Chapter 44: Greystone City
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Lei Lin didn't know that someone was planning to deal with him later, but he still drove the carriage all the way. ◇↓
It took five days until traces of human survival began to appear around him that he felt relieved.
Although wizards have always looked down on ordinary humans, just as humans look at ants, it is undeniable that it is these ordinary people who are the basis for the continuous emergence of wizards.
Therefore, although human experiments and other things are constantly banned and are even more open and upright in Black Bone Forest Academy, all wizards will try to avoid human gathering places when they take action to avoid causing a large number of casualties and injuries, otherwise they will be rejected by all wizards.
"After you arrive at a city ahead, you can take a little rest!" After five consecutive days of travel, Lei Lin and his horse were exhausted.
At this time, the horse slowed down slightly, and Leilin looked at the scene around him.
Sparse acres of fields are distributed on both sides, and there is a huge windmill mill not far away.
A clear stream flows past the fields, and there are some unknown fish swimming slowly inside.
Seeing this scene, Leilin suddenly relaxed.
"Quiet! A peaceful human world! How long has it been since I felt this peaceful atmosphere..."
"According to the map instructions, the nearest city should be Graystone City!" Lei Lin looked at the map displayed on the chip.
"This is still too close to the academy. Although there is a gathering point for wizards nearby, it is too dangerous whether it is selling potions or inquiries!"
"And, I always have some bad premonitions!" Lei Lin frowned and looked in the direction behind him.
"I killed that tree demon giant. Will the enemy let me go so easily?"
"Ding! The analysis of the form-modeling is completed!"
At this moment, the chip prompt sounded.
"That's great!" Lei Lin was delighted and quickly browsed the introduction of the morphology.
"Shape-like: Level Zero Spell Effect: Can slightly change the duration of facial muscle shape: One day consumes: a little more spirit and a little more mana!"
This is a level zero spell specially selected by Relin, which is specially used to conceal his identity.
"But, is it just changing the appearance?" Lei Lin pondered: "Many wizards judge their identities through mental fluctuations and even soul levels. Of course, these are things that happen to formal wizards in the future, and I am unlikely to encounter them now."
"Chicle! Can the effect of morphology be optimized so that it can cover up the fluctuations of mental power!"
Lelin asked a question.
"Ding! Establish tasks, establish optimization goals, and start simulation analysis..."
About ten seconds later, the feedback from the chip came over: "It can be optimized, requires 7 points of mental power, consumes 14 days and 5 hours, and requires supplementary advanced knowledge: spiritual research, annihilation runes."
"The mental power of seven o'clock? I can reach it in a few years, but it is not so easy to get the knowledge about spiritual research and the annihilation rune!"
Research on souls and other studies has always been the most mysterious part of the wizarding world. Although Black Bone Forest Academy is said to be at the forefront and has achieved many research results, it may have only understood some superficial principles. And Lei Lin is only a second-class apprentice and cannot access this content.
"It's enough to have a morphology for the time being!" Lei Lin looked around and drove the carriage to the woods on the side.
A moment later, when Lei Lin came out again, his appearance had completely changed.
The boy's face became much more mature, with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a public face.
He also replaced his body with a pair of weather-beaten leather armor, and the cross sword's scabbard became a little old.
Lei Lin is tall and has a good meal. He used to be very close to the average height of an adult. Now he looks like a thin and experienced mercenary.
Lei Lin came to a stream and looked at his new face, "Well! Not bad! Even his vocal cords have been transformed to change his voice."
The voice also became thick and hoarse, changing the tenderness of the boy.
"Let's enter the city with this face for the time being!" Lei Lin nodded, then took out another kraft paper bag, and after opening it, it was a ball of white powder inside.
"The odorless powder of Underground Medicaid! Just one gram can completely erase the body odor of the creature!" Lei Lin said softly.
"I have no good idea for mental power, but I should still do it to the extreme in the secular world. My face and smell have been changed, and I will never be able to find me with ordinary means!"
Leilin looked at the carriage again, thought about it, and abandoned the other unnecessary things, only potions and spell books, and the box of raw materials was tied to two horses.
"Let's go!" When he arrived at the last horse without any weight on his body, Leilin untied the reins and whipped hard.
"Woo!" The black horse roared and ran in an unknown direction.
Then, Leilin sprinkled a red powder on the carriage, and then used the odorless powder of underground borers on the remaining two horses before stepping onto one of them.
Shortly after Lei Lin left, black smoke continued to emerge from the woods, and then the flames of Xiongxiong were burning.
