Just when Lin Yun was suspicious of Xizhou Hou, Xizhou Hou asked unhurriedly: "Are you here to participate in the suppression of bandits?"
"Yes." Lin Yun nodded and replied expressionlessly.
"At a young age, you have reached the level of a seventh-level soul warrior. Not bad, not bad. You are indeed qualified to participate in this bandit suppression operation." Xizhou Hou looked at Lin Yun, nodded with satisfaction, and clapped his hands after speaking.
Immediately afterwards, a maid carrying a plate came out of the room and delivered the plate to the Marquis of Xizhou.
There is a pile of gold tickets on the plate. These gold tickets are universal in the Southern Xia Kingdom. They can be exchanged for gold coins at any bank in the Southern Xia Kingdom.
The Marquis of Xizhou took the plate and handed it to Lin Yun: "There are one hundred thousand gold coins here, which is considered an advance payment. The remaining nine hundred thousand will be paid after the operation is completed."
One hundred thousand gold coins is equivalent to the amount Lin Yun consumes to attack the enemy in a battle.
Not to mention this little gold coin, even if it was a thousand times or ten thousand times more, Lin Yun would not take it seriously at all.
But even so, he still pretended to be happy and accepted the gold coins: "When will we start taking action?"
Xizhou Hou said: "More than fifty members have been recruited so far, and the number of people has basically been gathered. If nothing happens, we will take action tonight. You come with me first, and I will take you to gather with other members first."
Under the leadership of Xizhou Hou, Lin Yun came to a living room in the city lord's mansion.
More than fifty warriors have gathered here, each with a sturdy body and powerful aura.
The worst among them have all reached the seventh-level warrior realm. Most of them are eighth-level warriors and ninth-level warriors, and a few have broken through to martial arts masters.
There are even three people who have reached the level of third-level martial arts masters.
As soon as Lin Yun walked into the living room, more than fifty pairs of eyes in the living room all fell on Lin Yun.
There was disdain, contempt, and disdain in these looks.
"This guy looks very weak. Has he just reached the level of a seventh-level warrior?"
"The city lord can't find anyone, right? We can only drag this guy to collect people."
"I have already proposed to the city lord to raise the recruitment requirement to the eighth-level warrior level. But the city lord just refused to listen to my suggestion. Now that we have brought in such a weak guy, won't this lower our overall strength?!"
For a moment, everyone present laughed at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun turned a deaf ear to everyone's ridicule and walked to the corner of the living room as if it had nothing to do with him.
Seeing that Lin Yun didn't respond, everyone thought that Lin Yun had no temper, and started mocking him even more unscrupulously.
"A guy who doesn't know how to be a good person comes here to join in the fun, but when his life is handed down, he won't even have time to regret it."
"Young man, you are not qualified to take these million gold coins. I sincerely advise you to withdraw from this operation as soon as possible."
"If you are in danger during tonight's operation, don't expect us to rescue you."
Everyone present looked down upon Lin Yun and ridiculed Lin Yun.
Among them, some were strong men from big families who joined the bandit suppression in order to experience themselves.
There are also some nameless cultivators who join in suppressing bandits just to make money.
Even though they were born differently and have different identities, they all have one thing in common. That is their age, which is basically over thirty.
It is precisely because of this that they rely on their old age to believe that their strength is far superior to Lin Yun.
How does a young man like Lin Yun who has no experience in the world have the right to receive the same remuneration as them?
When they thought of this, they felt psychologically unbalanced, so they collectively laughed at Lin Yun.
Just as everyone was mocking Lin Yun, the door to the living room was suddenly opened.
A middle-aged man wearing bronze armor strode in from outside the living room with several city guards.
This middle-aged man has a gutter nose, cold and sharp eyes, and is full of murderous intent. And his realm has reached the level of a sixth-level martial artist.
The moment the middle-aged man appeared, the entire living room fell into silence.
All the people who were mocking Lin Yun also shut up.
The middle-aged man walked to the center of the living room, folded his hands on his chest, and said to everyone with a stern expression: "I am Zhang Shijie, the commander of the city defense of Xizhou City. I will lead you tonight to complete the task of suppressing bandits."
After hearing Zhang Shijie's words, everyone was immediately confident. With such a strong leader, the success rate of the bandit suppression mission was greatly increased, so they no longer cared about Lin Yun, who was holding back.
Everyone ignored Lin Yun,
After a brief self-introduction, Zhang Shijie began to explain to everyone the plan to suppress the bandits that he and Xizhou Hou made together.
The general plan is as follows.
The entire anti-bandit force was divided into two groups.
On the first route, Zhang Shijie led more than 50 martial arts masters to sneak into the gangsters' interior, disrupt the gangster's stronghold, and kill the gangster leader.
On the second route, Xizhou Hou personally led the city defense army to ambush around the bandit's stronghold.
As soon as the bandit leader was killed, the city defense army launched a frontal attack on the bandit's stronghold, and cooperated with more than fifty martial arts masters inside and outside.
After explaining the combat plan to everyone, Zhang Shijie continued: "Because there are too many people performing the mission, it is easy to be discovered when implementing the infiltration plan. So I decided to divide the people performing the mission into three teams."
"The first team will be led by me, the second team, and the third team will be led by two captains selected from among you."
"Those who are above the level of a martial artist and have leadership abilities can serve as captains if they meet these two conditions. Which of you can meet these two requirements?"
Some people who originally planned to volunteer and recommended themselves immediately gave up the idea after hearing these two conditions mentioned by Zhang Shijie.
After about a few seconds, two middle-aged men over forty stood up from the crowd.
One person has a skinny figure, with shriveled and wrinkled skin, like a wooden doll.
One person has a strong body, full of muscles, like a stone puppet.
The cultivation level of these two people is almost the highest among the martial artists present, and both of them have reached the level of third-level martial arts masters.
"What are your names?" Zhang Shijie asked the two of them.
"Mu Sen." said the middle-aged man who was as skinny as a puppet.
"Shi Lei." said the middle-aged man who was as strong as a stone puppet.
Zhang Shijie nodded with satisfaction: "Mu Sen, you are responsible for leading the second team. Shi Lei, you are responsible for leading the third team.
"Yes." Mu Sen and Shi Lei both nodded and replied respectfully with fists clasped.
After selecting the captain, the next step is to assign team members.
Zhang Shijie began to personally distribute the members of each team and distribute the strength evenly.
The second team consisted of fifteen people, led by Musen.
The third team is fifteen people, led by Shi Lei.
Everyone else stayed in the first team, led by Zhang Shijie himself.
Lin Yun, who was regarded as a hindrance by everyone, happened to be placed in the first team.