Chapter 22: The Mercenary Guild

The matter of mercenaries, Old Man Chen has mentioned it to Fengchen in the past few months. www.biquge.info In fact, Old Man Chen is also a mercenary himself, and he is a very high-level one, even if he is the head of the mercenary guild of the core cities of the entire Eastern Regions Continent, when he sees him, he must greet him respectfully. When mentioning this, Old Man Chen also glanced at Fengchen intentionally or unintentionally, as if to imply that he was so awesome.

Old man Chen's pretending behavior was despised by Fengchen, in order to let Old Man Chen rein in, Fengchen asked at this time, why is Old Man Chen so powerful, but he will still be trapped in that array for several years? This is completely a naked squeeze on Old Man Chen, but Old Man Chen is really silent, and he is cold for a while.

Later, this problem was closed, and although there was a little episode, Fengchen still had a general understanding of what kind of profession a mercenary was. So when he saw that Old Man Chen's letter said that he wanted him to become a mercenary, Fengchen was not so reluctant, but a little excited. After all, Fengchen is still a young boy with strong blood, and for this kind of adventurous profession, the popularity is still very high.

After Fengchen asked for directions, he walked in the direction pointed by Old Man Zhang. said to be the way, in fact, there are only three roads in front of the wind and dust, and the left and right are very neatly arranged in front of the wind and dust. The road pointed out by Old Man Zhang is exactly the middle one. Fengchen is not a leisurely tourist, did not distract his attention to the other two roads, and cast his eyes on the middle road, Fengchen is almost unobstructed, and the central road is all scene.

There are no twists and turns, I don't know where it leads, but the position that can be seen, the whole road is straight, although there are some small bends, but it does not affect the wind and dust to see through the whole road. "It's a strange guy who built this town." Fengchen muttered in a low voice, not appreciating the street structure of Fengyuan Town.

It doesn't matter about the street structure of Fengyuan Town, the important thing is that just looking at the past like this, Fengchen didn't see the mercenary guild that Old Man Zhang said. "Looks like you can't see the middle of the town from here." Fengchen didn't think that Old Man Zhang would lie to himself, and if he couldn't see it, it could only mean that the distance was not enough, this was not a big deal, just walk over.

If there's one thing that catches the attention of the wind and dust, it's the people of the town. Although it is only a street, there are so many people coming and going that it is dazzling. Of course, this is also because Fengchen has never seen so many people, and the first time he saw it, he still couldn't react.

The wind and dust are looking at the people in the town, and the people in the town are also looking at the wind and dust. Fengyuan Town is not a big town, most of them are native-born aborigines, even if they can't know each other, it's not too difficult to mix familiar faces. Suddenly such an unfamiliar face appeared, and it was a half-grown teenager, and no one would notice it.

I noticed it, but in the end, it was just a strange face, not to mention that there have been a lot of strange faces recently, and the people in the town took a few glances at the wind and dust, and felt that there was nothing special, so they didn't continue to pay attention. Fengchen didn't know that the reason why these residents didn't continue to stare at him was just because the curiosity was not satisfied in him, and if he knew, he really didn't know what kind of expression Fengchen would have.

Walking on the street like this, no one pays special attention to himself, and when Fengchen relaxes, he can't help but feel a little lost, although he doesn't like others to stare at him, but if no one is watching, Fengchen feels that he is being ignored, which is such an ambivalence. On both sides of the street, there are many small vendors shouting and selling their own things. Fengchen browsed it intentionally or unintentionally, and on the whole street, the vendors that Fengchen could see were selling trinkets, daily utensils, and food. After all, this is still a small town with a lot of ordinary people, and it is impossible not to have these things.

In addition, there are some things related to cultivation, what basic spiritual martial arts, as well as some weapons and materials, and occasionally some medicinal materials will appear, in short, the things that ordinary low-level cultivators need, are also sold here, and the price is also fair. Why does Fengchen know the price of these things? Naturally, it was forcibly instilled into Fengchen by Old Man Chen, and when he went out, if he didn't even have these basic information, he would have to help people pay if he was cheated.

Although they are all things that have some effect on Fengchen, Fengchen is not interested in looking at them at the moment, and walks quickly past these stalls, Fengchen continues to walk towards the center of the town. Sure enough, as Old Man Zhang said, the Mercenary Guild was in the middle of the entire town. When Fengchen walked through about half the length of the street, he finally saw the existence of the Fengyuan Town Mercenary Guild from a distance.

Along the way, Fengchen also saw: the houses in Fengyuan Town are not tall, basically two or three floors, and there are no particularly tall buildings. But this mercenary guild seems to stand out from the crowd, unlike the residential inns that only have two or three floors around, the mercenary guild in front of the wind and dust is composed of six stories high in the middle and two four-story houses on both sides. And these three houses, covering an area almost ten times the size of other houses, the entire central area of the town is completely occupied by these three houses.

