Mu Liang City boundary, Fengtian Ridge
In the early morning, the mist began to lift. After a night's rest, the Iron Wolf Escort team had packed up their tents and set out again.
After chatting with everyone last night, Qiye has become more familiar with the members of the Iron Wolf Escort Agency.
There was a team of hundreds of people, and ten escort vehicles were walking in a row in the middle of the team. Captain Zhao led 20 or 30 team members as the vanguard, while Manager Leng and Miss Leng rode wolves and walked in the escort vehicles.
As for Qiye, who was the pony boy, he consciously followed the team at the end. Accompanying him at the end of the crane was the unlucky veterinarian Zhang.
Qiye took a few glances at Veterinarian Zhang, who had a grimace on his face, and saw that he was silent, as if he was still immersed in his failure to extricate himself.
Then he turned his attention, there were some things that he couldn't explain. Moreover, there are many diseases in this world that cannot be cured and can only be treated indifferently.
Along the way, whether he was walking through dense forests or walking into mountains, because there was a team in front of him to guard him, Qiye felt at ease, looking at the clouds for a while and the scenery for a while.
After a day's journey, apart from being a little sore from sitting on a horse for a long time, my nerves were very relaxed and I didn't feel any discomfort.
As night fell, the team arrived at a dense forest in a valley.
The forest is dark and wild beasts are roaring. For safety reasons, the team decided to camp here.
"Hey, boy over there, come here and give me a leg kick!"
After settling in, Captain Zhao squatted down on a piece of bluestone, pointed at Qiye who was resting aside, and issued an order.
"Me?" Qiye looked around. Many people around him looked at him but hesitated to speak, and their eyes were evasive, which gave him a vague premonition.
"That's right, it's you, why don't you come over here and give me a leg kick?" Captain Zhao ordered again without refusal.
"..." Qiye frowned. Although he wanted to refuse, he was afraid that his unscrupulousness would make some people suspicious, so he had to take one step at a time and reluctantly stepped forward.
"This leg..." After Captain Zhao saw Qiye obediently obeying the order, a hint of a scheming smile appeared on his lips, and then he raised one leg and rested it comfortably on the bluestone.
Qiye bravely came to Captain Zhao, squatted down, clenched his hands into fists and carefully beat his legs.
"Try harder, you haven't eaten!" Captain Zhao shouted loudly and deliberately with dissatisfaction, obviously deliberately targeting him.
"I'm sorry, Captain Zhao. Ah Qi is a country boy. He only knows how to heal horses and not serve people. You'd better find someone else." Seeing Captain Zhao being so aggressive, Qiye simply stood up and refused without any compromise. .
"The captain wants you to come! Now that you are in the captain's escort team, you must obey the captain's orders!" Captain Zhao gave a set of seemingly reasonable reasons.
"Sorry, Captain Zhao, I think you misunderstood. Ah Qi is just traveling with you and does not belong to your team, so I don't need to accept your orders." Qiye said clearly.
"You brat, you're looking for death!" Captain Zhao stopped engaging in verbal disputes. He suddenly stood up, wrapped his right foot with spiritual power, and swept directly towards Qiye.
"Tsk~Late seven at the late war level! Block or not block? Or hide?"
Facing Captain Zhao's attack without warning, Qiye felt a chill in his heart, and a countermeasure flashed through his mind.
Today, his true combat strength is equivalent to the 'Ninth Level Late War Level'. The seventh-level attack at the late war level was nothing to him who was fully defensive.
But that would undoubtedly expose him: an eight-year-old child with ninth-level strength at the late war level. Such shocking news would be a big mistake if it spread out.
"Forget it, I'll give you an advantage!" In a flash of lightning, Qiye made a choice. Clench your teeth tightly, give up any defense, and directly use your body to resist.
"Pfft~" With a dull sound of impact, Qiye spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his whole body flew out like a sandbag.
Click! His back hit a tree trunk, and there were several bones breaking.
At this moment, Qiye's face turned pale from the intense pain. His chest and back were completely numb from the pain. With a slight movement of his consciousness, he was fully aware of the injuries all over his body: his sternum was fractured, three ribs were broken, and his back was damaged.
"I didn't expect...my body would be so...frail!" Qiye lamented with tears in his eyes.
At this moment, he had no intention of paying attention to his injury, but he couldn't help but sigh at his physical defense:
I thought that after this period of time, my physical body should have reached a point where I could be considered powerful after being nourished by the spirit body in the Hunyuan Refining Realm. Unexpectedly, he couldn't even withstand a kick from a combat-level opponent. It seems that he will need to train his body more in the future.
In fact, it is a huge miracle that an eight-year-old child's frail body can withstand a kick from a war-level warrior without dying.
Naturally, considering Qiye's role in the escort team, it is impossible for Captain Zhao to kill him, so the force is not strong, but it is long enough to remember.
And this is also an important reason for Qiye to consider the next step.
"Zhao Wei! What are you doing!?"
On the other side, Manager Leng immediately stopped after noticing that Qiye was kicked away by Captain Zhao.
"Master Manager, this kid doesn't know the rules and lacks etiquette. Zhao Wei is teaching him..." Captain Zhao replied with his hand.
"Ah Qi is a guest of our escort agency. I will not allow you to do any harm to him. If there is a next time, you will no longer be the captain." Manager Leng's eyes turned cold and he warned sternly. .
