When talking about the issue that hunters of exotic beasts are not as pure as in the past, Balon sighed, obviously disgusted by this situation.

Zhou Jing suddenly rolled his eyes, "Speaking of which, is it necessary for the lord to recruit warriors of different blood? If he wants them to be his bodyguards, who are he guarding against?"

"Who knows." Balon scratched his head, and then his face became serious: "Don't even think about accepting the lord's recruitment. If you are bribed for a little money, I will look down on you."

"That won't happen."

Zhou Jing waved his hand and analyzed it secretly in his mind.

When a lord recruits extraordinary people as bodyguards, he will definitely not spend money collecting stamps.

It seems that there are only a few reasons, fearing exotic beast hunters, fearing other lords, guarding against someone taking risks to assassinate, strengthening one's own armed forces, etc...

He was quite suspicious that one of the lords had recruited different-blood warriors first. The other lords took a look, and they recruited an extraordinary person. What do you mean, do you want to mess with us?

So all the lords followed suit, recruited different-blood warriors, and started an "arms race", and it just started!

'Well, although the world environment is united, in the forty years since the founding of Terra, there should be signs of internal strife.'

Zhou Jing secretly speculated.

He inquired about the fact that the lords of the Terra Empire generally only have jurisdiction over a town and surrounding villages, but the sources of lords are divided into two types... If the town was rebuilt from a tribal settlement, then the lord is most likely a member of the tribe.

Blood relatives of the tribe; if the town was newly built after the establishment of the empire, then the lord was probably an appointed imperial official.

There were shadows of enfeoffment and counties. When he first learned about it, he thought it was a bit strange, but now that he thought about it, there seemed to be some kind of game involved.

When the Terra Empire was first established, it was in the form of an alliance of various tribes, not a unified one. Therefore, the tribal forces still remained within the empire and became regions with certain autonomy, only obeying the orders of the "royal family".

The lord of White Plains City, Root Crow, was a blood relative of the tribe, and the predecessor of White Plains City was also a tribe's settlement. To a certain extent, this city and surrounding villages first belonged to Root's tribe.

Then there are the imperial cities.

Zhou Jing has also figured out the meaning of tribal blood relatives in these days.

In the past, human beings multiplied in the form of tribes. During the long development, some tribesmen spread out and formed large families within the tribe, so they took surnames and passed them on to make it easier for each other to identify each other. This is the origin of blood relatives of the tribe.

Each surname represents a large family in a certain tribe. It has a large number of people and generally has a higher status in the tribe, which is equivalent to a faction branch in the tribe. However, in the wilderness era, because of the difficulty of survival, everyone focused on staying together to keep warm.

, there is not much difference between tribal blood relatives and other tribe members.

However, after the founding of Terra, the major tribes formed an alliance and merged into the country, and the living environment gradually stabilized. Some tribal blood relatives began to be active in various fields such as politics, business, and military.

With the advantages of having a large number of family members, support from connections, and mastering tribal resources, they gradually accumulated power and wealth, gradually distinguishing themselves from ordinary people... In Zhou Jing's view, this was the early origin stage of the nobility in this world.

Balon doesn't care much about politics and only knows a little bit about it, but based on the analysis of the known situation, Zhou Jing feels that these tribal blood relatives who have gradually formed aristocratic interest groups will most likely be one of the governance problems faced by the Terra Empire.

‘So this mixed lordship system with enfeoffments and counties is probably a deliberate countermeasure by the rulers of the Terra Empire...’ Zhou Jing wondered in his mind.

Although alien beasts are the main threat to humans in this world, and the general environment is consistent with the outside world... But he does not believe that after multiple tribes establish a country, there will be no internal strife. This is not consistent with the laws of history.

"Don't think about these things for now..." Zhou Jing shook his head. He was just used to analyzing and felt that these things were a bit far away from him. Now he just wanted to obtain extraordinary power.

…

The town was quite lively. The three of them turned around a few streets and soon came to a building. There was a wooden sign with an animal head hanging on the door, and there were two guards beside the door.

This is the hunter's workshop in White Plains City.

