This MC is so original

"Even Gui Zhong can't make such a magical armor."

"What are you talking about, Zhongli? Come on, we should go in and take a look!"

Hu Tao walked up to Zhongli and pulled him towards the Piglin Fortress with an impatient look on her face.

"Master, there's no need to pull me. I can walk on my own."

"I wish you two a pleasant visit~"

Lu Xiu stood behind and watched the two of them walk into the Piglin Fortress with a smile on his face. He began to look forward to the expressions of the two of them when they found that they couldn't take off their gold equipment.

But for now, let’s prioritize trading with the piglins.

Lu Xiu dug down one block away from the big pit, and then chiseled a small hole at the edge of the pit, so that he could absorb the drops from the piglins' trade.

An unknown amount of time had passed. Lu Xiu had collected 24 ender pearls and a set of obsidian enough to build a portal in his backpack before he vaguely heard the sounds of Hu Tao and Zhongli returning from the Piglin Fortress.

"Hey, I thought the fortress built by the creatures from another world was so magnificent, but it turned out to be just like this... There are even some dead ends. It feels like a camp built by the Hilichurls."

"Master, you can't say that. Every creature builds a house based on its environment. This place is surrounded by magma. It's wrong to use the common sense of Teyvat to understand the fortress they built."

"Alright, alright, Master, please stop reading!"

When Hu Tao heard Zhongli's incessant speech, she was overwhelmed. She covered her ears and walked back to the big pit. Only then did she realize that Lu Xiu was gone.

"Hmm? Where's Lu Xiu?"

"I'm here."

Lu Xiu poked his head out of a small hole next to the big pit and greeted them.

Zhongli and Hu Tao looked at each other in confusion and walked over together. Hu Tao bent down curiously to look at the small pit where Lu Xiu was, and didn't understand why he buried himself.

"Lu Xiu, what are you doing here?"

"When trading with piglins, I can't be so generous as to give them gold ingots for free, right? If they eat my gold ingots and don't spit out what I need, I'll skin them alive!"

"Oh? These piglins actually know how to trade?"

Hearing that the piglins were trading, Zhongli's eyes lit up: "Mr. Lu Xiu, what do they sell?"

"It's hard to say. They always throw away some random stuff. What you can buy depends entirely on luck. Honestly, I really want to kill them all. I give them gold ingots, but they only give me some random garbage!"

When Lu Xiu thought about all the messy things he had gotten from trading with the pig spirits in the past, he felt so angry that his teeth itched.

"Is it all about luck..."

This made Zhongli, who always valued equal trade, a little disappointed, but since it was a rare trip to this different world, it would be nice to bring some local specialties back.

So, Zhongli wanted to take out Mora to trade with these pig spirits, but he found nothing on his waist. Then he remembered that he had drunk some tea at noon and gave some tips to Mr. Yun, so he had no money left.

Thinking of this, even Zhongli couldn't help blushing. He coughed lightly and looked at Hu Tao beside him.

Hu Tao felt a little cold under his stare, rubbed his arms and took a half step back.

"Zhongli, why are you looking at me?"

"Master, do you have your wallet?"

PS Just woke up, this is the first update

Chapter 53 This damn binding curse!

Zhongli took Hu Tao's wallet, took out all the Mora inside and threw it into the big pit, looking at the pig spirits with a little anticipation.

However, it is counterproductive.

The piglins just glanced at Mora who was thrown on the ground, and immediately withdrew their gaze, continuing to stare intently at the gold ingots in their hands, as if what they were holding was not a gold ingot but a beauty.

"Um...this..."

Zhongli looked at Lu Xiu in confusion. Lu Xiu explained, "Piglins only like gold ingots. Throwing Mora is useless to them. They don't know what Mora is."

"OK then."

Zhongli sighed helplessly. He had originally planned to bring back some local specialties and visit old friends he had met in the past, but he didn't expect this idea to fall through.

"Oh my Mora!!!"

Walnut cried out in pain and lay on the edge of the pit, looking at Mora who had fallen to the ground with a heartbroken look on her face. However, as soon as she emerged from the pit, the piglins in the pit looked at her with vigilance, as if they were worried that she would snatch the gold ingots from them.

