At noon 3 days later, on the avenue leading to Dragon Emperor City in South Wilderness, a fleet of vehicles was moving forward while the horses were roaring. There were many boxes or bags of goods on the big carriages being pulled by four horses side by side.
After counting carefully, there were 20-30 such big carriages. The carriages were guarded by over 100 mercenaries who were holding weapons in their hands with dumbfounded looks.
On both sides of the avenue were dense primitive woods. Some fierce beasts might jump out of the woods at any time. Therefore, these mercenaries dared not be careless.
There was a carriage in the middle of the fleet. Its window was covered with a cloth curtain. Nobody could see clearly who was sitting inside. That person inside was also very mysterious. Even when the fleet stopped for a rest and lunch, that person didn't get out of the carriage.
What made those mercenaries confused was that this Boss Zheng, a salt merchant from Central Plains, treated the person inside the carriage very respectfully. He always came back from the front of the fleet to greet the person inside the carriage.
The leader of this group of mercenaries was a man with a full beard and a short stature. He was lean and strong, and wherever his skin could be seen, his muscles were like coiling dragons, full of power.
This bearded man was clearing the way in front of the fleet with Boss Zheng, a salt merchant from Central Plains. With a pitch-black huge ax on his shoulder, the bearded man was humming a folk song, which made him look majestic.
"Hehheh! Boss Zheng, what's the background of that person in the carriage behind us? "The bearded man smirked as he asked a slightly fat middle-aged man in brocade clothes who was riding a tall horse on his side.
"I can't tell you; I can't tell you!" Boss Zheng said mysteriously with a smile.
"Boss Zheng, we're old friends. Your goods have been escorted by this Old Hu and a bunch of brothers over these years. As we're familiar with each other, please tell me something!" The bearded mercenary leader Old Hu's curiosity was aroused by Boss Zheng.
This bearded man was the head of a mercenary organization among numerous mercenaries who were active between Bluestone Town and Dragon Emperor City. There were many such mercenary organizations in Bluestone Town. This bearded man was a bit famous in the circle of mercenaries.
Merchants traveling from south to north, unless they were strong and had a large number of specially trained guards, they would have to hire mercenaries to protect their goods. However, the price of hiring a group of mercenaries was not low.
This trade route in the Southern Wasteland was not peaceful at all. No merchant dared to walk in the Southern Wasteland without hiring mercenaries. Without the protection of mercenaries, not only would their goods be robbed by bandits, even their lives would be threatened.
In the Southern Wasteland, killing people and robbing them was a common occurrence.
Spending some money to hire dozens of mercenaries to protect the safety of the goods and people was still very worthwhile.
"Hehe! This person is my benefactor, he saved my life. "Boss Zheng laughed.
When the bearded man heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened!? Could it be that Brother Zheng encountered those robbers who killed and robbed people? "
"Yes! We didn't encounter bandits, but a herd of beasts, and it was a large group of bloodthirsty wolves, "said Boss Zheng.
"Bloodthirsty Wolf Pack?" The bearded man couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. The bearded man had traveled between Bluestone Town and Dragon Emperor City for many times. Of course, he knew the power of fierce wolves. They were a group of ferocious beasts that ate humans without spitting out their bones!
"Did that man save you from the wolf pack?" The bearded man asked in disbelief as he widely opened his eyes.
"En!" Boss Zheng nodded and couldn't help but think of an evening two days ago.
At that time, when his convoy was less than 50 miles away from Bluestone Town, they encountered a pack of bloodthirsty wolves that suddenly rushed out of the dense woods. Over 100 fierce wolves as large as calves were enough to tear them apart and devour them. Even their bones might not be left.
When they were in a hopeless situation, a man appeared. This man showed his great battle strength and easily killed the bloodthirsty wolf king among the wolves, scaring them away.
Therefore, Boss Zheng went forward to express his gratitude. After a short talk, Boss Zheng knew that this youth was also heading for Dragon Emperor City. Therefore, he enthusiastically invited this youth in white clothes to go with them so that they could take care of each other on the way.
Of course, this Central Plains salt merchant, Boss Zheng, also had his own selfish motives. This young man could kill the Wolf King among the wolves as easily as taking something out of his pocket. With this young man in the convoy, he did not have to be so worried.
After thinking about it for a short while, the youth agreed. However, he put forward a condition to Boss Zheng — — he didn't want to see anyone else except Boss Zheng.
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem There was a courier station 60 miles away from Bluestone Town. Boss Zheng and Big Beard arranged to meet there. From the courier station to Dragon Emperor City, Boss Zheng's fleet would be escorted by Big Beard and over 100 mercenaries.
In the mercenary industry, they ate on the edge of a knife and lived a life where there would be no tomorrow. However, the treatment was generous. Even if they were to die a heroic death, their families would receive a large pension and they would not have to worry about food or clothing for the rest of their lives.
Therefore, although this industry was full of dangers, many people joined mercenary teams.
"I see." After hearing Boss Zheng's explanation, the bearded man didn't ask him about that person in the carriage anymore. After all, the bearded man knew some taboos in the mercenary industry.