Now, Manager Leng doesn’t want any accidents to happen to Ah Qi. Veterinarian Zhang in the team will not be of use. If there is any problem with transporting horses during the rest of the journey, he will need his help, otherwise the fight will be small and delay the chief helmsman. Birthdays are a big deal.
"I got it. Huh, good luck to you!" Captain Zhao turned around, looked at Qiye who was leaning against the tree and panting, snorted coldly, and then walked away alone.
Qiye breathed heavily while rubbing her heart. Looking up at Captain Zhao's leaving figure, a cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but this murderous intent was quickly covered up by him perfectly.
Later, Manager Leng sent someone to deliver healing elixirs. Qiye also took the elixir without ceremony and sat cross-legged to rest.
"Brother Qi, you should stay away from Captain Zhao in the future..." The medicine delivery team member kindly reminded Qi Ye in a low voice.
"Oh, who is Captain Zhao, and why are everyone so afraid of him?" Qiye asked in a low voice, confused.
"He is the adopted son of the helmsman. He has always been in love with Miss Leng. He has been chasing her for many years to no avail. He is very domineering, and the brothers in the escort agency dare not speak out. But because the helmsman and Mr. Leng are here, so This Zhao Wei didn't do anything too outrageous..." the medicine delivery team member explained in detail.
"Oh, that's it." After listening to the introduction, Qiye said four words and then stopped talking.
However, deep down in his heart, he had already begun to think about how to kill Captain Zhao.
This blood loss is not free. Besides, killing such a person can be regarded as benefiting everyone, and naturally there will be no psychological burden.
At this moment, if Qiye can examine himself three times, he will find that his murderous intention is inducing the black mist hidden in the gray corner of the spiritual world, which is all the evil thoughts of people that were swallowed up by the black demonic flames before.
After a whole night's rest, because of Manager Leng's warning, Captain Zhao never came to trouble Qiye again.
Qiye, on the other hand, was peacefully recuperating his body in the Hunyuan Refining Realm. He was very satisfied with the healing ability of the spirit body: after a night of spiritual nourishment, the broken bones were basically glued together, and it only took two or three days to heal.
A bone injury that usually takes a month to heal through spiritual practice can be fully recovered in seven nights and two or three days. I don't know how many people would be shocked if he told this, but he would not reveal this secret even if he died.
The speed of the spirit body's incubation and healing is also increasing with the improvement of the host's strength.
Feeling the pain that had subsided all over his body, Qiye smiled with satisfaction.
It’s another early morning…
The escort team had packed up and was ready to set off again. Qiye also stood up tremblingly and climbed onto the horse's back step by step. From the perspective of outsiders, it is difficult to get back on the horse after suffering such a serious injury, which really makes many people worried.
But in fact, this was just an acting move that Qiye had to do to cover up his recovery from injuries. It's just that he acted so vividly that everyone believed it to be true.
"Huh, let's go!" In front of the team, Captain Zhao looked back at Qiye, snorted without any intention of accommodating him, and led the team to continue setting off.
Manager Leng and Miss Leng just glanced at Qiye and walked forward without paying any attention.
Qiye was hanging alone at the end of the team. Despite this, he didn't feel dissatisfied. On the contrary, he felt that it was good to keep a certain distance.
In this way, no one will pay too much attention to him, especially Manager Leng, who is in the early second level of Tomahawk level in the team.
Qiye has already begun to make some plans. The most important thing to guard against right now is Manager Leng's awareness. As for others, there is no need to care.
In this way, Qiye kept a close distance from the Iron Wolf Escort Agency, and walked through the mountains and forests for three days before the group finally walked out of the boundaries of Mu Liang City.
Entering the boundary of another fifth-level common city: Beiyanmo City!
After three days of recovery, the injury had healed, but in order to hide it from others, Qiye still looked sick.
"Ahead is the boundary of Beiyanmo City. Everyone, please be vigilant!" Captain Zhao from the front reminded everyone.
"Yes!" The escort team members also responded with enthusiasm.
"Brother, what's going on in Beiyanmo City?" Qiye came up curiously and asked a team member.
"This Beiyanmo City is famous for its chaos..." the team member explained enthusiastically. From his story, Qiye learned more about this Northern Yanmo City:
It turns out that although this city has a population of less than 200,000, it is truly a mercenary city!
The entire city has no city owner and is controlled by seven or eight relatively large mercenary legions. The legions often fight over issues such as interest division and land occupation. Therefore, the chaos in Beiyanmo City was infamous in all the towns and villages.
The reason why there are so many mercenary legions entrenched here is because there is a branch of the "Ten Thousand Monsters Continent" running through the boundary of Beiyanmo City.
In the mountains of this branch, there are many powerful monsters. These legions hunt monsters here all year round, as if they are guarding the meat and potatoes of making a fortune, and you and I fight for them all year round.
Monster beasts are full of treasures: demon pills can be used to make elixirs, back armor can be used as a shield, fangs can be used to forge swords, and flesh and blood can be eaten to increase physical strength...
Because of this, although hunting monsters, the risks are huge. However, people died for money and birds died for food. Countless mercenaries entered the Ten Thousand Monsters Mountains one after another for money.
After listening to the team member's explanation, Qiye took a deep breath and felt a little lucky at the same time: Fortunately, he thought of going with the Iron Wolf Escort Agency, otherwise, with his own strength, he would have wanted to cross the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains alone. , I’m afraid it’s also extremely difficult.
At the same time, Qiye was also looking forward to seeing the Ten Thousand Monsters Mountain Range.
