Chapter 129: The Thief's Track
All the guys in the shop opened their mouths in shock, and looked at the fact that there were at least a thousand magic cores on the counter, and after preliminary estimates, they were all intermediate magic cores. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The guy who entertained Malen just now instantly panicked, and stammered and shouted to the boss: "Palm....... Shopkeeper's! Shopkeeper's! ”
The shopkeeper was lying on the table, perhaps dreaming of something, and was a little annoyed when he heard the man's crying cry, and got up from the table and said angrily: "What is it called, Lao Tzu is not dead!" ”
However, when the shopkeeper raised his head and saw the magic cores on the counter, he was also a little dumbfounded, thinking that he had not woken up, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he looked at the counter again, those magic cores were still there.
After all, he was a person who had seen the world, and the shopkeeper changed color in an instant, and asked Malen with a smile: "These are the magic cores that the guest officer wants to sell?" ”
Maren nodded and said, "I'm going to sell, but I don't know what your price is here." ”
The shopkeeper immediately patted his chest and promised: "We are a century-old brand, you go to this Youlan City to inquire, the magic core we purchased here is definitely the most expensive." ”
Ma Lun said: "I have here one thousand three hundred and sixty demon cores of fourth-level demonic beasts. There are also three hundred and fifty-three fifth-level demon cores and sixteen fifth-level demon cores, what kind of price can you give. ”
The shopkeeper replied: "Originally, the magic core has different prices according to the elements of each department, but since the guest officer sells in large quantities, I will be the master today to buy your magic core at the highest level of the magic core price." ”
As he spoke, he pulled out the price list for purchasing the magic core, pointed to the price at the top of each level and said, "I'll give you a gold coin for the fourth-level magic core, I'll give you a hardware coin for the fifth-level magic core, and I'll give you twenty gold coins for the sixth-level magic core, what do you think?" ”
Before, Maren had a better understanding of the price of the magic core, and the price given by the shopkeeper was acceptable, so he nodded and said, "Okay, just do as you say." ”
The shopkeeper took out the abacus and crackled for a while, and finally said: "A total of three thousand four hundred and forty-five gold coins, and I will make up for you if the odd is too scattered, a total of three thousand five hundred gold coins." ”
After speaking, he said to Ma Lun: "Guest officer, wait a while, I'll go inside and get the money for you." ”
After speaking, the shopkeeper walked into a door behind the counter, but it took three or four minutes to come out, and when he came out, he had an extra space ring in his hand.
The shopkeeper took out a half-meter square box from the space ring, then took out a small box, and then said to Malen: "Guest officer, there are three thousand gold coins in this box, and five hundred gold coins in this box, you count them." ”
Holding 3,500 gold coins for guests to count and distinguish between authenticity and authenticity would have been a very unfortunate remark in Mullen's previous life, but there is a special method in this world that can count a large amount of money in a short period of time, and at the same time can identify the authenticity.
Mullen counted the gold coins without any problem, so he put them in the space ring and prepared to leave.
At this time, the shopkeeper grabbed Maren, who was leaving, and said, "I ask a word that shouldn't be asked, are these demon cores all hunted?" In the future, if there is, we can give you more preferential policies here to become your long-term sales channel. ”
The shopkeeper's words really shouldn't be asked, walking outside, especially in a place like Youlan City, where adventurers are rampant, it is very impolite to ask people about their privacy casually, but Malen didn't care, and said: "Yes, these are all hunted by me, and I will come to you to sell them if the price is fair in the future." ”
Hearing Ma Lun's promise, the shopkeeper was obviously happy in his heart, the acquisition of more than a thousand intermediate-level demonic beast magic cores is a big deal, if it is transported to a big city like the national capital, he can earn double the price, at this time, he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said to Ma Lun: "The guest officer may not know that the city lord of this Youlan City has been replaced, right?" ”
Ma Lun was shocked in his heart, thinking that Youlan City had let other big forces take the lead, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”
The shopkeeper said, "Just two months ago Viscount Bilbo Baggins was killed by his own son Gurlitt Baggins, and Gurlitt was proclaimed the new lord of the city by his die-hard loyalists. ”
Hearing this, Ma Lun breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't another force that invaded Youlan City.
