"Are you alright?"

Lin Ze's voice pulled Su Rin back from shock to reality, and she shook her head, "It's okay." ”

"What about Xiaojie and Xiaowen?"

"Upstairs, they're fine. Su Rin let out a long sigh and immediately asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly come here?"

Lin Ze briefly told Su Rin about his sneak attack.

Strictly speaking, the reason why Su Rin was assassinated was still dragged down by him, if he hadn't killed Ding Beiye, Ding Jin would not have been angry with Su Rin.

"Who the hell are these two guys?" Su Rin frowned and looked at the unconscious middle-aged man.

"It should have been sent by Ding Jin, and the person who assassinated me asked about Ding Beiye. Lin Ze concealed that he killed Ding Beiye, not that he couldn't believe Su Rin, but there was no need to say it, maybe it would make it difficult for Su Rin.

"Give this man to the guild and let the union come forward. He said in a deep voice.

Su Rin nodded, turned around and went back upstairs, comforting his younger siblings while contacting the Knife Forgers Guild by the way.

In less than ten minutes, Lin Ze heard hurried footsteps outside the house, and after a while, Pan Zongchang walked in quickly with four men with fierce breaths and white knives.

Nodding slightly to Lin Ze and the others, Pan Zongchang walked quickly to the middle-aged man's side, his eyes fell on the latter's dark and rough face and shabby and dirty clothes, and after taking a closer look, his expression immediately became very ugly.

"It's a wanderer!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present changed slightly.

The so-called wanderer refers to a person who has been expelled from the settlement because of a crime and wanders in the wilderness, and due to the danger of the wilderness, usually only the swordsmith can survive the wandering, so the wanderer generally refers to the wandering swordsmith.

These wandering swordsmiths were extremely unwelcome in the settlement because of their crimes, and there was no settlement at all that would allow them to enter, but tonight there were two at once, how could it not be surprising.

The four gates of the settlement area are guarded by many knife casters, unless they have the ability to drill into the ground and fly into the sky, the wanderers can't pass through at all, to say that no one behind this is secretly facilitating, Pan Zongchang and the others will never believe it.

"Leave this matter to us!" Pan Zongchang turned to Lin Ze and Su Rin and said in a deep voice, "If it was really Ding Jin who did it, the guild would definitely make him pay!"

Blatantly sending people to assassinate the registered members and core members of the guild, including the participation of wanderers, once this matter is revealed, it will inevitably cause a sensation in the entire settlement.

Lin Ze did not deny what he said, since Ding Jin dared to do this, he must have thought of a countermeasure for failure, and it was unrealistic to rely on this matter to bring down an autonomous committee member.

He doesn't care what the result is, the important thing is that Ding Jin tears his face to deal with him and Su Rin, how to deal with it in the next few days?

Speaking of which, it was also Lin Ze's own negligence, he originally thought that Ding Beiye and the two swordsmiths had died at the feet of the giant Tan worm, and the corpses had been eaten by the insects and beasts, even if Ding Jin suspected that he had done it, there was no evidence.

However, for some big people, evidence is not necessary, and even suspicion and anger are enough to justify their actions.

In a flash of thought, Lin Ze quickly had a plan in his heart, he found Pan Zongchang, who was about to leave, and told him about the existence of the Red Lotus formula.

"You mean to say that you found the relics of the dead swordsmith in the ruins of the city, and among them is a high-level swordsmith recipe?" Pan Zongchang's expression was the same as Su Rin, who had heard about it at the beginning, and he was shocked.

"Yes, I originally thought it was just an intermediate formula, but now that I look at it, it's probably an advanced formula. Lin Ze lied without changing his face, "I plan to dedicate it to the guild!"

Pan Zongchang was surprised and delighted when he heard this, but he still kept calm and thought for a while: "Let's go back to the guild branch first, I need to report this matter to the elders for decision!"

So the group took the unconscious middle-aged man and hurriedly returned to the branch of the Swordsmith Guild.

After somehow determining the authenticity of the Red Lotus formula, the upper echelons of the entire guild were alarmed, and the two elders rushed from the core area overnight to meet with Lin Ze to discuss the terms of the transaction.

The high-level knife casting formula is the only way to break through the tenth level, and there are only three high-level formulas in the Blackstone Settlement of Nuoda, and three major organizations have been formed around this, which shows the rarity and importance of the high-level formula, no wonder the guild leaders attach so much importance to it.

