Otherworldly Skeleton

Hong Magu was still thinking hard, but Ah Jiu had already calculated the number of bone cards. She tied the bone cards neatly with ropes, stuffed them into the leather pocket prepared by Lu Yan, and then put Hong Magu's soul wine on the table. The words "80532" are written on it, indicating that this stack of bone cards is worth 530 two cards in total.

"Ah Jiu is... dumb?" Lu Yan wondered.

"Yes, I picked her up in the wild when I was doing business in the South, and I can't speak since I was a child." Hong Magu couldn't think of a good way to solve Lu Yan's problem, so he first talked about Ah Jiu's origin: "I brought her up from a baby. I sell soul water, soul wine, scrap bones, everything, just to exchange a little fresh milk for her, so that I can slowly grow her up. Other skeletons They all treat human beings as slaves, but Ah Jiu is like a daughter to me."

"Daughter?" It was only then that Lu Yan discovered that Ah Jiu's chest really had a very inconspicuous bulge, and she didn't have an Adam's apple. Combined with her beautiful appearance and delicate skin, this was indeed a girl.

Ah Jiu glared at Lu Yan, obviously very unhappy with his lack of understanding.

"Oh, Ah Jiu is a girl, because I needed her to help me set up a stall, and I didn't want to cause trouble, so I deliberately cut her hair short and dressed her like a boy." Hong Magu explained.

"Oh, although you can't see it at first glance, you can still find it if you take a few more glances." Lu Yan originally wanted to say that Ah Jiu is so beautiful, even if he is dressed as a boy, he is very attractive, but considering that he said in person It was a little embarrassing for a girl to be pretty, so he didn't continue to play.

"My lord is right. Ah Jiu's daughter has long been registered by the Department of Physiology and Health, which specializes in managing the human population. She is 13 years old this year, and she is at the age to have a child." Hong Magu sighed: "I guess It won't be long before the 'Lisheng Division' will come and buy her forcibly, according to the law made by Master Linggu, women over the age of 13 must maintain childbearing status at all times, and she will not be with me for many days."

Lu Yan saw that Ah Jiu's eyes were red, and a sense of death spread in the girl's eyes.

The atmosphere became dull, and Lu Yan didn't know how to persuade him, after all, he didn't have the ability to defy Zexis.

"Maybe, I shouldn't have raised her in the first place, or I should have sent her back to the human camp earlier to give her a normal life." Hong Magu's plump pig skull didn't look so bloated anymore, he shook his head slightly : "As long as you pass through the territory of the thirteen Lord Bone, you can reach the border of the Skull Continent. I was planning to do this before the death of the Emperor Bone. First, I will go to the territory of Lord Yujiji, and then..."

Suddenly, Hong Magu stopped, he seemed to think of something.

"Ah, Master Lu, there is still hope for your mission to be completed." Hong Magu paused for a moment, and said happily: "The method of frying water is to put it bluntly to create a difference in prices. It is difficult for this price difference to form under his rule, but it may not be certain under the rule of other leaders.”

Lu Yan is very smart, and he can tell right away: "Boss Hong is talking about... Huo Jiji?"

"Yes, Master Lu is really smart. Master Lu Jiji is dead, and his territory is in chaos. The generals in the major cities will frantically search for soul-inducing water, whether it is for their own advancement or to increase their strength. The price of soul-inducing water in the territory of Luluji will double, and the market is definitely in short supply." Hong Magu looked at Lu Yan eagerly: "My lord, as long as you can transport a batch of soul-inducing water into the territory of Luluji safely You can earn huge profits!"

"Aren't you going to check the vendors who come and go in the skeleton city?"

"The growth and death of skeletons are too frequent. The average lifespan of ordinary skeletons is no more than 10 years, and the number is so large that it can be calculated in hundreds of millions. Therefore, no collar bone has the ability to count the identities of subjects. On the skeleton continent There is no such thing as identity." Hong Magu patiently explained.

Lu Yan wondered, "Wouldn't it be easy to infiltrate spies?"

"For the city, yes, this is the way to prevent it, but it is different for the army. The army skeletons can use soul words to communicate. As long as the higher-ranking skeletons use soul words to issue orders and make a few actions casually, they can distinguish Which skeletons are hidden spies." After Hong Magu explained Lu Yan's question, he brought the topic back: "However, Mr. Lu, don't underestimate the danger of delivering water. Many skeletons can guess the huge profits. , but almost no traders dare to do it, because after all, the war is in turmoil and the road is not smooth, if something goes wrong, the money will be returned.”

There is actually no difference between returning money and failing to complete the mission. Once this mission is successfully completed, it is inevitable that you will be the cannon fodder on the front line in the next battle. Therefore, although long-distance water trafficking is dangerous, it is still better than being cannon fodder and waiting to die. A little rushed.

"That's it, let's go to Luluji's territory!" Lu Yan finally made up his mind to survive the danger.

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A small courtyard in the middle east of Heishui City.

Due to the irregular distribution of soul gaps, there are many places in Heishui City that there are no soul gap branches within hundreds of meters. There are few skeletons in this area, because skeletons like to live around soul gaps, so these places lacking soul gap coverage , most of them will become the residences of humans, but humans, as the disadvantaged species on the Skull Continent, generally live together in groups, very rare like this secluded courtyard.

