Chapter 31: No Surprise
The purpose of the Flame Mercenary Group is to annex everything of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, and now, the Flame Mercenary Group, in the name of avenging the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, has taken many of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group mercenaries under its command, and the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, various industries and territories in Qingshan City, are also in the hands of the Flame Mercenary Group, as for some of the martial arts of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, they were scattered and taken away by several core members of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, and the people of the Flame Mercenary Group want to get these things, and are chasing the survivors of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group everywhere.
Drassell himself guessed that the reason why the Zhang family was brought into the Flame Mercenary Group was because the Flame Mercenary Group knew some secrets of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, so it was convenient for the Zhang family to kill the Flying Feather Mercenary Group.
Today's Flying Feather Mercenary Group has long existed in name only, and some of the remaining core members are also weak, and they dare not show up at all, as long as they show up, the Zhang family and the Flame Mercenary Group will be killed in an instant, and several survivors want to stay away from Qingshan City, so they can only enter the Endless Mountain Range and make a detour, enter Huangshan City, or Nanshan City, after all, the entire territory of Qingshan City has the eyes of the Zhang family.
Huo Yan just received the information and found that there were survivors of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group who appeared in the Endless Mountain Range, so he chased them all the way and had friction with the Nine Snakes Mercenary Group.
The cause of all this is already clear to Drasseur, but there is one thing that Drassell cares about, that is, the Flame Mercenary Group does not know about the spirit stone vein, or only a few people know, and the specific location of the spirit stone vein, the people of the Flame Mercenary Group do not know at all, that is to say, the Zhang family did not cooperate with the Flame Mercenary Group to mine spirit stones, but disguised themselves as mercenaries and came to the Endless Mountains to mine spirit stones. The route in and out of the Endless Mountains will also be hidden.
In this way, it would be impossible for Draxel to use the line of the Flame Mercenary Group to find the spirit stone vein. If you want to find out the location of the spirit stone vein, you still need to enter the interior of the Endless Mountain Range and try your luck.
What should be asked, all have already been asked, and there is no need to keep a few drags on Drassel, just send them on the road with peace of mind, to be honest, at this time, Draxel's mentality has long changed, in this world, human life is always the least valuable.
When Draxle returned to the army with Guan Susu, Cheng Haotian and the others looked at Drashel's eyes, which had completely changed, and their eyes revealed a bit of fear, this is the law of survival on the mainland, and the strong are respected.
"Brother Mu, this place is not suitable for a long time, after we rest, let's hurry as soon as possible."
"It's okay, I guess the beast will find this side soon, so let's go now."
After speaking, the group quickly left this place, with the strong man Drassel in charge, Cheng Haotian and the others' itinerary was significantly faster, and a day later, Drassel and others saw the snake valley as they wished.
The canyon here is not big, there are two small hills on both sides, and it seems that something directly splits in the middle, breaking out a long canyon, similar to a line of sky.
Snake letter grass, just inside the first line of the sky canyon, lush, there is a large area, at a glance, it is estimated that there are hundreds of plants. Snake letter grass, is a poisonous weed, with a certain toxicity, if taken by mistake, it will cause weakness in the limbs, soreness and softness of the body, serious poisoning, it will also cause sore muscles and bones, shock death, only effective for the innate realm martial arts, the strong people in the martial arts realm, can directly use spiritual power to force out the toxin.
Snake letter grass also has a very big use, that is, as an anesthetic for external use, only need to mix a little other medicinal materials, can be made into the best anesthetic, is a common paralyzing medicine used by mercenaries, assassins, and is also very popular with doctors, so the use of snake letter grass, there are still a lot, a mature snake letter grass, according to different quality, can be sold for more than a dozen gold coins at a price, is a very good low-level medicinal material.
The task of Draxel and the others is to collect the snake letter grass, the more the better, all of them are recovered at the price of 15 gold coins per plant, and they can also get the equivalent value of mercenary group points, which is very cost-effective.
