Practice begins with collecting character cards

Chapter 147 Breakthrough and Preparation

"There is another bone ginseng plant that may be older, just..."

Just as Xu Gu'an was thinking, a giant eagle that was obviously overdeveloped suddenly swooped down in the sky.

After hearing two crisp sounds, the giant eagle directly broke two tall trees and went into the forest.

After a while, the giant eagle flew out again in front of Xu Gu'an's eyes.

There is also a wild beast in the forest in its mouth, which looks like a cow and a horse, and its size is not small.

However, just as the giant eagle was about to take off and leave the forest, a pure black King Kong suddenly jumped onto Takagi, then leaped high, and flew towards the fluttering giant eagle in the air.

It actually dragged the giant eagle back to the forest.

The giant eagle howled violently, unable to resist at all.

The size and tonnage of Donkey Kong is even more exaggerated!
Within the reach of Xu Gu An's eyes, the King Kong directly and brutally tore off the pair of wings of the giant eagle. Obviously, this old man is determined to eat birds today.

"Just. Forget it"

Xu Gu'an shook his head, the dense forest below has completely gone beyond the outer boundary of the mountain range, it can be regarded as the hinterland of the mountain range.

Although bone ginseng is good, the more the better, but he knows how dangerous this dense forest is.

It is conceivable that the team led by Shen Xi, who has nine levels of bone strength, was eventually wiped out.

Only the King Kong that I saw just now has a combat power far beyond the level of the Bone Strengthening Realm.

And in the dense forest, there are a lot of terrifying beasts like this, so it can be said that they can be found everywhere.

If he went, it would only be enough to give those powerful beasts a gap between their teeth.

In the final analysis, this is the real version of the dungeon of level [-] difficulty!
Today's harvest is quite fruitful, and the target medicinal materials along the way are basically not in vain, which can be regarded as good luck.

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Gu'an wanted to go back the same way and return to the town before nightfall.

When turning around, Xu Gu'an's heart suddenly trembled, and he inadvertently noticed a pair of pupils in the bushes in the distance, staring at him firmly.

Immediately, Xu Guan's muscles tensed up, and even when he raised his foot, he froze in place.

He wasn't sure what level of beast was in the bush, he only knew that the other party had been observing him for a long time, but he didn't notice the other party's existence.

There is a line between this place and the hinterland of the mountain range, so it would not be surprising if an extremely powerful beast appeared.

Xu Gu'an took a deep breath, and when he looked again, he was shocked to realize that those pupils seemed to disappear out of nowhere.

But the feeling of being locked in did not dissipate.

The guy probably already knew I saw it too, so.
Xu Guan glanced around.

A gust of wind blew from one side of the cliff, and the branches and leaves on the cliff shook accordingly.

Xu Gu'an's ears moved slightly, and he heard a few crackles beside him, which were different from the sound of the wind.

He suddenly looked towards the bush near him, which was less than two or three meters away from him.

Those round pupils reappeared, staring at him just like that.

When his eyes met with it, a strange-looking ferocious beast rushed out and rushed straight at him.

Xu Gu'an was always alert, with one hand already on the handle of the knife.

At this moment, he drew his sword instinctively and slashed out.

Clang!
The black knife slashed the ferocious beast, and the huge anti-shock force was transmitted along the blade, pushing Xu Gu An back two steps.

Behind him is the cliff, there is no way to retreat.

Fortunately, his strength was enhanced by spells, and he was strong enough to resist the beast.

He was not thrown to the ground by the opponent.

With hunting experience, he knew very well that if he was knocked down by a ferocious beast in the wild, his fate would basically be disastrous.

And it wasn't until then that he saw the appearance of the beast clearly.

The whole body is black, the body looks like a wolf, the legs are thick, and the muscles hang like tumors.

The soles of the feet look different, spread out like eagle claws, and can flexibly hold the ground.

Its face is like a fox, its eyes and mouth are long and narrow, and it looks strange.

Fluid was dripping from the exposed fangs, and it could be seen that it was hungry.

"This is Yasha Fox!" Xu Gu'an's heart moved, and he thought of the monster record he saw in the Book Pavilion.

There is a description in it, which is very consistent with the fierce beast in front of you.

