Chapter Twenty-Four: The Blood Lion
Out of the guest room, the two went down the wooden stairs, along the way Xiao Er took other guests upstairs, it was very strange, someone came to open the room early in the morning?
Ignoring so much, Ye Yang came downstairs with Bai Ling. The lower hall is full of tables and chairs, although it is just dawn, but there are many guests in the hall, the townspeople of Chasing Wind Town are early risers, they have to eat wine and meat in the early morning, and then set off to Chasing Wind Ridge, capture fierce beasts, obtain crystal nuclei and the like, and sell them to the market for profit.
When meeting with the innkeeper, the boss greeted the two with a slight squint and a smile, and said, "Are you leaving?" ”
Ye Yang didn't say anything, Bai Ling replied with a smile: "Yes, thank you boss for taking care of it." ”
After saying goodbye to the innkeeper, the two of them set out together on the main road of Chasing Wind Town.
"Go to Chasing Wind Ridge to try your luck and see if you can collect medicinal herbs, if you encounter a fierce beast, you can only escape." Bai Ling said to Ye Yang beside him.
This is the present world, and encountering fierce beasts is not a joke, Ye Yang nodded and said, "Well, I hope I can run away when I encounter fierce beasts." ”
When passing by a building in the town, it was full of people, and Ye Yang stared at the crowded place in surprise, full of doubts.
"Don't look at it," Bai Ling suddenly reminded: "I could have joined the mercenary group, made a contribution, traveled in a group, and then shared the benefits." It's a pity that no mercenary group will ask for you like this, so we can only go it alone. ”
Listening to Bai Ling's tone, Ye Yang immediately made a confession and said, "It seems that I dragged you down, alas"
"Poof~~~" Bai Ling suddenly sneered and said: "Fool, don't think about it, this girl doesn't plan to go to any mercenary group, after she goes, she will be restrained, not to mention, the few things she gets are pitiful, and you can't waste your time like this." ”
Listening to Bai Ling's words, Ye Yang looked at her silently and stopped moving forward.
"What's wrong?" Bai Ling was surprised, stopped, and looked at Ye Yang with a slight wrinkle.
"Woman, you are so courageous!"
"Poof~"
There are two gates in Chasing Wind Town, one is to connect to the outside world, and the other is a door to Chasing Wind Ridge, and at this time, the two are walking on the road to Chasing Wind Ridge. On the road, you can see the townspeople of Chasing Wind Town who have already gotten up early, and in this town, they have always maintained a good habit of getting up early.
The black-armored soldier had already imposed martial law in the town early, saying that it was martial law, but it was just to prevent some emergency, or the invasion of necromantic creatures. But basically, that doesn't happen.
Ye Yang walked on the road, and he would inevitably encounter a lot of surprised eyes. However, Ye Yang's walking movements are no different from those of normal people, and he will not leak too many flaws. Since there is a sale of this kind of clothing in the town, it has a certain existential significance, and some people may not want to show their true faces.
On the not-so-high city wall, there are many ironclad guards guarding the city, and there are obviously many more guards on this side than on the north gate, that is, the entrance to Chasing Wind Town. It seems that so many people were specially sent to defend it for the invasion of local fierce beasts.
When I went out, I didn't pour out with the crowd like in the Xuan Realm, but this time it was spacious and leisurely.
"It's not bad if you can be a city guard, I heard that there are two pills of a spirit pill every day." When he walked out of the city gate and along the mountain road, Bai Ling mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally.
"Two? So much? When Ye Yang heard this, he immediately exclaimed.
"Well, yes, otherwise these people will come over to do this drudgery, their cultivation is superior to ordinary people, and they will slowly be a lot ahead of ordinary people."
"You know, it's true, if it's an enemy, it's terrible." For some reason, Ye Yang blurted out such a sentence.
Bai Ling turned his head, glanced at Ye Yang fiercely, and didn't speak again.
The mountain breeze blows gently, the mountain roads are rugged, and the lush trees in the foothills are scattered, and there is a scene of business everywhere. Occasionally, I will find that the same people who go up the mountain are basically walking in groups, maybe it is a mercenary group.
The Chasing Wind Ridge is not steep, relatively gentle, and there is no danger between the mountain roads, and it is said that the fierce beasts exist in the interior of the Chasing Wind Ridge, that is, this side of the mountain is relatively safe.
Soon, Ye Yang and Bai Ling reached the top of the Chasing Wind Ridge, and the mercenary team that had been walking in front of the two gradually reduced the distance between them and the two.
Without lingering, Bai Ling said lightly to Ye Yang: "Walk over directly later, don't stop." ”
Ye Yang nodded and walked side by side with Bai Ling.
The top of the hill is gentle, and to the left, there is a wide open area, and the grass crawling out of the cracks in the rocks has become densely packed. When the two of them passed by, the people of the mercenary group finally discovered their existence and cast their eyes on them.
