It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Lid laughed, patted the soldier on the shoulder, and said:

"Of course there is no order. Your bosses have already fled with the king, leaving you behind to cover their retreat. Don't look for them anymore, just run for your lives."

The soldiers looked at each other, and one of them said calmly:

"Impossible! The commander has told us many times that if the king is in danger, we must live and die with everything here. The commander must be fighting with the dragons somewhere, and we must find him quickly. If we can't find him, we will die here."

Reed shook his head:

"It's up to you. The White Guards should be the direct guards of White Minister Wu Mi. Do you know where Wu Mi is now?"

One of the soldiers replied:

"We met Lord Umi at Gram's residence not long ago. Gram's residence is over there, the most conspicuous building. But now the capital is in flames, and we don't know if he will go somewhere else. If you want to see him, do it as soon as possible."

After saying this, one of the soldiers tightened his grip on the gun again.

He was probably at the eighth level of realm, but now he was like duckweed in the waves.

Lid nodded at them and pulled Nayin to run in the direction the soldiers pointed.

The soldiers supported each other and walked towards the silver-gray dragon sitting high on the ruins of the inner hall.

He crossed the sea of ​​fire, passed through the smoke and dust, asked many soldiers who were fighting on their own, and changed his destination several times.

He also staged several life-and-death escapes among the dragons, running through the streets amidst flames, dodging collapsed buildings, and jumping over deep cracks in the ground.

Finally, Reed met Wu Mi in a half-collapsed open-air teahouse on the street.

His white robe was stained with dust and torn in many places. Although he did not seem to be injured, he was unkempt and had obviously been running around for too long. The dark circles under his eyes were particularly thick, and the blood oozing from his cracked lips had dried. The grease and dust on his face mixed together and turned it into a blue-gray color, making him look like a dead person in a coffin.

Seeing Lid, Wu Mi was slightly surprised, blinked, and asked:

"Why are you still here? Where's Bai Huang?"

Lid asked Nayin to sit on the chair and rest first, but Nayin couldn't sit still and took the initiative to bandage the injured White Guards. Lid sat down opposite Wumi and said:

"Don't worry too much about Bai Huang. When the formation was destroyed, she should have been with the people from Tiance Mansion. She probably ran with them when she escaped. I came here specifically to find you. I have some questions for you."

Wumi smiled and said:

"It's already this late, just say whatever you want to say."

Lid nodded and asked directly:

"Where's Lana?"

Wu Mi frowned slightly and asked:

"What do you ask for this?"

Lid exhaled, put one arm on the wooden table, leaned forward, stared into Wumi's eyes, and replied:

"Go save her."

Wumi shook her head:

"I can tell you. But I hope you don't know. Once you know some things, you will fall into infinite guilt in the future."

"Guilt? If I do nothing, I will really feel guilty. Let me tell you this, Wumi. If someone went to save her, I would definitely run away at the first moment. But the question is, is there anyone? This night, I witnessed with my own eyes the city lords fleeing in all directions, and the three major military organizations in your capital escorting the Dog King to flee. Now it depends on you, the white-robed minister, to lead people to fight the dragon clan. I really can't believe that anyone will save her."

Wu Mi sighed, pondered for a long time, and said:

"...Tianyue Mountain. There is an inconspicuous manor on the top of Tianyue Mountain. Lana was imprisoned there. That night, the dragon cart took her there. However, when the dragon clan came in from the barrier, they split into two groups, one came to the capital, and the other went to Tianyue Mountain. Only the blood and energy there can continuously supply us to prevent us from repairing the formation. So now Tianyue Mountain has become a hell where the dragon clan lingers."

Wumi paused for a moment and continued:

"No one knows how many dragons there are there, but it is certain that there are no fewer than in the capital. Although there should not be those big silver-gray guys, when it comes to dragons and humans of the same level, the former can have an absolute advantage with their solid skin and huge body. The worst dragons that came this time are above the sixth level, and there are quite a few at the seventh and eighth levels, and there are also some at the ninth level. Moreover, now that the dragon cart is gone, we can't send people directly to the top of the mountain. We can only climb up step by step from the foot of the mountain. This is too difficult. Unless more than half of the Jinyiwei are ready to sacrifice themselves and rush to Tianyue Mountain, it will be impossible to rescue Her Highness Lana."

"Tianyue Mountain, huh..."

