Rune Master

The scene was at a stalemate for a while, Jing Chen folded his hands aside, happily watching the play.

Huo Zhiyou quietly gave Jingchen a wink, and gave Jingchen a thumbs up. This trick of borrowing a knife to kill someone is wonderful. If the entire island's resources are monopolized by one family, conflicts will inevitably arise. It is critical to burst it out.

Jingchen's hand said it was a coincidence, but it can only be said that he was lucky. There were many people at the entrance of the collection area just now, and it happened that the resentment of the people gathered to the peak again. When they met the right opportunity, they pushed, which created the current situation.

At this time, the entrance of the collection area can be said to be overcrowded, and many people from other entrances of the collection area rushed over. Those with good intentions simply took the opportunity to incite a group of people, wanting to share the big cake of minerals.

In their minds, the Chijin Three Ring Island is a public resource, and the three island owners have held it for many years, so it's time to let go.

Jingchen and the others were in the center of the storm. Gao Hu's face was ashen, and his feet were shaking like chaff. If the crowd shouted louder, he might have knelt down. The "momentum" formed by the crowd must not be underestimated.

"This is too exaggerated." Seeing more and more people, the teahouse in the distance and the nearby hills are all occupied, Huo Zhiyou wiped his eyes, then looked at Gao Hu sympathetically, "He must have offended you A lot of people."

"Don't say a few words." Ling Yi said, "Be careful, someone is deliberately guiding these people, we may be used as a gun."

When there are too many people, it is easy to be chaotic, and this kind of chaos is easy to cause accidents. Regardless of your eight-star or nine-star strength, an ant can kill an elephant in front of a crowd of talisman masters.

"Well, indeed." Jing Chen also noticed that there were indeed a few in the crowd who were inciting the emotions of the Fu masters, but they didn't directly call out that we want to rebel. They really had ulterior motives.

Jiang Shouyi stood up suddenly, as fast as a few inverted nails were driven into a stool, the movement was so violent that the tea on the table was knocked over, "This is a big game!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, go and inform my uncle!" Jiang Shouyi said to Li Da, clenched his fists.

"Uncle?" Li Dazao was frightened by the scene, there were too many people, and the tea stall they were in would be overwhelmed soon, "Who is uncle?"

Jiang Shouyi slapped him so hard, "Mine Manager Jiang, hurry up!"

The scene was getting out of control, and it was full of people as far as the eye could see. I didn't see so many people when I got off the pier. It seemed that all the talisman masters who were free on the island gathered here.

Jingchen held his forehead, the more people there were, the more voices there would be, annoying.

"Let's go over." Ling Yi frowned, embraced Jing Chen, turned to Huo Zhiyou and said, "Enter the collection area and give him 150 gold stones!"

Huo Zhiyou was taken aback for a moment, and without hesitation, he gritted his teeth and took a large Lijin stone from the storage ring, about 150 yuan, and put it in front of Gao Hu.

The first time Gao Hu saw these Lijin stones, his first reaction was to reach out to take them, and then he felt a lump in his heart, what a pity!

Sure enough, when he got the Lijin Stone, the crowd erupted.There is nothing more than one reason, there is really a handling fee, or is it 150 yuan? !All of a sudden, a small circle of people surrounded Gao Hu and surrounded him.

At this time, the three of Jing Chen had already quickly passed the entrance of the collection area, leaving behind a mess.

"I think he'll be hurt for a month or so." Huo Zhiyou gloated.

He walked at the end, took a look behind, and happened to see the scene where Gao Hu was "buried alive" by the sea of ​​people, and the depression in his heart that handed over 150 gold stones disappeared without a trace.

It's still the boss's trick, the 150 Lijinshi is undoubtedly adding firewood to the fire, and even if you want to explain that it's just a misunderstanding, you won't be able to clear it up by jumping into the Yellow River.

……

Compared with the desolation of the mining area, although the collection area is full of lavender soil, the vegetation grows extremely lush, and due to the soil quality, most of the spiritual plants inside have mutated, with some lavender on the leaves.

It's a pity that this is a low-level spiritual plant growth area, there are no materials Jingchen needs, and he doesn't know most of the herbs, so he hurried past and just hurried on his way.

Farther and farther away from the exit, the rune beasts in the collection area also slowly appeared, the lowest two stars, the highest six stars, affected by the metal soil, the hair is also lavender, and the fangs are extremely sharp.

But with Ling Yi around, these talisman beasts are nothing. In the wild area, the real thing to guard against is people's hearts.

There are special gangs hunting talisman masters and robbing them of the talisman objects stored on them. If they are lucky enough to catch a big fish, they can cover their income from hunting talisman beasts or picking spiritual plants for a few days.

The three of Jing Chen were unlucky. When they met two groups of people like this, the first group retreated after seeing Ling Yi's strength, without even saying a word of shit.

The second group was more difficult. A trio composed of two seven-star two-stripes and one eight-star three-stripe group, Lijin Island, the next island, also belonged to the upper middle and upper reaches of the strength, and was specially engaged in sneak attacks on low-level talisman masters on Lijin Island.

"Don't kill us." The woman among the three shouted, "We are willing to hand over all the stored talismans."

Ling Yi's sword didn't move at all, and there was a chilling killing intent coming from the sharp blade with sword energy. It was cold and ruthless, and locked the three of them firmly.

"I found it, I found it!" Huo Zhiyou was flipping through the books he had found somewhere, and then glanced at the three people in distress, and said, "The trio of 'Forest Experts' have been working in Lijin Island all year round. Team up with the robbers who robbed the talisman masters on Lijin Island! I also bought a protection card to guard against them!"