He would never ask about things that he shouldn't know. Even if he knew, he would pretend to be deaf and dumb. Curiosity was not a good habit. It was often fatal.
While the bearded man and Boss Zheng were talking in the front, they didn't know that their words had been heard by the youth in the carriage behind them.
The carriage that the young man was in was at least a hundred feet away from Big Beard and the others who were clearing the path ahead. However, with the young man's cultivation base, any movement within a hundred feet would not be able to escape his eyes and ears. Even if an embroidery needle fell to the ground, he would be able to hear it clearly.
"Humph! This guy surnamed Zheng is smart. He didn't expose my look. " A youth was sitting in the carriage with legs crossed. A small cyan snake was coiling on his right hand.
Two tiny teeth holes could be vaguely seen on the middle finger of the youth's right hand. The carriage seemed to be filled with a faint fragrance of plants.
The youth's eyes were like cold stars, his face was like a knife, and his black hair casually draped over his shoulders. Who else could it be but Gu Fei?
"You little guy, you actually swallowed a beast crystal. That's really surprising," Gu Fei said with a faint smile as he gently played with the Xiaoqing snake on his hand.
It turned out that when this little azure snake had entered Gu Fei's Magic Treasure Pouch that day, it had actually gone for the beast crystal within the Magic Treasure Pouch and swallowed the jade green beast crystal that was the size of a finger.
The jade green beast crystal that looked like a pearl was something Gu Fei had obtained from the Three-eyed Divine Mink that he had met by chance. However, it had now been swallowed by the Xiaoqing snake.
After swallowing the beast crystal, the Xiaoqing snake's abdomen bulged. That beast crystal was not that easy to refine. After swallowing the beast crystal, the Xiaoqing snake became listless.
Only when Gu Fei used his power to expel the poison did the Xiaoqing snake slowly crawl out of the magic treasure pouch and suck the poison in Gu Fei's body.
Two days ago, when Gu Fei came out of the primitive forest, he met Boss Zheng and his group who were surrounded by wolves. So he killed the wolf king, scared off the wolf pack, and saved Boss Zheng and his group.
He didn't like to deal with people, so he wanted to leave. However, when he talked with Boss Zheng, he found out that Boss Zheng was a salt merchant in the Central Plains. He was preparing to transport ten carts of salt to the Southern Wasteland to sell.
The Southern Wasteland didn't produce salt, so it was rare in the Southern Wasteland. Boss Zheng transported the salt to the Southern Wasteland in exchange for its rare products, and then transported it back to the Central Plains to earn the difference in price.
Back and forth, Boss Zheng could net tens of thousands of gold with each trip. However, his strength was limited. He couldn't sell salt to the Southern Wasteland on a large scale.
For big organizations like Haotian Business Group and Rising Sun Trading Company, they could make more than tens of thousands of gold coins by traveling between the Central Plains and the Southern Wasteland. Boss Zheng's tens of thousands of gold coins couldn't even match the fraction of those organizations.
This was the advantage of big business groups and big trading companies. With great wealth and power, they could always do big business. They could dispatch hundreds or even thousands of people. Additionally, they had their own guards. They didn't need to hire mercenaries at all.
Boss Zheng invited them. Therefore, Gu Fei agreed to go to the Dragon Emperor City in the Southern Wasteland with Boss Zheng and his group.
"Hmm! In a couple of days, the remaining poison in my body would be completely removed. Wait for me, those three guys. I will definitely take revenge for them! " When Gu Fei thought about how he was almost poisoned by Chu Tian and those two mysterious young men and lost his life, he found it difficult to restrain the rage in his chest.
These three people had already been on his must-kill list. Of course, he didn't know that Chu Tian was just used as a spear by others.
Beitang Ao and Dongfang Long secretly tampered with the liquor that Gu Fei drank. Chu Tian didn't know this. Moreover, Chu Tian didn't know these two people either.
However, even if Chu Tian knew that it was done by these two people, he didn't dare to denounce them. After all, the forces behind these two people were not small.
The abdomen of that Xiaoqing Snake was still bulging. That beast crystal had not been completely refined. After sucking the poisonous blood, the green snake lazily crawled back into the magic treasure pouch on Gu Fei's waist.
This little guy didn't seem to be shy with strangers and wasn't afraid of Gu Fei. This Xiaoqing Snake stayed with Gu Fei for the time being because there were two items in Gu Fei's magic treasure pouch that attracted this little guy.
An egg-sized yellow beast crystal and a pitch-black bead. The bead was more advanced than the beast crystal. It was a beast core. Only demonic beasts could form beast cores inside their bodies.
That bead was the inner beast core of that immature black water serpent that Gu Fei got from the mysterious cave at the bottom of the Icy Green Pool.
At this time, the speed of the caravan suddenly slowed down, and a clamor came from the front. Gu Fei peered through the curtain and saw a large group of people with flags fluttering in the wind a few dozen meters ahead.
"Rising Sun Trading Company, Chu?" Gu Fei vaguely saw the following words on the flags. At the sight of these words, Gu Fei's pupils instantly contracted.
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