No matter what Duan Qing was expecting, the result they finally found was still blank - although the process was very arduous, they gritted their teeth and persisted for three or four days, and then... they found nothing.
They didn't even find anyone with the same name.
"Why do we always have problems with names? Either the name is wrong or the person cannot be found..." Duan Qing complained to the friends around him while walking on the street to Fengwu Square. .
"Are you sure you heard it right? Or maybe that Yasiqi hung up before he finished speaking or something like that..."
"He said some other things later, so the explanation should be complete." Duan Qing denied this possibility, and then became angry again: "In the end, we have wasted so long for this person."
"At least we have a new understanding of the customs and customs of Fenghua Town, and we have met a lot of people." The smiling uncle carrying a big shield comforted him: "After such a period of searching, we have finally learned about this." The town knows better, doesn’t it?”
"I'd rather spend my time shopping." The little girl lifted a stone from the roadside.
"Or go to the martial arts arena and fight!"
"That's called Fengwu Square, it's not a martial arts arena. And aren't we going to that place now..."
"Come on, the training period has passed long ago. Don't think that I don't know. I have stayed in Fenghua Town much longer than you!"
"Ten more days is nothing..."
"certainly!"
"Uh...well, you win."
Duan Qing put down his arm weakly, and then frowned again: "But I still don't understand, isn't there a person named Feini in this town? Even if we are given a chance to make a mistake... ..."
"Yes, although this town is not small, we have searched every corner of the town. We just took the roster and searched door to door." The smiling uncle continued: "It turned out that one was named Feeney. No living person has ever been seen.”
"There is one!" Xiao Hongchen immediately retorted: "That grandpa of the Fulan family!"
"So what I said is that there are no living people! Forget it..." This time it was the smiling butcher's turn to put down his arms weakly: "Let's analyze it rationally."
"The current situation can basically rule out the normal way of finding this person. We need to rethink from other places. The possibility of mishearing mentioned before has been denied by you." He looked at Duan Qing, who He nodded: "Then the remaining possibility is..."
"Fini is a pseudonym, a code name, a connector that only a few people know by name... something like that."
"Hey, it's the same as what those people said." Duan Qing shook his head.
"Who?" the smiling butcher asked doubtfully.
"The shadows will."
"What? You actually have something to do with them?"
"Well, I just know that guy named Wiesel... No, it's not that I know him. It's just that he was asked by another person before..." Duan Qing explained casually for a while, and then found out It seemed that he couldn't explain clearly: "Anyway, we only met once and mentioned this matter. Wisel's opinion at that time was similar to your current thoughts... By the way, you actually knew about the Shadow Society?"
"I heard something." The smiling butcher said: "Those are not a group of kind people. When dealing with them, you must always be careful not to be betrayed..."
Duan Qing smiled and nodded.
"But since all the professionals think so, it's probably this possibility." The smiling butcher shook his head: "Then it will be difficult for us..."
"If we can't even match the name, how are we going to find it?"
"It's that strange guy Yasiqi. Why did he give us such a strange message?" The little girl Mengzhu waved her little fist again, and the golden braid behind her swayed left and right.
"Hey, maintaining respect for the deceased is our minimum rule."
"In order to save him, we almost got ourselves involved. You can't just think that we didn't try our best just because our rescue failed." Mengzhu retorted: "And we got involved for such a long time for his legacy. I have been at Level 24 for a long time..."
"And we don't know how much more we have to put in..." The smiling uncle also shook his head.
"Yes, yes! It's so boring to keep searching like this..."
"Okay, okay! I know how you feel. Aren't we here to relax? As I said at the beginning, we would just do our best and forget about it if we can't find it." Seeing that public outrage was about to arouse, Duan Qing quickly began to calm everyone's mood. : "After searching for this period of time, we stopped looking and went to do what we had to do... My level has not changed for several days."
After turning another corner, everyone's field of vision began to broaden. At the end of the road ahead, a large square appeared in front of them. Looking at the growing crowd of players on both sides, Duan Qing also looked at each other and then continued to move forward: "We're almost there."
