This brave man is a scumbag

Chapter 124 The Old Man
The capital of Mucci is called Havana, a city in the mountains.The city is located on the east side of the Bronya Mountains in the east of the Dusk Forest, next to Magnum's territory "Calia City".

On March 350, [-] years ago, a professional named "Harry" opened up the east side of the Bronia Mountains and established the settlement of Havana under the witness of twelve quarters.At the beginning, the adventurer just wanted to build a settlement so that others could explore the majestic Bronya Mountains, but as the number of people gathered at the gathering point increased, the settlement gradually expanded, and a prototype called "Miracle Kingdom" gradually emerged. appear before the eyes of the world.

Fifty years later, Havana has become the world-famous "City of Mountains and Sky", and Harry, who was a ranger and a "teacher" at that time, also established his dream "Miracle Kingdom"-Muqi according to his previous conception.

The reason why it became the country of miracles is because this country highly respects nature and soul, so they don't believe in gods.

In this world, every country has its own gods, and even the Three Courts of the East, which do not care about the secular world, have their own gods to protect them.Because only the gods can purify the disaster land left by the second disaster "Inverted Era", so that food and human beings can live on the land for a long time.Otherwise, once many people gather in a place without the blessing of gods, those upside-down elements will suddenly erupt one day, bringing unpredictable consequences.

However, Muqi broke the almost universal law of "no country can be built without the blessing of gods".For some reason, Harry, the first Mr. Muqi, has the ability to communicate with natural elements. He signed an agreement with those ubiquitous natural elements, so that these extremely mysterious existences choose to bless Muqi, and protect thousands of people who believe in nature. the Muqi people.

"Havana is five kilometers away."

In the widest and most gorgeous carriage in the entire convoy, everyone gathered around a map, listening to Zhou Li's explanation with full attention.

"Muqi is a country that doesn't have much attention and etiquette. Apart from the standard handshake, Muqi only has one etiquette that praises nature."

Zhou Li drew a semicircle on his chest and demonstrated it to everyone: "This is a standard gesture of praising nature, please memorize it."

After recording this simple and clear etiquette, Ivy raised a question: "When is this etiquette generally used?"

Zhou Li looked at Xiao Ke at the side. She was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and explained to everyone familiarly: "We usually use the etiquette of praising nature in various embarrassing situations."

"what?"

Puzzled expressions appeared on the faces of everyone, they never expected that Xiao Ke's answer would be like this.

"Um, how should I explain this..." Xiao Ke rubbed the center of her brows with a headache, and after a while, she said with a little hesitation: "It's similar, huh?"

Looking at the deeper doubts on everyone's faces, Xiao Ke panicked, and quickly continued to explain: "Let me give you an example, it's like when you go home one day, your mother suddenly asks you if you have found a lover, you are very worried." Embarrassed, there is nothing to say, at this time you can use this etiquette to skip this topic.

"Oh, it's similar to Shanzai Shanzai in Buddhism, isn't it?"

After saying a confusing sentence, Zhou Li raised his legs and said to everyone: "That is, in the future, you and that person from Mu Qi will have nothing to talk to, so just make this gesture, and the other party will be polite." I won't be embarrassed with you any longer."

"That's it."

Xiao Ke nodded, fully agreeing with Zhou Li's statement.Then she thought of something, and quickly reminded: "By the way, although Mu Qi doesn't have anything particularly taboo, there is one thing you must pay attention to."

"Don't cut down the tree."

Xiao Ke said to everyone very seriously: "No matter when and where, don't cut down trees, especially saplings."

"what?"

In terms of acting as a fan, Ivy is now about to surpass Elma's status, "Why?"

"Actually we don't know either."

Xiao Ke shrugged, but still looked serious: "We have followed this custom 500 years ago, and it has been handed down since the birth of this country. Although we don't know why, this is the most important thing in the whole Muqi. One taboo, once the trees are cut down, Mu Qi's survey team will immediately appear to take people away, so be careful!"

