Cataclysm King

Chapter 462 Witch Doctor Priest Illuminating Sect

 The so-called "trust level" is generally understood to mean that once the relationship is established, I will tell you all my secrets.

This is also human nature.

Normally, in any different-dimensional space, this method can be used to defeat NPCs and gain trust.

But this trial space was specially reminded with enlightenment.

From Ji Xun's perspective, this causal relationship is obvious.

The purpose of Space Will is to remind the tester that by improving trust, the hidden plot that the NPC knows can be obtained.

So after Ji Xun discovered this rule, he began to use various psychological techniques to make clever arrangements.

"Finding the missing hunter" This is a C-level mission.

The normal idea is that you must complete the task to get the reward.

Not to mention what the tailor Caroline will come up with, this plot mission will also be counted in the clearance evaluation.

Ji Xun decisively gave up the reward.

This also allowed him to quickly gain the trust of the seamstress Caroline.

First, he didn’t value the reward at all;

Second, in his deduction, this side mission is likely to be the "prelude" to some hidden missions.

The experience of clearing S-level plots many times told him that A-level tasks can still be completed by risking one's own strength. But S-level, you must rely on the use of plot-related characters and props to survive.

Now that he had guessed that someone at the top of the academy wanted to make some small move in this space, Ji Xun had to make some preparations in advance.

He didn't think that he had mobilized so many powerful teams just for the sake of a main plot that might only be A-level at best.

Of course, only Ji Xun himself knows the complicated thinking.

It's like playing poker. Others see him only playing one hand, but in fact he has already considered the pattern of the cards several hands later.

And with more information, the ideas become clearer.

But as a teammate, David seemed a bit confused.

He was unable to make a conversation the whole time.

He watched as his teammate "Su Lun" asked some clues from this apparently inconspicuous tailor village woman that made him increasingly shocked.

"Do you know where the bandits from Black Crow Castle come from?"

"I heard that they are professional bandits spread from other places. The leader of that group of bandits is called 'Red Smoke Gun'."

"When was that castle built and who built it?"

"It has been abandoned for hundreds of years. It's been so long ago that I don't know who built it. But my grandma once said that there is a story about a beautiful countess circulating in that castle."

"Before we came here, we heard that the castle was haunted?"

"Oh, this legend is at least a hundred years old. No one knows whether it is true or not. It is just that a hunter who went up the mountain saw it."

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Ji Xun's questions were also very clever.

Playing the role of "bounty hunter" well, he followed the instructions and asked those questions as unobtrusively as possible.

In the eyes of ordinary people, there is nothing special about this.

But in fact, this is Ji Xun's valuable experience after experiencing so many extra-dimensional spaces.

Don't think of plot characters as NPCs, but as normal humans.

At the same time, you must also integrate yourself into the plot world and regard yourself as a plot character.

After many people enter an extradimensional space, they instinctively feel that they will never come back anyway and can do whatever they want.

In this way, the participants will be out of tune with the world, almost with the word "outsider" plastered on their foreheads.

This will make NPCs instinctively alert.

This is why Ji Xun can now easily ask so much information from the tailor Caroline.

If it were anyone else, if the trialist came into contact with her, they would probably just trigger the mission and find out that a hunter was missing.

And Ji Xun asked for more hidden clues.

"Can you tell me more about the Holy See?"

"Of course. That was a long time ago. According to my grandma, the witch doctors in several nearby villages are actually priests of the Holy See of Light. They can cure diseases, and at the same time, they can dispel and purify the dark pollution in the mist of the abyss. "

"The Holy See of Light?"

"Ah, that was more than a hundred years ago. At least in my grandma's generation, witch doctors were people in the village. When I was young, the village chief also thought that I was handy and wanted me to learn medical skills to treat diseases of the villagers. Unfortunately, thirty years ago, the witch doctor in the village went to collect medicine in the forest and was attacked by a monster and died. From then on, there was no witch doctor in the village, and the forest became dangerous. The village did not allow outsiders to tell Don’t tell me about the witch doctor.”

