"Damn, she's eaten all the bait!"
Mu You looked at the empty bait bag in the fishing net and was speechless.
His bait filled with sleeping agents was specially reserved for catching magic fish. He even dreamed of catching a whole bag of fish, but in the end, they were all eaten by one fish, and it was a human fish...
If this mermaid were caught by an ordinary fisherman or slave trader, Neng Le would probably go crazy.
A Nikaro mermaid that looks similar to humans but is not cannibalistic will definitely fetch a sky-high price at auction! No matter how poor a fisherman is, he can get rich and reach the peak of his life with this one mermaid.
But for Mu You, this thing is not so beautiful, but a hot potato.
When he got this mermaid, the most he could do was to use some of her fish scales to make medicine, but nothing else.
The two choices of ordinary people, killing and selling, are not feasible here. People who have killed mermaids will be contaminated with a smell that only mermaids can recognize. If they are discovered by other mermaids, they will be wildly retaliated.
The same goes for selling. Once discovered, he will be hated by the mermaid tribe for life. This means that he must stay away from the ocean in the future. Otherwise, as the overlord of the sea, the mermaid tribe will not let their enemies go in the water.
Mu You has just inherited the Ghost, and he will inevitably have to deal with sea water for a long time in the future. He must not do such a thing that cuts off his retreat.
The only choices left for him now were to take it back and raise it, or to let it go on the spot.
However, Mu You looked at the sleeping mermaid in the net bag and was not sure when the mermaid ate the bait and how long he would stay asleep?
If you just leave it here, it will most likely be discovered by other fishermen, taken away and sold.
"Forget it, let's take it back first..."
Mu You thought about it and decided to bring the mermaid back to the earth. At worst, he would release it when he comes next time.
It's not all bad to find such a mermaid. After all, mermaids are intelligent beings that can communicate, and they don't hate fools like wizards from the spiritual world.
If you can build a good relationship with the mermaid tribe, you might be able to ask them for help if you encounter any kind of trouble in the sea in the future.
Mu You took the entire fishing net into his backpack and found a puddle on the grass to put it down.
Despite such a big movement, the mermaid was still asleep and showed no signs of waking up. This shows how powerful the effect of the sleeping potion is.
He then moved the packed supplies in his backpack, mainly fishing bait, wine, and some experimental equipment, and stored them next to the teleportation array on the seabed. Then he put away his backpack, stepped into the teleportation array, and returned to the northern snowfield.
Suddenly returning to the ice field from the bottom of the water, the howling cold wind immediately covered him with frost. Mu You hurriedly set up a small fire ring to disperse the moisture on his body.
"Boss, you are finally back!"
At this moment, Lin Xue and Xiaoya were already waiting for him at the door wearing plush coats, while the war eagle was hovering in the sky, inspecting the surrounding environment.
"Nothing happened at home, right?"
Mu You patted the frost on his body and glanced at the two of them. After a day of leveling, both Lin Xue and Xiaoya's levels had improved significantly.
"No, Sister Xue and I have been killing monsters all day long. We have almost finished killing all the wild monsters we can find around..." Xiaoya quickly explained their experience this day.
They require less experience in the early stages of upgrading, and with the support of war eagles, there are basically no monsters they can't defeat in the snowy fields, and they upgrade very quickly.
Lin Xue and Xiaoya also changed classes midway, and Xiaoya came out to fight monsters for a long time. In the end, both of them broke through to level six, and Lin Xue was close to level seven.
"That's good."
Mu You nodded, opened his backpack at the door, entered and took out all the contents.
This backpack will become unable to be opened when it is returned to the opposite side of the door. You can only take out the items in advance and bring them through the door yourself.
Seeing that there were only the last five minutes left before closing time, Lin Xue and Xiaoya hurried out to help carry things.
However, when they saw Mu You finally carrying out a mermaid, both of them were stunned and stunned.
"Boss, you actually kidnapped a mermaid and came back???" Xiaoya's mouth grew into an O shape.
