The sudden sharp look in the Chuan Gong Pavilion elder's eyes made Zhang Zeduan feel inexplicable and at the same time extremely frightened and surprised. He didn't understand what he had done wrong to cause this elder to react like this.

Just when his face turned blue and he seemed to be suffocating, the pressure on his body suddenly relaxed, and the old man's stern words rang out: "Zhang Zeduan, you are not allowed to reveal a word about what happened to Xiao Wu today!"

Zhang Zeduan immediately understood what was going on when he heard this, and thought to himself: "No wonder the elder used such harsh methods just now. It's no wonder that the genius who understood the clear heart of the sword at the age of eight or nine, if other forces knew about it,

If he is killed, then this junior brother will definitely become the target that they will kill at all costs, and then no matter how powerful my city lord's palace is, there will be no way to save him."

Thinking of this, Zhang Zeduan solemnly clasped his fists and promised, but at this time, the elder of Chuan Gong Pavilion spoke again: "Zhang Zeduan, don't think that because you are the biological son of the Lord of the City, you can be careless about this matter. You should know the power of this.

Yes, and with your character, you must keep your mouth shut, after all, you have a criminal record!"

Hearing this, Zhang Zeduan couldn't help but lowered his head in shame, and said respectfully: "Elder, don't worry, I know I was wrong. I still dare not forget the incident of killing Senior Brother Xiao. The bloody lesson is still vivid in my mind."

The old man nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, then turned to Zheng Lingxiao, smiled kindly, and said: "Little guy, you are very good, haha, keep working hard, and in my martial arts hall, you will be rewarded accordingly if you make any progress.

, you can go to Elder Shao to get it later." After saying that, the old man laughed and disappeared.

Zheng Lingxiao turned to Zhang Zeduan and cupped his fists: "Thank you, senior brother, for your support!"

However, Zhang Zeduan laughed nonchalantly and said: "Haha, this is your fate, junior brother. Don't worry about it. Are you interested in chatting with me?"

Zheng Lingxiao was overjoyed when he heard this. This was exactly what he wanted to do. After all, he still knew too little about this world and even this martial arts hall. What he could read in the book was only a very small part.

The two senior brothers sat down on the spot, and Zheng Lingxiao asked: "Senior brother, didn't you say that there are about twenty of our core disciples? How come it has been more than half a month since I came here, but I have only seen you?"

Zhang Zeduan laughed and said: "Haha, junior brother, you don't know something. The admission threshold for our core disciples must be those who have reached the seventh level of swordsmanship or above before the age of twelve. And I am afraid that except for you, all of our current core disciples are

If you are already a swordsman or above, you cannot build a car in isolation during your training. If you want to break through quickly and increase your strength, you must go out and practice. Therefore, basically most of the time, we people are outside performing tasks.

Yes, it’s hard to see someone alone.”

Zheng Lingxiao nodded, and then Zhang Zeduan said, "Junior brother, are you interested in going on a mission with me?"

Zheng Lingxiao did not agree directly. As a special soldier, he had long been accustomed to performing tasks. However, now he was a little hesitant and thought: "This senior brother Zhang seems to be an honest person on the surface. However,

, people should not be judged by their appearance, and the elder just said that he has a criminal record, which means that a certain senior brother died because of him in the past, so I still have to be careful."

Thinking of this, Zheng Lingxiao smiled and said: "Haha, senior brother, to tell you the truth, I don't even know any sword skills. Next, I want to learn a set of sword skills first to avoid suffering losses in future battles. "

Zhang Zeduan didn't show any disappointment when he heard this, he just laughed and said: "Junior brother's idea is good. As a core disciple, you can choose a Xuan-level sword skill for free. I believe that when junior brother shows up, you will also It will definitely be a time to shock everyone.”

The two looked at each other and smiled, then they chatted for a while and then left. Zheng Lingxiao received his reward from Elder Shao and then returned to his house, with a smile that could not be concealed on his face.

