Astral Apostle

   Chapter 25 Three Months

  The atmosphere of this supper was in full swing, until it was almost dawn, and a few people left to go home.

  Although Zhou Jing wanted to ask Li Xiaoyin for some internal information about the power user circle, but at present, they are also new, and they are so "indiscriminate", maybe they don't know as much as him, so Zhou Jing temporarily suppressed this idea.

   Back in the rental house, Zhou Jing rested for a while, sobered up, and started studying according to the training plan.

   On and off until the afternoon, the shuttle cooling is finally over.

   "Now is the time to see the results of serious placement..."

   Zhou Jing rubbed his sore eyes and turned off the computer he was checking for information.

   Lie back on the bed and close your eyes.

"Enter!"

  …

  OM—

   Consciousness returned to the shuttle preparation space, still starry.

   Zhou Jing looked at the huge fluorescent panel, and the results of this placement have shown:

  ["Jason Wood" placement ends]

  [You can view this placement income report...automatically expand]

  [Placement time: 18 days (Astral Time)]

  [This income: Astral Point +210]

  [cumulative income: astral point 210/2000]

  [Ability Growth: [Hunter's Breath·Forging] Lv1→Lv2, [Weapon Mastery·Hunting Knife] Lv1→Lv2, [Weapon Mastery·Heavy Knife] Lv0→Lv1]

  [Trigger Achievement: None]

  [Rating for this placement: Normal]

  [Whether to view the placement experience log]

   "Okay, still alive!"

   Zhou Jing's hanging heart relaxed.

   Not only that, but the skills have also been upgraded... It seems that the plan is feasible, and the development in Frostwood Village is indeed stable.

The benefits of    placement are really not bad. As long as the foundation is laid during the personal arrival, and there is a stable environment, placement can play a huge role.

  Open the log, all the experiences during the placement of "Jason Wood" are completely recorded in the form of first-person images.

   And there are additional note tips at the nodes of encountering events, skill improvement, and interaction with people.

   The experience during placement can be viewed slowly, or it can be directly absorbed and turned into memory, which is more efficient.

   Zhou Jing checked it and found that there were no special events during the placement of "Jason Wood". According to the set placement plan of "Concentrate on Cultivation", he spent most of his time exercising.

   Occasionally communicated with Baron, Griff, etc., and they all seemed reticent, basically did not take the initiative to bring up the topic, behaved quite low-key, and focused on exercising... It is also possible that "Jason Wood"'s perseverance and martial characteristics are at play.

"Well, it looks quite normal, and there is nothing strange about the placement performance. At most, it is much more silent than when I personally controlled it... It seems that the synchronization rate is higher, and the more complicated the response that the astral apostles can make. Okay, let's not spend any money."

   Zhou Jing thought to himself.

  Astral Apostles are more stable if they have a good personality.

   In general, the effect of the placement mode was confirmed this time, and it has met his expectations.

   "The next step is to maintain the status quo and let this astral apostle develop."

   Zhou Jing is certain.

  …

  …

  The passage of time does not depend on human will.

   The sun rises and the moon sets, and the seasons alternate.

  Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

  Frost Kimura training ground, a strong figure is holding a dark heavy sword, practicing basic swordsmanship movements.

   Sweeping, slashing, stabbing, smashing, picking... Each style is full of power, rolling up a low and whistling wind.

  Hoo!

The    figure finally slashed a knife, and the blade suddenly stopped in the air a few centimeters above the ground, blowing away the dust with energy, and the force control was very skilled and precise.

   "Call..."

   Zhou Jing stood up with his sword closed, spit out a breath of turbid air, and the muscles with clear lines all over his body vibrated with high frequency.

   "The breathing technique has finally been upgraded again."

   opened the panel and took a look, [Hunter's Breath · Forge] finally reached Lv4.

   This is the fourth time he has descended on "Jason Wood", and the time spent in shuttle and placement adds up, and he has survived in the alien world for more than three months.

   He grew up in Frostwood Village most of the time, and occasionally followed the hunter team into the forest, hunting some common prey to provide meat for the village, because he did not go too deep into the forest and did not encounter the skeleton people.

  Shuang Kimura was inaccessible, and nothing happened in the days when he concentrated on his practice, and he was calm. In the village, he looked down but not looked up to see him. In the past three months, he has become acquainted with most of the villagers.

