staring at Li Yi as if he had discovered some strange species, and the people around him also turned their heads to look at him, their eyes full of mockery.

"What a peculiar custom." Li Yi ignored them, is it a man who doesn't say it from someone else's mouth, to be honest, Li Yi is not proud of his gender or what, it doesn't make sense.

Seeing that the young man with the mask was surprisingly calm, not at all like the style of a local, the old man had another topic, "Hey, boy, where are you from?" ”

"I'm from afar." Li Yi nodded and drank a glass of milk.

"I'm just saying, strangers are all sissies! I don't even drink alcohol! Come to our north, don't dare to burp a fart! The old man raised the flask in his hand, and there was an inexplicable sense of pride, and the people around him echoed him.

"Regions discriminate against each other according to customs, southerners think northerners are barbaric and uncultured, while northerners think that rough and heroic are the embodiment of men, and human beings will quarrel over some frivolous things, showing their superiority that actually does not exist at all." Li Yi was bored, he stood up, ready to leave here.

But the old man wouldn't let him go, and the guy blocked the door and said, "Hey, boy, we have a custom in Daksman, if we fancy something from the other party, we either rob it by force, or gamble on wine, this leather coat on you looks good, I want it!" ”

"Hehe," Li Yi was amused, he has always robbed others, this time someone actually wanted to rob him, but he only took Felder out, Alger didn't like to go outside during the day, Isabella was afraid of the cold, and they all hid in the house, and now it is very unwise to fight with others.

"You can't run, so many people are witnesses, even if you sue the Explorer Court, I won't be afraid of you!" The old man looked very cunning, his gray eyes stared at the lynx skin robe on Li Yi's body, although there was no superfluous greed, but he also showed a very fond look. The Explorer's Court was set up here by Daxman's administrators to restrain the Explorers and prevent the Explorers from causing unnecessary casualties to the town due to their excessive bravery and ruthlessness.

"So I have only two options, either, win and go out. Or, lose all the time? Li Yi finished eating the last bit of bread, and then said: "Drinking alcohol is actually a test of willpower under the anesthesia of alcohol can support the equivalent, although I don't like to drink, but it doesn't mean that I am weak-willed." I'll bet with you that this leather robe was stripped off the body of a gold-level beginner spirit. Without a single blemish or scar, it is completely complete, what are you betting with me? ”

"Let me see," the old man walked up with wide eyes, and looked at it carefully for a long time, "it is indeed the same as you said, it is really a good baby, since you are a treasure, I will fool you with some small things that do not flow into the stream." Look at this, is it worthy of betting against you? ”

He took out a small box and opened it, there was a drop of shiny silver liquid inside, opaque, like mercury, Li Yi took it and checked it, thinking to himself: "Such a small drop." It weighs three or four pounds, and it looks like a precious gold-grade metal called heavy silver. If it was really heavy silver, it would be worth as much as this lynx skin robe, but I had seen heavy silver in Hector's workshop, and it seemed to be slightly different from this drop of liquid metal, was it fake? ”

At this time, he saw Felder's face excited. Glancing at him vigorously, Li Yi immediately understood, closed the lid, and asked, "Is this a gold-grade metal heavy silver?" If so, you can bet against me. ”

"Good eyesight. Since you agree, then bear witness and bring whiskey! The old man was overjoyed, he sat opposite Li Yi, although this is a café, there is a lot of wine, two identical cups are placed in front of them, and the people around them have bets, ranging from five or six spirit crystals, most of them are green spirit crystals.

Li Yi is very casual, Felder is so excited that he doesn't know what to do, maybe this drop of metal is really a good thing, maybe after drinking five glasses, he obviously felt that alcohol was anesthetizing his brain, but after the test of Knatle's miracles, this degree of anesthesia could not affect his will, he was extremely conscious, but his body was a little uncontrollable.

The tenth belly, the old man is obviously no longer good, the onlookers let out an exclamation from time to time, usually, the victory or defeat can be clearly seen in seven or eight cups, I didn't expect this old man to be able to drink so much, but what surprised them even more was that the stranger drank one by one in an extremely calm attitude, like a machine, the action time of drinking the first and tenth cups was exactly the same, it seemed that no amount of wine could affect him, he still had a calm expression, and the old man had already begun to babble, his face was flushed, Laugh out loud out loud or pouting your lips and burpping.

