In the end, Ding Xiu didn't worry too much about the dinner issue and went out alone with a long knife to earn a living.
Chu Xin lay back in the thatched hut, not feeling embarrassed at all. After all, the landlord's family had no surplus food, and there was only a clump of purple knot roots left in his warehouse.
He is not afraid that Ding Xiu will run away. After all, there are restrictions in the contract. No matter how much Ding Xiu wants to leave, he still has concerns, not to mention that he has nothing to lose by following Chu Xin.
Speaking of this contract, Chu Xin felt a little pity. It would be great if she could choose the contract conditions. What he needs most is not Ding Xiu's protection, but the maintenance of his relationship with Ding Xiu. It is best if both parties can maintain this green and healthy relationship.
But in essence, this contract cannot do this. What it can guarantee is that Ding Xiu will live and die with him, and it cannot force Ding Xiu's attitude to be green.
Opening the exploration map, there were already 11 units of wood in the backpack. Chu Xin directed the golden man to return to unload the goods.
There were enough wood resources for building private houses, so Chu Xin turned on the construction function of the castle and started construction.
With the construction function selected, a building that looks like a private house appears on the map and is in a movable state. As long as Chu Xin chooses the location, he can start construction.
Chu Xin placed the private house about five meters to the left of the Dark Castle. After putting it down, a ten-second progress bar appeared. Several craftsman-looking villains were surrounding it and knocking on it. Soon, Residential houses were built.
From the construction mode, it feels a bit like building buildings when playing COC, fast, convenient and efficient.
Pushing open the thatched house, there is a newly-baked private house on the left. The house is made of pure wood, a bit like a forest ranger's hut in the mountains, far better than the shaky-looking thatched house here.
On the map, Ding Xiu's light green dot disappeared from the sight of the black castle and plunged into the darkness. Chu Xin also lost sight of his trace.
Chu Xin curiously steered the golden man towards Ding Xiu. He wanted to see if the map outside the black castle could show friendly targets.
After searching for a while, Chu Xin found no trace of Ding Xiu. She didn't know whether it was because his whereabouts were too strange and he disappeared, or because the map did not show friendly targets outside the territory of the Black Castle.
After wandering around for more than half an hour, Chu Xin gained more than 50 exploration points, a third-level spell scroll, and also found the ruins of a dwarf treasure house, but it was a pity that he could only stare at it.
This time, they also found a one-star stone mine with a reserve of 100 units. After Chu Xin put the golden man down and hung up, he summoned two white skeletons to stand guard at the door, then lay down to take a nap.
The experience of traveling back and forth for less than a day was like a roller coaster. Chu Xin was very tired at the moment and fell asleep without realizing it.
I don't know how long it took, Chu Xin trembled all over and woke up in a panic. Unexpectedly, she just took a nap and actually fell asleep.
A faint smell of meat came from outside. It was very tempting and constantly tantalizing.
Chu Xin walked out of the thatched house and saw a fire not far away. Ding Xiu was gnawing on a rabbit leg. He was holding a wooden stick in his other hand and was roasting most of the rabbit on a skewer, with oil dripping down.
There is a skull on the long knife stuck next to it. The picture is very strange.
Turning his head, Chu Xin scanned the area around the thatched house. Good guy, the two guards were killed without a sound, and even the elder brother who was on sentry duty on the map disappeared.
Quite dedicated!
However, it can also be seen from the side that it is not a feasible idea to use the skeleton as a sentry. With low IQ and weak strength, it was killed silently, and it could not serve as a warning at all.
The three white skeletons were just cannon fodder. Chu Xin didn't pay much attention to this matter. After all, Ding Xiu couldn't tell whether these skeletons were enemies or friends. Normal people would naturally choose to destroy these abnormal creatures when they encountered them. .
Her stomach growled for a while, and Chu Xin swallowed unconsciously. Two sweet potatoes were indeed not a big deal, and the roasted rabbit was indeed too fragrant.
