Shuiyoucheng, Southern Border Mountain
In the night, Qiye was like a ghostly god of death. In just a few breaths and a few faint flashes, he killed more than 20 soldiers in one fell swoop.
"Tell me, why are you arresting so many people?" Qiye put the knife on the shoulder of the last soldier and asked coldly, his eyes as cold as thorns.
"Dig, dig..." The soldier with the knife on his neck knelt on his knees, his face full of fear and his voice trembling.
In the eyes of the soldiers, this young man was simply a devil. In just a few blinks, he killed more than twenty soldiers in the camp. After serving in the army for several years, he was used to seeing killings. Looking at Qiye, who was young but murderous and indifferent, he simply shuddered.
"What mine?" Qiye seemed to be interested.
"Ling, mine..." The soldier choked again and answered truthfully.
"Where is it?" Hearing the spirit mine, Qiye's eyes flashed imperceptibly for a moment, as if he was thinking about something.
"In the mountains ahead, along this road, we will arrive at dawn." The soldier raised his finger and pointed to the distance in the darkness, as if to prove that what he said was true.
"How many soldiers are guarding the mining camp?" Qiye confirmed more carefully.
After all, strategically important areas such as spirit mines are usually guarded by strong men. If the opponent is too strong, there seems to be no chance.
"No one is there. This spiritual mine has just been detected and has not yet been developed. We are the earliest vanguard..." The soldier looked at Qiye's cold eyes and whispered slightly.
"That's it, thank you..." After hearing the news, Qiye felt happy, and then quickly regained his composure. Now that he had asked what he wanted to know, he took the last life without mercy.
Even though the soldier had knelt down to beg for mercy, Qiye was not going to let him go. After struggling in the slave camp for so many years, Qiye believed:
There is no soldier whose hands are not stained with innocent blood!
Therefore, there is no need for sympathy towards these soldiers who have disregarded human life and committed heinous crimes.
After cleaning up everything, Qiye picked up a few swords and flew out, cutting the reins binding the civilians in the forest. The crowd, freed from their restraints, hugged each other with excitement and cried. Some people are looking for the benefactor who just helped them in the dark, but they can't find him.
"I don't know which hero came to the rescue. I hope that the hero will show up and thank you in person!" An elderly man in the crowd took a step forward and said with an arched hand to the dark woods.
"It's just a small effort, not worth mentioning. Get out of here and run for your life. From now on, you can take care of yourself..."
After that, Qiye jumped down from the crown of a tree and landed firmly on the back of a horse in the forest.
Hiss~~ In the forest, there was a long and harsh sound of horse whine. Qi Ye had already galloped away with his horse whip and the wind, disappearing into the night.
"Hey, it's strange, why is it the voice of a young man? Could he be the hero?"
In the dark forest, the old man stood still, quite puzzled. Although due to the dark night, he did not see the hero he wanted to see with his own eyes, but with decades of experience in hearing voices and identifying people, the old man could clearly tell that the voice came from a young boy.
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After a non-stop journey all night long, Qiye finally entered the hinterland of the mountains at dawn. There is no clear mountain road ahead. In the mountain col not far away, a natural arched cave more than ten meters high appears. The cool mountain breeze blew from the valley and passed by. Qiye noticed a faint trace of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy was extremely thin and mellow, just like the elegant fragrance of mountain flowers ten miles away. It was intoxicating.
After confirming the location, Qiye dismounted his horse and walked into the cave on foot, his night eyes slightly opened. He carefully looked at the inside of the entire cave: the cave walls were covered with moist moss, the air inside the cave was moist and fresh, and the ground was scattered with countless sharp-edged rocks.
As we walked, another scene emerged inside the cave: countless large and small stalactites hanging densely above our heads. The ground has also become smooth, and there are no longer any miscellaneous rocks. At the edge and corner of the cave, an underground river the size of a stream flows along the pouring surface.
