Lonely Swordsman - C81

As for Chen Jing and the other three, after they had become sworn brothers, Aqua had already arranged a banquet for them. The five brothers naturally drank wine while listening to music and singing. Honestly speaking, although Chen Jing was also a literary youth, compared to the others, his poetic skills were far worse. Fortunately, Chen Jing’s pop songs still made everyone feel refreshed.

Halfway through the drinking process, Feng Ziying finished a glass of wine and said to Shui Ruo, “Second brother, we haven’t gone out for training in a long time. Today, big brother has joined our mercenary group, shouldn’t we pull him out and relax?”

“Third brother, are you talking about going on a mercenary mission?” Chen Jing was still clueless about the situation here.

“Yes, big brother, we’re not going to do missions because of his rewards. We’re mainly going to increase our knowledge to help us cultivate.” Feng Ziying said loudly.

Chen Jing knew that aside from himself and Jiang Yuhan, the other three people were all rich, so he naturally did not care about the money. Chen Jing knew that apart from Jiang Yuhan and himself, the other three were all rich, so he naturally did not care about the money, but he knew nothing about the situation of the mercenaries.

“Alright, big brother.” Hearing Chen Jing’s question, she excitedly started to talk. So, this was the world of martial arts with a long history. As the saying goes, a poor man is rich in martial arts. A martial artist needs a large amount of resources. Where did the resources come from? Of course, they did not need to worry about those who were born into the same family as Feng Ziying, Baoyu, and Baoyu. For a large number of warriors who came from ordinary families, they could only rely on their own resources to fight. Thus, the mercenary company was born, and the warriors relied on their own strength to go to dangerous places like the mountain forests, desert swamps, and other dangerous places to hunt for beasts and treasures in exchange for the resources they needed. The Wealthy Class warriors also needed warriors to hunt for the resources they needed. In addition, cultivation was a way of understanding the Dao. Since mercenaries could experience all sorts of dangers and battles at any time, allowing them to better comprehend the Dao, they could also increase their cultivation level faster and higher. As a result, the number of mercenaries expanded, because rich kids also needed to comprehend the Dao.

At the beginning, the mercenaries naturally went on their own to look for missions, and the rich men also went on their own to look for fighters. As a result, not long after, a large number of groups that linked the two sides appeared like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. After a long period of survival of the fittest, in the Great Chen Empire, there were three giant powers dominating the world. They were the Universe Mercenary Alliance, the Universe Mercenary Union and the Royal Mercenary Family. The Universe Mercenary Alliance and the Universe Mercenary Union were the true hegemons of the universe, while the royal family had the royal family’s background, they only had power within the Great Chen Empire.

Because of the existence of the Mercenary House, as long as anyone paid a certain price, they would be able to issue a quest in the Mercenary House and other places. They would be able to recruit bodyguards, transport valuables, personnel, and find the urgently needed heavenly and earthly treasures … .In addition, martial artists could also register as mercenaries or mercenary groups here, and then complete missions to earn what they needed.

Mercenaries and mercenary groups both had levels, and only those of the same level could accept missions. At first, the registration was for ordinary iron-level, and then they would evaluate the quantity, quality, and difficulty of the missions they completed. At first, the registration was for ordinary iron-level, and then they would assess the quantity, quality, and difficulty of the missions they completed.

Jiang Yuhan’s Heavenly Tide Mercenary Group was registered with the Royal Mercenary Family. They had been registered for three years and had reached the Bronze rank. However, only Shui Xuan and Feng Ziying had reached the Bronze rank, while Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan were still iron-level.

In the afternoon, after the five of them had eaten their fill, they arrived at the Jin’ling branch of the Royal Mercenary Family, which was two blocks away. This was a huge three-storey stone building with two tall doors wide open.

Entering the door, Chen Jing found a large room similar to the Chinese Government Hall. The noisy crowd and the long queue in front of the counter made the large hall completely empty.

Because of this, there was no need for Chen Jing and the others to line up at the counter. Under the lead of a servant, they entered a room to register Chen Jing as a mercenary, and then the five of them headed up to the stairs, preparing to head for the second floor’s mission hall.

“Ah, look, look, isn’t that the Earth Dragon Mercenary Group? Silver rank! ”

“That’s right, isn’t that the leader of the group, the Sword Dragon? My idol! I heard he’s a Sky rank pinnacle master, he’s too strong!”

“I prefer the latter one, Tyrant Wyrm King Meng. Look at his figure, his muscles, his strength!”

“And there’s also the Velocidragon, Li Yingjun. Although he is small, his speed and agility skills are all top-notch. If he were to sneak attack, even a Tyrant Wyrm King would fall in defeat.”

“There’s also the Thunder Dragon Zhu Chao …”

Chen Jing and the others had only taken two steps when the hall suddenly became restless. Many people were talking excitedly.

