Chapter 1185 Happy Time

"What are you discussing? You seem so happy."

Su Mo walked up with a smile.

"Xue-jie is planning our itinerary for today," everyone said excitedly as they saw Su Mo approaching.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Su Mo waved his hand.

"Yay!"

...

Soon after, Su Mo and his group arrived at the most famous area of ​​Laurel Crown, the Saint Mark Square area.

As soon as they arrived, everyone could clearly smell the faint fragrance of laurel, which was very fresh and pleasant.

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Immediately afterward, they saw the magnificent and bustling giant commercial plaza.

You know, this is the home to the most prosperous shopping street in the world, apart from the City of Stars, and is known as the second shopping paradise in the universe.

There is even a saying that coming to the Laurel Kingdom without visiting this area is like a wasted trip.

Although this area is full of commercial atmosphere, it does not repel people.

Because every store here is decorated with unique features, giving people a different sensory impact. In addition, many bizarre mascots are placed at the door, attracting many tourists to take pictures.

The most important point is that almost all stores have signs of big promotional discounts, stimulating the senses of tourists.

A large number of tourists stopped and bought goods one after another.

And the shopkeepers here were all smiling, vigorously promoting various products to tourists.

If you observe carefully, you will find that when there are many tourists entering the store, the store owner will accurately identify which country the customer is from and their financial status through the clothes they are wearing, and give priority to recommending high-value goods to wealthy customers.

Therefore, although Su Mo and his party were numerous and the girls were all very eye-catching, few shopkeepers enthusiastically promoted anything.

Usually, it was just one sentence.

"You are welcome to browse the goods."

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"The products here look so high-end, and the texture is very good."

"It's just that the price is not generally expensive."

"It feels like the consumption here is almost comparable to the second ring of the City of Stars."

Zhao Han and others watched and discussed.

Seeing that everyone was mostly just looking and not buying much, Su Mo clapped his hands.

"Everyone, come over here."

"What's wrong?"

Sun Li, Zi Qing, and others gathered around curiously.

"Don't just look and not buy anything. From now on, I will reimburse you for everything you buy. It's rare to come out and have fun, so don't be polite!" Su Mo announced generously.

"Su Mo, we also have money. We will buy it if we see something we like. There is no need to waste money. It's actually nice to just stroll around," Sun Li shook her head and took the lead in refusing. She knew very well that Su Mo had money, but he also owed a lot of money.

"Yes, what Sister Sun Li said is very right," Zi Qing and others echoed.

"Boss, this isn't necessary," Sun Duo Xiang said with a smile, trying to persuade him.

Qian Chengxue took Su Mo's hand and said softly, "It's nice to just walk around like this. If there's something we really like, we'll buy it."

"I know you are worried about my debt, but there is no need to worry about that. I have almost paid it off," Su Mo waved his hand, pretending to be relaxed. Of course, there was a bit of showing off in his words. The debt to the City of Stars was paid off, but he still owed a lot to the old man.

Qian Chengxue and others were stunned when they heard Su Mo's words.

Sun Duo Xiang couldn't help swallowing and asked Su Mo in disbelief, "Boss, you have really paid off the money you owed to the City of Stars?"

"Of course," Su Mo replied with a smile.

"Then why be polite? Let's go on a big shopping spree!" Sun Duo Xiang shouted excitedly, instantly letting himself go.

"Xue-jie? Are we also going on a big shopping spree?" Sun Li and others looked at Qian Chengxue excitedly.

Qian Chengxue nodded with a smile, indicating that it was okay.

"By the way, Sun Duo Xiang, you are not within the scope of the free order. Sun Li and the others are all paid employees and don't have much money, but you have money yourself," Su Mo said in a very good mood.

"No way," Sun Duo Xiang's face suddenly fell.

"Haha!"

The girls present covered their mouths and laughed.

...

Several hours later, Su Mo and others went from the street to the mall.

Zhao Han, Zi Qing, Zhou Qian, and others all had excited smiles on their faces, and each of them was carrying a pile of things in large and small bags.

Many locals of Laurel Crown looked over.

"Nouveau riche!"

Many people complained indignantly.

You know, even they can't go on such a carefree shopping spree.

Being able to buy one item a month meant their family was very well-off.

