"Captain, there is a girl in this barren mountain, why not..." A middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks in the mercenary group was the first to notice Xiao Chu, rubbing his hands with a look of lust on his face.
The group leader gave the middle-aged man a slap on the back of his head and scolded him with a smile: "You are so impatient. I'll cover it for half a month when we go out to Ruanxiang Pavilion. Then we will make the brothers feel comfortable."
"I'm sorry, fellow Taoist, my subordinates are ignorant, please forgive me."
The regiment had a long beard, wore only an animal skin vest on his upper body, exposing his thick chest hair, and carried a pair of bone swords on his back. He acted very gentlemanly, which was very inconsistent with his rough-mannered appearance.
The rest of the mercenary group looked at the leader who looked like a different person, with question marks on their foreheads.
On weekdays, the head of the regiment eats, drinks, whores and gambles. He chops people into pieces and feeds them to dogs without saying a word. How can he be polite today?
Xiao Chu looked at the dozen or so people in the mercenary group, and almost every one of them had a higher level of cultivation than her and was afraid of them.
"I don't know what sect my friend is from?" the leader of the mercenary group asked.
There was nothing to say about Xiao Chu's good looks. The leader of the mercenary group was stunned at first sight. At the same time, he noticed a flying sword surrounding Xiao Chu.
Those in the Qi Refining Realm have storage rings and magic weapons on their hands, and they are either sect disciples or descendants of aristocratic families.
"Wanjian Sect, Xiao Haofeng."
As soon as the name of Wanjian Sect came out, all the mercenaries were stunned, especially the look on the face of the middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks who turned into panic at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Wanjian Sect is the number one sect in Xifeng Province. Not to mention a slightly stronger inner sect disciple sent by the elder is enough to sweep the entire mercenary group.
The leader of the mercenary group was a little more polite than before. He walked directly in front of the sharp-mouthed middle-aged man and slapped him in the face.
The way other people looked at the middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks also changed, as if he was going to eat him in the next moment.
"The people under my command are ignorant and offended many times. I hope the fairy will forgive me."
Xiao Chu got off the road. She came from a humble background and knew that these guys in the mercenary group were all desperadoes. She just made a few perfunctory words and found an excuse to leave.
Not long after leaving, the leader of the mercenary group kicked the middle-aged sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man in the stomach. The latter was kicked several feet away and curled up on the ground with his stomach covered in pain.
"How many times have I told you, everyone is here to seek money and don't mess with others, especially young men and women who are alone. You have to kill us all before you give up, right?"
A newcomer who had just graduated from a nearby college with clear and stupid eyes asked the leader: "Captain, I can still understand this young man. Most of the techniques practiced by strong men have the effect of keeping their appearance, and women cannot be messed with." What’s the principle?”
"You don't understand this, right? Who would dare to run around without any skills, especially a pretty girl. If someone like him is so eager to get ahead, and he can still stand there alone, he may have killed many people like him. "
The newcomer scratched his head and then asked: "That person's cultivation just now was worse than mine. What should we be afraid of? More than ten people can beat her into a pulp with one move."
The group leader walked over directly and put his hand on his shoulder, speaking seriously.
"Boy, you just came out and have no experience. Life in this world is not about fighting and killing, but about worldliness.
If you kill her, the forces behind her will come and we will all die. "
The newcomer seemed to be confused and retorted: "But how do the forces behind her know that it was us who did it?"
The group leader shook his head and suddenly thought why this kid was so stupid. He had just graduated and offered such a generous price to a top student, but ended up recruiting a fool.
"An ant doesn't know the reason why people trample him to death until he dies. The forces behind her don't need to know who did it. The murderer who killed all the living creatures within a hundred miles is naturally among them.
Weakness in this world is the original sin. You kid has a lot to learn. The real world is different from the one in those books. You have to remember that there is no lower limit to the evil of human nature. "
The newcomer nodded in understanding.
The group leader didn't care whether he really understood or pretended to understand, he just waved the others on their way.
This time they entered the mountains to hunt monsters just on the way. Their real purpose was to find a spiritual medicine entrusted by the city lord.
The city lord had only one son in his life. He was frail and sickly since he was a child. He even contracted a strange disease six months ago, and famous doctors from all over the world were helpless.
Until recently, a Taoist priest passed by and left a few pills. The young master's condition improved after taking them.
The elixir treats the symptoms but not the root cause. The Taoist priest left a prescription before he left. One of the main ingredients was very rare, called Li Zhi. The city lord tried his best to find it, so he posted a notice in the city offering a reward to anyone who could find the medicine. Thousands of spiritual stones.
Later, there were rumors that someone in the nearby mountains had seen Li Zhi, and the city lord was too busy with government affairs to privately hire a mercenary group to go into the mountains to find medicine.
The leader unfolded the map, and the group got closer and closer to the place where Rishik was rumored to be found.
"Everyone prepares for battle in advance."
Nature has its own laws, and most of the natural treasures have guardians.
"Captain, is that the one?"
