Chapter 425 Everything Has a Price

Lu Yao returned to the temple and asked about Puxi and the wise bug.

Bartfrey said: "Lord God, the wise insect and the Blackheart Duke have cooperated in the past. When the Duke sent someone to contact the wise insect, it did not inform us immediately."

"It was about a year after it contacted the Duke that it informed Mayor Porto of this matter. The reason for the delay of the wise insect was that it said it needed to further observe the Duke's movements, determine their true intentions, and avoid alerting the enemy."

"This is also the reason why I have a certain suspicion of it, so I asked the wise insect to participate in this front-line battle to prove its loyalty."

The King of Rock continued: "People from various forces on the fifth floor have mixed into Sifang City. This is something we have always known. Considering that it is tedious and laborious to check these people one by one, and it will also affect the vagrants and extraordinary people who really want to migrate, we choose to be loose outside and tight inside, and specifically follow the key suspicious people."

"If they can be used well, these spies from various forces on the fifth floor and the scattered cross-border people will help Sifang Country to carry out propaganda on the fifth floor and further absorb the population of various parties on the fifth floor."

Lu Yao felt that this idea was fine.

The Sifang Kingdom does not practice isolationism, and the display of comprehensive strength is also a deterrent.

Due to the regional environmental differences in the abyss, the planting and animal husbandry of the fourth layer cannot be copied to the fifth layer at all, which also makes the grain of the Sifang Kingdom a long-term export advantage industry.

"This strategy has finally proved to be successful."

The mountain golem said proudly: "The population of the Sifang Kingdom continues to grow, and most of them are immigrants. They heard about the development of the Sifang Kingdom on the fifth layer, came through the crack with curiosity, and then chose to settle down for a long time."

"According to the natural reproduction of the Sifang Kingdom, the population growth is very slow. The fertility rate of extraordinary people is generally low, and the largest proportion of the population on the fifth layer is ordinary people such as the abyss nomads."

"Nomads near the fifth-layer crack channel have come to the Sifang Kingdom one after another. What hinders the further growth of the population of the Sifang Kingdom is the restriction of the region itself. Because there is a wizard tower on one side of the crack, On the other side are Chicken King Dalia and Bone King Nitiya. These demigods with territories will also snatch people, and it is difficult for vagrants to escape from their territories..."

"Sorry, sir, talking about government affairs is far-reaching, but I have to talk about it."

The Rock King brought the topic back: "The Black-hearted Duke Stoke wants to understand the true strength of the Four Kingdoms through the wise insects, and also to determine the attitude of the wise insects themselves."

"The wise insects also clearly told the other party these two points. It is your follower and a part of the Four Kingdoms. But Stoke doesn't seem to believe it. He suspects that the wise insects may be Norland's insider..."

Lu Yao thought that this suspicion was normal.

The wise insects and Norland are also old acquaintances.

Speaking of which, the wise insects are indeed good at managing interpersonal relationships.

Although it is a part of the curse insects, all forces give it face.

"Later, Stoke got into trouble with Puxi. To be precise, Stoke was the one most affected by Puxi's [Golden Plate Ceremony], because among the three demigod lords on the fifth floor, only Stoke was extremely dependent on export commodities to obtain resource supplies."

Stoke's predicament started with the wonder [Second Hall of the Temple].

The wonder has two halls: the public hall and the dining hall.

The public hall is where monks gather to practice. The monks of the temple here will meditate at their respective positions and learn about practice from the guardian statues of the temple.

The dining hall is the place where monks donate food to the outside world. It is called a dining hall, but it is more like a charity hall for the outside world.

These two places have to operate non-stop. Stoke needs to donate every day and try to recruit more people to become monks to meditate.

In order to allocate more food, Stoke always added grass roots, leaves and mud to the donated food... Later, for better results, he ground all these added food into powder and cooked them into thick soup.

In addition to the abyss nomads, there are also various wild animals, including extraordinary creatures, who receive alms. When they are hungry, they can only pinch their noses to drink the thick soup in the cafeteria.

The nickname of the Duke of Stoke Blackheart also comes from this.

However, it is rewarding to go to great lengths to maintain the Second Hall of the Temple.

This wonder can summon powerful guardians of the Temple to join the battle, and it can also allow monks to condense the omnipotent stone through meditation and practice. After the monks die, they will be cremated and the omnipotent stone will be separated from the corpse.

"...But this is just what Stoke said to the outside world. According to the number of monks who died, it is not enough to support the large-scale sale of the almighty stone to the outside world. Ertang Galan must have other ways to produce or collect the almighty stone."

