Chapter 123

But Li Mi was always willing to follow him, and after all, there was only one person, and he couldn't take care of everything.

But then again.

If Jack Zhengyi was really paid four or five gold coins a month, it would be okay for him to owe money for the time being, but after that, Lu Lin was not sure if he could afford it.

After all, his task system, once a new task is unlocked later, there is no control over how much money he spends.

So after thinking about it, Lu Lin came up with a plan.

Jack Zhengyi followed him for ten months. When the store opened, he helped with the accounting work. If he encountered a situation that required combat, he would help, but other than that, Lu Lin would not deliberately arrange too many jobs for him.

In exchange, Lu Lin would help him pay off the debt he owed to Si Li. At the same time, Lu Lin also covered the future expenses of the two girls. In addition, he would give him fifty silver coins every month for daily expenses.

As for the issue of adding earth dragons, that was also something Lu Lin was considering. After returning, Lu Lin planned to buy another one, and then the problem of insufficient living rooms would naturally be solved.

Jack Zhengyi naturally had no objection to this plan, and even said that he didn't need such treatment.

Just because Lu Lin saved him, he would follow Lu Lin as long as Lu Lin needed him.

But Lu Lin said that he was no longer alone, and he had two apprentices to take care of. He could suffer himself, but not his apprentices.

This reason successfully convinced Jack Zhengyi, and the latter did not object.

"But I am very worried about something," Jack Zhengyi said, "That lich, he may still keep an eye on these two children in the future. Being remembered by a master-level lich is a big trouble."

Hearing this, Lu Lin was stunned.

"That lich?" Lu Lin blinked, "Isn't he dead?"

"Ah?" Jack Zhengyi was also stunned, "He is dead? But, after my master said the place, he only saw us lying on the ground, and 'Lesha' was still standing..."

Hearing Jack Zhengyi still calling Li Mi 'Lesha', Lu Lin felt a little subtle.

After thinking about it, he told the other party his and Limi's real names, and explained to the other party that the lich was killed by Limi, not running away.

Jack Zhengyi was not surprised to hear that Lu Lin had used a pseudonym before. There are many people in the Land of Chaos who often change their names when they go to a place. It is not uncommon to use pseudonyms.

On the contrary, he was quite happy that Lu Lin was willing to tell him this.

As for the news that the lich had been killed by Limi.

To be honest, after thinking carefully, Jack Zhengyi found that the surprise was reasonable.

The last impact that Lu Lin released on the battlefield was too fierce, and he fainted directly. The lich must not feel good.

In this case, it doesn't seem to be a strange thing that Limi can seize the opportunity to kill him.

His master probably didn't know Limi's strength, and Limi refused to speak, so this misjudgment occurred.

However...

He was relieved to know this news.

After all, no one would want to be targeted by a master lich.

"But you were really too reckless at that time," Jack Zhengyi let out a long sigh.

"Haha, sorry, maybe I was a little too eager for quick success," Lu Lin smiled.

"No, I'm not blaming you," Jack Zhengyi shook his head, "You are really decisive, with admirable courage. If it were me, I might not be able to win so neatly, and I might even give him a chance to escape in the end."

"Well... no one can tell for sure about that kind of thing," Lu Lin smiled, "By the way, what should we call those two girls in the future? Will we still call them by their original names? In fact, I can't tell them apart."

"No, their original names were given to them by the lich, and they don't want to hear that name anymore," Jack Zhengyi shook his head, "I gave them two new names, the fat one is called Nuan Yang, and the thin one is called Ming Yue."

"Well, they are good names," Lu Lin touched his chin, "but aren't they a little common?"

"Common?" Jack Zhengyi was stunned, "Is it? This kind of name is rare, right? As rare as Tie Zhu's name."

Lu Lin was stunned, and then reacted.

That's right. People here name themselves differently from him. In Chinese, names like Nuan Yang Ming Yue are often used but people don't want to use them, but they are not so common here.

