Chapter 8: Murder (I)
"Did you hear that? There is a little girl in the five villages who woke up last night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"I know, the little girl is only twelve years old, and she was originally a single parent from a poor family, but now she has turned over overnight. β
On the square of Qingshi Three Villages, Zhou Chen just finished running and sat on a public bench, listening to the gossip of several aunts not far away.
After he came back in Blacksmith Liu's tricycle, he began to exercise as usual, and it was already afternoon at this time, and some of the things that happened last night had also spread.
The seaside where he went with Blacksmith Liu was only one of the locations, and none of the dozens of people had successfully awakened. In several other places, there are also many school-age teenagers who try to awaken, but in the end, only one person succeeds, and that is the girl in the mouth of this group of aunts.
"The odds are too low. β
Zhou Chen shook his head slightly, got up from the bench, and continued to run.
Soon, the day passed.
Early the next morning, Zhou Chen put on his newly bought sturdy coat and trousers, stepped on a pair of hard leather boots, put a bamboo basket on his back, and went out of the village with tools and into the mountains and forests.
Although there are still a lot of 50,000 alliance coins that Chen Long got from him, Zhou Chen naturally can't do without income for the sake of long-term consideration. After a month of exercise, he became much stronger, so he decided to go into the mountains to collect medicine.
The mountain forests of Bluestone Island occupy most of the island, so it is very large, but there are no particularly dangerous creatures in such a large mountain forest, which is considered to be the characteristic of this island.
In the center of the forest, there is a stronghold in the bluestone mountain where the bluestone mine was mined, and many miners live there.
These miners live in the depths of the mountains and forests all year round, and they have not encountered powerful monsters, at most they have seen a few ordinary wild boars, but there is no threat. It is conceivable that the danger factor of the mountains and forests of this bluestone island is very low.
"I haven't met a single demon beast after walking for so long, it's all ordinary small creatures, it seems that the food chain on this bluestone island is of a low grade. β
Zhou Chen walked through the mountains and forests at a speed that was neither fast nor slow, and only saw some small birds and insects along the way, and a hare encountered during the period was considered the largest animal. Tigers, lions, wolves, leopards or something, it's impossible to have them on this island.
"Chen Long's red-eyed lynx was indeed caught on this island, so it should be the strongest species here, and I don't know where they caught it. β
The red-eyed lynx's rarity level is C, which is not particularly rare, and its qualifications are also around C-level on average, neither strong nor weak, but it has a "fire-gathering" racial talent, which greatly increases its value.
Zhou Chen is also very envious of this. Because he knows that this talent is very practical, whether it is in ordinary cultivation or in battle, it has a good effect.
If there is a chance, Zhou Chen doesn't mind catching a red-eyed lynx and signing a contract with it.
He had read the original book and knew where to get good things, and he knew a lot about the existence of powerful ownerless demon beasts, but he knew that he would be able to accept it. Therefore, it is a safe way to choose one or two practical demon beasts to cultivate first.
"Huh, that's ......."
Inadvertently, Zhou Chen saw a dwarf red thorn vine with his peripheral vision, which was very conspicuous in this overall green mountain forest.
"It's supposed to be the Thorn Fire Vine Demon, that's right. β
Zhou Chen approached the past, squatted down to observe carefully, and at the same time recalled the relevant information.
Thorn Fire Vine Demon: A small monster beast of grass and trees
Race Rarity Level: E
Race Qualification Levels: Flesh G, Elemental G, Soul G
Race Attribute: Fire (Trait: Burning)
Race Talents: None
The Thorn Fire Vine Demon is actually an immobile plant with almost no combat power. It is identified as a monster beast rather than an ordinary plant simply because it has a monster crystal nucleus in its body. This is also the biggest difference between monsters and ordinary creatures.
"It's rare to meet the Thorn Fire Vine Demon here, but it's a pity that it's worthless. β
The Thorn Fire Vine Demon is too weak, and the size of the crystal nucleus in its body is not even as good as a grain of rice, and it is not worth anything at all. Of course, if there were a large number of them, even a crystal nucleus as small as sand would be valuable, but with only such a plant in front of Zhou Chen's eyes, he didn't bother to dig it up, so he simply let it go and left it alive.
Zhou Chen continued to go deeper, and also dug up some herbs along the way, but they were not worth anything.
"In the past, Lehi had almost no income from collecting medicine, and he was purely living on his father's inheritance, and when the family ran out of money, it was estimated that he would starve to death. β
Zhou Chen understood why he was the only one in the village who picked up medicine, and by inquiring, he knew that there were less than a handful of people who traveled with him on the entire island. There are few people in this business, apparently because they don't make money.
"There are really not many good things here, what 100-year-old ginseng, thousand-year-old shouwu, it is estimated that there will be no more. β
Zhou Chen found a quick stone and sat down, and after eating the bread he carried with him, he continued to walk around the mountains and forests.
In the past few hours, Zhou Chen still didn't gain anything, looking at the number of herbs in the bamboo basket, but it didn't even add up to 10 yuan.
