Qingwu Academy is the largest martial arts academy in Qingshan City. In terms of strength, it is the only force in the entire Qingshan City that can compete with the Zhang family. However, Qingwu Academy has no intention of winning.
Russell was a little curious and said: "Brother Cheng, I heard that Qingwu Academy is the largest martial arts academy in Qingshan City. As long as you can graduate from it, you can directly join the city guard, or be recruited by major nobles to become
As a government soldier, wouldn't this be much safer than being a mercenary?"
"Brother Mu doesn't know something. I and several of my friends are just common people. We only have good talents to enter Qingwu Academy. We have no connections in Qingshan City. Even if we enter the city lord's palace or the noble courtyard, we will not be able to enter."
To get attention, you can only be ordered around by those nobles. In this case, it is better to create a mercenary group yourself to avoid those aggrieved people."
"Since Brother Cheng has said so, we can only agree. Just as Brother Cheng said, we will share the bounty equally and all the points will go to Brother Cheng."
"Okay! Brother Mu is really straightforward, so we won't take advantage of him. To be honest, some of us have already found the location of the snake grass, which is in the endless mountains to the north of Qingshan City. It's just that these snake grass grow in
In a snake valley, there are a large number of black rock snakes around. It is not easy to obtain them. We can provide the antidote for black rock snakes to Brother Mu and others. Brother Mu, how much snake letter grass you can get depends on Mu.
Brother, you have your own abilities. I wonder, how many people are there in Brother Mu’s mercenary team?”
"There are 7 people in total, and a few of them haven't come back yet."
"Then let's make an agreement and go take the mission together now, how about that?"
Russell nodded in agreement.
Russell and Cheng Haotian went to the counter to receive the mission together. Mother Shen also happened to have the mercenary certificates for Russell and others completed. After receiving the mission, she and Cheng Haotian decided on a time and place to gather before they dispersed.
go.
When Luo Cheng and others came back, they went to nearby stores to buy some weapons and equipment, dry food and water, and then set off towards the north gate meeting point. According to the agreement, Cheng Haotian and others will wait for Dela next to the north gate in an hour.
How many people are there in Serge?
When they arrived at the meeting point, Drassel had already seen Cheng Haotian, and he saw that there were 6 people behind him, four men and two women. Counting himself, there were seven people, just like Drassel and others.
Cheng Haotian and others stood under a pergola at the north gate, as if they had arrived for a long time.
A young man next to Cheng Haotian was complaining and said: "Captain, why do we have to complete an E-level mission with other people, just to pick some snake grass, the few of us are enough, why do we still have to complete it together?"
Find another group of people to help.”
"Xiao Lang, don't talk nonsense. This mission was originally chosen by others. I just took action faster. We have just established a mercenary group. We cannot bully other free mercenaries at will. If the reputation spreads, in the future, our mercenaries will
How can the group grow? What's more, that Brother Mu should be very strong and not suitable for conflict with them. What's more, they want the bounty and we want the points. The two don't interfere. This kind of cooperation is mutually beneficial and there is nothing wrong with it.
good."
While a few people were chatting, Russell had already approached and said with a smile: "Brother Cheng, I'm sorry, we are late."
"It's not too late, it's just the right time. In order to get to the Endless Mountains as quickly as possible, let's set off now." Cheng Haotian and others still need to continue to accept tasks and gain points quickly. They don't want to spend too much money on an E-level task.
much time.
De La Serre did not refuse, introduced the personnel to each other, and then headed towards the North City Gate.
It is worth mentioning that in Cheng Haotian's team, there is a beautiful and tall beauty with a cold temperament and a sense of being repellent. She is beautiful and has the appearance of a goddess, but she is just a little bit worse than Guan Susu.
She is a rare beauty. As for her name, it seems to be Ru Bing, and she really lives up to her name. The other woman is more ordinary, quiet and quiet, and doesn't talk much.
In order to avoid trouble, the ladies of Guan Susu still kept their jade faces half-covered. Everyone talked and laughed and set off together, making the trip more popular. The Endless Mountains are located in the south of Nanshan County and stretch for tens of thousands of miles.
It extends to the southeast of Nanshan County, and connects countless dense forests throughout the entire Celestial Empire.
Starting from the north gate of Qingshan City and galloping northeast for 2 days, you will reach the outskirts of the Endless Mountains. This is a paradise for adventurers and a hell for the weak. The entire Endless Mountains area is extremely vast, and there are countless ferocious beasts living in it. Even if
Even fifth-level exotic beasts can be found. Even the strong ones in the Tianwu Realm can only temporarily avoid the sharp edge of these ferocious beasts. It is rumored that the bloodline of ancient immortal beasts still remains deep in the Endless Mountains.
On this vast continent, there are still too many places that humans cannot set foot in. Naturally, there will be many legends, and the dangers of the Endless Mountains are one of them.
