"Little brother, the seats here are all taken. I wonder if I can sit with you."
At this moment, a deep voice came from beside Jianchen. Hearing this, Jianchen raised his head slightly and saw a middle-aged man standing across the table with a smile on his face. His eyes were full of kindness.
The middle-aged man was about forty years old and wore a green robe. However, Jianchen's sharp eyes could see that the robe was made of coarse cloth and belonged to a very cheap type. The middle-aged man had short black hair that was about an inch long. His appearance was ordinary and belonged to the very ordinary type. However, the kindness in his eyes was not something that could be faked casually.
Jianchen smiled and nodded, saying, "Since the tables in the restaurant are all taken, and I don't need such a big seat, I should share it with everyone. Please take a seat!"
"If that's the case, then thank you very much, little brother." The middle-aged man laughed heartily and cupped his hands at Jianchen. Then, he did not stand on ceremony and directly pulled out a chair and sat down.
"Young man, give me a catty of white wine and a catty of high-quality horse meat!" As soon as he sat down, the middle-aged man opened his mouth and called out.
"Okay, please wait a moment!" The restaurant waiter answered from afar.
Jianchen's gaze stayed on the middle-aged man's face for a while. Then, he ignored him and ate his own food.
The middle-aged man looked at Jianchen again and laughed, "Little brother, how should I address you?"
"Jianchen!" Jianchen chewed the meat in big mouthfuls and said with a slightly muffled voice.
"Jianchen, hehe, that's a nice name." The middle-aged man looked up and down at Jianchen and then asked again, "Little brother Jianchen, you must also be a mercenary, right?"
Jianchen nodded, "That's right. Due to the limitations of my strength, I'm currently only a D-rank mercenary of the lowest level."
The level of a mercenary was related to their own strength and the success rate of completing missions. The lowest D-rank mercenaries were usually rookies who had just advanced to the Saint Realm. However, among the D-rank mercenaries, there were still some who did not have talent in cultivation and had not condensed a Holy Weapon. Although the middle-aged man opposite him showed a very kind attitude, Jianchen did not reveal his exact strength.
The middle-aged man smiled in an unconcerned manner, "Little brother, you don't seem to be more than twenty years old. To be able to condense a Holy Weapon and become a Saint at such a young age, your future is limitless." The middle-aged man spoke with sincerity. However, just when he reached there, the middle-aged man suddenly sighed and continued, "Back then, I only managed to condense a Holy Weapon when I was twenty-five years old and broke through to the Saint Realm. Little brother, you've actually reached the Saint Realm at the age of twenty. I think that in the near future, another talented Earth Saint Master will appear on the Tian Yuan Continent." When he mentioned the words' Earth Saint Master ', the middle-aged man's face was filled with yearning.
Jianchen could not help but look at the middle-aged man again. He had developed a rather good impression of the middle-aged man, but that was it.
Condensing a Holy Weapon at the age of twenty-five was indeed mediocre on the Tian Yuan Continent. People like that would basically end up at the level of Great Saint Master. If they did not come across any fortuitous encounters, they would probably never be able to break through to Earth Saint Master.
After all, there was an extremely difficult gap between Great Saint Master and Earth Saint Master. This gap was hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times more difficult than condensing a Holy Weapon to become a Saint. This was because breaking through from Great Saint Master to Earth Saint Master could lead to eternal damnation if one did not pay attention. In the best case scenario, one would be heavily injured and lose all their cultivation, becoming a cripple for the rest of their lives. In the worst case scenario, one would directly die.
The gap between Great Saint Master and Earth Saint Master was one of life and death. On the Tian Yuan Continent, there were many people with mediocre talent who would stop at Great Saint Master for the rest of their lives. It was impossible for them to break through to Earth Saint Master, and there were many people who died at this step.
There was only a one percent chance of breaking through to Earth Saint Master from Great Saint Master.
Jianchen understood this extremely well. This was because he had read about it both in the library of the academy and in the library of the Changyang Prefecture.
"Brother, you probably haven't joined the mercenary group yet, right?" The middle-aged man smiled at Jianchen.
Jianchen's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. He had already guessed what the middle-aged man was going to do next, but he still nodded, "That's right!"
"Little brother, why don't you join our Flame Mercenaries? Although our Flame Mercenaries is a small, mediocre mercenary group, the people inside are extremely kind." A sliver of anticipation appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes.
Previously, he had never thought of joining any mercenary group. In his opinion, no matter which mercenary group he joined, it would only be a burden to him. Not only would it limit his ability to display his abilities, it would also be a great hindrance to his growth. After all, if he wanted to increase his strength quickly, the only way was to absorb the energy within the Monster Cores. And the amount of Monster Cores required was an extremely large number. If he entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone to hunt Magical Beasts, then all the harvests would naturally belong to him. That way, he could barely keep up with the rate at which he consumed the Monster Cores.
But if he were to join a mercenary group, although it would be easier for him to hunt magical beasts, the distribution of monster cores would become a problem. It could be said that if Jian Chen were to join a mercenary group, unless he were to act alone, the distribution of monster cores would not be as good as if he were to hunt magical beasts alone.
Seeing Jianchen fall into thought, the middle-aged man did not give up at all. He continued, "Brother Jianchen, our Flame Mercenary Group is only a small mercenary group, so we don't have any restrictions on our members. We're not like those large mercenary groups where the various rules and regulations are enough to give people a headache. If you join our mercenary group, it'll be easier and easier for everyone to earn money. After all, you should know that hunting magical beasts is an extremely profitable business, and monster cores can be sold for quite a good price. At the same time, cultivating Saint Force is also essential. Even the corpses of magical beasts are purchased at high prices by the various restaurants."
"As the saying goes, there's strength in numbers. Once we have more people, even if it's a high rank Magical Beast, we can still kill it. Just think about it, once we successfully kill a high rank Magical Beast, I'm sure you know how much profit there is." Reaching there, the middle-aged man paused and stared at Jianchen before continuing, "If you're alone, you might be able to deal with a few low class magical beasts, but they won't be able to be sold for much money. In the end, you'll have to expend a lot of effort to kill them. Perhaps the money you'll get from selling them won't even be enough to pay for your treatment. Moreover, we can't rule out the possibility of powerful magical beasts or groups of magical beasts attacking you. Do you think you can deal with the pursuit of several or even several dozen magical beasts? That's impossible. In the end, you'll just lose your life for nothing."
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