The newcomer points to a fruit tree that is smaller than other towering ancient trees. There are bunches of red fruits hanging on the fruit tree, and there are red bumps on the surface of the fruit.
The group leader turned over the map, and the Rishi they were looking for was drawn on the back.
After careful comparison, the group leader showed a long-lost smile.
"Can't be wrong!"
Hearing the leader's affirmative answer, the others looked at the fiery red fruit with greedy eyes. However, the city lord said that as long as he took Li Zhi back and rewarded him with 10,000 spiritual stones, it would be enough to buy the Ruanxiang Pavilion.
"Don't take it lightly. People who fall off a cliff when crossing a single-plank bridge often do it in the last few steps." The leader has experienced too many storms and waves in his life. The smoother things go, the more he feels something is wrong, and he looks around cautiously.
Turns out, his feeling was right.
One member of the mercenary group couldn't wait to reach out and pick the red fruit. As soon as he reached a position two or three feet away from the fruit tree, dozens of red vines broke out of the ground and began to attack all creatures within the range indiscriminately.
The red vines were as thick as arms and covered with sharp thorns, and they struck large areas of flesh and blood on the body.
"Everyone stand back."
The leader reached out and grabbed the two members who were going to rescue him. The best choice at this time was to give up on him.
Slowly, the whipping speed became faster and faster, and the crackling sound was heard constantly. The one who went up to pick the fruits soon stopped moving and fell in front of the tree.
Just when everyone thought that nothing would happen as long as they stayed away from the fruit trees, a huge rooster came from nowhere, fluttered its wings and landed next to the man, and opened his belly in a few seconds, in front of the man. The public's presence devoured all his internal organs.
"Demon Lanqiu!"
The huge rooster's feathers were all blue, and someone present quickly recognized the monster's identity.
Lan Qiu is not a rare monster, and his fighting ability can only be said to be so-so. He has no advantage when facing monsters with the same level of cultivation. It is another matter when facing human monks who are much smaller than him.
"Everyone disperse."
The team leader urged everyone to disperse, but unfortunately it was too late. The newcomer who was asking questions just now was crushed by a basketball. The scene of blood and water splashing was extremely disgusting.
"I'm tricking you, Lai Lai." The leader quit on the spot. He paid five times the salary of the other members to bring in this newcomer. He gave all the money, but he was gone in one fell swoop.
He pulled out two pairs of swords behind him, and his arms were covered with a layer of red aura. Soon the aura spread all over his body, and the swords also flashed with red runes.
"We'll kill him together, take Li Zhi back and we'll make a living. We'll have food and drink for the rest of our lives, and we won't have to lick blood with the tip of a knife anymore."
The group leader was the first to rush forward, slashing out two big swords one after another and beating Lan Qiu back repeatedly.
"Come together and avenge the new boy."
Newcomers are often teased by everyone when they first join a mercenary group, and this time the newcomer is no exception. Although she is a little new, she has a bright eye and does a lot of work for others on weekdays. Everyone gets along well with her.
With swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes and axes, more than a dozen people surrounded him with various weapons, as if they were going to turn Lan Qiu into a roast chicken.
Lan Qiu received a series of attacks and let out a scream. He opened his wings and rolled up two hurricanes. Three unlucky guys who couldn't escape were caught in it, and their hands and feet were torn off by the strong wind.
"Red flame combo." Seeing his men fall one after another, the leader was furious and displayed his unique martial arts skills.
Thinking about it, he had saved more than ten years of money to buy this move. It is a high-grade Xuan-level martial skill. If nothing else, it will become the inheritance of his family.
Waves of flaming sword energy emerged, one sword after another. The sword was swung so fast and so dense that it looked like a fire dragon from a distance.
Unfortunately, Lan Qiu is an ice-attribute demon, and the surface temperature of its blue feathers can reach 100 degrees below zero, which can help it insulate it from most high-temperature damage.
Green cold air surrounded Lan Qiu, which indicated that this monster was completely angry.
Click! Click!
There are many people in the mercenary group who practice water attribute skills. At this moment, their attacks could not get close to Lan Qiu, who was frozen into ice lumps and fell to the ground.
The leader did not expect that the person guarding the fire-attribute elixir would be an ice-attribute demon. The props he prepared were all for dealing with fire-attribute demons, and were of no use at all.
While avoiding the cold air attack and looking around, a brilliant plan quickly emerged in my mind.
In addition to your own environment, the weather, etc. are also very important in fighting.
This blue fur coat is quite powerful and should have a very high level of intelligence. The leader can't explain it clearly, so he can only hope that these brothers who have worked with him for so many years can understand what he means.
The leader began to speed up the attack frequency to attract Lan Qiu's hatred.
"Click!"
Lan Qiu screamed and decided to attack the most heinous boy first. Each of his chicken feet would leave huge footprints on the ground. He leaned forward and pointed his beak, which was half the size of a human body, at the leader.
Seeing that the strategy was working, the leader stopped the attack, turned around and ran towards Li Zhishu.
Red vines burst out of the ground in an instant. The leader, who was well prepared, took out a few talismans from his arms and arranged a small defensive formation.
