The carriage drove slowly on the official road to the county seat, and Xinghai Town became smaller and smaller in Jiang You's sight until it finally disappeared. Ahead is Wuzhishan, the boundary mountain of Xinghai Town. It is said to be Wuzhishan, but in fact it is just a big mountain with peaks. It is a bit far-fetched to say that it has no fingers.
The mountain peaks are so high that they seem to be suppressing some kind of god, but everything is just a legend. There is a spiritual vein in the mountains, but the spiritual quality is impure and can barely reach the first level. In addition, the mountain road is difficult and dangerous, so it is not valued by any big forces. Instead, a group of people wanted by the imperial court gathered here and established A Xiaoyao Villa.
The imperial court also sent troops to capture this place several times, but as soon as the official troops withdrew, more people came in again, so the imperial court began to adopt a tacit attitude towards the existence of Xiaoyao Villa, and instead focused its defense on the officials at the foot of the mountain. road. As a result, more and more people from the three religions and nine streams poured into Wuzhi Mountain, and finally it became today's Xiaoyao Valley.
If we say that Xiaoyao Valley is a place of pure evil, that is not necessarily true. After all, not everyone wanted by the government is a heinous person. In fact, many people here are wanderers who are not tolerated by major forces. But to say that Xiaoyao Valley is a peaceful place is even more of a joke. This is a lawless place in Dahua. If the mysterious owner of Xiaoyao Valley hadn't made some rules, there would have been rivers of blood in the valley.
The happy souls in the happy valley are the fugitives after the happy days. In short, this is a place where strength speaks, and it is also a place where spiritual stones speak. Here, you can buy things that Dahua cannot buy, and you can also hire assassins to kill for you. Of course, the premise is that you have the strength to ensure that you will not be regarded as prey.
The most lively thing in Xiaoyao Valley is the Xiaoyao Tavern built on the villa. People who have nowhere to stay but are unwilling to sink gather here. While they are having fun here, they are also waiting for the tasks issued by the owner of the valley. As long as the price is reasonable, they You can do anything, including murder and arson.
The wine in the tavern today is particularly delicious, and the dancing Orchid is also extremely enchanting. It is said that the wine is a tribute wine from the Royal Court of Xirong, and Orchid is the maid of the Royal Court of Xirong. If King Zhongwu had not been assassinated and caused chaos in the Huo family army camp, these fine wines would have been Beauty will not wander to this mountain for these desperate people to enjoy.
So there were a lot of people today, and the hall was full of indulgent and confused carefree people. But while people were indulging in dark colors, the maid on the top floor hung three flags on long poles.
This is the mission issued by the Valley Master. All the desperadoes know that the reason why they can indulge in dark colors here is because they have spiritual stones in their hands, and if they want to earn spiritual stones, they must complete the mission issued by the Valley Master.
So everyone took it for granted and was just sarcastically sarcastic about who was unlucky enough to be taken care of by the Valley Master. In fact, the success rate of hunting in Xiaoyao Valley is not high, but no one can withstand the waves of sneak attacks by these desperadoes. It can be said that those who are issued soul-hunting orders by Xiaoyao Valley will never be able to find peace as long as they live.
As the long pole rises higher and higher, and at the same time gets closer and closer to the middle, more and more people forget about the beauty and wine in front of them, and instead focus on the long pole, knowing that the task is hanging closer to the center. , indicating that the higher the reward, the higher the reward, indicating that the target’s cultivation level is higher.
The height of the two long poles first stopped at the sixth level of Qi training, and the remaining one was only at the ninth level of Qi training. This made many people shake their heads and continue to enjoy the wine and beauty in front of them. From their experience, The bounty at the sixth level of Qi training is difficult to break through double digits, and the ninth level of Qi training only has more than a dozen spirit stones.
What people didn't expect was that the flag began to move towards the center, and the bounty slowly exceeded ten, twenty, or even one hundred spirit stones, and it didn't stop!
There was an uproar in the tavern. You must know that some of the weakest foundation-building monks only have one hundred spirit stones, but the rewards of the mission are still moving to the middle.
