Chapter 2124 Supply Task
Is this the real test?
Liu Xing thought that after he first arrived in Liangcheng, he had become the subordinate of the third prince, but he did not expect that he was just a registered name at that time.
But thinking about it, although the third prince is relatively weak among the nine princes, he also has many capable generals under his command, so he would not accept himself as a stranger as soon as possible, even if the big cake he drew was pretty good.
"Apeng, you don't need to worry too much. This test is actually quite simple. After all, it will take only a few days to get from Feicheng to Tianshui Town. Because we have bought a lot of ox carts, the overall speed is quite good. Moreover, it's a big road along the way, so there is no need to worry too much about the lack of eyes coming down the mountain to find trouble for us."
Yu Lei patted Liu Xing's shoulder and then took out something like a fire broke out from his arms. "This is a special smoke bomb. As long as you throw it out after it breaks, it will emit a burst of black smoke to remind the insiders around you to let them know that someone here needs help, but if you really do this, it means you have given up the test."
Liu Xing took the smoke bomb and said with a smile: "Then I can throw it away now because I still have the confidence to complete this test."
Before Liu Xing finished speaking, a pigeon suddenly fell into Yu Lei's hands.
Seeing the pigeon, Yu Lei's expression became serious, but he didn't say much.
Liu Xing knew that this was because Yang Qi and Dong Qing were present, so Yu Lei couldn't say much, after all, they were both outsiders.
So Liu Xing winked at Yang Qi and Dong Qing. Yang Qi, who was the first to react, spoke and said, "Well, we have to go back and pack up our things now, so let's take a step first."
Then, Yang Qi pulled Dong Qing away first.
After Yang Qi and Dong Qing left, Yu Lei said, "Apeng, did you convince the troupe to go to Liangcheng so quickly because these people are also related to Canglong of the East Palace?"
"That's right, they are all my brothers and sisters, so I didn't spend much time to convince them to go to Liangcheng. As for the Yang Qi who escorted me to Feicheng, he just saw Miao Fei lowered his position when facing you, and he knew that you were not an ordinary person, so he wanted to get some benefits through me, and he did get benefits now." Liu Xing said with a smile.
"Because there are quite a few people like him."
Yu Lei shook his head, pointed to the pigeon and said, "This pigeon is specially used by the Third Prince to make a single-line contact with me. It does not carry any letter paper, because it itself represents a message - go to Liangcheng as soon as possible! It seems that the Third Prince has returned from Luohua Castle and has encountered something, so let me go back to Liangcheng as soon as possible to meet him."
Hearing Yu Lei say this, Liu Xing said without hesitation: "Brother Yu, are you going to go back to Liangcheng now? If so, I will explain the situation to Miao Fei for you."
"No, don't be so anxious."
After Yu Lei released the pigeon, he shook his head and said, "It's not the quickest thing here, so I just need to arrive in Liangcheng within five days. Because if the third prince is really anxious, he will hang an iron ring on the feet of the pigeon. This is to let me return to Liangcheng within three days. There are iron rings on both feet of the pigeon, which is to let me rush back as quickly as possible; so I guess that the pigeon should be released by the third prince when he left Luohua Castle, so there is no problem if I arrive in Liangcheng within five days."
After hearing Yu Lei say this, Liu Xing breathed a sigh of relief again, because if Yu Lei left at this time, he would be in an embarrassing situation in Feicheng without relatives and reasons, and he would also have to go to Miao Fei's banquet on behalf of Yu Lei. After all, Miao Fei held this banquet to entertain Yu Lei. As a result, Yu Lei, the main owner, did not arrive, and only one of his followers came, which would have a big sense of gap for Miao Fei.
The most important thing is that Liu Xing felt that the main reason why Miao Fei agreed to Lei to escort him and others back to Tianshui Town was not that he really wanted to buy something in Yuanxicheng, because although Yuanxicheng is a freight hub, it is equivalent to a department store in the real world. Although there are many types of goods in it, they are not rare goods. So unless you want to buy some bulk goods, there is no need to go to Yuanxicheng to buy things.
