Seeing that so many friends cared about Jian Ren's health, Jian Ren was very touched. After recuperating for half a year, his illness was temporarily under control. He believed that as long as he was not hospitalized again, this book would not be broken. After all, Jian Ren wrote for a living. He had a mortgage on his back, and he had to pay for his medical insurance and social security. His second daughter was about to be born, so Jian Ren would definitely try his best to write this book well. This was his responsibility to himself and his brothers. Well, that's all for now. Finally, he bowed deeply to his brothers who cared about Jian Ren.
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The crescent moon hung high in the sky, and the night was bleak and hazy. The wilderness at night was exceptionally quiet. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past, and the howling of the wind spread in all directions like a ghost's cry. Following that, a figure appeared behind an inconspicuous soil slope as if he had descended from the sky.
This was the countryside two miles southeast of Mingkang Town. It was said that this place used to be a mass grave, and many nameless graves were placed on this land. Therefore, the people of the town usually would not come here. As for the figure that suddenly appeared, it was the old man entrusted by Gongsun Sanniang, Yang Yang.
After Yang Yang landed on the ground, he could not help but turn his head to look back. With the help of the clear moonlight, he could vaguely see three figures flying over from the wilderness. The one in front was Xia He.
Not long after, Xia He, Wang Yan, and Gao Li arrived one after another. In terms of Lightness Skill, Xia He was obviously the best among the three, and Gao Li was good at using poison. In contrast, Wang Yan was slightly mediocre. Yang Yang Yang looked at the three with a playful look, and did not say anything else. He went straight to the point and said, "This is the secret passage. I will go in first, and you guys follow me."
Gongsun Sanniang had been planning for revenge for a long time. Apart from looking for helpers, he had used all the other conditions, and this secret passage was the one that saved him from the disaster that day. According to Gongsun Sanniang, the secret passageway was extremely well hidden and could lead straight to the left wing of the Gongsun family's mansion. That day, she was covered by her father and brother, so she had already escaped before the horse thieves arrived. That was why Kang Jianmin had not found the secret passageway until now. Now that the four of them wanted to launch a thunderous attack, they naturally had to make use of this secret passage. After Kang Jianmin was sent to Mingkang Town Lord, he stayed together with his four great vajras in the number one manor in the town.
As he spoke, he had already made his move. With a stomp of his right foot, the dirt on the ground was shaken a little, and there seemed to be a large rock under the dirt. Immediately after, Bai Yunyang stepped into the floating soil and swept it left and right with force. Half of the floating soil was immediately swept away, and sure enough, a large green stone with a square meter appeared in everyone's eyes.
This large green stone looked ordinary, but there was a knob mechanism in the middle. Bai Yunyang grabbed the mechanism and twisted it three times to the left and one to the right. A 'whoosh, whoosh' sound could be heard, and the large green stone slid to one side, revealing several sections of stone stairs. Bai Yunyang followed behind.
Xia He didn't seem to be worried about any accidents, and he followed Bai Yunyang into the secret passage. Gao Li also seemed to have changed his cautious temperament and followed closely behind Xia He. On the contrary, Wang Yan fell behind. After the three of them entered the secret passage, Bai Yunyang, who was waiting in front, activated the mechanism to close the entrance, and then prepared to go deeper into the secret passage. However, just as he was about to move, Gao Li's cautiousness finally showed itself.
"Wait, the method of entering and exiting the secret passage is all in your hands. If things go wrong, this path of retreat will become a dead end, so I'll have to trouble you to clearly tell me the mechanism of entering and exiting the secret passage, just in case."
Thinking about retreat before thinking about victory or defeat showed Gao Li's nature, and his request was not too much, but unexpectedly, Bai Yunyang's expression changed, and he said coldly: "Retreat? If we don't have the intention to die on this trip, how can we have the slightest chance of success? Do you really think that a few hundred taels of gold is so easy to obtain, not to mention the famous sword and ancient scroll collected by the Gongsun family? These things can only be obtained by risking one's life, humph. "
After saying that, Bai Yunyang didn't care about Gao Li's reaction, and his figure quickly moved toward the depths of the secret passage.
In this secret passage, it was so dark that one couldn't even see one's fingers. Fortunately, both Gao Li and Xia He were very experienced in the Jianghu. One after another, they lit a fire, and the three of them followed the secret passage all the way inside. Because of Gongsun Sanniang's provocative words, the three of them were originally on guard against each other. However, at this time, before the mission began, Bai Yunyang suddenly changed his attitude, and for a moment, the three of them seemed to have become a small group. Xia He was the first to break the silence: "Speaking of which, this game is really too realistic. The intelligence of these high-level NPCs is better than that of the previous one. We really can't underestimate them at all."
"That's right."
It was rare for Gao Li not to be sarcastic, and he said lightly: "The rise of the Black Water Thief is irrefutable proof. If you underestimate the NPCs, even if you are rich, you can only regret it. In this world, you can't do whatever you want just because you have money."
Wang Yan found it strange that Gao Li's words seemed to imply that the rise of the Black Water Thief was closely related to the players. This made him very interested, and he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Gao, what do you mean? This is my first time in the north, and I know nothing about these things. "
Gao Li didn't keep him in suspense. Anyway, this secret passage was long and the atmosphere was oppressive. Talking was the right way to relieve the tension. Therefore, Gao Li told Wang Yan about the Black Water Thief from the beginning.
