Chapter 6: Uncle Red Shadow
It has been more than half a month since he left Santan City, and Fengchen traveled all the way west to Luoyan City, which is one of the famous border cities of the Holy Snow Empire. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
There are hundreds of countries in the Shenna Continent, large and small, which are governed by the five empires of Keith, Shuangyue, Dream Spirit, Gurantis, and Holy Snow, and there are wars between the five empires from time to time.
The east and south of the Shenna Continent are endless void seas, the west is the Forest of Life, and the north is the withered ice field, and the territory is very vast, and ordinary martial artists cannot complete it in their lifetime.
The Holy Snow Empire is located on the east side of the Shenna Continent, and it is a relatively small country among the five major rulers, and Santan City, where Fengchen is located, is only a small city among the many cities in the Holy Snow Empire, and it is not on the border, so it is relatively safe.
He heard that Luoyan City was the place where the mercenaries of the Holy Snow Empire had the most activities, and there were not many gold coins left on his body, so Fengchen had to come here to take on some tasks and earn some gold coins.
"Got it, got it, don't scream." From the time he entered the city to the present, Fengchen's stomach has been barking and muttering.
During this time, he often hunted wild game to eat alone, and he really had nothing to value except for the space ring that Feng Tianyang gave him that night. The space ring is very valuable, I'm afraid that my father finally got it for him, and he can't sell it.
The streets of Luoyan City are unusually prosperous, and there are many things on the streets that Xiaochi Town does not have, and you can see that the wind and dust have long left hunger behind.
"Wow." Fengchen couldn't help but exclaim.
There are also all kinds of very majestic riding monsters here, not like the hoof scales of Koike Town, like a muscle monster, ugly to death.
Fengchen walked through the streets quite carefully, avoiding the demon beasts passing by one after another, I have to say that the streets of Luoxia City are really big enough, and it doesn't seem crowded at all to walk back and forth with so many demon beasts and people.
Feng Tianyang told him before, the demon beasts of the Shenwu Continent are divided into one to six orders according to the strength of the demon power from low to high, the first-order demon beast is the most common mount among the demon beasts, and the demon beast that has signed a contract with the martial artist is relatively high-level, called the demon slave.
Fengchen looked at the demon beasts on the street with envy, not knowing when he would have a demon servant of his own.
Turning along the street, Fengchen entered a restaurant, Xiao Er, who was standing at the door, looked at Fengchen, and followed him a little unhappily, greeting Fengchen with a cold face, Fengchen didn't care about him, after ordering a few dishes, he found a remote place to sit down, and his perception slowly spread to the surroundings, and everything in the restaurant was in full view.
The three sword-bearing monks sitting not far away attracted Feng Chen's attention.
"Boss, I heard that yesterday a mercenary team that entered the Silver Light Forest came back and brought back three young demon wolves of the Wind Wolf." One of the rugged middle-aged men said enviously.
"Wind wolf? That's a third-order demon beast! ”
"These guys are really lucky, the wind wolves are good demons, they are cruel by nature, and the nobles of the empire like them the most."
The rough voice from before came again: "I didn't even encounter a fifth-order demon beast, otherwise they would have gone and never returned!" ”
"Well, I heard that someone has seen traces of the Heavenly Demon in the Silver Light Forest!" The gray-clothed old man among the three said.
"Celestial demons?"
The originally lively atmosphere around gradually quieted down, and the people sitting next to them turned sideways one after another, looking at the old man with curious faces, they had never heard of the 'Heavenly Demon', and even Fengchen was interested.
"When I was young, I heard an old man say that there are ten tenth-order demon beasts entrenched in the Shenwu Continent, called the Ten Heavenly Demons!" The old man in gray stroked his beard, his face full of remembrance.
"Tenth Order?"
"There are tenth-order demon beasts on the Shenwu Continent?"
"The sixth-order demon beast god has never appeared in the Continent, and there is actually a tenth-order?"
The people around looked incredulous, thinking that this old man was a liar, and they all turned around, losing interest, and even the highest Fengchen had heard of was only the sixth order, the tenth order! It was the first time he had heard of it.
