Chapter 456 The Consequences Can Be Really Serious
Linny is angry!
Three monsters living in the sacred pearl Lin Luoran has never left behind know her intimately. Most of the time Lin Luoran looks like a soft-hearted person. That's because she only cares about the people she loves. Many slight provocations are nothing in her eyes.
At this moment, confusion in Lin Luoran's mind has just been dispelled, and she aspires to break through the late Bearing Essence Period. However, the momentum of evolving into a Gathering Vitality cultivator is disrupted by the sudden attack. Her ethereal state of mind is affected. The feeling of breaking through in one go has gone!
How can she not be angry?
"I bet you two mangoes that Linny is going to kill them this time!"
Fire phoenix shows the outside situation with a fire mirror. Live broadcasting is going on. As for the mangoes, they are grown by Lin Luoran. Therefore, fire phoenix won't feel sad if it loses the bets.
Wood wolf rolls its eyes to the left. "Why didn't you bet that flame wood? Everyone can see that Lin Luoran gets really mad. Ahem. I bet you two rabbits that Linny will dispose of them in fifteen minutes! "
Fire phoenix glares at wood wolf and tells it to get away. It bets two mangoes because there are some in space. It is just to borrow something to make a gift of it. Damned wood wolf! How can it get rabbits in space? It is clear that wood wolf wants to get something for nothing!
Little silver fish looks at fire phoenix and wood wolf fighting each other. It feels awkward.
White Fairy drifts over like a willow branch trembling in the wind. She straightens the peony near the bun on her head and says, "If you keep fighting, you will miss what happens outside... I bet you two superior spirit stones that Linny can kill them within 15 minutes."
Space is noisy. Lin Luoran has a headache, so she simply cuts off the connection with the sacred pearl. Silence reigns in the place.
Walking in the interstellar vacuum, she feels a sense of freedom.
With the sacred pearl in hand, she never worries about hypoxia and cosmic radiation. Most of the time, the pearl is a reliable and powerful safeguard.
She appears suddenly with a comfortable look. The enemy's attack pauses for a while. Even the people on the Edward are stunned.
Realizing what happened, Ma Shuangshuang stomps. "I know Aunt Lin would not leave us behind!"
Ma Yiming's stiff expression turns into a smile, while Han Weiya's eyes grow red. Colin Weir is greatly relieved. At the critical moment, there is always a person like a god who descends from the sky and stands up to shelter them under her wings. This feeling of being protected makes the people rest assured, though they have different experiences.
"Aunt Lin, come on!"
Ma Shuangshuang cups her hands in the form of a trumpet to amplify her shouts. Xiaozhi transmits her voice to Lin Luoran's earrings.
Lin Luoran evades projectiles from a particle cannon, and then turns around and grimaces at the Edward, which makes everyone on board laugh their head off.
She can even freely talk with her companions! The starship which launched a surprise attack on the Edward has grown crazy since Lin Luoran appears from nowhere.
"You fatheads! That woman keeps coming to us! She's coming! Stop her!"
"How can a person survive in a vacuum? That woman must have the best equipment. But don't worry, everyone. Just concentrate your firepower on the woman! Kill her!"
The loud voice makes a group of operators too ashamed to raise their heads. Their fingers are flying on the keyboard to calculate the angle to fire cannonballs and determine the path they will take. Everyone is busy.
Despicable sneak attackers. The commander on the unknown starship is obviously a layman who only knows how to yell and scream. In contrast, the deputy commander has some understanding of the situation.
Each of the particles they just fired could have exploded a hill, but the woman on the opposite side escaped safely. How could it be possible? Particle cannons use charged particles which are accelerated and directed along a predetermined path by an accelerator. The particles give off no splendid light, so they are basically unseen if they don't collide with anything and react. In other words, they are invisible until exploding. Therefore, they are the best weapon to attack enemies in the vacuum. However, the woman just avoids all of them. How does she make it?
If he had the chance to ask this question, Lin Luoran would be happy to tell him.
Because she's a cultivator!
A mysterious cultivator unfamiliar to the technological civilization!
Lin Luoran's spiritual mind is woven into a fine net. This net extends infinitely among the three starships. Therefore, to evade the particles invisible to the naked eyes is nothing for her. For a moment, she even feels that she has become an omnipotent "god" of this world.
She has the power to keep everything under control.
She suddenly remembers the fake saintess's evaluation of the earth cultivators. The saintess once said the earth rabble did not know how to give full play to spirit power.
Spiritual mind is spirit power. Will it be fully tapped if used for an interstellar war?
Lin Luoran feels that things are not that simple. Never mind. She still has a long life to explore personal ability step by step. She can just take her time.
But the unknown starship can't wait! They have intensified their attack.
Watching a combat-oriented airship come over with a roar, Lin Luoran pretends to be stunned and appears distracted.
Through spiritual mind, Lin Luoran can see the people on the enemy's starship smiling. She also smiles, but the smile is very cold. She can now use the spiritual mind to attack. If she kills the person who operates the enemy's starship, it will be no longer a threat. After all, the enemy don't have an intelligent brain program such as Xiaozhi. And she will win the battle.
However, she will not do that!
The feeling of suffocation has made Lin Luoran furious. This time she decides to employ the cultivator's prowess. She will show these shit alliances how she defeats the so-called cutting-edge weapons.
