"Is this old guy afraid that I will bring the disease to other places?"

Seeing this white-robed mage cast a great holy light technique on himself, Zhou Chen secretly said in his heart.

He really didn't think about it too much before, maybe he just went to other places and it might cause some bad effects, but now it's all right, after the purification of the Great Holy Light, he has no disease on his body. source.

So Zhou Chen walked unhurriedly all the way for the next time, and after a while, he arrived at the destination that was not too far away.

This is similar to the city where he lived last time, and it is also a relatively prosperous town. He spent some gold coins to rent a house with a courtyard again, and continue his practice life.

A few days later.

"I didn't think that the second thing I conquered was the wood attribute."

Zhou Chen was holding a bird with bleeding wings in his hand. As he held the bird's palm, a faint green arrogance emanated. In just a few breaths, the bird's injury was completely healed, flapping its wings and flying. out of this yard.

The wood-type Bahuang Zhenli is like this. It has the ability to heal the living body. In the future, Zhou Chen can be a part-time dad if he wants to.

"Go out and breathe."

After achieving phased results, Zhou Chen followed the old rules, opened the door and went out to relax and relax.

This is necessary. The way of cultivation should also pay attention to one and one relaxation. The kind of person who can't wait to retreat until old age and death when he retreats, Zhou Chen can't follow suit, and he also thinks it is not desirable.

This time, he came to a tavern called the Long-Eared Hunter in the city, ordered a roast lamb, a piece of butter bread, and a bottle of rye wine. Distinctive singing.

There are a lot of people in this tavern. In addition to the bard singing, there are also many drinkers in different costumes chatting enthusiastically.

Zhou Chen enjoyed the noise and peace alone, observing the customs of this world.

"Explore the mysterious treasure! We are looking for silver-level thugs! A commission of 600 gold purses per person! If you are interested, please come to the counter for details!"

Suddenly, a small man with long ears at the counter of the tavern began to read the notice aloud, interrupting the bard's singing and making the conversation of many drinkers pause.

"Lat! Why did you read this again?! You've read it for the fifth time today!"

The little man at the counter just finished reading the notice, when a big man on the table near him said with some displeasure.

"No way, the boss arranged to read it."

The little man with long ears next to the counter listened and shook his head helplessly.

"I also saw this notice posted on the other side of the square."

"I saw it in the nearby Whitefire Town too."

"Which employer is so rich? Are you crazy about looking for high-level mercenaries?"

"I can't help it. Who are there so few silver-level people? These people are not often encountered."

…

The people in the tavern had a lot of discussions for a while, which made Zhou Chen understand some things.

It should be someone who wants to explore a place and is in urgent need of high-level thugs, but it seems that finding someone is not going well, so they put up notices everywhere and use high commissions to attract people.

"I haven't been active for a few days, can I go out and play?"

At this moment, Zhou Chen suddenly became interested in taking up this task.

The reason is very simple, he wants to fight monsters and move his muscles and bones.

After this thought arose in his mind, it was a bit unquenchable, so after eating and drinking, he went to the counter and learned about the details of this task.

"Can you leave tonight?"

When he asked this question, he found that the task did not delay at all. He started the operation this evening, and he might be able to return tomorrow morning.

"Very good, I like this kind of nonsense."

Seeing that the timing of this mission suits him so well, Zhou Chen inquired about the specific connection location, and left the tavern to go there.

After a while, he came to the city's mercenary association and saw the person who issued the notice.

"You want to take part in Bart's exploration tonight? Yes, but please pass our test."

The employer was a middle-aged man with a bald head. When he saw Zhou Chen coming to sign up, he said that there was a certain threshold for participation and he needed to take a test.

"What test?"

Zhou Chen is not too surprised that this person wants to test him, because he is new here, and the people here are very unfamiliar with him and don't know his situation.

"It's a strength test. Bart's exploration operation is more dangerous, and it's just a burden for those who are not strong enough to go."

