Zhao Wenrui remembers that once upon a time, when he faced the druid's combat position, he thought of the idea of being flexible, appropriately invested, and carefully observing, so as to facilitate getting off the bus.

It's a pity that the situation is stronger than people, and he finally chose to make a high bet, or even a desperate bet.

Only now did he realize that this path was not in line with his philosophy.

What bothered him the most was that the transcendent combat profession was no better than the ordinary profession.

Most people are not able to pursue the career they wanted to do when they were younger, and many people enter the workforce in a job that has little to do with the major they studied in school.

But so what?

That's the skinny of reality, that's life.

In order to make a living, you have to do it if you are not satisfied, and you have to find a way to do it well.

But in general, although there is a huge gap between the ideal and the reality, it can be done, at least mixed.

However, the holy law system is different, and if you believe in it, you will have it, and if you don't believe it, you will not believe it......

Zhao Wenrui has fully realized the fact that he is now relying on deliberately pleasing nature to maintain his state.

The so-called deliberate currying favor is to brush up hatred points, purify evil places, and plant trees.

Among them, afforestation brings the lowest returns. Because this world is not as large as the earth, the population is already large, which seriously affects the ecological balance.

Lack of faith, hard work to make up for it, as a tool beneficial to nature, nature also tolerated to allow he, a not very religious clergyman, to continue to enjoy the treatment of the clergy.

However, if you want to make further progress, it will be difficult to climb to the sky.

Or to put it another way, promoted to level 16, Zhao Wenrui found himself in a bottleneck. If you want to upgrade again, your faith is no longer as easy to fool as before, and your heart must move closer to the heart of heaven in order to go further, which is a hard requirement, and you refuse to bargain.

The problem arose, but Zhao Wenrui really didn't want to solve it.

It's big to think about.

After half a month of drinking blood in the mountains, Zhao Wenrui finally chose to march to the Duchy of Yutun in the southwest.

Yutun is a buffer zone between Katyn and Baibosa, and the economy is still backward compared to the Holden area, and it was once a place where homeless people, bandits, and criminals gathered.

Neither Katyn nor Baibosa were interested there. But nominally, it is shared by both sides.

Then one day, the king of Baibosa sent an envoy to make a proposal on the ownership of the land, saying that he intended to establish the Duchy of Judon in order to install a royal heir, and that he was willing to pay a sum of money to buy the part that belonged to Katyn.

King Katyn took the opportunity to ask for a lot of money and eventually sold the land at a premium of 50%.

At that time, everyone in the Katyn Kingdom felt that this business was quite cost-effective.

After all, in addition to being barren and lacking in infrastructure, that barren land also has the fatal shortcoming of population shortage, and some people, either the people or the wasters, will only become a burden to the lord, and there is no way to create value.

It wasn't until I heard that a large coal mine had been discovered in south-central Utun.

At that time, the magnates of the Katyn Kingdom could still use the reasons of poor infrastructure, high investment, high excavation and transportation costs, and slow return on investment.

As a result, after two years, I heard that Yutun had a very good quality copper mine. It's in the area that used to belong to Katyn. Now the kingdom is really a little tasty.

Then, the associated ore of the copper mine turned out to be a gold mine, and then the gold ore vein was discovered.

Suddenly, among the Katyn magnates, they scolded King Baibosa for jumping out because of the slender man, and the people also looked at Yuton, who was next to the barren Holden, from the perspective of 'someone else's school's bully son'.

In the end, the two sides fought over this, and the two sides looked more miserable, but neither side had the heart to continue to expand the war, so they sat down at the negotiating table.

As a result of the negotiations, Baibosa paid Katyn a land transfer fee. In addition, if new deposits are discovered in Youton, Katyn accounts for 40%.

This creates a special reality that there are quite a few Katyns in the land of Yutun, and the Katyns are more interested in the exploration of Yuton's resources than the Baibosa.

The natives of Blackroot's Feet, the ill-intentioned outsiders, constitute the chaotic social environment of Yutun.

Zhao Wenrui heard that except for two mining areas and a capital, the area is slightly larger than Holden, and the other human towns and villages on an area of more than 1 million square kilometers have no order at all.

