Chapter 8: Trade, Thunder
Waterfall, wooden house, and lakeside.
Rose red hair, rose red lips, tight hunting suit like flames.
A beautiful girl who exudes wildness and sexiness all over her body, like a burning fire rose, rode a pure black horse among the shade of green trees. Her riding skills are superb and fit, and each person and one horse is like a dragon.
At this time, the handsome but well-proportioned and strong half-elf-haired boy had just walked out of the lake with two swords in his hand. Looking at the beauty and horse in front of him, he was full of divine beasts galloping.
"You can find me when I hide here. Did Rosa sell me to you?" Going ashore and stabbed two wooden swords into the soil. Zhu Peng walked into the wooden house and picked up a dry towel to wipe his body, then put on a comfortable robe.
"Since I was eight years old, as long as a man saw me, it was like a dog seeing bones, why would you bother me?" The red-haired and snow-skinned beauty dismounted sideways, looking unhappy.
"Those men want to get you, and you want me to help you, there is a different relationship between supply and demand."
The girl in front of Zhu Peng was named Aimia, the pearl in the palm of a baron in Shuangye City. Because he had to concentrate on his cultivation, Zhu Peng temporarily sent his sister Rosa to Mrs. Cardena's residence to study aristocratic education. The old lady was the widow of an earl. After she settled in Shuangye City, she taught some noble ladies only because of boredom. There were almost no one in the north who dared to anger the old lady.
Zhu Peng planned to let Rosa grow up first, and then let her decide whether to become a professional or a pampered noble lady in the future. Anyway, because Rosa's half-elves' bloodline has a long life span, she can think slowly. Before that, she was also very good at studying some miscellaneous knowledge such as literature, etiquette, musical instruments, history and even swordsmanship from Mrs. Cardena. She did not have such an opportunity when she was young.
Only after a person has a certain understanding of the world can he define his future more accurately.
When Rosa was sent to Mrs. Cardena's boarding, the brother and sister met Aimia by chance. At that time, the hot beauty was being entangled and inexplicably involved Zhu Peng and Rosa. She did not have the title of Frost Leaf City. Zhu Peng was somewhat worried that Rosa would be bullied, so of course she could not be cowardly at this moment.
When Zhu Peng drew his sword and let go of several playboys who were entangled with Aimia, the baron girl in front of him became entangled.
In this world, powerful high-level professionals have a very social status, somewhat similar to the soldiers of Zhu Peng's era, who endured hardships, had difficulties, risks and prospects.
Zhu Peng released several swords to the nobles and rich businessmen in Shuangye City. He was clean and neat and arrogant. The power of the cold swordsman was terrifying enough, which naturally made most people misjudgment of his strength.
In other words, power is also a kind of strength. Zhu Peng's elite spy shadow, half-step and half-god power is really strong enough, and he did not really hurt people, so even those playboys did not dare to cause trouble.
Of course, the other reason is that Zhu Peng's whereabouts are mysterious, and Rosa is very favored by Mrs. Cardena, so it is difficult for them to get into trouble.
"You are hungry even if you work so hard in practicing swords? I specially stewed beef brisket and your favorite pinecone bread, eat it while it's hot." Yan said, Aimia took a food box from the horse's back and took it into the wooden house. When she opened the lid, the aroma of beef soup was indeed devoted to her mind.
"Amiya, I have my own things to do. I can't go to the south to help you find your father's whereabouts. It's a waste that you have been investing in me for the past six months. It's better to change your thinking. If you are willing to spend a certain price to hire a mercenary, you might have already gone to the south to find your father." Facing the girl's smile and cheering with great care, Zhu Peng looked at her silently for a moment, sighed lightly and said so.
The Sier tribe, the surname of the red-haired girl in front of me, was also aristocrat in Shuangye City for generations. It is said that his grandfather's generation made great contributions to Shuangye City, so the baron's status was honored for generations.
But what the nobles need not only honor and past glory, daily expenses, luxury life, and necessary communication. Unless someone among the family head members joins the army, otherwise they will have to pay a considerable tax to Shuangye City every year to maintain their title.
Aimia's grandfather's generation was a powerful profession, of course there was no problem with these. However, the next generation did not want to live like this. And because of lack of talent, Aimia's father became a businessman. Although the great nobles often disdained to do business, the middle and lower aristocrats were simply not enough to maintain their squandered expenses to match their titles by relying solely on their meager land. Therefore, the south and the north were openly aristocrats, but in fact, it was a common phenomenon to do some businessmen's business.
The nobles have privileges, channels, and knowledge. Of course, they are more likely to achieve commercial success than ordinary people, but they also have risks. Aimia's father Baron Rosa was plunged in the north because of a big deal. Now he is not seen in life or death, and the vague news is not very good.