Chen Jing looked back and saw four people walking in from outside the door. The person in the lead wore a blue robe with a large sword stuck in his back, and the second person was bare-chested. His body muscles looked like they were about to burst, and the third person was relatively small.

“Old Seventeen, what are you hiding from? “Twelfth Brother doesn’t come up to greet him.” The man in the green tunic saw the water vapor hiding behind the man and shouted loudly.

When he saw the man in green, a trace of fear involuntarily flashed across his face. He wanted to dodge but was stopped by the man in green, so he had no choice but to bow and greet him.

“Old Seventeen, what are you doing here again? Your trashy mercenary group can be dissolved, but if we go out, we’ll just embarrass our Big Chen. ”

“What are you doing? I didn’t provoke you. ”

“Hehe, look at how unconvinced you are. Wang Meng, take This King’s place and teach this good-for-nothing cousin of yours a lesson.”

“Number twelve, don’t go too far! This is the Mercenary’s House!”

“Haha, Old Seventeen, Twelfth Brother is only joking with you! Look at how scared you are! Hahaha …” With that said, the man in the green tunic smiled and went upstairs.

“Second brother, how about I teach him a lesson and vent your anger?” Chen Jing had wanted to attack earlier, but fortunately, the man in cyan suit and the others didn’t do so in the end.

“No, Big Brother, it’s not good to be fighting here.” Water Melting was also a rational person.

“Alright, we’ll talk about it based on the situation from now on. Let’s go up as well.” Chen Jing was naturally not an impulsive person, so he spoke in a soft voice.

Both the second and third floors were occupied by the Mission Hall. On both sides of the corridor, there were different Mission Halls. However, two-thirds of the rooms were equipped with all kinds of iron-level missions. The Bronze Mercenary Group could, of course, accept the Steel Quest, but the Steel Quest was a little easier for them. As a result, they continued their journey to the west.

The west end of the hall was where the bronze missions were issued. The quantity was only half that of the Black Iron Hall, while the silver and gold grade missions required them to go to the third floor. Therefore, when Chen Jing and the others went upstairs, they didn’t see the green-robed man.

As for Chen Jing and the others, they had already thought about what kind of mission they would take. After all, they focused on training and earning money as a supplement, so it was obviously unsuitable for them to watch over the house or watch the boat. Therefore, their goal was to go to the Boorish Desolate to gain experience. This was because they often went to the Boorish Desolate to train (of course, they didn’t dare to go to the outside), so they were quite familiar with the terrain.

Upon entering the room marked Savage Forest, Chen Jing discovered that it was about 200 square meters. On the right side of the door was a service counter, and behind the counter stood two Elementary Scholars. Most of the rooms had shelves that looked like libraries, but there were no books on the shelves. Most of the shelves were filled with different kinds of wooden tablets, including a variety of red and green ones. Holding it in his hand, Chen Jing saw the serial number engraved on the front of the wooden tablet, and the mission completion (red wooden plate) and free mission (green wooden plate) engraved on the back. Beside the wooden tablet, there was a small booklet detailing the mission status, possible dangers, rewards, and the points one could get from completing the mission.

“Big brother, second brother, come and take a look, 1,000 points free task!” Chen Jing had finally found a mission worth 30 points on a small grid when he suddenly heard Baoyu’s shout.

To be honest, in a mercenary’s home, each mercenary could only take one task at a time. Only after completing one task could they take on another. Thus, finding a task with high points was very important. In the lobby, most of the missions were free ones that were worth less than 10 points, those with 20 points and above were very rare. Of course, it wasn’t as if there weren’t any with high points, but most missions had to be completed before the deadline. If the mission wasn’t completed within then the points would have to be deducted.

Hearing that Baoyu had discovered such a high score free mission, the five of them naturally came to take a look. What Baoyu discovered was the mission of finding the Yin Spirit Grass, the Yin Wind Grass, he saw from the booklet: The Yin Wind Grass usually grows in the cold, damp, Yin energy gathering in caves or in cracks in the rocks, growing slowly, normally there will only be two leaves in a hundred years, after a hundred years, it will grow a third leaf, and then every hundred years, it will grow a new leaf. Quest rewards: Three Leaves Yin Wind Grass, 100 2 per plant, 40 points, every increase of 1 leaf would double the reward and points. If it was 7 leaves of Spirit Grass, it would be given a special reward of 1000 points and 10,000 gold.

“Haha, Ol ‘Five, you can be considered as a flower in the mirror or in the water. Is it that easy to find the Yin Wind Grass?” After reading the explanation, Feng Ziying smiled and said.

“Ol ‘Three is right, we can’t accept this mission right now. We can’t waste our precious quota on something as intangible as this, but we can put it to heart. If we are lucky enough to find the Yin Wind Grass, we can accept this mission again.” He then turned to Jiang Yuhan and said, “I just found a mission with 30 points. Fourth brother, you’re the Head Supervisor. How many missions have we found together?”