Lid narrowed his eyes and said to him:

"I also know that this is almost impossible to do, and I don't intend to die with an arrogant attitude. So next I have something to ask of you."

Wumi stretched out her hand to him and made a gesture of invitation:

"please say."

Lid raised his head and said calmly:

"I'm going to the treasury to get some weapons and equipment. If I remember correctly, such a big capital should still have a lot of red and yellow equipment... Oh, I mean the equipment of the two levels of [He Xun] and [Xing Jian]. You should have the right to enter and exit the treasury, and you should know where these top-grade equipment are placed, right? In times of crisis, it is time to let these decisive battle weapons see the light of day again."

67. There must be some people who are human beings

"If you're talking about the most advanced equipment of each type... the capital does have some."

Umi said frankly:

"But I can't give it to you."

"It's already this late. Don't be so rigid. You still owe me your life, right?"

Wu Mi frowned, looked at Lid who was smiling, and said:

"'Are you talking about when you saved me at Tianyue Mountain? I am indeed very grateful to you, but..."

Reed shook his head:

"I'm talking about the night when your people assassinated me, Bai Huang, Alaiya, and Heji when we were leaving Tamros Mansion. Don't deny it. Although I also suspected that it was the people of Tamros who did it at first, if you think about it carefully, it's strange because everyone thinks so."

Wumi was silent for a while and said:

"I really don't know about this. Jin Ling said that he would guarantee your safety. No one on our side would take such a quick and hasty approach. But I don't rule out the possibility that someone might have done this without telling me. I will give you an explanation for this matter. But I still can't give you the things in the treasury."

Reed sighed.

Just then, a giant dragon in the sky spewed out a ball of fire, which exploded not far away. Broken bricks and tiles were scattered everywhere, and the wind and waves caused by the explosion blew people's clothes flying. Lid's black hair trembled slightly in the wind. He leaned over and said to Wumi:

"In that case, let's make a deal."

When the wind stopped, Wumi was also looking at him.

Reed calmly took something out of his arms and placed it on the wooden table in front of him.

It was an ordinary seed.

Wumi held the seed in his hand and felt it for a while, but there was nothing special about it. So he put the seed back on the table and said with a smile:

"A joke to lighten the mood?"

Lid didn't laugh, and said calmly:

"What hybridization? You won't understand even if I tell you. Just understand it this way. This seed is the best rice seed currently available. Although wheat is mostly grown in the capital, the territory directly under the royal family extends to the south, and the rice planting area is not small. If this excellent variety is promoted, the yield can be increased by about 30%. If it is promoted throughout the Eternal Heaven Kingdom, many, many more people will not starve to death. It's up to you to decide how to use it."

Wumi picked up the seeds on the table again, put them in her palm, and asked:

"Are you serious?"

Lid pointed to the White Guard soldiers resting in the distance and said:

"Don't you have a seventh-and-a-half-level magician among your people? Just ask him to come over and demonstrate it to you."

Wumi held the seeds in his hand, turned around and said:

"Ninoque, come here for a moment."

A middle-aged man about forty years old came over, and Wumi handed him the seeds in his hand and said:

“Let it grow.”

Wood-attributed magic can accelerate the growth of plants, and it is also the most difficult magic to control. However, for Ninok, who has reached the seventh and a half level, this is not a big deal. He held the seed in his palm and chanted slowly. The magic power flowed into the small seed. It took only two or three seconds for the seed to sprout and grow little by little. The rice ears gradually became full. After about fifteen seconds, a complete rice plant appeared in his hand.

Magician Ninoko handed the rice to Umi.

Wumi seemed to be an expert in crops. He peeled open the rice ears, took out the seeds and examined them carefully. He soon frowned with an incredible look on his face. After a moment, he asked Ninok to step down, put the plant in his hand on the wooden table, and asked:

"Where did this come from?"

Reed answered without hesitation:

"I picked it up in the wild! Anyway, there is only one plant, and there is no one else except my family."

Wumi nodded, but quickly added:

"Okay. How much of the equipment from the treasury do you plan to take away?"

"Only children do multiple-choice questions. I want them all."

Lid answered as a matter of course, and Wumi asked a new question in confusion:

"Can you use it? Excuse me, weapons and equipment are useless after all. If you can't master them, even if you have top-quality equipment, it will only add to your burden. The more you have, the stronger you will be. I can agree to this deal, but those equipment are the wealth accumulated by mankind over the years and generations, and they should not be wasted."

Lid simply answered with three words:

"I can use it."