Two hundred, three hundred...
Everyone's eyes were on the flags, and the last three flags landed on the five hundred spirit stones. You must know that this is a bounty only available to monks in the middle stage of foundation building.
"What's going on? Why do the three Qi Practitioners have such a high bounty?" Some people asked curiously.
The maid upstairs replied: "This mission is quite special. In the past, the property of the targets of assassination belongs to the assassin by default, but this time they must be captured alive, and if anyone embezzles their property, the Valley Master will not be lenient." !”
"So that's it." A big man at the eighth level of qi training said thoughtfully, "I wonder what treasures these three people have on them?"
"No matter what the treasure is, these five thousand and five spirit stones are enough for us to enjoy for a long time." Another thin man with Scar, who was at the peak of Qi training, said crazily.
"Enjoy it? You have to be alive to enjoy it." A young man snorted coldly.
This person was Song Yuan who escaped from Huxiao Mountain. Yue Lian's control over her was not permanent. After waking up, he and Yue Baotou looked for Yue Lian and Lin Yan in Huxiao Mountain, but in the end But nothing was found. The four of them disappeared from the world just like Lin Yan, Lin Xu and others.
After that, they did not dare to return to the Lin family, and even fled to Xiaoyao Valley for fear of being pursued by the Lin family.
The control technique used also created a gap between Song Yuan and the Yue family, not to mention that Yue Lian has disappeared, and he has no reason to follow Yue Baotou. Therefore, even though they were both in Xiaoyao Valley, Song Yuan and Yue Baotou had no contact with each other. Although they were both in Xiaoyao Tavern, Song Yuan was on the first floor where the Qi training period was gathered, while Yue Baotou was on the second floor where the foundation-building monks were. Floor, the two of them were drinking alone like strangers, not showing the slightest interest in the beauties around them.
But the wanted manhunt for Lin Yan still attracted them. Unexpectedly, Lin Yan was still alive. Can they find clues about Yue Lian in this way?
However, the people present were more interested in the huge bounty. Seeing Song Yuan making fun of him, Scar Slender Man directly grabbed Song Yuan's collar and shouted: "What did you say? Are you looking down on me?"
But as soon as he took action, a spiritual energy sword pierced the palm of his hand, and a heart-rending scream burst out from his mouth.
"Private fighting is prohibited in Xiaoyao Valley. I will teach you a lesson this time, and I will expel you directly next time." The maid in green said calmly.
Everyone's attention also turned from Song Yuan back to the maid in green. A female foundation-building cultivator on the second floor also asked: "Miss Qing'er, can you provide some more clues?"
Qing'er nodded and said: "As far as I know, Lin Yan was originally an inner disciple of the Lin family, but she has voluntarily withdrawn from the Lin family. We can also be sure that the Lin family will not pursue this matter. As for Lin Bi and Lin Zhu, Her maids, they left Xinghai Town not long ago, and their direction seems to be the county seat."
Everyone was shocked when they heard about the inner disciples of the Lin family. You must know that the Lin family is famous for saving face. If someone knew that someone was killing one of their inner disciples, they would try their best to save their dignity and destroy the entire Xiaoyao Valley. It's possible. In this case, five hundred spirit stones per person is really not too much. But it would be different if the Lin family didn't pursue the case. If five hundred spirit stones were to kill a monk at the sixth level of Qi training, then this would be a complete gift of money.
"I have accepted this mission. Don't force yourself on me, otherwise you will have trouble with me!" A big man in the early stage of foundation building immediately stood up.
"You have a good idea, but I, Qin Xue Niang, want to have trouble with you." The charming woman who is also in the early stage of foundation building said coquettishly.
"The mission of Xiaoyao Valley has always been to speak with facts. I'll let you argue as much as you want here. When we get out, let's take care of it, right?" A swordsman wearing a gauze hat said coldly, which also made the argument in the tavern stop instantly. Obviously This is a fierce character that everyone is afraid of.
