"You can make a price for this egg."

"Okay, 5 copper coins."

There was not a word of nonsense, and both sides closed the deal with a bare one. After getting the boiled eggs, Xuanyuan Dragon God also said that as long as he could get something more special (not limited to food), he could trade with him at a preferential price. Tu Shi promised to send the little girl home, and stuffed 5 copper coins into her hand, telling her to stay away from other players next time. I don't know if the NPC can remember his words.

This is just a small episode.

"Qiankun" has not yet opened the exchange of RMB and game currency, and Vipers will not drop money, so every copper coin in the novice stage is not easy to come by. Tu Shi investigated that the purchase price of a snake gall bladder was 5 copper coins, the selling price of a bottle of antidote was 10 copper coins, and the selling price of a pair of leather gloves was 30 copper coins. Eggs are definitely not worth 5 copper coins, but they can't stand the scarcity of things, and some local tyrants are willing to spend money to buy rare things.

Xuanyuan Dragon God, Xuanyuan Human Emperor......

Anyway, this kind of setting is really cliché! I hope it's just two players who have a sick aesthetic for their names, not a brainless villain group that is really organized and disciplined like in YY's novels and "pretends to be forced but gets fucked"!

After nightfall, the lights are turned off one after another, and there are no torches in the village, so players can only use the moonlight to see the way. It was undoubtedly unwise to go outside the village to fight snakes in such a situation, Tu Shi thought about it and went to find a room with the lights still on—there was a good chance that the quest would be triggered.

He first came to the doctor Huo Xiang's house. Maybe because of his profession, Huo Xiang is relatively wealthy in the village and can afford to burn an oil lamp, but at this moment he did not grind medicinal herbs, but squinted under the lamp and read. Tu Shi had good eyesight, saw the three words of "Tao Te Ching", and said with a smile: "I thought that Mr. was reading medical books." ”

Huo Xiang put down the book, shook his head and said: "I have limited qualifications, and no matter how much I read, I can't be motivated, so I have to read some Taoist classics and talk about self-cultivation." The strong man has collected the medicinal materials I want? ”

"Not yet, there are a lot of snake galls." Tu Shi pulled out a bunch of slippery things from the storage bag.

Huo Xiang carefully wrapped it in a white soft cloth and spread it on the ground outside the house, and then carefully separated the snake gall bladder that was stuck to the blood foam. This is to air-dry the snake gall bladder so that it can be ground into powder later. Tu Shi patiently waited for the doctor to finish all this before asking, "Doctor, is there anything else I need to do for me?" ”

"Fifty strong men have asked me that today." Huo Xiang smiled bitterly: "The amount of snake gall bladder used in the next year is enough, and there is no shortage of snake wine and dried snakes, so there is really nothing to help with." Even if there is something, it is not something you can meddle in. ”

"That's it...... "There are more monks and less porridge, and even the task is not enough." Well? Wait a minute! Tu Shi keenly grasped the doubts in the other party's words: "Sir, is there anything I can't help?" You might as well come and hear it, maybe I can do it? ”

"Well, that's ......"

Huo Xiang is a local, he went out to study medicine in his early years, because he misjudged the symptoms during a certain visit, and the prescription was too domineering, and he cured a famous old man in the local area to death, and had to hide back to his hometown, and he hid for ten years. As an aside, he returned to his village and returned to his old job, when he accidentally discovered that the water quality in the village was different. No matter which well it is, the water is slightly toxic, and if you drink it without boiling it, it will cause diarrhea and vomiting, and even if it is boiled, long-term drinking will affect the stomach and kidneys.

"Aren't you already chronically poisoned?" Tu Shi suddenly remembered the little girl's face, and was a little unbearable.

"Definitely. It is a three-part poison, and in other words, poisonous water can also be used in medicine. Speaking of this bank, Huo Xiang couldn't resist the impulse to show off, twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Poisonous water has a pungent taste and cold nature, which can cure pit viper or rabies bites, treat children's chancre and large abdomen, and can also cure evil spirits." I use frankincense, myrrh, bezoar, and alum to neutralize the medicinal properties, but they have the effect of nourishing yin and replenishing yang. As long as one pot of liquid medicine is boiled and poured into the well every month, every household can have no worries. ”

"Oh! That's what you asked me to collect herbs for! Tu Shi suddenly realized.

