Cataclysm King

Chapter 315 A girl with a round head is channeled

　　After the Imperial Royal Trial Group arrived, the whole camp in the Wailing Valley became lively.

Although the Airel Empire is an ancient aristocratic centralized system, because the supreme ruler is a dragon, it is a country that advocates force.

 Even if they are direct descendants of the nobility, they are not qualified to enjoy the right to inherit the title if they do not have sufficient strength.

 So there are constant wars between the three kingdoms, and there are also constant fights within the kingdoms.

 Only the strong are qualified to become servants of the dragon.

Furthermore, nobles have a large number of heirs, and only the best can inherit the title. The weak are always eliminated in the struggle.

 The graduation trial of Imperial College is also quite cruel.

 The mortality rate has been very high in all previous years.

  But if you can pass the trial with excellent results, it usually means that you officially have the right to inherit.

Ji Xun came out of the Nineteenth Prince's apartment and returned to the tavern.

It has not been long since then, and all kinds of information are already flying all over the sky.

The trial missions of the Royal Trial Corps have also been announced.

Those noble ladies and young men need to explore the Rune Highlands and reach the predetermined location.

 During this period, you have to hunt down the dead to obtain advanced materials, and the final ranking will be judged.

 The rules are a bit like orienteering.

 Once the goal is set, how to get there depends entirely on the level of the participants.

 Because it is a graduation trial, the young nobles are only allowed to bring a small number of guards to the Old Continent this time.

 So they have to rely on their own ability to recruit mercenaries.

 Building a team is part of the test.

As soon as this task subject was announced, the noble young masters were caught off guard.

After all, the number of adventurers in the Wailing Valley camp is limited, which means that whoever can hire an elite mercenary group has a greater chance of passing the trial.

 For a time, the adventurers' union in the camp became lively.

These wealthy aristocratic young ladies and young men spent a lot of money and immediately set up employment tasks with huge sums of money.

 All the mercenary groups and adventure groups with some reputation have been robbed.

 Later on, any certified ordinary hunter team could get a hiring price that was several times the market price.

 The tavern was full of people.

　　The adventurers each came with bulging coins in their pockets to spend money in retaliation.

"Hahaha, now I'm rich. Yesterday's **** mission to the Giant Forest was only thirty gold coins. How much do you guess today? Oh, Princess Caroline of the Grand Duke of Kiriyama offered a high price of two hundred gold coins!"

"Liu Laizi, don't be too happy. The destination of this group of nobles is deep in the Rune Highlands. It is an unexplored and dangerous area. It is hard to say whether they can come back alive."

 “Whatever! I’m just taking the **** mission and I’m not participating in the exploration battle. This price is already very ideal!”

"Hey, what are you talking about? I heard that His Highness the Nineteenth Prince Salo's recruitment of mercenaries starts with five thousand gold coins, and there is also a share of exploration and discovery later. However, they only recruit certified intermediate and above mercenary groups. Small groups like ours are not even qualified to register.”

"Hey, hey, hey! It's gone up again! I told you, don't be in a hurry to sign the employment contract! Princess Betty of the Black Dragon Kingdom didn't recruit enough people, so she doubled the reward commission! It is said that she also wants to recruit various talents who are good at it. A veteran hunter who takes risks and explores”

 “What is a ‘senior hunter’?”

 “Aren’t we? Didn’t we make this thing ourselves? Come on, let’s try it too!”

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 The drinkers chatted excitedly one by one.

The arrival of the Royal Trial Group gave everyone an opportunity to make a fortune.

Thirty young nobles want to form thirty adventure groups, and they are all wealthy owners, so they need tens of thousands of mercenaries.

Everything in the camp that is crooked and cracked is gathered together.

Ji Xun also found it interesting.

This kind of trial not only requires manpower, but also requires your own methods to collect intelligence.

 “Sean” is a senior intelligence dealer in the camp. He made a lot of money in less than half an hour.

 Information businessmen are also hotly sought-after candidates for recruitment now.

