Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Speed of Absorption of Terror
The distance of about ten miles is not too far, Chen Ning quickly arrived, Chen Ning looked up at the twenty-meter-high city wall in front of him, the city wall obviously does not know how many years it has existed, in the long years, there are a lot of weeds and some unknown small trees on the city wall, the ruthless years have left a clear visible trace on the high city wall, and above the city gate, the dragon flying and the phoenix dance with three words written Xuanyuan City.
"Hey, stop, what are you doing. ”
Just as Chen Ning walked to the city gate and was about to enter the city, he was stopped by a city gate guard.
Seeing that the five big and three thick guards were staring at the big boss staring at him, Chen Ning smiled, reached out and took out a gold coin from the space ring to cover it and stuffed it into the guard's hand, and said, "This big brother, I am a mercenary, and I naturally have a mission to come to Xuanyuan City, so please make it convenient." ”
The guard glanced at the gold coin in his hand with the rest of his eyes, a flash of joy flashed in his eyes, he coughed, and said with a straight face, "Well, that's fine, let's go in." ”
After entering Xuanyuan City, Chen Ning walked two or three kilometers again, and came to a bustling neighborhood, although now it is only the first light in the morning, but the street is already full of prosperity, and on both sides of the street, the dense shops are basically open for business, selling all kinds of goods.
The floor of the street is made entirely of huge pieces of stone, and the surface is polished so smooth that even if the car is driving on it, it will not feel the slightest bump.
Retracting his gaze, Chen Ning rubbed his stomach, and then found a restaurant and walked in directly, he had not eaten since yesterday afternoon, and now there was a slight feeling of hunger in his stomach.
"Objective, early, please. ”
Under the warm greeting of a shopkeeper, Chen Ning came to the empty table in the restaurant and sat down.
"Objective, I don't know if you're staying or dining. "The shopkeeper is a young man who looks to be in his twenties, with a professional smile on his face, which makes people feel friendly at first sight.
Chen Ning's eyes glanced at the guests in the restaurant who had already gotten up early for breakfast, and then said to the shopkeeper in a light tone, "Both staying in the restaurant and dining, let's have some according to your signature dishes." ”
"Okay, objective, you wait. Hearing Chen Ning's words, the shopkeeper became more enthusiastic, and then immediately ran to the back kitchen and prepared some of the hotel's signature dishes for Chen Ning, obviously he regarded Chen Ning as a boy who traveled abroad.
Soon, the dish came up, and Chen Ning didn't care about the price, anyway, he still had a lot of gold coins on him, and he began to eat slowly after the dish came up.
After filling the Wuzang Temple, Chen Ning opened a medium room in this restaurant, and then went directly into the room to rest.
This restaurant is obviously not a high-end restaurant, the furnishings in this medium room are also very simple, and the room where Chen Ning lives in Ouyang Mansion is not a grade at all, in addition to a bed made of hardwood, there is only a table and a few chairs, and there are some washbasins, towels and the like, other than that, there is nothing else, despite this, but the cleaning of the room is very clean, giving people a comfortable feeling.
Chen Ning didn't have any picky habits in his previous life, and such a room was already quite satisfactory to him.
After closing the door, Chen Ning walked to the bed and sat down, then recalled what happened that day, fell into deep thought, after a long time, Chen Ning sighed and whispered to himself, "Strength, it's still good." ”
Shaking his head and not thinking about it anymore, sitting cross-legged on the bed, Chen Ning took out a few first-order demon cores from the space ring and held them in his hand, then slowly closed his eyes and entered the state of cultivation.
The energy in the demon beast was sucked into Chen Ning's body at a very terrifying speed, if someone was there at this moment, they would definitely see that the demon core in Chen Ning's hand was emitting a faint light, and the energy leaking out of the demon core had become so dense that it formed a vague, visible energy ribbon, enveloping Chen Ning's body.
At the same time, the two demon cores held by Chen Ning in his hands were also gradually shrinking.
Since Chen Ning broke through to the realm of Xuanshi, although the two rays of light in the dantian, one purple and one green, were missing, only the faint green light remained, but he found that things did not develop as he thought, originally according to Chen Ning's thoughts, the purple light had turned into a sword, and the energy that the green mang in the dantian should absorb would become less, after all, it was absorbed by two rays of light before, and now it has become one, but after the absorption of energy, Chen Ning was surprised to find that it was exactly the same as before, and it was not reduced because the purple mang became a sword.
Although the speed at which he absorbed the Heaven and Earth Xuan Qi and even the demon core and spirit stone was more than ten times that of others, the energy that was really absorbed by himself was only a pitiful one-tenth of it, and the consumption of the demon core was so large that Chen Ning had to worry deeply.
The first-order demon core in his hand Chen Ning only took more than an hour to absorb all the energy inside, and then, Chen Ning continued to find the one from the space ring and took out a few first-order demon cores to continue to cultivate, but fortunately, there were still hundreds of first- and second-order demon cores in his space ring, although in terms of his absorption speed, it was not a lot, but at least it could maintain his cultivation needs for half a month.
Chen Ning spent the whole day in cultivation, and as the concentration of Xuan Qi in his body became more and more pure and strong, he finally had a trace of comfort in his heart.
The next day, when the sun had already risen high in the sky, Chen Ning woke up from his cultivation state, and in one day yesterday, he had consumed fifty first-order demon cores just by cultivating, which was staggering.
"Alas....." Feeling that his spatial ring was looking for the demon core that was rapidly decreasing, Chen Ning let out a long sigh, his face was full of sorrow, the green mang in the dantian really made him happy and worried.
After calming down, Chen Ning got out of bed and washed up and left the room, left the restaurant directly, and strolled on the street outside.
