The stars shine in the sky, and the bright moonlight shines through the windows into the tavern, making the empty hall even more quiet.

Xin Lie diligently wiped the wine tables one by one, and glanced at Suota from time to time. He drank the treasured wine gulp and praised it several times, making Boss Zhang Kai look proud. What kind of world does this warrior who looks no older than him live in? Is the battle just now the demeanor of a warrior?

Gradually, Xin Lie came to Suota's table again. After all, he had too many questions and too many curiosities in his heart. He asked, "Mr. Suota, can I ask you a question?"

"May I ask." Sota nodded and put down the wine bowl.

Xin Lie couldn't help but laugh happily and said sincerely: "I read less and don't know so many things..." When my grandfather was alive, he worked part-time and half-study for several years. Later, he dropped out of school before graduation. He learned some writing, mathematics and principles, but his knowledge was limited. In addition, he did not have the opportunity to read books and learn skills, so he was only better than some illiterate ones.

Although Manager Keno knows a lot, he is always unwilling to tell him too much, as if he wants to hide something. At this time, with the opportunity, Xin Lie asked a long-awaited question: "I want to know, how big is this world?"

When I was a child, I asked my parents, grandpa, and teachers... I had a lot of fantasy and yearning, what is the answer?

"Haha!" Maybe this question is stupid, maybe it's not. Sota laughed when he heard it. He looked at Xin Lie and said, "No one can give you an accurate answer. This world is very big! Dongrao, Dongyuan, Central Plains, Xiyuan, Xiling, Xiyue, South, North, Yuzhou..."

Xin Lie had never left Gude Town. Although there were many sailors in the tavern and sometimes he could hear some information from their chats and laughter, it was more of a topic like women. When he heard about Jiuzhou in the mainland, he felt his blood surge, as if the whole world was slowly unfolding in front of him.

"It's big, it's big." Sota could see that Xin Lie wanted to understand the appearance of the outside world. He suddenly plucked out his long sword, which immediately scared Zhang Kai from the bar and hurriedly hugged his head and hid down.

Suota drew a circle on the wooden table with his sword and said, "This is Dongrao, the country where you and I grow up, including plains, plateaus, mountains, hills, basins... and coasts, which are rich in various grains, fruits and vegetables, and are famous and rich places in the world."

He took a few strokes to the left of Dongrao and continued, "This is Dongyuan, which has a completely different scene of Dongrao. There are endless grasslands, large mountain forests, and desert dunes. There are sparsely populated areas and evil beasts lurking. It is a dangerous place. However, in the Eastyuan, the west Vietnamese side is densely covered with jungles, giant trees packed roots, and an ordinary 'small tree' is hundreds of feet tall, with lush branches and leaves. People build cities based on the trees..."

After hearing this, Xin Lie's eyes were naturally burning, and his mind seemed to be traveling far away. In fact, he couldn't quite understand those words, and he couldn't imagine what the grasslands, forests, deserts, giant trees... were like, but he knew that they must be very, very magnificent.

Looking at the map carved on the wooden table, Sota's face also became fascinated, and then Xin Li asked earnestly: "Mr. Sota, have you ever been to Hecheng?"

Sota shook his head: "I haven't been there, I only know that there are tens of millions of islands and countless reefs there; there are both pirates and treasures..." He said frankly: "Actually, I'm like you, I haven't been to these places. I grew up in Rama and have never left Dongrao."

Rama is a remote border city in Dongrao. It is close to Dongyuan, but is not a major border defense center. It is far away from inland and coastal areas. Its prosperity is far inferior to that of metropolis such as Giant Rock.

Rama Xinlie didn't hear much, and he had no idea. He just thought, "It turns out that Sota is not from the Gude area. No wonder his Dongrao accent is so different." He was both disappointed that he had not received new information in the province, but also had some longing for Rama and said, "Rama must be a beautiful place."

