Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Strange Lockdown Order
The next morning, as Hong Menglong expected, the scabs on Zhou Ming's body had fallen off, except for the newly grown skin that was slightly lighter than before, everything was as if Zhou Ming had not been injured yesterday, as soon as the neatly dressed Zhou Ming walked out of the door, he saw Hong Menglong, who was still dressed in black, standing in front of his door.
"Looks like he's recovering well. Hong Menglong asked, Zhou Ming nodded, and Hong Menglong continued to speak, "Starting today, we are going to have real special training. β
"The teacher's previous work in the Silver Moon Forest is not really special training?" Zhou Ming shuddered when he heard this.
"The first step of training in the Silvermoon Forest is to bring your physical fitness to the level of a full-fledged hunter, and the second-step training in Whitestone City is to bring your hunting experience to the level of a full-fledged hunter. Hong Menglong introduced, "I will take you to the outermost part of the Star Soul Forest for retreat, when do I think your ability has reached the next three stars, when will you come back, before that, if you are hungry, go hunting, or collect some wild fruits, and when you are thirsty, go to find spring water or streams, in short, you can't leave the Star Soul Forest, understand?"
"Teacher, that's one of the three major Jedi, with my current strength, I have been eaten by those high-ranking fierce beasts in the past few minutes, and there are no bones left......" Zhou Ming looked worried, just yesterday, he also saw the horror of the Star Soul Forest, thousands of fierce beasts rushed over, the picture should not be too shocking.
"You only need to move around the periphery of the Star Soul Forest, if there is a high-level fierce beast, I will help you solve it, and all the lower-level fierce beasts are your own responsibility. Hong Menglong gave Zhou Ming a guarantee, "But if it's a fierce beast I killed, you can't use it as food." β
Hong Menglong knew his teacher's temper, although he was quite easy-going, but there was no doubt about it, and Zhou Ming also knew that Hong Menglong's training plan was beneficial to him and harmless, so he followed Hong Menglong out of the hotel, and when he passed by the armor store, the shopkeeper who was hanging a signboard in front of the door greeted them warmly.
"Lord Wind Soul, and this little brother good morning, Lord Wind Soul was really handsome yesterday, and he easily killed the Silver Moon Fierce Wolf," the shopkeeper got down from the ladder and hurriedly invited the two of them to the store, "I have already built this little brother's armor overnight, little brother, can you try it to see where it doesn't fit?"
This is really an unexpected joy, Zhou Ming thought that he would only be able to wear this armor when he returned from the Star Soul Forest, but he didn't expect Hong Menglong to become the hero of the entire Star Soul Town overnight, under the fox and fake tiger power, Zhou Ming's status has risen, and even the blacksmith uncle who made the armor for him is willing to work overtime to help him create this armor, in the Star Soul Forest, a little more protection may make people bear the danger one more time, after thanking the shopkeeper, Zhou Ming quickly put on a new arc steel alloy armor, and then continued to set off towards the city gateγ
After a whole day of cleaning, the blood stains and the remains of the beasts at the city gate have been swept away, and the city gate has been restored to its previous appearance, however, this morning, although the city gate is open, the city gate is full of people, and it is not difficult to see from the weapons they carry or carry on their backs or on their shoulders that these people are all hunters.
But come to think of it, the only destination out of the city in this direction is the Star Soul Forest, and no one should be willing to risk their lives except for hunters.
"Why don't you let us go to the Star Soul Forest?" In front of the city gate, a small group of soldiers were waiting for them, these people were still comrades in the fight against the beast tide last night, but now they are on opposite sides. As the first question sounded, more and more people began to complain, now that the beast tide has just ended, it is the safest time on the periphery of the Star Soul Forest, but these soldiers actually sealed the city, preventing hunters who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money to go hunting in the Star Soul Forest, and it will make people angry when they cut off people's financial routes, so the questioning turned into scolding, and in the end it was about to evolve into a violent conflict.
"Shut up Lao Tzu, what kind of noise!" Just when the hunters were already excited, a lazy voice sounded, and after a while, all the hunters quieted down, because this sound came from another hunter who had fought against the ground-level fierce beast on the night of the beast tide - Silver Tiger, Bai Yan.