Compared with other lively streets, this place is much deserted, and ordinary residents in the city generally do not come here.

At this moment, a cart was parked in front of the hunter's workshop, with the body of a giant silver-gray wolf tied to the cart. An exotic beast hunter carrying a spear was bargaining with a workshop employee.

When he noticed Zhou Jing and the others approaching, the exotic beast hunter subconsciously turned his head and took a look, then suddenly smiled and raised his hand to say hello.

"Hey, Baron, we meet again."

"Haha, it's you, Weiss."

Baron laughed, the two of them were obviously familiar with each other.

Walking to the cart, Baron looked at the giant wolf's body and said:

"Have you harvested anything again? Crescent wolf... a good prey."

The exotic beast hunter known as Weiss laughed when he heard this: "I'm lucky, this monster wanted to kill me, but I ducked over and shot it in the balls, so I easily captured it."

With that said, Weiss glanced at Zhou Jing again and asked curiously: "Who is this? Is he the new beast hunter from White Plains City?"

Baron shook his head: "His name is Jason Wood. He is a genius I met. He has been training with me in the past few months. I am going to the city this time to take him to strengthen with different blood."

"genius?"

Weiss was very interested and looked at Zhou Jing.

"I..." Zhou Jing opened his mouth to say hello.

However, suddenly, Weiss in front of him dwarfed and disappeared from sight.

The next moment, Zhou Jing felt that a pair of muscular arms wrapped around his waist and abdomen from behind, and a strong force erupted, trying to uproot him and throw him out.

Want to give me a kick? Is this how hunters greet each other?

Almost subconsciously, Zhou Jing immediately pressed down the arm around his waist with both hands, then diverged his legs and got into a horse stance. One of his legs pinned Weiss's foot behind him to prevent him from being lifted up.

The two suddenly fell into a wrestling position.

Weiss couldn't help but laugh: "Oh boy, do you have the courage to compete with me, a serious hunter of exotic beasts, you..."

Halfway through his words, his expression suddenly changed.

He suddenly realized that with his strength, he could not move Zhou Jing.

Although I am not in the direction of strength enhancement, my strength is at an extraordinary level. How could I not be able to suppress even an ordinary person?!

Zhou Jing held Weiss's arm tightly and slowly but steadily opened it from his waist and abdomen.

As soon as he broke free from the hug, he suddenly let go, his body exploded and he pushed back, hitting Weiss's chest hard with his shoulder.

Bang!

The thick muscles collided, making a muffled sound.

Weiss stepped back several steps before standing still, bared his teeth, and looked at Zhou Jing in surprise.

Balon had been watching without stopping, and only now did he gloat and laugh:

"What's going on, Weiss? You're exhausted. Even if Jason doesn't have the blood to strengthen him, you may not be as strong as him."

"...What's going on with this guy?"

Weiss rubbed her chest and sounded surprised.

He originally wanted to try the physical fitness that Baron called a "genius". It would be best to knock him down, then shake his head and educate him, and say some encouragement like "the future is yours", but he didn't expect this to happen.

result.

An ordinary person is almost stronger than him, which is outrageous!

If a person with such extraordinary talent is strengthened by different blood, wouldn't he be able to catch up with the twice-enhanced combat effectiveness?

Weiss's scalp was a little numb, and then he understood what Baron meant by "genius".

At this time, Zhou Jing waved his hand and stared at Weiss: "The way you say hello is quite unique."

He didn't mind that much. Most of the exotic beast hunters were martial artists. Although it was a bit strange for him, an interstellar citizen, to test them as soon as they met, but in the relatively primitive hunter culture of this world, it might be a common situation.

In the past few months, Zhou Jing has learned to do as the Romans do, and try not to use the concepts of the interstellar era to evaluate their behavior.

Weiss rubbed his chest muscles and grinned: "Haha, don't mind, I just want to see how strong you are and whether you can withstand the enhancement of the alien blood... It seems that you must be fine, you almost flattened my chest muscles

Already."

After saying that, he paused, pushed his thumb on his chest, and said cheerfully:

"I'm Weiss, an old friend of Balon's. I've also been active around White Plains City for a long time. Maybe we can hunt side by side in the future."