"What a mess." Jing Chen took the book in Huo Zhiyou's hand and flipped through it, and there was a black line.

The above records are all high-star-level talisman masters who robbed houses, and specially listed a list of villains in the Chijin Three-Ring Island, with an explanation and a price fluctuation chart of the protection cards.

"What is the protection card?" Jing Chen glanced at Huo Zhiyou.

Huo Zhiyou groped for a long time, and finally took out an ugly piece of jade, "I bought it on the black market, and it is said that it is hung when entering the collection area. It can turn danger into luck."

"It's just such a thing?" Jing Chen couldn't see anything special about the jade card, and even the aura was scarce, so he couldn't help asking, "Black market? How much did it cost?"

Huo Zhiyou's momentum weakened, "Ten Lijinshi."

Jing Chen, "..." Isn't that eight thousand runestones? !Who was crying poorly a few days ago and said that he didn't even have a wife? !

"This brother." The woman wanted to cry, "Why didn't you show your protection card earlier?!" Having a protection card is equivalent to paying a protection fee, and they will not make a move.Not only did they make them busy for nothing, but they also provoked Ling Yi, the evil star, and they couldn't even keep the storage ring.

Jing Chen was still reading "Guide to the Wicked", and smiled when he heard this, and looked at Ling Yi, "Since you haven't killed anyone, forget it, you guys leave the storage talisman and get out."

There are permanence in the way of heaven, people who cultivate truth pay more attention to the word "xiu", and cultivate their body and mind. He himself is not a bloodthirsty person, and he doesn't want Ling Yi to bear unnecessary murder for these things.

What's more, the rune world respects martial arts, and the weak eat the strong, especially here is a hunting area that follows the law of the jungle. Those who are robbed can only blame themselves for being too weak.

Ling Yi retracted his sword with a stern expression on his face.

The three apologized repeatedly, put down the storage talisman and did not go back to the forest.

Huo Zhiyou grinned and stepped forward to collect the loot, one bracelet and two belts, there was not much space, and there were not many things. I thought they were also prepared to be robbed one day sooner or later, and they didn't carry too much on them. Total zero, converted to [-] to [-] runestones.

"The money for the protection card has been earned back." After sharing the "stolen", Huo Zhiyou pinned the jade piece to his waist, and said happily.

Ling Yi walked over, and with Jing Chen's hand, he turned to the first page of the "Wicked List", and his eyes stopped on a name in the top three.

The second-ranked You Sanqiu, with eight stars and six patterns, is the only high-star talisman master who likes to wander around Lijin Island among the top three. , the only son of Youliang, the owner of Chijin Island.

"Let's go." Ling Yi glanced at the other ten or so people, and wrote down the people who often haunt Lijin Island.

Lijin Island was the next island they arrived on, and there was also the marrow mist grass that Jingchen needed.

……

Maybe it was because of the protective sign that they didn't encounter any robbers on the way, and they arrived at the cable bridge between Lijin Island and Lijin Island within half a day.

This is the junction of the two islands. Without accident, a small market has developed. There are a lot of people, but there is no decent inn. Almost all the talisman masters open a hole in the hill not far away, or live in the past. Holes, poor conditions.

Huo Zhiyou went out to inquire while eating, and the news he got was that there were two ways to get to the next island.

One, cross the bridge.But you have to pay the bridge fee, which will also be used as the entrance fee for Lijin Island. By the way, there is no mine open to the public on Lijin Island. All Lijin stones are mined and sold in a unified plan. The black market speculation price cannot be higher than the official bid [-]%.

Two, don't pass the bridge.The cliff between the two islands is artificially dug. In other words, you can go down from Lijin Island, take a boat at the bottom, and then climb up from the bottom of Lijin Island. The result is the same as crossing the bridge, and it’s free. It's just that there is a little bit of relative risk. For a talisman master with a low cultivation base, if he is a little careless, he will fall off the cliff and his body will be smashed to pieces.

"How much does it cost to cross the bridge?" Jing Chen asked after thinking about it.

"One hundred runestones."

"Everyone?" Jing Chen was surprised, "No star rating?" It's so cheap, so there's no fraud, right?

Huo Zhiyou nodded, the same expression he had when he got the answer.

Ling Yi stroked the rim of his teacup, listened carefully, and did not express his opinion.

"Then there are still so many people here?" Jing Chen looked even weirder.

The three of them sat at the tea stand, not far from the entrance of the cable bridge.

The cliffs on both sides are steep, and there are rough waves below. There are countless waves splashing on the sea reefs. The long cable bridge is like a hanging thread, which makes people who pass by hang their hearts all the time.The mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, and a thin layer of water vapor was wrapped on the surface of the iron chain.

From the entrance of the cable bridge on the side where Jindao is located, people lined up in twos and threes, and many people gathered around to watch.

"It's impossible that they can't even afford a hundred runestones?" Jing Chen expressed doubts about Huo Zhiyou's ability to inquire about information.If the people around the entrance couldn't afford a hundred runestones, there must be something wrong with so many people stranded.

"Ahem, what's next is the key point." Huo Zhiyou put it off, "Only 20 people can be allowed on the cable bridge every day, and the quota for crossing the bridge has been queued for two months."

Jing Chen, "..."

Ling Yi, "..."

So, what was said before is equivalent to not being said, that is, there is only one way in front of them, taking the cliff path to reach the opposite side? !