On the Zuyuan Highland, tens of thousands of troops were attacking from all directions with the original temple of the highland god of war as the center point, sweeping all the barbarian tribes they encountered along the way. Five thousand regular troops were stationed in the city and officially incorporated this land into the territory of the Deep Red Principality. Another 50,000 main troops were quietly transferred back to the blood-stained land by Richard and stationed in a secret valley, which was only a few dozen kilometers away from the border of the Iron Triangle Empire.

Tensions still exist in the city of the Highland Temple, but a large number of craftsmen are flocking to this city. They will build three temples around the Eternal Dragon Temple for the use of the three goddesses. The priests of the three goddesses have entered in large numbers. They will be responsible for the transformation of these shallow believers. Several large-scale cargo teams have set out. When they arrive, the load of food, clothes and wine parties will allow the shallow believers to see the true promising beliefs. Even if they refuse to change their faith, they will be shaken in their hearts. For Richard, this is enough. shallow believers are the greatest source of the power of faith.

The goods loaded by several cargo teams were worth millions, enough for tens of thousands of people in the city to live a prosperous and warm winter. Richard was also a little confused about what the purpose of doing so. It was not all ideals, nor was it just to cut off their beliefs. Perhaps there were some of them, just as IRUS said, people were contradictory.

At this moment, Richard was not in his army. He rode a split-brain and was flying towards a small oasis city, which had only a few thousand people away from the main trade routes, so life seemed peaceful and quiet. There was a small and clear lake in the center of the oasis, maintaining the survival of people in the city.

When Richard walked into the city, it was dusk. The smoke in the city was everywhere, and the smell of barbecue would come from time to time. Most of the people walking on the street were relaxed and leisurely, and the city was also very clean. You could see the slaves responsible for cleaning at any time. In this city, the slaves still had obvious signs, but most of them looked quite healthy and strong, not as weak and depressed as slaves from other human countries.

The reality of this small town made Richard quite satisfied. Plane wars accumulated huge wealth for Richard. Previously, his eyes were mostly on how to quickly arm the army. When Alice became a partner, the female war god showed her other talent in territorial governance. Most of the territorial policies of Faro and even other planes were from her. In her own territory, Alice could squeeze out a small amount of military expenses for people's livelihood development, and the policies he made for Richard were even more so. Although Richard has not yet let her interfere with the Faro plane, his followers in Faro have already begun to spontaneously learn from her policies and practices.

For example, when cleaning the city hall, there will be a group of slaves of their own, responsible for the cleaning of the entire city, maintenance of public facilities, etc. In the Crimson Principality, the amount of food these slaves receive every day is twice that of other human countries. If they cannot finish eating, they can be kept for their families. This is the only thing that many slaves work hard to avoid being sold by the city hall.

After passing through several blocks in this leisurely and freehand town, Richard stopped in front of a very quiet ordinary courtyard and knocked on the door.

A moment later, the yard door creaked open, revealing a wrinkled face. This was an old man, who was about to reach the end of his life, his eyes had become cloudy, and after a moment, he showed an unexpected look and said, "It's Richard."

"It's me, Palin, long time no see."

The old man looked at Richard for a while before sighing, "You are exactly the same as before. Now I believe that you are indeed different. Come in, I didn't expect to see you again before I die."

Richard followed Palin into the courtyard and saw a flower shovel and a wine kettle placed in the courtyard. It seemed that Palin was taking care of the garden just now.

Richard pointed to the carefully trimmed garden and said with a smile: "It seems that you are doing well now. I think you are still improving your plane math system."

Palin sighed and said, "It's not because of you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known that the things I spent my whole life studying had been researched in other planes and had long become a complete system. Since that's the case, what's the point of studying these? Recently, I can feel that I'm aging rapidly, so I want to do something I've never done before in the last period of my life, such as drinking tea, eating something different, trying to manage the garden by myself, and even I've learned to daydream and take a nap."

Richard laughed and said, "It seems you are much better than me."

At this time, the maid brought black tea and exquisite refreshments, and then returned to the room, leaving Richard and Palin alone in the courtyard.

Palin picked up the teacup, but did not rush to drink it. Instead, he looked at Richard and asked with some hope and anxiety: "You are here this time, not just to have a cup of tea with me."

