Arya smiled helplessly upon hearing Odis's words.
Those young navigators did seem somewhat inexperienced, but Chairman Yi Lai Zhe was already so old that it was unlikely he would set sail again.
Even when they go to sea, they act as navigators for the "Queen," and they don't board Odis's ships.
Yi Lai Zhe stroked his gray beard and laughed, "As you can see, my beard is all white. Teaching navigator apprentices is more suitable for me."
Odis smiled and said, "These navigator apprentices should be sent out to sea to gain experience. If you are willing to go to sea, I am willing to provide them with food and lodging."
Yi Lai Zhe shook his head: "Then they will definitely die under enemy artillery fire and muskets, or in close combat with the enemy."
On a ship, being a navigator is a very special profession.
In the event of battle, the navigator is the only one who can hide in the ship's cabin.
Once captured, the navigator would most likely not be killed.
After all, the ocean is so vast and there are not many landmarks. Navigators who can determine their direction and approximate location by observing the stars are the "guides of the sea."
Furthermore, the best among them can even judge the approaching storms and tempests by observing the clouds. They are highly skilled professionals at sea, and once captured, they will certainly not be killed indiscriminately.
If Iraiz and his apprentices boarded Odis's ship, he would be the only one to enjoy the treatment of a navigator. The other apprentices would have to participate in battles and go out on deck to fight the weather and the sea when storms struck, just like the other crew members.
These young people, who only learned the theoretical knowledge of navigators, had a lower survival rate than ordinary crew members.
Odis wanted to try to persuade him further, but in the end he just smiled and said, "That's such a pity."
Seeing that Odis did not insist, Yi Lai Zhe smiled and said, "I will keep an eye out for you. If any navigators leave other ships, I will notify you immediately."
Odis nodded: "Okay."
After leaving the guild, Odis asked Aria, "How many years has this guild master been a navigator? When did he start teaching students?"
"He started working as a navigator when he was 18." Arya didn't think too much about it and replied, "He was the navigator of the Dawn from his twenties to his fifties."
"I've forgotten exactly how many years I did it, but I'm widely recognized as the most experienced navigator."
He retired from the Dawn four or five years ago and was elected president of the Navigators' Guild the following year.
Odis nodded: "I understand."
Arya smiled and said, "You're not really going to ask him to be your navigator, are you?"
It's not impossible. If Odis asks the "Queen" to intervene, then Iraiz will have no choice but to board Odis's ship.
Odis smiled and said, "I don't like forcing others to do things they don't want to do."
Aria responded with an "oh," and didn't pay much attention to the matter.
In the afternoon, Odis continued to teach the students about mysticism and magic circles, and told them that they would begin carving the "engine magic circle" on the ship in three or four days, and that they must master all the knowledge of this magic circle in the next few days.
The scholars felt like they were about to vomit blood; they never imagined that at their age, they would have to suffer like this.
Bernadette was away from the Emerald Palace that evening.
Odis quickly finished his dinner and, taking advantage of the twilight, used the "Travel Ring" to reach the uninhabited island with precise coordinates provided by Bernadette.
The island is not large; its outermost layer is a ring of coconut trees, while the interior is a dense forest.
In the middle of the island is a volcano that shows no signs of activity. The slopes are covered with trees and grass, but there is little vegetation on the summit.
The Tree of Alaman was not hard to find. Odis came to the top of the mountain, took a quick look, and saw a bronze-colored tree that was not very tall.
The reason it was so easy to spot was because within a radius of about ten meters around it, there were many large trees that had been snapped in half.
There were also some animal carcasses, which looked very dangerous at first glance.
Odis touched his hair and felt it was still quite thick, so he put on a hat to prevent his hair from falling out.
Then, he put on the "Hand of Judgment" gloves and used the "Travel Ring" to get close to the "Tree of Alaman".
Up close, the tree looks somewhat like a metal tree, with a trunk that is close to brass in color and leaves that are somewhat like bronze in color.
At the top of the brass tree trunk, there is an irregularly shaped burl, and the patterns on these burls form several characters that look like mystical symbols.