The middle-aged man explained.

"Row."

Since it is a strength test, Zhou Chen has nothing to say, he thinks his strength is not bad and should be able to pass.

After a while, Zhou Chen was led by this person to a place like a practice field, and then met two testers.

Both of them are male, one is a warrior professional, and the other is dressed as a mage. Zhou Chen needs to defeat both of them at the same time to pass the test.

"Just these two opponents? Although they are stronger than ordinary people, they are not much stronger."

As soon as he saw these two testers, Zhou Chen judged that their strength was average through his breath perception, probably the level of ordinary bronze-level high-level survivors. Bomb directly.

As a result, Zhou Chen only used a small part of his strength in this test, and he defeated these two people in succession relatively peacefully and passed the test.

"Congratulations on passing the test! This is the employment deposit, and we will deliver the rest when the operation is over."

As soon as the test was completed, the somewhat bald middle-aged man enthusiastically gave Zhou Chen a hundred gold purses and informed him of the meeting place for tonight's action.

"Well, I'll go right now."

Considering that it was not too late, Zhou Chen didn't hesitate, left here and rushed to the meeting point.

About a quarter of an hour later, he found a meeting place by a small wood outside the east gate of the city. Here, there are already several guys with good breath waiting.

One of them is a tall young swordsman wearing a windbreaker and a big sword on his back, one is a thin masked man in tight leather armor, and the other is a young mage girl in a gray robe holding a short staff and looking excited.

In addition to the three of them who are not weak, there is also a short and stout middle-aged man wearing iron armor and holding a hammer. His strength is also not weak, but he was not recruited, but the leader of this operation, Bart .

"Are you that senior monk Li?"

When Zhou Chen approached here, Bart, the short and sturdy hammer man in the lead, asked Zhou Chen who came over.

"?"

Zhou Chen felt a little speechless when he heard this, thinking that he never said what kind of warrior monk he was, who made this random?

"Maybe it's because the punches I showed in the previous strength test are very similar to the monk professionals in this world..."

Thoughts flashed in his mind, Zhou Chen acquiesced to this setting and nodded to the short and strong man.

"Okay, our people are all together, let's go now!"

The short and sturdy hammer man Bart glanced at Zhou Chen, and seemed to see from Zhou Chen's body that his strength was not bad, so he didn't say much, and directly led the four of them into the nearby woods.

They then walked through this woodland, quickly crossed a large distance, entered a mountainous area, and then traveled in the mountainous area for several hours until they reached their destination in the middle of the night.

"I've been to this place before, there can be no treasure here."

After everyone arrived at the foot of this unremarkable mountain, the masked man in tight leather armor questioned Bart.

The reason is very simple. The location they are currently in is not an inaccessible place. If there is treasure here, it should have been discovered long ago.

Regarding the question of the masked man, Bart looked calm,

"Of course the mysterious treasure I found is not here, it's just a teleportation point to get there."

As he spoke, he took out a scroll-like thing, released a spell on a rock wall to resonate, and then a circular portal-like aperture appeared on the rock wall. In the aperture, you can see There is a dimly lit cave inside, and deep in the cave, you can see a giant bear-like monster walking slowly.

"This portal can only be maintained for a short period of time, you hurry in."

After releasing the teleportation aperture, Bart, the leading short stout man, jumped in first after saying a word, and then quietly touched the furbolg inside with a hammer.

"It's finally time for my actual combat performance!"

At this time, the young mage girl who was excited all the way, jumped in the second one, obviously looking forward to this exploration.

After her, the tall young man with a cloak and great sword also jumped into the aperture and rushed towards the furbolg deep in the cave.

In the end, Zhou Chen and the thin masked man looked at each other and jumped in in the order that Zhou Chen advanced and the masked man followed.

