Ebony Town, located on the southern edge of the Windy City in Hibiscus Kingdom, more than 500 miles to the east of it, is the mountain range below. Across the mountains below, another 300 miles, is the country of Siyue.

The town of Ebony got its name from the fact that it is rich in a type of wood called 'Ebony'.

As the saying goes, where there are profitable, there are people, where there are people, there are groups, and where there are groups, there are forces. In this ebony town, there are three major families: the Jiang family, the Zhu family, and the Chen family.

These three had a near monopoly on the timber business of Ebony. Among the three, the Jiang family is the largest, the Zhu family is second, and the Chen family is the last.

The three families have been based on this since the founding of the country.

In addition to the family, there is also an ancient profession here - mercenaries.

Zhu Jin's law stipulates that mercenary groups can be established by the people. The mercenary group belongs to the city system and is not under the jurisdiction of the town, but due to market demand, many towns also have mercenary teams that are subordinate to the mercenary group, which are also under the jurisdiction of the mercenary system.

Because the land is close to the border, and the spirit beasts in the forest sometimes come out to attack, there are many mercenaries in Ebony Town, they provide protection for the merchants who come and go, and they will often cooperate with the official, and when the beast disaster is serious, they will enter the forest to hunt.

Among the many mercenary groups in Ebony Town, there are three major mercenary groups: the Cangshui Regiment, the Cloud Eagle Regiment, and the Jade Shield Regiment.

Among them, Yunying is the oldest, with a history of more than 300 years, followed by the Cangshui Group, which has more than 200 years, and Yudun, although it is less than a hundred years, has also come from behind and ranks among the top three.

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Ebony Town, in the middle of a mansion.

A middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a black silk trench coat and with a goatee, hurried into the mansion, followed by four guards also dressed in black.

In the courtyard, two figures hurriedly greeted him.

"Deputy City Lord Song!"

The two saluted.

"He Zhenling, Xu Junhou. The middle-aged man nodded, "Everyone is here." ”

"It's all there, please. ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he walked quickly into the lobby.

"Deputy City Lord Song!"

There were more than a dozen people standing in the house, and when they saw the middle-aged man enter the house, they saluted one after another.

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said in a loud voice, "I have gathered everyone here today to announce something. ”

The crowd didn't speak, their eyes just staring at him.

"You're all the leaders of the mercenary group in Ebony Town, and you should have known the news more or less recently. ”

"The beast tide is coming. ”

As soon as they heard this, the originally quiet crowd began to whisper eagerly.

"It turned out to be true, I thought it was a rumor!"

"Oh, that's a problem!"

Only the three or four people standing at the front did not speak, but exchanged glances with each other.

"According to reliable sources, this time the scale should be at the 'Bo' level. ”

"But don't worry, City Lord Zhong has already dispatched a Qingyu battalion from the city defense, as well as the white feather qu of the four nearby towns, a total of 4,500 people, plus your mercenary group and local forces, a total of more than 8,000 people, enough to deal with these beasts. ”

The middle-aged man glanced at everyone, and then said, "This time the beast king, I will personally lead the team to snipe." You just need to cooperate with the aftermath work. ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone's mood suddenly changed from nervous to relaxed.

"There is only the 'Bo' level, and it is estimated that there are only three or four thousand spirit beasts, so there is nothing to be afraid of!"

"Deputy City Lord Song can have the strength of the Second Transformation Yuan Spirit, and if he deals with a mere Uncle-level Beast King, he must be able to capture it!"

"Ahem. Deputy City Lord Song coughed, "Now I will announce the combat strategy and tasks." ”

The people who were originally whispering quieted down again, although they were the characters calling for wind and rain in this Ebony Town, they still had no status compared to the deputy city lord of the administrative body of Ebony Town, the city of Linfeng City.

And the mercenary affairs of Linfeng City belonged to the jurisdiction of this Song Deputy City Lord, so as soon as they received the order this time, they immediately rushed to this mansion.

"This time, the intelligence is mainly in charge of Yunying's head Shen, let's listen to the intelligence of head Shen. ”

As soon as Deputy City Lord Song's words fell, all eyes focused on the person in the middle of the first row.

This person was wearing an off-white silk jacket, with broad eyes, a height of 1.8 meters, fair skin, and he looked only in his thirties.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Head Shen took a step forward, stood beside Deputy City Lord Song, turned around and said slowly:

"According to reliable information, this time the beast tide gathered in the mountain range below two months ago, led by an adult male of the Nine Turns Danxuan, the Blue Water Blue-Eyed Fox King. ”

"Two days ago, we received a report from the spies that there was a herd of beasts, a total of more than 400 spirit beasts, coming from the east of Ebony. ”

"Regarding this herd of beasts, a group of more than 100 of them is led by an adult male golden-scaled leopard, and they are cultivated in the eighth-stage true martial realm. ”

"The other group is stopping on a mountain, and the leading beast king is still unknown, but this beast group is more than two hundred, so we estimate that the leader may be the Dan Xuan Realm, but the breath is weak, and it should not exceed the spirit beasts of the Second Rank Dan Xuan Realm. ”

When Head Shen said this, he turned his head to look at Deputy City Lord Song.