"Uh, take your time and read it."

Hu Tao was speechless. She didn't expect these pig spirits to be so narrow-minded. She just took a look.

After waiting for a while, Lu Xiu finally collected everything he needed, came out of the small cave, and greeted Zhongli and Hu Tao.

"I'm done here, do you still want to stay here?"

Both of them shook their heads. The scenery here was not only unsightly but even a bit awful. Naturally, they didn't want to stay here.

"Then let's go to the next place and quickly collect everything. I also want to leave this damn netherworld."

"Then can we take off this gold equipment? It's quite useful, but it's so ugly."

Hu Tao tugged at the golden breastplate on her body with a look of disgust. Wearing such a golden breastplate was like wrapping herself in several cotton-padded jackets, making her look fat.

Seeing Hu Tao wanting to take off his armor, Lu Xiu pretended to persuade her earnestly, "What's more important, looking good or keeping safe? If I were you, I wouldn't take it off even when I sleep."

Walnut waved her hand nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I'm still pretty strong!"

"It's up to you then."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Hu Tao, Lu Xiu stopped trying to persuade her. Instead, he stood aside with his arms crossed, pretending to watch the show.

Zhongli noticed Lu Xiu's strange behavior, frowned and tried to take off the golden leggings, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't take them off normally.

Before he could ask Lu Xiu a question, Hu Tao beside him exclaimed first.

"Eh? Why can't I take off this breastplate?"

Hu Tao gritted her teeth and tried her best to move the golden breastplate on her body, but she couldn't move it at all. After pulling for a long time, she gave up the futile struggle and glared at Lu Xiu with gritted teeth.

"Hey, Lu Xiu, what's up with this golden breastplate you gave me?"

Lu Xiu pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized something and said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that your two pieces of gold equipment have an enchantment called Binding Curse."

"Huh? What curse?"

"The Binding Curse binds this equipment to you and makes it impossible to remove it. Even if the enemy captures you, they can't pull it off from you. Isn't that thoughtful?"

"you!!!"

Hu Tao was so angry that she almost picked up her spear and stabbed Lu Xiu's butt, but fortunately she was stopped by Zhongli.

"Master, don't get excited. Since Mr. Lu Xiu dared to give us this equipment, he obviously has a solution, right? Mr. Lu Xiu."

Zhongli had just tried various methods privately, but even using the power of the Heart of God, he was unable to remove the golden leggings from his body. This shows the horror of this binding curse.

"Of course there is a method, but it's a bit laborious."

Lu Xiu pointed at the golden breastplate on Hu Tao and said cheerfully, "The idea is simple. Since we can't remove it, just destroy it. The durability of the golden breastplate and golden leggings are 112/105 respectively. In other words, as long as you attack these two pieces of equipment a hundred times, you can destroy it. Simple, isn't it?"

"Simple as hell!"

Hu Tao puffed up her cheeks in anger. What Lu Xiu said was just to make her hit her chest like a gorilla!

"Zhongli, I suddenly envy you."

Hu Tao looked at Zhongli's golden leggings with some envy. Not only did Zhongli want to destroy the golden leggings less often than she did, but he only needed to hammer his thighs like an old man, which looked much more beautiful than hammering his chest.

Zhongli: ...

"Sorry, sorry. Consider these two bottles of potion my apology to you. And I'm serious about one thing: this armor can indeed protect your lives."

Zhongli also agreed with what Lu Xiu said. He had previously experimented with the defensive capabilities of gold equipment. Even his attack power could be reduced by a percentage, not to mention other attacks.

This kind of defensive performance is excellent, but the binding curse is a bit of a pitfall.

Especially the ones attached to the pants. Fortunately, it was him who wore the golden leggings instead of Walnut.

Zhongli couldn't believe that Hu Tao was wearing golden leggings when she was about to have to pee.

Lu Xiu took out two bottles of potion from his backpack and handed them to Zhongli and Hu Tao.

The two of them took a look at the pink liquid in the transparent glass bottle. Zhongli even opened the bottle and sniffed it, but there was no smell.

"Mr. Lu Xiu, what is this potion?"

