Hire me as a bodyguard?

Zhou Jing's heart moved, and he knew why Root left him alone.

The lord must have asked other hunters before, but they didn't respond. Now that he found himself a newcomer, he came to ask.

It may not be that he is so special, but it is estimated that all the new hunters and lords in White Plains City have invited him.

Zhou Jing rolled his eyes and did not refuse immediately. Instead, he asked: "As your guard, you don't have to hunt exotic beasts?"

"The main duty of the guard is to protect my personal safety." Root nodded and said with a smile. He didn't say it directly, but the meaning was almost hinted at.

Zhou Jing was curious: "I saw before that you already have some guards around you. You don't seem to encounter any danger in Baiyuan City. Why do you need more guards?"

"The threats of alien beasts are aimed at people in the whole city, but some threats are only aimed at me personally, because I am a lord, and some people who oppose me may plot my life. And now the world has changed, and some alien blood warriors have the power

, but want to do evil, the lord is not safe." Root shook his head.

"That's it..." Zhou Jing said thoughtfully: "Then what kind of remuneration can you give to hire me?"

Root suddenly became energetic.

He extended invitations to new hunters as usual, just with the mentality of giving it a try. In the past, many hunters refused him directly out of the hunter's sense of honor without waiting for him to mention the reward.

Seeing Zhou Jing asking about the commission at this time, Lute felt that something was interesting and said:

"Eighty Terra silver coins every ten days, all kinds of medicines are supplied at cost price."

That's it?

Zhou Jing secretly shook his head.

Eighty per ten days, only 240 per month. The income of an exotic animal hunter is not necessarily lower than this. As long as the number of hunts in a month is high, it can be exceeded.

But then I thought about it, and this commission is almost risk-free. It's basically like giving it to you for free. You don't have to risk your life to hunt. Some alien warriors who don't dare to be hunters are more willing to earn this stable money.

But... Zhou Jing is not very interested in the money from the world of alien beasts.

The products here are poor, and even if you have money, you can only buy limited things.

It seems that a lord in a remote area can't afford any rare resources... Even if he could, he wouldn't use them as commissions.

"Forget it, I'd rather be a hunter."

Zhou Jing shook his head. He was just asking about the market situation. The apostle's "life goal" was to be a hunter of exotic beasts, so naturally he would not change his career easily.

"...Okay." Root took a deep breath and forced a smile: "My invitation is always valid. If you change your mind someday, you can come to me."

I'm afraid there won't be such a day...

Zhou Jing said nothing, said goodbye to Lute, and left the lord's longhouse.

All the hunters left, Lute dismissed all the attendants, and walked around in the banquet hall where he was the only one left.

At this time, a figure turned out from behind another door, it was the man with a short hair.

Root looked over: "Did you hear what I just said?"

The short-haired man said calmly and hid behind the door the whole time.

Root was used to the miraculous performance of the short-haired man, so he didn't ask how he managed to hide from the perception of a group of hunters, or how he could clearly understand their conversation from such a distance. He laughed and said:

"It seems you guessed wrong. None of the hunters were damaged."

"I heard about the situation. It was the new hunter named Jason who took the risk and quickly killed one of them. He was lucky."

The short-haired man spoke calmly.

Root rubbed his chin and suddenly said: "What do you think of this Jason? I heard from other hunters that he seems to be a genius. When he first became a hunter, his strength can be compared to the second enhancement..."

"He's a bit capable, but that's all. He's no different from other hunters."

The guy with the short hair doesn't care.

…

Zhou Jing returned to the hotel to rest for a night, and the reward was delivered the next morning.

One is to submit the selling price of the exotic beast to the workshop, and the other is the bounty promised by the lord, a total of two hundred and twenty Terra silver coins.

The workshop recycles the carcasses of exotic beasts, and the total price is fixed. Each additional person will not be given an extra amount of money. After being allocated to twelve hunters, the money each person receives is limited, but it is still a quite generous reward.

.

Zhou Jing suddenly had a lot of money and immediately paid back the money he owed Balon.

He took him to the workshop, exchanged the newly obtained alien blood potion for his share, and transferred it to Baron to make up for his debt.

After killing two Crackclaw Bears this time, the workshop gave each participating hunter two opportunities to exchange for the exotic blood potion. Zhou Jing returned the offer once, and there was still one exchange opportunity left in his hand.