Red tiles and white walls, the two-meter-high courtyard wall encloses less than five acres of land on the black rotten soil. Looking from the outside, you can't see the houses and buildings inside the wall. How can such a low wall Blocking it means that the houses in the courtyard are very low, or there are no houses at all, but judging from the neat and orderly rot-resistant vines on the courtyard wall, the courtyard is not deserted, but the owner of the courtyard does not like luxury.

The main entrance of the yard is two lightly covered wooden doors, and a small sign is hung on each side of the doorpost. Zexis".

"Still dragging like this, this old and immortal guy." Karen Val stood in front of the wooden door and smiled, raised his muddy paw and kicked on the wooden door violently.

The strange thing is that the torn wooden door that should have been kicked by him was only gently opened, and the rusty latch made a long and slow friction sound. spread.

After the door was opened, the scene in the yard was revealed at once, and a fresh scent of grass and trees came out. The garden was full of various flowers, plants and fruit trees. There was a low thatched cottage in the corner of the yard, Karen Val's Looking through the bright red and emerald green, I found the old man who was pruning under the grape trellis next to the thatched cottage.

"Hey, old man, remember me?" Karen Val squeezed his huge body into the yard carelessly, and then looked arrogant, but actually carefully chose an open space not occupied by flowers and trees to sit down .

The old man was shirtless, and his skin was black and red, which was obviously the result of long-term sun exposure. His body was well-proportioned and strong, and he looked like a man just over forty, but the wrinkles around his eyes still betrayed his age. Let him look like he is in his 50s, but in fact, his real age may be much more than this number.

"Stupid dragon, you're alive again!" The old man stood on the wooden bench, while carefully pruning the grape branches, he casually struck up a conversation with Karen Val.

"Yeah, it's not easy. I fell into a bone hunter's trap in Hegu Village and almost died completely."

"Hey, Karen Val is afraid of bone hunters, so don't pretend." The old man said disdainfully: "In comparison, the Yeba clan, one of the best in the grassland, have been fooled by you, so that's a bit dangerous."

"Yeba clan?" Karen Val was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, you are talking about the team of cavalry carrying the wolf flag. Yes, I didn't expect to mess with them. It's really dangerous."

The old man gave Karen Val a white look: "It's not just them, did the Golden Flower Warrior and Magician fight against you?"

"You know that too?" Karen Val exclaimed, "Did you go for a walk on the grassland at night without sleeping?"

"Hmph, the earth dragon that stretched for more than ten kilometers appeared out of thin air and pierced from the Vardan swamp into the Val Grassland. How could such a major event not leak out? It is said that the Lan Empire later sent hundreds of magicians to search the swamp. Looking for something." The old man stopped the scissors and looked at Karen Val coldly: "Stupid dragon, didn't you take something you shouldn't have?"

"No, no, no!" Karen Val quickly waved her hand: "I'm innocent."

"Is that the humanoid skeleton under your command?"

"Uh, maybe, but he once killed a war bone for me when he was a red bone." Karen Val said in a puzzled tone: "After that battle, he was almost completely torn, so I His body was carefully examined in a coma, and nothing special was found."

"Have you checked everything clearly, such as pinching his skull?" The old man resumed his pruning action and asked casually.

Karen Val feigned anger and said, "Old man, his skeleton is as good as yours, is there any need to be so cruel?"

"Hmph, I just can't understand the way you lie. You obviously can't be cruel, but you just pretend to be cruel." The old man said disdainfully: "If you really are willing to check carefully, that little guy would have died a long time ago." , with your poor bone skills at the battle bone stage, you can't save a skeleton with a broken skull."

"Okay, okay, you're smart, I can't hide anything from you, okay." Karen Valk shouted resignedly.

The old man finished cutting the branches, picked a bunch of purple grapes, and sat down in front of Karen Val with a small stool: "I heard that you gave him the task of raising 30 cards?"

"You old man, why do you know everything?" Karen Val made a fuss while looking down greedily at the grapes in the old man's hand.

"How do you let him earn 30 cards?"

"Fried water, so I often do it, it's easy."

"Your bones are dead, do you know that you have let go of the right to collect soul-inducing water, and you are still frying water, frying your head!" The old man threw a few grapes into his mouth and chewed happily. He ate boldly and undisguisedly, with purple juice overflowing from the corner of his mouth.

"It's okay, that kid's black blood is probably related to luck, and he can definitely handle it." Karen Val stared at the old man's mouth and swallowed.

"You really trust your subordinates."

"Yeah, yeah, it's not the first day you know me." Karen Val looked at the old man's chewing mouth depressedly: "Hey, I said Renzait, you should give me one!"

"You are a skeleton, how can you have a digestive tract to taste such a delicious fruit?"

"Please, I can do it without a digestive tract, you know I love grapes the most!" Karen Val growled, but his voice was obviously lacking in confidence, with a hint of pleading.

"But I always think it's a bit too difficult for you to let him earn 30 cards." The old man shook his head and said, "What is the mystery here? I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out."

"Oh, I'm afraid of you." Karen Val snatched the grapes from the old man's hand, and said quickly: "I just don't want him to complete the task. Before there is a new emperor bone in the Skull Continent, I don't want to To advance, I don't want to be that pig's mount, it's that simple!"

After Karen Val finished speaking, he slapped the grapes hard on the top of his head, the purple juice slid down his smooth bones, and an extremely cool and intoxicated expression appeared on his face.

"Deliberately choose ways to complete the task in order not to advance?" The old man sneered twice: "Will things go as smoothly as you expected, stupid dragon?"