But the swordsman is right. The bounty in Xiaoyao Valley has always been based on facts. Who can get this bounty can only depend on their own strength.
So even though there were countless beauties in this tavern, no one was in the mood to taste them. They went down the mountain one by one, hoping that they would be the first to find Lin Yan and others.
At this time, Jiang You didn't know what happened in Xiaoyao Valley and was bored. She was enjoying the scenery inside and outside the car while telling stories about Wuzhishan in her own world.
"Second Miss, why did Sun Wukong go to eat peaches after he immobilized the Seven Fairies?" Lin Zhu asked curiously.
"Then what are you going to do if you don't want to eat peaches?" Jiang You asked.
"Eat the peach in front of you!" Lin Zhu replied.
"I suspect you are driving!" Jiang You said with a strange smile.
"I'm just driving." Lin Zhu said and waved his riding crop.
"What's next?" Lin Bi asked curiously.
"Then there is the story of the seven gourd babies." Jiang You continued, "A long time ago, there was an evil snake spirit suppressed under a mountain. The snake spirit suppressed the mountain for nine hundred and ninety-nine years. Only It will take another year to fly into ashes and be annihilated, but this one pangolin..."
As they spoke, the carriage stopped, which made Jiang You feel strange. You must know that Xinghai Town is nearly two hundred miles away from the county seat. In addition, they set off relatively late. If they waste more time, they will not be able to get there in the morning. Hei Qian rushed to the county seat.
At night in the wilderness, there are often three religions and nine kinds of people coming out, and there are even some nocturnal monsters that will leave the vitality area to sneak attack on lone humans. This is not a safe thing for anyone, let alone someone like Jiang You. People from the Lin family.
Moreover, the reason why Jiang You put on these top-notch equipment was just to prove his rapid improvement in strength, but he didn't want Lin Hua to go to the county town, and the clan was full of unreasonable bullies. This not only made her carefully crafted lies useless, but the equipment on her body also became the coveted object of others. It was too late to take it off now. The person she was targeting would eventually be targeted. Keeping it on would give her some assurance of hiding. In short, Jiang You can only be extremely careful now, as any little thing can make him extremely sensitive.
"What's wrong?" Jiang You asked Lin Zhu outside.
"There are military sentries in the canyon ahead. They seem to be investigating something." Lin Zhu said, pointing to the long queue of convoys ahead.
Jiang You couldn't help but frown at this time. Although they were both free and innocent now, it was strange to encounter such a thing at this time.
Lin Xu and Lin Yan are the missing persons reported by the Lin family. The identities of Lin Yan and Lin Yan are a bit sensitive, that's all in the county. No one dares to mess around in broad daylight, but this is a wilderness, and once their identities are known, their true identity will be revealed. I don't know what kind of situation they will encounter. I think Lin Fei and others will not let them go easily. The remaining Yue Lian is the only one available, but this is not enough for three people.
"I really don't know who created this evil household registration system!" This is not the first time Jiang You has complained, and he has suffered such losses before. If she doesn't need to check her identity documents, she can now use it from The human skin mask that Yan Lan learned from his experience was freely disguised in Dahua.
"It was decided by King Zhongwu. Our country, Dahua, implements a parallel conscription system of the imperial army system and the imperial army system. After the household registration system was implemented, the recruitment of imperial soldiers has become easier. The Ministry of War only needs to assign quotas to the powerful and aristocratic families in various places. They can just raise funds, and this also greatly reduces the crime rate of ordinary people." Yue Lian explained.
"King Zhongwu again? Why do you always like to copy things from my world? I let him go. How can I, a time traveler, live?" Jiang You continued to complain.
"What should we do? In fact, they may not be coming for us, right?" Lin Zhu asked.
"Now that we are here, there is no need to go back. If something happens, we can only kill people and kill Buddhas. If they can attack me in the wilderness, we can also attack them. If we encounter Lin Fei again, They don't have to be polite at all." Jiang You gritted his teeth and said, "But to be on the safe side, Bi'er, you'd better go to my space first, so that I can have more protection."