"I said I picked it up...do you believe it?" Mu You said sincerely.
The two looked at each other with the same expression: I don’t believe it!
The legendary mermaid wouldn't be so precious if it could be found anywhere.
Mu You himself didn't know how to explain it. He felt that this little mermaid seemed to be more idle than normal mermaids. After being trapped in a fishing net once, he actually dared to throw himself into the net. He was also greedy and even dared to eat things he didn't recognize. He blindly stuffed it into his mouth without the vigilance that an intelligent creature should have.
The three of them returned home. Mu You called War Eagle back and waited at the door for the time to run out.
After confirming that the door was completely closed, he asked Vivian to seal the door back into the secret card.
At this time, Lin Xue and Xiaoya had already brought the mermaid into the backpack space, found a shallow water fish tank in the store, placed the mermaid in it, and filled the tank with water from the river. It is said that the mermaid cannot leave for a long time. The water is coming, I don't know if it is, but let her soak it first.
When Mu You came in, Lin Xue and Xiaoya were already gathered in front of the fish tank, curiously watching the mermaid pointing. Even unicorns and mandrakes came over to join in the fun. This kind of wisdom has survived for a long time underwater. Creatures are also completely new species to them.
"Boss, what's going on?" As soon as she saw Mu You come in, Xiaoya hurriedly ran over to gossip with him. Next to her, Lin Xue also pricked up her ears and prepared to listen carefully.
"It's actually not as complicated as you think..."
Mu You had no choice but to explain the cause and effect to the two of them.
"So that's it..."
After hearing this, both of them looked at the merman with strange expressions.
"Is this mermaid not very smart..." Xiaoya said suspiciously. How did such a stupid mermaid survive until now?
"Maybe... I'm too confident..."
Lin Xue thought for a while and said: "This mermaid has lived near the sea for a long time and has seen many fishermen's fishing nets. After violently breaking away from the fishing nets many times, she may have assumed that such nets are not dangerous, but she did not expect that there is such a thing as a sleeping potion... …”
Mu You nodded. What Lin Xue analyzed was probably the truth. It is true that things like sleeping potions are not something that fishermen at the bottom of the Star Spirit Realm can come up with.
Moreover, looking at Coke's performance, we can tell that this kind of bait produced on the earth and added with food attractants must be very attractive to these alien creatures, and this is how it attracted a mermaid to take the bait.
The mermaid was still sleeping at this time, and she didn't know how long she would sleep for. She could only wait for her to wake up.
Mu You arranged everything here, left the space, and sent Lin Xue and Xiaoya home.
Then he took out three mobile phones and looked at them respectively.
No one contacted him that day. Only Zhang Yang sent a few messages, saying that he had a few small tasks and asking if he was interested in participating.
While processing the news from Zhang Yang, Mu You opened the Fool's Game.
When the game was launched, it was still next to the teleportation array outside Sunset City.
Mu You first sent a series of props such as the fish-man mask into the game, armed the game characters, and then picked up the supplies stored next to the teleportation array and put them all into his backpack.
Then he surfaced, found a deserted place on the shore, and took out another prop: the elf horn!
This is the hidden relic that was snatched from the werewolf. It can summon elves and fairies. It can be used once a week. When it was first obtained, it still had a cooling time of five and a half days. The cooling period has just ended at 12 noon today.
But at that time, he was busy taking a boat in the sea and had no time to check. Now that he had time, he immediately took it out and activated the horn.
[You blew the elf horn. 】
[Dark Elf Queen Freyd Exile appears in front of you and issues a mission to you. 】
[Looking for sunflowers: Since the dark elves have lived in the dark city underground for a long time and cannot accept direct sunlight, I hope you will go to the sun-drenched place of the hottest city in the star spirit world within a week and pick more than a hundred flowers. The sunflower serves as sunlight for the dark city. 】
[Reward: Wings of Darkness, a pair of devil's young wings, which can give you the ability to fly after being loaded. 】
"Um?"
