"Dong dong…"
The person outside the door knocked a few more times, but there was no response. Chen Ning hid behind the door and remained silent. When he heard the footsteps, he realized that there were many people coming. There were at least four or five people. Naturally, they could not be Heibao or the waiter. Moreover, he had offended the young supervisor of one of the six major families in the Heaven's Wall City. He did not know if the person was a friend or a foe, so he did not dare to respond easily.
However, after a few minutes, Chen Ning felt that something was wrong. If it was someone sent by Guan Jie, they would not have waited so long with their power. Even if they knocked on the door, they would only be able to confirm if there was anyone inside. After so long, they should have broken in. It seemed that he was too nervous. He said to the outside door,"Who is it?"
Soon, Chen Ning heaved a sigh of relief when the person outside answered,""Are you Brother Chen Ning? We're the Black Panther Captain who asked us to come over and call you.”
Hearing the conversation outside, Chen Ning quickly opened the door. Sure enough, there were five men standing outside. Chen Ning recognized two of them. They were the mercenaries who had drunk at the restaurant that day. He smiled and said,"Brother Black Panther is looking for me. I just woke up and overslept.”
The mercenaries smiled and did not blame Chen Ning.
When they arrived at Heibao's room, Heibao was washing his face. When he saw Chen Ning, he wiped his face with a towel and called Chen Ning over."Brother Chen Ning, come and have some breakfast together. We will be heading to the Demon Beast Mountain Range soon. Recently, our brothers have been discussing about going to the Demon Beast Forest to hunt some demon beasts to maintain our lives and cultivate.”
It turned out that in the past few days in Heaven's Wall City, the mercenaries had spent a lot of money on each other. For mercenaries like them who lived at the bottom of the hierarchy, money was nothing more than eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. Then, there were the magnetite stones needed for cultivation. Most of them had nothing to worry about. They were the kind that could feed one person and not starve the whole family. Therefore, the money they earned was naturally spent quickly.
However, Chen Ning considered that Minister Wang wanted everyone to gather back to Lanxian Town today, so he thought for a while and said,""Big Brother Black Panther, you guys eat first. I'll go and tell Minister Wang that they're returning to the town today. I'll go and greet them, and then ask him to tell my Big Brother Li Dacheng that he's safe.”
Seeing that Chen Ning was going to bid farewell to Minister Wang, Black Panther put down the food in his hand and stood up. He walked to the bundle on the bed and took out dozens of gold coins to pass to Chen Ning."This is what my big brother likes about you. You're a good friend. As my big brother, this gold coin is a small token of my appreciation. I'll ask Minister Wang to bring it back to your big brother from the Fairies Town. After all, he is your savior.”Without waiting for Chen Ning's response, she shoved the food into his hands and sat down to continue eating breakfast.
"Big Brother Black Panther, this isn't good, right?"
Chen Ning looked at the dozens of glittering gold coins in his hand and said in embarrassment. On the way to Heaven's Wall City, Black Panther had helped him get a mercenary token and taught him martial arts. Although Chen Ning had his own martial arts, Black Panther had treated him with all his heart. Now, Black Panther had given him dozens of gold coins as gifts.
"It's nothing. Consider it a loan from me. After this mission is completed, you can deduct it.”Black Panther waved his hand indifferently.
The other mercenaries in the room also smiled and said,"Brother Chen Ning, you're welcome." They were very kind to Chen Ning. After all, they had seen what Chen Ning had done that day at the restaurant. Naturally, they agreed with him.
Chen Ning knew that it would be unreasonable for him to decline the offer. He nodded and thanked everyone before leaving the inn. He went to the meeting place that Minister Wang had agreed on beforehand and handed over dozens of gold coins to Er Tie, asking him to bring them back to Li Dacheng. Chen Ning trusted Er Tie very much. As Er Tie was like him, Chen Ning was also very assured that he would not take them for himself. Before he left, Er Tie asked Chen Ning why he did not go back with him. Chen Ning patted Er Tie on the shoulder. He said that he had something to do and would return after a while. Seeing the caravan slowly leave the Heaven's Wall City and embark on the journey back, Chen Ning went back to find Heibao and the others.
After Chen Ning met up with Black Panther and the others at the inn, they purchased all kinds of daily necessities and headed to the World Chamber of Commerce.
