As the sound of hooves approached quickly, the three people could already see each other's figures. There was indeed only one Gale Beast. It might be due to the rugged mountain road. The Gale Beast was not very fast. There was a guy wearing thick clothes sitting on it.
, it seems that he is not wearing a weapon, but he should not be too careless, after all, the talisman cannot be seen if it is hidden.
"Stop!" Shi Mang stood directly in the middle of the mountain road, holding the shield in front of him, always guarding against possible attacks from the opponent.
Anyone in the dark night would react instinctively if they encountered such an unexpected shout. However, the reaction of the person in front of them was beyond the expectations of the three people. Before Shi Mang could say the next sentence, he saw a
Fire was coming.
Shi Mang immediately raised the shield in front of him to block the fire attack. However, this was not an ordinary fire attack. The flames fell behind the shield and immediately exploded. Countless smaller flames immediately burned around Shi Mang.
It turned into a blazing flame in an instant, and there was a bit of a choking smell in the hot air.
"Shi Mang, hold your breath, this is salt poison!" Jin Ruofeng had learned a lot about toxins during his days following Lin Mu, and he immediately identified where the toxins in the flames came from.
Salt poison is a very clever toxin. It is non-toxic at room temperature. It will only emit violent toxin when it is burned by flames. This toxin can make the target lose its resistance in a short time. It is not
It is one of the personal protective treasures of young merchants, but salt poison is expensive to make, so it is rare for ordinary people to have this kind of thing.
"General Huang, are you going up or should I go up?" There was only one person on the other side, Jin Ruofeng asked Huang Zhenbiao with a smile.
Huang Zhenbiao also smiled: "I'll go ahead! Look around for me!" Even a strong warrior like Huang Zhenbiao was a little worried in the darkness.
A cloud of cool rain and mist extinguished the surrounding flames in an instant, without even a trace of smoke rising. The people on the Wind Beast were obviously a little surprised that they could get rid of their own salt poison so cleanly. Their strength at least exceeded the level of a warrior.
Okay, how could such a person plunder in this wilderness?
Just as he was thinking about it, the fire sword in Huang Zhenbiao's hand was mixed with star flames and struck at the gale beast. He shot the man first and the horse. The same is true in combat. As long as the gale beast is dealt with, the opponent will definitely not be able to outrun Jin Ruofeng's flying raft.
This wind beast had obviously been trained. It backed up without hesitation, then turned around to escape.
"Want to run? Freeze!" The water sword in Huang Zhenbiao's left hand suddenly shook, and a line of ice more than one foot wide instantly covered the area ten feet in front and back of the Gale Wind Beast. Gale Wind's limbs were instantly frozen and moved between these ice ridges.
Incredible.
The other party obviously knew that the people in front of him were not weak, so he immediately took out a skin bag in his hand and seemed ready to destroy it. Jin Ruofeng smiled faintly, and the fire tree instantly formed around the wind beast. The flames on the branches didn't even have time to pop out, and the entire branch
He hit the man's arm directly. Although the fire tree was of wood type, it contained extremely powerful flames.
The arm holding the skin bag was instantly surrounded by flames, and the thick leather jacket was immediately reduced to ashes. The man had two choices before him, one was to destroy the skin bag in his hand, and the other was to save himself quickly, otherwise the arm might not survive in a few breaths.
Belongs to oneself.
Without any accident, Shi Mang stretched out his hand and firmly caught the fallen skin bag on the shield. The salt poison just now made him frightened. Who knew what would be in this skin bag.
Huang Zhenbiao flew up to the Gale Beast, raised his foot and kicked it aside. The ice and fire swords flashed away, trapping it tightly.
"Boss, what's in this?" Shi Mang handed the leather bag to Jin Ruofeng.
Jin Ruofeng took a careful look, and then poured out the contents of the bag. There was only a small talisman inside, a very strange wooden talisman, and there was a seal on it. Jin Ruofeng took a look at this
The ancient runes on it are pretty good. I can read this seal clearly, but I don't know what the origin of this seal is, and it is sealed with ancient runes.
Jin Ruofeng opened the talisman without hesitation, and a small tree immediately appeared in front of several people. The small tree had no special place, but there were a few lines of writing on the trunk of the small tree. Jin Ruofeng once worked under Mo Zhengkun.
I found this kind of talisman in my travel notes. This one-time talisman will disappear quickly as soon as it is opened. Just because this kind of talisman is easy to damage, it is not suitable for the army, but it is very suitable for merchants. This is what merchants use to pass on
Important method of confidential information.
However, this kind of talisman is expensive to make and will not be used unless it is an important matter. It seems that this person is the messenger of a large chamber of commerce and has urgent matters to deliver, which is why the three of them mistakenly thought that he belonged to the emperor.
Chasing troops.
Jin Ruofeng carefully looked at the writing on the tree trunk. After reading it twice, the writing quickly disappeared, and the entire small tree withered rapidly, and finally disappeared.
"General Huang!" Jin Ruofeng gestured on his neck. Huang Zhenbiao killed the man in front of him without hesitation, and then came to Jin Ruofeng.