Aimia is not the type of person who can't close his legs when he sees a handsome guy. Although Zhu Peng's initial charm is high at 17 o'clock, there are not completely different noble boys in Frost Leaf City and bards. The reason why she has invested a lot of effort in Zhu Peng over the past six months is actually because she wants the other party to take her to the south to explore the whereabouts of her father.
After Zhu Peng found out the situation, he knew this in his heart, so although he was cold to Aimia, he did not drive him away directly. After all, he was a filial and pitiful girl. Rosa also liked her very much and still had some sympathy for how much she encountered her... But I really don't have time to go to the south with you. The world is about to collapse. When the sky tear apart and the earth burns, I don't know how many people will be more pitiful than you than you. Most of the sentient beings will perish in the flames of the civilized war.
Compared with such cruelty, personal joy, anger, and pain are too small.
"Will I go to the tavern to hire a team of miscellaneous mercenaries, and then go out of the city to wait for them to drag me into the trees? It doesn't matter if they will take me to find my father afterwards, but my final outcome may be to be sold to a prostitute in a village after being scratched. This is what you give me advice?" The bright eyes of the red-haired girl in front of me were flashing with crystal tears. The pressure accumulated in her heart during this period seemed to push her to the edge of a certain limit when she was ignoring her love for her.
"As far as I know, Baron Rosa has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, your mother..."
"Don't mention that old bitch to me. After my father had an accident, she would immediately climb onto another man's bed. Have you ever heard of any mother giving aphrodisiacs to her daughter's diet to keep her wealth? If Lier, who grew up with me since childhood, reminded me that I would now lick the ass of the fat pig with that old bitch!"
"...Don't say I can't get the money now, even if I can get enough money, I will register the task according to the most formal procedures at the Adventurer Guild, and will only be taken back after leaving the city." While hissing, shed tears. At this moment, Aimia was no longer so elegant and beautiful, but she seemed even more sad and real. Perhaps for her, the world had collapsed when she discovered that her mother gave her aphrodisiac.
(Fat Pig? Can force Aimia to this fat person... Lord Frost Leaf City, Modo. No wonder she must find an outsider who is not a local one. If it weren't for the dead fat pig who would have been willing to use his power to force his prey to the dead corner and make the other party "will willingly" obey him, he would have succeeded long ago.) Although it was a question, it was actually a positive answer.
For an old nobleman like Modo, the Lord of Frost Leaf City, he had played with his beautiful body too much, so his mind became a little weird, just like the dessert before the plump meal. Aimia's pain and torture at this time were probably the remedies he had before enjoying.
"I have great sympathy for your experience, but even if I take you away from here, where can you escape? Such beauty is a blessing and a curse for the girl. Without enough power, you will continue to encounter similar things." The only thing in the entire Frost Leaf City that can make the city lord Modo be scruple and dare not act rashly is probably the only Madam Cardena with a deep background. However, Madam Cardena is obviously too lazy to care about this matter. Before Zhu Peng arrived, Aimia did not have no efforts, but she just wanted to escape after failure.
Wiping away the tears from her cheeks, Aimia looked at Zhu Peng who was still indifferent. She gritted her teeth and turned around and walked out.
Zhu Peng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. His plan was to go to the Elf Forest in the East to hunt green dragons. If he could succeed, he could transform into a dragon vein warlock through the dragon blood ritual. His own professional advanced template would become: Blood-Devouring Priest Level 12/Bloodblade Hunter Level 1/Dragon Vein Warlock Level 1.
It’s not that Zhu Peng has any special preference for the dragon veins, but that among the bloodlines with the highest compatibility, the strongest power and the highest growth, the dragon bloodline is among the top.
Some time ago, I released a bunch of dogheads, including the doghead warlocks who activate the blood of the red dragon. The question is not to mention the extremely difficult difficulty of extracting the extremely thin dragon vein blood. Zhu Peng could not accept the rejection reaction of the blood of the red dragon and his own wood elf blood.
On the contrary, after hunting the green dragon, the profession is advanced to a third-level dragon vein warlock. After such template attributes grow to a high level, even if they are weaker gods falling into the world, they can fight to the death.
If the fourth level can be successfully advanced to the Dragon Vein King, Zhu Peng is sure to slaughter most of the gods who fell to the world. Except for the powerful divine powers such as the Goddess of the Earth, the Lord of Light, and the Goddess of Magic, no one can escape under the sharp teeth of the Dragon Vein King. Of course, the difficulty of advancing this profession is also ridiculously high.
Zhu Peng thought Aimia had left, so he was considering his future career advancement plan in the wooden house. However, after the red-haired noble girl went out for a walk, she took two things off the back of the horse. After hesitating for a while, she seemed to have made a great decision. Then Aimia returned to the cold-blooded half-elf wooden house.
"Uh...you have something to do?"
"Since you like to talk about interests, I have to talk about interests with you. You are also an adventurer, right? I will hire you with everything I have." As he said that, Aimia put down the wooden box and leather bag in her arms and placed it in front of the man opposite.