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In fact, when Ji Xun heard the word "Holy See" before, he knew that the plot was deeply involved.

He didn't ask in a hurry, but only opened his mouth to explore the topic after he had enough trust.

Sure enough, things are getting more and more interesting.

The "Bright Holy See" of the Alterac era is not the current "Holy Holy See".

This usually means that it is not the same **** who rules this land.

But when Ji Xun heard that the witch doctor in the village was a priest, his duty was to dispel fog pollution.

He roughly guessed in which direction he should explore the hidden plot outside the main plot.

Ji Xun continued to ask.

"Why is there such a high fence in the village? Is there any large monster nearby?"

"Yes. Every night, the fog in the abyss crevices will spread up, and many man-eating monsters will appear in the forest. Therefore, you must not leave the village at night. Even the most experienced old hunter in the village will Encountering an unexpected event”

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When Ji Xun heard this, he understood where the sense of crisis came from.

It turns out that there is a taboo against leaving the village at night.

No wonder Young Master Fearon of Duke Simon's Palace was so sarcastic.

Now it seems that it is not a stupid thing to cause hatred.

Most likely, they had known about this situation for a long time and wanted to force Young Master Sack to leave the village and test the risks.

Hearing this, David on the side couldn't help but frown, secretly saying that he was lucky that he didn't rush out of the village before.

At the same time, he glanced at Ji Xun from the corner of his eye.

If I remember correctly, it was "Su Lun's" suggestion just now, and that's why the two teams of the Langdon family didn't go out.

Otherwise, I'm afraid many people will die.

But it was because of this hindsight that David couldn't hide his shock.

Everyone obviously got the same information, so why does it seem like this teammate knows more than everyone else?

But this is not over yet.

Ji Xun once again captured a key clue.

When he asked these questions, he had been observing the expression of Caroline, the tailor.

Whether the other party is lying or whether there is anything to hide is now clear to Ji Xun's eyes.

Obviously, when he said this, he found a trace of unconcealable worry and self-blame between his eyebrows.

So Ji Xun didn't wait for the other party to have any time to think, and asked directly: "Since your husband knows the dangers in the forest, why does he still go out hunting?"

When he asked this question, he saw the other party's psychological defense and quietly used mental shock.

"ah"

Caroline's haggard face was obviously stunned, and she could not hide her regret and shame.

Even to the people in the village, she didn't tell the truth. But I don't know why I was asked this question, so I couldn't help but feel guilty and said: "Well, actually, Chloe is not hunting, but working as a guide for a big shot in the city."

When the tailor said these words, Ji Xun and the two immediately received an enlightenment prompt: "Trigger the hidden plot: the mysterious adventurer. A mysterious noble hired the hunter Chloe to explore the depths of the Silver Fir Forest. Additional plot Exploration degree +10%, explore related plots, and get unknown mission plot rewards and Konga additional settlement rewards."

David on the side widened his eyes. At the moment of enlightenment, he could no longer hold back the wonder in his heart and looked at Ji Xun.

The shocked eyes seemed to say: Can this still happen?

He never expected that there would be a hidden mission behind the plot of the C-level mission? !

You know, it is recognized in the adventurer circle that "hidden plot" is synonymous with triggering high risks, high difficulty, and high rewards in an alternate dimension.

Once a hidden plot can be triggered, it usually means rich rewards, so adventurers also call it the "treasure plot".

David had only heard of it.

And I have never encountered it in an extra-dimensional space.

Because the probability of triggering is extremely low.

The probability of completion is also extremely low.

According to adventurers, it also requires "a lot of luck" to trigger it.

How do you feel?

Now my teammate is triggered just by asking a few words?

Could it be that their luck is also overwhelming?

David couldn't understand Ji Xun's operations and could only attribute them to luck.

But he felt that if he were to do it by himself, it would not matter whether the plot could be triggered; even if it was triggered, he would probably just accept the mission and think about how to find someone in the forest.

However, his teammate "Su Lun" gave him a new idea to explore the plot.

"Hidden plot" is a term that is unfamiliar to David.

