Chapter Twenty-Six: The Song of the Thorn Kite
The little old man was smiling all over his face, looking amiable, and looked at Ling Jian with his horn beard on his chin, not at all annoyed by the young man's subconscious vigilance.
"I chatted with Dake for a while just now, and I heard that a young boy joined the caravan and came to take a look, and sure enough, it was you!" The little old man said to himself, "Why, are you finally willing to get out of this absolutely safe city?" Lao Tzu has long said that as a man, you should go out for a walk when you are young......"
Although he was short in stature, the old man's voice was unusually loud and full of energy, and he broke into the ears of others with a domineering attitude. It was particularly harsh in the otherwise quiet room!
Before you know it, the number of people in the room has risen to thirty-nine. Although not a few guys actually fell asleep, it was still unpleasant to be suddenly alarmed by such a "noise".
However, before coming up to look for trouble, everyone immediately remembered a question - when did this old man come in?
The people present were all experienced veterans, and they knew that the people who came to this room were their companions and competitors in the rest of the journey. So every time someone comes in, they will be carefully watched by everyone.
However, they looked at each other, and found that no one noticed when the old man had come in before he had spoken, and they did not know how long he had been in!
"Is the senior going to join the caravan too?" Ling Jian raised his eyebrows and asked with a hint of surprise.
"Hmph, how is that possible!" Old man Jing said disdainfully, "Lao Tzu will come to the traveler boy to break the caravan?" Just stopping by. ”
Ling Jian stared at the other party with suspicious eyes, with this old man's intelligence ability, he had reason to believe that the other party was here for himself.
"Ahem!" Old man Jing, who was seen through his thoughts, coughed, lowered his voice and said, "But I'm not hiding it from you." It's your two beautiful teachers who can't rest assured, please let Lao Tzu take care of your kid...... But seeing that you have hugged the lap of the traveler boy, Lao Tzu is also relieved. ”
Then he laughed out loud: "That's just right, after all, Lao Tzu is the worst at taking care of children!" ”
Find a relationship to find this person's head, and the other party even agreed...... Ling Jian also admired the abilities of the two teachers.
"I thought my senior wanted to recruit me into your studio." Ling Jian couldn't help but tease.
"Hmph, you kid is still far away, let's go kill a thousand demons!" Old man Jing sneered unceremoniously, and then waved his hand, "That's it, Lao Tzu will go first." ”
Ling Jian maintained a perfect smile and watched the old man's figure until it disappeared.
During this time, none of the surrounding adventurers and witchers went up to provoke.
Then, Ling Jian reached out and rubbed his cheeks, keeping a smiling expression that made his facial muscles stiffen a little.
An uncle at the table next to him suddenly said, "Young man, you don't have to be so nervous. Now that you know the old man, you should know that he never kills. ”
"It's just a knee-jerk reaction......," Ling Jian responded, "I don't know what Mr. is called?" ”
Ling Jian took the initiative to greet someone for the first time here, because this man obviously knew Old Man Jing as well. Based on this alone, at least we can no longer ignore the existence of the other party - in the final analysis, the unspoken rule of this world is that strength is supreme, and the strong are respected.
"My name is Fanley, and I'm a veteran witcher." The uncle introduced himself.
"My name is Ling Key, please advise me on the next journey." Ling Key just nodded politely at this, as for the senior demon hunter or something, among the people Ling Key knew, only those third-rate level guys would call themselves like this, because they only had age to "show off".
The other people who noticed their conversation also had disdainful expressions on their faces, obviously thinking that this man named Fan Li was a parallel import.
Fan Li felt good about himself and shook hands with Ling Key. By the way, he also warmly invited Ling Key to join his studio.
"Shh A fat man next to him suddenly sneered, "Stop bragging there, I've joined the traveler's caravan, so it means that your workshop is just a small organization." Don't try to trick the ignorant newcomers anymore, uncle! Boy, brother, let me give you a piece of advice, that kind of small studio with only a few dozen people, I'd rather not join, like us, being a free adventurer will be more promising! ”
Fan Li shrugged: "I'm just going to return to Yining City, where the studio is located, and join the caravan by the way." This is not unusual, is it? But my studio is really small, that's right......"