Mu You was stunned for a moment, and when he blew the horn, what appeared was not the elves and fairies he imagined, but some kind of dark elf queen?
Without any time to think, he hurriedly pressed the time pocket watch and returned to blowing the horn.
After carefully recalling the text description just now, Mu You found a pen and paper and wrote down a few paragraphs.
"Dark Elf, Undercity, the mission is to go to the Burning Sun City to pick flowers..."
Mu You opened the Fool Forum and searched for 'Scorching Sun City' on the World Channel. This search easily yielded the result: Burning Sun City is a city located near the equator of the Star Spirit Realm, which in reality corresponds to a place in Africa...
The equator of the astral world, is that a place we can go to in a week?
Although the reward is not bad, giving him a pair of wings, it is a basically impossible task for him. The distance is too far. In the game, it is absolutely impossible to arrive within a week. In reality, unless he knows the people in Africa, The players nearby ask someone to collect it in advance, and then he takes a plane all the way there to get it?
Not to mention how to trust the other party? How should the cost be assessed for such a complex task? There are too many troubles.
After thinking about it, Mu You blew the horn again.
The promised elf fairy did not appear, but a dark elf came out. He always felt that this mission was not right: there must be many elf mission publishers, right?
Sure enough, what happened next confirmed his guess.
[Back in time, you blew the elf horn. 】
[The forest elf high priest Riley Piper appears in front of you and issues a task to you. 】
[Potion of Life: A rare lesion has developed on a certain bud of the World Tree, and a bottle of high-grade life potion is needed to restore vitality. Within five days, bring back a bottle of life potion above the epic level. 】
[Reward: Wind Bow, a rare elf longbow that masters the power of wind and can shoot powerful wind arrows. 】
Mu You's eyes lit up. Sure enough, there were other elves!
And this mission is much more normal. All it requires is a bottle of life potion. This thing is only a first-level potion, but the difficulty is that it requires a potion above the 'epic level'.
You must know that Mu You has never successfully refined an epic magic potion so far. Of course, if you are willing to use some Drunken Immortal Brew, there is a chance to refine it.
However, he doesn't really need the reward from this mission. He already has a mithril bow, which is enough for daily use. Another high-quality bow will not improve him much.
Mu You shook his head, went back in time again, and tried blowing the horn a few more times.
[Back in time, you blew the elf horn. 】
[The Sun Elf Princess Selina Sunshiner appears in front of you and issues a task to you. 】
[Capture the flying dragon alive: Within a week, go to the bottom of the Lohmadi Abyss, capture an abyssal flying dragon alive and bring it back. 】
[Reward: One phoenix egg. 】
…
[Back in time, you blew the elf horn. 】
[The elf fairy Olea Blesser appears in front of you and issues a task to you. 】
[Leaves of the World Tree: Within five days, take her autographed letter and rush to the Emerald City in the center of the Elf Forest to find Priest Riley, the guardian of the World Tree, and ask for ten leaves of the World Tree to suppress the leyline of the undead. of erosion. 】
[Reward: Choose one of the following two blessings to receive. 1. Permanently gain 7 points of free attributes. 2. The cooldown time of all your own magic and props is permanently reduced by 10% (not valid for the Fool's Relics). 】
…
After trying more than a dozen times in a row, Mu You discovered that there were actually only four elves in total, appearing in constant rotation, representing four different types of elves: forest elves, daylight elves, dark elves and fairies.
Each elf releases different tasks and gives different rewards.
The most valuable reward among them is of course the Sunlight Elf, who will give you a phoenix egg directly!
Of course, the difficulty of the task is also outrageously high. Entering the Lohmadi Abyss and capturing a flying dragon alive...
Not to mention catching the flying dragon alive, just entering the abyss for a turn and coming out alive is already a problem of the century for him.
This task can only be watched with envy.
Mu You shook his head, hesitating among the four tasks, and finally chose the fairy and fairy task.
First, because the rewards are good, whether it is attribute points or reduced cooling time, it is a very useful blessing for him.
