Because of the sudden attack on the island of the Giant Whale King, the teleportation array to Huayan Divine Domain was closed for a while, and Seaweed Island was only allowed to enter but not leave, and now the biggest suspect Shao Feng was captured, and the teleportation array was reopened under everyone's strong request, but because a lot of people who wanted to leave the island had gathered, Hua Lanting and they waited in line until the evening before making the trip.

Out of the teleportation array of the Huayan God Domain, a wave of heat rushed to his face.

In addition to being hotter here, the scenery is not much different from Seaweed Island, and the concentration and purity of the aura in the air are indeed not as good as those of Shuxuan Immortal Continent, which is also the common feeling of Vientiane Sect disciples who have been to several other continents.

When they arrived at Huayan Divine Domain, the situation was not as relatively calm as on Seaweed Island, and the battles between the three parties of Buddhism and Demon Cultivation occurred from time to time, and conflicts of various scales continued, and it was said that there had just been a war of tens of thousands of people before they came.

In order to ensure the entry and exit of personnel and materials, a large area around the teleportation array was designated as a safe zone, and the four sides conventionally did not attack this place.

It is said that there should be a period of calm after the war, but what the people of Vientiane Gate saw was a very busy scene of people and cars, and after asking, it turned out that all parties would take this opportunity to purchase supplementary supplies and supplies, so the safety zone was the most lively time at this time.

There are still some days before the temple celebration, they plan to go to Qixia Temple to find Master Tree to solve the problem of the cat demon, Yi Liunian has already asked the guards about the location of Qixia Temple as soon as they come out of the portal, but they are not familiar with the life in Huayan Divine Domain, so everyone decided to find a local guide to lead the way.

At this time, it was getting late, and everyone rented a room in the area dedicated to temporary rest, and Yun Yiqi and several elders handed over the daily trivial matters to Hua Lanting as always, and after settling down, Hua Lanting and his party came out to listen to the situation.

After some questioning, they were told that if they wanted to find a guide, they would have to go to the mercenary reception area.

Wars in Huayan Divine Domain are frequent, and mercenaries are a product of birth.

In order to increase their strength and reduce their own losses, each party will hire outsiders to take on tasks such as reconnaissance, infiltration, and disruption, as well as participate in offensive and defensive battles for territory.

Although the risk of being a mercenary is very high, and the mortality rate is very high, due to the generous reward, all the spoils of war belong to themselves, and at the same time, they can also hone their martial arts skills in actual combat to improve their cultivation, and there are always a large number of casual cultivators on other continents who continue to come here, and it has gradually become a "paradise" for adventurers.

These mercenaries have all kinds of people, and their cultivation is uneven, but those backbones who can survive the baptism of war are often strong and experienced.

After figuring out the situation, Hua Lanting and the others came to the mercenary reception area on the other side.

The mercenary reception area is a simple hall made of wood, the area is not small, there are many tables in the clutter, behind the table sit more or less mercenaries soliciting business, next to the table stands the battle flag of the mercenary organization, the number of people is only three or five people mercenary team, the large one is a mercenary group of hundreds of people.

Some of these mercenaries will serve a certain party, most of them are at the right price, who gives money to whom, and the reward for the transaction is generally spirit stones, or it can be cultivation resources such as weapons, martial arts, magic weapons, and exercises.

The mercenaries live a life of licking blood on the head of the knife, the danger and pressure after accepting the task are extremely high, the spirit is nervous, and they usually get together to shout and drink when they are free, and relax by drinking, gambling, etc., so the reception hall is a miasma.

The hall was not overcrowded, the mercenaries here were mainly to provide escort bodyguard services for the transportation of materials entering the Huayan Divine Domain, and now it was a busy time, and some teams had already taken the task and left.

As soon as they entered, several groups of people immediately came up hulala, and when they heard that they were looking for a guide, they all dispersed with a lack of interest, and the risk of leading the way was about the same, but the reward was not high, and it was an unpopular business.