"Maybe."

Zhou Jing nodded.

Baron raised his chin: "We will stay in the city these days. See you at the Hunter Tavern then."

"Okay, then you can do your business, I will continue to sell my prey."

Weiss nodded and turned back to continue bargaining with the workshop staff.

"Let's go in."

Baron patted Zhou Jing and walked towards the hunter's workshop.

…

The two entered the workshop and entered a hall. Specimens of exotic beasts were hung on the walls, and pieces of equipment made of different exotic beast materials were placed on the shelves.

The responsibility of the hunter workshop is to process the prey submitted by the exotic beast hunters, create exotic blood potions, make various equipment, and then provide them to the exotic beast hunters.

According to the laws of the Terra Empire, each town must have a hunter workshop. The central empire will allocate funds, but the lord is also responsible for maintaining it and is responsible for part of the funds.

The empire's most important support for the workshop is actually the provision of technicians.

Because not every town can recruit qualified alien-blood pharmacists and craftsmen, the important technical personnel in each workshop are trained by the empire or transferred from large tribe craftsmen, and assigned by air... In other words, the level is guaranteed to a certain extent.

When someone came to the door, the workshop staff behind the counter immediately came up and greeted him with a smile:

"Two hunters, do you need anything?"

Balon nodded: "I am Balon from Frostwood Village. I have submitted prey here many times. There are my records here. I plan to change the blood potion."

Upon hearing this, the workshop staff asked the two to wait for a moment and went to the back room to report.

After a while, a thin man walked out, wearing a fine robe, and seemed to be of extraordinary status.

"Baron, I see you again. I can't even remember the last time you visited." As soon as the thin man saw Baron, he opened his arms and made a welcoming gesture with a smile in his tone.

"I was injured some time ago and am recuperating."

Baron explained, and then introduced to Zhou Jing in a low voice, saying that the person in front of him was the person in charge of the White Plains City workshop.

"So that's it." The person in charge of the workshop nodded, and then changed the topic: "You said you wanted a new alien blood potion. Are you finally ready to try the second enhancement?"

"It's not me, I'm strengthening him." Balon pointed at Zhou Jing.

The person in charge of the workshop looked at Zhou Jing and said curiously:

"Who is this?"

"Jason Wood..." Zhou Jing had no choice but to introduce himself again.

The person in charge of the workshop looked at Zhou Jing with curiosity, but said nothing. After briefly introducing himself, he agreed to Baron's request.

"Baron, you have seven records in the workshop. You can get the potion whenever you want. Come with me. I will take you to the inventory to see which potion you want to choose."

After speaking, the person in charge of the workshop made an invitation gesture and led a group of people to the workshop's warehouse.

After walking through the winding corridor, several people came to a warehouse filled with boxes.

The person in charge of the workshop picked up a thick notepad from the shelf at the entrance, turned to one page, and handed it to Baron and Zhou Jing.

"We now have eleven different blood potions in our inventory. The materials used and possible strengthening directions are all written on them. Take a look at which one you want."

The exotic blood potion that can be exchanged mainly depends on what is in stock in the hunter's workshop. Of course, if you don't like it, you can make an appointment and wait until the workshop has it in stock before coming to pick it up.

Or, more directly, hunt down the exotic beast of your choice and bring it over for the workshop to process.

Zhou Jing glanced at the list.

Ironclad beast potion, flipback potion, kiwi potion...

In addition to physical exercise these days, he also learned some knowledge about exotic beasts from Baron, and now he could recognize the names of most of them.

"How is the quality of this batch?" Barron asked casually while looking through it.

The person in charge of the workshop: "Three are new creations, seven are the work of a skilled pharmacist, and one is the work of a certain pharmacist who performed exceptionally well and is of high quality."

"Then we are lucky." Baron laughed and turned to look at Zhou Jing: "Take a look and see if that high-quality alien blood potion is the direction you want to strengthen. If there is no problem, choose it.

.”

These days, Zhou Jing has heard from Baron about the mechanism of alien blood enhancement. Choosing the first alien blood potion is very important, as it almost determines the future enhancement route.

