There was a thoughtful look in Yaskin's eyes.

Then, he shook his head and said, "My Lord, I have never heard of this."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, he didn't have too high expectations.

The hint on this doll is just that you can look for clues in the village.

But the search scope is too large.

"Let's go, let's continue walking around the village."

After saying that, Cao Xing took Liu Muxue, Assam, Renis and Yaskin to stroll around the village.

Soon, they passed through the street at the entrance of the village and arrived in the interior of Annuohe Village.

Similar to what you see outside, there are some decorations hanging on the doors of every household here, and smoke rising up, full of the breath of life.

The ground in Hogg Village is slippery, or rather muddy.

Every time you step on it, there is a sound of water splashing.

There is nothing we can do about it.

After all, this place is not like Cao Xing's territory, which is paved with bluestone floors, which are both dirt-resistant and beautiful.

The streets of Annuohe Village are just ordinary muddy land, and after it snows, the streets become muddy when people step on them.

Not long after they moved forward.

Cao Xing suddenly noticed that in the corner of the house next door, there was an old man in tattered clothes huddled up.

She seemed to have been squatting here for a long time, her body trembling slightly.

Noticed Cao Xing's gaze.

Yaskin explained, "My Lord, these are beggars."

"They usually come from other places, because their village has suffered a drastic change, or something happened to their family and they can no longer survive."

"So I had to go to other villages and beg on the streets."

Cao Xing nodded slightly.

I wanted to ignore it.

But he suddenly thought of his [Trial of Generosity] mission, which was about helping people who really needed help.

So he stepped forward and asked, "Old man, do you need any help?"

The old man slowly raised his head, revealing a wrinkled head.

"This... kind young man... can you give me something to eat..."

"I haven't eaten for a long time..."

Cao Xing thought for a moment, then took out a few pieces of white bread and some drinking water from his backpack and placed them in front of her.

"Old man, please use it."

The old man looked at the bread in his hand, and suddenly his eyes flashed with a terrifying light, like a hungry beast seeing raw meat!

However, she did not eat it immediately. Instead, she bowed and thanked Cao Xing solemnly.

"Thank you... this kind young man... wish you a good dream..."

Just as Cao Xing was about to say you’re welcome, a system prompt appeared.

[Attention survivors! Because you helped someone who really needed help, the trial of generosity mission has been completed. ]

[Knight's Trial of Five Virtues: The progress of the Trial of Generosity has been updated.]

[Current progress: 2/5]

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Cao Xing was stunned. "Uh, is it that simple?"

"Just delivering some food and water to complete a mission?"

The next moment, there was a look of surprise in his eyes!

Cao Xing quickly scanned the street and found that there were many beggars like the old woman.

"Okay, okay! In this way, can I complete this trial easily?"

And when he repeated the same method and found the second beggar, giving him food and drinking water.

The system prompt did not appear again.

Cao Xing frowned, and when he found the third beggar and gave him food and water, his mission was still not completed.

Not only that.

The other beggars in the village also stared at Cao Xing with greedy eyes, as if they were going to rush over to him in the next second.

However, when they noticed the tall Assam and Rhaenys carrying a longbow next to them.

In the end, the beggars were frightened by the terrifying aura emanating from these two men and did not come over.

Cao Xing thought for a moment, "Can tasks of the same type only be completed once?"

"That is to say, helping these beggars is no longer effective."

He shook his head.

"It seems that we can only look for clues in other ways."

So he began to wander around the village.

After walking for about a few hundred meters, everyone came to a lively place, and there seemed to be people performing acrobatics in front.

One person holds a bamboo pole, and the other person is at the top of the pole, doing various difficult movements.

"good!"

"So beautiful!"

There was applause from all around.

Just as he was about to join in the fun, he suddenly felt a hand touching his waist.

It seemed that someone was trying to steal his backpack.

As a fourth-level frost mage, Cao Xing's reaction speed is also extremely fast.

He turned around quickly and grabbed it with his hand!

A young, dirty little boy was held in his hands.

"Let me go...you bastard!"

The little guy was grabbed by the collar by Cao Xing, and his limbs were flailing in the air, as if he was trying to struggle.

The villagers nearby also saw what was happening here and looked over here.

However, when they saw the little guy in Cao Xing's hand, there was not a trace of sympathy in their eyes.