The second reason is that the task is simple, you just need to take the letter to the land of the forest elves.
Moreover, the word 'World Tree' was mentioned in this mission.
Mu You is not sure about other trees, but the World Tree should be considered a sacred tree, right?
At the same time, the person you are looking for for this mission happens to be the mission publisher of the forest elf above, the high priest named Riley, and Mu You knows what this person needs, a bottle of epic life potion, if you advance After refining it, there is still a chance to bribe someone with the potion and ask for some favors.
He doesn't want to be able to chop down other people's treasure trees directly, but as long as he can get a seed or something, he can take it back and catalyze it himself. It shouldn't be difficult to get some wood...
The only question now is, how to get to the Emerald City?
But there is no need to ask others about this. Xiaoya is now one of the priests of the Elf Forest, and she should know this.
Mu You directly called Xiaoya and asked about Emerald City.
"Emerald City? That is the base camp of the forest elves. It is located in the center of the entire elven forest. It is far away from the area under my jurisdiction... but you can take the elves' teleportation array to get there."
"How much do you charge for the teleportation array?" Mu You asked.
"If an outsider passes, they will be charged for 20 years at a time... But as a forest priest, I have three free opportunities to ride on the Elf Teleportation Array every month. You can hide in my backpack and I will take you there without being discovered. "
"That's great……"
Mu You was overjoyed when he heard this. He started to feel sick after hearing the first half of the sentence. It takes 20 years at a time and 40 years to go back and forth. Fortunately, as an insider, Xiaoya still has the opportunity to ride for free every month.
This saved forty years. Mu You couldn't help but sigh, it turned out that someone in the court was easy to do.
Originally, the biggest difficulty in this mission was how to get to the Emerald City. Now this problem was solved directly by Xiaoya. For him, it became a costless mission.
Mu You didn't hesitate any longer. He blew the horn a few more times, spawned the goblins and fairies, and then accepted her mission.
[You have accepted the task of 'Collecting World Tree Leaves'. 】
[You have obtained the 'handwritten letter from the Fairy Orea'. With this letter, you can gain permission to meet the forest high priest Riley, which will expire after five days. 】
[You collected a bottle of 'lucky dust' where the fairies left. 】
After confirming the mission, Mu You threw the fishing net back into the water, arranged the bait, and then took the teleportation array back to the hut in Anning Village.
The Forest of Elves is a vast forest located in the north outside the territory of the Ranel Empire. It takes about a day's journey by riding a donkey all the way north through the village, so it's not too far.
After returning to the village, Mu You was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, while the effect of the invisible aura of Thousands of People and Thousand Faces was still there, he went to the Owl Shop at the entrance of the village to take a look.
【Welcome, distinguished guest! 】
[When you see a strange customer coming, the owl shopkeeper welcomes you warmly and shows you the products for sale today. 】
[Elementary Fire Element Experience Page: After studying it, you can upgrade a LV2 fire magic to LV3, and the spell power and spell casting speed will increase by 25%. Price: 10 years life. 】
[Teleport mark: Bind to a location. When resurrected after death, you can choose to be teleported back to the predetermined location. Cross-plane teleportation is not allowed (after overwriting the new mark, the original mark location will become invalid). Price: 50 years life. 】
【Sold out. 】
To Mu You's surprise, there was no spell scroll in the store today, but a 'page of experience' appeared in the store.
Mu You had seen this thing on the forum, and it was specially used to increase the magic level.
From LV1 to LV2 of a spell, you can upgrade it by brushing the number of releases. To improve after LV2, you must use the corresponding experience book pages. There are three types: junior high, high school and high. LV2 to LV3 require preliminary experience, and LV3 to 4. Intermediate experience is required, and LV4 to 5 require high-level experience.
Moreover, according to the level of magic, the number of experience pages required for improvement is also different. For example, elementary magic only requires one to upgrade, intermediate magic requires five, and high-level magic requires ten!
