Chapter 35: The Orange Tree
Not to mention that the construction of Yunluo Tower consumes several times more resources than other defense towers, and it is even more outrageous that this defense tower is still very conspicuous.
Chen Jue saw that the branches of the orange tree lit up with orange and yellow light, as if blood was flowing.
After that, the orange tree began to blossom and bear fruit at an almost visible growth rate, and soon a bright kumquat tree was born.
It's such a kumquat tree, if it falls to the ground, it will explode immediately.
Chen Jue knows very well the power of this thing, but the flaws of a single Yunluo Pagoda are too obvious, if it is not a large piece of Tallinn, it is estimated that it will be embarrassing.
"It's a big investment."
Sighing secretly in his heart, he subconsciously looked into the distance.
"It's almost time to buy again."
In the past year, he had left the depths of the Star Dou Forest and found the Heaven Dou Empire's town near the forest.
Compared with the later plots of the Douluo Continent, the area of the current Star Dou Forest is several times that of the later ones, so that the towns around the Heaven Dou Empire are just small towns dotted around.
It is far from being as high as it was in the future, with continuous city fortresses, and it is necessary to charge tickets to enter the forest to hunt soul beasts.
Chen Jue wanted to walk out of the forest directly, but after thinking about it, he took out a small scarecrow doll from the turquoise ring.
The doll began to swell and grow larger when it was placed on the ground, and finally became a doll the same size as Chen Jue.
"Scarecrow puppet, used 1/1 times."
This prop is a prop in the wizarding world, and it was supposed to appear as a means of torturing people and as a stand-in puppet.
But in the plot world of Douluo Continent, because of the changes in the plot world, the role has also changed accordingly.
Although the current scarecrow puppet can still connect with Chen Jue to perceive, the pain and side effects will not act directly on him, but more of a simple stand-in with remote control.
The night rangers of the two families have not appeared, on the one hand, because the world of Douluo World is too large, and on the other hand, because Chen Jue has not participated in the world plot, and has not made any noise.
Even so, the pursuers will still come to the door, maybe today, maybe tomorrow.
Chen Jue knows this very well in his heart.
So even when he went down the mountain to replenish, he would still let this scarecrow puppet set up the defense of Tallinn for him, after all, these things are never missing.
……
The town below the hill is as lively as ever.
Wooden houses and small buildings divide the town into three blocks, and the middle one is the most popular trading street for mercenaries and soul masters.
Because there are often soul beasts wandering out of the Star Dou Forest, living in these villages is quite dangerous in itself, so there are almost no honest rural villagers in these towns, and most of them are gold diggers who have left their hometowns to look for opportunities.
The largest number of people are naturally all kinds of longing soul masters, hoping to get a high-level soul ring in the Star Dou Forest.
Chen Jue wrapped himself in a blanket and walked briskly across the main street, towards the vegetable market opened by the villagers themselves.
"Hey! Chen, you're here again! ”
"Is there anything good today?"
As soon as he walked into the market, his eye-catching outfit attracted a few familiar people to shout at him.
Those people are all butchers in the village, serious villagers who rely on the mountains and water to eat water.
Although his body seems to be powerful, he is actually just a worldly martial artist, and he originally wanted to beg for a living when he came to this town on the edge of the Star Dou Forest, but his strength was not good, and he could only start the business of slaughtering chickens and sheep.
"The old rules."
Chen Jue walked straight into the back room, and the man in front of the door followed him with a smile.
In his opinion, this sneaky young man is actually very capable, although he doesn't know the specific strength, but judging from the soul beasts he hunted, he is at least a soul master-level powerhouse.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the house, he saw a flash of inspiration in Chen Jue's hand, and he didn't know where to conjure up a few neatly divided soul beasts.
If this man had a little bit of knowledge, then he would definitely find that these soul beasts were quite skilled in cutting techniques, and each knife avoided bones and tough tendons.
It's just that in his current opinion, he doesn't care about the identity of the person wrapped in the black blanket in front of him, he only knows that these soul beasts should be able to buy a good price again.
After being silent for a while, Chen Jue seemed to be really bored today, so he said a few more words.
"You look happy."
"Of course, you don't even know how good these things have been selling lately."
"Really? Mercenaries in town again? ”
"It's not like mercenaries, they're more well-dressed, they should be students at the Imperial Academy, or something else."
Speaking of which, Chen Jue, who had always been indifferent, raised his head and glanced at the butcher who was busy with his work.
I don't know how many mercenaries come and go in the town below the mountain in a year, but those mercenaries who act rough and the soul masters in the general academy can see the difference between those with a discerning eye.
