Chapter 94 Hidden Mission
It was dawn.
Zhang Yang jumped out of the small courtyard yesterday, and he had retrieved the long knife and the animal skin package.
This was not an easy night for him because he had been eavesdropping all night.
Of course, it wasn't that kind of corner, but he was collecting the pronunciation of the locals' vocabulary and the information revealed in their language.
Therefore, he changed twenty-eight corners overnight, and with the help of his A-supernatural soul strength, he basically mastered the local dialect and also figured out the background of this world.
This world is called Da Wei. Its culture is similar to that of ancient Eastern civilization. It has a centralized system, but it still has aristocratic families.
The Mirage Clan is confronting the Great Wei.
Zhang Yang didn’t know what the Mirage Clan was specifically, but it seemed that these Mirage Clan members were not aliens from outer space, but crawled out from the eastern sea and had been fighting with the Wei Dynasty for nearly a thousand years.
The Great Wei was at a disadvantage in this war because at least one-third of its territory was occupied by the Mirage Clan.
This long-lasting war also forced the royal family and upper class of Wei to not live a life of luxury and decadence, so over the past thousand years, Wei has produced many amazing talents. Eventually, they built a 3,000-mile Great Wall along the Tianliang Mountains, and relied on this Great Wall to fight fiercely with the Mirage Clan day and night.
The town where Zhang Yang is now is a military organization built based on the Tianliang Great Wall. It was originally a place for transporting military rations and military equipment, but after hundreds of years, it has become a small town. Many descendants of soldiers live here. Apart from being unsafe and living a suspicious and nervous life, there are no other disadvantages.
The last place Zhang Yang eavesdropped was the courtyard where he hid his weapons. He wanted to take the weapons away from here, but he ended up overhearing the conversation between the couple.
It was almost midnight at that time, but the couple had not yet gone to bed. Instead, they looked sad, sighed, and said some incomprehensible words.
If Zhang Yang had not already had some understanding of this world and this small town, he might have been completely lost in thought.
So, through the few words from the host and hostess, he judged the general outline of the matter.
First of all, the male owner is a grain transport merchant, not a wealthy grain merchant. Because of the pressure from the Mirage Clan, there are very few corrupt and incompetent people in the Wei Dynasty, from the emperor to the princes, from civil officials to military generals, and then to local officials, because the incompetent ones had died long ago. Those who were corrupt and committed injustice and resulted in the army's disadvantage in battle would have their entire nine clans exterminated. No, all nine clans would have to go to the Great Wall to fight the Mirage Clan with swords and guns.
Therefore, there was no collusion between officials and businessmen. The male owner, as a grain merchant, had obtained the right to transport military rations to the Great Wall defense line, fifteen ox carts per month, and the rest could be sold to other people.
Although this kind of business won't make you rich overnight, it will definitely be enough to support a comfortable family.
But yesterday a group of Mirage Clan demon soldiers somehow crossed the Great Wall defense line and massacred two villages nearby. Although the Demon Slaying Division stationed here attacked quickly, they still failed to wipe out all the Mirage Clan demon soldiers. This inevitably made people feel uneasy, especially since tomorrow is the day to transport military rations to the Great Wall defense line. How could the male host not be worried?
Finally, it was the mistress who persuaded the man to take some gold and silver tomorrow and go to the Demon Slaying Division to ask for a strong man to protect him. Although gold and silver are good, how can you enjoy them without your life? So the man obeyed her advice.
It was after hearing this that Zhang Yang made a decision. He wanted to pretend to be a strong man from the Demon-Slaying Division. Well, this idea was a bit bold. In this place with a tight organization, people were all vigilant, and the government was powerful, it was almost impossible to pretend to be an official.
But as the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy. After eavesdropping all night last night, Zhang Yang had a clear idea of what was going on.
First of all, this Tianliang town has two local power agencies, the civil and military. The civil one is the Anmin Division, which is of the ninth rank, and the military one is the Zhumo Division, which is also of the ninth rank.
As for the strong men, they are the black-armored soldiers that Zhang Yang saw yesterday. They are subordinates of the Demon Slaying Division. There are not many of them, only about dozens of them. Their daily task is to track down the Mirage Clan demon soldiers who sneak in, so their status here is very noble, and naturally they will not do jobs like guarding and patrolling.
Moreover, the Mirage Clan's demon soldiers have infiltrated in the past two days, and many demon-slaying warriors are out chasing them, so there are very few warriors in this small town.
As long as Zhang Yang puts on a set of black armor of the Demon Slayer, carries the Demon Slayer's exclusive long sword, and designs it a little bit, it shouldn't be a problem.
He had obtained four sets of armor before, but he kept one of them because it was very complete and fit his body shape, and melted the rest to temper the armor-piercing cones.
“Squeak!”
The gate of the courtyard opened, and the male owner, who had hardly slept all night, walked out haggardly. Because he had to transport military rations today, he naturally had to get up before dawn.
