After running hundreds of miles, he found a gathering place for survivors, which made Xu Zhi feel very lucky.
If he was wandering around in the air, it would probably be difficult to find such a small fortress.
Fly fast and have a wide field of vision.
But high-altitude flying also inevitably leads to oversights.
Focusing on flight control, it is difficult to have the energy to do careful detection everywhere.
Unless they discover a large settlement, or are on their way to a specific goal, if they want to discover something or find something, cultivators still have to rely on running quickly to search.
There is obviously a difference between a census and a detailed survey.
Xu Zhi was very satisfied with the results of this detailed investigation.
In the early days of entering the ruins, there is nothing better than finding a gathering place.
Relying on the panel's half-empty listening and translation skills, coupled with his ability to actively communicate mentally, Xu Zhi can quickly figure out the general situation in the ruins as long as he can find intelligent creatures.
"rise"
For great cultivators, the height of the fortress's stone walls will not play any role.
With a slight leap, he climbed in from the tower on the top, and Xu Zhi began to walk in this small fortress.
The fortress is very old, but it is very well preserved and many places are spotless.
This is a castle owner who pays great attention to the quality of life and keeps the place where he lives in order.
When walking through the tower, Xu Zhi could still see private houses, foundry shops, blacksmith shops and other buildings scattered under the fortress.
"The level of this ruins is too high, so be careful."
"Don't worry, it's not that easy to hit...Okay."
Gu Yuxi's secret reminder sounded in his ears. Xu Zhi was just about to say that there was not such a high chance of meeting the boss, not to mention that the creature that the ruins were difficult to deal with was a dragon.
Thinking of the voyeuristic feeling from high in the sky, he abruptly took back his words.
Dragons are too large in size and lack wisdom accordingly, making it difficult to practice magic and use star axes.
There must be other intelligent creatures in this ruins, as well as top-notch strength, so be careful.
"It's been a long time since a human came to my place. Strangers, do you need some help?"
Avoiding the direction of the fire, Xu Zhi stepped in. At this time, he also heard the sound in the fortress.
"I hope you won't be offended if I come here uninvited."
The hand on the door was gently retracted, and Xu Zhi finally used his mental tentacles to start communicating.
Gu Yuxi was right, the level of this ruins was too high, and he had underestimated the creatures in the ruins.
The high level of Grandmaster level combat power gave him too much confidence, and his past experience with ruins also gave him too much confidence.
When the two are superimposed, blindness and contempt will ensue.
When he noticed the other party's presence, the other party probably also noticed him and spoke in advance.
After concentrating for a while, Xu Zhi began to become cautious.
"Please come in."
When he heard the sound from inside the door, he pushed open the thick wooden door and stepped into the hall of the fortress.
The firelight seen in the distance in the wind and snow comes from the front.
Not far away from the two of them, the back of a stooped old man kept adding wood blocks to the fireplace.
The sound of crackling flames came, adding a touch of warmth to the howling cold wind.
"Do you have money?"
When the old man's body turned around, Xu Zhi's heart tightened and he stood in front of Gu Yuxi, and his inner energy burst out of his body.
The other person had a haggard appearance and a dark complexion, like an old man in his waning years.
But the old man's eyes were shining with an extremely pure white light. This was because the magic power was so overflowing that his body could not bear it, and then turned into a strange light in his eyes.
Somla was in this state when she recovered her body in the ice and snow cave.
Xu Zhi swallowed his saliva slightly. He was not sure whether the old man had the same fighting power as Somra, who could make even the great master suffer.
But it’s obviously never wrong to be careful.
When outside cultivators fight against magic professionals within the ruins, they can only stand a chance with a critical hit, otherwise they will be tortured to death by long-range magic.
But Xu Zhi still has a little more ability.
When the old man was asking questions, he muttered something in his mouth, and shot an 'anti-demon' shot on Gu Yuxi's body.
"Are you rich?" the old man continued to ask. He seemed indifferent to Xu Zhi's little gesture.
"How much do you want?"
Possessing the 'anti-demon' calmly, Xu Zhi began to reply, appearing unhurried. As long as the 'anti-demon' that restrains the magic of the mage is with him, the balance of the battle can be tilted by half.
"No matter how much you spend, how much you do, the more money you give, the more I can improve you, and even do the work directly to the end."
"Promote us?" Xu Zhi asked doubtfully.
"When you come to the mountain fortress, you must be prepared to spend money, otherwise we will not be able to help you."
"What improvement can you give us?"
Things took a strange direction. Although the old man was extremely powerful, he did not show any hostility.
Of course, he wants money.
This is no different from those at the Zhan Zhan University or the Veterans Union who only care about money.
"Growing talents through induction is the ability of our members of the Mountain Fortress. We can teach regardless of race or creature."
"As long as you have money, we will not treat you differently because of your good or evil, religion, belief, or country."
"As long as you have money, you will get the best treatment here."
“Our Alpine Fortress members are here to serve you.”
…
The old man murmured that this seemed to be an organization called Mountain Fortress in the ruins.
Of course, there are very few people.
Only the old man is seen so far.
The purpose of the organization's existence is to make money.
As long as there is money, the other party can improve the ability of the person who pays the money.
"As long as you have money?"
Xu Zhi asked for confirmation.
"Everything is based on the principle of fairness. As long as you have money, I can improve your strength and even let your talents finally take shape."
"That's quite interesting."
There are many cases where it can help talent take shape.
For example, Sandro is good at this kind of soul stimulation, but he likes to play small tricks, and most people don't dare to be boosted by him.
He activated the blood-sucking talent of King of Kings, which is still very useful so far, and even beats his original range-wide synchronized slowdown talent.
But Xu Zhi was afraid that the old man was a liar, not only defrauding money, but also defrauding people.
"Your worries are unnecessary. No one in the world knows our reputation. How many people were willing to travel thousands of miles just to see our mountain fortress organization. If there hadn't been no business, I wouldn't have said so much."
"Can you read people's hearts?"
"Your expression is too obvious."
It seemed that he hadn't communicated with anyone for too long. The old man's expressionless face started to show some movement on his face.
What he showed at this time was extremely contemptuous.
He obviously despised Xu Zhi's too cautious mentality.
"Actually, we don't need any talent to develop. We just came here to ask for directions," Xu Zhi said, spreading his hands.
"money."
"for you."
"Go to the toilet over there, the weapons store over there, and eat in the living room. Turn left when you go out."
The effect of asking for directions with ten gold coins is too poor.
This guy is indeed an old liar.
He can also find these places in the fortress.
"You have made a lot of money. After deducting the sacrifice losses, you can't even exchange for 0.1 gold coins. Normally, 10 ordinary gold coins can be exchanged for a single word from me."
The old man seemed very disgusted when collecting the money, but he still explained it.
"Could you be talking about void gold coins?" Xu Zhi asked doubtfully.
"It turns out that you strangers also know about void gold coins."
When Xu Zhi discovered some information, the old man's casual reminder proved that the other party already knew where they were coming from.