Lin Bi nodded in agreement. After getting ready, Lin Zhu also restarted the carriage and joined the convoy.
Finally it was Jiang You's turn. The captain in charge of the inspection took the ID certificate and looked at it, and then symbolically inspected the carriage with only Jiang You.
"Only two people?" the captain asked nonchalantly.
"There are two more in the car behind." Jiang You replied.
"Two? You can leave." The captain asked doubtfully.
"Master Jun, what are you checking?" Lin Zhu also asked tentatively.
"Nothing, just investigating the remnants of Xirong." The captain waved his hand directly, and then began to investigate other vehicles.
After passing the guard post, Lin Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Second Miss, I told you it's no problem!"
Jiang You's face was very ugly, and she whispered: "Drive at full speed later, they have a problem, we are being targeted."
"Why?" Lin Zhu asked puzzled.
"Because I can tell from his expression that the captain already knew that there were three of us. If I guessed correctly, the real crisis will come later!" Jiang You explained.
Lin Zhu was also suddenly startled, but he could only drive the carriage at full speed. He didn't expect that just two miles away, several pyrotechnics flew out of the forest, and the carriage carriage was immediately blown to pieces.
Fortunately, Jiang You and Lin Zhu reacted in time. They jumped on the horseback immediately and escaped. Since the carriage was gone, the two could only continue running wildly on horseback. They didn't know how many people were on the other side, so they kept Maneuvering is also the safest way.
"They actually escaped. It seems that earning this spiritual stone is not as easy as imagined." A big man shook his head, but as soon as he finished speaking, his head was shot by a steel ball.
"It's actually a blunderbuss! It's impossible for the blunderbuss sold on the market to shoot so far!" A desperate man next to the big man screamed, but as soon as he finished speaking, a fire-feathered arrow penetrated his head.
Everyone hid quickly and waited until Jiang You and others ran away before they dared to show their heads.
"A peak-endowed arrow, this arrow alone is worth twenty spirit stones. No wonder they have such a high bounty." The leader, Slender Scar, shook his head.
"Then should we pursue them?" Some of the desperadoes were still frightened. It was obviously their sneak attack, but they didn't expect that in the end they would inexplicably kill two people.
"Of course we have to pursue them. Wealth can be found in danger, not to mention that no matter how many treasures they have, they can't withstand so many of us surrounding them, right? Maybe we are the luckiest group of people?" Scar Slender Man snorted coldly, "But before that, take this Fire Feather Arrow away, which can be regarded as a deposit!"
Scar Thin Man said as he pulled out the Fire Feather Arrow. Unexpectedly, the arrow broke into two sections, and a Pyroblast Talisman shone out of the broken hole.
Looking at the fire bursting out in the forest in the distance, Jiang You couldn't help but shook his head and said, "I'll give you five kills as soon as I come up. I really don't know what these people are here for." Fortunately, when she became Lin Yan, she practiced horseback archery, and the self-aiming runes on the arrows also made Jiang You, a novice, more accurate. Otherwise, she really wouldn't know how to face these assassins.
But she also knew that this was just the beginning, because more than ten riders surrounded her from both sides. Without hesitation, she bent her bow again and shot the assassin in front with an arrow. The explosion from the arrow knocked over the two people next to her, and Lin Zhu also took away one of them with a blunderbuss.
The dozen or so people immediately turned into single digits, and the frustrated assassins finally launched a counterattack. Countless spells with special effects were used against Jiang You and the two of them, but they all extinguished like fireflies.
"Is it the spiritual energy shield? Didn't it say that the weakest one is only at the sixth level of Qi training?" Jin said, the leader of the masked assassin.
"No, it's the clothes they are wearing that actually neutralize our spells!" the one-eyed assassin next to him said in surprise.
"No wonder Gu wants all the materials on them. This piece of clothing alone is close to a spiritual weapon! And the talisman does not require strong strength support like the spiritual weapon, so this is really a top treasure for Qi training monks!" The masked assassin said with gleaming eyes, "Brothers, deal with their horses first! Then play with them slowly!"
