Chapter 41 Interlocking
The rest of the NPCs in the village who have not been in contact with each other maintain the same attitude.
…… I don't know.
Everything I could mention, I mentioned it to almost everyone who inquired, shaking my head repeatedly, leaving me to consider the do-it-yourself option.
According to Uncle Leatherman, the Land Temple is not too far from the village, but now that the lights are dark, the blind man will not gain much by burying his head in the search.
I really had no tricks, so I had to turn to Bai Yuyang, the only online person in my friends list.
But for me, this task has become a deadlock, but it was instantly cracked by Bai Yu Feiyang.
"I said, didn't you suspect the old lady? Where did she get that map? For such a big task, why don't you find someone else, just you? Do you have honey on you? ”
The rude on-demand made me pause.
Coupled with the [Dust Covering Spell] given to me by the village chief, that unusually generous mantra, the matter has actually been clarified a long time ago.
The old lady has a relationship with the village chief.
"It's still you! Thinking so clearly? Thank you! I'll go to you after this mission, don't dislike it. When the time comes, look at my sexy soy sauce, online deduction 6. ”
"No problem, feel free to contact us."
Hanging up the call of Bai Yu Feiyang, I went straight to the corner of the street where the old lady set up a stall during the day, this lady still had too many things hidden in her stomach, and she didn't spit it out for me.
When I arrived at the street corner, the old lady was selling umbrellas as usual, and when she heard my inquiry, the old lady just replied indifferently: "Yes, it is true that the village chief asked me to find you, saying that only you can do this task, and that if you ask, let me tell you who to go to." ”
I'm damn it! ……
Old lady, you were a monkey when you were young, right? Can't we finish the conversation in one breath? You're still squatting here in the middle of the night, waiting for the rabbit to laugh at me, aren't you? There aren't a single ghost, and you still sell umbrellas, so you're afraid that the moon will sunburn you, right?
"The village chief said that there is a mysterious person who lives in seclusion there after walking a distance outside the east of the village, and you can go to him if you need to." After making sure that the old lady had no other clues, I went straight to the east of the village.
I walked along the road outside the east of the village for a while, and I easily eliminated many minions and monsters who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and I had already walked almost five miles.
Then, around the corner of a small hill, I saw a temple.
Land Temple.
There was nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get them, and a clue actually gave me two answers.
I have never run this far here, so I am not familiar with the environment here, and I can still encounter this land temple in the middle of the night in this boundless wilderness, and I can only thank Lady Luck for her patronage.
Different from the very small land temple in the usual perception, this land temple is the size of an ordinary house, but there is no courtyard wall, just a lonely temple.
Pushing open the wooden door and entering, there was no statue incense burner inside, only the murals on the wall, empty and a little desolate, and in the room at a glance, there was no similar stone slab that Uncle Leather Smith had said.
I pulled out the psychedelic eye from my backpack to see if I could trigger any hidden effects.
And the moment the slate appeared, the vaguely clear figure in front of me also confirmed the correctness of my guess, it's true that I've played so many online games, and I still understand a little bit about the plot mechanism.
"Good boy, what the old stone said is really good, there is indeed something." The figure gradually stood still, and a beggar with various wine gourds and small wooden signs hanging from his body appeared with a smile, walking in front of me and looking up and down.
This beggar knows me, and it seems that he is an acquaintance of the village chief.
And the beggar was quite unruly, and took the slate directly from my hand, and held it in his hand and whispered some incantation, only to see that the slate seemed to fade, and slowly turned into wood, and then he hung it on his body, and became part of the worn-out ornament.
"Player Xingyu completes the quest [Crack the Seven Trick Array] and obtains [Silver] *5 and experience point *150000."
"Congratulations on your upgrade, current level 22."
The sudden surprise made me a little confused, and it really had the benefit of being delivered to the door?
"In this way, this sealing spell has been completely dismantled by me, haha!" The beggar patted the wooden sign and laughed loudly.
Then, he settled his mood and invited me to sit on the floor.
"Up to now, you must have too many doubts in your heart, since you are the heir of the old stone, then I will tell you everything one by one.
Thousands of years ago, the dementor woman cultivated into a demon, and was sealed on the Soul Mountain by the Demon Suppressor for the sake of harming one party; Thousands of years later, the major main cities have been different from the past, and now they are their own kings, competing with each other, in order to get more powerful combat power, Huangfu City moved the mind of the dementor. ”
What Uncle Beggar said made me more and more shocked, who would have thought that the matter of the dementor woman would actually implicate Huangfu City.