Huo Xiang nodded proudly, pretending to be profound. However, he sighed again, worried: "But this is not a long-term solution after all, you must know that once this toxin becomes thicker, it can kill people." When I was a child, the water quality in the village was already like this, why is this so? ”

Thinking of the story of the strange people told by the village chief Zheng Gushui, Tu Shi asked tentatively: "The wells in the village are connected to the black water pool in the back mountain, could it be a monster......

"Nonsense!" Huo Xiang shouted. "The monster can only fool the ignorant villagers, and the strong man must be gullible! The village chief is also a scholar, how can he talk about this kind of nonsense! Ridiculous, ridiculous! When I was a child, I was still playing in the Black Water Pool, so I didn't see the monsters eating me! ”

"But the cattle of the Huang Er family are indeed gone."

"What if the ox fell into the water, broke its leg and drowned, or was it taken away by a great worm? What could a child understand at that time? Frightened or not suspicious? It's ridiculous that everything is far-fetched to ghosts and gods! ”

Physician Huo Xiang: Level 10, physician. Huo Xiang is a physician in Daxin Housing Village. When he was a child, his mother had a sheep madness, and the villagers said that he was possessed by a yellow skin, and invited the neighboring village witch Zhu to exorcise evil spirits, and as a result, his mother was killed, which caused a great psychological shadow to him. When he was young, he traveled to study medicine, and after completing his studies, he sneered at the theory of ghosts and gods. After returning to the village, he went alone, vaguely alienating the villagers who indirectly killed his mother, but he was still secretly taking care of one or two. When people reach middle age, they begin to believe in the learning of Huang Lao and cultivate their minds. Good at skills [pharmaceutical specialization]. Does not deal substantial damage to novice players.

After getting a brief introduction to Huo Xiang from small talk, Tu Shi knew that this was an intellectual who unswervingly followed the materialist line, so he did not comment much on this matter. He only said, "Doctor, why don't I find a chance to check it out for you!" ”

"Then there is a strong man! The life of the entire village is maintained on this well, and there must be no negligence! ”

System prompt: Do you accept the quest "Investigate the water source"?

System Prompt: Task "Investigate Water Source", Task Requirements: Investigate Water Source Toxicity Problem. The task is indefinite.

Bidding farewell to Huo Xiang, Tu Shi came to Orion's Chai Hu's residence again.

If the doctor's house is filled with the smell of medicine, then the Orion's house is filled with the smell of meat. As a hunter, Chai Hu is more blessed than a farmer who only knows how to farm, he is sitting on the open-air mat at the moment, grabbing a shimmering rabbit leg, seeing that it is Tu Shi knocking on the door, he said helplessly: "Strongman, I really don't have a sword ...... in my family."

"Hahaha, I'm not looking for you to ask for weapons this time, I'm asking for something. You're here too, Chief. Tu Shi saw that there was still a chief of security in the courtyard, Feng Youjing. The old man's helmet rested on the table. It was rare for him to show his gray hair tied in a scarf, which made him a little old-fashioned, but his strong body still made him look very energetic. Perhaps because Feng Youjing is sitting here, players don't dare to come to Chai Hu's house to beg for meat.

Feng Youjing held the wine glass in one hand and motioned for Tu Shi to sit down: "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

"That's the case, Brother Chai, did you say that there are any monsters in the Black Water Pool?"

Chai Hu and Feng Youjing exchanged glances. Chai Hu got up and closed the door first, and then said: "I don't dare to say yes, but I don't dare to say no." ”

Isn't this nonsense! Tu Shi said: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

"You tell me what you know."

