Chapter 11: Black Dragon Guard
Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge is known as Ten Thousand Beasts, and it is by no means groundless. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Every year in autumn, there must be several waves of animal tides, overwhelming, endless.
If a person does not have absolute strength, it is simply a fool's dream to go over the mountains and mountains, and in the end, he will inevitably end up with a beast tide.
Therefore, most of the people who want to cross the mountain take a rest in the tea shop at the bottom of the mountain, and by the way, pull some good companions to increase protection.
Liu Yang, a bronze-level companion teacher, was naturally not sure that he could rely on one person to cross the beast tide, and seeing that these two men and one woman didn't look bad, he groaned a little and agreed to the man's request.
The man's name is Zhao Xi, because of his rough appearance, he looks like he is in his thirties, but his actual age is only in his early twenties, and the other man's name is Mu Han, a teenager, who is almost the same as Liu Yang.
On the contrary, it was the sweet-looking woman who was one year younger than Liu Yang, and her name was particularly good: Xie Lingshan.
The three of them have known each other for a long time, and they are from the same place: Chicheng, which is the nearby county seat second only to Hengyang City.
This made Liu Yang more and more surprised, "Brother Zhao Xi, since you are all acquaintances, why did you bring me in with a stranger." ”
Zhao Xi didn't care, "I think the little brother is a little young, I'm afraid it's the first time to go far away, if you go together, there will be a response, and one more person will have more strength." ”
"What power can a companion teacher have, Brother Zhao will say it if you want to help him, why beat around the bush." Mu Han said unhappily.
"Mu Han, what are you talking about, the eldest brother has his own way of doing things." Xie Lingshan frowned and reprimanded.
Mu Han glanced at Xie Lingshan, a trace of heat flashed in his eyes, and he was silent.
"Brother Yang, don't be annoyed, Xiao Mu has always spoken so openly." Xie Lingshan said apologetically to Liu Yang again.
This Xie Lingshan doesn't look very old, but she is quite good at being a person, and she is exquisite at a young age.
Through a few words, Liu Yang could also deduce that Zhao Xi really wanted to take him over the mountain together, which made him feel a trace of warmth in his heart.
Compared with the previous man and woman, there are still good people in this world.
He sighed in his heart, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Zhao, although little sister Lingshan can rest assured, although Liu Yang's strength is not good, he will not drag you back, and you should do your best when the time comes." ”
Looking at Liu Yang's sunny smile, Zhao Xi and Xie Lingshan inexplicably felt a sense of confidence in him, and only Mu Leng snorted to show his disdain.
has been sitting in the tea shop until noon, and Zhao Xi has never pulled anyone again, but Liu Yang clearly saw that he had been looking at the people coming in and out, and he must have not found satisfaction.
What Liu Yang cared about the most were the two things at Zhao Xi's feet, namely a very sharp spear and a heavy black iron shield that looked extremely strong.
If what he expected was correct, Zhao Xi should be the spear spirit among the machine spirit masters, but what is this shield for? Liu Yang was puzzled.
After sitting for a while, Zhao Xi finally got up, and he put the gun and shield behind him at the same time, causing the people in the tea shop to look sideways, "Let's go up the mountain." ”
At this time, it was noon, and there were almost no people on the mountain road, and the four of them went up the mountain together, talking and laughing all the way, only Na Muhan sneered from time to time, but Zhao Xi mediated from time to time, and Xie Lingshan muttered softly, which was quite good, but Liu Yang didn't take it to heart.
Timo captured Xie Lingshan's girl's heart with her cute and cute appearance, and after a while, she abandoned her master, and her whole body was wrapped around Xie Lingshan's body, jumping up and down, causing the girl to giggle, which made Liu Yang and Mu Han envious.
Only Liu Yang knows the nature of this little guy, he is lazy, irritable, and princess-like tsundere, and silently added another crime to it in his heart: greedy for women.
"Is this your pet?" Mu asked with a cold face.
Seeing Xie Lingshan's happy appearance, Mu Han's heart moved, hoping to get such an animal, if not, it would be okay to spend some money and buy it from Liu Yang and give it to Xie Lingshan.
"It's my companion." Liu Yang smiled.
Mu Han was stunned for a moment, the wish in his heart was disappointed, and he was even more disdainful of Liu Yang, "I knew that what I said was right, the companion teacher is really useless." ”
Zhao Xi looked back at Timo, and felt quite surprised, there are some companions in Akagi, most of them summon some powerful fierce birds and beasts, and it is the first time they have seen companion beasts like Timo.
"I think Ti Xiao Mo is very good," Xie Lingshan took off Ti Mo's hat and stroked its head affectionately, and the latter enjoyed rubbing it in the girl's palm even more.
"Oops, it licks me! It's so itchy~~" Xie Lingshan said with a smile.
Liu Yang and Mu Han almost burst into flames, and the two looked at each other and seemed to find something in common.
Recalling his experience of being bitten, Liu Yang felt more and more defeated, and secretly scolded this ungrateful little traitor who betrayed his master.
There was a sudden tremor beneath his feet, and the earth trembled, as if some behemoth was approaching.
No, it's a group!
