"This is state-of-the-art diving gear, tailor-made for Dwarves! Wear it, and you can salvage treasures from the reefs! Countless shipwrecks! More than all the wealth in Ironforge combined! Only 998 per set!"
"998 copper coins? Give me a thousand sets!"
"Copper? Copper my ass! 998 gold coins, not a single one less! Hey, hey, don't go! You're my boss, okay? I'll give you a discount, 10% off, okay? Hey, 30% off? Still not enough? 50% off? How about 50% off? What? 998 silver coins? No way, absolutely not! Don't hold me back, I'm in a hurry to get to the next place! What? Drink? No, that'll waste time!"
Time is money, my friend!
In Northern Stranglethorn Vale, in a clearing within the jungle, there was a makeshift camp. A two-meter-high fence surrounded several sturdy tents. A group of Dwarves and Gnomes, brandishing blueprints and muskets, shouted and yelled, then lowered their voices, glancing around nervously, afraid of being overheard.
A group of Goblin from Booty Bay also arrived, bringing with them all sorts of high-tech equipment. One of them was negotiating with a Dwarves, and the sound of their argument was deafening.
Orcs and humans, dressed in similar standard armor and carrying high-quality firearms from Ironforge, patrolled both inside and outside the fence.
Two races that are clearly mortal enemies are living in harmony in this place. For money and profit, they can endure anything, even cooperating with their enemies.
A White Tiger, 1.5 meters tall, barged into the camp. The Orcs and humans guarding the gate ignored it, as did everyone else. Only a few newly Goblin goblins dared to watch, one grabbing a spray gun to fire, only to be grabbed by the head and lifted up by Dwarves.
The Goblin, undeterred, muttered, "This White Tiger must be worth a lot of money," when he saw the White Tiger transform into a human dressed in coarse linen clothes, empty-handed, who turned and glared at him.
The Goblin felt as if his soul had been attacked. The man's eyes were terrifying, like those of the world's fiercest tiger king, filling him with fear. He turned tail and ran!
The human ignored all that, walked straight to the central tent, picked up a glass of beer, poured a cup from the barrel, and downed it in one gulp. " Goldshire fruit wine? Not good! General Nesingwary, do you have any more Thunderbrew Lager? Give me a big glass!"
" Nicholas, you've been hunting in Stranglethorn Vale for three months, and you've stayed with us for three months. Have your tastes become like ours, Dwarves '?" A red-haired, red-bearded Dwarves was wiping his musket with a linen cloth, sitting on a tree stump with one foot propped up on a wooden box full of gunpowder, without even looking up.
Hemet Nesingwary, general of the Dwarves Musketeers of Ironforge and a hero of the Battle of Mount Hyjal, is no longer a general. He has formed an expeditionary force and travels the world hunting all kinds of rare beasts and monsters.
They stayed in the Badlands for a month, killing countless beasts, and were called " Butchers of the Badlands " by the Dark Iron Dwarves. They were driven out, and then came to Stranglethorn Vale, where they stayed for three months.
Three months ago, when the expedition camp was first established, Jiang Jie arrived and joined the expedition as a "mercenary," becoming a scout.
His job was to roam the entire Stranglethorn Vale, scouting the terrain and the distribution of wild animals to find the most suitable hunting targets for the expeditionary force.
Of course, Jiang Jie couldn't possibly be here to act as a detective for no reason.
The main reason is that Stranglethorn Vale is the most biodiverse primeval forest in the entire Eastern Kingdoms. It's home to tigers, cheetahs, black bears, and giant apes, as well as countless birds. Jiang Jie doesn't even need to move; he can observe hundreds, even thousands, of wild animals, living among them day and night, with only one purpose:
Animal Form.
According to Xiao Feng, the best way to achieve Chi Unification is to cultivate the Animal True Form.
The Five Animal Frolics: first, the tiger; second, the deer; third, the bear; fourth, the monkey.
The fifth is the bird. The dragon has nine resemblances: its head resembles a camel, its antlers a deer, its eyes a rabbit, its ears a cow, its neck a snake, its belly a clam, its scales a carp, its claws an eagle, and its paws a tiger.
Black Tortoise is further associated with the tortoise and snake.
After removing the duplicates, Jiang Jie needs to complete the Animal True Form for as many as 12 different animals, which is no easy task.
Jiang Jie has great ambitions. He wants to change the snake in the Black Tortoise constellation into a dragon. Therefore, in order to condense the Black Tortoise True Form, he must first condense the True Dragon Form, which requires condensing the Animal True Form.
Too difficult!
Relatively speaking, the Five Animal True Forms are easier.
The Animal True Form of martial artists are actually the Chi Form Manifestation. Swords, spears, and halberds are the most common, while animals are relatively more difficult to condense due to their rich body shapes and numerous details. However, no matter what, even when condensed to the extreme, they are still the Chi Form Manifestation, not real animals.
But Jiang Jie is different.
He is now a student of Cenarius, from Cenarius he has learned the purest Way of Nature and mastered the Druid method of Animal Form.
Generally speaking, Druid's Animal Form requires the Demigod's Blessing and the approval of the Wild God before they can transform into the corresponding animal.
