Su Li’s visit to the Eternal Flame Cathedral was immensely fruitful, and when he took his leave, he departed with over 10,000 Golden Crowns, hundreds of Church Scriptures, and the Endless Sea Navigation Star Map.

More importantly, he received the Divine Grace and Blessing of the Goddess in the eyes of all. Through this visit to the Holy Land, he earned the respect and friendship of numerous members of the Flame Sun Knight Order.

At least hundreds gathered around him, like spectators around a renowned general, inquiring about the details of battles and seeking advice on his surefire strategies for victory.

With Su Li’s personal invitation, countless people fervently expressed their willingness to travel to the Hesse Territory, including not just members of the Flame Sun Knight Order but also many from the Sun Goddess Pilgrimage Group and various other knight orders.

The armed forces of the Sun Goddess Church extend far beyond just the Flame Sun Knight Order. The Flame Sun Knight Order is simply the most affluent. The most favored by the Goddess is the Eagle Knight Order, along with others such as the Spear of Justice Knight Order, Knight Order of Righteous Fury, Blessed True Sight Knight Order, Cold-blooded Titan Knight Order, Marguerita Knight Order, and so forth, in addition to various academies and organizations like Eagle Banner Academy, Eagle Order, and Starlight Shield Order.

These people, influenced during their visit to the Eternal Flame Cathedral, turned their attention to Su Li’s honor and invitation.

Su Li delivered a small speech in the square, which greatly inspired the Goddess Knights, filling them with ambition to participate in the great cause of winning glory for the Goddess. The fervent atmosphere and inciting words easily ignited the passion of these knights, who were full of vitality, with some already preparing to head to the Hesse Territory to seek such opportunities.

Some knights, fanatically admiring Su Li’s battle achievements, have already decided to join the Corona Knight Order, stationed in the Hesse Territory, hoping to fight alongside Su Li and gain glory.

The friendship of these knights is not only important but is also the backbone of all Su Li’s actions in Marle Castle.

For instance, when visiting Senator Zoe Ramsey’s home, their entire family lined up in front of the estate, the gates wide open, awaiting Su Li’s arrival.

When Su Li retrieved the Endless Sea Navigation Star Map from the Eternal Flame Cathedral and took down the Aurora Veil, the Ramsey family immediately sensed the location of their family treasure.

However, no one dared to break into the headquarters of the Flame Sun Knight Order to retrieve stolen items. Even when their family guards saw the Star Map in Su Li’s hands, no one dared to ask for it. Accusing Su Li of stealing it could easily lead the enraged Sun Goddess Knights to kill them on the spot.

Fortunately, when they politely invited Su Li to the Ramsey estate, Su Li readily accepted, clearly intending to return it. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

This led to the current scene, with Zoe Ramsey personally bringing all the family members, guards, servants, and maids to warmly welcome him at the gate.

Upon seeing Su Li, Zoe greeted him personally, smiling broadly and saying, "So this is the recently renowned Bauhinia Knight, truly a distinguished gentleman with extraordinary demeanor. The Ramsey family sincerely welcomes Knight Su Li to visit. Please allow us to host a grand banquet in your honor."

Su Li did not refuse, as he came here precisely to befriend this senator.

Zoe, around thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, proud and imperious, was someone no one had the opportunity to interact with under normal circumstances; with her wealth, she didn’t bother dealing with Pioneer Knights or even Kingdom Knights.

Bear in mind, she controls nearly 70% of the spice trade in Marle Castle, meaning only the smuggling activities in the lower city districts and shadowy corners are beyond her control. Likely not because she couldn’t control them, but because of her arrogance and pride, she simply couldn’t be bothered with those lowly commoners and refused to enter those filthy, abandoned lower-class communities.

Getting acquainted with such a senator would undoubtedly provide great benefits to the Hesse Territory. In this world, anyone involved in the transportation and trade of spices is promised wealth and prosperity!

Su Li thus followed Zoe and her family into the estate’s reception hall, which boasted numerous family members, including 27 Knights, 4 Church Monastery Priests, one of whom was a Dean, and even two Pioneer Knights, one already a Baron. However, their territory was several thousands of miles away from Hesse, located in the Border Prince’s Territory, precisely at two northern and southern points.

Judging by this Baron’s territory location, it seems more like it’s serving this trade route; the territory is by the Central Sea. When spices are transported from the distant Endless Sea, they land and are stationed in the Ramsey family’s territory, then transported toward Marle Castle.

Although Zoe is prideful, arrogant, and has a bad temper, the Ramsey family still showed Su Li proper respect, arranging seats for him and his ministers and Champion Knights on the right side of the long table in the reception hall.

The only thing that displeased this female senator was that Selanweir was also seated at Su Li’s left side. Hence, she refused to sit down, covering her nose with a handkerchief, looking disdainful. She asked outside, "Is this Half-Elf that lowly slave? In such an exalted place, what right does a slave have to sit here? It’s simply sullied my precious furniture. Butler, burn these things later, don’t let the filthy aura linger in the room."