Zhao Wenrui feels that this kind of chaotic place is exactly the ideal place for him.

Through the shadow plane, he went straight past some of the border villages and appeared in a more central town, Riverlands.

As the name suggests, this is a river bay.

Originally, it was just a water-based settlement, but because the coal mine borrowed the abundant water resources of the river to transport the output, the river bend became a transit station and gradually developed into a town.

Unlike the great river in the Holden area of the Katyn Kingdom, the river in the Bend Land is of average depth, and its width is much worse than that of the 3-kilometer River, and the water turns a big bend here, and the water is slow, so it freezes in winter.

Zhao Wenrui crossed the frozen river directly and entered the river bay.

Unlike in the Holden area, where even villages did not hesitate to build walls, most of the towns in Lordon had no town walls or walls.

The people here are also plagued by strange monsters, but they rely on the fierce folk customs to deal with it.

Of course, in Zhao Wenrui's eyes, the truth is that there is a lack of order and rules, and there is no leader who convinces everyone, everyone is selfish and unwilling to pay, so they will be responsible for their own destiny and profits.

"In that case, why live next to each other?"

Zhao Wenrui quickly found the answer to this question, because at least a large part of the people here live here in groups with the mentality of 'taking advantage of nothing and dying friends'.

The specifics are shown by a trivial matter.

At that time, he had just entered the town and was looking for a three-in-one facility of bar + restaurant + hostel.

According to the relevant information he knew, a town of this size could support such an industry. At most, depending on the actual situation, add a relatively single-function facility, and he estimates that it will be another bar that can serve some simple meals.

So the way to find facilities is very simple, go to the best section of the town, follow the road, and most of the time you can have a harvest.

As soon as I got on the main road, I saw a miserable girl, a little girl, unkempt, tattered and thin, and her little eyes were very innocent.

Zhao Wenrui knew that the little girl had come out of the house less than 2 minutes ago, and it was likely that she was targeting him. As a great druid, he could feel the breath of life within a radius of about 300 meters, so although there were buildings blocking his view, the little girl's movements could not hide from his eyes.

What's more, now is the coldest day of the year, the cold wind howls, the snow is flying, the snow on the ground is frozen out of a hard shell even if no one is stepping on it, and the cold air is up, more and more biting, this kind of day waiting to guard the fire may not be able to feel warm, not a ghost can be seen on the main road for a long time, there are actually people begging, if this is not targeted, it is just a stupid one to die.

However, the little girl's malnutrition is something that cannot be faked, according to Zhao Wenrui's judgment, with her body and bones, she can survive this winter, and she will also fall into dark injuries, and the frost is almost certain to hang.

Out of cheap sympathy, as well as the display of self-superiority and the satisfaction of vanity, the key is that he has it, so Zhao Wenrui decided to pay for the other party's true performance - a piece of palm-sized dried meat.

This is the demonic beast meat that has been processed by him, and ordinary people in this world can eat it without being poisoned. And there are some extraordinary effects, such as high nutritional value, strong satiety, special nourishment for the body beyond ordinary food, and so on.

And he pondered, in this case, giving food is the most affordable, and if money is given, the little girl will probably not be able to benefit in the end.

It turned out that he thought less, but the little girl held the slightly chilled jerky and nibbled on it twice, but it was just two bites, and an adult flew out, snatched the jerky from the little girl's hand, and ate it in a big gulp.

To be honest, at that moment, Zhao Wenrui almost gave the adult a hard blow.

However, seeing that the other party was a woman, and was also in tattered clothes, with a hungry and cold look on her face, the key was that her appearance was obviously somewhat similar to the little girl, so she didn't do anything.

He realized that this should be the little girl's immediate relative, although this scene of snatching food is quite disgusting, but after a little thought, he can figure out that in ordinary times, this woman should still be more or less responsible for parenting, because at the age of this little girl, she can't survive on her own, even if she fights with wild dogs for food.

In the big cities of modern times, the homeless people can quickly turn over the garbage cans, and the degree of food and clothing can basically be solved. Of course, you have to have a good stomach and bear the price of physical damage.