   The main achievement of training is Hunter's Breathing. As the skill level increases, even if there is a training acceleration function, the time it takes to reach the next mastery level also increases.

   In the first month, [Hunter's Breath · Forge] was upgraded to Lv2 two levels in a row, and in the next two months or so, it was as high as Lv4, and it was getting longer and longer.

Zhou Jing also understands why the training acceleration fee is only a guarantee, and in fact, it is possible to invest in astral points to further accelerate the learning speed without limit. If this is very advanced, even if the guaranteed training acceleration is activated, it may take a few years. time to level up the skill.

  Like ordinary people, the more proficient in a skill, the more difficult it is to make progress.

In addition, in addition to the improvement of the hunter's breathing technique, he also mastered the skills of hunting knives, heavy knives, war knives and other knives. Weapon Mastery - Knife Technique].

   "These two abilities can be compared to the achievements of others in ten years in three months..."

   Zhou Jing muttered secretly, and glanced at the current effects of the two skills.

  [[Hunter's Breath and Forging]]

  [Current Level: Lv4-(Proficient)]

  [Effect: Physical +3, Resistance +2]

  —

  [[Weapon Mastery-Sword Technique]]

  [Current Level: Lv4-(Proficient)]

  [Effect: Possess superb swordsmanship skills, physical strength +1]

  —

   Most of the training time is spent on these two skills, and the rewards are quite good.

   Zhou Jing opened the ability file of "Jason Wood", the attributes of this astral apostle have become:

  [Attribute: Physical 14, Resistance 11, Perception 5, Spirit 6, Energy 0]

   Compared with three months ago, his physical fitness has improved significantly, and before the enhancement of the abnormal blood, it is already a bit extraordinary, which is actually somewhat unexpected to Zhou Jing.

   "Mainly due to the Hunter's Breath..."

   Zhou Jing pondered that it was probably a bit of a coincidence that this skill had this effect on him.

  【Hunter's Breath·Forging】has a training threshold. Even if you know that this skill is somewhat extraordinary, ordinary people can't practice it, but if you want to reach the training threshold, it is extremely difficult to achieve normal training, which becomes an infinite loop.

  Only the apostles that I pinched, with an initial physical strength that surpassed ordinary people, directly reached the threshold of practice, and solved this problem, which is difficult for others to copy.

   After three months, most of the Astral Points he saved were thrown into these two skills. Among them, [Hunter's Breath and Forging] is the most expensive. It has risen to the current Lv4, and 700 points have been thrown into it.

If a single return and placement is regarded as a shuttle cycle, then the current daily income brought by "Jason Wood" in each cycle is about 300 astral points, except for a few simple triggers of the first shuttle. Achievement, the next few times did not trigger again.

   After deducting the expenses for accelerated practice these days, I still have 460 points left on hand.

   "If you have exercised to this level, you should be able to take the medicine of different blood. If you continue to develop like this, it will not be very cost-effective..."

  While Zhou Jing was thinking silently, Baron, who was supervising on the side, came over.

   "Are you progressing again?" Baron came to Zhou Jing with a calm tone.

   "Well, it seems so, I feel my strength has increased again."

   Zhou Jing nodded, holding a knife flower in his hand. The heavy heavy knife was as light as a wooden stick in his hand.

   Watching this scene calmly, Baron was expressionless.

   Over the past three months, he has been witnessing Zhou Jing's incredible growth rate, and has gradually changed from shock to surprise.

  People are already numb.

   He had absolutely no idea what was going on with this "Jason Wood".

   There is no abnormal blood enhancement, so when you practice, your physical strength is about to catch up with yourself? !

   This is actually an alien beast in human skin!

  The world view has been broken time and time again. Baron has given up thinking about this kind of confusing problem with limited brain cells, and attributed everything to the extraordinary talent of "Jason Wood".

   He grasped the core contradiction and identified a truth - as long as this "Jason Wood" is an alien hunter, the better he is, the better.

  Zhou Jing saw that Baron didn't answer, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you think I can use the alien blood potion now?"

   Yes, of course, not to mention the use of alien blood medicine, you can go directly to the alien blood warrior...

  Baron resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said directly:

   "Pack up your things, we will set off for Baiyuan City at dawn tomorrow, and I will take you to get the alien blood potion!"

"good."

