第一百二十二章 大香丸
After a few minutes of Nightmare Train travel, they returned to the place where they had parted ways earlier. Luo Bin was crouching on the ground, examining the traces of their fight.
花了几分钟恶魇列车回到了之前分别之所，洛宾正蹲在地上看着那些战斗过的痕迹。
“Well?” He stood up and asked Yang Zicang.
“怎么样？”他起身对着杨子藏问到。
Hands in pockets, the young man shook his head and recounted what had happened in the mountain.
青年双手插兜，摇了摇头，将山里遭遇说了出来。
On hearing the news of the mysterious apparition that had appeared, Luo Bin narrowed his eyes and chuckled, saying:
听完关于那出现的神秘幻影的消息，洛宾眼睛虚了虚，嘿嘿一笑道：
“First, let’s analyze the intelligence a bit.”
“我们先来分析分析情报。”
YangZicang smiled, knowing that Luo Bin wanted to show off his quadrilateral model. As an intelligence-analysis model, it could only be flaunted in front of someone like himself; for others, it had to be kept confidential. Likely, after successfully upgrading the model, this bloated Luo Bin had been itching to show it off, barely able to contain himself.
杨子藏笑了笑，他知道洛宾是想嘚瑟下自己的四边形模型。作为情报分析类的模型，也只有在自己这种人前显摆下，对于其他人只有保密的份儿。估计成功升级模型后，洛宾这虚胖的家伙，早就忍得抓耳挠腮了。
The two of them and the vehicle stood by the edge of the forest, and Luo Bin said, “That guy in the mountain, as soon as he saw you, he put on a strong show of presence, right?”
两人一车站在林边，洛宾道：“山里面那家伙一见你，就表现出很强的气势对吧。”
“The presence was so-so, but he warned me standing in the air. Flying beings must be pretty formidable, right?”
“气势倒还好，不过是站在空中警告的我，能飞的应该都很厉害吧。”
At least Zhao Anlong and the Defender couldn’t fly. Thinking of this, a peculiar expression crossed YangZicang’s face.
至少赵安龙和抵御者都不会飞，想到这里杨子藏的脸上露出丝古怪神色。
Did it really harbor such a powerful entity here?
失频之地真的有这么么强的存在吗？
“Flying?”
“能飞？”
Luo Bin thought for a moment, his brow instantly furrowing as the initial excitement from playing with his newly acquired model subsided. If they really encountered a being capable of flight, that would likely mean its strength was quite terrifying.
洛宾想了想，眉头瞬间拧成了一股绳，刚刚诞生的某些使用模型的兴奋劲儿也按了下去。如果真的遇到能够飞行的存在，那对方的实力很可能非常恐怖。
In other words, the danger factor of staying here had rapidly escalated.
换句话说，待在这里的危险系数已迅速放大。
YangZicang hummed in agreement, rubbing his chin as he said, “He mentioned that he’d overlook this time, basically letting you off the hook, and then added that there were someone coming over on the other side.”
杨子藏嗯了声，摩挲着下巴道：“他说这次就当没看到你，相当于放你一马，随后又说那边有人来了。”
Luo Bin casually drew a map on the ground with a twig: the two of them were located on the northeast side of these mountains, while another group was presently to the southwest, specifically on the opposite side of multiple mountains.
洛宾拿树枝在地上随手划出个地图，自己两人所在的位置在这山的东北方向，而另一群人此刻是在西南方，刚好在这些山的对面。
“Next, after you used your reconnaissance-type secret technique, they attacked you directly and even revealed a pentagonal symbol. Hmm, it appeared from the eyes, which is pretty much the same as the mark of the Moon Shadows.”
“接下来是你用侦查型秘技后，对方直接就攻击你了，还展露出了五边型的符号，嗯，是从眼睛展现，这根月影们标志的差不多。”
“I’ll go check out who those people are.”
“我去看看对面是什么人吧。”
Yang Zicang stood up and was about to leave, but this time Luo Bin wanted to go with him—afraid that the figure’s words were meant to split them up. Yang Zicang nodded in agreement. Nearly twenty minutes later, a train that had taken a long detour appeared on the other end.
