Chapter 16: The Plague-Carrying Beast
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Chen Chen opened his eyes and faced him with a big pie face, "Oh, I'll go, Mu Cheng, do you want to scare your master to death so that he can get out of the contract and return to nature?"
"No, master, Mu Cheng is waiting for you with breakfast, look at the sound of the master's sleep, Mu Cheng doesn't dare to disturb the master." Seeing that he was awake, Little Lori sat on her knees obediently, flicking her little tail and answering sweetly.
"Boom. Xiaobai also woke up, poked his head out of the quilt and walked out looking for the fragrance of rice. Seeing this, Xiao Lori also quickly ran out, Xiaobai's appetite is not small, if it is eaten all at once, her master will be hungry.
While eating breakfast, the village chief came over with two strong men and seemed to have something to discuss.
"Lord Demon Hunter, hehe, I'm sorry, our village is a special situation right now. I can't entertain you, and I have to bother you to cook and eat by yourself. The village chief and the two strong men looked at each other and nodded, and one of the strong men spoke a little embarrassed.
"Dear Demon Hunter, we have a reluctant request for you. It stands to reason that Your Excellency has come to our village all the way to deliver medicine to us without fear of difficulties, which is already a great kindness. But at the moment, this medicine is really not enough, we want to go out and buy some more, I wonder if we can hire you to come with us?"
Chen Chen looked at these two strong men, the system showed that their combat power was actually similar to his own, and they were both people who knew magic, one was a fire system, and one was an ice system, so it stands to reason that they don't need to ask for themselves, and their so-called medicinal materials are actually collected all over the mountains. Where the so-called poison is, there must be an antidote within five steps. This plague obviously comes from some kind of poisonous demonic beast, and the demonic beast is everywhere in this mountainous area, and the natural antidote grass is also everywhere.
He immediately said: "Village chief, it takes time and effort to go out of the village and enter the village, and I don't think you want to spend this unjust money." I'll know how to make some potions. In this way, you can accompany me to collect medicine around the mountains, and I will prepare the medicine for you and sell it to you?"
Chen Chen's self-conscious remarks are not a problem, and they are a win-win move for both parties. However, as soon as the three of them heard that they had gone to collect medicine around the mountains, their faces changed drastically.
Even the little Lori Mucheng who was still eating on the side frowned and looked at a few people suspiciously. Well, as Mu Cheng of the fox clan, it is really suspicious.
After the atmosphere was quiet for 1 minute, the village chief spoke first, "Hey, Lord Demon Hunter, the plan you proposed is indeed a feasible and convenient method, but well. The people of our village are now terrified of the mountains to the extreme, and we can't hide it, these two are the two people with the strongest combat effectiveness in our village, and even they don't dare to say that they will go to the mountains to collect medicine. ”
The village chief felt a little embarrassed when he said this, and it was really unreasonable to ask others to help and not to contribute.
Chen Chen didn't understand what he heard when he heard it, there were relatively few demonic beasts on the side of the road after leaving the village, but if he went into the mountains to collect medicine, it would definitely be an extremely dangerous thing. Not to mention the mysterious plague beast, even if it is an ordinary giant tooth boar, it will not be easy for them to deal with. I relied on the domineering of auxiliary skills to survive all the way. If you just drink blood potions, you'll have to go bankrupt.
"Hahaha, it's easy to say, as long as you pay me the corresponding payment, I'm still willing to help with this little help. But I'll get ahead first. If you don't deal with that monster, I'm afraid it will be a palliative rather than a cure. You don't have a way to make money at the moment, this is a plan to sit back and eat. ”
The village chief's face became even more ugly, in the past half a month, their village has been unable to make ends meet, and the current funds have indeed been stretched to the limit.
The village chief was worried, but a strong man on the side was happy, and hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency is willing to help us get rid of the plague demonic beast!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone stared at Chen Chen, Mu Cheng's eyes were worried, and the village chief was ecstatic.
"Well, I can accept this task, but the pay is not less. At least that's the number!" Chen Chen stretched out two fingers.
"Two, two thousand?" the village chief's face changed again.
Chen Chen was a little puzzled and asked if there was any difficulty. The village chief also did not hide it, they really couldn't come up with so much money, at most a thousand is the limit.
In the end, the negotiation between the two sides was fruitless, and Chen Chen had no choice but to agree to get rid of the demon first, and the money could be owed first.
The two of them and one beast left the village under the eager gaze of the villagers, and the village was still whispering, and they didn't know if the young demon hunter was reliable.
What the village names said later, Chen Chen didn't know, at this time, he had already turned on the search function of the system, and he was always on guard. The search function was so good that none of the herbs around him could escape his eyes. There are also those magical beasts hidden in the trees, grass and soil will also be locked by infrared signals, and none of them will try to sneak up on themselves.
"Mu Cheng, start working, don't leave the sword in your hand, lean behind me. Xiaobai, you, hey, Xiaobai, take care of yourself. ”
Xiaobai is chasing a butterfly at this time, Chen Chen really can't do anything about it, it's too naughty, it's very dangerous to run around here, dangerous.