The Vientiane Sect disciples asked several families one after another, but no one was willing to go, so they had to continue walking inside, focusing on finding a small number of mercenary squads or individual cultivators.

They no longer pay attention to the mercenary group, but most of the mercenaries are rough men, seeing that the disciples of the Vientiane Sect are very young, and there are several beautiful girls such as Feng Qingjun inside, some people began to laugh uncleanly.

Knowing that the quality of mercenaries is generally not high, everyone didn't pay much attention to it, at this time, Hua Lanting and Lin Xian were shocked to notice that there were two people sitting in the corner not far away, and the two of them glanced at each other, and they both felt that they could come forward and talk.

The two men are an older man and a woman.

The man has white hair, looks sad and bitter, and is sitting cross-legged and smoking a strange-shaped hookah with his eyes closed.

They had never seen this kind of hookah, the cigarette bottle had a thin spout and a round belly, more than half a man tall, the decorations around the large smoke bottle were full of exotic style, the tray on the spout was burning charcoal and tin foil burning the tobacco paste, the belly of the pot was white mist, and there was a pipe sticking out, and one end of the pipe was a cigarette holder for people to smoke.

The woman is also meditating with her eyes closed, her hair is gray and half-haired, and her face is wrinkled, but she can see that she must be a beauty when she is young, and her demeanor is peaceful and kind.

On the ground in front of them each lay a sword with a sheath.

The reason why I like this old man who seems to be a couple is that the two of them sit alone, and they stand out among the mercenaries who are mostly in the prime of life, and they should not be in a team, and the other mercenaries are some distance from the two, and they seem to dare not approach and disturb, so the strength of these two people should be good.

Hua Lanting and Lin Xian were about to step forward to talk, but there was an eyeless bold mercenary sitting behind the table next to them, who whistled at Song Feifei and said, "Little girl, look for a helper, how am I doing, brother?" Our Violent Bear Mercenary Group is like a wolf and a tiger, the service is in place, three escorts and three packs, much better than those chicks around you, come and talk together." ”

Lin Xian was shocked that since Song Feifei was injured in the Taichu Demon Plain, his attitude towards her was still tepid, but in fact, he was particularly concerned about Song Feifei's safety, and when he heard the mercenary's flirtatious words, he immediately became angry, and rushed up and said: "Put it in your mouth a little cleaner, and say another word, believe it or not, I will slap you with a big mouth!"

The mercenary drank two more glasses at night, otherwise he would not generally speak disrespectfully to the guests who did not know the details, and he quarreled with Lin Xian in his brain, and his companions around him bullied everyone young, and they all gathered around, half coaxing and half helping, seeing that the two sides were about to fight.

When he was making a fuss, he suddenly heard a shout: "Wang Qi, are you bullying children!"

It was none other than the meditating old woman, who was not loud, but her voice was ringing in everyone's ears.

The man named Wang Qi suddenly came to his senses, changed his face, quickly turned around, slapped himself hard, and said with a smile: "I poured a few more cups of yellow soup today, I was confused, I forgot that Sanniang you are here today, and the little one will not dare next time." ”

After speaking, he made a gesture to Lin Xianjing and the others: "Few, forgive your sins, forgive your sins, you adults don't remember villains, Wang Qi is here to apologize." ”

Seeing him apologize, Lin Xian was shocked and didn't care about himself, and hugged his fists and said to the old woman: "Thank you Auntie for relieving the siege, I just want to find someone to lead the way to Qixia Temple in Taimu Mountain, I don't know if you are willing to take this job?"

That Wang Qi's drunkenness had already been frightened awake, and he said beside him: "Little brother, I see that you are new to the city, dispel this idea as soon as possible, Wan Sanye and Xie Sanniang, you dare to invite them to be guides? Moreover, this trip to Taimu Mountain, along the way, is a territory where the forces of Buddhism and Demon Cultivation are intertwined and intertwined, and our Violent Bear Mercenary Group is easily unwilling to go. Taking a step back, even if the two old men are willing, you can't afford to pay for it. ”

Listening to his voice, these two old men have a great reputation here.

