At night, the temperature dropped sharply in the wilderness.
Bai Zhi looked at the sudden bright light in front of her and whispered: "Master, Juye City is ahead."
Mu Qing nodded slightly and stopped.
Juye City is more than two hundred miles away from Shuangye State, the northernmost state of the Mugina Dynasty. When he and Bai Zhi left the northern border of the dynasty, they saw mostly messy decaying grass and fallen skeletons. When they walked up the gentle slope, a building suddenly appeared in front of them. When looking at the brightly lit city, it is rare to feel a little moved.
It seems that people can always find the most suitable place to live in a difficult environment.
With the dim light, Mu Qing could easily see the river surrounding Juye City. It was precisely because of the existence of this river that Juye City could become an oasis in the northern wilderness.
"That's the Yiluo River. Legend has it that it was formed by the blood of the gods after they fell."
Bai Zhi withdrew her eyes from the river. Thinking of Ye Yun standing next to her last time and saying the same words, she felt inexplicably sad and urgent. She tightened her collar and headed away from Yecheng.
Mu Qing stopped her, "Let's go to the city."
Bai Zhi said in a daze: "Going north along the Yiluo River will soon reach the depths of the wasteland. Why don't we go?"
Mu Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Juyecheng in front of him and said, "We haven't rested since we left Jinguan City. We first found a place to live."
The walls around Juye City were made of solid black stone. It was completely dark at this time, and only the south-facing city gate was open, but the city gate was very busy.
Bai Zhi followed Mu Qing and whispered: "Most of these people are treasure hunters. They go deep into the wilderness during the day and return to Juye City after dark."
In the cultivation world, there has always been debate as to whether the Northern Wilderness is a battlefield for the ancient gods, but what is certain is that there are indeed some ruins deep in the Northern Wilderness. Over the years, there have been stories of casual cultivators in Juye City getting opportunities to change their lives.
This also gave birth to an extremely lively industry in Juye City: treasure hunters.
There are two types of treasure hunters: casual cultivators with strong personal abilities are hired to explore certain ruins for others; while casual cultivators who work well together and trust each other form groups to make a living from treasure hunting adventures.
Most of the people who returned to Yecheng now were treasure hunters who formed a team.
Mu Qing's eyes swept through the crowd and found that the leaders of the treasure hunting teams all had extraordinary levels of cultivation. He asked, "Have you ever dealt with these people before when you went to the Northern Wilderness for training?"
Bai Zhi nodded lightly: "There is a special place in the city called the Bounty Pavilion. Many treasure hunters exchange information there. It seems that there are auctions every once in a while, but we didn't wait until the auction started."
"Hey, friend, is this your first time in Juye City?"
Mu Qing and Bai Zhi wore hats and walked at the back of the crowd, deliberately keeping a distance from them, but someone still noticed them and stopped to say hello.
Mu Qing looked around, his eyes moving slightly.
The speaker was one of the extraordinary ones he had noticed before. He was almost middle-aged in appearance and tall in stature. At this time, he was leading a dozen people to stop aside and looked at him with a smile on his face.
Mu Qing walked towards the other party slowly and said, "This is the first time."
"My name is Gu Da." The middle-aged man took the lead in introducing his name. After he saw Mu Qingli's face clearly under his hat, he changed his name and said with a smile: "If you don't mind, you can go with us to the bounty in the city." Pavilion."
Mu Qing shook his head and said: "I plan to find a place to live first, so I won't bother to worry about the leader."
Gu Da frowned slightly, glanced at Bai Zhi lightly, hesitated for a moment and suddenly smiled: "I was abrupt, you are new here, it is best to settle down, but if you encounter something that needs to be solved later, you can come at any time. Come find me, we stay at the Baiyue Inn all year round, just talk to someone casually then."
Mu Qing nodded slightly, looked around, and found that the crowd entering the city had stopped at some point. Under the night, the scrutiny and teasing in these people's eyes were not concealed, and they were not very friendly.