For a moment, Lin Luoran feels that she has returned to the time when she defended the Dongting City.
Her compatriots who were constantly fighting mutant monsters for survival and development... Even if the earth before the New Era is not good, it is their home.
Do they have to be beaten since they are backward? Does their homeland have to be invaded since their technology is not that advanced? The earth has just started to develop its technological civilization, but the efforts are destroyed by the Alpha Alliance!
Seeing that Lin Luoran is pushed to the side easily, the warrior maneuvering the airship is overjoyed. Cannonballs arranged in a triangle are fired from the launcher. Lin Luoran doesn't avoid them. She just stands on the spot.
The expected explosion doesn't occur. In fact, three cannonballs pile like a pyramid at Lin Luoran's fingertips.
Yes, the cannonballs with huge impact are entangled in the gorgeous white light and stopped before Lin Luoran.
The people on the enemy's starship are dumbfounded.
Even the siblings of the Ma family on the Edward are amazed when they see all this through the virtual optical screen.
They learned about the legend of cultivators as a child, and they were even lucky to be an apprentice to Lin Luoran. However, they have never seen a spell producing gorgeous rays similar to those of a star in the dark blue starry sky!
This scene deeply impresses the siblings of the Ma family. Many years later, when they make huge progress in personal ability, they smile at the thought of Lin Luoran's performance this day. That's the legend of Aunt Lin, and they are the witnesses of it.
At this moment, all the people are witnessing a counterattack.
Lin Luoran's fingertips turn around, and three cannonballs are suddenly redirected. The airship on the opposite side moves in panic, but how could it evade them since the distance in between is so short?
"Bang! Bang! Bang! " Everyone hears imaginary sounds. Actually, sound cannot travel in a vacuum. What they see is like a silent movie, which is silent yet colorful. But silence may sometimes make things seem particularly scary.
The counterattack uses the technology of the Nami Alliance. The winner of the battle should be clear to see.
Explosion of the airship brings about turbulent air waves. In addition, those airship fragments moving freely due to the lack of air resistance devastate the enemy's starship as well as their weapons and equipment!
In retrospect, many people may wonder about this unreasonable chain reaction. How could the airship fragments have such great power?
However, at the time, everyone is surprised by the domino effect of the explosion. Airships hit by debris explode one after another in the end! It's like what happens when the fuse of a firecracker is lit.
Air flow spreads out rapidly, causing the ribbon on Lin Luoran's head to flutter. Only she knows that on the surface of the debris covers the Group Attack Spell employed by the would-be Gathering Vitality cultivator. The spell involves gold, the sharpest element among the Five Elements. Can't it cut apart the alloy plate forged by the Nami Alliance?!
The ignited "firecracker" is extending towards the opponent's starship. Now the enemy regard Lin Luoran as a demon.
...
"Brilliant. It's so brilliant!"
On the "Friend", Hien Windsor has recovered from her initial shock. She feels amazed and then laughs aloud. She looks radiant. Indeed, she is an unparalleled beauty.
She never thought that a woman in the world could fight against a huge starship by herself. She has seen many such scenes in her dream, but she has never witnessed one in person.
Windsor laughs with tears, while the other pirates shrink their necks.
They haven't seen a woman more powerful than Queen Windsor. God, what's the good of men in the world?
As Windsor laughs, the scene changes again.
The explosion ends, and the enemy's starship hit by debris becomes scarred. They haven't taken any action when Lin Luoran takes a step forward and comes to the top of the huge starship.
She learned the footwork after observing the man in robe in her dream.
The man in robe may be able to cross mountains and rivers with one step, but she can only move several hundred meters. Nevertheless, she is satisfied with her progress.
The moment she looks down on the starship, no one thinks she is small. In contrast, such a behemoth as the starship is ignored by all.
Because everyone's eyes are on Lin Luoran.
She is so brilliant, like the goddess of war in the legend of the Nami Alliance. She holds a luminous sword with condensed energy. She wields the sword and flies at the top of the starship.
When White Fairy sees this through the fire mirror, her eyes sparkle. She hasn't seen anyone employ this spell in her presence for more than a thousand years.
Cold Misty Peaks are famous in the world of cultivation for superb Water spells of sword, in addition to beautiful female cultivators.
For a spell of sword with nine movements, the last move is omnipotent and extremely fierce. Unlike its counterparts with such poetic names as "Frost's Decent" and "Auspicious Snow Spell", it is named "Quietus".
"Don't piss me off. The consequences can be really serious... " Lin Luoran's self-talk is heard by none in the vacuum. When the sword falls, white light bursts forth, overshadowing the stars.
Chapter 457 She Will Light Up Nami
The flying sword dashes with a strong force, cutting down towards the starship.
All the lights scattered in the universe seem to be attracted at this moment. Kant once said this. Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
While the strong civilization in the space rubs the weak ones, morality has become a synonym for hypocrisy in the noble's eyes.
When their technology sends them to the stars, the sky above that has witnessed countless beautiful wishes doesn't seem to be precious anymore, does it? Seen closely, asteroids are full of craters and rocks. How can you regard it as beautiful?
But the Nami Alliance who witnesses this scene will remember this moment for a lifetime.