The small number of snake letter grass, collected, is very easy, because the snake beasts that guard the snake letter grass will not be too many, but once the snake letter grass grows in a large area, it means that this is the big nest of snake beasts, for example, now, Draxel looks at it from afar, you can see the entire canyon, crawling with thousands of poisonous snakes, and these snakes, different colors, different lengths, some are covered with black spots, some are colorful, a large group of poisonous snakes, all gathered in the canyon, looking at it from a distance, all make people's cold hairs stand on end.
Cui'er swallowed her saliva and said, "Wow~ There are so many snakes, a big lump, so disgusting!" How do we go to pick snake belief grass, those snake letter grass, but in the canyon, there are so many snakes outside, and the inside is not the world of poisonous snakes, as soon as you enter, you will be bitten to death by poisonous snakes. ”
Cui'er's thoughts are also what everyone thinks, there are so many poisonous beasts, even Drassell is not sure that they can rush in safely.
Cheng Haotian said with a smile: "Miss Cui'er, don't worry, in fact, we have been here once in this snake valley, not only found that there is a huge number of snake letter grass in it, but also found that inside the snake valley, there is a red-scaled silver snake king, if it is an ordinary person, it is absolutely impossible to live, pick snake letter grass from it." ”
"What! The King of the Red-scaled Silver-Krait! It was a third-order peak beast, and it was also highly poisonous, even the powerhouses of the Earth Martial Realm had to temporarily avoid the edge, and if we went in, wouldn't it be sent to death. Brother Mu, we don't want snake letters, let's go. With that, Cui'er had already retreated, ready to pull Draxle away.
Draxel smiled at this time, "That's good news. ”
Cui'er was stunned for a moment and said, "What! It's good news, there is a highly poisonous third-order snake inside, how can it be good news! ”
"Little fool, a powerful beast like the Red Scale Silver Snake King already has a sense of territory, where the Snake King is there, how can those first-order and second-order small snakes exist, that is to say, only on the periphery of the Snake Valley, there are a large number of low-level snakes, but in the Snake Valley, there are few poisonous snakes, entering the Snake Valley, we need to deal with only a poisonous snake of the Red Scale Silver Snake King, am I right? Brother Cheng. ”
"Brother Mu is really intelligent, this information, we also spent a long time to find out, unexpectedly, Brother Mu saw through it at once."
Cheng Haotian continued: "These low-level poisonous snakes on the periphery are not difficult to deal with, we have already tried, as long as we continue to spray the poisonous powder that snakes are afraid of around along the rock wall, and then pass quickly, we can directly enter the Snake Valley, after entering the Snake Valley, as long as we pay attention to some second-order snake beasts, it is not difficult to get close to the snake letter grass, the only difficulty is how to avoid the Red Scale Silver Snake King." ”
"Presumably Brother Cheng, you have already thought of a way?"
"I can't hide anything from Brother Mu, the way to avoid the red-scaled silver krait, we have already thought that in Qingshan City, I have asked an alchemist tutor from the academy to refine a *** powder, as long as the medicinal powder is sprinkled into the mouth of the red-scaled silver krait king, the snake king can temporarily lose the ability to discern the direction and fall into a psychedelic, and when the time comes, we can pick the snake letter grass at will."
After hesitating, Draxel said: "Brother Cheng really dares to spend blood, he actually asked an alchemist to refine the medicinal powder, the cost must be not small, just for some snake letter grass, and mercenary group points, I feel that it is a bit worth the loss." ”
Cheng Haotian didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "You can't hide anything from Brother Mu, indeed, in the Snake Valley, there is another treasure, that is, the spirit fruit that the Red Scale Silver Snake King has been guarding - the Purple Vermilion Fruit." ”
A few people around Cheng Haotian were immediately startled when they saw Cheng Haotian tell the secret of the purple-veined vermilion fruit, and Rubing also deliberately or unintentionally took a few steps back, as if they were on guard against the killer under Drassell.
Draxel was also stunned, there was still a purple-veined vermilion fruit in this snake valley! It's really surprising that ordinary vermilion can only increase the spiritual power of the user and greatly improve the cultivation. However, the purple-veined vermilion is a different species in the vermilion fruit, which can not only greatly enhance the cultivation of the user, but also improve the soul realm of the user, making it easier for the user to break through the earth martial realm.
