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Chapter 172 Conflict and Returning to the Village

In the eastern suburbs, near the periphery of the Donglan Mountains.

A large river flowing out from the Donglan Mountains, followed the terrain for a few kilometers to the east, and then encountered another mountain peak, turned a corner, and turned to the southwest.

Because of the strange shape of the river, it was named Crescent River.

Because the river is relatively turbulent, many small rivers and streams are separated from it, flowing to other directions in the eastern suburbs.

It is the existence of this river that makes many areas in the eastern suburbs full of vitality and swarms of wild beasts. Later, it gradually became a good place for the human race to open up villages and settle down.

It is no exaggeration to say that this Crescent River is the mother river in the eastern suburbs. Even if the outside world is icy and snowy, the water of this Crescent River will not be frozen.

A fat wild boar came down from a nearby mountain and cautiously came to drink water from a creek branched off from the Crescent Moon River.

Just as it was sinking its head, suddenly several arrows shot out from the jungle on one side and hit the wild boar.

These arrows are powerful and extremely fast. The arrows are made of iron and stone, and their destructive power is even better than that of pure wooden arrows.

Even though the boar has rough skin and thick flesh, several blood holes were pierced by these arrows.

When the boar was attacked, it would panic and flee in pain.

The ambush figures rushed out, and one of them took a step forward, holding a short spear in his hand, his body stretched like a bow, he let out a low cry, his arm exerted strength, and suddenly threw the short spear out.

The short spear pierced through the air, stabbing the boar in an instant, and half of the short spear was embedded in the boar's body, which shows the lethality of the spear thrown by this hand.

"Haha, as expected of the captain, this is really a good place. The beasts on this mountain are bumping into them one after another." A young hunter laughed, and lifted the wild boar's carcass, which weighed hundreds of catties.

In this freezing winter, this can be regarded as a bumper harvest.

The one he called the captain was none other than his elder brother Xu Guping.

He is now the captain of a newly formed young hunting party in the village.

"Clean up, we can go back." Xu Guping said.

Maybe it's because today's harvest is really good, and there are many smiles on his face.

Although the animal husbandry industry in the village is booming, the meat from the home can only be said to be good enough to feed the hunger. In terms of nourishing effect, it is completely inferior to the ferocious wild animal meat in the wild.

The more powerful the beast meat, the higher the energy and nutritional value of the meat, and the better the nourishing effect.

Therefore, hunting teams in the village are still needed, but they are no longer hunting for simple food and clothing.

It is more about going out hunting for the cultivation resource of high-quality meat supplements.

"Such a good position, don't you want to continue squatting for a while?" A team member looked at the sky and asked involuntarily.

Xu Guping shook his head, and said: "We know that our village is not the only one that has a lot of prey in the Crescent River, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it is more appropriate to accept it as soon as it is found."

"Well, what Gu Ping said is right, and now in the chaotic land in the west, the old blood alliance that popped up is also ready to move. It is a potential hostile force. We also have to be careful and go back as soon as possible."

An older hunter in the team agreed with Xu Guping's decision.

The reason why the young Xu Guping was selected as the new hunting captain was not only because of Xu Guping's personal strength, but also because of his calm and thoughtful personality that surpassed his peers.

Hearing this, the rest of the members stopped talking and obeyed the captain's decision honestly.

Just when Xu Guping was about to lead the team away, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and suddenly froze his figure.

He saw a golden carp rushing down the river at an extremely fast speed at the upper reaches of the small river.

In a blink of an eye, he was near him.

"Fantastic fish!" Xu Guping didn't think much, he turned around and jumped to the river, his legs submerged in the water, and he grabbed it with his big hand.

He caught this golden fish and fished it out of the water.

"Hey, it's quite strong." Xu Guping laughed loudly.

The strange fish he caught also attracted the amazement of other members.

"I've never seen such a golden fish!"

"Indeed, the whole body is glowing, as if carved out of gold, beautiful!"

"The captain has caught a big treasure!"

Everyone said one after another, but no one recognized that it was He Yu.

