Next to the official road, a thatched pavilion with four tables and chairs sat six resting villagers and an old man busily making tea.

Ye Cenyu looked around, found a free spot, and sat down.

Lao Suo politely stepped forward and wiped the table with a towel and greeted: "Guest officer, come have a cup of hot tea to quench your thirst?"

Ye Cenyu smiled and nodded, "Okay." ”

Lao Suo poured a bowl of tea for Ye Cen Yu with his hands and feet.

The color of the tea is turquoise, the aroma is pleasant, poured out of the teapot, there is no trace of tea residue in the tea bowl, it seems that Lao Suo is a sincere person.

Ye Cenyu took a sip of the tea bowl and exclaimed.

"Yes, yes, good tea. Old man, if the younger generation guesses correctly, this tea should be produced in the Demon Spirit Country. ”

"The guest officer seems to be an expert. Lao Suo's eyes lit up and said, "This is the tea of the fourth year of the Demon Spirit Country." Although it can't be compared with Rue Mist Tea, it is comparable to the new tea of the first year because of its proper preservation. ”

Ye Cen Yu naturally knew that it would take at least three years for the tea of the Demon Spirit Country to be sold abroad. If it were stored on earth, I am afraid that the tea would have expired long ago in three years. However, the shelf life of Ziling Continent tea can reach ten years, and if it is packed in a storage ring, it can be stored indefinitely.

Ye Cen Yu personally made no less than dozens of catties of tea in the Demon Spirit Country, maybe if he came here in a few years, he might be able to drink the tea he made.

Ye Cen Yu was sipping tea, and inadvertently heard two nearby villagers talking about the war.

......

"I heard that the million-strong army of Feiyun Country will hit Junshan Country in half a month. ”

"How can this be good, it is still us ordinary people who suffer from the war. ”

"Not really, but the Ethereal Empire and the Junshan Kingdom are close to each other, and they may send troops to help the Junshan Kingdom resist the invasion of the Feiyun Kingdom. ”

"I hope so. ”

......

After listening to the villagers' discussions, Ye Cengyu shook his head helplessly, and said in his heart, it seems that there is indeed a war in the Purple Spirit Continent.

However, although Ye Cenyu hates war, he is just a passerby, sympathy is sympathy, there is nothing he can do at all, he just wants to reach the Qilin Mountain Range as soon as possible to escape the world and return to the earth.

"Ahem...... "Lao Suo sighed lightly, "After decades of calm, there will be another war." ”

Ye Cen Yu didn't have the slightest interest in the Purple Spirit Continent War, he asked with a slight smile, "Old man, do you know the Qilin Mountain Range?"

"Qilin Mountain Range?" Lao Su pondered for a moment and said, "I heard someone say before, do you want to go to Qilin Mountain Range?"

"Yes. Ye Cen Yu nodded and said, "I don't know how far the Qilin Mountain Range is from Junshan Country?"

"It should be very far away. Where the Qilin Mountain Range is, the old man doesn't know. ”

Ye Cenyu continued to ask: "Old man, where is the Kunwu stone sold in Junshan Country?"

"There is a fish market within a hundred miles here, and if you want to buy Kunwu Stone, I'm afraid you have to go to Qinyuli Town, which is five hundred miles away, where there is a large market, and there may be something you need. ”

"Oh?" Ye Cenyu asked with a happy expression, "Old man, how do you get to Qin Yuli Town?"

"From here, go all the way south, pass through the Baili official road, and pass through Xiaoyao Mountain. ”

Ye Cen Yu got the information he wanted, and after resting for a while, he drank the tea in one gulp, dropped a piece of lower grade Xuanjing and left the pavilion.

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Ye Cen Yu walked all the way, and after walking the 100-mile official road, it was already sunset on the West Mountain.

The official road in front of me is facing west, and the south leads to Xiaoyao Mountain, although the mountain road is not as smooth as the official road, but because caravans often come and go, it is not difficult to walk.

