Volume 1 The Ups and Downs of Life Chapter 38 The Bounty Hunter

The manager said, "That's nature. Well, how about a pair of pants and a pair of shoes, giving you a 20% discount?"

Wang Xiaotian said: "What is the 80% discount? One price, two 200,000 yuan." ”

The manager smiled: "Guest officer, you cut the price too hard." I'm dead. ”

"Stop acting. The cost of your pants is less than 100,000 yuan, and the cost of these shoes is 50,000 yuan, and I will give you 200,000 yuan for both things, which is a very fair price. ”

The manager's face immediately fell, "Guest officer, where is this fair price? You have been cut to the bone with a knife, and I am at a loss." ”

Wang Xiaotian said with a smile: "Everyone who does business says that they are dead, but I haven't seen anyone really close the door." ”

The manager also said with a smile, "Guest officer, this price is really a loss." You only calculated the cost of pants and shoes, but if you look at my small shop, not to mention making money, the rent and capital alone are not a small amount. The cost price of pants and shoes is given to you, what should I do with the rent and capital? Besides, I have to make some money when I invest in business. ”

The manager's face was a little embarrassed, "The price of the guest officer is really a loss, you can add more." ”

Wang Xiaotian thought for a while, stretched out two fingers, and said, "Add another 2000." ”

The manager was stunned for a moment, and said unhappily: "For hundreds of thousands of business, you only add 2,000, are you embarrassed?"

Wang Xiaotian was very angry when he saw the manager. Look at that posture, if it weren't for the manager's force level being too low, he would have to roll up his sleeves and fight with Wang Xiaotian.

After all, he was thin-skinned, soft-hearted, and inexperienced, so he had no choice but to say: "If I provide the skin, how much will it cost you to process it?"

The manager said: "The rules of the industry are 30% of the selling price. ”

"Sancheng?" Wang Xiaotian calculated, felt that he could bear it, and nodded: "Okay." He took out the old clothes he was wearing from his satchel and handed them over. At the beginning, when he cut the leather to make clothes, he thought that he would grow more, so he expected the size. As for the shoes, it was enough for him to open a bag of swamp crocodile skin.

The manager took it, called the tailor to come, measured Wang Xiaotian's size, then opened an order, paid a deposit, and agreed to take it three days later.

The manager diligently sent Wang Xiaotian out. When he arrived at the door, Wang Xiaotian pretended to be casual and asked, "Manager, where are the weapons sold?" You also know that I am very poor now, and I must recommend a real business. ”

The manager thought for a moment and said, "If you talk about selling weapons, the most affordable is the Bounty Pavilion. However, you have to be a bounty hunter first. ”

Wang Xiaotian immediately became interested, "Bounty hunters, do you have any money to make?"

The manager swore that "of course I can make money." Then he changed his words, "However, there are some risks associated with bounty tasks. You should be careful when taking on a mission and don't take any risks. ”

"Of course. I have a few pounds and a few taels, and I know it in my heart. Wang Xiaotian asked the direction and immediately rushed to the Reward Pavilion.

Bounty Pavilion, as the name suggests, is where bounty quests are posted. It is said to be a pavilion, but it is actually a big teahouse.

However, unlike other teahouses, the teahouse hall where the Reward Pavilion is located is extremely large, with the north wall of the hall being five meters high and ten meters wide. There are more than a dozen areas on the wall, and there are notes with different bounty tasks written on them.

These missions include finding things, hunting strange beasts or collecting information on the whereabouts of strange beasts, buying murder with secret flowers, catching bandits, and other bizarre bounty tasks. For example, looking for test subjects, or looking for equipment test subjects. Both of these tasks are extremely risky, but equally rewarding.

Take test drugs as an example, these drugs are unconventional drugs or trial drugs developed for some special needs. The cost of development is very high, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

If someone happens to have a similar illness or has the same needs (such as upgrading a certain qualification or moving up to the Force level), if he is willing to try the medicine, the drug is successful, which means that he can not only be cured of the disease or meet his needs completely free of charge and without spending a penny, but also earn a sum of money. Why not?

Of course, if the medicine fails, he may also die or even die. How to choose depends on the parties.

In addition to patients who are seriously ill and want to go out and try medicine, practitioners who are destitute and want to improve their Force power are also the backbone of those who try medicine.

With a bit of luck, they can move up the Force level or strengthen their physical abilities without a single penny. Of course, if you are unlucky, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

Even so, there are many people who are willing to take the risk. And such opportunities are extremely scarce, and once they appear, they will be snatched up.

Under this wall is a row of counters. The counter is made of solid alloy and is one and a half meters high, so that ordinary people can only look up at the people inside when they stand in front of the counter.

The floor inside the counter is more than half a meter high, and it looks completely high up from the inside out.

This made the bounty hunters who came to do the business very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do. At the moment, there are more than a dozen staff members behind the counter who are busy updating the bounty task.

In one corner of the hall are some Force weapons. Several bounty hunters are picking out weapons. Two staff members in bounty pavilion uniforms were patiently explaining something to them.

In addition to this surprisingly large wall and counter, the rest of the place is filled with wooden square tables and stools for people to rest.

A corner of the hall also sells refreshments and simple meals, which can be bought to sit at the table to eat and drink. But alcohol is not sold here, and alcohol is not allowed here. It is said that it was to prevent bounty hunters from getting drunk and messing around.

Wang Xiaotian walked to the corner where the weapons were sold, pointed to a long sword with a simple shape, and asked, "Please ask, how can this sword be sold?"

A girl about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a slender figure, as if she would fall down as soon as the wind blows, wearing the uniform of the Reward Pavilion that was somewhat fat, bowed lightly at Wang Xiaotian, and said softly: "Cultivator, hello. This sword requires 200,000 and 10,000 mission points. ”

Wang Xiaotian was puzzled, "Mission points?"