At this time, Zhang Yang, who was hiding in the corner of the street, followed him secretly.
Along the way, the male host encountered three waves of patrolling guards, which showed how strict the security here was. Duan Kuan and others were arrested as refugees from the north.
That's right. Due to the pressure of war, the Wei Dynasty implemented a very strict pass system. Therefore, any stranger with the wrong accent who could not produce a pass would be arrested. If he could not explain his identity within three days, he would be sent to the Death Squad on the Great Wall defense line. Only after killing 10 Mirage Clan demon soldiers would he be given a legal identity again.
We followed the man all the way to his grain store, where the shop assistants had already harnessed a cart full of grain, ready to set off.
"Almost."
Zhang Yang quickly put on the armor and helmet of the Demon Slayer in a hidden alley, and walked quickly from a street in the north. Sure enough, those servants, including the male host, bowed their heads and saluted from a distance, looking very fearful and respectful.
Zhang Yang ignored them and walked straight past them. When he heard those people breathing a sigh of relief, he suddenly stopped, as if he remembered something.
"Who is the shopkeeper?"
"Yes, I am Sun Wencai. What do you want me to do?"
The man held his breath in his throat and trotted over.
Zhang Yang glanced at him for a few times, which made him feel creepy. Then he took out a few pieces of silver and threw them over. "I have something important to do, so I need to requisition one of your ox carts."
"Ah?" Sun Wen was stunned, but he did not doubt it, because the government was honest and the pressure was huge. Although these demon-slaying warriors killed people without blinking an eye, they would not oppress the people without reason. It was certainly enough to requisition ox carts with a few pieces of silver.
As for what this demon-killing warrior was going to do by requisitioning ox carts, you must be kidding. You are just a commoner. Do you need to know? At this time, it depends on how flexible the merchant's mind is. Sun Wen hesitated twice and said cautiously: "Your Excellency, my shop specializes in transporting grain. Today is the day to transport grain and grass to the Great Wall defense line. I really don't have any extra ox carts."
"Are you going to transport military rations? In that case, of course the military rations will come first. I'll go find another ox cart." Zhang Yang seemed to be very worried, as if he had just discovered this. After all, it was only dawn at this moment, so it was normal for him to be a little slow.
"Wait a minute, sir. I dare to say that if you are on the same path as me, it would not be a problem for you to spare an ox cart." Sun Wencai said hurriedly. Zhang Yang could hear his heartbeat quickening. He was truly a qualified businessman who would not miss any favorable opportunity.
"I am going to the area near the Great Wall defense line, but this is inappropriate, or do you want to harm me? The transportation of military rations is a major issue related to the Great Wall defense line."
Zhang Yang was somewhat displeased.
"I dare not."
Sun Wencai suddenly stepped forward and quickly stuffed a small cloth bag into Zhang Yang's hand. Then he pretended nothing had happened and whispered, "Sir, this journey has been a bit uneasy. I hope you can help take care of it."
Zhang Yang hesitated, looked left and right, well, there was no one else on the street except these people, so he took the cloth bag, but still said with a righteous look on his face.
"This is inappropriate. I have a mission to accomplish. If people find out—"
"Don't worry, sir. I will take care of this matter." Sun Wencai understood the meaning of the song immediately.
Zhang Yang deliberately hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "In this case, I can only send you to the vicinity of the defense line. If you are stopped and questioned, remember what to say."
"No problem, sir. I am very familiar with the general manager over there, Lord Dou, and I will definitely not embarrass you." Sun Wencai was extremely excited. It was going so smoothly.
"Then, sir, shall we set out immediately?"
"Of course, I have important matters to attend to, so it is best for me to leave as soon as possible."
Soon, the convoy set off. The patrolling guards along the way did not stop them at all. Sun Wencai greeted them happily. Zhang Yang sat in the last cart and took a nap. They left Tianliang Town smoothly all the way and no one suspected anything.
Not long after leaving Tianliang Town, Zhang Yang saw information reflected in his eyes.
"Trigger the hidden mission, escort military rations, mission difficulty three stars."
"It means that there will be no clear main quests in the Extraordinary Trial, but all quests discovered are hidden quests."
"Basic mission reward: 5 gold (currency of this world, cannot be taken out of this world, but can be used to purchase supplies in this world)."
"Basic mission reward: 50 points of Wei reputation."
"Extra mission reward: legal identity."
"Mission Kill Reward: During this mission, every time you kill a Mirage Soldier, the basic reward will increase by 5%."
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"This mission reward is very interesting, but what does three-star difficulty mean? There won't be a demon soldier with strength comparable to a three-star hero, right? If that's the case—"
Zhang Yang thought about it and took out an armor-piercing spike from the animal skin package behind him.
He was in too much of a hurry in the valley yesterday, so the effect of quenching and casting was not very good. The quality was not even up to the level of a low-grade magical weapon, so he had to take advantage of now to continue nurturing and quenching it, and enchant it with a confinement spell, as the next battle was crucial.
(End of this chapter)
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