However, the greater the danger, the greater the opportunity. There are indeed endless dangers hidden in the endless mountains, but there are also many legends of adventures. Tombs of strong men and ancient inheritances have been discovered. All warriors are also here.
I long for the place where I find adventure.
Along the way, Russell, Cheng Haotian and others have also become familiar with each other, and they have a little understanding of their character and strength. However, Cheng Haotian and others do not know much about Russell and others, because Guan Susu and others
Luo Cheng and others are not good at talking. Only Cui'er and Russell can get along with Cheng Haotian and others.
Because of an accident, Tweety took off her robe, revealing her innocent and pleasant appearance, and paired it with a pair of great weapons. She immediately caught the other person's eyes. At this time, the most popular person in the team
The two girls are Cui Er and Ru Bing.
Russell felt that Cheng Haotian had some thoughts about Ru Bing, and Ru Bing also had a crush on Cheng Haotian. The two were relatively close, but not as passionate as a couple. There was another person in Cheng Haotian's team who also had feelings for Ru Bing.
The idea is that he is a young nobleman of medium build and relatively well-dressed. He is a young nobleman from Qingshan City. His name is Ye Cheng.
Although Ye Cheng is also a member of the mercenary group, in his words, he does not care about Cheng Haotian, the leader of the group, and even despises his civilian status. He only favors Ru Bing, and he probably came here because of Ru Bing.
For these interesting things, Russell only regarded them as gossip and had no intention of intervening. However, this Ye Cheng seemed to have some evil thoughts towards Cui Er, which made Russell a little unhappy.
Seemingly sensing Ye Cheng's displeasure, Cui'er has been grabbing the corner of Russell's clothes these past few days, with a timid look on her face, and acting a bit intimate with Russell.
After two days of traveling, the group finally saw the dense forest stretching for thousands of miles in the distance, which was the outskirts of the Endless Mountains. In the distance, Drasel could also see a small town, which was a place for mercenaries to repair.
Russell pointed to the town and said: "It's getting late. Let's go to the town to rest first. After all, we've been traveling for a few days."
Cheng Haotian refused directly and said: "Brother Mu, we have a mission now, so it's better not to delay. Moreover, we know that the place with the snake grass is not a hidden place. If we go there late,
Those snake grasses may be picked in advance, which would be bad. Let's rest outside the Endless Mountains today. According to the current journey, we should be able to reach our destination in two days."
"Okay, let's move on." Russell was curious as to why Cheng Haotian was so anxious along the way.
When night gradually fell, Russell and others found a flat place to stay on the outskirts of the Endless Mountains.
Several people carried simple storage equipment, set up a few simple tents, and began to look for food and arrange security personnel.
In the jungle at night, a dozen people gathered around the fire and started talking.
Cui'er, a snack foodie, may have been fed by all kinds of spiritual food in the palace, but now she has no appetite after seeing those coarse grain steamed buns and dried meat.
I saw Tweety slowly moving to Drassel's side, using her proud breasts to hijack Drassel's arm, and said coquettishly: "Brother Mu, these dry foods are not delicious, Tweety wants to eat good food."
!Brother Mu, just give me a little."
Before Russell could agree, Guan Susu was unhappy and pulled Cui'er over and said: "Cui'er, what are you doing? Men and women can't be intimate with each other. You don't understand, you little girl."
Son, you actually do it just for a bite of food, you are really not ashamed."
"Sister, but Tweety just wants to eat something good. Aren't we going to enter the Endless Mountains soon? Eating something good can also restore some strength, don't you think?" Tweety is a foodie, and she has always been a foodie.
Anyone who stutters is the master.
At this time, Ye Cheng seemed to have heard Cui'er's complaint, and immediately stood up and said: "Miss Cui'er is right, we are about to go deep into the Endless Mountains. The mountains are full of strange beasts and are full of dangers. It's time to recover our strength.
In this world, only spiritual food can restore physical strength as quickly as possible." Ye Cheng said proudly in front of everyone.
Xiaolang is Cheng Haotian's little follower and Cheng Haotian's good friend who grew up together. He was also born in poverty and has a straightforward character. He can't hold back his words. Xiaolang said with a look of disdain: "So, Mr. Ye now has
Spiritual food, it’s just right. You, Mr. Lang, and I have never tasted what spiritual food tastes like. Why don’t you, Master Ye, take out some spiritual food and take a look.”
"I guess so. How come commoners like you have ever seen spiritual food, such high-end ingredients, which are delicacies exclusively for nobles. Today, you are lucky, I actually brought some out for you to try.
Try something new." As he said that, Ye Cheng took out a few potato-like things from his storage bag, but the skin of these things was black, and each one was only the size of a child's fist.
Seeing this thing, Cheng Haotian also exclaimed: "Black Earth Fruit!"
