Chapter 19 Chen Hu

The Hunter Guild has always been the most lively place in every city.

In order to avoid attracting attention, Luo Xiu came here wearing a bamboo hat.

Many warriors have some quirks or have some unknown purpose, so they cover their faces. There are many such people in the hall of the Hunter Guild, so no one noticed Luo Xiu.

Most hunters are away for a long time. After so many days, Luo Xiu came here again and only saw a few familiar faces.

He put on a one-star hunter badge on his chest and walked straight to the counter.

"Hello, hunter, how can I help you?" Jiang Shanshan, who was rated as the most beautiful woman in the Qingyun City Hunter Guild, asked with a smile.

"I want to ask about the places near Qingyun City that are suitable for ninth-level body training hunting." Luo Xiu asked.

Jiang Shanshan frowned slightly. For some reason, the voice of this person wearing a bamboo hat sounded familiar, and there seemed to be a hint of... immaturity?

However, Jiang Shanshan did not think much about it and smiled and said, "If you want to buy a hunting map, you need one thousand taels of silver."

"Give me one." Luo Xiu took out the silver note and put it on the counter.

If it was before, one thousand taels would be an astronomical amount of wealth for him, but now it is not worth mentioning.

Just hunting a level one monster can easily earn tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Jiang Shanshan naturally did not expect that the man in the bamboo hat in front of her was the boy who had teased her some time ago.

After spending one thousand taels of silver, Luo Xiu got a map. The map covers the area centered on Qingyun City, and the areas suitable for hunting are also marked out.

Among them, the yellow area is suitable for those below the eighth level of body training, and Shuiwu Mountain is one of them.

The red area is relatively dangerous, and generally only the Qi Hai realm warriors lead the team to dare to enter.

The most dangerous area is the area covered by black. Even those high-ranking Xiantian realm warriors in Qingyun City dare not go deep easily.

"There are mostly first-level monsters in Yaqi Mountain, and there will be second-level monsters in the deep, red area."

Soon, Luo Xiu locked on an area suitable for him. As long as he didn't go too deep, he could ensure his safety.

"Shanshan, give me six cups of fire wine!"

Just then, a burly man wearing black armor and eight feet tall strode over and shouted heroically.

Behind this burly man, there were five people following him. Each of them was dusty, with slightly damaged clothes and armor, and looked very tired.

However, Luo Xiu noticed that although these six people were tired, they had unconcealed excitement in their eyes.

Soon, six cups of fire wine were served. This kind of wine is very strong and burns like fire in the throat, hence the name. Many hunters who are wandering between life and death and licking blood on the edge of a knife like the strongness of this wine.

"Zhou Long, it looks like a good harvest." Jiang Shanshan asked with a smile.

This group of hunters were Zhou Long and others whom Luo Xiu knew. Guo Ang and the twin sisters surnamed Ji were also among them. In addition, there were two unfamiliar faces, who should be hunters who had just joined the team.

"Haha, of course, we got a big one this time!" Zhou Long smiled generously, and six low-grade vitality stones appeared in his hand and were placed on the counter.

Luo Xiu narrowed his eyes and noticed the silver wristband on Zhou Long's wrist. This is a second-level formation device called a storage wristband, which contains a storage space for storing items.

However, this second-level formation device is very expensive, and it costs at least 500 low-grade vitality stones. Luo Xiu can only envy it.

From the conversation between Zhou Long and Jiang Shanshan, Luo Xiu learned that Zhou Long led the team into Yaqi Mountain this time and hunted a second-level demon beast, a one-horned white rhinoceros. This demon beast has thick skin and meat, and it is difficult to be injured by swords.

Even though Zhou Long is a Qi Hai realm warrior, a group of people took a lot of means to hunt such a beast.

The value of a one-horned white rhino is about 400 low-grade vitality stones. This price makes Luo Xiu smack his lips.

In Qingyun City, the things that can really be put on the table are not measured by silver and gold, but by vitality stones.

Only ordinary items are traded with gold and silver.

At the same time, Luo Xiu also learned that the materials obtained by hunters from hunting monsters can be sold to the Hunter Guild. The price is absolutely fair and will not let hunters suffer losses, so many hunters are also willing to sell things to the guild.

Putting away the map, Luo Xiu did not stay here and left the Hunter Guild directly.

According to the markings on the map, Yaqi Mountain is farther away from Qingyun City than Shuiwu Mountain, and it takes more than half a day to reach it by horse.

