Chapter 90: Exploring the Black Forest (Part II)
Zhao Chun walked quickly along a path in the Black Forest, a path hidden under the black soil and residual snow, and if he didn't look closely, he might not be able to find this path. In the previous two days, Zhao Chun had already explored more than twenty kilometers along the path, marking along the way, because fifteen kilometers away from the edge of the Black Forest, there was a swamp with a poisonous miasma, and if Zhao Chun wasn't careful enough, he would have almost landed.
Thanks to the pathfinding markers of the previous two days, Zhao Chun only took half an hour to reach the farthest place he arrived yesterday with the blessing of the Light Body Technique.
It was a small hill with fewer trees than in other places, but on the top of the hill there were two large trees that could not be hugged by two people, forty or fifty meters high. Zhao Chun quickly climbed up the small hillside, standing between the two big trees on the hillside and looking down, Zhao Chun was surprised to find that behind the hillside was a small basin, which was less than a kilometer in the basin, and there were huge colored bubbles distributed in the sun, emitting a dreamlike luster under the sunlight.
But these bubbles are not transparent, and it is impossible to see what is inside from the outside.
Zhao Chun had never seen this thing before, he had never heard of it mentioned by anyone, and there was no guide nearby, which made him a little helpless, although these bubbles looked beautiful, they might hide great dangers.
However, this path passes through the middle of this basin, and if it is a detour, not only does it need to open a new road by itself, but it also has unknown risks, if there is no danger, why did the predecessors not bypass it, but chose to walk from the basin? It shows that although there are dangers in this basin, as long as you take the right road, it is safe.
Zhao Chun carefully followed the path from the hillside to the basin, but when he arrived at the basin, due to the influence of the colored light reflected by the bubbles, the path became more and more difficult to identify, and when Zhao Chun walked a few dozen meters further, the path seemed to be broken, and it could no longer be found. He secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and when he was about to retreat, a bubble not far in front of him burst with a "pop".
Out of it came a small man less than twenty centimeters tall, this little man was dressed like a rainbow, his skin was as white and tender as a baby, his long golden hair hung down to his waist, and he was holding a small bow and arrow in his hand, which was aimed at Zhao Chun, and asked, "Who are you who dare to step into the holy land of my watercolor clan's nirvana?"
"I don't mean to offend, I just want to borrow from here. Zhao Chun said with cold sweat on his forehead, although this villain was very small, he felt the threat of death, as if that small bow and arrow was not something he could resist.
"Hmph, no offense? Do you know how much it costs for our Watercolor Clan to achieve Nirvana once? Nirvana flower, but also to cut off the old body, and then with the help of colorful stones and nirvana flowers, using the unique secret method of our clan, we will be like really dead, the body slowly decays, in this colorful bubble undergoes two hundred and nineteen years of transformation, and finally grows into what I am now, originally it will take me another nine years to grow into my original appearance, restore everything I used to, but now, all this, but it was interrupted by your inadvertent ingress, you say, how should I punish you?" The more the watercolor villain talked, the more angry he became, and he was on the verge of going berserk.
"I ...... I really didn't mean to. Zhao Chun said, "Why don't I compensate you?"
"Can you afford it?" the watercolor villain was amused.
Zhao Chun suddenly took out a contract and said, "As long as you sign this contract and give me five colorful stones and ten Nirvana flowers, I can restore you to your original appearance and have a hundred years of life, how do you feel?"
"Impossible, you liar, do you really think you are a god? You want to deceive me about the colorful stone and the nirvana flower? I really think I am a three-year-old child. The watercolor villain said angrily.
"Nothing is impossible in this world, if I hadn't met you, I don't believe that anyone in the world could rejuvenate and regain a new life through Nirvana, you were already in your sixties, and you contracted a strange disease, so you chose this very dangerous method to Nirvana. Of course, if you don't believe me, you can kill me, but you can only do this from now on, and you will never return to your original form. Think about it. Zhao Chun was not in a hurry, but reasoned with her very calmly.
The watercolor villain finally said with some horror: "How do you know this? Didn't you say that you broke into here by accident? Even in our watercolor tribe, only a few people know about me." Say, who the hell are you?"
"It's the people who come to help you. After Zhao Chun finished speaking, he stopped talking and just waited silently for her to make a decision.
The heart of the watercolor villain was obviously struggling, but in the end, she finally compromised and said: "I don't have so many colorful stones and nirvana flowers on my body, there is only one colorful stone left, and there are only two nirvana flowers left, and the rest have been consumed by me, but when I recover, I will definitely find a way to exchange them for you in the clan." ”
"Okay, you sign this contract first. Zhao Chun said helplessly, in fact, he was happy in his heart, and this dead system was finally reliable at a critical moment.
"Well, aren't you afraid that after I recover, the remaining colorful stones and nirvana flowers will no longer be given to you?"