The first potion used by Balon mainly strengthens strength and defense. He is good at head-on confrontation and is a MT material.

In addition, the better the quality of the potion, the less likely it is to inherit the weaknesses of alien beasts.

Zhou Jing took a look at the ingredients of this high-quality potion.

Lightning Strike Potion.

This is an alien beast that is known for its speed and explosiveness, as well as the special ability to discharge electricity. It belongs to the ranks of high-risk alien beasts. Its enhancements include agility, reaction, explosive power, and a certain resistance to electric shock.

‘A route with high agility and high explosiveness... looks good.’

Zhou Jing was a little moved.

Rather than simply being strong, it may be more useful to be agile and fast in battle.

but……

Zhou Jing pondered for a few seconds and suddenly spoke:

"Baron, this request may be a bit sudden, but...can I get two potions? Just think of it as borrowing it from you."

Baron was stunned for a moment.

"You want two different blood potions? What are you bringing them for?"

It's useless if you take too much of this thing, you can only use one... Could it be that you want to strengthen it twice in a row? Isn't that seeking death?

Even if you are extremely talented, you can’t do anything about it!

Seeing the "Are you kidding me" expression on Balon's face, Zhou Jing knew that the other party would have misunderstood, and immediately waved his hand and explained:

"I don't plan to strengthen continuously, I just want to have one more choice... If you are willing to help me change a potion, I already owe you a favor. This second potion, I definitely can't use it in vain, treat it as a loan from me.

"

He did take a fancy to the Thunder Strike Leopard Potion, but he had no intention of using it directly.

The dangers of the alien blood potion were still unclear, so he decided to get an extra alien blood potion to satisfy Rose's wishes and give this loyal follower the coveted opportunity to test the drug and contribute to the organization.

I would stand by and see how it works and how it behaves after taking the medicine, so that I can have an idea.

Although "Jason Wood" can still inherit his abilities even if he dies, it takes a lot of effort to use the new vest to reconnect with Baron and get him to the point where he is willing to exchange potions for him, so Zhou

Jing felt that it was better to be careful when facing the alien blood enhancement for the first time.

Balon touched his bald head, but still didn't quite understand Zhou Jing's reasons.

What's the point of having one more choice, since you won't be using the best potion in the end anyway?

However, he did not delve into the fact that this has become his habit towards Zhou Jing since his worldview was overturned by Zhou Jing.

"Okay, just treat it like you're borrowing it... I still don't quite understand what you mean, but as long as you don't use potions continuously, it'll be fine." Baron agreed.

In fact, he didn't care. On the contrary, he had accumulated quite a lot of records, and he didn't plan to strengthen it twice, so it was no problem to give Zhou Jing another one.

Besides, they said it was a loan and would be paid back later, so Balon had no problem with it.

Zhou Jing was not sure whether Baron would agree, so he felt relieved when he saw that he didn't refuse.

He took another look at the list and then said: "Then give me the Thunder Strike Leopard Potion, and... the Black Hand Fox Potion."

The enhancement direction of most alien blood potions is on qualities such as strength, endurance, and agility, but the black-hand fox is an alien beast that is good at hiding and sneaking, so the enhancement direction is special.

The person in charge of the workshop quickly pulled out two wooden boxes from the warehouse and opened them for display.

Each box contains a bottle of bright red potion, with the potion name marked on the bottle.

"These are the two bottles of strange blood potion you want." The person in charge of the workshop handed the box to Zhou Jing and asked, "Would you like to strengthen it now? We can provide a room."

"No, I'll go back and prepare."

Zhou Jing shook his head.

To use the alien blood potion, you only need to drink it. There are no other steps, so there is not much difference between using it in private and using it here... Both are considered no problem and do not need to be rescued. If there is a problem, it cannot be cured.

Go back to Ross to test the medicine, so there is no need to let Baron know about it for the time being.

The person in charge of the workshop smiled and said: "Okay, then I look forward to seeing you again...of course you have become a hunter of exotic beasts."

"Thank you." Zhou Jing nodded.