All the hunters looked at Bai Yan, but this guy didn't seem to care about the anger of the crowd, and he didn't know where to come from a Taishi chair and sat in front of the city gate, and the giant crossbow was standing by the city gate: "Really, where are there so many reasons, the Star Soul Forest is now conducting military exercises and is blocked by the army, even if you go out of the city from me, but if you are caught by the army, you will be directly executed, so whether you go or leave it to you to watch it yourself." β
Hearing this, the hunters who were originally in turmoil quieted down, Bai Yan is the court hunter of the Silver Moon Empire, what he said is naturally credible, no one wants to fight against the army, anyway, the blockade order is only for the Star Soul Forest, it's a big deal to go to other cities to hunt, for hunters, as long as there is a hunter guild, it is home.
"But it's very strange, if the army is exercising near the Star Soul Forest, then why didn't they come to help us defend during the beast tide yesterday, the army can't give up the real battle because of a drill. Zhou Ming suddenly walked out of the crowd and debunked Bai Yan's lie in one sentence, "Or is it that the army entered the Star Soul Forest in a big way and disturbed these fierce beasts, so as to cause the previous beast tide?"
"Nonsense, the beast tide is because the fierce beasts in the Star Soul Forest are multiplying too fast, and their numbers are getting bigger and bigger, exceeding the load of the Star Soul Forest, so they invade the territory of the human race, hoping to expand a territory as the territory of the fierce beasts. Bai Yan's face turned red, and he didn't sit on the Taishi chair anymore, and he picked up the giant crossbow and walked towards Zhou Ming.
"If the soft one doesn't work, come to the hard one, Yinhu, I advise you not to think about doing anything to my apprentice. Hong Menglong also walked out of the crowd, "Why can't you go to the Star Soul Forest, can you give an explanation?"
This time, Yinhu's expression became wonderful, he could still be powerful in front of others, but when he met Hong Menglong, even if he was a palace hunter, he didn't dare to make a mistake: "This, Lord Wind Soul, state secrets, nothing to say, please forgive me." β
"So you don't have a reason for me to stay in the city?" Hong Menglong raised his eyebrows, and all the hunters present could hear the questioning tone in Hongmenglong's mouth.
"Lord Wind Soul, aren't you forcing me......" The giant crossbow that Bai Yan had just put down was carried on his shoulder again, and at the same time, his footsteps were fine-tuned, so that he could rush forward or retreat as soon as possible in battle.
"Zhou Ming, let's go. Hong Menglong didn't seem to see Bai Yan's small movements, and walked directly to the city gate, Zhou Ming also obediently followed, every time they took a step forward, the soldiers guarding the city gate had to take a step back, they had all seen Hong Menglong's strength that night in the beast tide, and no one dared to provoke this killing god.
Hong Menglong walked past the Silver Tiger Bai Yan like this, and then forced the soldiers to retreat all the way from the inside of the city to the outside of the city gate, and finally, Bai Yan, who could no longer suppress his anger, broke out, turned around and rushed towards Zhou Ming.
That's right, it's Zhou Ming.
Silver Tiger Bai Yan knew that he would definitely not be Hong Menglong's opponent, so he chose to rush towards Zhou Ming, as long as he caught Zhou Ming, he was not afraid that Hong Menglong would not obediently stay in Star Soul Town, and he would not dare to use weapons against Zhou Ming.
"Zhou Ming, wait for me outside the door. Leaving these words, Hong Menglong suddenly turned around, and without drawing his knife, he used his fist to collide with Yinhu's fist.
At this time, the soldiers who reacted immediately rushed up, they couldn't help with the battle between Hong Menglong and Bai Yan, but wasn't there a little hunter here who was about to escape from Star Soul Town?
"Since the teacher gave the order, then I have to carry it out. Zhou Ming didn't want to kill anyone, so he took out the red-eyed mantis sickle from the space crystal, and in the face of the ten warriors who surrounded him, he didn't dodge or dodge, so he rushed forward.