Newspaper Boy
Chapter 186: A Different Instance
[Difficulty Level: A]
[Type: Multiplayer (Death)]
[Main Quest:]
[Side Quest: Transport the Mysterious Coffin to Sword God Manor.]
[Note: Items not from The Way of the Extraordinary cannot be brought in.]
[No. 028 The Way of the Extraordinary Introduction: During the Northern Song Dynasty, the world-renowned Sword God Manor entrusted "Huangqi Escort Agency", "Yuanhai Escort Agency", "Chiyan Escort Agency", "Lingyuan Escort Agency", and "Sanjian Escort Agency" to escort a mysterious coffin back to the manor. Unexpectedly, strange things happened frequently during the escort.]
The Five Elements Chaos. No. 028, hiss, the number is very early. Zhang Yuanqing summoned Blood Rose and Silver Yao Princess calmly, pressed their shoulders, and thought about the copy information at the same time.
Among the copies he encountered, No. 028 was the first one whose main line was not revealed.
Without a main quest and giving a side quest first, reflects the difficulty and persistence of the copy to a certain extent.
It seems that it will take more than three or two days to clear this copy.
In addition, the difficulty level A is somewhat unexpected. He thought it would be S-level, but on second thought, The Way of the Extraordinary No. 028 is likely to be a level 5, or even level 6, A-level copy.
For a level 4 player like him, it is probably even more terrifying than the S-level Battle of Yashan.
Finally, The Way of the Extraordinary No. 028 "The Five Elements Chaos" is not in the official database. The earlier the copy is ranked, the less likely it is to appear. It is normal that it is not included in the official database.
Mediocre The Way of the Extraordinary will not be matched to such a copy in their lifetime. The truly outstanding The Way of the Extraordinary, due to their rapid promotion, simply do not have time to explore it. Take Mojun and Yuan Shuai as examples, the number of Saint copies they have experienced will not exceed ten, and the number of level 6 copies will not exceed three.
30 seconds passed quickly, and the scenery in front of Zhang Yuanqing's eyes rippled like water, and then everything went black, and he couldn't feel anything.
In the boundless darkness, his ears twitched, and the first thing he heard was a knock on the door, and a young man's hurried cry: "Seventh brother, wake up, wake up quickly, adoptive father is calling us over."
Who is it, so noisy? Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes and saw a dim cotton gauze tent and crisscrossing beams. The existence of the beams indicated that he was in an ancient building.
Then, he felt something soft and slippery pressing on his chest and waist. He lowered his head and almost blurted out "Damn it".
A young and beautiful woman was sleeping in his arms, with fair skin, a delicate face, and long and thick eyelashes. It was truly: Raven hair, magpie eyes sparkling, romance leans towards the pillow. Soft bones, jade mountains rising, spring breeze melts in the mandarin duck quilt.
The opening scene is sleeping with a beautiful girl. Zhang Yuanqing thought that The Way of the Extraordinary treated him well. At the same time, a memory that did not belong to him appeared in his mind:
His current identity is "Lin Ci", an orphan adopted by Chen Xuedao, the chief镖头 of Huangqi Escort Agency. Because of his outstanding talent and potential to practice Night Wanderer spells, he was adopted by Chen Xuedao as his adopted son.
Huangqi Escort Agency is the most famous escort agency in the Central Plains, founded by chief镖头 Chen Xuedao.
Chen Xuedao is a famous name in the Jianghu, and his real name has long been unknown. He is a Mountain God. In the early years, there was a severe drought in the Central Plains, and bandits were rampant. A gang of bandits robbed the镖 of Huangqi Escort Agency.
All the镖师 responsible for escorting were wiped out, and no one survived.
Chen Xuedao, in a fit of anger, single-handedly broke into the bandit village and slaughtered five hundred bandits with one sword. He fought from dusk to dawn, and his endurance and physical strength were terrifying.
Chen Xuedao's name came from that time. Chen Xuedao has six adopted sons and a biological daughter. Lin Ci is the youngest.
And the girl in his arms is Chen Xuedao's daughter, named Chen Wei, ranked third, and is Lin Ci's third sister.
Chen Wei is betrothed to the eldest brother Zhuo Peiran, but she likes the seventh brother Lin Ci. The two of them have been secretly having an affair for many years, and their love is fiery. They always sneak out for secret meetings at night. Like last night.
The method of directly instilling memories is very interesting. Well, it's not exactly instilling memories, it's more like watching a video. Because this memory does not affect my subjective consciousness, I have no sense of belonging to Huangqi Escort Agency, and no feelings for the girl in my arms.
Zhang Yuanqing encountered this situation for the first time and felt extremely novel.
The knocking on the door continued, and Zhang Yuanqing replied:
"Fourth brother, stop shouting, I'll get up right away."
In his memory, the fourth brother Zhao Youcai is impatient and lacks patience, always making a fuss.
"Then hurry down, don't keep adoptive father waiting for too long, something's up!" Zhao Youcai instructed, and the sound of footsteps gradually faded away.