But it was all too familiar to Ji Xun.

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had received the expected information: "As expected."

This is what he was looking for.

Perhaps under normal circumstances, you can only get clues about the "mysterious noble" after completing the "Finding the Missing Hunter".

But because I noticed some logical problems in the previous deduction, I used some tricks.

The hidden plot was triggered immediately.

Ji Xun has experienced hidden plots many times, and he will not be as surprised as David.

He just continued to dig deeper: "Big shot?"

Caroline, the seamstress, was relieved to reveal the secret she had been hiding in her heart.

She didn't hide it anymore and said, "Yes. They said they were 'adventurers' and wanted to see the castle. But I felt that their status seemed to be very noble, maybe nobles. The girl in the team, with With many servants and guards."

They hid it because they knew the dangers in the forest.

But the money given by the big shot was too much.

Caroline was fascinated for a moment and encouraged her husband to take over the task.

By the time she finished speaking, she had burst into tears and sobbed remorsefully: "Oh, forgive me for the greed of this humble village woman. As long as Chloe can come back safely, I don't want anything."

After Ji Xun heard this, he had already deduced the whole story.

After asking a few more questions, he turned around and left, knowing that he would not be able to get any more clues.

Hunter Chloe is the "big man" encountered in the forest.

The tailor Caroline concealed the fact of her employment, and even the people in the village did not know the truth.

In other words, only Ji Xun and two people know about it currently.

This is an exclusive mission.

Out of the tailor's house.

Ji Xun and David walked in the village.

Seeing that other members of the Langdon family were still doing door-to-door consultations, David felt more and more like he was in a dream.

As for the information he just heard, although David didn't know what it meant.

But his intuition told him that this was more rare than the main storyline where the village chief could trigger.

After walking a few steps, David came to his senses and saw that they had come out.

He originally wanted to sort out those thoughts on his own, but after thinking about it, it seemed like nothing special. Just asked a few questions and then got triggered?

David's mind could not yet glimpse the long-term layout, but his intuition told him that this was definitely not luck.

He glanced at the teammates beside him, and finally couldn't help but asked curiously: "Su Lun, how can you ask so many questions? I mean. I mean."

I stuttered for a long time and couldn't express what I wanted to ask.

Of course Ji Xun knew what he wanted to ask, and smiled: "Do you want to ask why I saw the tailor's problem and triggered the hidden plot?"

David nodded: "Yeah."

Since he is a disciple of Gong Wu, he also gave careful guidance and said: "The laws of the universe have always been in the universe, and the truth of things has always been only in the cause and effect of events. Observe carefully, it is there."

"ah?"

David seemed to understand, thought for a moment, and nodded: "Yes."

I wanted to ask more questions, but I didn't know how to ask.

Turning around, he saw his teammates not far away who were still knocking on the door looking for clues, and asked: "Su Lun, do we want to tell them these clues?"

Young Master Sack had previously ordered that any clues found should be reported to him.

He thought about the surprise of "hidden plot". As a knight of the Langdon family, his teammates should report it.

However, Ji Xun shook his head and said: "No need. They will soon find out the clues about not being able to go out at night. As for the hidden mission, it is just a beheaded clue now. We still need to find some specific things."

As he spoke, he asked again: "And do you really think the Simon family is just watching us look for clues?"

David didn't understand: "Huh?"

Ji Xun did not play riddles this time and said directly: "Master Sack has always been watched by people from the Simon family. Whenever we go to report, someone will go to the tailor in the blink of an eye. Although nothing can be changed, there may be some problems in the mission. Changes have occurred. And if those guys don’t get the mission, they will definitely come to us for trouble. It’s not worth it to have a conflict now.”

Only then did David understand, and his eyes flashed.

If he really had to fight, he wouldn't be afraid.

But if your teammates' plans are ruined, the gains outweigh the losses.

David was a slave, nothing mattered to him.

Now exploring with Ji Xun aroused his strong curiosity, and asked: "Then where are we going now?"

