Chapter 8: The Black Pearl
By the time I went offline, it was already dawn.
Yun Yun pushed me and reproached: "Ah Yu, why are you like before, it's not time to play the game, your body is important." If you do this again, I will also delete the number to Dongfang Da 6 and look at you, otherwise I think you will become a god and not eat or sleep. ”
I burrowed into the warm quilt and said with a smile: "Even if I want to become an immortal, I am also a ghost immortal." Don't worry, it won't be like this in the future. I just saw something new, so I forgot about the time. ”
Yun Yun glanced at me, and said angrily: "You give me all the demon house, and you have a good time." Broken Tooth said, in two days, he will go to Dongfang University 6 to see how you mix. I can't see a few eyeliners staring at you, and I can't be reassured. ”
"Don't." I peeked out of my back and said, "If they all come, what will happen to the Western Big 6." Even if you want to come, just one. You tell Broken Tooth that only one of the two of them can come. The company can also call a few low-level employees to delete their numbers, and when the time comes, tell me my name, so that I can find them. ”
Yun Yun nodded, tucked the quilt for me, brought breakfast and put it at the head of my bed, and then went out.
Alas,The ghost clan is weak and the setting is harmful.,It looks like I'm going to have to adjust the time of the game in the future.,Otherwise, I won't have a chance to keep warm with my wife.。
In fact, many ghost players on the forum are complaining that the weak setting of the ghost clan has affected the player's work and study, but the explanation made by the system is very reasonable: the time for the weakness of the ghost clan is from 8 o'clock in the morning to 6 o'clock in the evening, which is the school time. After six o'clock, the weakness was canceled. Avoided students skipping school because of playing games.
It's actually those professional gamers who really feel that this setting is inconvenient, and it's a bit uncomfortable to live a day and night upside down. But since I chose the ghost clan, this difficulty had to be overcome, and I couldn't do anything in the time of weakness. At least I might get more benefits from doing the current task than fighting monsters.
After a beautiful five hours of sleep, I got up again and got on the line. When you first arrive in a new place, it is necessary to practice hard.
The ghost wolf hasn't been online yet, so I guess I haven't woken up yet.
It's still weak time, and you can only fight monsters at two levels lower than you can fight monsters, and you have too little experience. I thought about it, and the task of buying road money at the Soul Attraction Lantern hasn't been completed yet, so I'm just looking around.
It's good not to look for it, but I didn't expect to find this one, so I found more than a dozen tasks.
The vomit eater asked me to buy him a few bottles of burnt knife wine; The vampeater asks for twenty servings of fresh snake blood; The carnivore asks for a few snake corpses; The underground ghost asked me to help him find a bottomless pit; The lustful ghost told me to put a box of incense under the window of a house outside the hero's tomb. There lived a widow (me...... ); In the empty burial chamber came a hungry ghost with a belly as big as a drum, but a mouth as small as the tip of a needle. Holding a flatbread in his hand and crying......
I know that the reason why I didn't get the assignment yesterday was because of the lack of prestige. Now that I'm suddenly receiving so much, it seems that I'm going to have to be busy before dark.
The tasks are roughly divided into categories according to whether they fight monsters or not, as well as the distance and distance. I took advantage of my weakness to run all the tasks that didn't need to fight monsters, and I was directly promoted to level nine, and my reputation also increased by 2o.
It seems that it is not so easy to gain prestige. Thinking of the prestige of 5oo in a few hours yesterday, I can't help but want to go to the grudge pool to brush the soldiers' souls again.
However, I was not stupid enough to run to find death in time, and while it was still early, I ran to the market to collect some materials, rushed the tailoring skills to 26o, and sold a few back to the city talismans, and finally got into the dark.
Rushing to the mass grave to fight monsters, the black-bellied snake that bullied me very badly yesterday is angry today, and it will become a dead snake after a few sticks. Give me snake skin and snake fangs to practice skills.
For a whole day, the ghost wolf didn't show up, or rather, he didn't come to me, and I didn't go to him. Everyone meets each other, and the names are close, although there is fate, there is no need to stick to it. I've always liked to be alone, and it seems that this ghost wolf is the same.
The white paper flag under the spirit banner drew a half-moon symbol in the air, and a wisp of green smoke rose from the head of the Red Fire Spider King in front of him.
After two days of practice, I was already able to master the skills of using the spirit flag. Aside from the paper flags hanging from the top of the flag, the spirit flag is actually like an ordinary wooden stick.
In the Western 6, there may not be many people who use a weapon like a stick, and even mages who use a staff as a weapon rarely use it to directly summon monsters. But in the Eastern Big 6, it's completely different, at least I know that most of the weapons used by Terran players who have turned monks are sticks.
Although the profession I chose was a Taoist, I couldn't learn more related skills before I changed jobs, and it was not bad to be a Shaolin stick monk occasionally, but the attack was a little slower, and there was a world of difference compared to our previous daggers.
