Thinking of this, Scarface became even more arrogant, his lewd gaze sweeping over Chu Hongluan from head to toe before turning to Liu Jinghong: "Kid! You've hit the jackpot today! You want to bring your girl into the wilderness, right? How about this, you let her sleep with us for one night, and we'll give you a spot!"
Liu Jinghong laughed angrily: "Oh? You have a spot?"
Scarface, thinking Liu Jinghong was interested, immediately revealed a smug look: "Of course! As long as you know what's good for you, I'll keep my word! Anyway, once we're in the Wilderness, if you die, your girl will just be ruined anyway, so we might as well let the brothers have a taste first!"
After he finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter.
Liu Jinghong looked at Chu Hongluan, who smiled slightly and said, "Do as you wish."
"Oh my! See that? This young lady has such good taste! She's really attractive..."
Scarface was still spouting nonsense when, in the next instant, the jade bone fan was already at his face!
Clang—click-click—
Scarface suddenly shone with golden light, forming a barrier that collided with the jade bone fan. After a crisp sound, there was a shattering sound.
The golden light dimmed instantly, and the jade fan flew back to Liu Jinghong's hand.
"Oh? You even have a protective magic artifact. Is this what gives you the right to talk back to me?"
Scarface stiffly raised his head.
His protective magic artifact was something he had painstakingly acquired at the cost of half his fortune; it could withstand a full-force attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator…
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." Scarface immediately suppressed his arrogance and stood up with his gang of brothers behind him. "It was my fault for not recognizing your talent! You want a spot, right? I'll arrange for one to be made available right away! Right now!"
Liu Jinghong gently waved her jade-bone fan, a calm smile on her face, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
"Too bad, too late. Now I think murder and robbery are even more exciting. Somewhat."
Before he finished speaking, he had already transformed into a blur and attacked, the jade bone fan swirling in his palm, splattering blood and flesh everywhere.
Chu Hongluan shook her head helplessly, then instructed the manager: "When a spot becomes available later, let the two of us fill in."
"That's how the rules should be."
This is Chaos City, a city that reveres plunder.
In less than half an incense stick's time, the eight burly men had been reduced to pieces of flesh and corpses, barely enough for them to build with in the underworld.
The manager was clearly very experienced in handling such matters, using a complete cleaning spell and body-dissolving water to wipe away all traces of the murder scene in no time.
"Congratulations on successfully accepting the mission. Please arrive at the entrance to the Wilderness at Chenshi (7-9 AM) tomorrow to meet up with your companions."
"no problem."
Chu Hongluan replied with a smile.
...
The next day, Chu Hongluan and her companion arrived at the entrance to the wilderness just in time.
All eyes turned to them, some with amazement, some with apprehension, some with contempt, and some with ill intentions.
The scene was divided into five teams, each led by a masked man at the Nascent Soul stage. Two of the team leaders were surrounded by wisps of demonic energy, not the kind that one might acquire from close contact with demons, but rather an inner, emanating demonic aura.
Strange, he's neither a demonic cultivator nor a demon, so why...?
Chu Hongluan's doubts immediately arose.
As they observed and sized up the masked men, the masked men were also observing and sizing them up.
At first glance, Liu Jinghong's Nascent Soul stage caught their attention, but when they saw Chu Hongluan, their eyes turned contemptuous, and they no longer looked at Liu Jinghong with the same enthusiasm.
How much must he be blinded by lust to be inseparable from women during missions? Bringing in a mere mortal concubine who relies on her looks would only be a hindrance, a waste of his high cultivation level.
A masked man walked over and gestured for Liu Jinghong to return to his team, but pointed at Chu Hongluan and said coldly, "You, go to that team."
Separate these two first. If this woman dies, let her die on the same side. Don't let her disrupt my performance during this crucial period of distraction.
Chu Hongluan blinked. Was she being targeted again?
She didn't argue, but walked straight to the end of the line next to her, and Liu Jinghong silently followed.
"Wait! I didn't call you over!"
The pressure around Liu Jinghong suddenly dropped, and her fingers gripped the jade fan tightly.
"Fifth Brother! Come back!"
An elderly masked man standing at the very front of the group shouted sternly.
"senior?"
"Come back! Don't make me say it twice!"
The masked man, called Fifth Brother, glared at Chu Hongluan and reluctantly went back.
Chu Hongluan wasn't angry; she simply cupped her hands in a respectful gesture towards the masked old man from afar.
The masked old man nodded slightly in response.
Suddenly, all the cultivators present were filled with surprise and doubt.
What is so special about this mortal woman whose cultivation level is completely imperceptible? Why does she deserve such special treatment from a powerful cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending stage?
Their arrogance and prejudice made them forget—
When they looked at the old man in the Tribulation Transcending stage, they couldn't see any cultivation level at all.
After the farce, all five teams counted their members and confirmed that no one was absent. Then, the masked old man began to open the entrance to the secret realm.
A middle-aged man stood beside him, his face also covered by a mask.
Although they were both at the Tribulation Transcending Realm, their cultivation levels were extremely unstable, as if they had been forcibly elevated through some means. The demonic energy emanating from their bodies was even more menacing, several times stronger than that of the other squad leaders.
The middle-aged man, with his hands behind his back, lowered his head slightly and spoke quietly with the old man for a while before entering to give his speech: "Ladies and gentlemen, let me say a few words."
"First of all, the group will consist of my mercenary guild leader and five squad leaders, who will lead their cultivation into the wilderness."
“Although there is only one entrance and exit to the Wilderness, we may not all end up in the same place. Therefore, we have prepared a map for each of you. The map will guide us and help us meet up in the eastern part of the Wilderness.”
"Secondly, there are five different treasure hunt lists here, which will be distributed to the teams. After you assemble, please go to the designated area under the leadership of your team leader. For each treasure found and handed in, you will receive three thousand high-grade spirit stones, with no upper limit!"
The crowd erupted in cheers.
Chu Hongluan observed calmly, and in just a few words, she had already formed some guesses about the identity of this mercenary guild leader.
When the two people in the inn were discussing this, they said that the Mercenary Guild was backed by one of the nine major sects, which was certainly reasonable and well-founded.
Isn't the leader of the mercenary guild the same as the sect leader of some sect?
First, exclude the Wu tribe.
Because she killed the only one in the witch clan who was about to undergo tribulation.
Secondly, the Sword Sect can be excluded.
The Sword Sect only has a handful of members, and all the elders have undergone tribulation.
Tianji Pavilion, ruled out.
We recognize our own people.
The Ten Thousand Buddhas School is excluded.
Because they all have hair.
Jade Maiden Sect, excluded.
The beautiful women have no men.
The Hehuan sect is excluded.
The cultivators of the Hehuan Sect have nothing but lewd thoughts in their minds; they would never waste their time on scheming and plotting.
Penglai, excluded.
The master of Penglai Island is Yue Zheng Chang'an, and Chu Hongluan is not unfamiliar with him.
That leaves only the Sword Pavilion and the Beast Taming Sect.
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