The sloppy young man didn't speak. He kept his eyes fixed on the meat leg in his hand, eating it hungrily and taking a few sips of soju from time to time.
Ji Ning looked calm and did not have any other emotions due to the other party's ignorance. He found an open space and sat down on his own.
"Brother Xue, how are you today? Did you pick up any treasures?"
Not far away, there was a woman with a hot figure covered in animal skins, twisting her waist and walking towards Xue Zhongjing.
Her name is Zhen Xixi, she is twenty-one years old and has a first-level bronze-bone cultivation. She is a member of the adventure team who followed Xue Zhongjing into the mountains from the very beginning.
"We met."
The man skillfully chopped the firewood, put it into the fire, and said coldly.
This morning, before the sun had risen, they gathered and set out to hunt monsters.
It is said that the early bird catches the worm, and this is indeed the case. The group of them encountered a lot of second-stage monsters along the way. Because of the strength of the people and the captain who was in the Qi Condensation realm, he was able to easily get them. He has obtained many demon pills of good quality, which can be sold for a high price.
"Then, we came across a tomb in a valley. The entrance to the cave was buried under two huge rocks. If Jiang Liuhai hadn't been keen, we would have missed it."
As soon as these words came out, Zhen Xixi's red lips opened slightly, and her face became surprised.
"So, you got a lot of treasures in that tomb!"
"Well, there are a lot of treasures, but we couldn't get any of them back."
Xue Zhongjing said lightly, the veins on his arms popped out, and he sat on the wooden frame with an ugly expression.
"That tomb, according to my guess, is the tomb of a senior practitioner who started as a strong person in the third stage. It is equipped with many powerful mechanisms and formations. However, because it is too old, many mechanisms have lost their due value. The power is easily broken by us."
"The tomb is filled with gold and silver treasures, treasure boxes are filled with spiritual stones, and rusty magic weapons... I even suspect that there may even be a legacy left by that senior in that huge coffin!"
"But just when we were about to open the coffin, the people from the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group came!"
Xue Zhongjing clenched his fists, his eyes blood red.
The Huanglong Adventure Group is one of the five most powerful forces in the periphery of Xiushan today. The leader of the group, Huangfu Long, is a major cultivator in the early stages of the third stage. He leads hundreds of monks and has been wandering around in various places of opportunity all year round. He had already achieved great fame in the world of Beijun.
The division between north and south this time was also proposed by Huangfu Long, and the other four powerful forces all agreed.
"The one-eyed fourth leader of the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group came. He said he knew where our base was, so he threatened the lives of our entire team and forced us to leave!"
"In order not to implicate you, even if I am not afraid of him, I can only withdraw and give up the opportunity to others."
After Zhen Xixi heard this, a look of disappointment flashed across her hot and pure face, because according to the rules of the team, no matter who gets the opportunity, he will get a share of the pie, not to mention that Xue Zhongjing is the boss of the entire team.
"It doesn't matter, Captain, Xiushan is so big, there will definitely be many more opportunities like this."
"Well, I hope so."
Xue Zhongjing said, lowering his head with a lonely expression, and the woman walked away very wisely without asking any more questions.
Ji Ning, who was not far away, took in all this and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Did the fourth leader of the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group simply force Xue Zhongjing's twenty or so people back and hand over the opportunity to others?
Ji Ning suddenly remembered that on the way back to the camp, a small group of people including Xue Zhongjing, Jiang Hailiu, seemed to be deliberately slowing down and keeping a distance from everyone else.
At first, he thought Xue Zhongjing and others were waiting for him on purpose, but then Jiang Hailiu's attitude towards him was really bad. Even if Xue Zhongjing, the captain, could wait, how could he wait?
Ji Ning smacked his lips. He guessed that Xue Zhongjing had reached some kind of agreement privately with the fourth leader of the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group.
A few people got a share of the pie and reaped the benefits, but the other members of the adventure group didn't know.
“You can’t tell a person by his appearance, and you have to be on your guard.”
Ji Ning had mixed emotions.
In the past, his master often told him about the dark things that happened in the spiritual world, such as internal strife, betrayal, gangsters, and conspiracies, and taught him not to trust anyone easily.
At that time, he didn't believe it, or he didn't want to do that.
He only likes the purest practice.
Practice boxing and breathing, no matter it is summer or cold winter.
But now I have to be careful. If I'm not careful, I will be sold.
