Volume 1 Never by a Sword Chapter 12 1 and 5
Fang Feng is a strange person, living in isolation, rarely interacting with the villagers, and he has not married in the year of his establishment, one is because of the poor countryside here, and the other is that he does not understand the world. He doesn't like to interact with players, so Tu Shi didn't get useful information from him before, but judging from what Tu Shi saw and heard in Heishuitan, Fang Feng must have a lot to do with the strange existence in the pool.
Tu Shi didn't want to conflict with Fang Feng, he was happy to know his fate, and if the clue was broken, it would be broken, and then knock on the side from other ways. As the player levels up, the existence of the Blackwater Pool will be known, and any oddities will only be able to surface.
Before leaving the mountain, Tu Shi completed the task assigned by the physician Huo Xiang. The herbs on the list all grow in very tricky places, but with the help of Chai Hu, there is no problem at all. Chai Hu caught a rabbit and forced Tu Shi to kill it with his own hands, saying that it was good to give an explanation to the chief of security. Tu Shi still has a certain psychological barrier to killing, and he can't see the prey suffer, so he ends his pain with a knife, but he can finally adapt to the blurred scene of flesh and blood.
System Prompt: Complete your quest "Collect Herbs" and get a reward: a few experience points.
"Strong men are very powerful!" Huo Xiang happily accepted the herb. "After I boil the medicine, you can help me pour it in the village well!" But remember to do it when no one is around, and it's not good if people think you're trying to poison the villagers. β
received another task, but Tu Shi didn't care about it, and asked, "Doctor, does Fang Feng often go to the town to sell firewood?" β
"Yes! Every three days there is a small market, every fifteen days there is a big market, he will definitely go to the polder market to sell firewood. He specially picked old trees to cut down, and heard that the wood was very good, and some carpenters asked him to cut down the wood by name. β
"Did he buy realgar from you, or from a merchant?"
"No, I don't. He can go to the market himself, so he never patronizes the business of Bao Jiwan. β
"He must have left the village to sell firewood, so have you noticed that he has realgar on him?"
"I don't seem to have seen him bring realgar, my nose is very smart......"
Tu Shi struck while the iron was hot: "Then how did he get in and out of the village without being bitten by a snake?" Is there more than one way out of the village? β
"No, I watched him leave the village."
"And has he ever been bitten by a snake?" Tu Shi finally threw out the question.
As soon as these words were opened, Huo Xiang also muttered: "Yes, what's the matter?" β
"You say, will he have something like a male yellow snake repellent?"
Huo Xiang pondered for a while and sighed: "Strong man, I have a reluctant request. β
"Please."
"Please go to Brother Fang's house and get some of his usual things, preferably unwashed clothes. If he used something to repel snakes, I would have been able to smell it. β
Tu Shi: "But, this is a thief!" β
Huo Xiang: "It's true, so it's a reluctant invitation." β
Tu Shi: "Then you still told me to go?!" β
Huo Xiang: "Do you want me to go?" I'm not a thief! β
Tu Shi: "......"
Huo Xiang: "Haha jokes, don't take it to heart." I'm weak, but I'm really weak, only a heroic man like a strong man can be caught! β
Tu Shi: "Isn't this a turn and scolding me for being a thief?!" β
With the two tasks given by Huo Xiang, Tu Shi quietly came to the door of the woodcutter Fang Feng's house. Fang Feng lived in isolation, the house was located in the corner of the village, and he deliberately used a wall of earth stacks to separate it from other homes. Sheltered by the shade of a tree, Tu Shi climbed over the wall behind the courtyard and landed on a three-foot-high bundle of firewood. Enough firewood to burn for several days, neatly stacked and tied with thick ropes, exudes the unique fragrance of trees, and this new firewood needs to be dried for several days until the water is removed before it can be sold.
Fang Feng lives alone, with little furnishings at home and not much change of clothes. Tu Shi sniffed and felt the smell of a black pool lingering hereβmoisture! Yes, it's moisture! It's not the dampness of the moldy things in the house that has been raining for days, nor the damp dampness of the walls of the south sky, but the dampness that makes the lungs cool and smells mint. He expected that there was a ghost here, and he did not let go of it even in the stove, but he really found a red cloth sealed clay jar hidden under the bed, and when he opened it, he saw that it was full of white mud paste, and the mint moisture was emitted from it.
Mystic Plaster: This is a jar of mystical plaster that exudes a singular smell. Identification is required.
Afraid of being discovered, Tu Shi hurriedly scraped a little mud paste with a wooden sword, and quickly left in his arms, thinking that this was better than unwashed clothes. Huo Xiang got the white mud paste, and studied it so hard that he didn't even have time to greet Tu Shi and asked him to come back in the evening. If there are no accidents, you can identify what it is at night, right?
Back in the open space of the village, the merchant Bao Jiwan had not left, he was sitting on the big bluestone where the village chief usually sits, depicting the outside world to the children. Bao Jiwan is not an NPC in the village, and the opportunity to get information from him is hard to come by, so Tu Shi also sat down to listen. The little girl who gave Tu Shi eggs to eat was also present, waving at him with a warm smile.
"Dad always said that there are monsters in Heishuitan, I've been there once, and I haven't been there! Are there really youkai in this world? A little boy asked.
Bao Jiwan sat among the children, like a child king. While pinching the clay figure, he said with a smile: "Of course there are youkai!" β
"Have you seen that?"
