Cataclysm King

Chapter 474 Lao Xie’s secret message

Time flies so fast, a month flies by.

Because Djinn City is close to the Warcraft Forest and right at the Hengduan Pass of the Titan Mountains, the elements here are richer than other places in the Southern Continent.

There are some high-level card masters who have settled here all year round to practice, and as a result, there are many high-end hotels in the city equipped with spirit-gathering magic bans.

In Beicheng, the Maple Leaf Hotel is such a high-end independent hotel.

This day.

A small hotel building.

The spirit-gathering circle makes the elements in the courtyard twice as large as those in the outside world, but the cost is ten times that of an ordinary hotel.

Ji Xun is not short of money, and he is not stingy about spending money on cultivation. This will certainly give him a more suitable cultivation environment.

Most importantly, the two elemental elves need an element-rich environment to grow.

Also, that cheap junior brother has just advanced. He has been a slave for too long and has exhausted his body. He needs to make up some foundations.

In the yard, a dark-skinned boy was trying to control a flying bird in his hand.

Don't let it fly away, and don't crush this bird that is completely condensed with Gang Qi.

The seemingly easy movement made the boy sweat profusely.

But he never tired of it.

The young man is David.

Over the past month, David has become accustomed to living with Ji Xun, his heavenly senior brother.

After more than ten years of poverty, even when he met Gong Wu, he never lived such a prosperous life.

Now following this senior brother, not only is there someone to guide him in his cultivation, he is also provided with all kinds of food that can enhance his qi and blood, as well as supplies of medicinal materials for body refining.

It was like a dream day.

David's martial arts progress has also been rapid this month.

Although Gong Wu has a higher level of martial arts, Ji Xun is obviously more suitable to be a teacher.

He is not only proficient in fighting, but also proficient in almost all extraordinary sequences. He also knows many fifty-two mysterious magic methods and various weird forbidden arts and curses.

Even David himself didn't even know how outrageous things he had learned during this period.

After getting along with him, David was shocked countless times by this senior brother's erudition.

Although we know that Ji Xun's clone "Su Lun" is a polymath, that kind of entry-level polymath is completely different from the legendary great polymath who has no sequence and no understanding of everything.

And my senior brother is really the legendary "true great polymath"!

No matter what doubts you have, as long as you ask them, this person will definitely be able to answer them.

He understands all the knowledge that the card master has access to, including fighting, spells, spirituality, mystery, incantations, and magic circles.

No!

Not that I understand.

Enough to be considered proficient.

David couldn't help but admire him.

The longer we spend together and the deeper we get to know each other, the admiration and awe not only do not diminish, but become stronger and stronger.

Although David has never shown any arrogance in front of anyone because of his talent.

But after all, he is young and energetic.

It is difficult to find an opponent at the same level, so naturally there is some arrogance and conceitedness in his heart.

Before meeting Ji Xun, he thought he was very powerful.

Even among the so-called geniuses in the Royal Academy who often "bullied" him, he felt that as long as he had enough resources, he would never be worse than them.

But after meeting his senior brother, that pride disappeared.

Only then did he know why the teacher called this senior brother he had never seen before a "monster."

All the geniuses David had seen paled in front of this senior brother.

This gave the young man a strong target of worship, and he practiced harder and harder every day.

In the room, Ji Xun was meditating cross-legged, thinking about the knowledge his avatar had gained at the Royal Academy.

Although he didn't look, he was aware of what was going on in the yard.

David is a disciple of Gong Wu. Now that he has met him, Ji Xun will certainly not sit idly by and ignore him.

What can be learned at each stage is different.

That guy has such a good talent, of course Ji Xun can give him some advice.

The teaching didn’t take much thought, it was more about David’s own hard training and understanding.

Children from poor families can always cherish this rare opportunity more.

Not only did he practice boxing and understand the mysteries of martial arts during the day, he also meditated and practiced breathing techniques even when he was sleeping.

You must know that at his age, he has just come into contact with breathing techniques. Sitting all night requires a lot of self-control and concentration.

Ji Xun was quite pleased to see his rapid progress day by day.

Obviously, as long as he doesn't die young, a martial arts master who will amaze the world will be born in the future.