As it turned out, the Black Water Thief was originally a small group of horse bandits that roamed the north and southeast. There were less than a hundred of them, and at that time, there wasn't the name of the Sixteen Flying Stars yet. Among them, there were two most powerful people. One was the leader, Yang Tianzong, and the other was Yang Tianzong's son, Yang Yuan. However, initially, these two people only had the strength of the early stage of the embryo, and among the many roaming bandits, the Black Water Thief wasn't very outstanding.
Just over a year ago, this group of horse bandits fled to the south of Hengshui City. They stationed themselves at Old Forest Slope, and traveled between the three towns to the south of Hengshui City. At that time, there was an extremely rich player in Hengshui City called Lin Yun. This person was ambitious and had a high opinion of himself. Instead of joining a large sect, he joined a small sect in Hengshui City — the Double Red Society.
Lin Yun used money to open the way and gathered a large number of people. Soon, he became one of the seven leaders of the Double Red Society. However, he wasn't satisfied with monopolizing power. After a few fights, the other leaders all died, and Lin Yun became the sole leader.
However, what Lin Yun didn't expect was that as soon as he became the leader, the other small sects in Hengshui City joined hands to attack him. After several fierce battles, he had no choice but to leave in defeat. From then on, the Double Red Society left Hengshui City and settled in Yangqu Town in the south. Yangqu Town was one of the three towns that the Black Water Thief visited.
Although Lin Yun left Hengshui City in defeat, he didn't lose heart. Moreover, he had received secret information from somewhere. He heard that there was a tomb of a Xiantian Stage Swordsman in Old Forest Slope, and that there were famous swords and high-level martial arts manuals left behind by this swordsman. Therefore, before the Black Water Thief came to attack the town, he took the hundreds of people and took the initiative to go to Old Forest Slope.
Lin Yun didn't care about the hundreds of mounted bandits at all. However, it was precisely because he underestimated the enemy that he advanced rashly. In the end, he fell into an ambush and died at the hands of the Black Water Thief.
After the first attack failed, Lin Yun felt that he had underestimated the enemy. Very quickly, he gathered a lot of people. More than a thousand people rushed to Old Forest Slope. However, it was not easy to mobilize so many people. The Black Water Thief took the opportunity to attack. The scattered and uncoordinated people were defeated one by one, and Lin Yun lost his life again.
This really angered Lin Yun. However, because he was worried that the secret of the tomb would be leaked, he didn't dare to recruit powerful players or NPCs. He could only gather a large number of normal players again and again. He wanted to use the advantage of numbers to wipe out the Black Water Thief. It was also because of this decision that he won seven battles and seven victories in Hengshui City.
The Black Water Thief became stronger and stronger. Lin Yun, on the other hand, failed seven times and was killed seven times. His reputation and strength were greatly reduced.
In fact, when it came to the seventh battle, Lin Yun only wanted to vent his anger. He didn't care about the Innate Swordsman's tomb anymore. Therefore, he recruited many strong people. However, this time, the strongest attack failed. It was because Lin Tianzong's son, Lin Yuan, disguised himself and snuck to Lin Yun's side. Not only did he find out all the secrets of the tomb, he also attacked the moment the battle broke out and easily killed Lin Yun.
After that battle, Lin Yun didn't show his face again. The Black Water Thief rose up. The Sixteen Flying Stars appeared one after another. Most importantly, Yang Yuan found the tomb and obtained the famous saber and inheritance. From then on, he couldn't be stopped. Now, he was one of the top masters in the north. It was said that the Tianyuan Holy Island also looked favorably on Yang Yuan. They had the intention to put him on the Hidden Dragon Ranking. In the future, there was a high possibility that he could enter the Dragon-climbing Platform and become an Innate.
When Gao Li finished talking about the Black Water Thief's rise, Wang Yan was already excited. Beside him, Xia He sighed and said, "When I first heard about the Black Water Thief, I found it hard to believe. But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it wasn't impossible.
After all, this game was different from other games. Players didn't have any special identification, and they wouldn't have their own names above their heads. There was no obvious difference between players and NPCs. Moreover, this game's functions were very simple. There was only basic information display. There was no friend system, no public information platform, no regional chat channel, and no loudspeaker. Players and NPCs could only be distinguished by their behavior and language. Therefore, it wasn't strange for Yang Yuan to be by Lin Yun's side.
More importantly, this game used a two-way EXP system. Players killed NPCs to gain EXP, and NPCs killed players to gain EXP. Although NPCs couldn't sense the EXP and couldn't distribute it on their own, they could only strengthen themselves in a specific direction. But if they were as brainless as Lin Yun, it would be the same as giving a huge amount of EXP to the Black Water Thief. Step by step, they would make Yang Yuan a top-notch expert.
So, when dealing with NPCs, you really can't afford to underestimate them. "
This wasn't the first time that Wang Yan heard Xia He's sigh. Including the two-way EXP system, he had heard Gu Xiaoyue's subordinates mention it many times in Aojian Villa. Wang Yan knew that he wasn't the only NPC who could become stronger by killing players. But his special trait was that he could distribute EXP on his own. Wang Yan didn't know the difference between directional EXP and automatic EXP distribution, but he knew that he could walk the path he liked.
The three of them chatted like this, and before they knew it, they had already reached the end of the secret passage. Seeing the three of them coming, he said, "You guys rest here for a while. Wait for me to go out and find out the situation outside, then I'll come back and plan with you."
After saying that, Xia He activated the secret passage's mechanism. The three of them heard a 'ka ka' sound from above, and then a glimmer of light shone in from above. However, Xia He immediately flew out and closed the exit from the outside. For a moment, the three of them were trapped in the secret passage, and the atmosphere became even more oppressive.
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