"Chapter 26—The Great Dream"
The next day, Louis got up very early, rested for the night, he felt that he was in a very good state now, went out for a walk, had breakfast and returned to the dormitory, he was going to use alchemy potions to practice the ancient body strengthening technique today.
Taking out the box containing the alchemy potion, Luiga took out a bottle, looking at the blood-red liquid in the bottle, Luica was a little uneasy, this was the first time he took the alchemy potion, and there would inevitably be some apprehension in his heart.
Without any further hesitation, Luica opened the bottle and took a sip gently, as the potion entered his stomach, Luica felt that his qi and blood began to slowly boil, and a powerful qi and blood power instantly poured into the tendons, making his meridians have some swelling pain, Luiga settled his mind, and hurriedly began to practice the first form of the Ancient Body Strengthening Technique, at this time, the power of qi and blood that poured in just now was slowly absorbed by his body, and the power of qi and blood in his body grew rapidly, and the speed of growth of qi and blood power was nearly three times faster than when he cultivated yesterday。
After seeing the miraculous effect of the alchemy potion, Luica was very excited, and continued to practice the ancient body strengthening technique, when he felt that the effect of the medicine was weakening, he picked up the alchemy elixir and took a sip, and then a powerful force of qi and blood appeared in his meridians, just like this, while practicing and drinking medicine, Luica practiced for a whole day, and his current qi and blood power has reached 3700 joules, which has increased by 470 joules, and this improvement speed makes him very excited.
However, in addition to the excitement, Luica was also a little depressed, because he had consumed 2 bottles of alchemy potion in just one day.
"Cultivating physical skills is actually so expensive, according to this speed of taking medicine, the glory points will be spent in a few days, it seems that if you want to find a way to find money, the time is already very tight, and you will go to the battlefield in half a year, this kind of battlefield must be very cruel, and it is difficult to survive without some strength!" Luiga muttered.
The strong sense of crisis made Luica's cultivation even more crazy, he spent all his time on cultivation, he didn't have a separate cultivation technique, the cultivation technique does not need to consume mental power, Luica will first cultivate the power of runes every day, his current spiritual power is only enough for him to practice for two hours at a time, he used the time to restore his mental power to practice the physical technique, and the time was completely used by him, although it was very hard, but the harvest was obvious.
Half a month has passed like this, Luica has spent all his time in penance, his current rune power has reached 7845 guer, and his qi and blood power has also reached 8215 joules, during which he went to exchange for 10 bottles of alchemy potion, consuming 200 glory points.
He now has only 60 rune stones left, and the alchemy potion that he exchanged for the second time before has also been consumed, Luiga feels a strong financial crisis, although his current cultivation has improved rapidly, but these are all based on the continuous consumption of rune stones and alchemy elixirs, once the rune stones are consumed, his cultivation speed will slow down, which is an unacceptable result for him.
"Bang bang bang..."
Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door, and Luiga opened the door to find that it was Bruce.
"Luiga, I'm done building the foundation of my body!" Bruce said excitedly as he looked at Luica.
"Oh. Luica's tone was very flat, his current strength was 8215 joules, he had no interest in building the foundation of Bruce's body, and he was now worried about "money"!
"I'll go, aren't you surprised at all by this exciting news?" Bruce's tone was a little eager.
"Isn't it exciting? I've already laid the foundation, so you'd better go find someone else to show off." Luiga said as he prepared to close the door.
"Uh, don't, don't close the door, I have something to do, you listen to me!" Bruce bypassed Luiga and ran into the room, lying down on the couch.
"What can you do, tell me quickly, I still have to cultivate!" Luica said impatiently.
"Hehe, I'm really convinced of you, and you can still be so calm, do you know that Joseph's kid has already let out the words, saying that the task assessment in half a year will give you zero points!
Luiga was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Does he dare to make a move on me in this school assessment? Everyone is from the same school, isn't he just fighting in this way, but after half a year, he will go to the battlefield, isn't he afraid of being punished by the school for doing this?"
Bruce shook his head and said in a preachy tone: "Luica, you are still too young, what kind of person is he Joseph, a descendant of the Yalvis family, his grandfather is the commander of the Augusta Legion, the First Ionian Cavalry Legion, do you think he will do something to you, others will help you or help him!"