 Normally they would not take risks.

  But the situation is different now.

Those young nobles are in urgent need of a "middleman" who can help them solve their problems.

 Now, there is no one more suitable than a professional intelligence businessman.

 Information merchants are familiar with everything in the camp, the details of various adventure groups, and can contact various resources.

 The most important thing is that they have a wide network of contacts and can avoid a lot of trouble when meeting other teams in the wild.

 In the tavern, Ji Xun saw that several colleagues seemed to have received recruitment invitations one after another.

 He himself received more than a dozen invitations.

 But there was no rush to respond.

 The Loon Highlands are a must-go.

And following the trial group is the best opportunity.

 But he was waiting for an employment invitation from the nineteenth prince Salo.

 Not waiting yet.

 “That’s strange, you shouldn’t have come to recruit me.”

Ji Xun was wondering if there was something wrong with him.

At this moment, a guy dressed as a bearded businessman came over.

The guy sat down next to him, as if he was familiar with him. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, brother Sean, long time no see. When did you get here?"

Meet an acquaintance?

When Ji Xun heard this, there was a hint of alertness in his eyes.

 The "Sean" he pretends to be is indeed a real person.

 And here lies the difficulty in disguising this kind of character.

 Human relationships are too complex and can easily go wrong.

 No matter how powerful Ji Xun is, it is impossible for him to fully recognize the people Xiaon knows, especially those from the Southern Continent.

The most feared thing about this kind of alternative disguise is that an "acquaintance" suddenly appears.

 As a professional spy, the usual response is to fool around.

Pretend to know each other and chat about ambiguous things.

In this way, even if the other party is suspicious, nothing big will go wrong.

 But the premise is that the other party is really an acquaintance of the original owner.

   Rather than to test.

Hearing this sudden greeting, Ji Xun suddenly realized that the person who came was evil.

He turned his face and saw the beard at that moment. There was no abnormality at all, and he showed a trace of doubt like a conditioned reflex: "Are you...?"

Ji Xun didn’t pretend to know him.

　　Instead, I simply chose not to recognize him.

 He knew very well that this instant reaction was enough for a professional intelligence officer to confirm a lot of information.

  Ji Xun’s choice carries the risk of gambling.

If the person who came was really an acquaintance of Sean, this action would immediately expose him as a pretender.

However, the consequences of this exposure are not a big problem.

 The greater danger comes from another possibility.

That is, if the person coming is also a "fake acquaintance", pretending to know him to test him, and if Ji Xun just says that he knows him at first glance, it will be a big problem.

The beard keenly caught Ji Xun's suspicious eyes. His eyes obviously stopped for a moment to think, and after confirming something, he laughed and said: "Oh, Brother Sean. We have met in Tenis City before, the power of the Black Forest Chamber of Commerce." you!"

While the other party is observing himself, Ji Xun is also observing the other party.

 The first time he saw the beard's reaction, he was sure that this guy didn't know Sean at all.

 But a professional intelligence officer who came to test him!

 Shaun, played by Ji Xun, is a snake oil intelligence dealer.

He perfectly interpreted the attitude of not knowing the other person but trying his best to promote business, and then continued the topic: "Oh, Brother Will. Why do you want to come here?"

Sure enough, upon seeing this, the suspicion in Lu Xi's eyes completely disappeared: "The Chamber of Commerce has some missions, so I came here to take a look. Oh, I still have some business to do, and I will meet you for a drink after that."

Now that he was sure there was nothing wrong with him, this guy had no intention of staying any longer, so he made an excuse and left.

Ji Xun politely greeted him until next time. While putting a smile on his face, he muttered in his heart: "Tsk, tsk, that Prince Salo is really careful."

At this moment, he was 100% sure that this was the person Salo sent to test him.

 It’s not just him.

 Perhaps every intelligence dealer who has been to the apartment before will be tempted.

 But on the other hand, this is also a good thing.

 The temptation is over.

 It’s time to invite.

As expected, not long after the bearded man left, the broker who invited them to the apartment came with an employment contract.