The Rock King paused for a moment: "According to the information obtained by the Four Kingdoms, the number of monks in Ertang Galan is about 2,000 now."

"To become a monk, you must complete meditation and practice day after day, and participate in charity. Most people cannot endure this ascetic life for a long time. And monks must practice what they say and do. If they can't persist, the name of monks will eventually disappear."

"The total population of Stoke's territory is about 100,000, of which at least 50,000 are serving Ertang Galan, participating in trade exchanges with the outside world, and looking for monk candidates."

Lu Yao understood.

The black-hearted Duke Stoke wants to maintain the operation of Ertang Galan. He not only has to trick people into becoming monks, but also has to stabilize the monk team and consider the issue of charity from the canteen.

It can only be said that he has mastered a miracle that has a high upper limit but is extremely difficult to operate.

The demigod Puxi led the Jinpan merchants to commit fraud everywhere, causing great damage to the trade ecology of the fifth layer of the abyss. The demigods, who could not even talk about mutual trust, further tightened trade, which was a major blow to Stoke, which needed to import a large amount of food.

Hence, the scene where he sent businessman Piz to discuss with the intellectual insects.

Stoker hopes to reach official level cooperation with the Quartet countries as soon as possible to obtain stable food import supplies and further crack down on fraud in Puxi.

…

Most of the ghosts and ghosts in Puxi are represented by [Golden Plate Ceremony] merchants, but it is difficult to pinpoint his location.

Unfortunately, there is no such number one person in the World Encyclopedia, and there is no way to find out.

Just when Lu Yao was worried, Noland, who had just joined the team, volunteered.

"Lord God, I have a way to find Puxi."

Apostle No. 11 said: "In my [Spell Bag], there is a high-level spell called [Object Tracking]. As long as I use this golden dice that I have never touched since I bought it from Puxi, I can Find his trace."

The masked koala showed a hint of pride on his face: "Originally, I wanted to punish this guy at the critical moment, but now it can come in handy."

Lu Yao asked him to do it faster.

The only problem is that the spells taken out of Noland's [Spell Bag] are random.

It summarizes some practical tips for specific use, such as adjusting the mana consumption to filter out the spell level.

For example, if Noland only wants a simple [Lighting Spell], he only needs to invest 10 mana points. It is randomly selected from a bunch of low-level spells, and the probability of pulling out [Lighting Spell] is relatively high.

In other words, as long as you have taken out a spell before, you will know its mana cost. Next time you adjust your mana, the possibility of taking out the same spell will greatly increase.

"[Object Tracking] is a high-level spell, so the mana cost is adjusted to about 850."

The koala said as he dug his paws into the bag on his belly.

It picked and picked out a ball of light.

The ball of light suddenly bloomed and turned into many pink bubbles, covering almost half of the temple.

Small fairies with slender bodies flew out from between the bubbles. It was difficult to tell whether they were male or female, but they were all handsome in appearance. The fairies sang ethereal songs, danced around the koala, and rubbed its ears and shoulders.

Lu Yao saw an entry appearing behind Noland's [Spell Bag].

…

[Fairy Township]: Summon a group of legendary fairies, let them stay here for a short time, and dedicate their singing, dancing, flattery and praise to the user.

…

Summon a fairy idol group?

Lu Yao looked at the koala with suspicion.

What kind of magic does this guy usually study? The God of Darkness commented that Noland was not doing his job properly. Lu Yao initially thought it was a disagreement on the training route, but now he was a little suspicious.

"Listen to my explanation...this was purely a mistake, a mistake."

The koala wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his paw: "It's a random problem with the spell bag."

It waved its claws, and the pink bubbles around it suddenly dissipated.

Noland put his claws into his pocket again.

It grabbed a second ball of light.

The ball of light burst, and countless lightning burst out from it. Noland quickly grabbed it and threw it into the air, then lay down on the ground...

After experiencing uncontrollable spells such as burning fire, flooding mountains with water, and spreading poisonous mist, Noland, who was looking embarrassed, finally grabbed a scroll from the ball of light.

"This is it!"

The koala said excitedly: "Lord God, this is it. Please wait a moment, and I will mark Puxi for you to find it."

It carefully took out a crystal box and dropped the golden dice inside on the scroll.

A picture slowly appeared on the scroll.

On the screen, there is a traveler holding a long pole.

His body was completely covered by robes, his face wore a brass mask, and his exposed arms and legs were also covered in brass armor. He was carrying a backpack that was larger than a human being, and the golden disc shone with metallic luster behind the backpack. .

