Chapter 157: Three Linluoxia Town
The establishment of the Mercenary Guild not only guaranteed the mercenaries and mercenary groups in East Lake, but also led to the rise and development of the entire mercenary industry.
As a major danger in East Lake, Luoxia Forest naturally attracted many mercenaries and mercenary groups to station, and the already prosperous town was even more lively, and the infrastructure was several times wider than before.
"The last time I came, it wasn't so lively, you kid, the mercenary guild is really right, and the impact is far-reaching!"
Ning Zhiyuan, who led the team, looked at the prosperous scene around him, and did not hesitate to praise Chu Ming.
"The guild can stand up thanks to the support of the dean and Old Man Lu."
Chu Ming's words were not compliments, if it weren't for the support of Donghua Academy and the Lu family, at his young age, he would not have been able to organize so many mercenaries.
"We just put up a scene for you, and now your prestige is all earned by yourself!"
Even Ning Zhiyuan had to accept this. Although the rapid development of the Mercenary Guild was due to the fact that this kid had taken out a lot of unique pills and other cultivation resources, the few major things he did after the establishment of the Guild completely established his position in the minds of the East Lake mercenaries.
For those men who lick blood from the knife edge, the most important thing is righteousness. Chu Ming destroyed the Zhong family, beheaded Tang Qian, and abolished the Qin family's uncles and nephews, but his seemingly impulsive actions made the guild surrender with all their hearts.
"Senior Brother Chu, after the martial arts are over, I also want to join your mercenary guild, I don't know if you can accept it?" Qi Zhuang smiled.
"That's right, count me in!" Yang Man also seemed interested.
"If you two want to join me, I can't ask for it!" What Chu Ming said was true, the Mercenary Guild really needs to be replenished with fresh blood, and it has never stopped recruiting talents since it was established.
A few people soon arrived at the station, and they lived in the same Zhuangzi as they lived in the last collective training, and Chu Ming killed Shangguan Hao and Ling Qian'er here, and now the Shangguan family and Lingyun Sect have disappeared with it, and suddenly there is really a sense of what is wrong with people.
After nearly two months of running-in in the inner courtyard, the seven people have already had a tacit understanding to cooperate in the battle, and it is more than enough to work together to deal with the seventh-order mid-level demonic beasts, and the seventh-order high-level is relatively difficult, but even if they can't win and run away, there is no problem, as for the eighth-order demonic beasts, it is estimated that it is very suspenseful, after all, Chu Ming, who is the strongest among several people, is now only in the first-order realm of soul refinement.
The team competition will officially start in three days, and the contestants from the other four academies have also arrived, staying in Luoxia Town for a short rest.
Before entering the mountain, a few people planned to relax and relax, but it happened that the Tianxianglou branch was newly opened in the town, and they could slaughter Lu Sanshao's fat sheep again.
The development of the Mercenary Guild has made the Lu family's business rise with the tide, more and more mercenaries have promoted market consumption, although the Mercenary Guild also has a Chamber of Commerce, but most of the exclusive goods sold are not as comprehensive as the Lu family, and there is no horizontal competition with Tianxianglou.
A few people talked and laughed, and when they came to an intersection, they happened to meet two groups of people walking out of the alleys on the left and right, on the left was a group of people from Canglan Academy led by Wen Tianji, and on the right were the two sisters Cheng Xue and Cheng Xu.
"Senior Brother Chu, such a coincidence, where are you going?"
Wen Tianji smiled and stepped forward to say hello, and Jiang Xueyan, who was following him, jumped out directly, ran to Qin Zhan's side and couldn't help but hold his arm.
"I'm going to go to Tianxianglou to sit down!"
"It's such a coincidence, we are also ready to go over and relax, why don't we go together?"
"Good!"
The two of them talked happily here, and the Cheng sisters who were blocked couldn't get through, Cheng Su snorted coldly and said: "If you want to chat, go to other places to chat, good dogs don't get in the way!" β
Hearing this, several people from Canglan Academy were immediately angry, and a girl who was only about sixteen or seventeen years old stepped forward and said: "The dog can't spit out ivory in its mouth, isn't it just that he lost the individual competition, what kind of martial arts will he participate in if he can't afford to lose?" β
This girl had not seen it before, and she thought that she was the candidate used by Canglan Academy to fill Qin Yi's vacancy.
"Stinky girl, you're looking for death!"
Cheng Xu was angry and was about to make a move, but was stopped by Cheng Xue.
"My sister is indeed not as generous as your senior brother, she turned her head and smiled to please when she lost to others, a dignified seven-foot man, where is the blood?"
Tianfeng City and Canglan City are separated by a river, and the two colleges have always been at odds with each other, and they have not liked each other for many years, and-for-tat confrontation has become the norm.
Wen Tianji smiled faintly when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Senior Sister Cheng, I am different from you, you cultivate martial arts to win, and I am to defeat!" To meet a peer who gave me a defeat is more rare for me than a hearty victory! β
After hearing the words, everyone was in a fog, and only Chu Ming understood what he wanted to express by asking Tianji. It's a very lonely thing to stand at the top all the time, and only when you have an opponent on a par with you can the life of martial arts be considered complete.
The sisters of the Cheng family naturally didn't understand this truth, so they just asked Tianji to save face, and they left with their heads held high with disdain.
