Food Poems

Chapter 78 Whiskey and Hunting Invitation

The song of the Rusalka water nymph faded away.

The cool moonlight adds a touch of dreaminess to this fragrant and gloomy night.

Yeats gazed at the beautiful teardrop-shaped gem in his hand.

The teardrop gem of the water fairy is as colorful as a crystal sapphire. It can be embedded in weapons or made into gem jewelry. It comes with the enchantment of "breathing in water".

For a group of pirates and sailors making a living on the icy sea, the practical value of this teardrop gem far exceeds its collection value, and it can be sold for hundreds of gold coins.

Yeats planned to commission a craftsman to make it into a ring ornament, and immediately examined the panel.

The newly learned Requiem is a music spell that restrains the souls of creatures. Neutral and good souls can be directly reincarnated, while evil souls can be weakened.

There are many ghost creatures in this world, and Requiem, which is blessed by "aesthetic art", has greatly improved the combat ability of Yeats, the bard.

Ye Zhi smiled slightly and continued to watch the introduction of the spell 'Seduction Song'.

This spell can bring a captivating magic to the music and can even be integrated into the sound, making it more magnetic and creating a seductive effect.

With the seduction song and the spell to charm humans, Ye Zhi suspected that he could compete with the succubus in charm ability.

Among the schools of mages, there is a type of mage called the 'school of enchantment', who are usually good at mind control, mood changes, and other mental effects.

As the chosen one of art, Yeats has extremely strong mental resistance.

This is something that Gray, the smart dragonborn, cannot compare to.

Currently.

Yeats knows four kinds of musical spells: the Enchantment, the Requiem, the Restoration and the Poet's Inspiration.

Considering that music, a kind of magic, can be integrated into language and sound, and even swordplay and footwork, Ye Zhi thought to himself:

"Then if I use my fists as percussion instruments against my enemies, I should be able to unleash musical magic, right?"

The song that calms the emotions of the dead souls is called Requiem, and the song that suppresses the enemy with force should be called Requiem!

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The cold wind gradually eased, the most difficult part of the Jueling Mountains had been passed, and an ancient watchtower appeared at the foot of the mountain in the distance, marking the exit of the mountains.

The guardian beast, the snow leopard, said goodbye to Ye Zhi and the others and soon disappeared into the vast snow scene.

Finally, after passing through the Jueling Mountains and seeing the familiar scenery, Ye Zhi couldn't help but sigh. He patted the snow-white owl that was dozing on the snow leopard's back and said,

"Owl, fly to the territory first and tell Phocas and the others that I'm back."

The snowy owl squinted its eyes, opened its beak, yawned loudly, and then flapped its wings and flew towards Morning Frost Ridge with sleepy eyes.

A series of hills first came into view in the yellow eyes of the Snowy Owl. Reindeer were living in the woods in groups of three or two. A girl with pigtails riding on the back of a reindeer was holding a spear and wearing leather armor, looking around. Suddenly, she looked up.

When Lotta saw the snowy owl flying over, a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

"Master Yeats is back!"

In the mountain farmland outside the territory, a girl wearing a red hood and holding a staff was whispering to the barley crops in the field:

"You must grow up quickly so that everyone can have enough food to eat and don't make things difficult for the Lord..."

Suddenly, a shadow flew over her head. Rigidrev was startled for a moment, and then a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.

Under the stable, Phocas was adding hay, and Roland's snow-white warhorse was snorting.

That day, when Luobo brought the nightmare horse back to the territory, Phocas almost suffered a cardiac arrest. He did not dare to bring the nightmare horse back to the lord's mansion and just waited for Yeats to come back and make the decision.

At this time, a snow-white owl flew onto the eaves. Fokas was stunned for a moment, then he smiled, rode on Carrot, and followed the snowy owl to the outside of the village.

It was November and the grass had turned yellow. Yeats was riding a snow leopard when he saw an elderly knight riding a fast horse. He asked Grey to hand him the scabbard hanging on the draft horse.

"Master!" Phocas pulled the reins of Radish, his eyes gleaming, "You are finally back."

Yeats smiled slightly and threw the broadsword and scabbard to Phocas.

Fokas grasped it, looked down at the hilt, and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

"I promised to bring you the specialties of the North." Ye Zhi said, "The broadsword I got from the orcs is yours now."

Fokas looked surprised. He glanced at the red-haired Valkyrie and the Argonian behind Ye Zhi and asked uncertainly, "Master...you led the team to plunder the orcs?"

Gray shouted, "I testify! It was the orc who gave the sword to Yeats voluntarily!"

Phocas was stunned for a long time, with an incredible expression. He drew out the sword and looked at it, then closed it again, with deep gratitude in his eyes.

The old knight spoke hoarsely:

"Master, I accept this sword... I hope that I can still use this sword to expand your territory while I am still alive!"

Yeats was not familiar with Phocas' past. He only knew that he had followed his predecessor's father to participate in the Northern Province War and won a large tract of land in the north for the Golden Lion Kingdom.

After the battle, Hudson was granted the Duchy of Ross, ruling the northern province including the northern highlands, White Night City and Wick Harbor. Count Browndy received the enclave of Morningfrost Ridge, far away from the family's rule.