Because the value of the Yuan Shen is too low, and the novice needs the body the most, I have added almost all the points of the upgrade to these two aspects, and the rest has added a little agility, as for the strength, I think the Taoist has little chance of using it, so I didn't add it at all.
Now I can use five spirits in a row, but I rarely use this skill. It's not because the Yuan Shen is not enough, even if the maximum value of the Yuan Shen is only 255, but we are also rich now, and there is never a shortage of recovery potions on our bodies. The reason for not using skills is that I think that after using the Soul Banner to directly attack the Spirit, the proficiency of the Banner weapon will increase, and when I use it to conjure the skill, the attack will be much higher than before. It's no wonder that the ghost wolf was reluctant to use his skills when he was in the grudge pool, and attacked directly with a peachwood sword, and at the time I thought he was trying to save the blue.
"Ding!" With a bang, I was promoted to level 10, and it stands to reason that I can go to the main city to change jobs. But the task here is not finished yet, and I have seen that the highest level player of Dongfang Da 6 on the ranking is only level twenty-seven. So I don't have to rush to leave the novice village.
Cutting off the head of the Red Fire Spider King and throwing it into my backpack, I moved on to my next mission.
Not far from the Hero's Grave is a small human village, where I am going to complete most of my missions.
The people here are obviously not rich, in this small fishing village by the sea. Half of the families live by fishing, and every house has a worn-out fishing net outside the door. The moon is high and a faint silver light reflects off the sea not far away, making it look extraordinarily peaceful.
I found the house that the lustful ghost said, put the box containing the incense on the windowsill, and went into the rooms of several other houses, and found the baby head that the ghost wanted, the arsenic that the poison eater wanted, and the burning knife wine that the eater wanted, and was about to return the way I came, when I suddenly heard a strange sound coming from a small grass house not far away.
The sound was like raindrops falling on the leaves, and it sounded like someone sifting beans. It's three watches in the middle of the night. Even NPCs have to sleep in a place, aren't they afraid of ghosts? (I'm not just a ghost.) )
I floated to the window of the little grass house, and looked through the hole in the window by the moonlight. I saw an old man with white hair holding a dustpan and touching the contents of the dustpan with his hand.
When I saw what was in the dustpan, my eyes lit up.
It's not beans, it's pearls! A whole dustpan of pearls!
Pearls are a good thing, if they are in the hands of Mo Xizi's girl. It's a lot of ornaments when it changes hands. And Mr. Hua also said that pearls can be used in medicine, and it is naturally good to use them for alchemy. Plus, I'm studying tailoring now. I've heard from weavers that pearls are often used in making zuò cloth clothes, and of course I can't miss this great opportunity.
However, seeing pearls in this kind of place is really a bit evil, after all, it is still near the novice village, how can there be anything good. In addition, it was the middle of the night again, and the old man had nothing to do with the pearls and touched them, the more he thought about it, the more strange it became.
I was trying to figure out how to get hold of the dustpan pearl when I saw a pearl slip from the old man's hand and roll to the side of the bed. The old man hurriedly put down the dustpan and did not hold the lamp. Lying on the ground and touching around.
Is it a blind man?
I was curious, pushed the door into the room, picked up the pearl, put it in front of the old man's eyes, shook it, and said, "Old man, are you looking for this?" ”
I could have stolen all the dustpan pearls, but the situation in front of me looked like there was a hidden mission. It's better for me to be cautious. Those pearls are valuable, but for me, they are just a small profit, so don't miss out on a good opportunity.
The old man was stunned, turned his head sideways and listened with his ears, and raised his hand to touch it for a while.
Sure enough, he was blind.
But it's okay to be blind, if you want to change to other NPCs, when you see the way I have a talisman on my head, I won't be scared of the chickens and cats, and I won't be able to see anyone.
I put the pearls in his palm and asked, "Old man, what are you doing with these beads in the middle of the night?" ”
The old man wiped the dust on the pearl with his sleeve, groped his way back to the chair where he had sat before, sighed and said, "Forty years have passed, and I still can't tell which one of these is the black pearl." ”
Sure enough, there is a hidden mission. I smiled smugly, walked up to the old man and said, "It's not easy, can't I help you pick it out?" ”
"Humph!" The old man snorted coldly, and said angrily: "Do you think that if I am blind, my brain will be broken?" If I could, there were so many people in the village, I would have asked them to pick them out for me. But the master said that only if I could tell by hand which of the thousand pearls was black would he teach me the art of identification. It's a pity that after forty years, I still can't ......"
Identification? That's a good thing.
Originally, there was no such class in the Life Skills list, and players could only see the attributes of unidentified items by going to the Guò Appraiser or using the Identification Scroll. Think about the appraisal fees I gave to Shan Zhenghu before, and then think about the appraisal book of heaven and earth in the past, as well as the material appraisal of Mo Xiezi, which is rare in the Western Big 6. If only I had learned this skill......
