The weather had not warmed up yet, so there were no birds chirping in the dense jungle. The jungle seemed especially deserted.
Tang Dou looked at the road in front of him with some doubt. There seemed to be no new marks on the road. Then where did that caravan go?
"Have you noticed a problem?”Tang Dou felt that something was wrong." Where's the caravan in front of us?”
"Of course it's in front of us!" Ma Lan didn't think too much about it.
"Our speed is much faster than theirs. We should have caught up by now.”Sauk nodded." Could it be that he went to hunt soul beasts?"”
"Don't tell me there's a carriage for hunting soul beasts? When they entered the forest, the tracks of the carriage were not shallow. It was obvious that there were many things inside.”Sophie pointed at the tracks on the ground." There are no new tracks. The only explanation is that the caravan just left Nanshan Road.”
"Leave Nanshan Road? That's impossible, right?" Yilan tried to recall." That merchant group just now had the flag of the North Mountain Merchant Group. Logically speaking, no one would dare to touch the goods of the North Mountain Merchant Group, right?”
"Bei Mang?" Sauk frowned." That's a top-notch merchant group. Although it's doing the metal business between the Northern and Southern Continents, its backing is quite strong.”
"That's not right. If it wasn't for the bandits, would the caravan have disappeared by itself?”Su Fei was a little confused." Beimang is the power of a deputy sect master outside the Tang Sect. Although it is nothing to the entire Tang Sect, it is already a big shot to the bandits of the Southern Mountain Road.”
"Could it be that there are bandits?" Hai Lang recalled some rumors.
"There are bandits on Nanshan Road? Do you think the Strong Teeth Mercenary Group is useless? Let's not talk about anything else. It's as easy as flipping one's palm to look at the patterns on the Southern Mountain Road for Strong Teeth. How can bandits survive on the Southern Mountain Road?”Yilan immediately rejected Hai Lang's guess." How can we not see the tracks?”Sophie really did not notice this detail.
"Probably at the second bend, the tracks disappeared.”Tang Dou's memory and observation skills were quite good.
"Let's go back and take a look. We originally thought that there was nothing to see at the first and second small turns, but this time, we'll probably have to take a good look.”Sauk set his target, and everyone returned to the place where the tracks disappeared.
"There are no signs of a fight. There aren't even any signs of movement in the surroundings. Did he really disappear into thin air?" Everyone was still observing the surroundings for any possible clues, but in the end, they still found nothing. They could only bite the bullet and choose to go to the first and second turns.
"Pay attention to a few things when you go up later. First of all, don't whisper in private. It will make the people here feel that you are very rude. Even if you speak, you must speak generously in public. Don't whisper to each other. Then, he must not step on the threshold when he entered. No matter how high the threshold was, he had to cross it. Otherwise, the people of Southern Mountain would take it as a challenge to the village, and a lot of people would come to challenge him one-on-one. "Moreover, you might have to drink a little. You're still children. It doesn't matter if you drink a little, but you must drink. Take care of yourself and don't get drunk. Everyone, take care of each other.。。”Sauk explained the rules to the children bit by bit.
"The most important thing is not to reveal your wealth! All of you have family backgrounds, but if you reveal your wealth in Nanshan Road, someone might have evil intentions.”Sophie looked at the children." If these outlaws see enough money to last them for several lifetimes, they will take the risk even if they may be hanged by the Arbitration Council!”
"With the three arbiters around, we won't be afraid!”Ma Lan continued to be heartless.
"Don't say that! There are tens of thousands of bandits on Nanshan Road. The three of us can't fight against thousands of people at the same time, right? Even a thousand ordinary people can tire the three of us out.”Yilan shook her head." Do you think these bandits who survived Qiangya's raid are made of mud? Everyone has their own unique skills!”
"At the peak of the Southern Mountain Road bandits, there were more than 100,000 of them. Qiang Ya swept through the Southern Mountain Road. It sounds very glorious, but why didn't he completely eliminate them in the end and choose to make the 80 villages submit? This was also because the bandits who survived Qiangya's hands were becoming more and more capable. A small number of them even showed signs of rebound, so Qiangya could not completely eliminate the problem. At this time, most of the bandits who could not hold on anymore gave him a way out. Qiang Ya had no choice but to compromise.”Sauk's steps were heavy." The bandits of the Southern Mountain Road are actually mercenary groups affiliated with Qiangya. They will go out for missions and use the Southern Mountain Road to do business. Besides, their talents are top-notch among the mercenary groups on the continent. Occasionally, they take advantage of business groups that Qiangya doesn't get along with, which indirectly increases Qiangya's authority. Therefore, both parties are only in a mutually beneficial relationship now.”