If Lu Liang, a wild fisherman, was here, he must know that this is the golden fish he has always wanted.

The kind that has a price but no market in the town.

"Anyway, take it back and let the village chief take a look." Xu Guping was in a good mood.

Just as he was about to put the golden fish into the water bag, a voice suddenly came.

"stop."

Everyone turned their heads to look, and there were a few strange figures standing on the boulder by the stream, looking at Xu Guping and the others.

Seeing the armored clothes these people were wearing, the older member of the team changed his face, and whispered to Xu Guping in a humane voice: "It's from Wujia Village!"

Occupying the Wu Family Village in the Donglan Valley!

Just these few words are enough to make all of them treat them seriously.

If you want to say who is the boss in the eastern suburbs, it must be Wujia Village and Zhangjia Village, which occupy the most abundant land.

The strength of the two villages is indisputably strong. Even when the Yellow Turban Bandits and the Kuangfeng Gang were at their most aggressive, they didn't dare to offend these two villages at all, which is evident.

Both villages have a population of thousands of villagers, and they are veritable big villages.

Moreover, there are not only copper-skinned body refiners in the village, but also second-level bone-strengthening masters. This alone is enough to overwhelm all other villages in the eastern suburbs.

Although the current Xujia Village has also embarked on the fast track of development, compared with these two villages, it is still in the position of catching up, and it is quite far behind.

"Several, stop us, I don't know why." Xu Guping said this, but he already had a guess in his heart, and silently put the golden fish in his hand behind him.

Sure enough, several people from Wujia Village approached and spoke directly.

"That golden fish is what I'm chasing after, return it quickly." The leader of the village, a big man, glanced at Xu Guping and the others, and said.

His tone was cold and unceremonious.

As soon as these words came out, all members of the hunting team showed anger.

The members of this newly established hunting team are relatively young and full of vigor.

"Not to mention whether this fish is what you are chasing after, it is still swimming in the water now, it is a thing without an owner, how can you ask for it like this." A young man from Xujia Village couldn't help but say road.

The river is a river without an owner, and the fish is a fish without an owner. According to the hunting rules, whoever wins first will be the prey.

Regardless of the other party's behavior breaking the rules, this attitude is no different from Ming Qiang's, how can it not be annoying.

The big man from the village turned his gaze to the young man from Xujia Village, with a bit of impatience in his eyes.

"So, you won't give it."

Behind the big man in the village, several Wujia Villagers have already touched the weapons at their waists, and the threat is self-evident.

"Here, this matter ends here." Xu Guping threw the golden fish in his hand to the other party.

The situation is stronger than people, no matter how valuable the goldfish is, it is not worth risking the safety of the entire hunting team.

He could see that the opponents were all very strong!
He is now a body-refining cultivation base of the armor layer, and this person in front of him may be above him!

If he really wanted to fight, he couldn't guarantee that he could protect the team members.

However, the big man from the village took the golden fish, but he didn't have any evil thoughts in his heart. He suddenly stretched out his hand and locked the young man in Xujiacun's neck, and lifted him up easily.

"You!" Xu Guping was furious seeing the members of the team being choked like this. As the team leader, it was impossible for him to do nothing anymore, so he punched out suddenly.

"Let go!"

His punch was so fierce that even the big man in Wu Village didn't react, and was hit by Xu Guping's fist on the wrist.

He has great strength himself, and Xu Gu'an also gave him Tiger King blood essence, so his strength is even more extraordinary.

Wu Jing's wrist numb, and he let go.

The next moment, Wu Jing was furious, his skin turned yellow, like a golden man.

He is indeed a copper-skinned body refiner!
"Looking for death!" Wu Jing shouted, kicking Xu Guping several meters away.

Xu Guping endured the severe pain and just stood up, but the opponent had already attacked again.

There is an obvious gap in the realm of body training between the two, and the other party seems to have mastered martial arts in fists and feet.

Xu Guping was no opponent at all, he was quickly knocked down again by the opponent, and suffered multiple injuries on his body.

Seeing this, everyone in the Xujia Village team immediately drew their knives and were about to fight each other.