"Xiaobai dodge!light shield!" The bad prediction was really fast, a green fur snake on the tree was hidden in it and was ready to attack, and it was immediately discovered by Chen Chen, and the next light shield was directly released to block its attack, "Mu Cheng, chop it!"
Little Lori has adapted to Chen Chen's rhythm in the past few days, as soon as the light shield came out, she knew that something was going to happen, and she didn't see the monster's body move first, and after quickly sweeping away, she found the target with a sword and cut it down.
This green fur snake is also really sad, the mandate value is low, the attack is high, the wind system, it is highly poisonous, it is its characteristics, and hidden hunting is its specialty. However, Chen Chen had a tracking system, and he discovered it at the first time, and the enemy took the lead in attacking, and the hunter became the prey.
"Bang!" Xiao Bai reacted at this time, and the little snake that was broken in two had already fallen in front of it. "Bang!" Xiao Bai was so excited that he took two steps forward and directly ate the little snake that was broken in two!
"Hey, this is poisonous and can't be eaten!Xiaobai!" Chen Chen was startled, and immediately opened the system to check Xiaobai's status, but found that Xiaobai's status bar did not show the word poisoned, everything was normal.
"Bang!" Xiaobai jumped twice happily.
Chen Chen immediately issued an order, which meant that if he was disobedient, he would launch the power of the contract, and Xiaobai had no choice but to hang his tail and follow behind the two.
The two men and the beast wandered in the mountains until the afternoon, and it was approaching dusk. The two herbal medicine bags on Chen Chen's waist were already bulging, the herbs in this mountainous area are really rich, it should be that no one has come in to collect them for a long time.
Although the harvest is abundant, the purpose is not achieved. The legendary plague beast was nowhere to be seen at all, and the feces and footprints along the way were also common demonic beasts in the mountains, and there were no exceptions at all.
"Master, Mu Cheng has observed very carefully, my sense of smell is very sensitive, and I really didn't find any other abnormal feces and footprints!" Xiao Lori shared her information with Chen Chen for comparison.
"Bang!" Xiaobai seemed to want to say something, and kept looking at the air and jumping and jumping.
Chen Chen disagreed, thinking that Xiaobai was going to be unbelievable again, so he waved his hand and said: "Okay, I know that you are tired, this mountain road is really not easy to walk, and my pair of broken shoes is almost scrapped, hey, I have to change my shoes when I go back." Let's set up camp by the cliff ahead, and that's it for today. ”
When little Lori heard the mention of shoes, the two little black silk feet twisted unconsciously, but she still remembered that Chen Chen was already wearing these broken shoes when she bought shoes for herself, and she had traveled so much in the past few days. The owner is still this pair of broken shoes. I was inevitably a little moved.
"Master, rest assured, Mu Cheng is very well-behaved and obedient, Mu Cheng must work hard to do tasks and make money for the master. Leave the owner with new shoes to wear. After the little Lori swore an oath, she ran to the side and began to skillfully set up the tent.
Chen Chen was stunned for a moment, trying to make money to buy shoes for himself? and immediately understood, I'm afraid this little Lori has misunderstood something, it's not that he doesn't have money to buy shoes, he just picks the door.
The demonic beasts here are more difficult, and Chen Chen no longer goes out to collect medicine alone when Mu Cheng is setting up a tent. Out of boredom, I had to take out the guy from my baggage and start making potions.
The herbs here are all based on detoxification, and all the herbs made after opening the skill potion to strengthen them have changed from ordinary to high-quality. The efficacy and value of the medicine have increased by more than 5 times, looking at the potion he made, Chen Chen smiled stupidly, and all he saw in his eyes was money.
"Master, Mu Cheng has been fully prepared, and it's time to eat. ”
was in a daze, and the sweet voice of little Lori had already come.
"Boom!" Xiao Bai ran the fastest, and before Chen Chen approached the tent, he had already heard the sound of a man and a beast arguing again. Roughly speaking, Xiaobai wants to eat it first, and Mu Cheng doesn't let it eat.
Chen Chen walked over and comforted the two little guys, there was a lot of dinner today. Xiao Lori has obviously taken into account Xiaobai's appetite. Today's Xiaobai is close to the physique of an adult, and his appetite has increased greatly. Often one person can eat a large pot of rice.
"Mu Cheng, I'll keep watch in the middle of the night tonight, it's more dangerous here, and there are relatively more things in the first half of the night. Chen Chen smacked his lips as he ate rice and barbecue.
"Master, I'm the wind system, Xiaobai is also the wind system, oh okay, please ignore Xiaobai, it's too lazy. Our wind system has a very sharp sense of the surroundings. After saying that, Little Lori also shook her little ears, indicating that she was a vigilant little clever.
Chen Chen was speechless, Xiao Loli's hardware conditions were really good, but, "Ahem, I don't know who fell asleep in front of the campfire when I was at the first vigil." If a monster comes, you'll lose a few lives. ”
After listening to this, Xiao Lori pursed her lips, and her face was flushed with shame.