杨子藏站起身就要离去，这次洛宾要跟着一起，他怕那道人影说出那话就是为了让两人分开。杨子藏点头同意，接近二十分钟后，绕了一大圈的列车出现在另一端。
A group of people truly was coming toward this direction on the horizon.
地平线上真有群人正在往这边来。
“So they didn’t trick us after all.”
“竟然没骗我们。”
Luo Bin frowned, feeling uncertain about the monster he originally thought was just bluffing.
洛宾皱了皱眉，原本以为是怪物在虚张声势的他有点拿不准了。
In the dim light, a group of people holding torches soon walked over, chatting among themselves.
昏暗光线下，举着火把的一堆人没多久便边聊着天边走了过来。
Suddenly spotting two figures at the edge of the dark, shadowy woods ahead, they immediately became alert.
突然瞧见前方阴暗绰绰的树林边缘有两道人影，这群人顿时警惕起来。
“You two over there, can you speak human language?”
“那边两位朋友，会说人话吗？”
“Fuck your ancestors, can you speak human language?”
“干你祖宗的姥姥，你会说人话吗？”
Hearing Luo Bin’s reply, the few across from them nodded quite satisfied. The one who had asked the question chuckled to the team leader, who resembled Mr. Tree, and reported, “Boss, confirmed—they’re hometown people, not some monsters turned from the mountains.”
听到洛宾的回答，对面几人甚为满意的点头，问话对着身旁跟树先生差不多的队长嘿笑着汇报道：“老大，确定对面是老乡，不是山里变的怪物。”
“Hmm, but let’s still stay cautious.”
“嗯，不过大家还是小心点。”
Among that group, the scrawny and disheveled man who had said this walked forward. As he moved, his skin showed a golden-white temporal augmentation afterimage, his whole body glimmering, which added a certain touch of elegance.
那几人中，说完这话的干瘦邋遢之人往前走去，边走皮肤上出现带金白色的时序增幅虚影，全身上下亮闪闪的，凭添了几分贵气。
“Gentlemen over there, my name is Jia Zijian. Where do you hail from?”
“对面几位，我叫甲子间，请问你们是哪里来的。”
“I’m Zhou Liren, from the nearby shed area. Are you two planning to head into the mountains?”
“我叫周立仁，附近棚区的。请问你们两位是打算进山吗？”
“Exactly.”
“正是。”
“These extra peaks behind us are probably in the Scarlet Moon region. Lately, quite a few from our shed have gone missing there. I advise you two not to recklessly enter and lose your lives for nothing.”
“这后面的几匹多出来的山应该是绯月区域，最近咱们大棚的人好些失踪在里面了。奉劝两位还是别贸然进去，平白丢了性命。”
Luo Bin stepped forward: “So, what do you folks plan to do?”
洛宾走上前：“那各位是打算干嘛去？”
The dozen or so people noisily spread out in formation, holding up torches.
这十来人闹哄哄的举着火把铺开阵列。
Zhou Liren let out a faint smile and said:
周立仁淡笑了声道：
“Naturally, to seek treasure in the mountains. We have a method to ward off miasma—different from ordinary teams, especially with this many people.”
“当然是进山寻宝。我们有除瘴之法，跟普通的队伍可不一样，更别说有这么多人。”
“We’ve got people who’ve come out alive from the mountains, haha—that’s our ticket in. If you want it, one miasma-repelling incense pill for a hundred years of life.”
“俺们有从山里活着出来的人，哈哈，这就是咱们的进山资本，想要的话，一百年寿命换一枚避瘴香丸。”
One in the group raised a sachet, and Yang Zicang and the other could indeed smell a strong medicinal aroma on these people.
队伍中一人举起个香囊，杨子藏两人的确能闻到这些人身上浓郁的药材气味。
Yang Zicang sized them up, while they watched the two warily in return.
杨子藏打量着这些人，对面也警惕的看着自己两人。
“Relying on them can avert danger?”