"There are many deserts, but there is no green state. Compared with Gude Town, each has its own style, but Rama's wine is better." Sota looked affirmative, and Boss Zhang Kai, who kept pricking his ears, pretended that he could not hear it. Xin Lie, who had not touched the drop of wine, had no objection, and said silently in his heart: "I think everyone has its own style."

Suota noticed that Xin Lie was a little disappointed just now, thinking that it was because he had not left Dongrao, and he was not angry. He said seriously: "Don't talk about Changzhou, Dongyuan, Xiyue, Dongrao's land is vast and the sea is vast, and there are countless capitals. I don't know how many deserted areas are! A man can't finish it from west to east, from north to south. How big do you think Dongrao is?"

A commoner may not leave his hometown for a lifetime, just like most villagers in Gude Town have never been away from Gude area, and at the farthest distance, they have only been to Juyan, which can already make the villagers talk about the glorious deeds of the previous generation. Without it, the journey is long and the cost is expensive. Instead of taking a risk to Juyan, it is better to buy a few acres of fertile land and where to do what?

Even a warrior dares to say that he can travel all over the continent easily? He will not dare to step into his strength, especially the power relations in Jiuzhou will change at any time. Although Suota has ambition, he cannot tell when he will see the vast grasslands in the East Yuan and the giant trees in the West Yue.

"If Goode is a star, then Dongrao is the sky; and Dongrao is only half the size of Dongyuan!"

Suota raised his long sword, pointed to the table map, and shouted loudly: "What's more, what's at the end of the sea, who knows?" He looked at Xin Lie, his eyes were bright, and he calmed down: "Come and tell me how big this world is!"

Looking at the sword tip fixed on a small dot along the coast of Dongrao, looking at a large map that was almost covered with the table, Xin Lie was stunned and felt warm. Is the outside world that big?

"Although the sun, moon and stars shine on the same world, they are very different from state to state. I often hear that the common people in Dongyuan live in the shadow of evil beasts." Sota took back his long sword, raised his wine bowl and drank a sip of wine, and said, "You and I have the honor to be born in a rich place like Dongrao, and we should cherish it."

A rich place? Xin Lie is hard to understand, and Sota's awesome expression is unconvincing. Indeed, if the harvest is good, the villagers will get good harvests. However, after heavy taxes, the remaining fruits can only survive; if they encounter a lost harvest, the tax will still be collected, just like when he was a child. If it weren't for the uncut tax, how could the villagers starve to death? How could their parents go to work in the state of Chiazhou...

He couldn't help frowning, clenched his fists, and asked, "Mr. Sota, who is in charge of the government?"

"The eight major families in Jiuzhou have been governed by the Qi family for hundreds of years." Sota answered simply, and Xin Lie asked in confusion: "Does no one in the Qi family think that the taxes are too heavy? Why can't the farmers' taxes be reduced in the years when natural disasters are lost?" Sota shook his head with a laugh and said: "Although the Qi family governs the entire Dongrao, different families are divided into different places, but the Qi family is directly managed by the Gude area..."

"I really have no answer to this when you ask. I am a three-generation civilian warrior who has not yet learned the academic and has not yet mastered the strategy. I do not understand the way to govern the world."

Sota didn't want to talk about this topic anymore. He drank a long sip of wine, put down the wine bowl with a "bang" and said, "But, if you have the power, you will have the power, but if you have no power, you will have few help. The king is kind, and will be invincible in the world; if you have the power, you will have the rules of your operation. This world has its own rules."

The king is so kind, and the world is invincible... Xin Lie nodded thoughtfully, and seemed to understand these words. He thought for a while and asked again: "Sir, do you know how to go to Feihe Island in Changzhou?"

"You can go on those big boats." Sota felt a little strange. He worked at the dock every day, but he still didn't know? But when he said that, he couldn't help but sigh: "The technology is changing with each passing day. When he was a child, he was still a wooden sailboat, but now he is a spirit stone steamship." He continued with disdain: "I heard that a new 'spirit cannon' has been developed in the northern border, so I want to see it."