"Is there such a darkness? This is a battle for survival, and these people still have the heart to fight?" Luiga was a little incredulous.
Seeing that Luica didn't believe his words, Bruce waved his hand indifferently and said: " Believe it or not, I'm also a person in this circle, I've seen a lot of things like this, you'd better keep an eye on it, I heard that Joseph's current rune power has broken through 6,000 Gerd, and it has increased by 2,000 Gerd in half a month, it is conceivable that the Yalvis family is cultivating him as an heir, countless cultivation resources plus his talent, I estimate that it is not impossible for him to break through to the third-level rune master in half a year!"
"Fatty, you seem to be a descendant of the Iron Wall Legion, why is your cultivation so much worse than those people?"
Bruce pursed his lips disdainfully and said: "It's not that you don't know the particularity of physical arts, I can't use those resources at home before I don't have a body foundation, and now that I have succeeded in building a foundation, there will naturally be no shortage of resources, with my talent as a fat man, it will be a matter of minutes to catch up with those people!"
Luica's eyes moved, and he said to Bruce: "Fatty, your family is so rich, there must be a lot of cultivation resources, can you lend me a little, and when I become strong in the future, I will cover you!"
"Luica, it's not that I'm stingy, each family has its own rules, although we have a good relationship, but I'm not the head of the family after all, if I want to lend you a little, I can do it, but if you want a large supply, I don't think I can do it." Bruce waved his hand helplessly.
"Cut, I'm kidding you, I don't want your resources, you better cultivate by yourself, just don't pull my hind legs when the time comes. After speaking, Luiga continued to ask: "Fat man, I plan to go out and practice, and by the way, see if I can make a little money, do you have any suggestions?"
"Luica, you have to think about the matter of going out to practice, now the situation in Ionia is complicated, and the friction between the major forces has not stopped, the Ionian Council Academy is our mortal enemy, if you accidentally provoke them, they will not care who you are, they will definitely find a way to kill you, if you meet their new students, it is okay, with your ability, it should not be a big problem to protect yourself, but I am afraid that you will provoke their old students, these old students have practiced for a long time than us, if you meet them, although they will not attack you openly, but secretly there will definitely be actions, and the seniors of our school are the sameAlthough the teacher didn't say it explicitly, he secretly said that if he met a student from the Council Academy, he would kill the other party if he had the opportunity, and the school encouraged such a thing, the big war was imminent, and the Ionian Council was the most unstable force within us!"
Luiga nodded, he didn't expect Ionia's current political situation to be so complicated, with his opinion, at this time, all forces should unite to fight against the Noxians, probably the education he received on Earth affected his opinion, but then he shook his head, he is only a small student now, and the battle between these bigwigs has nothing to do with him.
"I don't wear the uniform of the Ionian League College when I go out, so how can anyone recognize me. Luiga said lightly.
Bruce shook his head and continued: " Young man, what you think is really beautiful, if you don't have the identity of a student of the Ionian Alliance Academy, although the people of the Council Academy will not take the initiative to attack you, but have you thought about it, just you, a first-level rune master, go out to practice, others don't slaughter you as a fat sheep, now it's not very peaceful outside, there are some loose rune masters, because there is no stable source of income, these people usually do some murder and arson, but it is very common, if you accidentally encounter a robbery, then it is estimated that you will die in vain!"
"Damn, is it so dark, the security in this Ionia is too bad, and the government doesn't care about these robbers?" asked Luica.
"Anyway, it doesn't matter, the Ionian Alliance government often sends troops to encircle and suppress these thieves, but these thieves are not stupid, how can they sit and wait for death, the Ionian Alliance army has not yet arrived, they scattered and fled, and now the main energy of the Ionian Alliance government is in the war in the Bienos Islands, naturally there will not be much time to take care of these people, every time the army is empty, it will be gone, and after the army retreats, these people will get together again. Bruce said helplessly.
"I'll go, are these thieves so fierce, and the guerrilla tactics of our party have been played by them with a dripping and exquisite!" Luiga said with some sigh.
"What are you talking about? Who is our party? What the hell is a guerrilla?" Bruce wondered as he looked at Luiga.
"Well, it's nothing, I'm talking nonsense, don't worry, according to you, the thieves have all come together as a gang?" Luiga asked.
