The closer you get to the border town, you can see more and more mercenary organizations coming and going.
Teams ranging from a few people to dozens of people walk on the roads leading from border towns to other places carrying the flags of their own organizations. When encountering other mercenary organizations, they will raise flags and shout slogans to show their strength and Suppress the opponent's momentum.
"This kind of behavior is very common among mercenary organizations, because there are only a few mercenary organizations with their own background and backing. Most of the mercenary organizations are composed of practitioners with varying strengths from all over the world. These mercenary organizations need to use this method to attract attention if they want to grab business among the crowds."
Jiang Nuer pointed with her finger at the mercenary organizations that had a small number of people but seemed to be working very hard: "It's just that these mercenary organizations have varying strengths, and most of the leading mercenaries are only in the spiritual realm, so many times they are We can only receive some relatively simple business, and it is difficult to survive in the long term.”
"So in this case, some cultivators choose to be independent mercenaries like casual cultivators, and join some mercenary organizations to get a share of the pie when they are short of manpower. Such a choice can be considered to have pros and cons. "
On the way to the border town, Jiang Nuer, who seemed to be an encyclopedia, carefully explained to Su You what a mercenary organization was. At the same time, he also mentioned a group established in the border town by the Lin family of the four major families of Tiandu Ling Mansion. An organization called the Mercenary Association.
It is said that all mercenary organizations on the mainland now need to register with the mercenary association established by the Lin family, and then the mercenary association will issue a token to prove the legitimacy of their organization.
Mercenary organizations with tokens certified by the Mercenary Association can receive tasks suitable for them in the Mercenary Association, and a share of the spiritual stones or other things earned from the tasks will be given to the Mercenary Association, because Only by doing this can the mercenary organization get all kinds of help and many conveniences provided by the mercenary association, just like the two major associations of alchemy and weapon refiners. The only difference is that the alchemy and weapon refiner association does not belong to any family force. Mercenaries The association's backer is the behemoth Lin family.
However, casual cultivators who do not plan to formally join the mercenary organization do not need to be certified by the mercenary association. They will only be given 30% of the profits every time they accept a task from the association, and when they encounter unknown or dangerous situations Unable to get support and help from the association.
These all depend on everyone's own choices.
After Su You and Jiang Nuer entered the border town, they immediately rushed to the most iconic mercenary association in the border town, but they did not choose to try their best to obtain certification from the mercenary association to become a mercenary. Bing, but first stayed in a nearby inn.
Looking through the window at the crowded mercenary association not far from next door, Jiang Nuer turned to look at Su You and chuckled: "You are afraid that your name has been remembered by the Lin family, and then your name will be remembered by the Lin family. The whereabouts were leaked to the Xu family?"
"It's obvious, okay." Su You rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Who knows what the relationship between the Lin family, the Wang family and the Xu family among the four major families in Tiandu is. If the Xu family is willing to pay a sufficient price to let the Lin family Or if someone from the Wang family takes me back, then the two of us will be really in danger, and we won’t have anywhere to run.”
After complaining for a while, the two men left the inn and blended into the crowd in front of the Mercenary Association.
The two of them looked back and forth between the various mercenary organizations. After hearing the voice of interest in their ears, they would first look at the map, then nod and shake their heads and go to other places.
After a while, the two people with disappointed faces sat in a relatively secluded pavilion.
Looking at so many mercenary organizations gathered in front, Su You sighed softly: "It seems that the monsters in Xihuang City are indeed too strong. Unexpectedly, none of the mercenary organizations are planning to go there."
"Hey, look there quickly."
Suddenly, Jiang Nuer grabbed his hand and pointed to the front of the pavilion. Most of the people staying there were small mercenary organizations that were not very eye-catching at ordinary times. "That mercenary organization with only four people is actually holding a mercenary group that only needs spiritual stones." That’s enough, I’m willing to go anywhere, how about we go there and give it a try?”
Looking in the direction Jiang Nuer pointed, the people who dared to hold such a flag turned out to be two middle-aged men and two boys and girls who looked very young, and their respective names were specially marked on the flags. The state of cultivation.
Two of the middle-aged men were at the fourth level of the Soul Realm, and the two children had just broken through to the Innate Realm.
Su You shook his head when he saw it and didn't intend to go there.
"But it seems that they are the only ones who might be willing to go to Xihuang City." Although Jiang Nuer was not optimistic about those four people, she still whispered: "Bandits are rampant in the west of the mainland. Even the four major families and the three major killer organizations are targeting them. There is no way. Almost all cultivators must rely on mercenary organizations to ensure their safety when walking in the west of the continent. In a place like Xihuang City where a large number of monsters gather, there will definitely be a large number of bandits and bandits lurking. No matter what, they still have to It’s better to be careful.”