Su Mo raised his electronic bracelet and glanced at it. It was almost past one o'clock in the afternoon. He looked around and then saw a high-end Senwei restaurant.

He said to Qian Chengxue and others, "It's almost time to eat. Let's go to that restaurant."

"Will it be too expensive? We've already bought so many things. Should we just skip it? Let's wait until we get back to the hotel for dinner," Zhao Han and others suggested hesitantly.

"Don't worry, eat as much as you want. How much can it cost?"

"Okay!"

"Let's go!"

Su Mo waved his hand grandly and then led a mighty group of one hundred people towards the restaurant.

"Welcome," just as Su Mo and others arrived at the restaurant entrance, a short-haired female manager wearing white professional attire and exuding a certain temperament greeted them with a smile.

Although only Qian Chengxue and Sun Li among Su Mo's group were wearing more expensive clothes.

But with so many consumer goods in their hands, even the dumbest person could tell that this group of customers was very capable.

"Don't consider the price, bring up all your specialties. Of course, don't treat us like suckers," Su Mo said lightly to the manager in front of him.

"Okay, no problem, I'll prepare for you right away, I'll arrange a few private rooms for you," the female manager responded enthusiastically.

"No need for private rooms. Your private rooms can't accommodate so many of us. We'll just sit in that hall," Su Mo said.

"No problem," the female manager responded enthusiastically.

Soon, Su Mo and his group were seated one after another. The restaurant's decoration was very good. All the tables were made of natural black crystal rock, and the natural texture looked very high-end.

The chairs were all soft-wrapped, making them extremely comfortable to sit on.

At this time, waitresses with sweet looks, wearing low-cut white shirts, black hip-hugging skirts, and twenty-centimeter high heels came up to pour tea for Su Mo and others.

Just then, a waitress was walking over. When she saw Su Mo, a trace of panic appeared on her face, and she subconsciously wanted to walk to the table next to her.

As a result, her foot twisted, and she fell directly in front of Su Mo and Qian Chengxue.

*Peng!*

The cup containing the tea water spilled all over the floor.

Su Mo was also slightly stunned and subconsciously turned his head to look over, but his brows furrowed.

Qian Chengxue also turned her head to look over.

The waitress who fell was Tang Zhi. Unexpectedly, they would see her here.

"I'm sorry," Tang Zhi apologized in a panic, then quickly cleaned up the spilled cup and retreated in a panic.

"Su Mo, are you familiar with her?" Qian Chengxue asked curiously.

"Not familiar, but she often made things difficult for Lan Xi in the past and was quite materialistic, so I have some impression. I remember you should have seen her too," Su Mo thought for a moment and replied.

"Yes, I have seen her. I remember she seemed to be with my cousin Ye Jing at the time. But at the time, I felt that she looked down on Ye Jing a bit, and it felt like she was going to dump him. Of course, Ye Jing himself didn't have a very good reputation in this regard," Qian Chengxue said after thinking for a while.

"There is also one thing that I find quite strange. How could a materialistic woman like her come to the first place of conception to work?" Su Mo was also a little curious.

"Most likely, she was tricked and deceived into coming here. In fact, since the Federation joined the City of Stars system, the first and second places of conception have been forced to open to us. Many people have come here with the dream of getting rich, wanting to venture into the first two places of conception. The first place of conception is especially popular. Where there is demand, there is profit to be made, so many gray organizations have been born," Qian Chengxue explained to Su Mo.

"I'm familiar with this. Isn't it just black labor transportation? This is already considered good. Some people have an even worse fate. I came into contact with this a lot when I was doing black jobs. Boss, do you want to help her?" Sun Duo Xiang approached with a smile.

"Get lost, I'm not helping. Hurry up and eat. Let's stroll around after we finish eating," Su Mo didn't have such a good heart. He was just a little surprised. In addition, he discovered a problem.

The countries of the third place of conception seemed to be starting to experience a phenomenon of talent and labor outflow.

The first place of conception was like a greedy lion, opening its bloody mouth.

"Eat, eat," Sun Duo Xiang quickly echoed.

...

An hour later, Su Mo and others walked out of the restaurant with laughter and chatter.

"Xue-jie, we haven't visited the top floor yet. How about we take a look?" Sun Li asked excitedly.