Liu Yang didn't have time to be surprised, he heard a beast roar coming from afar, as if a drop of water fell into the oil pot, and the beast roared one after another, the sound shook the world and was endless.
This huge momentum was like an earthquake, and Liu Yang was shocked, "This is?" ”
"It's the beast tide," Zhao Xi said in a deep voice, "Come with me!" ”
The four of them quickened their pace and rushed forward, and after a while, the light and shadow were darkened, and a huge black curtain rose from the distance, covering the sky and the sun.
The black curtain is made up of black clouds, which fill the sky, and inside are unknown birds flapping their wings desperately, and countless sharp birdsongs come from them.
A few people cautiously stepped forward, standing on the high slope not far away, only to see that under the black curtain, one after another fierce birds and beasts jumped out of a vast dense forest, there were lions and bears, tigers and leopards, each of them rushed forward like crazy.
Countless beasts were connected in a line, like a black wave, where they passed, countless trees were annihilated, and a small beast with three horns on its forehead was overturned to the ground by the latecomers because it ran a little slowly, and before it could struggle to get up, it was trampled by the beasts and trampled into flesh......
Even if the tide of the Qiantang River that Liu Yang had seen in his previous life was less than one-tenth, this scene was like the end of the world, dark, shocking, spectacular, Liu Yang studied what he had learned in his two lives, and he couldn't find words to describe one or two.
Mu Han opened his mouth wide, obviously shocked by this scene, and rarely did not ridicule Liu Yang.
Xie Lingshan also showed a trace of timidity, and Natimo shamelessly burrowed into the girl's arms, revealing a small head, looking extremely scared.
This is a far cry from its "heroic appearance" when it fought, when it was in Associated Town, even when the tiger was approaching, it did not change color.
Looking at the vision that made the heavens and the earth change color, Liu Yang took a long time to calm down the shock in his heart, and among the four, only Zhao Xi's expression remained unchanged, a pair of eyes staring at the front, as if he was thinking about something in his heart.
Liu Yang was curious, "Isn't it the first time Brother Zhao has encountered the beast tide?" ”
"Brother Zhao has experienced three beast tides before and after, and all of them have retreated with their whole body and returned with a full load." Mu Han finally came back to his senses, he looked at Liu Yang quite complacently, as if all this happened to him, and he looked honored.
"Coming home with a full load? Could it be the beast below? Liu Yang was shocked and vaguely guessed.
"Or else? What do you think? ”
"What a joke! Just the four of us? Liu Yang was taken aback, he did not lack courage, but he would never be stupid enough to commit suicide.
He simply wanted to cross the mountain, and slaughtering wild beasts in the tide of beasts was tantamount to taking millet from fire.
Xie Lingshan saw through Liu Yang's thoughts at a glance, and she said softly, "There is no beast worth ten taels of gold, even if the beast tide passes, it will not be allowed to go out of the mountain." ”
"Why is that?"
"Brother Yang is here, isn't it to join the Black Dragon Guard?" Xie Lingshan wondered.
"What is the Black Dragon Guard?" Liu Yang's mind was in a mess, he thought that he would just secretly climb over the mountains and mountains, but he didn't expect it to be so complicated in the end.
Liu Yang's expression didn't seem to be fake, Zhao Xi smiled and looked at Mu Han, who snorted coldly and explained a little reluctantly.
It turns out that this black dragon guard is a force directly under the imperial court, and it is a self-contained system, with governance offices in various places, but it is not under local jurisdiction, they picket hundreds of officials, maintain law and order, and have great power.
Every year in autumn, there will be a tide of beasts in the Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge, at this time the Black Dragon Guard will set up a checkpoint at the foot of the mountain, those who want to cross the mountain must hand over the beast worth ten gold, and those who want to join the Black Dragon Guard must hand over one hundred gold, as an assessment and trial.
Therefore, every year in autumn, there is an endless stream of people who come to Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge, and nine times out of ten they are to join the Black Dragon Guard, and Zhao Xi and the three of them are exactly like this.
Liu Yang was stunned, no wonder there were so many people in the tea shop, as for why they were all young men and women, it was because there were two conditions for joining the Black Dragon Guard: that is, under the age of twenty-five, and the strength was above the bronze level.
Liu Yang was not interested in the Black Dragon Guard, what he never forgot was still the Heavenly Star Sect, but the Black Dragon Guard set up a checkpoint, and in order to pass through this Ten Thousand Beast Ridge, a beast worth ten gold was indispensable.
He looked at the torrent-like beast tide below and hesitated, "Can't you wait for the beast tide to pass before picking up the corpses below?" ”
As soon as the words came out, he himself felt that it was unrealistic, those trampled beasts had already been trampled into mud, how could he still see the corpses?
"Actually, it's not as difficult as you think," Zhao Xi smiled and pointed not far away, "Look." ”
On the hill not far away, dozens of figures could be faintly seen, looking at the beast tide below, looking like they were about to move.
Liu Yang looked intently, it was the condescending man and his party in the tea shop before.
Before he had time to take a closer look, he saw what the man had said, and the group jumped down one after another!
Below, it's the beast tide!