Huangshi City is an ordinary city under the jurisdiction of the main city of Zhongzhou, but it is surrounded by barren mountains, with inconvenient transportation and lack of resources. Compared with Tiannan City, Huangshi City looks very poor.
The family power is small, the business contacts are small, the population is small, and the monks are few.
This is the first impression of Yellowstone City.
After Chutian came to Huangshi City, he couldn't understand why there were so many tyrannical bandits in such a closed and poor city
Chu Tian was dressed as a traveler, with a plain gray robe, a tattered bamboo hat, and an ancient sword hidden in an ordinary wooden scabbard on his back. He appeared again as "Lu Ren" in disguise.
Chu Tian partially modified the image, adding some beard stubble, and made the skin rough and black and yellow, making him look a bit older, like a twenty-four or five-year-old youth wandering around.
"Where does the investigation begin?"
At this time, the little white fox sticks out its furry head from the clothes, sweeps its bright eyes around, and stretches out its little paws to point in a certain direction.
A few soldiers pasted a large official document on the dilapidated bulletin wall, and many city residents surrounded it curiously.
An officer announced loudly.
"latest news!"
"latest news!"
"The city lord's mansion has released a red-level high-risk mission, urgently calling for the soul-awakening expert! The bonus is 300,000 gold coins!"
The officer spoke.
The townspeople all exclaimed.
A task of 300,000 gold coins
Don't say that Yellowstone City's economy is not well developed, even in Tiannan City, 300,000 gold coins is not a small amount. The city lord's mansion of Yellowstone City is so generous, this task must be no small task!
"A gang of thieves appeared in Heifeng Village. They recently robbed large caravans. Several elite reconnaissance troops were sent there, but none of them came back alive! The city lord finally couldn't stand it anymore and started recruiting soul awakening masters?"
"This pen is too big!"
"Can't it be big? Those gangsters plundered amazingly valuable resources. As long as the city lord knocks down the Black Wind Village, he will make a fortune! Weapons, skills, wealth, everything!"
"Yellowstone City is poor and small, and there are not many Soul Awakening cultivators. Who would be willing to participate in such an action?"
"Not necessarily, there must be a brave man under the reward!"
"..."
The townspeople were still discussing before the official document.
Chu Tian came directly to the City Lord's Mansion and signed up for the mission as a casual cultivator in the Soul Awakening Realm.
Yan Wuyang, the lord of Huangshi City, is an old man who looks about fifty years old. His actual age is said to be sixty or seventy. He is stooped and gray-haired. He holds a long staff and sits in a deserted, dusty hall.
Old and ugly and short in stature.
This is also the lord of the city, Huangshi City is obviously not good!
Yan Wuyang coughed twice, and interrupted Chu Tian with a hoarse voice: "What's your name?"
Chu Tian clasped his fists and said, "My name is Lu Ren, I'm a casual cultivator of the first level of Soul Awakening, and I came here specially to participate in the city lord's bandit suppression operation!"
Yan Wuyang squinted his small eyes and stared at Chutian, wanting to see through Chutian, "The loose cultivators in the Soul Awakening Realm are all well-known, why haven't I heard of your name?"
Chu Tian replied: "There are more than a dozen cities under the rule of Zhongzhou. It is impossible for the city owner to know all of them. I am not famous. It is normal for the city owner not to have heard of them."
Yan Wuyang said coldly: "This set of rhetoric can't convince the owner of the city. This operation is very important. If you don't have a clear background, how can you be allowed to participate casually. Who knows if you are sent by the villains of Heifengzhai?" Your undercover agent is sharp!"
"I practiced deep in the mountains since I was young, and I seldom walk around in the world. I just woke up recently, so I went out to practice and parade." Chu Tian took out a document token, "I was in Tiannan City for a while. The seal of the government is the proof!"
Of course, this identity was forged by Nangong Yi to help Chu Tian.
Yan Wuyang glanced over a few times, and his face immediately softened a bit: "You have been a guest of Nangong City Lord, what is your relationship with Nangong City Lord?"
"When I was Nangong City Master's disciple, I only had the strength of the ninth level of body training and didn't get much attention, so I never spoke to Nangong City Master."
"Who did you study under? Do you have any relatives or friends?"
What does dead old man mean
Is it endless to ask
"My teacher has passed away, I like to be alone, I don't have any close relatives and friends."
"Okay! You passed!"
Yan Wuyang clapped his hands lightly.
A maid came out with a plate, and there was a pile of golden gold coin cards on the plate: "This is 150,000 gold coins, which can be regarded as an advance payment, and the other half will be paid after the operation is over. In addition, there are many rewards.”
Chu Tian didn't pay attention to the hundreds of thousands of gold coins. All he cared about was the supplies of the Miracle Chamber of Commerce: "I don't know when we can start to act?"
"Let's act tonight. Besides you, we have already recruited many soul-awakening monks. Let's get to know each other."
Chu Tian met with other soul awakening masters.
Yan Wuyang is not simple.
Huangshi City is so poor, but forced to recruit more than a dozen Soul Awakening monks, most of them, like Chu Tian, have just broken through to the Soul Awakening Realm, and their strength is not too strong.