The shopkeeper didn't know the filth in Mullen's heart, and continued to explain: "Although the old city lord Bilbo is greedy and has a heavy tax, but more or less we merchants and adventurers still have a little way to live, but the new city lord of Gurlitt is more greedy than his father, and the tax has more than doubled, and when he encounters a person with a huge amount of money like the guest officer, he will directly snatch it away, and at the worst he will kill people and seize money, and the guest officer should be careful in the future." ”
Thanking the shopkeeper for the reminder, Maren walked out of the shop, ready to find a hotel to rest in, and then redeem his horse.
Walking on the central street that runs through the east and west of Youlan City, I really feel that the once prosperous Youlan City has been deserted, and more than half of the shops were forced to close.
The original horse breeder's shop had also closed, and Mullen had been spared to redeem the inferior horse, but the hotel where he had stayed was still there, and in nostalgia, Mullen decided to stay at the hotel.
Walking into the door of the hotel, Ma Lun was stunned for a moment, it was still the same table half a year ago, and the group of people sitting was still the same group of people half a year ago, and the six people did not even change their sitting position, but they changed from the original single clothes to the current winter clothes.
When this group of people saw it, they seemed to feel that Mullen looked at them differently, and they all looked at Mullen, and they were all taken aback at first glance, obviously they also remembered Mullen, a shameless rascal.
Seeing their unkind gazes, Mullen just smiled and walked straight to the counter.
When the owner of the inn saw a guest coming in, he immediately called enthusiastically: "Is the guest going to eat, or is he staying in the hotel?" ”
Mullen replied, "If you live in a hotel and eat, arrange me the best room, and choose a few good meals for me to bring to my room." ”
The boss obviously liked such guests, and happily said to the waiter, "Hurry up and lead the guests to the room." ”
After speaking, he said to Maren: "Guest officer, you go to the room first, and I will ask the waiter to deliver the food to your room in a while." ”
Maren nodded, paid the deposit and followed the waiter upstairs.
The waiter went upstairs and led Mullen through a long corridor, opened a door in the depths of the corridor, led Mullen in, and said, "The guest will rest in the room first, and I will bring it in when the meal is ready." ”
The environment of the room was quite in line with Marlen's requirements, and Marlen, who was anxious to wash off the dust, said to the waiter, "Okay, you can go out." ”
After the waiter went out, Mullen hurried to the bathroom, filled the wooden bathtub with water, took off his clothes that were no longer visible, and lay down in the bathtub.
More than half a year of experience and life made Malen physically and mentally exhausted, and the dangerous Youlan Forest made Malen rarely able to rest at ease, but now he suddenly relaxed and fell asleep unconsciously.
Mullen, who was asleep, was awakened by a knock on the door, hurriedly wiped his body, put on the bathrobe prepared by the hotel and went to open the door.
The waiter who knocked on the door was the waiter, who put down the food and then withdrew.
The drowsiness just now was still gone, and Maren hurriedly ate a little and asked the waiter to clean up, and then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
At noon the next day, Mullen was awakened by the noise outside the window, and after a night's rest, Mullen was in good spirits.
Mullen changed into a dress he bought yesterday and walked downstairs, and when he saw the innkeeper and some people standing at the door looking out, he asked, "Boss, what's going on so much outside?" ”
The shopkeeper saw that it was a guest who had just entered yesterday and explained, "It was our new lord who beheaded the captured rebels in the streets. ”
Mullen followed the boss's gaze and saw a group of disheveled and ragged men being driven forward by a group of soldiers, the group of rebels, old and young, but all emaciated, only skin and bones, and the cloaks were so disheveled that it was impossible to tell whether they were men or women.
"The government is forcing the people to rebel!" An old man said indignantly.
A middle-aged man next to him hurriedly covered the old man's mouth and whispered, "You don't want to live anymore!" ”
The old man was also stubborn, and said indignantly: "I will die when I come to this old bone, and I am afraid that he will do something." ”
The middle-aged man persuaded, "You are dead, and your son and your grandson are still young, can you bear to see them die because of your words?" ”
Although the old man was unwilling, he did not refute, glanced at the distant team resentfully, and left the crowd.