However, there are no eagles or serpents among the Wild God, but Malfurion can transform into an eagle, and the Cenarion Circle also has Druids of the Fang, proving that the Demigod actually recognize that Animal Form is not a necessary factor.
Therefore, Jiang Jie had higher aspirations:
What he needs to do is not just Chi Form Manifestation, but to complete the five Animal Form of the Five Animal Frolics and become a real animal!
This was difficult, but fortunately, Jiang Jie possessed both cultivation systems. He relied on the martial artist's Chi Form Manifestation, combined with the Druid's Animal Form method, and then spent countless days and nights living with the corresponding animals, practicing diligently day and night. Now, three months later, Jiang Jie has finally completed the second Animal Form of the Five Animal Frolics:
Tiger.
He spent half a month finding the Tiger King Bang'alash, and then another month and a half living with him until he was finally able to transform into a White Tiger, almost identical to the Tiger King, only slightly White Tiger. In his White Tiger Form, he killed Bang'alash, gained the recognition of the other tigers, and became the true Tiger King of Stranglethorn Vale.
Over the next month, he found Kurmokk, a rare elite gorilla in Misty Valley. Gorillas are a type of ape and are known as "human-apes".
Jiang Jie has spent a month with it day and night, and has now mastered the basics of Chi Form Manifestation, but he is still a little short of completing the Gorilla Form.
The reason they rushed back was that a few days earlier, Kurmokk had been hunted down by members of the Goblin Venture Company, and Nesingwary's expedition had also completed its hunting plan and was preparing to leave.
" Hemet, where to next?" Jiang Jie took another sip of wine, his brows furrowing slightly.
Goldshire liqueur is too sweet and too smooth, boring. Thunderbrew is much better. Downing a glass is like drinking a bolt of lightning; the feeling is even more exhilarating than swallowing Kael'thas's Pyroblast!
" Coren's a cheapskate. He only gave me three barrels of beer because of Old Chen, and I've already finished them! Nicholas, if you want some, go cause a ruckus at the Grim Guzzler. With your skills, you're not afraid of not getting any!"
Hemet leaned closer, a sly grin spreading across his face, and urged, "I heard Old Chen had a drinking contest with Colin and knocked Coren out three times? You go too, and you have to knock Coren out seven times! Get everyone in the entire the Grim Guzzler drunk, then take all the Thunderbrew, and give me ten barrels afterwards?"
" Hemet, stop messing around. If I go to the Grim Guzzler, I probably won't get out! The Dark Iron Dwarves would love to tear me apart!" Jiang Jie sneered, "Outside Uldaman, at least three hundred Dark Iron Dwarves have died!"
The Dark Iron Dwarves have always wanted to breach Uldaman and obtain the "artifacts" within.
At first, it was just small-scale skirmishes, but later they launched a major offensive, only to be ambushed by the Earthen and other defensive forces, suffering a crushing defeat and fleeing with three hundred corpses behind. They never dared to attack Uldaman again.
This wouldn't have been a problem in itself, but after hearing the news, Brann, that big mouth, was afraid others wouldn't know, so he spread it everywhere, revealing the relationship between Jiang Jie and Uldaman, which reached the ears of the Dark Iron Dwarves.
Then Jiang Jie became the Dark Iron Dwarves ' number one enemy. It is said that Jiang Jie's head is worth a million gold coins, several times more than Brann and Nesingwary tied together. Jiang Jie even thought about taking off his own head and sending it over.
He wants to go to the Grim Guzzler?
Unless they're tired of living!
"Sigh, looks like I'll have to buy it from Venture Company, but it's ten times more expensive!"
Hemet shrugged helplessly, then answered Jiang Jie's question, " Brann found Muradin in Northrend, and Muradin has actually become the Frostborn Dwarves King! Brann said there's a place in Northrend called ' Sholazar Basin ' with many strange beasts, and I've decided to go there to hunt!"
The Sholazar Basin?
Jiang Jie nodded and said, " Sholazar Basin is Titans ruin, a place of origin for life created by the Titan Keepers ' Freya '. The animals there are quite good, and the terrain is similar to Un'Goro Crater. You want to go there? That's fine. The Northern Expedition is about to begin, and I think it won't be long before I go to Northrend. We'll meet again then."
"Hehe, I've never met such a good detective as you! Nicholas, I'll miss you!"
Nesingwary asked, "What are your plans next?"
Jiang Jie smiled and then said, "I received news from the Darkspear Trolls that there's a White Gorilla known as the ' Earth Spirit ' active somewhere in the south. I plan to go there and check it out. After that, I might go to Zul'Gurub; I heard there's a group of Troll gathered there, trying to summon Hakkar!"
" Hakkar?"
Hemet's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again. " Hakkar is the Wind Serpent God, definitely a good prey! But the Atal'ai Troll are tough to deal with, and I promised Brann I'd go to Northrend... Nicholas, after you take down Hakkar, I want its skull!"
Jiang Jie smiled and nodded, "I'll have the Goblin of Booty Bay deliver it to Ironforge when the time comes... Goodbye!"
"Farewell!" Hemet stood up, raised his musket, and aimed it northward. "We should set off now!"
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