However, there was currently no stock of the exotic blood potion in the workshop, so he did not use it.

But Balon seemed to have some ideas.

"Do you want to reserve a Crackclaw Bear potion? Don't you plan to strengthen it a second time?"

The person in charge of the workshop looked at Baron in front of him with a surprised tone.

Baron scratched his head and laughed: "The strengthening direction of the Claw Bear is very suitable for me. Even if I don't want to strengthen it twice, it's good to prepare a different blood potion that suits me in advance. If I change my mind one day, I don't have to.

I’ve been looking for potions everywhere.”

"That's right." The person in charge of the workshop nodded.

Zhou Jing stood nearby and asked curiously: "By the way, how many different blood potions can these two split-claw bears make?"

"It depends on the situation." The person in charge of the workshop analyzed with his fingers: "I have already looked at your needs. After considering the materials used to make the equipment you want, the remaining materials should be able to make five to eight copies of the exotic.

Blood potion.”

The output is not bad... Zhou Jing nodded.

Twelve hunters participated in the crusade, but the hunters always took what they needed. If they didn't need the Crackclaw Bear potion, they wouldn't exchange it. The remaining potions that no one wanted would become the inventory of the workshop.

"By the way, I haven't congratulated you on becoming an official hunter yet." The person in charge of the workshop smiled.

"Thank you."

Zhou Jing nodded and then asked: "How long will it take to make this batch of equipment?"

"The two long knives you want are relatively simple and can be made in twenty days, but the leather armor is more troublesome. The fur of the crackclaw bear needs special treatment. It may take a little longer. I estimate it will take two or three months. By then,

Come and get it."

"That's quite a long time."

Zhou Jing scratched the corners of his eyebrows. He was used to the fast shipping productivity of the interstellar era, and was not used to such a long manual production cycle.

Baron patted him on the shoulder: "Just in time, you have solved a high-risk alien beast and are already an official hunter. I don't think you need to go hunting next. You need a new round of practice. I will teach you another breath when you return to the village.

Jutsu, at your learning speed, you can master it in about three months."

He has become accustomed to "Jason Wood's" abnormal learning speed, and found that once he accepted this setting, it was quite enjoyable.

"That's fine." Zhou Jing nodded.

Having already embarked on the road of strengthening with different blood, he felt that he needed to replenish his skills, then carry out secondary enhancements, and find ways to increase the success rate of secondary enhancements.

At this time, Baron suddenly laughed and said: "By the way, I told Weiss yesterday that he planned to go to Frostwood Village as a guest, and by the way, he would also teach you the breathing techniques he mastered, so you have to learn two kinds of breathing at the same time.

Technique."

Zhou Jing was startled, but he didn't know until now.

"Didn't you say that learning too much about breathing techniques is useless?"

"I said so...but you are different."

Baron laughed.

Because of Zhou Jing's weird learning speed, Baron was no longer prepared to rely on his own common sense and felt that it might not be a bad thing for Zhou Jing to learn more breathing techniques.

He knew only two breathing techniques, so he privately invited Weiss to teach him new breathing techniques.

"Wes's breathing technique is different from mine. His breathing technique can increase speed and agility, which is exactly suitable for your strengthening direction."

"...Thank you."

Seeing that Balon had such plans for him and even secretly found a new teacher for him, Zhou Jing was a little touched.

What a good and conscientious tutor.

He silently calculated it, and because of the rewards of [Stepping into the Extraordinary] and [First Killing of Alien Beasts - High Risk], he had more than 2,400 astral points in his hand, which was much more generous.

If one breathing skill is mastered to level 4, it will cost 700 points, and two breathing skills will cost 1,400 points. Then your own astral points are definitely enough, and there are daily benefits from each shuttle and placement.

It takes about three months to reach this level, which is also three or four days in the main world.

The first step of the different blood enhancement has been completed. Now you only need to achieve the second different blood enhancement to complete the remaining two [life goals]. The route is clear, and this development time can be invested.

…

After receiving the payment and setting a time to pick up the goods with the workshop, Zhou Jing and Baron did not stay in White Plains City anymore. They went to the tavern to find Weiss. They left the town and headed to Frostwood Village.

Weiss didn't mind spending some time living in the village and teaching Zhou Jing the breathing technique.
To be continued...