The old woman Xie Sanniang sighed first, and then smiled: "Well, seeing that you are the same age as my child, we can accompany you on a trip." But the rules of this industry in the Divine Domain can't be broken, and the cost is really expensive, can you afford it?"

Lin Xian was surprised and asked the price, it was indeed extremely high, about the same as the cost of escorting a small cargo fleet.

He discussed with Hua Lanting for a few sentences, since this trip is risky, although Yun Yiqi and the cat demon and others are together, it will save trouble if it can save trouble, and it is good to have less trouble, so the right to be a guide and bodyguard are invited together, so he nodded and agreed.

After paying half of the deposit, Xie Sanniang asked them to meet at the door of the hall after breakfast tomorrow.

After dinner, everyone gathered to sit together before going to bed, and at this time, Yi Liunian, who was sent out to investigate Xie Sanniang and his wife, came back.

These two are really well-known figures.

Wan Sanye's name Wan Daigo, Xie Sanniang's maiden name Xie Sushu, the two were originally Xiuzhen swordsmen in the southern Lingnan area of Shuxuan Xianzhou, Wan Daigo's sword and swordsmanship are named "Jianke Sword", Xie Sushu's sword and swordsmanship are called "Extraordinary Sword", and the cultivation is near the extreme period of the reincarnation realm, because the magic is strong and the swordsmanship is exquisite, and people give it the nickname "Lingnan Double Sword".

The two of them originally lived and flew together, dominated one side, and had an only son in old age, very loved, and did not want to have a period of time when the couple retreated and refined a set of swordsmanship combining two swords, their son was careless after no one controlled him, and he came to Huayan Divine Domain to break through after listening to the words of his bad friend, and died in a melee between the three factions of demon cultivation.

After Wan Xie and his wife received the letter, they were white-headed overnight, and the two rushed to the Divine Domain to avenge their son in the starry night.

Their only son died in the melee, and it was impossible to say who did it, so the couple went on a killing spree, killing all the demon cultivators who survived that battle one by one with Dacheng's double cultivation combined sword technique.

The two of them lost their children when they were old, they were extremely sad, they had nothing to love, and they still couldn't relieve their hatred after killing all the surviving demon cultivators, so they stayed in the Huayan Divine Domain, looking for trouble with the three demon cultivators.

The power of the husband and wife after the combination of the two swords is extremely great, even if they are powerful in the Xuanzhu Realm, they can retreat with their whole body, and there are countless demon cultivators who have died under the "sword but sword" and "extraordinary sword", and the Lingnan double sword is called "Lingnan Double Evil" by the demon cultivator.

Waiting for the three factions of demon cultivation to be anxious, they intend to dispatch a number of Xuanzhu Realm powers to surround and kill, and even the famous houses of Yaochi Realm have to take action, and the two of them are experienced in stealth, and their traces are haunting, and they don't care about reputation, every time they hear the wind, they will take the initiative to avoid it, or flee to the depths of the Buddhist territory for a while, and when the wind passes, it will come out again, sometimes they join forces to assassinate the demon cultivators, and sometimes they will accept specific tasks from their employers as mercenaries, in short, they want to fight with the demon cultivators endlessly, and they will never die.

This time, Hua Lanting and they happened to meet the two of them here to rest, Xie Sanniang would not have been interested in leading the way, but the young disciples of Hua Lanting and Lin Xian were shocked reminded of their tragic death of their beloved son, if they were still alive, they would be so old, so they agreed to act as a guide with sadness.

There was no word that night, and the next day, the people of Vientiane Gate and Wan Xie and his wife went on the road together.

However, what no one expected was that the journey to Taimu Mountain was a bloody and difficult journey.

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