I'm the one running the game

As time went by, Lv Xingshi's artificial earth element essence made good progress, and the territory was calm.

As for the imagined people who would come to target him, this was only in imagination, and no one paid attention to him at all.

Given the location of the Black Soil Territory and his extremely poor family, how could anyone deal with him for such a small matter?

If there were rich resources in the Black Soil Territory, or if Lv Xingshi got some treasures, it might be possible, but without these, no nobles were willing to pay attention to him.

Soon, the treasurer came back.

He looked dusty, and naturally encountered robbers and bandits on the way, but with the protection of the soldiers arranged by Lv Xingshi, he was safe along the way.

"My lord, the Shield of the King of the Earth has been returned by the royal family."

"It's just that the royal family didn't give you the potion materials you asked for, but directly gave you the potion." The treasurer said, and asked someone to carry a huge shield in.

The Shield of the King of the Earth is very large, and it is not light.

There are gorgeous decorations on it.

If someone doesn't know the goods, they will only think it is a decoration, but Lu Xingshi can see that each of these decorations is an extremely precious material in the extraordinary era, and ordinary people can't even think of collecting them.

Lu Xingshi carefully checked it, and the Shield of the King of the Earth was exactly the same as the design drawing, without any missing parts.

It is obvious that the royal family put it directly into the treasury after recycling it, and did not use it. For the royal family, this is indeed just a symbolic meaning.

"Which potions were given?" Lu Xingshi asked.

"It's the White Rock potion. The royal family gave ten bottles." The financial officer took out the potion that he had preserved well and handed it to Lu Xingshi.

Lu Xingshi began to look for it, and then nodded: "Okay, the royal family doesn't seem to be very stingy."

Just picked it up and checked it, but found the problem.

"Did they say how long this White Rock potion has been stored?" Lu Xingshi found a problem, that is, it seems that the manufacturing time of these ten bottles of potions is a bit long now.

Not to mention whether the potion still has efficacy after it expires, it is also a question whether this thing can be drunk after it expires.

"Yes, the royal family said that this was prepared by the royal pharmacist a hundred years ago, and the effect is far better than the white rock potion prepared by ordinary pharmacists." The financial officer said truthfully.

"..." Lu Xingshi didn't know what to say.

It turned out that it was really expired.

The white rock potion is really good. It can not only improve one's physical strength, but also improve the spirit. If it is an earth-based breathing method or meditation method, when condensing life seeds and soul seeds, it can improve the condensation effect, thereby increasing the success rate.

Such a precious potion was directly given ten bottles, which means that these ten bottles of white rock potion are really just a pit.

The royal family is really good at making the best use of things.

"It's a loss, but it's normal. We are just a small noble." Lu Xingshi said bluntly.

The financial officer's face turned pale, and he naturally believed Lu Xingshi.

"But you did a good job this time. It's good to get the potion, and you also brought back the Shield of the King of the Earth." Lu Xingshi didn't make it too difficult for the treasurer.

To put it bluntly, the royal family didn't rob, and the treasurer was able to come back alive, which was already generous.

Otherwise, how could he, a small viscount, have such a big face.

"Sir, this trip, there is still..." After Lu Xingshi comforted him, the treasurer calmed down and prepared to report to Lu Xingshi.

"Don't tell me the rest of the money. Write a list of expenses and let you guys sign it."

"You take 10%, and the remaining 90% is for those soldiers." Lu Xingshi didn't care about this little money. Doing good things is the key.

Otherwise, who would be willing to do things for you if you are stingy.

Just drawing big cakes is not enough. After all, it has to be real money.

The treasurer was stunned at first, and then wanted to refuse, but seeing Lu Xingshi's expression, he naturally accepted it with joy.

Even if it was distributed, it would be a considerable income for both him and the soldiers.

"Thank you for your generosity, sir." The financial officer said respectfully and gratefully.

"I accept your thanks. If you do a good job, I will not be stingy with rewards." Lu Xingshi said bluntly.

This promise was simply heavenly music in the ears of the financial officer.

The previous and the previous viscounts did not have such ideas. It was already very good not to squeeze them. How could they choose rewards?

Following this person is indeed more promising than following the previous one.

If it was just pure loyalty before, now it is not only loyal, but also has the idea of ​​support.

Their loyalty is to the Lanton family, and their support is to Lu Xingshi himself.

If the previous viscount comes back, Lu Xingshi orders them to kill the other party, they will do it.

Before, they would hesitate. After all, although the previous viscount is no longer a noble, he is still a member of the Lanton family, and they will have some concerns.

