Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 2 Taboo Seeds

When the background NPC turned into himself, Luo Xiu felt terrible.

He began to try to restore the full picture of the incident from his memories of his past life.

"NPC Luo Xiu" is not a key figure in the world of "God's Destiny", and he is not even an interactive NPC.

Before the arrival of version 1.0 when players came, "Luo Xiu" had already died. He only lived in the specialty introduction for players to remember him. He didn't even deserve a name in the introduction, which was miserable.

Luo Xiu thought for a long time but couldn't remember any scenes related to "Luo Xiu" after the 1.0 version of the game was released.

However, he did find a clue from the background of "Chenxi Town" where he was.

In Luo Xiu's impression, by the time he officially started playing version 1.0 of "God's Destiny", "Dawn Town" had disappeared from the map.

The place name that replaced it was called "Dusk Town".

The scene introduction of Twilight Town is as follows:

[The town that was once bloodbathed by the evil organization 'Blood of Thorns', the 'dawn' has faded, and only the spirits of the dead are wailing...

The haze of resentment lingers forever, and the grim dusk never ends...】

Judging from its introduction and the corresponding geographical location in our impression, "Dawn Town" is the predecessor of "Dusk Town", where undead monsters are constantly refreshed in the game.

As a hardcore gamer, Luo Xiu clearly remembered that in the book "The Origin of the Disaster in Dusk Town" collected in his previous life, there was a record of the beginning of the "evil society bloodbath in Dawn Town" at that time -

The "Blood Cult Invasion" occurred on July 767, 7 in the Apocalypse Calendar. The nightmare began with the infiltration of two Blood Cult members at midnight.

The reason why I remember this day so clearly is that July 7th was also Luo Xiu’s birthday in his previous life.

Faced with danger, Luo Xiu frowned tightly.

"There's still time, it's not a big problem..."

While comforting himself, Luo Xiu looked at the calendar on the windowsill. Fortunately, his original body had always had the habit of marking things, so Luo Xiu was able to tell today's date at a glance.

After counting the circles one by one to the end, Luo Xiu was stunned.

The marked date shows that this day is July 767, 7 in the Tianqi calendar!
"..." Luo Xiu was speechless.

"It means... fuck!
The evil society...will invade tonight?!"

The crisis was imminent. Luo Xiu frowned, tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and began to think deeply.

In his previous life, as a great player who focused on both plot and intensity, "Dusk Town" left a very deep impression on Luo Xiu.

Therefore, Luo Xiu had a general understanding of the series of invasion processes after "Blood of Thorns".

Dawn Town was not flattened by the evil society all at once, but turned into ruins after rounds of looting and massacre.

At first, "Blood of Thorns" invaded Dawn Town in order to hunt down a member of an evil society who had defected there.

But accidentally, "Blood of Thorns" discovered an "ancient existence" that was sealed and sleeping at the bottom of Dawn Town.

As a result, the goal of "Blood of Thorns" changed, and it prepared to harvest souls as a sacrifice to break the ancient seal of Dawn Town.

—Wake it up and enslave it!
The two blood followers sent by "Blood of Thorns" tonight are the vanguards to collect intelligence.

After recalling the background of the incident, Luo Xiu began to outline the outline of the plan.

He felt that he could still save something.

At the beginning of making the plan, Luo Xiu had to go out and make the necessary purchases.

……

When leaving the Glorious Church, Luo Xiu was not wearing the priest's attire, but only a cotton scarf and a white hood.

It seemed that no one in Chenxi Town knew him, so Luo Xiu was happy and at ease, just wandering around and looking at the scenery.

The architectural style of Chenxi Town is similar to the Bohemian pastoral style. Buildings of various colors are mixed like a palette, and the atmosphere of simplicity, ruggedness and romance are intertwined, giving people a bright visual sense of a mixture of classical and liberal art.

Looking at this vibrant scene in front of him, Luo Xiu really found it hard to associate it with the "Dusk Town" with broken walls and zombies everywhere...

And in a side alley, in an inconspicuous corner of Chenxi Town, a deserted store seemed to be huddled in the shadows.

The broken wooden sign of "Bahrain Blacksmith Shop" swayed in the wind, as if it would be blown away in the next second.

"—Tap, tap, tap."

There were three deep knocks on the door.

After a while, the broken wooden door creaked open, and an old man with greasy black stains on his face, sparse hair roots filled with red and gray dust, and wrinkles like gullies, poked his head out from the crack in the door.

The old man looked quite impatient, as if because his work was interrupted. Until he saw that the visitor was a guest wearing a scarf and a white hood, with only two eyes exposed, the old man was surprised for a moment, and then returned to normal.