“靠它们就能规避危险？”
“Looks like these two don’t trust us. Let’s go.”
“看来这两位并不相信咱们，我们走吧。”
The dozen-member team bypassed Yang Zicang and the other and headed off ahead. The scent of incense on them made Yang Zicang feel considerably calmer in both mind and body.
这支十来人的队伍绕过杨子藏两人往前方走去，闻着他们身上香料的味道，杨子藏感觉身心都平静了好些。
This wasn’t a miasma-repelling incense pill; it was one for centering the mind and calming the spirit.
这不是除瘴的香丸，这是能凝神静气的香丸。
“Hold on. For a hundred years, I’ll buy a pill, but I want the formula.” Yang Zicang said.
“等下，一百年我可以买颗香丸，但要给我配方。”杨子藏道。
One of the team members turned around:
队伍中一人转身：
“One hundred? Ridiculous. Friend, I can see you know your goods. If you’re sincere, I can make it five hundred years for you.”
“一百？笑话。朋友，我看你也是个识货的，诚心想要可以给算你五百年。”
Luo Bin leaned in close to his shoulder: “I know you have plenty of time fluctuations, but don’t waste them recklessly. Other than slightly enhancing mental clarity in simulated environments, what good is this thing?”
洛宾小声凑到他肩膀旁：“我知道你时序多，但别乱花啊，这玩意儿除了幻境场稍微提高点精神清醒度外能有什么用。”
“Find me another item besides this incense pellet that can handle simulated environments.”
“能应对幻境场的物品，除了这香丸，你给我再找一样出来。”
Luo Bin’s lips parted, and a sharp “Heh” escaped his throat.
洛宾嘴巴张了张，喉咙里嘿了声。
“Alright, alright, alright. To be honest, sometimes I think you’re better suited for this model of mine. But I still consider these time fluctuations wasted injustice.”
“好好好好，说实话，有时候觉得你更适合我这个模型。但我还是觉得这时序花得冤枉。”
Hearing Luo Bin’s words, the group tensed up and hurriedly turned back.
那群人听到洛宾的话，立时紧张的转身跑了回来。
“Are you all seriously interested?” one person asked warily.
“你们真打算要？”一人紧张问到。
The leader, Zhou Liren, slapped the outstretched hand of his companion, then turned to face Yang Zicang opposite:
领头的周立仁一巴掌打在他伸出的手上，转头看向对面的杨子藏：
“Five hundred years or not? Say yes, and I’ll write down the recipe for you right now.”
“五百年要不要，要我现在就给你写配方。”
If he could sell the recipe for a spice-based incense for five hundred years, Zhou Liren felt he’d hit the jackpot even if he never entered the mountains on this trip.
若真能把一个香料的配方卖到五百年，周立仁觉得自己这趟进不进山都赚翻了。
“I don’t know if it’s genuine or fake. After you write it down, make a batch on the spot. If it works, I’ll give you the time fluctuations.”
“我不知道真假，你写了后，给我现场做一份，有效果我就给你时序。”
“How can that be? If you examine it and claim it’s fake, you’ll have stolen the formula for nothing.”
“那怎么能行，若是你看了说是假的，配方不就被你看去了。”
Yang Zicang stood motionless on the spot, but an aura of profound distance instantly radiated from him.
杨子藏静静立在原地，身上却瞬间散发出幽远气息。
[Silent Night!]
[沉吟之夜！]
Zhou Liren and his companions, still caught up in their speech, suddenly felt a suffocating oppression closing in.
刚说完话的周立仁等人迅速感觉到逼窄的窒息感涌来。
Those with weaker mental fortitude even felt as if they were deep under the sea, abandoned by the world.
有些精神力较差的人更是觉得自己置身海底，仿佛自己被世界抛弃。
“You have… a mental-system…”
“你有…精神系…”
“An ill, illusion skill!”
“幻，幻境技能！”
Whoosh, YangZicang dispelled Silent Night, and the few people instantly gasped for air as if they had just been pulled out of the water.