Seeing that night was coming, Ye Cengyu found that a caravan was camping at the foot of Xiaoyao Mountain not far away.

The caravan had dozens of people, more than 20 horse-drawn carriages, and the goods carried were supposed to be tea. In the middle of the caravan camp was a striking mercenary flag with five gilded characters 'Xiangyun Mercenary Group'. In the upper right corner of the mercenary banner is embroidered the logo of three pentagrams.

Ye Cenyu could easily sense that there were ten cultivators in the caravan. However, the highest cultivation level of these cultivators is no more than the first order of Xuanling, and the rest are all Xuanwu cultivators.

In the Purple Spirit Continent, mercenary groups are very popular, somewhat similar to the ancient dart game of the earth. The mercenary group receives the task of protecting the caravan or important people from the mercenary guild, and collects escort fees from it to maintain the daily expenses of the mercenary group.

The mercenary group level can be divided into three levels, with the pentagram, the half-moon and the sword shape as identification marks, which are called star, moon and supreme mercenary groups. Each level is divided into five classes, which are distinguished by the number of identifying signs.

The lowest mercenary group is a first-class star mercenary group, and the highest is a fifth-class supreme mercenary group.

The level of the mercenary group and the acceptance of tasks are all managed by the mercenary guild. The Mercenary Guild objectively judges the level of the mercenary group to increase or decrease according to the strength of the mercenary group, the value of the mission received, and the number of mission failures.

Among them, the punishment for failure of the mission is extremely severe, and it will be reduced by one level if it occurs once. Although theoretically there is a fifth-rank supreme mercenary group, there is only a fourth-rank supreme mercenary group in the Purple Spirit Continent so far.

The Xiangyun mercenary group in front of Ye Cenyu is just a third-class star mercenary group, and the overall strength should belong to the third-rate mercenary group.

It was quite boring to travel alone, and Ye Cen Yu saw that the direction of the caravan was consistent with his goal, so he wanted to get close to the caravan and walk with it.

Seeing a stranger coming, Zhang He, the deputy head of the Xiangyun Mercenary Group, picked up his weapon and stood up vigilantly, and asked.

"Who?"

Ye Cenyu stepped forward with a smile and said with a harmless smile: "I'm just a passer-by." ”

Seeing that Ye Cenyu was just an ordinary person, Zhang He let down his guard and asked, "What do you want?"

"Hehe, dare to ask you, but you are going to Qinyuli Town?" Ye Cen Yu asked.

"Yes, exactly. Zhang He replied.

"I am also going to Qinyuli Town, because I want to pass through Xiaoyao Mountain, I am afraid that I will encounter danger in Xia, I don't know if I can let you go with you?"

Zhang He's face was a little hesitant, although Ye Cen Yu was an ordinary person in front of him, who could be sure that he had any bad intentions. In this world, it is very common to use ordinary people as spies, and the Xiangyun mercenary group has suffered a loss, which has caused the mercenary group to lower its level from the fourth rank to the third rank.

Seeing Zhang He's hesitation, Ye Cenyu smiled slightly and said, "Hehe, you can pay some fees in the future." ”

Zhang He's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked, "I don't know how much my brother can pay?"

"Fifty thousand low-grade Xuanjing is good?"

When Ye Cen Yu left the Demon Spirit Country, Shangguan Qian gave him a lot of Xuan Jing, and money was just something outside his body.

"Fifty thousand!"

Zhang He couldn't help but flutter when he was careful, you must know that the protection of the caravan this time is only 200,000 commissions.

Zhang He didn't rush to agree and said, "You wait a minute, I have to ask the owner." ”

Zhang He came to a carriage and asked through the curtain, "Miss An, there is a passer-by who wants to go with us to Qinyuli Town." I think it's weird for him to be alone, so I'll take him with me. ”

A pleasant female voice came from the carriage: "Captain Zhang, you are in charge." ”

"Okay, Miss Ann. ”

Zhang He trotted all the way to Ye Cen Yu and said, "The owner agreed." ”

"Thank you. ”

Ye Cenyu was about to walk into the camp, but Zhang He blocked his way with his arm.