"Eleventh cup!" The people around shouted rhythmically, and the shouting attracted more onlookers.

"Wonder boy! Come on! "Drink quickly, old man, your leather robe is gone!"

The two sides insisted on their own words, the scene was noisy, and even Michelle was attracted to it, and when she saw that it was Li Yi, the expression on her face was suddenly wonderful, she shook her head and left.

The old man's eyes were wide, as if he wanted to squeeze the eyeballs out of his sockets, his right hand was nervously rubbing on the dirty sheepskin jacket, and a gurgling hen crow came out of his throat, he took the thirteenth cup, his face was squeezed together, he tilted his head, swallowed hard, and suddenly felt dizzy, and there was a sense of relief in his heart, "Damn, Lao Tzu must die on the thirteenth"

Li Yi habitually shrugged his shoulders, drank the fourteenth cup, looked at the unconscious old man who slowly fell to the ground, and said: "I'm sorry, I smiled at this drop of heavy silver, remember not to bet with people you don't know casually in the future." ”

There was a burst of cheers from the people around him, and all of a sudden Li Yi became a hero, and an explorer made an ice sculpture of him drinking and placed it at the door of the coffee shop, with the following slogan: Fourteen cups of victory - don't despise outsiders.

"Alright, Felder, tell me what this thing is?" Li Yi asked.

"Chief, even if you drink a lot, it's good for your body to drink so much, alcoholism," Felder muttered.

Li Yi understands Felder as well as he knows himself, he understands that every time Felder behaves abnormally, he wants to hide something, so he says: "You are sick again, this drop of metal must be of great use to you, right?" I'll give it to Alger and see if you can get it from him. ”

"Boss! You can't do this, you must be drunk, this, this is actually liquid krypton, if I can eat it, I can break through the green level of the first level" Felder confided in a secretive manner.

"Hmph, the price for you to break through to the middle level of the green level must be much lower than this drop of metal, otherwise you will ask me for it openly," Li Yi touched his hot forehead, he couldn't hold it anymore, "Say, what is the purpose of liquid krypton?" ”

"Liquid Krypton is a precious neutralizer that can allow different kinds of red-grade metals to fuse with each other, and it is one of the perfect materials for the ancient to make top-level spirit tools, and it is indeed a pity for me to break through to the middle level, but now, the manufacturing methods and materials of the ancient spirit tools have been lost, so, so," Felder hesitated for a moment but still said.

"Alas, trouble, you can break through with it," Li Yi threw the box to Felder, "Rather than hoping for the unreachable ancient spirit tools, it is better to directly improve the strength." ”

"Okay! Boss, you're so reasonable! Felder happily agreed, and Goo swallowed the drop of metal.

The dizziness is getting worse and worse, accompanied by extremely uncomfortable nausea, Li Yi feels a huge burden on his body, he just wants to find a place to sleep, so he endures it, queues up to buy a baguette, after eating, he finds himself walking to a narrow alley, Felder doesn't know where to run, it is estimated that this guy is overjoyed and lost in the incomplex alley.

"I want to sleep, I can't get dizzy," Li Yi stumbled against the wall, he spit out the wine in a big gulp, his body was hot, and he squatted down and applied ice and snow to his face, only to wake up slightly.

At the mouth of the alley there is a badly rusted bronze plaque that reads: Martin Quarter, a place where Gypsies gather.

Gypsies have always made a living by playing tricks and tricks, and even children will beg along the street with caged mice, instruct them to dance, turn their heels, make the children of rich families laugh, and earn a few copper plates. They have a bad reputation, many people think that they steal property, even children, and some fools think that they are the devil's spokesman in the world, and those tricks are learned from the devil to deceive people, disgust them, mock them, and even discriminate and beat, and there are regulations against Gypsies in the law.

Just when Li Yi couldn't support it anymore, a gypsy girl found him, "Sir, what's wrong with you?" She asked.

Li Yi fell to the ground without saying a word, and he fell asleep. The maiden had beautiful eyelashes and bright eyes, her skin was a healthy wheat color, lively and soft, with a pottery-like sheen, and her slender waist was narrower than that of some noble girls with a corseted waist.

Her outfit, a red tunic dress, red strings tied around her legs, a purple scarf, the clanging of silverware on her wrists, and the bun on her head was held high. (To be continued.) )