I got up from the scimitar, retrieved the shield and dagger, and went to see how the others were doing.

In fact, there is no need for me to help, Long Xiaoyan also killed the other party's captain He Biao in a hand-to-hand deathfight. And the ghost cultivator who was burned by his ghost fireball at the beginning was directly burned by the ghost fire because there was no one to help extinguish the fire. Long Xiaoyan even had the spare strength to help Bird Meat solve the other ghost cultivator in the end.

Liu Yuxin also had the last laugh in the duel with the opponent's archers. She shot her opponent through the head with an arrow, and she herself was shot in the shoulder with an unknown injury.

On Lu Dian's side, ghost cultivation versus ghost cultivation, stone tablet versus big axe, and the two power-type players directly confronted each other. As a result, the stele was chopped up, and the big axe was also curled, and in the end, it was Lu Dian who strangled the opponent with his stronger body, directly squeezing the soul of the opponent's ghost cultivator.

Formation mages are the weakest in this kind of hand-to-hand melee, not to mention that the formation mages on both sides are the first to be wounded by arrows. However, Ximen Ji relied on the ** given to him by Liu Yuxin to achieve an obvious advantage, and continuously shot the feet of the opponent's array mage, so that he could only lie on the ground and wail, and he couldn't die for a while.

Ximen Ji aimed the last crossbow arrow at the man's chest, turned his head and asked Long Xiaoyan, "Do you want to leave the mouth alive and go back for questioning?" ”

Long Xiaoyan snorted coldly: "What else is there to ask?" Will the Qiu family admit it? They didn't even think about keeping us alive just now, so why should we keep theirs alive? ”

"Whoosh!"

"Ahh

Without hesitation, Ximen Ji pulled the trigger and shot with an arrow.

With six against eight, we completely annihilated this Qiu family expedition that wanted to sneak attack us. After a big victory, everyone high-fived each other and celebrated, and then the spoils were divided.

The belongings of the eight enemy team members were looted and divided equally. In the end, each got more than 200 Yin Yuan, and if there was a weapon, take it away, and throw away what it didn't want.

I picked up the half-moon scimitar used by the scimitar and flipped it in my hand, "Well, although this scimitar has a strange style, it is much more powerful than my short knife of big road goods, so I will use it in the future!" ”

However, in the end, no valuable goods were found on the members of the Qiu family's expedition. It seems that they also bought the same information as us, and they did come to pick Tai Sui Zhi. It's just that they didn't pick a step too slowly, so they wanted to cut off the beard halfway. It's a pity that the ambush failed and was wiped out by us, it's really a pity to die!

When the war was over, we did not dare to linger any longer, so we immediately set off for it. Who knows if there are other expeditions with the same idea of fighting Tai Suizhi to hide on the sidelines and covet it?

Ximen Ji's leg was pierced by an arrow, so he had to be broken by Lu Dian on his back, and Long Xiaoyan opened the way in front alone, and our expedition team full of wounded soldiers went through several days of difficult trek before finally getting out of Death Ze and returning to Zuoqiu City safely.

After returning to the city, everyone's main task is to recuperate. However, after only a few days of rest, Long Xiaoyan gathered everyone together again and held a meeting at the Enchantress Bar.

At the meeting, in addition to the commission from the sale of Tai Sui Zhi, Long Xiaoyan also revealed a piece of news to us. Of course, I had already learned this news from Cao Zhe before, and it was the city guard planning to temporarily recruit mercenaries to suppress ghost bandits near Shilinzhai.

"This is very reliable information, and there will be an official announcement as early as the end of this month, and at the latest early next month." Long Xiaoyan said, "Each mercenary who signs up can get at least five hundred Yin Yuan in reward, and each ghost bandit killed will also get a corresponding bounty, the higher the level of the ghost bandit, the higher the bounty!" ”

"Well, do you want to go?" He finally asked.

"I'm sure I'm fine!" Lu Dian was the first to answer, and he supported every decision of Long Xiaoyan.

But the others did not immediately take a stand, and they were all a little hesitant. The pay for being a mercenary is indeed very good, but the danger is definitely much higher than that of ordinary expedition missions, and this kind of money is not easy to earn!

Ximen Ji pointed to his leg and said, "I want to go too, but my leg injury will not heal until at least a month of recuperation, and I will definitely not be able to participate in this kind of action in the near future." ”

His master was devoured by the ghosts he raised, which caused him to have a psychological rebellion, and he has always taken pleasure in killing ghosts. In fact, he was able to be teammates with Lu Dian and Liu Yuxin, and it was also a friendship established after many births and deaths. As for those ghost bandits who do evil, he naturally kills them without mercy.