Bruce nodded, "That's right, there are bandit gangs in many places in Ionia now, and there are even some relatively large numbers of thousands of people, including four or five level rune masters, and it is said that there are also sixth-level rune masters who have completed a rune seal cycle.
"The greater the risk, the greater the gain, I'm not the same as you boys, I can only rely on myself for everything, if I shrink in the school, it is estimated that I may really be killed by Joseph's kid in half a year, in this case, I might as well go out and break through, these robbers have been robbing for many years, and they must be worth a lot of money!" Speaking of this, Luiga showed a grim smile on the corner of his mouth.
Hearing Luica's words, Bruce's face instantly became a little strange, and he looked at Luica and said: "Luica, I said that you kid wants money and wants crazy, and you still want to rob these robbers! Do you know how cruel they are? Just like you, when you go to the robbers' den, you probably don't even think about the bones left!"
"Go, go, don't talk nonsense, you broken crow's mouth, your brother Lu, my dream is to be the king of thieves, these robbers still want to gnaw my bones, and their teeth are broken, don't ink, say quickly, where is Ionia with the most robbers now, when I become the king of thieves, then you are the brother of the king of thieves, Ionia, who doesn't sell you a face, do you say!" Luica said teasingly to Bruce.
"I'm bah, you still want to be the king of thieves, who dares not to sell me a face, if you have to go, I won't stop you, if you want to say that the place with the most thieves in Ionia is now, it must be Pallas in the southwest of Ionia, which is located in the coastal zone, as early as ten years ago, many people went to Pallas to escape the war, many people wanted to escape from Ionia by sea, of course, most of these people died in the wind and waves of the sea, but there were still some people who survived, some of these people fled to the continent of Shurima located at the southern end of the Valoran continent, and some of them fled to Bilgewater。 ”
With that, Bruce looked up at Luiga and asked, "Do you know what Bilgewater is?"
"Bilgewater? What is this place, is it famous? I haven't heard of it!"
Seeing that Luiga didn't know anything about Bilgewater, Bruce cast a disdainful look at Luiga.
"Cut, I haven't even heard of Bilgewater, and you still want to be the king of thieves?"
"Bilgewater is a paradise for pirates and criminals, it is the most chaotic place in the land of Runeterra, there is no government in Bilgewater, there is no law, morality is just a joke there, where as long as you have the strength then you can get everything you want, remember, it's all! If you want to become the king of thieves, hehe, then you have to kill those bandit leaders in Pilgewater, I can tell you very responsibly, these bandit leaders, the lowest cultivation level also has the realm of level 11 rune masters!"
Luiga didn't expect that there really would be a "kingdom" of thieves in this world.
"Then it seems that my dream of being a thief is a little far away, fat man, what does the Bilgewater you are talking about have to do with Pallas, is Pallas occupied by the pirates of Bilgewater?"
Bruce shook his head and said, " That's not it, although Bilgewater is strong, but those pirates are scattered, they are naturally not our Ionian opponents, but at that time there were some people who fled to Bilgewater and followed those pirates for a few years, and found that in Bilgewater was more dangerous than in Ionia, some of these people fled back to Ionia, and after a few years in Bilgewater, these people didn't learn anything, they learned to rob, so after coming back they became thieves, they were mainly active in Pallas, when the alliance army came, they went out to sea by boat, they were very familiar with the sea, and after avoiding the limelight, they returned to Pallas, and that's it, the Union army has nothing to do with them. ”
"Luica, you must think about it carefully, there is only one life, you don't have to worry too much about Joseph's kid, I'm here to say goodbye to you today, I'm going to the iron wall for special training, I will definitely be stronger than Joseph's kid in half a year, if he dares to bully you, I'll punch him to death!" Bruce raised an eyebrow and said.
Luica smiled lightly after hearing this, "Who can say clearly what will happen in half a year, don't forget, you Brother Lu and I have a special physique, and it is the kind that is so strong that it is against the sky, if this Joseph really dares to provoke me, I don't mind letting the Jarvis family have one less heir from now on!"
When he said this, Luica's face showed a look of madness, he was never afraid of anyone compared to ruthlessness!
"It's good that you know it in your own heart, think twice about everything, then see you in half a year, I hope you don't be left too far behind by the fat man!" Bruce smiled at Luiga, and after saying that, he got up and prepared to leave.