City Lord Song continued: "This way of the beasts, I should let Captain Qin, Captain Xu, and Captain Shen send people over to contact them, and it is expected that we will be able to hear their good news before tomorrow afternoon." ”

Another person in the first row stepped forward, clenched his fists, and said, "We have sent eight hundred people this afternoon, and it is expected that we will have come into contact with this group of beasts by now." ”

This person is none other than Qin Weiming, the head of the Cangshui Regiment.

"This is just the first step. ”

"The reinforcements from Linfeng City and the other four towns will arrive at noon tomorrow, and you and I will be at that time," Deputy City Lord Song looked at everyone and said slowly, "It will directly take the Blue Water Aoki Fox King!"

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An hour ago.

After bidding farewell to the enthusiastic Jiang Zhuyun and buying some medicinal herbs and daily necessities in the old place, Liu Yishou hurried on the road, he had to leave the town before dark, otherwise he would have to stay in Wumu Town for the night.

Jiang Zhuyun repeatedly retained, saying that it was difficult to walk at night. But Liu Yishou couldn't stand it, so he had to say goodbye.

The two made an appointment to meet again in the future.

Ebony Town has a town gate, which opens at sunrise and closes at sunset. After all, close to the mountains below, there will be spirit beasts from time to time, and having such a measure can avoid the night spirit beasts from entering the town and disturbing them, and secondly, it can reduce the danger of thieves.

The town that Liu Yi guarded was only more than 40 miles, but if he wanted to bring Wangcai, he walked much slower.

When he came, his dantian was full of spiritual power, and it didn't matter if he was in a hurry, but after a battle, Liu Yishou's dantian was also very little. Although Jiang Zhuyun gave a few Gathering Spirit Pills when he parted, Liu Yishou was reluctant to eat them.

So one man and one dog walked back. Fortunately, as a cultivator, Liu Yishou's physical fitness is much better than that of ordinary people, and he walks very lightly and quickly.

After walking for a while, I saw a large group of people bumping into him, including men and women, old and young, noisily holding large or small packages, and rushing towards Ebony Town.

"It's so late, are you still moving?"

Liu Yishou looked at it from a distance, but found that these people were somewhat familiar.

"Lao Wang?"

A middle-aged man with a half-bald head in the crowd suddenly stopped and looked at Liu Yishou.

"Xiao Liu?"

Liu Yishou looked at it again, and most of the people in this crowd were people from the village.

Aunt Li, Mrs. Zhang, and Agui......

"What's going on?"

Lao Wang stopped, and Liu Yishou realized that there was no Ah Huang by his side.

"When I was about to have dinner in the afternoon, a group of people came. ”

"What is the mercenary group called, and what is the mercenary group of Yun, good guys, four or five hundred people, came up and entered the village, and told us to leave, saying that what kind of beast tide is coming. ”

The crowd continued to noisily walk towards the ebony, but not quickly. Lao Wang glanced at the crowd and continued:

"We little people have never seen this, I have been in the village for decades, and I have seen the beast tide three or four times, and I have never seen such a rush. ”

"Some of the grumpy young men did it at the time, but they were put down by the leading move. ”

Lao Wang raised a finger, emotional, and spit flying.

"I was really watching, and I took down five of them in one move. ”

Liu Yishou nodded, his expression serious:

"So you were cast out. ”

Regarding the beast tide, Liu Yishou also knows something.

The beast tide, since humans gathered into tribes, and then later built villages and cities, has always been a nightmare in the hearts of many people.

A large number of spirit beasts, led by the beastmaster, launched an attack on villages and towns, they attacked humans, destroyed houses, and left no people and animals in their passes.

Such a large-scale gathering of spirit animals is called a beast tide by humans.

However, in the area of Linfeng City, the official has always attached importance to this danger, and they release a large number of hunting operations every year, and the goal is to target high-level spirit beasts. After all, if the thief captures the king first, if the dragons have no leader, the beast tide will naturally not be formed.

And this time the beast tide, it has been eleven years since the last beast tide.

The target of the beast tide is the gathering place of humans, and villages with poor defense are often the first target. These mercenary groups operate somewhat crudely, but they minimize civilian casualties.

"Is there anyone else in the village?"

"In addition to those who are old and can't walk, there are also those who volunteer to stay and guard the village, all here. ”

Liu Yishou glanced back at the crowd that was slowly advancing, there were about three hundred people.

"Ah Huang didn't bring it here?"

"No, they didn't know where they had gone before they came. Lao Wang looked at Liu Yishou, "Xiao Liu, just in time, don't go back, anyway, there is nothing valuable at home." ”

Liu Yishou didn't speak, he glanced at Lao Wang and showed a smile.

"I need to go back. ”