Instead, they all clapped and cheered.

"Haha, this kid Softit wants to do this again, and now he's caught in the act!"

"That's right, this brat does this every day, and he doesn't even let go of people in the village. He is so wicked!"

"Fellow villagers, come and see, this guy Suffet has been caught by this master!"

Listening to everyone's discussion, Cao Xing understood something.

It seems that this little boy who wanted to steal his backpack has done this kind of thing many times and has already become notorious.

Even though he was being strangled by himself, he still looked unyielding, "Let me go! You bastard!"

"I'm from the Ice Toad Gang. If you don't let me go, I'll have Boss Vera come over and teach you a lesson!"

"He'll beat the shit out of you!"

Cao Xing looked at the little guy with interest, then looked at the other villagers and asked, "Is this little guy always so arrogant?"

Hearing this, the villagers were filled with indignation and said, "Sir, this boy Safet is more than just arrogant, he is simply evil!"

"Many of the villagers in Annuohe Village have been harmed by him!"

"Yes, this kid is really bad!"

Amid the discussions among the crowd, all of this boy's evil deeds were exposed.

This child, called Suffet, was a habitual offender.

In addition to stealing backpacks from passers-by, he also stole things in the village, even stealing clothes from beggars.

In such a cold world, the consequences of having your clothes stolen are self-evident, and he also indirectly killed several elderly people.

Not only that, he also peeped at young women taking a bath in the middle of the night and sneaked under the bed of widows to scare them at night.

It can be said that he has been bad since he was a child!

Facing the accusations of everyone, he not only did not feel the slightest bit of remorse, but instead he justified himself.

"So what if I rob you guys? What can you do to me?"

"And you, let me go quickly, or our boss won't let you go!"

He began to resist, but because Cao Xing was too strong, he couldn't break free.

The boy opened his mouth and seemed to want to bite Cao Xing's arm.

But who is Cao?

He was not used to this kind of naughty kid, so he just slapped him hard.

“Bang!!!”

After a crisp sound, it spread out more than ten meters away.

The surroundings suddenly became silent.

Then, there was a burst of applause.

"Good! Good fight!"

"Haha, this kid should be taught a lesson!"

The villagers who were watching felt very happy.

At this moment, the left side of the face of this little wolf-like boy suddenly became red and swollen.

Cao Xing is now, at least, a fourth-level frost mage, with a strength of several hundred.

Without using magic, he can easily defeat an entire village with his bare hands.

The slap he gave was too light. If he had used all his strength, he would have hit his head off!

The little boy was slapped in the face, and after being confused at first, he finally reacted.

He said viciously, "Asshole! How dare you hit me!"

"I'm telling you, you're done!"

"We, the Ice Toad Gang, will not let you go. All of you will have to leave Annohe Village lying down!"

When Cao Xing heard this, a smile appeared on his face again.

“Pah!”

Another slap.

All of a sudden, the other side of the kid's face also became swollen.

But he was still unruly and uttered some dirty words.

Cao Xing remained unmoved and slapped him every time he cursed.

“Pah! Pah! Pah!”

Crisp applause sounded one after another.

The force became stronger and stronger, and the naughty kid's face was swollen.

The naughty kid didn't dare to say a word at all.

He realized that he seemed to have provoked a ruthless person.

But this kid still seemed unconvinced, with a wolf-like look in his eyes.

Cao Xing saw the look in his eyes and threw him to the ground.

After the boy landed on the ground, he jumped up quickly like a mudskipper and tried to escape immediately.

Liu Muxue next to him rushed forward, then used [Shield Slam] to smash him hard.

The huge force brought by the shield made him feel as if he was hit by a mountain!

Even some of his bones were broken!

He was slapped hard and flew more than ten meters away.

“Plop!”

The naughty kid fell heavily to the ground, screaming and shouting in pain.

Seeing this scene, the audience cheered again.

"good!"

"This female knight's skills are really beautiful!"

From this we can see how much this kid is hated.

After slapping the guy away, Liu Muxue stuck out her tongue embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry... I think I was too harsh..."

Cao Xing chuckled and said, "It's okay, Mu Xue, this kid won't die."

After hearing this, Liu Muxue felt relieved.

Everyone should get involved in taking care of the naughty kids.

Cao Xing slowly came to his side with a faint smile on his face.