The air in the early morning is particularly fresh, and the flaming sun has not yet emitted a hot temperature, the warm sun shines on the body, giving people a very comfortable and warm feeling, and there are many mercenaries and merchants in a hurry on the streets, and from time to time there are even some patrols and guards passing by neatly.
After inquiring about someone, Chen Ning came directly to the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce in the center of Xuanyuan City, and Chen Ning had already planned the next action in his heart, first using his identity as a mercenary to leave the territory of the Jason Kingdom.
On the Xuantian Continent, no matter which country or city, there is a rudder of the World Chamber of Commerce, and it is no exaggeration to say that the power of the World Chamber of Commerce is all over every city in the entire Xuantian Continent.
Although Xuanyuan City is only a third-level city, but because of its geographical location on the border of the Jason Kingdom, although the area is not even smaller than some first-class cities, Chen Ning was not on the street for more than an hour, and finally came to the most prosperous and lively street in the center of Xuanyuan City.
The World Chamber of Commerce is very large, and the shape of the building looks more like a sleeping demon beast, and at the gate, there are even more mercenaries in different costumes coming in and out.
Entering the World Chamber of Commerce, Chen Ning came directly to the place where he received the task, but it made Chen Ning feel regretful that after looking for a long time on the task list, he did not find a task out of the Jason Kingdom, and his current level is only a first-level mercenary, and the first-level mercenary is obviously not hired.
The level of the mercenary is planned according to the honor accumulated by the tasks you complete and your own strength, each level of mercenaries can only take on the tasks of each level, even if your strength reaches the Xuanshi, if there is no honor degree for the completion of the corresponding first-level tasks, it is impossible to be promoted to the second-level mercenary, and Chen Ning has not completed the corresponding tasks before, so although his strength has reached the Xuanshi, he cannot take on the second-level tasks.
Now Chen Ning just wants to take on a task to leave the Jason Kingdom, because he knows that the Wuji Sect has a lot of power in the Jason Kingdom, although he has now reached the border of the Jason Kingdom, but as long as he is still in the Jason Kingdom, he can't guarantee that his whereabouts will not be discovered, in case he is discovered, he will face the pursuit of the Wuji Sect, for now, the best way is to leave the Jason Kingdom, in Chen Ning's opinion, no matter how powerful the Wuji Sect is, it is only limited to the Jason Kingdom.
Seeing that there was no first-level mercenary in the World Chamber of Commerce to leave the mission of the Jason Kingdom, Chen Ning sighed secretly and left directly, if he wanted to leave the Jason Kingdom, it seemed that he could only go out with the help of the caravan that crossed the trade, otherwise, not to mention whether the border city would be intercepted by the people of the Wuji Sect, even if the sphere of influence of the Jason Kingdom was out, some robbers and robbers on the road would be enough for him to drink a pot.
After leaving the World Chamber of Commerce, Chen Ning came directly to a place where traders gathered in Xuanyuan City, the area here is very vast, it is a place where many caravans are parked, and the periphery of this place is usually heavily guarded, so in the major cities, there is a place where caravans gather.
When Chen Ning came here, there were already a lot of caravans here, and many caravans had even begun to set off for their destinations, and at the same time, there were many mercenaries riding all kinds of low-level demon beasts in it, and of course, some mercenaries were riding horses.
Horses are the most common means of transportation on the Xuantian Continent, and at the same time, they are also the cheapest and most cost-effective, at this time, a young man who was carrying goods walked past Chen Ning, Chen Ning immediately stretched out his hand to greet the young man, and asked, "This little brother, may I ask which of these caravans are leaving the Jason Kingdom." ”
The young man carrying the goods glanced at Chen Ning with some suspicion, then pointed to a larger caravan in the distance and said, "Well, that caravan is leaving the Jason Kingdom." ”
Chen Ning glanced in the direction of the young man's finger, and saw that dozens of carriages full of goods were parked somewhere, and there was a large group of mercenaries around to support the goods, and a middle-aged man in a luxurious robe was directing the men who were carrying the goods.
Chen Ning knew at a glance that the middle-aged man should be the person in charge of this caravan, so he immediately walked over, came to the middle-aged man, and asked, "Uncle, is your caravan leaving the Jason Kingdom?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked Chen Ning up and down vigilantly, and said in a cold tone, "Why are you asking this?"
Chen Ning smiled and said, "Uncle, if your caravan is going to leave the Jason Kingdom, can I join you, I am a mercenary and plan to leave the Jason Kingdom, although my strength is not strong, but I don't need to be paid, do you think it's okay?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man's face showed a look of relief, for Chen Ning, a mercenary like him who was not strong enough to cross the country at all, it was obviously not a first encounter, nodded and said, "Yes, but you have to follow us closely on the way, and the cost of the way is also borne by yourself, we will not be responsible, and if there are robbers and robbers on the road, you must also make a contribution and fight them off with us." ”
On the Xuantian Continent, if some weak mercenaries want to make a leap between kingdoms, they usually go in groups in most cases, or join some large caravans to walk together, because on the road across the country is not only far away, but also very dangerous, not only will there be robbers on the continent at any time, but also in some remote places there will often be monsters infested, and even sometimes it is normal to encounter attacks by monster beasts, so almost every caravan and mercenary group is very welcome to those who want to join together, after all, one more person is more strength, and they don't need to pay anything, why not。
Regarding the middle-aged man's request, Chen Ning immediately agreed without hesitation.
"Our caravan is about to leave in half an hour, you go and prepare, just come here to gather later, remember not to miss the time, we won't wait for anyone if you miss it." With that, the middle-aged man ignored Chen Ning and continued to direct those guys to carry the goods.