The girl was also stunned for a moment, then understood, and said, "You haven't done the bounty task yet, have you?"

Wang Xiaotian nodded, "Yes." I haven't signed up for Bounty Hunter yet. ”

The girl said, "Please go to the counter to register first, and then take the bounty task." The difficulty and points of specific tasks are displayed in the task release area. Please come with me. ”

The girl took Wang Xiaotian to the counter.

"Director," the girl said, "there is a cultivator who wants to register as a bounty hunter. ”

A man in his thirties smiled at the girl, "Okay. Thank you, Zhiqiu. Go ahead and get busy, I'll receive this guest. ”

The girl Zhiqiu bowed lightly to Wang Xiaotian, and then left lightly as the wind.

With a professional smile, the man said, "Hello, my name is Ye Shicheng, and I am the supervisor of the task release area. Excuse me, do you want to sign up for Bounty Hunter?"

Wang Xiaotian nodded.

Ye Shicheng took out a metal plate more than 30 centimeters long and 20 centimeters wide, and handed it to Wang Xiaotian at the same time as a metal pen, and said, "Please fill in the form above." When using this pen, enter the Force. ”

Wang Xiaotian took it and saw that the content on the form was very simple, with only a few items: name, age, Force level, and task tendency.

Wang Xiaotian held the metal pen, entered the Force and filled out the form and handed it to Ye Shicheng. Ye Shicheng took the metal plate and pinched the lower right corner to input the force. In the lower right corner, an area three centimeters long and two centimeters wide, a complex pattern slowly forms.

Ye Shicheng let go of his fingers, broke the piece in the lower right corner and handed it to Wang Xiaotian, "This is your voucher, you will need to use it to receive tasks and hand in tasks in the future, please keep it." ”

Wang Xiaotian took the metal sheet, saw that it was full of complicated patterns, was very puzzled, and asked, "What is written on this?"

Ye Shicheng smiled and said, "I'm sorry, this involves the secrets of the Bounty Pavilion, so I can't tell you." ”

"Okay, okay. Wang Xiaotian pinched the metal piece and said, "What tasks can I take on now?"

Ye Shicheng took a stack of papers and said, "With your Force level, you can take on escort missions, hunt strange beasts, or offer rewards." ”

"Which mission points come faster?"

Ye Shicheng flipped through the stack of papers, took out one and handed it to Wang Xiaotian, "This." ”

Wang Xiaotian took it and opened it to see that it was a reward notice, and the first notice was printed with a big head.

This man has a square head and big ears, thick eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a face full of flesh, a scruffy beard, and a flaming tattoo-like pattern on his forehead.

Written under the avatar: The giant bandit Zhang Yihuo, the fifth intermediate level of the Force, has been entrenched in the Eagle Cliff all the year round, entangled with the rabble, robbed the past business trips many times, and killed people and goods. A reward of 1 million yuan will be given to those who can arrest them or kill them. The payment turned out to be the Shangyang City Chamber of Commerce.

Ye Shicheng said: "Eagle Cliff is located one hundred kilometers southwest of Shangyang City. The ravines here are criss-crossed, and the terrain is dangerous, but it is located near the main transportation routes. At the foot of the mountain, 30 kilometers from Eagle Cliff, there are national highways, railways and highways built in the old era. ”

"These roads have long since been abandoned after the new era. Hundreds of years ago, as the economy became more active, the chambers of commerce in Shangyang and Harukawa jointly financed the construction of a road on the roadbed of the old national highway because of the difficulty in the movement of goods. ”

"A great deal of money and goods circulate through this road, like a river of gold. Unsurprisingly, it attracted the covetousness of the gangsters, gathered in the mountains and forests, and blocked the road to rob. ”

"Although the chambers of commerce of the two places have offered bounties many times, and the bounty hunters have worked hard to clean them up, but the gangsters who block the road and rob them are like leeks in spring, cutting stubble and stubble coming out, and they have never stopped for hundreds of years. Zhang Yihuo is the most powerful of these gangsters in the past ten years, and he is nicknamed 'Roadblocker'. ”

"There are several types of roadblocks. Some people will be fine as long as the money does not hurt people, and they will be fine if they pay the money obediently. For these people, the chambers of commerce of the two cities also turned a blind eye. Some are fierce and savage, not only asking for money, but also killing people and goods. It didn't open for three years, and it was all eaten up. Zhang Yihuo belongs to the latter. His nickname 'Blocker' describes him as insatiable, ferocious and brutal, and eats people without spitting out bones. ”

Wang Xiaotian said in surprise: "Isn't it the job of the sheriff to arrest the bandits? Also, why is it the Shangyang City Chamber of Commerce that issued the reward notice? Is this an official reward or a private reward? Will they not admit it?"

Ye Shicheng said: "Of course, it is the job of the sheriff to arrest the bandits. It's just that the sheriffs in various places have limited strength and insufficient manpower, so it's okay to maintain order in the city and catch a petty thief. ”

"This kind of high-level Force bandits, they are also powerless. As for the bounty, in fact, anyone can give it out, as long as you can afford it. As for whether it will admit it, there is no need to worry about this. The Chamber of Commerce in Shangyang City will not joke with its reputation. ”

Wang Xiaotian asked, "How many points do you have for this task?"

Ye Shicheng glanced at it and said, "Task points are generally about one-tenth of the bounty amount. ”

Wang Xiaotian was stunned when he heard it. It's definitely not that easy to do. Just a fifth-level mid-level Force force can't deal with it on its own. What did Ye Shi become to give himself this task?