He took off the wooden signs hanging on his body one by one, placed them on the ground, and gradually formed the shape of a human face.
"The soul is dementored, the seven creatures are alive, the floating slaughter is a tower, and the gossip returns to the yuan."
"What does that mean?"
I don't understand the obscure and profound truths at all, so I can only ask more questions.
"The art of soul dementoring is to snatch the soul in the body of the living soul from the seven orifices, these seven brands correspond to the seven orifices of the person, and use these seven stone slabs to set up the 'Seven Apertures Exquisite Array', just to capture the souls of the whole village!"
When the beggar uncle said this, he was so angry that he raised his palm and fell, and his strong internal force smashed these wooden cards.
"Yinxian Village looks like a wilderness, but it is actually a village on top of a hill, but the top of the hill is extremely wide, so at first glance it seems to have no edge; And this mountain range is the legendary Soul Mountain; How could the seal made by the power of such a vast and stretching mountain range be broken by a little witch? ”
According to the beggar uncle, there is actually another reason why the seal of the dementor was broken?
"Could it be that Huangfu City did it?" Following his words, I said my opinion.
"That's right", the point of view was affirmed, the beggar uncle took out a scroll from his arms, which was full of drawings like a map, he took the scroll, pointed to the things on it and explained to me: "Yinxian Village is located on the dragon vein of Zhensoul Mountain, the village has a unique aura advantage, dare to cover this land temple on the head of the mountain god, it also just shows the auspiciousness of this place, the little fairy idle god dare not care; The magic power of the Dementor Woman Seal for thousands of years is exhausted, and Huangfu City is ready to sacrifice the lives of the entire village of Yinxian Village to be used as a good remedy for the Soul Woman's healing. ”
The depth of the task is gradually terrifying, and the originally simple task of sealing demons has risen to an incredible level.
"Otherwise, when the witch was sealed by you, why could the imperial city take over the village so quickly? Yinxian Village has long been under their supervision, but you have become an extraneous factor. ”
The beggar's words have solved many of my long-standing questions, and if the Imperial City is really behind the scenes, then many unscientific places will become smooth.
"But isn't the Dementor dead?" With this question, I asked the beggar uncle.
"If the Dementor is really gone, then there is no need for Yinxian Village to govern, why would the Imperial City spend manpower to continue to govern this remote village? They still spared no effort and sent people to scatter these array eyes throughout the village, which showed that they were also preparing to resurrect the Dementor again. When I got the news of the old stone, I rushed here as soon as possible, just to save these innocent people! ”
"Shaoxia, are you willing to help me and save the people of the whole village from fire and water?"
The beggar uncle looked at me seriously with an extremely serious attitude.
"Did the player Xingyu choose to help the exorcist?"
The sudden appearance of the option made me unprepared, but no matter what the follow-up is, I still hope to continue to walk.
"Yes!"
"Player Xingyu accepts the hidden mission: [Vicissitudes of the Righteous Path]."
【Vicissitudes of the Right Path】
Mission Description: Find evidence of the Imperial City's role as a tiger and find out where the Dementor is hiding; Assist the exorcists, completely eliminate the Dementors, and destroy all the conspiracy of the emperor's high-level leaders! Solve the crisis in Yinxian Village!
"The Imperial City has set up this formation in the village, and this temple is where the center of the formation was originally placed, and now that the formation has been completely cracked, the Imperial City will inevitably find other ways to resurrect the Dementor Woman, we must find the place where the Dementor Woman's real body is hiding as soon as possible and destroy it, otherwise the Imperial City will not stop."
After saying this, a blue name suddenly appeared on the top of Uncle Beggar's empty head, which means that he has become a friendly NPC.
"The Exorcist ......", looking at the name, I have an indescribable familiarity, as if it is déjà vu.
"Uncle, do you know what the Soul Grass is?" If the village chief knew about the old lady's grandson, then this exorcist would probably have some eyebrows.
"Calming grass? What does it do, you ask? However, the attitude of the exorcist was completely unaware.
I told him everything I had done.
"It's broken! The Imperial City is going to sacrifice a child's body and forcibly use the Soul Suppression Grass to help the Dementor Woman recover! It seems that they have mastered the true body of the Dementor, and without further ado, I will go first. The exorcist muttered to himself in shock, then said a cursory goodbye to me, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Isn't it used to cure diseases?