"Well, let's go."
"By the way, you still don't want to tell us two why you are so anxious to find that person?"
"That... doesn't matter anymore. Maybe in two days, the whole thing will be over." Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "By then we won't have to look for him anymore."
In other words, you will naturally understand when the time comes... He did not say this sentence.
"Humph, if it weren't for the fact that Yaski is little Nina's father, I wouldn't have put in so much effort..."
"Yes, that little girl is indeed a bit pitiful..."
"Is she still in the Adventurers Association?"
"Probably, we haven't seen her in the past few days. Maybe she still hasn't recovered and was locked up in that lounge by Richard."
"That uncle can't even take care of himself. He won't starve that little Nina to death, right?"
"What are you thinking about? Don't worry about NPC matters. They won't starve to death even if you starve to death..."
Accompanied by the unique mountain breeze of Fenghua Town, the voices of several people were gradually carried away, and then disappeared. Only the figures of the four people could be vaguely seen in the crowd, and then they were gradually submerged in the crowd. The crowds on the street gradually became denser as they approached Fengwu Square, until they reached the edge of the square, and the entire crowd had already surrounded it. At a certain moment, a figure jumped out from the crowd, made room for others, and ran towards the alley not far away.
After passing a few corners, the man looked back and forth a few times to make sure no one was following him, then he ducked into a dilapidated street house.
"How's it going? Did they say anything valuable?" In the dim room, only a candle standing in the middle of the table illuminated the place. A man wearing full armor was sitting at the table. asked while holding the cup.
"Yes." The man carefully closed the door, and then walked over slowly: "They seem to have been looking for a person named Feeney these past few days."
"Oh?" The armored man showed an obviously interested look: "Then... have they found it?"
"It sounds like there isn't one." The man sat on the other side of the table and poured a glass of water: "The captain seemed to be forcing himself to find that person, which aroused dissatisfaction among some team members, but he also said... ....If there is still no result, give up this search for someone."
"Hmm... Feeney, right?" The armored man nodded, and then waved to the darkness behind him: "Yu Chen, is there any information about this person's whereabouts in our guild?"
"Boss, no." The man who answered him walked out of the darkness. He thought for a while and then said simply.
"That's a small person, or there is no such person." The armored man tapped his fingers on the table and thought for a while, then waved his men away: "Or... maybe... it's a person who changed his name."
"The president of Red Soul is indeed quite capable." The person from before said appreciatively: "Those people think so too."
"Hmph." Faced with the other party's compliment, the man known as President Red Soul sneered indifferently, and then replied with the same attitude: "The members of the Wings of Freedom are also very capable. They have been following the other party for such a long time. , and it was not discovered.”
"It's just that the level is higher." The man shook his head: "You can't call it a skill."
"Well..." Aqiang obviously didn't want to stay on this topic for too long. He was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "In that case, then do we still need to..."
"There should be no need to change the plan." The man replied without hesitation: "I don't know what Captain Liangchen is thinking. According to my observation, the strength of those few people... is just that."
"But they are very calculating." The armored man reminded: "And... they are very desperate."
"There are only four of them, and their strength and calculations are nothing in the face of the general situation." The man shook his head: "And this time, we are in the dark, and they don't have time to calculate anything. On the contrary, I have some expectations, when When they see those things happening ... how they react."
The man laughed arrogantly: "It's been a long time since I... calculated against someone like this."
The sinister laughter echoed in the small dark room, which was quite scary. Aqiang rubbed his arms, making the armor on his body creak, and then he stroked his chest, He asked again the envoy from the Wings of Freedom in front of him.
"So...everything is safe?"
"There should be no problem. Now let's see...how Vizard takes action." The man suppressed his laughter, then crossed his hands and supported his chin: "If I didn't guess Wrong words.”
"It should be today."
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Today is the day of duel.
The president of Wizard previously took over Jian Beidong's challenge on behalf of his own members. Although the time and place have not been set, both parties are well-known figures and they will not cheat on these details. . So under the spotlight, the time and place were decided casually.