"Go get busy. Without you as a financial officer, the territory has a lot of things to do." Lu Xingshi waved his hand and told the financial officer to go back to work.

After the financial officer left, Lu Xingshi tried to get in touch with the Shield of the King of the Earth at a deeper level.

The first feeling when he got it was that it was heavy, very heavy.

After all, it was a shield used by the extraordinary knight. His body was stronger than that of an ordinary person, but it was still far behind those knights who had condensed the seeds of life.

Fortunately, he could barely lift it, but it was a bit unrealistic to use it in battle. It was difficult to move, let alone use it.

"The shield fighting skills in the breathing method combined with this shield are indeed powerful enough."

"And this weight should be able to be increased." Lu Xingshi muttered.

The Landon family is good at using shields as weapons, and the fighting skills in the "Earth Element Breathing Method" are more exquisite.

As for the witchcraft in the "Earth Element Meditation Method", it is actually a similar situation, all of which are earth element shields, earth protection, rock protection and the like.

Not aggressive enough but more than enough defense.

"Hey, this Earth King's Shield can not only be used as a knight's weapon, but also as a wizard's magic weapon?"

"Yes, when the ancestors of the Landon family were active, wizards were not destroyed by the witch hunting movement, and wizards who used earth elements as soul seeds were still white wizards."

"So it seems that the Landon family has produced more than one wizard."

Lv Xingshi quickly realized that the Earth King's Shield was created before the witch hunting movement, and the wizards at that time were not the wizards of today, so there is naturally a difference.

"But then again, why doesn't anyone choose to practice breathing and meditation together?"

"Why do they have to be divided into two professions?"

Lv Xingshi thought of this question with the help of the Earth King's Shield.

According to his speculation, life seeds and soul seeds are unlikely to conflict...right.

Well, because he lacks data, he is actually not very clear whether there is a conflict, but the data on paper can show that there is indeed no conflict between the two.

Lv Xingshi has not yet reached the point of stimulating extraordinary seeds, but since they are not practicing together, they must have their reasons.

It won't be too late to conduct experimental research when Lu Xingshi wants to condense and stimulate the extraordinary seeds. Otherwise, the data is not enough, and even if he conducts experimental research, he can't get what he wants.

Then he dragged the Shield of the King of the Earth with great effort and put it back in the treasury.

It is basically impossible for one person to steal this thing, it is too heavy.

Unless this person is a knight who stimulates the seeds of life, but he has already stimulated the seeds of life, there is no need to choose to steal this thing at all, what do you want?

As for multiple people helping to move it away, they also have to go out.

There are guards patrolling in the castle, and there are militias and soldiers outside.

More importantly, the mobility of people in the feudal era is extremely poor, and strangers will be discovered as soon as they come in.

It is even more difficult for one's own people to steal, because the old and young in the family are all in the territory.

And it is also troublesome to sell the stolen goods. The Shield of the King of the Earth has the family emblem of the Landon family. With this emblem, no one will buy it even if you want to sell it.

It is even more impossible to remove it, because the family emblem is made of semi-god-level earth elements, and it cannot be destroyed without extraordinary power.

"I remember that there are more than one pioneering nobles, the Landon family." Lu Xingshi's eyes fell on the Shield of the Earth King: "The Landon family can do it, and other nobles should be able to do it too."

"Then if I find a way to get them all, once the extraordinary returns to the high magic era, won't they all be artifacts?"

It is definitely impossible to get it by buying it directly or taking it openly, and not all the heirs of pioneering nobles are as weird as the previous Viscount Landon.

"So you can choose the royal family as a channel to obtain it, they will definitely have it."

It is true that not everyone is like the previous Viscount Landon, but there will always be noble families that perish or are stripped of their noble status.

For example, they are too powerful and are targeted by the royal family, or they have some kind of interests and are calculated by other nobles to lose their noble status.

There will be more or less, so there must be items similar to the Shield of the Earth King in the royal treasury.

"It's not easy to get it. I can get the Shield of the Earth King because it originally belonged to the Landon family."

"But if it's another noble family treasure that was confiscated, it won't be that easy."

"There's a difference between returning the item to its original owner and trading it."

"Forget it, let's talk about it later. Anyway, even if I get it now, I can't use it."

"Let's focus on the things in front of us first."

Lv Xingshi left the treasure house and prepared to continue to improve the artificial earth element essence.

He estimated that in ten days and a half, he should be able to complete this technology. By then, he would have to consider how to use the artificial earth element essence to quickly improve his strength.

Earth element essence is not only used to stimulate and condense extraordinary seeds. If nothing goes wrong, it can also be provided as external nutrients, but it requires a certain process for conversion.