"Fire Resistance Potion. The effect is just as its name suggests. It makes you completely immune to fire damage for a few minutes."

"real or fake?"

Upon hearing the effect, Hu Tao was a little bit unconvinced. She herself was the holder of the Fire God's Eye. Even if she could activate the fire element, she could not be immune to the damage caused by fire. How could this small bottle of potion do that?

"Of course, I traded this for the Piglins. You have to trust them, creatures that live near lava all day long."

I didn't feel bad at all about giving away two bottles of fireproof potion to Shuilu Xiu. They were extra after all, and there were still many bottles in the pit. It was just that my backpack was limited, so I didn't pick them up. I had to save some space as I had to go to the Hell Fortress later.

Seeing Lu Xiu so confident, Hu Tao couldn't help but believe in the effectiveness of the fireproof potion.

"Okay, I'll believe you for once. So, shouldn't we go back next? I want to go back early and knock this damn gold breastplate off. It's hard for me to go out and distribute flyers while wearing it all the time."

Hu Tao stared at Lu Xiu with a resentful look on her face.

PS Second update, there should be four more to come

Chapter 54: Remember to ask questions when interrogating others

Originally, Lu Xiu thought that since he had come to Hell, he might as well get the blaze rod right away so that he wouldn't have to make another trip to fight the Ender Dragon later. But even Zhongli couldn't find the location of the Hell Fortress.

Zhongli said that he had searched an area of ​​at least two to three thousand meters, but still couldn't find any building similar to a fortress.

In desperation, Lu Xiu could only temporarily give up his plan to find the Hell Fortress.

Anyway, he hasn't even started enchanting yet, so there's no rush to fight the Ender Dragon.

"Then let's go back."

Lu Xiu randomly found an open place and built the frame of the portal directly with obsidian. Then he threw the fire bomb he had taken from the Piglin Fortress on it, and the portal was successfully activated.

When Zhongli and Hu Tao saw this familiar portal, they immediately realized that the portal they saw when they first entered the border was also made by Lu Xiu.

Walnut asked in surprise, "You used this portal to enter the border?"

"Yeah." Lu Xiu nodded, a hint of helplessness in his tone: "This portal was supposed to teleport me directly to Hell, but I didn't expect it to lead to that weird border. It took me a while to find the portal and enter Hell."

Upon hearing this, Hu Tao crossed her arms in anger and said, "How dare you say that? You've chiseled my stone lantern off. I'll have to work hard to get it back later!"

Lu Xiu looked away awkwardly and changed the subject, "Alright, alright, let's go. I'm getting dizzy from staying in the lower realm all this time."

After applying the real-world texture pack, the netherworld was bright red, which was so painful for Lu Xiu's eyes to see.

As Lu Xiu jumped into the portal, Hu Tao and Zhongli followed suit and stood in the center of the portal.

After a few breaths, the three figures disappeared into the portal in unison.

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In a remote little room of the Northland Bank, a member of the treasure-stealing gang had his hands tied behind a chair, and in front of him were two Fatui.

One of the Fatui was holding a basin of salt water, while the other Fatui soaked the whip in the salt water and looked at the treasure-stealing member who was tied to the chair with a malicious look on his face.

"Ha, I didn't expect the treasure-stealing group to be so stubborn. Then I'll see how long you can hold out!"

After saying that, the Fatui swung the whip soaked in salt water in their hands and lashed the member of the treasure-stealing group. The member of the treasure-stealing group immediately let out a scream, and a blood mark appeared on his chest.

"Say it or not! Say it or not! Say it or not!"

Every time the Fatui spoke a word, the whip in their hands would hit the treasure-stealing member once. After a few rounds, the treasure-stealing member's entire chest was beaten bloody.

The arms of the fools holding whips were sore from swinging them, but the treasure-hunting member in front of him remained silent, which made him admire him.

"Not bad, kid. I didn't expect you to be so determined. But, would you do that for a piece of talisman paper whose function you don't know? And didn't you say that the talisman paper was stolen? You would rather end up like this to protect the person who robbed you?"

Some of the Fatui began to wonder if this treasure-stealing kid had M's fetish. Wouldn't they be rewarding him by using this interrogation method?