Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

No wonder they are both excited; this is the Holy Purple Vine pod, eating just one can extend life by several months! Plus, with this contribution and merit, they may have the chance to divide many more in the future, possibly extending their lives by decades, even hundreds of years. This trip is truly worthwhile!

Su Li nodded, ensuring that the members of the adventurer squad were unharmed, he then turned his attention to the bags of supplies loaded on the carriage, and asked, "Let's see, with the risk you've taken on this trip, how abundant are the rewards."

Hilude immediately commanded Death's Claw to step forward and use its sharp beak to carry down the bags of supplies, placing them before Su Li.

Then Schwartz and Frederick stepped forward, they took out all the supplies and sorted them neatly into categories in the courtyard.

The first thing counted was the gold coins, after the Minister of the Seal, Lauren, recorded them in the ledger in detail, he reported to Su Li: "Lord, the adventurer squad brought back exactly 430 Dwarf Oath Gold, 176 Golden Crowns from the dragon's nest!"

Even this one item amounts to nearly 4500 gold coins, and this is calculated using the lowest exchange rate.

With the dwarves from Redbeard Castle as friends, in the future, they can open trade routes to the Dragon Rock Forge. Su Li wouldn't exchange Dwarf Oath Gold for Golden Crowns; he could casually use Dwarf Oath Gold to buy some dwarf equipment, jewelry, and engineering gear, trade it, and the resulting wealth could be several times this value, earning 10,000 Golden Crowns is certainly possible.

Thus, Su Li waved his hand to Philis and said, "Take out one-tenth and distribute it to Hilude, Dorglin, Vandar, and Ashfield, store the rest all in the castle's cellar."

Philis, standing by, immediately stepped forward joyfully, counting the coins one by one.

This is no easy task. Most of the world's peasants are illiterate, and many knights don't even recognize a single character.

The Empire's overall illiteracy rate is above 98%, and for a female courtier to know how to read, count, and even calculate a tenth's value astonished many onlookers.

They are all aware that this female courtier was born a commoner, many knights secretly sneer at Su Li's decision to take a farmer's daughter as a courtier, thinking it sullies the honor of nobles and knights.

But the knights didn't think much about it, only assuming that this female courtier might have faith in the Sun Goddess because the Sun Goddess Church teaches tactics and educates them in thinking every week.

Hilude learned literacy and warfare techniques through this process, and Lord Rong'en praised her highly.

Next, the books brought back by Hilude were cataloged, and Rong'en Priest, trembling with excitement, held these three sets of books, saying to Su Li, "Lord, these are tomes of divine grace bestowed by Her Majesty Violet of the Fiery Sun Goddess; they should be kept in our church's holy land library and monastery. How they ended up in the hands of the Green Dragon, I cannot say, but I am certain the grace within them, once fully absorbed, is enough to create a powerful Divine Chosen Knight."

"A Divine Chosen Knight?!" Su Li exclaimed in joy, immediately taking these three sets of books from Rong'en and flipping through them.

"How long might it take to create a Divine Chosen Knight? Could it be done before the battle against the Demon Army ends? Before the Green Dragon fight?"

Rong'en hesitated, shook his head, and said, "We're not sure, it depends on the knight's insight, when they can fully absorb the book's contents. But several days' time is definitely not enough."

These are three sets of books, not three single books!

Stacked together, they reach nearly half a meter high, especially the "Goddess Strategy," which alone has 27 editions of annotations.

So Su Li asked concernedly, "What about a few months? If we can smoothly create a Divine Chosen Level knight before the Green Dragon awakens, our chances of victory would greatly increase."

Rong'en Priest shook his head again, saying, "I don't know, I have never seen anyone elevate from Champion Level to Divine Chosen Level in just a few short months."

"No matter how naturally gifted or diligent, elevating from Champion Level to Divine Chosen Level should take at least a year."

At this point, Hilude interrupted Rong'en's discourse, slightly tilting her head and reaching to remove a gold sparkling hair comb from the back of her neck, saying, "With the support of this ancient dwarven relic, reading these three sets of books within two months and thoroughly absorbing the content is not difficult."

"This hair comb can help imprint every detail into one's memory, like a photograph etched in the mind, while also increasing the wearer's mental agility, rapidly enhancing one's skills and training level. Witchcraft, magic, could simply be deciphered immediately after hearing once, extracting necessary elements for the spell."

Isn't this a divine artifact for training?

All the knights focused their attention on the gold sparkling tool in Hilude's hand.

Su Li curiously asked, "An ancient dwarven relic? How valuable is this?"

Without waiting for Hilude to elaborate, Mudalin raced in front of Hilude, roughly grabbing the comb, excitedly holding it up with both hands, verifying its details against the sunlight several times until tears of excitement ran down his face.

"Kadlin Redbeard Golden Hair Comb! It truly is the Kadlin Redbeard Golden Hair Comb!"