"Little guy, what are you thinking about?"
While Ji Ning was dazed, Zhen Xixi suddenly appeared in front of him, bending down and staring at his face with half-smiling eyes.
"You are the new casual cultivator recruited by the leader, right? Judging from your clothes, it seems that you were also a member of the adventure group before. Why did you get separated from the team?"
Ji Ning looked at the hot woman in front of him, especially the deep ravine after the latter bent down, which made his eyes widen and he stood up suddenly.
"Yes, it is."
"Our team was attacked by monsters. Because it was night, I got separated from them and got lost."
Ji Ning's face turned slightly red and she turned her head unnaturally.
"mock up!"
Zhen Xixi covered her mouth with one hand and laughed like a silver bell. The animal skin she was wearing shook.
"My name is Zhen Xixi, you can just call me Sister Zhen."
"Hello, Sister Zhen."
Ji Ning coughed twice, turned his head, and tried hard to let his eyes fall on the woman's face, but he kept moving downwards.
You will never tire of the scenery in the mountains.
Zhen Xixi seemed to be embarrassed by Ji Ning's innocent and naked eyes. She coughed twice and stretched out her hand to slightly cover the middle with the animal skin. Then she took a step forward and raised Ji Ning's hand with one hand. chin, smiled slightly and said:
"Little brother, in the next three months, you will be a part of our adventure group."
"Brother Xue must have told you about the rules here. You are not allowed to leave your post during the night vigil, and you are not allowed to leave the fence during the day if you have no mission."
"Besides, everyone has to go hunting with the team every once in a while and collect resources. Whose team have you been assigned to?"
Ji Ning scratched his head and said:
"Captain Xue didn't mention it to me. He just asked me to learn vigil with that person first."
Hearing this, Zhen Xixi turned her head and glanced at Jiang Hailiu, who was staring straight at him in the distance, and then said with a half-smile:
"Okay, then you have to be careful."
"That guy, relying on his brother's favor, has a bad temper. Even the captain dares to contradict him."
Ji Ning also calmly turned his head and glanced at the two brothers Jiang Hailiu and Jiang Hailiu, and found that the two people who had previously regarded him as if they were nothing were staring at him non-stop with cold expressions on their faces. It gives people a very bad feeling.
"I don't have a good temper either."
Ji Ning smiled slightly at the two of them, and then said this lightly.
Zhen Xixi's expression was startled. She obviously didn't expect that the handsome boy in front of her could say such courageous words. Her waist trembled slightly immediately, and she smiled with a rosy face. She put her red lips close to Ji Ning's earlobe and exhaled like a blue. , whispered:
"Then you have to be careful."
Ji Ning was startled and quickly hid aside, with goosebumps all over his body.
Zhen Xixi's laughter was like a silver bell and she left here happily.
"baffling."
Ji Ning looked at the latter's hot back and scratched his head, wondering why the latter acted like this.
But then, he understood.
Because he found that the entire adventure group, including the leader Xue Zhongjing, was actually looking at him at this moment.
Among the gathered gazes, there was envy, jealousy, and coldness.
"snort!"
More than ten meters away, Jiang Hailiu threw the animal leg on the ground with an angry look on his face, got into the tent and went to sleep without looking back. His brother Jiang Liuhai was holding a big knife, his face was also unkind, and he glared at Ji Ning. , then followed Zhen Xixi and said something urgently.
If looks could kill, he would have been killed many times.
Ji Ning held his forehead and smiled bitterly in his heart.
He must be on guard against others. He was careful enough, but he was still tricked by the woman.
I just don’t know why the other party would do this?
"Maybe I'm just bored!"
Ji Ning shook his head, and without thinking about the matter too much, he started to meditate with his breath on the spot.
The golden reflection of the setting sun fell on him.
Ji Ning's pores opened, absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to temper his body, so even his flesh and blood became hot, and the copper color on the wood-colored willow bones increased little by little, which means that every time His body was moving forward one step further.
Practice and work hard.
He did this before and now.
"I hope that the three months can end quickly and safely."
Ji Ning murmured in his heart, and his consciousness gradually fell into emptiness.
The sun went down and night enveloped the earth.
In the sky above Xiushan, many stars can be clearly seen. The cold crescent moon hangs in a corner of the sky, faintly appearing to be a little closer to the earth.
"Vigil!"
Ji Ning, who had tempered his body through cultivation and finally fell into sleep, suddenly heard an arrogant scolding sound in his ears.