The Heaven's Wall City was not very far from the Demon Beast Mountain Range in the East Victory Divine Region. This was also why the Heaven's Wall City was one of the top cities in the Jason Kingdom. Due to its geographical location, it attracted mercenary teams from all over the world to stay in the Heaven's Wall City and its surroundings for a long time. They could enter the city at any time to hunt Demon Beasts to maintain the expenses for their cultivation. This was also the sorrow of not having a powerful family or sect. Therefore, when ordinary mercenaries or itinerant cultivators had a strong cultivation base, they would either form a larger mercenary team. They could either join some cultivators, empires, or sects as disciples to obtain cultivation resources.
The Demon Beast Mountain Range was extremely dangerous. There were people dying in the Demon Beast Mountain Range almost every minute in the entire Xuantian Continent. However, countless people were rushing forward every day. This was the survival rule of the Xuantian Continent. Survival of the fittest. In order to become stronger, one had to have a huge amount of cultivation resources in addition to one's own talent. For example, Chen Ning had spent five magnetite last night. This was money that ordinary people could not earn in their entire lives. As long as one had strength in the Xuantian Continent, one would have value. Otherwise, one would feel that one was an ordinary person.
After staying at the Chamber of Commerce for a while, Black Panther looked at the orders issued by some merchants and secretly paid attention to them. This was also the reason why many mercenaries came to the Chamber of Commerce. If the demon beasts you hunted happened to be in demand by some merchants or aristocratic families, the price would naturally be higher. Therefore, they would pay attention to them. The Chamber of Commerce would collect these things and inform the merchants when the time came.
It was already noon when Chen Ning and his group left the Heaven's Wall City. The sun was blazing brightly. The Heaven's Wall City was more than 30 kilometers away from the Demon Beast Mountain Range. After riding their horses for more than an hour, they were almost at the edge of the Demon Beast Forest.
There was a dense forest at the edge of the Monster Mountain Range. There were many Monster Beasts here, but most of them were Tier 1 Monster Beasts. There were very few Tier 2 Monster Beasts. According to Black Panther and the mercenaries, Chen Ning understood that even the edge of the Monster Mountain Range was full of danger. Without strength, it was difficult to survive because there were poisonous snakes and poisonous grass everywhere. Sometimes, even if you were cut by an unknown grass, you might be unlucky enough to get a poisonous grass.
When the group dismounted at the edge of the mountain range, Chen Ning noticed that there were many mercenaries who came to hunt demon beasts like them, but there were also many ordinary people. This was because the demon beasts in the mountain range did not live in harmony. There were often fights between demon beasts, and the demon cores of the dead demon beasts were the time for these people to pick up the scraps. Although there were opportunities, it was also extremely dangerous, so they all came in groups.
Chen Ning and the rest were led by the Black Panther Captain. After handing over the horses to the shop owner who was in charge of guarding the perimeter, they stepped into the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
After entering the mountain range, the surroundings were filled with weeds. Some of the weeds were even taller than a person. There were countless towering trees. It was many times denser than the Daxing'anling Prefecture that Chen Ning had seen in his previous life. On their way, they were attacked by ordinary poisonous snakes or unknown species from time to time. However, Black Panther and his team were obviously experienced and cleared these obstacles with their knives.
After walking for about two hours, they finally arrived at the depths of the mountain range. Just as Black Panther asked them to stop and rest, a black panther suddenly jumped out of the dense grass and attacked a mercenary next to Chen Ning. It was so fast that Chen Ning was caught off guard. However, the mercenary was obviously experienced. He quickly dodged and rolled to the ground to avoid it, but his clothes were also scratched by the black panther.
Seeing that the mercenary had dodged it, the black panther jumped up and pounced on him again. Everyone had already reacted. They saw another mercenary pick up a spiked club and smash it at the black panther. The black panther was extremely fast and dodged the mercenary's spiked club. However, its body that was charging at the mercenary also paused. It jumped back to its original position and bared its teeth at everyone.
"Black-spotted Leopard!"
Just as everyone was surrounding the black panther, Black Panther came to Chen Ning's side and said in surprise. Seeing Chen Ning looking at him, Black Panther continued,""The black spotted leopard is a first rank demonic beast. I didn't expect to encounter this fellow as soon as we entered the mountain range. Although this fellow is only a first rank demonic beast, its speed is extremely fast and it's not easy to kill.”
"Black-spotted leopard? I wonder how strong this leopard is?" Chen Ning muttered to himself after hearing Black Panther's detailed explanation.
