Otherworldly Skeleton

"Your task is to sell soul-inducing water to raise funds for the army." Karen Val said excitedly: "Listen, you first sell half of the soul-inducing water in Blackwater City to raise part of the funds, and then take the rest The soul water went to another small city, and after asking the market price, he sold the soul water at a lower level than the market price. Since Zexis did not have the task of collecting soul water in his two-month strategic policy, he would not Someone buys your water, but soul-inducing water is something that cannot be kept for a long time, it will expire within 20 days, so your low price selling will cause panic in the market, and those stupid skeleton water vendors in the city will follow you The price is lower than anyone else's, so you can sweep up a large amount of soul-inducing water in this city when the price is the lowest, and then take it back to Blackwater City to sell it, and you will get a huge profit."

After Karen Val finished speaking, Lu Yan still didn't move. He didn't understand what the bone dragon was talking about at all.

"Hey, how stupid!" Karen Val further explained angrily, "Didn't I explain clearly enough?"

"My lord, isn't soul-inducing water a material only used in wars? There is still a 'market' for it?" Lu Yan answered Karen Val's rhetorical question with a question.

"Oh, it's time to explain why soul-inducing water can be bought and sold freely." Karen Wahl was stunned for a moment before embarrassingly saying: "Soul-inducing water is a substance that skeletons need daily, and its importance is like food and food. The relationship between human beings is the same, skeletons must replenish a certain amount of soul-inducing water every month, otherwise irreversible bone loss will occur, and skeletons that do not replenish soul-inducing water for a year will die."

After what Karen Val said, Lu Yan finally understood that the soul-inducing water is a kind of food for skeletons, no wonder it has its own market.

Seeing the comprehensible expression on Lu Yan's face, Karen Wahl continued: "Only 5 kilograms of soul-inducing water will be distributed for normal tasks. Although the task amount is relatively small, that amount is not enough to affect the market. , this time Bernardi assigned me a task amount of 30 cards, correspondingly he will give me at least 100 kg of soul-inducing water as starting materials, this amount is enough to cause a sensation in a small city, you just need to sell it cheap every day , the market price of soul-inducing water in the entire city will be hit to the bottom soon, and then you can secretly repurchase it, not only can you get back the sold soul-inducing water, but you can also get a lot of extra funds. This is my original "fried water" Arcana', do you understand?"

"Uh..." Lu Yan hesitated for a while: "I probably understand, it is to suppress the water price in small cities, and then monopolize their supply, and bring them back to Heishui City to exchange money, yes."

"Little brat, don't you use concise words to compare with me?" Karen Val raised her paw to strike, and suddenly Zexis' majestic voice came from a distance: "Karen Val, I specially asked you to bring that Xiao Zhangu participated in the meeting, did you assign him a task?"

The noisy hall immediately became quiet. Who would dare to disturb the boss who was asking questions.

Under Karen Val's gesture, Lu Yan stood up and replied proactively: "Lord Leader, Lord Karen Val has assigned me the task of raising funds for the army."

"Oh, it's really not that simple. This is usually a task that can only be completed by strong bones. Isn't it the task of simply selling soul-inducing water or buying soul-inducing water?" Zexis said in surprise, unexpectedly Lu Yan took such a difficult task for the first time.

"Cough cough." Karen Val coughed twice and said, "Isn't this a tight manpower situation?"

"Well, it is indeed a shortage of manpower, so... how much money do you need to raise, little thing?" Zexis was obviously very interested, and asked another question.

Lu Yan's answer was very honest: "30 calories, my lord."

"Uh——" There was a sound of astonishment almost at the same time, and all the skeletons—from Zexis to the densely packed strong bones in the corner—stared at Lu Yan in a daze. Three seconds later, everyone burst into laughter in the conference hall. burst out.

Lu Yan's eyes went dark, and Karen Val didn't play the cards according to the normal routine.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they are rare and strange, they just don't know the secret method of frying water, you have to hold your breath." Karen Val's soul words reminded in his mind, Lu Yan snorted angrily, which was regarded as an answer.

