Chapter VIII Days and Days of Disrepair

The brazier was quickly brought up, and the charcoal inside was still sparkling. In the freezing wildfire city, this kind of charcoal brazier can be seen everywhere, and it is almost unnecessary to prepare.

Barnes looked at Xu Nan meaningfully.

Xu Nan's heart skipped a beat.

Why did the protagonists in the online articles he read always succeed in bluffing and deceiving?

Is it because I didn't activate the intelligence attack?

This Barnes looks confident.

What's even more painful is that the astral geek, who was clamoring for his omnipotence just now, was scared when he saw the fire.

"Will you die?" Xu Nan asked.

"No, but it will hurt!" Pippi said confidently.

"Hold it if you can't die!" Xu Nan said angrily in his heart: "Stop it, or I will write a small report to the Supreme Council and sue you and your master for fraud!"

Pippi Qi immediately refused to accept it: "Hehe, do you think the Supreme Council is run by your family?"

Xu Nan sneered: "When I signed the contract, I wrote it as an honest young gentleman; I'm afraid you don't know my real name!"

The Pippi Seven Devils laughed and said, "Are you some famous Ron Warlock?"

"My name is Xu Nan!"

"..."

Pippi was silent.

Of course he knew the name.

This name has countless nicknames and makes the low-level warlocks of Paradise Lost fearful!

What's even more frightening is that he also has the nickname Report Little Expert.

It is said that the family members of the Supreme Council are all his relatives, but he has never missed any of the small reports he wrote!

The behavior of Pippi Qi and his master has indeed constituted fraud. Besides, fraud is not fraud, isn't that what the Supreme Council said?

If compensation is really required, with Xu Nan's temperament according to the legend, the two of them are afraid that they will be compensated to the bottom of the sky!

"Let me handle the matter properly, I can't treat you badly!"

Xu Nan said comfortingly.

Pippi Qi's voice was extremely painful:

"Dry!"

"I knew it earlier, I would rather sell it..."

Before he finished speaking, he was thrown into the brazier by the appraiser.

The two copper tokens were thrown in together, and there seemed to be no reaction for a while.

"It's hot, it's hot, it's hot!"

"My skin is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

"Xu Nan, Xu Nan, what kind of inscription do you think is better for me? Should I take the initiative or play it by ear?"

Pippi Qi probably couldn't bear to stay in the fire, so he kept nagging Xu Nan with his heart language.

Xu Nan was harassed by the surround sound, so she silently blocked Pippi Qi's complaints, leaving only four words

improvise.

"Dry!"

"This is exactly the same as the instruction given by that little fat man when he asked me to serve the rich woman!"

"Ron Warlock is indeed a horse of a feather!"

Pippi Qi was filled with righteous indignation.

Although his heart was very annoyed and his body couldn't take it anymore, he still carried out his mission seriously.

He was observing the change of another copper order, but the other party remained unchanged.

"Damn! Why don't you just give him a Peppa Pig symbol?"

Pippi Qi's sanity has been burned to the brink of collapse.

The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay.

The two copper orders have not changed, and things seem a bit embarrassing.

The appraiser was very calm, he waved his hand:

"Not that fast."

"I remembered some things. First of all, it should be the family crest set by Sir Barton, the Winter Mockingbird..."

Suddenly, on Xu Nan's copper token, a pattern of a winter robin gradually emerged!

"Yes, yes!" Someone next to him shouted.

Xu Nan smiled slightly, indicating that everything was in plan.

However, the appraiser touched his chin and murmured:

"I remember, only the claws of the winter robin..."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Nan broke into a cold sweat instantly, and Pippi Qi also looked embarrassed.

Dry! Why didn't you say it earlier! ? Lao Tzu has changed? You can't shrink back, can you?

So he insisted on his last stubbornness.

The design of the winter robin is reduced to an inscription, which flickers in the charcoal fire.

Everyone looked at the appraiser.

The appraiser thought for a while: "Maybe my memory is wrong. There are many mistakes and omissions in the ancient book that I researched before, and I made it up by myself. Maybe it's the whole picture."

Xu Nan's cold sweat stopped slightly.

"However..." the voice of the appraiser became confused: "I remember, besides the winter robin, there is also the pattern of the Golden Dragon Token that Sir Barton likes most, right? The Wilderness Opening Token is so big, there is no place... ..."

There was a snap.

The copper token in the bonfire turned over, and the pattern of the golden dragon token appeared on the back.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

The appraiser is still pondering.

"Xu Nan..."

Pippi Qi howled in the flames: "Promise me one thing."

Xu Nan asked, "What's the matter?"

Pippi Seven: "If this old man makes any weird requests again, kill him for me!"

Xu Nan: "..."

In fact, up to now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xu Nan's wilderness development order is quite problematic.

It's just that it's hard for them to break through the problem.

As for the copper order that the scavenger took out, there was no response in the flames, and Barnes had already ordered the scavenger to be driven away.

The copper order was left behind.

Pippi Qi cried in the flames.

Fortunately, the appraiser didn't continue to make any weird requests. He thought about it and said to Barnes:

"Master Barnes, there is at least a 95% chance that this wilderness development order is true!"

"No one dares to say whether this kind of thing is true or not. After all, Sir Barton did not explicitly leave behind the copper order; the other wilderness development orders are not easy to find."

Before he finished speaking, Barnes suddenly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee in front of Xu Nan:

"Barnes Ceballon, on behalf of the Ceballon family, pledge allegiance to Miss Su!"

The rest of the people froze for a moment before reacting.

"The Blackwater Gang, the Cook Family, pledge allegiance to Miss Su!"

"The Lujiu family, pledge allegiance to Miss Su!"