Ji Xundao: "If I guess correctly, there may be some important clues in the witch doctor's house in the village."

Not many people can survive and have the experience of clearing an S-level game.

But Ji Xun had it.

He knows very well that A-level plots can be fought with strength, but if S-level plots want to survive, they must rely on the plot itself.

Ji Xun felt that if his guess was correct, there must be some key clues or props in the witch doctor's house that could help them survive in the difficult plot.

"Uh-oh."

When David heard this, he remembered that in the previous conversation, he also talked about "witch doctors".

However, didn’t the witch doctor die thirty years ago?

He couldn't understand, what did this have to do with the plot?

Soon, Ji Xun and the two came directly to a small wooden house with the aroma of medicinal herbs in the south of the village.

The tailor Caroline said before that the family of the witch doctor who died thirty years ago lived here.

Although there is no doctor in the village now, the simple medicine formulas left before are still in use.

These formulas are also kept by the descendants of the witch doctor.

On weekdays, hunters who are injured and have some minor illnesses can also be treated with these medicines.

"Tuk, Tuk, Tuk!"

Didn't knock on the door.

An impatient response came from inside: "Didn't I tell you, I don't know anything. It's very late now, so don't disturb my old woman's sleep."

Obviously, someone has come here before.

It’s hard not to notice a house like this with medicinal materials hanging on it.

It’s not necessarily just the Langdon family, even the Simon family has been here.

After being rejected, David looked at Ji Xun with an embarrassed look on his face: "This?"

He had already thought about it. He had just learned his teammates' method of meticulously exploring the plot, and he wanted to explore it carefully this time.

However, I didn’t expect that even though I had thought through all the questions, the other party wouldn’t open the door?

Old lady, how can you not play your cards according to the routine?

This stumped David.

You can't open the door violently, right?

It was already evening and they had to spend the night in the village. Moreover, the hunters and lumberjacks in the village are not weak. If they really fight, this trial will be completely messed up.

When David was thinking of nothing to do, he suddenly watched Ji Xun take out something like a token, and then said directly to the closed door: "I am the deacon of the 'Bright Church'. This is The ancestral home of the Walter family? I have something I would like to ask you to help investigate."

As soon as these words came out, the air seemed to freeze.

There was no movement in the room for a moment.

David's eyes widened, as if his brain couldn't process what he just heard, and his thoughts were frozen.

what's going on?

When did my teammate become the "Deacon of the Holy See of Light"?

After a moment, he knew what Ji Xun was planning.

But

How did this guy do it?

If he hadn't known that this was his teammate "Su Lun", and that he had been messing around on the road just now and dyed the brand gold.

David even felt that the teammate with a serious face at the moment was the deacon of the Holy See.

From the demeanor to the props, it doesn't look like an act at all.

This momentum intimidated even his teammates, let alone the people in the room.

Soon, he looked at a crack in the door and saw the coat of arms engraved with the sun disk in Ji Xun's hand. The other party immediately opened the door.

When David saw this, he forced himself to remain expressionless so as not to reveal his teammates' plan.

Ji Xun looked at the person who opened the door and walked in arrogantly without asking any questions.

No matter what era, as long as it is a theocratic country, the clergy of the Holy See are supreme.

Arrogance is standard.

David looked at Ji Xun, who was a completely different person, and was stunned for a moment.

I was still wondering if this would offend this key plot character.

However, I never expected that the old woman not only didn't mind, but felt extremely honored, and respectfully guided the two people through the door: "Dear deacon, please come this way."

"The B-level side plot is completed: you have obtained the relic left by the light priest Maya. The plot has an additional exploration rate of +15%, and you will receive additional settlement rewards."

Ten minutes later.

When Ji Xun walked out of the wooden house with a package, David, who had been suppressing his expression by his side, couldn't help the corners of his eyes twitching anymore.

If he hadn't witnessed the entire plot development process with his own eyes.

He couldn't believe it at all. He had completed a B-level branch?

At this moment, David looked at his teammate who had a calm expression from beginning to end, and his heart was already filled with surprise.