"But...... The Ten Heavenly Demons have disappeared on the Shenwu Continent for nearly 10,000 years, and the last time was the ancient beast Qingqiu that was born 10,000 years ago. The old man in gray didn't care whether the people around him were interested or not, and said to himself.
The lifespan of Wu Xiu is only two hundred years, how long is ten thousand years for them......
"Ten thousand years ago, the ancient beast Qingqiu destroyed the Roland Empire with one hand, and that was the last time the Ten Heavenly Demons were born." The old man pondered for a moment before saying.
"The Roland Empire that the eldest brother said...... But the ruins in the withered ice field? The rough man seemed to remember something, and looked at the old man with a suspicious face.
The gray-clothed old man nodded slightly: "Well, that is the former Roland Empire!" ”
"I've heard in the past that the withered ice field was originally the same as the Forest of Life, it was vibrant, but it became like that because of a big war, I didn't expect it to be ......real," the person next to him echoed in shock, many martial arts cultivators knew about the existence of that ruin, and some people even went there to hunt for treasures.
"It's still snowing all year round!" The old man stroked his beard with some emotion.
"If the ancient kingdom of Roland can continue to this day, what are the five major governing powers......" The rough man was full of disdain.
Hearing this, the gray-clothed old man hurriedly glared at the big man, looked around a little nervously, and his face was quite serious: "Be quiet, don't want to live anymore?" ”
The big man also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly looked around, and after finding that no one was paying attention to them, he said, "The boss just said that there are traces of heavenly demons in the Silver Light Forest?" ”
"Hmm." The old man in gray nodded slightly.
Hearing that there were traces of heavenly demons in the Silver Light Forest, the people next to him seemed to be interested again, and the surroundings gradually became quiet.
"But the ancient beast Qingqiu?" Someone next to him asked everyone's thoughts at this time.
"No, I heard...... It is the most bloodthirsty existence of the Ten Heavenly Demons - the Silver King! The old man saw that the people around him were so excited, and a look of pride flashed on his face.
"Silver King?"
When the people around heard the old man's story, they approached one after another, and even Xiao Er stopped what he was doing and stood quietly to the side and listened.
"I heard that the Silver King and his clan live in the central area of the Silver Light Forest - the place where the aura of heaven and earth is the strongest, and there have been powerful demons who have seen its traces" The old man in gray touched his beard and said very vigorously.
"The central area?" The rough man was a little stunned: "With the level of the Wind Wolf, I'm afraid it's not enough to step into the central area of the Silver Light Forest, right?" Even we can only work on the periphery of the Silverlight Forest. ”
"That is, the place where the Ten Heavenly Demons are entrenched, it is a forbidden area for martial cultivators and demon beasts!" After the old man took a sip of wine to moisten his throat, he continued: "I heard that the people of the Keith Empire and the Gurantis Empire do not have a long memory, and they once teamed up to enter the central area of the Silver Light Forest to capture the silver-backed saber-toothed bear, trying to make it a demon follower, and finally ...... Not a single one of them came back alive! ”
The corners of Fengchen's mouth rose slightly, and he was very much looking forward to the demon from him.
"It seems that they have forgotten about the ancient kingdom of Roland! Ten thousand years ago, it was a prosperous era of martial arts, and no one dared to provoke the Heavenly Demon at that time, let alone today's ......"
"I think it's good that the Heavenly Demon still has no news, as soon as the Heavenly Demon comes out, Tianluo will be chaotic!"
Fengchen was happy in his heart, it seems that it was right not to go back to Koike Town this time, and the Forest of Silver Light is worth a trip.
The Forest of Silver Light is a well-known area of the Shenna Continent, with a large area bordering the Heavenly Wind Empire, and countless demon beasts live in it, and most of the demon servants and mounts of the Heavenly Wind Empire come from the Silver Light Forest.
Fengchen couldn't help but get proud, fortunately he missed the college exam of Jinge Academy, if he could subdue a demon servant on this trip, it would be much happier than joining Jinge Academy.
