Chapter 152: Master or Fool?

Chapter 152: Master or Fool?

Chapter 152: Master or Fool?

On the road, two horses were galloping one in front and one behind.

Xiao Jie had to slow down from time to time to wait for me to catch up with Yu Chengxian. The map of this game was incredibly large. The two of them had been running for more than half an hour, but had not yet run out of the Sunset Plains.

"I say, if you have money in the future, buy a war horse. This thing can save your life at the critical moment." After another pause, Xiao Jie suggested to Wo Yu Chengxian.

You can get rid of ordinary wild monsters by riding a traveling horse, but if you encounter an enemy with the same four legs, it will still be dangerous. In comparison, a warhorse is much safer. If it goes at full speed, it is basically difficult for any monster to catch up. As long as you don't leave the main road, you will be very safe.

I Want to Become an Immortal said helplessly: "I would like to, but I don't have the money. After all, it costs one million. I have already spent all my money on krypton gold. By the way, Brother Feng, I have learned how to mine and collect herbs. When I have the opportunity in the future, I can try to make some extra money."

"Well, this is not a bad choice. The competition in the manufacturing industry is too fierce, and it is difficult for newcomers to stand out. On the contrary, the collection profession is at least a business with no capital, and I should be able to make some money in the future."

As the two were chatting, they saw a convoy of cars coming into view from afar on the avenue ahead.

The two of them hurriedly slowed down and observed carefully from a distance.

Fortunately, it was not a group of monsters. It looked like a caravan, with several carriages loaded with goods. In addition to the coachmen, there were more than a dozen level 16 caravan guards, all of whom were green-named NPCs.

This should be the caravan that Wang Kai mentioned at the beginning. It is said that they conduct mobile trade in various novice villages every month.

The two men rode forward, and seeing the two men approaching, the leader of the caravan immediately came over with two guards.

Qian Gaoyi (caravan leader): "Where are you two returnees going?"

"We are going to Howling Wind City."

"Ah, that's a coincidence. We are also going to Howling Wind City. How about we go together? There are many wild beasts and bandits along the way. It is said that there are also wolf demons causing trouble. It is safer to travel together."

Xiao Jie said, "No need for that. We have urgent matters to attend to and must hurry on our way. We cannot delay any longer."

Xiao Jie thought to himself, we have horses, why should we waste time with you guys? There is absolutely no need for that.

The leader of the caravan said it was a pity and asked people to make way for them.

The two men passed the caravan and continued speeding along the road.

This encounter was just a minor episode and the two did not take it too seriously.

After running for a few more minutes, a village appeared in their sight.

This village is built on both sides of the avenue, and the main street in the middle of the village is the avenue.

Like most villages in this world, the village in front of us has been completely abandoned. There are only some dilapidated houses around the fork in the road, a main road running east-west, and a small path leading to the forest in the south.

The two stopped at the entrance of the village. Having experienced the previous experience in the sick village, Xiao Jie is now somewhat scared of such abandoned villages. He must conduct a thorough reconnaissance before entering.

Fortunately, the end of this village is visible at a glance, and there are no traces of monsters within sight.

"Let's go, there shouldn't be any monsters. Let's just rush over there without stopping - Go!"

The two horses galloped away together, and when they reached a three-way intersection, Xiao Jie suddenly caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye.

"Wait a minute, there's someone here!" He reined in his horse suddenly. Right in front of a shabby road sign at a three-way intersection, stood a Taoist priest in tattered robes, muttering to himself with a sad face.

Looked at the name.

Fool: Level 1 civilian, 50 health points.

"Hey, it's a Taoist priest! That's a bit strange." I, Yu Chengxian, said in surprise.

It is indeed very strange. Unlike other games, the monsters in this game will not only attack players, but also NPCs. If NPCs in the wild encounter monsters, they will also be killed.

Therefore, it seems a bit strange that a level 1 NPC suddenly appears in such a wilderness.

A level 1 civilian only has 50 health points, and even a wild dog might not be able to beat him. How can he survive? Does he have some special abilities?

What's more, the other party is actually a Taoist priest, which inevitably arouses people's imagination.

Maybe it will trigger some adventure?

But on second thought, it seems unrealistic. Since this NPC is standing on the side of the road, players passing by will always encounter him. If there is any adventure, it would have been triggered by others long ago.

But it never hurts to try.

"Let's go over and ask."

The two men rode their horses up to the foolish Taoist and dismounted.

Xiao Jie said respectfully: "Hello, Taoist priest, I am honored to meet you. I am Yin Yue Sui Feng, a returnee. I have come across you and I would like to ask you some questions. May I ask you?"

The foolish Taoist just had a silly smile on his face, as if he didn't understand what Xiao Jie was saying at all.

Xiao Jie was a little depressed. He had spent a long time to come up with this set of words, but he didn't expect it to have no effect at all.

I was much more direct when I wanted to become an immortal. "Hello, Taoist priest, can I ask you something?"

The foolish Taoist smiled foolishly and said, "Hello, Taoist priest? What's good about that? My stomach is growling with hunger. I can't stand not having food."

