Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

The knocks on the door sounded rhythmically.

After a while, with a creak, the door of the blacksmith shop swung open a corner.

Mir poked his head out from the crack of the door and took a peek at the visitor. His eyes suddenly flashed with a look of half joy and half boasting.

He then retracted his head behind the door, and the sound of footsteps came out through the crack of the door, accompanied by the muffled voice of the dwarf:

"Come in by yourself, I have found all the things you want."

"..."

When he heard Mir say this, Luo Xiu was already half relieved. He then gently pushed the door open and followed the direction of Mir's voice and went straight into the room inside the blacksmith shop where forging materials were stored.

The dwarf Mir was standing next to a pile of scattered materials at this time, with his hands folded in front of his chest, looking at Luo Xiu with a boastful look.

"Your commission, those ancient materials, all I can find are here."

As Mir said this, the wrinkles on his face suddenly trembled, and he laughed heartily, saying: "Haha! I was afraid that you would escape my order. It really took me a lot of effort to collect these things. You have to accept them all!"

"..."

Luo Xiu did not respond to Mir immediately, but looked at the pile of ancient materials on the ground and quietly identified them.

[Ice Iron Condensate (Age of Gods, Rare)], [Ancient Beast Skeleton (Age of Gods, Rare)], [Nebula Fragments (Age of Gods, Rare+)]...

Through the panel identification, Luo Xiu quickly determined the quality of those materials. They did meet the requirements of his commission to Mir, and they were all Age of Gods materials of "rare" quality or above.

"Very good, Master Mir, you did a great job."

Luo Xiu smiled and praised the dwarf Mir, "I came here this time to confirm the progress of the commissioned collection with you, but your efficiency is really fast to surprise me..."

"So, how much do I have to pay you for the balance?" Luo Xiu asked.

"In order to collect these materials, I paid the cost of 2,136 gold coins in advance."

"Forget about the silver coins. In addition to your original advance payment of 500 gold coins, I will charge you another 2,000 gold coins."

Mier stepped forward, stood in front of the pile of ancient materials, and quoted the price to Luo Xiu with his hands on his hips.

Two thousand gold coins, this slightly exceeded Luo Xiu's previous budget. But he now has nearly two hundred platinum coins in cash, which is equivalent to nearly 20,000 gold coins, so this price is relatively easy for Luo Xiu to accept.

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded, took out the small box for saving money from the bracelet, counted out twenty platinum coins from it, and handed them all to Mir.

Luo Xiu didn't bargain, and Mir seemed quite surprised. He murmured with some doubt on his face:

"You don't even bargain? I remember your budget is only two thousand... Never mind. Then the deal here is done."

"Next, I want to show you something more precious."

As he said that, Mir's face showed the same proud look as before. He walked straight past Luo Xiu and walked towards the entrance cover of the underground storage room of the blacksmith shop.

Luo Xiu followed Mir and came to the underground storage room of the blacksmith shop.

Just like when he came here before, except for a few rune equipment that were replaced, the other equipment was still some things Luo Xiu had seen before.

After a quick glance, Luo Xiu didn't want any of the new equipment, so he continued to follow Mir's footsteps and came to the innermost part of the storage room.

In the deepest room, there was nothing on the four walls, only an ancient square table in the middle, and a red lacquered wooden shrine on the table.

"--Look, that's the 'Heart of the God'! I've found it for you."

Mil said complacently, "Although it is 'broken' and can only form half of the complete Heart of the God, I have also found the other broken [Heart of the God], and I will get it from the seller in a while..."

"..."

Sure enough! Luo Xiu was happy, and Mil did not let him down.

While Mil was talking about his "treasure hunt" like a hero's pool, Luo Xiu's eyes had already completely fallen on the red shrine.

In the middle of the shrine, a semicircular crystal emitting a light red mist was placed upright.

Its surface has veins like feathers, and from its bottom, that is, the root of the "feather" veins, it gradually smudges upward with deep red lines. The mist-like materialized spirituality was floating up and down in those "down feathers", giving people a hazy and illusory visual sense.

