Chapter 113: Being followed
Su Qin, who entered Jiuhua City in disguise and spent nearly a whole day in the tavern by eavesdropping, came to the only conclusion about the entire city was two words - chaos.
Don't look at the size of a town here, but there is not a single common person in it, even the people who serve the plates and deliver wine in the tavern have Yuan Qi realm cultivation, and as for the organized forces, there are countless and intertwined.
The most prosperous organization is the mercenary group, after all, this is one of the main ways to enter the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range.
Even families like the Di family and the Gong family basically operate industries that belong to the category of mercenaries.
In such a place, there are few secrets, and as long as someone sees and hears a thing, it will spread throughout the city in a very short time.
The Di family and the Gong family have planted a big problem, which has naturally become everyone's after-dinner conversation recently.
Because these two families are prosperous, and each has a number of powerful people in the earthly realm, they have a lot of power in the city, and they are often criticized behind people's backs, and they are often criticized behind people's backs.
But in contrast, there is another thing that is more noticeable.
The Lone Wolf Mercenary Group was still an inconspicuous small organization ten years ago, unable to undertake even some of the most basic hires, and would be swallowed up or crushed by other forces at any time.
However, Hu Guang, who founded the regiment, was not reconciled, and tried his best to struggle to survive, and worked hard to cultivate, and finally broke through to the realm of the earth with an adventure, and finally gained a firm foothold in Jiuhua City, began to recruit subordinates on a large scale, snatched business, and showed his strength in a hurry for ten years, and forcibly promoted the status of the lone wolf mercenary group to the first in the city, stabilizing all other forces, and the scenery was unparalleled for a while.
But then there are all kinds of problems, the first of which is Hu Guang's son Hu Kunyuan.
His father is the first in strength and power in the whole city, Hu Kunyuan sits in the position of the young head all day long, and naturally cultivates arrogance, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of evil, and no matter what he does, Hu Guang supports him, and no one can sanction him at all.
However, just half a month ago, when Hu Guang led a group of capable generals to go out to complete a task, it was unexpectedly reported that Hu Kunyuan had his legs abolished, which immediately made the whole city boil and rushed to tell each other.
After Hu Guang returned, he was even more furious, and immediately ordered the lone wolf mercenary group to stop the mission, chase and kill the person who did it, and threatened to make him die with a thousand knives to avenge his son.
The person who did it was said to be a young woman, and her temper was also extremely stubborn, and while fleeing to the mountains to avoid pursuit, she said that Hu Kunyuan's life would definitely be killed in the future, so that the lone wolf mercenary group knew that this Jiuhua City was not his family.
At this point, the grudge between the two sides is endless.
The lone wolf mercenary group is really as Hu Guang said, it has not undertaken a commission for half a month, but has tried its best to search for the woman, but it has repeatedly returned in vain, and it has almost become the laughing stock of the whole city.
However, Hu Kunyuan has lived well so far, and has always been under the protection of his father Hu Guang, and he has not been able to let the woman fulfill her promise.
"That woman is really not simple, I heard that cultivation is the same as me, in the late stage of the Yuan Dan Realm, but she can also jump to challenge, easily defeat the powerhouses in the early stage of the Earth Demon Realm, and dare to take risks alone, and fight against the lone wolf mercenary group, such a character, if you have the opportunity, you should have a good experience, and it is better to be able to have a discussion. ”
Su Qin stayed in the tavern until nightfall, then paid the bill and quietly left, looking for an inn with a good reputation to stay in, while still thinking about what he heard that day.
Of course, the woman who injured Hu Kunyuan was not what he cared about the most, he was more concerned about where he should go to sell the materials he had, and after several months of practicing in the mountains, he had accumulated a large number of demon pills, which could be exchanged for a lot of gold coins when sold, or he could also barter in exchange for something more conducive to his cultivation.
As for the batch of top-grade red essence stones he just got, they were even more precious, but Su Qin didn't want to sell them here, which was easy to attract the suspicion of the Di family and the Gong family.
And after a day of understanding, he learned that there is no place like an auction house in this place, where the value of treasures can be maximized, but there are many shops that buy demon pills or other items, and they can sell them for a good price wherever they go.
"Tomorrow, I will visit all the shops I heard, and the big deal is that the things are sold in batches, and each one sells a small batch, which can attract the attention of some people less. ”
Before Su Qin checked into the inn, he had just eliminated two groups of people who were trying to rob him, and he knew that the more low-key his actions in Jiuhua City, the better, even if his strength could compete with the powerhouses of the Earth Evil Realm, but it was difficult to defeat four hands with two fists, and it would not be good to fall to the point of being chased and killed by a powerful organization like the lone wolf mercenary group.