All the lights are concentrated on Lin Luoran's sword. White Fairy even raised her chin slightly in the space. The surprising move Lin Luoran does is from Ethereal Palace. Although Ethereal Palace has been forgotten on earth, it is destined to be back on stage stunningly in the distant space.
Even in slow motion, the sword will still stroke accurately.
How can a cultivator who is still in the phase of Gathering Vitality destroy a starship?
What's more, it is created by the Nami Alliance, one of the Galaxy's top five alliances. Other cultivators may fail, but Lin Luoran is different.
White lights are splashing. The Bright Sword slashes on top of the enemy starship.
Three seconds after the white lights disappear, everything remains the same. There is not even an explosion. People on the Edward starship are anxious. Windsor and the pirates on "Friend" feel sorry for Lin. All the enemies now set their hearts at rest.
They burst into laughter. The starship's beam flickers with frequency, sending out a navigation signal representing "sneer".
Only those in the space cheer up.
"I won. Bring me the mango!"
"The dealer has to pay me four rabbits... You don't have any? I don't care. Go catch it."
White Fairy smiles. "My bet is the closest. Don't forget about the spirit stones you two owe me. I will ask for them someday in the future."
Fire phoenix and wood wolf look at her with shared anger. The human race is the most cunning race of all!
...
" Aunt Lin ...failed?"
Ma Yiming blushes out of fury. Xiaozhi can be really dumb sometimes. He translates the signal from the enemy starship. Now Ma Yiming knows how they laugh at Edward and Lin Luoran. He is going to explode.
Ma Shuangshuang and Han Weiya don't understand what has happened. They can't answer Ma Yiming. Colin Weir's eyes are twinkling. His double pupil separates and overlaps. That move Lin Luoran just did was amazing. He now feels from the bottom of his heart that it is the correct thing to follow Lin Luoran wandering in the space and to leave his family identity behind.
"Be confident in our lady!"
Colin doesn't believe that Lin failed. That's not her style.
One second, two seconds... On the eighteenth second, something happens. While the enemies are still cheering, the top of the starship suddenly begins to crack.
When does the shell of the starship become as weak as an eggshell?!
No one answers their question. The deputy commander only has time to get to the nearest rescue capsule himself. The broken alloy wall above the starship brings in a devastating airflow.
The big hole above does not directly kill anyone in the Nami Alliance. Due to the pressure generated by the vacuum on the starship, air inside the starship swarms out the moment the alloy wall collapsed. The powerful airflow throws people out. They are not Lin Luoran who can walk in the space without a spacesuit.
In fact, when the surrounding air pressure drops below 47 millimeters of mercury, moisture in the tissues starts to vaporize. The evaporation can cause cell failure on the surface of the body and loss of body heat. After 6 seconds, the failure process extends to the heart and lungs, causing interruption of blood circulation. Then there is acute hypoxia, convulsions, and visceral muscle relaxation.
Only a few people escape into the airship. The flamboyant commander is obviously not among them.
The deputy commander sheds tears in the rescue capsule. His companions who were swept out of the starship by the airflow would have no way to survive—and their corpses look terrifying.
"Don't look at that..." Ma Yiming covers his sister's eyes. He knows what human bodies in a vacuum would look like. He doesn't want to traumatize his sister.
Han Weiya comes to the starship alone. Looked at the girl's pale face, Ma Yiming's heart hurts. He covers Han Weiya's eyes at the same time with the other hand.
The girls' eyelashes twitch in his palm. Neither Han Weiya nor Ma Shuangshuang sees the enemies' faces. Under low pressure, their eyes protrude, exploding like a balloon full of gas.
Lin Luoran remains grim, suppressing herself from vomiting. Having finished this fight, she won't be able to eat for a few days.
Although their starship is destroyed, a small number of enemies have escaped.
Lin Luoran sneers at those airships fleeing in different directions.
What can rescue capsules and airships do? Without a starship, they can't do space jumps. No one will save them from running out of energy!
However, she doesn't want to expose her strength to Nami Alliance too early.
Her right hand moves agilely, making 360 Taoist hand gestures all at once, leaving only the afterimage. This is a secret move of White Fairy, although Lin is also confused about why a Water cultivator knows the Fire Spells so well. But as long as the spells are useful, who cares?
360 Taoist hand gestures are made. The Fire Reiki nearby is all drawn here. Like a Meteor shower, fireballs with a diameter of about one meter start to chase the rest of the army.
The airships and rescue capsules made of alloy start to burn as long as this flame touches them as if there is oil on their shell.
Of course, the high-density alloy can be ignited because the flame Lin Luoran created is mixed with space Strange Fire.
Except for the broken starship, all escaped airships are burnt. Burning requires a medium, but the five-element flame is different. Lin Luoran leaves the starship alone, not because she made a mistake, but because the Edward starship is also damaged. Xiaozhi needs to fix its body using devices from the Nami Alliance's starship.
This powerful spell then has a vivid name. "Meteor Chasing the Moon".
The effect of light and shadow is so gorgeous. Colin Weir doesn't even want to blink in case he misses anything on the screen. Colin couldn't help cursing. "Damn, this is a forbidden spell!"
Cyan little fox rolls its eyes at him. The alien barbarian is really uneducated!
...
Lin Luoran catches a man alive. She uses "Soul-Search Spell " for the first time without hesitation, invading his mind and filtering the memory of this person.