And in Luo Xiu's panel detection of it, he soon learned the ownership of the "broken divine heart" in front of him.

——That was the broken divine heart of the "ritual fire spirit"!

"Ritual Fire Spirit", His status is not as high as "false Vigalo", but it is also a genuine "divine spirit".

Luo Xiu roughly judged that His status should be lower than "double-winged angel" and "king of ancestral spirits", belonging to a relatively low level among the special existences of "divine spirits", belonging to the level of "rare spirits".

In the existing division of the status of "divine spirits" in the extraordinary world, "rare spirits" are in the second level. Below it is the first and lowest level of "natural spirits", and above it is the third level of "ancient spirits", which is also the status of "king of ancestral spirits" and "double-winged angels".

And "False Vigalo" is in the fourth tier. He is a "chaos spirit", which means a powerful god who existed in the "chaos age" which is older than the age of gods.

The history of their existence is not completely equal to their status. But the "chaos age" has long become a "symbol" with a certain symbolic meaning in today's extraordinary world, so it is used to refer to the status of the fourth tier gods.

Above the "chaos spirit", there are "star spirits" of higher status. And to go further, it is not a field that the "saints" of the seventh fate can touch. Only "demigods" of the eighth fate and above are qualified to know more.

Mir collected the "ritual fire spirit" belonging to the "rare spirit", his broken god's heart, which is enough for Luo Xiu.

In fact, Luo Xiu was still worried before. If Mir collected the broken hearts of the "Ancient Spirit" or even the "Chaos Spirit", it would be a bit troublesome. With the strength of Luo Xiu's "Fourfold Destiny", he has not yet reached the "Saint" level, so he cannot fully control powerful gods like "Ancestral Spirit King" or "Double-winged Angel", or even higher and more powerful gods. That might cause trouble for him.

But the current situation is just right. The complete "Heart of the God" formed by combining the broken hearts of the "Chaos Spirit" and the "Rare Spirit" will be the "Ancient Spirit". With the spiritual level of his "Fourfold Destiny", the "God" finally summoned has the level of the "Ancient Spirit", but it does not really match the strength of this personality, which is more conducive to Luo Xiu's control of Him.

When he thought about this, Luo Xiu had already completed his calculations in his heart, so he said to Mir:

"I see, Master Mir, that is the broken divine heart of the 'Spirit of Ritual Fire', right?"

"..."

"...Hmm?"

Mir was still immersively "introducing" his treasure hunting experience to Luo Xiu, but Luo Xiu suddenly said "Spirit of Ritual Fire", which interrupted Mir's words.

At the same time, Mir couldn't help but wonder, blurting out: "How do you know? I haven't told you this yet... But you're right. He is indeed the 'Spirit of Ritual Fire', and he belongs to the 'Rare Spirit'."

"I remember I said that I am very interested in these ancient existences."

Luo Xiu smiled and said, "I can barely be considered a half-expert."

"So."

Luo Xiu changed the subject and asked Mir the most critical question:

"How much do you plan to offer for the 'Broken Heart of the God' of the 'Spirit of Ritual Fire'?"

"..."

Hearing this, Mir's expression suddenly became serious. He pondered for a while and said:

"The cost of the Broken Heart of the God of the 'Spirit of Ritual Fire' is 1,400 gold coins. So, I need to charge you this amount."

As he said this, Mir stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of Luo Xiu.

"Two pieces?" Luo Xiu blurted out.

Mir: "......?"

"Two thousand." Mir's voice suddenly became low, and he quoted the actual price in a bad tone.

Luo Xiu was very happy to play a joke, so he nodded lightly, counted out twenty platinum coins from the piggy bank, and handed them to Mir, saying: "Please keep them, these are twenty platinum coins, which are the payment for your 'Spirit of Ritual Fire' Broken God's Heart."

Mir took the twenty coins, and the unfriendly expression on his face disappeared like clouds and mist, returning to his original indifferent and calm expression.

"You can take them away." Mir said, "Those God Age materials, and this Broken God's Heart."

