The Fire Cloud Leopard shuddered and let out a wail in its throat, but it couldn't break free from Gao Ge's grip.

Gao Ge's iron palm pinched and pulled, and with a "bang", he tore off the trachea, esophagus, large blood vessels, and main nerve cords in the throat of the Huoyun jackal and pulled them out.

It was a fatal blow, and the Fire Cloud Leopard froze, stopped struggling, and slowly fell to its knees.

"Boom!" the fire cloud leopard's rhinoceros-like body fell to the ground with a bang, already out of breath.

"Whew!" Gao Ge let out a long breath, his hands scattered, and the blue light on his body disappeared suddenly.

"My lord!" Volkin and Zips rushed forward in surprise, and one of them grabbed one of Gao Ge's hands, only to feel cold.

"My lord, what kind of magic power do you have, and you are not afraid of the heat that can melt steel?" Volkin looked surprised and adored.

"I don't know!" Gao Ge raised his left hand in confusion, he remembered that the cold breath had begun to emerge from here.

On the ring finger of his left hand, he wears the precious ring.

Gao Ge's eyes lit up, as if he had an understanding.

"I see, you must have a magic weapon like a fire avoidance bead on you!" said Sippus.

Gao Ge concentrated, the ring on the ring finger of his left hand flashed, and a fist-sized bead had appeared in his hand, it flashed with a faint blue light, and there was a cool feeling that spread throughout his body.

This was the same bead that the Flying Flame Centipede used to exchange its eggs with him.

"It seems that this time I was able to escape, all thanks to this pearl. Gao Ge gently tossed the beads and sighed.

"This must be a fire avoidance bead, if it is auctioned in the Snow Siege City, it is worth at least 100,000 Golden Eagle Coins. Walking said.

"Really?" Gao Ge was taken aback, 100,000 Golden Eagle Coins, this was already an astronomical amount, no wonder the Flying Flame Centipede looked so painful at that time.

If it must be converted into the currency of the people of the original world, in terms of purchasing power, a copper eagle is roughly equivalent to 100 yuan, a silver eagle is equivalent to 1,000 yuan, and a golden eagle is equivalent to 10,000 yuan, then, 100,000 golden eagle coins are equivalent to 1 billion yuan, which is equivalent to ten small goals of the richest man, an absolute astronomical amount!

"Of course it's true, this is the best of the best. Twenty-one years ago, the Snow Siege City Gardley Auction House auctioned a water-sheltering pearl, and at that time it sold 100,000 gold eagle coins. It was auctioned by Philip Maine II, who was then the crown prince. Now that 20 years have passed, this pearl is as precious as the water-repellent pearl, and the price is only high. Volkin pouted.

Ticket kidnapping and extortion is really the most profitable business, tying a worm egg actually made a billion dollars!

Suddenly, as if he had discovered something, Gao Ge frowned slightly and stared at the top of the small dirt slope on the side, and Volkin and Chippers were also busy looking in this direction.

"Someone is spying on us. The sharp-eyed Volkin jumped up and shouted.

As soon as the words fell, two people jumped up in the grass on the top of the slope, turned around and ran, and disappeared on the top of the slope in a blink of an eye.

"Catch up and have a look. Gao Ge ordered loudly, and at the same time took a new set of robes from the ring and put them on.

Volkin put two fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly and sharply.

The three mounts, which had fled far away, neighed happily and galloped towards them.

The three of them mounted their horses, clamped their legs, and swept up the hillside like a gale.

The two figures were running desperately, because it was downhill, almost rolling and climbing, and they were embarrassed.

"Stop, or die!" said Volkin, who took the lead, rushed in front of the fugitive from one side in a few breaths, reining in his horse and turning back to draw his machete, shouting like thunder.

Seeing that the way had been blocked, the two fugitives completely lost the courage to continue to escape, and fell to their knees with a "plop" and pleaded bitterly.

"Master, spare your life!"

"Master, we have nothing, but please don't kill us, our family can pay the ransom!"

The two fugitives were trembling like chaff, their bodies in tatters, barely clothed, and they did not even have a pair of shoes on their feet, but were wrapped in strips of torn cloth from their clothes.

"Don't be afraid, we are not raiders, we are merchants. Gao Ge said.

"Merchant?" said the older fugitive, "we, we're also merchants!"

"Since you're businessmen, why are you so embarrassed?" Gao Ge asked.