I made up my mind to learn this technique.
Looking at the dustpan in the blind old man's hand, there was indeed a bright black pearl in it, but unfortunately the size and shape were no different from the others. Although it can be seen at a glance. But if you just touch it, I'm afraid it's hard to tell the difference.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I turned my head and asked, "Old man, have you been practicing at night for the past forty years?" ”
The blind old man nodded and said, "Anyway, I'm a blind man, and there is no difference between day and night. I took out these pearls in broad daylight, and I was afraid that people would rob them. ”
"You take the pearls out into the yard tomorrow at noon and try them." I smiled and said, "With me, no one dares to rob it." "Just kidding, in broad daylight. Seeing a ghost standing behind this old man, it was strange that someone dared to come and snatch his pearls.
NPCs don't dare to rob it, and players are even less likely to show up. Daytime is the time of weakness for the oni clan. There are no other races in the vicinity, so I dare say for sure.
At noon the next day, I arrived at the door of the blind old man's house as promised. Although it was a weak time, I was now level ten, and the mobs on the road were still enough to deal with.
Sunlight shines through the clouds. The earth is warm.
I helped the blind old man out of the house, pulled a chair for him, and sat him in the middle of the courtyard. He clutched the dustpan in his arms. It seems that he is afraid of being robbed by others. I kept trying to persuade him not to be robbed, but he was still a little nervous, and it took a while for him to concentrate on touching the pearls.
The blind old man's fingertips stroked the pearl over and over again, his brow furrowed more and more, and the movements of his hands became slower and slower......
"I've found it!" The blind old man cried out happily, holding the only black pearl in his hand.
In fact, the reason is very simple, in the sun, black things are always warmer than white because they absorb heat quickly. Anyone can touch it, let alone a blind man like him.
The blind old man was happy for a while, then sighed, and two lines of cloudy tears flowed out of a pair of dim old eyes: "I thought that I had obtained these pearls for more than forty years, and I didn't even think of such a way." It seems that I am indeed not suitable for learning appraisal, and the master did not deliberately embarrass me back then, but asked me to retreat in the face of difficulties. ”
"Old man? Who is that master you are talking about? I asked cautiously. The conditions for the task should be met, and I must strike while the iron is hot.
The blind old man asked me to go back to the room with him, took out a somewhat yellow envelope from the box, carefully handed it to me, and said in a trembling voice: "Many years ago, I was a pearl diver and had always lived by the sea. An accident blinded me and I couldn't go to the sea again. Later, a master came to the village, and he could clearly distinguish the name, function, and even age and provenance of any antique treasure in his possession, and he was also blind. At that time, I thought that I could do it too, so I asked the master for advice. The master did not want to take me as an apprentice, but told me that if I could find a black pearl from a thousand pearls with my own hands, I could go to him with this letter. ”
"Then you can go now." I said.
The blind old man shook his head and said, "I'm already old, and I don't want to learn any more identification techniques. I tell you this, just hoping that you will help me to see what is written in this letter that the master left me. ”
I took the envelope, and felt that the fire paint on the seal was still there, and it was very well preserved, so that the old man had kept his promise for forty years, and had not opened the letter and read it.
Tearing open the envelope, a piece of white paper floated out of it, with only a line of vigorous calligraphy on it: "Replace your eyes with your hands, and see the world without receiving." ”
"Replace your eyes with your hands, and see the world without ......," the old man repeated my words, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
He took the letter from my hand with a slight tremble, and whispered: "It's been forty years, and I can't imagine that the answer that has plagued me for forty years is actually by my side for a long time. Young man, would you like to do one more thing for me? ”
"You say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you do it." I said, it looks like the mission is nearing its end.
"I want to go to the beach again in my lifetime." The old man said.
"Okay." I promised.
Accompanying the blind old man to the edge of the sea, he let go of my hand, took a deep breath of the salty sea breeze, sighed, and walked towards the sea step by step.
Could it be that he is going to commit suicide?
I hurriedly stepped forward to grab him, but I didn't expect him to push my hand away and say with a smile: "Young man, do you think I will seek death?" No, it won't. I've spent all these years guarding pearls alone, and I've thought about everything. I've spent forty years in my house deserted, and now I'm just trying to see if the sea that once made me attached to it is still the same as it used to be. ”
As soon as the blind old man finished speaking, he saw him jump into the sea.
Even though he said that, I jumped after him. After I saw the blind old man enter the water, his body immediately became flexible, completely different from his old deaf bell on the shore, and I could hardly keep up with him.
The blind old man didn't stay in the water for long, and I only saw him touch a few handfuls at the bottom of the sea, and soon surfaced with a huge mussel shell in his hand.
His hands trembled a little with excitement, and the blind old man took out a knife from his waist, skillfully cut open the shell of the mussel, and took out a pearl the size of a thumb from it.
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