"Look, there it is!" Wen Jiayin pointed at a manor in the distance. The caravan from earlier was actually parked at the entrance of the manor.
2
"Shall we go over and take a look?" Dai Tianwen turned around and looked at the three Mercenary Arbitrators.
"Wait! If we go over now, we will definitely be discovered by the hidden sentries near the stockade. At that time, we will definitely be in trouble.”Sauk shook his head," There are many places where we can't see where the bandits are hiding. These people are good at hiding. Even many Spirit Masters who are good at sensing have no way of detecting their existence. We'd better be careful."”
"So troublesome?" Ma Lan shook her ponytail. Recently, she had been asking Ding Baoer for advice on dressing up. Even her hairstyle had changed to be similar to Ding Baoer's.
"There are even more troublesome things. For example, how are we going to enter this manor? It's a bandit stronghold. The second curved spear head, Hao San, had the spirit Snake Spear. It was said that he was a branch descendant of the Tang Sect's Breaking Clan. Even though his spirit power was only around rank-50, he had an extremely good spell formation technique. The manor that looked similar to other small towns actually hid many murderous intentions!”Sophie pointed to the forest on both sides." Did you notice that some of the trees on both sides were intentionally trimmed to form a special angle with this manor to ensure that there are no blind spots? Perhaps if you enter, you will be shot through by the archers in the forest like a target.”
"So terrifying…" Wen Jiayin trembled involuntarily." Let's see how things go then."。。”
"Why don't I go and take a look first?”Tang Yuexue looked at the situation in front of her." I should be able to avoid these hidden sentries with my stealth skill, right?”
"Concealment technique? Let me see what it looks like." Sauk looked at Tang Yuexue.
"That's it." Tang Yuexue disappeared from everyone's sight as soon as she finished speaking.
"Invisibility?" "So it's really an invisibility soul skill!" This kind of spirit ability was rather rare.”
"Concealing techniques generally use the synchronization of the spirit and the surrounding environment to allow one to hide in the environment. Once the environment changes, the effect will disappear. However, he didn't need to worry about the stealth soul skill because no matter how the environment changed, the concealment effect was stable.”Sophie thought for a moment." Then I'll have to trouble you. Try to get close to the convoy and see what's going on." Take note, be careful, the concealment effect can be broken, even if it's an invisibility spirit ability.”
"Understood." Tang Yuexue's voice came from the void and then disappeared.
"She can actually hide her tracks. Tang Yuexue's invisibility has reached a terrifying level!”Sauk thought for a moment." I'm afraid that Monkey's level is only so-so?”
"You're talking about Cleo? If he's hiding in the forest, he'll probably be better than Tang Yuexue.”Sophie shook her head.
" Teacher Cleo knows concealment?" Tang Dou had never seen Cleo use his concealment ability before.
"Haven't you seen it before?" Yilan was stunned." Senior Cleo's strongest point is to remain completely hidden in the forest. He can move at high speed and can persist for several days. He was the vice-captain of Strong Tooth, who had the title of King of the Jungle!”
"Ah?" Dai Tianwen sat on the ground and scratched his head," So powerful?”
Super high speed, what was super high speed? According to the traditions of the soul masters 'world, that was to achieve a speed that was more than a hundred times faster than the natural soul power spreading speed. The standard natural soul power spreading speed was 7.9 meters per second, which meant that Cleo could reach a speed of 790 meters per second.
The speed of Malan's Lightning Wings was known as teleportation, but it was only at its maximum speed of seven thousand nine hundred meters per second. Moreover, this speed could not be sustained for long, or else his spirit power would be exhausted.
If he had been any faster, this person would have already left the Douluo Continent.
"Teacher Cleo is Vice Guild Leader Qiangya?”Wen Jiayin was speechless as she looked at the three referees." Then who is the leader?”
"Do you even need to say that? Qiangya's guild leader's nickname is Leopard. However, when we were still in Qiangya, we all called him boss.”
"Uh…" The world's strongest mercenary group leaders were actually hidden in the Blue Silver Academy?
"But... Were you all members of Strong Tooth before? Teacher Cleo has just passed level 70. You guys are just members, and he's the vice-captain?”Ding Bao 'er did not understand why Cleo was the vice-captain.
"Mercenaries compare their soul power to determine their strength. Soul power wasn't the deciding factor for a true top-notch mercenary.”Sophie knocked Ding Baoer's head." For example, there are two vice-leaders of Strong Teeth. You should all know them. They are Senior Guo Dao and Cleo. Their Soul Power is not stronger than ours, but they have the ability that mercenaries dream of. We are only good at attacking. We can be the vanguard, but it is almost impossible to think of a decisive role. However, Guo Dao and Cleo are mercenaries who can use their own abilities to decide the entire team's plan. Only such people are called core.”