唰，杨子藏解除了沉吟之夜，这几人顿时如同从水中被捞出般大口喘着气。
“Judging by your reactions…” YangZicang nodded approvingly, “You are indeed a bit stronger than the average. But with a resistance level like this, five hundred years is too steep. Three hundred at most—otherwise, I’ll be leaving.”
“看你们的反应…”杨子藏赞赏的点点头，“的确比别人要强那么点。不过这种程度的抵抗效果，五百年太贵了。最多三百年，否则我就走了。”
The group of over ten people stared at each other in astonishment. The guy before them could actually generate mental illusions, which was essentially the same as directly verifying the goods!
对面十来人愣然的互相看了眼。对面居然有制造精神幻觉的能力，这相当于直接验货了！
“Three hundred… May I ask, which one are you, sir?” Team leader Zhou Liren asked cautiously at that moment. The young man in front of them was definitely an expert from some major faction, probably sent to investigate the existence of this Feiyue-class anomalous rift.
“三百…敢问阁下是哪位？”队长周立仁此刻小心翼翼的问道，对面的小子绝对是哪个大棚的高手，应该是发现了这绯月级山孪的存在，前来探查情况的高手。
YangZicang said indifferently: “Jiazi Space.”
杨子藏淡淡道：“甲子间。”
“Jiazi Space…” The group mused over the name.
“甲子间…”几人念叨了下。
None of them had heard of it before, but that didn’t stop them from starting to get to know this young man from now on.
大伙儿都没听过这名字，但不妨碍他们从现在开始认识这名青年。
Zhou Liren glanced at the incense pellet in his pocket.
周立仁看了看衣服兜里的香丸。
This pellet was useful only in this exceptionally dangerous A-class area; anywhere else, it was just ordinary incense.
这香丸目前除了这座危险无比的A级区域能用上，在其它地方只是普通香料而已。
“Fine, three hundred it is.”
“好，三百就三百。”
Faced with two people of unknown strength, the captain didn’t keep haggling. He quickly wrote down the recipe and mixed some herbs he had on hand to make a pellet on the spot as a bonus.
面对实力不知深浅的两人，队长也没继续抬价，赶紧将配方写了出来，并用随身携带的药材现场做了枚作为附赠的。
“Does it have a name?”
“它有名字吗？”
“No, we just call it Big Incense Pellet. If you want to be fancy, you can name it yourself.”
“没有，我们都喊的大香丸，你要讲究可以自己取个。”
“Then from now on, I’ll call it ‘Great Client Aroma Pill’.”
“那以后就叫它大甲方香丸吧。”
Luo Bin said without hesitation, suddenly he felt a sharp gaze from beside him falling on himself.
洛宾毫不犹豫的开口，随后他感觉身旁一道犀利的目光落在自己身上。
“Call it ‘Clear Mind Aroma Pill’.” Yang Zicang said, narrowing his eyes slightly.
“叫清神香丸吧。”杨子藏眼眸微眯的道。
The captain proactively invested in Yang Zicang, who gave him $300N in return.
队长给杨子藏进行了主动投资，杨子藏返还了他300N。
After seeing off the group of about ten people, the two conferred for a while and pitched their tent on the spot. The next afternoon, the team actually came out with only two people injured.
送走十来人后，两人商议了阵子，原地搭了个帐篷。到第二天下午，这队人竟然真的出来了，只有两人受伤。
“Did you encounter any danger?”
“有没有遇到危险。”
Luo Bin stood up and asked the people carrying several animal corpses. They had also collected a lot of plants and minerals, appearing to have made quite a bountiful haul.
洛宾起身对着扛着几头野兽尸体的众人道，他们还采集了不少矿植物，看上去收获颇丰。
“I can’t believe you two are still here! We got lucky on this expedition; we didn’t see that terrifying mountain-realm illusion. We still ran into some mental disruptions, but with the aroma pills, we didn’t need to fear them.”