"Ah, that's good too," Lu Lin nodded, "Then let's call them that. By the way, the matter of the Lie Yang Order..."

"I've got it. It's with Si Li now," Jack Zhengyi said.

"Well, that's good," Lu Lin nodded, "By the way, where are we now?"

"On the way back to Ken'ermi," Jack Zhengyi said, "It will take about five or six days to get there."

"Is that so," Lu Lin nodded.

Speaking of which, he promised to take Li Mi shopping when he returned to Ken'ermi.

He would take her to buy some clothes and find a better restaurant to eat...

Ah, but I ate too many good things in the manor before, and I really don't know what to eat when I return to Ken'ermi.

How about buying some food and making some hometown dishes for Li Mi?

Lu Lin was thinking about these things and was inexplicably absent-minded.

"Huh? Hello? What's wrong with you?" Jack Zhengyi waved his hand in front of Lu Lin's face.

Lu Lin was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he was about to explain, but for some reason, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed to speak.

In the end, he just scratched his head and said casually: "Ah, nothing, just thinking about the future plan..."

"Are you talking about the plan of the Netherworld Church? You can think about it slowly when you return to Ken Emire," Jack Zhengyi said, "Sili said that after she returns, she will need some time to set up a very troublesome magic circle."

"So," Lu Lin nodded, "By the way, what did you call me for just now?"

"Ah, it's about Tiezhu," Jack Zhengyi said, "Tiezhu has been acting a little strange since he left that city. I don't know why he If you have time, you can take the time to talk to him. "

"Strange?" Lu Lin suddenly became curious, "What's going on?"

"Well... a little taciturn, although he has never liked to talk, but it is obvious that he feels more silent than before," Jack Zhengyi said, "He seems to be in a bad mood, depressed all day long, and seems to eat less when eating than before. In addition, when Lan Jie and I practiced martial arts, he always watched by the side, and I don't know what he was thinking. "

"It sounds like he has something on his mind," Lu Lin touched his chin.

Although as a so-called "rare beast", Tiezhu's intelligence is not high, he is still a human.

Pets have emotions similar to humans, so Tiezhu naturally has them, and it is natural that he has something on his mind.

"Will he watch you practice martial arts? Did he do that before?" Lu Lin asked.

"No, he didn't before. He never had any interest when we practiced martial arts in the past," Jack Zhengyi said, "and... how should I put it, I always felt that he looked at me or Lan Jie practicing martial arts with some disdain in his expression, but now I don't have that feeling anymore. I don't know if it's my illusion."

"Disdain?" Lu Lin frowned slightly.

Inexplicably, a guess arose in his mind.

The world where Tiezhu lived in the past was very low in civilization, and it is estimated that the concept of martial arts practice has not yet been developed.

And the judgment of human strength is probably still based on the simple concept of "whether it is strong or not".

Therefore, Jack Zhengyi is doing "exercise" that he doesn't understand every day, but his physique is obviously not as strong as his. Perhaps because of this, he sneers at Jack Zhengyi's "exercise".

And the abnormality that appears on him now...

Could it be that this experience made him realize that the two people who he looked down on in the past were actually stronger than him, and now he is inferior to him?

Chapter 202: This kid's brain basically said goodbye to the bicycle

The next morning, Lu Lin went to find Tie Zhu.

But just like before, it was not easy to communicate with this big guy who couldn't even speak fluently.

Luckily, Lu Lin had guessed it long ago, so after a while, he managed to figure out the situation.

Basically, as he guessed, Tie Zhu always thought he was very strong in the past.

He knew that Li Mi was very strong in the past, although he also wondered why Li Mi looked so weak but could be so strong, but after all, Li Mi and Lu Lin were the ones who saved him.

In his simple mind, since they were the ones who could save him, it was natural that they were stronger than him.

So he could accept it, and he always thought that only Li Mi was stronger than him.

In the past, he could take it for granted to stay in the team and eat white rice, and basically did nothing all day, in fact, it was because he thought he should be strong enough and could help a lot when he encountered danger.