At this time, Chen Wei in his arms opened her eyes. She propped herself up on the bed, relieved, and chuckled: "Fortunately, fourth brother didn't push the door in, otherwise our affair would not be kept a secret, father would beat us to death."
Her eyes are big, her chin is pointed, her shoulders are white and round, and her red undergarment is bulging. Because of her martial arts practice, her figure is vigorous, and there is a heroic spirit between her eyebrows.
She is very much in line with the image of a Jianghu heroine who dares to love and hate.
"I don't know what adoptive father is calling us for. You haven't drunk the contraceptive soup yet, don't forget."
Zhang Yuanqing naturally said words that fit Lin Ci's style.
In his memory, Lin Ci is half-willing and half-reluctant to his third sister. How can a young man full of vigor refuse the embrace of a beautiful sister?
But he is also afraid of his adoptive father and elder brother, and while coveting the woman's body, he is worried about the affair being discovered.
"If I get pregnant, you will marry me. If you dare to be unfaithful, I will burn your thing to ashes." Chen Wei glared her round eyes and reached down with her small hand.
"What does Lin Ci do have anything to do with my Yuan Shi Tian Zun?" Zhang Yuanqing dodged and avoided the third sister's mischievous hand.
"Also, next time remember to cover those two dead people with linen. Every time we are doing it, they are staring there, and I feel panicked." Chen Wei said, looking at the head of the bed. Zhang Yuanqing turned his head and saw two women in tight outfits standing at the head of the bed, with gorgeous faces. They were Silver Yao Princess and Blood Rose.
He accepted the existence of the two Yin corpses without any abnormality. The characters in the copy were also given memories by The Way of the Extraordinary. This Chen Wei has flesh and blood, a soul, and self-awareness. She is a living person, not an NPC.
Tsk tsk, The Way of the Extraordinary really has the ability to create life. By the way, if I make her pregnant in the copy, will the child be born, or will it be refreshed by The Way of the Extraordinary? If it is born, will it cause The Way of the Extraordinary to change the copy settings?
Is the child an NPC born from The Way of the Extraordinary, or a normal person? Zhang Yuanqing's mind was full of thoughts.
Because of the urgency of time, Chen Wei did not linger with her lover. She hurriedly put on a Luo skirt, picked up a jacket, sensed for a moment, and her body turned into a raging flame.
She used the oil lamp in the next room to cast the fire spell and leave.
Her room is next door.
After she left, Zhang Yuanqing put on the鏢师 tight outfit unhurriedly, reached out and grabbed a ghost mirror from the air, and looked at his face.
The good news is that the inventory can still be opened and the level has not changed.
The bad news is that his face has turned into a handsome strange face, about seventeen years old, but not childish.
Obviously, this is Lin Ci's face.
He entered the copy directly by means of possession. This is an experience that Zhang Yuanqing has never had before.
He thought for a while and said, "Princess, did you feel anything unusual when you entered The Way of the Extraordinary?"
Silver Yao Princess shook her head slightly: "Everything went black, I lost consciousness for a short time, and then I came here, and my clothes changed."
She reached into her arms and groped for a moment, "The little horn is still there."
The princess's body has not changed, only her clothes have changed. Zhang Yuanqing reached into his crotch and groped carefully, and had a guess in his mind.
His body has not changed, it is still Yuan Shi Tian Zun, but The Way of the Extraordinary covered up his original appearance with extremely profound illusion, and he is active in the copy as "Lin Ci".
The basis for this guess is: Zhang family's young master is clean.
As we all know, when a drill bit is inserted into a deep well, it will inevitably be sticky and oily when it comes up, and it is impossible to be so clean and tidy. Therefore, Zhang Yuanqing's current body is his own body, definitely not Lin Ci's body.
"The teammates of the Order camp should be like me, in an escort team of a certain Escort Agency, where are the enemies of the Evil camp?"
"I wonder if The Way of the Extraordinary arranged this identity for me, is it randomly selected, or is there something else hidden, such as a hidden quest."
Zhang Yuanqing muttered and walked to the window, pushing open the lattice window.
The noisy voices of people rushed into the room at once. The sun was shining brightly outside the window. The streets were crowded with people, and there were many shops with cloth signs hanging.
From time to time, wealthy people drove by in carriages, with the wheels rumbling.
Zhang Yuanqing's pupils dilated slightly, and he was strongly impacted.
This was the first time he had experienced the feeling of returning to ancient times in a copy. It was no longer a terrifying amusement park, a gloomy town, a gloomy primeval forest, or a terrifying northern mountain village.
This is the charm that The Way of the Extraordinary should have! Everyone here has flesh and blood, a heartbeat and a soul, and a 100% restoration of life in an ancient city.
"I suddenly fell in love with this place, Princess, let's go, let's experience the ancient world." Zhang Yuanqing said excitedly.
"The ancient world doesn't need to be experienced." Silver Yao Princess said lightly.
"Oh, I almost forgot, you are also an old stick from ancient times." Zhang Yuanqing said.
"My master said that you secretly called her an old stick behind her back. How did you manage to not get beaten?" Silver Yao Princess asked humbly.
"Because I didn't steal mother's coffin."
