They are a group of alchemy monks, with cultivation levels ranging from early, middle to late stages.
"Brother, our opportunity has come!"
"After receiving support from Dongzhou, Linghuan Sect will take action soon and launch an offensive against the Huangquan Army in the name of regaining lost territory!"
"At that time, the Yaksha Wasteland will inevitably be empty behind..."
There was a young man with yellow temples wearing a bamboo hat and a ge robe, who looked excited at this time and said to a middle-aged man wearing a white robe and an elegant face.
"Really?" The elegant middle-aged man in white robe was surprised.
"Linghuan Sect sends troops. If this is really the case... Brother, then we can't miss this opportunity!" said a fat man next to him who was wearing black armor and had bulging muscles.
"Yes! It's better to choose a different day than to hit it. Let's set off as early as possible!" the young man with yellow hair said again.
"Wait, this matter should not be rushed." The elegant middle-aged man shook his head and rejected the two people's proposal. Seeing their puzzled faces, he could only explain: "With just the three of us brothers, even if we successfully enter the depths of the wasteland, It will definitely be impossible to obtain... In my opinion, it would be worse than this..."
The middle-aged man spoke softer and quieter, obviously afraid that others would hear him.
Lu Zhong listened on the side with a thoughtful expression.
If what the yellow-haired young man said is true, then his chance to sneak into the Yaksha Wasteland and obtain Xuanyang's treasure is just around the corner.
At this moment, I recall the conversation between the three of them.
"In the conversation just now, the three people said that they wanted to organize a team. Maybe I can borrow some help. After all, the situation in the Yaksha Wasteland is complicated. Rather than barging in by myself and attracting unnecessary attention, it is better to follow this As a team, they will be ready for whatever they need to prepare, so you don’t need to worry too much about it, it’s obviously worth a try!”
Lu Zhong was thinking about this and looked towards the direction where the three people were leaving.
Soon, the bill came out as soon as it was due.
Ten spirit stones for quarantine, three-year lease renewal for thirty years, twenty for chocobo maintenance, good light armored magic weapon, one hundred and twenty, plus some chocobo feed, the total is two hundred spirit stones. .
This amount of money is not small at all.
It can be seen from the excited expression of the waiter that if nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely get a commission from it. Naturally, the more the guests spend, the more excited they will be.
Lu Zhong paid it quickly and asked casually:
"Where is your gathering place?"
"Returning to the Immortal Master is on the north side of the Chengguan District. You only need to go out and turn left and walk towards the white wall of the inner city. You will see a blue-tiled hall. That is where the Mercenary Guild is located. You can call the mercenary guild there. Manpower." The attendant calmed down his excited expression and answered truthfully.
Mercenary Guild?
Lu Zhong nodded and rewarded the other party with a spiritual stone.
After receiving such a spiritual stone, the attendant almost burst into laughter. This was his monthly payment, and his attitude couldn't help but become more cordial. He was probably treating him better than his parents.
"Master Immortal, please follow me. Your chocobo is right in front."
Following him, we soon came to a tree-lined area.
Lu Zhong glanced at his chocobo.
Compared with before, this chocobo named "Yellow Feather" can be said to have changed a lot. It is wearing a layer of matte silver light armor, paired with those that have been carefully cared for and become fluffy again. The feathers look really majestic, like a bird general.
"Guaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa another another!"
Seeing Lu Zhong, "Huang Yu" screamed excitedly.
"Master Immortal, this chocobo of yours is really a relative. I guess it's not far away from recognizing its master, right?"
"almost."
Lu Zhong responded, then turned over.
He tried it out and found that after changing his outfit, the saddle was much more stable, and there were more places to mount weapons. Moreover, the light armor was well made, and the counterweights were specially adjusted. The center of gravity was very suitable for "Huang Yu" ”, which can reduce its burden while providing protection.
"Yes, it's money well spent!"
Lu Zhong smiled.
From the corner of his eye, he saw several wooden boxes piled aside, filled with chocobo's favorite foods.
Kohlrabi, cabbage, cucumber, etc...
After putting them away together, he headed towards the Mercenary Guild.
As the attendant said, they soon arrived at a blue-tiled hall.
Lu Zhong glanced around and found that there was an open space on the right side of the hall with rows of carved stone pillars. Many birds and beasts had been tied there, which was obviously a special "parking space".
There is no need for him to do it himself, he just needs to throw a spirit stone and someone will naturally do it for him.
Then we entered the guild, which was bustling with people and was as lively as a vegetable market.
Lu Zhong realized after looking at it that the mercenary guild here was not only responsible for issuing tasks, but also acted as a middleman to facilitate transactions between monks. Those noisy sounds just now came from the window where people were bargaining and accepting tasks. , on the contrary, it was much quieter.