"My shoulder is still hurting, and I can't even pull my bow recently." Liu Yuxin also said helplessly.

"I also have a wound on my arm." Bird meat hurriedly chimed in. In fact, he, like me, has some skin injuries, and he has been well for a few days of recuperation. It's just that he's always been reluctant to take such unnecessary risks, and I don't want to debunk him.

"What about you?" Long Xiaoyan asked me. His expression showed that he had lost much hope for my answer.

I thought for a moment and said, "I see what everyone means, the minority obeys the majority." ”

"Then continue to recuperate and wait until next month!"

There were only two people who clearly agreed, and Long Xiaoyan had no choice but to give up.

In the days that followed, we recuperated and waited for news. Because I have Cao Zhe, an internal source, I can get more and faster information.

Cao Zhe told me that the first expedition will depart in a few days, and he is also among them, and he is expected to go for a month. However, he also said that in fact, the strength of the first expedition was very limited, so the main purpose was only reconnaissance. Because the recruitment of mercenaries is still being discussed at the top level, the key is that it is stuck in the issue of funding.

You must know that fighting a war itself is a very expensive thing, and equipment, baggage, food, grass, and military salaries are all indispensable. And to recruit a mercenary, the basic salary alone is 1,000 yin yuan a month, and the bounty for killing the enemy is calculated separately, where this money comes from and how much it can be paid is a big problem.

Therefore, according to Cao Zhe's estimate, the mercenaries will not join until the second expedition departs at the earliest. At that time, Liu Han's team should be the backbone members of the second batch according to the plan.

So, taking advantage of this time to have time and money, I hid alone in the hut of the nursing home and ate yin food, while practicing yin gong diligently. After a year of unremitting efforts, my cultivation has also successfully risen to the peak of the third upper level. However, the bottleneck I am facing this time is more difficult than the previous one, and I have to improve the realm by a whole level!

Anyway, being idle is idle, and other teammates also need time to recuperate, so I told Long Xiaoyan to take leave and wanted to go back to the yang world. An expedition is not as constrained as a caravan, as long as there is no mission in the near future, you can go back if you want. Long Xiaoyan didn't force me to stay, but just asked me to leave my contact information in the yang world, and call me as soon as I had a task or other news.

This time, I didn't stay long. The primary purpose is to go to Master and ask him how to break through the fourth bottleneck.

Master is almost the same, going to a mass grave every ten days to open a ghost market, and usually occasionally taking on some red and white ceremonies to earn a little money. For an old Yin cultivator who bravely retreated from the rapids, fame and fortune were no longer important.

I told Master all the problems I encountered in my cultivation, and he didn't answer them immediately, but reached out and grabbed my pulse to check my pulse.

"Well, the yin power in your dantian is already pure enough, and it is indeed the bottleneck to reach the third realm." He nodded.

"So what's the best way to break through the bottleneck?" I asked him.

But the master immediately shook his head and said, "This matter is not urgent. Breaking through the bottleneck can no longer just rely on routine methods such as daily cultivation or eating yin meals, what may be needed is an epiphany or external stimulation. ”

"Epiphany? Stimulate? Isn't that a matter of luck? I wondered.

"That's not wrong for you to interpret it that way." Master gave me a blank look, thinking that I was too anxious, "Epiphany requires luck, but it also requires you to experience and understand. You're still too upset and irritable! ”

"Alas, I can't help it!" I scratched my head, "My current situation is not easy, if my cultivation can be one level higher, my ability to protect myself in the underworld will be one percent higher!" ”

"It's good to relax." Master still patiently persuaded you, "You have experienced too many things in a short period of time now, and naturally your mind will be more chaotic. Maybe in the future, an unintentional touch can make you have an epiphany. Because by then, everything will already fall into place. ”

"Master, you predict, how long will it take me to break through 'naturally'?"

"It's hard to say. But optimistically, it will only be a year or two before you enter the fourth level! ”

"Let's hope so......"

I came back in high spirits because I hoped that Master would always give me a solid suggestion or answer as he had done before. But this time, it seems that even Master doesn't have a very good way, and I can't help but be a little disappointed. Epiphany is so illusory that it is impossible to grasp it.

But now that I'm back, I still have to stay at home for a while, to spend time with Master and my parents. When I was a teenager, I was mentally unstable and longed to leave this small county town to wander outside. But after coming back from a long journey, I now feel that the rhythm of life in Nanting is very stable, calm and comfortable. Maybe it's this feeling that makes Master stay here for decades!

In my spare time, I happened to think of the mustache and the epidemic that happened in Yazhou City last year, and I don't know what the situation is over there now?

Moreover, last time because I said goodbye to my master in advance, the mustache should have been very embarrassed in front of his master, I don't know if he will hold a grudge against me?