As we continued to move along the main road, there were more and more human traces on the roadside. After walking for an hour, Leilin saw the outline of the Graystone City.
The walls of the Greystone City are very short, and you can also see the grey buildings with domes and spires inside from the outside.
Next to the city gate, there are soldiers with weapons patrolling.
"What are you doing?" A leader wearing half a piece of leather armor stopped Lei Lin.
"Mercenary, part-time businessman!" Lei Lin said with a smile. He found a greedy look from the soldiers behind the leader.
The leader looked at the horse that Lei Lin was riding and the box behind him, swallowed, and swept through Lei Lin's waist, especially when he saw the cross sword around Lei Lin's waist, a look of fear appeared on his face.
"It costs a copper to enter the city!"
"Give it to you!" Leilin threw a brand new brass currency to the leader.
"You can go in! Remember not to wander out at night, otherwise you will be caught in prison by the patrol team!" The leader squeezed out an ugly smile.
"Thank you!" Lei Lin entered the city gate with his luggage.
"Head?" A soldier was obviously a little unwilling to accept it.
"Shut up! Don't look at the other party's outfit. How could anyone arrive at the city safely with goods alone? Maybe he is just a knight!" The leader lowered his voice, "Don't cause trouble for such people in the future!"
"It seems that no matter where you go, your strength is a valid pass!"
Lei Lin rode a black horse on the streets of Graystone City. When he saw the civilians on both sides avoiding each other in fear, he looked at Lei Lin with a lot of fear and envy, and he couldn't help but nod.
"But judging by the prosperity of this Graystone City, I'm afraid it's not as good as a small town in later generations!"
Lei Lin roughly estimated the area of the entire Graystone City and found that at most, there were only 10,000 residents living there.
As for the living conditions in the city, it is even worse.
The road surface is yellow mud, and there is still a lot of mud and sand on it. A slight gust of wind will raise yellow dust.
Most of the pedestrians on both sides looked pale and thin, wearing rough gray or black clothes, with many holes on them.
There are many railings on both sides of the road with cattle and sheep, and some other small livestock running on the road, with a smell of fresh feces that cannot be dissipated.
"Dirty, messy, bad!" This is Leilin's first impression of Greystone City.
"Look for a hotel to stay!" The continuous journey made Lei Lin a little tired.
After searching for a long time, Lei Lin didn't find anything like a hotel. Finally, he spent a few copper coins to find a place to barely live from a resident.
"Bigsword and wine glass! It's here!" Lei Lin looked at the letters on the signboard, feeling speechless.
The location of this store is in Xicheng, and the public security seems to be quite chaotic. Lei Lin saw many drunken and fights along the way. One party even used a short knife and a dagger, but no trace of the sheriff was found.
Pushing open the door, a poor smell of alcohol filled Leilin's nose.
"Come on! Have another cup!" "Good, Czech!" All kinds of messy voices continued to stimulate Leilin's eardrums.
There was a bar inside, with many drunken men drinking happily, and some half-opened their drunken eyes, putting their hands on the wine-accompanied girl, saying slutty words.
"Sir! What do you need?" The bartender is a young man with yellow hair and the most sober person in the entire bar.
"I heard that I can find a place to live here?"
Leilin sat down in a high chair next to the counter.
"Yes! The only accommodation service in the whole city of Graystone!" The bartender shrugged: "But there is nothing to be proud of, because there are not many travelers passing by in our city throughout the year!"
"How much does it cost to give me a quiet room and take care of my two horses?" Raelin looked at the oak barrel behind the bartender.
"Give me a glass of the best wine here!" Leilin threw a silver coin over.
"Happy to serve you!" The bartender quickly brought a glass of wine with a handle to the table: "Honey butter wine! The best wine here!"
Leilin sipped the wine while listening to the bartender's introduction.
In fact, many wizards do not like alcohol that can anesthetize nerves, and they prefer beverages that can refresh themselves.
Leilin rarely drinks, but she is curious to try it out. However, the taste of this cup of honey butter wine is really average, and it also has a tinge of astringent taste, which makes Leilin feel deceived.
"The cost of staying here is thirty copper coins a night, two horses, plus forage, twenty copper coins a day!"
Before leaving the academy, Lei Lin changed a batch of change on his body, but now he generously threw out two silver coins: "Live for four days first..."
"Look! What a good horse! This fur color! This body shape is definitely more expensive than the war horses in the city lord's mansion!"
Chapter completed!