The signature skill of a strong person in the human martial realm is to be able to communicate with the surrounding aura and absorb the surrounding aura at all times to strengthen his own strength, the most critical point of this is the level of soul power, if his soul level is relatively low, it is even more difficult to break through the realm of martial arts.
The purple-veined vermilion fruit can improve the soul level of the warrior, making it easier for the warrior to feel the aura around him, which shows the preciousness of the purple-veined vermilion fruit.
Cheng Haotian continued: "Brother Mu, I have seen the appearance of the purple-veined vermilion fruit in the next place, on that vermilion tree, there are a total of two purple-veined vermilion fruits, and look at the size, the year has been more than 100 years, and it will be completely ripe in these days. ”
"Brother Cheng is really open-minded, he dares to say such treasures so carefully, he is not afraid to kill you here!"
No wonder along the way, Cheng Haotian was in a hurry, it turned out that he had calculated the date of the maturity of the purple-veined vermilion fruit, and he was kind enough to share the task with Drassel, but he didn't have any good intentions, because he saw that Drashel was young and there were only 6 teammates around him, and he wanted to trick Draxle and others into the Snake Valley as cannon fodder, drag the red-scaled silver snake king, and then take the opportunity to seize the purple-veined vermilion fruit.
Now I am afraid that I am afraid of Draxel's strength, and I dare not hide it, or have other intentions.
Cheng Haotian also said with a smile: "I have seen Brother Mu's strength, and I don't dare to ask for anything in Xia, but I am not willing to give up the purple-veined Zhuguo like this." Therefore, I am willing to share all the information with Brother Mu, and I am willing to take out *** powder, we have been here several times, and we are very familiar with the surrounding environment, with Brother Mu's strength, plus *** powder, and our assistance, it is not difficult to solve the Red Scale Silver Snake King. “
"As a price, is Brother Cheng going to take away a purple-veined vermilion fruit?"
Cheng Haotian didn't pretentiously, but said bluntly: "That's right, our team is willing to do our best to assist Brother Mu to obtain the purple-veined vermilion fruit, and all the snake letter grass picked will also be given to Brother Mu, as a condition, as a condition, we only need one of the purple-veined vermilion fruits, including everything on the red scale silver krait snake king, is also Brother Mu's, we will never ask for extravagance, how about it?" As he spoke, he looked at Draxle expectantly.
"What if I say no? How is Brother Cheng preparing. ”
Cheng Haotian was obviously stunned when he heard this, but no matter how unwilling he was in his heart, he didn't dare to start a war with Drasseur, the scene of Drasseur's slaughter of the Flame Mercenary Group was still vivid, they were not Drasseur's opponents at all, even if he didn't think about himself, he couldn't pull his teammates into the water.
After hesitating, Cheng Haotian said: "Brother Safiya insists on refusing, then we will leave now, *** powder will also be offered with both hands, just ask Brother Mu to let us live, or, let my teammates, a way out." ”
The little wolf said angrily at this time: "No, the purple-veined vermilion fruit was discovered by us, we can't just don't want it, and the head of the regiment must not die, it's a big deal, we fought with them." ”
Rubing was also standing beside Cheng Haotian at this time, ready to face it together.
Cheng Haotian stopped the little wolf at this time and said angrily: "Don't mess around, we are not their opponents, this matter started by me, I can't drag you down to be buried!" Listen to me, and go away! ”
Rubing: "No, you are our regiment leader, we can't leave you and run away by ourselves." ”
And Ye Cheng, who was hiding behind the team, was already thinking about how to escape, and began to gradually break away from the team, once there was any abnormal movement, he was definitely the first to escape.
Several teammates stood up and prepared to support Cheng Haotian, but Cheng Haotian was helpless and desperately tried to stop him.
Draxel looked at the group quite united, except, of course, one black sheep.