While meditating, Ji Xun suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked at the [JOKER] card in his hand, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes, and murmured to himself: "It's almost ready to use."

Just like firearms need feel, relics also need a running-in process before they can be used smoothly.

What's more, it's a legendary relic.

I got this curse card for a month and tried it every day, and now I almost feel that it fits perfectly.

At this time, he took out the [4 of Spades] that he had obtained from the assassination of Young Master Sack.

The front of this curse card has a purple and black vortex pattern, which is the [Void Teleportation] spell he has engraved on it.

This gives him nearly unlimited use of Void Shift.

Life-saving ability is greatly increased.

If there were just two ordinary curse cards, it would only be a double surprise.

But obviously, JOKER is no ordinary person.

At this moment, Ji Xun holds [4 of Spades] between the index and middle fingers of his left hand, and [JOKER] in his right hand.

As the magic power was poured into his right hand, a magical scene happened.

In the blink of an eye, the card originally printed with the gray clown pattern [JOKER] slowly turned into a [4 of Spades] exactly like the one on his left hand!

A 4 turned into a pair of 4s.

This is the effect of any card.

right!

This is the entry-level usage of the [JOKER] card that Ji Xun has roughly figured out over the past month.

It can not only engrave any spell like other spell cards.

It also has a magical function, that is, copying!

Replicate all spells!

It feels like a camera recording, which can record any spell that appears within a certain range.

Not just images, but also rules and mantra structures. Completely reproduced.

In other words, whenever the enemy used some kind of spell in front of Ji Xun, he could use this card to copy it.

For Ji Xun, this was a big surprise.

His attainments in [Erudition] are getting deeper and deeper now, which shows that the use of various spells will not be a big problem in the future.

This clown card is not used under normal circumstances, but once it is used, it will definitely be some enemies with strange and weird methods.

When the time comes, Ji Xun is copying with one hand, and "replying the other person's way with the other hand" with the other hand. Thinking about it, I think the picture is too beautiful.

Especially copying some of the top card masters' magical spells, forbidden spells, etc.

This thing is simply a BUG.

Thinking about it, Ji Xun looked at the two curse cards in his hand, and some thoughts came to his mind: "Back then, Emperor Lanlingster had a set of fifty-four curse cards. If the seal was five How powerful are the fourteen magical arts? But then again, how did that great emperor die in the abyss? "

He had heard the legend of Emperor Lanlingst for the first time in the Imperial Tomb of Augustus in the Rune Highlands.

The palace tombkeeper said that the emperor disappeared during an adventure exploring the abyss of the southern continent.

But now it seems that maybe not.

If He fell into the abyss rift, then those cards should appear in the extra-dimensional space, not in the forest.

But the fact is that most of the places where the scattered curse cards appear are in dangerous cave areas on a certain level of the Warcraft Forest.

This also means that the emperor fought in those places before leaving his battle card here.

In other words, Emperor Lanlingst fell in the southern continent.

But here comes the question: Is there any existence in the southern continent that can kill Him?

They can only be equal enemies.

Calculating the time point when the emperor disappeared, it should be the period when the Alterac civilization and the Irel Empire alternated.

This is very subtle.

Combined with the recent emergence of the remnants of the Holy See of Light, Ji Xun deduced some feasibility in his mind.

Perhaps when Emperor Lanlingst fell, the truth had a lot to do with the Dragon God Airel.

At least informed.

Thinking about it, my thoughts returned.

Ji Xun looked at his pocket watch, it was already six o'clock.

He got up to go out.

This time is when the Adventurer Market is most lively.

At this time every day, he would go around the city to see if he could find some ancient relics in the market and find out some new news.

After leaving the hotel, Ji Xun walked on the street.

The city of Djinn City has a huge area and is not an industrialized city. There are all kinds of fancy beast vehicles on the streets.

Ji Xun also hired a jumping dragon beast car and headed towards Xicheng District.

Giant Spirit City is still lively and bustling, even more lively than it was more than a month ago.

It was as if the great incident at the Royal Academy had never happened. No one mentioned it, and even no information could be bought from the intelligence merchants.

This was also within Ji Xun's expectation.

After all, the heretics of the Illuminati Sect are involved, so it is impossible for such news to spread.

The Royal Academy resumed classes the day after the accident.

It is also forbidden for anyone to talk about the defection of Gustav, the deputy director of the School of History and Mystery.

This is a direct order from the Holy See.

Information related to the giant hand that broke out from under the [Babel Tower] has also been blocked, and discussion within the academy is prohibited. No one knows what kind of creature it is, nor why it was sealed in the academy.

But the consequence is that without this stable energy supply, it seems that the Tower of Babel trial will not be able to be restarted in a short time.

As if nothing had happened, the students continued to go to school as usual.

It is worth mentioning that although there was an accident during the trial.

However, the assessment results are still valid.

The clone "Su Lun"'s team, Team 16 of Duke Langdon's Mansion, actually got third place.

Originally ranked eighth overall.

But because six of the top ten teams participated in the Battle of Black Crow Castle, they received extremely high assessment scores.

Especially the team of assistant Princess Sophia of the Red Dragon Royal Family, which leads by a cliff.

But after investigating the situation, those teams were all disqualified, and even the list of students was not deleted from the academy.

Ji Xun and his team made up their places and advanced to third place, and received another 100,000 points reward.

It's no coincidence.

Of course, the college also investigated Team Ji Xun afterwards.

But among the four people alive, Gang Duoduo fainted when he entered the sealed space, and Seri and almost the other two were completely unaware of anything.

David was regarded as a defected slave and could not be questioned.

Naturally, nothing can be asked about "Su Lun".

Only three people were left in the original six-person team, and later Young Master Sack arranged for three more people to come in.

But it's not the original team, and the tacit understanding is no longer there.

The team gradually became unknown in the academy.

Ji Xun also felt that it was good that the clone could continue his cultivation in the academy more quietly.

Not long after, Xicheng Leather Street.

The streets are crowded with people.

As usual, Ji Xun planned to visit the market first.

After hanging around for a few months, I am already very familiar with this place. Whether it is the regular intelligence market or the black market in Giant Spirit City, he has his own reliable source of goods and intelligence.

The speculators disguised as adventurers in the market have long been familiar faces. Ji Xun can say hello to familiar faces and ask if there are any new goods.

But Ji Xun prefers visiting stalls with unfamiliar faces.

The unfamiliar faces meant that they were adventurers who had just returned from exploring the World of Warcraft Forest for treasure hunting. They not only had some good goods in their hands.

More importantly, Ji Xun can deduce what new discoveries have been made in recent times by observing the unearthed ancient relics.

"Look here, the fifth-level fire dragon scales just taken from the dragon's lair, a top-grade material for strengthening armor."

"The third-level Wind-Walking Pterosaur baby dragon produced from Xiangfeng Cliff only needs 3,000 gold coins to take away. Flying in the sky is no longer a dream."

"Selling various maps, 'Dark Magic Forest', 'Theramore Lake', 'Dark Light Temple', 'Blood Ring Mine'. Various maps related to the latest mysterious civilization ruins."

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Ji Xun walked on the street, watching and listening.

The noisy hawking sounds of roadside vendors reached his ears, and in his ears, pieces of information were like pieces of a puzzle.

A lot of information can be analyzed from the characteristics of the relics sold.

Unearthed address, degree of danger, distribution of monsters, type of ruins, era of civilization, etc.

Ji Xun's current deduction ability makes his brain like a centralized and efficient computer.

I come here every day and have accumulated a lot of information in my mind.

It can even be said that he knows better than many adventurers the origins of the things sold at the stalls.

So you can often find big leaks.

Ji Xun made a lot of money this month, and he never tired of it.

Of course he also discovered that there were several times more adventurers in Guling City recently than usual.

The reason is that some new ruins have been discovered recently, triggering another "treasure hunt wave."

The civilization of this cave world is like a layer cake, layered one on top of another.

In the process of reproduction and migration, human beings have left behind a large number of ancient ruins.

Relics of ancient civilizations buried in ruins are often found in large areas as soon as they are unearthed.

Especially in the Warcraft Forest.

So this kind of treasure hunting wave comes every ten or eight years.

It wasn't surprising originally.

But Ji Xun discovered that most of the recently unearthed relics were related to the "Alterac Civilization".

In other words, the adventurers discovered some relics of a history that was most likely erased by the Holy See.

Ji Xun often comes to the market, so he also discovered that after the "Royal Academy Incident" a month ago, there were obviously more inspectors at the market.

Others didn't know what they were patrolling, but Ji Xun guessed that these people should be looking for relics related to the heretics of the "Light Sect".

Once discovered, they will be confiscated and destroyed.

This has no impact on Ji Xun, but what he cares more about is the "relics of the Great Emperor".

Coincidentally, the few recently unearthed curse cards are all concentrated in a certain dangerous area.

Not long after, the shopping in the market came to an end, and it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

I went to the information dealer to inquire about the information.

There is still not much news, most of it is related to the adventure in the Warcraft Forest.

Originally, Ji Xun wanted to know if there was anything going on in the three kingdoms.

After all, Princess Sophia of the Red Dragon Royal Family is a believer in the light. There is no reason why the royal family would not be involved with the remnants of the old days.

However, there was no news at all from the intelligence dealer.

It was precisely because there was no news that Ji Xuncai concluded that a "big change" might have occurred within the three kingdoms.

He once played a professional intelligence businessman, so he knows this business well.

The intelligence dealers with great magical powers could not know any news at all, and the Holy See could only block the news personally.

Otherwise, the gossip businessmen who dare to spread scandals about the kings and queens of the three major royal families would not know everything.

If there is no news, it is actually news.

For Ji Xun now, he can deduce correct information from the information that has been deliberately erased.

In the ability of "I am the world", no event exists in isolation, and must be involved in countless causes and effects with the world.

Whether the royal family is in chaos can actually be seen by looking at the king's recent political activities, the major meetings he has attended, and the changes in the accompanying ministers.

It's like a puzzle. Although a small piece is missing, by deducing from other parts, it is enough to restore the general picture.

Therefore, from the current intelligence, Ji Xun feels that the current situation in the Eirel Empire is already very bad.

At least, he felt that there might have been a coup in the Silver Dragon Kingdom!

It hasn't completely exploded yet, and the Holy See is trying its best to suppress it.

During the deduction, the entire empire was in a state of imminent storm.

Another problem is that the "Scarlet Sect" that caused a lot of noise before has completely disappeared.

The group of vampires seemed to have completely disappeared, and there was suddenly no movement.

Ji Xun didn't think they had been wiped out.

On the contrary, there is a high probability that it is out of control.

For fear of causing panic, the news was also blocked.

There was a lot of mixed news, and it had little to do with Ji Xun.

He inquired, it was more about tempering my ability to be the world.

At exactly eight o'clock, Ji Xun came to a huge circular building.

This is the largest auction house in Giant Spirit City.

Tonight, Rainbow Chamber of Commerce, one of the largest chambers of commerce in the southern continent, is holding a high-end auction here.

The Royal Academy gathered a large number of young nobles from the Southern Continent.

They are all rich second generations who are powerful and wealthy.

Therefore, major chambers of commerce often hold such high-end auctions in Giant Spirit City, and they often have good things.

Ji Xun came to join in the fun because there were many items in the auction that he was interested in.

For example, the curse card [9 of Clubs] newly discovered from the ruins.

Many people in the Royal Academy came here for this card.

Another factor is to inquire about Gong Wu's situation.

The last information I got was that after the old man challenged various martial arts schools and his identity was exposed and he was caught, he was bought by the boss behind the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce.

The Rainbow Chamber of Commerce is one of the largest slave chambers of commerce in the southern continent.

Slave fighting is also a pillar economic industry in the southern continent and the most popular entertainment project.

Gong Wu has become a slave gladiator and is now looking for gladiators to challenge him on tour in major cities in the southern continent.

Among those at the same level, Ji Xun couldn't think of anyone who could beat Gong Wu.

The last information we got was that he was the "Fighting King with seventy-nine consecutive victories" of the Slave Duel Alliance.

Ji Xun was looking for an opportunity to see if he could get in touch with the top management of the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce and find some chance of rescue.

He wasn't in a hurry before because he felt there was no need to be anxious.

Gong Wu was born for fighting and is a pure martial arts fanatic.

For ordinary people, this kind of precarious life may be a torment.

