Chapter 697 696. Knock the bone and **** the marrow

   After Feng Yu took him to Pohnpei Island before, Lu Kian had already figured out the essence of these tasks in the Quiet Land.

   That is, those real gods picked up a piece of exotic history, used it as a stage, put the chosen people into the arena, and after they achieved the results they wanted, then put this piece of history back to its original position.

  Each exotic mission, for these gods, is a part of the novel that has not been read yet. They can skip to the beginning or the end at will, and throwing the chosen person in is performing a black box operation.

They are higher-level observers than the Chosen One. If mortals are NPCs in the story to the Chosen One and cannot perceive the timeline, then to those gods, the Chosen One is also unable to perceive the time. Line changing toy.

  If you want to truly control yourself, you must jump out of the timeline you are in, and view the exotic land from an overlook.

   This is probably the concept of "sublimation" mentioned by Taoist Heming.

  When you have left countless imprints of yourself in the foreign land and become a law without the concept of time, it is possible to truly break away from the shackles of time and gain true freedom.

   Therefore, Lu Kian and the others are actually in a period of time when the "Grey Tower of the Kingdom of Night has not yet been established". In the end, the Gray Tower has indeed been established, and there may have been countless chosen people in the middle who entered the mission and failed.

   The reason why Lu Kian thought that the chosen one who succeeded was them and no one else was because if they failed, it would be absolutely difficult to survive in this demonic tide.

Moreover, Drizzt still belongs to the category of a detective. Although he has mastered some extraordinary powers, if he wants to become the existence of Xuanjun that can seal the existence of the old ruler, he will definitely need a certain qualitative change. He will be here. Only by harvesting some things in several missions can you finally grow into the appearance of Xuanjun.

   Hearing Lu Bian's words, Drizzt was startled, but didn't ask any further questions.

   "That's fine, we can relax a little bit."

   He avoided talking about the outcome of his own death.

"Coming."

  Stone glanced out the window, the woods were gradually sparse, and the traces of human existence gradually became obvious.

   "How much do you know about this era?"

   Rikan asked Shia.

"not much."

   Shia shook her head.

"In this era, because the gray tower has just been established, the magic tide is still raging, and the records of most regions will escape in the magic tide again and again. When the kingdom is destroyed, most of the written records will be gone. ."

   In her words, now is the barbaric era, which is almost equivalent to the situation of Emperor Yan and Huangdi fighting against Chiyou. Legends and history are mixed, and there is no detailed description.

   "Then you should also know the name of the creator of the Grey Tower, right?"

   Stone pressed.

   "No, we don't know his name. The Gray Tower did not record his name. As for the reason, I don't know."

   Shia denied it.

"I once asked my teacher this question, and he thought it was because there were many people who built the gray tower at that time, the establishment of the magic system was not a short-term achievement of one person, and the magic net itself represented equal opportunities for everyone Contact with magic, so the Grey Tower kept silent about the name of the original builder."

"But I think that maybe the creator of the Gray Tower didn't want his name to be deified. When a great deed is specific to a person, he will condense his beliefs, just like Taoist Heming, it will be turned into a mark, it is possible Become a god, and the creator created the gray tower to fight against the gods who released monsters, so he refused to let himself become the same state."

   "So we still have to find the creator?"

   Drizzt couldn't help asking.

   "It's also a good thing. At least here in Shia, the creator has not yet reached a closed loop. As long as we can find someone to help him build the gray tower, then he is the creator."

   Stone thought quickly.

  This is similar to Lu Bian's idea. He doesn't need to look for the first brick of the gray tower that he needs. When it's time to build it, just touch one and it's done.

   "Your Excellency, here we are."

The voice of the soldiers came from outside, Lu Bian looked out, and saw the relatively simple fortifications among the forests, as well as some towers, the roads were sparsely populated, the buildings were low, and the soldiers wore old leather armor and lined up loosely. The queue was moving forward, probably because it had just rained, the ground was muddy, and the wheels were about to sink into the mud.

  The smell of cow dung mixed with earth is enough to make a sophisticated modern man vomit on the spot.

  Lu Kian jumped out of the car and found that it was on a sloping field. Looking down, he could see a large area of ​​farmland. More farmers were busy in the fields, planting seeds and looking forward to the harvest season.

   "Your Excellency, I will take you to meet the baron."

  The soldier who had a sharp long sword at the beginning said, he led the way, led Lu Jian and others to walk a few steps, and came to a mansion that was still dilapidated, but at least it looked decent.

  The other houses in the town are mostly made of wood, but this mansion is built of bricks and stones, which is enough to show its nobleness.

   There were not many guards in the mansion. When Lu Bian and the others walked into the courtyard, they saw a man in a red robe sitting in the courtyard. He was feeding chickens, holding a handful of coarse grains in his hand, and he was very immersed.

   Shia was about to speak when Stone motioned her to wait a moment.

   After the man threw away all the coarse grains in his hand, he clapped his hands, got up, and turned to face Lu Jian and them.

   "It's hard work, everyone, food is in short supply now, these chickens are still too small, I want to grow them up and use them to entertain you."

   He was in his early twenties, about the same age as Lu Bian, with dull blond hair and a thin build. Obviously, even as the person in power here, his treatment was not much better.

   "You can call me Jello directly. The baron is just a purchased name. On the first day I arrived here, I knew I was probably on the wrong ship."

   "Bought?"

  Stone raised his eyebrows.

"I have indeed heard that in the last days of the Old Kingdom, the royal family was corrupt, and titles were sold through money. Most of the people who bought titles came to the fiefs, and they exploited them layer by layer, knocking the bones and sucking the marrow, and draining the subjects in the fiefs. Otherwise, it will be a loss.”

   Shia explained in a low voice.

It seems that this Baron Geral also wants to spend money to buy a title to make money, but what he didn't expect is that this town is much poorer than he imagined. .

   "But the scenery here is pretty good. It's close to the forest. It's a pity that there is no manpower. Otherwise, according to what I said at the time when I bought the title, I could make a lot of money by exploiting the resources in the forest."

   Baron Geral sighed.

   Suddenly, from the room behind him, an explosion sounded.

   (end of this chapter)