The problem of Xiao Yao is also a question of many guild members. It is said that the military power of Taohua Island is now quite strong, and the centaur warriors led by Cable are extremely powerful. If the command is properly, it will be enough to crush all the same number of player teams.

In addition to the guild players on the island now, there is also a steady stream of fresh blood absorbed. If a player guild really declares war on the Taohuawu guild, Taohua Island, as the defender, still has a great chance of winning. Even if it is a Longxing Tianxia draw, the guild has enough time to prepare, including mobilizing reinforcements from the allies Qing Heaven.

But Fang Yi still insists on giving priority to increasing the island's defense, which makes people feel that Fang Yi, the head of Taohua Island, is always guarding against something and worrying about.

In fact, what Fang Yi has always been worried about is not the players, but other forces on the sea of ​​falling stars.

For example, giant beasts in the deep sea, and thieves on the island archipelago.

Especially the latter.

Pirates on the Sea of ​​Falling Stars are very rampant, often spanning hundreds, thousands of miles to the Lake of Dragons to plunder ports and ships. How could Taohua Island, a small island with no geographical barrier and facing the sea not be noticed by the pirates?

Especially now that the island is becoming more and more prosperous, and the developed trade has allowed the island to develop rapidly. Fang Yi is confident that it will not take long to become a pearl on the sea of ​​fallen stars, and a seaside city that is no less prosperous than Ximen Port and Xingmu City!

It is also a hot commodity in the eyes of pirates.

So Fang Yi has been reminding himself in his heart and putting pressure on himself: he must use the shortest time to arm the Peach Blossom Island, at least he must have the ability to protect himself. In this way, when a large number of people go out, Fang Yi will feel at ease and don’t have to worry about being taken over by someone.

If Peach Blossom Island was developing and thriving, one day when I came back, it would have been destroyed by a group of pirates, and all my efforts would be wasted. Then it would not be impossible for Fang Yi to vomit blood and die...

After hearing this explanation, everyone understood Fang Yi's good intentions and finally gained a clearer understanding of the busyness these days.

"Then when will we prepare for the land reclamation of Cheshui Forest?" Chen Jing asked.

"At least, wait until the guardian tree grows up,"

Fang Yi thought for a while and said, "There will be all the melee battles and long-range defenses in Taohua Island. It is enough to leave the men and dwarf guards on the island so that we can go out with confidence."

What Fang Yi didn't say was that there was a secret cave waiting for him to explore on the Oslam Mountains not far away.

...

At the beginning of the construction of Taohua Island, Fang Yi had patrolled the coast and hillsides by the dragon. After all, this is the land closest to his territory, so it is better to understand the situation clearly and have a clear understanding.

At that time, Fang Yi discovered this frost forest, but it just passed by and did not explore it seriously.

The forest is located in a small valley, and the altitude at the bottom of the valley is not much higher than the sea level. However, the temperature is very low compared to the surrounding map, so I don’t know why.

Fang Yi rode the silver dragon back to the sky above the woodland and carefully searched the suspicious hole on the ground.

This place is remote, not far from the straight line of Taohua Island, but there are towering stone walls on both sides of the valley, pointing directly to the sky like a big sword, and the terrain is very steep. If you don’t have a flying mount, you have to climb here, and the difficulty is not ordinary.

So the footprints of players' exploration have not been covered here. There are primitive woods and nests of various monsters everywhere.

The old dwarf Gasol once said that the centipede monster occupied the entrance of the cave, and Fang Yi still has some understanding of this kind of monster.

Centipede monsters are not rare in high-altitude areas. They are fierce in nature, live in ice or underground, and attack any creatures passing by.

Although this kind of thing likes to live in cold areas, it is a monster with fire attributes, which will cause big trouble for players. Elites or bosses have powerful "swallowing whole" (similar to Fang Yi being swallowed by the purple worm in the King's mine) and "high temperature" supernatural powers, which are considered to be more difficult to deal with in physical bosses.

Fang Yi has to determine what level this guy is. If it is not high, get it done before going to the dungeon and get it online as soon as possible with Iron Tooth Castle on the other side of the mountain!

