Chapter 173 The Origin of Gemstones
Staring blankly at the back of the NPC who looked as if nothing had happened, Xingyu couldn't help but scream out.
"Fuck, guys! There's a red-name monster!"
Hearing the shouting behind him, Lenny was stunned for a moment and couldn't understand what was happening for a moment.
I was discovered? But what did he mean? He could understand every word of the sentence, but when they were put together, he couldn't understand it at all.
But the next moment, the changes in the environment around him made Lenny feel as if he was falling into an icy cave.
When the refugee at the back shouted out those strange words, all the refugees nearby who were chatting with passers-by, dancing, passing by, or crawling on the ground suddenly stopped moving.
Then, they all turned their heads and looked around briefly. Hundreds of eyes on the entire street focused on him.
The young pickpocket was very familiar with the passion and greed in those eyes.
When his fellow villains saw the gold coins, they showed the same desire in their eyes.
He just didn't understand why these refugees looked at him in that way.
Lenny, a pickpocket, died at the age of nineteen. . ….….An unnamed island deep in the foggy sea, a port town [Lavanlais]
On the hill in the center of the town, Avis led Joem slowly up the gray-white rock path.
No one knows who built the path, but over countless years, it has been trampled by people going up and down the mountain and has become extremely stable.
The surrounding area is covered with rich vegetation, and small, unknown white wild flowers bloom in the cracks of the gravel beside the road, emitting a faint and subtle fragrance.
The higher he went, the more Avis could feel the strange calm force field in the environment, which gradually began to increase in intensity, as if he was approaching some source.
The Rai Temple is located on the top of a hill. From the outside, it is a low rectangular building made of pale white granite, with huge rock columns and corridors, as well as murals with embossed patterns.
On the top of the building are multiple spires of different sizes, which are as complex and strange as overlapping pyramids.
Under the somewhat pale light of the island sky, the mica flakes in the granite shone with soft highlights, adding a touch of wonderful splendor to this ancient temple.
Enshrined in the center of the temple is a huge granite statue that is nearly ten meters high and almost reaches the ceiling of the temple.
His upper body is that of a woman, but he has a long snake-like tail.
That is the god worshipped by the people of the island, the incarnation of the moon god [Rai] on earth.
Avis could clearly feel that a pure and gentle force field was spreading out in all directions with the statue itself as the center.
However, the Secret Book of the Old Days did not react, which meant that the statue was not the target he needed.
After leaving the Temple of Rai on the top of the mountain, Anvis went to the town and, based on the bartender's previous description, looked for the team that was planning to go into the mountains to collect gems.
With the help of Joem, Avis quickly found the temporary leader of the collection team in a large house with a courtyard on the east side of the town.
The leader was a spirited old explorer with gray hair and sharp blue-gray eyes.
At the same time, he was one of the only two level five people in the town that Joem had previously discovered.
When Avis came to his door, he was in his yard, dealing with supplies and equipment for the trip.
What surprised Avis a little was that the brown-haired young man disguised as Claire was also here, helping the old explorer.
"Hello, I'm Hill. Can I take up a moment of your time?"
Avis calmly withdrew his gaze from Claire and looked at the old explorer who turned his head to look at him.
"Sorry, I think you can see that we are very busy now."
With the help of Claire, the old explorer pulled one end of a rope hard to tie it tightly around a bulging package. Then he took a breath and stood up straight.
"If you also want to go with us to collect gems, please gather here at six o'clock the day after tomorrow morning."
"No, I have my own plans."
Avis shook his head slightly, staring into the old explorer's blue-gray eyes, his expression unchanged.
"Can you tell me some specific information about the gem mine on this island?"
"Of course, I can pay a corresponding price for this news."
Glancing at the various "not very advanced" equipment in the yard, Avis looked at the old explorer who was gradually showing impatience and offered his own price.
"For example...how about a portable magic power decomposition and collection device?"
"Ha! Great, I guess that's fair enough!"
Hearing this, the old explorer immediately broke into a hearty smile, the impatience on his face disappeared, he pushed the equipment on hand aside and sat on the package beside him.
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Beigsen, an explorer."
"In the mountains in the north of the island, there are many deep cracks. That's where the gems come from."
"Explore deep into the island's underground through those cracks. If you are lucky enough, you can find gem veins that flash with beautiful purple fluorescence."
"Of course, it is very hard and very fragile, and must be mined with special mining tools. It must not be subjected to excessive vibration during mining, otherwise it will break into a pile of waste and become worthless."
As he spoke, he poured himself a glass of water and took a sip.
"You're not the first outsider to ask me for this information, Hill."
"But in return for your willingness to provide me with advanced mining equipment, I can tell you a special news alone."
Glancing at Claire who was about to leave, Beigson spoke again, asking her to stay where she was.
"You don't have to avoid it, Carl. I was planning to tell you about that."
“When I was young, I once went deep into the mountains of the island alone, relying on my passion, and explored the depths of the earth.
In fact, below a certain depth of thick earth, the strength of the island curse will be greatly reduced, and as the depth decreases, it will eventually become almost completely gone! "
"It was during that expedition that I accidentally stumbled into a mysterious crystal cave. There, the entire cave was filled with gem crystals as big as a human head! There was even a wall that was made entirely of pure gems!"
As he spoke, the old explorer couldn't help but squint his eyes, as if he could still see the brilliant brilliance of those huge gems.
“I was completely stunned by the scene, and then I was ecstatic.
But unfortunately, the high density of gems has caused the entire cave to remain in a high magic environment for a long time, and has generated natural spirits that guard the gems—"
“When I entered the cave, the sound of my footsteps awakened the crystal spirit sleeping in the cave.
When they came at me like a whirlwind of glittering stardust, all I could do was grab a gem and activate the only life-saving teleportation scroll. "
(End of this chapter)
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