"What's the origin?" Huang Zhenbiao also saw the entire process of the small tree disappearing.
"Do you know the Longyuan Chamber of Commerce?" Jin Ruofeng asked with a frown.
Huang Zhenbiao nodded slightly: "One of the three major chambers of commerce in Zhongzhou. No one knows who the real owner is. Not that they are all among the targets of the two emperors' attacks. The losses are not small! Is this the messenger of the Longyuan Chamber of Commerce?"
"Yes, it's just a secret messenger. This is the message sent by the Longyuan Chamber of Commerce's secret line among the Shenlong Guards!"
"What news?" Huang Zhenbiao knew from Jin Ruofeng's face that this news was extraordinary.
Jin Ruofeng smiled and said: "The emperor plans to make peace with the three major chambers of commerce. The hunting season allocation quota will be tilted towards the three major chambers of commerce, and the quota of Longyuan Chamber of Commerce will be increased by 20%!"
Jin Ruofeng had heard Qin Zhong say several times during the hunting season that this was a carnival in Zhongzhou before the opening of the divine tower. It was said that a large number of demon cores could be hunted during the hunting season, and there were also a lot of aura stones and even divine stones waiting for them.
Everyone, it’s not just that, because the hunting season has existed since ancient times, and many weapons or talismans from ancient times may also be left. Although it is not as good as the sacred tower, it is still rare. In the eyes of many people, the hunting season is for
A snack prepared upon entering the pagoda.
"This is a big deal!" Huang Zhenbiao, as a general, immediately noticed the problem. Seeing Jin Ruofeng's puzzled look, he immediately said, "In the past hunting season, the emperor and the major associations would discuss various issues with each other.
The share of the emperor is generally 20% of the total share occupied by the emperor, and 30% is 50%.
10% of the university hall is owned by the major associations, and the remaining 30% is owned by the nine major chambers of commerce and the six major hunting teams in Zhongzhou. Others who want to enter the hunting season have to spend a lot of money to purchase quotas. This is the last 10%.
The quotas of the five universities are now in name only, so these 30% of the quotas are the fat in everyone’s eyes!"
Jin Ruofeng seemed to understand something: "General Huang, are you saying that if the Five Colleges do not have enough manpower, their shares will be supplemented by other forces?"
"That's right! Now it seems that the emperor is very likely to take the 30% share in his hands, or reward it to those who are loyal to him, or use it as a trade to the chamber of commerce or the hunting team!" Huang Zhenbiao looked at the gale beast next to him and said, "
Now it seems that the three major chambers of commerce will increase their quotas significantly this time! I wonder what the emperor wants to get from them?"
"General, what about King Xiaoyao? He represents Zhenyun Academy. If he is here, he will definitely have a quota!"
"That's right! I think this is one of the reasons why the emperor wants to take the prince back, but we still don't know the more important reason!" Huang Zhenbiao thought for a moment and said, "It's not long before the hunting season.
, this news must be informed to the prince as soon as possible! Now that the prince is here, Zhenyun Academy is here, even if it is impossible to gather the manpower for the hunting season, this quota alone is worth a large number of forces flocking to!"
"That's fine, General Huang. You turn back immediately to catch up with the prince. Shi Mang and I will still follow the original route. If there is any updated news, I will ask my senior brother's station to inform Changfeng City!" Jin Ruofeng knew about Huang Zhenyu.
The secret of the station will never be hidden from his brother.
"This is best, but this way you will be in a lot more danger!" Huang Zhenbiao still has some feelings for these two little guys these days.
"It's okay! It's not like we haven't passed by before. Besides, there is no prince around us. Even if we are discovered by the emperor's people, they still know what is important. Besides, everyone has a few ways to save their lives. As long as the shadow warriors don't come,
I still have some way of escaping!"
Huang Zhenbiao had also heard in the past few days that Jin Ruofeng had escaped from the hands of a beast general and a god of plague. This was something that even a high-level warrior could not do.
Without further ado, Huang Zhenbiao rode the messenger's wind beast and turned around to quickly catch up with King Xiaoyao and his party, while Jin Ruofeng and Shi Mang dressed up and continued on their way. As for everything that had just happened, it disappeared into the darkness in the flames.
Here, except for the occasional cold wind, not many people knew about it.
Dozens of miles of mountain road passed quickly by the speed of the flying raft. When dawn broke, the two of them had already set foot on the official road. This official road is an important passage in the northern part of Zhongzhou.
It is also an important route connecting the eastern counties with three thousand miles of fertile land. It is no different from the official road in Anyin Mountain. Due to the geology of this official road, it appears to be better than the official road in the south.
The road is flatter, and there are more corresponding carriages. Most of them are large trucks used by chambers of commerce to transport supplies. Although it is the middle of winter, such large convoys are also very common. After a while, the two of them saw a truck that was full of
A team of more than 30 large vehicles drove slowly through the mist. Perhaps they were delayed on the road and failed to find a suitable campsite. The team looked exhausted.