He was at the entrance of a forest, talking to a homeless person passing by.

"This is... the Duel Forest."

Noland recognized it at a glance: "It turns out that this guy went there to deceive people. Recently, Hu Yizi's cavalry is attacking a demigod over there, and Puxi always appears in turbulent places."

Lu Yao suddenly noticed that Pu Xi opened his hand to the homeless man and raised his brass index finger to point to the sky.

The homeless man raised his head in a daze and looked at the golden disk floating above his head. His eyes were coated with a layer of gold, and then returned to normal.

At this time, a very satisfied smile appeared on the homeless man's face. He kissed Pu Xi's metal hand, as if he was making an oath, and his eyes became fanatical and sick.

Noland said: "Lord God, this is the Golden Plate Ceremony. Puxi used seduction and deception to make many homeless people become his gold plate merchants... These gold plate merchants usually look normal, and they only hold gold plate ceremonies." Madness only shows up during rituals.”

Lu Yao could feel that time was getting shorter and shorter.

This cancer must be dealt with as soon as possible while the body is still functioning.

…

The Duel Forest is located in the southeast corner of the fifth floor, adjacent to the Mage Tower to the west and Hu Yizi's territory to the north.

Fortunately, Noland used a specific spell to build a portal, which was enough to cross a large area of ​​territory in a short time and reach the outskirts of the forest.

Lu Yao stood not far from this wonder.

It was called a forest, but it was actually a bunch of short trees that were less than one person tall.

They were closely nestled together, and the texture of the leaves and trunks was close to plastic, with a sense of self-righteous falsehood, like some kind of garden scenery.

Lu Yao was not surprised. The Duel Forest is also part of the [Miniature Empire]. The [Inherited Mage Tower] is a reduced model, and the style here is consistent.

The Duel Forest is one of the four wonders on the fifth floor. Although it is occupied by the head and tail worms, anyone can use the ability of this wonder: a duel of life and death.

If two or more people walk into the Duel Forest together, they will be lost and wandering in it. Only when only one person is left alive can they find a way out of the forest.

Lu Yao stared at the plastic forest in front of him.

…

[Duel Forest]:

A forest that was originally used by people for duels, but it was reduced for unknown reasons and attached with a special curse. Those who enter the forest will also be shrunk synchronously and receive a marked prompt. If they cannot complete the duel, they will never be able to leave.

[Duel Curse]

Those who enter will trigger the curse. The curse will be lifted only when there is only one survivor left in the same batch of people. If there is only one survivor, the survivor will be lost in the forest until the next survivor enters and triggers the duel curse together.

[Survivor Reward]

If there is only one survivor left in the entire forest, he will be able to share the power drawn by the duel forest with the curse until the second survivor enters.

…

The duel forest ability is a curse system, similar to the battle royale, and the competition is about who can survive in the end. In this game of survival, strength and brains are equally important.

The head and tail worms are entrenched here, obviously to monopolize the [survivor reward], waiting for the opportunity to kill people who enter for various reasons.

And it can squeeze out the crescent crickets, parasitic insects and wise insects, monopolize this place, and its strength is only stronger than other curse insects. We need to solve it before we can take down this wonder, which means we need to send an apostle into the Duel Forest?

Lu Yao suddenly realized that it seemed that he didn't need to go through so much trouble.

The wonders on the fifth floor are all ownerless. As long as he uses the power of faith to transform them, all demigods will be unable to use them - they can't use the fire of faith to take them back.

In other words, as long as he wants, he can easily take down these four wonders and piece them together into a broken version of the [Miniature Empire].

However, Puxi must be dealt with first, so as not to alert the enemy.

Lu Yao walked towards the plastic forest. As he got closer, the low trees became taller and stronger with the naked eye, and the scale of the forest seemed to expand suddenly.

He knew that it was not the trees that became taller, but he himself was shrunk.

At the entrance outside the forest, Puxi, who was dressed strikingly, was still there.

He was like a classic businessman in various game copies, standing there quietly, waiting for adventurers to come and buy various props at high prices.

Lu Yao looked at this unknown demigod, but only saw a string of garbled characters.

Sure enough, there was a problem.

He called up the [True Vision Spell], and the opponent's data panel slowly appeared on his pupil.

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[Sacrificer LV97] Hu Yizi

HP: 86559/86559

Mana: 12561/19002

Damage: 268

Defense: 198

Speed: 14

[Wisdom LV22]

[Thick Skin]

[Family]

A race transformed by the God of Greed.

