In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

Regarding Rhodes's description of the battle with the Stormterror, she showed no fear of the dragon whatsoever; on the contrary, she was filled with enthusiasm and wished she had been there herself.

Upon hearing this, Dina Zede lowered her head in shame: "I'm sorry, Dixia, if it weren't for me..."

Nelu and Zuber did not come along.

Dina Zede was the only one in the tavern.

This wasn't about her wanting to be a third wheel; it was because the Demon Scale Disease hadn't been eradicated, and the employment contracts between Humayi's family and Dixia were still in effect.

Given how much importance Desia places on contracts.

She naturally wouldn't let Dina Zede go home by herself, so even if Dina Zede didn't want to bother her and Rod, she had no choice but to come along.

But that's exactly why.

Dina Zede became even more embarrassed and annoyed.

In her view, it was because of her that Dixia was bound to Sumeru and unable to go on adventures with Rhodes.

"Dina Zede, don't say that."

Seeing this, Dixia prepared to comfort Dina Zede.

But she hadn't finished speaking.

Then Rhodes said, "Narcida has found a way to cure the Demon Scale Disease."

"What!?"

Dina Zede and Dixia were taken aback at first, then raised their voices in unison.

Dina Zede was so excited that her face turned bright red, and she almost couldn't catch her breath.

If Dixia hadn't carried medication with her, this news would probably have been enough to make her faint from overwhelming joy.

Once she recovered, she immediately clasped her hands together and faced the direction of the Pure Goodness Palace, repeatedly expressing her sincerest gratitude to the Little Auspicious Grass King, oblivious to what Rhodes and Dixia were saying.

"Are you telling the truth?"

Seeing Dina Zede's expression, Dixia couldn't ask directly, so she moved closer to Rhode and asked in a low voice.

She was a little worried that Rhodes was saying that on purpose to comfort Dina Zede.

Rhodes nodded again in affirmation: "Yes, that's right. Nasita will start working on this matter in a couple of days. Once she's done it, there won't be any more Demon Scale Disease in the entire Sumeru."

The disappearance of scaly disease is an inevitable outcome.

There's nothing unpredictable about this.

"Doesn't that mean that Cole also..."

Dixia couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, she will get better."

Rod smiled and then asked, "By the way, how is Cole doing now? Is she still in Aru Village?"

"here I am."

When Cole was mentioned, Dixia couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Cole, she's been pestered by your senior lately, and has said several times that she wants to come to Sumeru City to avoid him."

"Senior Farusan?"

Rhodes paused for a moment: "She hasn't returned to the Church House yet?"

Rhodes remembers it clearly.

At the time, Farusan said she was going to Aru Village to relax and would return to the church after a while.

So after a while, several months have passed and it's still not over?

And won't the Order of the Fathers recall her?

Rhodes remembered that the regulations of the Academy stipulated that scholars like her had to teach classes at designated times and submit research results in order to retain their teaching titles.

Dixia's answer provided a perfect explanation for his doubts.

"The Grass God has granted Senior Farusan a special privilege, allowing her to stay in Aru Village for an extended period of time, in the name of helping her adapt to modern life. The rules of the Order Academy can be temporarily disregarded."

"No wonder."

Rhodes suddenly realized.

With Narcida backing her up, it's no wonder that Farusan could disregard the rules of the Church.

"Oh, right."

Just then, when the topic turned to Farusan, Dixia leaned closer mysteriously and said, "Be careful, Senior Farusan is very unhappy with you. She said she'll definitely teach you a lesson when you get back."

"Uh"

Rod's lips twitched; he was speechless.

indeed.

He had clearly agreed to be Farusian's student.

He ran away after only a few classes, which was indeed a bit too much.

"Never mind, I'll apologize to her when I get back."

Rod shook his head with a wry smile.

It's true that I'm in the wrong, and no matter how angry Farushan is, she's perfectly justified.

"If you want to go back, you should do so as soon as possible."

As she spoke, Dixia pouted, "Things have been really chaotic in the desert lately, and Candice is having a hard time handling it all by herself."

"what?"

"Can't even handle Candice?"

Rod tilted his head and asked, "What's going on?"

The conflict between rainforests and deserts is indeed deeper than before, but it shouldn't have escalated to the point where even Aru village, located in the desert, is in turmoil.

"They are the mercenaries in the desert."

Dixia reluctantly uttered the name: "Those mercenaries don't believe you are the Red King's messenger, and they're clamoring to stay in Aru Village and wait for you to come back and explain this matter."

"Then let them stay. Do you think they can tear down Aru Village?"

Rod became increasingly confused as he listened.

They're just a bunch of insignificant mercenaries. With Candice around, they wouldn't dare break the rules of Aru Village. What's so difficult about that?

"Ugh--"

Seeing Rhodes's expression, Dixia sighed: "With Candice in charge, those mercenaries do follow the rules, but they eat way too much and don't help the village. There's not enough food for them."

"Huh???"

Rhodes could no longer hold back.

Given Aru Village's current grain production, how many people would be living there to eat them out of poverty?

"There's something even more troublesome."

"There were no empty houses in the village for them to live in, so they camped in groups outside the village, completely surrounding it. Now merchants are afraid to enter the village, fearing they will be intercepted halfway. There are also rumors all over the rainforest area that Aru Village has recruited many mercenaries, wanting to rely on having a Crimson King's envoy to create a balance of power with the Order of the Church."

As she said this, Dixia couldn't hold back her emotions any longer.

Rumors are terrible.

Even though Nasita herself came out to refute the rumors.

But the rumors kept spreading, and eventually some rainforest people actually believed that Aru village was going to rebel.

And regardless of whether this is true or false.

To avoid suspicion.

Many merchants who originally had cooperative relationships with Aru Village tacitly chose to temporarily suspend their cooperation, and even when the Religious Council came forward to refute the rumors, no one dared to believe it.

Knowing the root of the problem, Candice was determined to drive these mercenaries away.

But these mercenaries were extremely disciplined and didn't give Candice a chance to kick them out.

They also seized on Candice's attempt to use the establishment of rules to attract rainforest merchants to do business, and used their argumentative approach to make it impossible for Candice to do anything about it.

Let's kick them out.

This is breaking the rules you set for yourself, and you'll have a hard time explaining it to the rainforest merchants later.

Let's not kick them out.

These bastards are really in the way.

Several times Candice couldn't resist the urge to kill them all, but in the end, she had to hold back for various reasons and wait for Rhodes to come back and resolve the matter.

"."

After hearing the whole story, Rod's lips twitched slightly. Without a word, he grabbed Dixia and said, "Let's go! I want to see which bastard is messing with me!!!"

It can bring together a disorganized group of desert mercenaries to cause trouble.

This is definitely not their spontaneous behavior; someone is deliberately targeting them.

Rhodes absolutely cannot tolerate this!

He just wanted to farm in Aru Village in peace and quiet. If anyone wouldn't let him farm properly, he'd plant them in the ground!

(End of this chapter)

184. Chapter 176 Xumi Aru Village Self-Governing Territory

Chapter 176 Xumi Aru Village Autonomous Territory

Actually, Dixia had some clues about the identities of the mercenaries who were blocking Aru Village.

The message came from her father, Kousela.

The legacy of the God-King.

This was the superior mercenary group of Ahmar's Mustache, which controlled Kusera back then.