After walking along the underground river for a quarter of an hour, Qiye vaguely saw in the darkness the smooth cave walls, with dots of crystal light flashing: they were the crystals of spiritual minerals!
Qiye was secretly happy. It seemed that the soldier did not deceive him. There really was a spiritual mine here. With the spiritual mine, he can activate the Huntian Wheel to extract all the spiritual energy from it, and the thirty thousand depleted spiritual stars in his body are expected to be restored. It would be too heartbreaking to rely on spiritual stones to make up for it. Being able to directly absorb spiritual minerals is naturally the best.
Thinking of this, Qiye happily came to the cave wall in three or two steps, sat cross-legged, and placed his hands on the wet cave wall. He closed his eyes and concentrated, and then shot a stream of thought power into the Hun Tian Wheel.
The Hun Tian Wheel, which had been silent for a long time, was like a rain of rain after a long drought. The two wheels rolled and rotated happily, and a suction force stronger than ever before spurted out, sweeping the entire cave in an instant. The entire mountain trembled slightly at this moment. After a brief sway, the spiritual energy in the mountain was continuously drawn out by the powerful suction force, and poured into Qiye's body like a river flowing into the sea.
"Haha, ah..." Along with this barbaric and arrogant devouring, Qiye felt the pleasure of spiritual energy being continuously and rapidly nourished, while at the same time enduring the tearing pain caused by this barbaric devouring. At the eye of the whirlpool of the Huntian Wheel, there is a black demonic flame that is completely integrated with the inner wheel. The black flames jumping with passion at this moment seemed to be happy with the huge benefits derived from this devouring.
Now, the Black Demon Flame has completely become a part of the spiritual world of Qiye, and Qiye no longer has the previous hostility towards the Black Demon Flame. Therefore, Qiye turned a blind eye to Black Demon Flame's attempt to get a share of the pie. Because there is simply no way to stop it. The black demonic flames merge with the inner chakra of Hun Tian, and they are entrenched in the eye of the whirlpool, like a mountain king. The wind leaves traces and the geese pluck their hair.
Qiye was really helpless when Black Demon Yan acted like a bandit. Fortunately, the entire spiritual mine is extremely rich in spiritual energy and has large reserves. In addition, the black magic flame only absorbs a small part of it. Compared with the vast majority of it absorbed by itself, it does not have much impact.
On the other side, in the spiritual world, because the soul has been in a coma, the speed of spiritual energy absorption has slowed down.
The huge spiritual energy was crushed by the Huntian Wheel and condensed into spiritual liquid. The spiritual liquid continued to rise, lighting up the dim spiritual stars. And with the recovery of the spiritual power of countless spiritual stars, the souls whose spiritual power has been exhausted are also constantly being nourished, and the originally vaguely transparent body begins to slowly solidify. Just like a dead tree springing to life, the soul is becoming richer and fuller.
After three days and three nights of devouring it with all its strength and firepower, the spiritual energy in the entire spiritual mine was absorbed like wind and clouds, and basically there was not much left. As the last drop of spiritual liquid flowed across Lingso's cheek, Lingso, who had been sleeping for a long time, finally slowly opened his eyes at this moment. In his pupils full of bright stars, it was like a meteor streaking across the night sky, flashing a few golden lights.
"Huh... finally woke up." Qiye breathed a long sigh of relief, stood up slowly, patted the soil on his body, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. This period of fearful walking made him once again deeply aware of the importance of his own strong strength. Not only could he save others, but more importantly, he could survive with dignity.
"It's time to leave. I'm afraid someone will come soon. After devouring a spiritual mine, I only recovered 20,000 spiritual stars. It's still not enough!" Qiye sighed with some dissatisfaction. If anyone heard it at this time, If you say this, I'm afraid you will be angry to death.
Because what Qiye devoured was a small low-level spiritual mine. If all was mined, it would be worth millions. It would also be a huge resource for a fifth-level common city.
Without making any extra stops, Qiye moved his shadow steps and flashed out of the cave with a few floating steps. He got on his horse, whipped the dust, and disappeared into the deep mountains and woods by a different route.
