618 Uncle Fellett Part 1 (1/2)
The pan turtle alchemical boat sped up, advancing north. In the great hall Fellett and Lanny were educating Saleen.
”I know you are wealthy, Aini told me that your business rakes in huge profits. By purchasing picture charts of sea magic beasts from Alchemy City, you must consider that Alchemy City will have some reservations. If you want to make a fortune from the ocean, you have to rely on your own abilities to verify every single information.”
”Uncle, I don't have so much time.” Saleen smiled bitterly. He did not want to give huge amounts of magic nuclei and gold coins to Alchemy City, ”There are three tribes within Alchemy City and Sregl Island's power is the weakest. It will be better off giving these magic nuclei to Teacher.” Nevertheless, the creatures in the sea were so complicated. Saleen would have to spend a lot of time identifying and studying those creatures and he did not have the luxury of time.
Even though Joey surely had his ways to deal with Fycro, Saleen could not possibly place all his bets on Joey.
”If I want to rely on one of them, I can only rely on Sregl Island.”
”Don't you have a long-term plan?” Fellett asked in dissatisfaction.
”Uncle, please give me guidance.” Saleen was in fact very modest. From Aini's narrative, Saleen could infer that Fellett and his wife had an extremely high status in the Clyde family in the past. They also had very vast knowledge and a mage like Saleen could not be compared to them.
”I heard that you have plundered rations from Phoenix, is that true?”
Beads of sweat appeared on Saleen's face due to embarrassment, then he quickly clarified, ”Bandits had attacked while the city owner abandoned the city. When I arrived, the city had almost zero resistance left. After chasing away the bandits, I didn't have the power to defend the city, so I took the rations.”
”Humph, you put it in such a nice way. Let me tell you, Holy Rock City chose to ignore this matter. If they want to pursue it, they can even accuse you of being in cahoots with the bandits. You won't even have an avenue to lodge an appeal.”
”I am prepared for such a situation.” Saleen smiled, not fearful at all. When Saleen was in Cexing City he had set a fire to burn all the warehouses before leaving. Logically, since Saleen was not a sorcerer, he could not have carried so much grain. If Holy Rock City wanted to mete out punishments, then they could only make someone the scapegoat, like Fellett said.
Saleen was least afraid of such a method. If that really happened, then he would have no more concerns, he would not need to think about Lex anymore. As a mage, he only needed to think about achieving a balance.
If Holy Rock City reasoned with Saleen, then Saleen would be reasonable. Likewise, if Holy Rock City was despicable, Saleen would do tit for tat. Metatrin City was more than fifteen-thousand miles from Holy Rock City, it was impossible for Qin to deploy troops there for the time being. Saleen had signed a contract with the Goddess of Myers, it was only a matter of time before he would need to battle Holy Rock City. He need not be afraid of falling out with them.
Lex would be in somewhat of a dilemma though. In Holy Rock City, Safilos had left a bit of leeway, while her brother Ojarvis had utmost trust in her. In such a situation, Lex could only cooperate with Saleen to tamper with Phoenix, they would not be able to touch Qin's land. Once the Qin nobles got disappointed it would be difficult for them to recruit followers otherwise.
”Of course you aren't afraid, you are eyeing all of Phoenix.” Fellett's words startled Saleen. ”If Fellett knows about my intention, then Safilos would definitely be able to guess it as well.”
”The probing technique was pretty good. Phoenix's nobles have hatred towards Holy Rock City. Despite you stealing so many rations no one sought advice from Holy Rock City. Do you know something? County Queen Lex's army arrived after your departure and they seized Cexing City and Huoxing City.”
”What?” Saleen had been busy all this while, he never had a chance to contact Lex. He never thought that Lex had already conquered these cities thoroughly. She did not hire any mercenaries, which was not per the initial agreement.
”You want Phoenix, but Lex also wants it!” Fellett sighed.
Saleen laughed out loud, then said, ”Uncle, you are reading too much into it. Lex occupied these cities so as to divert Holy Rock City's attention away from me.”
”Perhaps you two have an even larger agenda, but Lex is the pedigree descendant of the Grukos family. She has the right to inherit the throne, she will never allow your men to occupy Phoenix,” Fellett declared sternly.
Saleen felt astounded, ”Oh right, I missed this point, Lex is a Grukos! Lex might not be harboring this intention when she supported me to establish a county, but once I build a county, I cannot seize Qin's lands anymore.” When he thought about this point, Saleen felt a sense of loss, but he immediately adjusted his mentality.
No matter how close Saleen was to Lex, he could not request her to make such a huge contribution. If Lex wanted Sregl Island, Saleen would never accede to her request either.
Saleen fell silent, awaiting Fellett's lesson. It was good fortune to have someone with such wisdom. Fellett was willing to enlighten Saleen, which made Saleen experience an unexplainable emotion. Of course, Fellett and his wife were undoubtedly looking out for Aini. Back then when Saleen was not so rich this couple had already treated him well and that could not be faked.