"Brother, don't worry. What the ...... is that?"

Zhang He glanced at Ye Cenyu, and rubbed his fingers back and forth in front of Ye Cenyu's eyes for a moment without smiling.

"Hehe, understood, understood. ”

Ye Cenyu hurriedly took out a piece of Xuanjing from his arms and stuffed it into Zhang He's hand.

Zhang He took Xuanjing into his arms, and immediately smiled like a relative, and greeted: "Come, brother, please here." ”

Zhang He in front of him is dressed in a strong suit, with a full beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looks very honest. Although he is a little snobbish, Ye Cenyu's impression of him is not too bad. The real villains in this world are far more cute than the hypocrites.

Ye Cenyu followed Zhang He to the bonfire and sat down.

A sarro sheep was roasted on the bonfire, and the smell was bubbling with oily water.

Zhang He diligently brought a jar of wine and two wine bowls, poured the wine and handed it to Ye Cen Yu with a smile.

"Come, this is the wine brewed by our Xiangyun Mercenary Group, try it!"

Ye Cenyu took the wine bowl, drank it all, wiped his mouth and said, "Well, good wine!"

"Hahaha! Brother is really a cheerful person. ”

Zhang He filled the wine and asked: "My name is Zhang He, and I am the deputy head of the Junshan Guoxiangyun Mercenary Regiment.

After all, they met in Pingshui, and Zhang He was a person in the rivers and lakes, Ye Cen Yu deliberately kept an eye on it, and did not dare to tell Zhang He's real name. He put down the wine bowl, smiled slightly, and said, "In Xia Xinchen, he is a person from Yi'an in the Ethereal Empire. ”

"Yi'an!" Zhang He said with envy: "That's a good place." ”

"Huh. Ye Cenyu responded politely: "It's okay." ”

"Brother Xin is too modest, I heard that Yi'an has produced two wise city lords, who are benevolent and deeply loved by the people. Now everyone in the Purple Spirit Continent knows about it. ”

"Oh, is it, I don't know which two city lords it is?" Ye Cenyu hasn't been to Yi'an for many years now, and he doesn't know if Feng Xiaoxi is still serving as the deputy city lord in Yi'an.

"You don't know this?" Zhang He was puzzled.

"It's been more than ten years since I left Yi'an, and at that time Yi'an was the territory of the second prince of the Ethereal Empire. ”

"No wonder. Zhang He suddenly realized: "Now it is not the territory of the second prince. Now the city lord is Ye Cenyu, and the deputy city lord is Feng Xiaoxi! But the city lord Ye Cenyu has been missing for many years. ”

"Missing?" Ye Cen Yu snickered in his heart and asked, "Is Feng Xiaoxi still in Yi'an now?"

"Of course. Zhang He nodded and said: "Feng Xiaoxi City Lord will manage Yi'an in an orderly manner, comparable to Yandu, Brother Xin, you should really go back and take a look." ”

"Hehe, if you have time, you will definitely go back to see this Feng Xiao City Lord. ”

At this time, the barbecued saro sheep was already ripe, and Zhang He turned his face and ordered: "Ah Ming, go, call the owner to come over for dinner." ”

Amin agreed, and Lisso stood up and walked towards the carriage.

After a few moments, a young woman walked through the carriage.

The woman was no more than twenty-four or five years old, fair-skinned, very sweet, and attractive. From the expressions of Zhang He and the others, they seemed to have a lot of respect for this woman.

Ye Cenyu found that the woman was very capable and sophisticated, but there was a faint sorrow hidden between her eyebrows. It seems that the woman is also a person with a story.