"Leave now? Do you really not want to go in and take a look? The teacher really invites you." Richard seemed unwilling to give up and asked behind Philip.
And this can only speed up Philip's departure: "Next time, next time, thank Master Gu Luo for his kindness first." As he spoke, Philip walked onto the ground without looking back and disappeared. .
Richard stood there and waited for a long time, making sure that Philip had not come back, then walked into the iron gate and closed it again.
Everything he did just now was a lie to Philip, and the bet was that Philip would not really dare to come in. Facts have proved that he was right, and Philip did not dare to come in.
If he didn't dare to come in this time, he wouldn't dare to come in next time, so he could guarantee relative safety for a long time. The most important thing is that, through Philip, he successfully invented a non-existent person-Gulot's student.
After that, as long as it is done properly, you can continue to use Philip to implement this identity bit by bit, and then you can do many things openly through this identity.
Of course, if you can find the Holy Land Key quickly, then there is no need to worry about anything: with the Holy Land Key, you can find an opportunity to sneak into Holy Land Artis and figure out the ultimate secret of the Black Spirit King. There is no need to pay attention to irrelevant things.
With this thought, Richard looked around the underground space and said slowly: "Then, let's search carefully from now on and conduct a detailed investigation."
…
Once, twice, three times.
In the following time, Richard checked it nine times.
Nine times!
The result of nine rounds of investigation is that not to mention the Holy Land key, not even anything related to the key was found. As expected, it is extremely difficult to find the Holy Land key. It is very likely that the Holy Land key was hidden by Gu Luo. Arrived at a very secret place.
With the last glimmer of hope, Richard called Pandora out of the Garden of Eden and asked Pandora to try to use her prophecy ability to find the key to the scripture.
Pandora's prophetic ability, which sometimes works but does not work well, did not disappoint Richard this time - it was normal that it had no effect.
Pandora responded with wide eyes: "How do I know where the key to the Holy Land is? I'm not a puppy!"
It was indeed not a puppy, but a dragon.
In response, Richard sighed and helplessly began to make long-term plans.
…
In the days that followed, Richard left the underground space irregularly and headed to the surface, appearing with an occasional but not suspicious frequency. And he pays great attention to having acquaintances every time he shows up.
For example, when showing up for the first time, there must be Philip who has already met him once.
The second appearance requires someone who saw him when he first appeared.
Then came the third appearance, the fourth appearance…
This is so that every time he shows up and expands the number of people who recognize his identity, he can greet people he knows and ensure that the people he greets can take the initiative to introduce his identity to him.
After a period of time like this, everyone in the gathering place vaguely accepted his existence, and felt that he was indeed Gu Luo's student, and that he had many acquaintances in the gathering place. In fact, he was neither a student nor an acquaintance of Gu Luo. Everything was done through deceptive means of interpersonal relationships.
And he did this for only one purpose, which was to stay for a long time and continue to look for the key to the holy land hidden by Gu Luo. The scope of his search has gradually expanded from Guluo's underground space to the three-story wooden building on the ground, to the places Guluo likes to go, and to any place related to Guluo.
But I don’t know how many times I searched until Richard felt that he was almost perfectly integrated into the jungle hut as a gathering place, and he found no clues that did not have any keys to the holy land.
In this regard, I can only sigh deeply and continue searching.
…
In this way, time has entered October, the Frost Moon.
The Frost Moon is the second month of autumn on the East Coast. The sun is mild but not hot, and the breeze is refreshing but not cold. At this time, late-maturing plants bear fruit and mature, forming the final wave of harvest. This is a good month for many people.
Except for one person.
…
Another gathering place at Jungle Lodge.
This place is a little different from the gathering place where Richard is.
The gathering place where Richard is located has very dense buildings. Although it has been planned, it still looks disorderly and messy, giving it a crowded feeling.
There are very few buildings in this gathering place, and each wooden building is widely spaced. The atmosphere is somewhat quiet and comfortable, giving it a feeling of living slowly, growing slowly, and growing old slowly. Here, everything seems to slow down, and there is no need to think about any troubles at all, just let life take its course.
At this time, many large late-maturing orange pumpkins were piled up in front of a wooden building. Nrid Clark stood in front of the big orange pumpkin, looking at the pumpkin with frowning eyebrows, an annoyed expression, and worried eyes.
After watching it for a long time, Nyrid was sure that the big pumpkin in front of her would not jump up on its own initiative, so she cut herself into a beautiful jack-o'-lantern. She sighed helplessly and stepped towards the pumpkin.
Picking up the top pumpkin in the pile, and placing it on the ground aside, Nerid pulled out the big sword four fingers wide from behind with a clatter, took a brief look at it, and swung it out with all his strength.
"puff!"
There was a flash of cold light, and the top part of the pumpkin, like a severed human head, flew out quickly, and then fell to the ground with a "pop".
Nelide looked at the "headed" pumpkin and found that the cut-off part of the pumpkin was a bit larger than she expected and a little crooked. It was difficult to make a qualified jack-o'-lantern.
"Have you chopped it down? Forget it, if it's broken, just chop it up. Just use it." Nellie said, "Isn't it just a jack-o'-lantern? No matter how beautiful it is, one can't compete with two."
As she spoke, Nelide turned the pumpkin upside down and began to roughly clean the pulp from the pumpkin.
It was almost cleaned, and regardless of the small amount of melon pulp that remained, it was placed heavily on the stone table on one side. With a "swipe" sound, Nairide pulled out the dagger from her waist and began to try to carve the eyes, nose and other parts of the pumpkin lantern. mouth.
"Kakaka!"
As Nerid's dagger moved, the outer wall of the pumpkin lantern fell down little by little. After a while, an irregular eye appeared on the pumpkin.
Nylid frowned at the one-eyed pumpkin and couldn't help but said: "It's so laborious? Just one eye takes so long, so how long does it take to make a jack-o'-lantern? Teacher, you asked me to do it for ten whole years." Which one, I..."
"call-"
At the end of the sentence, Nerid couldn't help but take a deep breath, then raised her eyebrows, and suddenly noticed something in her heart.
The next moment, Nerid quickly put away the dagger, turned around and picked up the four-finger-wide sword, walked in front of the pumpkin, took a brief look, and then stabbed it out.
"Puff puff!"
After several sounds, a big hole was directly poked into the pumpkin, revealing a large and exaggerated eye. Compared with the previous eyes, one was bigger and the other was smaller, not to mention how weird it was.
Nyrid nodded with satisfaction, withdrew the sword, and started trying to make the nose and mouth of the jack-o'-lantern again.
Then…
"Pfft! Crack!"
After a sound, Neid looked at the crumbs on the table, opened and closed her lips a few times, and said in a somewhat unacceptable voice: "Is it too strong? Did you break the pumpkin? I..."
"My jack-o'-lantern! I'm almost done with it, but it's broken! If so, how long will it take for my ten jack-o'-lanterns to be completed? The teacher is really giving me a hard time! Me, me, me!" Nailed He couldn't help shouting, looking very excited.
At this moment, a cat meowed from behind Nailid.
"Meow-"