Chapter XVIII
"Fang Li Xiaoyou, why don't you go to the station of our Jianfeng Mercenary Group and sit down? Although our Jianfeng Mercenary Group is not a big mercenary group, it is also a bit of a façade, I don't know if I can appreciate it?"
After entering the city gate, before Fang Li could take a good look at the prosperity of Shandian City, Shen Wu on the side suddenly invited Fang Li.
Although Fang Li also knew that this old guy definitely had his own abacus in his heart, but there was no way, and when he entered the city just now, Fang Li also accepted Shen Wu's feelings, if he directly said goodbye to the other party as soon as he entered the city gate, Fang Li would not be so uninteresting, and he could only agree.
Along the way, everyone in the mercenary group was suddenly a little happy, in fact, for these mercenary groups, only when they entered the city could they be regarded as returning home, and this time the Jianfeng mercenary group went out to perform the task and there was no loss of manpower, so the people of those mercenary groups were also very happy, and even the old heavy Shen Wu had an obvious smile on his face.
And Fang Li's coming to Shandian City this time can be regarded as the first time he has seen this world. There are all kinds of shops along the way, although there are no high-rise buildings, neon lights, but the city is shouting, the lights are also unique, looking at the countless vendors on the side of the road, it is not a variety of famous brands in the previous world, not all kinds of strange electronic products, nor a dazzling array of clothes.
Among the roadside vendors, Fang Li's eyes were greeted by countless blades and armor and the fur and teeth of demon beasts. There were even times when Fang Li could see a lot of stones that shimmered with colorful light like gems, and after cultivating, Fang Li could clearly feel the energy in those stones, and the same thing that Shen Wu handed to the guards before. Immediately, Fang Li understood that these things should be things like energy crystals, and they used them as currency in this world. Although it is a little strange, you must know that using this kind of thing to trade with mortals is equivalent to using steamed buns as a currency for trading, although it is a little strange, but it is also reasonable.
But now Fang Li just took a look, he could only follow behind Shen Wu and the others, walking in the other direction of the city, with Fang Li's looking eyes and Shen Yue's look of disdain.
Soon Fang Li and the others passed through the downtown area of the city and came to the direction of the southeast corner of Shandian City, and here Fang Li no longer saw those bustling stalls, and the occasional small shop or two shops only sold some food or small clothing stores.
Slum!
There is no doubt that this is the slum in Shandian City, you must know that the more prosperous the city, the more there will be such a slum, this is an inevitable phenomenon, and Fang Li also guessed that this Jianfeng mercenary group is not very good, so the location of the mercenary group can only be chosen in such a slum.
It didn't take long for Fang Li to follow Shen Wu and the others to a small courtyard, the gate of the courtyard was tightly closed, and above the gate, on a wide but somewhat worn wooden board, five big characters 'Jianfeng Mercenary Group' were neatly written. After coming to the door, Fang Li noticed that everyone, including Shen Wu, was almost relieved at the same time, and he didn't know whether he was happy that he was able to come back safely, or happy that this station was safe and sound.
However, the daytime in this station was indeed a little too quiet, at least there was no sound of fighting in the martial arts gym that Fang Li imagined. Looking at the gate that was still closed during the day, Shen Wu walked up and patted the gate a few times. There was no reply, but it wasn't long before an old face leaned out of the doorway with a creak of the door opening.
When he saw that it was Shen Wu who knocked on the door, the nervous look on the old man's face suddenly dissipated, and instantly turned into joy, but he didn't open the door immediately, but stretched his head outward vigorously, as if he was looking for something.
And at this time, Fang Li found that in the team, a man who had been accompanying Shen Yue suddenly smiled at the old man who opened the door, and after seeing that the man was well, the old man seemed to be instantly relieved, the smile on his face was even better, and the faint bit of nervousness also dissipated in an instant.
"Commander, come quickly, come in, everyone is looking forward to your return!" At this time, the old man suddenly stretched out his hand and took Shen Wu's arm, and led everyone into the station.
At the same time, he shouted loudly into the courtyard: "The regiment commander is back! Everyone is back safely!"
But Fang Li, who had just been happy, instantly froze the smile on his face, because Fang Li found that the old man's right arm only had a sleeve that had been empty, of course, this was not the most important thing, because Fang Li faintly had a small blood stain from the shoulder of the sleeve.
"This is a new injury, which means that the old man's right arm will definitely not be lost for too long, at least the wound does not seem to have completely healed.
Although there are probably some things that he doesn't know, you must know that Shen Wu and the others are all old rivers and lakes who have been in the society for many years, although this kind of detail is difficult to detect, but it can't be hidden from Shen Wu's eyes, so Fang Li didn't pretend to be smart and say what he found, just kept this matter in his heart and waited to see what happened.
After the old man finished shouting, countless people rushed out of those closed rooms in an instant. It turned out that it was not that there was no one, but that these people stayed in their homes during the day and did not come out. Fang Li counted it roughly, and found that there were at least dozens of people here, but at a glance, he knew that all of them should be logistics personnel, except for the old, weak, women and children, the rest were many people with physical disabilities. Although it seems that those people have good cultivation, because of their physical disabilities, it is difficult to go out to perform mercenary tasks.
And when these people came out, they were all scrambling to find their relatives among the dozen or so people who came in with Fang Li.
Countless laughter and laughter burst out in this courtyard in an instant, because this time Shen Wu's mission was very smooth, not only no one died, not even seriously injured, only a few people had some slight injuries, and those people's parents or wives and children were all looking at their wounds with distressed faces. Although it was distressing, everyone was very happy, and it was a blessing for the mercenaries to only leave a little skin injury after carrying out the mission.
Among those who rushed out at the same time, many of them went directly to the carriage that was still parked outside the courtyard, and when they saw the corpse of the demon beast lying on the carriage, everyone suddenly let out a shocking cheer, and then everyone worked together to carry the corpse of the demon beast several meters long to the courtyard, and then separated the corpse of the demon beast directly with their hands and feet.
It's just a blink of an eye, and the huge demon beast has been almost decomposed by everyone.
Soon, an old man who was not young walked up and said to Shen Wu with an excited face: "Commander, this time the saber-toothed tiger wants to be able to sell more than 200 spirit stones, which is enough for us to use for half a year." ”
After hearing the old man's words, Shen Wu also showed a little smile on his face, but he quickly remembered something, and then said to the old man: "Don't be too economical, buy more meat in the future, several children are growing up, you can't be like us old guys every day, understand? I can't figure out how to find a way if the money is too much!" he patted the old man on the shoulder again, and then gave a few more commands, and then left with a few old men and entered the house, not knowing what to discuss.
And just after Shen Wu left, a young man came to Fang Li with a little embarrassment, saluted Fang Li a little awkwardly, and then said: "You, hello, the head of the regiment asked me to find you a place to live, then, you come with me!"
Fang Li looked at the boy in front of him, who was estimated to be sixteen or seventeen years old, and immediately felt a little funny, because Fang Li only remembered at this time that although he had lived for more than thirty years, this body was only fourteen years old, but because of his cultivation, Fang Li was developing very fast, and it looked not much different from a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy.
Follow the boy to a courtyard next to it, apparently a barely used guest room. After smiling and saying a few words to the young man, Fang Li walked into the room alone, then closed the door and began to think about his future plans.