"I didn't expect that I could get such a generous reward for understanding the Sword Heart Transparency." Zheng Lingxiao murmured to himself and took out his reward. There was nothing else, it was all medicinal materials, which he redeemed in the Dan Pavilion. , looking at these various medicinal materials, couldn't help but feel excited, and whispered: "These are the materials for my medicinal bath in the next fourth stage. Haha, just such a reward can actually make enough money for the entire medicine." The city lord’s mansion is really generous with the medicinal materials needed for the fourth stage.”

Next, Zheng Lingxiao resumed the boring days of practicing, practicing swordsmanship, and taking medicinal baths. From time to time, he went to ask the elders of the Chuan Gong Pavilion for advice, and practiced the tacit understanding of the two with Brother Yi. A month passed in the blink of an eye. .

On this day, Zheng Lingxiao had just come out of the bathtub and was still washing up. Not far away, a brother ran over in a hurry and shouted: "Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, hurry up, Mission Pavilion, don't forget, we are Yue’s mission hasn’t been completed yet, and we have to earn contribution points, otherwise we’ll run out of resources for training!”

Zheng Lingxiao was stunned when he heard this, then slapped his forehead and said: "Haha, if you hadn't said anything, Brother Yi, I would have forgotten about this. By the way, how is your cultivation?"

The first brother came over and pulled Zheng Lingxiao up and walked to the mission pavilion and said: "Hey, we are at the eighth level of body tempering, and we have almost mastered the basic sword skills. Hey, I just don't have enough resources to continue with the fourth stage. Medicinal bath, that’s why I’m in a hurry to do the task.”

At this point, his eyes were a little complicated, and he said: "Xiao Wu, how did you practice? You actually have a clear sword heart, and you also got the medicinal materials for the entire fourth stage of medicinal bath. This doesn't matter, you actually Just ten days ago, I broke through the ninth level of body tempering. It seems that it will only be more than a month before I can advance to Qi training."

Zheng Lingxiao chuckled and said: "Haha, it's not that fast. You know, the fourth stage of medicinal bath is best completed when you are in the body tempering state. Otherwise, the effect will be greatly reduced. Therefore, in the fourth stage I will never break through the body quenching realm until I complete it."

After hearing this, Brother Yi couldn't help but darken his expression, and muttered: "Looking at it this way, I can't break through too quickly. Hey, I was already far behind you, and now I'm going to be far behind you again. "

The mission pavilion is actually a room of about 40 square meters. There is only one big table in it. Behind the table sits a woman in her fifties with a rather kind face. She is sitting quietly holding a book. After reading there with great interest, the two brothers came to the table. The first brother clasped his fists and said respectfully: "Disciple has met the elder. We are here to receive this month's task."

After hearing this, the woman gently put down her book, her soft eyes swept over the two of them, and she said with a soft smile: "Haha, you two little guys, you are the new core disciples, I know you."

After saying that, she stood up slowly, turned around and went to a shelf at the back, took out two large booklets from two grids, handed them to the two of them respectively, and said: "Look

Look, they’re all up there.”

Taking the book, Zheng Lingxiao saw his name popping up on the paper and thought to himself: "Is this the merit book?" Then he turned to the first page and saw that it read: "First training mission, collecting first-level top-grades.

There are ten demon elixirs and ten pairs of steel teeth from the demon beast Steel-Tooth Pig, and ten skins from the first-grade top-grade demon beast Spotted Deer. You can get twenty contribution points for completing the mission."

After reading the task, Zheng Lingxiao couldn't help but frowned, and turned away to look at the first brother's task, which was also to collect monster materials. The difficulty was roughly the same. Both of them were a little surprised. The woman laughed when she saw this and said: "Why?

Hey, little guy, do you think the task is too difficult?"

Zheng Lingxiao said: "No, elder. As far as I know, the steel-toothed pig, spotted deer and one-horned sheep are all first-class monster beasts, but their combat power is not strong. I think

This task is a bit too simple."

