Volume 2 Earthly Chapter 8 The Killer
"It's a pity you came a little early!"
As soon as the man's words fell, his right hand took out an arrow feather from the quiver behind his back, and took the arrow and bent the bow in one go, and the arrow feather shining with cold light was sent out directly from the bow and shot towards Qingbai.
Without drawing his sword, Qingbai used the scabbard to block it at will, and the arrow feather deviated from its original trajectory and then fell to the ground.
Obviously, the man seemed to have misunderstood Qingbai's intention.
Unfortunately, before Qingbai could speak, the man had already retreated back into the room.
Then he hid in the dark.
"I'm not here to kill you, you're mistaken. ”
Qingbai shouted into the room.
It's a pity that in exchange for a sneer.
"Come in if you want to kill me, why use these clowns. ”
The man's voice came from the room.
"Why don't you understand people's words, I just want to ask where all the people here have gone, I have no enmity with you, why did I kill you?"
"Or if you tell me where there are human gatherings, I'll leave at once. ”
Qingbai still patiently explained.
Although the other party was scolding himself, and with the strength of the other party, he could kill him in seconds, but this was the only living person he met, listening to the other party's words, it seemed that someone wanted to kill him.
That is to say, there should be someone else in this world, but not here.
And he can only get clues about where the rest of the world is from this man's mouth.
Of course, Qingbai also thought about whether this person could be a guardian lineage, but as soon as this idea appeared, it was stifled by Qingbai, and the strength of the guardian lineage should not be so weak.
The weak can only be regarded as a relatively robust ordinary person. Not even a person who has just cultivated to the realm of fine dust.
"Really?"
The man reappeared at the door and asked with a suspicious look at Qingbai.
"Really!"
Qingbai nodded vigorously and said.
Relieved, fortunately the man was not as difficult as he imagined, and he believed it so easily.
"Well, what do you want to know?"
The man put the arch on his back, and walked towards Qingbai with his big hips.
"I wonder where the Terrans gather?"
Qingbai asked bluntly.
"Oh, what's this? ”
The man said with a smile as he walked towards Qingbai.
"By the way, with the strength with which you picked up the door panel just now and the speed at which you caught my arrow, do you know what would happen if you found me a few years later?"
The man said as he walked.
"What do you mean?"
Glancing at the man's right arm. The man's palms are blocked inside by loose sleeves.
"If you arrive a few years late, with your current strength, I may not be your opponent at that time. ”
"But now that you find me, that's the result. ”
"You're going to die!"
When the man finished speaking, he was only two steps away from Qingbai, and as soon as the words fell, the man suddenly rushed towards Qingbai.
The right hand, which had been hidden in the sleeve, was also revealed, holding a sharp dagger in his hand.
The dagger flashed with cold light, and the moment it got close to Qingbai, it slashed directly towards Qingbai's neck.
Qingbai was not surprised by the man's movements.
No matter how little Qingbai's actual combat experience is, the reaction speed and perception ability of cultivators far beyond ordinary people are not comparable to ordinary people like the other party.
At the moment when the dagger was about to touch Qingbai's neck, when the man thought that he could succeed with one blow, his eyes were already filled with joy.
Suddenly, in the man's eyes, Qingbai grabbed his right arm at a speed he couldn't imagine, kicked it out, and then twisted it with his backhand.
When the dust settled, the man knelt on the ground, while Qingbai looked at each other condescendingly.
A drop of sweat ran down the man's cheek, and there was a fine layer of sweat on the man's forehead.
"Gollum. ”
The man looked at Qingbai in shock, and even swallowed his saliva very carefully, for fear of touching the dagger on his neck.
The man knelt on the ground, and the dagger that was originally used to attack Qingbai was still in his hand, but Qingbai grabbed his arm and put the dagger around his neck.
The dagger left a red mark on his neck just by touching his skin, and a stream of blood ran down his neck.
"Do you have to force me to do it?"
Lowering his head to meet the man's eyes, Qingbai looked at the other party and asked.
The man didn't reply, in fact, the man didn't know what to do now, from the two hits of the innocent arrow and the door board before, he felt that Qingbai might not be weak, but it should not be his opponent.
But when he really started with Qingbai, the power that burst out from Qingbai made him feel caught off guard.
"Tell me where the Terran gathering place is, and I will spare you from dying. ”
Qingbai deliberately made a fierce image, and the palm holding the man's arm was slightly forced, and the blood marks on the man's neck were a little more obvious.
"Are you talking about the city?"
The man's voice trembled, he didn't dare to make too much noise, and the dagger around his neck made him speak carefully.
"The city? Yes, it's the city. ”
Hearing the name of the city, Qingbai was still flustered for a while, and after thinking for a while, he remembered that Qingchangshan seemed to have told him that the gathering place of the human race seems to have several forms of cities, towns, villages, and tribes.