So Liu Xing felt that Miao Fei was just showing kindness to Yu Lei and took a small favor, so that if he wanted to return to Liangcheng to develop in the future, he could gain a foothold through Yu Lei.
Therefore, if Yu Lei left at this time, Liu Xing probably thought Miao Fei would find a reason to say that he had something to do, and then he would no longer go to Tianshui Town with Liu Xing.
"Let's go, we've been busy for so many days, and it's time to have a meal."
Yu Lei made another hache, shook his head and said, "I got up a little early today, and I was a little nervous when dealing with the poisonous stinger lion and tiger beast, so I suddenly became a little sleepy now. So after we finished our meal, we would rest in Miao Fei's restaurant for an afternoon, and then find a place to spend the night."
Soon, Liu Xing and the others arrived at a two-story restaurant opened by Miao Fei.
There is no way, Feicheng's consumption capacity is not enough to turn the restaurant into a third floor.
Moreover, the banquet prepared by Miao Fei is relatively ordinary, and basically it is home-cooked, but it is just made more exquisitely.
"Brother Yu, today's meal is a little simpler. I hope you can understand it. After all, these are the fresh ingredients you want to buy in a small place like Feicheng."
Miao Fei picked up the wine glass and said, "But there are so many farmlands in Feicheng, it is natural that some good wine can be brewed. So if you have nothing to do in the afternoon, you can drink two more glasses in the afternoon. When you get drunk, just go to the Tianzi room of my inn to sleep. I have prepared everything for you."
"Then I'm more respectful than obedient."
Yu Lei was not polite, and directly picked up his glass and drank it all.
Of course, the fine wine prepared by Miao Fei at this banquet is the kind of rice wine that is very common in the real world. It has been filtered to make the rice wine look clearer.
It tastes pretty good.
Because he had to explore the river again in the afternoon, Liu Xing didn't drink much, but just took a sip while Miao Fei toasted Yu Lei.
Therefore, this banquet was also full of fun.
Because Miao Fei opened an inn next to the restaurant, Yu Lei flew into the inn from the restaurant with just a rise and fall. After washing his face, Liu Xing went to find Dong Qing and others, but there was an extra follower named Miao Shen.
Miao Shen is Miao Fei's nephew, a martial arts master who has just reached the third-rate level, and is also a fishing enthusiast.
Because he was worried about his safety, Liu Xing pretended to accidentally mention that he liked fishing at the banquet, so he planned to go fishing along the river along the nearby river in the afternoon. So Miao Fei recommended his nephew to accompany him.
Of course, Miao Fei also praised his nephew for being young and promising and talented, but he did not meet a famous teacher in Feicheng, so Yu Lei also reciprocated and told Miao Shen to follow him to Liangcheng and find a suitable teacher to learn from his master again.
Under normal circumstances, major sects do not allow their disciples to turn to worship the masters of other sects after they become masters, unless the master has a very high reputation in the martial arts world and also has very high martial arts skills.
But, those small sects that are not very powerful won’t care about this, as long as you don’t talk nonsense outside.
So Miao Shen brought a full set of equipment and invited several of his fellow disciples to fish together.
So, Liu Xing took Dong Qing and Yang Qi, and then followed Miao Shen and others along the river to the estuary.
Along the way, Liu Xing saw several fishing nets floating on the water, and Miao Shen mentioned that these fishing nets only appeared in the past two months, but more importantly, no one admitted that these fishing nets were put down by themselves, which seemed a bit strange because this was not a shameful thing.
Hearing this, Liu Xing began to suspect that these fishing nets were actually related to Han Yu. Perhaps Han Yu had discovered the traces of Han Yu crocodile, but he could not provide definite evidence to prove its existence, so he could only find a way by himself, intending to use these fishing nets to catch or stop Han Yu crocodile.
Otherwise, Liu Xing would not have thought of anyone who would do this, and he would not admit that he did this.