As for the mercenary union, as an experienced old monster who has become a god, he knows this without asking, what is the operating process.
So he went to a window.
"Hello senior, what do you need?"
Inside the window, a peach-faced woman wearing a low-cut skirt said with a sweet smile.
"I want to register as a mercenary."
"Okay, please pay the handling fee for the Ten Spiritual Stones. There is also this form, please fill it out as truthfully as possible, senior. This is related to the guild's rating of your strength." The peach-faced woman said while standing at the counter. He took out a form and held it in both hands through the window.
Lu Zhong gave out ten spirit stones, took the watch and looked at it.
"If you register as a mercenary, are there any restrictions on accepting missions?"
"Sorry, the guild does have such a rule. You can only take on tasks at will when you reach the core formation stage. Otherwise, you have to accumulate contributions to prevent unnecessary casualties, so I ask for your forgiveness, senior!" The peach-faced woman apologized from her seat. He stood up, bowed and said.
After hearing this, Lu Zhong glanced at the task bar next to him and saw the three people just now.
An elegant middle-aged man, a young man with yellow hair, and a fat man in iron armor.
The three of them stood next to a sign with a call for manpower.
Requirements: At least the Dan Formation stage, good at fighting.
After thinking about it, Lu Zhong filled in the early stage of pill formation in the cultivation column.
The level of pill-forming cultivation may not be low in the Qinghe Realm, but it is not too high in the Xiaolinghuan Realm. Just like the mercenary guild in front of you, it can be said that the pill-forming skills are everywhere, and among the more than a thousand people in the hall , there are at least nearly a hundred people who have reached the level of pill formation.
It is not difficult for Lu Zhong to guess the purpose of gathering so many pills.
It must be related to Linghuan Sect.
Where are mercenaries most needed?
Naturally it is a battlefield.
"Ah, pill formation!" the peach-faced woman exclaimed, but she quickly reacted and realized that her behavior would bring trouble to Lu Zhong. She quickly bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry, Senior Chen. It's the junior who lost his composure. Please forgive me, junior, I will register my identity for you now!"
At this time, there were footsteps approaching.
"This fellow Taoist, is he willing to accept employment?"
Lu Zhong turned around and found that the elegant middle-aged man was speaking. There were two other people behind him, so he glanced at the three of them before saying:
"If the money given is enough, I will naturally be willing."
He didn't ask what he was doing specifically. After all, mercenaries have always been paid to do things, and almost all of them are people who lick blood with their swords. There are no tasks that they can't participate in, only the price that they can't afford.
Just as the elegant middle-aged man was about to speak, the peach-faced woman at the window shouted:
"Senior Chen, your identity has been registered. This is a mercenary token. Please keep it!"
Lu Zhong nodded and took the token into his hand.
He took a look and saw that it was a sapphire token. The craftsmanship was similar to that of a jade slip. It could store information. It contained the basic information he filled in and his mission experience.
Currently: zero.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, can we go over there and talk in detail?"
The elegant middle-aged man spoke at this time and pointed to the teahouse not far away.
"Can."
Lu Zhong originally came here just for them, so there was no reason not to agree.
After everyone sat down, the elegant middle-aged man cast a spell to open the restrictions in the teahouse and create a private space. Then he took out a contract.
"The things we are going to talk about next involve some secrecy, so we ask fellow Taoists to sign this confidentiality agreement."
Lu Zhong took a look and found that there was no problem.
After the two parties signed the agreement and the elegant middle-aged man confirmed that it was correct, a smile appeared on his face and he cupped his hands and said: "Introduce yourself, Mei Shumo, the acting head of Meishan Sect, this is my second brother Huang Yan'er, and This is my third brother, fellow Taoist just call him Iron Ball."
"I've met two fellow Taoists!"
Lu Zhongchong handed over to the two of them one by one and reported their names.
"Chen Dong."
"I've met Fellow Daoist Chen!"
"I've met Fellow Daoist Chen."
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Chen, it's like this..."
After Lu Zhong signed the agreement, Mei Shumo began to talk about the purpose of recruiting people, but it was to go to the depths of the Yaksha Wasteland to retrieve something lost on the battlefield.
"The Meishan Seal is the token of the Meishan sect and is very important to me."
It turns out that the Meishan Sect was once a vassal of the Zixia Sect, and later moved to the territory of the Linghuan Sect. However, because it lost the Meishan Seal, which is the only token that can confirm its identity, it could not be recognized by the Linghuan Sect, and it has not been allocated yet. The available shelter is currently wandering.
The current known whereabouts of the Meishan Seal is in the Yaksha Wasteland. .