This day is the 29th of the first lunar month of the 795th year of the New Calendar. Fengwu Square is crowded with people, and the surrounding street entrances and exits are blocked. According to Duan Qing's original guess, this kind of lively event of watching masters duel will attract many players. The aborigines of the Free Continent should not be interested, and they may not even know about it. thing. But now it seems that this idea is very wrong.
But not long after, Duan Qing understood why so many townspeople came to this place - in various corners around the square, there were some stalls specializing in selling food and drinks. He asked about it casually, and then he understood Where did the stall owners come from?
"Those food stalls were set up by people from Wizard."
"What? What are they going to do? Are they going to make a fortune by taking advantage of the attention of this battle?" The smiling butcher was shocked: "Isn't this too... stingy?"
"Yes." Duan Qing said: "But as far as I know, the price they sell it for...is basically giving it away for free."
"Well......"
"But those things are not delicious, and the players who come here will not be greedy for these small gains." Duan Qing crossed his arms and looked at the center of the square: "We are here all for... …..Watch the fight.”
"That makes sense." Uncle Smile said, "Then they did this because..."
"Maybe it's to attract more NPCs to watch this battle, maybe it's to gain a better reputation, and then lay the foundation for their next expansion or something like that... How do I know, I just casually Guess. Where is Mengzhu?"
"She dragged Xiao Hongchen to grab some food..."
"Pfft... pretend I didn't say anything before."
Near the center of the square, several figures were standing there vaguely. They seemed to be senior officials of Wizard. The president of Wizard and the person about to duel were also among them. Looking from Duan Qing's side, several people stood with their arms crossed, talking to each other from time to time, and they all looked relaxed. Only some members of Wizard ran in and out of the crowd from time to time, telling the surrounding audience how tense the situation was.
"How long have they been waiting here?"
"It is said that they have been waiting for several hours."
"Logically speaking, shouldn't the challenger be waiting here early? Why haven't you shown up for so long..."
"I don't know, but he will definitely show up."
"Why?"
"Because he is Jian Beidong."
Because he is Jian Beidong - countless players who have experienced several generations of game worlds will think so, because that person gives outsiders the impression that he is a typical example of a swordsman. He is superb in swordsmanship, ruthless, but loyal, and often encounters rough roads. This makes this master who has become a lone ranger in the past three years gradually accepted by most players, and is regarded as an idol by some people. However, as a person, Jian Beidong has always been non-committal about the evaluations of people around him. Whether it is a good evaluation or a bad evaluation, he has never publicly expressed his opinions or replies - in fact, he has not appeared in official forums for three years. He was on the playing field, so he didn’t have the chance to say anything public.
Therefore, this challenge attracted the attention of many people - this was a rare voice made by Jian Beidong in public.
In a small town like Fenghua Town, there are definitely not many fans of the Phoenix Sword, but there are definitely some. However, at this time, their cheers cannot cover up the doubts of more people - if Jian Beidong doesn't Come on, the sun is going down.
"What are you going to do if he doesn't show up today?"
"Well...it's really difficult, but I can make a new plan." In the center of the square, the scholar in black raised his hand nonchalantly: "There are other opportunities to implement our plan, but if he If you don’t come... we will have another opportunity to make a fuss out of thin air.”
“Why don’t we use the resources that were given to us for free?”
"Hmph, you're right." Lueyi Guyan patted his shoulder, lifted the cloak behind him a little, and then let the mountain wind stretch it: "If you think about it this way, he still won't come It’s good.”
"I didn't expect that the Phoenix Sword, which used to be unimpeded in the past, would do something like this..."
"Don't make assumptions about others."
The person who said these words was not the scholar in black standing next to him, but came from the air above the building next to him. The originally agitated crowd of people onlookers also fell silent with the sudden appearance of these words. Correspondingly, everyone's eyes were looking there.
The man in a shabby cloak sat quietly on the roof of the old house, leaning his back behind the stone chimney, looking at the few people in the center of the square expressionlessly.
"Didn't your parents teach you?" He put his hands behind his head and focused his eyes on the clear sky.
The burly man in red robes' expression darkened.
