The Free City in the year 796 of the New Calendar looked almost the same as the previous year. The scars caused by the Battle of Morna that happened here were gradually smoothed over with the passage of time. Instead, more and more renovated buildings have been built and new merchant ships plying the port city. More and more mainland players are appearing in this city as these merchant ships and caravans come and go, and the business level of this city has become more and more prosperous, which is what this city was supposed to bring. The chaos and darkness that existed gradually disappeared in the noise and exaggeration of these people coming and going.
At least that's what it seems on the surface.
"What? Pay the city fee? Wasn't it called the settlement fee before? Why did you change the name so quickly? You don't look like the group of people we paid last time! If you change people, please go to the original one by yourself. Can the gang in charge of this area check it out?"
Familiarly dealing with the three or two people who came forward to question him when he walked into the city, Duan Qing frowned and said casually, and the faint shadows of swords and swords also fell on his eyes with his unkind eyes. Surrounded by them, there were also the fierce looks that Xue Ling Huan Bing and others tried hard to pretend. It seemed that he was a little annoyed by the uncooperative attitude of the few people who appeared in front of him. The eyes of the players blocking the front also had the same evil spirit. Tian Xing saw that the situation was not going well. Jian then hurriedly stood in front of the two groups of people, called to his men and started to cover up: "The people from the teaching group just visited your boss two days ago, how come they don't know each other so quickly? You mentioned before Haven’t we also agreed on the terms of exchange?”
"I know you still have objections to the 30% that were divided, but if you have any objections, you have to raise them in person! What does it mean for people who have been blocking us here all day long to stumble in secret?"
"What? They are not our people? They are indeed not our people. They are the Qingling Adventure Group, a fraternal guild we just met..."
"Haven't heard of this guild? No, if not heard of it."
boom!
The sound of heavy impact then sounded at the edge of the gate of the City of Freedom. Along with the heavy giant ax that Asahi Dongsheng suddenly shot out, it echoed in the sky where a group of people were waiting for their actions to freeze. The huge ax swung out by a player. The Ax Warrior then withdrew his disdainful eyes from the other people blocking the front, and slowly invited Duan Qing in front of him: "You haven't heard of it, right? Now you have heard of it."
"You, wait for me!"
Sensing something bad due to the difference in strength, several troublemakers hurriedly put down their last words and left the scene: "The people from the Sanhe Gang will not let you go!"
"I feel that since entering the Free City, your initiative has suddenly improved a lot." Gedman, who quietly raised his eyelids and also put away his shield, commented with a low smile: "Have you finally found it? I found a place suitable for lawless people like you, so you let go?"
"Come on, you don't know the reason." Pointing to the shield that the other party had put away when he was ready to move, Chao Ri Dongsheng replied unceremoniously: "Only if you show your fangs longer than those people, they will because Be afraid and stop coming to provoke us."
"You're right."
Duan Qing shook his head, and also put away his tense face and said calmly: "Show your fangs, but we don't have to give in to them everywhere... Well, Have you found the carriage?"
"The inn outside the city has just experienced a battle. Both the manager and the passengers have disappeared." The body that Duan Qing looked at lowered his body, and the secret language Ninglan who was driving a carriage gradually approached answered with a smile. : "So Ninglan can only borrow one to use."
"It seems that the local customs here have not changed at all." Duan Qing sighed slightly and turned his eyes from the carriage behind Duan Qing: "That's fine, as long as there is a place to rest. Fulla’s safety will be left to you for now.”
"Let's go in." He glanced around again, and then he and Xue Ling Huan Bing nodded to each other: "Once it's new, it's twice familiar, not to mention those of us who have been here before."
“If you have a good experience, it’s not impossible to come here often in the future.”
As if he had returned to his own back garden, he slowly led the team towards a certain direction in the city. Then, the darkness of countless streets and alleys and the moat filled with unpleasant smells appeared in front of several people one after another. , and finally came to the messy streets and alleys near the dock as the city lord's palace passed by and the sun disappeared: "You remember it was in this place, right?"
"The dock area of Liberty City is indeed the base of the Dongcheng Association, but they have not been active here for a long time." It was no longer possible to tell whether Duan Qing and others were local gangsters, so Tian Xingjian finally answered in a low voice. He said: "At that time, people still called the matter of 'coming to discuss business with Lu Bench, the Dragon of Jingdong' as worshiping the dock. Unfortunately, times have changed and there are not even a few people left..."
"What, it's not here?" Chao Ri Dongsheng on the side immediately raised his eyebrows: "Why are you saying it so gracefully if it's not here?"
"I didn't bring you here!" Tian Xingjian hurriedly clarified himself: "And there is nothing wrong with coming here! Lu Bench is not here, isn't there someone else who can receive you? You can ask the people from Dongcheng Club to take you there Find him!"
"What we want is a helper who can help immediately, not some process like visiting the dock! If we can't find him, why should the people of Dongcheng Guild listen to us? Isn't it because of your face?"
"Well, well, our after-school teaching team is not familiar with this evil star, except for the few encounters we had at the beginning when we were fighting on the Star of Molnar..."
"Then you nodded and agreed so well before. Why did you bring us here? To see the monkey show?"
"Uh, this, this..."
"Who is making a noise here?"
A sudden warning then appeared in front of Duan Qing and others, silencing all the arguments that several people were about to have. There was a Dongshan logo on his chest and a thick velvet felt hat on his head. The warrior player then appeared in front of everyone with several of his subordinates, scanning Duan Qing's face with a scrutinizing gaze: "Are you looking for death?"
