Chapter 23: Casting a Long Line to Catch a Big Fish

At the entrance of the Beifeng Mine, a few adventurers walked out limping.

Including Jie Ke, who was the strongest, everyone had a look of survival after a disaster on their faces, wishing they could kiss the ground under their feet.

A little bit more, and they would have stayed inside, becoming undead who would never be reborn.

Looking at the setting sun, Wei Lu, whose temples were slightly frosted, whispered.

"Unbelievable... we, actually survived."

Although it was at the cost of betraying Lord Shengxisi...

But then again, his faith wasn't that pious to begin with, and his soul was even less noble; selling it to the devil is selling it to the devil.

Anyway, even if he was pious, he wouldn't be reborn into a wealthy family, so it's better to live this life well.

Jie Ke didn't speak, but had been thinking about whether it was worth making a deal with the devil.

Although he had never hoped to ascend to heaven after death, making a deal with the devil was different from making a deal with pirates.

However, he had no choice.

In the case of keeping a sufficient distance, a Bronze-tier Necromancer could easily solve a warrior of the same tier.

And considering that the entire "Silver Scimitar" had fallen into his hands, that guy was clearly not just Bronze, maybe even "Steel" or "Silver"! In that situation, he had no choice but to cooperate.

As for now.

Having been recorded, they were already on the same boat as that Necromancer.

"What about Ke Lisi?" The long-haired youth carrying a short bow looked at Jie Ke.

Among the group, he was probably the only one who still remembered that they came to save people today.

Jie Ke narrowed his eyes and looked at the mountain cave behind him, saying in a cold voice.

"Look at Bond, he's already like that; I don't think she has any possibility of surviving."

Although it was a pity, he had done his best to get to this point.

To put it bluntly, the two only knew each other through business, and their tempers were okay.

At most, one day when he got familiar with that Necromancer with a weird temper, he could collect her corpse and find a dirt slope to bury her.

As for the rest, he couldn't help.

Looking at the heavy-hearted boss, Wei Lu asked in a low voice.

"What about that kidnapping job? Are we still doing it?"

Jie Ke thought for a while and finally shook his head.

"... Forget about that job; I always feel there's a problem behind such a high reward, especially since the identity of the client isn't simple; I heard it's someone around the Lord."

Grand Duke Kanbeier had been in poor health lately, probably because of his age.

It is said that except for the Emperor of the Empire, the old age of most God-Chosen is not very peaceful.

The client didn't say who to kidnap, but promised a large sum of money, which always gave him a bad premonition.

Especially since he had just cursed the old man Shengxisi, he might be unlucky for a few days.

During this time, he'd better do some business with less risk.

But then again, this evil Necromancer was also beyond his expectations.

He originally thought that guy would ask him to get some hard-to-get contraband, but he didn't expect that person just ordered a batch of weapons and tools.

Although selling weapons to a Necromancer is also a job that costs your head, it's not as risky as kidnapping a noble.

He just needed to transport the goods to the abandoned inn in front of the mine tunnel and dump them, and then accidentally discover the "treasure" buried in the straw pile next to the stable.

He had plenty of people under him who could do this kind of work; there was no lower-risk business than this.

Walking to the carriage, Jie Ke stopped and looked around at his companions with a warning look.

"No one is allowed to talk about what happened today, understand?"

Everyone nodded and swore a poisonous oath seriously.

"Understand!"

Jie Ke nodded with satisfaction, then jumped onto the carriage first, patted the coachman on the shoulder, signaling he could go.

Speaking of which, this is really a good method; why didn't he think of it before? Instead of letting this group of impious guys swear to Lord Shengxisi, it's better to let them swear to the Demon God Majesty with a recording crystal.

In this way, as long as you hold the recording, it's equivalent to pinching their eggs.

Jie Ke thought the more he felt this move was simply amazing; this is not something a human can do at all!

When he goes back, he will also buy a few recording crystals.

Always useful...

In the mine tunnel.

Watching the group of adventurers leave, You You was still nagging reluctantly.

"Lord Demon King, did we just let them go? Do we really not need to lock them up?"

"You You, in this world, besides visible cages, there are invisible cages."

Gently stroking the crystal ball in his hand, Luo Yan, standing in the shadows, said in a slow voice.

"This is called casting a long line to catch a big fish, learn it."

Just now, he ordered 100 iron swords, 100 spears, 100 short bows, daggers, leather armor, and shields from Jie Ke.

Although the players had captured a large amount of equipment from the rat-men, those pieces of equipment were weapons for cannon fodder after all, and were barely usable, not as good as the ones bought.

Furthermore, he had to fulfill the pie he drew in the previous update—letting the players have a place to spend their Nether Coins.

This could also be considered a part of improving the players' gaming experience.

Besides weapons, Luo Yan also purchased some tools like hammers, nails, and pliers.

The little mice in the mine tunnel were almost cleared out, and he had to put some thought into building his territory. After half a day of observation, he found that not all players were keen on fighting and killing; a considerable number of players just wanted to farm quietly.

These tools were prepared for them.

Although Luo Yan could go to the city to buy these things himself, not to mention whether he, a stranger, could find a first-hand source of goods, a strange face suddenly purchasing such a large batch of equipment was also hard not to make the local Lord alert.