As for LV5 and above, any external objects are useless, and you can only rely on your own personal insights from continuous use to improve.
Although it's a pity that the product is not a spell scroll, it is still something that can be bought for free. Muyou decisively purchases and uses it.
[Your 'Fire Ring' has received a fire experience bonus, and the upgrade progress is LV2 (1/5). 】
The Ring of Flame is an intermediate magic that requires five pages to level up.
But this is not a problem. If once is not enough, just backtrack a few times.
[Your 'Fire Ring' has received enough fire experience bonus and has been upgraded to LV3. 】
It's a pity that Muyou only has this kind of fire-based white magic now, and black magic has no level, so the white prostitution can only end here.
Then Mu You looked at the second item below, the teleportation mark.
This is also a pretty good thing. After death, you can be resurrected and you can choose to teleport back to a predetermined location to avoid being constantly chased to death in the same location.
The price is 50 years old, which is a bit expensive, but it is still necessary to have one. Now that I met it, Mu You bought it as an insurance policy.
[You purchased the 'Transmission Mark', its lifespan is -50 years, and its remaining lifespan is 427 years. 】
After the purchase was completed, Mu You immediately found a circular formation rune on the back of his right hand, but it was still in a looming state, indicating that it had not been activated yet.
Mu You thought for a while, returned to the cabin, and decided to place the mark inside the house. With the door, he would often walk in other worlds in the future, and the real dangers would occur in the opposite world of stars and spirits.
The wooden house is his property in another world, and it seems to be the safest place at the moment.
As for reality... first of all, only phoenix feathers can provide him with a chance of resurrection, and secondly, it is basically impossible for him to encounter a life crisis in reality.
If it really comes to a situation where he needs to be resurrected to save his life, and someone is so deliberately plotting against him, then there is no place on earth that is absolutely safe. Wherever this mark is placed, someone may ambush him.
[You placed the teleportation mark in the watchman's cabin. In the future, when you are resurrected outside, you can choose to teleport back here at any time. 】
[You left the village and came to the wild forest...]
【You met an 'unknown person' on the roadside in the forest. 】
[The unknown person took out a 'Flying Broomstick' and invited you to ride on the broomstick. 】
Not long after leaving the village, Mu You met a player in the forest and invited him up.
Mu You was not surprised by this, because the player was actually Lin Xue.
Lin Xue's birth location in the game is in another small town not far from Anning Village. She has been leveling up in the nearby forest recently.
After calling Xiaoya just now, Mu You also contacted Lin Xue and explained the situation to her.
After Lin Xue heard this, she immediately decided to go to the Elf Forest with him.
No matter how large the sphere of influence of the Wizards Association is, it cannot cover the entire Star Spirit World. After all, there are still some places that they cannot reach, such as the sea and the Elf Forest.
Instead of running around being chased outside, it would be better to go to Xiaoya's elven territory and level up in peace.
As for the broom in Lin Xue's hand, it was a relic she obtained when she entered the game.
[Flying Broom (common relic): A broom that can carry you flying in the sky without the need for a flying spell, but the speed is slower and it can carry up to two people. 】
It is just an ordinary relic, but it is considered to be more practical among ordinary relics. It provides newcomers with convenient flying capabilities in the early stage. It is extremely useful whether it is used to travel or to escape pursuit.
The road to the Elf Forest is quite far, and it takes a long time to ride a donkey there, so Mu You asked Xiaoxue to wait for him nearby, just in time to rub her broom.
[You agreed to the unknown person’s invitation, got on the other person’s flying broom, and set off for the Elf Forest. 】
[On the way, expected to arrive in 10 hours...]
10 hours, in fact, is not very fast, but at least it is flying in the air and will not be stopped by the monsters on the ground at any time, so you can hang up with peace of mind.
There was a game hanging in the background, and Mu You took the time to run into the space and take a look at the mermaid's condition.
As soon as they entered the space, they discovered that the fish tank was empty. There was a pool of water on the side of the tank that extended into the lake under the waterfall.
(End of chapter)