Luiga touched his nose and said with some disdain: "You are quite confident, I can snatch those people clean up during the freshman assessment, and I can still do it in half a year, wait and see!"
As the freshmen of the other three legion preparatory classes went out to do tasks, the excellent area of the freshman dormitory suddenly became empty, it has been ten days since the last time Bruce came to say goodbye to Luiga, in these ten days, Luiga is still spent in cultivation, his current rune power has reached 11332 Ge, breaking through to the realm of the second-level rune master, and completely lighting up the second rune seal, at this time Luica can already feel the space in the third rune seal, and lighting up the third rune seal also requires 10000 Ge of rune power, The rune power required to light up the second rune seal to the sixth rune seal is 10,000 gels, and the rune power required to wait for the seventh rune seal will be much more, these are not what Luiga should consider now, after all, he is only a second-level rune master at this time.
Compared with the power of runes, Luica's qi and blood power has increased less, his current qi and blood power has broken through to 10223 joules, and in these ten days he has exchanged 10 bottles of alchemy elixir, fortunately, he has successfully broken through to the second grade of blood training, after breaking through to the second grade of blood training, Luica feels that his body has been greatly strengthened, whether it is speed, defense has been significantly improved, when he breaks through to the second grade of blood training, the first turn of alchemy elixir has no great effect on him, he knows that he should use the second turn of alchemy elixir, but at this time his glory points are only 395 points, even if they are all exchanged, it is only 7 bottlesBy this time he was about to leave school for Pallas, and he was running out of ammunition.
Today's Presidium is a cloudy day, today's wind is relatively strong, many pedestrians are walking on the street with their faces covered, a young man wearing a shabby robe walking down the street of Presidium, he walks towards the place at the gate of Presidium, it seems that he is leaving here.
This young man is none other than Luica, the future thief with dreams of making a fortune, and he took off the school uniform of the Ionian League Academy and put on the robe given to him by Selena, although the robe is very worn, but he has never intended to throw it away, in his opinion, this robe represents Ilotti's most selfless love for Luica.
"It's been more than a month since I left home, and I don't know how my mother is doing with this little girl, I'm hoping to make a deal this time!" Luiga muttered.
Before leaving, Luiga exchanged 7 bottles of alchemy potions in the general team, and at this time he only had 35 glory points left, and only 42 rune stones left, plus the dozens of silver coins left on his body, he felt that he was about to be poor now.
Luiga came to the gate of Presidium, it was already noon at this time, Presidium as the political and economic center of Ionia, so naturally it was very lively, merchants from all over the country would bring some special products from their hometown to Presidium to sell, and then buy some "advanced" goods in Presidium back to their hometown to sell, many of Presidium's goods are very popular in some small places, such as "illuminated starlight sticks" Illuminated starlight sticks were only sold in Presidium, and many minor nobles liked to install some illuminated starlight sticks in their homes. These merchants made a lot of money through this kind of trade.
Although it is very easy to make money from this kind of trade, these merchants take great risks, and now Ionia is not very peaceful, and it is not uncommon to meet a robber or robber on the road, especially if you go to some small places with horns and corners, the probability of encountering bandits will be much greater. For their own safety and the safety of their goods, these merchants will hire some guards to protect them.
Ten years ago, there were many martyrs who died bravely in the war, and the Ionian League government would give out the Enlightenment Stone to their descendants in recognition of these soldiers who died bravely in the war, and this is how Luica's brother Levica obtained the Enlightenment Stone.
However, a small number of these people who have obtained the Qifu Pattern Stone have been focused on cultivating by the army because of their outstanding rune talents, but some people with poor rune talents, or even those who have not awakened the rune talents, can only be ordinary soldiers in the army, and Levica is an ordinary soldier.
Not everyone is willing to be an ordinary soldier, there is no future, not to mention, when fighting a war, they have to be cannon fodder, so many of these people did not choose to enter the army, they opened the rune seal, although the cultivation will not be very high, but the combat effectiveness is much higher than the average normal person, these people have become the best guards in the eyes of merchants, although the gold coins needed to hire them will be more than ordinary people, but their role is definitely much higher than ordinary people.
Luiga was going to find a caravan to go to Pallas as a guard, not to earn the gold, but because he didn't know the place well and didn't know the way. If you can follow the caravan, then you naturally don't have to worry about these situations.