"Okay," Qian Chengxue nodded, and they went to the top floor.

However, when Sun Li and others arrived at the top floor of Saint Mark Shopping Mall, they were all dumbfounded.

They found that all the top floor shops sold the most top-end luxury goods, mostly selling jewelry, watches, and so on.

But since they were already up here, it wouldn't be appropriate to go straight down, so they just casually strolled around.

Just then, Zhao Han suddenly shouted excitedly as if she had discovered a new continent, "Come over here quickly!"

Su Mo and others turned their heads when they heard this.

They saw Zhao Han standing on the top floor observation deck, gazing out through the transparent glass.

Su Mo and others walked over one after another.

When Su Mo and his group arrived at the transparent observation deck and looked out, they saw an endless sea of ​​laurel trees behind the mall. These laurel trees were black, blue, red...

At this time, a gentle breeze blew through the sea of ​​trees.

Countless laurel trees made rustling sounds, and some withered yellow laurel leaves flew up.

The entire sea of ​​trees was as beautiful as a fairyland.

"So beautiful," Su Mo couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"So beautiful. Xue-jie, let's go down and take a look," Sun Li asked with anticipation.

Qian Chengxue was also very moved. She rarely saw such beautiful scenery. She couldn't help but look at Su Mo.

"Su Mo, what do you think?"

"Let's go take a look. If there are no restricted signs, we'll go in and have a look," Su Mo said with a smile.

"Yay!"

The sisters responded excitedly.

...

Soon after, Su Mo and others deposited their purchased items and came to the sea of ​​trees from the back door of the mall.

As they walked along, they found that it was quite deserted here. There were hardly any figures to be seen, only a small number of foreign tourists taking pictures. And they didn't see any prohibition signs or guards.

But the scenery here was indeed very good.

Before they even went in, they saw a few furry animals with big ears, a bit like little brown bears, looking at them and blinking at the edge of the sea of ​​trees.

"Wow, so cute," Sun Li and others took out their mobile phones to take pictures.

"Su Mo, can we go in?" Qian Chengxue asked softly.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. There are no prohibition signs or guards here. And there is a path over there. Although it seems that no one has walked it for a long time, there is a real path, which shows that it is still open to people," Su Mo gave a simple analysis.

Of course, Su Mo didn't know that the locals here didn't dare to come at all, and only foreign tourists like them dared to come in.

"Then we're going in," Qian Chengxue and a few others walked in with great joy.

Su Mo followed closely behind.

After entering the laurel tree sea, the fragrance and freshness of the air clearly rose to a higher level.

Breathing the air here made their minds feel clearer.

Along the way, Zhou Qian and others started to play around, picking up some leaves and stones from time to time.

Qian Chengxue and Su Mo strolled leisurely inside.

"It's been a long time since I've been so leisurely," Qian Chengxue said.

"Yeah," Su Mo also echoed with emotion.

"In fact, it would be very happy to live quietly in this kind of environment," Qian Chengxue looked at the endless laurel trees, liking them more and more.

"You like it here?" Su Mo asked with a smile.

"I only like the scenery here," Qian Chengxue replied with a smile.

The two gradually went deeper into the sea of ​​trees, talking and laughing. At this time, they saw a quiet wooden house in the depths of the sea of ​​trees.

There was also a small courtyard surrounded by a fence.

"I didn't expect there to be a house here. I wonder if someone lives here," Qian Chengxue said in surprise.

"Well, how about we go take a look?" Su Mo suggested.

"Is that appropriate?"

"Just take a look, it should be fine," Su Mo said.

"Okay," Qian Chengxue agreed.

Su Mo led Qian Chengxue towards the wooden house. As they approached, they found some very beautiful flowers and plants planted in the courtyard.

These flowers and plants were very well taken care of.

*Creak.*

At this time, the door of the wooden house opened, and a kind-looking old woman wearing very clean clothes walked out of the house.

She smiled warmly at Su Mo and Qian Chengxue.

Su Mo and Qian Chengxue were also slightly stunned. They didn't expect an old woman to live here, so they asked, "Excuse me, I want to ask you, the sea of ​​trees here is very beautiful. What is this place?"

"This sea of ​​trees is not a scenic spot. It was just planted by my old partner and me," the old woman replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Su Mo immediately realized that it was private territory.