"From here, about fifteen miles to the south, there is a castle called the platform. ”
The man said, pointing in one direction.
"Are you sure there's a city in that direction?"
Qinginn didn't believe the man's words, and asked again to confirm.
"Really, that's where I came from. ”
The man said with a sad face.
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On the country road that has been abandoned for I don't know how long it has been, Qingbai grabbed a stick in his hand and waved the weeds on the side of the road at will. The black grains follow unhurriedly when they are white.
Qingbai's original intention was to bring the man with him, and even if the man didn't agree, he would forcibly tie him up.
It's a pity that after the man begged bitterly, Qingbai still decided to let the man go.
From the man's statement, Qingbai knew that the man was a lone killer, occasionally receiving small orders, and living a business of taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others.
The reason why he stayed alone in that village was because the last order he received was to kill the concubine of a rich merchant for the wife of a rich merchant, and after killing the concubine of the rich merchant, he was wanted by the government, so he stayed in that village alone.
The people in the village all moved out of the village a few years ago for some reason, and because of some rumors, no one has come around the village.
That's why he thought of hiding in this village for a while, and when the turmoil passed, he could go somewhere else and change his name.
So now he must not go back to the city.
When Qingbai left, he also told Qingbai not to tell others the news of his stay here.
And the reason why he regarded Qingbai as the person who came to kill him at the beginning was because he regarded Qingbai as a bounty hunter.
There are two kinds of killers, one is him, who takes people's money and helps people, he only kills people and takes money.
And the other is the bounty hunter, who receives a bounty from the government by killing these killers.
Although the bounty is not much, and compared to them killing ordinary people, the other party wants to kill them, and there is a possibility of being counter-killed, but bounty hunters can live openly among ordinary people.
They have a dedicated management organization: the Bounty Guild. Everyone who joins the Bounty Guild and becomes a bounty hunter's killer, and their family members are also protected by the Bounty Guild.
And the reason why I didn't join the Bounty Guild was because as a killer, I could do the easiest job and get the most generous pay.
Killers like him are waiting to make enough money to wash their hands and be an ordinary person.
Hearing that the other party was a killer, Qingbai originally wanted to kill him directly to eliminate the harm for the people, but thinking about it, the other party had no grievances with him, and there was no need to kill him.
What's more, there is more than one killer, he has just arrived in this world, so he can't go to trouble the killer all day long.
After leaving the village, Qingbai walked alone in the direction pointed by the man with the black grains that suddenly became stupid.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, a man and a beast finally came to the gate of a city in the midst of fighting with each other.
Even though it was nearly evening, there was still a long queue at the city gate.
However, at this time, most of the people who enter the city are some hawkers carrying things, and they go to some small villages to do some business during the day, and they can take advantage of the night market to make a small profit in the city at night.
Of course, there are many people who go out of the city, and most of the people who go out of the city are some farmers who make a living from farming, carrying grain to the city during the day to sell, buying these daily necessities by the way, and returning home before dark.
The hotel in the city is not something that ordinary peasant families can afford to live in, and the cost of a night in a random room is worth a month's hard work.
"It's your turn!"
At the gate of the city, soldiers in brown armor shouted at Qingbai.
Before you know it, Qingbai has already lined up at the front of the line.
"Hey, let you go?
Qingbai was just about to go to the city when he was forcibly pulled back by the guards.
"What's that?"
Qingbai asked with some displeasure.
I had been on the road for most of the day, but I didn't expect to be stopped when I entered the city.
"Tolls. ”
The guard said impatiently.
"I don't have a household, only this. ”
Hearing the guard's words, Qingbai remembered what the killer had reminded him.
When you enter the city, you need to prepare a toll.
"I don't know why you don't even know the city, but in our business, it's better to know that there are some things that you don't know. ”
"When you enter the city, you need tolls, money, and households. ”
"Listening to your tone, you shouldn't have a household, the general toll needs five copper plates, as long as you don't meet those rigid ones, you can pass with a little more money. ”
He took out a silver coin from the money bag around his waist, which Qingbai took out of Qinglong's wrist in advance just in case.
"Yo. ”
The guard glanced at Qingbai in surprise, and hurriedly took the silver coin from Qingbai's hand.
"Yes, let's go in, go in and turn right is the place to handle the household, and if you lose it, you will go to make up for it." ”
Putting it in his mouth and biting hard, the guard smiled and took the silver coin into his arms.
Qingbai also reminded him when he left.
"Phew, I'm finally at the gathering place of the Terrans. ”
Qingbai looked at the crowded streets and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Next, it's time to look for clues about the Guardians. ”
"Dad, mother, Cui Yue, I will definitely reunite with you as soon as possible, and you must also find the guardian lineage quickly!"
Qingbai shouted in his heart.
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