In this way, it seems that the village chief did not tell Aunt Wang that Zhenluo Cao can cure the disease, but after the village chief learned about Zhenluo Cao, he told the old lady to come to me, and Bacheng was to borrow my mouth so as to convey the news to the exorcist.
In this case, that Langzhong is someone else, and it is a person from the Imperial City, and I am definitely not the only one looking for that Zhenlucao.
Unexpectedly, the fortune teller who placed the formation and Lang Zhong who instructed him to find medicine were all hostile forces.
It didn't do any good to stay, and after the exorcists left, I quickly returned to the city, trying to get a clue about them before the Imperial City found the Grass of the Spirits.
And now I am not as clueless as before, although the Imperial City is hostile to me, but they are in the light, I am in the dark, this is my biggest advantage at present, and according to my inference, there must be something unsightly hidden in the [Huangfu City Garrison].
"Hello little brother, I have an urgent matter to find your captain." When I came to the door again, it was still the two familiar guards guarding the door.
"The captain is busy, I don't see you." Without the recommendation of the patrol guards, the two of them even omitted the steps to go in and report.
"It's urgent, it's about the Dementor." I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf, so I can only throw bricks and reveal some effective information in exchange for trust.
The two looked at each other, their expressions becoming a little solemn, and after a brief whisper, one of them ran towards the courtyard.
"The captain let you in." When I came back, I got the results I wanted.
Without further ado, I hurried into the courtyard and found that there were not as many guards as I had imagined, only a few idle guards wandering around.
Entering the lobby of the mansion, inside is a beard dressed in iron armor and equipped with a scimitar at his waist, with [Captain of the Guard] marked on the top of his head.
"Who are you? Why do you know about the Dementors? ”
The captain was straightforward, and when he came up, he asked me straight to the point.
"It's just an idle ranger, and I also accidentally learned that someone wanted to resurrect the Dementor, so I came to tell my lord." The actor is possessed, and I started to flicker mode.
Hearing the word "resurrection", he showed an unnatural behavior, then calmed down and continued to ask me in a stupid tone: "Then where did you get this news from?" ”
I rolled my eyes and laughed a few times, "Don't get me wrong, I just heard it from a Lang Zhong, if I can find the Soul Suppression Grass, I can help dispel this Dementor Woman; I came to find an adult today, and I have no other meaning, just to ask the adult for a way to find the calming grass and contribute to the great event of subduing demons; If I can find this grass, I hope the adults ......, hehe, I can give some silver taels~"
Usually I always think that I am quite a decent person, but when I really substitute into such a deceitful role, I am very handy, I really don't know if it is talented, or I have the true legend of a thin man......
Hearing my explanation, the bearded captain smiled with relief, and his guarded eyes relaxed a lot, completely treating me as a little money fan with an eye for money.
"No problem, no problem, you have this heart to eliminate harm for the people, we will naturally support it, if you really bring the calming grass, the benefits will naturally be indispensable to you." As he spoke, the captain took out a roll of cloth from his bosom and handed it to me.
"Obtain the item [Scroll of Tranquility]."
After thanking the captain for his kindness, I hurried out of the hall and headed out of the village.
【Scroll】
Item Description: Collect the following materials to craft the Calming Grass.
Material requirements: [Night Flower]*1, [Jishi Flower*1], [Yin and Yang Flower]*1.
“YES! As I expected! "When I saw the need for materials, I couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
Since the four NPCs, including the drugstore owner, the blacksmith shop owner, the leather shop owner, and the tailor shop owner, all have communication with the mission, the clues they provide must come in handy, otherwise just design a few useless lines of dialogue, wouldn't the planners be a little boring?
Uncle Blacksmith was an NPC directly related to my Formation Cracking, and the inspiration I received from Uncle Smith for the same slate allowed me to successfully summon an exorcist in the Land Temple.
The necessity of these two NPCs in the quest has been demonstrated, so the remaining drugstore owner and tailor shop owner, the clues they provide will definitely be indispensable to the quest.
My bold conjecture was undoubtedly affirmed after coming to the [Calm Spirit Scroll].
[Nightflower], which was obtained on the way to complete the task given to us by the tailor shop owner, so it seems that this is the task clue that the tailor shop owner character can provide, and it is also a crucial task material.
But the task is not very clear at the moment.
The task of the pharmacy owner is to rescue Aunt Wang's grandson, but now the way to rescue the old lady's grandson is to find the Zhenluo grass, if you really find the Zhenluo grass, then the old lady's grandson will be used by the imperial city to resurrect the dementor, and the task of the pharmacy owner is still not complete.
A paradoxical deadlock.