Hearing the conversation between the two, Ma Lun more or less understood that it must be caused by tax increases, Confucius said, harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and honesty does not deceive me.
After eating a little something, Maren returned to his room to cultivate Dou Qi and Druid, and he was going to escape the coldest month of the year in this hotel, and then enter the Orchid Forest again after the New Year.
Through more than half a year of cultivation, Maren found that the forest is the best place for druids to cultivate, and Maren's cultivation speed in the Youlan Forest is more than twice that of the cultivation speed outside, so Maren strives to come out when he reaches the sixth level of druids in a year.
Ma Lun, who had been promoted to a seventh-level sword master, was no longer like it took a long time to improve every little bit when he was at the peak of the sixth level in terms of cultivating Dou Qi, and even sometimes stagnated, but now Ma Lun felt that he was as smooth as flowing water when cultivating Dou Qi.
Three months after he was promoted, Ma Lun was fighting and cultivating at the same time, and now he felt that he had faint signs of breaking through to the early stage of the seventh-level sword master, and such a fast cultivation speed made Ma Lun ecstatic.
In fact, Ma Lun didn't know that there were three hurdles on the path of swordsman's cultivation, and the difficulty of these three hurdles gradually increased, and each hurdle was a qualitative leap.
These three hurdles are the first hurdle to be promoted from a junior swordsman to an intermediate swordsman, and the swordsman who has crossed this hurdle has the ability to attach his fighting spirit to the sword, but anyone with a little talent can cross this hurdle, and only by crossing this hurdle in the army can he become an officer above the captain.
Upgrading from an intermediate sword master to a senior sword master is the second hurdle, and the swordsman who has crossed this hurdle has the ability to release his fighting spirit, but this hurdle hinders the advancement of most swordsmen, and only one of the thousand sixth-level swordsmen can break through this prohibition, but after breaking through, the identity is different, and he also has the qualifications to become a senior officer like Captain Wan.
Rising from a senior sword master to a sword master is the third hurdle, and the sword master who has crossed this hurdle has the ability to turn his fighting spirit into a feather and circulate endlessly, that is to say, as long as the sword master is not seriously injured, his fighting spirit is basically endless, this hurdle is a genius killer, and there are countless martial arts wizards who are sinking into the sand in this hurdle.
The higher realms are not something that mortals can understand, and according to historical records, the pope before the War of the Gods belonged to the realm above the saints.
In the past month or so, every few days, there are crying and crying crowds walking through Malen's window, and these rebels are more than hundreds, and as few as three or five people, so that the prosperous Youlan City in the past does not have the atmosphere of the New Year at all.
After purchasing the required items, Malen entered the Youlan Forest alone on New Year's Day, and the first stop was of course the canyon where the Warcraft army was placed.
At this time, the adventurers are also hiding at home for the New Year, and even adventurers who do not have a home will not choose to enter the Orchid Forest at this time, so on the road leading to the Orchid Forest in Orchid City, there is only Malen walking with a giant sword on his back.
The weather has begun to warm up, but the snow on the ground still has no intention of melting, and as is customary, the snow does not melt until February, when the best season for adventurers to hunt.
The animals in the Mullan Continent do not have the habit of hibernating, but the cold winter provides them with time to mate, and at this time, whether it is a magical beast or other beasts, they will stay in their nests and eat the stored food, busy with the problems of the next generation.
When Mullen arrived at the canyon where the army of Warcraft was placed, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, but in a month, it became a huge military camp, and between the big trees hugged by more than a dozen people was a beehive when Mullen first saw him, and there were more than a dozen densely packed with them, and in the open space of the canyon were pigs' nests and wolf nests made of the resin of horned bee beasts, with interlaced canine teeth.
This time to enter the Forest of Youlan, Maren's main purpose is to practice druids, and a stronghold like a military camp like this is exactly what Maren needs, but considering that it is too close to Glolan City and very unsafe, Maren has to reluctantly change places.
These resins are the saliva secreted by the horned bee beast, which has a high nutritional value, and if this thing is not too hard, only the two large predators of the horned bee beast can bite it, Mullen will really consider these things as food.
When the beasts heard Mullen's order to pack up and leave, they all returned to their nests to clean up the eggs, and the horned bee beasts ate the resinous buildings clean. (To be continued.) )