Updated: 2012-08-29

Seven Dragons Chronicle January 1, 1034, Heavenly Father's Prairie, Bukhasuqi Seaside (the sea mentioned here is actually a lake, everyone understands it)

The Iron Teeth Tribe, the third largest tribe on the Heavenly Father's Prairie, not only has a population of nearly one million, but also houses Bukhasuqi City, one of the only "cities" in the entire grassland.

Although this city, named after the fourth largest lake in the Heavenly Father's Grassland, is actually just the size of a small city. It has no tall walls, no dense houses, only a large number of sharpened wooden stakes, starry whistle towers, a few stone houses and white tents everywhere.

The only "luxury" building in the whole city is the stone altar used for sacrificial sacrifices and the golden tent where the clan leader lives. Moreover, as a nomadic people, most of the herdsmen of the Ironfang tribe do not choose to stay in the city. Basically, the population of Bukhassuzi is only maintained at around 200,000, and a considerable number of them are soldiers and guards.

But today, this very conspicuous city on the grassland ushered in its most lively day. The annual event of the grassland, the Damu Conference, will be held here soon.

“So beautiful…”

Standing on a small mound and looking into the distance, on the endless grassland, the huge lake reflects the blue sky, shining like a gem inlaid on the green curtain, Artoria was fascinated by the sight.

"Yes, Yashan is actually like the earth, with both beautiful mountains and rivers and magnificent grasslands."

Hearing Artoria's admiration, Yue Yulou seemed to recall the scene of his traveling to Yashan. For a moment, both of them were speechless, just staring at the majestic and beautiful scenery that belonged only to the grassland...

"Okay, let's go."

After a long time, Yue Yulou suddenly smiled slightly and took Artoria's little hand. The two slowly walked towards the "city" that had expanded several times in the distance. Not far away, more players gathered along the path to the place where tents were even placed outside the guardrail...

In the past few days, a large number of players were formed every day, with crowds of people like ants rushing to the city, but this simple city obviously could not accommodate so many players, so in the first few days, the herdsmen of the late players could only build tents outside the guard wall. As a result, in a week, countless tents actually stretched one mile away from the guard wall of the city!

"The sword strengthened by the iron powder! Only 50 silver coins per piece!"

"The memory crystal of first-level martial arts! I want private chat and communication! Collect tin ore and hemostatic grass!"

"Intermediate physical potion! Low-level magic potion! Not many, so please buy it as soon as possible!"

…………

As soon as the two of them walked into the periphery of the city, they were rushing towards them with their voices. Not everyone came to attend the conference. Many players planned to take the opportunity to catch a market. After all, orcs did not have the concept of tax collection, and setting up street stalls on the grasslands is much better than in cities in the human world, especially when there are many people like this.

"Boss, do you want to have one! A level 4 robe, add fire prevention and hidden defense, reduce material damage by 20%, and also comes with a level 2 Fiery Shield."

Although they were in a crowded crowd, for some reason, the people around them always subconsciously gave way to the men and women who didn't seem very "conspicuous". Although this result made the road between Yue Yulou and Artoria much easier, it also attracted many players who set up street stalls.

"Oh? It turned out to be a level 4 magic item..."

Looking at the bright red robe worn by the player wearing the warrior, Yue Yulou couldn't help but become interested and immediately checked some attributes.

"...Well, it's indeed a rare product. Did you make it yourself?"

"Hahaha, boss, you're joking. How could I do such a high-end thing? This was caused by more than a dozen of us who tried our best to make a fourth-level humanoid boss... Tsk tsk, in order to kill that boss, each of us was missing a broken leg once."

Yue Yulou was also a little surprised when he heard the words of this very ordinary player. He didn't expect that the other party could defeat a fourth-level humanoid boss with more than a dozen people.

"It's amazing, so what do you plan to sell this robe? Do you have no friends with a wizard?"

"Yes, but everyone worked hard together. That guy was stubborn and unwilling to ask for it alone, so he had to sell it out... The price is also very fair, 10 gold coins! Not expensive, right?"

"Well... the price is indeed very good, but unfortunately I am not a mage. So what else do you have?"

"Well…………"

Hearing Yue Yulou's words, the warrior seemed very confused for a moment. After all, although the other party's outfit was simple, he could not think of any possibility except the mage.

"There are some, but... not with me, the other part will be sold by others."

As he said that, the soldier put away the street stall, then led the two of them through the crowd and came to a somewhat old tent. At this time, a simple stall was set up there, and several players were talking to passers-by, one of which was about seventeen or eighteen years old in a dark blue robe.

"Hey, what else did the boss burst that time? Let's show this guest."

"Okay, OK! Please wait a moment."

As soon as he heard a guest coming to the door, the players immediately started rummaging through the box behind him...

"Okay, that's all, what do you need for a guest?"

After a while, a few strange things were placed on the stall, one of which was thick in the arm, silver-white, similar to a dead branch, a small mirror of a palm-sized skeleton, two flame crystals with ordinary texture, and an unknown object that looked like garlic but emitted a faint black light...

"Ah, you have gained a good harvest... You should be a necromancer, right?"

"Huh? Sir, you are a master! That's right, we met a wandering necromancer attacking a village on the way."

