When it comes to entrusted tasks in the dark market, ordinary people will immediately think of the work of thieves and killers, if the scope is wider, mercenaries are also one of them, and they are entrusted to attack a certain stronghold, or hunt some kind of fierce beast, or even collectively search for lost property, or complete some unbelievable work.

However, those organizations that control the dark market do not simply distribute and mediate work, and sometimes in order to attract talents, they also use some methods to test and absorb target people.

Proposing some difficult bounties or holding competitions are common tactics, but they are only found in some metropolises, because if there is not enough money and profits, these eye-catching solicitation advertisements will definitely not make money in the first place.

Feiyun Oasis is of course a big place, the amount of money flowing daily in its heyday, Lixiada Port may not be able to compete with it, and there are often some competitions in the market, as long as you win the ranking, you will attract attention and become a sought-after figure for all parties.

Wen Quzhi didn't plan to take advantage of this to find a job, but he was very interested in the bonus, Xiangxue had no business talent at all, if she didn't steal, rob or cheat, the limit of what she could earn in four hours would never be as high as the prize money of the competition.

It's just that in a bunch of games, you must choose carefully if you are suitable, although the martial arts ring and the like, the bonus amount is high, and there are bets outside the court, so you can get a vote steadily, but your body, if you can not touch the side of the fight, you can try to flash away, and if you want to get rich, it is best to rely on other ways.

After several selections, Wen Quzhi took a fancy to the project of the unlocking competition, and it was written on the notice that as long as you go to the designated place and complete several designated problems, you will be rewarded with a bonus, and there is no registration fee.

“...... You don't have to pay a fee, and it's not the kind of competition that cheats on handling fees and registration fees to cheat money, so you can try it. ”

After confirming the target, Wen Quzhi went to the designated place, for the sake of safety, after separating from Long Yun'er and the others, his appearance has changed, and he has become a beard with thick hair, although his thin body, with a big beard and thick eyebrows, looks very incongruous, but he can't care about it.

I didn't hurry to the designated place, it was a stall under the awning, the appearance was quite simple, an old man with a white cloth wrapped in his head, wearing a white robe, sitting on a rattan chair, holding a cigarette in his hand, smoking slowly, next to four baskets, each with a bunch of locks thrown in it.

In front of the stall, a clearing was cleared, more than a dozen people were holding different locks, each casting their own tricks, trying to open the lock, Wen Quzhi glanced at it, and had roughly recognized the locks in the four baskets, the difficulty was different, one was higher than the other, it was just a test of ability.

Wen Quzhi walked to the white-robed old man, and saw a book on the coffee table on his left, which was full of signatures, and was about to fill in his fake name when the old man suddenly spoke.

"Bearded, you can pick the lock?"

"Heh, old man, will you eat?"

calmly replied, making the old man in the white robe happy, stretching out his cigarette bucket horizontally, blocking Wen Quai's hand to sign an autograph.

"If you can open the lock, you can sign it again, so you don't have to waste the book. ”

"Four locks of different levels are the competition? What are the prizes? There is always a reward for each level, right?"

Wen Quzhi asked with a smile, and the old man pointed to the four tin plates on the table, the first with candy in it, the second with ten coppers, and the third and fourth with one and ten pieces of silver respectively.

From the first level to the end, the most reward, only ten pieces of broken silver ingots, and a little money did not extinguish Wen's interest in getting sick, but made him recall the past.

“...... The worst thing is that there is a candy to eat, and there is no need to pay for it, Feiyun Oasis is really a good place to be kind. ”

"Really?"

The old man in the white robe smiled and said, a person who held the wire and smashed the lock on his hand for a long time, but failed to open it, was full of shame, and wanted to return the lock and the wire, the old man didn't look at it, he flew up directly, kicked him out, flew straight out of seven or eight meters, rolled a few times when he landed, and spit blood in his mouth, but he didn't rush here to take a look, and ran away in a hurry.

"Phew, useless things, wasting Lao Tzu's time, it's cheap to break a few bones. ”

The old man cursed, and another subject took the lock in his hand and handed it over, which was the lock taken out of the second basket, and he could receive ten coppers, but when he handed over the lock, he suddenly shot like lightning, grabbed the ten silver ingots in the plate next door, and ran away.

...... Those who are good at picking locks are usually thieves!

...... Thieves steal things, they don't have to pick locks!

The thief was in good shape, and he rushed out of the shed and ran wildly, but he had just run out of the range of the shed, when he suddenly glanced at the knife out of the corner of his eye, and his body was inexplicably light, and then he found that the arm holding the silver ingot had fallen, and the pain of the broken arm made him cry out in tears.

Under the shed, a dark-skinned man, armed with a scimitar, appeared silently, picked up the fallen hand, broke his fingers, put the silver ingot back on the plate, bowed to the old man, and then retreated into the shadows, his breath completely hidden.

