The rookie mercenary team actually completed their first mercenary mission.
In less than two days, Yue Jinghua and Zach successfully collected one hundred poisonous scorpion needles.
The gamble in the tavern with odds as high as 1 to 10 ended up with Johnny and others losing completely.
Locke and Yue Jinghua's first mission was miraculously completed. Not to mention the personnel injuries during the entire mission, even their equipment was unscathed.
After the Poisonous Bee Scorpion mission was successfully completed, in just one month, the rookie mercenary team composed of Yue Jinghua and Zach, a pair of novices, rose at an alarming rate and quickly established themselves in the Shaq mercenary town.
It made a name for itself.
On the twenty-eighth day of the month, Yue Jinghua finally successfully completed the one-star mercenary assessment and was promoted to become a two-star mercenary.
After exchanging a brand new two-star badge from the Shaq Mercenary Union, Yue Jinghua counted the time and it was almost time to return to Boluo City.
Before leaving Polo City, she wanted to say goodbye to Zach and his sister, the lovely Zaria, for the last time.
Although they haven't been together for long, in the past twenty days, Yue Jinghua has established a deep relationship with brother and sister Zach.
When they arrived at Zach's stone house, Zach hadn't come back yet. After a month of team missions, Zach had accumulated a certain amount of experience and money. He had begun to accept mercenary missions independently, and he also began to make friends one after another.
I made some mercenary friends. This made Yue Jinghua very happy.
When Zalia heard that Yue Jinghua was leaving, she reluctantly pulled her into her house.
The furnishings in Zach's home are very simple. In addition to the tables and chairs used by the brother and sister for daily living, there are only bare walls and an incense table used to hold the memorial tablets of Zach's parents.
Zaria made a cup of tea for Yue Jinghua, chirping like a little sparrow, and asking about Boluo City and the outside world from time to time.
"Lia, since you want to go out so much, you might as well leave Sabah Town with your brother. The outside world is much more interesting than Sabah Town," Yue Jinghua teased, after Zaria, she shook her head, "
No, my brother has said that this is our root and we cannot leave the small town of Sabah.
Zach's parents died in a strange sandstorm in the Tucker Desert ten years ago. The brother and sister did not even find their parents' bones, but only their parents' clothes.
For this reason, Zach has always been worried about it. He has always wanted to go deep into the depths of the Tucker Desert to find the secret of his parents' death.
"Jinghua, you're here," Zach's cheerful voice came from outside, holding a bag of food and a small barrel of bitter ale in his hands.
Yue Jinghua noticed that Zach was a little different from usual today. Behind him was a big guy wrapped in white cloth.
Based on the shape, Yue Jinghua could tell that it was a large sword with a thick blade.
On the Canglong Continent, there are many Xuanwu practitioners who use swords, but not many can use big swords. The strength required to wield a big sword is much higher than that of an ordinary sword. The lethality of a big sword is amazing, but its sensitivity is not high.
, and the physical requirements for the swordsman are extremely high.
The big sword on Zach's back is different from ordinary big swords. It is very short and only hangs down to Zach's waist. Such a short sword actually looks funny compared to Zach's tall and thin figure.
"This sword was left behind by my father. He found it in the ruins deep in the desert when he traveled through the Tucker Desert for the last time." Zach noticed Yue Jinghua's gaze.
"This is a broken sword, not suitable for use in combat," Yue Jinghua said.
"Yes, it looked like this when I picked it up. It looked tattered, but because it was left by my father, it has a very special meaning. The blacksmith in the town cannot repair this sword, so I plan to carry it on my back.
Go to the city of Babel on the other side of the desert to find someone and try."
"Brother, stop talking about this. Sister Jinghua said she was leaving," Zaria said sadly. She also knew that it was because of Yue Jinghua that her and her brother's lives had improved.
The smile on Zach's face disappeared.
He was silent, looked at Yue Jinghua for a moment, and suddenly laughed again, "Are you leaving? That's right, you said that you will only stay in Sabah town for a month. When you come, you treat me to a drink. Let's go.
When the time comes, I will treat you to a drink, as a practice."
The place where Zach invited Yue Jinghua to drink was the "Coconut Shell" pub where the two had their first drink.
The place is the same and the people are the same, but today Zach seems a little gloomy. He said he invited Yue Jinghua to drink, but he was the only one drinking silently.
"What a pity. I originally planned to go on a mission with you this time," Zach said after drinking two full barrels of bitter ale.
After watching Yue Jinghua leave, Zach drank in silence.
"Zach, why don't you keep her? Although that girl is not attractive, she can live a living," the bearded Wharton, who was leading Zach to participate in the next role, came over.
"The eagle will eventually fly into the sky, and the horse will still roam the grassland. She does not belong here," Zach touched his mouth, swallowed the bitterness in his stomach, and said with a forced smile: "Uncle, what are you looking at, she."