Mu Qing asked Bai Zhi to walk in front of him and turned a blind eye towards the city gate. There was no need to prove his identity to enter Juye City, but he needed to pay a high fee.
Mu Qing took out ten golden leaves, and the defenders sent two people in. Mu Qing had already discovered that after he took out these things casually, more eyes fell on him.
After passing through the dark city gate, a spicy smell of alcohol hit my face.
Bai Zhi coughed a few times, frowned and whispered, "Master, that person may have recognized me."
Mu Qing frowned slightly and led Bai Zhi off the main road. After he was sure that he was far enough away from the city gate, he said, "Have you met him before?"
Bai Zhi was a little unsure and said: "Master and I only stayed in the city for half a day. When we went to the Bounty Pavilion, we happened to meet this man and came over to chat. I was wearing a hat at the time, so I wasn't sure if he still had an impression of me. But his reaction to me just now seemed a little strange."
Mu Qing nodded slightly. The other party seemed a little surprised after seeing Bai Zhi just now.
He remembered that Master Ye Yun and his apprentice were being approached by a group of people from the Gu family in the dark storm. His eyes became much colder. He looked at the night sky with the brightest lights in the city and said slowly: "The Gu family is most likely behind the Bounty Pavilion. These treasure hunters will be more or less connected to the Gu family."
Bai Zhi's face turned pale: "I am the one who has dragged down the master, so let's get out of the city quickly."
Mu Qing shook his head. He had considered this situation before leaving Suzaku City, and said calmly: "Let's find a place to stay first. If these people don't come to bother us, we can leave on time tomorrow morning."
Entering the Northern Wilderness is equivalent to entering the Gu family's sphere of influence.
Bai Zhi was worried about what she would do if someone from the Gu family discovered their whereabouts. She thought Mu Qing had thought of better ways to avoid the sight of these people, but tonight it seemed that Mu Qing had never thought of covering up. their whereabouts.
Mu Qing adjusted the hat on Bai Zhi's head and said slowly: "Instead of struggling with them all the time, it is better to win more time with a battle. You will be safer in Juye City in the future."
Bai Zhi understood what Mu Qing meant, opened her eyes wide and said in surprise: "So, Master, you..."
Mu Qing smiled: "You have to believe me."
Bai Zhi thought of Mu Qing's many deeds in Suzaku City, and the worry about blurting out her words was inexplicably relieved. After a while, she said in frustration: "My cultivation level is too low."
Mu Qing shook his head: "You have helped me a lot by determining the approximate range of where you were that day. By the way, can you use those things?"
"Well, my godmother and aunt taught us many times..."
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At midnight, the night became darker, and many people gathered in Baiyue Inn.
A figure walked into the inn lobby from outside. Gu Da immediately stood up and asked, "Have you confirmed the location?"
The visitor smiled and said, "Brother, don't you believe my methods? Those two people didn't notice anything strange about them from beginning to end."
Gu Da nodded with satisfaction, turned around and looked at the people with different expressions in the inn, his eyes stayed on two of them, and said: "How about, do it now?"
There were actually three teams of treasure hunters gathered in the lobby. The other two and Gu Da seemed to be in the middle stage of extraordinary strength.
The obviously older one among them hesitated a little and said, "Since the deacon specially issued the secret bounty order, why don't we just hand over the clues about these two people."
Gu Da frowned slightly: "Mr. Lei, is one piece of news enough for three teams? If I went to the Bounty Pavilion alone earlier, would you scold me for eating alone again?"
The other person tried to smooth things over and said, "I understand Brother Gu's good intentions, but Mr. Lei's worries are not unreasonable. Since he is the person the secret bounty order is looking for, he is obviously not an ordinary person. To put it bluntly, Cheng He dared to ignore Brother Gu's overtures in front of the door, probably because of his unscrupulous confidence."
As soon as this was said, many people in the other two teams started talking.
Mr. Lei looked at Gu Da, who looked a little ugly, and said slowly: "Chief Gu, Du Ming and I both know that you have a close relationship with the Gu family and are willing to contribute to the Gu family. It's just that you have been sitting here for so long, and you still haven't told me What are our backgrounds and abilities?"
