Chapter 673 Now that We Are Here

"That's amazing. I just had a dream and my house was almost robbed? If my dream was longer, would I have attacked the city directly after waking up?"

Feng Xue grinned, feeling a grumble stuck in his throat. Fortunately, he had rich experience in such situations. He sighed slightly and turned his attention back to exploration.

Clicking on the upper reaches of Mengjiang again, looking at the text that appeared again, Feng Xue chose to take a boat without hesitation.

After all, the reason for going upstream of Mengjiang was to use this river to explore several cities along the Mengjiang line first. In this way, even if he still couldn't reach the end this time, at least he could leave enough advantages for the next exploration.

[Before it got completely dark, you found a boat captain. Seeing your generosity, he finally accepted your employment. You boarded the boat and told me your destination——]

[1. Luoyun Mountain]

[2. Zhushan Mountain]

Feng Xue glanced at the map. The Mengjiang waterway started from Luoyun Mountain in the west, passed through Zhushan Mountain, and split into two branches. One branch continued to move forward and became the lower reaches of Mengjiang River, all the way into the sea, and the other branch turned into Feilong Waterfall and poured down, which is the so-called Golden Water.

In terms of the path, whether it is Zhushan or Luoyun Mountain, you need to waste a node to return before you can go to the other side, but Feng Xue still started from Luoyun Mountain as usual.

The options were made, but this time, unlike the last time from Jinshui to Feilong Waterfall, a line of text suddenly popped up--

[On the way to Luoyun Mountain, your boat was suddenly stopped by a group of pirates who blocked the upstream route. The captain of the boat was shaking like a sieve, but you could not rule out the possibility that he was in collusion with the pirates. You decided--]

[One, spend money to avoid disaster. ]

[Two, fight your way out. ]

"Do I need to choose this? When have I ever suffered such injustice?"

Without any hesitation, Feng Xue directly chose the second one.

...

A wisp of slightly cold night wind blew, startling a wave of water. In this slightly slower part of Mengjiang, a row of small boats stopped in the middle of the river, and more than a dozen Jianghu people stood on the bow, looking like they were not easy to mess with.

Although these robbers who blocked the road did not look like masters, Feng Xue was still keenly aware of their excellent lower body that could stabilize their bodies in the middle of the river with only a small boat.

"Not bad at all!"

Thinking secretly in his heart, Feng Xue adjusted his character, narrowed his eyes, but put his hand into his arms, and said in a tone like a rich young master who had read too many martial arts novels:

"My dear fellows, you came to rob my ship in the middle of the night, I'm afraid it's not for a few taels of silver?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Hand over the money quickly, and I'll let you live!" The man in the lead had a fierce face, but Feng Xue kept staring at the man beside him who looked more frail. The middle-aged man finally shook his head and said:

"Alas, I thought the news had leaked out, but I didn't expect it to be a losing deal..."

At this point, the group of robbers suddenly realized that something seemed a little wrong, and the leader tried to remain calm and said:

"What news? Who are you? Tell me your name!"

"Hehe..." Feng Xue chuckled, but took out a mask from his arms, and as the bone-white mask slowly covered his face, even the captain's expression became terrified.

"You are from the Faceless City?!"

The vicious man exclaimed, but Feng Xue just shook his robe, and the original knight's robe instantly turned into a black robe, and his voice became quiet and indifferent--

"Faceless City, Liu Xi, you can call me Yu Heng."

After the voice fell, the vicious man felt a flash in front of his eyes, and there was no figure on the small boat that was more than 30 meters away, and the next moment, a deep chill came from the side of his body--

"I usually don't kill people without paying, but since you are robbing, it means that I have to give you money if I don't kill you, then killing you is equivalent to making a profit. If you think about it carefully, it's not a loss."

"You..."

Before the vicious man finished speaking, a folding fan blocked the left side of his neck, but even so, the big head still rolled to the ground.

"Oh, it seems there is still something to say?" Feng Xue shook his body, flicking off the splattered blood, but the index finger of his right hand was against the half-broken folding fan. Through the bone-white mask, one could see his playful eyes.

"We admit defeat this time. I am willing to offer money to buy our lives. I hope you can let us go..."

The man's arm holding the folding fan was already throbbing with veins, but he still couldn't resist Feng Xue's index finger. While forcing himself to say these words, he used his internal energy to break his belt, and then a jade pendant rolled down from his waist.

Feng Xue caught the jade pendant, weighed it in a very mercenary manner, and then nodded and said:

"Yes, this is enough to buy your life."

The man was overjoyed when he heard this, but the younger brothers behind him were terrified. However, he didn't feel happy for long, and his head had already rolled next to the head of the vicious man before.

"Ah, this!"

The younger brothers were getting more and more panicked, but Feng Xue waved his hand and said:

"I've never seen someone buy his life with money since I started working in this industry. Come on, stop blocking the way!"

"Is this how you understand it?" Although the younger brothers secretly criticized the logic of the boss, they did not dare to hesitate. They quickly made way for the waterway without undercurrents and reefs. Feng Xue turned back to the boat and was about to ask the captain to continue sailing when the world froze again.

...

[Operation ended, perfect tactics]

[Node settlement, fantasy +3, reputation +5]

[Drop extraction...]

[You got all gambling raw materials (white)]

"It's really amazing to drop such a thing."

Glancing at the raw materials worth ten points of fantasy, Feng Xue sighed helplessly and ended the day...

...

[After the hard work of the residents in the city, Wumian City has received more attention in the world, prosperity +4, reputation +2]

"Well, it's another calm day!"

Feng Xue saw that no one was attacking the city, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. For a moment, he doubted whether the siege by the major sects that the waiter said was true or false.

But it was a good thing that nothing happened. He didn't think much about it and directly clicked on Luoyun Mountain, which occupied 3 grids in front of him.

[You found Luoyun Mountain·Qingquan Village. You decided——]

[1. Exploration]

[2. Stop for a meal]

[3. Climbing]

[4. Take a boat]

[5. Occupy (not optional)]

"Oh, there is an additional climbing option?" Feng Xue's expression was a little strange. When he chose the city building point before, he clearly saw that there was a sect station near Luoyun Mountain, but it was not that sect that appeared here, but a village. So climbing the mountain, is it actually going to the sect in the mountain? Just like in the old games, you have to explore the local area to find the maze?

Feng Xue thought so in his heart, but hesitated for a moment.

At this time, he should actually choose to take a boat back to the upper reaches of Mengjiang River, and then go to Zhushan, but since he was here, he was a little unwilling to do nothing and just run around. After thinking about it, Feng Xue still chose the option with the highest degree of freedom——

"Since I'm here, at least explore it!"