"Hehe…Its strength is not considered very strong, equivalent to the strength of our human sixth level cultivator. However, its speed is extremely fast, and it is not so easy to kill it.”Black Panther continued to speak patiently to Chen Ning. He paused for a moment before continuing,"Brother, you have to follow me closely later. Don't be hurt by this beast.”After saying that, he looked at Chen Ning with a smile. It was as if his big brother was protecting him and he was not afraid.
Hearing Black Panther's words, Chen Ning couldn't help but laugh bitterly."Brother, aren't you underestimating me too much? Let me tell you, I've already broken through to the second level of a cultivator last night.”
When Black Panther heard Chen Ning say that he was already a second-level cultivator, he immediately revealed a shocked expression. He was stunned for a moment and clicked his tongue."What the hell? You're already a second-level cultivator? No way! Are you a monster?"
Chen Ning had expected Black Panther's reaction. He shrugged and smiled. He activated the Azulet Sword Art and Celestial Chi flowed out of his hand.
When they saw the Celestial Chi in Chen Ning's hand, not only was Black Panther shocked, but the other mercenaries were also shocked. Chen Ning and the rest knew that he was still an ordinary person when he was facing the bandits at Mawang Ridge in Guan Daonan. How long had it been? If they had known that Chen Ning had reached the Second Level of the Xuan Stage in one night, they would have been shocked.
However, just as everyone was looking at Chen Ning, the leopard seized the opportunity to pounce on one of the mercenaries.
"Let's end this quickly. Everyone, let's kill this beast together.”
Seeing the leopard suddenly attack, Black Panther did not say anything else. He held his spear and quickly stabbed at the leopard. Everyone had already recovered from their shock and quickly attacked the leopard. The leopard pounced at the mercenary but was blocked by Black Panther. It immediately abandoned the mercenary and pounced at Black Panther. Black Panther was not afraid at all. He used his spear to push back the leopard every time. Chen Ning also took out a longsword that Black Panther gave him and rushed forward. Under the joint attack of the group, the leopard's belly and neck were already injured in many places. Bright red blood flowed out of the leopard's body, but the injured leopard did not retreat. Instead, it provoked its ferocious nature. Just as the black leopard stabbed its spear and forced the leopard back, the leopard pounced on another mercenary. The mercenary obviously did not expect the leopard to suddenly pounce on him. He could not dodge in time and was pushed to the ground by the leopard. When he reacted, he said, The leopard opened its mouth and bared its long fangs to bite him.
He was pinned to the ground by the leopard and could not move. Black Panther and the others did not have time to save him. Just as he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, Chen Ning reacted quickly. Seeing that the mercenary was about to die in the hands of the demonic beast, he quickly circulated his Celestial Chi and injected it into the sword in his hand. As he injected his Celestial Chi, the sword emitted a faint purple gas. Chen Ning did not care if he could hit the leopard or not. After all, Chen Ning had too little combat experience. Fortunately, he had watched many martial arts dramas in his previous life.
The mercenary had already given up hope and closed his eyes to await his death, but he suddenly heard the leopard let out a miserable roar. He immediately opened his eyes and saw a white sword stabbed into the leopard's butt. The sword was only a third of the way through. In these two seconds, Black Panther and the others 'attacks quickly landed on the leopard's body. The leopard let out another roar. Its entire body was covered in blood, and blood was flowing out of its eyes. It was extremely irritable and attacked everyone it saw. After forcing everyone to retreat, just as the leopard was attacking crazily, the black panther shouted,"Not good, this beast is trying to escape. Everyone, quickly kill it in one go.”After saying that, the black panther took the lead and waved his spear, stabbing at the leopard again. The leopard could not dodge in time and was stabbed in the stomach by the black panther, leaving a big hole. Accompanied by another miserable roar, the black panther pulled the spearhead, bringing out the intestines from the leopard's body under the effect of inertia.
The leopard was already covered in wounds. Just as Black Panther and the others were about to kill it in one fell swoop, the leopard suddenly pounced on Black Panther. Black Panther immediately dodged, but its speed did not slow down at all. Just as Black Panther was about to attack again, the leopard suddenly flashed and pounced on Chen Ning, who was not far away. Black Panther's heart skipped a beat. This beast was playing tricks. Oh no, its target was Chen Ning. However, Black Panther was at least 20 meters away from Chen Ning. He did not have the time to save Chen Ning and immediately shouted,"Chen Ning, get out of the way. The leopard is coming for you.”The black panther immediately ran toward Chen Ning. The other mercenaries did not expect the leopard to be so cunning. They all jumped toward Chen Ning as fast as they could, trying to save him.
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