Chapter 10: Ascending the Mountain
Early the next morning.
Ning Yuan, who was sleeping in a daze, was dragged up from the wheel of the pack cart, and then a basin of cold water fell from the sky.
Ning Yuan, who was soaked all over, immediately sobered up under the stimulation of the cold, and immediately saw the cold-faced young man looking at him expressionlessly. A thin black man with a basin of water stood nearby. Ning Yuan remembered that the other party seemed to be called Zi Scar.
It should have been the cold water poured by the other party just now.
If it weren't for the state of being captured, last night's sleep should have been Ning Yuan's most restful sleep since his arrival, at least with this group of people, Ning Yuan didn't need to worry about his safety while sleeping. I was able to sleep peacefully in the forest, but I was worried about my safety, so I slept lightly every day.
"But if only I didn't have this basin of cold water."
Ning Yuan said silently in his heart, and then shuddered.
Although it has entered the moon, it is still quite cold in the morning.
Just when Ning Yuan's heart was broken, a hoarse voice sounded:
"Ready to go."
Ning Yuan looked up at the sky when he heard this, and said a little timidly: "It's only four o'clock now, right?" Isn't it too early? ”
Then he carefully explained: "It's so dark, I'm afraid I can't find the way." ”
The fine scar stared at Ning Yuan coldly, until a cold sweat broke out on Ning Yuan's forehead that he had just wiped dry, and then said in a serious tone:
"If you don't want to die in the beast tide, or spend two months in our team's dungeon, you'd better take us to find the chance you said in two days."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
Zi Scar walked over and patted Ning Yuan's shoulder, and the heavy force made Ning Yuan's shoulder crooked, and said playfully:
"Longshou Mountain is not easy to walk, I can't wait for you to go up the mountain, the sky must be bright. So don't think about procrastinating. Scold! ~”
After speaking, he carried the basin of water and left with Scar.
Just as Ning Yuan rubbed his numb shoulders and lowered his head with a sad expression, a big fan-like hand was heavily placed on Ning Yuan's other shoulder, causing Ning Yuan to stumble in an instant, turn around and fall to the ground in embarrassment.
"Hahaha." Looking at Ning Yuan's scar who was holding his hands on the ground with a painful face, he laughed wildly, and then the huge body with great oppressive force attached to him looked up at Ning Yuan, who looked up and looked cowardly, obviously showing a look of anger and dare not speak, and said in a cruel voice:
"Boy, you see you can't even stand my slap, so don't think about those who have and don't. To tell you the truth, two days early or three days later, the beast tide will definitely be launched. ”
Then he raised two thick fingers and shook them, and continued:
"Two days, you only have two days. If you don't see the opportunity you said in two days, I'll kill you once. ”
Standing up straight, he looked down at Ning Yuan with a pitiful look, and said in a factual tone:
"If you have a household registration, you will be resurrected directly in the place where the household registration is bound. It's a pity you don't. If you are wild, you can only choose to resurrect on the spot or randomly respawn within 100 meters. Either way, you can't run away. ”
Then his eyes sharpened, and he said seriously:
"Then I'll bring you back to Coca City with only one chance to resurrect, and we'll have two months to concoct you. It will definitely make you unforgettable. ”
Looking at Ning Yuan, who was pale and frightened, he sneered:
"Let's pray for a good result in two days."
After saying that, he turned around and planned to leave.
"What if I choose to be reincarnated?"
There was a sound of Ning Yuan gritting his teeth from behind.
Scar turned around, looked at Ning Yuan's stubborn eyes that seemed to be open despite fear, and chuckled inexplicably.
"If I choose to be reincarnated, give up the chance, or wait until later to get the chance, what else can you do to me?"
Ning Yuan stared at Scar fearfully and stubbornly, and asked word by word.
Scar didn't answer directly, and looked at Ning Yuan with an inexplicable smile for a long time, until his younger brother began to pack up the cart next to him, and then his face turned pale, and he looked at Ning Yuan in a cold tone that he had never seen before:
"If you choose this path. Then there is no need for me to do anything, and in the future you yourself will regret this decision for eternity. ”
After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the waiting crowd, paused halfway through, and said in an inexplicable tone:
"A piece of advice for you."
Ning Yuan looked up at Scar's huge back.
"If you don't want to regret it, then it's best to pray that you won't use the reincarnation function for the rest of your life."
After speaking, he didn't care about Ning Yuan, strolled to the front of the team and beckoned everyone to get ready to go.
Ning Yuan looked at Scar's back, and inexplicable thoughts flashed in his eyes.
Ning Yuan has been pretending. Pretending with the fact that he has not yet cultivated, pretending with a submissive and cowardly look, and pretending with an unbearable attitude, everything is to make the other party recognize Ning Yuan's weakness, relax his minimum vigilance against Ning Yuan, and strengthen Ning Yuan's character in the eyes of the other party.
In order to achieve his goal, when the other party confirmed Ning Yuan's destination, Ning Yuan did not deceive at all, and even confessed the key information of his remaining two resurrections under the constraints of the system oath.
The other party also knew that Ning Yuan was pretending, although he didn't know how much he had seen through. But as the other party said, Ning Yuan is too weak, whether he pretends or not, it makes no sense to the other party. Even if you use the resurrection, you can't run away.
The most Ning Yuan can do is to delay time, but the other party is actually not afraid of Ning Yuan delaying time, because they can afford to drag it out, and at most they feel disgusted, but Ning Yuan can't afford it. It's like Scar said. The other party can take Ning Yuan back to the city-state as a captive and imprison him in the dungeon, where he can torture him as much as he wants, until he collapses. You can also kill him once as punishment. After waiting for two months, they will bring Ning Yuan here again and force Ning Yuan to hand over their chance.