Soon, the two sides negotiated the terms.

The Knife Forger Guild gives Lin Ze core membership status, of course, there is no limit on the number of years of the contract, and he enjoys the same benefits as other lifelong core members, but does not need to bear unnecessary obligations, in short, it is similar to some honorary titles.

In addition, Lin Ze and Su Rin were given residency qualifications in the core area, and the residence arranged was located in the exclusive community of the Swordsmith Guild, and the people who lived there were all high-level or cadres of the guild, and they were heavily guarded, and it was almost impossible for Ding Jin to send people to sneak in and attack like before, which could be regarded as solving Lin Ze and Su Rin's worries, especially the safety of Su Rin's younger brothers and sisters.

The last one was proposed by Lin Ze himself, asking the guild to send an official swordsmith to assist him in hunting the Holy Songworm.

As for the generous credit compensation, don't mention it.

In exchange, Lin Ze was not allowed to leak the contents of the Red Lotus formula to other people or organizations.

For this transaction, Lin Ze is still relatively satisfied, after all, the Red Lotus formula is empty in his hand, and it is cost-effective to be able to trade it out in exchange for many resources, which also solves one of his concerns, and if he shows the Red Lotus Soul Knife in the future, he no longer has to worry about someone coveting it, after all, the ownership of the Red Lotus Formula has already belonged to the Knife Casting Guild, even if others get the formula and successfully cast the Soul Knife, they cannot use it, otherwise it will be a blatant provocation of the behemoth of the Knife Casting Guild.

And the follow-up development of the wanderer's assassination incident was as Lin Ze expected, after the Swordsmith Guild brought the wanderers to the door, the Autonomous Committee immediately arrested a person in charge of the north gate, claiming that the latter accepted the worm core bribes of the wanderers and allowed them to enter the settlement, and then the two wanderers had evil intentions and sneaked into the residents' homes to steal property.

This reason doesn't make sense, and the discerning person knows at a glance that the person in charge is the scapegoat who was pushed out, and there is no high-level command behind his back, who has the ability and courage to let the wanderers enter the settlement, not to mention that the two wanderers are obviously coming for Lin Ze and Su Rin.

However, the Autonomous Committee did this, and the Knife Casting Guild really couldn't investigate deeply for a while, so it could only follow the line of the person in charge of the North Gate and arrest more than a dozen knife casters, including two official knife casters.

"After this incident, and the fact that you have become a core member of the guild, Ding Jin should not attack you again, unless he plans to turn against the guild. ”

After the meeting, Pan Zongchang sent Lin Ze out of the branch gate, "As for the four sixth-level sword forgers who promised you, they will be in place tomorrow, and you can apply to the guild at any time to dispatch." ”

After negotiations, the guild decided to send four sixth-level swordsmiths to assist Lin Ze in hunting, with a time limit of two months.

The official knife forgers are all big names in the settlement, time is precious, and they have many affairs of their own, so mobilizing four official knife forgers and spending two months to assist Lin Ze in hunting, the guild's move is also a lot of price.

Lin Ze bowed his head and said: "Thank you, then tomorrow, I want to improve my strength as soon as possible!"

"Okay, I'll arrange it later. ”

Pan Zongchang nodded to express his understanding, whoever goes through such a thing will have no sense of security and is eager to increase his strength.

After Lin Ze left, Pan Zongchang returned to the conference room, and the two elders were still sitting at the conference table, exchanging something in a low voice, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Pan Zongchang coming in, so he turned his head to look at him and ordered:

"Zong Chang, you have to continue to investigate the affairs of the wanderers, Ding Jin's guy is cunning and cunning, and he indulges two wanderers into the settlement, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as assassinating Lin Ze and Su Rin, maybe there are other purposes!"

"Yes, Elder!" Pan Zongchang said respectfully.

"In addition, many members have recently reported that they have seen giant tan worms in the ruins of various C-level cities, you can send someone to investigate!"

"Yes!"

"Alas, things have happened frequently recently, but it's really not peaceful, and the president has gone out to hunt down the emperor-level insects and beasts again, and I don't know when I will be able to come back. ”

"It stands to reason that in the last few days, I've had someone pick it up. ”

"That's good. ”