Volume 1 Chen Feng Cloud Trail Chapter 65 Annihilation Town
The wheels are rolling, Xia Fan is holding the reins of the carriage, and he is really proud of the spring breeze.
Originally, Lingyu arranged for herself to drive for the three of them, but Xia Fan resolutely refused and insisted on driving with her own hands, Lingyu couldn't resist Xia Fan, so she had to sit next to Xia Fan to help. After most of the day's journey, Xia Fan was considered proficient in driving skills, the car gradually stabilized, and the flying complaints gradually subsided.
It was getting late, and a small town in front of her appeared in view, Lingyu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Finally arrived in Annihilation Town, you don't have to stay overnight tonight." ”
Xia Fan said with a smile, "It's not easy to meet a village and town after a whole day's journey!"
Fei Yi snorted in the carriage, "It's not that you delayed, the carriage is either spinning in place or going around left and right, if it was Sister Lingyu's car, we would have been in town a long time ago, and we can sleep now!"
"My eldest lady, with you arguing non-stop in the back, it already means that I am a genius if I don't overturn!" The man can't bear to be told by a woman that his driving skills are not good, and Xia Fan can't let Fei in his mouth.
"Sister Lingyu, is that town called Annihilation Town, what kind of place is it?" Yingluo was very happy all the way, and at this moment, she was even more excited and curious to see the first town in the direction of Middle-earth.
Ling Yu said with a smile, "Annihilation Town is not so much a town as a brigade distribution center. There are no ordinary residents in the town, all of them are merchants and mercenaries who specialize in guarding the route of oblivion. The Feng Annihilation Domain is famous for the Beacon Mountain Annihilation Field, and the Yin Chen clan uses the Beacon Mountain as a barrier to establish power, looking at the Oblivion Domain in the east and Dou Yuan in the north. And this place can be said to be the gateway to the oblivion of the Yanchen, so it is called the town of Annihilation. The Annihilation Field is vast, with poisonous swamps and dark caves, countless fierce insects and beasts, and countless bandit forces entrenched along the way, which can be described as a thousand difficulties and dangers. Therefore, there are many escort mercenaries in this oblivion town, specializing in the task of escorting the merchant travelers through the oblivion. ”
Ling Yu said to Xia Fan again, "Young Master Fan, the mercenaries in Annihilation Town are familiar with the terrain of the Annihilation Wilderness, and some experienced old mercenaries have their own secret routes, which are safe and reliable. So we can also hire mercenaries in the town of Oblivion, which can save us a lot of trouble. What does the young master think?" "Lingyu will ask Xia Fan for everything, and will never make decisions without permission.
Xia Fan smiled casually, "Everything is arranged by my sister!, but there is one thing that my sister should remember, not the best, but the most expensive!"
"Sick?" Fei Yi couldn't help frowning, Xia Fan's grotesque style made Fei Yi really unbearable.
"Is there medicine?" Xia Fan asked rhetorically.
"You eat?" Fei Yi glared and raised his jade hand.
"Don't eat!" Xia Fan said decisively.
Lingyu and Yingluo snickered, and the carriage slowly drove into the town of Annihilation.
The carriage stopped in front of an inn, and Ling Yu took out four coarse cloth cloaks from her bag and distributed them to everyone.
"This town is mixed, and the inn is also a place of right and wrong, everyone is committed to putting on this cloak, especially the two sisters Fei Yi and Yingluo, it is better to cover their faces, so as not to be targeted by the gangsters and cause trouble. ”
Xia Fan said with a smile, "Sister Lingyu must also cover her face, otherwise I won't have the heart to look at the road." ”
"Oh, no wonder the carriage you're driving goes around in circles, so you've been looking around!" said Fei Yi with a sneer.
"Hee-hee!" Yingluo snickered with her little tongue. Ling Yu's cheeks were flushed, and she was white with disgust.
"Otherwise, next time you sit next to me and watch how the carriage will go?" Xia Fan said with a smile.
“...... Hmph!" Fei Yi was not Xia Fan's opponent at all, he glared at Xia Fan, put the cloak on his body angrily, pulled up the big hat on the cloak and buried his head and face, and stopped talking.
Yingluo and Lingyu snickered as they put on their cloaks and hats to cover their faces. Xia Fan put the cloak on his body with a big grin, and took the three girls out of the carriage and entered the inn.
Lingyu asked the shopkeeper for two large rooms, arranged Xia Fan, Feiyi, and Yingluo's sleeping meals respectively and went out.
About half an hour later, Lingyu knocked on Xia Fan's door and brought in an old man in a strong suit.
"Young Master Fan, this is the guiding mercenary that Ling Yu is looking for, nicknamed 'Old Scar', please take a look at Young Master Fan. Ling Yu said respectfully.
Xia Fan looked at it fixedly, and saw that the old man was about sixty or seventy years old, but he was in good spirits and his eyes was sharp, and he looked very strong, especially a strong and conspicuous scar on the left side of his face from the corner of his eyebrows to the bottom of his palate, rough and majestic, which was terrifying.
"Greetings to the young master!" the old man with the scar said roughly, his voice was like a heavy bell, "In the old scar, I have been mixed around the wilderness for decades, just because of this scar that fell when I was young, so the big guys call me 'Scar', the big guys are used to it, I am used to hearing it, and slowly I even forgot my name, and then the 'Scar' slowly grew old, and the big guys added the word 'old', and now the big guys call me Old Scar." So don't blame the young master, it's not that the old scar doesn't want to report his name, it's just that he really can't remember. Young master doesn't have to be polite, just call me 'old scar'!"
