The vegetation thins out, and a trodden path appears, Green Ridge City is approaching.

  Here, even the Wyverns don't need knights to ride them, they can find their way by themselves.

  Travelers began to appear on the roadside, they would hide aside and give way to the knights, some bowed their heads in courtesy.

  Li Rui and Mei Er swapped positions to try being the "Dragon Rider", but the swift dragon wasn't very cooperative, so they just managed to move forward.

  A city appeared before one's eyes. A 12-meter-high city wall with many artillery emplacements, and the city guards patrolled with rifles on their backs.

  The knights dispersed on the spot, leaving only Hogney to continue accompanying him.

  Li Rui took out a wooden box and handed it over to Hogney with both hands.

  "Thanks for taking care of me on the way, Hogne Knight. A humble and unrefined gift."

  Open the box, inside the exquisite velvet is a magnificent dagger.

  High-end appearance, beautiful cloud pattern shows top-level casting technology, and no opening blade!

  In a foreign land, unopened blades make great gifts as they represent something brand new; in Xia Guo, unopened blades are not controlled knives but handicrafts, hot-selling all over the web.

  Li Rui bought this one is a best-selling "Little Han Sword".

  "Thank you for the gift, I like it." Hogney's face was expressionless but he took the gift very neatly.

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  People dressed in various attire walked back and forth communicating with each other, carrying weapons made of metal and wood, as well as extremely primitive huge teeth and bones.

  Their attire is even more indescribable, with the most normal being those wearing fabric clothing; some wear metal armor or leather armor, and there are even those who wear insect shell-made armor, with their weapons also being complete insect mandibles, full of strong postmodern style.

  Many people pointed at Meryl with their fingers. A bad rumor was heard from their mouths:

  The last "Green Ridge" of Green Ridge City, South Green Ridge, was seduced by evil and fell to become an undead monster, and was defeated by the Lord's Guard.

  Mell's face was tense, and Li Rui whispered to her: "If anything happens, you must ensure your own safety first."

  Mei said nothing, but just grasped Li Rui's hand tightly.

  Soon, they arrived at the lord's manor, and Li Rui was taken to the city hall for questioning.

  Mair, however, followed Hogun to meet her own birth mother, the current Lady of Greenhaven Castle - Shadi'ti Powderkeg.

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  A slender white hand elegantly held a crystal glass.

  The "wine" in the cup is boiling, emitting a high-temperature, piercing red light that even blurs the air. This is a "hot drink" made mainly with gold and supplemented with multiple metals after melting.

  Ms. Xia Dati downed it in one gulp, the high temperature of over a thousand degrees caused the entire conference hall to heat up, but she just narrowed her eyes, as if an ordinary person had drunk a cup of strong liquor.

  Molten metal flowed through the red light, down the lady's slender white neck and into her stomach, slowly disappearing from view.

  Meryl and Hogney came to the hall, half-kneeling on the steps with their hands clasped together.

  "Mother, are you the one who ordered these rumors to be spread? Why? Can't you leave some last bit of dignity? He was your husband after all!"

  "Miss Meryl, watch your tone. Sauce is just a lady's 'husband'."

  The first to respond to Mair was a tall and handsome young man with golden hair and blue eyes, his face as white as jade.

  Mei'er felt disgusted, this was one of her mother's "servants".

  The handsome man continued, "It's an undeniable fact that Sous has fallen, and you're also a member of the crushed family. What's most important now is to eliminate the bad influence and not cause trouble for the noble lady. The fallen monster being subjugated by the lord's guard is a perfectly reasonable response. Of course... claiming to outsiders that Sous was just a 'male concubine' is also feasible, allowing us to sever ties to the greatest extent."

  He bowed his head slightly in greeting to Xia Dai.

  "Father finally broke free from the evil control and even saved my life. He's not that despicable! And as for the male concubine, it's simply laughable..."

  Xia Dai Ti interrupted Mel's words, got up from the chair and walked closer. She was a bit taller than Mel, with chestnut short hair, amber-colored eyes, plump cheeks and thick lips, wearing only a simple thin long gown.

  She gently stroked Meryl's smooth face and said slowly: "My daughter, remember your surname, don't tarnish the greatness of 'Powder', and you can't be like your incompetent father."

  Meryl had some difficulty breathing, which was due to being suppressed by the aura of a higher life form when facing it, even if the opponent did not have malicious intentions and was holding back their momentum.

  Xia Dai waved his hand listlessly, setting the tone for things: "Let's just let this matter subside, what was it... bravely fighting to the death against high-ranking undead."

  Without another word, she finally informed him of her decision to undergo rigorous training and after bowing, took her leave.

  She had just left when the handsome man continued to apply eye drops: "Lady, noble blood shouldn't mix with commoners. How did Miss Mel handle that 'close friend' of hers?"

  Xi Jinping delivers important speech at the Horgos port in Xinjiang.

  "South Green Ridge has been confirmed dead, killed by a silver purification weapon based on the battle scars; I have destroyed the mausoleum where the 'Sublimation Formation' is located, and no body of Green Ridge's ancestors was found in the mausoleum; As for Miss Mei's friend... Mr. Li Rui is a wealthy gentleman with style."

  Hogarth finished his rapid report, and the handsome young man's eyes twitched slightly at the corners.

  Xia Daiti let Hoguni step down, and the council hall was left with only 2 people. The handsome man wanted to say something, but Xia Daiti stroked his beautiful smooth golden hair and interrupted him.

  "Aurel, don't mind. Green Ridge has perished, from now on this city belongs to Pulverize." She said while stroking Aurel's head down to her waist.

  "The lord relies on nothing but noble virtues and clever wisdom!"

  Her eyes narrowed again, comfortably enjoying the service of "serving her husband".

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  Li Rui repeated in the city hall the story of "heroic death in battle" of his father-in-law, and then came out.

  Reunited with Meryl, she learns some good news: Hogne Knight has introduced the Lord's Guard "instructor" - Shana Fugen, to guide her ascetic practices.

  Thanks to the help of the pit, the sister can afford the hiring fee, so it can be said that there is no loss. At the same time, Ms. Shana will also be responsible for training Li Rui's "apprentice". Originally she would not accept such a low-end job, but one sheep is driven, two are also released, and taking an extra share of money by the way is also great.

  The two arrived at the Municipal Hall Exchange Center, where Merle exchanged only 10 grams of silver for 3,000 "Velles" - the common currency of the Divine Selection Grounds, which were the same ones that Li Rui brought back home for the first time.

  But not a single child was obtained, and before his death, Sors had mortgaged the property in the upper city to the municipal hall for 3,200 guilders worth of goods.

  The most valuable one is "Ultra-Effective Treatment Potion", worth 2000 Vellars.

  Muir emptied her reticule to make up the remaining debt. The "Trade Long" handed her a deed of release for the house.

  Li Rui thought it wasn't a big loss, anyway the medicine was used by Mei Er in the end.