"Well, actually, when you say yes, the countdown to this side quest begins." KP Snail gloated.

"What?!" Yin En said in shock, "I don't take you to play like this, big brother KP, how can you force you to buy and sell this side quest?" ”

kp snail smiled and said: "Haha, I'm just joking with you, I'm not the kind of kp (referring to the author) with bad tastes, I think about how to pit the PC all day long, so you can give me an answer to this side quest before 0:00 tomorrow at the latest, and you are free to choose whether to accept this side quest or not." ”

Hearing KP snail say this, Liu Xing and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After chatting with the old man for a few more words, Liu Xing and the others sent the old man away.

After sending him away, Yin En couldn't wait to say, "What do you think? Shall we help the old man find his grandson? Although the information of his grandson is a little less, it is still easy to find someone in this Internet era, as long as he is not in the territory of the samurai faction, we can get a benefit for nothing. ”

"But the problem is that this old man still has a group of enemies outside, so it's hard to guarantee that his enemies have already set their sights on the safe, and we may still be ambushed by then." Liu Xing said seriously.

At this moment, Zhang Jingxu and the three of them also happened to come back.

And Zhang Jingxu also has an ancient book in his hand.

Sure enough, this is also a thread-bound book... It's a bit unhistorical, but it's very Cthulhu.

However, the focus now is not on this "Taiping Technique", so after Yin En briefly introduced the side quest to Zhang Jingxu and the others, he applied for the secret room time.

"Just like KP just said, this is a high-risk and high-reward side quest, and from this serious failure penalty, you can see how generous the rewards of this side quest will be, but as a limited-time quest, I don't need to say how difficult it is." Zhang Jingxu frowned and said, "Judging from the current situation, the difficulty of this side quest lies in time, because when we officially carry out this side quest, there will only be about ten days, and we need to find a person with very little information available in these ten days." ”

"And if nothing else, I suspect that this Liu Xuyu is very likely not an ordinary college graduate, he will be engaged in a special profession nine times out of ten, and it is difficult for us to track his whereabouts with normal means, because I have encountered a similar module before, when I needed to track the movement of an NPC to determine the whereabouts of something, and that NPC turned out to be a hacker, and all the cameras along the way were hacked, so I and others could only ask people all the way to find him."

Liu Xing nodded and said seriously: "This may indeed be the first difficulty we need to face, after all, after we find this Liu Xuyu, we can go directly to open the safe, and then even if we complete this side quest, it is impossible for us to find him so easily; Of course, this can't be the only difficulty of this side quest, after all, this can't be a simple search mission, so we should have one or two battles after finding Liu Xuyu, such as the enemy with the old man... But then again, we don't seem to have asked the old man's name and origin, right? ”

"Well, I don't think I asked that question yet." Yin Eun touched the back of his head with some embarrassment.

Liu Xing sighed, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Okay, I'll go to Mette later to find out about the origin of this old man, so that we can make a better choice, if he is just a small sect leader, then his enemy should not be much stronger, and if his enemy happens to be a member of our martial arts faction, we will have one less to worry about." ”

Because they have used the secret room time too many times in the Black Stone Mountain Prison, the number of secret room times that Liu Xing and the others can use now is not much, so Liu Xing and the others' secret room time ended directly without renewing the fee.

After all, there is actually nothing to discuss about this matter, because Liu Xing and the others feel that this side quest can be divided into two stages - the first is to find people, and then to face possible snipers.

Although there may be some difficulties in finding people, there is a behemoth of the martial arts faction standing behind Liu Xing and the others now, so it should be no problem to use the power of the martial arts faction to find Liu Xuyu, at most, it will take an extra day or two... Although this time is still precious.

However, the only variable here is that Liu Xuyu is no longer in Tokushima County in Shikoku, but has gone to live in the territory of the public faction, so Liu Xing and the others will have to go deep into the enemy camp, and the second stage will become more difficult at that time.

As for the second phase of this side quest, there are a lot of variables, first of all, how many enemies the old man has, what is the strength of those enemies, and whether those enemies are eyeing the safe.

You must know that the reward for this side quest is the contents of the safe, so Liu Xing and the others know very well that the contents of the safe are definitely valuable treasures, so the old man's enemies have already set their sights on the safe, but for some reason, those people do not dare to forcibly snatch or open the safe by themselves, so they can only wait for the opportunity in secret.

And Liu Xing is now going to Mette to determine the enemies that he may face in this second stage, which is also an important factor for Liu Xing and the others to decide whether to accept this side quest.

Fortunately, as a ghoul, Mette is in very good health, and he has recovered after only a few hours of sleep, so Liu Xing doesn't need to stand outside the house like a big-eared celebrity with the same surname as himself and wait for Mette to wake up.

After listening to Liu Xing's story, Mette touched his chin and said: "I remember that the old man used a pseudonym when he entered the Black Stone Mountain Prison, and his experience seems to be made up, so I was curious and deliberately asked someone to investigate the information of the old man, and found that the old man's origin is really not small, his name is Jing Yi Naole." ”

"He's from the Ii family?!" Liu Xing said with some surprise.

Mette nodded and said: "That's right, he is the descendant of the Ii family during the Warring States period, because his family has been an important pillar of the Tokugawa shogunate for generations, so the Ii family has always been the real power family of the island country, I really didn't expect that old man would be the direct descendant of the Ii family, but this is also the reason why the old man would change his name and fake his experience, after all, what he did has disgraced the family, so the Ii family doesn't want him to become a stain on the family." ”

"Back to the topic, the reason why Jing Yi Naole left the family back then was actually because he refused the political marriage arranged by the family for him, and chose to marry a girl from an ordinary background, and the girl is still a single-parent family, and her father suddenly disappeared a long time ago because of joining a secret church, so the Jing Yi family will definitely not approve of this girl, but Jing Yi Naole is also a bull temper, and he has never been in contact with the Jing family since then."