Tu Shi went door-to-door to find people to chat in the afternoon, and he had already accumulated a lot of information: "Some people say that there is no sound near Heishuitan, some people say that on a sunny day, they hear the thunder in the back mountain, Huang Er also swore that his cow was eaten by monsters, but Mr. Huo said that there were no monsters." ”

"Huo Xiang knows a fart! Houshan is very evil, he can't say a word or two clearly, don't mention anything else, he has been collecting medicine alone for so many years, when has he ever met a beast? Don't talk about him, I've only met a raccoon boar in the sky! Chai Hu pointed to a big paw hanging on the wall of the inner room with the bone in his hand: "But when my father was still alive, there were big insects in the back mountains, and there were also black blind people!" Where are they now? My family is the hunter in the village, could it be that my family has killed all the beasts over the years? ”

"And what do you think?" Tu Shi struck while the iron was hot.

"Water ghosts!"

Yes? New information after "Yokai"? But then the truth is even more confusing!

Feng Youjing frowned: "Tiger boy, it's the first time I've heard what you say." ”

"Uncle, it's true! It's so evil that I don't even dare to say it to my mother-in-law. Probably because of the wine, Chai Hu's face was red and his ears were red, and he was sweating profusely, he simply unbuttoned his small button, and Fan his big hand to fan the wind on his chest: "I was only in my twenties when I first took over this business, and at that time I was not afraid of heaven and earth, and my father told me not to go to Heishuitan, I was the wind in my ears." I once chased an injured raccoon, and chased and chased to the black water pool, and it had just rained at that time, and my foot slipped and stepped into the water, and guess what? Something wrapped around my waist like a snake and was about to drag me down, and I reached out and touched it, and oh my god, it was as cold as a corpse, not alive! I was able to get ashore with all my strength to feed, and with a hard effort, I was able to escape ashore. I didn't look back, I left my family's ancestral amulet, and I went home sick for three days. ”

Speaking of which, Chai Hu had a cold war, and the wine was sobered up a lot. He wiped the sweat on his head with palpitations: "My father said that people have drowned in the water, and the water ghost wants to find a substitute, and I can come back alive because of the blessing of my ancestors!" He told me not to talk about it, after all, there are gods who are three feet above their heads, and what they always talk about will make the enemy come to the door! ”

Tu Shi teased: "Brother Chai, how dare you say it today?" ”

"Alas, I've been holding back for so many years, and I can't help it. No, I will have to put incense on the pillars of the ancestors and the ancestors......"

Orion Chai Tiger: Level 10, Hunter. Chai Hu is a hunter in Daxinwu Village. Generations have lived by hunting. When he was born, his father hit a tiger, so he was named Chai Hu. Able to draw a thirty-stone bow, the village chief said that it can be on par with the level of military archers. Afraid of the dark, no matter whether there is a hunt that day or not, you must return home before nightfall. Some are afraid of guilt, once after drinking, he beat his wife for the first time, and since then he has been forbidden to drink, and he dares to drink secretly when his wife returns to her parents' house. Good at skills [Trap Mastery], [Bow and Arrow Mastery], [Double Arrow]. Does not deal substantial damage to novice players.

I didn't expect that the five big and three rough men were actually afraid of ghosts. Tu Shi looked at Feng Youjing again: "Old man, what do you think?" Is it a youkai or a water ghost? ”

"Everything has rules, he doesn't come to disturb you, do you care if he is a demon or a ghost?" That's too pragmatism. Feng Youjing snorted and warned Tu Shi: "Don't mess around, you kid, no one will collect your body when you die there!" ”

If I do die there, the system will help me refresh the corpse! Tu Shi heard Feng Youjing's deliberately hidden concern, and said with a smile: "I also know what to do, the old man asked me to fight with one hand, I can't win, where do I dare to mess around?" ”

These words secretly praised Feng Youjing, the old man's eyebrows danced, he was still very happy, but his mouth was unforgiving: "Thirty or forty years younger than me, it's too useless to beat me!" Practice with me for a few more days, and maybe look a little man! ”

Tu Shi was fortunate to get a glass of wine, and he pondered while drinking: What is in the black water pool?