When Brother Jue and Ruo Yu exited Wang Qiong's room, it was already dawn.
After a few hours of discussion, the partnership between them and Wang Qiong was finally confirmed.
Of the many NPC factions in this scenario, Wang Qiong was definitely not the strongest in terms of fighting power, but in terms of 'intelligence' … no one could compare to him.
This kind of character was the type that Feng Bujue was most willing to cooperate with.
Through the negotiation with Wang Qiong, Brother Jue's side quest, Investigate the Murder at Mi Mai Inn, had been successfully completed.
Even though before retrieving Jing's head, Feng Bujue had managed to get some information out of him, the information that he obtained then was not enough to complete the mission. This was because … Jing was not someone who was afraid of death. Even when his head was removed, Jing had only revealed some basic information about the scenario. That kind of information … could be obtained from any disciple from a second-rate faction.
Thankfully, Jing had a stack of banknotes from Wang Qiong's bank …
It was through these banknotes that Feng Bujue found Wang Qiong. After chatting with Wang Qiong, the mystery about Mi Mai Inn was solved.
Speaking of which … this Jing was quite unlucky.
The previous afternoon, after a tough battle, he finally managed to kill and disguise himself as Daoist Cotton.
After completing the disguise, Jing took the banknotes given to him by Wang Qiong and left the town. He planned to meet up with his' partner 'at a certain location outside the town.
To his surprise, he had just left Lin Lu Town when he ran into Feng Bujue and Ruo Yu.
Brother Jue noticed that this guy's data was much stronger than a normal NPC, so he went forward to negotiate with him. The result of the negotiation … for the two players, it was quite good.
Now that he had successfully formed an alliance with Wang Qiong, Feng Bujue had a good grasp of the information in this scenario.
In his mind, he had already started to plan for the night.
However, what he didn't expect was that … his action of killing 'Mirror' had caused the original plot to change drastically.
…
At the same time, outside Linlu Town.
In the middle of the wild forest, there was a person kneeling on a huge rock.
It was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties with an unshaven beard.
He was wearing a bamboo hat and thick, but ragged clothes of coarse cloth. Beside his hand was a rod-like object wrapped in cloth.
Although it was wrapped in cloth, anyone who looked at it would feel that … it was a weapon.
"It's dawn." Suddenly, a voice came from behind the man.
It was a woman's voice. She and her companion had been standing beside a tree not far from the middle-aged man, resting quietly.
Both of them were players. Their IDs were [Oda Ai] and [Sasaki Sasaki].
"I know." A moment later, the middle-aged man replied unhurriedly.
"Kagami didn't come," Oda Ai added.
"Yes, he didn't come," the middle-aged man said.
"Yesterday, you said that … he'd be arriving at dusk at the latest. In the end, we waited for him all night in vain," Oda Ai said.
"What are you trying to say?" the middle-aged man asked.
"What she wants to say is … there are only two possibilities right now." Before Oda Ai could respond, Sasaki Sasaki, who was next to her, said in his sickly and weak voice, "First, Kagami ran away with the money. Second …"
He did not continue because he could feel that when he said the word "second", the aura of the middle-aged man on the rock … changed.
"Hmm …" After a moment of silence, the middle-aged man spoke again, "It's not that easy to kill Jing."
"Hmph … I don't think so." Oda Ai heard this and sneered, "It might be difficult for the guys in town, but for me … I can take his life within ten moves."
"Then do you think …" the middle-aged man continued, "those 'outlanders' who are similar to you can do it too?"
"It's hard to say if they can kill him within ten moves like Oda Ai." Sasaki Sasaki replied, "But if they simply pursue the result of 'killing' … it won't be too difficult for them." As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the middle-aged man's back, "As long as they have the heart … even if it's against you, it's not impossible."
"I see …" After listening to Sasaki Sasaki's words, the middle-aged man was calm as usual.
With that, he picked up the rod-like object wrapped in coarse cloth and stood up from the rock.
"If that's the case …" After the middle-aged man stood still, he raised his hand and pulled the brim of his bamboo hat, "then there's no need to wait any longer."
As soon as he said this, Oda Ai's expression changed, "What do you mean? You want to enter the town? "
"Yes." The middle-aged man gave an affirmative response.
"Hey … this is different from what we agreed on." Oda Ai obviously had some objections to the middle-aged man's decision.
"For you, it's not much of a difference, is it?" The middle-aged man did not have much of a reaction. His tone was still calm, "It's just that the 'time' is a little earlier."
"This …" Oda Ai was still hesitating.
"Don't worry." The middle-aged man continued, "I'm a man of my word … the deal between us remains unchanged. After we join forces to kill those Wulin people and the so-called 'outlanders' …" As he spoke, he took out a bamboo scroll from his arms and held it flat beside him, "This is the 'Sword Dance of the Grass', I'll naturally give it to you with both hands."
When the two players from Sengoku saw the item, their eyes changed a little, but they did not have any unusual movements.
"Of course, you can also choose … to draw your sword on me now." After pausing for a few seconds, the middle-aged man said again, "As long as you can kill me, this thing will naturally belong to you."
Of course, they would not draw their sword …
If Oda Ai and Sasaki Sasaki wanted to sneak up on this man, they would have done it long ago.
The reason why they stood less than five meters behind him and did not make a move all night was because they did not feel confident …
In their opinion … the difficulty of joining forces with this NPC to kill other players and NPCs was far lower than the difficulty of the two of them challenging this NPC.
In fact, this was indeed the right choice.
Objectively speaking, this middle-aged man who held the 'Sword Dance of the Grass' was very strong.
His combat power was at least in the top three of this Wulin world. Of course … this list only included those who were still alive, not those who were no longer alive.
In terms of one-on-one martial arts, Jing, Shui, and Yue, these three people were at the top level of the current Wulin world. They were even stronger than experts like Duan Keyi, Daoist Cotton, and Xie Xiuwen.
However, compared to this man, they were still far from being able to compare.
Even they would admit this point, because … 'Kyoka, Shui, and Yue' was this man's disciple.
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