Chapter Fifteen: One Hundred Gold Coins for a Life

  That's right, take off your clothes!

  At dusk, under the setting sun, in the howling cold wind, Lin Taiping, with an innocent face, unbuttoned his two rows of buttons one by one, slowly and leisurely took off his outer garment. Then, he still didn't stop, but continued to take off his inner shirt...

  At this moment, everyone present was stunned and suddenly didn't know what to say.

  "What the hell is wrong with this guy, has he gone crazy? He's stripping in front of all these people and it looks like he's going to go all the way, is he some kind of exhibitionist or something, planning on running around the harbor naked?"

  In fact, several ladies in the crowd had already blushed and couldn't help but cover their eyes, then sneak a few glances through their fingers. How annoying, who undresses in public? However, this Mr. Lin is quite handsome, perhaps we can appreciate him from an artistic perspective.

  In this eerie silence, Lin Taiping did not disappoint these ladies. After taking off his last piece of clothing, his upper body was completely exposed to the air. It's worth noting that it's now the coldest winter month, and the icy cold wind howled in, making him involuntarily let out a sneeze.

  Everyone present was already stunned and had forgotten what to say. It was the captain of the guard who, having experienced big scenes before, opened his mouth in a daze for half a day and finally muttered: "Mr. Lin, where is that product you mentioned?"

  "Didn't you see? It's right here." Lin Taiping smiled and pointed with his hand, on the left side of his chest, where dense lines intersected and connected to form a complex black pattern.

  "Is this... a tattoo?" The crowd looked at each other in dismay, and just a few seconds later, it was unclear who started it first, but almost everyone shook their heads in disappointment and even turned to leave.

  It's meaningless, it's meaningless. The appetite that has been hanging for half a day was finally brought out, but it turned out to be just tattoo skills, and it was still a very rough tattoo skill. You know, Rhode Island has at least three tattoo parlors, and any tattoo artist can come up with more beautiful and delicate patterns.

  "Wait, wait, don't rush off yet!" Seeing this scene, Lin Taiping didn't show much expression, but Mr. Cohen next to him was already anxious, as if he saw gold coins flying away with wings, "Lin, you...no!"

  Before the words had fallen, in that instant, Kristen suddenly let out a low growl, viciously pulling out a gleaming dagger and heavily stabbing it into Lin Taiping's left chest.

  In an instant, the crowd that was about to disperse suddenly let out a collective cry of surprise. The women were even more terrified, covering their eyes in shock, and they had already seen the blood splattering everywhere... Uh?

  Unexpectedly, there was no splashing blood or painful screams. The sharp dagger stabbed heavily into Lin Taiping's chest, but it sounded like it had struck hard stone, emitting a metallic collision sound.

  How is this possible? The gods above, how can this be?

  The gasps that had reached the lips suddenly disappeared without a trace, and at this moment, the entire audience was silent, with everyone's mouths agape in shock, almost unable to believe what they were seeing.

  Good heavens! What did we just see? That Eastern guest was stabbed by such a sharp dagger, yet he didn't even get a scratch, not even a white mark was left behind. Is this some kind of magic trick?

  In fact, the captain of the guard rushed up in surprise, directly snatching the dagger to check it. There was no problem at all. This dagger was real, and its blade was sharp enough to cut hair with a single blow.

  "Of course it's true." Lin Taiping gently patted his chest, the black tattoo emitting a red glow that enveloped his entire body. "Gentlemen, I think you may have already guessed a bit, the real secret is..."

  In an instant, everyone's gaze was focused on the black tattoo. The captain of the guard was first stunned, but then seemed to think of something and suddenly revealed an incredulous expression: "Wait a minute, this tattoo shouldn't be some kind of magic, should it?"

  "It's a totem, more accurately, it's a rock totem." Lin Taiping corrected solemnly, "You all know that rock totems were originally carved on stone pillars, making the pillars even more indestructible. Now, with the help of the Minotaur, I've directly tattooed the rock totem onto my skin, and then..."

  Then what, it's no longer necessary to say, everyone looked at each other with strange faces, suddenly feeling that their worldview was a bit confused.