This night, he didn't fall asleep, he was always running the soul technique, and he was improving his soul cultivation little by little.
It's not that he's so focused on cultivation that he refuses to sleep, or it's that his cultivation is getting deeper and he doesn't need sleep anymore.
It's really too chaotic in this Jiuhua City, even if it is the third and fourth watch, there is still a noise outside, and from time to time you can see the light of Yuan Li rising into the sky, obviously someone is fighting, and it can't make people sleep at ease.
Early the next morning, Su Qin checked out early and left the inn and began to look for a suitable buyer in the city.
However, when he sold the fourth batch of demon pills, exchanged them for 40,000 gold coins and left, he felt that he had been followed.
"Hmph, I guess there are some blind guys who take a fancy to my money and want to take it away when I sell all the things. There is nothing soft-hearted to deal with this kind of person, take them around in a few circles, find out the situation, and then solve it all. ”
Su Qin secretly thought in his heart, when he walked out of the fifth store, his steps became brisk, and he began to wander around, as if the things had been sold out, and his heart was happy.
Then he went to a tavern and ordered a pot of wine, and drank it for half an hour, and then went to several armor shops, picked up the blades he had in hand, and bargained with the boss repeatedly, but in the end he did not buy any of them, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with the grade of the weapons on display.
And at this moment, just a street away from him, four men dressed as mercenaries were scattered in four directions, following him from afar, observing his every move.
When Su Qin finally walked out of a soldier's armor shop "angrily", complained loudly that he would not go anywhere to pick up the useless scrap metal, and then went straight to an alley, the four men immediately made a special gesture to each other and set off to chase after each other.
Back Corner Alley, one of the ten most secluded areas in Jiuhua City, is also the highest place in the chaotic city, almost every inch of land in the alley has been soaked in blood, exuding a dark, stale, and bloody atmosphere all year round, and it is also the last place in the whole city that Su Qin heard people talk about the day before yesterday, and the last place in the whole city should be visited.
But today, after visiting the armor shop and finding nothing, Su Qin came straight here, and walked in at the entrance of the alley without fear, as if there was such an important matter that needed to be solved here.
When he had just stood in the alley for more than ten breaths, four figures had already appeared at the entrance of the alley, blocking the only bit of light, and approached Su Qin with unkind eyes.
"A few friends, what's the matter? I'm really sorry, I'm about to meet with a companion here and hand over to him the 300,000 gold coins I just got from selling the demon pill, it's really inconvenient to have outsiders present. Su Qin's expression was frightened when he spoke, but there was really no fear in his eyes, but there was a calm coldness.
"300,000 gold coins? You sold so much? Haha, we're rich!"
Among the four, a small man with only half a beard immediately said in surprise.
But immediately another person expressed disbelief: "Hmph, you just sold for 300,000? No way, I have calculated, at most 200,000." But I'm still surprised that you have so many demon pills in your hands, I'm afraid you didn't get it alone, right?
This person was obviously more cautious, and when he heard Su Qin mention the word "companion", he immediately turned his gaze to the walls on both sides and the other end of the alley, trying to figure out how many people he needed to deal with.
When Su Qin heard this, he snickered in his heart, but his face pretended to be even more frightened, and he replied while retreating, "Uh...... There are about seven or eight people, twice as many as you, and I'm just running errands for them, and the money is theirs. ”
He deliberately said that he was alone like he had seven or eight companions, but instead put the four people at ease, one of them was obviously a one-eared man like a leader, who immediately showed a hideous face, sneered and came to five feet in front of Su Qin, suddenly pulled out the knife on his waist, thrust it into the ground, stretched out his hand and said: "Boy, don't pretend, your companions are at most one, or even none, it's all your own bluff." Come on, hand over the 200,000 gold coins, or give us as many as you have, or we will abolish you immediately!"
Su Qin listened, his face became even more frightened and nervous, but his eyes jumped over the shoulders of the one-eared man, and saw that the other three people had completely come to the depths of the alley, and they would definitely not be able to escape within two breaths, his expression suddenly turned into a light smile, his body stopped trembling, and with a wave of his hand, two demon beast badges were thrown, releasing two huge figures, completely filling the space in the alley.
"Xiao Jin, Xiao Chi, don't you two love to fight, let's compare and see who puts down the four of them first, all of them will live. ”
casually commanded, Su Qin himself was not idle, and when his body was moving, he had already rushed towards the one-eared man.