Going around such a big circle didn't save much money, so it's better to just hand it over to the people in the Underground Street.

As long as it's not too much, Luo Yan doesn't mind letting his partners earn a little.

After all, doing business with a Necromancer is not without risk; that's his share.

Not only that.

Luo Yan had other expectations for this quick-witted guy.

When Grand Duke Kanbeier walked down the street, he had seen the piety on the faces of those believers... that was definitely not something that could be disintegrated by a few attacks of spreading fear.

If he wanted the name Luo Yan to resound throughout Lei Ming City, he had to start digging the wall from the place where Lei Ming City's faith was weakest.

For example, the Underground Street was a suitable location...

Deep in the mine tunnel, near the Demon King's territory, the vast majority of players were gathered around the pit, touching the corpses of the rats.

A tail could be exchanged for 100 Nether Coins.

Although most of the tails fell into the labyrinth, those exposed outside were enough for them to harvest for a while.

The skeletons carrying small knives were busy while humming out-of-tune harvest ditties, only 【Gulping a Septic Tank】 was crouching in front of a pile of bone ash, looking for something.

Some skeletons were born with different brain circuits than other skeletons.

Gou Shi, who had just returned from the "boss room," happened to see his actions, so he curiously leaned over.

"What are you looking for?"

Brother Gulping didn't want to pay attention to him, but the latter was like a dog-skin plaster stuck to the side, which was really annoying.

Unable to be bothered, he could only open his mouth to answer.

"I don't know what that thing is called, anyway it's shiny, it looks like it should be quite valuable."

"Shiny?" Gou Shi froze, confused and asked, "What thing?"

"It's this thing!"

Gulping raised his hand and opened his skeleton palm, only to see a few rice-grain-sized ink-green crystals lying inside.

Seeing these little things, Gou Shi's eyes widened.

"Holy crap? Diamond?!"

"Not diamond, I estimate it's something like a magic crystal, hidden near the cervical spine, I also found it by accident."

Pausing, Brother Gulping continued.

"By the way, it must be the skeleton after the player dies that has it, the kind buried in the soil doesn't... unfortunately, there is no NPC shop, don't know if this thing can be sold for money."

Brother Gulping didn't know that the thing he was holding was indeed a magic crystal; adventurers could take this thing to the Adventurers' Guild to exchange for money, and at the same time, this was also the main source of income for adventurers besides completing commissions! It's just that the magic crystals dropped from skeleton soldiers were of the lowest quality, and the price offered by the Adventurers' Guild wasn't high, not even enough to exchange for a copper coin.

After all, summoning a skeleton soldier only required consuming 1 point of faith.

However, the players didn't know these things outside the game.

Suddenly thinking of an incredible thing, Brother Gou Shi's pitch-black skeleton eyes flickered with ghost fire.

"Wait, magic crystals can be recovered from the player's corpse, which means... as long as you keep committing suicide and resurrecting, you can continuously brush magic crystals!?"

Hearing this, Brother Gulping, who was still rummaging through his bone ash, also froze.

"Holy crap, you are really a talent!"

Although this magic crystal couldn't be sold for money now, who knows in the future? What if after opening the NPC shop, this thing could be sold for a few hundred Nether Coins, wouldn't they be rich then?!

The two looked at each other and understood the expression that didn't need to be said on each other's faces.

"Hoard some?"

"That must hoard some!"

Just as the two of them were discussing who should die first and who should die later, a line of ink-green pop-ups suddenly floated in front of all players.

【1. Resurrection mechanism change!

Excluding special faction events like "Monster Siege," players who die accidentally during adventures will deduct at least 20 contribution points. (20 contribution points is the death penalty for skeleton soldiers; the specific penalty is comprehensively assessed based on the identity of the role played by the player, please see the details for details.) 2. Friends and team system update!

You can add friends in the game! Try sending a private message to your newly met good buddy (sister)!

3. Ownership mechanism update!

Equipment purchased from the NPC shop will automatically complete ownership registration; picked-up equipment can be registered by paying a 10% handling fee of the equipment valuation after appraisal at the NPC shop. Equipment with ownership registration completed can be "consigned" on the official consignment platform. In addition, other players are not allowed to occupy registered equipment; once the ownership registrant declares rights, the game official will enforce it. Also, see the details for penalties for malicious damage to others' equipment and rewards for equipment retrieval.

4. NPC shop update: The NPC shop will start within three days, and some equipment illustrations have been updated in the settings! Also, the NPC shop is recruiting sales clerks, wages are paid in Nether Coins, and Buddhist players are welcome to settle in~ 5. The upper limit of closed beta players will be increased to 500, players who are interested, please make an appointment quickly! Warm reminder, this game ID does not support changes for the time being. For your gaming experience, please think twice when entering the ID!

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Looking at the update announcement floating in front of them, Brother Gulping and Brother Gou Shi were instantly stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning.

Except for the first line of the update announcement, they didn't look at the content behind at all, and had no mood to look at it.

Death penalty...

Deduct 20 contribution points for one death! This is still grinding a fart!

"Damn!"

"This bug was fixed too timely!!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 24 =====