“Big Brother, including the one you just found, there are only four of them, one more is needed.” To be honest, finding suitable tasks with high points was way too difficult. There were almost ten thousand tasks in this room. Chen Jing and co. had been walking around for a long time, but only four missions with 20 points and above had been found.

“Everyone, let’s keep looking. If it really doesn’t work, then we can consider having people with 15 points or higher.” Chen Jing said, and continued to search among the Sans.

Unable to find a suitable mission for half a day, Chen Jing randomly picked up a red wooden tablet. On the booklet beside him, it read: Black Wind Cave bandits, mission completed, half a year, no reward. After completing the mission, you will receive 2000 points, and if you do not complete it by the end of the day, you will receive 1000 points. Preliminary clues of the mission: The Black Wind Cave was located at the northwest edge of the Savage Forest, in the Wenling Mountains. There was only one path leading in and out of the canyon. The bandit leader called himself the King of Black Wind. According to the information, he was probably at the pinnacle of the Sky Realm (possibly higher, but two years ago, he could easily defeat a team of four mercenaries led by a Late Sky Realm warrior). There were probably more than a hundred of them, and at least 3 of them had reached the sky level. In addition, the Black Wind Cave should be located within the territory of a Savage Green Hawk. This Savage Green Hawk was at least a Universe level demon beast, so it was impossible to take a surprise attack from the air. This was because there were already two groups of bandits that attacked from the sky, and they had already fallen at the hands of this eagle. As a result, the key to exterminating bandits was to pass the 1-string Heavenly Canyon Heaven’s Danger, which could not be opened even if one wanted to.

Seeing this, Chen Jing couldn’t help but think to himself as he held the wooden token. If he were to accept this mission, what should he do? Attacking from the canyon would definitely not work. Even though he was only a Universe level, there were still many things that could threaten him. Even if it was the depleted uranium armor piercing bullets fired by the tank guns, he had no confidence of surviving. Chen Jing remembered that he had once used the homogenous steel armor on the homemade 99th type main battle tank’s tail wing, which was able to penetrate through armor. Chen Jing wasn’t stupid enough to think that he was better than a meter-thick steel plate at a range of 2000 meters.

Of course, there might not be a tank cannon in this world, but Chen Jing did not believe that such a powerful weapon would not exist. Otherwise, how could the Black Wind Cave remain unmoved even after more than ten years of existence? Chen Jing didn’t believe that this world didn’t even have a single Universe level warrior, or one could say that a Universe level warrior wasn’t interested in it at all. After all, the Black Wind Cave bandits had robbed and plundered countless heavenly resources over the years!

Thus, they would probably have to make a surprise attack from the air. It seemed that the two bandits from back then had figured it out. Then the crux of the problem lay with the eagle. How much strength did the eagle possess? The information available was only better than that of a perfect heaven level expert. If it was any stronger, it would be a question mark. However, this eagle would only dare to dominate at the edge of the Boorish Desolate and not go to the center. As for why Chen Jing came to this conclusion, there was a reason, because the water solution had explained yesterday that the spiritual energy density in the Boorish Desolate was higher the deeper one went. The center of the jungle was far larger than the imperial tomb of the Great Chen, and it was likely that only the capital of the Great Zhou, West Ginger, Northern Han, and other superpowers could compare to it.

Hence, Chen Jing was sure that the eagle was a universe level, after all it had a complete victory over a perfect sky level. As for whether it was an early stage, middle stage or higher, Chen Jing couldn’t tell. However, he speculated that it was at the late stage, because they had previously introduced it as a universe level demon beast. This eagle was already a special case.

After confirming the Viridescent Eagle’s strength, then it would all be up to him. What level would he be at? Chen Jing couldn’t help but to laugh bitterly to himself, however the universe level was certain, after all he had been in space for such a long time. As for which stage of the universe level it was, Chen Jing guessed that it might be in the intermediate stage because Chen Jing was able to force Duan Zhiping back with one move and Duan Zhiping was able to confirm that it was the universe level.

Based on these analyses, Chen Jing realized that he had no chance of winning at all, because demon beasts were born to be even stronger than humans. Thinking of this, Chen Jing had no choice but to put the wooden board back to its original place. After all, Chen Jing wasn’t like many novels where a pig’s feet would walk towards a tiger even when they knew there was a tiger on the mountain! Chen Jing naturally wouldn’t be so brain-damaged as to think that he also had the halo of a pig’s feet.

“You guys take a look at this, hunt Steel Needle Hedgehog. Meat Level: 1 point + 100 gold/one. Bone Refining Level: 4 points + 500 gold/one. Earth Level: 16 points + 2000 gold/one.” The Tianlan Mercenaries finally finished their mission selection with a loud call.