Yasha fox moves swiftly and has a ghostly figure. It likes to eat the internal organs of wild animals, including human.

It is not uncommon to hunt and kill people around villages from time to time, so it is recorded in the book.

The most important point is that an adult Yasha fox has enough combat power to easily hunt down some bone-strengthening body refiners!

"However, the size of this head is a bit wrong, maybe it's underage." Xu Gu'an made a judgment after observing.

In yesterday's and the day before yesterday's dungeons, the team was not attacked by the Yasha fox when they came near the cliff.

Apparently, this Yesha fox came and went randomly, not because he broke into the opponent's lair territory.

On Xu Gu'an's heart, the blood mark was faintly bright red, and the blood streaked across his chest.

The next moment, the Yasha fox set off again and rushed towards Xu Gu'an.

This time, Xu Gu'an held the saber in both hands, and instead of retreating, he slashed out again.

If he retreats, there will be thousands of feet of cliffs behind him, and there will be no way to go. For him, the only option is to fight!
Yechahu approached Xu Gu'an as if to pounce, but suddenly swayed, and jumped to avoid Xu Gu'an's long knife with great agility.

The characteristic of Yasha fox is cunning and changeable. It likes to suddenly jump on people's back and bite through the back of people's neck.

The records about it have been described in quite detail in the booklet of the Monster Chronicles.

Xu Gu'an didn't even think about it, he waved his long knife, drew a half-arc, and swept behind him.

squeak!
The Yasha fox was indeed about to pounce on Xu Gu'an's back and bite, which seemed to be an instinctive action engraved in his bones.

But the next moment, it was swept away by Xu Guan.

The best result, of course, is that the Yasha fox will be swept off the cliff with this knife.

But in the air, the Yaksha fox was able to flick its tail, control its figure, and fell back to the edge of the cliff like a boomerang.

However, Xu Gu'an's knife still did not cause much damage to him.

This made Xu Gu'an feel tricky.

The strength of his saber is so great, and this saber is a sharp green weapon. It is hard to imagine the structure of the skin, flesh and bones of this Yasha fox, which can block his long saber.

This yaksha fox was undoubtedly the strongest beast he faced on this trip.

Even in the dungeon, he has never encountered it.

Of course, this is also related to the cunning character of Yasha Fox itself.

They usually observe the target for a long time first, and when they encounter something difficult to deal with, they will just avoid it and never attack easily.

Therefore, if they feel that the lineup led by Shen Xi is too strong, they will retreat on their own.

On the contrary, seeing Xu Gu'an who was alone, the Yasha fox chose to move out.

"It's not that we can't fight." After several fights, Xu Gu'an had a bottom line in his mind.

With force under your feet, the moon lunge starts.

The full-level moon lunge gave him a burst of speed, which is quite terrifying.

The round was like an arrow shot from a longbow, breaking through layers of wind resistance and coming to the Yaksha fox.

Then the Tianluo Saber Technique was displayed.

The condensed saber momentum, like a net from heaven and earth, oppressed the Yasha fox, restricting its movements.

The light of the knife burst out like a spark that started a prairie fire.

Either don't make a move, or it must be a thunderous blow.

click!
Yashahu wanted to hide again, but was oppressed by Xu Guan's knife, and his speed and reaction were slow.

With all his strength, he cut Yasha Fox's leg.

The blade seemed to be grinding against the steel and iron bones, and finally the leg of the Yasha fox was cut off by Xu Gu'an.

Yasha Fox let out a sharp cry and rolled on the ground.

This time, it wanted to escape.

But without a leg, its speed is much worse.

Unless the Yasha fox jumped off the cliff now, how could Xu Gu'an let it go, and the roles of hunter and prey were switched instantly.

The moon lunge started again, and the rocks under his feet were all cracked by him.

Originally, he thought that if he lost, he would have no choice but to use a character manifestation card to summon Shen Xi, a strong supporter.

Now it seems unnecessary.

The Yasha fox with a broken leg was no longer as ferocious as before, was chased by Xu Gu'an and slashed, and finally died quite simply.

Xu Gu'an put away the body of Yeshahu, and walked away quickly without stopping.

He wasn't sure if there were any companions of this Yasha fox nearby, so it was better to leave as soon as possible.