According to the spiritual mind, this person has a high status in the starship. She is not disappointed. He is exactly the deputy commander.
Huh, it turns out that they are the notorious mercenaries. Those half soldiers half robbers are worse than the star pirates. Their target was not the Edward starship ... but the spirit rice of the N2 planet whose information was leaked. When they recognized that the Edward starship was not from Nami Alliance, they suddenly decided to attack it.
The deputy commander's mind is full of regrets. Lin Luoran sighs, but she doesn't want to let go of them.
The world is tough. She doesn't want to kill, but others always come to start fights. He only regrets because he doesn't want to die. If she didn't stand out in time, the Edward starship would get destroyed. The siblings of the Ma family, Han Weiya, Colin, and cyan little fox were all inside. Could they be alive?
The flame at her fingertips engulfs the man. Lin Luoran doesn't know what she just defeated was the famous "Wolf Fangs Mercenary". In fact, the commander who seemed to know nothing about tactics was also a big name. That later causes her some trouble.
Now, she only feels tired after the war.
She scans the starship of the pirates coldly. The female pirate named Windsor should be glad this ambush had nothing to do with them, otherwise...
" Let's collect the trophies, Xiaozhi."
"Roger that~" Xiaozhi speaks with its child's voice. Those villains are supposed to get beat up. How dare they bully the kids, hum!
...
Friend starship.
Hien Windsor drags the fat man's collar. "Blockhead, I have a feeling that she will surprise the whole Nami Alliance! My god, she will light up the dark and the decaying Nami Alliance! She will definitely..."
Blockhead is strangled by excited Windsor. He is soon out of breath and almost suffocated.
The crew rescues Blockhead from Windsor. The fat man jumps two feet away before starting to tremble. "Sister, I am your brother, not an enemy."
"What–"
Brother! The crew's question has been solved. But Boss Windsor and the fat man? Come on, you don't look alike at all!
Chapter 458: Reaching Nami
Can this particle cannon still work? Okay, move it back.
Um, the console is 80% complete? Move it back!
What, you don't want the part of mecha floating in the space? It is shameful to waste, Xiaozhi!
You want to drag away the whole starship? Well... Xiaozhi, we still have to be reasonable, just take away the precious metal parts.
Like a locust crossing the border, the defeated starship is quickly dismantled. There is only an empty shell that cannot be taken away. Others on "Friend" are full of admiration for the Edward starship—they did a clean job and picked the most precious trophies. Isn't the Edward starship a pirate starship which pretends to be harmless?
They subconsciously forget how Lin Luoran nailed the fight. Blockhead is even convincing himself that Lin Luoran has to be the "humanoid weapon" launched by the Galaxy alliance, since the Edward starship is unidentified. After all, the Galaxy alliance is more advanced in technology. Yes, it must be like that.
How can a living creature destroy a starship alone? Even those from the alliance have to finish their education and study relevant majors for years to enter the operation room. The starship is powerful. It can send passengers, transfer commodities, and combat. This is the idea creatures are indoctrinated growing up in Nami Alliance and in the whole Galaxy.
They are proud of their starship and technology. Even if they see something contrary to what they believe, they will not be convinced in a short time. It can be rather painful to see the collapse of the worldview that one has established since childhood.
But the people on "Friend" still keep in mind what they see today.
For the unimposing Edward starship, the appalling pirates have more fear than curiosity.
Only Windsor, the female leader of the crew, feels different. She appreciates and admires the Edward starship, or Lin Luoran on the Edward starship!
Unfortunately, the excited Windsor doesn't know that Lin Luoran is deeply influenced by Huaxia civilization. She believes a friend in need is a friend indeed. Those who bring icing on the cake can also be acquaintances, but they will find it difficult to be real friends.
During the ambush, "Friend" didn't give a hand. Although they didn't rob the Edward while it encountered difficulties, Lin Luoran would never trust a bystander.
Having fixed itself with materials from the enemy starship and equipped some weapons, The Edward is new again. The technological differences between alliances in Xiaozhi's eyes are like new toys.
Finishing the fight, Lin Luoran also feels the space is full of unknown dangers. It is the worst place for her closed-door training. She has to wait till they get to the Nami Star, where she can make plans about her cultivation.
However, cyan little fox reveals its guilt. Under the pressure of Lin Luoran, the little fox does feel sorry. But it doesn't have to wield its power when things were not that bad, right?
While the cyan little fox sounds reasonable, Lin Luoran is inevitably disappointed.
Things were not that bad, but how bad it had to be? The fox has got along for almost a year with the siblings of the Ma family, Han Weiya, and even Colin. Yet it still doesn't care much about them. Lin Luoran doesn't know if it is because of the inherent arrogance of the nine-tailed fox, or because they always spoil the little fox. Therefore it takes others' contributions for granted. However, Lin Luoran and her family have been worried about cyan little fox for three hundred years. Has it ever thought about them and left a message?
With this in mind, Lin Luoran does not want to easily forgive cyan little fox this time.
The joy of victory on the Edward has been swept away. In the depressing atmosphere, everyone feels something has gone wrong between Lin Luoran and cyan little fox. But no one dares to bring peace. They all devote themselves to their job, working on the chilies.
Colin Weir stays up late and writes several promotion plans.