He felt that today he had used up all the surprises he had accumulated in the past ten years.

He watched with his own eyes as this guy perfectly played the role of "Deacon of the Holy See of Light", and then after some questioning, he actually got the inherited relic left by the witch doctor thirty years ago.

That's not even the most incredible thing.

David couldn't figure it out. Just a perfect performance. How did Ji Xun come up with those professional terms from ancient civilizations?

The two walked out of the house, and Ji Xun breathed a sigh of relief.

After getting this key relic, the plot in this village is no longer important to him.

No matter what conflict occurs now, it will not affect my plan.

It was with this sigh of relief that David beside him felt that he had returned to the "Suellen" he was familiar with.

Following the whole process just now, David had many times doubted that his teammate was really a deacon of the Holy See, but that the student was his disguised identity.

The moment I took off the role, the sense of unreality disappeared.

David felt like he was dreaming. He originally felt that he looked stupid for asking too many questions, but even so, his thirst for knowledge made him speak: "Brother Su Lun, how do you know so much about the Alterac Civilization and the Holy See of Light? "

Although he knew how Ji Xun did it.

But I can also guess that the other party is definitely not making nonsense on the spot, but really understands.

Although the old woman just now was a plot character, she was also a transcendent person. She is wiser than most people in the village.

If Ji Xun hadn't had enough professional knowledge just now, it would have been impossible to bluff the opponent.

So the question is, how does this guy know so much about ancient civilizations hundreds of thousands of years ago?

Ji Xun casually said: "Oh, you are talking about this. I am a [polymath] and I have read a lot of books. I just happened to see some."

This is of course a modest statement.

If Ji Xun only read books related to Alterac civilization, but happened to meet him in an extra-dimensional space, it would be called a coincidence.

And if you have read thousands of related classics of ancient civilizations, it is not a coincidence.

That is erudition.

There's only one thing that's really a coincidence.

That is, it was only after he entered this extradimensional space that he learned from the tailor that he had seen the relics of the Alterac civilization in the Adventurer's Market of Juling City before. The symbol is that of the Illuminati sect.

So I made a temporary fake one before.

No one would dare to check anyway.

but.

I just managed to get words out of the NPC's mouth, and it was more of a "pretend".

The little knowledge he knew about the Illuminati Sect was too fragmentary.

But he knew very clearly about the affairs of the Holy See.

No matter what era, human nature is the same, and history repeats itself.

There are only a few rules within the Holy See, including guessing and acting. Ji Xun's knowledge is not a problem at all if he wants to frighten a first-level magician.

David wanted to ask something else.

At this moment, I happened to bump into four teammates, Seri and Gang Duoduo.

The two sides were far apart, and Gang Duoduo greeted him from a distance: "Su Lun, David, we just got an important piece of information! Don't leave the village at night."

The first time they got the information, they came to alert their teammates.

This information is indeed quite important.

But David followed Ji Xun around and suddenly felt that he had also contracted the "expressionless" problem of his teammates, not being happy or surprised by anything.

Seeing that both Ji Xun and Ji Xun had dull expressions, Zhuo Sha asked in surprise: "Why aren't you surprised?"

You must know that when they learned this information just now, everyone was very happy.

Fortunately, we didn't leave the village.

Otherwise, something big might happen.

However, the performance of these two guys was not as surprising as before.

David looked at the confused expressions of the four people, and knowing that Ji Xunshao was talking, he could only say: "Yes. We also knew this before."

Gang Duoduo was also surprised and said: "You know? Ah, but this is the clue we just got with great difficulty. Those guys from the Simon family were able to block the clue, and they also used the power of the village chief to spread rumors that we were 'some greedy person' "Despicable bounty hunter group', everyone in the village is now wary of us."

"Ah this."

David didn't know how to explain his complicated mood at the moment.

If he really wanted to tell what the two of them had gone through before, he felt that the jaws of his teammates would be shocked.

Seeing David's expression, Lizard Mage Seri also noticed something very keenly and asked: "Su Lun, David, didn't you find some important clues?"

(End of chapter)