Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 92: The Jungle Cabin
Once again, the war took an unexpected direction.

Before the middle of the Xialong month had passed, news of the disappearance of Marquis Jinyan spread from Jinyan City.

As a result, the morale of the Jinyan army on the front line plummeted, and the already shaky defense line collapsed in an instant.

The army led by Shan Guang advanced rapidly all the way and soon reached the city of Jinyan. It took only two days to successfully capture the city.

As the news spread, the whole country of Star Principality was in an uproar!
No one expected the war to end so quickly.

However, more shocking news is yet to come.

Three days after the fall of Jinyan City, news came from Fanxing City that a sect called Star God Cult presented the body of Marquis Jinyan and the weaknesses of the beast infected to the royal family.

Grand Duke Fanxing was delighted and made Star God Religion the state religion. He also allowed Star God Religion to send envoys to various provinces to spread the faith.

As expected, this news caused an uproar among the nobles of the principality.

There are supporters and opponents, and more nobles are keeping a wait-and-see attitude, wanting to see what this so-called Star God Cult is trying to do.

Jinyan Province, Shining City.

Chamber.

After reading the battle report in his hand, Sunan had an extremely strange expression on his face.

Obviously, this so-called Star God Cult is the Star Fire Cult, just with a different skin.

"I didn't expect that the Spark Church would kill Marquis Jinyan. This actually helped us. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to capture Jinyan City so quickly."

Keyi stroked his chin, with a look of sadness on his face.

"The Spark Cult is really ruthless. They turned against us without warning. When they saw that Marquis Jin Yan was no longer useful, they killed him and used him as a stepping stone to advance their careers."

With Keyi and Sunan's intelligence, they understood the connection behind this series of events after a little thought.

I also have a deeper understanding of the cruelty and ruthlessness of the Xinghuo Cult.

"But does Grand Duke Fanxing believe in the Spark Cult so much? I don't believe he doesn't know what the Spark Cult did in Jinyan Province. Isn't it too much of a joke to make this evil cult the state religion?"

Kai said with a frown.

Su Nan said calmly: "Perhaps they have reached some kind of cooperation behind the scenes."

"No matter what kind of cooperation they have, I will not allow the Spark Cult to enter the Jinyan Province. They want to spread their faith here? That's a pipe dream!" Key sneered.

After suppressing the rebellion, the royal family kept their promise and conferred the title of Marquis of Shining on Keyi, with his fiefdom being the Jinyan Province.

Unlike other provinces, the original noble lords of Jinyan Province either died at the hands of the Jinyan coalition forces or were destroyed after the rebellion of Marquis Jinyan, and were almost completely wiped out.

Now, in the entire Jinyan Province, except for Key, all the nobles were newly appointed by him.

Therefore, as a lord, Key's control over these military nobles is unmatched by other marquises.

It can be said that the entire Jinyan Province is now under Keyi's control and obeys his orders.

Therefore, as one of the few powerful marquises among the six who can fully control the entire province (Hongye Province is under the control of the royal family and does not have a separate marquisate title), if he wants to find an excuse to stop the Star God Cult from spreading its faith in Jinyan Province, even the royal family can't do anything about it.

Sunan naturally agreed with Keyi's decision.

In fact, he estimated that except for the Red Leaf Province, the marquis of other provinces would not so easily allow the Spark Cult to enter their territories and spread their beliefs.

There will definitely be more competition between the two sides.

Just wait and see.

Turning his attention back to the battle report, Sunan's eyes fell on the words "Star God Cult offers the weaknesses of beast infected people", thoughtfully.

According to his analysis, the Spark Cult should be unaware of the beast disaster.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Spark Cult to have not participated in the war between Marquis Jinyan and the Shining Territory from beginning to end.

Then they would know the weaknesses of the beast-infected, either from Marquis Jinyan or by finding Heb's laboratory.

Su Nan guessed that it was most likely the latter.

As long as Heb was sane, he would never tell Marquis Jin Yan such important information as the weakness of the beast-infected.

"It seems that the things that Hebu left behind may have fallen into the hands of the Spark Cult."

Su Nan felt a little regretful, but then he returned to normal.

After all, he hadn't expected to find anything Herb had left behind.

That guy most likely lives in the Ranshuang Province. Asking him to go to an unfamiliar province alone and look for the residence of a wizard apprentice without any information is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Besides, he had just been promoted to a third-level wizard apprentice and was in the stage of rapidly improving strength. It was impossible for him to waste a lot of time and energy looking for a slim hope.