Looking up and seeing Wu Mina's worried expression, he added:

"Don't worry about this, I know how to use it."

Wumi took the rice ear off her hand, peeled off the seeds one by one, and carefully put them in her pocket. Then she took out a key from her pocket, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Lid:

"That's true. If you don't have such confidence, you wouldn't dare to go to Tianyue Mountain alone. Well, I'll trust you this time. Pick some equipment from the capital and take them with you. They are treasures passed down from generation to generation in the royal family... But Lid, I still advise you to be careful. Although I don't know why you are trying so hard to save Lana, there must be many people in this world waiting for you to return."

Reed laughed.

He took the key from Umi, threw it high into the air, caught it firmly in his hand, and said:

"You know, Wumi, there is a story I often heard when I was a child. The story begins by saying that there was a kingdom a long time ago. One day, the princess of the kingdom was captured by a dragon. So the king ordered to summon brave men across the country to rescue the princess. Then a young and passionate brave man, who is our protagonist, went through numerous hardships and dangers, defeated the dragon, rescued the princess, and finally lived happily with the princess."

The smile on Reed's face was full of mockery:

"This is a happy story. But actually, I have been curious since I was a child. Doesn't the king have a lot of troops under his command? Aren't there many masters in the army? Why can't he even defeat a giant dragon, and he has to recruit heroes from the whole country to save it? Later I understood that the king has so many wives, so many sons and daughters, he may not care about a little princess at all. Not only him, but also the royal family and ministers in the court, in fact, no one cares. So, he found some stupid guys, verbally awarded them a title called "Brave", and let them embark on a dangerous journey with nothing. This way, not only can he explain to the people, but he also doesn't lose anything."

"And how many of those young heroes could survive in the end? The one who survived eventually married the princess, but that was just a trick played by the king. Taking a princess and tying up a superhero who can kill a dragon, this deal is a win-win no matter how you look at it... Don't you find it funny? The princess was obviously rescued by the hero, and the king betrothed her to the hero, and the hero was even grateful."

At this point, Lid stood up and said coldly:

"Now, it's too late to look for this hero. So everyone has chosen to forget that there is a princess abandoned there. To be honest, this is why I hate you guys. You all look so polite on weekdays, but you do such despicable things. If no one else goes, I'll go. The world is so big, and it can't be full of beasts in human form. There must be a few who act like humans."

68. Meet the Black and White Brothers Again

Nayin, who wanted to leave with him, was pushed back into his chair by Reed.

"This place is more suitable for you. I finally found a safe place to drop you off. Don't run around."

Lid waved to Nayin and said to Wumi:

"Please keep this matter a secret."

Wumi nodded and answered seriously:

"Understood. Take care. There are four treasuries in the capital. The one with rare weapons is in the north of the capital. Go around the palace and head north. The first vermilion building you see is this. It has three floors. The higher you go, the higher the authority you need. But if you show the key to the gatekeeper, he will take you there."

Lid asked:

"There's still a gatekeeper at this hour?"

Wumi looked away and said calmly:

"Many people in the capital are like this. They would rather die than leave the place they are guarding. They are not under anyone's jurisdiction, and their entire lives are dedicated to protecting that place."

Reed took a deep breath and ran north.

There was no road near the palace.

There were collapsed houses everywhere, and the ruins were piled up like a hill. All kinds of precious wood, pearls and jade were broken into slag, mixed with soil and flesh, and became the place where Feilong settled. Fortunately, the orders that Feilong was currently executing were mainly to destroy the capital and kill the royal family, and he was not very interested in this young man who sneaked through.

Although there would occasionally be flames falling from the sky, low-flying dragons causing hurricanes, and ramshackle houses suddenly collapsing, this road was not as dangerous as imagined.

Reed climbed and ran on the ruins using his hands and feet like parkour, and soon he saw the red tower.

This treasury was built in the shape of a pagoda, with a total of three floors. There seemed to be some independent barrier around the tower, which would directly bounce off the dragon's flames. Even if the surrounding buildings were completely destroyed, the vermilion tower still stood there intact.

Although he wanted to rush forward in one go, when he turned the corner, he collided head-on with two people who were also running.

"what."

The moment their eyes met, both of them stopped.

They were running at a very fast speed just now, but they were able to stop in an instant. Three people stood at the fork in the road. Lid's eyes swept across their faces, and the other two were also looking at him.

Lid frowned slightly: