Skeleton King

From a distance, Ace saw the black flag on the stone pillar, with a hexagonal snowflake tattooed on it, and that was Xueyan Village.Ace, Nou, Jude, Little John, and the soldiers from Hongyan Village escorted them here.

There are no other creatures living on the small plane, not to mention that Hongyan Village is located in an extremely remote place.

But Jude told Ace that outside the village, there are occasional stone beasts. They hide deep underground and are difficult to be found. When they meet lonely villagers, they will appear unexpectedly and attack them, bringing the warriors of the village with them. would be safer.

According to Jude's description, the stone beasts' spiritual intelligence is not very high, and Ace doesn't think they can hurt Nou and him, but he still agrees with Jude's suggestion, he doesn't want to be too eye-catching.

A few days ago, Ace asked Jude about Xueyan Village again.

Jude said that every two or three years, nearby villages will take turns to hold fairs, and this year it happens to be the turn of Xueyan Village.There will also be a martial arts competition at the market, and the team of warriors traveling with Ace and Jude is preparing to participate in the martial arts competition in addition to defending the two priests.In the early years of Hongyan Village, the village chief Johannes led the team. This year, the old village chief just fell into a deep sleep, and the new village chief did not have enough prestige, so Jude came out in person.

He asks Ace if he wants to go with him.

Ace naturally agreed.

Before Nuoou fully recovers, he doesn't plan to go to Gold Village and Grimace Village—the two most powerful villages in the small plane.He naturally wished for the opportunity to observe Xueyan Village, which was split from the Golden Village, at a close distance.

Furthermore, Ace also wants to obtain a map of the small plane from Xueyan Village.

"Master Ace, may I ask, what is this?"

Jude and the others walked past the altar in Xueyan Village.After the Sabbath, the altars in each village were basically deserted except for occasional soldiers wandering around.But after passing the altar, even if they entered the range of Xueyan Village, it is unlikely that there will be any more stone beasts here, Jude was relieved.Then, he noticed that Ace was holding a silver leaf that he had never seen before, and Ace was observing carefully.

If it was an ordinary leaf, even if he thought it was rare, he wouldn't dare to disturb Ace easily, but this silver leaf made Jude feel very mysterious, and it seemed that someone had drawn runes on it.He couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, so he asked.

"This is the Silver Frost Leaf." What Ace was holding in his hand was the Silver Frost Leaf he got in Port of Nice.

In the assessment of the Georgia Knights, Ace handed in 3 silver frost leaves, and he properly put away the 100 silver frost leaves he got as a star student.

At the time, Ace didn't feel that this was something of great origin.

He just thought it didn't matter whether he could become a knight or not, and it would be hard to explain if he handed over too many silver frost leaves, so he kept them.They have been in Ace's space wristbands all these years, and he has carried them with him.

But at this moment, Ace looked at the rune on the silver frost leaf, raised his eyebrows, and felt that he had made a mistake in blaming the University of Millais——the University of Millais had given him the legacy of the astrologer In his hand, he just didn't notice it.

Ace showed a playful smile. What he still hasn't figured out is whether the University of Millais has predicted that he will appear here today, or just leave him a copy of the Silver Frost Leaf about the astrologer as a spark Woolen cloth?

Noticing that Jude's expression was a bit strange, Ace asked, "What? Have you seen this thing before?"

"No. This leaf should be a metal product?" In the small plane, metal is a rare thing, let alone such a thin silver leaf, the craftsmanship must be extraordinary.Jude thought about it carefully before replying: "However, my teacher once gave me some silver frost shells, and I feel that it has something to do with this silver frost leaf."

After Jude finished speaking, he took out two silver frost shells from his body, "I don't know if Lord Ace still remembers that the best thing to circulate among the priests is this silver frost shell. Each silver frost shell can be compared with a specific If we can find the corresponding runes of the silver frost shells, we will get twice the result with half the effort when we engrave the runes. It is said that those big villages only recognize the silver frost shells when they trade with each other."

Ace has an eerie feeling that he's back in Port Nice.

Although it has been a long time since Ace went to the port of Nice last time, he is no stranger to silver frost shells, because Ace’s city that never sleeps, in addition to the gold coins of the Pansy Empire and the Finger Empire, is also collected from the Millais Library. Silver Frost Shells.

He took the silver frost shell from Jude and observed it carefully. It was exactly the same as what they used to use in Port of Nice.

Ace thought that when the city that never sleeps was established, he agreed to the same status as the silver frost shells and the gold coins of the two empires. Could it be that there is really a will in the dark?

Ace asked Jude some questions about the purchasing power of the silver frost shells.

After Jude finished answering, he cautiously proposed that he wanted to see Yinshuangye.

Ace handed it to him directly.

Jude pinched the silver frost leaf with two fingers, felt the faint star power coming from it, and the mysterious runes on the silver frost leaf. To his surprise, the runes on the silver frost leaf were not paintings. There is no trace of engraving on it, as if it was born on it.A trace of horror flashed in his eyes, "Master Ace, what is this?"

Ace shook his head and replied: "I'm not sure, but it should be a complete set, which is the inheritance of the priest. You can record the runes on it, and they may be useful in the future."

These days, Jude has problems with runes, and he will come to Ace for advice.

Ace didn't hide his secrets either, he knew everything about Jude, and he couldn't stop talking.In the process of explaining to Jude, many aspects of the runes that he had previously felt obscure also gradually became clear.

But Jude felt dizzy after staring at the silver frost leaf for a while.He immediately understood that this was not something that could be touched by his current state.

He returned the silver frost leaf to Ace, "Master Ace, I can't watch this."

After thinking about it for a while, Ace understood that unlike the scholars who got the silver frost leaf from the Millais library - most of the scholars couldn't discover the extraordinaryness of the silver frost leaf in their lifetime, and they just used it as an ordinary bookmark - Jude's With star power in his body, he could immediately discover that Yinshuangye was unusual, but he only got the most superficial part of the astrologer's inheritance. He could repair runes based on the body of the astrology puppet, and use star power with the help of altars and resting halls.Like a real astrologer, sitting on the foothills, or in the green grassland, or in the stone tower, he can read astrology and grasp the situation of the world. Jude will never have such an ability.Therefore, when he saw Yinshuangye, the star power in his body just followed the flow of Yinshuangye's veins, and he immediately felt uncomfortable.

The star power in his body is like duckweed in the water, it was originally rootless.

At this moment, Ace and his party finally arrived at Xueyan Village.

There is a gray-white wall on the periphery of Xueyan Village, only about one person tall, and Ace can see the snow-white semi-circular roofs behind the wall, stacked on top of each other.This is obviously a much larger village than Hongyan Village.

Several warriors with stone shields noticed them, and they walked out of the city wall to meet them.

The small plane lacks metal, but there is no shortage of stones. There are also many types of stones here. The villagers know them well, which stones are suitable for making swords and shields, and which stones can be used to build houses.

No matter how harsh the environment is, human wisdom can make their lives better and better.

The leading warrior held a black long sword in his hand, on which were painted several runes that increased the attack power. From a little knowledge, the priests of Xueyan Village used runes more than Jude.

However, after being explained by Ace these days, Jude's deep understanding of runes is no longer comparable to that of ordinary priests.

The leading soldier put his hands on his chest and saluted Jude, "Master Priest of Hongyan Village, thank you for coming here." He turned a blind eye to the other soldiers in Hongyan Village.

Jude looked at Ace, who shook his head not minding.

The leading soldiers of Xueyan Village also noticed this scene.Ordinary villagers in the small plane were accepted as students by the priests. After they could control the power of stars in their bodies, they could gradually expel the impurities on the surface of their bodies, and their skin would turn back to its original color.Therefore, the identity of the priest is easy to judge.The leading warrior guessed that Ace was Jude's student and had just become a trainee priest.

The leading soldier asked: "Master Sacrifice of Hongyan Village, who is this?"

Jude wrote lightly: "He is the most honorable friend of our Hongyan Village." Jude didn't say much, and the soldiers of Xueyan Village couldn't ask any more questions.

The soldiers from Xueyan Village have already led the way, and they have already entered the village.

Sky blue and dark blue stones have been ground into the shape of fangs. The villagers made them into ornaments and hung them under the eaves. When the wind blows, these fangs will make a "jingling" sound when they hit , very pleasing to the ear.

For a small plane with scarce supplies, this is already an extremely elaborate arrangement.

Jude asked: "Is the market going to start?"

The leading warrior said: "It's been two days. The priest of Huba Village and the village head of Buffon Village have arrived yesterday. Both villages have brought a lot of things this time, and they have set up stalls in the center of the village. Yes. We have also prepared the booth for Hongyan Village." He said a little strangely: "I thought Village Chief Johannes was also here this time."

Jude said calmly: "The village chief will live under the Rest Hall for a while."

The soldiers in Xueyan Village all showed surprise expressions when they heard Jude's words. You must know that the village chief Johannes is the person who "lives" the longest in their area.Many of them even thought that they would be one step ahead of Village Chief Johannes, but they didn't expect to get the news by surprise.The leading warrior whispered a few prayers for the venerable village chief.

Jude remained calm, "It's a good thing. The village chief will return to us soon."

When Jude arrived in the neighboring village, he naturally went to meet the priest of Xueyan Village first, but Ace and the others did not have to do so.

When passing by the center of the village, Ace saw a few unusually simple stone houses. These stone houses were all open, and there were various flags erected in front of the stone houses.There is a black five-pointed star on the scarlet flag, which is Hongyan Village, and the white snowflake on the black background is Xueyan Village. There are also two white flags, one is a big yellow tree, and the other is a brown alien tree. I don't know which one represents Huba Village and which one represents Buffon Village.

"Master Sacrifice, we want to go to the market." Little John said.

Ace had already stopped, and he was very curious about the market in front of him.Nuoou naturally followed him.

They stopped there without saying hello to Jude.The leading soldiers of Xueyan Village didn't miss this detail, and quietly remembered it in their hearts.

"Alright." Jude ordered the two soldiers who followed, "You go directly to the market. Just follow the instructions of the village chief to exchange."

The two soldiers from Hongyan Village obeyed immediately and went to arrange the stalls in their village.Another highlight of the annual market is the exchange of rare materials from Hongyan Village for special products from other villages.

Xueyan Village had built a stone house for them before, it was very simple and the location was very remote.

"The year before last, our village held a market." Little John was not surprised by this. He told Ace, "We built stone houses for other villages before the market ended, and two of them collapsed. Every time there is a market like this There are endless tricks.”

There will always be friction between several neighboring villages.Everyone knows that such a method can't really hurt anyone, but if it can make the other party unhappy, they will never tire of it.

Ace laughed softly, and took Nuoou and Little John to the market regardless of the stalls in Hongyan Village.

Most of the stone houses in the market are local villagers of Xueyan Village. Most of the things on their stalls are various stones, as well as a small amount of herbs and clothing materials.The trading method on the small plane is very simple, and most villagers are still in the stage of bartering.

Little John told Ace, "Stones with the power of stars are the most precious things in the market. With a few of these stones on my body, I can easily exchange them for anything."

Ace has also seen the stone with the power of stars that Little John mentioned.

These stones should be a specialty of the small plane.The villagers put them in specific positions of the resting hall and the altar, and they can rely on these two buildings to accumulate the power of stars for the stones.Stones with sufficient star power will be called star stones.Ace rubbed his wrist, remembering that the star chain he had handcuffed before was made of star stone, but the concentration of star power contained in the former was not even one ten-thousandth of that in the latter.

The star stone traded in the market can only be regarded as a simplified version of the real star stone, but it is enough for most villagers to use - according to the principle of energy conservation, the villagers also need enough star power to support their bodies for activities Yes, the efficiency of transforming the power of the stars in nature is too low, it is much easier to use the simplified version of the star stone.

Therefore, the value of star stones with different concentrations in the market also varies greatly.

Ace was not very interested in the valuable things in the market. He mainly observed the weapons and handicrafts made by the villagers, which gave him a more intuitive understanding of the small-plane people's forging technology.

After walking through a few more stone houses, Ace lost interest when he saw these similar things.

But looking at Nou walking beside him, Ace showed a sincere smile again, which made Nou look at him strangely.

Ace was flashing back to their time with the Georgia Knights.

It was the most peaceful time of their lives.

When the Georgia Knights were not training, they would go to the central streets of Bremen, a few times to relax, and most of the time to accompany Nou to inspect the Green family's property.Every time Nuoou would put on an arrogant attitude that you can take whatever you like, and the young master doesn't care. He just wanted to treat you well, but he didn't want to be exposed.

At that time, Ace did not expect that they could maintain their friendship to this day—even if this friendship has deteriorated a little.

It is so precious that the companions of childhood can become lifelong companions and walk hand in hand in another world.

For a moment, Ace even gave birth to the emotion that it doesn't matter if they stay here forever as long as they are with each other.It's just that life in the small plane is too monotonous, not to mention that Nou can't let go of the responsibility of the Green family, and Ace can't ignore the subjects of the Twin Cities. They still have to solve the small plane and go back as soon as possible.

Ace relaxed, and teased Nou, "What do you like? The young master bought it for you."

Nou looked at Ace with the eyes of an idiot, don't think he doesn't know, Ace is similar to him, and he has nothing to do.

Ace looked at his beautiful Adam's apple, and his fingers were about to move, "Is your throat hurt, why don't you always talk?" As he said that, he was about to stretch out his hand.

Naturally, Nou would not let this fatal point fall into the hands of others, so he put the sword of judgment among them and reminded Ace not to move forward.Nuoou's brows were cold, but the chill in his eyes was not severe, and their behavior at this time seemed to be playing around.

Ace's movements stopped suddenly, his eyes were firmly locked on the things placed in a booth, and he said in surprise: "Huh?!"

He took Nuoou's hand to stop him, and walked to the booth together with him.

What caught Ace's attention was a fist-sized green stone.Ace wasn't sure at first, but when he took the green stone in his hand, he definitely felt the breath of life inside.

This is……

Ace was a little surprised.

At this time, the owner of the booth they were in took the initiative to say: "My lord, this is a strange stone that our village head got during his travels. The village head said that although he didn't know what the use of this strange stone was, it could only be used by stars. In exchange for stones, you need 10 undamaged star stones of the same size."

Little John gasped. The Dormition Hall in Hongyan Village can only infuse 400 stones with the power of the stars every year, which is not bad in the nearby villages.The asking price for this strange stone is 10 star stones, which is definitely a sky-high price.

Little John was still worrying silently, Master Ace definitely didn’t have any Star Stones on him, and he only had the 3 Star Stones that his grandfather gave him before—he originally thought that if Master Ace needed it, he could give it to Master Ace. Thinking that Master Ace has taken a fancy to such an expensive thing at once.Among the people who came to the market this time in Hongyan Village, this list can only be bought by the priest, and I don't know if the priest is willing to pay for it.

Contrary to Little John's thought, Ace really has a star stone on his body, which is the star chain.

The star chain is a legendary treasure that can be ranked in the magic island. Ace is not so extravagant to exchange it for this stone. After thinking about it, he took out another thing from his arms and asked: "I Can it be exchanged?"