"Okay, I didn't say that I wanted to kill you, although Brother Cheng invited us to come to Snake Valley with bad intentions, but it was not a crime to death, I agree with Brother Cheng's suggestion, as long as Brother Cheng can really assist us to get the Purple Pattern Vermilion Fruit and kill the Red Scale Silver Snake King, I am willing to give Brother Cheng a Purple Pattern Vermilion Fruit."
"Seriously! Brother Mu, you won't lie to me, right? ”
"I don't like to lie, and I don't have a reason to lie to you, but only if you can really help me."
Cheng Haotian looked excited and said, "Okay! Deal. Originally, even if there were, I wasn't sure if we could really kill the Red Scale Silver Snake King, but with Brother Mu joining, I believe we will definitely be able to get the Purple Vermilion Fruit! Regardless of whether what Drassel said is true or not, Cheng Haotian is willing to give it a try, and along the way, Cheng Haotian also knows a little bit about Drasseur's personality, not the kind of villain who is unreasonable and forgetful of money, which is why he told him bluntly.
The terrain of the Snake Valley is a bit steep, and there is a large group of poisonous snakes at the mouth of the valley, although they are all low-level poisonous snakes, but because of the high poison, ordinary people dare not approach here.
These poisonous snakes are attracted by the aura of the purple-veined vermilion fruit before they come here, which causes the poisonous snakes here to be very dense, and there is no place to stay. When Drasel and the others walked in, they didn't know how to move forward, because as far as the eye could see, there were poisonous snakes everywhere.
Cheng Haotian took out some of the irritating medicinal powders prepared in advance at this time, and began to sway along the mountain wall, saying: "These medicinal powders are made of the flesh and blood of some high-level snake beasts, and then added some very irritating poisons. ”
Sure enough, with the spread of the medicinal powder, many poisonous snakes on the ground quickly moved away, of course, there were also some second-order snake beasts, who were more bold, and did not stay away directly, and grinned hoarsely at Drasseur and the others. In such a situation, it is not easy to shoot easily, and only when it gets close can it be killed, so as not to alarm the remaining poisonous snakes. If it doesn't come closer, it doesn't need to care.
In the Tian Yuan Continent, the first-order and second-order beasts are all low-order beasts, although the strength is good, but the spiritual intelligence is generally not high, only a few second-order alien beasts with extraordinary talents can open the spiritual intelligence in advance, but it is obvious that outside this snake valley, there are no such talented and powerful alien beasts, and the vast majority of the alien beasts here are first-order snakes, except for the exaggerated number, in fact, the threat is not great.
With the help of medicinal powder, Draxle and the others began to slowly enter the snake valley along the rock wall, during which they only needed to find a few people, pay attention to the poisonous snakes on the rock wall, and prepare in advance, as long as they were careful, the danger was not great.
However, women like Guan Susu who are afraid of snakes and beasts are a different matter, from beginning to end, Guan Susu clung to Draxel, his eyes closed, and he didn't dare to look at this terrifying world.
Swinging the sword again to kill a poisonous snake on the stone wall, everyone successfully arrived at the mouth of the Snake Valley, Drasseur and the others have only encountered a few second-order poisonous snake attacks along the way, and everyone who has been prepared will naturally not be injured by a few second-order poisonous snakes.
Entering the Snake Valley, there is a large wetland inside, all around is wet, and there are some low grasses, covering the entire surface, such a place, it is really a paradise for snakes and beasts, very suitable for snakes and beasts to hide, a little careless, there is a risk of being bitten.
Draxel: "Brother Cheng, in this valley, there is anything else to pay attention to. Where is the Red Scale Silver Snake King? ”
"Brother Mu, according to our observations, the snake valley is actually quite large, the periphery is covered by a small wetland, and there are also many poisonous snakes in the wetland, and the level is at least the second order, and the poisonous snakes in the early stage of the third order can also be seen occasionally, and there is still a certain danger. Brother Mu, you see, many snake letter grass also grow here, if we go to pick snake letter grass now, we may encounter some danger. ”
In the direction pointed by Cheng Haotian, Drasseur found a large number of snake belief grass on the small hill in the middle of the wetland, snake letter grass generally grows next to the nest of snake beasts, since there is such a large number of snake letter grass, it also means that that place is the periphery of the snake valley, the nest of poisonous snakes, to say that there is no danger, it is impossible, in addition, there are some third-order poisonous snakes in the periphery of the snake valley, this level of foreign beasts, already have initial wisdom, and their strength is comparable to the human martial realm, only with the medicinal powder, it is impossible to disperse them, rashly approaching, there must be danger.