In fact, about half an hour after Xu Gu'an left, several larger Yaksha foxes rushed to the vicinity of the cliff, sniffed the blood on the ground with their noses, and squeaked endlessly.

Xu Guan turned back the same way, and quickly left the hinterland, returning to the outer area of ​​the mountain range.

There were no other twists and turns along the way. After leaving the foot of Donglan Mountain, there was a horse whistle.

The Qingling horse galloped to him with light and joyful steps, lowered the horse's head and rubbed against Xu Gu'an, and was quite intimate with his master.

It can be seen that it has been running in the wild for a long time, and it is also very happy.

"It's time to go back." Xu Gu'an touched the mane on the horse's head, and fed some special horse grass by the way.

It was also this expensive horse grass that made this Qingling horse very close to him.

Staying in the stables of the inn, there is no such good food and treatment.

Divide the harvest into two categories, separate the animal carcasses from the medicinal herbs, and put them in two bamboo baskets on the horse's back.

At sunset, the big yellow sun hangs down in the sky, releasing its final brilliance.

When Xu Guan returned to the town, the sky had just darkened.

It's the dry season, and night falls later than at other times.

Xu Gu'an did not return to the martial arts academy, but led the horse to a shop in the town.

The scale of the shop is not small, occupying three rows of facades on the block.

From the gate to the cabinet, the decoration is magnificent and looks extremely luxurious.

On the plaque at the door, there are four gold-plated characters of Nancheng Qihuo.

When seeing Xu Gu'an, one of the young servants at the entrance of the shop was startled, and immediately trotted up to greet him with a smile on his face.

"Young master Xu, you are here again, this time to clear the goods again? Master Yong is inside, let me call for you?" The boy looked flattered.

Immediately, he shouted to a few servants behind him who didn't know why, "Hurry up and lead Mr. Xu's horse, you have neglected the distinguished guests, see if Lord Yong will spare you!"

Seeing this, Xu Gu'an smiled with interest, and it was obvious that this person was really scared.

Previously, when Xu Gu'an came to this shop for the first time, he met this nodding and bowing boy next to him.

At that time, Xu Gu'an only felt that the costumes of the martial arts students were too eye-catching, so he wore plain clothes to go out, but the boy didn't recognize him, and just mocked the clothes his mother woven for him, with a terrible attitude Not as it is now.

Seeing Xu Gu'an looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, the boy felt his heart tremble for a while, his face turned bitter, and he begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Young Master Xu, Uncle Xu, last time I was a young man with blind eyes and blind eyes, who didn't know Mount Tai."

"Okay." Xu Guan waved his hand.

Seeing this, the boy was relieved, and ran into the inner hall in a hurry.

Last time he was yawning. When he realized it, Xu Gu'an had already stuffed the blade into his mouth and almost cut off his tongue.

Then because of this incident, he was almost liquidated by the high-level executives behind the store, that is, Xu Guan didn't care about it, so he was only fined a year's wages, which also made him understand what it means to speak out.

"Haha, Brother Xu, I haven't seen you for a while." A middle-aged man soon walked out of the inner hall, laughing heartily.

"Brother Yong, it's still clearance today." Xu Gu'an got straight to the point.

The person in front of him is named Ji Yong, who is the person in charge of this shop.

And his real identity is actually a middle-level manager of Nancheng Chamber of Commerce.

This shop is also one of the properties of the Nancheng Chamber of Commerce in the town.

Xu Gu'an also knows something about the Nancheng Chamber of Commerce. It is not only a big chamber of commerce in the town, but also known as chambers of commerce in other regions.

Only a branch of the Nancheng Chamber of Commerce settled in Donglan Town, which shows how large the Chamber of Commerce is.

Even when the members of the three major families met with the high-level officials of the Nancheng Chamber of Commerce, they were all very polite and courteous.

The reason why Xu Gu'an made the manager of the Nancheng Chamber of Commerce so polite was not that they knew each other.

It's just that the title of this year's second-best freshman and the fame he has made are too loud.

It's not surprising that such a talented and hot future star is definitely worth courting for any big power in the town.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, the rare things that my brother often gets are very easy to sell here. I collect as much as I have, and it's still the same. I bought them all at the highest purchase price set by our chamber of commerce." Ji Yong said. vowed.