"Stop!" Xu Guping's face was bloodied, he stood up again, stared at the person in front of him, and spoke again.

"Whether to relieve the anger, this matter ends here!"

"Oh? Interesting!" Wu Jing was a little surprised that the young boy in front of him could be so rational.

"It's just that, it's not enough!"

Wu Jing sneered, kicked Xu Guping to the ground again, and drew out the long knife at his waist.

"Stop it, someone in his family has entered the Donglan Martial Academy, if you hurt him again, this matter will not be settled!"

In the Xu Family Village team, the older member immediately stepped forward.

He understood Xu Guping's original intention, he didn't want to continue to intensify the conflict, he wanted the other party to calm down, and he got hurt, as long as he could keep the hunting team, he could accept it.

If there is a real fight, the opponent has a copper-skin-level body refiner and a few armor-skin-level body-refiners. Even though there are many people on their side, there are only Xu Guping and his two armor-level body-trainers, and there is almost no chance of winning. to speak of.

"Can't calm down? I want to see how it can't be calmed down!" Wu Jing just thought it was funny.

Donglan Martial Academy is so easy to get into.

Just as he was about to drop the sword, the Wu family villager who was walking with him frowned and stopped him.

"Forget it, Brother Jing, why bother to learn as much as them. The gold fish should be fresh. It will take some time for Xiaotian to come back and taste it. Don't kill it. Let's go back and receive the reward." .”

"Forget it." Hearing about the reward after returning home, Wu Jing felt a lot more refreshed, nodded, put away the long knife, turned and left.

The Wujia villager who stopped him looked at Xu Guping who was already seriously injured on the ground, and couldn't help but shook his head.

Suddenly he took out a bag of herbal medicine from his bosom and threw it to the elderly Xujia villager.

"To stop bleeding and stop pain."

After all, he followed the team and left.

"Gu Ping, how are you?" Xu Youcai immediately stepped forward to support Xu Guping and asked.

"Go back first." Xu Guping only said this, and fell into a coma from serious injuries.

It can be seen how heavy the opponent's attack was, he was just stiffening just now.

"Wu Family Village!!" Xu Youcai gritted his teeth as he carried Xu Guping on his back.

The same is true for the rest of Xujiacun's team members.

"go!"

Wuyuan.

After completing today's five dungeon opportunities and daily practice, Xu Gu'an pushed open the window panel and looked outside.

It was windy and snowy last night, but now that the night has passed, the wind and snow have stopped.

After thinking about it, Xu Gu'an decided to go to his Yuanxian department store today to have a look.

Every once in a while, he would go to the store to check the situation.

The butler Zhang Yang will report to him on the performance of the store during this period and discuss some other related matters.

Soon, Xu Gu'an came outside his shop.

The visitor at the door was Lin Chunzi who had run errands for Xu Guan before.

"Young master, you are here!"

Seeing Xu Gu'an, Lin Chunzi immediately put on a smile and greeted him.

"Well, is the housekeeper there?" Xu Gu'an asked as he walked into the shop.

"Yes, it's upstairs. I'll call it for you." Lin Chunzi said immediately.

Xu Gu'an nodded and glanced towards the first floor.

Now the rows of shelves are no longer empty.

Instead, it was filled with many goods, which were divided into categories by Zhang Yang, which was clear at a glance.

Weapons hung side by side, and armors were displayed one by one.

There are also many purchased medicinal herbs, exotic flowers and rare treasures, which are basically imported things with colored light.

Some of these were purchased by Zhang Yang from various channels of chambers of commerce after negotiating prices, and some were obtained through cooperation with some local drug farmers or field expedition teams.

There are also dungeon items from Xu Gu'an.

In addition to these, there are many meat supplements, but these need to be carefully sealed.

What is on display is just some wooden signs with the names of meat supplements written on them instead.

If someone wants to buy it, the clerk will go to the cold storage to pick it up.

There are also many elixirs with various effects, except for the elixirs that Zhang Yang can buy.

Relying on Xu Gu'an's relationship, many alchemy scientists in the Martial Academy, if they want to sell the surplus pills in batches, they will choose to sell them to Xu Gu'an's shop.