The uncle scratched his head and added to Ling Key: "But it's very promising!" And the bosses they prefer to recruit young people. There are also examples of training from scratch to become a Witcher, but if you do, you can become a full-fledged Witcher! He glanced at Ling Jian again, "Anyway, you should think about it more, young man on the road, although it is not as good as the boss and the mage, I am still very confident in my own eyes!" ”
"Hmph, are the so-called witchers all talking like this?" The fat man continued to taunt.
At this time, his companion, a thin man from the other extreme, stopped him: "All right, brother! Say less. Since everyone says it's a small studio, you should also consider their difficulties, right? As free adventurers, we must also respect the freedom of others! ”
Ling Jian looked at the two brothers speechlessly, although the elder brother was persuading the younger brother, he felt that the words he said were even more indebted! The point is that looking at their expressions, it doesn't look like they're deliberately stirring up trouble, but 100% sincere...... How did this pair of Gengzhi brothers survive until now!
Ling Key didn't have much interest in joining the studio to become a witcher, and was completely in the spirit of going with the flow and being dispensable. Otherwise, he could have joined the number one Night's Watch studio.
However, after being "lectured" by the two brothers, Ling Jian vaguely felt that he wanted to join a studio!
Fan Li didn't seem to care about the fat and thin brother's words at all. But someone still stood up - a tall and mighty man with a face full of righteousness. It seemed that he was the leader of more than a dozen people over there, and it should be a small team of adventurers. Aside from the Traveler's caravan's guards, that squad should have been the largest force on the trip.
Guozi's face was full of righteousness, and he said to the fat and thin brothers: "Shut up both of you, brothers!" We're all in the same group on this operation, and I don't want to mess up the whole team because of the two of you! ”
This man seemed to have quite a prestige among the adventurers, and the fat and thin brother did not even have the slightest intention of refuting, and obediently shut up and sat back.
"Please don't mind this brother." Guozi faced Fan Li and hugged his fist again, "The two of them didn't mean to, it's just that their natural personalities are a little too straightforward, and please don't blame Brother Fan!" ”
Belch! There's something wrong with this guy's painting style! Ling Jian complained in his heart, which martial arts world did you cross over from! Also, what are you carrying such a big cloth bag behind your back? Are you afraid that others won't be able to see that it's a longbow inside? Anyway, there are people who really use bows and arrows nowadays!
Indeed, with the exception of a few special powerful bows and arrows, there are basically very few people nowadays who use bows and arrows as their primary weapons. After all, where is it convenient to draw a bow and shoot arrows? Even if it is necessary to fight covertly, the Witcher will choose a strong crossbow instead.
However, judging from Ling Key's eyes and feelings, what the Guozi face was carrying behind was not a "Star Hidden Treasure" level bow.
It can only be said that this national character face has more special interests and hobbies.
It has been almost thirteen years since Ling Jian came to this world. He found that in this strange world, the scientific and technological strength of human beings cannot be said to be underdeveloped, but in the face of the completely unscientific invasion of the demonic abyss, the scientific and technological level of the half-hangers seems to be a little chicken.
In terms of weapon selection, the general perception among demon hunters is that "a bow is inferior to a gun, a spear is inferior to a sword, and a sword is inferior to a sword". And since the vast majority of demons and monsters are huge in size, large heavy weapons such as big swords, long knives, wheels, and giant axes have gradually become the mainstream equipment of demon hunters.
Among the dozens of people present, almost more than ninety percent of them had murder weapons such as axes, sledgehammers, and machetes around them. Only this uncle, named Fan Li, carried only a travel leather with him, which was quite eye-catching...... Of course, Ling Jian only has a handbag himself.
The leading Kokuji face quickly stabilized everyone's mood and then returned to his own companions.
"Normally, this man already has the ability to form a studio." Fan Li commented.
Indeed, if you have prestige and a companion who is willing to follow, then the national character face can break away from the name of an adventurer at any time and apply to set up a regular studio.
"Speaking of which, that's pretty much how our studio was built." The uncle turned his head to Ling Key and said, "It's really an interesting studio, young man, ...... you."