"He is Tian Xingjian from the teachers' group after school. He brought us here to pay homage to the pier." The fierce look on his face quickly turned into a smile. Duan Qing and others pushed Tian Xingjian forward as skillfully as It was as if it had been rehearsed in advance: "I apologize if I offended you."
"Teachers' group after school? It's the one Teacher Zhou Xue picked up later, right?" The unkind expression on his face faded a bit, and the leader, the warrior player, then took off the leather hat on his head a little: "I'm a chopping melon and vegetable, and I'm currently in charge of the Dongcheng Association's work."
"If anything happens, just talk to me first."
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"It turns out it's Mr. Chop, he's really blind and blind."
Some time later at night, in a simple tavern near the dock in Liberty City, Duan Qing, who had just sat down, raised his wine glass and spilled a little of the tawny liquid in it with the action of clinking the glasses: "We have heard of Mr. Zhan's name a long time ago, but we didn't expect to meet him in this way today. It's a surprise, a surprise."
"Stop using such docile dialogue, I'm just a rough guy."
After squinting at Duan Qing for a while, the player named Chopping Melons and Slicing Vegetables also showed his shiny bald head under his fur hat under the lights of the tavern: "Rough people can only use rough people's weapons." The way of communication, there is no need to say unnecessary polite words, I heard the young man from the teaching team said, you specially designated to meet our Dongcheng Club?"
"Well, we have some mission clues, and we would like to ask you to help us check them out." Duan Qing scratched his nose and considered it carefully for a moment, then replied with a dry smile: "We have thought about it a lot, and this city is suitable for The only one I can ask for help from is Dongcheng Hui."
"There are many gangs in this city that are stronger than our Dongcheng Guild." Shaking his head, he took another sip of wine and then turned his attention back to Duan Qing: "But here. I also have questions to ask you before."
"What do you want to do?" He pushed away his men, but the vigilance in his eyes did not diminish at all: "Everyone who calls themselves the Qingling Adventure Group, especially you, Xueling Huanbing, your deeds in the alliance, And what you did on the Free Continent, I still remember clearly."
"If I remember correctly, all my deeds on the mainland should have nothing to do with your Dongcheng Guild." A calm look appeared among the white hair. Xue Ling Huan Bing, whose name was called by the other party, replied in a low voice. Said: "Since we have no enmity in the past, this small adventure group under my control has something to talk about with you, right?"
"This is the truth, but this small temple in the City of Freedom cannot support a great god like you." He crossed his arms with his mouth curled up, cut melons and vegetables, and glanced outside the tavern: "What if? We can't bear the big commotion you make in this place."
"So you don't have to worry, what we want to ask you is just some small things." Duan Qing put his arms on the dirty table in front of him and whispered: "Because these tasks are more... uh, special. At first we only wanted to tell Lu Bench alone, but if you can make the decision, it doesn't matter if we tell you now."
"The first thing I want to do is to help us contact City Lord Lena."
His voice paused for a moment, and then he continued with his eyes chopping melons and vegetables as a sign to continue: "We have investigated some of the origins of Freedom City before, but the story and the mission information we have There are some discrepancies, so I want to find the person who spoke here, hoping to get the most authoritative answer."
"Don't look at us with such eyes. This matter must be kept secret." Asahi Dongsheng on the side added in time: "Since we are looking for someone to introduce us, of course the fewer people who know about it, the better."
"Okay, we do still have a bit of face with City Lord Lena." He nodded slowly, chopping melons and vegetables and covering his expression with a raised wine glass: "What about the second thing?"
"We want to find someone."
His expression became a little more serious, and Duan Qing leaned forward a little: "This person's name is Mengzhu. You should also know her. She is the leader of the Fool's Adventure Group that once saved this city..."
"Wait, what are you talking about?" He raised his hand to interrupt the other party's words. He cut melons and vegetables and looked back at Duan Qing with his eyebrows twisted: "Mengzhu? The leader of the Fool's Adventure Group? Why is she here?"
"As for the specific situation, I'm not suitable to explain it."
Deliberately lowering his voice, Duan Qing said mysteriously: "Anyway, that little girl has probably been secretly escorted to this city, and there is a huge secret related to her, so we want to find her now. whereabouts."
"We have some old friendship with that Fool." He pressed his eyebrows, chopping melons and vegetables, and used this action to relieve his frown: "But... Escort? We don't seem to have heard anything recently. Such news."
"The other party may have used methods that no one can detect, and their hands and eyes are very good." Pointing to the top of his head, Duan Qing replied with a cold expression: "We are just afraid that the news will leak out and lead the situation to a more unfavorable situation. I don’t dare to announce it casually because of the situation, and I’ve only told you one person at the moment.”
"Is it so dangerous? That's really not true."
The deep voice gradually stopped, and along with it, the man chopping melons and vegetables gradually noticed the sight next to him. The maid player named Ciyu Ninglan also walked into this messy wine in his seemingly real sight. He walked around the table, and then saluted slowly and gracefully: "Sir, everyone has been settled."
"Thank you." Duan Qing nodded, and then raised his voice again as if he remembered something: "Ah, that's right."
"And one more thing."
As if he didn't notice the abnormality on the other side of the wine table, the gray-robed magician looked at the stairway on the second floor of the tavern in the direction from which Ningyu Ninglan came. Then, after a period of frowning and thinking, he spoke in a slow voice. Said his next sentence: "This is our third request, because I really didn't think of this before."
"Is there any magic medicine in Liberty City that can neutralize the effect of 'Dragon Slaying'? We have a wounded person who needs a little treatment."
