For some of the older nobles, the degeneration of their bloodline was their biggest headache. Therefore, for any of the older nobles, absorbing new blood was a must.
When Feng Chou realized that the reason why Natasha had given herself to him was because of his bloodline, he felt as if someone had punched him hard in the heart.
This feeling made him understand that he actually had extravagant hopes for this unique girl in his arms.
As if she could feel Feng Chou's emotions, Natasha said, "Of course, this is not the reason why I gave myself to you, at least not completely. In fact, this is only a secondary reason …"
Feng Chou couldn't help but laugh at himself. "Hearing you say this, I feel much better."
Natasha smiled. "I'm very happy that you can feel better."
Feng Chou couldn't help but pinch her sensitive spot …
Feng Chou finally managed to calm Natasha and the lively little Feng Chou. He couldn't help but ask, "Since your bloodline isn't the main reason … why are you unwilling to marry me?"
Natasha reached down and said to Feng Chou, "I want to have a child that belongs to both of us. He has to believe in Aldington and not Stuart. I want to nurture him into the strongest warrior. One day, he will take back everything that the Aldington family has lost …"
In the following period of time, Feng Chou once again lived a happy life.
To be honest, compared to the sensitive Natasha, the strong Natasha was more enjoyable for Feng Chou.
However, Feng Chou didn't fulfill Natasha's wish to have a child. He let Qiankun Pagoda intervene with his body to prevent Natasha from getting pregnant.
Of course, he wasn't doing this just to take revenge on Natasha. He felt that his genes weren't strong enough at the moment, and there should be a lot of room for improvement. Since Natasha wanted a child with a strong bloodline, he might as well give her a big surprise.
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As time went by, it was time to hand over the territory.
Over the past year or so, Feng Chou's funds had not increased. Instead, he had spent most of his funds on maintaining the operations of the territory.
Moreover, eight years had passed since the Reincarnation Mirror gave him the task of obtaining 50 merits in ten years, and he was still far from completing the task …
In order to raise funds, and of course, more importantly, in order to find a new way to obtain Merit Points, Feng Chou planned to make a trip to Tailun City.
Tyron City was the largest city in Alvindale, as well as the largest city in the Tharun Continent. It was also known as the Port of Freedom.
Tailun City was located at the estuary of the Alvindale River. It was the only large city in the Tharun Continent with a population of more than two million.
This city was located in the territory of the Sea God of the Arcane God System.
The Sea God, Meredith, was considered to be the most energetic and open-minded among the gods. People even described him as the rising sun.
Meredith was a naval general on the side of the Arcane God during the later stages of the Arcane War. He was the first to install the cannons invented by the goblins on the magical warships and proposed a new theory of naval warfare using the magical warships and cannons as the core. This made him the invincible Sea God of his time. At the end of the Arcane War, he became a God due to his achievements, reputation, and opportunities.
When he first became a God, in order to avoid conflict with the powerful Sea Goddess, Meredith's Divine Title was only "God of the Alvindale River and Fleet". He only had weak Divine Power.
In the thousand years after the end of the Arcane War, Meredith slowly raised his Divine Title from weak Divine Power to mid-level Divine Power. He expanded his Divine Title from the Alvindale River to the sea. First, he became the Sea God near the estuary of the Alvindale River, then the Sea God of the entire South Sea. Finally, he only challenged the Sea Goddess, Umberlee.
Three hundred years ago, Meredith led the Magic Fleet under his command. With the cooperation of the believers of the sea, the Sea Elves, and the Mermaids, and the support of the Goddess of Commerce, Waukeen, they defeated and expelled Umberlee and her Merman Empire. They completely opened up the sea routes on both sides of the Tharun Continent, allowing the Northern Continent to enter the era of maritime trade.
People guessed that with the prosperity of maritime trade, Meredith would sooner or later enter the palace of a powerful God.
For the freedom of trade, Meredith even sent down an oracle, asking his church and descendants to give up the sovereignty of most of the cities in his territory. They were to use a more dynamic parliamentary system to manage the trading cities.
And Tailun City was the biggest beneficiary of this Divine Prophecy.
In Tailun City, the most majestic and prosperous temple was not even the temple of the Sea God, Meredith, but the temple of the Goddess of Wealth, Waukeen.
With the help of the cooperation with Meredith and the promotion of maritime trade, Waukeen had been promoted to a powerful Divine Power a hundred years ago.
Tailun City had many titles, the most famous of which were "Port of Freedom" and "Capital of Commerce".
Feng Chou hoped to find a way to obtain higher level knowledge of spells in this "Port of Freedom". Of course, at the same time, he also hoped to find a way to sell the large amount of low-level magic equipment in his hands in this "Capital of Commerce".
The three major cities of the Alvindale Empire were the capital, Alvindale City, the central city of Casaranca, and the southernmost city of Tailun City.
Amongst them, the capital, Alvindale City, was the world's largest producer of magic equipment, as well as the largest importer of alchemy materials. They came from the Moradin Mountains in the north. The dwarves produced large amounts of mineral alchemy materials, which flowed along the tributaries of the Alvindale River that originated from the Moradin Mountains, and gathered in Alvindale City.
A portion of these alchemy materials were turned into magic equipment in Alvindale City, while another portion flowed along the river and was digested by the major cities along the coast. Among this portion of alchemy materials, a significant portion would end up in Casaranca.
Casaranca City was the second largest producer of magic equipment in the Alvindale Empire, other than Alvindale City.
Be it Alvindale or Casaranca, neither could completely digest the magic equipment they produced. These magic equipment flowed along the Alvindale River, all the way south to Tailun City.
Tailun City was the world's largest market for magic equipment and alchemy materials.
Magic equipment from the upper reaches of the Alvindale River, mineral alchemy materials shipped from the Empire of Light and the Sutton Empire, plant and animal alchemy materials shipped from the Nature Elf Kingdom, the Lizardmen Kingdom, and the Troll Voodoo Tribe on the west coast, as well as marine alchemy materials from the east coast … All of them were gathered and traded in this large, vibrant city.
If there was a city in this world that could swallow up the tens of thousands of beginner level magic equipment that Feng Chou had amassed, it would definitely be Tailun City.