Chapter 44: Out of the City
"Leave? Leave now, now the strength of the monsters around Yuncheng is very terrifying, it is easy to leave this Yuncheng, but it is probably even more difficult to pass through this Yuncheng, Zhang Jiu, you have to think clearly, even if you are the strength of the eighth stage, it is not safe to go outside. "Erniang is not as charming as before, and after knowing Zhang Jiu's strength, she is a little restrained.
Zhang Jiu frowned, he knew the situation outside very well, now going out is looking for death, there are so many beasts outside this city, it must be for some reason, otherwise these beasts will not be close to the area where humans live, it seems that it is not so easy to return to Three Rivers City.
Sanhe City is not necessarily necessary for Zhang Jiu to go back, after all, it is more dangerous in that city, the reason why he wants to go back is to find Hu Fatzi, and he agreed with Hu Fatzi to return to Qinghe Town to meet him after looking for a few cities, I am afraid that what is happening now will only delay their meeting.
However, thinking that Hu Fatzi was so capable, Zhang Jiu interrupted the idea of returning to Qinghe City, it was better to stay in this Yuncheng, after a long time, that guy would probably find it himself.
"Yes, good. Zhang Jiu stood up as he spoke, and threw a few gold coins on the table, which was considered to settle the cost of the meal.
Seeing this gold coin, Erniang hurriedly stood up and said: "Zhang Jiu, the previous thing is that we are sorry for you, this meal will be when we invite you, and you will take back the money for this meal." ”
"No, I can see that you are short of money. Zhang Jiu didn't look back, now that he finds the three of them, he may only be able to look at luck, the top priority must be to improve his strength as soon as possible, if he can't reach these ten stages, it is very dangerous no matter where he is, and now if he wants to cultivate faster, the best way is to make a spare, the power of the moon stone in his body seems to have been absorbed, if he doesn't rely on the spar to improve his strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to quickly improve to ten stages.
Thinking of this, Zhang Jiu's eyes lit up, spars, there are many high-level beasts outside here now, and for others, there may be countless terrifying beasts outside the city, but Zhang Jiu seems that these are all spars beckoning to him.
The city gate was already heavily guarded at the moment, and many soldiers in armor stood at the door, holding heavy weapons in their hands, and they could feel that these people were not low in rank.
There were many dissatisfied people in front of the city gate, and some people had already resisted loudly: "If you don't let us go out to hunt wild beasts, how will my family live?" ”
One person is wearing gold armor, obviously different from others, this person's name is Li Ming, but a general under the command of the city lord, Li Ming is holding a halberd, the sound is like thunder, he said loudly: "Listen to me, the situation outside is very complicated, if you go out, you will not starve to death, but be killed by wild beasts, and no one can go out until you find out what the situation is outside." ”
"It's not all the same death, starve to death here, it's better to go out and fight. "The opposition in the crowd has not subsided, and the loss of food rations will indeed cause public anger.
The armor on Li Ming's body suddenly released a golden luster, and he roared angrily: "Everyone will return to me, and you are not allowed to go out without the strength of more than eight ranks." ”
This huge sound wave spread out in all directions, and several people who were close to it were directly shocked by this sound wave, Zhang Jiu was a little surprised, this turned out to be a ten-stage powerhouse, this Yuncheng is really a hidden dragon and crouching tiger, just a gatekeeper turned out to be a ten-section.
In fact, Zhang Jiu didn't know that this Li Ming's status in Yuncheng was still quite high, second only to the city lord Li Tianxing, and he was a half-brother with the city lord.
This Li Ming's words were very domineering, although people in the city were not allowed to go out, but Zhang Jiu still smelled some information from his words, and strong people with more than eight levels could go out.
This is good news for himself, Zhang Jiu strode forward, and Li Ming raised the halberd in his hand and said, "Go back, aren't my words obvious enough?" ”
Li Ming's words were full of chills, it seemed that if Zhang Jiu took one more step, Li Ming would kill Zhang Jiu.
Zhang Jiu said unhurriedly: "My lord, just now you also said that those who have more than eight levels of awakening can go out. ”
Hearing what Zhang Jiu said, this Li Ming's sharp eyes looked around Zhang Jiu, and said with a little coldness in his words: "I have seen many awakened people above the eighth stage of Yuncheng, but I have never seen you." ”
The meaning in these words is obvious, it is to suspect that Zhang Jiu is not an awakened person above the eighth stage.
Zhang Jiu didn't speak, but stood there and used the power of awakening, the strong power spread around, black black flames appeared on the surface of his body, and the people behind him looked at Zhang Jiu with some surprise, this was really a powerhouse of the eighth rank.
Li Ming's brows moved slightly, and he looked at Zhang Jiu with a cold and arrogant expression: "Black flame, I haven't heard of you in Yuncheng, but I heard that there is a person in Qinghe City who used black flames to defeat Qingshan." ”
This sentence shocked the eyes around him, and the discussion was louder, it turned out that the person in front of him was the person with a bounty of 1000 gold coins, if this 1000 gold coins were in hand, I am afraid that the family would be able to have enough food and clothing, and what kind of adventure would go outside the city, and there would be a big gold mountain in front of him.
Although he has a very greedy gaze, no one dares to step forward, after all, the strength of the eighth stage is not a joke, and this person can defeat the strong man of the tenth stage, then this person must be terrifying, so no one dares to deal with Zhang Jiu.