But Ji Xun knew the old man's character very well, and there was no guarantee that the old man still felt that he was living a good life. There is a steady stream of masters to challenge, it is simply a good day in a dream.

However, the reality is not so beautiful.

Under normal circumstances, within the same level, it would be almost impossible for Gong Wu to lose.

Even if he died in a real battle, for the old man, it must be a battle worth dying for.

However, the fact is that slave duels have huge gambling properties!

The key to determining victory or defeat is not only the strength of the gladiators, but also the odds!

The old man's character will definitely not match-fixing. If the winning streak continues like this, there will be fewer and fewer opponents.

In order to make a lot of money, slave merchants will inevitably choose to "unpopularize" and use some dark methods.

Even without an opponent, Gong Wu would be forced to participate in some gladiatorial battles with high-level monsters.

What Ji Xun saw was that he was almost certain to die.

Two hours later.

Ji Xun walked out of the auction house with a bitter look on his face, complaining as he walked: "This auction price is too outrageous."

He originally thought that he had a good family background and might have a chance to auction off the [9 of Clubs] curse card.

But after half a game, I realized that my family background was really not enough in front of those top dignitaries.

When you encounter truly good things, purchasing power is no longer a currency in the ordinary sense.

There are several gold mines at every turn, a mithril vein, ten years of taxation from such and such two places, and XX hereditary title.

These are resources only available to the truly top elites.

The organizers of the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce obviously also care more about these resources rather than currency.

Most of the top-quality goods in the entire auction were sold in this way.

There was also the [9 of Plum Blossoms] God-cursed card. The students' little nobles competed for dozens of rounds, but it was finally bought away by a mysterious buyer who seemed to be a member of the royal family, using a ninth-level magic crystal.

Ji Xun found nothing in the entire auction.

But the good news is that we have learned something about Gong Wu's situation, and the old man is still fine.

Judging from his schedule and odds, the slave traders haven't made enough money from him yet, so he probably won't die in a short time.

The Rainbow Chamber of Commerce is very powerful, and Ji Xun is unable to forcefully rescue them.

If you plan now, you should have the opportunity to save people in the future.

After leaving the auction house, Ji Xun went to visit the Adventurer's Guild as usual.

A large number of adventure missions, recruitment information and bounty announcements are issued here every day, and it is also a very important source of intelligence.

Even at night, the Adventurer's Guild is still crowded with people.

Ji Xun came to a magic light screen with familiarity and quickly checked various information.

"The Iron Cross Mercenary Group is recruiting wilderness hunters."

"The King's Knight Mercenary Corps is recruiting a large number of professional mercenaries, with priority given to retired sergeants. Additional bonuses will be included for expeditions, and settlement allowances and pensions will be high."

"Exploring the 'Dark Light Temple', there is a shortage of a fourth-level nanny professional."

"Unicorn Chamber of Commerce Escort Mission."

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There is a lot of information and it is very complicated.

Ordinary people usually only search for what interests them.

But Ji Xun looked at everything.

He can read very quickly, and he can read a large page at a glance.

This information contains the movements of a large number of mercenary groups.

To a large extent, you can analyze the information you want.

Ji Xun originally wanted to find the relics of He Da Di and the clues of the Illuminati Sect.

However, after checking, he was surprised.

Because, he saw a special encrypted notice.

I thought I had seen it wrong.

After deciphering the code, Ji Xun was even more surprised: "Is this... Lao Xie looking for me?"

The encryption method of the codeword was agreed upon with Xie Guozhong a long time ago.

Although it is not too clever, it is definitely the work of an old friend.

The content is also simple, I just want to meet with myself and discuss something.

If it had been before, Ji Xun would of course have responded without hesitation.

But now.

If your guess is correct, Xie Guozhong is now the culprit who assassinated the Pope of the Holy See, and is also the source of "scarlet pollution"

It's so strong that it makes people feel unfamiliar.

Ji Xun couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, why was he looking for him?

Ji Xun's intuition told him that the guy didn't mean any harm.

But when he came to the door, he was probably preparing for another big incident.

The last attempt to assassinate the Pope failed, will he do it again this time?

However, he can confront Jiujie head-on, so what's the use of him?

(End of chapter)