The golden light broke through the morning light, and an ancient city gradually became clear in the haze.
Qingyue City is the leading first-tier city in Su State, with a population of nearly 200,000.
Su State's national strength is strong and its products are abundant, which is far from being comparable to small cities such as Yunzhou City in the Southern Kingdom.
After traveling for a day and a night, Qin Shaoyou finally arrived here.
According to the information provided by several disciples of the outer sect, he came here, and at the gate of Qingyue City, he encountered something new.
Mercenary group!
At this moment, a group of people holding the banner of "Wind Mercenary Group" were leaving in a mighty manner.
At the head are three monks who are in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment Realm. There are more than ten people in the team, including four or five mortals.
But even if they are mortals, these people look tall and burly, with extraordinary skills.
Qin Shaoyou found it very strange, so he caught a passerby and questioned him carefully, only to find out that there were more than a dozen mercenary groups in the city, large and small!
A hundred miles north of Qingyue City is the misty swamp. There are countless exotic flowers and plants in the swamp, as well as countless rare and exotic animals.
Although there are a lot of these monsters, most of them use swamps and fog to hide their bodies. Generally speaking, it is difficult to find their traces.
And these demonic beasts' bones, blood, and body materials are "treasures" that everyone is eagerly seeking. If there is a market, there will naturally be people who are willing to take risks.
Therefore, the mercenary group came into being.
Qin Shaoyou checked the map carefully again. The foggy swamp has a radius of nearly a thousand miles, which is really not a small place. And through the foggy swamp to the west, there is a very special area, which is the Thousand Blades Ice Stream.
Wu Feng said that this poisonous thunder eel is in the Thousand Blades Ice Stream.
Qin Shaoyou glanced at the city gate and made up his mind immediately.
At the gate of the city, Qin Shaoyou passed the inspection of the city guards as a casual cultivator Qin Heizi.
And when he passed by these soldiers, he accidentally discovered that their leader was also an immortal cultivator!
This man was wearing red armor and stood expressionlessly. Under his armor, a red jade pendant was vaguely visible.
Qin Shaoyou's heart moved.
As far as he knew, this place should be the territory of Phoenix Valley. In this way, the power of Phoenix Valley had actually penetrated into the city of Su State.
Its influence is evident.
Moreover, the mortals here are not surprised to see immortal cultivators. Obviously, in their minds, immortal cultivators are not gods, but just martial arts masters with some extraordinary means.
On the other hand, Yuan Ling Sect, in the Southern Kingdom, mostly only had legends about immortal cultivators, and most of these legends were based on rumors.
Only in Shang'an City can you see some biographies about immortal cultivators.
Comparing the two, it is not difficult to find that the overall strength and influence of Phoenix Valley is far stronger than that of Yuan Ling Sect!
Entering the city, a vast atmosphere and a strong charm of life come together.
This feeling is very strange, both fairy and mundane.
Qingyue City is obviously old. Almost all the stone slabs on the ground are polished as smooth as mirrors. There are cars and people passing by on the street, and the flags of various shops are fluttering in the wind.
"Hey, have you heard? The second captain of the Iron Bull Mercenary Group has been away for more than a month and hasn't come back! It is said that they all died in the misty swamp!"
"Tie Niu Mercenary Group? Are you talking about Tie Xinlan?"
"you do not say!"
"Her brother has been recruiting troops and masters from all walks of life these past two days, and is preparing to go to the Misty Swamp again to rescue his sister!"
"Hey, I'm afraid this time there is no return..."
Beside a tavern, Qin Shaoyou heard the conversation between two people in the world.
The two men each carried a long sword on their backs. Looking at their Dantian, there was no spiritual energy fluctuation, so they were obviously two mortals.
Qin Shaoyou's heart moved, he turned around and walked towards the tavern.
"I just overheard the conversation between the two of you, and I'm a little curious. I wonder if you two brothers can help answer a question?"
He hid his identity and pretended to be a wanderer.
Seeing that Qin Shaoyou behaved appropriately, the two of them didn't have any resentment.
One of them smiled slightly and said: "Little brother, you don't want to go to the Iron Bull Mercenary Group, do you?"
"To tell you the truth, I have this intention."
Qin Shaoyou nodded and replied.
The two Green Lins looked at each other and smiled, but both smiled and said nothing.
Qin Shaoyou understood and greeted the tavern owner: "Boss, please bring three jars of good wine!"
"Okay!"
Rivers, lakes, green forests, meeting friends over wine, it's the same everywhere.
Although he disdained any friendship with these two people, but based on the principle of keeping a low profile, he did not want to cause trouble everywhere.
Showing off his skills everywhere is a second act, and Qin Shaoyou will naturally not be so brainless.
As soon as they heard that Qin Shaoyou was so "righteous", a strange light suddenly shone in their eyes.
"Hahaha, little brother, you are so generous!"
"I, Mr. Li, have made you my friend!"
Qin Shaoyou sat down with a smile, drank and exchanged wine with the two of them, and soon they became brothers.
From the mouths of these two people, he learned that there are two current leaders of the Tieniu mercenary group, namely brother and sister Tie Xinhu and Tie Xinlan.
Both of their cultivation levels are in the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. In Qingyue City, the strength of the Tieniu Mercenary Group is at a medium level.
The Tieniu mercenary group was established thirty years ago and was jointly funded by Tieniu, the father of the Tie brothers and sisters, and his two friends. At that time, it was one of the best mercenary groups in Qingyue City.
It's a pity that time has changed. Ten years ago, the Tieniu mercenary group accepted a mercenary mission and went to the depths of the misty swamp. Only Tieniu came back alive.
Later, Tieniu handed over the position of the mercenary group to the two brothers and sisters, and left without saying goodbye soon after, and has not come back to this day.
The Tie brothers and sisters have always been in and out of the same family, but Tie Xinlan wanted to prove that she was better than his brother, so she secretly accepted the employment task without telling Tie Xinhu, which led to the current situation.
Tie Xinhu was so anxious that he searched for his sister in the misty swamp. However, Tie Xinlan took half of the members of the mercenary group with him when he left. After Tie Xinhu took the remaining people in half a month ago, he was the only one who returned.
In town!
This time, he issued the Lexuan Commission Order and wanted to invite all the masters in Qingyue City to prepare to go to the Misty Swamp again.
But everyone is not a fool.
This Tieniu mercenary group now only has half-assed strength. No matter how many people are gathered together, it will definitely not be as good as a regular mercenary group. If you join this team now, you will only get money but not spend your life.
It has been three days since the commission order was issued, and only three people are willing to join.
Someone once gave Tie Xinhu an idea and asked him to find other mercenary groups, issue commission orders to other mercenary groups, and go together as employers. But who would have thought that those mercenary groups actually seemed to have already discussed it, no matter what.
No matter what price he offered, he always gave two words: No answer!
Qin Shaoyou thought about it for a long time and thought he could give the Iron Bull Mercenary Group a try.
He needs to cross the foggy swamp, and the Tiexinhu will definitely go deep into it in order to find someone. Doesn't this just suit his purpose?
Although the strength of this mercenary group is not very good, these two passers-by said that the Iron Bull Mercenary Group has a history of more than thirty years of employment, and it is better for the Misty Swamp than those mercenary groups that have just been established for more than ten years.
Know more.
After making up his mind, Qin Shaoyou asked them about the location of the Tieniu mercenary group, and then stood up to say goodbye.