Mermaid Oath

"Let's take a break first. After all, Qi Nan and I are new here, and we still don't know anything. Please, Brother Iron Fist, introduce us more, so as not to make a fool of ourselves."

"No problem! Leave it to me!" The iron fist slapped the steering wheel, and the tank made a sharp turn, almost hitting the big tree next to it.

Luo Xiuze had black lines on his face: "Brother Iron Fist, you should concentrate on driving and let Xiaoqing introduce you to us."

"Ahaha..." Iron Fist scratched his head in embarrassment, and motioned for Xiaoqing to introduce Badong City to them, but he drove there obediently and seriously.

From Xiaoqing's mouth, it is not difficult to see that Padang City is considered a good city on this planet. In addition to the main body of Padang City, a total of 32 five-star fortresses have been built around the city.

These fortresses usually allow many soldiers to have a place to rest and trade alone. When the insect swarm comes, it can also become the first line of defense to stop the swarm.

These five-star fortresses were built very solidly. There were eight entrances and exits in total at the front and back of each fortress. The armed forces belonging to Padang City were stationed in the fortresses. At the same time, there were many wandering warriors and talisman masters living here.

Iron Fist and the others took Luo Xiuze to the No. 20 Fortress where they were usually stationed.

"Yo, Iron Fist is back!" The soldier on duty at the gate of the fort looked familiar with Iron Fist. Seeing that Iron Fist came back with two strangers, he glanced curiously.

Iron Fist grunted a few words to deal with it, but he didn't introduce the identities of the two to him.

After entering the fortress, Iron Fist brought them to his residence, leaving Xiaoqing and the woman named Xiaohong to Luo Xiuze and the others to clean up the room, while he took Luo Xiuze and Qi Nan to the trading market, because the two A customer said that they are very curious about their trading market.

The trading market in the Five Star Fortress is not very big, it is only the length of one street. The shops on both sides of the street are very bustling, and many people can be seen coming and going.

Luo Xiuze looked at the small stalls around with great interest. There were many things on the small stalls, including materials from insects, various plants, and some things like metal ores.

With strong spiritual power, Luo Xiuze can feel the rich energy contained in these materials. It seems that the people here are taking a completely different evolutionary path from the previous planet, but there is no doubt that their two What they have in common is that they put the development of human beings at the top of civilization.

Comparing the several civilizations he has experienced, it can be found that the higher civilizations are often those planets that first developed themselves.It's not that technological civilization is not powerful, there are also many advanced civilizations in the universe that are technological civilizations, but they all require technological development to a certain level.

Luo Xiuze probably understands why the Vanessa Empire has become popular in martial arts, because if you want to advance to a higher civilization, it is undoubtedly a good way to tap your own potential when the technology is not developing fast enough.

"Xiao Luo, Xiao Qi, that's the talisman shop over there. Xiaoqing will come here soon, and we're going there to engrave ancient talismans for him. Do you want to take a look?" Iron Fist introduced to the two of them.

"Ancient talisman? The one on your forehead?" Qi Nan asked curiously.

"Yes." Iron Fist smiled foolishly: "My physique is most suitable for this kind of head-to-head Iron Fist ancient talisman. I finally got the materials and spent a lot of money to engrave them on it."

"The function of this ancient talisman is like the trick you used when you killed the maggot? Your fists seem to be burning?"

"Good eyesight." Iron Fist praised Qi Nan: "It's that kind of effect. My body belongs to the fire attribute, so the iron fist I use has a burst effect. If I am of water attribute, the iron fist will bring the freezing effect."

"Is there anyone who has no attributes?" Qi Nan couldn't help asking.

"Yes." Iron Fist replied: "In fact, most people have no attributes, er, no, according to those talisman masters, it is because the attributes in these people have weak reactions and cannot be reflected on ancient talismans, so If they are engraved with the ancient Iron Fist Talisman, they can only have the attribute of 'hardness'."

"It's very interesting, can we people engrave ancient talismans?" Qi Nan asked quickly, his eyes lit up.

"Uh... I don't know about this." Iron Fist scratched his head: "I'm afraid only those talisman masters can know, but I remember hearing people say that there are certain conditions for engraving ancient talismans. At least I didn't." I heard that there are helpers who can engrave ancient talismans, and the general supporters themselves are very powerful, and there is no need to engrave ancient talismans."

Luo Xiuze pondered for a while, and then asked: "You said, the supporters brought by the magic tide are all very strong, so do they use the same moves?"

"It's not the same." Iron Fist shook his head resolutely: "It seems that every supporter uses different moves... Well, I haven't seen it in Padang City, but it is said that there are even non-human supporters in other cities... Uh, no, it should be said that it is not a human being in the general sense."

"What do you mean?" Although Luo Xiuze probably guessed in his heart that the so-called "not ordinary human beings" might be some aliens with special forms—for example, his mermaid form—but he still wanted to ask carefully.