After seeing through the identity of the Bai Ling Xuan, those people no longer paid attention to Bai Ling, and it seemed that a Xuan Xuan level could not become the focus at all. It was Ye Yang, who was dressed peculiarly, that became the object of everyone's attention, although he couldn't detect Ye Yang's identity and rank, but Ye Yang always gave people the feeling that he was always mysterious.
In the mercenary group, one of the leaders was about to wave to stop the two, but was stopped by a person next to him.
"Don't be reckless, I know you want to call them together, but the other party's strength is very likely not at the same stage as ours, or rather, they are not interested in joining us at all, so it is better to provoke these people less."
When the man heard this, he nodded lightly and continued on his way.
Ye Yang's afterglow floated to the right side of his body, and it was actually a basin terrain, with clouds and mist below, but he couldn't see the internal scene.
"If you go down from the front, it will not be safe to go inside the Wind Chasing Ridge, you must be prepared, you may encounter fierce beasts everywhere." Bai Ling reminded in Ye Yang's ear.
"yes, I know."
There were several trails spread out of the main road, and she chose a random path, Bai Ling told Ye Yang that she didn't know what the situation would be below, but she had been here once when she was a child, and she didn't remember the specifics.
In this way, the two of them can slowly grope their way down the path, which is overgrown with weeds and vines entwined with the road, and it seems that no one has walked this road for a long time.
"Do you want to go the other way?" Ye Yang asked tentatively.
"Didn't we choose a path and we're going to get to the end?" Bai Ling looked back at Ye Yang.
"Well, go down, at least there won't be any worries about wasting time here. As for whether it is right or wrong, we will know when the time comes. ”
After the two of them went down the path, the group of mercenaries also came here, and when they saw Ye Yang and Bai Ling going down the path, the leader was suddenly startled, and immediately beckoned to the other leader beside him, saying, "Those two people went down from here just now, will they find something?" ”
"No, that blood lion appeared last night, I saw it with my own eyes last night, is it possible that it is so late, and there will be someone staying in Chasing Wind Ridge?"
"No matter how much, just hurry over, don't let the things that are about to be in your hands be robbed by others." The leader immediately made a decision, and then waved his hand, motioning for the people behind him to speed up.
With more than 30 mercenary members, this group is considered a medium-sized mercenary group. Mercenaries usually find a beast in the mountains, and then judge what valuable things are on its body, and then gather the strength of everyone to kill the beast.
The fierce beasts that can be looked at by the mercenary group are all guys with a lot of treasures, and they usually don't appear often, and the level of the fierce beasts is also strong, and with a small amount of manpower, they can't deal with it at all. Of course, when dealing with fierce beasts, it is inevitable that someone will die unexpectedly and tragically, which is also an unavoidable tragedy. After all, if you want to reciprocate, someone has to pay.
Sometimes, there are even examples of entire mercenary groups being wiped out
The winding path is secluded, the grass is luxuriant, and when you go down the path, there are no boulders on the road, all of them are small stones, if it weren't for the strange cries in your ears from time to time, Ye Yang really regarded this place as an ordinary ancient forest.
All the way downhill, it is very gentle, there are many trees in the wind chasing ridge, and all the way is under the shade of trees. Sunlight occasionally shines through the gaps in the branches and leaves, so that the two of them do not feel far away from the sky.
"Yikes! Primrose! Bai Ling suddenly exclaimed, which made Ye Yang's heart startled.
Like a hungry kitten, Bai Ling quickly ran towards a big tree with annual rings, and followed the line of sight, under which there was a shining weed, which looked alive and powerful, like a living creature.
"Evening primrose? What is it? "Ye Yang, a layman, can only ask questions when he sees something he doesn't understand.
"The materials needed to refine one spirit and two spirit pills are very rare!" Bai Ling took out a small shovel from the ring on his finger, and then carefully dug it up from the root of the primrose.
Ye Yang looked at Bai Ling suspiciously, this girl was too strange.
"Yikes! There's still one over there! Bai Ling was overjoyed, and after seeing the rain primrose, the whole person seemed to be beaten with chicken blood.
"Come and help." Bai Ling waved his hand and motioned for Ye Yang to come over.
In desperation, Ye Yang walked towards Bai Ling.
"Put the evening primrose I dug up into your brass ring." Bai Ling said, got up again and looked around, and walked deeper into the forest.
Ye Yang looked at the place where Bai Ling had dug before, a dug up primrose was quietly walking in place, but the glow had dimmed and was no longer as fresh as before.
Picking up the evening primrose, Ye Yang looked at the place where Bai Ling was, far away from herself, she leaned around, and seemed to have found the herb again. Ye Yangchao continued to walk towards Bai Ling, and was about to open his mouth to ask Bai Ling why he knew so much about medicinal herbs, but just as he was about to speak, a fierce roar came from where Bai Ling was.
The roar shook the sky, and even though the trees were verdant and the foliage was dense, it could not stop the sound of rage.
Suddenly, a blood-colored lion shadow suddenly burst out from the grass beside Bai Ling.
"Bai Ling! Be careful! Ye Yang's heart trembled, shouted, and rushed forward.