"Indeed, I came here specifically this time and had two things. One was to fulfill one promise to Duke Canglang, and the other was to see if you would like to help me. This thing can give you an extra three years of life." As he said that, Richard took out a time hourglass and placed it on the table.

This is an extremely exquisite little thing, and you can see the extraordinaryness at a glance. Palin looked at the slowly rolling sand inside with trance, and could not breathe for a moment.

There is nothing more exciting than when he is about to reach the end of his life, but suddenly he knows that there will be an extra life. Palin stretches out his hand and wants to touch it, but his fingertips are trembling. He is about to touch the hourglass of time, but he cannot stretch forward any further. He is afraid that this is a beautiful bubble, and once it is touched, it will be broken.

"But you can't make it yet."

Richard's words immediately made Palin pop out of the chair. He stared at Richard, rolling up and down the throat festival for a few times, but said nothing. Palin tried hard to suppress his breathing, calm himself down slowly, and then sat down slowly and asked: "What do you need me to do? I don't think I can actually help you."

Richard's smile was as charming as ever, saying, "This thing is called the Time Hourglass. It is... Oh, a very special thing comes from the divine grace of Eternity and the Dragon of Time. If you want to use it, you need an extra condition, that is, you have to give up your ancestor worship and change to believe in the Time Hourglass. Because you are not a Norlander, this is the only way to make the Time Hourglass work."

"Convert the letter."

"Yes, this time hourglass is my promise to your father. Now I finally have the opportunity to complete it, so you don't need to do anything for me, you just have to be responsible for yourself and make choices." Richard said, and put down another badge on the table. On the badge is a wolf head, which is the symbol of the inheritance of the Duke of Canglang family.

On one side is the badge and on the other side is the time hourglass.

Palin's forehead began to seep sweat. This time his choice was not as simple as converting his beliefs. He had been studying plane mathematics for his whole life and vaguely felt that behind the choice was actually the choice between Faro and Noland. He chose the time hourglass and got extra life, and he stood on the opposite side of the entire Faro. From then on, there will be no way back. The rules are the most cruel and ruthless, because it points directly to the soul and cannot be deceived. This time, it is fundamentally different from the divine grace he received after offering sacrifices.

"I..." Palin didn't know what to say, raised his hand and put it down again, and finally buried his face in his hand, and didn't lift it up for a long time.

Richard waited for a while before saying, "If I were you, I would definitely choose the time hourglass."

"But……"

"You love this plane, but it does not love you. The plane is just a world built on a series of rules. Any creature living in it is optional for it. Even too powerful creatures are like cancers for the plane itself. In addition, if you want to do something for Faro, then it is obviously possible to be alive." Richard said.

"Will Norland definitely conquer Farrow?" asked Palin.

"It will definitely be, not me, but others will be. I can say without boasting that you won't want the rest of Norland to come to Faro."

Palin nodded, "This is true that the civilians of the Crimson Principality are better than most Faroe countries, but they don't know what the future will be like."

Seeing Palin picking up the time hourglass, Richard smiled and handed over a piece of paper that had been prepared long ago, saying, "Before using it, you must recite the prayer first. As for the life of civilians in the Principality, that is a matter for the future. You can try to influence my decision."

Palin chanted the prayer silently, then broke the hourglass of time, watched the sand turned into a belt of light, and poured into his body, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "What do you want me to do for you."

Richard took out a book, put it on the table, and said, "This is the complete plane mathematics, and you have ten days to learn it."

Pa, another book was placed in front of Palin, "This is the basic principle of magic circles in magic mathematics. This book can relax a little time, you have twenty days."

The third book appears again, "This is the general theory of functional magic arrays, with dozens of the most basic functional magic arrays on it. You have ten days to do this book."

Next, there are seven or eight books including magic materials, magic attributes, etc. Richard gave Palin a total of three months to learn all the contents.

"Then."

"Then, I will tell you what kind of magic array I want, and all you have to do is design it, don't consider the material issue, just tell how to implement the functions. You can use your imagination, even if you need a big devil as the driving core of the magic array."

"It sounds very attractive, I feel like I can't find any reason to reject you." Palin's eyes were completely inseparable from the books Richard placed on the table. It was his lifelong dream.

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