Obviously Xin Lie couldn't understand what he was saying, so Sota explained: "It's a kind of machine that causes damage by stimulating the aura bomb...."

He said seriously: "These are never great things. Humans are the sons of nature in heaven and earth. The most important thing is to cultivate themselves well!"

Xin Lie silently said, "Man is the son of nature in heaven and earth", and Suota suddenly remembered something: "Wait, did you just say Feihe Island?"

Feige Island is a very mysterious island. It was discovered and developed a few years ago. There were only some incidents. He didn't know what was going on. Anyway, it was reported that there was no ship there. Sota understood Xin Lie's question. He thought about it and said seriously: "You want to go to Feige, there are many ways; but if you want to go to Feige Island, you have to become a warrior."

"Well. A warehouse manager at the dock, General Manager Keno told me too." Xin Lie nodded, and a rush arose in his heart. He will definitely set foot on the Chingzhou and the Ching Island!

Sota seemed to have some contact and asked, "Is this why you want to become a warrior?" Xin Lie replied, "One of the reasons." Sota asked again, "Why do you want to go to Feilong Island?" Xin Lie raised his head, did not hide anything, and said calmly, "My parents went there to work a few years ago, and no news came back."

"So that's it, it's just that even if you become a warrior..." Sota frowned, and Xin Lie suddenly had a nervous question, but what? He saw Sota carry a bowl and drink a sip of wine, and said, "I'm afraid that with the strength of your generation of civilian warriors, you still can't set foot on Feihe Island."

Xin Lie's eyes condensed, and the blood in his body flowed faster. As long as he became a warrior, he might not be as talented as others, but he believed that diligence could make up for his shortcomings, and he believed that he would never be worse than others!

Speaking of strength, he couldn't ask directly what kind of strength Suota was among warriors, but he was very curious and asked, "Sir, are all warriors like you?"

"No." Sota said with a serious face, "I am just an ordinary warrior." A hint of confidence flashed in his eyes, and drank the last sip of wine, and said heavily: "But I will become a powerful enough warrior."

That is also my goal! Xin Lie said in his heart that when he saw that a jar of ale was already half a drop, he quickly asked again: "I still want to know, is Giant Rock Warrior Academy good?" Sota laughed, with a smile full of pride and expectation, "I'm about to go there to study!"

It was already dark and the wine jar could not be poured out. Sota wanted to get up to pay the bill. Boss Zhang Kai, who rushed over, said he didn't have any money, but Sota must pay the bill in full, and added a lot of extra copper coins, saying that it was used to repair the walls and compensate the wooden table.

After paying the money, the wallet won by the evil man of the coolie was still bulging. Sota looked at the wallet, then looked at Xin Lie with clear eyes, then put it in his arms, and said softly: "The strong do not need alms; the weak do, beg for gifts." But he took out a small bottle of wine from his cloak and threw it towards Xin Lie, and said at the same time: "Catch, a gift among friends!"

Bang! Xin Lie immediately caught the flying iron bottle, and the heavy feel showed that the bottle was filled with wine. Sota smiled and said, "This is Rama's spirit. I know that it is hard for you to save money and don't spend money to drink, but wine can drive away the depression in a person's heart. You should try it."

"Goodbye! I hope to see you in the giant rock." After that, the young warrior pulled his cape and turned around and walked out of the tavern.

"It will definitely happen." Xin Lie held the bottle and came to the door of the tavern, watching the respectable black cloak figure gradually walk away from the street under the starry sky. Until he couldn't see it, he turned open the bottle jam and tilted his head and took a sip.

The strong wine entered his throat, and a burning spicy and refreshing suddenly rushed over!

One day, he will become a warrior; one day, he will meet again at the giant rock; one day, he will fight with the Sota; one day, he will defeat him.

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