On the contrary, Ning Yuan couldn't afford to delay. If the information given by the other party about the beast tide is accurate, Ning Yuan must find a way to enter that place within two days, otherwise no matter how many times Ning Yuan has been resurrected, as long as the restrictions on the city's resurrection are not lifted, then the number of resurrections will not be enough under the impact of the beast tide.
And as the other party said, as long as Ning Yuan can't escape, Ning Yuan can only be under the other party's clamp all the time, without freedom, unable to cultivate, and watching the gap between himself and other players getting bigger and bigger, until it is irreparable.
Unless Ning Yuan is willing to choose to break up in two by means of reincarnation.
In this case, at that opportunity, Ning Yuan's voluntary arrival with many restrictions would have no meaning?
Of course, at least it's better than making a wedding dress for someone.
In fact, the worst plan Ning Yuan made was to break up in two.
If it weren't for Scar's last few words.
However, it doesn't matter how many of Scar's last few words are true or even all of them are false.
Ning Yuan, who heard this, was already destined not to dare to gamble anymore.
After everyone went on the road, Ning Yuan took the dry food, looked around, walked in front of Scar, and asked timidly:
"If you find a chance, will you really let me go?"
Scar's eyes lit up, and he pulled out an ugly smile and said:
"The oath of the system is absolute. Even if I don't want to, I can't hurt you. ”
Ning Yuan nodded, looked at Scar's eyes and said:
"Good. I lead the way. ”
Saying that, he took the initiative to go forward.
"Wait." Scar called Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan looked back at Scar.
"You're too slow, let Scar and Scar carry you up the mountain. Pathfinder in front of the fine scar. Longshou Mountain is not easy to walk. ”
Scar said solemnly.
"Okay."
Ning Yuan nodded and walked forward behind the two.
Scar nodded at Scar, and his figure scurried forward silently.
Scar saw the fine scar and went to explore the way before he said to the few people in charge of the pack cart in the team:
"Force Scar, Piercing Scar, Ha Scar, Gu Scar, Ginger Scar, Miao Scar, Mu Scar, Ge Scar, Arrow Scar, you can't take any risks for the rest of the time, stay at the bottom of the mountain and watch the pack cart and goods, and there is a situation to release arrows. If the distance is too far, I use a mechanism letter. If we don't come back at midnight and don't send any message back, you can drive back to the city by cart early tomorrow morning. ”
"Yes, Boss."
Several people who were called responded in unison.
Scar nodded, then looked at the people around him, then at Ning Yuan in front of him, and said solemnly: "Others, battle formation, follow." ”
All members of the Scar City-State Mercenary Squad have the word "Scar" in their names.
Of course, none of them are real names, all of them are pseudonyms such as code names. This seems to be a feature of the Scarring Team and a signature in the mercenary world of the city-states.
Scar and the man named Zi Scar did not deceive Ning Yuan, the road to Longshou Mountain is indeed not easy to walk.
It should be said that during this period of time, any road leading to the gathering place of demon beasts is not easy to walk.
The Longshou Mountain Range is located in the southernmost part of the entire Fulong Mountain Range, which is composed of eight peaks of different sizes, namely Longzui Mountain, Longya Mountain, Broken Tooth Mountain, East and West Longjiao Mountain, Longxu Mountain before and after, and Longshou Mountain. It occupies a huge area.
If Ning Yuan was alone, it would take four to five days to reach his destination without the danger of demon beasts. However, now that there are two cultivators from the senior rank, it is estimated that they will be able to arrive by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.
The entrance that Ning Yuan was looking for was located at the eastern foot of Broken Tooth Mountain, in a mountain crack at the corner of the mountain wall where Broken Tooth Mountain and Housu Mountain were connected.
It wasn't the official entrance to Serendipity but a back door. As for where the main gate of the chance is, Ning Yuan is not clear. He also entered this place by chance by mistake.
After passing through Qiansu Mountain and stepping on the trail of Longya Mountain, Ning Yuan began to be a little glad that he had been kidnapped involuntarily this time.
Perhaps because the beast tide was about to start, the density of demon beasts in Longshou Mountain was even larger than Ning Yuan had estimated after synthesizing various information.
The two-hundred-mile road from Mount Qiansu to Mount Longya alone has experienced at least two dozen battles. This is still when everyone has avoided most of the demon beasts.
Ning Yuan couldn't imagine how he would have to cross these two hundred miles if he were alone.
Fortunately, whether it was the outer edge of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest or the frontier of the Dragon's Head Mountain Range, it was dominated by low-level fierce beast-level demon beasts (that is, demon beasts with the same strength as soldier-level cultivators). For the time being, everyone has not encountered a middle-level fierce beast-level demon beast equivalent to the strength of the husband-level level.
Generally speaking, before the cultivator's Heavenly Rank, against a demon beast with the same strength as himself, if he fights alone, the cultivator has the advantage, because the cultivator can use various external forces to fight.
However, this is only when you go it alone. The actual situation is that most of the demon beasts below the desolate beast level mainly live in groups. A nest can range from three to five to hundreds or thousands.
That's why I said earlier that even if it is the periphery of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest, it still needs a team of more than twenty people with husband-level strength to be able to move a little.
Scar and Scar's Scar Team is one such team of mercenaries operating on the edge and outer edge of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest.
It is precisely because they belong to a full-time hunting team that they can have the experience to avoid most of the demon beasts so far.