Ma Shuangshuang is learning Chinese cuisine in the center of Chuan province. Ma Yiming is forced to closed-door training. If he can't find the sense of Qi, he is not allowed to participate in any other stuff.
Han Weiya is absorbed in the research notes on making elixirs. The cyan little fox is alone, guarding the repaired medicine field. It proudly raises its neck—the road to becoming king is destined to be lonely. It doesn't care about those human race!
Entering the prosperous business road, the Edward encounters starships from time to time. The route to the Nami Star becomes safe.
The robots create utensils and bake chilies. One needs rapeseed oil to make chili sauce. Lin Luoran planted rape plants in the gap between the chilies. She saw Mrs. Lin making Chuan chili sauce when she was a kid. Being spicy is only part of the sauce. The best of it is the smell.
Grind the dried chilies into powder, add peppercorns, peanuts, broad beans, and some salt. Then pour the Chinese alcohol brewed with grain, mix it with rapeseed oil, let it sit, and seal it... Other steps are easy, but the problem is space does not produce salt. The food culture on Nami Alliance is diverse but so different from that of the Huaxia civilization. Thinking about that, Lin Luoran decides to keep the small amount of chili sauce for the crew. If she doesn't cook Chuan dishes, she won't be able to highlight the flavor of the chili sauce.
Since this is only for her friends, she is using the best ingredients. The fruit alcohol used to add flavor was sealed with earthen jars. Lin Luoran is looking forward to the fragrance the day she opens it.
The vinegar and soy sauce she brewed are both opened. Only two jars have gone bad. The terrible smell makes her blush out of embarrassment and she soon pours them out. The others all taste good. Her heart is filled with the joy of harvest.
Everyone is busy. Their life during the sailing becomes full. On the thirteenth day after the ambush was resolved, they come to the Nami Star.
This is a planet guarded by four satellites, much smaller than the N2 planet. It is about twice the diameter of the earth.
As the hub of the high-tech Galaxy alliance, the Nami Star is not filled with high-tech products as they expected. In fact, it looks better than the increasingly polluted earth before the New Era.
"There was a large-scale scuffle in the Nami Alliance. The Nami Star at that time became the center of chaos... After the war, the star was nothing but a post-war relic. To restore the home planet's natural environment, people spent a huge amount of money every year. It is said the annual cost is enough to build a powerful space troop."
This is the information Xiaozhi finds in the network. On the Nami Star, large-scale scientific and technological products are rejected. People believe in the pollution-free handicraft industry. All defense and heavy industries are arranged on the four arch satellites. On their home planet, there are even well-preserved ancient buildings more than a thousand years old. For people on the Nami Star, the perseverance in caring for the home planet is just like their loyalty to the royal family. Engraved in their mind, it even affects the entire Nami Alliance.
Lin Luoran is envious. Since the Nami Star can be rebuilt from the post-war relic, the earth can do it, too. She is looking forward to that day... Lin Luoran has a bold idea when she thinks about the man in the robe, creating lakes and mountains by writing. But she then gives up because her personal ability is too low.
Taking care of their environment, the Nami people even arrange their military defense on the four arch satellites. No one can get close to the Nami Star except through the passenger starship operated by the Empire and the military shifts.
The Edward lands on "Nami Satellite NO.1". All the goods shipped to the Nami Star can be traded on four satellites. You can also ship them to Nami Star and lend a warehouse and sell them there.
The Edward can't land on the Nami Star, which means someone has to stay on the starship. It can't be leaked that Xiaozhi is an AI with independent consciousness. No one wants to stay. Lin Luoran knows they all want to go there.
Finally, Han Weiya offers to stay behind.
Ma Yiming finally finds the sense of Qi. The more original the planet is, the stronger the Reiki there. He needs to go for his cultivation. However, the siblings of the Ma family are always together. Anyone leaving will be worried about the one left behind.
Colin Weir is also responsible for selling chilies. As for herself, she has to find the mysterious designer Nolan Mancia.
"You stay here. When we settle down on the home planet, we will come to change shifts."
Han Weiya is the most suitable one, although Lin Luoran is worried if this dummy will be tricked away with the starship!
Cyan little fox was going to stay on the starship, but Lin Luoran doesn't want to spoil it this time. Kids need to know about their mistakes to correct them.
There are also many chilies in her space. The four of them easily get off the starship.
Watching the starship door close slowly, cyan little fox's eyes are wet. It stubbornly refuses to cry. Han Weiya sighs quietly, feeling that the fox is very similar to her in the past—She was so spoiled that she did whatever she liked. She can hardly remember the days when she was a stubborn girl called "lady Zero".
The moment Lin Luoran takes the siblings and Colin off the airship, Windsor and her crew come towards them.
It seems that they are not in a hurry to sell potatoes, but want to take the same passenger ship to the Nami Star. Lin Luoran doesn't like or dislike them. Taking them as her former customers, she nods at them.
The pirates are silent. Only Windsor murmurs. "I had a feeling we would meet soon."
Her brother who doesn't look like her says, "Sister, are you going to change your job to be a fortune-teller?"
The pirates look up to the sky. No wonder he gets beaten. It is not worthy of sympathy.
Windsor, with flaming red lips, smiles, and waves at her brother. She is surprisingly calm. "Brother, come here."
