Chapter 441: The Water-Attributed Dinghai Divine Pearl

At Tulip Castle, Liszt quickly threw himself into the preparations for the wedding.

In truth, he had little work to do. Tulip Castle had hundreds of servants who could handle everything smoothly. Besides the Earl, Mary also had the authority to make decisions, so there was no need for family members who had already been granted fiefs to come and make decisions.

Liszt also had no intention of competing for power with Mary in the castle. He only occasionally supervised the progress of the wedding preparations to ensure everything was on track for his brother Levis.

Most of the time, he was still remotely directing the construction of his territory.

Knights traveling between Flower Town and Tulip Castle reported to him daily on the progress of the territory's development, and they also brought fresh dragon milk and other delicious foods.

The Red Tree and Pearl ships were undergoing major repairs at Flower Port. Essentially, the damaged wooden planks were removed and replaced with new Thorn Ironwood, then bonded together with rubber wood—this repair method was technically simple but highly effective, as the bonding strength of rubber was exceptionally strong.

Even without removing the old wood, simply filling the holes with rubber and wood could make the two old sailing ships appear as good as new.

In fact, the Flower and Thorn ships, after being reinforced with rubber, had surpassed the performance of new ships and showed no signs of wear and tear.

Three days later, news about the rubber trees arrived.

After returning to Black Horse Island, Captain Kosto did not find any rubber trees bearing fruit, but he did see many newly sprouted rubber tree seedlings around the new insect grass. Following Liszt's previous instructions, the magistrate Blair organized a team to dig up these seedlings and replant them in rows around the insect grass.

It was nearly certain that these seedlings were the rubber trees awarded by the smoke mission.

On the other hand, Cris Truth also had good news. In a letter delivered by a knight, she explained that she had figured out the effect of the pink pearl—it could neutralize water-attribute magic power in the surrounding area.

The black pearl from the black clam could neutralize wind-attribute magic power, while the pink pearl from the pink conch could neutralize water-attribute magic power.

Once the egg-sized pink pearl was crafted into magic gear, it could neutralize all water-attribute magic power within a radius of about a hundred meters. This effect, combined with the sea-calming pearl made from the black pearl, could almost completely avoid all storms and waves at sea, allowing ships to sail safely.

"Such a powerful effect—could this be specifically designed for the upcoming era of navigation?" Liszt was exhilarated as he read the letter's contents.

The Sea-Calming Pearl is already powerful enough to counter all storms, and now with the addition of the pink pearl, it can counter all waves.

So, what is there to fear on the high seas other than sea monsters—most importantly, Granny Truth, residing in the soul storage tank, has already described the keel stabilization technology. When this technique is used in future shipbuilding, even sea monsters won't be a threat on the high seas.

"With storms, waves, and sea monsters all out of the way, can I lead a fleet out of the Azure Sea into the Devil's Sea, where devils are said to roam, and then cross the Devil's Sea to explore even more distant worlds?"

What lies on the other side of the Devil's Sea.

Liszt has a vague speculation—he guesses that it is the dwelling place of the Sun's Children, the world described in that drifting bottle; the ancestors of old Phil the cobbler, that is, his friend Philip, a descendant of the Sun, described in his diary as his homeland.

It is worth mentioning that Liszt has already mastered all the Sun script recorded in the diary.

This is a set of complex yet rule-based characters, convincing him that only a highly advanced civilization could develop such intricate and systematic writing.

Unfortunately.

The Sun script records by Philip are still too limited, and this small vocabulary is insufficient for reading and writing.

"Once I develop the magic power and fore-and-aft sail technology, combined with the keel stabilization technology, and the 'Sea-Calming Pearl·Wind', 'Sea-Calming Pearl·Water', the Devil's Sea will surely not hinder my progress!" He has decided to craft the pink pearl into a new Sea-Calming Pearl, to differentiate it from the black pearl version,

using "Wind" and "Water" as suffixes. Feeling pleased, he replied to Cris, asking her to continue researching the pink pearl to see if it could be made into a Sea-Calming Pearl·Water, following the example of the Sea-Calming Pearl·Wind.

Cris is not skilled in making magic equipment, so if it doesn't work out, Liszt will have to invite Granny Truth to make it.

The letter was handed over to the knight to take back.

Sitting at the round table in the garden of Tulip Castle, Liszt felt that his transmigrated life, apart from being a bit poor, was basically free of worries.

Ever since the smoke mission, good news has been arriving non-stop.

I can't help but marvel at the power of fate. With just a slight nudge, I have truly become like a son of glory.

However, before he could finish his thoughts, another knight from Flower Town arrived with new good news: "Lord, Advisor Gort has sent a letter."

Opening the letter.

The content was simple. After discussing with Viscount Eunas Stonebreaker, Gort had finalized the prices for the Nightshade Spirit Bug and the Flytrap Spirit Bug. The Nightshade Spirit Bug was bargained down to 1,100 gold coins, and the Flytrap Spirit Bug to 700 gold coins. This was 200 gold coins below Liszt's bottom line.

Of course, in reality, it was actually 180 gold coins less, as Gort would receive a 20 gold coin commission.

After reading the letter.

Liszt immediately took the 2,000 gold coins he had borrowed from his grandmother and rushed to Broken Stone City. Upon arrival, he was quickly ushered into Broken Stone Castle by Viscount Eunas Stonebreaker.

"If it weren't for the financial difficulties, I really wouldn't want to sell these two spirit bugs. It's rare to be blessed by the glory of knighthood, with two spirit bugs born in a single month, yet I must sell them for cash," Viscount Eunas Stonebreaker complained directly after the pleasantries, "It's truly heartbreaking!"

"After this year's pioneering decree is issued, you can go to the Kingdom of the Eagle to plunder resources and make up for the losses."

"Are you also planning to participate in the pioneering decree?"

"That's what I'm preparing for."

"No surprise. With the intermediate blizzard beast Hiddleston, you can assist the Count and be unstoppable in sieges. Battle achievements are not hard for you to achieve. I no longer dare to guess how far your future will go," Viscount Eunas clicked his tongue and sighed.

Liszt smiled: "We'll take it one step at a time. My territory is in dire straits at the moment. To be honest, the gold coins I used to buy your two spirit bugs were borrowed from my grandmother."

After a moment of mutual lamenting over poverty.

The transaction officially proceeded.

After paying the agreed 1,800 gold coins, Viscount Eunas Stonebreaker took Liszt to the location of the spirit bug's grass, allowing Liszt to successfully form a contract. After forming the contract, they gathered the grass, had lunch at Broken Stone Castle, and Liszt hurried back to Tulip Castle in the afternoon.

His brother Levis had already returned from the outer islands, accompanied by the heir of the Golden Wheat family, Roger Golden Wheat.