But in this world, slaves toiled all day long, hungry and full, and few people wasted food, let alone the time when there was basically no way to work outdoors, but needed more food than in other seasons to obtain nutrients and calories to resist the cold.

So he felt that there was some sad and heavy story behind the mother and daughter, but he was not interested in learning more.

In this world, there are too many poor people, he is not ready to raise, and he can't afford to raise them, so he simply doesn't understand deeply, so as not to let the other party misunderstand, just get a little hope, and then disappointed, and he is also in a bad mood.

So he took out another piece of jerky and threw it to the little girl.

With his professional judgment of the weather, this cold snap will pass in these two days, and then they will be able to go outdoors to find some work to do, and it is up to them to survive the winter whether they can support themselves through the winter.

Zhao Wenrui thought that this little episode would be over here.

Unexpectedly, this was the beginning.

Before he walked a hundred meters, he killed some old and young people in the left vicinity, and one or two stretched out their hands to him, and they didn't speak, but through their expressions and body language, they revealed a smell of dead beggars and menacing people.

Zhao Wenrui's mood deteriorated.

It must be said that as an earthling who grew up in the information age, I have heard of this situation even if I have not experienced it.

It's nothing more than watching people put down dishes, and there are many people who bully good-hearted passers-by.

Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people. This is not just an Internet phrase related to 'there are always people who want to harm me', satirizing class oppression, double standards, etc., it can also be a descriptive sentence of group collusion, brute lawlessness, kidnapping and coercion, car bandits, road blockers, black villages, black shops and other evil deeds.

Therefore, Zhao Wenrui is also mentally prepared for the worse behavior than the situation in front of him, and he is not angry with this.

He's angry about the performance of the people here, which doesn't follow logic. In other words, it does not correspond to his relevant calculations.

In his opinion, this riverbend is also a place with a name and surname in the Yutun area, and he dare not say that there is a line, but the second-level standard is definitely enough.

Moreover, its main business is logistics and transportation, which is a land and water wharf, material transit and distribution center.

How can such a town do such a thing?

If the reputation is bad, who will still take goods from here?

Can you make a fortune by looting and murdering a lone outsider? I'm afraid it's hard to even eat a full meal? Even if you have the 'simple' custom of making guest appearances as robbers and bandits in your spare time, you should know the reason why rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, right? Even if it's too cold, he can understand robbing on the roads around the town, but he can't figure it out if he blatantly engages in a similar set in the town.

"Is it because I lack emotional intelligence and am not grounded? Or do you have a worrying IQ and a bag in your head?"

Aside from complaining, Zhao Wenrui himself is not stunned by this kind of situation. He's not a lady who sweeps the floor and doesn't hurt the lives of ants, and he has experience in dealing with such people.

Wild Might, "Ho!"

With a short, powerful low snort, Zhao Wenrui showed the druid's wild face incompletely (it still needs to cooperate with the transformation).

Even without the blessing of killing intent, the power of the Shadow Dragon was still beyond the reach of ordinary people, and the people surrounding him screamed and fled in all directions, while others fell to the ground, shaking, and some of them were so unbearable that they even fainted to death.

The Shadow Dragon is not a dragon, but a mass of energy composed of shadow elements that reflects the power of the shadow and has the power of the top of the food chain.

Zhao Wenrui also had the ability to transform into an element, and only then did he have the ability to imitate its might.

After all, it is the power of the extraordinary combat position of a level 16 hero, which is not as good as the real dragon, but it is even better than the jungle overlord demon tyrannosaurus.

In the face of this kind of potential energy erosion like seeing the Demon Tyrannosaurus roaring closely, the Diao people who are just ordinary people are naturally scattered with snakes and rats, and they don't have the courage to resist at all.

The corners of Zhao Wenrui's mouth were smiling, and he glanced around, even if he saw a few miserable-looking old and weak, he didn't have any sympathy in his heart.

In his opinion, the situation in front of him corresponds to the saying that 'there is no way for good or evil, but people call themselves'. This has to be replaced by a lone traveler and a foreigner who is not very strong, and now he may not be bullied, at that time, what kind of face did these guys who seemed to have a heart attack be scared?