The first brother also nodded his head, but the woman chuckled and said: "If you think this task is too simple, you can also take a look at the additional tasks at the end. There are many to choose from, and there are many of them.

A high-difficulty, high-risk, high-reward mission.”

The two were stunned when they heard this, and then looked back. Sure enough, they saw several missions, including searching for some kind of medicinal materials, investigating some strange events, apprehending a criminal, and assassinating an enemy big shot??

????The two of them were a little dazzled by what they saw.

In the end, Zheng Lingxiao's eyes flashed, and he focused on Brother Yi's mission: "The Western Wilderness Mountain Forest, one hundred and fifty miles away, is one of the important sources of resources for me in Black Wind City. However, recently, a group of bandits have taken over.

The name of this force is the Red Scarf, which is named after the red scarf on its head. This group of bandits burns, kills, and loots, and commits all kinds of evil. I, the martial arts disciples, must go and destroy them! You can get two hundred contribution points for completing the mission."

The first brother looked at Zheng Lingxiao and said: "Xiaowu, this mission is very good. With 200 contribution points, I can get a quarter of the fourth stage!"

Seeing the excited light in their eyes, the woman couldn't help but remind: "Little guy, you have to think clearly. After all, we don't know the information about the red scarf thief in detail. The difficulty of the mission is very likely to be more than this."

Oh, if one thing goes wrong, you will fall into the hands of those murderers at such a young age."

Zheng Lingxiao smiled confidently when he heard this and said: "Thanks to the elder for your guidance, this disciple will take over this task. There are also this, this and this???"

The two took over a dozen missions, prepared a little, and set off. Black Wind City is divided into four gates: east, west, north, and south. If you want to hunt monsters, you must go out of the north gate and go to the boundless monster mountain range. There are

A paradise for monsters and monsters, it is also a paradise for adventurers. There are countless monsters of all kinds, as well as rare medicinal materials and minerals that make people jealous, and even the powerful inherited treasures of their predecessors that can drive people crazy. However,

, the dangers involved are self-evident, at least 70% of the people who enter it fail to come back, and it is not uncommon for those who gain nothing.

Seeing the tall city gate and thick city wall from a distance, Zheng Lingxiao couldn't help but sigh, because he had only seen this kind of thing on TV before, and compared with this city wall, it was just like dirt.

Looking around, the people coming and going here are basically mercenaries. All kinds of talking, laughing, yelling, shouting, and shouting are mixed together, which reminds Zheng Lingxiao of the border trading market in his previous life. Maybe it was the two of them.

They were too young, and those who recruited the temporary team had no interest in them. Or maybe the clothes they wore as core disciples of Wu Tang had a deterrent effect on these lowest-level mercenaries. In short, no one came to them.

trouble.

Entering the vast mountains and jungles, one feels as if a pebble has been thrown into the sea. There is no splash at all. Looking at the surrounding forest that is so dense that even the sun cannot penetrate, Brother Yi sighed.

Said: "I have heard of the name of this monster mountain range for a long time. Now that I have entered it myself, I know that the rumors are true."

Zheng Lingxiao stretched out his hand and patted the big tree that was thicker than an elephant's leg and said: "Yes, when I first came in, I could see many people, but now that I came in a little more than a mile, there were only

We are two brothers, haha, it’s really peaceful.”

Brother Yi chuckled and said: "Okay, let's find our mission target. Brother also wants to go back to practice early."

After laughing, the two of them walked towards the depths of the place. When they entered Wuli, it was already difficult to see the sun. Although it was not invisible in the forest, the visibility was already extremely low.

, the mood of the two of them was no longer as relaxed as before, but became cautious.

Suddenly, Zheng Lingxiao heard a crisp sound, which was the sound of dead branches being trampled. Based on his previous life experience, he knew that the distance was no more than thirty meters away from him. He raised his hand and gestured to the first brother, and the two immediately stopped.

He stopped and stared straight ahead.

