"You're really an out-and-out straight man of steel, aren't you willing to spend a penny more to guess the girl's mind?"

After sending away the south gate, the little assistant began to speak to Lin Xun in this sarcastic tone.

Even its program system could hear the meaning of Nanmen Fangcai's words, and Lin Xun, a big living person who claimed to be smart, couldn't hear it?

Lin Xun rolled his eyes and said angrily: "What's the need to do this kind of troublesome thing, and you can't let me earn a penny!" ”

The little assistant said strangely: "Are you really not afraid of being lonely and growing old?" ”

Lin Xun snorted and said, "Compared to this, there are more things that you need to worry about right now!" You can check it for me first, what kind of place is that Zhuyu City? I haven't heard of it yet. ”

Soon, the assistant sent him an intelligence message, accompanied by a picture that was not too clear.

As Carry said, Zhuyu City is located in the northernmost part of the Hezhou Mountains, surrounded by large bamboo forests, it seems that the area is not large, most of the buildings in the city are bamboo houses, people come and go on the streets, leading horses and carrying burdens, they are very plainly dressed, and they look quite poor.

Lin Xun noticed that there was an unusual palace in the center of Zhuyu City, which was different from the yellow-green bamboo houses around it, it was made of a white stone, and it was very tall, as high as five or six story bamboo houses, no matter which direction Zhuyu City looked at, it was very eye-catching.

"This is where the city lord lives, right?" Lin Xun naturally thought so.

However, the little assistant said, "No, the lord of the city does not live in the city, and this palace is not for people to live in. ”

"It's not for people, but for animals?"

"Your brain is sometimes very useful, sometimes it's like it's frozen!" The little assistant complained unceremoniously, "Isn't it possible that all the good houses in this world are used to live?" ”

Lin Xun reacted immediately.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the treehouse he had been to before. To put it mildly, it would be a miracle, and no one would have thought that this was a place for gambling just by appearance.

"Zhuyu City is not famous in the Jiuju Continent, but it is still very famous in those small city-states north of the Hezhou Mountains. The reason is very simple, don't look at Zhuyu City everywhere is so poor that it looks like it is ringing, in fact, it is all an illusion, most of the people walking on the street are cultivators, and what they are cultivating is a high-level technique that can turn stones into gold! ”

The little assistant's words stunned Lin Xun.

Since you can turn stones into gold, why are you still nesting in the bamboo forest, wearing coarse linen clothes, and even begging for alms?

"There are many restrictions on cultivators in the technique of turning stones into gold, one of which is that after refining, the cultivator must wear rags and live in a broken house for the rest of his life, otherwise the spell will become invalid, and even endanger the cultivator's life."

"What's the point of that? Isn't this begging for food with a golden rice bowl! Lin Xun suddenly felt speechless.

"You can't say that. The gold cannot be used for one's own pleasure, but it can be given to others, and wives and children can always enjoy some of it. Although it can be enjoyed, most people can point out a very limited amount of gold and stone in their lives, and they can't make a living from it at all. ”

Lin Xun finally understood: don't think about the good thing of empty gloves and platinum, honestly going out to farm and raise pigs is much better than cultivating this.

But, after thinking about it, he seemed to be able to understand the thoughts of these people. Since you can make gold, your mentality is naturally different, and you will inevitably become more and more lazy and have lower and lower requirements for the quality of life.

The little assistant said: "In order to solve this big trouble, the city lord of Zhuyu City also spent a lot of thought, and in the end, I don't know where he heard the method, he built such a palace in the center of the town for the beast competition. ”

"What is a colossal competition? Isn't it a bullfighting game? ”

"It's a lot bloodier than that."

Then, the little assistant introduced Lin Xun to this so-called "beast competition".

The lord would buy slaves and beasts of various races from the surrounding city-states, keep them in captivity in the dungeons of the palace, and feed them with special food to stimulate their potential and ferocity.

When the time of captivity is almost up, they will be branded on their backs as a mark for their life. They are then divided into batches and sent to the first floor of the palace for their first competition.

This time, the competition is mostly a melee between humans and beasts, and the people or beasts who can survive will be sent back to the dungeon again to be kept in captivity, waiting for the next competition, and so on, until they are finally sent to the highest arena. In the end, most of the people can survive, and no matter how fierce the beast is, it will not be more powerful than a human.

These captive man-beasts have a unified name, and they are called "fighters".

The interval between each competition is very long, one is to allow the "fighter" to have time to recuperate, and the other is to attract more people to bet, just like betting on horses, but the things used for betting here are all gold and stone.

Weird, right? A golden stone that cannot be used for self-pleasure can be used for such things.

The little assistant also said: "Lin Xun, I know that you will definitely participate in the affairs of Zhuyu City, but I want to remind you, don't be kind and think about changing the fate of these fighters." Because the colossal competition is so famous, and even people from different time and space are involved, if you cause trouble, no one will be able to protect you. ”

Lin Xun hurriedly said that his brain was very normal, and he would never do such a brainless behavior of the Holy Father.

Thinking of what Kari said, Lin Xun also knew very well that his trip to Zhuyu City was inevitable, and instead of waiting for trouble to come to the door, it was better to take the initiative as soon as possible.

Before setting off, Lin Xun tried to communicate with the key given to him by the Lord of Time.

When he closed his eyes, he could see the huge stone door, but when he opened his eyes, he couldn't see it. He manipulated his will to approach this door, but he could only walk in front of the two stone lions, and if he went any further, he would be met with terrifying resistance.

"If I break in, I will have a feeling that my will is about to be torn apart, which is terrible." Lin Xun tried many times, but he was not able to go further.

"Damn, where did you eat so many ancient poison stones after eating me?"

Lin Xun was relieved, so he had to put the key away for the time being, and study it slowly later.

"Let's go to Zhuyu City first."