   Zhou Jing's eyes lit up.

   After three months of training, I finally met Baron's requirements, and this time I finally got to touch the real extraordinary power!

  …

   Early in the morning the next day, Zhou Jing took Ross to meet Balong at the entrance of the village, and each brought their luggage and equipment.

Balon was still dressed as he was hunting. Because the two-handed battle axe was thrown in the forest, it was estimated that it was picked up by the skeleton people, so he asked the blacksmith in the village to hit a new axe, which was rougher and simpler than the original weapon. a lot.

   Zhou Jing was wearing a suit of hunters, with a dagger in his waist and a dark heavy sword hanging on his back.

  This heavy sword was made by a blacksmith in the east of the village with stubborn iron for making farm tools. It has no special features except that it is heavy. It is usually used for exercise, and of course it can also be used to cut people... To be precise, it is to swing people.

  Ross is carrying pots and pans on his back and looks like a cook... After following Zhou Jing in the past few months, he actually learned to cook!

   Although it is currently limited to cooking the food, it is already a leap forward!

   Zhou Jing is not very happy about this - he finally doesn't have to be a nanny, and he can finally enjoy the service of his valet!

   It is a little far from Shuangmu Village to Baiyuan City. There are no means of transportation in the village except for ox carts. Generally, they enter the city on foot.

   But even though it was on foot, with the endurance of the two, running all the way was faster.

   Even if you bring a Ross, it will not take many days.

   But, in addition to the three of them, there was an uninvited guest at the entrance of the village at this time.

   "Uncle Jason, Uncle Barron, can you take me to the city?"

   Reiner hugged Zhou Jing's thigh, raised her head and blinked her big eyes in a cute way, with a look of flattery and prayer.

   "I'm on business, I don't have time to take you."

   Zhou Jing shook his legs helplessly and wanted to throw Reiner off.

   After all, he is Griff's son, and he still doesn't flatter the child, which makes the child stick to him more and more.

   "Don't, I'm very good. I listen to you all the way. If you want me to eat, I will eat, and if you want me to sleep, I will sleep!"

   Reiner said hurriedly.

   "Good?" Baron snorted: "Did your father allow you to go out?"

   "He... he agreed!" Reiner replied with a stubborn neck.

  Zhou Jing suddenly raised his head and looked behind Reiner: "Hey, Griff, you got up early too, are you here to arrest your son?"

   "Oops Dad!"

   Reiner was startled, quickly let go of his hand, and turned his head to look behind him.

   Hu... A cold wind blew, and there was no Griff's figure, not a single hair.

   "You lied to me!"

  Reiner turned his head angrily, but saw that Zhou Jing and the three had already run away.

  …

  From Shuangmu Village to Baiyuan City, the road is a piece of unprocessed natural scenery, the terrain is mostly plains and hills, occasionally dotted with small forests.

  The dirt road is sometimes absent, and sometimes there are roadside signs after a long distance. If you are not familiar with the direction, it is easy to go astray. Baron is an old driver, and naturally there is no possibility of getting lost.

   There was no delay in the middle. Zhou Jing and Baron ran all the way with endurance, and occasionally carried Ross on their shoulders. It didn't take long for the three to reach their destination.

   Walking out of a small forest, the vision in the distance suddenly became clear, and I saw a town sitting on a hill.

   Surrounded by gray city walls, with clear stone and bricks, some houses in the city are higher than the city walls, and the roofs emerge from the back walls, which are scattered.

   "This is Baiyuan City..." Zhou Jing looked out.

   He is used to seeing buildings in the interstellar era. Of course, this town has nothing to do with grandeur. In his opinion, it is a small town at the village level, with simple ancient city wall fortifications, at most four or five meters high.

   But for the inhabitants of the alien world of this era, it is already a sizable medium-sized city.

   "Come on, let's go into the city."

  Baron patted Zhou Jing on the shoulder.

   The three of them came to the city gate, where a lot of people were queuing to enter the city, including farmers, traders, and alien hunters with weapons.

   A full-loaded bullock cart was crowded, and the merchants chatted with people in the northern dialect, which was very noisy.

   There are four guards in front of the city gate, wearing studded leather armor, with a simple round helmet slanted on their heads, and the short spears in their hands are beating against the goods of the ox cart, and they will check the people who enter the city.