The main currencies circulating in the Shenna Continent are gold coins and silver coins, and the transactions with large amounts of gold coins are usually replaced by spirit stones, one thousand copper coins for one silver coin, one thousand silver coins for one gold coin, and one hundred can make ordinary people live without worrying about food and drink for a lifetime.
After hurriedly dealing with his stomach, Fengchen threw a few copper coins to Xiao Er, Xiao Er's face changed, and he became close to Fengchen, Fengchen inquired with Xiao Er, and knew that there were several more famous entrances to the Silver Light Forest, and one of them was near Luoyan City!
Don't ask for directions, follow the team that rushed to the Forest of Silver Light from the vast soup of Luoyan City, and arrived at the entrance of the Forest of Silver Light after a few hours, Fengchen thought that it would be more barren if it was far away from Luoyan City, but the scene in front of him surprised Fengchen!
The mercenary team preparing to enter the mountain led a low-level demon beast, the demon beast was strapped with all kinds of items, and there were rich and noble families who were issuing bounty tasks everywhere.
All sorts of shops sold items that the mercenaries had brought back from the Silver Forest, including animal teeth, hides, and meat, and roadside vendors shouted healing herbs, and people in different costumes walked through them.
"This is the entrance to the Silver Forest...... It's like a small town. Fengchen sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"Come and take a look.,The outer map of the Silver Light Forest.,There are only three left.,Buying a map is buying a guarantee.,Let you avoid the dangerous place of the Silver Light Forest.,This is a buy map.,This is clearly buying a life.,Don't come again!" A hawker shouted, and almost the entire street was his voice.
Fengchen's eyes were immediately attracted by the peddler, and he walked over curiously, if there was really a map, it would be a good choice, after all, it was the first time he had come to the Silver Light Forest.
"You don't want to buy it, do you?"
Hearing this, Fengchen turned sideways, and a girl in black light armor stood beside her, the red hair drooping on both sides of her cheeks still couldn't cover her beautiful face, and the two bulges on her chest were about to run out to breathe fresh air, and forcibly fixed Fengchen's wandering gaze in that position, and Fengchen forgot what the girl just said.
"Don't you feel tight?" Fengchen asked with some curiosity.
"Whore!" The girl was slightly annoyed, and a hint of anger appeared on her face.
I just glanced at you and you are a thief, and I can't become an adulterer if I tell you? Fengchen muttered to himself.
"Ah......, I'm sorry, it's because you're too prominent." Fengchen smiled and looked at the girl.
"You ......" the girl pointed angrily at the wind and dust.
Fengchen hurriedly used the trick that his father usually used, and changed the subject: "What did you mean just now...... Is this map fake? ”
The girl said angrily: "If you want to buy it, go ahead!" I didn't say anything. The girl turned to leave.
The temper is as domineering as the two lumps of meat on the chest! Fengchen couldn't help but sigh.
The girl may be worried that Fengchen is really going to buy the map, Bei Tooth bites, and after hesitating for a moment, Sakura lips lightly opened: "There are many demon beasts entrenched in the Forest of Silver Light, and there are demon beasts competing for territory with each other every day, and the safe areas marked on the map may be safe today, but tomorrow it may be occupied by a powerful demon beast. ”
Fengchen smiled secretly, didn't this girl's last sentence mean herself? "Thank you!" Fengchen suddenly felt that his actions just now were indeed a little frivolous, and he was a little embarrassed.
The girl turned and disappeared into the crowd, ignoring the dust.
"......" Fengchen suddenly felt a burst of injury, and the suave young talent of Koike Town didn't have any lethality after changing venues......
After being reminded by the girl, Fengchen decided to find a mercenary team to enter the Silver Light Forest together, although he didn't want to admit it, but he was indeed a martial artist who was not deeply involved in the world......