"Yes, I heard that a city once recruited more than a dozen supporters with two heads in one go. At that time, those supporters were quite powerful. With their help, the bug swarm that time was even It was wiped out without a chance to get close to the edge of the city."

"Two heads?" Qi Nan clicked his tongue. Coming out of the Earth Federation really opened his eyes. In the past, the concept of aliens in his eyes had been fixed on the Stans, but later Ke The Walter Alliance (octopus people) and this kind of alien with two heads really refreshed his worldview.

"Yes, not only has two heads, but also looks like a bug...cough cough..." Speaking of the helper who looked like a bug, Tiequan couldn't help laughing: "That guy just appeared When it was time, he was almost killed by a similar kind of bug, but fortunately he ran fast and met another person who had seen a similar form of helper before, so he saved his life."

The corner of Luo Xiuze's mouth twitched, fortunately they didn't look like bugs.

However, Qi Nan thought of the Stan people. If they had the opportunity to enter here, they might be killed by the natives here...

By the way... In fact, it is really possible that some helpers were killed by the natives here... After all, the helpers are not invincible, and Big Eyes also said that their only mission is to save their lives. Well, it seems that he It's better to keep a low profile with Luo Xiuze.

"Xiaoqing is here."

While everyone was talking, Xiaoqing had already tidied up the room and rushed over.

Seeing Tie Quan and the three of them waiting for him at the door of the Fushi shop, Xiaoqing showed a shy smile.

"Hurry up! We need to cheer up later!" Iron Fist slapped Xiaoqing on the back, loudly cheering him on.

Xiaoqing scratched her head in embarrassment.

"By the way, let Xiao Luo and Xiao Qi go in with you later, these two people are very curious about the engraved ancient symbols."

"Okay." Xiaoqing didn't object. It's not a particularly secret thing to engrave ancient talismans. As long as the talisman master keeps quiet when he is doing it, being watched by crowds is not a big deal.

"Go, this talisman shop is too narrow, I won't go in." Iron Fist waved at them.

Luo Xiuze and Qi Nan followed Xiaoqing into the shop.

The owner of that shop was a skinny little old man. When he saw Xiao Qing, he even said hello, and it seemed that the two parties were very familiar with each other.

Knowing that Qi Nan and Luo Xiuze wanted to watch from the sidelines, the little old man agreed after a little consideration. They entered the room in the store together. The little old man let Xiaoqing lie on a recliner and asked in a low voice: " What ancient talisman do you want?"

Xiaoqing said firmly: "I want to be bound by a snake."

The little old man was stunned for a moment, and asked in doubt: "It seems that Iron Fist wants you to use the mantis knife?"

"No mantis knife, but snake tie." Xiaoqing said firmly.

The little old man shrugged: "It's up to you, but if you want to be bound by a snake, I'm afraid this brain is not enough."

"I know." Xiaoqing took out a few gold coins from her body and handed them to the little old man.After the little old man put it away, he took out a bottle full of pink liquid from a cabinet.

Next, he used a hair-thin pen to carve a very complicated ancient rune pattern on Xiaoqing's waist, and the pink liquid quickly melted into Xiaoqing's body, and Xiaoqing's breathing suddenly He got up in a hurry, clenched his fists, and a few veins popped out on his forehead.

"What's going on?" Luo Xiuze asked.

"It's nothing, it's a normal reaction, it's always like this when engraving ancient talismans, just get through this part." The little old man said casually.

Luo Xiuze observed for a long time, and after confirming that Xiaoqing was fine, he kept staring at his waist.

As Xiaoqing gradually relaxed, a blue snake pattern appeared on his waist. This snake seemed to be wrapped around the pillar. According to the name of the snake tie, Luo Xiuze guessed that this ancient talisman should have auxiliary functions. nature.

The facts were indeed as he expected, when Iron Fist found out that Xiaoqing had engraved the ancient snake-binding talisman, his face turned green, and even Luo Xiuze and Qi Nan couldn't care less about being present, and scolded Xiaoqing severely. Green meal.

Xiaoqing was also stubborn, neither retaliated nor fought back, just stood there and let the iron fist yell at him, anyway, no matter what you say, I have finished engraving, so what can you do except scold a few words?

"Hey..." After scolding for a long time, the iron fist was powerless against the silent Xiaoqing.

He smiled wryly at Luo Xiuze and Qi Nan: "I made you laugh."

Luo Xiuze shook his head: "It's okay, but can Brother Iron Fist tell us the difference between Snake Bind and Mantis Saber?"

Iron Fist glared at Xiaoqing fiercely, turned his head and said, "Mantis Knife is an ancient talisman that takes the initiative to attack, similar to my Iron Fist, as long as he has this ancient talisman on his body, even if I am gone in the future, he can rely on it This ancient talisman is for life. And the snake tie... just like its literal meaning, is a control skill that can use one's body to entangle the enemy, but this skill can only be used when cooperating with teammates. Easy to use, if you fight alone..."

"In other words, Xiaoqing's choice is very suitable for your team?" Luo Xiuze said sharply.