"I see…" Hai Lang looked at Tang Dou, then at Ding Baoer and Ding Bei 'er, as if he was thinking about something.
"Something is wrong inside!" Tang Yuexue suddenly appeared in front of them, her body covered in blood.
3
"The goods of the caravan have all been moved into the stockade, but the people are fine!”Tang Yuexue was leaning against a tree, clearly exhausted.
"Yuexue? What are you..." Tang Dou reached out and pinched Tang Yuexue's wrist. He found that Tang Yuexue's pulse was still strong." Eh? You're not hurt."”
"They're all hidden sentries. I've removed six of them, so there probably aren't any more hidden sentries on this road.”Tang Yuexue frowned." I feel like there's something wrong. It seems like this caravan is very familiar with the bandits here.”
"Very familiar?" Sauk shook his head." Logically speaking, that shouldn't be the case. What else did you see inside?”
"The leader of the caravan left with the bandits, and the others even took the bandits 'wine to drink.”Tang Yuexue took a deep breath." This caravan seems to be related to bandits.。。”
The waves were still comforting Ma Lan, who was frightened by the blood on Tang Yuexue's body. Dai Tianwen and Wen Jiayin remained silent. The precious sisters seemed to be waiting for Tang Dou's decision, but Tang Dou still could not understand.
"The people from the Tang Sect and the Southern Mountain Path don't seem to be interfering with each other, right?”Tang Dou shook his head." Could it be that the North Head Caravan has some conflict with the Tang Sect and wants independence?”
"The Tang Sect is such a powerful organization. Would that merchant group be foolish enough to turn their backer into an enemy?”Yi Lan retrieved a greatsword from her soul tool.”
"Don't! If they acted rashly before finding out the reason, it might cause chaos!”Sauk pulled Yilan back." How about we disguise ourselves and use the identity of the Eight Formations Mercenary Group to enter?"”
"Actually, there's no need. The identity of a mercenary group is too ostentatious. Let's use a business group. We've also established an Eight Formations Business Group.”Tang Dou thought for a moment." With our current strength, I'm afraid we'll be in big trouble if we charge in. Let's figure out the situation first so that we can be prepared when the time comes. We are still a little young and will easily cause unnecessary trouble. It's better for us to pretend to be servants.”
"God, if you guys were to become servants, the three of us might not be able to afford the employment fees.。。”Su Fei smiled and said, but she still supported Tang Dou's idea.
Since they were going out, the children from rich families, including Ma Lan, also chose the most ordinary clothes. Therefore, they didn't need to prepare much to disguise themselves as servants. They just needed to let Ma Lan, who was still a little shocked, calm down a little before they started to move.
"Wait, our mission is to patrol. What if we cause some problems here?”Wen Jiayin suddenly spoke.
"If we cause a conflict, won't our mission fail?”Dai Tianwen looked at the three Arbitrators.
"Don't worry, the success or failure of the mission is up to you. Moreover, even if Nuoding Association decides that you have failed, as the arbitrator, we have the authority to change the decision.”Sauk tidied up his armor." You just have to be bold and do it. If this mission really has a big result, you might get an extra reward for outstanding contributions!”
"Really?" Wen Jiayin's interest was piqued." There's really an additional reward?”
"Needless to say, every year, there are mercenary groups that receive extraordinary rewards for their outstanding contributions. You might be able to become one of them.”Yilan looked at the smoke coming from the bandit stronghold opposite them." Alright, if we don't leave now, it'll be dinner time. The bandit stronghold doesn't accept guests after dinner.”
"Then let's hurry up." Dai Tianwen stood up," What reason should we use to enter?”
"Reason? There were plenty of them. How about the reason that the new mercenary group offered their tributes?”Sophie started pulling her hair again.
"That's right. No one would not give face to this reason, right? But are you sure no one will recognize you?”Tang Dou knew that these three had been in the mercenary world for many years.
"Don't tell me it's nothing? Not everyone has heard of the Peerless Divine Weapon Combination. We're only responsible for attacking important targets. Although we're not unknown among the bandits, no one will recognize us just by looking at our appearance.”Sauk gave a reassuring gesture." We can change our route. The hidden sentries won't act rashly. Otherwise, once someone finds out that there's something wrong with the hidden sentries here, they might suspect us.”
"I... I don't know. It's just that…" Tang Yuexue wanted to say something, but Sauk waved his hand.
"You're not wrong either. If you sneak in alone and don't remove those hidden sentries, once you're discovered inside, those hidden sentries will be a big problem if you want to escape.”Sauk looked at the sun." Let's go. Nothing ventured, nothing gained."”
The group of people slowly walked toward the other side of the path.
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