When Zhou Chen crossed the aperture and entered this cave where he didn't know where it was, the battle in front had already started. Bart, the leading short and sturdy hammer man, was at the forefront, and the young mage girl cast an ice spell to freeze the giant. Bear, and the big sword youth has jumped to the top of the giant bear with the big sword.

Since the others had already started work, Zhou Chen and the masked man naturally couldn't be too lazy. When the masked man flashed, they quickly approached the besieged giant bear, took out a dagger and started to attack.

And Zhou Chen almost rushed over with him, using his flesh fist to beat the beast.

Under the siege of the crowd, the giant beast only lasted for three or four seconds before slamming into the street, and it didn't have time to let out a few screams in the process.

"Keep going."

After killing the giant bear blocking the road, Bart, the leader, did not dispose of the corpse, but directly led the crowd to the depths of the cave.

"Won't it be skinned? I feel like the fur should be worth something."

The young mage girl was a little puzzled when she saw that he skipped the stage of handling the spoils.

"Let's talk when we get back, maybe there's enough treasure in here to fill our backpacks."

The short and stout hammer man Bart turned his head and smiled at her, giving an explanation.

"Oh I see!"

Hearing from the leader that there might be a lot of treasures in it, the young mage girl's face became even more excited, she seemed to want to see those treasures earlier.

And Zhou Chen also began to judge the situation in the vicinity through the perception of blood thirst. He found that in this distance in the cave, except for the big bear just now, there were no monsters, and there were even fewer insects.

"Hopefully there are powerful monsters guarding the gate."

Zhou Chen is not very interested in treasures or anything. He came here this time mainly to fight monsters and move his muscles and bones. Like the giant bear before, he was far from meeting his requirements. One punch can knock the big bear to smithereens.

Under the leadership of the short and middle-aged leader, the four went deep into the cave, holding torches and heading inside. No monsters were encountered along the way, but the atmosphere quickly became a little depressing.

Because the more they went inside the cave, the more they felt an invisible pressure, which showed that there was a powerful existence waiting for them in the depths of the cave.

"Everyone, please be prepared, there will be a hard battle soon. In the depths of this cave, there is a powerful existence guarding a lot of treasures. I hired you to defeat it."

While walking into the cave with a torch, Bart, a short and stout hammer man, reminded the few people behind him in a low voice.

"Is it the dragon?"

The young mage girl behind him blinked and asked expectantly.

"no."

But the leader immediately shattered her fantasy,

"If it's a giant dragon, we people can't defeat it, I'm not so stupid."

He turned his head slightly to look at the mage girl with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Then tell me what's inside? It's all now and it still needs to be kept secret?"

The masked man at the end of the team interjected at this time, and his tone was a little unpleasant.

"Sorry, I only know that it is a powerful existence, and you can see what it is right away."

For the masked man's question, the leader still answered with a smile.

"There is indeed a powerful presence here..."

At this time, Zhou Chen, who didn't speak much along the way, looked calm, but he was a little surprised, because he felt that there was a very powerful existence deep in this cave through thirst for blood. This existence is indeed not a giant dragon, but it may be stronger than a giant dragon. Also powerful!

"This exploration mission seems to be weird... I don't know what medicine this person sells in the gourd..."

Zhou Chen glanced vaguely at the short and strong man at the front of the team holding a torch to lead the way, trying to see what he was thinking, but unfortunately he did not have the ability to read minds. From the appearance, the short and strong man's current The performance is relatively normal, and there are not many flaws.

"What did this person recruit us for? To die? Not sure...but definitely not a crusade..."

As the few people got closer and closer to the depths of the cave, Zhou Chen's doubts became heavier and heavier, but even so, he did not show any abnormality, and he continued to follow the team unhurriedly.

Because he has his own confidence, even in the face of a powerful enemy, he can defeat it.

More than ten seconds later, when the leading short and strong man led the crowd to the end of the cave, they didn't see any treasures, only in the light of the torches, they saw a tall statue of a man with a hammer inside, exuding a pleasant atmosphere all around. Terrible coercion.