After buying the spirit gathering array device with more than 30,000 taels of silver, plus the vitality stones and nourishing qi pills, there is not much left. Luo Xiu gritted his teeth and spent another 1,000 taels of silver to buy a horse, and suddenly became a pauper again.

"Don't be afraid to catch the wolf. Even though the money is all spent, I can earn more back!"

Just like that, with one person, one sword, and one yellow-maned horse, Luo Xiu left Qingyun City and headed straight for the location of Yaqi Mountain.

Near Mount Yaqi, there is a village-sized stronghold. When warriors who go into the mountains for hunting and training need various supplies and rest, they will come here.

Half a day later, Luo Xiu arrived at the Mount Yaqi stronghold.

There are many people here, and those who come and go are all martial artists. There are also many merchants stationed here, purchasing various materials and treasures from warriors.

There is a special place to store horses in the stronghold, which costs ten taels of silver a day.

"Huh?"

Luo Xiu had just stored the horse when he suddenly saw a familiar figure. It was Yuan Dashan who he met when he hunted the iron-tailed tiger monster in Shuiwu Mountain not long ago.

However, the people around Yuan Dashan have changed. It should be that after the death of Wang Yun and Zhang Hun, his hunting team also disbanded and joined another team.

Yuan Dashan did not notice Luo Xiu. Even if he noticed it, he would not recognize Luo Xiu with a bamboo hat.

At this moment, the person who seemed to be the leader of Yuan Dashan's team suddenly looked at Luo Xiu, with a meaningful smile on his lips.

This is a tall middle-aged man, carrying an iron spear on his back, wearing light armor, with a fierce look between his eyebrows.

Under the shadow of the hat, Luo Xiu frowned. He didn't know this man and didn't understand his intention.

"Brothers, that kid is our target this time. The Zhang family offered 500 low-grade Yuanqi stones to kill him." The light-armored man whispered.

"Brother, what is the background of this kid? Why did the Zhang family spend so many Yuanqi stones to ask us to take action?" Yuan Dashan asked in a low voice.

The light-armored man curled his lips, "He's just a civilian boy. I heard that he killed the son of the head of the Zhang family. But these things have nothing to do with us. We just kill people and get money!"

At this point, the light-armored man stared at Yuan Dashan and said in a deep voice: "This boy is a student of the Martial Hall. Once the news leaks out, we will be hunted down by the Martial Hall. You just joined, but you are also an old man in this industry. I don't need to tell you the rules again, right?"

Yuan Dashan couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he heard this. The Martial Hall trains young people and naturally protects students. Therefore, even if there is a great hatred in the Martial Hall, once you kill someone, no matter what your origin is, you will die.

However, if there are casualties among the students of the Martial Hall outside, the Martial Hall will not ask about it. But if the Martial Hall finds out that it is a deliberate murder, it is equivalent to breaking the rules and will be hunted down by the Martial Hall.

The Martial Hall of Qingyun City has been established for more than 800 years, and many similar incidents have occurred. Families with a good background have even been uprooted and the whole family has been executed!

"Don't worry, big brother. I understand the rules." Yuan Dashan said quickly. He knew very well that since he had boarded Chen Hu's ship, he had no way out.

Chen Hu was the leader of this team, a Qi Hai Realm warrior!

In the area of ​​Yaqi Mountain, teams with Qi Hai Realm warriors were all top hunting teams. If a student of the martial arts hall in the body-refining realm was targeted, there was only one way to go.

...

Luo Xiu didn't know that he had been targeted. After all, he was a 14-year-old boy. In terms of experience, he was too immature. He thought that others would not recognize him if he wore a bamboo hat.

In fact, as early as when he came out of the martial arts hall, the Zhang family had already followed him secretly.

"Roar!"

The roar of beasts was heard from time to time in the jungle of Yaqi Mountain. Luo Xiu's figure shuttled through the forest. In his perception, the number of monsters in this forest was simply terrifying.

During the hunting experience in Shuiwu Mountain, sometimes it might not be possible to encounter a monster for several days, but here, Luo Xiu could sense more than 20 monsters.

This is the outskirts of Yaqi Mountain. Generally, there will be no second-level monsters, but even the same first-level monsters have a big difference in strength. Some powerful first-level monsters can even kill second-level monsters.

Based on the induction of life breath, Luo Xiu can roughly determine the strength of each monster. In the end, he locked a life breath, which is roughly equivalent to the iron-tailed tiger monster killed in Shuiwu Mountain, comparable to the ninth level of body refining.

However, when Luo Xiu killed the iron-tailed tiger monster, he relied on a method that could directly damage the life veins. If he relied solely on his personal strength and fighting ability, Luo Xiu would not be able to be the opponent of the iron-tailed tiger monster.