As for the reason, it is because thousands of years ago, when the Zixia Sect was finally destroyed, they gathered all their forces and fought a bloody battle with the Huangquan Army here. Unfortunately, it ended in a disastrous defeat. The leader of the Meishan Sect who was recruited at that time also Therefore, he died here, and Meishan Yin was also buried with him.
After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Lu Zhong began to murmur in his heart.
Yaksha Wasteland was once the site of a great war.
So, will the Xuanyang relic that I am looking for still exist?
According to that document, the location where Xuanyangzi buried the treasure happened to be on the edge of the battlefield, at a place called Wangyue Mountain.
When the war broke out, the Two-Day pattern in the sky had not yet been formed, and the power of the monks had not been weakened. The fight could be described as devastating, enough to sink mountains, seas and land.
On the side, Mei Shumo saw that Lu Zhong was silent and couldn't help but ask:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, do you have any concerns?"
After hearing this, Lu Zhong thought for a while, organized his words and said:
"To be honest with you fellow Taoist, Chen came to Beiliu Mountain this time because he knew the news. He also wanted to take advantage of the emptiness of the Yaksha Wasteland to find the lost things of the master. I can't go into details. I don't know what the situation is there. If so, We once fought to the death of mountains and rivers, so I guess that thing can’t be found, so Chen certainly won’t risk going in.”
"I see, you and I have similar goals..." Mei Shumo unexpectedly glanced at Lu Zhong and then at the other two people. After they nodded, he smiled bitterly and said, "Fellow Taoist, you are really overly worried. You may not know that A secret, the reason why the Zixia Sect failed back then was because of unexpected factors!"
"Just like today, when the unknown accident happened, the strength of both sides on the battlefield was greatly weakened. Except for the monks who transformed into gods and above, who could maintain some strength, everyone else was like mortals."
"That's why we, who originally had the upper hand, were defeated by Huang Quan!"
Having said this, Mei Shumo sighed heavily.
If it hadn't been for this battle, he wouldn't have been displaced and forced to live under someone else's roof.
Immediately afterwards, he said:
"So, there is a high probability that the battlefield area is still well preserved! I just don't know what my fellow Taoist needs, whether it is a magic weapon, or something valuable that can be seen at a glance. If so, then don't bother too much, I guess it will It was searched by the Huangquan monks. It seems that the Meishan Order I am looking for is at best a broken piece of iron in the eyes of outsiders who don't understand, so the three of us will try to find it."
Hearing this, Lu Zhong pretended to be relaxed and said:
"Fellow Taoist, I don't need to worry about this."
Since both parties are on the same road, there is no employment relationship.
that's all.
After making a contract that he could leave the team at any time, Lu Zhong joined the team.
After waiting for more than half a month, the team recruited three more people.
They are: a heroic female cultivator who calls herself Hong Gu and is in the middle stage of pill formation; a white-faced boy who is no more than five feet tall and carries a gourd, named Li Yingshi, who is in the early stage of pill formation; and the last one, He is a bald Buddhist cultivator named "Jieyun Tutuo" whose strength is equivalent to the middle stage of pill formation.
Looking at these three people, Lu Zhong couldn't stop laughing in his heart.
I don’t know if the luck of Mei Shumo and the three of them is good or bad, or if they go to the Yaksha Wasteland, there are no normal people. So much so, that they only summoned four men, but all of them had concealed their cultivation.
Apart from him, the three people recruited were all Yuanying old monsters.
What's even more interesting is that these three people's breath-condensing skills seem to be so good that each of them can't see through the other's cultivation, and they all regard each other as a pill-forming monk.
Is it a spy, or...
Lu Zhong was too lazy to think about it. No matter what their purpose was, since the three Nascent Souls had sneaked in, it would be of great benefit to him. At least he could fish for a while.
A simple gathering to exchange notes.
As the initiator, Mei Shumo said at this time:
"It will be at least some time before the Linghuan Sect officially starts the war, so let's agree to set off in three days. If the four of you have something to deal with, try to take advantage of this period to deal with it quickly. On the day of departure, at sunrise and Mao hour, Just meet up at Xianyuan Inn in Chengguan District."
Lu Zhong smiled slightly and agreed.
During this time, he could just take a walk.
The other three people heard this and had different reactions.
"I have no objection." Hong Gu looked indifferent.
"Haha, me too." The boy Li Yingshi hugged the big gourd and nodded.
Only Jieyun Tutuo frowned, touched his bald head, and said:
"Fellow Daoist Mei, it will take at least ten days and a half to get to the Yaksha Wasteland from here. I think... why not set off as early as possible to avoid encountering mishaps on the way and delaying the opportunity to enter?"
(End of chapter)