"I don't know what kind of arrogance they are having, and they are still arrogant...... I didn't even go past the first two rounds of the individual competition! β
"The bell is fine, and the discussion behind the back is not a gentleman's doing!"
"Knowing the senior brother, I won't say it-"
Although there are only a few encounters with Wen Tianji, Chu Ming has a good impression of his conversation demeanor, and talked about Tianxianglou all the way, Wen Tianji suddenly stopped, and said to the people around him: "You guys go in first, I have something I want to talk to Senior Brother Chu privately!" β
"Go in too!"
If you want to talk about it alone, it is estimated that it will not be a trivial matter.
After everyone went in, Wen Tianji and Chu Ming took the opportunity to a tea shed on the side of the street and asked for a pot of tea.
"Senior Brother Chu, this Cheng Xue ...... Wrong! β
Ask Tianji not to ink at all, sit down and go straight to the topic.
Chu Ming's mind moved slightly, and he asked quietly, "Oh? Ask Senior Brother why he said this? β
"I am a natural devouring body, and I am very sensitive to things with devouring attributes, and when you fought with this Cheng Xue before, I faintly felt that the battle qi she used was chaotic, and it seemed that she was obtained by devouring. Just now, I probed her breath closely, and I was more and more sure of what I thought before, this woman should have cultivated some kind of evil art that devoured people's essence and spirit. β
"Even if that's the case, it's none of our business - she won't admit it without evidence."
"It's really none of my business, but it's your business-" Wen Tianji took a sip of tea, lowered his voice and said, "This woman's strength has improved by leaps and bounds in the two rounds of competitions, isn't Senior Brother Chu suspicious?" β
It seems that he thinks the same as himself! Chu Ming no longer pretended, and sighed lightly: "Choose Qin Yu to start, the disaster will lead to the east, and his mind is indeed vicious, but it is still the same sentence...... There is no evidence to help her! β
"It seems that Senior Brother Chu has already noticed it, but I am a little nosy."
"Ask Senior Brother don't say that, you can remind me, so that Chu is very moved."
Wen Tianji waved his hand and said, "The inheritance of the Heavenly Apocalypse Pavilion of my Wen clan has always been incompatible with evil demons, if I find out that this woman has really cultivated evil arts that harm people, I will never let her go!" β
The man who was very elegant at the last moment suddenly became murderous.
Apocalypse? It seems that I guessed well before, and the origin of this question is really not simple.
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The Cheng sisters came to a restaurant in the north of the town, Cheng Xu was waiting downstairs, Cheng Xue went straight to the second floor and walked into one of the boxes.
The two young men sat at the table and waited, it was Ximen Zong and Shantaiwu.
"Senior Sister Cheng, please sit down, the food in this house tastes good!" Simon Zong got up with enthusiasm and invited.
"There's no need to eat, why do you want me to come, tell me about something!" Cheng Xue obviously didn't have a good impression of Ximen Zong, and replied coldly.
"Let's talk while eating!"
"Don't say it, let's go!"
"Doesn't Senior Sister Cheng want to take revenge in the ring?"
Hearing Ximen Zong's words, Cheng Xue stopped, turned around and sneered: "If you lose the ring competition, you will lose, how can you talk about revenge?" β
"Really? I didn't expect Senior Sister Cheng to be so open-minded! β
"Not everyone is as small-bellied as your Young Master Ximen!"
"Well said, Senior Sister Cheng doesn't want to be ashamed, but I just don't know if Chu Ming and the Qin family will let you go after they know what you did."
Cheng Xue was shocked in her heart, and forcibly kept her composure: "What do you mean by this?" β
"Senior Sister Cheng, don't pretendβ" Taiwu, who had not spoken, got up and walked to the woman, stretched out his hand and lifted her delicate chin, and sighed: "I really didn't expect that the famous Tianfeng Shuangjiao turned out to be a femme fatale, if the things you two sisters have done are spread out...... What do you think will happen? β
"I don't understand what you're saying!"
Seeing that this woman was still stubborn, Ximen Zong sneered and said, "Don't die, I have dug up Qin Yu's body from the cellar, and the original family of three in that courtyard are all lying in my ring now!" Over the years, several people in Canglan Academy have been sucked dry and died, and the corpses are exactly the same as Qin Yu, my people have seen you enter and exit that small courtyard many times, and said that you didn't do it? β
"Can this also be used as evidence?"
"Yes, you can't, but as long as the news spreads, someone will naturally check you, do you think you can withstand the investigation?"
The woman's eyes flickered, and her mind raced.
"You want me to help you deal with Chu Ming?"
"Of course, with multiple people and more strength, your plundering technique should be quite clever, if you suck Chu Ming dry...... I don't need to tell you about the benefits, right? β
Cheng Xue was thrilled when she heard this, and after thinking for a while, she finally nodded slowly.
"That's right, I'll just say Senior Sister Cheng, you are a smart person!" Ximen raised his head and smiled, his eyes swept around the woman's graceful body, and said, "Senior Sister Cheng, we have tried our best to help you hide it, should you also express it?" Brother Tantai and I both want to see how mysterious your tricks are! β
Seeing that the eyes of these two people lit up, Cheng Xue still didn't understand, Silver Fang bit her lip lightly and untied the ribbon around her waist.