When I opened my eyes and woke up, I realized it was the sloppy young man.
"The rivers and seas flow."
Ji Ning rubbed his eyes and looked at the position of the moon in the sky. He estimated that there was still at least an hour until the vigil time. He couldn't help but frown and said:
"Didn't Commander Xue say that noon is the time for vigil?"
"You know nothing!"
Jiang Hailiu crossed his arms, pointed at Ji Ning and cursed rudely:
"The place of duty is in the woods a hundred meters away. How can it be done if we don't take the position in advance? Do you understand?"
"One hundred meters, do you need to be in position an hour in advance?"
Ji Ning stared at the former's pointing finger, frowned and said:
"Besides, even if it's like you said, we really have to move in an hour earlier, how would I know? I went to look for you during the day, but you didn't even pay attention to me."
"Who do you think you are and that you want me to take care of you?"
Jiang Hailiu sneered and looked at Ji Ning condescendingly.
"Little brat, don't blame me for not reminding you. If a guy like you is thrown out of the adventure group, I'm afraid he won't survive more than two days in this mountain. So you'd better not talk back when I talk in the future."
"Let me give you a chance to make up for your mistakes!"
"The time for vigil is four hours."
"Since you are here today and you happen to need some exercise, go and finish these four hours by yourself. Remember to keep your eyes wide open, stay vigilant at all times, and don't doze off at all!"
Jiang Hailiu hugged a ball of quilt and looked at Ji Ning with a smile.
But here comes a newcomer who has been taken advantage of, and he can be bullied for a while.
Not just tonight.
From then on, he will allocate all the work that he should do to this new person, both covertly and covertly.
Due to some pressure, he predicted that the latter would not dare to resist.
After all, he has seniority in the adventure group!
"You have my own interests in mind, but I can just follow the vigil for a while, and there is no need to learn it for four hours."
"Let's do it half and half."
Ji Ning said calmly.
Of course he knew what Jiang Hailiu was trying to do, it was just that he wanted to bully him because he was young and had low cultivation level.
He won't tolerate this kind of person, because as long as he tolerates it once, the latter will definitely push forward and go further and further.
"I'm not negotiating with you!"
Hearing this, Jiang Hailiu's face suddenly turned cold, and he stared sharply at Ji Ning's young eyes. There was a faint murderous intent emanating from his body, as if he wanted to scare Ji Ning away.
But Ji Ning just looked at him calmly, without any fluctuation in his eyes.
This level is not even as great as half of the pressure Jiang Chuan put on him.
"Huh, anyway, you decide for yourself, whether you want to keep these four hours by yourself, or half with me, you can weigh it yourself!"
Jiang Hailiu stared at Ji Ning expressionlessly.
"Boy, don't forget what I told you. If you were thrown into the mountains with your strength, you might not survive two days."
"You are so lucky to be able to stay here and keep an eye on me!"
With that said, Jiang Hailiu walked towards the sentry tower with the quilt in his arms, yawning as he walked, as if he was going to sleep there all night.
Ji Ning looked at the latter's back calmly and walked over without saying anything.
Come to the guard tower.
Sure enough, Jiang Hailiu had already laid down in the simple shack that had been set up early, got into the bed and fell asleep happily, as if he didn't want to give Ji Ning a chance to talk again.
Ji Ning, on the other hand, did not disturb him.
He just glanced at the moon in the sky, remembered the time at this moment, and then began to patrol the surroundings seriously.
No disturbance can escape his eyes.
Under the moonlight, Ji Ning calmly looked at the green grass, tree shadows, towering rocks and mountain peaks blown by the breeze, feeling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth passing through the pores of his body, and overflowing due to the full orifices. process.
Every moment of living is beautiful.
Quietly, time passes.
Two hours passed quickly.
Ji Ning calmly glanced at the moon in the sky, then looked at Jiang Hailiu next to him who was sleeping soundly with no intention of waking up, and moved his wrist expressionlessly.
Then, Ji Ning knelt down and slapped Jiang Hailiu's face twice with his hands.
Snapped!
Snapped!
"who!"
Jiang Hailiu woke up from his dream and covered his face with burning pain.
He opened his eyes and looked ahead, and then he saw clearly the immature boy in front of him!
"Two hours have passed and it's your turn."
Ji Ning had no expression on his face and said to him in a calm tone.
