That was indeed a problem .

Joshua began to furrow his eyebrows . He really could not wear this female-style ring . However, this Twin Infernal Serpent Ring was still a Gold-tier Extraordinary equipment . Speaking of its tier and practically, it was not low at all . It would not be a great idea to just put it in the mansion . It would be a waste though .

"Maybe when I need to return a favor, I can just give this back to Vale Dani . "

By the end of it, the warrior had made that decision . "If that doesn't work as well, then I shall put it in the mansion and make it into a decoration for the room . "

However, upon done saying that, Joshua suddenly had a sense of déjà vu .

He always felt as if he had always been hearing someone saying the very same thing .

(This thing is not practical… Just put it into the family's secret warehouse . )

(This thing is not suitable for me… Put it into the secret warehouse . See if someone suitable would appear and claim it . )

(This ring… no one in our family meets the conditions to use it . And it would be too much of a loss to just give it to someone . So just put it into the secret warehouse temporarily . Let's see if someone can use it in the future . )

—Could it be such a way that the collections of those big families became so rich…

Shaking his head and dispelling the idea out of his head, Joshua let out a breath and continued to listen to Ling reporting the messages and news to him .

Today's official business has yet to be completed .

—A few days later, Starfall Year 832, 2nd of May .

In order to meet Moreila and his people, Joshua had brought Ying along with him and left the main city . They traveled around the side of the Great Ajax Mountains heading North . Meanwhile, Ling was carrying 03 around in the mansion as he was handling official matters . In the meantime, he was also taking care of Black that seemed to have gone into a deep slumber .

Other than eating, Black had been staying in the stable, sleeping . Its appet.i.te had gone better and better as it was consuming more and more food . Its food intake had become as much as the food intake required by a daemon already . Meanwhile, its body had grown some tough sh.e.l.ls and long thorns across the surface of its skin . Its teeth had also fallen off . And now, they were being replaced by layers of sharp fangs and tusks . In the meantime, its fluffy ponytail had begun to gradually s.h.i.+ft into a long tail that seemed similar to the tail of a dragon .

In addition to the general appearance of a horse, in the details of its body, Black had currently looked more like a draconic beast . It was emanating high heat as if its appearance had a touch of kingly aura .

After flying for quite a long time, when Joshua had finally met Moreila, he had already pa.s.sed over a few mountains and arrived at an offshoot of the Great Ajax Mountains

On the mountainside of a snow-capped mountain named Nissia, the old dwarf and Nostradamus were surveying the terrain and discussing something . After seeing the warrior flying from afar and landing near them, Moreila stepped forward and greeted Joshua warmly .

"It's been so many days since we last met, Joshua, my friend . "

Moreila opened up his warming hands and ready to give Joshua a hug . Then he laughed out loud and said, "When I was half the way to your main city, I met Nostradamus . Then he asked me to help him choose a suitable site to build his magic academy . After I thought about it, and it's just along the way to your place . Furthermore, it is for your territory's good as well . Since that's the case, why don't I help then? So I've decided to help him out a little . You wouldn't mind, right?"

"Of course I wouldn't mind, my friend . "

Right before he answered, he gave it some thoughts though . After that, Joshua decided to bend down and accept the warm hug from the old dwarf—compared to Moreila, he was indeed a little too tall . If he did not bend down his waist, the old dwarf would only be able to hug his waist . "But this sort of survey activity, you shouldn't be doing this all by yourself . Moreila, didn't you bring a few servants along?"

Upon saying that, Joshua turned his eyes to the side and looked at the dwarves that were trying to warm themselves up by a burning fire .

Upon saying that, Joshua turned his eyes to the side and looked at the dwarves that were trying to warm themselves up by a burning fire .

"Them? They'll still need to learn one more thing . "

Moreila shook his head . "These guys are too young . If I ever give them this job, I won't be able to rest well . This time, I bring them along is to purely let them learn something by experiencing it . They should be able to obtain life experiences . I've not intended to let them do work for real though . "

Meanwhile, Nostradamus was standing right beside them . Other than saying h.e.l.lo when Joshua came, he looked at the snow-capped mountains at some other times . He frowned and kept silent .