"If I've seen it, I've been eaten by a monster, can you still see me? I haven't seen it, but I've heard it. There are not only monsters but also ghosts in this world! Bao Jiwan pinched a cute pig's head, handed it to the little girl on the right, and changed her gloomy tone: "In an ordinary small city in Yangzhou, there is a family surnamed Bai, which is desolate and dilapidated, and it has been decades since then......"
What a clichΓ© ghost story to begin! However, the children who have not been deeply involved in the world are all worried.
"The Bai family is uninhabited, there is a dry well in the yard, and in the dead of night, there is a woman in it crying: 'Hate, hate!' The voice was very poignant, and none of the surrounding people dared to live there, so they all moved away. A bold man once boasted to his friend that he wanted to catch the ghost and show it to everyone, so he lit a torch and went down to the well by the rope. β
"And then?" The little boy who had just asked if there were any monsters stammered.
Bao Jiwan glanced at the child and was very satisfied with the effect of his story. He continued in a mysterious tone: "He stepped on his feet, it was wet soil, there was no well water, but the walls of the well were covered with black aquatic plants. He thought to himself, where is the ghost, turned his head and saw a miserable white woman's face! What black aquatic plants are in the well, and it is full of women's hair! β
The timid girl immediately screamed, and the girl suddenly threw herself into Tu Shi's arms and didn't dare to look up. Tu Shi thought it was funny, ghost stories had an extraordinary influence no matter what era they were!
The little boy was quite bold, and with a white face, he asked, "So, what happened to that man?" β
He was stunned on the spot, and the next day he was pulled up from the well by a friend, and he fell seriously ill for three months, and even if he was able to walk on the ground, he fell ill. Some people who understand say that this is because of the yang energy sucked by a female ghost, and they will languish for the rest of their lives. Bao Jiwan looked at the well in the open field, sighed twice, and saw that the children were even more afraid, so he laughed narrowly: "I heard that the female ghost will come out at night to see if the children are sleeping, and if they don't sleep, they will be taken away and be with her, hahahaha!" β
When the children went to play games, Tu Shi came over and asked, "Are there really monsters in this world?" β
Although Tu Shi only repeated the child's question, Bao Jiwan gave a different answer: "Monster? What if there really is, monsters kill one or two people at most, and no less than a hundred thousand people die every day, according to me, it's not monsters that are scary, it's people. He didn't answer directly whether there were monsters or not, but he reflected something on the side.
Tu Shi smiled and asked, "Why do you feel so much?" β
"Haha, nothing. The outside world is a little uneven, although it is not conducive to our small people to live and work in peace and contentment, but it can allow you to show your talents. My family's ancestors have a cloud, 'the big husband should be determined, the prosperous era Kuang Fu Sheji, the troubled times to make contributions', the strong man will be able to build a meritorious career after leaving this place! β
Bao Jiwan's mouth was tight, and he refused to say a word of superfluous words, only saying that Tu Shi knew when he went out to travel, and it seems that the system does not allow players to learn too much information before a turn. Tu Shi went to the village chief and found that the village chief was asleep, but there was no way, the old man's sleep time was irregular.
All right! Let's continue to fight monsters, but this time, we will use the "broken iron sword".
Holding this iron sword, Tu Shi sighed slightly. Yes, he was the first person in the village to use an iron sword, but the attack power of the iron sword was the same as that of the wooden sword, it was much heavier than the wooden sword, and it was not satisfactory to wield it, so it was better to use the wooden sword. Fortunately, when you level up, you add a little bit of strength so that you don't feel too much effort.
Coming to the outside of the village, Tu Shi walked to the grass with ease.
The shuttle sounded in the grass, and a poisonous snake scurried out. It raised its small triangular head and looked at Tu Shi warily.
Tu Shi swung his sword.
The scarlet English word "KILL" bursts.
The head of the snake draws a parabola and lands in the distance. The body that has lost its head can't help but writhe.
Tu Shi blinked, and then he realized what he had just done. Decapitating the attack, he killed the snake in one sword in an instant. He looked thoughtfully at the sword in his hand, took a few steps back, and when the battle was over, he replaced it with a wooden sword, and then found a snake to try. With a swing of the sword, the snake was staggered and fled in fear.
Looking for another one, the snake was still not dead, and attacked Tu Shi, but Tu Shi was quickly hit by a sword of seven inches and nailed to the ground.
Find another ......
Tu Shi found that the damage of the wooden sword was not as high as that of the broken iron sword, and the broken iron sword could often inflict a fatal blow on the poisonous snake. Why? Isn't it the same attack power, the same level requirements? Moreover, the same sword attacking the snake in different ways will deal different damage values, why is that? Could it be that not only the monster has a "weakness" setting, but also different positions of the weapon have different damage?
The sword blade has a condensed power at one point, so the damage is higher than that of the sword blade? So a stab causes more damage than a slash?
And the iron sword is heavier than the wooden sword, so the damage is relatively high?
Is the throwing attack borrowed from the strength of the waist and legs? A charged attack is to accumulate the strength of the whole body? So both of these attacks deal more damage than normal attacks?
So, in addition to the weak point attack on the monster, what weapon you use, what part of the weapon you use, and what attack method you use will also affect the final damage value? This damage value is not fixed, and it fluctuates in a certain range, that is, between the lowest attack damage and the highest attack damage? Is this what the weapon attribute says "Physical Attack 1-5"?!
As long as you master the corresponding method, can you hit "5" every time instead of "1"?!