And as he walked, an extremely terrifying aura burst out from him!

This aura is more brutal than any of the most brutal monsters and knights the kid has ever seen!

It seemed as if Cao Xing could easily crush him to death just by moving his fingers!

Cao Xing's gloomy voice rang out.

"I'll give you a chance. Go call all the members of your Ice Toad Gang over here. I can deal with them all at once."

And Safet in front of him was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

Only now did he clearly understand how terrifying this person was!

Even all the members of their so-called Ice Toad Gang combined would be easily torn to pieces by this guy!

He was so frightened that he dared not utter a word, and even the pain in his body was suppressed.

At this time, a group of militiamen pushed aside the crowd of onlookers and walked over.

The leader was the militia captain who had received Cao Xing at the village entrance before.

He looked at Safet on the ground, then at Cao Xing, and instantly understood something.

The militia captain came to Cao Xing respectfully and said, "Sir, I am very sorry to bother you."

"This kid, Safet, is so ignorant that he dared to offend you. According to the village rules, we will arrest him on charges of theft and robbery, and then put him in the dungeon for six months to discipline him!"

He emphasized the following four words: "discipline well".

After saying that, he asked Cao Xing for his opinion.

"My Lord, how do you think about this?"

Safit on the ground suddenly had a look of fear in his eyes, "You can't take me away, I'm from the Ice Toad Gang!"

Hearing this, the militiamen said, "So what if you are from the Ice Toad Gang? If you come to our Annuohe Village, you must abide by our rules!"

"I didn't catch you before because you ran too fast. Now you've been caught by this adult. No one can save you this time!"

After hearing this, Suffit on the ground also realized that he was really in trouble today.

He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy towards Cao Xing.

"My Lord! I was wrong. Please forgive me and don't let these militiamen take me away!"

"Sir, please let me go!"

At this moment, everyone on the field looked at Cao Xing, as if asking for his opinion.

As I said before, this is a world where strength counts.

Although Cao Xing did not show his strength, these militiamen knew that he was the lord of Yaskin.

However, Yaskin's strength is much stronger than these militiamen.

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Okay, you can take him away and discipline him."

"No!!!"

Sapphire on the ground suddenly became desperate.

Before he could say anything more, the militiamen walked over and picked him up.

After saying goodbye to Cao Xing, Safet was taken away by the crowd.

The surrounding villagers felt even more happy when they saw this scene.

A disaster was finally solved.

At this time, a system prompt appears.

[Survivors, please take note! You have helped someone who truly needs help, and have completed a trial.]

[Knight's Trial of Five Virtues: The progress of the Trial of Generosity has been updated.]

[Current progress: 3/5]

…

Cao Xing was stunned, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Haha, so beating people up is also possible, then this is much easier!"

He had to deal with this naughty kid because he was so blind that he stole his backpack.

Unexpectedly, there was a pleasant surprise.

Now, there are only two remaining parts of [Trial of Generosity] to be completed.

The goal is within reach!

Cao Xing couldn't help but get a little excited, and even his pace quickened subconsciously.

As he walked, Cao Xing waved his hands, practicing his slapping technique.

See if any guy bumps into the muzzle of the gun.

However, along the way, I didn't see anyone as short-sighted as that little boy.

Just then, they came to another street with many stalls and shops on both sides.

The streets are busy, with people coming and going.

Cao Xinggang walked to a grocery store.

Suddenly, two tall figures came out of the grocery store, carrying a young man with disheveled hair.

When they reached the gate, they simply threw the young man out.

With a "thump", the young man fell to the ground.

At the same time, several ink drawings were also thrown out.

A middle-aged man with a black mole on his mouth came out cursing.

"Asshole, you dare to use this kind of painting to tease me? I think it's unlucky to put it in my shop, and you even want to ask me for money!"

"Get out! Get out! If you dare to come again, I'll break your legs!"

After listening to this, Cao Xing glanced at the paintings on the ground.

I immediately understood why this middle-aged man was swearing.

The painting technique looks very sophisticated.

However, the content is extremely weird.

On top of it were monsters with ugly appearances and abnormally twisted limbs.

One is a woman with eyes all over her body, holding a dead baby.

The other one showed a deformed monster with an enlarged head that took up half of its body.

There were also babies crawling on the ground, dragging a bunch of heads behind them...

Combined with his black ink painting style, it sends chills down one's spine!