But in the previous battle, he saw Lan Jie, a "skinny monkey" who he usually felt was insignificant, killing a lot of enemies, while he had a hard time dealing with a few minions. At that moment, he realized that it seemed that it was not only Li Mi who was stronger than him.

But the people in this team might be stronger than him.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to be a waste who could only eat white rice here.

This incident seemed to have dealt him a big blow.

In addition, he seemed to be one of the strongest people in the tribe in the past world, and the huge gap also tortured his nerves.

The most desperate thing was that although he knew this, he didn't know what he could do to change it.

In his simple cognition, strong is basically equal to strong.

He is already strong enough, and his body has stopped developing. Although he can definitely continue to exercise his strength, it is just strength training, which can't let him see the hope of having the same strength as Lan Jie, Li Mi and others.

So he has been confused recently.

He began to doubt whether he was destined to be a waste forever.

And the more he doubted, the more he wanted to become stronger, but the more he wanted to become stronger, the more he felt the unbridgeable gap between his strength and that of Lan Jie and others.

The result was that he became more and more obsessed with things, and later he even didn't want to eat much, as if he felt that he was such a waste, doing nothing all day, and didn't deserve to eat so much.

This also made Lu Lin speechless.

It was actually just a coincidence that he was saved, and Lu Lin didn't expect him to do anything.

This time, Lu Lin was quite glad that he had saved him.

With his fool as a cover, Lan Jie and Jack Zhengyi had room to move.

If it were someone else, it might not be possible to achieve this effect.

Besides, Tiezhu will help when he needs to move things, and his size is an advantage, so he is particularly stable when moving large items.

Of course, if you ask Lulin to comfort him with these, he probably won't listen.

Lulin can see that Tiezhu's thoughts are very simple. He used to be a warrior, and he may even be the leader of the tribe. He has his own self-esteem and he is unwilling to fall behind.

He has a strong body, a huge physique, and strong combat experience. Looking at the advanced level, there may be few warriors who can beat him.

But the gap between the intermediate and advanced levels is something he cannot cross.

Lulin asked Jack Zhengyi for the details in advance. If a warrior wants to move from the intermediate level to the advanced level, a strong body and years of martial arts training are the foundation, and learning and controlling his own magic power is a necessary condition.

In addition, excellent talent and understanding are required.

Although Tiezhu has a strong body, he has never learned martial arts, even the most basic basic skills, he has never practiced.

Due to communication difficulties, it is also difficult to teach him to use magic.

As for talent and understanding...

There is no problem with talent.

His physique and body can actually be regarded as a kind of talent, and it is a talent that many people want.

But the problem is understanding.

To put it bluntly, with his brain, he can basically say goodbye to the word "understanding"...

In general, at least Jack Zhengyi believes that Tiezhu should be stuck here in this life. If he wants to be promoted to a senior warrior by normal means, there is almost no hope.

But how do you want Lu Lin to tell Tiezhu this?

There is no way. In the end, Lu Lin can only encourage him a few words after the chat, give him some confidence, and let him practice with Lan Jie and others in the future. Make some efforts, and there will be some hope.

In addition, Lu Lin doesn't know what he can do to help him.

The idea of ​​genetic modification once again came to his mind, but Lu Lin still has some worries about ethics.

Of course, the most important thing is that there are too few means at present, and the formulas on hand are not very useful. Lu Lin estimated that even if this matter really needs to be done, he has to wait until he is promoted to a senior alchemist.

Speaking of this, he felt a headache.

His task system is really a bit too big. It took so much effort to get the Fiery Sun Order, but it is only the first step. The next step is whether the Nether Sect can be really destroyed.

Speaking of this, it seems that he will have to deal with the leader of the Night Elves in the future?

It feels like another big shot.

I don’t know if it’s easy to get along with him. I always feel a little stressed.

Just thinking about this, Lu Lin heard the sound of a door opening somewhere.