Walking into the depths of the street, there were many mercenary teams recruiting companions, and a young man in a mercenary uniform stood on a big rock and shouted: "Just the last person is about to enter the mountain, the difficulty of the task is not difficult, if there is anyone you want to go, you don't dislike force, you can come and see if you want to go." ”
"Do you think I can?" Fengchen's eyes lit up and he walked forward and asked.
"Uh, this...... This ......" The young man glanced at Fengchen and suddenly became hesitant.
"This little brother, let's do it, I don't count if I say it, I have to take you to meet our boss, he says okay, you can go, what do you think?"
"Okay, let's go."
Fengchen followed the young man in blue to the quiet place of the street, and after a while, he entered a restaurant.
A middle-aged man in a red robe with a righteous face sat at the wine table with three people.
"Cat, who is this?" The red-robed man looked at Fengchen, who smiled at him and said hello.
"Boss, this little brother wants to enter the Silver Light Forest with us." The young man in blue was quite respectful, and his face was full of courtesy.
"Yuanwu Realm Double?" The red-robed man looked at the wind and dust, and after a while, his face was apologetic: "If we go to pick an herb or something, maybe we will take you with us, but this mission is more difficult, little brother, I'm sorry." ”
The meaning of rejection in the words is clear in Fengchen's heart, this is disgusting his own cultivation? Fengchen looked at the blue-clothed youth, and the blue-clothed young man smiled a little embarrassedly.
Fengchen was not in a hurry, his hands were intertwined, and he sang softly: "The spirit of the wind shuttling between heaven and earth, I am willing to sacrifice my soul element, and I hope you will listen to my request - wind!" Light! Technique! ”
A blue magic mark formed on Feng Chen's chest, and then turned into a little blue light and dissipated, and the red-robed man and a few people behind him floated gently.
"You're still a sorcerer?" The red-robed man's eyes lit up and he looked at the dust.
This is the most low-level of the wind soul technique, all sealers can cast it, it can make the caster more light and agile, this is a very practical blessing soul technique in battle, for it, Feng Tianyang spent a lot of private money.
"I wonder ...... now?" Fengchen gently lowered them and looked at the red-robed man.
"Yes, of course!" The red-robed man immediately changed his words and agreed, and Fengchen smiled faintly.
"It's just...... With your status as a hot sorcerer, why take this risk with us, let me tell you first, I can't guarantee that I will bring you back, and our commission is not high. ”
"Yes! I'm still going. There was not the slightest hesitation in Fengchen's tone.
"Haha, you have this courage at a young age, you are a man! My name is Red Shadow, if you don't think I'm taking advantage of you, call me Uncle Red Shadow."
"Okay Uncle Red Shadow"
Red Shadow grinned when she heard this.
"Now that we're all together, let's get on the road early!"
"Mother-in-law, tell them to prepare, and we'll leave in an hour!" The plain-clothed woman who had been standing in the distance responded to the call, smiled kindly at Fengchen and turned to leave.
An hour later, in addition to the few people Feng Chen had just seen at the door of the restaurant, there were two more people.
Red Shadow pointed at these people and introduced them to Fengchen one by one.
"Our mercenaries use code names, this is a cat, you've seen it, in addition, the four of them are four brothers, Tiger Head, Tiger Two, Tiger Three, Tiger Tail, this is a rat, in charge of our logistics"
"Nima, this is going to go on the road with a bunch of animals, it's better to go in the dark by yourself." Fengchen muttered to himself.
Ah Mao suddenly looked at Fengchen: "By the way, little brother, come out to mix, you always have to have a name, we don't know you yet?" ”
"Feng Ling!" Fengchen smiled at a few people.
"Okay, now that everyone knows each other, I don't bother to say anything, just say one thing: if you want to come back alive, everyone will work together, if anyone loses the life of his companion because of a small profit, my Red Shadow will be the first to kill him!" The red shadow suddenly became serious, and even showed a hint of murderous aura.
Fengchen heard that he had a little affection for Red Shadow here, many mercenaries fought each other for what they had gained, and in the Silver Light Forest, countless people died at the hands of their companions, and Red Shadow's enthusiasm made Fengchen very impressed.
"Alright, let's go!"