Looking at the sky, it was close to the sunset, Zhou Chen gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and he simply didn't look for any herbs, as long as he saw wild vegetables and fruits that could be eaten, he didn't let them go. These can be used as ingredients to make a dinner at home, and it is better than this day to gain nothing at all.
"It seems that the profession of collecting medicine has to be abandoned. β
Zhou Chen began to walk back. This day is a wasted work, and the fact that Li Hai was able to get a valuable herb like Liuyang Grass before was already an explosion of character, but it was a pity that it led to death.
"If you want to find a separate source of income, it's a pity that I don't have much, and even less on this small island. β
Zhou Chen walked all the way and thought all the way, and slowly walked out of the mountains and forests.
"Lehi, stop!"
At this time, a voice came from behind Zhou Chen, and without him looking back, he could already identify that it was Zhang Hui's voice.
Zhou Chen turned around and saw that it was indeed Zhang Hui and Zhang Yao, so he frowned slightly, and then immediately let go.
He couldn't figure out why these two people came out of the mountains and forests, but after thinking about it slightly, he understood. Their father was a foreman in the bluestone quarry, and the two brothers would occasionally send some groceries to their father.
Zhou Chen didn't want to pay attention to them, but if he left directly, he would definitely anger the two of them and provoke them to chase and fight, which would be too ugly. So he stopped and saw what they wanted.
"You kid, you have a good harvest today, it's quite full. β
The two brothers approached, and it was still Zhang Hui who spoke first.
With an obvious provocative look on his face, he walked around to Zhou Chen's side as he spoke, stretched out a hand and pulled it into the bamboo basket behind Zhou Chen, and began to flip around, as if to find something good.
"It's all worthless things, I don't have Liuyang grass for you today, I'm really sorry. β
Zhou Chen didn't show anger when he saw him rummaging through his things casually, but said calmly, wanting to deal with the two brothers as soon as possible, so as to get rid of them and go home.
"Yo, are you looking down on us? Are you saying that we robbed you of your things? You have to make it clear, that Liuyang grass was taken by Long Chen! It's not us!"
Zhang Yao saw the calm look on Zhou Chen's face, and suddenly became angry, so he stepped forward and wanted to push Zhou Chen, but was dodged by the latter.
"You kid, you've been a little arrogant lately, haven't you been beaten for a month, are your bones itching?"
I don't know when, Zhang Hui had an extra sickle in his hand, which he had just reached into the bamboo basket and touched. As he said this, his eyes looked at Zhou Chen, and he grabbed the sickle in his hand and swung it a few times at will, showing a strong provocation and threat.
Zhou Chen brought a sickle and a dagger today. The sickle, which was used to harvest herbs, was placed in a bamboo basket by him, and the dagger was stuck in his waist.
"Hmph. β
Zhang Hui fiddled with the sickle and approached Zhou Chen with Zhang Yao, seemingly having a tendency to move.
Zhou Chen looked at them, his eyes narrowed slightly. Relying on Lehi's memory, he knew that although the two of them bullied Lehi, an orphan, and another fool from the village, they didn't really beat people very often.
The two brothers are in this posture now, obviously wanting to teach Zhou Chen a lesson, and I don't know what the reason is.
Could it be that they have not awakened and lost confidence, so they want to find someone to give vent? Or is Zhou Chen too different from the previous Lehi, and he will not appear weak and bullied, which makes them unaccustomed to it?
"Hehe, don't think about hiding today, you're not in the village now, and no one will help you even if you shout. β
Zhang Hui sneered, raised his fist and rushed towards Zhou Chen.
With keen perception, Zhou Chen easily dodged his fist as soon as he turned sideways.
"Hiding again, I really don't believe it!"
Zhang Hui was directly angry. He remembered that it had been several times in a row, and every time he wanted to punch Zhou Chen, he was always dodged. Now he was looking for someone to vent, but he once again suffocated a punch, which made him instantly decide that he had to beat Zhou Chen up today and send him to bed for two months.
"You're kind of hiding again!"
Zhang Hui flashed the sickle in his hand, clenched his fist with his other hand again, and struck Zhou Chen in the abdomen.
In the face of this punch, Zhou Chen knew that if he dodged again, Zhang Hui would use a sickle against him.
However, he still dodged, and Zhang Hui's punch missed again.
"Kid looking for death!"
Zhang Hui was completely enraged, and he couldn't care much anymore, so he looked at Zhou Chen's shoulder, and the sickle in his hand was fiercely opened.
He was still sensible in the end, and he didn't aim at the important parts of the head and neck, although he used the murder weapon to kill him, he still only wanted to teach Zhou Chen a lesson, and he didn't have the idea of killing him.
It's just that Zhang Hui is in awe of the laws of the East China Sea Alliance, but Zhou Chen will not.
Poof!
With a muffled sound, Zhang Hui's body stopped suddenly, the sickle in his hand fell, and he fell to the ground with both hands covering his abdomen.
"You!"
Zhang Yao hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Hui, and at the same time looked at Zhou Chen with incredible eyes.
He was speechless for a moment, because the scene was out of control.
He saw his brother swinging a scythe at Zhou Chen, and saw the latter dodge sideways with ease, and quickly pulled out the dagger from his waist and plunged it into Zhang Hui's abdomen.