"By the way." He suddenly remembered another thing and said, "There is another 'Broken God's Heart', I will receive it in a week. At that time, you can come again."

"Okay, Master Mir." Luo Xiu nodded.

Although he has now collected two pieces of "Broken God's Heart", Luo Xiu does not mind holding one more piece, after all, it can be used when summoning the second "God" in the future.

And if he has a higher-level "God's Heart" at that time, he can also use it as food to feed the "God" and increase His strength... Luo Xiu thought so.

After completing the two transactions, Luo Xiu then put the Broken God's Heart of "Ritual Fire Spirit" and those ancient materials into the storage bracelet.

After that, Luo Xiu gave the "Dragon Brilliant Casting Stone" obtained from the auction to Mir, and paid Mir another 20 gold coins, asking Mir to help upgrade the quality of "Moon Cutting Scythe" to "Master", strengthen its attribute addition and skill effects, and then prepare to leave the blacksmith shop.

"..."

"Wait a minute."

Suddenly, Mir called him.

Luo Xiu then turned around and looked at Mir, who looked a little strange, and had guessed it in his heart.

Just as Luo Xiu expected, in the next second, Mir said:

"In the past one or two months, you have already completed a lot of orders with me... You can be considered my old customer."

Here it comes... When Luo Xiu heard Mir say this, he knew that his premonition was probably accurate.

And this premonition was also planned and laid out by Luo Xiu for a long time - that is, in Mir's "authentic dwarf blacksmith shop", the total consumption amount reaches 3,000 gold coins, which is about the two "Dragon's Secret Treasures" - the task of obtaining the "Dragon Flame Demon Sword" and the "Dragon Breath Scepter" through normal channels!

Luo Xiu continued to spend money here at Mir, in addition to his appreciation of Mir's identity and skills as a dwarf forger, there is another major reason, which is to accept this hidden task.

Then, Luo Xiu listened to Mir continue to say:

"That's why I think... you should be trustworthy."

"So, I have something to ask of you."

"..."

-The breath of the task!

This is the prelude to the "hidden task" that is about to be triggered!

Luo Xiu was getting more and more excited, but he remained calm on the surface. He smiled at Mir and said calmly: "Have you encountered any difficulties? I can try my best to help you."

"... It's not difficult. It's hard for me to accomplish this task alone."

Mir was silent for a while, and after organizing his words, he said:

"That's about my tribe, about the commission of the dwarf tribe 'Gravel' that crossed the entire 'Sea of ​​Mist' to come to this continent and finally settled in the Nolan Empire."

"My full name is actually 'Mir Gravel'. It's just that I am a dwarf exiled by the 'Gravel' tribe, so I don't have the qualifications to claim to be from 'Gravel'."

"..."

When Mir said this, a flash of sadness flashed in his eyes, but this sadness was quickly hidden by him, and he returned to that deep indifference.

Dwarf Mir... His original name was "Mir Gravel"? No wonder I didn't detect his surname when I detected his faceplate. He was deprived of his surname because of the exile of his tribe... Luo Xiu suddenly thought of many things. He also made a gesture of listening more carefully and listened to Mir continue to speak.

Milton paused for a moment and continued, "I don't want to tell you the specific reason why I was exiled by my tribe."

"It's just that I heard from my sources that my tribesmen, after exiling me, seemed to have joined a large organization... and then I never heard from them again."

"Later, a dwarf friend who traveled with me told me privately that my tribe seemed to have encountered a disaster."

"Although I have been exiled by them, I am still a little worried... Please don't get me wrong. I am not worried about their safety, but I am worried that the dwarf craftsmanship they mastered will be used in bad places."

"So, I want you to help me find out about the whereabouts of my tribe, the 'Gravel' tribe. And all I can tell you now is the name of the 'Gravel' tribe... But you can rest assured that if you can bring back any information about them, I will pay you the corresponding reward."

"..."

When the dwarf Mil said this, Luo Xiu's panel suddenly jumped.

Then, a brand new "hidden task" appeared in the task bar.

Luo Xiu quickly browsed through the contents of the task panel, and his expression gradually changed from calm to deep.

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