During the conversation, one person and two corpses came to the lobby of the inn along the wooden staircase. At this time, the sky was bright, and it was past breakfast time and too early for lunch. The square tables in the hall were empty.
The name of the inn is "You Ke Lai (Guests Come)", and it is the inn where the镖师 of Huangqi Escort Agency rest.
Three days ago, a mysterious person who claimed to be from Sword God Manor visited Huangqi Escort Agency with a coffin, entrusting the Escort Agency to escort the coffin to Sword God Manor, and paid a deposit of two thousand taels of silver. After the coffin arrived at the manor, the balance of three thousand taels of silver would be settled.
A total of five thousand taels.
But there was a condition that Chen Xuedao must personally escort it. This was a big order that was enough for Huangqi Escort Agency to eat for three years.
Chen Xuedao agreed without hesitation.
Huangqi Escort Agency escorted the mysterious coffin, rushing day and night. After entering the city yesterday, they chose to settle down here, booked the inn, and drove all the original guests out.
After going around to the lobby, they entered the spacious backyard. Zhang Yuanqing glanced around and saw more than twenty young and strong鏢师 wearing the standard uniform of the Escort Agency, standing upright in the courtyard.
Chen Wei, the fire master who had just had a romantic night last night, had now put on a heroic tight outfit and was winking at him, signaling him to come and gather quickly.
Zhang Yuanqing lowered his head, took the two Yin corpses into the queue quickly, and looked at the east wing at the same time.
The lattice door of the east wing was open, and there was a stern reprimand inside: "Two of our鏢师 disappeared in your inn, shopkeeper, you can't escape the responsibility for this matter. I'll ask you again, did you hear any unusual noises last night?"
As soon as Zhang Yuanqing heard this voice, he knew it was his eldest brother Zhuo Peiran. Then a panicked middle-aged man opened his mouth to explain: "镖 Lord, you are highly skilled. Even you didn't notice anything unusual, how would I know?"
Zhang Yuanqing listened for a while and roughly understood the reason for the matter. The two镖师 who were responsible for guarding the coffin last night were missing this morning.
Huangqi Escort Agency searched the inn but found nothing, and was questioning the shopkeeper and waiters inside.
The Way of the Extraordinary introduction mentioned that strange things happened frequently during the escort of the black coffin, and here it comes. Zhang Yuanqing was secretly vigilant in his heart.
At this time, a righteous and loud voice came from the east wing:
"Lin Ci is here?" The鏢师 turned their heads and looked at Zhang Yuanqing.
Zhang Yuanqing said loudly, "Adoptive father!"
"Come in!" Chen Xuedao said.
Zhang Yuanqing immediately stepped out of the queue and strode towards the east wing. The light in the room was dim. Stepping over the threshold, there was a small hall for meeting guests, and inside was a bedroom.
The tables and chairs in the reception room had been cleared out, replaced by a huge black coffin.
The coffin lid and coffin body were painted with black paint, with crimson cinnabar painted with spiritual talismans, a yellow talisman was pasted on the coffin head, and a purple talisman was pasted on the coffin tail.
The entire coffin gave people a feeling of strangeness and gloom, and it made people feel chills in their hearts with just one glance.
Chen Xuedao, with frost on his temples, stood in front of the black coffin with his hands behind his back, staring at the coffin lid.
Standing beside Chen Xuedao was a burly bald man with twisted spells tattooed on his bald head. His eyes were fierce, like a bloodthirsty killing god, giving people a strong sense of oppression.
This is the eldest brother Zhuo Peiran among the adopted sons, a Mist Master.
In the Song Dynasty, they were high above the ground, and the Jianghu was a mixed bag. There was no division between Order and Evil camps. Because the imperial court's control was weak, it was difficult to restrain the Jianghu people.
Therefore, there was a sense of joy and hatred everywhere, where one could kill a man in ten steps and not leave a trace for a thousand miles. Killing people was common in this era, diluting the homicidal style of the Enchantress.
Of course, Enchantresses who harmed the innocent and caused the devastation of one side would still be denounced as demons and be besieged by Jianghu people, including other Evil professions.
There was no camp division in The Way of the Extraordinary, but the Jianghu also had rules.
"Adoptive father!" Zhang Yuanqing bowed and quickly extracted information:
"Zhang Hu and Zhao Ma, who were on duty last night, are missing."
Chen Xuedao nodded solemnly and said, "The entire inn has been booked by us. I didn't notice anyone sneaking in last night, and I didn't hear anyone shouting in the backyard. Zhang Hu and Zhao Ma have followed me for many years, they are experienced and skilled. Their disappearance is very strange."
As he said, he stretched out his palm and showed Lin Ci a copper lock that had been cut in half.
"The traces have been compared, it was cut open by Zhang Hu or Zhao Ma. Last night, they destroyed the copper lock and entered the house, and then disappeared." Chen Xuedao said, looking at the black coffin.
"Adoptive father, do you mean that their disappearance was caused by this coffin?" Zhang Yuanqing's eyes followed and looked at the coffin.
Chen Xuedao nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "You are a Night Wanderer, take a look at this coffin to see if there is any Yin energy leaking out."