The snowy mountains of Nissia was located in the northern region of Moldavia, which was close to the borders of the Empire . The surroundings of snow-capped mountains would always undergo changes . There were valleys, rivers, hills, and forests all around the region . It was an unusually high peak which was up to 3,320 meters tall, being second to the Great Ajax Volcano which was 3,760 meters tall . Joshua looked towards the angle where the old mage was looking at as he looked into the surroundings . He could not help but nod his head, then commented, "In the mountainside, that location is quite good . There's plenty of s.p.a.ce on the mountainside, and the density of magic energy is relatively high . This is a good location for building an academy . "

"But it's still a bit too small . "

The old mage heard what Joshua had to say . He agreed and nodded his head, but he was still hesitating . "The scale of the academy that I planned is not large, to be honest . But, if it is on the mountainside, it will look a bit narrow . Then the flatland on the mountainside is a little wrong . It's triangular . The academy that I designed and planned would not fit in well . "

"Then you can empty the hillside and erect half of the academy here by the mountainside . "

Joshua shook his head and refuted Nostradamus . He continued to observe the surrounding environment and reached out his finger to point at the river on the flat land beside the mountainside . "You see, just hollow out the rocky wall behind the flatland and connect it to the flatland that is already there . Then the place will become a large foundation made of rock . As a Supreme-tier mage, it will not be difficult at all for you to do that . "

"And there are forests and rivers around . It will save a lot of energy when you're building it . "

"… It's a good idea, but I want to see if it will destroy the magic nodes around . "

Looking at the mountainside where Joshua pointed a moment earlier, the old mage gave it some thought for a brief moment . Then he nodded and accepted the opinions of the warrior . He immediately flew up and began to look at the magical nodes that were naturally condensed at the mountainside .

Meanwhile, Joshua and the old dwarf walked back to the foot of the mountain in order to observe the snowy mountain from the bottom to the top .

Meanwhile, Joshua and the old dwarf walked back to the foot of the mountain in order to observe the snowy mountain from the bottom to the top .

Right at the peak of the snowy mountains of Nissia, was a layer of ancient ice that would not melt all year long . On the mountainside, there were scattered cedar and steel-core trees all over the place . On the part that was close to the plains, the place was covered with all kinds of northern land frigid plants . Many lower-tier daemons were living in that area .

At the foot of the mountain was a deep snow lake . Since it was relatively close to the North and the weather was yet to warm up, the water of the lake remained frozen . However, one could still see right through the ice and see the deep color of the water in the lake behind the ice layer .

This lake was very famous among adventurers . No one knew how deep the lake was because no one had ever been there before . There had been many adventurers who were ready to explore or bet to go into the lake before . However, they did not do so and retreated because the temperature of the lake was just too d.a.m.n cold . In the case where the person was equipped with protective armor, a Silver-tier warrior who had reached the pinnacle of Silver tier could only dive down to as deep as fifty meters . Meanwhile, at a level deeper than that, there was even a magical force that could dispel all similar type water protection spells and low level spells that people used to breathe underwater .

"The bottom of the lake should be connected to a magic Crystal Vein . "

The old dwarf made his judgment based on that point . "In the north side of the northern land, by the surroundings of the sh.o.r.e of the Lost Sea, there's this rich in high-purity magic crystals . The appearance of one or two of these crystal veins in the North is not unusual . The natural magic is connected to the lake water . That will certainly produce some wonderful changes . "

"Unfortunately, because the peak of the Great Ajax a volcano as suggested by its name, the nearby snow has already be tainted with a little sulfur and toxic substances, resulting in a lot of non-freezing lakes around . Although the lake water can be sealed off, saying that the water contains poison substances . Even though the poison substances are not really much, however, the water is not suitable to be used by any living beings . Or else, Joshua, you can consider keeping a few types of demon fish . They love this type of environment . "

Magic crystals can be used to create storage crystals, or they can be regarded as simple magic materials . They can be considered as a high-value resource that will never be devalued . The industry of Radcliffe, in addition to selling refined ore to the Imperial Legion, would occasionally sell some of these precious materials too .

Of course, recently, due to the full cooperation with the dwarves, the industry of the Radcliffe family had already begun to switch their focus to manufacturing and selling completed weapons . Since it had only just begun for a few months, their reputation had not yet been widely spread across the continent . But according to the only responses of the consumers that bought their goods, from their point of view, the quality of their goods was really good .