Five white flowers bloomed at the top of the tree.
The flowers are trumpet-shaped and not very large.
Odis didn't face much pressure dealing with the "Tree of Alaman," since it was only slightly stronger than Sequence 7, while Odis had two sealed artifacts comparable to Sequence 5.
Just as Odis was about to pick up a dry branch from the ground to test the firepower of the "Tree of Alaman," suddenly, the five flowers on the tree slowly turned towards Odis.
As Odis raised his hand, the earth suddenly trembled, and a wave formed from the soil crashed towards him, preventing him from "aiming" at the "Tree of Alaman".
He had no choice but to scatter a large handful of yellowish-brown powder. The powder spread in the air, emitting a strong earthy smell, and the earthy wave immediately became distorted, forming a vortex.
Before Odis, this "soil wave" was neutralized by his "sorcery".
Odis immediately sprinkled a handful of seemingly transparent "flying powder" and shouted at the "Tree of Alaman": "Imprisonment!"
The air around the Tree of Alaman suddenly became viscous, enveloping the tree and forming a giant piece of amber.
Odis flew forward abruptly: "Death!"
Just as the viscous liquid thinned and the "Tree of Alaman" was about to break free from its "imprisonment," Odis rushed to the tree and smashed it in half with a single punch.
Odis stepped back a few paces, not immediately moving forward.
Today was his first time hunting extraordinary plants, and he felt that he should just wait for the crystals with the same extraordinary characteristics to precipitate out, just like when he killed an extraordinary being.
But to Odis's surprise, the fallen "Tree of Alaman" suddenly stood up on its own, and a "hurricane" blew towards Odis.
Odis paused for about half a second, but quickly reacted and sprinkled out a large handful of white powder.
The powder instantly "melted" into the air, forming a spiritual barrier in front of Odis, blocking the "hurricane" and sharp "wind blades" coming towards him.
At the same time, Odis realized that his attack had not hit the vital point of the "Tree of Alaman".
At that moment, he looked at the "burl" at the top of the tree trunk.
Odis used "flying magic" again to fly into the air, and he took out the "thunderstorm bomb" shaped like a silver-white axe that he had prepared and threw it out.
Sizzle~
A silvery-white light quickly spread out and penetrated the ground.
The light expanded, forming a constantly flashing semi-circular electric arc. This arc instantly expanded to about five meters, encompassing the "Tree of Alaman" within its range.
The Tree of Alaman was momentarily paralyzed. Odis drew his dagger, plunged it into the tree burl, and swiftly flew forward to flick it off with the dagger.
Most of the burl separated from the trunk, and the entire "Tree of Alamon" seemed to tremble. Then Odis seemed to feel that the spirituality of the "Tree of Alamon" on the ground in front of him suddenly solidified.
Odis was certain that this time the tree had been dried up.
He soon discovered that some crystals had appeared at the knot, indicating that the crystals of the 'Tree of Alaman' were beginning to precipitate.
Odis then removed the "Hand of Judgment" shaped like a glove and used her spirituality to search the surroundings to make sure that none of her hair had fallen around.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
During the crystal precipitation process, Odis did not rest. He used his dagger to collect the flowers and leaves of the "Tree of Alaman". There were five flowers in total, and the leaves were not very dense, with only about a hundred leaves.
Finally, there were the spiritually rich tree bark and sap. After all the spiritual materials had been collected, the crystals had completely crystallized. Odis took out the wooden box that he had prepared beforehand and placed the crystals inside.
Although he knew there were two other "Trees of Alaman" on the island, it was Bernadette's backyard after all, and it wasn't appropriate to "completely destroy" them. So he simply didn't go looking for the other two "Trees of Alaman" and returned to Lasha Island with the "Travel Ring".
After placing the spiritual materials and the "crystallization of the Tree of Alamon" into the "Wilderness of Knowledge," Odis suddenly realized that keeping the "Tree of Alamon" was indeed more valuable.
It seems to bloom three to five flowers every year, and each flower can normally sell for more than two hundred pounds. Even if it only sells for 200 pounds, that's still an income of 600 to 1000 pounds.