"...What do you want...Do you have 'permission'?...Ahem." The old man opened the door and threw out a word as a treat.

This old man is the owner of this blacksmith shop, the old blacksmith Balin.

The Nolan Empire has issued corresponding decrees to restrict the large-scale circulation of certain weapons and firearms on the market. When purchasing certain weapons that are obviously threatening, it is necessary to produce a "possession permit" certificate issued by the official residence.

Luo Xiu naturally didn't have such a thing. Although he was indeed qualified to purchase certain dangerous weapons with the support of the "Glorious Church", out of caution, Luo Xiu did not want to leave any clues about his identity.

Luo Xiu nodded, but did not take out his ID. He just said in a low voice:

"I know the rules. I'll pay double."

Although he couldn't see the guest's face clearly, Old Balin could tell it was a young man's voice.

He looked at Luo Xiu deeply and didn't say anything. He just nodded imperceptibly, turned his body to the side, and let Luo Xiu into the blacksmith shop.

As he entered the blacksmith shop, Luo Xiu felt countless dust flying towards him. Resisting the urge to sneeze, Luo Xiu's eyes quickly swept around the shop.

The interior of the smithy was as dirty and messy as old Balin's hair.

Various forged weapons were placed on the wall shelves. These were the masterpieces of old Balin. They were inlaid with various gems, magic crystals, and complex patterns that flowed like liquid. Luo Xiu could tell at a glance that these things were of great value.

Although gorgeously decorated, these weapons still fall into the category of ordinary weapons and cannot reach the level of "extraordinary weapons".

But even so, Luo Xiu was very careful with his wallet at the moment. Since he had to pay double the price without showing "permission", he only targeted a few targets that he planned to purchase.

After Luo Xiucai bought some weapons, potions and materials, he placed them on the wooden table, and Old Balin packed them into a package.

"That's all?"

Old Balin muttered while holding a pipe, "Three Norlan gold coins. The limited purchase items are twice the price, a total of five gold coins and one silver coin."

...The corner of Luo Xiu's mouth twitched.

"These are enough." Luo Xiu took out a wallet sealed with white cloth from his waist with some pain, took out six gold coins and handed them to the old blacksmith: "Please keep them."

Afterwards, Luo Xiu waited obediently for the change.

Balin took the gold coins, was silent for a while, and pushed one of them back.

"You know the rules, I'll give you a discount."

Is this considered alms from old Barin...? Luo Xiu nodded and took back a Nolan gold coin.

Before leaving, Luo Xiu took another look at old Balin. He had already retreated back to the inner room and was still tinkering with the semi-finished product at hand.

Only Luo Xiu knew that this seemingly ordinary old blacksmith was actually a transcendent being with the quadruple destiny of [Bitter Tea].

When buying things here, there is no need to worry about being tracked down - Luo Xiu did not leave any clues about his identity, and no one in Chenxi Town can force a fourth-level extraordinary person to obtain any information about customers from Old Balin.

Therefore, in the so-called "gray area", "Ballin Blacksmith Shop" is very famous. Even after Dawn Town was bloodbathed and turned into Dusk Town, old Balin would still forge equipment here and sell it to adventurers who came here.

In the disaster of Dawn Town caused by the "Blood of Thorns", only Balin survived.

……

Dawn Town, Glory Church.

Luo Xiu returned to his room, laid on the floor, untied his bag, and let the contents spread out like a tower of sand.

Two short muskets, a black steel dagger, a copper-forged ring...

There are also two bottles of mana potion, one bottle of life potion, some silver forging pieces, and two gray wolf skins...

These things were prepared by Luo Xiu in order to deal with the blood disciples of "Blood of Thorns".

The enemies are two transcendents with the dual destiny of [Red Lotus]. They are quite dangerous for Luo Xiu who has not yet been promoted to transcendent.

But danger also comes with huge benefits! Killing them will gain a lot of experience and valuable loot, which will be the "first pot of gold" in Luo Xiu's extraordinary career!
Now that he has decided not to sit there and wait for death, Luo Xiu is ready to face these cultists head-on.

Running away cannot solve the problem from the root, and this is not Luo Xiu's style. At this time, "tactical retreat" will do more harm than good.

If the Novice Village was destroyed, he would also lose an important base. Regardless of interests or reason, Luo Xiu would try his best to avoid the worst outcome.

The situation has not yet deteriorated to the point where it is completely irreversible. At worst, there is still Bahrain to back it up.

As a former hardcore player, Luo Xiu’s blood began to boil.

——It’s just an evil society, just tear it down!

Luo Xiu's eyes gleamed brightly.

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