However, now that his cultivation has been raised to the seventh level of body refining, and he has practiced the Pure Yang Gong, his strength has greatly increased, so he wants to find a monster to try.

"Pah!"

Luo Xiu stepped lightly on the tree trunk, leaped up, and rushed towards the target he had locked onto.

Luo Xiu had long been accustomed to the environment of the mountain forest. He moved as swiftly as a leopard and soon arrived near the destination. He hid behind a bush and squinted his eyes.

This was a wolf beast, but it had black scales instead of hair on its body. Under the dim light of the forest, it flashed a cold luster.

The black-armored wolf, the best among the first-level monsters, was much more powerful than the iron-backed monster wolf in the hunter assessment.

At this moment, the black-armored wolf was holding a bloody prey under its claws, biting and swallowing it in big mouthfuls.

"The black-armored wolf is good at speed and sharp claws. Let's take it as my first sparring partner in Yaqi Mountain!"

As he thought about it, Luo Xiu's back slightly arched, and with a whoosh, he rushed out of the bushes.

"Awoo!"

The black-armored wolf raised its head and howled, its pair of scarlet and fierce eyes locked onto the human figure that was rushing towards it.

Suddenly, the black-armored wolf pounced on Luo Xiu, so fast that it even left a faint afterimage in the air, especially the pair of claws that suddenly popped out, like a sharp knife, flashing a sharp cold light.

Luo Xiu did not dare to confront it head-on, and quickly dodged to the side. At the same time, he suddenly attacked, performing the Dragon Tiger Fist Tiger Style, attacking the black-armored wolf that was in mid-air and could not dodge.

But at this moment...

"Whoosh!"

A flash of cold light quickly cut across Luo Xiu's neck.

"What a fast speed!" Luo Xiu quickly dodged with his Dacheng Inch Step Body Skill. The black-armored wolf could not dodge in the air, but the speed of swinging its claws was too fast.

"Tenglong Style!"

Luo Xiu immediately changed his moves and struck the black-armored wolf with a fierce blow, knocking it over.

Luo Xiu did not use any means to damage the vital veins in this attack. Even so, if a martial artist was hit, his bones would be broken and he would fall to the ground, but the black-armored wolf was unscathed.

"What a hard scale armor!" Luo Xiu snorted coldly and drew the long sword behind him.

Although he had not practiced sword-related martial arts, if he used internal energy to bless it, his attack power would naturally be far better than his fists.

The black-armored wolf pounced fiercely again. Luo Xiu kept dodging with his Dacheng Inch-Step body movement. The long sword, which was blessed by internal energy, kept colliding with the wolf's claws, and the clanging sound echoed in the forest.

The black-armored wolf growled, its sharp claws embedded in the soil, and suddenly pounced like an arrow from a bow.

Feeling the fishy wind coming towards him, Luo Xiu sneered. After the previous fight, he probably figured out the beast's moves.

Monsters are monsters after all. Although they are smarter than wild beasts, their fighting methods are mostly based on primitive instincts and have no rules.

Luo Xiu bent his legs and almost touched the ground with his whole body. At the moment when the black wolf flew over him, the Qingfeng sword in his hand suddenly attacked and stabbed the black wolf's neck.

"Chi!"

The Qingfeng sword with internal energy has a strong penetrating power, and hot blood spurts out. The black wolf fell three meters away, fluttered, and fell to the ground, and its life breath continued to weaken.

The scarlet blood kept flowing, and soon dyed the soil near the wolf's corpse red.

This is the advantage of weapons. If there was no Qingfeng sword, Luo Xiu wanted to kill the black wolf with his fists, and I don't know how much effort it would take to do it.

The Qingfeng Sword is just an ordinary weapon. If it is a combat weapon, even if it is a low-grade human-level combat sword, it can easily kill a first-level monster without the blessing of internal energy.

The most valuable parts of the black-armored wolf are its claws and fangs. The black scales can also be sold for money, but it is too troublesome to collect them, so Luo Xiu gave up directly.

Putting the collected materials into the package, Luo Xiu suddenly frowned, because in his perception, there were several breaths belonging to human warriors, showing a fan-shaped approach to his position, like an encirclement.

In fact, Luo Xiu had discovered these people as early as when he first entered Yaqi Mountain, but there were many warriors who were hunting and training in Yaqi Mountain, so he didn't care.

But the breath of these people has been lingering nearby, and approaching him in the form of encirclement, which made him have to doubt.