Chapter 97: Passing Through the Fortress to Ask for Votes
Her big black eyes blinked continuously for a few times, her cherry-like mouth agape, even the steps beneath her feet came to a halt, her eyes filled with incredulity as she stared at Xia Yan.
Because, Xia Yan was not wrong at all, the medicinal materials and minerals marked on this picture are exactly as Xia Yan said. But how did Xia Yan remember all of these in less than half a day?
"You... you must have looked at the picture book before, right?" After thinking about it, Bai Rui's little brain could only think of this possibility. If someone could memorize such a thick picture book in such a short time, it was also unbelievable.
Xia Yan shook his head and smiled, saying: "If I had seen it before, I wouldn't have spent a gold coin and five silver coins to buy it again."
Bai Rui lowered her head, thinking to herself, if he had seen the manual before, why would he still want to buy it again? One more gold coin could buy a lot of things, who would waste it?
"What's wrong with you?"
Xia Yan saw Bai Rui's face and was about to cry, so he couldn't help but ask in surprise.
Bai Rui pouted with her small red lips, slowly saying: "At that time, brother asked me to memorize all the medicinal materials and minerals in the manual, I spent a whole three months on it, and even got brother to knock on my head many times. But you... you..."
Bai Rui was really distressed, Xia Yan's memory was much better than hers.
When Bai Rui said this, Xia Yan couldn't help but laugh. This little girl is really lovely.
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At noon, everyone finally saw the fortress, a magnificent and huge building that completely isolated the Forest of Evil from the Dragon Continent. After passing through the only exit of the fortress on the path where everyone was walking, it was the perilous Forest of Evil.
Every day, countless cultivators pass through here to enter the Forest of Sin. Some went and brought back treasures worth a city and honors symbolizing glory, while some went but never came back again.
More than twenty mercenaries guarded a large black carriage as it slowly passed through the magnificent fortress.
"It's indeed shocking!" Xia Yan was stunned for a moment when he first saw this vast and boundless forest of evil.
In the depths of the forest, where the edge could not be seen, there were unknown dangers lurking within. Xia Yan's blood slowly began to boil as he arrived at the Forest of Sin for the first time, and he couldn't help but feel excited. The dark scenery that stretched all the way to the horizon made one's heart feel expansive.
If it weren't for the numerous mercenaries around him, Xia Yan really wanted to loudly shout out the heroic spirit in his heart.
"Hehe, Xia Yan brothers, don't be nervous, this is still the edge of the Forest of Evil, there won't be any danger, even if there are wild beasts lurking around, they won't be extremely ferocious. It's only after we venture dozens of miles deeper that we'll encounter all sorts of ferocious wild beasts." Bai Yu said with a smile as he walked alongside Xia Yan and Bai Rui after passing through the fortress.
Xia Yan nodded, "I don't know if we'll run into a spiritual beast!"
"Ling beast?" Bai Hua's eyes flashed, "Xia Yan brothers, ling beasts are very hard to come by. If we really encounter one, then we're all done for. The power of a ling beast is not something we can contend with."
The forest of evil is very vast, and the spiritual beasts will not be so easy to encounter. As long as you don't go too deep, the danger for cultivators won't be too great. Ordinary wild beasts are not enough to pose a mortal threat to cultivators.
As they spoke, the Lu family's young master also got down from the carriage, because in front of them were mountains and forests, and the horse-drawn carriage could no longer move forward.
"Brother, how many miles did we penetrate during our furthest trip?" Bai Wei asked from beside him.
Baihua thought for a moment, and then said with a flash of insight: "It should be about fifty miles in. Fifty miles in, there are already many ferocious beasts roaming around. With our strength, going fifty miles in is the limit, and going any further would be very dangerous."
"After everyone has eaten some dry rations, we'll enter the Forest of Sin!"
At this time, one of Lu's family members spoke up.
He was the employer and whatever he asked to be done, everyone would naturally do. The crowd took out their own dry rations and casually found a place to sit down and eat with big mouthfuls.
Everyone is not doing this kind of task for the first time, so there's nothing unusual about it.
However, in the dense forest hundreds of meters ahead, there were pairs of sinister eyes staring at everyone.
These people, all dressed in black, held weapons that shone with a cold light.
"Big brother, the little scoundrel who cut off my arm is right there in that group of people." A one-armed man said fiercely, his venomous gaze fixed on the front. In his line of sight, Xia Yan and others were clearly visible. This person was the same man who had harassed Bai Rui in the tavern yesterday.
"Hmm, there are twenty-five people in total! It seems that these people are quite skilled!" The burly man holding the giant axe changed his expression, nodded and muttered to himself.
"Big brother, we have over a hundred brothers, what are we afraid of their twenty or so people? We rush up together and can chop them all into minced meat." The one-armed man hesitated for a moment before hastily saying.
"Haha, of course we're not afraid of them. But if it really comes down to a fight, these people are quite skilled, and I'm afraid many of our brothers will die too. Your revenge for your severed arm is naturally something that must be avenged... let me think..." The giant axe-wielding man rubbed his chin, with a sharp glint in his eyes. Behind him, over 100 black-clad men were cracking their knuckles and rubbing their palms together, already prepared to fight.
"They're here!"
The one-armed man gritted his teeth and gazed at the twenty or so people approaching with a vengeful glare.
"Brothers, charge and surround them!" The giant axe-wielding man let out a loud roar, his axe slicing through the air with a sharp whoosh.
More than a hundred black-clad men behind him excitedly howled and suddenly rushed out of the woods, surrounding Xia Yan and others.
"Everyone be careful, there's a robber ahead!"
Bai Hua reacted extremely quickly, hearing only the sound from ahead and judging that there were many robbers, he hastily shouted loudly to alert everyone.
Everyone is living on the edge of a knife, who hasn't stained their hands with blood? Soon, twenty mercenaries were solemnly ready for battle, protecting the young master of the Lu family inside.
Those few members of the Lu family turned pale, they were also holding weapons in their hands, but they looked a bit dazed, and their arms were slightly trembling.
"What should we do with Bai Hua?" asked a young man from the Lu family who recognized Bai Hua, his voice trembling slightly.
A ray of light burst out from the white birch, and he saw a group of black-clad men rushing out of the dense thicket. He said solemnly, "Don't worry, gentlemen, we will definitely protect your safety."
Xia Yan looked at those black-clad men rushing out and let out a soft "hmm".
"What's wrong?" Although Xia Yan's voice was not loud, Bai Wei, who was very close to him, heard it and asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"These people seem to be the same group as those we met at the bar yesterday." Xia Yan recalled the men who had a conflict with them at the bar yesterday, and noticed that these people were wearing the same clothes.
Bai Rui listened to Xia Yan's words and also noticed. These robbers who were rushing over, shouting loudly and waving their weapons, were indeed the same group as those people in the bar.
"Damn it, grandma! I'm going to chop these bastards!" Zhang Long's voice was hoarse as he swung the large knife in his hand, making a clanging sound, and his body seemed about to charge out.