The white-robed old man smoked indifferently, as if these swords and swords had never happened, and looked at Wen Quai, "When the thief has heavy eyesight, just for ten silver, leave his hand here, is it worth it? People really can't be spineless, don't you say bearded?"

"Yes, but I'm not interested in sugar......"

Wen Qu didn't answer, he took a big brass lock from the third basket, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Old man, your lock is rusty." ”

"Oh, yes, did anyone say that a rusty lock can't be opened?"

"Well, no one said it couldn't. ”

Wen Quzhi glanced around, removed a feather from the feather ring ornament hanging from the pillar of the shed, and folded it.

"Many people think that lockpicking requires iron wire and copper wire, but in fact, if toughness is required, this thing is also fine, or even better. ”

Wen Quzhi said, the feather handle was stirred in the lock again, feeling the vibration of the reed in the middle, and with a skillful prie, he untied the big lock and threw it into the basket, less than three seconds before and after, and then took out a large lock with three keyholes from the fourth basket.

"It's kind of interesting...... Concentric lock ......"

The three key holes need to be opened by the same key in turn, but Wen Quzhi knows that if there is only a key and the opening order is wrong, then when the latter one is opened, the lock that was opened before will be re-locked and returned to the original point.

"It's delicate, but it's ...... It's a bit outdated. Wen Quzhi chuckled and said: "There is no god shop, the last level of the test, is it only so simple?"

The old man said: "This is just a small shop in the oasis, and it can't represent anyone, but since you have said so, then, distinguished guest, please use this tool in your hand to open the concentric lock." ”

"This concentric lock doesn't have the correct key, if you want to use a tool to force it open, there must be at least three of them, how can you open it if you only give me one? I just said the wrong thing, now I apologize, can you give me another chance?"

Wen Quzhi said apology, there was no apology on his face, and the old man also looked blank.

"No? At least let me change it? This one has already been folded, so you can't let me use a broken tool, right?"

Wen Quzhi walked towards the feather ring, but before he took a step, there was a breath coming out from the four corners of the shed, and four black and strong scimitar men approached with knives, murderous, and roughly judged, at least there was a middle-level cultivator, but the breath on their bodies made Wen Quzhi vaguely feel inappropriate, and this judgment may not be accurate.

"It seems that there is no negotiation, well, the godless shop is really unfriendly to the thief......"

Wen Quzhi returned to the lock, inserted the damaged feathers into the keyhole in the center, looked at the keyholes vacated on the left and right, and smiled embarrassedly.

The white-robed old man said: "The godless shop is not friendly to people who have no ability, but it has always welcomed people who have ability, in order to give you the opportunity to prove your talent, now I count from one to ten, if you can't open it before that, the four of them will cut off your head." ”

"Hey, if you don't play like this, can I just take a candy and leave without money?"

"Ten ......"

The old man counted, Wen Quzhi hurriedly moved, but only to pick the lock, the three keyholes made the same sound, not only the feathers were broken, but the two keyholes next to it were also closed, cutting off the door to operate.

"Bearded, come to Feiyun Oasis in the next life, remember to be modest, the only ones who can open this lock in ten seconds are Bai Ju Langjun and Thunder God Thief back then, unless you have their skills, otherwise, it will not be your turn to be empty-eyed. ”

Wen Quzhi cried with a sad face, "I just want to attract attention, can't I admit that I am wrong?"

"Six ......"

"Hey, old fellow, are you jumping?"

"Five ......"

A few seconds later, the smile on Wen Quzhi's face disappeared, and he raised one palm and slapped it on the concentric lock, and at the same time, the other palm pressed on the lock, and the moment of collision, the inner reed was almost undetectable and slightly vibrate.

The body constructed by the Aether Corpse Gu is not the same as the body of ordinary flesh and blood, and it has abilities far beyond ordinary people in terms of sensitivity, which is the capital of self-confidence.

"Four ......"

...... The world still does not know that the essence of the Shattered Star Cluster is a fraud group, and the essence of the four martial gods is fundamentally different from the image shown, including the famous Thunder God Thief.

...... Lao Shang, that guy, has the title of a thief, but he doesn't have a little understanding of the mechanism that is the basis of the thief, and his strategy for dealing with traps has always been to forcibly break through and rampage.

...... It has always been himself who taught him to pick locks, helped him make up for all kinds of organ knowledge, and single-handedly pushed him to the position of a thief, and at the earliest, he had to carry himself every time he stole ......

"Three ......"

Wen Quai's serious hand slapped twice, and the closed concentric lock popped open, and the white-robed old man with wide-eyed eyes was even so surprised that he forgot to shout two, and watched Wen Quzhi throw the concentric lock back into the basket with a calm smile on his face.

"Old man, what did you just say?

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