Chapter 123 Trade Barriers

Boom!

Thousands of pounds of water poured down from hundreds of feet high cliffs, hitting the hard cliff and making a fierce impact sound. The roar of the waterfall can be heard a few miles away.

The magic work of nature has created the most beautiful scenery outside Sal City. Under the waterfall is a deep blue pool. Several moss-covered reefs are exposed on the pool, and they are washed by the waterfall night after night.

And Leon is standing on one of the largest reefs!

The violent waterfall fell on him ruthlessly, and there was the fiercest collision with the soul armor of the body. The red flame soul armor sizzled, and the evaporated water vapor was fleeting, leaving no trace.

The impact force of the waterfall and the violent erosion of the flame soul armor by the current can't shake Leon's figure. He is like a reef in Tan, like an eternal existence.

He practiced under the waterfall for a month!

Leon held Gustav tightly in his hand. Rhine's inheritance soul core, since he was promoted to the soul armor warrior in the first battle with Naga that day, he successfully broke the second seal in the soul core and obtained a new skill inheritance.

Practicing the soul armor with the help of the power of the waterfall impact is one of the unique cultivation methods of the dragon soul warrior Gustav.

This cultivation method is quite dangerous. It is equivalent to using the waterfall as a huge hammer, repeatedly tempering the body, soul power and soul armor of the warrior, and domineeringly urging every potential in the human body.

It can be said to be the natural confrontation between man and earth.

At the beginning, Leon could hardly stand firmly on the slippery rock reef. He was washed into the deep pool by the current of the waterfall several times, and even the hippo warriors who were playing in the pool were frightened.

However, the setback did not make Leon choose to give up. He climbed the reef again and again, gritted his teeth and straightened his chest, and condensed the soul armor to bear the power of bombarding on himself.

In the midst of continuous failure, he gradually mastered the new trick of using soul power, and he could stand on the reef for a longer and longer time.

Through this almost self-abuse cultivation method, the condensed soul power in Rayon's soul core is becoming more and more pure, and the time to maintain armor is getting longer and longer.

No one's success is a fluke. In Gustav's memory, this hundreds of-year-old orc strongman practiced under the big waterfall for three years and broke through to the third-level madman before leaving.

This tenacity and will is undoubtedly a model for Leon's learning.

Leon suddenly opened his eyes, and the thunder flashed faintly in his dark eyes. The flame soul armor of the body suddenly fluctuated a few times, and the color changed from red to purple blue!

Zingzi!

Countless small electric snakes swam in the splashing splashes, and several fat hippos that took a comfortable bath in Tanshui suddenly let out a ghost cry and howled to the shore.

In the place where they used to be, several small fish rolled over their bellies and floated up.

This is the power of thunder and lightning. After Leon turns the flame soul armor into a thunder soul armor, the water that hits the soul armor carries thunder power, which will naturally affect the surrounding creatures when transmitted to the pool.

There are two ways to express the soul armor, one is the pure soul power soul armor, and the other is the more powerful elemental soul armor. Because Leon has mastered the dual power of flame and lightning, he can emit one more soul armor than that of an ordinary beast soul warrior.

Don't underestimate the role of double soul armor. When encountering different enemies, the abilities of different elemental soul armor are different.

For example, if Leon encounters an ice mage or warrior, the opponent's elemental attack will have a damage bonus to his flame soul armor.

But if it is replaced with the thunder soul armor, not only does it have no damage bonus, but the other party is easily injured by the rebounding thunder force.

Gustav. The inheritance soul core of the Rhine is undoubtedly of great help to Leon. It allows Leon to avoid taking the wrong path and detours on the road of cultivation. The experience and skills can only be described as treasures.

Looking at the guys who didn't learn lessons, Leon smiled, and the body protection soul armor changed color again, from blue and purple to pure black - this is the pure soul power soul armor.

He took a deep breath, jumped up against the rapids on his head, and jumped into the pool with a beautiful fish leap.

When he reappeared, Leon was already on the shore of the pool. He touched his wet face and smiled and said to the angry hippo warriors, "Let's go, I'll treat you to grilled fish!"

It has been almost three months since the establishment of the Salling. After two battles with the swamp demon clan, the Uger tribe can be said to be inseparable from the Salling, and dozens of hippo warriors have become the outer water combat power of the thunder beast camp.

