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Chapter 116 - 87: The Deer is Not for Sale, Photo Charges Five Yuan_2

Chapter 116: Chapter 87: The Deer is Not for Sale, Photo Charges Five Yuan_2

Everyone was unable to pull out the treasured sword, but he managed to do it.

Having decided on his itinerary, Gu Shanhai took Little White to the town.

"I’m not selling, this deer is not for sale," Gu Shanhai said with a deadpan expression.

When people saw Gu Shanhai holding Little White as he entered the town, they came over to ask about the price, and there was more than one inquiry.

Little White was a White Deer, naturally quite rare; some merchants dealing in furs and herbs saw an opportunity to buy it from Gu Shanhai to use as a gift to curry favor with the nobility.

However, upon seeing Gu Shanhai’s resolute tone, they sullenly gave up.

But some who verbally gave up harbored hidden intentions to act, their malice quite apparent, which made Gu Shanhai lament the straightforwardness of these people, seemingly eager to rush to their demise.

This kingdom was not as stable as the previous Holy Federation; if they were in the wilderness, these merchants could easily turn into bandits.

Fortunately, they dared not act within the town, where sheriffs and knights maintained order, and any rash actions would lead to more loss than gain.

Gu Shanhai quickly bought a horse and food, not for himself but various choice feeds for the horse.

If the horse were only fed grass, it wouldn’t get very far, especially since the horse he bought was not a nag, and thus couldn’t be treated carelessly.

Then, riding the horse, he took out a hazelnut seed and casually implanted it into his body, beginning to nurture it with mana and the Spirit Plant aura.

After ten seconds, it began to sprout, and Gu Shanhai forcibly fixed its form; it now resembled a sapling similar to the Meditation Tree.

As he nurtured it, in just a minute, it became a Level 0 Spirit Plant, capable of enhancing his prophecy and intuition, which he named Meditation Tree.

As the number of Spirit Plants on him increased, he began to classify them, for instance, the other Spirit Plants on him were Level 1, since he had enhanced them several times to the same level; therefore, they were naturally Level 1.

And since the Meditation Tree was newly sprouted, it was naturally Level 0.

It required Gu Shanhai’s personal involvement or the growth provided by the Spirit Plant aura to advance. Relying only on the Spirit Plant aura would consume less, but the growth cycle was longer, needing about ten days to reach the Level 0 Spirit Plant limit, and to reach Level 1 would need Gu Shanhai’s input; "afk" growth had its limits and couldn’t just sky-rocket to max level.

As for why it was Level 1, that was because he was the one who had just introduced the classification system, setting the current standards.

Now, in terms of Spirit Plants, his methods greatly diverged from the original practices of the Qingyu Taoist, not only vastly surpassing the technical content but also incorporating it into his "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture," making it part of his system, so how he classified them was entirely up to him.

"Also, the Qi Refining Third Level·Spirit Root seems to be nearing the F-grade limit, and before long, it should be able to break through to E-grade," Gu Shanhai sensed another afk experience, feeling that his recent increase in strength had slowed down, hence his estimate that his Spirit Root Ability was reaching its limit.

Therefore, he could start working on the breakthrough for his Spirit Root, which was good news for him.

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"They’re following, huh? I thought they would give up." Gu Shanhai sighed while riding away.

Clearly, those merchants would not give up on capturing Little White, and he considered hiding Little White in his portable lab to avoid trouble, but why should he?

Why should Gu Shanhai back down because of others’ malice? Just to avoid inconvenience?

"You thief, you dared to steal Master Coreya’s White Deer and run away. Come with us to the Security Station," a burly man decked in armor and riding a Black Horse drew his long spear with a disdainful tone as he looked at Gu Shanhai.

In his eyes, here was a freak, with a white deer in tow, wearing a strange robe fashioned from scales.

But it didn’t matter to him; he had killed plenty of people like this, all of whom had offended the merchant Coreya.

"A Hired Knight? Hmm," the scorn and ridicule in Gu Shanhai’s voice were nearly spilling out.

This caused the burly man’s forehead to vein with anger.

Hired Knight sounded prestigious, but they were those knights who had not received official knighthood, somewhat capable individuals fed by merchants or some nobility.

Knighthood wasn’t about strength or level, but more like an official position and title; only those knighted and recorded by the nobility with their arms engraved on their armor and weapons were true knights.

Therefore, Hired Knights were less esteemed than even knight squires, who were officially part of the regular army and had formal ranks, whereas Hired Knights merely adorned themselves with prestige, in reality no more than mercenaries.

This was a hierarchy of discrimination, with Hired Knights at the very bottom. It wasn’t something usually mentioned since they were fighters.

Such a title was enough to silence those who might mock, and although nobles, knights, or their squires might occasionally show contempt, these were individuals Hired Knights couldn’t afford to offend, so normally no issues would arise.

Having gathered information, Gu Shanhai naturally knew how to discern them, as knights bore the crests of their noble houses, which were engraved by the nobles who knighted them on their armor and weapons.

"You’re asking for death!" The Hired Knight growled, upset by Gu Shanhai’s words, which not only rubbed salt into his wounds but added insult to injury.

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