After a while, Zexis waved his hand to make everyone stop laughing wildly, and then looked at Lu Yan: "Little thing, are you serious?"

"Yes, resolutely complete the task!"

"Do you know the consequences of not being able to complete the task?" Zexis asked again, the murderous look in this sentence, some timid and strong bones felt the coercion of Zexis, hiding in the corner trembling.

"I don't know, but I will bear it!" Lu Yan gritted his teeth and said loudly, isn't it just a bet, he bet that Karen Val will not mess around, as for the punishment for not completing the task, he didn't even bother to ask, he guessed it was because of fear And if you give up the mission, I am afraid that the end you will get is not much different from being directly punished.

Zexis looked at Karen Val, who shrugged and said it was okay.

"Okay, then wait for you to create a miracle again." Zexis's tone revealed the vigor of the superior: "But if you can't complete the task, I will never tolerate it, and everything will be carried out according to the law!"

After the meeting was over, Lu Yan asked Karen Val about the consequences of not completing the task: being included in the cannon fodder list for the next battle.

This punishment is as serious as execution, but the timing is different. Lu Yan saw the simple philosophy of the skeletons from the mission system: the skeletons who are smart and able to complete the mission are reserved as elites, and the stupid skeletons who cannot complete the mission are kept as elites. Use their bodies to defend the interests of those in power.

Lu Yan didn't complain at all. Things were just as he imagined. If he gave up the mission, he would basically be included in the cannon fodder list. Skull advocates strength, bravery, and blood without blood. will hasten its demise.

Better than Karen Val expected, Lu Yan received 120 kilograms of soul-inducing water.

After investing a large amount of bone souls, the area of ​​Blackwater City doubled in just a few days, and the soul-inducing water transpired in the soul gap was also twice as abundant as before.

The soul-inducing water is produced from the inside of the soul gap, just like water vapor from the ground. The human artisans captured by the skeletons invented a jar with a spiral umbrella. This kind of jar is usually hung in the soul gap. When the steam in the gap rises, it is blocked by the umbrella of the jar, and the water droplets condense and slide into the jar, and the soul-inducing water is collected in this way.

In the soul gap of Heishui City, there are as many as 300 million jars for collecting soul-inducing water. Each jar can produce about 1 gram of soul-inducing water per day. The output of soul-inducing water in Heishui City is [-] kilograms per day. However, these [-] kilograms are basically used for the daily consumption of the residents in the city, and there are very few that can be reserved.

Heishui City currently has a reserve of about 1 kilograms of soul-inducing water for combat preparation. Since there is no war in the near future, these soul-inducing water will be sold to ordinary people. Nearly a thousand battle bones have received this task, and each skeleton will receive it. About 5 kilograms of soul-inducing water are sold, but Lu Yan is one level higher than them, and what he accepts is actually the task of strengthening bones.

Using 120 kilograms of soul-inducing water to raise funds for the army... This should have been done by dozens of his subordinates who had been broken down by strong bones, but Karen Val only had the bone of Lu Yan, plus the lazy Karen Val said that he had more important things to do, so this burden fell entirely on Lu Yan.

Lu Yan dragged a huge bone cart to the south of the city. There were six bulging skin bags on the cart, each containing 10 kilograms of soul-inducing water. He planned to sell half of them first according to what Karen Val taught. Introduce soul water, and then go to another city to perform the secret method of frying water.

Lu Yan had already inquired about the price in advance, and the soul-inducing water market in the south of the city was the most reasonable place in Heishui City, where one kilogram of soul-inducing water could be sold at a constant price of 1000 calories.

The roads in Heishui City are all built along the soul gaps, and all the houses must be carefully arranged on both sides of the soul gaps, and the soul gaps in the middle of the road will be covered with grid-shaped metal meshes, which will allow corruption The soul will come up, and no skeleton will accidentally fall down.

