Before it got dark, the people who had gone out to cultivate came back in twos and threes.

It was still early, Qiu Wuyi remembered that when he first started practicing martial arts, he had to get up early and go to bed late for a long time, looking at the strong villagers, it was hard to imagine that they had returned so early.

Actually, there is a reason for this.

Although the Shura people have built their own villages, the nearby mountains are still dangerous at night.

Even in the vicinity of the village, there are still more monsters than people, and at night, the monsters that are haunting the village may not dare to approach the village because of their fear of people, and if they are left alone, the result will be different.

But under normal circumstances, people are always more dangerous than Warcraft, whether in Yongguo or Zhenguo, there is always a limit to the cunning of Warcraft, and the despicable people who hide behind Warcraft and calculate others have also seen it with their own eyes.

In the land of Shura, however, there are some differences, although there are wars between their countries, there are frictions between villages and towns, and there are also deaths when they fight.

Despite their simple nature, the Shura people are unusually persistent in fighting, and in the eyes of all Shuras, fighting is sacred, so even brothers who have grown up together since childhood will do their best to kill each other in the fight, and the others, including their parents, will still be proud of the winner. Because of this, not many Shura people can successfully become adults, and even if they do, what awaits him is more fighting.

If it is a guest, it is necessary to entertain wholeheartedly and bring out the best wine in the village, and if it is an enemy, it is necessary to fight with all its might, inviting the strongest warriors in the village, and the enemies who come to challenge will often directly explain that they are coming to ask for a duel, and do not take any strategy, because what they seek is also to fight with the strong, which is the way of survival of the Shura people.

Interestingly, the citizens of a village or town tend to oppress and insult the people, because the citizens have such power, and the citizens of the village and town are in a dominant position, which is reasonable. In war, there are few things where the strong rely on strength to torture and kill the weak, even if the two sides have a deep hatred, the two armies are opposite, and the two armies are always strong against the strong, and the weak against the weak, which is precisely because of the Shura people's belief in war.

Therefore, every Shura person who has survived until now is a strong man who has experienced a hundred battles and knows all kinds of combat techniques, but this is far stronger than any martial artist in the four countries of the mainland.

The villagers who returned were all masked people, some of them were wounded, and the wounds were covered with some simple herbs, Qiu Wuyi noticed their wounds, obviously the wounds were very fresh, but the injuries of the injured had already healed a little half, and the recovery speed was five or six times faster than that of ordinary Zhenguo people.

Soon the villagers heard about Qiu Wuyi from Meng Lian, and they were all very grateful, because she was the only blacksmith in the village, and every Shura country was vast and sparsely populated, if Meng Lian really suffered something, it would be equivalent to cutting off the villagers' weapon supply, and for the Shura people who couldn't do without fighting, it was almost a fatal disaster, and it was even more terrible than a poor harvest in the fields.

However, the atmosphere in the village did not become much cheerful, except for a few children who were not too old and did not think so much.

Because there were still a lot of deaths on this trip, Shi Tian, the ruler of Boiling Spring Village, ordered to search for seeds and precious ores to increase the strength of the village, and exchange them for more cultivation resources, but seven young people who were in a good time died, even people with bad brains knew what it meant to lose more than they lost.

The atmosphere also affected Qiu Wuyi to some extent, and his identity as a "traveler" was not stable, and once something was exposed, it could bring trouble, so he just exchanged a few words with the villagers.

"Your Excellency is back!"

"It's my lord!"

At the entrance of the village, some villagers who were busy immediately stood in place, bent down and bowed, Qiu Wuyi hid behind the door of Meng Lian's house and looked, sure enough, this person was not wearing a mask.

Although there is no mask, Shi Tian's clothes are not much better than the villagers, think about it, at most, it is only a village of more than a hundred people, and the citizens are equivalent to the village head, and the waist bag cannot be too fat.

In fact, Qiu Wuyi was wrong, except for a few people who lived in the capital and held great power, the life of the vast majority of Shura people was very simple, they did not pursue enjoyment, the only thing they pursued was strength, even if they had excess property, they would exchange it for medicine, weapons and other cultivation resources, and the only luxury in ordinary times was wine.

Shi Tian's age is not young, Qiu Wuyi doesn't know what the lifespan of the Shura people is, judging from the appearance, Shi Tian is probably over forty years old, and his tall and thin figure has no flaws, and he knows at a glance that this is a person of extraordinary strength. His face was just as thin, with two very small mustaches on his lips, but the color of the beard was extremely heavy, as if there were two extra ink spots on his face.

"Meng Lian is back?