"Oh, I didn't expect the captain to have such knowledge. Could it be that... the captain has eaten it?" Ye Cheng was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the civilian captain actually knew this thing.
"That's not true. It was just a mission. I was responsible for escorting a noble lady back to Qingshan City. I saw that young lady eating it. The black ground fruit that the young lady ate was as big as two fists. It is said that one black ground fruit,
It costs several hundred gold coins." Cheng Haotian didn't hide anything, and he didn't care about his own face.
Hearing that the price of black ground fruit was so expensive, the remaining people all looked at Ye Cheng with envy. Ye Cheng enjoyed this look very much, especially even Ru Bing, who glanced at him, which made Ye Cheng even more
Satisfied, but Cui Er doesn't seem to be interested in him.
Ye Cheng waved his hand and said: "Yes, these are black ground fruits. They are spiritual food cultivated by the Zhang family of Qingshan City. This is a good thing that even money can't buy. After eating it, you can quickly restore your physical strength.
And spiritual power, it can also increase the eater's own spiritual power reserves. It is also ranked among the many spiritual foods. These dozen black earth fruits cost me more than 10,000 gold coins."
Ye Cheng picked the biggest one, walked up to Ru Bing, and said, "Ru Bing, try it, this thing is very delicious."
Ru Bing just glanced at it and said, "No, thank you."
"Ru Bing, don't be so outspoken. We are all classmates and teammates. It doesn't matter if you take something from me."
Cheng Haotian also said: "Ru Bing, take it. Since Mr. Ye has his heart, you can't live up to it."
Ru Bing glanced at Cheng Haotian and took the black earth fruit. Seeing Ru Bing accepting his spiritual food, he immediately smiled and said: "That's right, that's right. As long as Ru Bing has eaten this delicious food, he will definitely remember it."
It's still fresh and I can't stop. That...Captain Cheng, you can try it too." He took out a small one and handed it to Cheng Haotian.
Others also looked at Ye Cheng expectantly. Ye Cheng didn't care about those people. He walked up to Cui'er with another black ground fruit and said: "Miss Cui'er, this is a good thing. You don't want to try it."
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Cui'er shook her head very simply and said: "No, this thing... doesn't taste good."
Guan Susu slapped Cui'er on the little head.
"Sister, don't hit Tweety on the head all the time, Tweety will become stupid."
"Forget it, you are so stupid, little girl, your speech is becoming more and more unruly."
"But this food just doesn't taste good. There are sweet potatoes and corn there..." At the end, his voice became weaker and weaker.
This black ground fruit is also a kind of spiritual food, a kind of fruit-like spiritual food. If it is in good quality, it will not only contain rich spiritual energy, but also taste refreshing and delicious. Compared with those coarse grains that are difficult to swallow, it can be regarded as a rare delicacy.
Yes, but compared with sweet potatoes and corn, the gap is too big. Moreover, the spiritual food Cui'er ate in the palace were all high-end products produced in the chaotic space. The taste and spiritual energy content were by no means comparable to ordinary products. If you take
To the outside world, it is definitely the top spiritual food and royal tribute level.
Ye Cheng was stunned, he didn't expect Cui'er to look down on the spiritual food in his hand at all, and said: "Miss Cui'er, I have eaten black ground fruit before!"
Cui'er was simple and did not hide anything: "I have eaten it, but not much. The taste of this food is bland and has no taste, but the water content is not bad."
Guan Susu hurriedly said: "Young Master Ye is just laughing at me. My little sister has indeed eaten them before, but those black ground fruits are only half the size of a fist and are not as delicate as those held by the young master."
Compared with Cui'er, Guan Susu knows how to behave a lot. Ye Cheng immediately smiled and said: "That's not surprising. The black ground fruit is too small. Not only does it taste a bit bitter, but it doesn't even have much aura. No wonder Miss Cui'er said
It’s not delicious.”
Cui'er was about to retort, but Guan Susu glared back.
Ye Cheng quickly said: "Miss Cui'er, try this, it's absolutely delicious. And Miss Susu, you can try it too."
Guan Susu took it politely and thanked her, which made Ye Cheng feel very fond of this woman who had always covered her face.
Cui'er was holding a fist-sized black ground fruit and was a little displeased. When had she ever eaten such a small black ground fruit before? It must be very unpalatable. Just as she was thinking about it, Cui Er saw Russell's appearance.
The guy, with his back to me, seemed to be doing something bad.
Cui'er quietly walked up to Drassel and saw Drassel eating eggs there. She roared angrily, hugged Drassel and said, "Brother Mu, you are eating eggs behind our backs. Sister, hurry up!"
Come on, Brother Mu is going to eat delicious food behind our backs! It’s so unkind.”
Russell found out that he had been exposed, so he quickly stuffed the egg into his mouth, trying to destroy the evidence, but how could Tweety let Russell succeed? She grabbed the egg that had not yet entered her mouth and pulled out a small piece of protein.
