Online game: Hanging out in the beauty studio

Mushan Village is not big, with only about ten households in total.

The village is located at the entrance of Mushan, and looks like a tombstone in front of a tomb.

According to the task design ideas of traditional online games-

The player follows the prompts to reach the designated location, but the subsequent task guide does not appear. This means that the task has entered the free exploration stage, and the player needs to explore the area by himself until new clues are found, and then a new task will be triggered.

So, after discussing for a while at the entrance of the village, the three decided to disperse and look for other clues around the village.

Xia Zhilan was afraid to be alone, so Shen Jiayan accompanied her.

They were a group of two, starting from the entrance of the village to explore eastward, while Li Qianfan was alone, starting from the entrance of the village to explore westward.

It is worth mentioning that...

Mushan Village is located directly south of Mushan.

If Mushan is compared to a tomb, then the orientation of this tomb is obviously "sitting north and facing south".

You know, in ancient times, the north was respected.

Sitting in the north and looking south, who else but the emperor could be?

In addition...

The hill is a grave, and the flat is a tomb.

The dignified is a tomb, and the high mountain is a mausoleum.

Although the Tomb Mountain is called the Tomb Mountain, it looks the same as the Qianling Mausoleum where Wu Zetian is buried. So if the player has a certain understanding of the ancient Feng Shui theory, he will find out at the first time that the Tomb Mountain is actually an excellent Feng Shui treasure land, and there may really be a mausoleum of an emperor hidden underneath.

But because Li Qianfan didn't know much about these folk customs, even he didn't know...

The official actually gave relevant hints at the beginning.

And this is the so-called Easter egg.

Of course, even if you don't understand Feng Shui and ancient funeral rituals, it doesn't affect the player's game, so after the three people went around the Tomb Mountain Village in groups, they soon met again in a small forest just behind the Tomb Mountain Village.

"There is a river to the east of the village. We just saw two women washing clothes by the river. We just wanted to talk to them, but they turned around and left without giving us a chance to talk..."

"My side is not much better. I didn't see a ghost all the way here, but when I was waiting for you here just now, I accidentally found a monument... Look, it's right there..."

The three of them are now located to the north of Mushan Village, about 500 meters away from the village entrance.

There is a narrow path leading to Mushan in the grove. There are no signs of artificial excavation. It seems that it should have been trampled out by the villagers who have been going back and forth here all year round.

On the right side of the path is a gentle slope that is not too steep.

Going down all the way, you should be able to see the river that Shen Jiayan mentioned just now.

The left side of the path is higher, and there is a bamboo forest on the slope.

Li Qianfan knew that the adventure mission was not simple, so he looked carefully along the way, and he actually found some clues, that is-

This wordless stele hidden in the bamboo forest, which seemed to be deliberately buried with bamboo leaves.

If Li Qianfan had not been looking for it, he would have easily missed this detail.

"I have seen it, there is nothing written on it, and it has not triggered any new clues, but I guess this wordless stele should not be that simple..."

"Really? Let me see..."

After listening to Li Qianfan's story, Shen Jiayan summoned the AI ​​assistant and planned to use the search engine to check the information about the wordless stele.

But just when she touched the wordless stele, a familiar voice sounded behind them-

"Three knights, what a coincidence?"

The three looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Li Yunxiu, dressed in casual clothes, suddenly walked out of the bamboo forest.

Seeing this, the three of them immediately realized that they had triggered the follow-up, so after Shen Jiayan gave Li Qianfan a look, Li Qianfan decisively stepped forward and started talking to Li Yunxiu-

"General, don't you have important things to do? How come you have time to hang out in this Mushan Village?"

Faced with Li Qianfan's sarcasm, Li Yunxiu did not take it as an offense, but responded very frankly:

"To be honest, when I was looking for you guys to help me at the foot of the mountain just now, I did hide a lot of things. I hope you don't blame me..."

Then, Li Yunxiu told his true identity and purpose.

It turned out that Li Yunxiu was not from Mushan Village, but a confidant of the eldest prince [Zhao Chengxian].

Because Emperor Jing was dying and the treasury was empty, the eldest prince Zhao Chengxian specially appointed Li Yunxiu as the "Mojin Xiaowei" to make up for the lack of military pay, trying to subsidize the military pay by robbing tombs.

When they run out of money, they steal the burial objects of the previous emperors. This has been a traditional art of every dynasty.

It is rumored that the tomb mountain is the mausoleum of a certain emperor of the previous dynasty, and it contains enough money to feed an army.burial objects, so after Li Yunxiu came to the tomb mountain, he started to inquire around, and thus learned that the Huo family of the tomb mountain village was the tomb keeper of the mausoleum.

In order to complete the task as soon as possible, Li Yunxiu directly found Huo Chengen to explain his intention, trying to exchange high-ranking officials and generous salaries for specific information about the tomb mountain imperial mausoleum.

But what Li Yunxiu didn't expect was...

The tomb keeper's mouth was much stricter than he imagined.

After Li Yunxiu's persuasion failed several times, he wanted to capture all the villagers and interrogate them slowly, only to find that this seemingly inconspicuous village actually had hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and Huo Chengen alone easily killed his team of men.

If the hard way doesn't work, then the soft way is the only way.

So, Li Yunxiu temporarily retreated to the foot of the mountain, intending to use other methods to pry open Huo Chengen's mouth.

It happened that Li Qianfan and his group passed by here, so this adventure mission-[Li Yunxiu's request] was triggered.

The reason why Li Yunxiu asked Li Qianfan and his team to catch the butterfly was that when he was exploring the Tomb Mountain Village, he accidentally discovered that Huo Chengen's granddaughter Huo Xian'er was very fond of butterflies, so he wanted to use the player's hand to please Huo Xian'er and see if he could get the location of the imperial tomb from Huo Xian'er.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the player's good and evil value is not negative, the NPC's attitude towards the player will be relatively friendly.

But because Li Yunxiu's previous behavior had aroused Huo Chengen's vigilance, even players with super high good and evil values ​​like Xia Zhilan could not step into the Tomb Mountain Village again.

Seeing this, Li Yunxiu, who had been following the three people, had to show up and talk to the three people, trying to persuade the players to help him find the location of the imperial tomb.

Obviously, Li Yunxiu did not lie again this time, so after listening to his story, the three of them immediately started a discussion in the team channel-

"Sure enough, I knew this task was not that simple..."

"He said he was the confidant of the eldest prince Zhao Chengxian, so as long as we complete this task, we can open the task line related to the eldest prince?"

"Yes, it seems to be the case... But aren't we here to find the first generation saint?"

"There is no conflict. We are players, not NPCs. Of course, the more task lines we open, the better..."

"What should we do now? Should we accept it or not?"

"Don't worry, I'll think about it..."

Although Li Qianfan had expected Li Yunxiu to lie before.

But somehow, even though Li Yunxiu has now revealed the truth, his intuition still tells him that this NPC is not trustworthy.

I always feel that there is a weird feeling here.

But Li Qianfan can't tell where it is.

And this is the sequelae of the sudden increase in the IQ of NPCs in version 1.0.

When NPCs learn to deceive, players will have to be extremely careful when making any decision...

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