(6) The strong man in the deep alley (above)
Chen Li is now poor and white.
Chen Li now has no backers.
The Chen family is also very poor and in decline, facing the danger of completely bankrupting and dissolving the family.
Even if the Chen family is rich, Chen Li's status in the Chen family is also worrying.
Chen Li can make potions, and there are many other kinds of life skills knowledge or skill books, or recipes, or production methods. But these methods can't be sold, and there are no trustworthy connections.
Chen Li didn't have herbs, so he couldn't make potions. I don't have the money to buy herbs, and I can't afford to pick them.
Chen Li has no force value, and although he is a mage, he is incapable of casting magic.
Although he used to be a top swordsman, he is now weak in his limbs.
The friends he made in Wind and Snow City in his previous life didn't know this body at all, not to mention, at this point in time, he was still unaccompanied in his previous life.
And now this body, I didn't have any friends at all before, and I have been living in a mess.
He can't stop stealing money, what's going on!
In such a predicament, Chen Li thought about it repeatedly, except for the memories of his previous life, he still had no resources to use.
And the memories, skills, and formulas of the previous life dare not be easily exposed. So......
Just when Chen Li, who was repeatedly entangled and all his thoughts and Jihua were hitting a wall everywhere, suddenly remembered a true story he heard in his previous life.
A story about the archmage hiding in the countryside......
The mages in the continent are divided into two stages: 'mages and mages', and the mage stage is divided into two levels: the first mage and the archmage. There are two levels: the First Magister and the Holy Magister.
Before the Demon Invasion War, it was the most glorious time for the continent's combat power, and it was also the most glorious time for the development of various skills. At that time, there had been a highest-level mage, defined by everyone as a holy magister, and he was a top-level existence at level 27.
Before the 18th level mage, they all belonged to the mage stage and did not enter the mage stage.
There was once a story in Blizzard City, where a level 17 archmage wanted to break through the barrier and become a level 18 primordial mage, and once lurked in one of the most sloppy and impoverished alleys in Blizzard City, concentrating on studying spells and his own barrier.
It is said that this is a very stubborn and temperamental old man, but even with so many shortcomings, according to legend, he is still a very emotional old stubborn old man.
Chen Li pursed his lips and couldn't help but think: I don't know, I don't know if I have the honor to know this old man.
This is the only entry point he can think of.
Chen Li didn't dare to delay, and when he thought of it, he followed his memory and walked towards the streets of the old district in the southeast corner of Fengxue City.
He had only seen this old man once in his previous life, and it was a security mission that they did together.
In his memory, the old man was thin and had shaved hair, which was very different from other people's long hairstyles such as combing or loosening long hair.
The old man was thin, but his eyes were bright, and he was never dressed well, but he was very enchanted. It belongs to the type that does not look amazing when walking on the road, and fights with cows.
Chen Li spent all afternoon walking the streets and alleys, hungry and didn't care, thinking about what to do in the future, thinking about ideas one by one, considering implementation one by one, and then deleting them one by one.
Walk to the small alley in the southeast corner that is about to go out of the city, the walls on both sides of the alley are 2 meters high, and a few meters from the partition wall is a large wooden door, and all kinds of sundries are piled up at the door, so that the small alley is rugged and twisted, and some places even have to squeeze in sideways.
The smell of dampness and decay filled the surroundings, Chen Li closed his eyes and tried to feel the elements around him, using all his strength and spirit to condense his spirit, so that he could feel some hints of the fire element.
Those fire elementals jumped out like the most active sparks, constantly boiling, with the hot and exciting attribute of the fire elemental traveling alone.
This had already made Chen Li slightly excited, and in other positions before, it was difficult for him to quickly feel the fire element. It can be felt here, which means that the density of fire elements here must be higher than in other places. Otherwise, with his current level of spiritual power, it would be impossible to feel anything.
He suppressed the boiling emotions in his heart, and squeezed sideways through the alley, trying not to touch the old wooden chair behind Luo Chengshan and the pile of broken copper and iron on his chest. Looking hard into the alley, the long alley leads directly to the city wall, and there are towering trees inside and outside the city wall, so the light in the alley is not very good.
Chen Li's palms were sweating, if he met the old man Bai Qi, how he should contact the other party, he didn't have any idea in his heart. thought that after 2 months, if he didn't have the money to buy herbs for Zhao Anning, he wouldn't have the money to settle Zhao Anning...... He delayed Zhao Anning for two months in vain, maybe Zhao Anning also missed the opportunity in his life......
Chen Li pursed his lips, his eyes kept scanning around, and his heart was pounding like a drum.
Although he hadn't really begun to learn magic yet, he had tried to follow some of the meditation tricks he had memorized before, and his previous experience had assisted this body in the meditation methods, and his mental strength had improved.
Because his soul is the soul of a strong swordsman, his spiritual power is many times stronger than that of his peers, and now that he specializes in cultivation, he has become stronger.