Morning Frost Ridge is located outside the Great Wall, with a large amount of undeveloped land on all sides.

Swamps, abandoned fishing ports, ancient battlefield ruins... if all the land is integrated, Morning Frost Ridge will have a coastline, on which a new coastal principality can be established, and its potential is no less than that of the Principality of Ross.

Yeats speculated that the original intention of the Golden Lion King was to let his father expand the territory, but unfortunately Count Bronty died earlier than the Golden Lion King, and eventually gave this enclave to his youngest son. Yeats originally thought that his father wanted to leave all the fertile land to his eldest son, but because of the inheritance law, he was forced to give a piece of rotten land to his youngest son.

But if the previous father did not intentionally send his youngest son to his death, then he must have placed great hopes on the abilities of his youngest son and Phocas.

This high hope even concerns a new principality.

But, Fokasi only has one ring, and he doesn’t seem like a particularly powerful master, right?

At this time, a cold voice came to my ears, and Hildreth said:
"Your knight seems to have suffered serious injuries."

"Ok?"

"It's a miracle that he can still ride a horse and wield a sword even though his knees and wrists are injured." Hildreth praised the respectable warrior.

Ye Zhi was stunned and looked up and down at Fucas. Suddenly, the remaining memories of his previous life when he was still in the cradle flashed through his mind.

There were densely packed archers standing on both sides of a canyon. Suddenly, a rain of arrows covered the sky. In front of him stood a young and handsome knight. He had his back to the rain of arrows and smiled at him with his head down.

"Master, you'll be fine as long as I'm here."

Damn, what is Adou and Zhao Zilong from another world?
Ye Zhi thought to himself… I know a lot of dishes that can cure old illnesses, and one of them requires griffin meat as the raw material.

Although it is impossible for Fokasi to recreate the scene of riding alone through thousands of troops, it should not be a problem for him to recover to the second ring level.

Ye Zhi looked at the old knight whose eyes were already red, and said with a smile:

"First, take me to see that nightmare horse you mentioned."

Not long after.

On a hillside outside the territory.

Yeats saw the scene of Radish and Nightmare Horse being in love with each other.

Luobo suddenly raised his front hooves happily, and in front of everyone's astonished gazes, he performed a dance with his two hind hooves.

Seeing this, the Nightmare Horse shook its tail hair and looked very docile.

Ye Zhi's mouth twitched, and he felt that radish was quite abstract.

The nightmare horse has a red mane and tail that flutters like flames. This magical beast has an aura of fear. Legend has it that it came here across the planes along with the Undead Knight.

There are many types of Undead Knights, the most famous of which include Skeleton Knights and Headless Knights.

Ye Zhi stared at the nightmare horse and thought to himself, "Doesn't this mean that a ghost knight's horse is missing?"

There are some hidden dangers in letting the Nightmare Horse into the territory. Ye Zhi was unwilling to give up on this Nightmare Horse, so he decided to move the Nightmare Horse to the watchtower and let it deal with the invading monsters.

This is a strategy of driving the tiger to devour the wolf!

Yeats did not yet know the magic of animal communication, but Radish was very human-like. Yeats first expressed this idea to Radish, who then conveyed it to him.

During this time, Phocas reported on the current situation of Morning Frost Ridge and said:

"The trade routes with White Night City have stabilized, and the population is growing steadily, but this growth will stop significantly in winter."

"Derrick suggested establishing new markets and new trade routes after the spring, and expanding the territory's control as quickly as possible."

The trade routes are closely related to the port. Whitefish Port legally belongs to the Duke of Hudson's territory, but has been abandoned in recent years.

If Yeats wanted to get Whitefish Port, he had to have a legitimate reason. After all, following the law was the rule of the game for the lords.

In addition, there is a peat swamp area southwest of Morning Frost Ridge, where powerful magical beasts live. Ye Zhi is determined to incorporate that swamp into his territory.

Wine has always provided a large amount of fiscal revenue.

People in this era already knew about distillation technology, but whiskey had not yet been born.

In order to make whiskey, peat is needed. After all, whiskey is made from barley malt that is smoked with peat to produce a unique aroma, which is used as the fermentation raw material.

Once the peat bog is in hand, brewing whiskey will become a major industrial pillar of Morningfrost Ridge, and the income will be more substantial than Morningfrost cheese!

Fokase continued: "In addition, Count Thomas invites you to participate in hunting in his territory in a week."

Yeats learned that Thomas had also invited a number of nobles, both big and small, including the Earl of Jaye from the High Castle and the "Trout Countess" Islay from the Isle of Islay.

Judging from the plot, Thomas will soon officially become independent from the Duke of Hudson and expand his power to the south.

My plan is to integrate the territories outside the Great Wall, so it’s okay to cooperate with him temporarily… Ye Zhi said:

"Did Earl Thomas say what the goal of the hunt was?"

"It is said to be a griffin, which will be released into the woods by his chief gamekeeper."

The materials of the griffin are very valuable and can be used to treat Fokas's old illness. Making it into a delicacy will also help me improve my Ring of Life.

Ye Zhi nodded: "Then join the hunt."

　There are two more chapters before midnight! They are today's update and extra chapters!

　　
　
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