Although Yue Jinghua never mentioned her origin, from her words and conversation, Zach could be sure that her origin would not be simple.
She is like a gust of wind that accidentally soars through the Tucker Desert. It can circle around but never stop.
The wind has gone, but the sand is waiting silently in place.
The wind howled across the desert, and the sandy winds came one after another.
As long as he reaches the location of the Sifang Xuan Formation, Yue Jinghua can return to Boluo City.
After bidding farewell to the Zach brothers and sisters, Yue Jinghua took one last look back at Sabah Town before leaving the town.
On the other side of the town, in the direction of Tucker Desert, the sky turned faintly red, like a piece of charcoal suddenly lit.
Yue Jinghua's rich knowledge of geography and climate in her previous life made her realize that a big storm was coming deep in the Tucker Desert.
Thinking of the caravan that Zach escorted, it should have entered the Tucker Desert by this time.
"The person who led Zach to complete this character was Uncle Wharton. He is an experienced old mercenary and should have been prepared for this storm."
It takes four teleportations to reach Boluo City. If you miss this one, you will have to wait five days before you can return to Boluo City.
Yue Jinghua comforted herself while observing the changes in the sky above Tucker Desert.
"If you continue to break, you will suffer chaos," Yue Jinghua laughed at herself and continued walking forward.
In the vast Gobi Desert, the continuous wind and sand seem to have been blowing for centuries and never stop.
Several people the size of stars formed a line, which was a desert team composed of several mercenaries and a group of caravans and camels.
After leaving the small town of Sabah, Zach and others walked along the Mercenary Road and headed deeper into the Gobi.
As you go deeper into the Tucker Desert, the rare green leafy plants gradually disappear, and the Gobi rocky beach shows signs of desertification.
The heat wave penetrated through the ground, drying the sweat from the people's bodies, and forming a layer of salt frost like dandruff on the skin.
"What the hell is this weather? It's already autumn, and it's still as hot as a stove," muttered a young mercenary who participated in this mercenary mission with Zach and others.
Uncle Wharton, the old mercenary, raised his head, and there was a hint of worry in his brows.
He looked up at the red sky. The unusual red was like a vicious beast with its mouth open, gradually swallowing up the entire Gobi. Even the desert wind gradually stopped howling.
"Something is unusual, everyone is on alert," Wharton reminded loudly.
"Uncle Wharton, there is no way ahead," not long after Wharton issued the warning, the road ahead on the Mercenary Avenue disappeared.
Ahead is a vast Gobi rocky mountain with no sense of direction. At a glance, you can’t see the top of the mountain.
"How come there are mountains? I remember that Tak Gobi is a plain and there are no mountains here." The caravan boss stopped the camel caravan.
"Su Luo, go up and have a look." Wharton ordered an agile young mercenary in the mercenary team and ordered him to climb up the Gobi Mountain and have a look.
The young mercenary walked up the mountain. No one noticed that not long after the young mercenary left, a gap appeared in the sky and quickly disappeared, like a clam's mouth that suddenly opened and then closed.
.
Time is like quicksand in an hourglass, never to come back, and the young mercenary never came back.
Uncle Wharton became uneasy and said, "Let's go up together." The caravan and the remaining four mercenaries headed up the Gobi Mountains.
The mountains become steeper and steeper, and the sultry feeling gradually disappears.
The barren desert gradually turns green.
At the end of the desolation, there is a paradise.
Birds of paradise trailing colorful feathers hover in the sky, peonies and peonies are blooming everywhere, white jade fountains spraying wine and nectar, golden staircases, and ivory-carved verandah pillars.
In the direction of the setting sun, amidst the thousands of rays of light, a sun palace like a sun-filled palace appears in front.
"It's the Temple of the Sun, the legendary temple." The merchants in the caravan jumped off their horses one after another, and the mercenaries couldn't help but run towards the palace.
Zach was also shocked by the scene in front of him. The Temple of the Sun is said to be a palace with countless treasures and countless wealth. Legend has it that thousands of years ago, before death and desolation swept this continent, there was a palace in the desert.
A powerful kingdom.
But one night, the kingdom suddenly disappeared. The legendary temple also fell into ruins.
Such a legend has been heard by almost every child in a small town in Sabah from their parents.
Listening to the cheers of his companions in front, Zach's heart moved slightly. If he had all this, maybe he could be on par with her.
Zach took a step forward, and suddenly, he noticed a gentle tremor on his back.
It was the big sword left by his father, and Zach's heart moved.
He took off the sword from his shoulder and untied the white cloth on it.
The rusty sword body changed. The thick layer of rust came to life, like a heart wrapped in countless capillaries, and the sword made a heavy breathing sound.
Waves of sword chants like a demonic song came from the sword.
When he heard the chant, Zach felt a rumble in his head, like lightning and thunder, and he suddenly woke up.
When he looked up at the temple in front of him again, Zach felt all the energy and blood pouring into his brain.