There are four fortress cities in the northern part of the Terra Empire, and there are dozens of towns like Baiyuan City. Baiyuan City is relatively remote, but it is still a town. It is still much busier than the remote Shuangmu Village. The surrounding villages Farmers, passing traders, travelers, mercenaries, and alien hunters will all transit here.

   Soon, it was Zhou Jing's turn.

  The guards saw Balon dressed as a hunter of alien beasts and came up to question him with respect.

   After Baron said that he was a hunter stationed in Frostwood Village, the guards immediately let go, and the three entered the town together.

   As Baron said, the alien hunter is a glorious profession, fighting against alien beasts all year round to solve the existential threat of human beings. It is indeed very prestigious among the people, and almost no town will refuse alien hunters to enter.

   Walking on the noisy and lively streets, Baron told Zhou Jing about the city situation.

"Including me, there are about 30 alien beast hunters who have been active for a long time around Baiyuan City. Most of the alien beast threats around here are solved by us. Most of the time we are scattered in different areas, and some They are stationed hunters, and some of them are free-roaming hunters. Generally, it is only in Baiyuan City that it is easy to meet others. This time, I brought you to strengthen the alien blood, and by the way, I will also bring you to know other people, so that you know that after you become an alien hunter what to do."

   Zhou Jing nodded, observed the medieval-style buildings on the street, and asked casually, "If you don't count the hunters, how many troops are there in Baiyuan City?"

   "There should be three or four hundred soldiers in the standings, all of them from Lord Root Crow... Hmph, there should be a few alien blood warriors among them."

   Speaking of the last sentence, Baron couldn't help showing a look of contempt.

   Zhou Jing glanced at him curiously: "You seem to hate this lord?"

"That's not true. Lord Root is actually okay. He is a blood relative of the tribe. He has been protecting Baiyuan City all these years. The town is not only a settlement, but also responsible for clearing the surrounding alien threats. He never stingy bounties to call hunters, Many times I asked my own troops to help in the hunting... Although it is the lord's responsibility, at least it is considered competent."

   explained a little, then Baron paused and snorted coldly: "What I hate is the group of alien blood warriors who are recruited by the lord and serve as guards for the lord."

   "How do you say this? They have a conflict with you?" Zhou Jing was interested.

"It's not a contradiction with me." Baron said dissatisfied: "These people have survived the alien blood strengthening, but they don't use this power to deal with alien beasts. Instead, they gather around the lord for power or wealth. When we hunt alien beasts, they But hiding behind, what is this called? We hunters have never looked down on such cowards!"

   Zhou Jing suddenly understood.

  —Everyone has accepted the enhancement of alien blood, alien hunters go to fight alien beasts, but these people who have the same power hide behind, serve as guards for lords, and do not need to go to the battlefield.

  Under the glorious professional tradition, alien hunters must look down on this group of alien blood warriors who dare not be hunters. This should be a long-standing chain of contempt.

  In the tribal era, the pressure of survival was huge, and the warriors who successfully strengthened their alien blood were basically all in order to be alien hunters and protect the tribe.

   In today's era of empires, people with extraordinary power have a different mind... Compared with the hunters of alien beasts who wander the line of life and death, it seems safer and more comfortable to gain wealth and power with this power.

   Anyway, there are other people who are hunters of alien beasts, why should they take risks, and finally get power, of course they should think about their own interests... Maybe this is the way of thinking?

  'This should be the difference between the superpowers in this world... After people gain extraordinary power, the idea is not as simple as before. ’

   Zhou Jing shook his head and couldn't help but think of Baron's occasional remarks that hunters are now not pure.

   He doesn't think there is anything, it's human nature, and with the reduction of external pressure, people's hearts will become complicated.

   It’s just that as this concept slowly spreads to the whole society, there may be fewer and fewer orthodox monster hunters who can uphold the tradition of honoring alien hunters and take on the responsibility of fighting alien beasts…

  'That's why Balon often talks about the glory of the alien beast hunter in the past three months and instills it in me... just worried that I am not a monster hunter? ' Zhou Jing thought to himself.

   He understands Baron's concerns, but the [life goals] of this astral apostle are basically related to alien hunters.

   In order to collect the number of information-state particles required for customs clearance as soon as possible, I not only have to be a hunter, but also have to do some achievements in this industry.

   (end of this chapter)