However, after the dwarf had said a lot, he found that Joshua did not seem to be listening to him . The warrior seemed to have a great interest in this deep snow lake . He looked at it as if a lot of thoughts were currently running through his mind . His eyes seemed to be able to see through the layer of ice and deep down to the bottom of the lake itself .

"Master…"

Ying who had been standing right behind Joshua gently pulled the sleeve of Joshua . Meanwhile, the warrior was being reminded of something, then he nodded and said, "It's a little pity . "

"… Joshua, did you really hear what I said just now?"

Ying who had been standing right behind Joshua gently pulled the sleeve of Joshua . Meanwhile, the warrior was being reminded of something, then he nodded and said, "It's a little pity . "

"… Joshua, did you really hear what I said just now?"

"Of course . "

Joshua reacted and nodded his head . Then he spoke with an apologetic tone, "I've heard that no one had ever explored the bottom of this lake before . So I've drifted apart into my own effort to attempt seeing what's really down there at the bottom of the lake . "

The old dwarf did not get angry, but rather nodded in agreement . "Yes, the bottom of the magic crystal vein must be different to be able to make such a large snow lake undergo some large and strange changes . We should explore it when we have the time to do it . "

"Do you still need time?" Joshua shrugged and looked at the lake water . Then he laughed . "We can do it now . "

Moreila was stunned for a brief moment . After that, he laughed out loud . "Hahaha! Indeed! Come, let us have a look at it then!"

As Ying was looking at the two of them with helpless eyes, the two Gold-Tier warriors seemed to have prepared themselves smas.h.i.+ng through the ice layer, diving straight to the bottom of the lake to explore . Meanwhile, just when they had broken the ice layer and was ready to enter the lake, a shadow of a man came across the atmosphere, along with a wave of magic energy, had arrived before them .

Nostradamus seemed to be almost done with his scouting as had a smile on his face .

"My idea is almost completed . This is really a very suitable place to build my academy… This is probably how I pictured the structure of the castle in the middle of a snow land to be . "

He told Joshua and Moreila . In the meantime, the old mage began to gather some magic energy in his hand, igniting light waves and water fog as he was producing a series of images .

Along with the solidification of the images, a huge projection of the snowy mountain appeared right in front of Nostradamus . This projection was identical to the real one, along with clear compositional and perspective views . Joshua and Moreila were able to see the structure and design of it clear as day . "

It was a fortress-like building being built on a mountainside halfway down the mountain . The location was about 900 meters above sea level . This fortress was built upon the mountains . Most of the building would be on the mountainside and they looked extremely st.u.r.dy . The exposed parts of the building were extremely exquisite . From the looks of it, the designs of the building could be deemed as art already .