He has a strong notion of being disrespectful, insidious, and shameless, and part of his memories of working as a scavenger in the New York jungle of the dark Marvel Cinematic Universe.

continued to move forward unhurriedly, and there were people on the ground in front of him, so he stepped on it, and he didn't care whether he stepped on the soft chest and abdomen, or the thin face.

He believes that this is a very revealing behavioral language, which can make these people understand his attitude more clearly.

But it didn't go far before a new roadblock appeared, not to mention how decent it was, but at least it was decent, and it was fully draped, and the helmet of the leader had a cluster of cockscomb-like red tassels.

The momentum is surging, with a chest and belly, and a chin to look at people. "Who are you, why do you bully the poor people of the Riverlands when you have some ability?" the leader shouted loudly and righteously, while drawing his sword from its sheath.

Zhao Wenrui smiled and showed his white teeth.

"In broad daylight, in the town, officials and bandits collude. The folk customs of the Principality of Yutun are really outstanding, and I have seen it!"

said on his lips: "The routine is very skillful, but it's a pity that you are unlucky today!"

In the end, it was already a high fighting spirit, the pupils were glowing, the light and shadow in the air in front of him were distorted, and a long knife with a black glow turned from virtual to real, and it happened to be easily held by Zhao Wenrui, who was passing by and raised his hand, and then turned into a gust of wind, and the knife was like a black lightning, slashing at high speed.

"Master spare your life!" The leader wearing the red tassel instantly changed his face, turned his attitude 180 degrees, and knelt directly, which made Zhao Wenrui suspect that this product had at least 10,000 times of operation experience!

The black knife flowing with a ghostly light stopped less than 1 cm away from the top of the leader's head, and the red helmet had been scorched and turned to ash under the blowing of the energy wind.

The rest of the followers also knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but they knelt on one knee, and their movements were relatively stiff, and they were not angry at first glance.

"Kneel down, and you don't consciously want to pretend to be mighty and unyielding, so you will always be a dragon. Zhao Wenrui laughed in his heart, and his eyes turned back to the leader.

"Master, there is a secret in this matter, please allow me to explain!" The leader does not raise his head, and the kneeling and licking posture makes people extremely comfortable.

"Say!"

"Your Excellency has spent a lot of money to recruit talents, and ask the sages to enter the abyss to kill dragons and save people. However, there are many untrustworthy and shameless and bold people in Yutun, and there are many deceitfuls lately, and the lord cannot bear to be disturbed......"

"Shut up, it's just gibberish, and there's a lot of loopholes. Zhao Wenrui interrupted: "I'll say a few things casually." 1, with the ability of the lord, since you are willing to spend a lot of money, you are still worried that there is no channel to invite a master to help?"

"2, even if there is really such a thing as Yuanlong plundering people, is it too late to save it now? Could it be that this is still a drama of kidnapping tickets and asking for ransom?"

"3, even if the real intention of the lord is to hire a few greedy cannon fodder, whether he is gold or stone, recruit him, and promise to have a heavy reward afterwards, why do you have to ask others to take their lives to do things, but they are not even willing to manage and manage a few good meals?"

"Obviously, you took the opportunity to 'make money in a good way', but you didn't see the momentum right, you talked nonsense, and you put on a posture of worrying about the king, shameless and daring, talking about yourself, right? I even think that most of these bandits will have to honor you after they have looted people. ”

'Bang Bang!'

With applause, a middle-aged man in a black slim-fitting brocade robe walked out of an alley next to the street.

Zhao Wenrui knew that 2 seconds ago, the alley was empty.

In other words, this black-robed man teleported, and he was quite skilled in spatial magic.

"Clear-headed, strong-minded, and strong-witted! It's been a long time since I've met a young man like you. Don't talk nonsense, as long as you nod your head, from today onwards, you are the new lord of the Riverbend, the wealth left by the former lord, the beautiful wife, the beautiful daughter, whatever you want, how about it?"

"......" Zhao Wenrui said in his heart: "You despicable locals, the routines are a bit deep!"

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