Transporting ore through underground passages is much faster, much safer, and much lower cost. That's a lot of money~

A pair of longans and a pair of people patrolled the valley with their eyes intently, and found the target in a corner of the valley.

This is a huge cave, and Supreme Treasure flew directly into it without any problem. He looked at Fang Yi with a frown - looking for such a big cave as a nest. This guy has evolved into a super large creature, right?

Putting away the Supreme Treasure, Fang Yi sneaked into the hole.

The cave was much warmer and dryer than Fang Yi imagined. There was a faint fishy smell in the air, which made Fang Yi very alert.

However, there is also good news, that the direction of the cave is to go south and gradually rise. If there is no accident, it should be the secret cave connecting the Iron Tooth Fort and the northern foothills of the Oslam Mountains.

At least the Iron-Tooth Fort was not in vain, right? Moreover, the ground in the cave was quite flat and it was on a broken route, which was very suitable for transport such as carriages. From time to time, you can see traces of manual processing and digging. Fang Yi even doubted whether someone had used this tunnel for a long time several years ago.

As he gradually went deeper, Fang Yi felt less and less confident, because he could not see any century-legged monsters in the cave. He had been walking for half an hour. Wouldn't he have to enter the core area of ​​the Oslam Mountains again?

After a while, Fang Yi, who was nervous, walked carefully and slowly climbed up to a towering stone platform, but the situation above the stone platform stunned Fang Yi.

There is a huge... corpse there?

At a high point, the thing lying on the ground looked like a curled centipede, but this thing was ridiculously large, and the width of the body alone was almost twice that of Fang Yi!

Countless tentacles hung on their side, and they had lost their vitality at first sight. The curled-up body was also very shriveled, but due to the cold and dry environment in the cave, the body did not rot.

Although Fang Yi's vision was not bad in the dark, he could only see black and white, which was not conducive to meticulous reconnaissance. After confirming that there were no other creatures around, Fang Yi lit a few torches and inserted them around, so that Monsoon and Supreme Treasure could be alerted on both sides, and he came close to the corpse.

With the light, Fang Yi discovered that the shell of this thing was a rare blue-white. His curled body blocked his head for half, but he could still see the slender tentacles and dark red compound eyes on the huge head.

"This is a century-legged monster," Supreme Treasure's calm voice came from the other side.

"Um,"

Fang Yi nodded and recognized it, "And it's not an ordinary centipede monster."

This century-legged monster has evolved at least once. Otherwise, it wouldn't be like this. But this guy curled up too tightly, and Fang Yi couldn't see the other party's wound - was it killed by the enemy, or died naturally?

Is this thing the centipede monster that Gasol mentioned?

"Wang!"

Fang Yi turned his head to look at the black-black cave in front of him. When he was hesitating whether to continue walking forward, the cry of monsoon suddenly came from the side of the cave.

It doesn't sound like an enemy.

Fang Yi calmed down and walked to the side quickly. Sure enough, he found that Monsoon was standing there safely, and a bone was lying under the stone wall in front of Monsoon.

Sure enough, someone has been here.

Fang Yi took a few steps quickly, handed the torch in his hand to the front, and carefully observed the corpse.

The special climate allowed the corpse to be preserved to the maximum extent. The muscles did not rot, but turned into gray-black and shriveled shape. From the figure, they should be a human. Moreover, this person had not been dead for too long. Because the dust accumulated on the corpse was very thin, it didn't look like he had been lying here for dozens or hundreds of years.

The armor on the body was already in ruins. The shield was tightly held in his left hand, but there was no corresponding weapon on his right hand. A terrifying wound on his chest showed the cause of this person's death.

In addition, Fang Yi also found an interesting thing from the other party's waist - a spellcasting material bag containing various strange materials, which is a must-have equipment for every spellcaster.

It seems that this senior is still a character who practices both magic and martial arts~

Fang Yi looked around and saw that the terrain of the surrounding caves was not complicated. Even if it was tilted upwards, there were no dead corners. Except for the corpse in front of him, Fang Yi found no traces left by other creatures.

It seems that this is a fierce senior... Fang Yi looked at the tragic corpse in front of him, and felt a sense of admiration.