That was indeed a problem . Joshua began to furrow his eyebrows . He really could not wear this female-style ring . However, this Twin Infernal Serpent Ring was still a Gold-tier Extraordinary equipment . Speaking of its tier and practically, it was not low at all . It would not be a great idea to just put it in the mansion . It would be a waste though . Maybe when I need to return a favor, I can just give this back to Vale Dani . By the end of it, the warrior had made that decision . If that doesnt work as well, then I shall put it in the mansion and make it into a decoration for the room . However, upon done saying that, Joshua suddenly had a sense of déjà vu . He always felt as if he had always been hearing someone saying the very same thing . (This thing is not practical… Just put it into the familys secret warehouse . ) (This thing is not suitable for me… Put it into the secret warehouse . See if someone suitable would appear and claim it . ) (This ring… no one in our family meets the conditions to use it . And it would be too much of a loss to just give it to someone . So just put it into the secret warehouse temporarily . Lets see if someone can use it in the future . ) —Could it be such a way that the collections of those big families became so rich… Shaking his head and dispelling the idea out of his head, Joshua let out a breath and continued to listen to Ling reporting the messages and news to him . Todays official business has yet to be completed . —A few days later, Starfall Year 832, 2nd of May . In order to meet Moreila and his people, Joshua had brought Ying along with him and left the main city . They traveled around the side of the Great Ajax Mountains heading North . Meanwhile, Ling was carrying 03 around in the mansion as he was handling official matters . In the meantime, he was also taking care of Black that seemed to have gone into a deep slumber . Other than eating, Black had been staying in the stable, sleeping . Its appet.i.te had gone better and better as it was consuming more and more food . Its food intake had become as much as the food intake required by a daemon already . Meanwhile, its body had grown some tough sh.e.l.ls and long thorns across the surface of its skin . Its teeth had also fallen off . And now, they were being replaced by layers of sharp fangs and tusks . In the meantime, its fluffy ponytail had begun to gradually s.h.i.+ft into a long tail that seemed similar to the tail of a dragon . In addition to the general appearance of a horse, in the details of its body, Black had currently looked more like a draconic beast . It was emanating high heat as if its appearance had a touch of kingly aura . After flying for quite a long time, when Joshua had finally met Moreila, he had already pa.s.sed over a few mountains and arrived at an offshoot of the Great Ajax Mountains On the mountainside of a snow-capped mountain named Nissia, the old dwarf and Nostradamus were surveying the terrain and discussing something . After seeing the warrior flying from afar and landing near them, Moreila stepped forward and greeted Joshua warmly . Its been so many days since we last met, Joshua, my friend . Moreila opened up his warming hands and ready to give Joshua a hug . Then he laughed out loud and said, When I was half the way to your main city, I met Nostradamus . Then he asked me to help him choose a suitable site to build his magic academy . After I thought about it, and its just along the way to your place . Furthermore, it is for your territorys good as well . Since thats the case, why dont I help then? So Ive decided to help him out a little . You wouldnt mind, right? Of course I wouldnt mind, my friend . Right before he answered, he gave it some thoughts though . After that, Joshua decided to bend down and accept the warm hug from the old dwarf—compared to Moreila, he was indeed a little too tall . If he did not bend down his waist, the old dwarf would only be able to hug his waist . But this sort of survey activity, you shouldnt be doing this all by yourself . Moreila, didnt you bring a few servants along? Upon saying that, Joshua turned his eyes to the side and looked at the dwarves that were trying to warm themselves up by a burning fire . Them? Theyll still need to learn one more thing . Moreila shook his head . These guys are too young . If I ever give them this job, I wont be able to rest well . This time, I bring them along is to purely let them learn something by experiencing it . They should be able to obtain life experiences . Ive not intended to let them do work for real though . Meanwhile, Nostradamus was standing right beside them . Other than saying h.e.l.lo when Joshua came, he looked at the snow-capped mountains at some other times . He frowned and kept silent . The snowy mountains of Nissia was located in the northern region of Moldavia, which was close to the borders of the Empire . The surroundings of snow-capped mountains would always undergo changes . There were valleys, rivers, hills, and forests all around the region . It was an unusually high peak which was up to 3,320 meters tall, being second to the Great Ajax Volcano which was 3,760 meters tall . Joshua looked towards the angle where the old mage was looking at as he looked into the surroundings . He could not help but nod his head, then commented, In the mountainside, that location is quite good . Theres plenty of s.p.a.ce on the mountainside, and the density of magic energy is relatively high . This is a good location for building an academy . But its still a bit too small . The old mage heard what Joshua had to say . He agreed and nodded his head, but he was still hesitating . The scale of the academy that I planned is not large, to be honest . But, if it is on the mountainside, it will look a bit narrow . Then the flatland on the mountainside is a little wrong . Its triangular . The academy that I designed and planned would not fit in well . Then you can empty the hillside and erect half of the academy here by the mountainside . Joshua shook his head and refuted Nostradamus . He continued to observe the surrounding environment and reached out his finger to point at the river on the flat land beside the mountainside . You see, just hollow out the rocky wall behind the flatland and connect it to the flatland that is already there . Then the place will become a large foundation made of rock . As a Supreme-tier mage, it will not be difficult at all for you to do that . And there are forests and rivers around . It will save a lot of energy when youre building it . … Its a good