"Soon Jing Yi Naole's wife became pregnant, because Jing Yi Naoraku, who lost the support of the family at that time, was penniless, so the couple could only choose to leave the big city and return to their hometown, and at this time, Jing Yi Naoraku found the notes left by his unmasked father-in-law, and it is precisely because of this that Jing Yi Naoraku chose to abandon his wife and daughter shortly after the birth of his daughter and joined the secret church where his father-in-law belonged."

"The name of that secret church is called the Supreme God Society, and it is impossible to verify what kind of mythical creature it believes in, after all, that secret church was just a small transparent person who did not enter the stream before Jing Yi Naoraku became the sect leader, and the number of people may only be twenty or thirty; However, after Jing Yi Naoraku became the sect leader, this secret church began to develop rapidly, and Jing Yi Naoraku became a famous archmage in the island country at that time, of course, the most important thing is that Jing Yi Naoraku was very ruthless! ”

"At that time, the Supreme Shrine was located in the northwest corner of the Hokkaido region, and as a result, it didn't take long for Iii Naoraku to sweep away the other secret churches in the entire Hokkaido region, and there was no room for survival, so the other secret churches in the island country organized to deal with this unruly Ii Naoraku, and in the end, of course, Iii Naoraku was invincible with two fists and four hands, and was sent to the Black Stone Mountain Prison after being abolished most of his strength, and the Supreme Shrine has since become the dust of history."

"But Liu Xing, you also know, the secret church in this part of the island country can be described as intertwined, so what Jing Yi Naole did in Hokkaido has set up a lot of sworn enemies for him, and these sworn enemies will send people into the Black Stone Mountain Prison to assassinate Jing Yi Naole almost every once in a while, but the real purpose of these guys is to force Jing Yi Naole to hand over the key and password to the safe."

"After all, Ii Naoraku has swept through the secret churches in the entire Hokkaido region, so Ii Naoraku's safe has a lot of treasures stored in it, even if it is called a treasure chest, it is not an exaggeration, so many secret churches want to get the contents of that safe, but because Ii Naole set a trap in that safe, as long as the safe is opened by abnormal means, the safe will be wiped out."

After listening to the story of Naoraku I, Liu Xing finally understood the cause and effect of this side mission.

Just when Liu Xing wanted to say goodbye, Mette suddenly said: "By the way, I heard that the reason why Jing Yi Naoraku can be called a powerful magician in a short period of time is because the object of the Supreme God Society's belief is actually an unknown old day ruler, Liu Xing, you also know that there are many old day rulers in our world, and although some of them can be said to be not famous, their strength is not much worse than those old day rulers we are familiar with, Therefore, it is very likely that Ii Naoraku gained great power by becoming the divine envoy of this old ruler. ”

Liu Xing frowned, and asked, "Met, do you mean that the old ruler behind Jing Yi Naoraku is still paying attention to him?" ”

Mette nodded and said seriously: "That's right, when I was confirmed to be the person in charge of this brewing center, I was told to open up to Jing Yi Naoraku, not only directly appointed him to become an employee of the brewing center, but also took more care of him at ordinary times, many people who came to Jing Yi Naoraku for trouble were sent away by me, and the most important thing is that I was stopped by the above not long after I started investigating Jing Yi Naoraku, so I have reason to suspect that the old ruler behind Jing Yi Naoraku is still secretly taking care of him, Therefore, Liu Xing, you have to think about it when you make a decision. ”

"I see." Liu Xing nodded hesitantly and said.

After returning to the prison cell, Liu Xing told Zhang Jingxu and the others about the situation of Jing Yi Naole, "If nothing else, the safe that Jing Yi Naole put in Tokushima County should have been targeted by many secret churches, so we are likely to face attacks from multiple secret churches, but the most important thing is that this also involves an unknown old ruler." ”

"That's interesting, it stands to reason that if Ii Naoraku is really an oracle of the Old Ruler, then he should be able to leave the Black Rock Mountain Prison at any time, so he doesn't need to ask us to help with this, so I think Ii Naoraku is planning to use us as bait to attract the attention of other secret churches," Ding Kun guessed.

Zhang Wenbing, who was on the side, nodded and said: "It's also possible that Jing Yi Naoraku is ready to wipe out his enemies, because as long as we and Liu Xuyu open the safe, those ghosts and ghosts hiding in the dark will jump out and snatch the contents of the safe, and when they lose both, Jing Yi Naoraku can come out to clean up the mess." ”

"In that case, Naoraku Ii is going to send us and his grandson to death?" Yin En frowned.

Zhang Wenbing shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Since Jing Yi Zhile can abandon his wife and newborn daughter, and he has not seen his family for decades, then I think Jing Yi Zhile is unlikely to value his grandson much, so I think Jing Yi Zhile is most likely to treat Liu Xuyu as a chess piece, and he is also the kind of outcast who can be used at any time in exchange for advantages." ”

Ding Kun on the side nodded deeply and said: "My opinion is the same as Zhang Wenbing, Jing Yi Zhile wants to use us to lure the snake out of the hole, and in the end he can sit and reap the profits... So, make your own choice. ”

Liu Xing and the others looked at each other and did not speak for a while.