Shi Tian's every move didn't have much to offer, he waved his hand roughly to the villagers, and called someone to ask, obviously he had already received the news from someone in advance, Qiu Wuyi speculated that it might be someone who was guarding outside the village.

"Yes, my lord, she brought back the ore you need!"

A villager said excitedly.

"Oh? good, good, hahaha. ”

Shi Tian's face melted suddenly, after sending eight people, he was expecting to come back about halfway, but the continuous bad news made his mood worse and worse, although now there is only one Meng Lian left, but it is better than the annihilation of the whole army, although this is far from satisfying him.

Now that Shi Tian has begun to plan the next exploration operation and add Meng Lian to the shortlist again, he needs to become stronger too much, and if he shrinks into this border village like this, I am afraid that he will not be able to become stronger for the rest of his life.

Regarding Qiu Wuyi, he didn't take it seriously, he was just a traveler, it was very common, especially at the border between the two countries, seeing that Qiu Wuyi also bowed, Shi Tian also nodded, completely leaving this traveler behind, and didn't even ask a word.

Qiu Wuyi's bow is naturally not because of the class difference between the people and the citizens, according to age, Shi Tian is much older, at least the uncle, for the elders, bowing is nothing, and it can be regarded as basic politeness.

If he knelt down like the emperor, Qiu Wuyi would definitely not accept it.

"Your Excellency!"

Meng Lian, like all the villagers, bowed to Shi Tian.

"You are very good, you have completed the task I assigned, and for you, you have also crossed a difficult test, which will be of great help to your cultivation in the future, everything is not in vain, show me the things. ”

Shi Tian, who became serious, did have a bit of a leader's demeanor, at least these few words were not bad, but Qiu Wuyi frowned on the side, because Shi Tian's words were a little too contrived, and they were already a little different from the character of the Shura people.

"Yes!"

Meng Lian had already divided the various ores he brought back into several categories and moved them to the door one by one.

During the conversation just now, Qiu Wuyi learned from the villagers that the village's income mainly comes from the mines, and this "income" includes the annual taxes paid to the national capital, so in the end, there will be nothing left, the reason is that the value of minerals is too low, that is, ordinary iron and coal.

In the country of Lucun, the mineral deposits are very rich, and the same is true of other Shura countries, but the country is too large and the population is too small, plus the terrain and climate are extremely harsh, although many precious ores exist, people have no ability or luck to get them, so Meng Lian's journey is so dangerous.

Qiu Wuyi didn't recognize a single ore, and the metal used in the country of Shura was completely different from that of the four countries on the mainland, so he could only be silent on the sidelines.

Shi Tian nodded, but there was no trace of a smile on his face, although the ore that Meng Lian brought back was all useful, and it was also something he urgently needed, but the quantity was too small, and he could barely even build the weapons he used, how could he take them out in exchange for resources?

Many villagers stood not far away and watched, seeing that Shi Tian's face was cloudy, they didn't dare to take the initiative to say anything.

"Is that all?"

Shi Tian's lips seemed to be tightly closed when he spoke, as if he was playing ventriloquism, obviously in a bad mood.

"Yes. ”

Meng Lian knew that Shi Tian might be dissatisfied, so she would not hesitate to risk her life to bring back as many things as possible, but this was the case, so she could only stand honestly in front of Shi Tian and bow her head.

"Although you succeeded, but they failed, I am not satisfied with this result, so prepare for the next action. ”

Shi Tian's stern gaze fell on Meng Lian's head for a long time, and the onlookers were silent, and in the end, Shi Tian could only sigh slightly, there was no point in being angry now, and he couldn't bring anything.

"Yes. ”

For Shi Tian's order, Meng Lian had no second choice but to accept it, and the other villagers were the same, because he was a citizen, the ruler of the village, his will was everything, and the people had to give everything for the citizens, which was the power of the strong.

"Wait, what's that?

Shi Tian was about to turn around and leave, his eyes swept away, but he saw a few strange things on the side of Meng Lian's furnace, Jiaolong Gold is very valuable, and it can only be obtained by defeating powerful demonic beasts, and the probability of encountering demonic beasts is very low, and it is completely impossible to carry out large-scale hunting.

The value of a few dragon gold is enough to top all the remaining ores, and it is a good material for crafting weapons.

Meng Lian put the Jiaolong Gold by the furnace, but did not hand it over to himself, and Shi Tian's expression, which had finally eased a little, immediately sank again.

"My lord, Jiaolong is metal to this traveler, he saved my life, and I must repay him. ”

Meng Lian hurriedly stepped in front of Qiu Wuyi and explained.

"Ridiculous! You're cheating!"

Shi Tian suddenly roared, and his whole face turned purple.

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