Brother? The fat man shudders. The unpleasant "Blockhead " gives him a sense of security. Sister, don't do this. You really don't fit in the role of a lady—
Chapter 459 Starting from the Grass Roots
Nami Star is really beautiful. 50% of it is covered by water. Most of the water is not vast oceans but scattered inland lakes. Because the planet was not separated by oceans in ancient times, cultural and technological exchanges among various places are very convenient. It is also one of the geographical factors for the prosperity of the Nami Star.
It is the summer of Nami Star and it's really hot. However, the high green coverage has brought the coolness of summer. Lin Luoran and others choose a starship to go directly to the capital and they soon reach their destination.
The starship lands on the outskirts of the city where classic vintage cars are everywhere. It is said that the fuel of the cars is like water and the exhaust emissions do not pollute the air. And there are more...carriages? Carriages? In order to protect their planet, the Nami people can do this?
Lin Luoran twitches and Colin Weir is also shocked.
The Weir family is also a big family on the Caesar Star. When he was enjoying his extravagant life, he still never thought of using this method to show his nobility. It's not hard to know how extravagant the Nami Star is. They have advanced technology but they just don't drive cars. When he returns to his hometown, he also wants to get eight white horses to pull carriage for him, which is more eye-catching than any airships.
The transportation is very retro. However, when Lin Luoran gets on a carriage, she realizes that it is actually a result of technological advancement. The shock absorption device of the carriage is perfect and the road is very smooth. Except for the slow speed, the carriage is not bumpy at all. This place doesn't take gold coins as currency. Every deputy coachman has a small card swiping device for them... Under the retro appearance, it is actually high technology. The two things are perfectly integrated.
The coachman is well-dressed and the carriage is clean and tidy. The capital of the Nami Star is called "Maple Leaf City". In autumn, the city is filled with red maple leaves everywhere. With natural and historical scenery, Maple Leaf City is a famous tourist destination of Nami Alliance. This coachman serves so many tourists every year that he almost becomes a guide.
Halfway the journey, Lin Luoran has already known a lot of accommodations and delicious food in Maple Leaf City from the coachman.
The residents who can live on the Nami Star are mostly nobles or Nami people who inherit property from their ancestry. Only rich or powerful foreign people can live here. Suburban castles are everywhere and they are more expensive than the houses of Huaxia before the New Era. Normal people can't afford them at all.
A lot of people visit Nami Star every year. In addition to a few big hotels, guest houses are also a good choice for them because they can know more about the customs of Nami Star.
"Your interstellar standard language is pretty good. Since you have introduced so much, how about recommending a clean guest house for us?"
The driver laughs shyly, "As long as the lady asks, I am willing to help you."
He takes Lin Luoran and others to go sightseeing in the city and introduces the regional distribution of Maple Leaf City briefly. He then takes Lin Luoran and other people to a busy alley.
It is a tavern and many Nami people are sitting there talking aloud. This place is filled with the taste of beer, barbecue, and the sweetness of cheese. It is really a good place.
"This is really a good place."
The coachman takes off his hat and stoops, "My mother runs this place. I hope guests coming from afar can enjoy it."
This is a young man with red hair and freckles on his nose. Lin Luoran is not angry about his manipulative mind and she actually likes the environment here.
Compared to a perfect but starchy royal hotel, Lin Luoran feels more at ease in this family hotel with a good atmosphere to talk and laugh. Just like her Taoist name, Mortal Heart, Lin can only feel the peace and tranquility in the mortal world.
The siblings of the Ma family are also very happy. They grew up in a very shabby community and they feel familiar with this tavern.
The four of Lin Luoran stand in front of the tavern and they are dressed differently from the Nami Star people. The people who drink and chat here see many tourists every year and they don't bully them at all. Everyone laughs, "Mrs. Susan, your son takes people back again. Such a smart boy!"
"He graduated from the Royal School of Etiquette. If we had some social connection, he would be more than enough to be a manager in the palace."
"But coachman is also a good job. The tips from the guests are quite a lot of credit points."
"Yes..."
Middle-aged women are not the only people who like to gossip. Older men gather together and they are like hundreds of sparrows when they have free time.
In the tavern, a middle-aged woman in a blue dress comes out. She also has red hair which is tied up on the top of her head. Her skin is very white and she is really a middle-aged beautiful woman.
"I am Susan. Are you here to visit Nami Star?"
Susan doesn't seem to hire any servants. Regular customers laugh aloud and make way for Lin Luoran and the others. Many people go to the tall counter for more wine by themselves.
Now it is less than half a month before the Nami princess's wedding. People who come to watch the ceremony are all over Maple Leaf City. This tavern is a bit remote so it is not totally booked. Susan takes them to the backyard. Lin Luoran hears that there are four rooms on the third floor and she decides to stay here.
The wooden floor creaks when people step on it. The flower garden downstairs is filled with lisianthuses. It is a typical medieval European courtyard.
The old wooden boards of the room is very clean. Quill pens and plain letterhead are placed on the long table. Sunlight pours into the house through the lattice curtains. A dressing mirror as tall as a person is set in the closet and everything looks just perfect.
"Thank you, Mrs. Susan. This is really a nice place."
Susan wipes her hands on the apron. Nami Star has a lot of beauties. However, facing a beauty like Lin Luoran with black hair, black eyes, and skin like jade, Susan feels unusually nervous.