There are four people with the highest strength: Yan Jun, Lin Mu, Fang Han, and Huang Haohan.
Yan Jun is of the same family as the city lord, the general who founded Huangshi City, and currently has the second level of soul awakening. The other three are said to be the co-founders of a cutting-edge mercenary group in Zhongzhou. The mercenary group has just been established and is in need of money. The reward for this mission is very high, so they came all the way to participate.
Chu Tian looked at the three young mercenaries.
They are all under thirty years old, and they can be regarded as young and promising talents.
Lin Mu and Fang Han are at the second level of soul awakening, Huang Haohann is slightly inferior, and he is also at the peak of the first level of soul awakening.
As for the other bits and pieces of Soul Awakened cultivators, their identities were the same as Chu Tian's, they were scattered cultivators from all over the place, and Chu Tian stood among them, with ordinary appearance and average cultivation level, not attracting attention at all.
The whole soul awakening lineup!
It can't be said that it is not powerful!
But it reflects from the side that the robber is by no means simple!
Yan Wuyang sat on the throne of the city lord, and solemnly said to Yan Jun: "I want you to lead everyone to infiltrate behind the enemy first, disturb the Heifeng stronghold, and if the situation permits, it is best to kill the bandit leader. As long as you take action , the city lord led his troops to respond, and once the bandit leader was killed, the army immediately launched an attack."
Yan Jun cupped his hands and said, "The last general takes orders!"
Everyone got a confidential intelligence scroll, which recorded in detail the local terrain, the number of enemies, and their general strength.
"Is everything clear?"
"yes!"
"Remember, the gangsters are not weak, and their numbers are huge. Don't stay in the enemy's cave, lest you be besieged by gangsters!" Yan Wu stood up slowly, his thin body seemed a little hunched, and coughed a few times: " Proceed with caution and go!"
"yes!"
"Master City Lord!"
Everyone walked out of the City Lord's Mansion full of confidence.
Chutian was at the end of the team. At this time, the little fox got out of his clothes again, waved his little paws, and stroked Chutian's pen a few times.
"You can see it too?" Chu Tian and the little fox looked at each other with bright eyes, "This is not an easy task, but it doesn't matter, I have no problem protecting myself with my strength, let me see what's going on!"
The little fox touched Chu Tian's chin with its paws, nodded, and went back.
…
night falls...
Deep in the mountains, in a steep valley, the terrain is extremely complicated, and the location is very hidden. It is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This is the headquarters of Heifengzhai.
The Huangshi City army will inevitably face heavy losses if they launch an attack directly, so the best way is to send a few experts to sneak into the thief's den, kill the leader of the gangsters first, and let the gangsters appear inside. confusion.
The army seized the flaw again and launched a fierce attack from the outside.
Yan Jun observed the terrain and said: "The enemy bandit's stronghold is in front of us. Let's find a way to sneak into the stronghold secretly. Don't disturb anyone."
"You guys pass by from the flank. After about fifteen minutes, a patrol will pass by. Eliminate them and don't be found!"
"yes!"
Whoosh whoosh!
Four afterimages flashed out.
The four Soul Awakening Loose Cultivators left and right soldiers were dispatched first in two groups.
When Chu Tian looked over, the whole cottage was silent, not even a torch was lit, and it was faintly shrouded in a black mist, which gave people a very strange feeling.
The little fox squeaked twice, as if warning Chutian.
Chu Tian took out a corpse pill for it to eat, and stroked its head: "Don't worry, it's fine!"
The others were crawling behind the hill, waiting for the perfect moment.
"Hey, don't you find it strange?" Fang Han broke the silence first, and asked the others, "Where did these bandits come from?"
"Such a big cottage, so many thugs, but the locals don't know anything about it?" Huang Haohan said this, and suddenly added: "I bet, there must be something wrong."
Lin Mu also nodded. He is the official leader of the mercenary regiment. He has always been known for his bravery and tough personality: "What are you afraid of? Even if we are a dozen soul-awakening monks who are discovered by the other party, how could we possibly be able to kill us?" Like? Just fight a bloody road! Now that we have taken the money, we have to complete the task!"
Fang Han and Huang Haohan looked at each other and nodded.
Chu Tian observed the words and deeds of the three young mercenaries, and shook his head secretly: Young people, they are too energetic and not stable enough. Mercenaries are professions that dance on the blade, with high income and high returns. They are so reckless, even if they are good, it is difficult Survive.
After about ten minutes.
A few soul awakening cultivators sent out came back with a touch of blood on their bodies: "It has been resolved."
"Good job." Yan Jun waved his hand lightly, and said in a low voice: "There will be a congratulations from the Black Wind Bandit Patrol at the beginning, this is a good opportunity, let's go in!"
Yan Jun seems to have been studying Heifengzhai for a long time.
Therefore, he was very clear about the deployment of the Black Wind Thief. His methodical command gave the others confidence, and without any other worries, a dozen black clothes jumped out of their hiding place in lightning.
They crossed the pass of Heifengzhai silently.
In the end, without disturbing anyone, he sneaked into the Black Wind Village very smoothly.