Putting down the battle report, Sunan looked at Keyi and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Keyi had already prepared a plan, and without thinking, he said, "Although this war didn't last long, Jinyan Province also suffered a lot of damage. Next, I plan to rest and recuperate for a while, vigorously develop the economy, and accumulate strength by the way."

"Indeed." Su Nan nodded in agreement.

Although they didn't say it explicitly, both of them knew that the matter was not over.

Revenge for the Spark Cult must be taken!

What they have to do now is to quietly accumulate strength, and when they are strong enough, they will uproot the Starfire Cult.

"I have already arranged the qualification test. All towns that have not held qualification tests will hold them in the next few days. Children who pass the test will be sent to your base."

"Also, the materials you commissioned the Firefox Chamber of Commerce to purchase have arrived. I have arranged for someone to deliver them to the base."

The so-called materials include some rare metals needed to refine the magic pattern core, as well as the consumables that Sunan needs to mass-produce magic items in the future.

It cost a lot of money to buy this batch of materials.

However, Key had just made a fortune from the war and had ample funds, so he was very generous in his purchases.

"I plan to open up one or two more magic plantations next, and I may need you to send troops to garrison them then." Sunan said.

"no problem."

Kai agreed without hesitation.

He was just about to persuade Sunan to expand the scale of dragon blood fruit cultivation. After all, as the territory became larger and the size of the army expanded, the demand for dragon blood fruit also increased day by day.

He wished Sunan could open up a few more magic plantations.

After coming out of the lord's mansion, Sunan went straight back to the base.

The war is over, and now he can focus on practicing, studying, and farming.

During this period of time, Sunan has successfully mastered the first second-level spell [Elemental Protection].

The learning progress of the second second-level spell [Levitation] has also started.

In addition, the training progress of sentence-casting has been completed halfway, and the progress is faster than expected.

Su Nan estimated that in two months at most, he would be able to master the spellcasting by breaking up sentences.

"Next, I will concentrate on making magic items and try to upgrade [Magic Item Making] to level 4 as soon as possible."

"The magic pattern core is still short of twenty-nine kinds of rare metals, and we need to research and develop substitutes for them one by one."

While thinking, Sunan arrived at the base.

At this moment, his eyes suddenly paused and looked at an owl on a tree not far away. It had a terrifying face, six pairs of eyes densely spread on its head, tiny sharp teeth in its beak, and sharp claws that were dark red.

After meeting Su Nan's gaze, Owl suddenly spoke, and a deep male voice came out of it.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Sunan."

"My name is Night Owl, it's an honor to meet you."

The corner of Sunan's mouth twitched slightly.

Another wizard's apprentice.

Seeing that Sunan had no reaction and was just looking at him calmly, the owl coughed lightly in a humane way and continued, "Sir Sunan, don't be too alert. I have no ill intentions this time. I just want to invite you to join our jungle cabin."

"Jungle hut?" Sunan's expression changed.

"Yes, the Forest Lodge is a secret organization whose members are all third-level wizard apprentices."

Sunan suddenly interrupted Night Owl and said, "Is Herb Gilman also a member of your Jungle Lodge?"

".That's right, but please don't misunderstand me."

Seeing Sunan narrowing his eyes unkindly, the owl spread its wings humanely and explained: "The Jungle Lodge is a loose organization, mainly established to facilitate members to trade intelligence and resources with each other. Apart from the trading relationship, there is no other closer connection between members, and they will not interfere with each other's actions, so you don't need to worry that any of us will want to avenge Heb."

"Rather, many people in the jungle cabin are not happy with Herb's behavior."

Su Nan did not deny it, but in fact he already believed it 80%.

After all, according to Night Owl, there are several wizard apprentices in the Jungle Lodge. If he really wants to avenge Heb, there is no need to pretend to be friendly with him. Wouldn't it be easier to just come and kill him?
Of course, this guess is not 100% accurate.

Su Nan did not relax his vigilance. In addition to the ring of extreme protection that had already been activated, a high-level rune gem also fell into his palm silently.

"I'm more curious, why did you want to invite me to join the Jungle Cabin?"

Night Owl seemed to smile, and then said:

"In fact, we noticed you a long time ago. After the battle of Glitter City, your reputation has spread throughout the Principality of Stars. Naturally, we have heard of it as well."

"It's just that you were only a second-level wizard apprentice at that time, and according to the rules of the Forest Lodge, we only accept third-level wizard apprentices to join, so I have never had any contact with you."