"No wonder... This is the [Dead Wood] with a thousand years of tree age, the ultimate material of the staff, don't throw it around... This mirror should be a soul gathering mirror, the props used by the undead mages to collect soul fragments. It has a high level and is of great value..."

After casually looking through the previous items, Yue Yulou had no intention of buying them at all. However, when his hand touched the last item, that is, the object similar to garlic, it trembled slightly.

"this……"

After picking up this system to show something unknown, Yue Yulou shone in the sunlight for a moment, a satisfied smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

“…How to sell?”

"Well………………"

None of them are fools. Just looking at Yue Yulou's previous performance, you know that the other party must be knowledgeable, at least more than you. A person who doesn't even look down on a thousand-year-old [Dead Wood] will definitely be a good thing, but the problem is that they are not sure what this thing is like. If the other party just teases them, the joke will be big, so for a while, no one knows how to respond...

"What? Don't want to sell it?"

"This is not, it's just..."

Looking at their hesitant look, Yue Yulou immediately guessed the little Jiujiu in their hearts, then chuckled and took out a full wallet from his sleeve.

"I can tell you that this thing is indeed very...interesting, but it is of no use to the average person. It is worth the price."

Bang!

As he said that, Yue Yulou threw his wallet to the stall, and a heavy muffled sound hit the hearts of several people. Without looking at them, you will know that there are less than 50 gold coins inside!

"Thank you sir!"

When the player who led the way happily picked up the wallet, the transaction was also announced to be completed. After the ownership of the item was changed, the smiley Yue Yulou put the thing in his sleeve again.

"Goodbye."

No one noticed this transaction. Yue Yulou and Artoria who bought things soon disappeared into the crowd, leaving only those players discussing the issue of gold coins...

"Sus, what is this thing?"

As she walked along the way, playing with the strange object in her hand, Artoria couldn't tell what it was at all, and the system didn't even tell her the name.

"Haha, it's not something extraordinary, it's just a seed."

"Seed? Are there such hard seeds? I feel it is no worse than steel."

While the two were talking, Simba, who was held in Artoria's arms, seemed to be very interested in this strange thing, and kept stretching her head to try to take a bite to see what it tasted.

"This is the seed of an extinct plant. This plant is rare even in the mythical era. It is said to be transformed from Yasha's saliva. As for its function...why should I keep it a secret first?"

"Hmph! You just know how to pretend to be mysterious and keep it in hiding... This is a bad habit!"

"Hahaha, once upon a time, subtlety became a bad habit? I really can't help but ask...what is wrong with this society?"

"Go away! Less talkatively."

Dong!

Just as the two were laughing all the way, a silent drum beat suddenly echoed in the city. Everyone who heard the drum sound stopped and turned their heads in the direction where the drum sound came from, the wide Buhassuqihai.

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdong~~~~~

Immediately afterwards, there was another series of dull drum sounds, and the frequency was getting faster and heavier!

"It's time to start!"

I don’t know who called the first sound first, and the crowd suddenly started to stir up, and the direction of the drum sounds from afar seemed to echo the here.

"The opening ceremony of the Damu Conference is about to begin!"

In an instant, the crowd began to rush towards the lakeside, and from the sky, the city was crowded with surging crowds, and the darkness gathered on a huge stone platform on the lakeside as if a river was entering the sea. It was the opening ceremony of the Damu Conference, and it was also the place where orcs must go for every major event, the Shaman Gate!

"It's beginning, let's go."

Since there was no real entry into the city, the area where Yue Yu Tower is located is not crowded. But when the two of them took a few minutes to reach the lakeside, they suddenly found that it was already surrounded and blocked.

"Hahu! Hahuhu!"

Standing behind the players who were ruthless, the two of them could not see anything, and they could only hear the heavy trumpet of the orc, as if they were carrying some heavy object.

"Daisy, hurry up."

Hearing Yue Yulou's words, Artoria immediately hugged his body tightly, but when she thought the other party would fly up or use space spell, she suddenly found that she was already at the forefront of the team. She didn't even notice when she had moved!

"This is……"

"Don't worry, my spiritual sense skills are just."

Although she was still a little regretful, Artoria did not continue to ask more questions, but turned to look at the altar. It was not until this time that she realized that the altar was much larger than she thought!

The entire altar is oval, with a diameter of about 100 meters, and is divided into four layers. The bottom layer is the orc warriors holding weapons. The second layer is the orc elite warriors wearing ferocious beast skins and extremely burly figures. The third layer is the orc chiefs wearing exquisite armor. The fourth layer is half-kneeled on fourteen shamans, both men and women. They are all elders of the shaman holy land. At the same time, on the stairs of the sacrifice tower, more than a dozen majestic orcs are carrying a huge arched stone gate and walking towards the highest level of the sacrifice tower with heavy steps.

"Hahu! Hahuhu!"

Dong!

The moment the last drum sound fell, the stone gate was also placed heavily on the fourth floor of the altar. When all the orcs transported retreated, the fourteen great shamans began to jump around the stone gate and the great gods.

"Sus, why are they doing a stone door?"

"Well... the orcs' beliefs are special after all. They do not believe in the Dragon God, but believe in two virtual gods, namely the Heavenly Father and the Earth Mother... In the shaman's teachings, they have a unique understanding of the [door]. They believe that the [door] is the channel connecting the heaven and the earth, the window for them to communicate with the gods, and the port for the soul to enter and exit."
To be continued...