"Of course I believe Brother Yong's words." Xu Guan said with a smile.

Ji Yong's smile was even wider, and he immediately greeted Xu Gu'an enthusiastically.

Compared with this deal, he values ​​whether the relationship with Xu Gu'an can go further.

As long as he does his best, in the future Xu Gu'an can take advantage of the wind, relying on this relationship, he may also be able to rise step by step in the chamber of commerce!

In terms of seeing people, he still has it.

There are a lot of new students every year, and there are quite a few geniuses touted, but among these geniuses, Xu Gu'an is still a special existence.

Especially after contacting him, he felt that Xu Gu'an's calmness was especially valuable at this age.

Not relying on talent and arrogance, not being ruthless, and seems to be able to deal with everything calmly.

Just looking at his self-cultivation, he doesn't look like a young man who walked out of a mountain village.

If he doesn't become a talent, it's too much for God!

Room on the second floor.

"This is Yasha Fox?!" Ji Yong looked at the corpse of the beast in front of him, showing surprise.

"Brother Xu, is this your call?"

Xu Guan nodded.

"I entered the mountain today and got it by accident in the mountains. Brother Yong, let's see the price."

Ji Yong glanced over, and turned over Yashahu's body again.

"Well, this is a juvenile Yasha fox, but even so, Brother Xu was able to hunt and kill it alone, it is really amazing." Ji Yong couldn't help sighing, he obviously knew the fighting power and cunning of the Yasha fox .

"The fur is not damaged much, the flesh and blood are fresh, and the claws and teeth are complete." Ji Yong is doing the appraisal. This is his old profession, and he is very professional.

In the end, such a Yaksha Fox sold for 120 silver coins.

"So valuable?" Xu Gu'an was a little surprised, the price exceeded his expectations.

"My brother, you don't know something. As the saying goes, rare things are valuable, this Yasha fox is famous for its cunning.

Therefore, it is difficult to find it, and some rich and old men just like to hunt for novelties, and for a row of noodles, the price of this Yasha fox meat is also raised. "

Ji Yong wiped a little bit of fox blood on his hands and explained.

Xu Gu'an understood that the Yasha fox meat itself might not be worth so much money in terms of nutritional value.

But in many cases, there are many factors that determine the market value, and the value itself is only one of them. The market demand, the general environment and other conditions must also be considered.

One day, if Yasha fox meat and fox fur are not favored by the rich and powerful in the town, their market prices will naturally return to normal.

"Hey, there are also Sanhua velvet antlers, Cuiyu bird meat, red eagle vulture eggs, snow beef"

Ji Yong looked at the items on display. Although the weights were not large, they were all extremely rare luxury items.

"Brother, you have figured out this strange product."

Ji Yong looked at the table, full of rare things, and sighed.

He was really curious about how Xu Gu'an managed to hunt them down.

"Brother Yong, you can just say the number." Xu Gu An said with a smile, without saying anything.

Except for Yasha Fox, the others are naturally not what he got today.

Instead, he specially selected them from the inventory according to some items on the market that he had heard were more expensive.

Repeatedly spawning monsters in the dungeon every day, manipulating the team without any scruples to explore the Donglan Mountains, after a long time, naturally everything will be gained.

In the end, Xu Gu'an sold it at a super high price of more than 800 silver coins.

This is already an amount that ordinary families in the town may not be able to save for a lifetime, which shows the value of these rare objects.

Ji Yong is also quite happy to complete this transaction.

Since his shop is called Nancheng Qihuo, the main signboard is naturally the word "Qihuo".

The channel to go is mostly the goods from the chamber of commerce.

But in fact, the Nancheng Chamber of Commerce is now spreading more and more, and it is becoming more and more difficult to supply goods to various places.

Donglan Town is just a small remote place. With Ji Yong's qualifications, the shop he is in charge of can get very limited high-quality goods each time.

And without good products, it is natural not to be able to make good performance, so it has been tepid, and it has been difficult for Ji Yong to be appreciated in the chamber of commerce.

Until recently, Xu Gu'an often gave some rare and high-value items, which relieved Ji Yong's urgent needs to a certain extent.

"Brother Yong, do you know what you said last time?" Xu Gu'an continued to ask after processing the goods.