Cao Xing was surprised and said, "Good guy! He brought this kind of painting into someone's store. No wonder they kicked him out."

At this time, the young man with messy hair didn't say much after being driven out.

He brushed the dirt off himself, silently picked up the painting on the ground, and prepared to leave.

Looking at his lonely back.

Cao Xing glanced at his attributes.

【The Wandering Painter: Edward Degas】

[Level: Level 7 (First-level ordinary creature)]

[HP: 560/560]

【Attack power: 32~37】

[Life skills: Advanced painting proficiency, elementary cooking proficiency]

【Talent: None】

[Condition: Mental disorder, cold, hungry]

…

"Oh? He's actually a person with [Advanced Painting Mastery]?"

By now, Cao Xing already knew.

In this world, any life skill is divided into: elementary, intermediate, and advanced.

Advanced is a level that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. It requires a lot of practice and hard work day after day to achieve.

Above that are the experts and masters.

People of this level have achieved perfection in a certain field and are famous, attracting attention wherever they go.

Therefore, advanced life skills are already rare talents.

So Cao Xing called the young man.

"Wait a moment."

Hearing the voice, the gloomy young man in front of him slowly turned around and looked at Cao Xing in confusion.

"What's up..."

Cao Xing asked directly: "How much do these paintings cost?"

"You want to... buy my paintings?"

There was a look of doubt in his eyes.

Cao Xing nodded, "Yes, you name a price."

The young man looked at Cao Xing carefully, as if to confirm whether he was making fun of him.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "If you really want to buy the painting, it's 15 kronor per painting..."

Cao Xing thought for a moment.

This price can only be said to be very cheap.

After all, a loaf of dark bread costs 1 kronor and a loaf of white bread costs 3 kronor.

From some of the details in the paintings, it can be seen that a lot of time was spent on each one.

In other words, one painting was barely enough to earn him a day's worth of food.

Cao Xing looked at the bunch of paintings in his hand and said, "300 kronor, give me all these paintings."

When the young man heard this number, he looked as if he had seen something terrible.

He said doubtfully.

"Are you sure... you want to spend so many crowns on these paintings of mine?"

Cao Xing nodded.

But the young man was still extremely surprised. He even thought Cao Xing had a brain burn.

But at this moment, Cao Xing's next words made him silent.

"Others may not know, but I can tell that the contents of these paintings are horrific."

"But every stroke is filled with detail and the artist's hard work."

"I believe that anyone who can draw such a work must have superb painting skills and talent."

After hearing this, the weirdness in the young man's eyes disappeared, and a gleam of brilliance gradually appeared.

It's the uncontrollable excitement when you have been treated as a mental patient for years and suddenly meet someone who can understand you!

He immediately said excitedly: "You are right, I was once a famous painter, and I have painted portraits for many nobles!"

"I just have some problems recently. I am very good at drawing!"

"I still..."

At this point, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly said, "Forget it, that's all in the past..."

"Nowadays, no one is willing to believe that a psychopath can paint for the nobles..."

But Cao Xing said: "It's okay, I believe you."

After that, he took out 300 kronor from his backpack and said, "Now, take this money and sell your painting to me."

The young man looked at the pile of crowns, and uncertainty appeared in his eyes again.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally handed the painting in his hand to Cao Xing and took the crown.

[Transaction successful, you lost [coins]*300, you gained [weird paintings]*12...]

…

The young man looked at the money in his hand and bowed solemnly to Cao Xing!

"Thank you... Thank you, sir..."

There seemed to be a long-suppressed excitement in his eyes.

Money is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he finally met someone who can understand and recognize him!

And a system prompt appeared in front of Cao Xing.

[Attention survivors! You helped someone who really needed help and completed a test.]

[Knight's Trial of Five Virtues: The progress of the Trial of Generosity has been updated.]

[Current progress: 4/5]

…

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

As expected, the Generosity Trial completed another task.

Now, all we need to do is help the last person who truly needs help, and then everything will be done!

But before that, Cao Xing still wanted to take this young man in front of him into his own territory.

After all, a person with advanced life skills is still rare.

He asked directly: "I wonder if you are interested in joining my territory?"

"Territory...are you a lord?" the young man asked doubtfully.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "Yes, you have a superb talent for painting, and this talent should not be buried."

…