"Don't worry, we didn't rush all the way here just to cut down trees."

Zhou Li replied with a smile, and then Elma's eyes drifted to him, and she suddenly leaned over and stared at Zhou Li without blinking.

"..."

After a long silence, Zhou Li turned his head and said innocently, "I haven't done it yet."

"Don't do that."

Elma pinched Zhou Li's face, and then returned to her seat.

"There are still two kilometers."

In fact, within ten kilometers, this city with mountains and clouds coexisting has already appeared in the eyes of everyone.The city-state that hangs upside down in the air is like a miracle. The mountain peaks are not as majestic as this city, and it has been deprived of the glory in people's eyes.In this scene, even the always cold Ain showed a shocked expression.

"Wow~ so beautiful."

Elma opened her mouth and said in surprise, "I thought that there would be no such buildings except the God Realm."

"Gods can freely shape the natural environment in the God Realm, and humans are of course incomparable."

Zhou Li rubbed Elma's head, looked at the shocking city, and whispered softly: "But in reality, it seems that humans are stronger than them."

"This city was established by the first batch of survey teams back then. They communicated with nature and let the elements help them build a city-state."

Xiao Ke looked at his hometown, which he hadn't seen for several years, with a trace of tenderness in his eyes: "Every stone and wood on it has traces of the corresponding elemental spirits helping humans. Trees pick off their toughest branches, and rivers wash away With the crushed stones that people need, the stones will trim themselves into the desired appearance. It can be said that this is a miracle shared by nature and human beings.”

The closer they got to the city, the more frightened everyone felt.They feel that this city is like the kingdom of God in the story, and human beings simply do not have the ability to touch it.However, the more they felt this way, the more they felt admiration for the first-generation survey team and the natural elements.

At one kilometer away, the welcome team from the Muqi Republic had already arrived.After the concise and pleasant welcome ceremony, Zhou Li and his party got out of the carriage and walked slowly towards the building representing the highest authority of the Muqi Republic - the Natural Tower.

"Do you need a guide?"

The person in charge of receiving Zhou Li was a man named "Noah". He faced Zhou Li and said to him with a just right smile: "My image may not be very good, but I don't care about every plant and tree in Havana." I know it well. If you need it, I can help you get acquainted with this beautiful city faster in the next time."

"Thank you for your suggestion." Zhou Li nodded slightly, his smile was not as arrogant and domineering as in the City of Silver back then, "But we have a local here, so don't bother Mr. Noah."

"what?"

Noah froze for a moment, and smiled knowingly when he saw Xiao Ke emerging from the crowd.Then he asked the Foreign Minister to follow beside everyone.

Accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zhou Li and his party came to the gate of the Natural Tower.This is a huge building made of vines and trees interlaced, without any artificial traces.Like trees growing intentionally, a tower full of natural beauty is built.

This tower is the most important organ of power in Muqi. It is divided into six areas, representing six different national domains of "military, financial, cultural, construction, natural, and overall planning".Each of these six areas has three floors of space for the corresponding officials.And what Zhou Li and the others are going to this time is the very tip of this tower - coordinating.

The six areas of the tower have different decorations. The military area has a wooden sculpture of a curved sword, and most of them are constructed of thorny vines.The financial area is separated by golden wooden bars, implying that wealth should be controlled.The stone book of culture, the hammer and sickle mahogany carving of construction, and the wall of natural elements all have distinct and unique styles.

However, when Zhou Li and the others stepped into the entire tower, which was the most important and the top "coordinator", they were all surprised.

Except Zhou Li.

"Welcome to Coordinator."

This area is built of pure white wooden boards, without any decorations, not to mention gold and silver, not even a carved wood carving.In addition to the dizzying white, there are only black growth ring patterns on the floor.In the middle of the annual ring pattern, an ordinary outrageous wooden chair is placed on it.

The one who welcomed everyone was a thin old man in white clothes sitting on a chair.

