On April 18, the source city was rainy and rainy.

Wulipo in the east of the city, it is already three o'clock in the afternoon.

Eleven carriages carrying boxes stopped at the bottom of the slope, and a lavish carriage came to a quiet stop at the end, the curtains always closed.

There are more and more mercenaries gathered around, and it turns out that the old man spent thirty gold coins to hire mercenaries yesterday has spread in Source City, and more and more mercenaries have begun to gather here, hoping for good luck.

The gray-haired old man looked at him from above, his mouth full of broken thoughts.

A middle-aged man dressed as a domestic servant next to him came to the old man and said, "Steward Xu, it's time, it's time for us to go!"

"So fast? Okay. The old man held up an oil-paper umbrella and sighed lightly, the wheat-colored young man from yesterday did not come after all, fifteen gold coins to see clearly whether a person is worth it?

"Steward Xu, can I ask a question?" said the middle-aged servant.

The old man said, "Say it." ”

The middle-aged servant said: "Why don't we hire the Wind Furious Lion Mercenary Group, they are the number one mercenary group in Source City, not to mention their strength, and they are also relatively clear about the terrain near the Warcraft Forest." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Look at these mercenaries in front of you, can they be considered mercenaries, they are crooked and cracked, and they don't even have a great soul master, isn't this a little too shabby?"

The old man stared at the eyes of the middle-aged servant, smiled, and patiently explained: "Many things, you only see the surface, but you don't think of going to a deeper level!

The middle-aged servant didn't dare to answer thoughtfully, and the old man continued: "Actually, the force of these mercenaries is not particularly good, but it is not so bad, there are thirty roads from Yuancheng to Nan'an City, and there are dozens of bandits, asking too good mercenaries will only make our whereabouts more obvious, and mercenaries like this crooked melon and cracked jujube may be less dangerous?"

A gleam flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged servant, and he gave up his hands, thoughtful, and no longer replied.

This time, our Jiuding caravan went to Nan'an City, only recruiting ten mercenaries, and I will report the name of the person below, you come up, the first one, Ma Teng!"

Seeing that there were more and more mercenaries, the middle-aged servant had no choice but to jump to a high ground and shout loudly.

A man in the prime of life with short hair instantly rushed out of the crowd and shouted, "Here!"

The middle-aged man looked at him and continued, "Stand to the right! Next, Wang Fang!"

Another man emerged from the crowd and stood to the right of Ma Teng.

This man and Ma Teng obviously knew each other, the two greeted each other with their eyes, in Yuancheng, the two were also considered mortal enemies, seeing that Ma Teng took this job, he naturally couldn't lose face.

"Next ······"

The middle-aged man's speech was not fast or slow, everyone could hear it clearly, and in less than a stick of incense, nine people had appeared one after another, and only one place remained.

Everyone was looking forward to it, they had been registered for a long time yesterday, but they didn't expect that only these few people were elected, and some people were not convinced, and these people's strength was not as good as their own, so how could they be selected.

People will have a fluke in their hearts, and they will always think that the next lucky guy is themselves.

The middle-aged man was holding a navy blue paper book, his mind was slightly strange, the previous nine people all had names, only this last person, there was no name at all.

Seeing that the middle-aged man stopped talking, everyone was anxious like ants on a hot pot.

"Big brother, tell me quickly, who the hell is it!"

"yes!

"Uncle, isn't there something unspeakable?

The middle-aged man raised his head, his expression slightly embarrassed.

At this moment, a voice rang out from the crowd.

"That old man seems to have taken a fancy to a young man yesterday and gave that guy fifteen gold coins!"

"Yes, I saw it too! There are fifteen of them!

"At that time, Ma Teng almost got into a fight with that guy!"

"Could it be that guy took the money and ran away?"

The few people who spoke were Chen Xiaoqiang, Lu Wen and others who were in the wine shop yesterday, they were also red-eyed teenagers yesterday, and two of them even had crooked thoughts, as for why those two people didn't come, they didn't know.

The old man with a gray beard coughed twice, and everyone stopped talking, everyone knew that this old man would have the final say in the last place at this moment, and the reward of thirty gold coins was not a trivial matter, and everyone was looking forward to it.

"This last man ······" The old man glanced at the mercenaries below him, some were wearing paper umbrellas, some were wearing hats, and some were wearing robes, and then said, "This last person ······"

"It's up to me, how about it, old man?" suddenly a loud voice came from the crowd, obviously reinforced with soul power.

Everyone looked back, only to see a young man wearing a brown scarf, wearing black, wet from top to bottom, slowly walking out, this young man was the Yang Yi that everyone had seen yesterday.