More or less, they all want to use this to build a relationship with Xu Gu'an, and it's best to get some favors from Xu Gu'an, so they can make friends.

Generally speaking, the purchase channels of Yuanxian Department Store are various.

Zhang Yang's ability to handle all these in an orderly manner and arrange them clearly is also a manifestation of his ability.

Most of the goods displayed on the first floor are gray goods, and there are a lot of them.

The goods on the second floor are all above the gray grade, with some white grades and a few green grades.

As for the price, the ones on the first floor are more affordable, while the ones on the second floor are what you pay for.

As for the third floor, it is not used yet, except for some goods, it is basically idle.

In the future, as the supply of goods expands, if necessary, it can be opened after a little tidying up.

Xu Gu'an continued to glance over.

The few employees he recruited before were all doing their own thing.

Lin Chunzi has a good tongue and is responsible for welcoming customers outside. The young woman He Ruoying is currently working as an accountant in the store. In her spare time, Zhang Yang will give her some work arrangements for making armor.

Originally, He Ruoying had a lot of experience in tailoring, and this was Xu Guan's arrangement.

At first, Zhang Yang didn't understand. After all, it was one thing to have experience in tailoring. Making armor already involved the work of some craftsmen, and it was not that simple.

But later, as He Ruoying's talent for making armor was illuminated, Zhang Yang discovered in amazement that this woman could actually make armor with colored grades!

This shocked him greatly, even if he only occasionally made a piece of high-grade armor, and it was the lowest gray grade.

But this is also a very simple thing!

A piece of gray armor in the outside world, no matter what, is worth at least one or two silver coins, maybe even more. This is not a precious thing that ordinary people can afford.

And as He Ruoying further improves her skills in this area in the future, it is conceivable that the shipment rate will also increase.

It has to be said that this seemingly weak woman is a rare talent.

Since then, he has been extremely convinced by Xu Gu'an's vision and some decisions.

Although Xu Gu'an is not very old, in the eyes of these people, he is already a great man!
At this time, Zhou Dagen was moving goods in and out of the back door of the store.

In addition to doing some heavy physical goods in the shop, he also develops his talent for making tools in his spare time.

As for the materials they need to make armor and utensils, the shop is responsible for providing them.

That is to say, Xu Guan is in charge.

Similarly, the weapons and armor they made are also owned by the store.

Of course, Zhang Yang will additionally reward them based on the value created by the two, which is probably similar to a performance bonus.

Looking around, every employee has a job, even the nine-year-old Ah Fu is working hard to wipe the shelves and clean up, very focused and conscientious.

During this period of time, he ate and drank well in the store, and finally grew some flesh on his body, and he didn't look so shriveled and thin.

In addition to doing odd jobs in the store, he is also sent to the town's martial arts gym to practice martial arts on weekdays.

Since this little baby has a fighting talent, then develop his fighting talent, maybe it will come in handy in the future.

In general, with the store's current ability to attract money, it is not a problem at all to support these employees.

"Look, it's that martial arts genius!"

"It really is!"

Many customers in the shop quickly recognized Xu Gu'an who had arrived.

At this time, Zhang Yang had already come down and greeted Xu Guan.

"I heard that the behind-the-scenes owner of this store is the great genius just now. It was gifted to him by the Shen family at the beginning. Now it seems that this is really the case!" One person said in a low voice.

"I've known about this for a long time, and it's not surprising that this great genius has a close relationship with the Shen family.

I even heard that this great genius was kind to the Shen family, that's why the Shen family gave such a priceless shop as a gift in return. "The companion on the side pouted.

Apparently he knew more gossip.

"Really, then you must also know about Shen Xi's engagement with that great genius. Is it true or not? I'm curious?"

"Well, anyway, the relationship between the two is quite ambiguous, and the Shen family neither makes it public nor refute rumors."

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In the tea room on the second floor, Zhang Yang reported on his work as usual. Xu Guan shook the tea in the cup, resting his chin on his hand, and looked out the window while listening to Zhang Yang's report.