When his relationship with the Gu family was mentioned, Gu Da's face was a little complicated. In fact, his surname was not Gu but Gu, and he was a low-ranking member of the Gu family.
Gu Da said expressionlessly: "I don't know their specific identities either."
He looked at the two of them and said slowly: "In fact, the level of this secret order is extremely high, and the team of treasure hunters are not qualified to know this news."
Mr. Lei and Du Ming looked at each other and saw the seriousness and enthusiasm in each other's eyes.
Those who work in their profession have been walking on the edge of life and death all year round, so they naturally understand the relationship between risks and benefits. The extremely high level of the secret order means that the risks are very high, but they also think that if it is completed, they will go deeper into the wasteland than they did. The harvest may be greater every time.
Gu Da watched the expressions of the two people change, sneered in his heart, and continued: "We all know the rules of the Bounty Pavilion. As long as he completes his secret order, no matter who he is, he can get his reward."
Mr. Lei nodded slightly, looked at him and asked: "Who is the target? Which one of them is it?"
"Is there any difference?" Gu Da chuckled, "Our goal is very clear, which is to kill these two people."
Mr. Lei said seriously: "It seems that Leader Gu still doesn't want to be honest."
Gu Da raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "It's that young woman. I saw her portrait on the fourth floor of the Bounty Pavilion."
Fourth floor...
Mr. Lei was shocked. There were five floors in the Bounty Pavilion. On the fourth floor, there was a reward posted by an elder of the Gu family.
Seeing the changes in everyone's expressions, Gu Da was briefly in a trance.
After seeing the portrait on the fourth floor of the Bounty Pavilion, he was more surprised than anyone else, because not only had he met the other person, but he had also plotted against the other person.
At that time, the Bounty Pavilion was looking for an excellent training cauldron. He accidentally saw the other party's face, so he took advantage of it and sold the other party's information to the top management of the Bounty Pavilion.
Although he didn't know where this woman's master had gone, but thinking about the changes within the Gu family, Gu Da had an absurd guess in his mind: maybe a certain major event had its origin in him.
So after seeing the woman at the city gate, he, who was always sociable, couldn't suppress his emotions.
Now, he just wants to end this cause and effect with his own hands. This is also the fundamental reason why he does not go to the Bounty Pavilion but gathers so many people here.
"Brother Gu, Brother Gu!"
Du Ming's voice brought Gu Da back from his thoughts. Du Ming looked at him and said, "Since it is the secret order of existence and the bounty on the fourth floor, then this woman's identity must be extraordinary. Do you have any guesses?"
Gu Da saw the hesitation on the faces of the two men and snorted coldly: "This woman's identity is definitely extraordinary, but think about where this is? What year in the Northern Wasteland does not a few disciples of powerful cultivators die?"
"If I remember correctly, Mr. Lei has already been in his twenties and has not broken through, right?"
"And Brother Gu, your son is frail and wants to send him to the Gu family's blood pool to repair his meridians. I don't know how many people he asked for help, right?"
"I can promise you here that if this is done, these things will not be a problem."
The two of them were obviously pleased with themselves. Gu Da smiled lightly and looked at his younger brother who had just returned to the inn.
The man understood and immediately said wisely: "Two leaders, I followed them. The woman's realm is only the third level of spiritual life, and the guards around him are far inferior to my elder brother in terms of momentum."
Gu Da nodded and said: "I fought face to face with that young man, and I can feel that he has just broken through the mid-transcendent stage."
Mr. Lei looked complicated: "You are so young..."
Gu Da didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then interrupted: "So what if you are so young? As long as the three of us join forces, he will die in our hands."
The trace of sadness in Lei Lao's eyes turned into a deep jealousy, he stood up and said: "I am willing to help the leader."
Du Ming slowly stood up and said with a smile, "Du Ming is willing to go with you two."
Gu Dachao solemnly clasped his fists at the two of them: "Gu will not let you two down."
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