"Sorry to bother you."

"It's okay. If you don't mind, come in and sit down," the old woman invited with a smile.

"Okay," Su Mo was also very surprised by the other party's invitation, but since the other party had invited them, they should go in.

So the two followed the old woman into the wooden house.

The wooden house was much more spacious than expected. There were various wooden furniture displayed here.

But everything was placed neatly.

It could be seen that the old woman in front of them seemed to have very good qualities and upbringing.

They saw the old woman unhurriedly take out a set of pottery tea sets. She personally brewed a cup of laurel flower tea for Su Mo and Qian Chengxue.

"Try my old woman's own dried laurel flower tea."

"Thank you," Su Mo and Qian Chengxue thanked them and took it over.

They took a sip. The flower tea was sweet and tasted great, and it left a fragrant taste in their mouths after drinking it.

"Very good," Su Mo said with bright eyes.

"Come and try our specialty, laurel pastries," the old woman warmly entertained Su Mo and Qian Chengxue.

"Old woman, you are too polite," Su Mo also replied with a touch of emotion. He could feel that the old woman in front of them was sincerely treating them as guests.

This feeling was something he had never felt since coming to the Laurel Kingdom.

"It should be. If I'm not mistaken, you should be from out of town. Since you have come to the Laurel Kingdom, you are guests," the old woman replied kindly and calmly.

Su Mo said with emotion, "Thank you. I didn't expect to be treated so warmly on a trip to the Laurel Kingdom. I feel that you are completely different from the people outside."

The old woman showed a faint smile when she heard Su Mo's words.

"If you don't mind, you can listen to my old woman's ramblings."

"Please speak," Su Mo said.

"Actually, even with my eyes closed, I know what you have encountered in the Laurel Kingdom. Do all the people look at you with colored glasses, arrogantly making money from your pockets, being superficially kind, but full of superiority and disdain in their hearts?"

"Well, I guess so," Su Mo showed a faint smile.

"Actually, the Laurel Kingdom wasn't like this before. A long time ago, the Laurel Kingdom itself was very weak. At that time, the folk customs were also very simple. But later, when it became strong, it gradually forgot its original intentions, and people's hearts also became impetuous. It began to be blindly arrogant and arrogant. It's like people who have come ashore looking at people struggling in the water, full of pride and self-satisfaction, completely forgetting that they were also struggling desperately in the water at the beginning. In fact, it's not just the Laurel Kingdom that has this problem. Take the Mechane Empire next door, for example, they are the same. They have long forgotten that they were just poor people struggling to survive on garbage planets," the old woman said with a smile.

Su Mo and Qian Chengxue couldn't help but respectfully listened to the old woman's words.

The old woman in front of them saw the problem from a very insightful perspective.

"That makes sense," Su Mo said.

"Not many people can listen to the reasoning of old sesame seeds. Young man, if you think what the old woman said is right, then remember my words, this world is very impetuous, you must calm down. No matter what level you grow to, don't forget your original intentions. People can't always be in a high position forever, you must maintain humility and rationality," the old woman said.

"Yes, thank you," Su Mo nodded in response.

Just then, a burst of shouts rang out outside.

"Su Mo, Xue-jie..."

It seemed that Sun Li and others had come looking for them.

"Thank you for your hospitality, old woman. Our companions have arrived, so we'll leave first," Su Mo and Qian Chengxue got up to say goodbye.

"Okay, take care," the old woman said goodbye kindly.

Su Mo and Qian Chengxue got up and left the small wooden house to meet Sun Li and the others.

As he was about to leave, Su Mo couldn't help but turn his head to look at the wooden house behind him.

At this time, Creator Devourer said in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just think the old woman's level of thinking is very good," Su Mo replied lightly.

"Of course it's good. She's not an ordinary person. She's the previous lord of the Laurel Kingdom, that is, the empress who reigned the longest in the history of the Laurel Kingdom. She pulled an inferior country back from the brink of extinction and laid the foundation for the Laurel Kingdom's golden age," Creator Devourer said in a low voice.

"The previous empress of the Laurel Kingdom? She's living in seclusion here?" Su Mo's eyelids jumped when he heard this.