  Originally, only the Minotaur knew how to carve mysterious totems that could be directly tattooed on the skin and still take effect. Why did we never think of this?

  "Almost at the same time, Mr. Cohen couldn't wait to explain: 'You all know what this means? Especially for us businessmen who are always out at sea, we never know when we'll encounter danger. If we have this rock tattoo protection, it's like having an extra life!'"

  No mistake, upon hearing this sentence, more than a dozen merchants in the crowd couldn't help but brighten up at the same time. A middle-aged merchant even rubbed his right chest, where a blood-colored scar still remained: "Damn it, last time I went out to sea, I was shot by those damned pirates with an arrow. If I hadn't been wearing soft armor at the time..."

  It's a fact, in this era of pirate atrocities, which merchant is not taking risks with his life to do business, who has not encountered fatal dangers, sometimes even sharp wooden boards flying everywhere will make them die inexplicably, and if they have this rock totem tattoo...

  At this moment, many sea merchants were almost moved, and the reason why they said "almost" was because they still had a last question. "Dear Lin, how long will it take to complete these tattooed totems, and how much gold coins will be spent?"

  "Six hours, three familiar totem cow-head men can complete a tattoo in six hours." Lin Taiping replied with confidence and raised one finger, "As for the price, we are currently in the promotion period, so it will definitely be discounted...hmm, what do you think? One hundred gold coins, is it too expensive?"

  Pfft! As soon as this was said, everyone present collectively spat out blood. For just 100 gold coins, you can get a Rock Totem tattoo, and the gods are above, yet this is still considered too expensive? Let's not even mention those outrageously priced magical tools, even a decent piece of soft armor costs tens of gold coins!

  In fact, more than a dozen merchants were shocked to the point of dropping their jaws, looking at Lin Taiping's expression as if they were watching a prodigal son. The middle-aged merchant couldn't help but ask: "Wait, selling it like this, won't you be losing money? Don't you need to buy materials, don't you need to pay labor costs, don't you... uh?"

  He hadn't even finished asking the question when he himself realized that he had asked a stupid one - it seemed that making these totem tattoos didn't require any cost, the cow-headed people were free labor, and no materials were needed for the tattooing process. Moreover, this kind of rock totem could last for a very long time.

  My god! What's more cost-effective than this? Just spend 100 gold coins and get an extra life, with a better effect than any soft armor. Only a fool would refuse such a good opportunity that's being handed to them on a silver platter.

  At this moment, many merchants were eager to take out their gold coins. In fact, it was not just them, the mercenaries next to them, including the captain of the guard, were also calculating whether or not to spend this money. After all, compared to the merchants, they were the ones who lived and died on the edge of a knife every day.

  Only that middle-aged businessman was still muttering in disbelief: "Can it really be like this? Mr. Lin, your teacher actually thought of using the totem like this?"

  "What's so strange about that? Lin Taiping decided to give them a lesson: "You know, I've been thinking, if totems can be carved on stone pillars, why can't they be carved on other things. So after researching, we invited the smartest person from the Ox-Head tribe... cough, Turo, I'm not praising you."

  "Great, Toruru, who had just puffed out his chest to accept the praise, immediately looked depressed and squatted on the ground drawing circles. On the other hand, behind him, Liria, the most beautiful girl in the Bullhead tribe, stood up with a proud face: "Well, I'm not that smart either, it's just that I made some improvements to the traditional totem."

  That's right, that's the fact. Ever since Lin Taiping saw Tu Ru and others using Totem Pillars to smash people some time ago, he has been thinking about how to utilize Totems. After inquiring from the Minotaur people, he suddenly discovered that Lilia was actually the priestess of this Minotaur tribe, with an understanding of Totems far surpassing other Minotaurs.

  And so, under the lure of wealth and a better life, the simple "beautiful girl" Lilia fell. She began to study totems day and night, trying to transfer them from stone pillars to her skin, and even researched more advanced totem patterns on this basis.

  "Wait, Mr. Lin, did you just say more updates?" The sea merchants who were originally excited suddenly widened their eyes uncontrollably upon hearing this sentence, "So that means you have more than one rock totem tattoo?"

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