When Ji Yong heard this, he straightened his face slightly, and said: "I have already collected the five kinds of medicinal materials that my brother asked for, because the quantity required is not too much, so it is not difficult."

Xu Gu'an nodded, and with these five herbs in hand, he also gathered the soup and herbs needed to break through the fifth layer of bones.

Ji Yong then showed a bit of embarrassment, and continued: "As for the flesh and blood, it's really not easy to handle."

When Xu Guan heard this, his face remained normal, and he asked: "What's the problem, but it's okay to say it?"

"Brother, you should also know that there is almost no blood elephant meat in Donglan Town, and even the three major families don't have reserves. After all, this is the meat tonic needed for cultivating the blood refining realm!" Ji Yong shook his head.

"I can get some blood elephant meat through the channel of the Chamber of Commerce, but that will be much more expensive, and the transportation will also take time and cost."

After hearing this, Xu Gu'an felt certain.

So it's just a matter of money, and that's easy.

"Brother Yong, what's the approximate price?" He asked directly.

"I asked, ninety silver coins per catty." Ji Yong said the unit price.

This is undoubtedly an exaggerated price.

After all, this is only a catty of meat, which is not enough for a body refiner to fit between his teeth, yet it costs ninety silver coins.

If it is ten catties, it is nine hundred silver coins, which is more expensive than all the rare things Xu Guan sold this time!
It's no wonder that Ji Yong just showed embarrassment.

He can indeed get goods, but it is also expensive.

He originally wanted to sell a favor to Xu Gu'an and give him a few catties of blood elephant meat.

But looking at the price now, he really couldn't afford it.

Not everyone can treat hundreds of silver coins as nothing. He is just a middle-level manager of the chamber of commerce in a remote area with limited wealth.

"Okay, for this price, let's start with twenty catties." Xu Gu'an agreed with almost no hesitation after Ji Yong finished quoting the price.

This wave of flesh and blood is just what he needs, as long as it can enhance his strength, he doesn't care about the price even if it is expensive.

"Twenty catties?" Ji Yong smacked his lips unconsciously.

"Well, can Brother Yong get it?" Xu Guan asked.

"Twenty catties of blood elephant meat is available, but that's [-] silver coins!" Ji Yong nodded.

This is already considered a big deal for him.

"Well, this is the 830 silver coins just now, plus mine, please count them." Xu Guan took out two heavy money bags and said.

His current silver coin savings are more than 600 pieces!
The reason why he has accumulated so much is that he relied on his reputation as the second place in the freshman list to befriend Ji Yong, and at a good price, he sold a lot of rare items dropped by dungeons in exchange for real money.

The second is that he has obtained a lot of dropped silver coins and copper coins through a large number of copies of Xieguan before.

Taken together, Xu Gu'an in reality has gradually gained a solid family background.

Even if the consumption of pills needed for daily body training is removed, there is still so much left.

"Since my brother is willing to pay this price, I'll take it for you. As for the money, it won't be too late to give it after the goods arrive." Ji Yong said, wanting to push back the two heavy money bags.

Xu Guan waved his hand, stood up and said, "I trust Brother Yong, it doesn't matter if you give the money sooner or later."

"Well, okay." Ji Yong didn't feel too pretentious after hearing it.

"Don't worry, I will get it as soon as possible." Without waiting for Xu Gu'an's instructions, Ji Yong said first.

"Then there will be Brother Lao Yong." Xu Guan smiled and left the shop.

The horses continued to be returned to the inn, and the wave management fee was paid by the way.

After that, he returned to the Martial Academy with the medicinal herbs, bone ginseng, etc. he dug up in the bamboo basket today.

"Blood Elephant Flesh will take some time to reach Donglan Town. Before that, we can make a breakthrough in body training!"

While washing, Xu Gu'an was making calculations in his mind.

He used the perfect bone-forging secret method to accumulate bone quality, and now he has faintly touched the bottleneck again, and the opportunity to break through the fifth level of bone is not far away.

It is precisely because of this that today he chose to go to the Donglan Mountains to dig out the medicinal herbs he needed.

Make preparations for him to break through the fifth layer of bone in advance.

At that time, when the time is right, he will be able to directly break through.

(End of this chapter)