Three days later…
Qiye has crossed the border of Shuiyou City and entered the third city territory: Muliang City!
At this time, he had put on clean cloth clothes on the horse, his face was neat, and his whole spirit was completely new. Sitting on horseback, he walked leisurely along the main road into the city, and entered the boundary of Muliang City. There were very few people fleeing on the road. Instead, there were busy cars, a constant flow of vendors, and travelers traveling to and from various places.
At noon, Qiye walked to a wine shop on the roadside. Although it is a roadside wine shop, it is also an exquisite and elegant three-story building. The antique floor with carved pillars, flags waving in the wind, and the aroma of wine and meat attract countless passers-by to rest here.
"Come on, come on... Sir, please invite me to the private room upstairs!" The waiter at the wine shop greeted him warmly at the door, with the same professional smile on his face as always.
Inside the wine shop, there was a scene of chatter and laughter everywhere. The diners gathered to drink or chat in small groups. It was so lively and the people's sufferings caused by the war could not be seen at all.
"I didn't expect that Mu Liang City is so lively and even the roadside wine shops are so beautiful. After walking for so long, why don't you go in and have a look?" Qiye on horseback looked at the wine shop and hesitated.
He always brings back his past self habitually: before, he would never dare to walk into such a beautiful store, but now everything has changed, and he is now a rich man. After a second thought, Qiye dismounted and walked into the store happily.
"Sir, are you drinking or...?" The waiter saw an eighty-nine-year-old boy walking leisurely into the store. After a brief daze, he quickly came forward to greet him.
"In addition to wine, what else does your store have to eat?" Qiye asked casually while curiously looking at the environment inside the wine shop.
"That's a lot. I just don't know, Master, you, this..." The waiter hesitated to speak, and then pointed his fingers in front of Qiye in a symbolic gesture.
"Oh, I know, I know...here, here you go." Qiye took out a silver coin from his pocket and handed it to the waiter. Although he looked only eight or nine years old, he knew the hints of these old men. . The silver coins on his body naturally came from the exploitation of those soldiers. Compared with the gold coins on his body, using silver coins is less likely to cause suspicion.
"Okay! Sir, please invite me to the private room upstairs!" The waiter in the shop overjoyed and took the silver coin. With a smile on his face and a particularly clear voice, he invited him up to the second floor.
Qiye followed the waiter to lead him to a spacious elegant room by the window on the second floor. He ordered a few dishes and sat quietly. Have a cup of green tea in your mouth. It has a light and elegant aroma, astringent and sweet taste. Sip it carefully and the fragrance will linger on your teeth and cheeks. Qi Ye unknowingly drank a few more drinks. During this period of time, he was exhausted from running around, eating tasteless and drinking tasteless all day long. Nowadays, with this good tea, it is inevitable to drink a few more cups.
While Qi Ye was enjoying tea, a group of carriages and horses came slowly not far away. Pedestrians along the road gave way and made noisy noises.
Qiye curiously put down his tea cup and leaned against the window: there were five carriages in this team, pulling several large sealed wooden boxes. Around the carriages were a dozen black-faced men carrying knives and swords, following on horseback, and the one at the end of the team was walking behind them. At the front was a man and a woman riding two giant wolves as big as horses. On the flagpole of the front carriage, there was an eye-catching escort flag of "Iron Wolf".
"This is a team of bodyguards!" Qiye suddenly understood that the memories of the three people he swallowed all had memories of bodyguards.
In many cities, there are escort agencies that escort valuable goods. However, the Hanling City where Qiye is located is a remote "fifth-class common city" and has almost no important transactions with other surrounding cities, so there is no escort agency. In many low-level cities like this, escorts are usually sent by the city lord, so there is no escort agency.
Muliang City is a "fourth-class county town" in this area. The city has a population of more than 500,000, and trade with surrounding cities is frequent. It is not surprising that there is a bodyguard bureau.