The century-legged monster that has evolved once should have a challenge level of about 40. Nowadays, players have to form at least an elite group of more than 40 people to have the chance to win it. This is the premise that the opponent is not a boss.

This senior single-handed fight for the century-legged monster, and even though he suffered a loss, he died both of them. However, the conservative estimate should not be lower than 40. This strength has exceeded that of the Chief Cable, Cable, not to mention that he is a double cultivation of magic and martial arts.

What is this kind of capable man's reason? Adventure? Killing the century-legged monster alone, no matter how you look at it, you're a little reckless...

Fang Yi sighed in his heart, but he did not forget the basic rules of the players - never go to waste. Since this is the case with a strong man of a generation, he has to leave some good things, right?

Fang Yi turned the corpse over, churning inside and out, and finally found a black, slightly rusty ring on the other party's left index finger.

The ring style is very ordinary, with a soybean-sized decoration on it, with a flat surface. The first impression I gave people is that this thing is suitable for use as a seal.

Unfortunately, the ring does not have any magic attributes at all, and the item description also contains the words "unknown item". It is a completely whiteboard item.

"Your sister..."

Fang Yi curled his lips and wanted to throw the ring into his backpack with the intention of not being able to do anything. But in just a moment, the ring in his hand inadvertently reflected the light of the torch, and the texture on the decoration on the ring caught Fang Yi's eyes.

"Why?"

Fang Yi was stunned, stopped quickly, then wiped the ring hard with his fingers and put it in front of him.

The texture on the ring is very shallow, but you can vaguely tell that there is a concave ring. The center of the ring is carved with something like a little girl's face, but the thing is too small to see the details clearly.

The memories in Fang Yi's mind flashed quickly and were quickly frozen in several pictures.

In the library underground in Ximen City, the old woman of Shar covered the wax oil with the ring on her hand;

In Xingdu City, the great master Galbo held an envelope covered with a stamp, with a strange expression;

...

That's right, absolutely right! The pattern on this ring is at least 80% similar to the seal on the letter!

However, the ring in his hand is roughly crafted and far less exquisite than the one on Shaer's hand, but this pattern is definitely not wrong!

Fang Yi was shocked. Once the previous and next things were connected, some clues that were originally irrelevant could be connected.

If Shar sent himself to find Soul Rose, he could send someone else. The dead ghost may be one of them now. Maybe it was because of this person’s failure that Shar sent me?

Fang Yi's mind changed rapidly and tried to connect the whole thing, but there was an important link missing between these things - what exactly did Shaer use the Soul Rose for? What is the relationship between her and Galbo?

The old dwarf of Galbo is definitely a kind-hearted NPC. If Shar wants to use the soul rose to transform someone into a lich, the old dwarf cannot agree... Could it be Shar lies to Galbo in his heart?

Damn, these NPCs will make it mysterious, and you will say half of everything. The mysterious map that Fang Yi found was still in Galbo's hands. Until now, the old dwarf has not given Fang Yi a notification whether his level is enough to do the task of that map...

Next time I see him, I will definitely swear on him!

Fang Yi muttered something, and carefully checked the body around it, confirming that there was nothing along the way. Then he greeted Supreme Treasure, "Okay, let's go back, there's nothing to see here."

The spacious cave was enough to fly in the Supreme Treasure. This time, Fang Yi had left the deep cave and returned to the surface. However, Fang Yi, who was thinking about it, did not expect that the old man he had cursed fiercely just now would soon appear in front of him.

...

"Why, you look at your expression like constipation, don't you want to see me?"

The old dwarf with gray hair stared at the human assassin falling from the sky with an unfathomable smile on his face, "Dear Lord of the Mithril?"

"Where can it be! I'm so happy that I can't speak~"

Fang Yi beat him up, quickly bent down and bowed to the old dwarf, grinned and said, "You always come to fight, I'm shining brightly~"

Fang Yi would never have expected that he was talking about the old man who was disrespectful one second ago, but the next second he saw the other party standing in front of his city lord's mansion. He would not mention his surprise.

The person in front of him was nothing but Galbo Watts, a famous master in Xingmu City! And the little boy beside him who was winking with Fang Yi was the little clever ghost Xia Ou.
Chapter completed!