Hmm? This is asking for food, just a reaction.

Xiao Jie directly right-clicked on the gift and gave a steamed bun as a gift.

The foolish Taoist picked up the steamed bun and started eating it. He finished it in two bites, and then he sighed after he was done.

"I'm not full from eating steamed buns. Two more will be just right."

Xiao Jie gave over two more steamed buns without saying a word.

"Eating just steamed buns won't fill you up, wouldn't it be just right to have some wine and meat?"

There was no wine, but there was a lot of barbecue. Xiao Jie right-clicked and another piece of barbecue was given over.

"Miaomiaomiao, good, good, good, I'll really have a good meal today. You two, the returnees, are here to have sex with me?"

This foolish Taoist is silly and has quite a few words, but they are a bit too vulgar and shallow, and he doesn't have the feeling of a master at all.

Xiao Jie didn't mind. He would try his luck at the NPC he met on the roadside.

"Master, to be honest, we want to learn some Taoist techniques. I wonder if you could give us some advice."

"Hahaha, silly, silly, silly, why did you ask me to come here to learn Taoism? I don't understand any magic or techniques, I can only... only..."

Well, now I can’t even write a doggerel.

I want to become an immortal and said loudly, "Don't pretend. I can see it at a glance. You are an immortal, right? We are looking for you."

Xiao Jie thought to himself that even if he could become an immortal, he would know how to cheat people.

"That's right, Taoist priest. You must be a deity, right? Can you teach us?"

"People in the world think that immortals are good, but immortals can't escape from troubles. Even if you want to cultivate immortality, what's the point of looking for a fool like me?"

Xiao Jie was speechless after hearing this. It was impossible to communicate with this guy at all. However, he refused to give up.

There are such crazy NPCs in many games. Sometimes they are just used to set off the background of the game and are not of much use. But sometimes, as long as the correct way to open them is found, they will give players a big surprise.

Although he was not sure which type the foolish man in front of him was, what if he was the second type?

"What is the Taoist priest doing here alone?"

"What? Yes, what am I doing here?" The foolish man actually muttered to himself, scratching his head in confusion, "What am I doing here? Yes, I remember!" He suddenly slapped his thigh, "I want to run for my life!"

"Run for your life? Why are you running for your life?"

"Someone is trying to catch me!" The foolish Taoist shouted loudly, with a look of fear on his face. "Which Taoist temple do you practice Taoism in? Why don't you tell us and we will escort you back?" Xiao Jie tried to persuade him. He thought that the foolish Taoist might have escaped from some Taoist temple. If he could be sent back, he might be able to improve his reputation.

"Practicing Taoism in a Taoist temple? Hahahaha, those idiots in the Taoist temple don't even know what Taoism is, how can they practice the true Taoism." The foolish Taoist said and laughed again, "Fools, they are all fools."

Xiao Jie thought to himself, you look like a fool to me.

He was very patient. Although there was still no useful information, he began to feel a little bit like a master from the words of this foolish Taoist.

Xiao Jie simply began to use the process of elimination to ask one by one, "Master, have you heard of Baiyun Temple?"

"What is Baiyun Temple or Heiyun Temple?"

"Does the Taoist priest know about Xuanxu Palace?"

But upon hearing this, the foolish Taoist's face suddenly changed. "Xuanxu Palace? Xuanxu Palace! That's right, it's Xuanxu Palace - those stinky Taoists in Xuanxu Palace want to capture me. The bad Taoists beat me, burned me, electrocuted me, and scalded me. Why are they torturing me like this? Don't kill me, don't kill me! Escape - escape, I have to escape quickly."

After saying that, he threw the steamed buns and bacon away, turned around and ran away.

What the hell? What's going on? The two looked at each other, both confused.

"Follow him!" Xiao Jie followed without saying a word, thinking that there was a way. Although the identity of this Taoist priest sounded a little strange and it seemed that he was an enemy of Xuanxu Palace, anyone who could be an enemy of Xuanxu Palace must have some skills. Maybe it would really trigger an adventure or something.

This guy is either pretending or he has lost his memory for some reason, like Ouyang Feng in The Return of the Condor Heroes, but as long as we find the right way, he can remember.

It remains to be seen where this NPC can lead them.

The two men followed the foolish Taoist and ran all the way. The foolish Taoist really looked like a fool. He ran with big strides and ran wildly, shouting as he ran: "Don't catch me, don't kill me, run - run."

"Brother Feng, this Taoist priest seems to be running towards Luoyang Town."

Indeed, he was running in the direction the two had come from, and he ran for several minutes without any intention of stopping.

The two of them simply summoned their mounts and followed behind.

"Brother Feng, is this guy going to run all the way back to Luoyang Town?"

"Not really. If we follow him for a while longer, he might turn a corner. Anyway, our goal is to learn the Dao, so it doesn't matter who we learn from."

I also want to become an immortal.

The two of them patiently followed Yu Dao Ren all the way. After running for more than ten minutes, they saw the caravan stopped on the road from a distance.