[Golden Plate Ceremony]

By holding this ceremony, other individuals are given the ability to [Bewitch]. Participants can pray through this ceremony and be guided by the ability holder.

[Alcoholism]

By drinking various types of alcohol, one can temporarily slightly improve various attributes of oneself.

[Heavy Attack Mastery LV30]

When attacking, there is a chance to cause additional damage and put the opponent into a [Stiff] state.

[Drunk Tiger LV4]

[Tiger's exclusive ability] Tiger drinks a lot of strong liquor and transforms into a drunk tiger. It is not affected by any negative state and is in a state of continuous speed change, making it impossible for the enemy to judge the attack method and frequency.

...

Lu Yao suddenly realized.

It turns out that the so-called Puxi is a vest made by Tiger.

He holds some unknown props that can change his appearance and hide his identity.

Moreover, this guy is also a member of the [God of Greed].

Lu Yao flipped through the background of the world.

The Dark God only has one line of words to evaluate Tiger.

"A fool who lost his bet."

Noland and Bartfred both evaluated Tiger as a warmongerer.

Tiger is the most warlike of the three demigods, and he has been conquering and conquering other demigods all year round.

Unlike Noland, who is steady and cautious, Tiger's subordinates are all horsemen and cavalry, who are always looting in the wild. Because of his ferocious and tyrannical style of behavior, the demigods adjacent to his territory all banded together to resist Hu Yizi.

Pu Xi, who extremely admired attacking and Hu Yizi and liked to hide in the dark to engage in fraudulent trade, found it difficult to associate these two characters together.

Lu Yao was not interested in his motives or conspiracies.

Today, I came here mainly to teach him a lesson.

I must let Pu Xi know that it would not be good to cheat in Yao Shen's territory.

Lu Yao stood in front of Hu Yizi.

The other party was stunned for a moment, and a dull voice came from under the brass mask: "Customer, do you need any help? Whether you need some kind of props or someone, Puxi will do our best for you. "

Lu Yao said: "I want to buy something from you."

"What do you want to buy?"

"Are there any epic props?"

Hu Yizi was stunned: "That kind of thing doesn't exist in the abyss."

"A spectacle will do, too."

"...Sorry, no."

Lu Yao nodded: "The goods are not quite available. This is not a good way to do business."

Hu Yizi clutched his cane, seemingly holding back his anger.

"Then I'll give you something and you can estimate the price."

"Please take it out and have a look."

Lu Yao raised his hand and grabbed it, and there was a [flavor storage tank LV3] in his hand.

Hu Yizi observed for a while: "The fire props are of lower level and of poor quality. I can give you 120 Almighty Stones."

Lu Yao sneered.

This price reduction is indeed like a profiteer.

He put away the Taoist soldiers and took out another [Paper Taoist Soldier LV7].

The other party looked at it for a moment and said: "The fire prop is of medium to low level and of average quality. I can give you 240 Almighty Stones."

Lu Yao took out another shiny stone.

"What about this?"

Seeing the luminous stone on his claws, Hu Yizi froze suddenly, as if he couldn't believe it: "This is... a godhead?"

"You are not a wise insect. It is impossible for a wise insect to possess godhead!"

"Who are you?"

Faced with this problem, Lu Yao just played with the godhead in his hand: "You don't know who I am, but I know who you are. But things like identity are actually not important."

"I'm here to do business with you today."

Lu Yao said: "I respect the rules of businessmen. Everything has a price. So, now I want you to measure how much you are worth?"

"..."

Hu Yizi was silent for a while: "I can't measure my own price."

"So, what's the price the God of Greed will give you?"

"who are you?"

He took a step back, looking extra alert and nervous.

Lu Yao smiled slightly: "I am your customer, and you need to give me a satisfactory price to buy your right to survive here. So, give me a price first."

Hu Yizi seemed to have finally realized something. He held the cane with both hands and his voice was trembling: "In and out of the abyss, descending on behalf of others, holding the divine head... You have inherited the legacy of the Lord God of Darkness!"

His tone also became a little excited.

"If I could be your God, I would tell you everything I know, truthfully tell you everything I know, and devote all my strength to you!"

The price Hu Yizi set for himself was quite high.

It's a pity that Lu Yao doesn't like to bargain.

"I've estimated the price for you."

Lu Yao said: "The conclusion is that it is not worth buying."

He raised his hand and the divine giant walked out of the white mist, shrouding Hu Yizi who was trying to escape in its huge figure...