"The bathroom is at the corner of the corridor. It's hot so we deliberately bring the spring water down here. Maybe you can wash first."
After introducing the house, Susan politely says goodbye.
Lin Luoran contacts the "Alpha-Edward" starship and reports that they are safe now. Then she asks the three of them, "Do you guys feel satisfied with this place?"
Ma Shuangshuang has slipped to see her room and nods violently, "The layout here is like the fairy tale kingdom I read when I was a kid."
The fairy tales she read are all masterpieces of the former masters before the New Era. Because of the social background, it's usual that Ma Shuangshuang feels familiar with this.
Ma Yiming runs for a mountain spring bath while Colin Weir endures the sweaty stickiness. He feels a little puzzled now, "Lady, it's hard for us to sell our chilies if we live here."
Lin Luoran has known Colin Weir's plans. One of the plans is to make sure chilies appear at the wedding dinner of the princess and then it will naturally be very easy to sell them.
He wants to use the method of the nobility leading the fashion. Lin Luoran thinks about it and shakes her head. "It's not easy to ask those nobles to eat spicy food on such a hot day. There is still half a month for us to plan it. We should start from the grass roots."
She will definitely go to see the royal wedding but it's not mainly for watching it. She wants to meet Nolan Mancia, the mysterious royal designer of yellow jadeite phoenix hairpin.
The real delicacy can become popular very quickly. Lin Luoran gives up Colin's plan which is to show up unexpectedly at the princess wedding dinner. Lin wants to start from the grass roots and she gets the inspiration from this tavern. She thinks these alcoholic Nami people can never refuse the charm of beer with barbecue.
Colin thinks of the feasibility of this new plan in his mind. With enough people and momentum, the chance of success is still great.
"Is half a month enough?"
"No... so we have to act quickly."
Lin Luoran looks out from the third floor. The houses in these alleys are not high. Houses with three storeys are the highest and she can see the whole street. There is another tavern after two corners. That tavern is adjacent to the main street and its business is very great. It owns several houses to pile beer and ingredients.
Lin Luoran feels happy at once, "Well, the place is ready now. You can go to handle the transferring of cargo to the Nami Star. Oh, bring the coconuts with you. I feel you can also sell them. "
No matter for selling chilies or running a store, they are not for making a living in desperate. Colin is trying to prove Lin Luoran that he is valuable so he does a lot of work. Lin Luoran also wants to train the siblings of the Ma family so she asks them to buy a yard.
Both Ma Yiming and Ma Shuangshuang have no experience. Fortunately, Ma Yiming is willing to use his brain, so he asks for information all over. He finally makes it. Ma buys a popular store with a yard, which is a little more expensive than the market price and costs 8.9 million credit points.
That place has a large area and it is popular. The house prices of Maple Leaf City is high and they want to buy it as soon as possible. Therefore, it is natural that they buy it at an expensive price.
Anyway, they live near it and can reach their new home just after a few walls. Lin Luoran takes the siblings of the Ma family to decorate it overnight. They change the tavern into a place which is more suitable for barbecue. The owner has sold the store with beers to Ma Yiming and it saves them lots of effort.
Colin is still handling the transshipment of goods. Lin Luoran has to take the siblings of the Ma family to purchase ingredients.
She doesn't plan to use the monster meat in space. It is not worth it at all. She has to buy some local meat and other spices for barbecue.
Mrs. Susan only feels that the newcomers are very quiet. They do not show up except for dinner time. She never knows that they have secretly prepared for the opening of a shop.
Can Lin Luoran's so-called grass roots route work?
In fact, she is just doing it for fun. If just for getting into the royal wedding, she can do it without anyone noticing it.
Taking out the yellow jadeite phoenix hairpin, Lin Luoran says nothing. Does she feel nervous before meeting her fellow?
Chapter 460 The Meat Aroma from the Jennifer Avenue
There is a new barbecue restaurant on No. 281, Jennifer Avenue.
This kind of small store is very common in Maple Leaf City. They don't use a publicity stunt so it is usual that it can't attract any attention. At least Susan Bistro which is only a few walls away from it, does not know that some of its guests have become its competitor—Because the backyard is still being renovated, Lin Luoran and others haven't checked out and moved.
It's dark. Susan's coachman son goes home with the carriage. He notices an enticing fragrance mixed with the floating smoke. Derek doesn't care too much about it. However, he feels a little unhappy when he sees that a few regular customers of the Susan Bistro are behind the glass window of the new tavern.
Susan Bistro is remote so it can only make money from regular customers. It always gets along well with this tavern. Now this tavern also runs the barbecue business. Is it trying to "kill" their business?
Derek hurries home when Lin Luoran is checking out. Mrs. Susan is very hospitable and tries to keep her. Derek enters the tavern and can see the business is not good as usual. He politely greets Lin Luoran. Unexpectedly, he receives a small card.
The fingers holding the card are long and white. Beauty Lin Luoran even makes the freckles on Derek's nose turn red.
Lin Luoran has already left together with the siblings of the Ma family. Derek is still in a daze with the card in his hand. Mrs. Susan pushes her son and points to the counter, "Derek, this is the barbecue from our new neighbor. You can have a try. They use a new spice which is really spicy and fragrant."