He lowered his head and glanced at the alien blood potion in the box, his heart pounding.

The "key" is already in your hand.

Next, let’s try to see if we can use this “key” to open the door to the extraordinary world.

…

It was already afternoon after changing the potion. The two left the workshop and found a hotel in the city.

Baron paid the rent for three days and looked back at Zhou Jing:

"You should rest first. I'm going out to meet some friends. You'd better wait until I come back before using the potion. That way I can keep an eye on you so that no one disturbs you."

"Okay, I also need some time to think about it and adjust my state."

Zhou Jing nodded and said it seriously.

After watching Baron leave, Zhou Jing took Ross back to his room, refused the special service suggested by the hotel maid, and closed the door.

For a moment, there were only two people left in the room.

Zhou Jing confirmed that the doors and windows were closed, then took out the Black Hand Fox Potion, handed it to Ross, and said seriously:

"Brother, now is your time to contribute to the organization."

Ross glanced at Zhou Jing, then looked down at the potion in his hand, but made no move.

If you don’t object, you agree!

Zhou Jing pressed Rose's shoulders hard and said solemnly:

"Good boy, I'm bored now."

Ross nodded silently, uncorked the bottle, raised his head, and drank the Black Hand Fox potion in one gulp.

Zhou Jing stood beside him intently, waiting for the next reaction.

However, after waiting for more than ten minutes, Ross was still standing straight on the spot, and nothing happened.

Zhou Jing:(_)

Ross:(o_O)

The two of them stared at each other, Ross's eyes were quite innocent.

No response? Is the potion expired or the follower has a special constitution?

Zhou Jing scratched his head.

Just when he was about to check if something was wrong

Click, click, click

A dense skeletal sound came from Rose.

Black blood vessels protruded rapidly on his face, twisting like a small snake, and his body twitched from time to time, as if it was an unconscious neurological reflex.

However, Ross remained expressionless and kept staring at Zhou Jing.

If he hadn't known the details, Zhou Jing would have thought he was a cold-blooded killer with no sense of pain or emotion.

"It seems that it takes a certain amount of metabolism time for the potion to take effect! The big one is coming!"

Zhou Jing suddenly became energetic.

He quickly adopted a research mentality and carefully observed Rose's physical changes.

Over the past three months, I have grown rapidly, but Rose's attributes have not increased at all. They are the same as at the beginning, completely at the level of ordinary people.

The stronger the body, the higher the success rate of using alien blood potions. While ordinary people have no chance of using alien blood enhancement, the success rate is very slim.

However, if Ross's qualifications naturally develop, will it take until the end of the year?

Therefore, extraordinary items like the blood potion are useless if you don’t use them!

Zhou Jing asked Ross to be the first to undergo the alien blood enhancement. In addition to testing the medicine, he also asked Ross to take a gamble.

Anyway, every Astral Apostle has a chance to resurrect his followers for free. If Ross burps because of this, he can bring him back once.

And if it succeeds, wouldn’t it be a bloody gain?

If you win, you will gain a powerful follower, but if you fail, you will still have the original stupidity.

With such an opportunity for trial and error, if you don’t bet now, you’ll wait until later!

…

Time passed by, and the dim sky outside the window was gradually replaced by night.

The bulging blood vessels on Rose's face gradually calmed down, and his body stopped twitching.

During this process, the muscles on his body became slightly larger, but they were not too swollen and would not be easily noticeable if you did not look carefully.

Zhou Jing poked Rose's chest muscles. Unlike the dry feel before, they were now full of elasticity.

"Is this a success?"

Rose's eyes were still following Zhou Jing, and he nodded in an unnoticeable manner.

Zhou Jing was pleasantly surprised and opened the attribute panel of the follower and took a look.

[[Ross (Elementary)] obtains the extraordinary power system [Different Blood Warrior]!]

[[Different Blood Warrior]: One Strengthening (Black Hand Fox)]

[Effect: Physical +9, Resistance +7, Perception +5]

[Current attributes: physical strength 14, resistance 12, perception 10, spirit 5, energy 0]
Chapter completed!