Earth elemental begins to elbow strike wildly.

Chapter 17 Let's get rich together!

The battle is over.

Still shaken, the crowd sat silently around the large communal sleeping area in the bandits' hideout.

Only the soft sobs of two girls echoed in the room.

Many of the people here are committing murder for the first time.

A traveling merchant, to put it nicely, is a businessman; to put it bluntly, he's just someone who hauls goods.

They travel between the guild and the town, leading their horses, enduring wind and sun for a month or two to earn a meager living.

An overweight middle-aged man complained:

"What bad luck! We finally secured the order from the Mansa Chamber of Commerce, and after only two trips, the goods have been stolen!"

"I already told you we needed to hire some adventurers to escort the caravan, but you wouldn't listen!"

A girl with dark brown skin next to me criticized:

"You're always thinking about making Duro your bodyguard, but he's a merchant, you know. Besides, one bodyguard isn't enough!"

Individual business owners like them can only stick together for warmth.

Each person picks up their delivery order and then moves together in a group. This way, they can make a bigger splash and are less likely to be targeted by robbers and bandits.

But since it was a small business, no one wanted to give up profits to hire adventurers.

They always think that if you pay a penny more, I'll pay a penny less.

Ding.

Condition: Minor damage, moderate fatigue

Yue Feng closed the refreshed status bar and slowly walked to the entrance of the underground stronghold.

This was the spot where he and John had first entered.

The soil piled up at the gap in the wall had long since been removed.

This small amount of soil was nothing to Marcus, who was an expert in clay modeling.

"Oh well, let them go if they've already run away."

Yue Feng sighed softly.

"Going out now is suicide anyway; the spider swarms outside could devour us completely."

Moreover, he had no idea how to get out of there.

We can only wait for John to wake up from his coma.

With nothing else to do, Yue Feng decided to familiarize himself with the upgraded martial arts techniques before looting the underground stronghold.

There might be some unexpected surprise waiting for you.

"Turning and spinning a thousand times!"

"Throw!"

"Turning and spinning a thousand times!"

"Throw!"

......

Yue Feng practiced for about half an hour.

He had a plan in mind.

There is no difference in power between Level 1 and Level 2 Thousand Spinning Techniques; the only difference is that Level 1 reduces the burden on the body.

Now my shoulders don't break so easily anymore, and even the damage from cartilage wear and tear at the joints has been reduced considerably.

However, it is still difficult to maintain balance when rotating with one arm.

"It seems that humans are not incapable of learning this martial art, but it will take more time to slowly level up."

As for the level 3 throw, the only improvement is in accuracy.

Yue Feng was not surprised by this.

After all, throwing is only an apprentice-level martial art, and in every aspect it is inferior to a beginner-level martial art.

During this time, the rest of the men found several cases of ale and countless loaves of dark bread in the outpost's warehouse.

At least, there is no shortage of food and water.

About two hours later, Yue Feng had completely repaired his body and returned to his peak condition.

The merchants were all very sensible and none of them dared to leave the bandit stronghold ahead of time.

They knew their own strength was weak, so rather than going out and risking their lives, they preferred to eat, drink, rest, and conserve their energy.

Seeing the Earth Elemental stand up, everyone turned their attention to Yue Feng.

"I'll go check out the bandit leader's room first, and we'll set off after I get back."

Yue Feng left those words and headed straight for the only private room in the stronghold.

Push the door open and enter.

The room was simply furnished, with a heavy iron box lying next to a wooden bed.

He stepped forward, gripped the padlock with both hands, and pulled it down forcefully.

"Snap!"

The copper lock snapped open.

"Hey, I'm rich!"

Lifting the iron box, one finds it filled with countless silver and copper coins.

In addition, there are all sorts of strange things piled up.

"Du Luo, come and take a look!" Yue Feng shouted, his voice as grating as sharp stones rubbing together.

The burly young man, Du Luo, heard the earth elemental calling him and immediately jogged over.

As soon as I entered, I was almost blinded by the money in the metal box.

"Money! So much money! I've never seen so much money in my entire life!"

The merchants who rushed over upon hearing the commotion were all dumbfounded when they saw the valuables in the box.

Yue Feng kicked the iron box over with a bang and asked:

"Duro, what are the other things in here?"

It took Duro a lot of effort to forcibly look away from the coins and hunch over to examine them carefully.

Although he was just a novice businessman, he had traveled all over the country over the years.

Even if you haven't touched many of these items yourself, you've probably seen them before.

"Hmm... this is a spell scroll, a one-time consumable. As for what spell it contains, I have no idea."

Duro considerately handed the spell scroll to Yue Feng, then continued explaining with his head bowed:

"These few pieces of ore are called magic storage stones. They are a natural source of magic and have many uses. I only know that they can supply magic to golems or mechs."

"The rest are just handicrafts, which I estimate can fetch a decent price."

Yue Feng understood the gist of it: one was a consumable, the other was a source of magic power, and the rest were junk.

He bent down and pried off the two largest green gemstones from a silver necklace.

They were then carefully placed into their eye sockets.

Um... my eyes are a little different sizes, but that's okay, at least they can be used as fake eyes to confuse the enemy.

"You can divide the money and handicrafts among yourselves, but if you have any gold coins, save a few for me."

Duro gave a rough translation, and the others immediately split up and got to work.

The two men turned around and took the pouch from the robber.

The others gathered the coins on the ground and divided them roughly into six equal parts.

As for John, who was tied up, he naturally didn't get a share.

Seeing that everyone was quietly dividing the money without any fighting or arguing, and even specifically picking out the gold coins, Yue Feng secretly thought that this group of people were quite well-behaved.

This is something many people cannot do.

Regardless of how people would react to a ground covered in coins, a single gold coin is worth as much as a hundred silver coins.

But when he looked at them with his back turned the whole time, not one of the six people thought of hiding the gold coins.

"Mr. Earth Elemental, here are the gold coins you requested."

Du Luo handed the four gold coins that his companions had chosen to Yue Feng.

"Um."

Yue Feng nodded and accepted the items, stuffing the gold coins, spell scrolls, and magic storage ore into his stomach.

Duro and his group did not try to take more than their share; they did not take a single copper coin.

They simply collected the silver coins, and each person held a set.

"Good. The swarm of spiders outside is a big problem right now. Let's go see if John is awake."

The crowd followed the earth element out of the room in a large group, much like a mother duck leading her ducklings.

"Why do I feel like I've become a male mother?"

Yue Feng silently finished complaining in his heart.

Then I saw John in the cell in the distance, wriggling around like a giant maggot.

It took me ages to climb to the doorway.