“两位竟然还在这里，这次进去我们运气好，没有见到那个恐怖的守山幻影，只是遇到了些精神干扰，有香丸就不会怕它们。”
“What kind of mental disruptions are inside?”
“里面是什么精神干扰？”
“The people who went there before felt like they had turned into monsters, or their own arms had become monsters, and they ended up hacking themselves to death. But with the aroma pills, even though those intense feelings still occurred to us, at least we could still tell reality from illusion.”
“我们之前进去的人会觉得自己变成了怪物，或者自己的手臂变成了怪物，自己把自己砍死了。但有了香丸，虽然也会有那种强烈的感觉，但至少还分得清现实。”
So that’s what it is. Yang Zicang nodded inwardly. For this team– even with nearly a dozen members– stabilizing this area was still extremely difficult. No wonder it was an A-grade zone.
原来是这样，杨子藏暗自点头，眼前这支队伍哪怕十来人，但想要稳定这片区域也是非常困难，不愧是A级区域。
For ordinary owners of the Model, it really was a deadly peril.
对于普通模型的拥有者们来说的确是个巨大的险地。
“Uh… both of you, how about coming to our camp? It’s about twenty or thirty miles away, not very far. We can get there in half a day.”
“呃…两位，要不去我们棚区坐坐？就在二三十多里外，不算很远，半天就到了。”
Wanting to leave but finding it awkward to just go, Zhou Liren deliberately made the invitation sound as if it was a grueling journey.
想走又不好直接走的周立仁故意说得很难似的邀请。
“No need. We’re also planning to head into the mountains to take a look. It’s a relief to see you all made it out safe.”
“不用了，我们也准备进山里看看，你们能出来我们放心多了。”
The team rejoiced as they departed. They had no desire to engage further with two people of unclear strength, having merely been polite to a customer who had earned three hundred years of timeline revenue.
这队人大喜着离开，对两个实力不知深浅的人他们也不想过多接触，刚才不过是对赚了三百年时序的顾客的客套罢了。
After they left, Luo Bin combined the information gathered last night and today about this place and began deploying his model to collect additional intelligence.
等人走后，洛宾结合昨夜和今天收集到的关于此地的信息，开始展开模型收集额外情报。
[I will consume 1N of principal to inquire into the target’s extra information.]
[我将消耗1N本金窥秘目标额外信息。]
[I discovered that the phantom Yang Zicang described seemed bound by some unknown force. Most of its attacks were merely bluffs.]
[我发现杨子藏描述中所见之幻影，应是被未知力量所约束，他大部分攻击是在虚张声势。]
Luo Bin opened his eyes with a delighted expression.
洛宾满脸喜色的张开眼。
“Well damn, so that thing really was just trying to scare us. But that mental attack on you last night could still have actually hurt you, just not as horribly as you imagined.”
“好家伙，那东西果然是在吓唬咱们，不过昨夜对你的精神攻击也是有可能会真的伤害到你，但绝对没有想像的那么夸张。”
Yang Zicang felt the pressure from the phantom in the mountains ease significantly.
杨子藏心中对山里那幻影的压力顿时轻松不少。
“In that case.” Yang Zicang smiled. “Brother Luo, it seems the Nen ability here is much weaker than expected. How about we expand into other businesses? You know, Zhuyin holds quite a grudge against me.”
“既然如此的话。”杨子藏笑了笑：“洛哥，我看这里的念能力比想象中的要弱不少，要不我们开展点别的业务？你也知道，逐银那边对我的怨气很大。”
Luo Bin’s face tightened as he looked at him. “What are you planning?”
洛宾脸色一变看向他：“你想干嘛。”
“This mountain is huge. It would take forever for just the two of us to search it. Why not call in more people?”
“这山这么大，我们俩进去得转到什么时候，何不多叫点人。”
Luo Bin said warily, “You promised the Nen ability here to me, you know.”
洛宾警惕道：“你可是说好了这里的念能力给我的。”
“That’s not set in stone yet. Besides, I didn’t say I was giving up on it.”
“八字还没一撇呢，而且我又没说要放弃。”
“This…”
“这…”