The old man's face was happy, how could the person he fancied be bad, and immediately smiled and said, "This is very good!

The middle-aged man also looked happy, and said happily: "Okay! Our Jiuding caravan is now leaving!"

After speaking, the middle-aged man led the nine people next to him and the damp young man to walk quickly to the carriage, and the eleven horsemen behind him crossed neatly, turned over the horse, and pulled the reins, "Boom... Hiss... Hiss", in an instant, Ma Ming Xiao Xiao, "Da Da Ta Ta", and the group embarked on a journey to the west.

Yang Yi looked back at the source city that was gradually moving away, and there were thousands of thoughts in his heart, he had experienced a lot along the way, and it seemed that he had grown a lot.

"Stop!" Suddenly, a coquettish voice interrupted Yang Yi's recollection.

At this time, a group of neatly dressed troops appeared in front of the caravan, judging from the uniform blue and purple clothing, it was obviously the pro-guard army of Source City, they were holding weapons in their hands one by one, and their eyes were cold.

The leader was a woman in Tsing Yi with a ponytail and dark eyes, Yang Yi hurriedly buried his head, and after bathing and changing clothes, Yuan Yixuan couldn't open his eyes at all.

The slender willow eyebrows, the clear eyes, the straight and straight nose bridge, the soft and full cherry lips, and the beautiful and smooth cheeks are so appropriately gathered on the beauty.

As the cheers approached, the woman in Tsing Yi walked over unhurriedly with graceful and agile steps.

Old Xu hurriedly stepped forward, but he didn't dare to raise his head, and said in a low voice: "Old Xu Ping'an, he is the housekeeper of the Nan'an City branch of the Jiuding Caravan, and he has seen the original girl!"

The source of the original Yixun's no longer serving as the Storm Lion Mercenary Group was known to the women and children in the city, and Xu Ping'an had no choice but to be called a girl.

Yuan Yixun said: "I know you are from the Jiuding caravan! Don't be nervous, I'm just here to check if you have any private goods." ”

A hint of chill flashed in Xu Lao's eyes, and he disappeared in an instant, and said with a smile: "Miss Yuan is joking, how can I have any private goods in this caravan." ”

Yuan Yixuan waved his big hand, but he didn't care about this, and said, "Search for me!"

In an instant, the guards behind him rushed up with weapons, ready to move at any time.

"Wait!" Xu Lao raised his right hand, his voice became cold, and said, "Miss Yuan, this is not in accordance with the rules, right?"

Yuan Yixun replied with a sneer: "My brother is not in Source City, I am the rule!"

With the order of Yuan Yixun, the pro-guard troops swarmed in, and the people of the Jiuding caravan also held weapons in their hands,-for-tat, without flinching, and even the mercenaries recruited before began to condense their soul power.

"Ahem," there were a few coughs from behind the carriage, and it sounded like a woman's voice.

Yuan Yixun locked his eyes on the last extravagant carriage.

"Miss Yuan, please take a look at this. From the carriage came a woman's voice, soft, like a trickle of water.

Pulling open the curtain, a soft jade arm like a snow lotus stretched out, and I saw a dark purple token in the palm of the shiny hand, which was engraved with "autumn".

Yuan Yixun came to the carriage and held the token in his hand, very puzzled.

But the curtain on the carriage had already fallen.

"Miss Yuan, we are going to Nan'an City this time, please let me go!"

"Who are you, and why do you have my brother's token?" said Yi Xuan.

"Old man!" said the curtain.

It turned out that Yixun hesitated, and there were only three pieces of the "Begonia Order", one in the hands of the elder brother's master, one in the hands of the elder brother's sworn brother, and the other brother did not tell him that this person and the elder brother should have the old, otherwise how could they hold the "Begonia Order".

But if you let it go like this, it is very likely that a lot of private work inside will be released.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yixun finally put his hand down, "Let them go!"

There are only three pieces of "Qiu Tang Order", each of which is a person who is very important to his brother, and it seems that it is not very cost-effective to offend her for a wire report and some private work.

Everyone in the pro-guard army immediately put away the weapons in their hands and made room.

Xu Lao bowed his hand and thanked: "Thank you Miss Yuan!"

After speaking, he led everyone through the gap vacated by the pro-guards.

Twelve carriages passed slowly, followed by the escort of the Jiuding caravan, and finally the ten mercenaries who were invited.

Yang Yi blended in the crowd and walked forward with his head down, but the corner of his eye still unconsciously glanced at Yuan Yixuan.

Yuan Yixuan looked at it and seemed to have a sense of familiarity, but it disappeared in an instant, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Close!

The pro-guards put away the weapons in their hands and lined up in a neat line, and trotted all the way to the source city.