"Yes, that's right," Creator Devourer replied in a low voice.

Su Mo felt even more touched when he heard this.

"Su Mo, it's time to go," Qian Chengxue, who was not far away, shouted to Su Mo, who had stopped.

"Okay," Su Mo came back to his senses and responded.

...

Mechane Empire, Empire Executive Building.

A gentlemanly old man walked in calmly.

The fully armed soldiers on guard knelt on one knee to greet the old man who entered.

"Earl Engita, sir."

This gentlemanly old man was none other than the person who went to persuade Su Mo to give up the competition.

After entering the building, Earl Engita went straight to the central main elevator.

The soldier guarding the elevator saluted and then opened the elevator.

Earl Engita walked in, the elevator doors slowly closed, and then it went up at high speed, directly to the top floor of the Empire Executive Building.

*Ding!*

When the elevator doors opened again, Earl Engita walked out and went straight to a heavily guarded office.

The guards saluted when they saw Earl Engita approaching, and then opened the office door.

In the large office, Bennett and a group of nobles were seriously discussing the preparations for the competition.

"How are the participants in the preliminary competition prepared?"

"No problem, they are all prepared. If our preliminary competition participants can run into those more popular preliminary reserve players, we will try our best to give them the biggest impact so that they cannot advance in the best condition."

"How is Roche's on-site training?"

"Very good."

...

At this time, Earl Engita stepped forward and said, "I'm back."

"How is it? Did things go smoothly?" Bennett quickly asked.

"Not smooth, the other party refused," Earl Engita shook his head and replied steadily.

Hearing Earl Engita's words, the nobles of the Mechane Empire present were furious.

"They are really ungrateful. They don't appreciate so much money."

Bennett also frowned. 20 trillion Star Coins was not a small amount. Under normal circumstances, no one should be able to resist the temptation of so much money.

At this time, the door was opened again.

Duke Alef walked in and said disdainfully, "I don't understand. Just because he's a player from a barbaric country, why are you so nervous and making such a big fanfare? With the strength of Roche and His Highness Grillos, they can easily solve the other party. Why spend so much money to buy them off? Isn't this a waste of money? You know, our money doesn't come from thin air."

"Duke Alef is right," the nobles present nodded in agreement.

However, Earl Engita, who was responsible for persuading Su Mo, said, "I don't think so. I think that kid is not that simple. Not everyone can refuse 20 trillion Star Coins. Think about it carefully. People who can refuse are either fools or disdainful. Which one do you think the other party belongs to?"

Hearing Earl Engita's words, everyone present fell silent.

Faced with everyone's silence, Duke Alef just said coldly, "So what? Our empire's warriors roam the stars and have never had an enemy. When the time comes, let him taste the power of the empire's iron fist. Don't cry and beg for mercy, it will be funny, haha."

"Haha, Duke Alef is right," the nobles said.

...

A few days later, Ginkgo Street, Laurel Kingdom.

Su Mo and others were eating, drinking, and strolling on the street.

At this time, all the holographic advertisements on the street were changed and began to project advertisements for the Royal Knights selection competition.

"Timacro Space Arena Opening Ceremony Countdown: 24 hours! Want to experience the duel of top masters in person? Want to witness the birth of the king? Then come to the Timacro Space Arena to watch it live."

...

Seeing this advertisement, Su Mo stopped and opened his electronic bracelet to check.

"What's wrong?" Qian Chengxue asked curiously.

"The competition is about to start. It's time to start preheating," Su Mo checked and found that the Royal Knights Reserve Conversion and Captain-Level Selection Competition of the First Legion of the City of Stars was about to begin.

The first round of battle lists had already been released.

As he quickly browsed, he immediately saw Wang Hai's name.

Wang Hai's first round of battle was against Ahamer of the Second Star Territory, Mirik Kingdom.

At the same time, tickets for the Timacro Space Arena began to be sold.

After pondering for a while, Qian Chengxue said, "Su Mo, we've had enough fun, let's go back."

"Okay," Su Mo nodded.

Then Qian Chengxue shouted to the sisters, "Everyone, stop and go back to the hotel."

"Okay," Sun Li and others responded immediately after hearing this.

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ps: Sorry, it's my birthday tonight, so I can't update more (*^▽^*), please forgive me!