The two didn't take it seriously at first, but when they got closer, Xiao Jie suddenly realized something was wrong and saw that the carriage in front had overturned on the ground.

"No! Something happened."

The two men hurriedly slowed down and observed carefully.

As expected, an accident occurred. Not only did the carriage overturn, the horses were also missing, the ground was littered with the bodies of the guards, and there was a group of fat and giant wolves gnawing on the corpses.

Several monsters that looked like werewolves were rummaging through corpses and cargo in the car... They were the wolf demons from the Hundred Wolf Cave!

Xiao Jie looked carefully and saw wolf soldiers with swords and shields, wolf soldiers with bows and arrows, and wolf soldiers with spears. These wolf monsters were actually wearing armor and holding weapons just like humans.

The leader had a strange face that was half human, half wolf. His body was like that of a human, but he was extremely strong and powerful, and he carried two scimitars on his back.

Mang Changya (Wolf Captain): Level 18 elite, 950 HP.

Damn, what you fear will come true! Xiao Jie hurriedly stopped his horse.

The foolish man continued to run forward, shouting as he ran, "Don't catch me, don't catch me."

Several wolf soldiers were rummaging through the goods. They were startled when they heard the sound, and when they saw it was a human, they immediately pounced over.

Xiao Jie looked expectantly at the wolf soldiers rushing towards the foolish Taoist priest, thinking that this guy must be a master who is hiding his true abilities. No matter how he pretended before, it depends on how he can continue to pretend now.

Maybe he will kill everyone in one second with one ultimate move. If you can confirm your guess, you can go up to him and ask for advice.

Should I rush over and pretend to protect him? Maybe this is some kind of test?
But after looking at the number of wolf monsters, he decided not to try it.

Or why not just give a shout, at least to show your appreciation.

"Taoist Master, be careful!"

The next second, I heard a scream. The foolish Taoist was knocked to the ground by a sword-shield wolf soldier, and then stabbed by a spear wolf soldier, and died instantly.

Uh... dead already? Xiao Jie was stunned for a moment. This guy was really just an NPC with no meaning of existence?

However, what was even more terrible was that as soon as Yu Daoren died, the wolf demons all looked towards them.

After the game, the shout just now successfully attracted the opponent's attention.

At this time, the wolf monsters had already rushed towards him.

"Run!" The two men turned their horses and rode away.

Mang Changya (Wolf Captain): "They are the returnees. Catch those humans and use them as wine for the king. Awooo!"

At a wolf howl, the wolves that were gnawing on the corpse immediately stopped eating and quickly rushed to the side of the wolf spirits. These wolf soldiers and wolf spirits jumped onto the wolves one by one and chased after them.

Damn, they are wolf cavalry!

Xiao Jie secretly said that it was not good: "Speed ​​up the process of becoming an immortal!"

He is not afraid. If I accelerate at full speed, I can definitely get rid of him, but I can't become an immortal.

Although I tried my best to speed up, the pursuers were getting closer and closer.

Xiao Jie can run away at any time, but if he does that, it will be dangerous for me to become an immortal.

"Brother Feng, what should I do? What should I do?" I was so anxious to become an immortal that my voice was filled with tears.

Xiao Jie said in a deep voice: "Don't be afraid, I have a way!"

The outline of the deserted village suddenly appeared in the distance ahead.

"I'll attract the monsters' hatred. After we enter the village, we'll split up. I'll lead the monsters away, and you run away quickly."

After Xiao Jie finished speaking, he turned around and shot an arrow.

Whoosh whoosh!
Xiao Jie kept shooting arrows behind him, but because he was flying too fast, even with steady shooting his hit rate was quite touching. He shot five or six arrows in a row, but only hit the target with three.

All the wolf soldiers who were hit by arrows looked at him with bared teeth, and it was obvious that their hatred was directed at him.

Xiao Jie deliberately slowed down his horse and fell behind me by one body length.

Seeing the wolf-spirit captain leading the way slowly approaching, he shot four arrows in a row.

Swoosh, swoosh, puff! Only two of the four arrows hit the wolf captain, but this was enough. Mang Changya let out a wolf howl, and all the wolves chased after Xiao Jie at once.

"Now - turn!" At this time, the two of them had already rushed into the deserted village. I turned my horse's head and rushed towards the fork in the road to the south.

Xiao Jie continued to move forward and continued to shoot arrows.

whoosh whoosh whoosh puff!

Unfortunately, the hit rate was too low, and these wolf spirits kept changing positions while running, so it was difficult to hit one all the time. In this case, even if all the arrows in the bag were used up, only a few could be killed. Xiao Jie did not expect to kill these wolf spirits with a kite, so he ran for a few miles with the wolves. I thought that I was out of danger, so Xiao Jie suddenly accelerated and quickly opened up the distance.

The wolf-like captain howled in anger, but it was of no use, he could only watch Xiao Jie run away.

Xiao Jie slowly stopped only when he could no longer see the wolf demon behind him.

(End of this chapter)