Even in Backlund, this is a pretty good investment project.
However, he only thought about it, because he didn't yet have the ability to cultivate such an extraordinary plant.
The following day, Odis began to carry out his plan, renting a small shop on Kentland Street in Bayam.
Kentra Street isn't long, but it's Bayam's famous "herbal antiques" street. Herbs aren't hard to understand; they were Odis's old trade.
The so-called antiques are actually shipwrecks salvaged by pirates at sea, or artifacts dug up from colonies.
In addition, there are many fortune-telling stalls or shops on the streets here, and it is also a gathering place for occult enthusiasts and "low-sequence" extraordinary individuals.
Odis chose this place because it was chaotic; there were genuine business people, but also many swindlers.
Such locations can make intelligence outposts more concealed.
At first, Odis also planned to use this place to digest magic potions, so he had a sign made that read "Wizard's Office" with a small note explaining: "Specializing in solving all kinds of strange and unusual matters."
They're practically saying they "specialize in solving mystical cases."
The signboard wouldn't be finished until tomorrow, and some of the ordered furniture wouldn't be delivered until tomorrow either. After agreeing on a delivery time with them, Odis used the "travel ring" to return to Lacha Island and gave the scholars an afternoon of lessons.
As evening fell, Odis received a "transaction reminder" from "Justice," indicating that the "Psychological Alchemy Society" was willing to complete the transaction with him.
So Odis sacrificed the seal in the shape of the silver-white sword to the Fool, while the "Eyes of the Spirit Bird" would not be available until tomorrow.
The collection of the main ingredients for the potion is going more smoothly than expected. By tomorrow, we will have both main ingredients. The most crucial auxiliary ingredient, the flower of the "Alaman Tree," has also been obtained, and the other auxiliary ingredients, Odis, have already been prepared.
Now all that's left is to digest the last bit of the potion.
This led Odis to plan to visit the Church of the Goddess of Night in Bayam within the next couple of days and to do some simple renovations to the "Wizard's Office".
I'll go there every night from now on and try to get some new customers as soon as possible.
Bernadette was still not at the Emerald Palace that evening.
Odis didn't plan to go out today, so as usual, she ate dinner while chatting with Bernadette's personal maid.
Although Bernadette was not there, the tableware was still set out for her, and her personal maid was waiting there. The tableware would be removed if Bernadette had not returned by 8 p.m.
So when Bernadette wasn't around, Odis would usually eat while chatting with his personal maid.
Audrey was getting a little tired of eating seafood these past few days, so she asked the chef to make three vegetable dishes, as well as steak and salad.
When Odis ate the "sweet and sour lettuce" dish, she heard from Bernadette's personal maid that Bernadette had gone to the raging sea to buy spiritual materials.
The personal maid knew very well that Odis was a good friend of the "Queen," so she did not hide this fact, which did not need to be kept secret.
Odis took a bite of the lettuce served with tomatoes as a side dish, and the taste was similar to what she remembered as a "cold dish".
He remembered Bernadette saying a couple of days ago that this was the last batch of spiritual materials needed for shipbuilding.
So Odis, while chewing, casually asked, "Where exactly did they go?"
The personal maid said, "It seems they went to Bansi Port."
"where?"
"Bansi Port." Seeing Odis's strong reaction, the personal maid asked, "What's wrong?"
Odiston had a bad feeling, because "Mr. Fool's Beloved" had gone to the raging sea, and danger followed wherever this guy went.
If he remembered correctly, Klein should have arrived in Bansi Port recently, which made Bansi Port very dangerous.
However, Odis wasn't too worried, after all, Bernadette was a Sequence 3 with strong self-defense capabilities. Moreover, Bernadette hadn't encountered any major danger before finding Roselle…
But soon, Odis realized: the reason she wasn't in much danger was because she should be in Backlund! And because I participated in the "Backlund Great Smog" event and changed "history," Bernadette, who was originally in Backlund, is now trading spiritual materials for shipbuilding!
Odis immediately got up; he was a little worried and prepared to go to Bansi Port.