Slime Immortal.

Chapter 37 Civil Engineering Bible
"Have you heard? 'Miracle' Arno is back again."

"He also brought back rare goods from the depths of the swamp. His team made a killing!"

"So what are you waiting for? Take advantage of the Gray-Scaled Lizardmen's retreat and make a quick buck!"

Similar conversations erupted in every corner of the Adventurer's Guild.

In the noisy hall, human adventurers gathered in groups of three or five, discussing rumors with saliva flying. A few dwarves spoke loudly, drowning out the surrounding noise. In the corner, a half-elf ranger quietly wiped his short bow, but his ears moved slightly, obviously also catching information.

At this moment, the heavy oak door was pushed open with a creaky sound.

All the noise suddenly quieted down. A dusty figure stood in the backlight at the door, with swamp mud still stained on his leather armor. It was the center of the topic - Arno.

He ignored the dozens of gazes that were instantly focused on him, walked steadily through the crowd that automatically parted, and went straight to the task counter.

"Snapped!"

A leather bag emitting a faint fluorescent light and a strange fishy smell was thrown on the counter.

"The swamp specialties that the Alchemy Association wants are all here." His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard throughout the hall.

The clerk behind the counter was stunned for a moment, opened the bag and took a closer look, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Good...good of you, Arno. You are really Moonlight Moss."

He deftly counted out a small bag of heavy gold coins and pushed it in front of Arno.

Arno weighed his purse, a hearty smile playing on his lips. He turned around, facing the breathless adventurers in the hall, raised the bag of gold coins high, and said loudly, "Everyone, thank you for your hard work! Tonight at the Old Oak Tavern, there's plenty of drinks, it's my treat!"

After he finished speaking, the scene fell into dead silence.

Immediately afterwards——

Like a suppressed volcano erupting, the deafening cheers almost blew the roof off!

The adventurers who were just planning to go to the swamp to make a fortune, now looked at Arno with not only envy, but also a burning desire that was completely ignited!
Gan!
We must let those gray-scale bastards see how powerful we adventurers are!

Arno stood there, his smile unchanged.

All this was part of the boss's plan.

He didn't know why the boss wanted to deal with those gray-scale bastards, but it was obvious that the temptation of getting rich overnight was not something these adventurers who dreamed of getting rich all day could resist.

Before he brought back the wealth from the depths of the swamp, the swamp forest on the other side of the Reed River had always been a symbol of danger and barrenness in the eyes of adventurers. Only merchants and adventurers hired to escort caravans would go to the other side to do business.

But now the situation has changed. The swamp forest has become a treasure land in the eyes of adventurers, and those gray-scale bastards that once frightened him are about to usher in a group of fanatical human adventurers.

No matter how sharp the claws or how thick the scales, they cannot stop human greed.

Arno tossed the purse in his hand, turned around and left in a leisurely manner.

"Boss, my mission is accomplished."

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"This piece of moon moss is planted under that tree."

"Wrong, it's not this tree, it's another tree that doesn't have poison frogs."

"Yes, this is it."

"Don't plant too much in one place. Use a little bit to entice adventurers to explore the swamp."

Chen Yu jumped around in the forest and swamp, directing the swarm of bees to "decorate" the periphery of the swamp.

This swamp is about to welcome the second wave of adventurers from the kingdom, so it naturally needs to be decorated more richly to leave a good impression in their eyes.

As for those gray-scale lizardmen?
They had long been frightened by the fanatical adventurers and migrated south to seek help from the gnolls.

How could a bunch of guys who can abandon their beliefs possibly be loyal to the land? Seeing that the exterior decoration work was proceeding in an orderly manner, Chen Yu, who had nothing to do, began to patrol his swamp territory, lest he be unaware of the jackals and hyenas from the southern forest invading his territory.

After these days of exploration, he has figured out the extent of his swamp territory.

With the Oak Territory as the center, continue westward into the swamp, which is the territory of the corrupted crocodiles. Each of these crocodiles is a bronze-level monster.

These swamp puppies didn't run fast, but they took up space and blocked his way.

Going north, in the coniferous swamp forest, the hunting ground of the lizardmen of the Rotten Moss Tribe, the trees are sparser and straighter. There live the giant bear tribe, who are burly and strong, and can probably slap a slime with one blow.

Going south, you will enter a deadly swamp that exudes an ominous atmosphere all year round. Jackals and hyenas roam on the edge of life and death, living on gnawed carrion and occasionally hunting unlucky monsters that break in.

That is the territory of the gnolls, and now there are also corrupted lizardmen temporarily living there.

So, Chen Yu found himself trapped in the center of the swamp.

In order to defend his position as the overlord of the swamp and protect the peace and stability of the swamp, he decided to seek help from forces from outside the world.

While it was still early, he returned to the Oak Territory and began a day of talisman drawing practice.

Press the prepared leaves under a stone, then take out the poisonous thorns to make a talisman pen, and use it with the improved magic ink, and you can barely gather the pen, ink, paper and inkstone needed to draw talismans.

The conditions were a bit rough, but you couldn't ask for more in the swamp.

When Arno left, he promised to find magic paper for him, but he didn't know if it could replace the leaves as talisman paper.

But the magic ink he brought really works.

He only needs to fill the gravel crystal with spiritual power, grind it into powder, add it to the magic ink and stir it, and he can get the spiritual ink he wants.

In his opinion, this magic ink is more like a carrier of mysterious power, sticky and silky, locking the magic power tightly like a net.

After adding gravel crystals, the magic power inside can be replaced.

To put it in a more vivid way, it is like replacing the prisoner in the prison from a wizard to a monk.

It can also play its due role.

Chen Yu clamped the stinger with gel, dipped it in some ink, and tremblingly drew the Taoist pattern of the rock talisman on the leaves.

Needless to say, his attempt failed.

His half-baked talisman-drawing skills were obviously not enough to handle such a difficult talisman-drawing environment.

So after failing more than a dozen times in a row, he didn't dare to waste the precious leaf talisman paper and spiritual ink, and immersed his consciousness back in Xu Xuantian to continue practicing talismans.

It was not until noon that a pop-up panel prompt brought Chen Yu, who was immersed in practice, back to reality.

[Talisman Drawing Level 1 → Talisman Drawing Level 2]

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Race: Hallucinogenic Slime
Level: Black Iron Lv.3 [EXP: 16/30]
Cultivation: Qi Training Level 4 [Spiritual Power: 0/40]
Health Status: Healthy [HP: 115/115]
Racial Talent: Devouring and Digesting Lv.3
Other talents: Acid Secretion Lv.3, Toxin Resistance Lv.3, Tough Shell Lv.3, Hallucinogenic Factor Lv.2
Skills: Opening Yuanbao Scroll Lv.5, Controlling Objects Lv.3, Archery Lv.3, Sound Transmission Lv.3, Talisman Drawing Lv.2
Prestige Title: Slime Warrior (Fledgling Slime)
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"According to the time, the sect library should be open."

Chen Yu cleaned up the table, walked out of the thatched hut, and headed towards the Chongshan Hall of the sect.

His Qi training has reached the fourth level.

Most of the talents and skills have been upgraded, including the "Kaiyuan Baojuan" which has been upgraded to Lv.5. There is no room for improvement, so it is time to obtain the sect's advanced skills.

A civil engineering bible that he had been eyeing for a long time.

(End of this chapter)