Compared with the Wuhun Palace, which penetrated into all aspects of the empire in later generations, people now don't know much about the Wuhun Palace.
For them, perhaps the only change is that none of the Empire's original academies seem to be recruiting new students.
Seeing that the children of his family are growing up day by day, and they are about to miss the golden years of the soul master's growth, there are still some people in the empire who are more or less restless.
In the hut, Chen Jue watched the butcher busy cleaning up, and casually put a list of items on the table.
"It's still these things, you prepare."
"Great!"
The butcher replied, and just wanted to go back and chat with Chen Jue, but when he turned around, he found that the person was gone.
Compared to other cities in the Empire, this remote town is quite desolate.
There are no stone roads in the town, and the muddy streets after the rain are mixed with the rancid smell of soul beasts, as if it is a fish and shrimp market.
It stands to reason that such a place should only be endured by mercenaries who lick blood on the edge of their knives.
Unexpectedly, there was a team of white horse servants on the street today.
Tall and pure white horses, dressed in decorative five-colored satin, the horsemen who proudly held their heads unsquinted, and their eyes under the armor were full of disdain and arrogance.
But these people do have the qualifications to be arrogant.
Compared with a group of grizzled villagers, these people simply have the identity of a superior person written on their faces.
Someone in the crowd suddenly whispered.
"Who are these?"
"I heard that it's a person from some sect from outside, called a martial soul or something."
As soon as he finished speaking, the person who explained turned around, only to see a figure wrapped in a felt blanket and leaving.
The appearance of the Wuhun Hall is only fast and not slow compared to Chen Jue's expectations, and compared to the plot line, the current time seems to be a little too fast.
Because Tang San, the protagonist who pinned the luck of heaven and earth, has not yet appeared, the plot line changes in the early stage will be relatively less intervened by the world consciousness.
"Could it be that someone is plotting behind the Wuhun Palace?"
As soon as the thought flashed, Chen Jue secretly frowned, and his heart was already gloomy.
Generally, it is almost impossible for three or five capable people to influence the decision-making of a force, and most of the capable people will still stay at the point of relying on a certain force and honestly cultivating to capture treasures.
Those who can really have ideas and have the ability to implement such a plan should be the only ones who are famous in the new era.
The core of the Eden Project is to gradually infiltrate and control the major plot worlds through family forces, and the four major families have successfully mastered the dimensional world of Dou Breaking the Sky a few years ago through such means.
As long as the original plot world is maintained, and the opportunity to merge the protagonist and the world consciousness is postponed indefinitely, or the opportunity for the protagonist to become a god, then the entire plane will be in the hands of the capable.
Without a doubt, this is quite an attractive plan.
The beauty of the dimensional world is definitely the Garden of Eden that every wilderness wanderer in the new era dreams of.
It's a pity...... The Garden of Eden will eventually be destroyed, and the end of the plot world is inevitable, even if the protagonist's cultivation process is forcibly delayed, it is just like walking a tightrope that is constantly consuming each other's energy.
In the end, if you are not careful, you will be discovered by the world consciousness, and then like Han Li, the protagonist of Chen Jue's previous world, he escaped through incredible means, and cultivated to forcibly expel the ability after gaining rapid improvement.
Obviously, it is impossible for several major families in the new era not to know this ending.
However, the longing for the hidden world and the despair of the new era of the wild world still drove them to invest a lot of resources in opening up such a dimensional world.
Chen Jue was very disdainful of this ostrich-like thinking in his heart, but it was not a problem that he didn't care about at the moment, but that he was likely to face the threat of family power that had been ingrained in this dimensional world next.
"Good choice."
A thought flashed in his heart, Chen Jue hid under the eaves, looking at the spear cavalry of the Martial Spirit Hall who were tall and tall and marching through the streets and alleys.
Obviously, if you want to suppress the growth of the protagonist and maintain your dominance in the plot world, you should join the biggest villain force from the beginning and become the biggest villain.
As the biggest villain in the early plot of Douluo Continent, Wuhun Hall is definitely famous.
It can be seen that the forces behind this scene are very clear about the significance of the Wuhun Hall to them, so they are trying their best to promote the growth of the Wuhun Palace.
According to the original plot, sweeping the Star Dou Forest should be a few years late, but I didn't expect them to start doing it now.
In the noise of the crowd, Chen Jue suddenly thought of Qingzhu, the mother of Xiao Wu who was brushed aside in the plot.
As a 100,000-year-old soul beast's soft-boned charm rabbit, she can be regarded as a typical example of a horseman's innocence.
In his mind, just as Chen Jue was about to turn around and leave, a thought suddenly flashed in his heart.
"The time is not right!"