"I think the two of us should have a talk." Chu Xin naturally sat down next to Ding Xiu, pulled a chestnut from the fire, and unscrewed the other rabbit leg.
Ah, it smells so good, so refreshing!
Chu Xin didn't wait for Ding Xiu's reaction, so she took the first bite. The tender and fragrant rabbit meat had a smooth texture, and her mouth was full of oil and fishy taste.
Wiping her mouth, Chu Xin said with a serious face: "Look at what I am doing. I have some ideas and I want to tell you about it."
After obtaining the third-level thunderstorm scroll, Chu Xin had a bold idea in his heart. At this moment, he really wanted to sit here and talk to Ding Xiu. Well, he admits that there is a small reason why rabbit meat is so fragrant.
"Oh?" Ding Xiu showed his original expression and twitched his hand. The rabbit he was roasting avoided Chu Xin's second attack.
"Since you don't want to eat it, I have to have it all to myself." Ding Xiu spat on the rabbit meat and said with a pity on his face.
Just as he was about to open his mouth, Ding Xiu suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Chu Xin in shock.
He unexpectedly realized that the strange power that had been bound to him had dissipated!
The initiative in this alien contract lies with the summoner, and Chu Xin has the right to choose to terminate it.
"What do you want to talk about?" Ding Xiu's body invisibly relaxed a lot. He tore open the rabbit meat in his hand and threw the half that was not stained by saliva to Chu Xin.
Chu Xin took the rabbit meat and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He was willing to listen and did not take action immediately. He knew that he made the right bet in the first step.
Ding Xiu is not a good person, but he is not an absolute bad person either. Until the end, Chu Xin is not sure what choice he will make.
"Let's talk about business, relatively equal business." Chu Xin sat up straight and said, "I believe no one likes the feeling of being bound, so untying this contract is my most basic sincerity."
"First of all, let me introduce myself, Chu Xin, a pioneer noble from the Jade Empire. As you can see, my territory has just started, and it will take a long time to grow."
While speaking, Chu Xin glanced to the side. Ding Xiu was busy competing with the rabbit, and he didn't know whether he was listening or not.
"I hope to establish a cooperative relationship with you. You will protect me and the safety of the territory. In exchange, I will help you understand this strange and dangerous world, languages, alien races, magic and many other things."
Chu Xin continued: "Of course, if you want to see this magical world at any time after a month, you can leave at any time and I won't stop you."
"Okay." Ding Xiu threw away the messy rabbit in his hand, stood up and clapped his hands, "But I'm curious. Are you afraid that I will kill you?"
The light green dots on the map gradually deepened in color and turned into pure green. Chu Xin's eyes lit up, it was done!
He calmly put back the third-level thunderstorm spell scroll in his left sleeve, gnawed on rabbit meat and said vaguely, "I believe you are a person with a bottom line. After all, we have saved each other's lives." people."
When Ding Xiu was summoned, his injuries were extremely serious. If it weren't for Chu Xin's holy healing scroll, he might have died. Similarly, if it weren't for Ding Xiu's life-saving sword, Chu Xin would have been hard-pressed to resist the rotten crow's attack.
But are you really not afraid? Afraid, of course, Chu Xin will not let go of his guard wholeheartedly for a guy like this who has multiple lives on his back. Therefore, this third-level spell scroll is the back-up, the last resort.
"Go and have a rest. I'll keep vigil tonight." Ding Xiu didn't ask any more questions, but he didn't want to talk any more. He sat by the fire and closed his eyes.
Chu Xin finished eating the rabbit meat and squatted by the fire for a while before returning to the thatched house.
Before putting down the straw curtain, he warned: "The wooden house next to it is your house."
Ding Xiu closed his eyes and did not answer, looking aloof and aloof like a master from this world.
Chu Xin rubbed his hands and said nothing. He finally stabilized the healthy and green relationship with Mr. Ding.
If you want to live a decent life, you must always have a little green in your body.