"According to Brother Cheng's opinion, we are...... Don't pick snake letter grass. ”
"Brother Mu, in the final analysis, our main purpose this time is to get the purple-veined vermilion fruit, if the soldiers are lost because of picking snake letter grass, it will be a bit more than worth the loss, I think, we should first deal with the Red Scale Silver Snake King, the location of the Snake King is in an inner valley in front of the wetland, where because of the existence of the Red Scale Silver Snake King, other snake beasts dare not approach, in this way, we can concentrate on dealing with the Red Scale Silver Snake King."
Draxel nodded, and the evaluation of Cheng Haotian in his heart rose a little more, he knows how to make trade-offs, knows how to advance and retreat, and can distinguish priorities at critical moments, he is a good talent.
Draxel nodded and agreed: "Then according to Brother Cheng's suggestion, let's deal with the Red Scale Silver Serpent King first." "The Red Scale Silver Snake King is a third-order peak beast, and his strength is comparable to that of the Earth Martial Realm, so if you want to deal with such a powerful beast, you still have to do it as soon as possible.
Cheng Haotian seems to be very familiar with the terrain of the Snake Valley, even where there are potholes, where the soil is softer, or where there is a nest of poisonous snakes, he is very clear, and the intelligence work is also done well.
"Passing through this strand, in front of it is the inner valley, the red scale silver snake king, just inside, we have seen the whole picture of the snake king, it is a giant *** about 12 meters long and 3 meters thick, it moves very quickly, the two fangs are very terrifying, and it can also spray highly poisonous venom remotely, it is very difficult to deal with, the previous time, we tried to set up a trap to surround and kill, but the red scale silver snake king is very smart, and he is not planned at all, if it were not for the snake king who needs to guard the purple vein zhuguo, and did not chase and kill out of the snake valley, we estimate that we have died several times." Cheng Haotian seemed to be very jealous of the strength of the Red Scale Silver Snake King.
Draxel looked up and said with a smile: "I can't imagine that inside the Snake Valley, there is a more hidden inner valley, if it weren't for Brother Cheng to lead the way, I'm afraid it would be difficult for us to find this place." Now that the goal has been confirmed, let's go in and take a look. ”
The group, all holding their breath, moved towards the inner valley, along the way, Drasseur clearly felt that the aura in the inner valley was more intense, the air became more fragrant, and even the fragrance of some spirit grass could be smelled.
Entering the inner valley, you can see a small pit surrounded by mountains all around, surrounded by high rock walls, under the pit, there is a large amount of grass, these grasses are several meters high, and some of them are even like a small tree, Drassell and others are not as tall as the grass in the inner valley, so it greatly restricts the vision of Drassel and others, if the Red Scale Silver Snake King suddenly sneaks up, no one can be spared.
Cheng Haotian cautiously entered the inner valley and said in a low voice: "The Red Scale Silver Snake King is here, and the grass in front of him is not suitable for us to fight, the best thing is to lead the Snake King out of the grass and find an open place to fight." ”
Draxel looked ahead and said, "Where is the purple vermilion?" ”
"The purple-veined vermilion fruit is in the center of the inner valley, first of all, we still have to deal with the red-scaled silver-ringed snake king, if we enter the grass at will, we will be attacked by the snake king."
Draxle beckoned to Luo Cheng and the others behind him, and said, "Luo Cheng, Baili, Wu Yong, you pay attention to protecting others, this snake, leave it to me." ”
"Yes!" Several people believed in Draxel's strength, so it was not surprising.
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