Chen Li took a deep breath and felt that the concentration of the magic elements around him seemed to be increasing.
I was wondering if I would be found if I saw the old man, what excuse I would make, or how to investigate......
An old man in the front right, with a yellowed wet towel around his head, was moving a wooden bucket with his head down and laboriously walking into the yard. His waist was deeply bent, his back was bent, and his arms were thin as if they had no muscles.
Chen Li turned his gaze away and continued to look forward, but found that the old man was carrying a bucket of water, and he was really worried that the old man had broken his waist.
Before he could think about it, Chen Li had already walked over and said, "Old man, let me help you." As he spoke, he reached for the other party's bucket.
The old man was taken away by Chen Li, and then straightened his waist and looked at Chen Li, and before he could say anything about to expel him, he saw that although Chen Li's clothes were shabby, they were very neat, not like the kind of thugs who would snatch people's buckets and make trouble, so he didn't open his mouth to drive them away.
He took a step back, and was not polite, and did not say a word of thanks, but pointed to the big sauce-colored water tank in his narrow courtyard and said, "Pour the water there." ”
The old lady sitting at the door of the next room looked at Chen Li and the old man with a fan, and said with a smile: "Little brother, don't pour water for Old Man Bai, he won't repay you." You might as well fetch me water, and I'll treat you to my pickled side dishes. ”
The old lady grinned, originally thinking that Chen Li would throw away Old Man Bai's bucket and come over to help her fetch water, after all, Old Man Bai's command tone was really not good.
But after Chen Li saw the face of the old man Bai who straightened up, he was stunned at first, and then without saying a word, he walked towards the dirty and narrow courtyard of the old man Bai with a bucket.
He stepped over a small upside-down three-legged bench, skirted a slippery chunk of moss, stepped on a little uneven stone path, walked to the water tank, lifted the bucket high, and poured water into it.
The pleasant sound of water made Chen Li's mood better.
I really didn't know how to find his old man, so I let him run into him. I didn't know how to approach the old man, but I actually encountered the old man who needed to fetch water.
Isn't it like someone handed a pillow when you are sleepy?
Chen Li suppressed the excitement in his heart, if someone found out, his behavior would be too weird, and the archmage would definitely be on guard.
So, he pursed his lips, tried to put on an honest expression, and said with a smile: "I don't need to thank you, I'm looking for someone around here, I don't know if the old man knows a one-horned deerman, a blue-haired boy, I forgot to ask where he lives." Chen Li casually made up a reason and moved Zhao Anning out.
Archmage Bai frowned, put his hands behind his back, thought about it, and said unhappily: "No impression, I don't know!"
Chen Li was not annoyed, he smiled, turned his head and saw that the old man's water tank was not full, only a low layer of water on the ground, and if he wanted to scoop water, he had to use a small water bowl hanging on the side of the tank and tied with a rope.
"Where do you get water?" Chen Li raised his eyebrows, pretending to be innocent and natural.
Bai Qi looked at Chen Li's jiashi who wanted to help him fetch water, and thought about it, he was tired to death every time he fetched water, and he had to fill the water tank before night every day, so that the amount of water was enough for night.
The old man was very hesitant to take advantage of this, but when he looked at the bucket and touched his waist, the old man snorted, "You are a body, I want you to fill the water tank, I don't know when." Saying that, he glanced at Chen Li with disgust and pursed his lips.
He touched his pocket, should he pay for a laborer to help fetch water?
But he hates people with many mouths the most, and he is so annoying that he would rather do it himself.
Bai Qi touched his waist again, he hated doing manual work the most.
Raised his head and looked at Chen Li, "I'll give you 10 copper coins today, you can help me fill up the water." "He really didn't want to continue fetching water today.
Chen Li smiled and scratched his head, "No need to give money, I'm not short of money." Saying this, Chen Li was ashamed of his lies. But if he collects money, this behavior will be reversed, he will definitely not accept the money from the archmage, "Let's help the old man fill the water tank with water today, anyway, I have nothing to do at this time." After that, he pulled his lips and smiled at the right time, with an indescribable honest expression.
It was very different from what he looked like when he was in the Apothecary Guild today.
Chen Li didn't wait for the old man to regret it, picked up the wooden barrel and walked outside, stood at the door, and pointed out the alley, "Is the well over there?"
Bai Qi nodded, "Turn right." ”
Chen Li nodded and walked over with the wooden barrel.
The old lady sitting at the door watched Chen Li struggling to shuttle through the narrow alley, and couldn't help but smile funny: "Are there still people who are willing to help the old white man?" and then looked at Bai Qi, who was standing at the door with an unhappy face, and said: "I thought you were a pout, and everyone didn't like to take care of you." ”
Bai Qi snorted coldly and ignored the old lady.
Chen Li walked ahead, because of his strong mental strength, when he heard the old lady's words, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, you don't know, grandma, that white old pouts, and with a flick of his fingers, he can kill you. You scolded him for, but he was still alive, which means that the old man has a good temper, okay......
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