Barbecue from a new neighbor? So the owner of the tavern in the lane has changed?
Derek turns his head and sees the grilled meat in wooden sticks. He has learned a lot of stuff from the Royal School of Etiquette and he can tell the grilled meat looks really good.
Derek lowers his head again. The picture printed on the small card is no different from the barbecue on the counter of the tavern. He finally realizes after so long—the woman is the new boss of No. 281?
Looking at his tavern which is kind of deserted today, Derek feels a complicated mood with the card in hand.
It was him who introduced Lin Luoran to Susan Bistro. Didn't he lead the enemy for his family? Derek feels a little sad. However, Mrs. Susan puts the roast in his hands. "Just taste it. It won't be so good when it's cold... Our new neighbors are really nice. They specialize in barbecue and they will buy beer from us in the future..."
Well, Derek is stunned and his mood is even more complicated.
Taking a bite of the kebab handed over by Mrs. Susan, Derek feels it's cold and spicy. That spicy smell goes straight into his nose and makes Derek's tears come out. He is really embarrassed.
Mrs. Susan smiles with her mouth covered. Graduated from the School of Etiquette, Derek always cares about manners. Now he really looks like a young man.
Derek's tears are all over his face. After coughing, he can't help taking another bite.
"It's really spicy...and it tastes really good."
...
The name of the new barbecue restaurant on the Jennifer Avenue is really tacky, not as aristocratic as the atmosphere of Maple Leaf City—"Hot Girls". Lin Luoran will never admit that she just wants to be funny. Those middle-aged men who come to the barbecue restaurant actually appreciate this name!
The window here is really clean. People can see the barbecue's operation table and it makes them feel relieved.
They only sell one thing, barbecue.
Every guest who comes in can choose food on the shelf. Sliced pork belly, sliced ham in bamboo sticks, turkey breast meat with bone, chicken claws which people don't eat, beef, fish, all kinds of cheap and common meat, a variety of chicken and duck pluck which Nami people never eat before... there are many different kinds of dishes. The same thing is that they are all marinated with chilies and various spices.
Well, neighbors are now always talking about chilies. They taste so spicy in the first place that people doubt they are poison. People endure the spicy taste with beer but then they begin to miss the spicy taste.
It's better than the expensive Heartburn grass of the alliance. With roasted meat and beer, these civilians feel that they finally find food they really like. In the hot summer, invite a few friends to order some barbecue and eating it will make people sweat. However, it is really an enjoyable thing.
Occasionally, there are some female guests who feel curious after seeing flyers. They find that in addition to the meat wrapped in red chilies, there are also various vegetarian dishes here!
This is really new. The barbecue restaurant also sells grilled vegetables! There are beautiful cabbage, purple-skinned white eggplant, tender cucumbers, green leeks, sliced potatoes... these vegetable dishes are arranged neatly and the mixed color looks very attractive. So maybe we can also have a try? Anyway, vegetarian dishes don't gain weight! Daughters of the civilian family don't care about so many things anymore. They actually sit down and taste it. Some people "cry" because of the spicy taste. Some are addicted, crying while ordering a bunch of barbecue.
The owner says that girls should not be so drunk. Therefore, she takes the coconut iced in water as a drink!
The handsome waiter uses the knife to insert the straw into the coconut. He sends it to the little girls. Looked at such a handsome face, the girls lower their heads and drink coconut juice with flushed faces.
Some bold girls stare at the handsome waiter. The young man's eyes are very special. They twinkle with a flirtatious atmosphere. He is so beautiful.
The owner is also very beautiful... Many civilian girls are staring at them. This barbecue restaurant is very good in business, but there are only a few servants. When it's very busy, the female owner will also use brushes to help with the barbecue.
Obviously, it is a barbecue grill with a strong oily smell. Why can she still be so elegant?
They feel really jealous.
A civilian girl feels jealous and admired. She hides in the corner with lots of thoughts in her mind. When she looks up, someone puts a plate in front of her.
"I... I didn't order this."
"I know. This is a gift from us. Thank you for being here for three consecutive days."
Well? The female shopkeeper remembers that she has been here for three days. The girl lowers her head and feels embarrassed. She feels that the impression she left on the owner is "edacity".
"I..."
The shopkeeper winks at her, "Just think it as I am buying you... After receiving this gift, you should tell others more about our shop. "
The little girl nods vigorously and the female shopkeeper leaves gracefully.
There is a fried banana on the white porcelain dish. Its outer skin is crispy and the inside is soft and sweet. The little girl likes it so much that she almost swallows her tongue.
The girls also have their own circles just like the traffickers. Students in the school and people who work for the noble family have passed the news one by one. This is a shop called "Hot Girl". It is really a name of poor taste but it is now going viral in Maple Leaf City.
One day, the grilled meat brought back by the daughter of a famous merchant is eaten by her father. In the taste of pain and joy, the merchant discovers the true value of the grilled meat—a spice, a spice better than Heartburn grass appears!
One day, a waiter in the capital is eating skewers bought by his companion and then he is caught by his master.
"What are you having? It smells good."
"Your Highness... this is a barbecue popular among civilians recently."
Seeing the eyes of the third prince staring at the skewers on his hand, the waiter hands the bamboo stick forward wisely.
The third prince who looks obese swallows and takes over the historic kebab—