The old man was very old, and the years mercilessly carved traces on his body one after another.Wrinkles, aging lines, sagging skin, cloudy eyes.He is like a person who has been buried in the soil, exuding the breath of dying.

"teacher!"

At this time, Xiao Ke in the crowd couldn't bear it anymore.She trotted to the chair in three steps at a time, looked at the old man with tears in her eyes, and said tremblingly, "You...how about your body..."

"So old?"

As if talking about others, the old man whom Xiao Ke became a teacher looked at Xiao Ke with a smile. He tremblingly stretched out his skinny right hand, and gently wiped away the tears from the corner of Xiao Ke's eyes with his rough fingers .The old man took this action for a long time. He looked at Xiao Ke who couldn't suppress his sadness, and said with a light smile:

"Xiao Ke is already a big girl, why is she always crying."

"me…"

Seeing the sadness of the old man dying, mixed with the warmth brought by the old man's comfort, Xiao Ke bit her lower lip tightly, holding back her tears.

The old man stroked her hair, then looked at Zhou Li, and said to him in a relaxed tone: "If the old man's guess is correct, this should be the brave man."

In the face of the old man's question, Zhou Li was not as arrogant and unruly as he was in the face of Magnum III.He walked forward and said to the old man very decently: "Yes, I am this year's brave man. My name is Zhou Li. It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Mu Qi."

"Haha, why are you so polite?"

The old man didn't have the airs of the lord of a country at all. He laughed twice, and then suddenly coughed a few times.Facing the worried eyes of everyone, he waved his hands, and said after taking a few breaths: "It's okay, it's an old problem, and it's a problem when people get old, and no one can avoid it."

"Even you can't hide?"

Zhou Li looked at the old man, and asked this question a little bluntly.

"Can't hide, no one can hide." The old man shook his head, without any sadness, just talking about death calmly, even though he was about to face death: "Demigods can't hide, gods can't hide, even They can't hide either."

"Do you know why we are here?"

As if they had known each other for a long time, Zhou Li said again, "Do you know why Magnum is here?"

"I know the latter." The old man blinked and said with an old urchin-like tone: "They have wanted this country for a long time, I am just old and not stupid, of course I know."

"However, I really don't know the reason for the brave man's visit."

The old man leaned back, his cloudy eyes lightly cast his gaze on Zhou Li's face, he narrowed his eyes slightly, at this moment, Zhou Li seemed to feel that the old man's gentle and penetrating gaze directly touched his Soul in general.But this feeling was fleeting, so fast that Zhou Li felt like he was hallucinating.

"Zhou Li, can I teach you Xiao Zhou?"

Facing the old man's question, Zhou Li nodded and agreed.

"Okay, then I'll call you Xiao Zhou." The old man looked kindly like a neighbor's grandfather, and his voice was unhurried: "You shouldn't be here just for Magnum and Muqi this time."

"Yes."

Zhou Li nodded, and agreed very calmly. He quietly made a gesture behind him, and then said to the old man, "Do you have any research on the soul?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, then he glanced at the group of Xiao Ke who were holding back tears, smiled dotingly as if thinking of something, and then said to Zhou Li: "Yes, I do have a lot of research on the soul .”

"Then can you help this child?"

Accompanied by Zhou Li's words, Kaya appeared in front of the old man.

The moment he saw Kaya, the old man suddenly trembled, and an inexplicable coercion instantly spread throughout the hall.Everyone felt as if they were facing an enemy, and the black mist spread out from Zhou Li's body, surrounding them tightly, resisting the invisible coercion.

"Appeared."

Soon, the coercion dissipated.The old man glanced at Zhou Li and the others apologetically, but his gaze quickly returned to Kaya who was standing quietly on the spot.He looked at Kaya, but his eyes seemed to be looking at someone else.

"It's like, it's so similar."

The old man's voice trembled a little more, and a rare brilliance appeared in his eyes, a brilliance that Xiao Ke had never seen before.But Zhou Li could tell that Dao Guang's name.

hope.

"It's exactly the same as His Royal Highness Chonghuang."

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