But the hippos did not choose to settle in the city of Saar. It was not that there was no place in the city, but that the hippopotamus had their own unique way of life. The life in the city was not suitable for them.

Leon respects their living habits and naturally will not interfere by force, but this does not prevent him from becoming friends with these simple hippos.

Fat Richard's fragrant grilled fish pieces are also unique in Sal City, becoming the favorite of hippos who originally only ate raw fish, but most of them are shy, and it is not easy to go to the bar to spend a meal.

So when they heard Leon's treat, several big guys opened their mouths bigger than their heads and laughed so much that they couldn't see their eyes.

Xiao Mi, who had been standing on the shore, was ashamed of these shameless guys, and then happily sent Leon's.

Since she was brought to Sal by Leon, a stable life of food and clothing has quickly restored the kitten's health. In addition, Rose's love for her at ordinary times, Little Lori has become more and more beautiful and cute, and has become a beloved treasure for everyone.

She is the closest to Rose, but she will run to pester Leon whenever she has time. These days, she runs to the pool every day to watch Leon practice. She doesn't feel bored at all.

Leon put on his coat, patted Catwoman's little head gently, and said with a smile, "Let's go!"

Like Xiaomi, Sal City is also changing every day.

On the city square, the statue of the beast god was completely erected, leaving only the last details carved and polished.

The nearby church is more than half completed, and new buildings nearby have risen from the ground. The black smoke from a newly completed smelting workshop rushes straight into the sky - although it is a little bad, this is a sign of the prosperity of the city of Saar.

On the street, pedestrians are no longer just residents of the city. There are more and more tough mercenaries. They go to the store to buy the materials they need, including many merchants.

Half a month ago, the Sal City Mercenary Union Office was officially established and began to release tasks, and mercenaries followed.

The undeveloped virgin land, relatively low prices, the charming natural scenery around Saar City and many rich materials, all of which attract mercenaries here.

With the increase of the foreign population, the second bar, hotel and other commercial facilities in the city have sprung up, and the rapid change is dazzling.

Fat Richard's porcupine bar business is even better. Although his bar does not have beautiful bar girls like another bar belonging to the Bartimi business group, his superb cooking skills retain and attract customers who like food.

Many times, Leon also eats in the porcupine bar, although there are other chefs in the lord's house.

It's noon now, and most of the seats in the bar are full of people, but Leon has his own lord's seat, so he doesn't have to compete with others.

He sat down with Xiaomi and several hippo warriors who were eating. He found that Rubin and two craftsmen had come in, so he raised his hand and asked them to come and work together.

Rubin is now also the number one important figure of Salling. He manages dozens of celebrity craftsmen. He can call 2,000 green gobins at any time, and even the thunder beast warriors can be sent by him if necessary.

But today, the craftsman looked a little depressed. After sitting down, he began to complain to Leon.

What he said is a new problem that Salling is currently facing.

Since the establishment of the Sal City Mercenary Union, the caravans of Baremi have frequently transported supplies, and the trade blockade policy of the Salers by the Colinworths immediately could not be maintained.

As Leon expected, when more and more merchants in the Glay area noticed the emerging Salling, the pressure on the Colinworthling family suddenly increased, and Viscount Mailer had no confidence to resist many powerful business groups behind it.

So the trade blockade of the Colinworth collar was quickly lifted, and the caravan was no longer prohibited from entering the Salling collar through the Colinworth collar, but Viscount Mailer was not willing to fail. He began to impose high taxes on the caravans.

It is completely legal for the territory to levy a passing business tax. The high tax will certainly make the caravan dissatisfied, but the surname and the ban on the caravan are completely different.

After all, Salling has just been established, and there is not much business that can be done, so many business groups have given up their plans to enter Salling.

This disguised trade blockade has greatly increased the cost of obtaining materials from the outside world. The taxes and fees paid by the caravans entering the territory will eventually fall on the heads of the Sallar, which is equivalent to the blood sucking from the Salling.

A mine near Sal City and the smelting workshop in the city have been officially put into operation, and many sophisticated iron and weapons are built every day. Leon and Rubin hope that these metal products can become an important source of income for Salling.

But the trade barriers of Colinworth have made the export of these products a problem. Unprofitable merchants are unwilling to buy them, and the finished products in the workshop are piled up.

"Don't worry, I'll figure out this problem. You should focus on smelting first and reduce the number of weapons." Leon comforted Rubin.

He made a decision in his heart.

(to be continued)