 That Salo gave him a very high price to be an "intelligence consultant".

Ji Xun was waiting for this opportunity and readily agreed.

 If you want to go, go to the strongest team.

Ji Xun agreed to the employment and was not idle. He acted as a middleman and began to help recruit people in the camp.

 First, I contacted several mercenary groups and adventure groups that I had contacted before, and then I went to the slave merchants to help them buy a few groups of war slaves.

 Naturally, he also packed up Old Man Xu and sent him into the cannon fodder camp of Prince Salo.

With this person in the team, Ji Xun felt that everything was ready.

 Then comes the mobilization of resources.

 This trial is expected to last for several months in the Rune Highlands, which requires a large amount of living supplies.

 There was no shortage of supplies in the camp.

 But the arrival of the trial group also drove up prices.

 The price of food, grain, equipment, and everything else has skyrocketed.

 It is even difficult to buy enough supplies without a middleman.

Ji Xun's professional ability was also recognized by those who worked with him to purchase palace stewards.

Having been busy all day, I finally stopped.

 The large army planned to set off the next day, so Ji Xun returned to his tent.

 Due to the arrival of the noble young ladies, the defense manpower in the camp has obviously increased many times.

Ji Xun didn’t feel threatened at all.

 Having passed the test, the feeling of being stared at has disappeared.

　　But it doesn’t matter even if you’re being stared at.

Ji Xun has now completely integrated into the role of "Shaun", and there are no flaws in his words and deeds.

It is natural for an intelligence merchant to have a high-end tent full of isolation restrictions.

 Only in the isolated tent, Ji Xun is himself.

 He meditated cross-legged in the tent, while practicing, while reading the classics he had obtained before.

There were many experts coming, and Shadow didn’t dare to go out at will, so he followed them to read the information in the tent.

 Hard cultivation is Ji Xun’s daily routine, and he doesn’t notice the passage of time.

Every night he reviews his day's experiences.

His boldness is not blind confidence, but a rational judgment based on countless deductions and sufficient intelligence.

 The current situation does not allow him to make any mistakes.

 If anything happens, it may be death.

Ji Xun thought about everything he encountered today.

 Royal Trial Corps, Wanted Order, Interview with Nineteenth Prince Sarn, Testing, Procurement, Old Man Xu

Ji Xun quickly deduced it in his mind.

 I didn’t feel that I had made any mistakes, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

However, I don’t know why. After reviewing the game, Ji Xun always felt that he had overlooked something.

After deliberately tempering "Yi", this mysterious sixth sense becomes more and more accurate.

 He did not dare to be careless and made many deductions.

 But I never felt that there was anything wrong with me.

 “It’s weird, what did you miss?”

Ji Xun suddenly opened his eyes, his brows filled with confusion.

It feels like something is guiding me.

 “Induction on a mysterious level?”

Ji Xun thought of Old Man Xu, but he didn't need to worry about that guy.

 It should not be him.

Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he thought of something: "Eh, is it a meatball head?"

During the day, he took advantage of the shopping opportunity to inquire about the details of the wanted order from the palace steward. He basically confirmed that the "S wanted criminal" who went to the Red Dragon Royal Family to steal was Nan Jing.

Ji Xun's thoughts started to deduce as he thought.

Although the methods of the Nanjing High Priest lineage are very mysterious and unpredictable, their ranks are not high and they are not outstanding in the Southern Continent where masters gather.

What’s more, we were going to the royal court of the Red Dragon Kingdom.

 Suddenly, Ji Xun realized a very critical problem.

How did she get in?

How did you escape?

Ji Xun felt that based on the information he currently had, if he wanted to steal something from the Red Dragon King's Court, he might not be able to escape unscathed even if he was at the ninth level.

 Since he was wanted, he must have gone in.

ˆ˜hiss.

  Could it be that the girl didn’t escape at all?

Ji Xun’s eyes twitched when he thought of this.

 It’s really possible!

Thinking of this, Ji Xun suddenly had a bad feeling in his mind.