idea, but I want to see if it will destroy the magic nodes around . Looking at the mountainside where Joshua pointed a moment earlier, the old mage gave it some thought for a brief moment . Then he nodded and accepted the opinions of the warrior . He immediately flew up and began to look at the magical nodes that were naturally condensed at the mountainside . Meanwhile, Joshua and the old dwarf walked back to the foot of the mountain in order to observe the snowy mountain from the bottom to the top . Right at the peak of the snowy mountains of Nissia, was a layer of ancient ice that would not melt all year long . On the mountainside, there were scattered cedar and steel-core trees all over the place . On the part that was close to the plains, the place was covered with all kinds of northern land frigid plants . Many lower-tier daemons were living in that area . At the foot of the mountain was a deep snow lake . Since it was relatively close to the North and the weather was yet to warm up, the water of the lake remained frozen . However, one could still see right through the ice and see the deep color of the water in the lake behind the ice layer . This lake was very famous among adventurers . No one knew how deep the lake was because no one had ever been there before . There had been many adventurers who were ready to explore or bet to go into the lake before . However, they did not do so and retreated because the temperature of the lake was just too d.a.m.n cold . In the case where the person was equipped with protective armor, a Silver-tier warrior who had reached the pinnacle of Silver tier could only dive down to as deep as fifty meters . Meanwhile, at a level deeper than that, there was even a magical force that could dispel all similar type water protection spells and low level spells that people used to breathe underwater . The bottom of the lake should be connected to a magic Crystal Vein . The old dwarf made his judgment based on that point . In the north side of the northern land, by the surroundings of the sh.o.r.e of the Lost Sea, theres this rich in high-purity magic crystals . The appearance of one or two of these crystal veins in the North is not unusual . The natural magic is connected to the lake water . That will certainly produce some wonderful changes . Unfortunately, because the peak of the Great Ajax a volcano as suggested by its name, the nearby snow has already be tainted with a little sulfur and toxic substances, resulting in a lot of non-freezing lakes around . Although the lake water can be sealed off, saying that the water contains poison substances . Even though the poison substances are not really much, however, the water is not suitable to be used by any living beings . Or else, Joshua, you can consider keeping a few types of demon fish . They love this type of environment . Magic crystals can be used to create storage crystals, or they can be regarded as simple magic materials . They can be considered as a high-value resource that will never be devalued . The industry of Radcliffe, in addition to selling refined ore to the Imperial Legion, would occasionally sell some of these precious materials too . Of course, recently, due to the full cooperation with the dwarves, the industry of the Radcliffe family had already begun to switch their focus to manufacturing and selling completed weapons . Since it had only just begun for a few months, their reputation had not yet been widely spread across the continent . But according to the only responses of the consumers that bought their goods, from their point of view, the quality of their goods was really good . However, after the dwarf had said a lot, he found that Joshua did not seem to be listening to him . The warrior seemed to have a great interest in this deep snow lake . He looked at it as if a lot of thoughts were currently running through his mind . His eyes seemed to be able to see through the layer of ice and deep down to the bottom of the lake itself . Master… Ying who had been standing right behind Joshua gently pulled the sleeve of Joshua . Meanwhile, the warrior was being reminded of something, then he nodded and said, Its a little pity . … Joshua, did you really hear what I said just now? Of course . Joshua reacted and nodded his head . Then he spoke with an apologetic tone, Ive heard that no one had ever explored the bottom of this lake before . So Ive drifted apart into my own effort to attempt seeing whats really down there at the bottom of the lake . The old dwarf did not get angry, but rather nodded in agreement . Yes, the bottom of the magic crystal vein must be different to be able to make such a large snow lake undergo some large and strange changes . We should explore it when we have the time to do it . Do you still need time? Joshua shrugged and looked at the lake water . Then he laughed . We can do it now . Moreila was stunned for a brief moment . After that, he laughed out loud . Hahaha! Indeed! Come, let us have a look at it then! As Ying was looking at the two of them with helpless eyes, the two Gold-Tier warriors seemed to have prepared themselves smas.h.i.+ng through the ice layer, diving straight to the bottom of the lake to explore . Meanwhile, just when they had broken the ice layer and was ready to enter the lake, a shadow of a man came across the atmosphere, along with a wave of magic energy, had arrived before them . Nostradamus seemed to be almost done with his scouting as had a smile on his face . My idea is almost completed . This is really a very suitable place to build my academy… This is probably how I pictured the structure of the castle in the middle of a snow land to be . He told Joshua and Moreila . In the meantime, the old mage began to gather some magic energy in his hand, igniting light waves and water fog as he was producing a series of images . Along with the solidification of the images, a huge projection of the snowy mountain appeared right in front of Nostradamus . This projection was identical to the real one, along with clear compositional and perspective views . Joshua and Moreila were able to see the structure and design of it clear as day . It was a fortress-like building being built on a mountainside halfway down the mountain . The location was about 900 meters above sea level . This fortress was built upon the mountains . Most of the building would be on the mountainside and they looked extremely st.u.r.dy . The exposed parts of the building were extremely exquisite . From the looks of it, the designs of the building could be deemed as art already .