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"My grandfather was a ranger in a powerful adventurer team. In this wooden box is his beloved magic bow 'Thunder', and it is also a family heirloom of our family. My father passed it directly to me, and the woman didn't even know its existence."
"There is a treasure map in this bag. Originally it was not a treasure map, but I think it is now. The wizard of the Adventurers team was a high-level wizard at the peak of the second level. He was the richest person in the team. He established an extremely hidden laboratory near Frost Leaf City, and also collected many precious materials to advance to the legend..."
As Ai Miya said, Zhu Peng opened the wooden box in front of him, and then took out a simple and powerful bow made of countless unknown beast tendons. Zhu Peng stood up straight and pulled left and right, and faintly felt a sense of calling coming from the demon bow:
Item Type: Enchanted Bow Thunder
Item Level: [Second Level Enchantment Equipment]
Item Description: This is an ancient war bow with a certain history. It uses a century-old giant tree to polish the main body and bind the tendons of the thunder beast as a reinforcement. It allows the bow holder to consume more arrows with less power, and is accompanied by the magic of thunder.
It is a powerful ancient war bow that is calling you now to return to the hunting ground.
Equipment requirements: None.
Weapon effect: electric arrow, continuous shooting.
Hide enchantment trigger requirements: Focus on the front of specialties.
Weapon effect: Strong bow, five percent chance to trigger Thunder Bond.
"What you mean is that your grandfather's wizard teammate was dead, and now you basically only know this treasure cave... the resources used by the second-level peak wizard to break through the legend." While playing with the Thunder Battle Bow, Zhu Peng was also quickly weighing the pros and cons and benefits of the whole thing.
He was not afraid to anger the so-called Lord Frost Leaf. He was a mere native of the plane. From the perspective of the spy shadow wizard, he was like a pig or dog. If he had a little development time, he would just turn around and kill him. The only thing that affected Zhu Peng's decision was whether this transaction was worth it.
Judging from the enchanted longbow "Thunder" in his hand, the other party's words are 70% or 80% credible.
"I can help you explore the wizard's last laboratory and get the benefits of 55% but I will not take you to the south to find your father. After the matter is done, I will take you to Jinhe City, which is a place that the Modo forces cannot reach and the spirit snake sect is prevalent. You can cover your face with a veil, register a guild mission there and then go to the south to find your father. The safety factor will be greatly improved."
"I'll be fine if I'm three or seven, I'll share the profit by 55. I'm afraid I'll get too much and I'll kill you later." Aimia said this, and it was obvious that her anger had not yet subsided, but Zhu Peng refused to say anything.
"Before we go, there is something we need to deal with first." Zhu Peng suddenly stood up and walked to the red-haired Shaohai. He stretched out his finger toward Aimia's neckline. Such a light posture made the girl's white cheeks turn red.
However, before Aimia made a substantial reaction, Zhu Peng suddenly looked forward with his fingers in his palm and took off a black crystal-like button at the collar of the girl's top. It looked like it was no different from the normal button. However, because of Zhu Peng's movements, Aimia also focused her attention on this button, and gradually noticed some abnormalities.
"This is..."
"Spirit positioning device, it seems that our city lord secretly raised one or two wizards. As long as it is on you, you will never really have a chance to escape from the sphere of influence of Frost Leaf City. Play with the prey in her palms until she is exhausted? It's really a bad thing." He sneered and shook his head, Zhu Peng threw the button back to Aimia.
"Do it when you go back to the city and put it on a suitable person. I will meet you at the stables in the West City tonight when the moon sets. Don't bring too many things. If the treasure cave you mentioned is true, then as long as you explore it successfully, you should not be short of money for the rest of your life. By the way, why didn't your father, Baron Rosa, explore here?"
"I read this treasure cave in my grandfather's diary, not to mention that my grandfather died of an old disease in his later years because of a relapse of his old disease. My father had no interest in adventure and relic. If it weren't for what happened in the past six months, the secret of this treasure cave would only be told to my grandson as a story in my later years."
"...Well, be careful about everything." Leave the Gu Gong Thunder, but throw the leather bag back to Aimia.
Although legendary professions can obtain lifespan and power that are far longer than mortals through various methods, in the world of gods, these things may not be valued by mortals, because as long as they believe in gods devoutly, mortals can live long in the country of God after their death. This is not a lie of the gods, but a promise, because people's perception of high-level professions and adventurers is really complicated, a little envious, a little awe, but a little avoiding them.
Unless among the nobles are top nobles, the chance of high-level professions is very low. Even middle-class or rich peasants are more willing to send their offspring into the temple rather than cultivating them to be professions and adventurers who lick blood from the knife.
On the contrary, the chances of adventurers among the poor, the declining nobles and the bankrupt are extremely high. After a large number of adventurers are baptized and polished by various tasks, as long as they are not disabled or dead in their careers, their final career levels are often not low.
Chapter completed!