One after another, representatives of all the families present followed Barnes to express their allegiance to Xu Nan.

Although everyone knows Miss Su's taboo, but in such a more formal occasion, they will still insist on normal judgment.

Xu Nan snorted coldly and pretended to be dissatisfied, but she was actually full of doubts.

"Get up."

"Now, can I be the lord of Wildfire City?"

Barnes stood up with a smile on his face:

"sure."

"Please follow me to Sir Barton's mansion now, which is the official residence of the city lord."

"Let's open the treasure chest of the city lord, and then you can issue decrees, reorganize the city hall, and exercise the power of the city lord..."

Xu Nan waved his hand and asked Gray to fish Pippi Qi out of the flames. When he was about to get the scavenger's copper token, Barnes snatched it away first.

"Let's go, Mr. Su."

Barnes said with a grin.

Gray and Xu Nan looked at each other, and they both sensed some problems, but up to now, they had to follow the path of Barnes.

...

In the carriage.

"What happened to the treasure chest of the city lord?"

"Is there still one more verification?"

"What the hell is going on with this Barnes? The Sebalon family took the lead in swearing allegiance to me and forced other families to kneel together. What exactly is he trying to do?"

Xu Nan was confused.

Gray's face was also not good-looking: "I have been inquiring for news these days, and I have got some clues so far."

"The person who poisoned and tried to poison you that day was a member of the Blackwater Gang. The power behind the Blackwater Gang is the Cook family, the second largest force in Wildfire City. Barnes must have found this out, so he Didn't act rashly."

"That tramp seems to have been sent by the Cook family. If this is the case, the person who killed Miss Su is a member of the Cook family. They tried to get the wilderness development order to become the city lord, but unfortunately they were bumped into by us. Broke the plan."

"If this is the case, the Blackwater Gang will definitely not let it go."

Gray rubbed his temples, and also looked like he was suffering from a severe headache.

For him, he is already familiar with the intrigue among mercenaries; but when it comes to power struggles, he seems a little at a loss.

He began to seriously consider whether his attempt to seize the position of Lord of Wildfire City was a little too hasty.

I am a high-ranking knight, and I bring a little warlock who came out of nowhere, and I want to seize the city of the Icelanders. Isn't this a ghost story that only exists in the script?

The more he thought about it, the more he regretted it.

If I had known earlier, I might as well have gone back to get paid and slipped away.

Gray's eyes began to change quietly.

Xu Nan had settled down a lot.

Don't be afraid if you have cards in your hand, it's a big deal to flip the table!

What do you usually use to hug your thighs?

Since there is no need to worry about the future, let's simply do a big job.

Barnes clearly saw that there was a problem with his copper order, but he certainly didn't expect that he even had a problem with himself!

He is loyal to himself, mostly for a purpose.

The Ceballon family is already the largest family in Wildfire City, what do they want?

Greater power? The official lord of Wildfire City? The strength of the army?

Xu Nan began to seriously think about the logic behind it.

With the help of insights, his thinking became clearer and clearer.

He was pretty close to what Barnes wanted.

"If the Cebalon family hasn't really made the transition from being a tyrant to being the lord of the territory."

"Then it seems good to support a puppet city lord as a transition, especially this city lord, with the background of Quicksand, will make many forces feel jealous."

"So, that appraiser was also brought up by Barnes to talk nonsense? Maybe the Wilderness Opening Order itself has no inscription."

Xu Nan let out a breath, and suddenly felt that things became more interesting.

...

City Lord's Mansion. In a hidden secret room.

Two Icelanders dragged a huge treasure chest out of the corner.

This is the treasure chest left by Sir Barton.

"The Wilderness Opening Order is the key to the treasure chest of the city lord."

Barnes said with a smile.

At this moment, the rest of the people were driven away by him, leaving only Barnes' own people, Xu Nan, and the nominal attendant Gray.

Xu Nan took a deep breath, held Pippi Qi, and stepped forward to unlock it.

Pippi Qi yelled: "I am a strange guest in the star world, there is no key that I cannot change!"

Click!

The token is inserted.

After half a minute.

Nothing happens.

Xu Nan coughed, pretending to be angry and kicked the castellan's treasure chest:

"What kind of broken box is this, why can't it be opened!"

"I'm afraid it will fall into disrepair!"

In his heart, he had already sprayed Pippi 10,000 times.

Even the belly draft of the small report was typed.

"Is it in disrepair?"

Barnes laughed.

He looked at Xu Nan and said in a low voice, "Mr. Su, you and I both know that the copper order in your hand is a fake."

"The one in my hand is the real one!"

"But I don't care. The Ceballon family is not interested in the position of the city lord. I hope you can cooperate with us to do something."

"If you promise us, you will be the lord of Wildfire City, and maybe the Quicksand Land will benefit from it."

"If you don't agree, then...hehe..."

Gray's expression changed, and his hand was quietly pressed on the weapon.

Xu Nan was very calm:

"How can you be sure that the one in your hand is real? I paid a lot of money to buy it!"

Barnes showed a mocking look:

"Mr. Su is really...cute."

"Is it true that if you buy it at a big price?"

"Forget it, let me demonstrate it to you myself. Anyway, after opening the treasure chest of the city lord, the administrative order that has not been seen for many years can be promulgated."

"Whoever you change, you can become the Lord of Wildfire City!"

After that, he flipped his wrist, took out the copper token from the tramp, and calmly inserted it into the treasure chest of the city lord.

Click!

in a minute.

Nothing happens.

Sweat broke out on Barnes' forehead in an instant.

"It's been in disrepair for a long time..."

"In disrepair..."

He said politely.

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