However, Miao Shen also mentioned that he often came here to fish with his friends, especially his brothers. Although his sect is mainly fist and foot skills, he also attaches great importance to his eyesight, so he asked his disciples to go fishing and also remove the fish float. At the same time, his hands cannot hold the fish rod all the time. Therefore, Miao Shen and others must always look at the fish line and distinguish whether the slight shaking of the fish line is because the fish is hooked or the wind is blowing.
As for the teacher examination of this sect, the most difficult test is to let the disciple catch a fish, but the weight and type of the fish are specified!
This requires disciples to be able to tell the difference between each shaking of the fish line, which fish is striking wildly at the edge of the hook, and what kind of range the fish's body shape is in.
I have to say that after listening to Miao Shen's conditions for starting a military career, Liu Xing felt that he would never join this sect, because even a fisherman who has experienced many battles may not be able to do such conditions. Moreover, the fish in the martial arts module this time is quite special, unlike a river or lake in the real world, where there are basically only a few types of fish.
For example, when Liu Xing was fishing in Tianshui Town, he had to catch more than twenty fish every day, from a few taels of small fish to a few dozen kilograms of giants.
So let Liu Xing tell what kind of fish it is through the shaking of the fishing line. How heavy is it? He basically can only close his eyes and open his blindfold.
However, along the way, Liu Xing also paid attention to the situation in the river, but naturally he got nothing. Miao Shen also mentioned that he took this road to fish every now and then, and he had never encountered anything special.
Except for the nearby grass, there seemed to be fewer snakes.
Because there are a lot of farmland near Feicheng, some rice grains will eventually fall into the soil, so many birds settled nearby, after all, there is a sufficient source of food here.
As a result, these rice fields attracted a lot of birds, and these birds also attracted a lot of predators, such as snakes!
So according to Miao Shen, when he was walking this path in the past, he could encounter at least two-digit snakes back and forth, but now he can only encounter one or two. I don’t know whether these snakes moved to the woods or whether they really had fewer numbers.
By the way, the most famous specialty dish in Feicheng is now called Dragon and Phoenix Dance, which means that a snake and a few birds are cleaned and then stewed in a pot.
This is called the food chain.
When Liu Xing and others arrived at the mouth of the river, they did encounter a hot and dizzy snake. It seemed to be preparing to take a bath in the river, but it was caught by Miao Shen.
"If there is any specialty in Feicheng, it is that the snake gall wine is very good. Because there are all kinds of snakes around, and Feicheng also has a lot of food, the snake gall wine produced is also quite good."
As soon as Miao Shen finished speaking, another sentence suddenly appeared in Liu Xing's mind.
"Congratulations to the player for triggering the supply mission - Snake Gallbladder Wine! At present, an NPC is purchasing Snake Gallbladder Wine at a large price. If the player can contact the NPC, he will receive a large amount of rewards."
"Note: This NPC may appear anywhere, so please consider whether to accept this supply task at your discretion, because after accepting this supply task, if you fail to complete this task, you will not be able to accept other supply tasks."
Supply tasks?
Liu Xing has been in the Cthulhu running group game hall for so many years, but he has never heard of any supply tasks.
However, as the name suggests, this task is to supply a large number of certain items to a certain NPC to obtain corresponding rewards. This reminds Liu Xing of a common task in some martial arts online games, that is, players hand over certain specific items to the NPC.
So this kind of mission is still very reasonable in this martial arts module.
But, the problem is that the NPC who wants to acquire Snake Gall Wine is still unknown, so he knows if he has the opportunity to complete this task before the martial arts module is over.
So Liu Xing chose to reject this task and planned to talk about it after finding this NPC.
After arriving at the mouth of the river, Liu Xing and Yang Qi took the fishing rods and found a suitable place to start fishing. Miao Shen and others also consciously kept a certain distance from Liu Xing and the other two.
"Although something happened near this river, it is still impossible to determine whether these things are related to Han Yu Crocodile, and Han Yu Crocodile seems to have never attacked anyone."
Chapter completed!