"As long as you sign this contract, you are not afraid of breaking the contract, and you will definitely not want to bear the price, because this is the highest causal contract in the Three Realms, and as long as you do not jump out of the Three Realms, you cannot break the contract. If you have the ability to jump out of the Three Realms and are not governed by the Three Realms, you don't have to make any more contracts. ”
The villain of the watercolor clan turned pale, and looked at Zhao Chun with some awe, wondering if this guy was bragging or really had this ability, if he was so mysterious and powerful, why was he so down-and-out, like a passerby, ordinary and extraordinary. But what Zhao Chun promised to restore her original appearance and have a hundred years of life, it was undoubtedly a fatal temptation for her, causing her to take the contract in Zhao Chun's hand without hesitation and sign her name on it happily.
A few minutes later, a blonde beauty a few centimeters taller than Zhao Chun appeared in front of Zhao Chun, her delicate face and dreamy colorful clothes were so bright that Zhao Chun could barely open his eyes.
"Wow, it's true, I'm born again. Caiyun turned his body proudly, admiring Zhao Chun's magic even more, "Am I beautiful?"
"Beautiful...... Zhao Chun was so shaken by her that he couldn't open his eyes, "It's just sister, can you pay the colorful stone and nirvana flower first?"
"Hmph, stingy, here you go!"
The next moment, a colorful stone and two plants with flowers that were also colorful flew towards Zhao Chun.
Zhao Chun just took it, but before he had time to look at it, he was taken away by the system, this guy is also famous for his stinginess, Zhao Chun has cooperated with it for so long, and he has never seen it suffer......
"Every bubble here is a person of your clan in Nirvana, why don't you send someone to guard it or take other protective measures?" After Caiyun had enough self-appreciation, Zhao Chun finally asked the question he had always wanted to ask.
"No, most of these bubbles are traps, if you accidentally get close, they will swallow people, and this basin is a labyrinth, without the special methods of our clan, no one can get out, even the kind of monk who claims to have cultivated to the Divine Soul Realm can't escape. Even though we have only one or two monks like this in the Sanctuary. After being happy, Caiyun regained her coldness, although she looked young on the outside, she was a person who had already lived a lifetime, and she had experienced more storms and waves.
Zhao Chun suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, fortunately he met this guy by mistake, and there was also the help of the system, otherwise even if he was not swallowed by the bubbles, he would have been lost in this maze.
"But if I want to go through here, into the depths of the Black Forest, is there any other way to go?
"What if I told you, what do you get in exchange? You know, there's no such thing as a free lunch, that's what you just told me. Otherwise, you will give me another hundred years of lifespan or directly advance to the Divine Soul Realm, how about I?Am I very good at talking?" To Zhao Chun's surprise, Caiyun actually followed his example and began to ask for a price.
This made him laugh a little and said, "Are you serious?"
"Am I joking?" Caiyun was a little annoyed, feeling that this guy was too faceless to give himself, and he negotiated with him by himself, but he was smiling.
"Are you going to break the contract you just signed, aren't you afraid of being punished for breaking the contract, can you afford the consequences of breaching?" Zhao Chun's series of rhetorical questions directly stunned Caiyun, she was a little puzzled, when did she sign a contract with him to show him the way?
"When did I sign such a contract with you? Don't think that helping me recover will make me do anything, tell you that I will never be a fool like that......"
Zhao Chun looked at her sympathetically, and then silently took out the contract he had just signed.
Caiyun snatched the contract, looked at it, and then took out the other one in his hand and compared it, and found that the two contracts were exactly the same, with their own signatures on them, and this signature was not an ordinary signature, but a soul contract, which could not be forged.
Caiyun carefully read the terms of the contract, and was dumbfounded, because it was clearly written that Party A would borrow a hundred years of life and restore Party B to its original normal person, on the condition that Party B use five colorful stones and ten Nirvana flowers as interest, and point out the dangerous way for Party A to reach the center of the Black Forest or other places from here, and follow Party A to lead the way during his stay in the Black Forest. If you break the contract, you will be punished by the Three Realms Heavenly Thunder......
"You...... You liar, just now you clearly said that you can exchange five colorful stones and ten Nirvana flowers, why did you add the article of guiding and leading the way?" Caiyun was so angry that his face turned blue and white, feeling as if he had been deceived by Zhao Chun and eaten a fly.
Zhao Chun spread his hands and said honestly: "I told you, and the contract usually has additional clauses, who told you to sign it without reading it carefully? If you don't read this kind of contract that is related to your own net worth and life carefully, who can blame you? Originally, I respected you as a character, able to endure the pain that ordinary people can't bear, and can decisively cut off the old self and nirvana the new self, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that. ”
Although Caiyun's chest rose and fell violently in anger, and it was almost about to explode, she was helpless, this was originally her own negligence, who could blame her? And if she wasn't too greedy, asking her to show her the way, and trying to blackmail the resources against the sky, this additional treaty would not have much effect on her at all, even if she found out before signing the contract, she would have been selectively ignored by the great temptation of immediate recovery and a hundred years of life.
She knew that she underestimated this guy, this guy was not only mysterious, but also very scheming, and his understanding and grasp of human nature was far from being comparable to that of others, and if he became an enemy, he would be a very terrible opponent.