 He immediately took out a scroll with a mantra seal on it.

 This is when I met Nan Jing before, and the girl left a communication scroll.

 She said she could be contacted in case of emergency.

 The scroll is of legendary quality, very precious, and has never been used before.

 But now, Ji Xun holds the scroll in his hand, and the feeling in his heart becomes stronger and stronger.

 Thinking about wasting a scroll, I have to try it.

As soon as Ji Xun thought about it, he tore the seal and spread the scroll in front of his eyes.

 He then bit his finger and dripped a little blood on it.

In an instant, the psychic array on the scroll was activated, and the densely packed mysterious runes also lit up.

Before Ji Xun could carefully identify the high-level laws pointed to by those spells, he suddenly saw the scroll explode and a figure fall out.

At the same time, a familiar muttering came from my ears: "Ah, if I don't come out, I will be suffocated to death."

The tent was so small that the chubby girl fell directly on top of him.

Ji Xun looked at the ball-headed lady in his arms, and his eyes twitched inexplicably.

Isn’t it a communication scroll? How come a living person was channeled?

Nan Jing was a little embarrassed after the fall. He sat up and looked at Ji Xun, but his big watery eyes lit up: "Wow, Mr. Ji Xun, we meet again!"

As she spoke, she looked at the tent: "Hey, where is this?"

ˆ “.”

Ji Xun rolled his eyes.

This girl obviously knows that the scroll belongs to a psychic.

 Furthermore, she also knew that she would be channeled.

Nan Jingjing blinked her big, shining eyes and said, "Ah, thank you, Mr. Ji Xun, for channeling me, otherwise I would have suffocated to death in that box."

ˆ “.”

As soon as Ji Xun heard this, he roughly guessed what was going on.

 But he still asked: "Xiao Nan, what's going on? How come you are wanted by the Red Dragon Kingdom?"

 “Ah, I’m wanted?”

The meatball head was habitually slow to react. After thinking for a moment, it seemed that he suddenly said: "Oh, that's right, I took that treasure away. They can't find it, so it's normal to issue a wanted warrant."

As she said that, she looked at Ji Xun and said in surprise: "But why are the wanted orders sent to the Old Continent?"

ˆ “.”

Ji Xun listened and his forehead was covered with black lines.

Although he guessed from the information on the wanted order that the Red Dragon Royal Family had lost something very important.

 But hearing the "thief" say it himself, Ji Xun still felt that he might have underestimated the value of the stolen item.

Looking at Ji Xun’s faint expression, Nanjing seemed to feel that he had gotten into trouble, and stuck out his tongue apologetically.

The meatball head also knew that Ji Xun must be confused about what happened, so he explained: "That's it. When I was practicing in the underworld passage before, I happened to watch someone open the passage, but not everyone can open that underworld passage. , those were the directional coordinates left by the Augustus royal family and the ancestors of our high priest. Then I got curious and followed the psychic channel to take a look. It turned out that those guys had my high priest in their hands. The inherited treasure [Book of the Dead], and then I took it away."

ˆ “.”

Ji Xun's face twitched inexplicably when he heard this bizarre story.

 He suddenly thought of the time in Shangbang Prison.

I finally understood why Nanjing was able to come out of the underworld.

 The result is that the things were taken away, and there were too many masters in the palace, so no one could escape.

 In the end, Nanjing could only hide in the royal family and use psychic secrets to parasitize an ancient relic.

 Then, it’s more than half a month of waiting.

 Waiting for Ji Xun to channel her.

After listening to the whole story, Ji Xun also figured out the reason, and faintly complained: "What if I didn't use that scroll?"

Nan Jing blinked, with a hint of secret joy on his pretty face: "Ah, our fates are entangled, and we can feel it no matter how far away we are. The longer I am trapped, the stronger my obsession will be. You will feel it sooner or later."

ˆ “.”

Hearing this, Ji Xun realized that what he had just felt was not accidental.

 But it is inevitable.

 (End of this chapter)