"Old Scar (Dad)...... "Although the other party is not young and does not suffer in terms of seniority, Xia Fan still feels a little uncomfortable, hugs his fist at the old scar, and says earnestly, "You are the senior, the junior, I still call you 'Scar Master'!
Seeing Xia Fan so proud, the old scar was greatly moved, and immediately slammed his right fist into his heart, and said awe-inspiringly, "The old scar guarantees this old life, and he will definitely send the young master and the young lady safely through the oblivion, and the old scar with no hair will pay the young master with his life!"
"Scar's words are serious! The juniors are all leading the way with Scar!"
"Young Master Fan, Master Scar has been walking on the land of oblivion for decades, and he has a deep reputation, and Lingyu has heard the name of 'Scar' for a long time in Chenxin City. "Since Xia Fan called the old scar the scar master, Ling Yu naturally couldn't trespass, and also called the scar master," the scar master knows a lot of safe routes through the oblivion wilderness, and has been extraditing and escorting countless business trips for decades, and he has never lost it. ”
"Miss is raised!" Old Scar bowed to Ling Yu gratefully, and said to Xia Fan, "Although the young master can rest assured, the old scar doesn't dare to boast, I want to ask how many plants and trees in this wilderness I can't tell, but if you want to talk about all the secret roads in the wilderness, our old scar is very familiar with it! If the old scar says that he will leave the oblivion at three o'clock on the night of the seventh day, he will never let you stay on the edge of the oblivion until the eighth day!"
"Then it's all up to Master Scar!" Xia Fan hugged his fists and said boldly.
"Young Master Xie appreciates! The old scar will not be dishonored!" the old scar beat his heart with his right fist and said, "Then the old scar will go back and prepare! Come and invite the young master early tomorrow morning! The old scar will retire!"
"Scar Master walks slowly!"
After Lingyu sent the old scar away, she came back and served Xia Fan for half a day, and Xia Fan was reluctant to let Lingyu work too hard, so he persuaded Lingyu to go back and rest with Feiyi and Yingluo early.
Early the next morning, Xia Fan and the others were ready to settle the check-out account, and they saw that the old scar was wearing a simple bag and carrying a sheathed hard knife in his hand, and was already waiting at the front door of the inn.
Xia Fan stepped forward to say hello, and the old scar respectfully saluted Xia Fan and the others.
"Everyone, let's set off!" Old Scar acted cautiously, not calling Xia Fan 'young master' outside, so as not to attract the attention of others and be targeted.
There are countless robbers in the oblivion, and the power is divided, many thieves will arrange eyeliner to keep an eye on the town of Annihilation, probing the goods and walking routes carried by the past merchants, in order to premeditately intercept them, and even some robbers will pretend to be escort mercenaries to deceive the merchants into the trap. What's more, thieves will collude with real escort mercenaries to conspire with business and money. Old Scar has been in the town of Annihilation for decades, and he is well versed in the tricks, so he naturally will not be careless.
Xia Fan let Yingluo, Feiyi, and Lingyu sit in the car, and he sat on the outside driver's seat, and the old scar walked out of town holding the reins of the horse's head. Along the way, there were many eyes secretly peeking at the carriage, and Xia Fan quietly watched them all.
After leaving Annihilation Town, Xia Fan raised his eyes and saw a boundless wilderness, a line between heaven and earth.
The old scar pulled the reins of the horse's head faster and faster, and saw a tall weed in front of him, and the old scar suddenly swung his scabbard and slammed the two horses' buttocks, and the two horses neighed in pain, and galloped with their hooves, and the carriage quickly drilled into the grass.
The old scar has good foot strength, running in front of the two horses with the reins, interspersed left and right, with solid and powerful steps, fast and flexible, not inferior to young people in their twenties and thirties.
Xia Fan turned his head to glance behind him, and suddenly saw a few sneaky figures chasing his carriage, Xia Fan couldn't help but secretly admire the vigilance and sophistication of the old scar, and immediately condensed his strength, ready to help the old scar at any time.
However, Old Scar deserves his reputation, and Lingyu will not choose the wrong person. Old Scar led the carriage around several times, and the sneaky figures behind him gradually couldn't keep up, at first they were still chasing the horseshoe wheel imprints, but soon the people found that the ruts were staggered and chaotic, and they couldn't identify the whereabouts. In fact, the old scar led the carriage to crisscross and reciprocate several times in a range, and the horse's hoof wheel marks on the ground were already chaotic and overlapped, unrecognizable!
"Damn, this old!" said one of them.
"I told you a long time ago not to bother with that effort, that old fox is going deep!
"Forget it, go back, don't miss any other deals!" scolded the other.
"Old bazi, sooner or later, I want you to look good!" ......
The men cursed and turned back in the direction of Oblivion Town.
At this time, the old scar had slowed down, leading the carriage through the grass with a steady pace.
Xia Fan was already confused, and said with a smile to the old scar, "Master Scar, the means are clever! Don't say that those mice can't keep up with you, even if Scar Master takes me on ten trips, I won't be able to touch the road!"
"Young Master, you are humble!" Old Scar smiled, "I can understand Old Scar's intentions and find that there are people behind him, Young Master is really not simple! Most employers think that Old Scar has bad intentions, haha!"
"Scar Ye just really has bad intentions, those people probably still laugh and count the money for you!" Xia Fan said with a smile.
"Haha!" the old scar laughed and exclaimed, "The young master is really not an ordinary person!
"Master Scar, you're not an ordinary person!" Xia Fan said with a smile, "You're always a fighter of jue, right?"
"!?" The scar on the old Scar's face couldn't help but twist!