The two fugitives also saw that Gao Ge was the leader of the three, so they became more and more respectful, and the elder of them said again and again: "My lord, we are merchants from Yuzhou, and our small caravan of about ten people travel twice a year to Tianmen Pass to exchange goods, but when we arrived outside the city, we learned that Tianmen Pass no longer allows scattered merchants and explorers to enter and exit. Only those large caravans that hold the official trade tokens of the kingdom can continue to engage in trade inside and outside the Kansai. ”

Another slightly younger fugitive continued: "The reason for the closure of the castle is said to be due to intelligence that among the explorers and merchants who have recently prepared to enter the gate, there are spies from Chichuan and Yunzhong, as well as spies from various countries in Yuzhou. For the safety of Tianmen Pass and the safety of the entire Great Wall defense line, the defenders of Tianmen Pass received an order to urgently close the city. ”

The elder followed: "Since we can't enter the pass, we naturally can't return empty-handed, so we think we can simply wait for the rabbits on the grassland near the gate, and when a big caravan appears, we can trade directly with them outside the city, and it is better to suffer a loss than to return empty-handed." ”

"What I didn't expect. The younger one was apprehensive, "Because of the closure of the city, many explorers and merchants like us have lost their way to exchange goods at once. Some of them, like us, want to trade directly with large caravans. But there are others, who use force directly to snatch the goods they want compared to their weaker merchants and explorers. ”

"We, we've been robbed twice in three days. For the first time, we lost all our cargo. The second time, we ourselves became slaves, and the two of us risked our lives to escape. We didn't mean to offend a few adults, but we were too hungry. We—we're just thinking about waiting for the adults to leave, and we're going to cut a few pieces of leopard meat to roast and eat. The elder explained.

Gao Ge's brow furrowed.

"Lord Castle, I don't think they're lying. Hyps stepped forward and whispered to Gao Ge.

Gao Ge nodded, of course he also saw that the two fugitives in front of him were telling the truth, he was worried that the situation had changed now, and it was very likely that a small caravan of three people like them would not even be able to enter the gate of Tianmen Pass.

"Volkin, give them something to eat, and leave each of them a pair of shoes, and let them go. Gao Ge turned to Volkin and said.

In a thousand thanks, Gao Ge and the three urged the horses away.

......

Two days later, a faint pale cyan mountain shadow finally appeared on the horizon of the Ichima Pingchuan.

"Look, that's the boundary between the Wangduan Mountains, the Central Plains and the Barbarian Realm, the civilized world and the Outer Lands. Scheps exclaimed, pointing to the horizon.

Gao Ge and Volkin both stood up from their saddles, their hands on the canopy and looking at the light marks in the distance.

"It is estimated that there are still two days to go to reach Tianmen Pass, but if the current situation is still the same as what the two Yuzhou businessmen said, it is not easy for us to enter the customs. Schippers said with some concern.

"What to worry about, the boat to the bridge head naturally straight. We're merchants, merchants who can bring them tinkling golden eagle coins, and we'll always find a way. Volkin grinned, and patted nonchalantly at the huge bearskin package tied behind the saddle bridge, each of them carrying such a large package full of barbarian specialties behind the saddle bridge.

In the gate city of Tianmen Pass, there is a special mutual market for adventurers and caravans who travel between the Central Plains and the barbarian realm to trade.

This season, the most popular are the various monster skins produced in the Barbarian Realm.

Because, once you look at the broken mountain, the climate will slowly change from dry and wet seasons to spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the further north, the more distinct the four seasons.

In the Central Plains of Kyushu, it has now entered the cold winter, and the nobles like to wear thick fur clothes, but the Warcraft in the Central Plains has been killed, and only the fur of ordinary beasts is produced, so the Warcraft fur produced in the south is particularly favored, they are not only comfortable and warm far better than ordinary animal skins, but also luxurious and abnormal, and are a symbol of status and wealth.

In the package behind Gao Ge and the three of them, there were all kinds of monster furs, including the fox skin of the red flame fox with a shiny oil and bright water, the fur of the third-level monster star spotted deer with a strange pattern, and the fluffy long tail of the giant tailed monkey, which was extremely rare in the barbarian realm......

Gao Ge and the three of them were loaded with demonic beast furs, urging their horses all the way forward, like adventurous merchants rushing to Tianmen Pass to do business.

After walking for a short time, Gao Ge and the others had just climbed a grassy hill, but suddenly reined in their horses.

At the same time, the three of them saw that on the grassland not far away, there was a team of more than 100 people, that is, there were Central Plains people, and there were also barbarians with sharp ears, and barbarians accounted for more than half.

Whether it is the Central Plains or the barbarians, they are obviously brave warriors, all of them are thick and heroic, carrying swords and guns, and they are in groups of three or five, protecting more than 20 carts respectively.

The most striking thing is that in this horse-scarce southern territory, there are actually about thirty of these warriors riding war horses.

These carts were full, but the contents of the carts were tightly wrapped in thick linen cloth, and then tied tightly with hemp rope, so that it was impossible to tell what was on them.

The ruts were deep, the bodies of the oxen and horses pulling the cart were tense, and the cart moved very slowly.

On each cart, there was a flag with a flamboyant pattern: a shield entwined with thorns.

The samurai seemed to be in a hurry, their faces tense, and they desperately shouted at the cattle and horses that drove the carts.

A few knights on each flank of the convoy marched on the flanks far from the ranks, their swords unsheathed, as if facing a great enemy, and this posture was entirely the way of marching the army.

These knights in charge of guarding also discovered the three of Gao Ge at the same time.