"Compared with last month, this month's performance has improved by [-]%, mainly due to the high income of white products and green products, which accounted for the majority"

"Dagen finally made a gray knife this month. Although it looks ordinary, but fortunately, the investment in him has begun to pay off.
Ah Fu's cultivation is very hard, I have never seen any child at his age who can be so self-disciplined and hardworking, he has already mastered a sword technique, and he is not far from the nail layer."

Zhang Yang spoke for a long time.

"Uncle Zhang, take a break, drink some tea to moisturize your throat." Seeing that the tea was getting cold, Xu Guan smiled at Zhang Yang.

Since the two have been dealing with each other for a long time, the relationship has become much closer.

Zhang Yang nodded, drank the tea in the cup, and then quickly continued the words just now.

He is a serious and focused person, all the time.

At this moment, in the sky outside the window, a little blue bird flew into the private room where Xu Gu'an was.

Xu Guan stretched out his finger, and the little blue bird landed on his finger.

"Huh?" Xu Guan looked at the little blue bird in front of him, feeling a little puzzled.

The blue bird travels between the village and him.

It's not long since the last time I communicated with the daily routine, and it seems a bit abnormal that the message came again.

Xu Guan frowned slightly, and took the letter paper from the blue bird.

Zhang Yang on the side watched his words and expressions, and then fell silent, waiting for Xu Guan to read the letter.

Xu Gu'an checked the content on the letter paper, and the next moment there was a cold light in his eyes.

The air in the whole tea room seemed to freeze, under the pressure of the powerful aura, Zhang Yang's heart tensed unconsciously.

It was rare for him to see Xu Gu'an showing such an expression. Before that, Xu Gu'an had always been easy-going and friendly.

Even if the people in the store made a small mistake, he would not pursue too much, and the punishment was severe.

Now, the boy is like a sharp knife drawn out of its sheath, showing a terrifying edge.

"Uncle Zhang, I will take a long trip recently. I don't know when I will come back. You are fully responsible for what happens in the store. If you can't handle it, wait until I come back."

After Xu Gu'an got up and finished speaking, he walked out of the tea room.

Zhang Yang looked at Xu Gu An in a hurry, and knew that Xu Gu An had important matters to deal with, so he didn't say any more.

Xu Gu'an returned to the martial arts academy, found the old headmaster, and informed him.

Then he rode on his Qingling horse and left the town.

Xujia Village, the residence of the village chief.

In the small courtyard, many people gathered.

Xu Xinnian hugged Feng Man, who was wiping his tears with his head down, and comforted him.

Xu Yaya on the side bit her lower lip and clenched her fists, her big eyes were full of worry.

There were also members of a hunting team beside them, about a dozen people, with worried and angry expressions on their faces.

At this time, a few more people strode in from outside the house.

It was Xu Dajun, Xu Erkai, and several other hunting captains who had returned.

"How could this be?" Xu Erkai asked with a serious expression as he entered the courtyard.

"Uncle Erkui, it's that Wu Family Village who is deceiving people too much!"

"Not only snatched the golden fish, but also injured Gu Ping"

Soon, everyone understood the whole story.

Xu Guping, who was seriously injured, was still receiving treatment from the old village chief in the house.

"It's really deceiving people too much!" Xu Erkai was very annoyed.

Xu Guping was a child whom he watched growing up, and he was a reassuring child from childhood to adulthood.

Since becoming a hunting captain, he has never made a mistake, so he never thought that there would be such an unavoidable catastrophe today!
"Wu Family Village!"

Several other hunting captains were also full of anger, but a little helpless.

If it is another village, they must go to ask for an explanation.

But this is Wujia Village, can they really discuss it?

In the final analysis, the big fist is the last word, and everything else is useless.

"Does Xiao An know about this?" Xu Dajun suddenly asked Xu Xinnian.

Xu Xinnian nodded, and said: "The village chief said that Gu Ping's injury needs some medicinal herbs, which may only be available in the town, and Xiao'an can only be contacted for this matter."

"If Xiaoan can make a move, this matter will not be over!" Xu Dajun said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)