"That's arrogant." Even though I already know the status of the Mercenary Guild, in fact, it is the first time that I have seen such a core area being occupied by the Mercenary Guild as a whole, which is completely declaring to everyone that the strongest force in this town is their Mercenary Guild, of course, this is indeed true.

The Mercenary Guild has only one gate, and the rooms on both sides have no entrance, but there is a row of windows upwards, and the rooms on both sides are closely connected to the middle, to be precise, the Mercenary Guild is actually such a big house. The gate of the Mercenary Guild is also full of magnificence, three meters high and two meters wide, and it is not clear what the door post is made of, but at first glance, it is not an ordinary stone, and it may even use treasure materials for smelting.

There seemed to be some pattern carved on the doorpost, but because he was not interested, Fengchen didn't look closely, and what Fengchen noticed was two people leaning next to the doorpost, who looked like they should be the doorguards. When Fengchen's gaze fell on the two, the other party also looked at Fengchen. "Brother Liu, do you think that kid is looking at us?" On the right doorpost, a young man who looked a little sluggish pointed to the wind and dust not far away, and said to his partner on the side.

The young man known as Brother Liu looked at the fingers of the flowing young man, but he happened to intersect with the wind and dust. "Well, this kid is really looking at us, and he seems to be quite bold." Brother Liu's mouth swept up a little arc, not because he was happy, but because he had some plans in his heart. "Xiao Chen, it looks like this kid wants to go inside," Brother Liu pointed to the door and said to the young man.

The time spent with Brother Liu was not short, Xiao Chen didn't know what Brother Liu meant, and hurriedly replied: "Brother Liu, don't worry, discipline that kid to be obedient." Xiao Chen didn't finish his words, because there was no need, and it was not the first time that the two of them had done this kind of thing, although they hadn't done it for a long time, it was also very fresh to do it once in a long time.

As the gatekeeper of the Mercenary Guild, every mercenary who enters and exits the Mercenary Guild must give the gatekeeper some benefits when he comes for the first time, otherwise the gatekeeper will stumble on you, and the Mercenary Guild will not care if you are cheated or not. The two of them didn't do too much, and the things they wanted were not very precious, plus it was a one-time transaction, and many mercenaries regarded it as the cost of buying the qualification to enter the mercenary guild forever, and no one pursued it.

As I said just now, this is a hammer deal, there are so many mercenaries in Fengyuan Town, and after they are all given, there will be no new faces, and there will be no source of income, and in the end it will have to be stopped. Now seeing the strange face of Fengchen, although he doesn't know what to do in the Mercenary Guild, it makes Brother Liu ignite the heart of collecting tolls again.

"Is this the Mercenary Guild?" Fengchen walked up and asked a very stupid question, so stupid that Brother Liu thought, this young man should not be mentally retarded, right? What's on your head? Big four words, "Mercenary Guild", "Is this person blind?" Brother Liu ignored the possibility that Fengchen was illiterate, and directly labeled Fengchen in his heart.

"This is the Mercenary Guild, do you have something to do?" In order to get benefits from Fengchen, Brother Liu didn't want to get rid of Fengchen because of his bad attitude, so he said kindly. "Well, can I go in?" Fengchen is still a simple question, but it makes Brother Liu happy: "Boy, it's your words that I have been waiting for." Brother Liu pretended to be mysterious and said: "Go in, of course it's okay, but, hey, I'll go, boy, you stop." Brother Liu hadn't finished speaking, and when he heard that Fengchen could go in, he didn't look back, so he wanted to enter the Mercenary Guild.

"What's the matter?" Being held down by Brother Liu and Xiao Chen's shoulders, Fengchen did not struggle, turned his head and looked at Brother Liu suspiciously, his eyes were on Brother Liu at this moment, and he asked. "Eh, this," was looked at by Fengchen with such pure eyes, Brother Liu couldn't see a little disgust in Fengchen's eyes, only doubts and inexplicability. On the other hand, looking at himself in Fengchen's eyes, he looked panicked, and he even looked a little disgusting.

"No, how can you deceive such a person?" Brother Liu suddenly heard a voice in his heart, admonishing him and prompting him to make a decision.

"Brother Liu, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Chen looked at Fengchen's back, looked puzzled, turned his head to look at Brother Liu and asked. "Ah, I don't know, but when I saw that kid's eyes, I suddenly didn't want to do it." Brother Liu looked dazed, at this time he couldn't remember what he was thinking just now.