At this moment, a scream reached the ears of the two of them, and a group of black shadows rushed towards Zheng Lingxiao from top to bottom. There was a clang and the long sword was unsheathed, and among the lightning and flint, Zheng Lingxiao burst into flames.

The sword blocked the blow that hit his head, and then collapsed outward, knocking the black shadow away. Only then did the two of them see clearly that it was a monkey half as tall as a man.

At this moment, it did not attack, but stood on a branch, opened a mouth full of fangs, waved a pair of sharp claws, and screamed menacingly at the two of them.

Seeing this monkey, information about it immediately came to Zheng Lingxiao's mind: the sharp-clawed monkey is a top-grade monster that likes to live in groups. Its claws are as sharp as a knife and as hard as iron. It has a violent personality and is extremely aggressive.

When encountering prey, they often fight to the death!

Thinking of this, Zheng Lingxiao began to look around. However, after a while, he found nothing. Only the monkey screamed there, but the first brother couldn't help it anymore and said softly: "

Xiaowu, let me kill this monkey, my mission is to collect its sharp claws and demon elixir."

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Lingxiao nodded and gave a few more instructions. The first brother slowly walked towards the monkey with a knife. Seeing that his threat had no effect, the sharp-clawed monkey became a little anxious and screamed.

It was even sharper. When Brother Yi walked five steps in front of him, it launched an attack. It kicked off the branches and shot towards Brother Yi like a cannonball. Its two claws were fierce.

He grabbed the latter's Tianling Gai fiercely.

Brother Yi seemed to have anticipated this scene. Just as the monkey pounced, he took two steps to the side, just in time to avoid the frontal grab, and then slashed horizontally with his sword, and with a pop, he

The monkey was cut into two pieces, and bright red blood was sprinkled all over him!

However, Brother Yi didn't care about this at all. After all, this was not the first time he had experienced this. He dug out the demon pill and cut off the monkey's paw. He smiled and said: "Xiao Wu, should we

The brains are also taken away. You must know that monkey brains are a great supplement, and it seems that we haven’t eaten them yet.”

Zheng Lingxiao said casually, "It's up to you." Then he looked around again. The first brother curled his lips and said, "Hey, what's wrong with you? You look so nervous."

Zheng Lingxiao said solemnly: "The sharp-clawed monkey is a gregarious monster. Since one appears here, it means that there must be others nearby. But now we haven't seen it. Don't you think it's weird?

?”

Brother Yi was stunned when he heard this, and then he thought of something. His expression became solemn and he said: "This means that there are monkeys hunting nearby, and this monkey is just letting loose. It made a screaming sound just now.

, I am afraid that it is not only a threat, but also an alarm. The reason why no other monkeys have come yet is that there are two possibilities. One is that they have reached the most critical moment of hunting and have no time to escape. The other is that the other monkeys have been killed by their prey.

Kill them all."

Zheng Lingxiao nodded and said: "But sharp-clawed monkeys have one characteristic, that is, they will never provoke those beings they can't afford to offend. Therefore, the second possibility can almost be ignored. In other words, not far from here

There, there is a group of sharp-clawed monkeys fighting with something more powerful."

Brother Yi's eyes gradually brightened, and he took over the conversation and said: "But that thing can be dealt with by the sharp-clawed monkey group, but it has to pay a certain price, so it is very likely that it is a second-grade low-grade thing.

Monster!"

Zheng Lingxiao did not answer, but pointed in one direction and said: "That monkey came from that direction earlier. Let's go this way and have a look. Be careful and be ready to run away at any time."

The two cautiously walked forward for about 200 meters, but did not find anything during this period. The first brother was a little anxious, but Zheng Lingxiao was as calm as water, and walked forward for another 100 meters, and the two discovered something.

There were a lot of signs of broken branches, and there were even signs of big trees being hugged by one person being broken off.

The two of them became a little nervous and acted more cautiously. The further they went, the more obvious the traces of the battle were. After walking for a while, suddenly there was a harsh and tragic sound not far in front.

Call!
Chapter completed!