"Mr. Zuo, Fengming City is ahead."
After a day and two nights of driving, Zuo Chang had left the boundaries of Tianwang City and arrived around Fengming City.
Fengming City is a mining city. There is a super large iron mine with reserves of tens of billions of tons nearby. The smelting and forging industries are extremely developed.
Hundreds of large chimneys pointed toward the sky, belching black smoke.
The sky should be blue, so it is gray and yellow, which makes people look away.
This treasure land...
No one can live there.
Along the way, Zuo Chang became very familiar with the driver.
The driver was an adventurer in the Three Realms. When he was young, he aspired to become a king, but later he was hit by an arrow in the knee and retreated.
He built a small carriage of his own and specialized in acting as a bodyguard and running short distances. He was somewhat famous in the industry.
Zuo Chang smelled the pungent smell of sulfur in the air and asked, "Are we going to the city?"
"You have to enter the city gate building. I am only responsible for taking you to Fengming City. There will be more professional people to take you on the rest of the way."
The carriage swayed into the city gate, and the security at the city gate was extremely tight.
Guards with knives and swords were all in darkness, checking every citizen who tried to leave the city;
For people entering the city, their inspections are very routine and they let them go casually.
This posture...
It was almost like he was looking for something.
The coachman sighed and said, "The city defense is so strict today..."
Zuo Chang didn't understand: "Really?"
"Well. Those in blue clothes are the city defense troops of Fengming City; those in black clothes should be the mine protection team of Fengming Iron Mine. It's really strange that these two families guard the city gate together. Could it be that a big shot is here to give guidance today? ?”
"maybe."
Zuo Chang didn't recognize all the soldiers, so he could only echo them.
After a while, a team of about twenty people came driving several vehicles.
The leader was a middle-aged man. When the coachman saw him, he hurriedly greeted him: "Captain Li, I'm going to trouble you again this time."
Captain Li's face was weathered, his eyes were lifeless, and he looked extremely tired.
He nodded and glanced at Zuo Chang: "Just one person?"
"Yes, I went to Qushui Town to take the exam. My feet are absolutely correct, you don't have to worry about that."
The coachman said, handing over an envelope.
Captain Li squeezed the thickness and stuffed it into his arms calmly.
He waved his hand towards Zuo Chang and said, "Okay, follow. Get in the last car yourself."
Zuo Chang smiled: "Okay."
The coachman nodded and bowed, watching Captain Li go away.
Then, he said to Zuo Chang: "This is Captain Li from the giant shield escort. Mr. Zuo, do you know the giant shield escort, right?"
"have no idea."
"Uh... this giant shield escort is the famous escort group of 96511. It has been established for ten years and has no record of failure. It has a high reputation! Follow them this time, so you can rest assured that it will be safe and secure!"
Fine.
Saying goodbye to the driver, Zuo Chang got on the last flatbed truck.
There were already several people on the flatbed truck.
Like Zuo Chang, most of them were only in the first level of cultivation, and they probably went to Qushui Town to take the exam.
Three of them were obviously not novices. When they saw Zuo Chang coming up, they looked at him unkindly for a moment.
"Little brother, would you like one?"
Among the three people, a relatively kind-looking middle-aged man handed Zuo Chang a cigarette and said with a smile.
Zuo Chang took a glance and saw a strange bulge on the man's waist.
It looks like the outline of a knife.
He stretched out his hand and said, "I don't smoke."
"oh……"
The middle-aged man lit the cigarette, took a nice puff, and asked with squinted eyes: "My name is Wang Tianyou, a second-level adventurer. Where did this little brother come from, and what skills did he learn?"
Zuo Chang shook his head and said: "I don't know the skills yet. This time I went to Qushui Town just to take part in the adventurer assessment."
"No way? Are you a newcomer? It doesn't look like it!"
"It doesn't look like it?"
Wang Tianyou held a cigarette between his arms: "It doesn't look like that. I think you are a master."
Zuo Chang smiled: "Excellent."
This Wang Tianyou was undoubtedly deceived by Zuo Chang's talent——
"veteran".
After traveling through time in person, the veterans’ talents are slightly different from those in the game, but not significantly:
"Veteran": Your sophistication can be seen with your eyes. Regardless of experience, experience or skills, you are truly a master. You can actively use Veteran, consuming 5% mana per minute to learn the enemy's attack range.
As the name suggests, this talent means being well-informed and experienced.
Zuo Chang now has wilderness survival experience, adventure experience, and the most important martial arts skills, combat experience, and psychological quality.
More importantly, the temperament of a veteran can be seen by others.
In the eyes of others, Zuo Chang looks young, but he also gives the impression that he has experienced many battles. It is normal to ask a few questions.
Wang Tianyou nodded kindly and said, "You have a superb temperament. I believe you will be able to pass the adventurer assessment easily. It won't be a problem."
Zuo Chang smiled slightly, but did not deny it: "Brother, why are you going to Qushui Town?"
"My brothers and I went to see friends. It's not safe in the wilderness, so it doesn't cost much to have the caravan deliver us."
"oh……"
Zuo Chang glanced at the guards at the city gate and asked, "The guards in Fengming City are particularly tight today. Could something have happened?"
Wang Tianyou shook his head: "I don't know what's wrong with me. Judian Escort has great reputation, good reputation, and official background. They generally won't interrogate us. Don't worry about this."
The huge shield escort is indeed very dignified.
When leaving the city gate, Captain Li showed his ID, and the guards' expressions changed obviously. They searched casually and then let him go;
But others don’t have much face.
When they got to the last car, the guards ordered the passengers to get off and check them one by one!
Someone held a magic instrument and scanned the bodies of Zuo Chang and others back and forth.
If the instrument alarms——
hey-hey.
There is a simple hut nearby. Men and women can consciously go in and take off their clothes to see if there are any traps.
"What is this for..."
Someone at the front of the team muttered dissatisfiedly.
Zuo Chang looked at the instrument and recognized it as a "magic material detector."
Its effect is the same as that of a metal detector, which can check whether the opponent carries noble magic materials.
He looked at the heavily guarded city gate again, and a guess emerged naturally:
Fengming City has a large iron mine with a capacity of tens of billions of tons.
In the game, in addition to conventional iron ore, tens of billions of tons of iron ore will also produce a small amount of a magical material called "iron gall".
Iron gall is the essence of iron. It has excellent effect and is very small in quantity. It can greatly increase the attack power of weapons.
Only with the use of iron guts can a piece of equipment be qualified to be called "top-notch".
Later in the game, in order to get more iron galls, Zuo Chang even used Chen Bing's pressure to force other communities to pay tribute to him!
"Could it be...that the iron gall bladders from the mine were stolen?"
Zuo Chang thought silently.
Looking at this posture, I'm afraid they are inseparable, most likely.
Just yes or no, what does it have to do with him?
He doesn't have iron gall, so he can't say he's not interested in such rare items. It can only be said that he's not strong enough to covet iron gall.
He is just a quasi-adventurer going to take the assessment.
Zuo Chang spread his hands and stood in front of the guard.
The guard scanned it with the magic material detector, waved his hand and said: "Go, go! Next!"