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"Miss, will it be?" Xu Lao followed the second carriage, his pace was not fast, but he could still keep up with the speed of the horse.

A voice came from inside the curtain at this time, "No, I won't follow." ”

"Miss, but you're still exposed. Old Man Xu sighed, a little helpless.

The curtain said: "There are some things that can't be avoided, Yuan Zhiqiu is a good person, he won't pester me anymore." ”

"Miss, do you really not think about it? In terms of status, he is the feudal official of the Great Qian Empire, in terms of strength, he was already a seven-star soul venerable the year before last, and the existence of the ninth place on the Tianhong list, and he is only thirty-three, and it is not impossible to advance to the soul saint!"

"Uncle Xu, this thing of feelings, reluctantly, no matter how high the martial arts are, what is the point?"

Xu Lao really didn't understand, all his energy in his life was focused on practicing, so he had to smile awkwardly and said, "Miss, I'll go to the front and have a look." ”

"Hmm. ”

As soon as he turned his feet, Xu Lao's pace suddenly increased, and after a while, he came to the front of the caravan and walked side by side with the middle-aged man.

"Old Xu, you're here, are you okay over there?" the middle-aged man flattered when he saw Old Xu.

Xu Lao shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's okay, that batch of goods is okay, right?"

The middle-aged man hurriedly said: "No problem, I put it in the seventh carriage, and it is stacked with spirit stones, even if you feel it with soul power, no one will be able to feel it, Old Xu, don't worry! ”

Xu Lao said: "Nonsense! Such a large pile of spirit stones, if someone checks it, can you not know? This batch of medicinal materials is the key to our return to the business!"

The middle-aged man hurriedly bent down and said, "Old Xu, it's me who didn't think about it, so I'll take down the spirit stone now?"

Xu Lao said: "Forget it! If you go down now, you won't be detected by the spies hiding in our team, let's do this for the time being, our caravan is now in danger, I hope we don't run into those bandits." ”

Jiuding caravan is a small force in the Southern Regions, and the Danyaotang it operates has branches in many places in the Southern Regions, and the reason why Xu Lao uses this name is also to make some young people consciously retreat, after all, the reputation of the Danyaotang of the Jiuding Caravan is still there.

Everything is good and bad, when the caravan was gathered, many forces also sent some personnel into Xu Lao's caravan, although a lot of it was cleaned up, but who knows how many spies were hidden inside.

The reason why Yi Xun was able to find their location so quickly was obviously that there were also people from the City Lord's Mansion in the team.

Xu Lao fell into deep thought, the value of this batch of medicinal materials is too high, it would be good if there was a Rong Ring, but this Rong Ring can be met but not sought.

"Grandpa, what are you thinking?" the young man's voice interrupted Old Xu's musings.

Looking up, I saw the young man asking him with a warm smile on his face.

Xu Lao smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing, I'm thinking about what to eat." ”

The young man smiled: "Grandpa is joking, how can anyone want to eat after lunch." ”

Xu Lao said: "Hehe, you kid is very fine, last time I heard you say that you also went to Nan'an City?"

The boy said, "Yes, I'm going to take the entrance examination for the Floating Glory Academy. ”

"Fuhui Academy?Oh, I mean how can the little brother go to Nan'an City and leave, it turned out to be going to the Fuhui Academy, but I heard that the Fuhui Academy is very strict, the little brother has to come on! By the way, little brother, what is your name?"

"Yang Yi!"

"How sad is the 'Yang' of the poplars?

"What about you, old man?"

"My name is Xu Ping'an, Xu who is breezy, Ping An Ping'an, you can be the same as Ali, just call me Xu Lao. ”

"Okay, Old Xu, Nan'an City is not big, which is more majestic than Origin City?"

"Silly boy, Nan'an City is the fourth largest city in the Daqian Empire, and it has a larger population than Origin City, but the city wall is not as majestic as Source City, after all, Source City is a fortress to prevent the attack of demonic beasts, and it cannot be compared. ”

The Great Qian Empire had four major cities, namely the imperial capital Qiancheng in the center, the Purple Sun City in the east, the Yundui City in the north, and the Nan'an City in the south.

In addition to the imperial capital, each city has its own city lord's mansion and guard.

The four cities also have their own schools, the imperial capital Qiancheng has Donglai Academy, Zisun City has Ziyan Academy in the east, Yundui City has Mingzhu Academy in the north, and Nan'an City has Fuhui Academy.

Even if a casual cultivator like Wang Daren doesn't have any resources, he can still cultivate to the realm of a beginner soul king, which is still much stronger than those mercenary groups in Origin City who add blood to their swords.