Having said that, Jiang Nuer felt that Su You's concerns were correct.
After all, if the Soul Realm could guarantee their safety, then they wouldn't come to the border town.
But right now.
He seemed to have noticed the previous gazes between the two people.
The two middle-aged men actually led the two young children directly to the pavilion.
One of them, a middle-aged man with a weathered face but firm eyes, stepped forward and asked Su You and Jiang Nuer: "Is it possible that you two want to visit Xihuang City but can't find anyone willing to take them with you?" The mercenary organization you went to?"
"How did you know?" After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Su You became somewhat interested and motioned for the other person to continue talking.
The short-haired man was not ambiguous and said bluntly: "Because there are not only a large number of powerful monsters gathered near Xihuang City, but also a lot of murderous bandits and bandits. If you are not careful, even the entire organization will be ruined, so A long time ago, there were not many mercenary organizations willing to lead the way to Xihuang City, so those who have been wandering in front of the association for a long time but have not found a suitable mercenary organization are most likely to want to go to Xihuang City. But no one is willing to take over this business.”
"Similar situations are not uncommon in border towns."
"Oh?" Su You heard this and asked curiously: "Then you suddenly stepped forward to say that you can take us to Xihuang City?"
"That's right, we dare to go to Xihuang City where they dare not go!" Seeing that there was hope, the short-haired man immediately said righteously: "As long as five high-grade spiritual stones, we promise to send you two to Xihuang City without any damage. , and then send it back to the border town from Xihuang City."
Su You did not take it for granted and continued to ask: "Why can you make such a guarantee? You must know that everyone in those mercenary organizations has a higher level of cultivation than you. Is it possible that I can still trust the weak and not go?" Do you believe in the strong?"
At this time.
The child who was being protected by two middle-aged men suddenly shouted at this moment: "That's because they don't know how to avoid those bad people, but we do!"
What the two children said was categorical and absolutely certain.
Su You took the opportunity to ask the short-haired man, "Are what they said true or false? Do you really know that there are other routes to Xihuang City? But how did you know?"
As if waiting for Su You to ask these questions, the short-haired man immediately stepped forward and pointed to several routes between Border City and Xihuang City on the map, and said with confidence: "Because we have been looking for valuables near Xihuang City. He then brought the treasures or various spiritual herbs and elixirs to the city for sale, and over time he became quite familiar with the surrounding environment."
"Take a look, you two." Another middle-aged man stepped forward and used his spiritual power to draw a route on the map that didn't exist on the map at all, and then said, "This route is where we often go. You can’t even see a bandit or bandit there, it’s hidden and very safe at the same time.”
"The only thing to note is..."
At this point, the two middle-aged men and two children suddenly became hesitant.
"So what do you need to pay attention to?" Su You raised his eyebrows, and his tone began to become gloomy when speaking.
"Uh..." After the two middle-aged men looked at each other, the short-haired man explained to Su You and Jiang Nuer: "It should be noted that the route needs to pass through a place covered by a large number of desert plants. There are towering cliffs that cover it, and there are also a large number of poisonous things such as snakes and scorpions gathered near the cliff. If you accidentally provoke those guys, you will be in a dilemma even if you want to run away, and you will have a high chance of being trapped. You can only wait for death on the cliff."
After saying this, the four of them stood there quietly with lowered eyebrows without saying a word. They were waiting for Su You or Jiang Nuer to speak.
"Ah···"
A sneer frightened the four of them, and they immediately felt flustered and felt that the business could not be done.
But in the next second.
"I didn't expect you guys to be honest." Su You changed his previous sneer and then said with a chuckle: "You must be locals who are so familiar with the nearby environment, so you can take us to Xihuang City, but I hope you can hide nothing from us. Those two children are so cute, and I don’t want to raise a butcher knife to their heads. Do you hear me clearly?"
"Listen clearly, listen clearly!" When the short-haired man heard that this was a show, he immediately nodded and bowed and said: "We will definitely know everything and tell you everything, and we will never hide anything from you two!"
"In that case, when can we leave for Xihuang City?" Su You nodded unmoved and then asked.
The short-haired man patted his chest and said: "If you two are not in a hurry, we want to go back and make some preparations first. After the sun sets today, we can leave for Xihuang City."
"We're not in a hurry, but what preparations do you guys have to make?"
"If you don't mind, please come with us." The short-haired man invited Su You and Jiang Nuer somewhere.
The two of them didn't speak. They just looked at each other and then nodded to the short-haired man. This was a good opportunity to explore the authenticity of these four people.
After knowing that the two of them agreed, the short-haired man immediately turned around and greeted the other three people to lead the way with him.
The group of six people wandered around the streets and alleys of the border town, and soon left the city and arrived at a dilapidated village built on an oasis.