In the bustling streets, apart from all kinds of skeletons, the most unexpected thing for Lu Yan is that there are a large number of humans and live animals. Although it has been the fifth day in Heishui City, every time Lu Yan sees I am still not used to this scene where humans and skeletons live together.

There is another synonym for human beings on the Skull Continent—slave.Skeletons need human's skillful hands to complete various complex crafts, such as refining swords and arrows, making exquisite architectural carvings, such as creating tough metal nets covering soul gaps, these tasks are very difficult for the skeleton's clumsy fingers It is difficult, but it is very simple for humans, so if it is absolutely necessary, the skeletons will not kill humans indiscriminately, they are more inclined to bring them back to their own city.

The most wonderful thing is that when a human is slowly aging in the skeleton city, the living soul in his body will gradually be released. Although this slow release of the living soul will not prompt the skeleton to evolve on the spot, the living soul it releases The total amount is only too much, and there is no waste. These living souls become a powerful supplement to the soul gap, and are an indispensable part of the skeleton city's vitality.

Human trading is very common on the Skull Continent. Generally speaking, the price of an adult male is around 800 calories. According to the skills, age, and strength of the person being sold, the price will also fluctuate greatly.

Lu Yan dragged the bone scooter across the street, and saw carnival skeletons everywhere. The aftermath of Zexis’ triumph is not over yet. The skeletons’ favorite thing is to pour the liquid mixed with soul-inducing water on their heads. , Just like human alcohol, this soul-inducing liquid with different concentrations can also intoxicate the skeletons, and make their spirits fall into a strange state of excitement.

Fortunately, there was no massacre of human beings. Lu Yan didn't know why he had to sympathize with human beings, but ever since he heard that Zexis had ordered to forbid the killing of human slaves in the city, he felt a burst of heartfelt relief. After a few days, this situation was indeed not found, but according to Karen Wahl, in some collar bone territories, there are even special "living soul restaurants", and the horrors in them make even the skeletons feel distressed.

Finally, before the sun rose, Lu Yan arrived at Yinhunshui Market in the south of the city. Although the sky had already begun to reveal a fish belly, the market was still full of excitement, with endless stalls stretching from inside the city to outside the city. , the entire market is seven kilometers long, crossing the south gate of Heishui City.

According to Karen Wahl, the selling price of the part of the market in the city is lower, but the quantity is large, while the selling price of the part outside the city is higher, but the quantity is small. Generally, the wandering skeletons in the outer city buy it for their own use.

Lu Yan walked into the market and walked towards the stall with the most crowds.

"Hey, take a look, take a look, the soul-inducing water that was just extracted at night is so fresh!" The seller was a pig-shaped skull with a broad skeleton, and Lu Yan could not help maliciously guessing that it was under Zexis's armor. , Is it also such a bloated skeleton?

"2 cards per gram, starting at 30 grams, everyone come and buy it!" The pig-shaped skeleton is inconvenient to use hands. There is a little boy about 14 years old helping him with the complicated machine. It is filled with black soul-inducing water, and there are two leaks with switches at the bottom. From time to time, skeletons come forward to buy it, and the boy will fill the prepared bag with a designated portion of soul-inducing water and hand it over to the customer.

The little boy is very beautiful, and his skin is as fair as jade. Lu Yan is very surprised how a slave raised by a skeleton can have such fair skin. He doesn't look like a slave who grew up in Skull City, but rather like a slave in the mainland Go to those noble boys.

The business of pig-shaped skeletons is very hot, and there is an endless stream of buyers. Most of these customers are the owners of grocery stores or hotels in the city. If they brew soul wine, they will earn more.

2 calories per gram, 2000 kilogram is 120 calories, which is twice as high as the price he inquired about. Could it be that 24 kilograms can be sold for [-] yuan? Lu Yan feels that the task is not so difficult to complete.

At this time, there was a sold-out skeleton just next to the pig-shaped skeleton. Lu Yan hurriedly dragged the cart to the back of the booth, and the big business of Xiao Zhangu was about to begin!