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"Hahaha, I still want to destroy the evidence. Look, sister, this is evidence that Brother Mu secretly ate it." He Guan Susu said with a proud look on his face.
"Hey, you little girl, do you still have a different concept of men and women? You are really not ashamed to force food from other people's mouths." Russell pretended to be angry.
Cui'er also ate half of the egg white as a demonstration, put her hands on her hips and said: "Brother Mu, you ate it first, it's just your fault, what else can you say?"
Watching Cui'er eat the eggs, Guan Susu blushed a little, but Shen's mother pretended not to see it.
"Ah...my eggs! Tweety, don't go too far, this is all my food rations."
"Tch, Tweety doesn't believe it. Brother Mu must have a lot more on him. Hand it over quickly. Sister and Tweety both want to eat it. Oh, Aunt Shen wants it too. Brother Mu promised Tweetie that there will be delicious food in the future.
Think of your sister!"
Russell's expression changed and he said: "It's gone, absolutely gone, there's only one left."
"You're a liar, hand it over quickly." As she said that, Tweety and Russell struggled again.
Ye Cheng looked envious as he looked at Tweety and Russell fighting each other. This guy, Russell, always taking advantage of Tweety's body, was simply unsightly and made others envious, including Tweety.
I didn't notice it at all.
This made Ye Cheng very depressed. Cheng Haotian was actually quite curious about the relationship between Russell and the others. According to Russell, they were all good friends who went out together to look after each other, but it was obvious that
This young man, Russell, has an absolutely dominant position among a group of people. Luo Cheng, Wu Yong, Baili Ying and others are even more obedient to Russell, giving Cheng Haotian and others the feeling that
Russell is like an aristocratic young man who comes out to experience life.
However, Cheng Haotian and others don't care about this. After all, they are only a temporary cooperative relationship, and there is no big interest involved. There is no conflict. They have no intention of paying attention to the relationship between Russell and others. At most, they are just curious.
After a night's rest, the group immediately packed their bags and began to move deeper into the endless mountains.
As we go deeper and deeper, the big trees in the dense forest become blocking the sky, and even the sunlight rarely shines through. Moreover, it is already late autumn, and the temperature in the deep forest is even lower, making it more difficult to move forward.
Cheng Haotian waved his hand and said to Xiaolang: "Xiaolang, take two people to the back. Pay attention to the movements around you and notify you immediately of any changes."
"Understood, leader."
Watching a team move quickly, although their movements are very unfamiliar, everyone's steps are chaotic, and the security layout is irregular, their awareness of vigilance is not bad. It should not be difficult to survive in this jungle.
Cheng Haotian knows the location of the destination, and the direction of everyone's progress is very clear. They are approaching the destination in an orderly manner. Along the way, the vigilance of Cheng Haotian and others has also had many effects, and many crises have been successfully discovered.
While Drassel and others were continuing to move forward, Luo Cheng glanced in the air and felt the surrounding environment. He approached Drassel. Before Luo Cheng could say anything, Drassel had already spoken: "
About 300m ahead, a group of flying alien beasts were disturbed. There was a brief and subtle vibration on the ground, and there was a trace of blood in the air. There was a battle ahead! Right?"
Luo Cheng: "Young Master is wise, should we continue to move forward?"
Russell whispered: "That direction is the only way for us to pass. It is so close to us, but the movement caused is not as big as expected. The opponent's strength will not exceed the Earth Martial Realm, and the most powerful people will be the Martial Realm."
, there is no threat to us, no need to care, just keep getting closer."
"Yes, young master!"
The whispers by Russell and others did not disturb Cheng Haotian and others. They continued to move forward along the established road. After walking more than a hundred meters, Cheng Haotian suddenly became alert and said: "Everyone, stop, there is movement ahead.
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Everyone immediately moved closer, and Xiaolang said: "Captain, what's wrong?"
"There is a smell of blood coming from the front, and it can be heard from such a distance. It seems that there are heavy casualties in the front."
"Then shall we go there?"
Cheng Haotian hesitated and said: "Going forward, we will encounter a small hillside. If we take a detour, it will waste a lot of time. I will go ahead alone to see the situation later." After saying that, he turned around and said to him.
He turned to Russell and said, "Brother Mu, are you interested in coming with me?"
"Okay, I'm quite interested." Russell didn't hesitate.
"The rest of the people are waiting here. Brother Mu and I will go to the front to investigate."
Russell and Cheng Haotian quickly left the team and moved forward. When they were about to reach the target location, the smell of blood in the air was already very strong.
Russell and Cheng Haotian hid behind the grass and quietly pushed aside the grass. They saw two groups of people fighting in an open space not far away. From the looks of it, they should be two mercenary groups fighting.
This situation is also very common in the Endless Mountains.