"It was not until you killed Heb and showed power comparable to that of a third-level wizard apprentice that we discussed and decided to make an exception and invite you to join the Forest Lodge."

"Of course, it looks like there's no need to make an exception now."

Night Owl stared at Su Nan with a meaningful look.

The body of a third-level wizard apprentice can store a small amount of energy particles. As they are both third-level wizard apprentices, it is easy to distinguish them by close observation.

"How about it, Mr. Sunan, would you consider joining our jungle cabin?"

"Please believe me, this will be very beneficial to your future development!"

Su Nan pretended to be in deep thought, but he had already agreed in his heart.

All this time, he has been looking for traces of the Wizard Apprentice Organization.

Now that I have finally found one, of course I won’t miss it.

In particular, the Jungle Lodge is a loose organization based on trading.

Joining it will not be subject to too many restrictions, and you can also trade resources and information with other wizard apprentices. There are indeed many benefits.

As its strength increases, the resources needed by Southern Jiangsu become increasingly rare and precious.

It is difficult to collect them all relying solely on the Firefox Chamber of Commerce.

Even if he had a synthetic Rubik's Cube, he couldn't get many of the materials, so he could only spend time and energy researching substitutes, which was a time-consuming process.

However, if it is this secret organization that gathers many third-level wizard apprentices, perhaps it can bring him some surprises.

"Okay, I'll join you!"

Pretending to think for a moment, Su Nan agreed.

"Well, welcome to join us, Mr. Sunan. From today on, you will be a member of the Jungle Lodge."

The night owl touched its wings lightly a few times, as if applauding.

Then it flapped its wings and flew down from the tree. After landing, its body leaned forward slightly, its belly suddenly bulged out and quickly spread towards its mouth, and finally it vomited something with a "wow" sound.

It is a palm-sized, exquisitely crafted, lifelike wooden toy house.

The hut has no roof, and the interior structure can be clearly seen. There is only a long table and more than ten chairs inside, nothing else.

Whether it is the floor, walls, or the long table and chairs, the surface is engraved with densely packed enchanted runes.

"Trading House!"

Su Nan let out a low exclamation, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Ye Xiao was even more surprised than him: "Sir Sunan, do you recognize this thing?"

"I guess so." Su Nan nodded slightly.

The Trading House is a very special glimmer-level magic item.

Although it looks like a toy house, it is actually a key that connects to an alternate dimension called the Trading House.

In this different dimension, all entrants are deemed to have signed an oath contract and are restricted by the oath contract. They are not allowed to do anything that disrupts the transaction, including but not limited to harming other traders, stealing other people's belongings, etc. Otherwise, their souls will be annihilated.

Simply put, this is a magic item specifically designed for guaranteed transactions.

Whether in the wizarding heyday thousands of years ago or in the wizarding age of the future, trading houses are very common.

Many wizards (apprentices) like to use the trading house for remote transactions, which is both safe and convenient.

Seeing that Su Nan didn't seem to be lying and seemed to really recognize the trading house, Ye Xiao couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

He found the trading house by chance from a wizard apprentice inheritance. He has been using it ever since, and has never met anyone who recognizes it.

At the beginning, he had also spent a lot of effort to make other wizard apprentices realize that this thing could guarantee safe transactions, so that the Jungle Lodge organization was successfully established.

But no one expected that Sunan, a newly promoted third-level wizard apprentice with very little experience, would recognize the trading house at a glance.

"Did you see it in some wizard book?"

Night Owl was secretly puzzled, but did not ask any more questions. He pointed at the trading house on the ground with his wings.

"Since Lord Sunan recognizes this thing, it will be easy to deal with."

"Every three months, the Jungle Lodge meets to trade resources and intelligence. The next meeting will be on the evening of sixteen days from now. You can prepare the items to be traded and then go directly to the trading house."

Sunan nodded, controlled the energy particles to clean the trading house, washed off the mucus on it, and then took it in his hands.

The trading house can be separated into multiple "keys", and the one in his hand is just one of them, which only has the authority to enter and exit the trading house.

"By the way, every member of the Jungle Lodge calls each other by code names and keeps their identities secret. Mr. Sunan can decide on the code names in advance."

After reminding Su Nan again, the Night Owl flapped its wings and flew away.

After watching the other party go away, Sunan withdrew his gaze, played with the "key" in his hand, smiled playfully, turned around and walked into the base.

(End of this chapter)