Li Ming is different, although Zhang Jiu has defeated the tenth-stage powerhouse, but he thinks that Qingshan is just in vain, and he has lost the face of the tenth-stage powerhouse.
"Hehe, you mean you want to earn that gold coin. Zhang Jiu smiled lightly, Qingshan was not afraid, although Li Ming was not sure of victory in the face of this, but with the Aotian Seven Absolute by his side, there was no problem in escaping.
Li Ming snorted lightly: "My Li family will be short of money, I don't have the slightest interest in those gold coins, the city lord has set the rules, those who are awakened above the eighth stage can form a team of more than five people to go out, and you are alone, so it won't work." ”
This Li Ming obviously wanted to find trouble, but the lofty gaze made people look uncomfortable, Zhang Jiu wanted to go up and punch him twice, but he knew the consequences of beating Li Ming, and it was estimated that this Yuncheng would not have a foothold of his own.
"Zhang Jiu, it's better to take the two of us with you, after this lockdown, we have no income from staying in the city, take us out, we only need a spare. Erniang came out of the crowd, followed by Liu Hu, and Liu Hu also nodded again and again behind him.
Zhang Jiu is not impossible, although these two people have deceived themselves, but they feel that this Erniang's heart is not bad, and this is a mutually beneficial thing, Zhang Jiu has no reason to refuse, he looked at Li Ming with a smile and said: "As long as you promise me to go out of the city, it should not be difficult for these five people to get together." ”
Zhang Jiu looked back behind him with a word, and the crowd behind him erupted, raising their hands one by one, shouting loudly to follow, there were eight strong people pressing the formation, and leaving this city gate at least greatly increased the chance of survival.
Li Ming snorted lightly, did not object, and turned to leave.
Zhang Jiu looked at the crowd behind him, so many people were going, I didn't know who to bring, this was a headache, Zhang Jiu looked at Erniang, and suddenly had an idea in his heart: "Erniang, you choose two people to go with you." ”
"Ah, I pick?" Erniang looked at Zhang Jiu with some surprise, but quickly understood what Zhang Jiu meant, she decisively selected two people in the crowd, I don't know if she misunderstood Zhang Jiu's meaning, and actually chose two beauties, these two beauties look very weak, there is no problem at all to cheer up, as for killing monsters, it seems that they owe a little.
One of these two women is called Sun Lingxiang and the other is called Sun Yemei, and they seem to be a pair of sisters.
Zhang Jiu looked back at Erniang, I don't know why Erniang chose these two people, Erniang also looked at Zhang Jiu with a blank face: "I don't know, just now I wanted to choose two stronger ones, but I don't know why I saw them at a glance, and I chose the two of them without thinking at all, if we are not satisfied, we can change two people to go together." ”
Then Sun Lingxiang was a little dissatisfied and said, "Since you all chose us, why can't you take us there, our two sisters are both seventh-stage, and they won't embarrass you." ”
Seven paragraphs, Zhang Jiu didn't see it, that Erniang didn't expect these two women to be so strong, Erniang looked at Zhang Jiu, as if waiting for Zhang Jiu to decide.
Zhang Jiu naturally will not object, these two people are very good-looking, the key is that the strength is also good, of course, the teamwork hopes that the teammates will be strong.
A team of five people was formed, Zhang Jiu walked to the door, and the guard looked at Zhang Jiudao, "Your Excellency has an order, you can go out, but each team of people who go out must take on the next task, this task is S-level, and the bounty is 1,000 gold coins, if you agree, you can go out, if you don't agree, you need to stay here." ”
1000 gold coins, Zhang Jiu was a little shocked, this Yuncheng City Lord is really generous, such a good thing Zhang Jiu naturally will not let go, he said: "I don't know what the task is." ”
"There are many terrible beasts outside the city, and now the masters in the city have gone out to find out the cause of this beast, so the city lord has an order, whoever finds out the reason first will be rewarded with 1000 gold coins. The guard said.
Zhang Jiu suddenly understood in his heart, it turned out that this was the case, this city lord was smart, and Zhang Jiu also wanted to know what was going on, why there were suddenly so many high-ranking beasts outside the city.
After agreeing, the door was opened for them, and the excitement outside the city was lost, and there was no one at a glance, which seemed very desolate.
"Behold, there are wild beasts there. As soon as he went out, Liu Hu pointed to the distance and shouted.
A few people saw that there was really a beast not far from this Yuncheng, this beast was like some kind of ape, very close to people, he was leaning against a big tree, and his blood-red eyes were looking at this side.
Seeing this beast, all the information about this beast appeared in Zhang Jiu's mind.
The seven-stage ghost ape is cunning by nature and likes to attack humans.
If such a beast would never dare to get so close to the area where humans live before, this ghost ape is so close, no wonder the city lord ordered that everyone was not allowed to go out, if it was not an ordinary awakened person, I am afraid that it would be dangerous to go out.
Liu Hu was a little excited and said: "Since we have met the ghost ape, then let's go over, if this ghost ape has a seven-stage spade, it is also a lot of wealth." ”
"Wait. Zhang Jiu stopped the two.
This ghost ape is not a beast that acts alone, the reason why I feel that these ghost apes are terrible is not that the ghost apes only have the strength of seven stages, but that these ghost apes are all social animals.