"Am I really stupid to want to cheat on me?" has entered the mercenary guild, Fengchen can't help but think of it funny. From the beginning, when the two discussed how to pit Fengchen, Fengchen had a premonition that the other party might have to do something to him. When Brother Liu's sentence "Do you want to go in, of course it's okay" was said, Fengchen was almost sure that the other party was going to make things difficult for him, deliberately turned a deaf ear, and went directly inside, causing the other party to stop him.

It was at the moment when the other party held down himself and focused his attention on himself, Feng Chen turned his head and looked directly at the other party with his eyes, and at the same time used the low-level spiritual martial arts and mental interference that he had mastered in the past few months. successfully guided Brother Liu to self-condemn, thus letting Fengchen go, so that Fengchen could enter the Mercenary Guild without hindrance.

Brother Liu never dreamed that he would actually fall for the move of a half-year-old teenager, and he used the lowest level of spiritual interference in spiritual martial arts. You must know that in order to successfully interfere with others' thinking with mental interference, there is a prerequisite that the user's cultivation realm is higher than that of the recipient, which means that the wind and dust are already higher than Brother Liu in the body quenching realm.

Walking into the Mercenary Guild, the first thing that greeted the wind and dust was the noise one after another. "Looks like it's a ban." Fengchen quickly reacted, standing at the door before, he didn't hear such a noise, it must be because someone arranged a soundproofing ban to isolate the mercenary guild from the outside, so these sounds would not be transmitted to the outside. Without paying much attention to it, the wind and dust walked inside.

Soon, Wind and Dust came to the hall of the Mercenary Guild.

The Mercenary Guild is not only a place for mercenaries to receive and deliver tasks, but also has many services corresponding to it. First of all, the most basic thing is the recognition of mercenary qualifications, which can only be done in the mercenary guild.

Secondly, it is a resting place for mercenaries to eat, drink and have fun that can be seen now in the wind and dust. In addition, the mercenary guild also has a dueling arena for mercenaries to settle personal grievances, or just to fight. All in all, the services that ordinary mercenaries need are provided in the Mercenary Guild. Therefore, many mercenaries spend most of their time in the mercenary guild in addition to the mission, enjoying these convenient services, and these services are only open to mercenaries.

As far as Fengchen can see so far, there are hundreds of mercenaries in this bar-like place in the Mercenary Guild. Hundreds of mercenaries gathered together, gossiping in groups of three or five, dozens of such small groups, arguing. "No wonder there is a ban." Fengchen almost wanted to cover his ears, attributing the existence of the soundproofing ban to this.

Fengchen's purpose is not to listen to these mercenaries, and it seems that the mercenary qualification certification is impossible to be here. Fengchen was about to ask the relevant staff of the Mercenary Guild, and was about to leave, but was stopped by a voice: "That little doll over there, what are you doing here?" The voice was drunk, and when you heard it, you knew that the speaker was drunk, and judging by the tone, it was definitely not to give Fengchen a benefit.

Fengchen didn't want to deal with the other party, so he didn't look back and continued to walk inside. "Hey, little doll, you stop me." Seeing that Fengchen didn't care about himself, the other party didn't know if it was because of the strength of the wine, or because of his original personality, he said in a strange voice: "If you don't stop for me, Lao Tzu will break your legs." Fengchen still didn't pay attention to him, not even a little hesitation, his steps were still so fast.

"Son, this little bastard, dare not fucking listen to me." Ignored by the wind and dust again, the drunken mercenary couldn't hold back any longer, and even took out his weapon like this, and staggered towards the wind and dust. "Lao Zhao, is this crazy, he really did it." "There's no way, Lao Zhao doesn't care about anything as soon as he gets drunk." "If you don't stop him quickly, if you really hurt that kid, this matter will be a big deal." The other mercenaries were babbling.

There were really people who rushed out to stop Lao Zhao, but they ignored one problem, that is, distance. Before Lao Zhang stopped Fengchen, he was sitting at the same table as them. But when Lao Zhang stopped Fengchen, Lao Zhang stood up and began to move towards Fengchen, although the distance was not large. But it has already made Lao Zhang and the other mercenaries have some distance.

When Lao Zhang rushed out, the other mercenaries reacted, and a short period of time passed, and at this time, Lao Zhang rushed out of a distance. The two distances are combined, although now there are mercenaries who stand up, ready to stop Lao Zhao from attacking Fengchen. But the person who rushed out and Lao Zhao had a considerable distance. And the distance between the wind and dust and Lao Zhao is shortening because Lao Zhang is constantly approaching. In this way, the result can only be deduced like this: although someone stood up to stop Lao Zhao, they were all a step too late, and when they were about to touch Lao Zhao's shoulder, Lao Zhao's weapon, a big knife, had already fallen on the back of the wind and dust.

"It's over, it's too late." Looking at the knife that had fallen, no one among the mercenaries present thought that Fengchen could escape, except for Fengchen himself.

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