Practice begins with collecting character cards

Chapter 244 Black Wind Village

This plateau is extremely broad, Suicheng only occupies a corner of it, and the larger area is an uninhabited wilderness.

After leaving the radiation range of Suicheng, Xu Guan could often see the ferocious beasts on the plateau.

Some ignored him, while others stared at him passing by to determine whether he could become their prey.

Xu Guan found the destination of his trip not far from the protection range of Suicheng.

On the back slope of a hill, a human gathering place was built on it.

The gathering place is not too big, and it is simply surrounded by stone walls, just to prevent those fierce beasts from suddenly rushing in from all directions to disturb the order.

Xu Guan walked around and found that there was only one entrance to the entire gathering place.

A few fierce-looking people guarded the door, examining all outsiders.

"stop."

When Xu Guan approached, he was immediately stopped.

Xu Gu'an didn't talk nonsense, and handed over an iron sign.

There are only some strange patterns on the sign, and there is no other content.

The person at the door checked the sign twice, then nodded, and looked at Xu Gu'an, "You know the rules here."

Xu Guan threw a gold coin over and said, "Watch my horse."

The guard at the door took the gold coin and squeezed it, then smiled and said, "Of course."

This is the entrance fee, but generally speaking, it only costs two silver coins per person.

Xu Guan directly took out the gold coins, which was considered a generous move. The eight silver coins among them could be stolen by the guards.

It's just a matter of watching a horse as a condition. It's a small thing.

The place looks pretty shabby from the outside, and even more so once inside.

Some simple wooden sheds were scattered here and there, and some wooden barrels and wooden boxes were piled up. It was unknown what was inside.

There were many cultivators going in and out, most of them wearing masks or wrapped in coats so as not to reveal their identities.

The same goes for Xu Guan's dress today. It's not too special and doesn't reveal his appearance.

This place is similar to an exchange, usually serving various wandering cultivators. Therefore, such exchanges are basically built in the wild, unaffected by all forces in the town, and are similar to neutral places.

The reason why people who come here cover their bodies and faces is because most of their identities are hidden from the light.

There are many people with wanted warrants, and many big cities can't get in. If you want to find a deal, you can only come here.

Xu Guan's appearance did not attract anyone's attention.

"Friend, you can get high-quality ambergris for only five gold coins."

When Xu Guan passed by a wooden shed, a sinister figure sat inside and spoke to Xu Guan.

Ambergris is a good thing, a kind of spice. It is said that practicing by smelling this fragrance can enhance your mental power at the same time. It is considered a very rare cultivation material.

In Suicheng, a [-] tael of medium-grade ambergris can be sold for more than ten gold, while top-grade and top-grade ambergris are usually priced out of the market and very difficult to find.

The high-grade ambergris in this guy's hand seems to be worth five or two servings, but it only requires hardware?
What a liar.

Xu Guan didn't even look at it and left directly.

Since this outdoor trading place is not under the supervision of the big city, the goods traded there are uneven and counterfeit goods are rampant. Don't expect the people here to have any moral bottom line.

If you don't have enough identification skills, it may be quite difficult to find good products here.

More often than not, I was deceived here and spent a lot of money to learn a lesson.

Xu Gu'an came here specially, and he didn't come here for the trading items. He simply glanced at them without any intention of buying them.

Until you reach a wooden shed.

Inside stood a white-haired man wearing a mask.

This man was short in stature, with a hunched back, like an old man who was about to rot.

"Friend, what do you need?" The man's voice was hoarse and hoarse. Under the mask was a pair of cloudy eyes, staring at Xu Gu'an who was standing in front of him.

"I want a wanted list with complete information." Xu Guan said directly.

"Thirty gold." The seller directly quoted.

Xu Guan didn't bother to bargain and just threw a gold bag over.

Maybe it could be cheaper, but he didn't need to care about so much.

There is no difference between three gold and thirty gold in his opinion.

The seller was stunned, as if he didn't expect Xu Guan to be so cheerful.

"This is a fat sheep." He thought to himself and handed a booklet in his hand directly to Xu Guan.

"If there is other information, you may need to wait a few days before coming back, but I have the wanted list ready-made." The seller said, with a hint of smile in his tone.

"Perhaps there are others who can serve you." The old man obviously wanted to continue to get more out of Xu Gu'an.

"No need." Xu Guan took the book and flipped through it twice, then turned and left.

After walking around for a while in front of some other wooden sheds, I found that everything was sold here, and many of the inferior items were sold as high-quality items. This was really deceiving.

He already had what he wanted, and he didn't stay in this wild trading place for too long.

Go back to the door, take the horse away, and drive away.

Afterwards, he did not return to Suicheng, but according to the information he obtained, he followed the official road all the way down, left the plateau area, and went to the lower plain area.

On the top of a small hill, a mountain village stands.

Heifengzhai: A small and well-known group of bandits and grass bandits in the plain area. There are more than [-] bandits in total. They specialize in robbing rich businessmen and rarely attack poor people.

There are a total of 11 people in the village with a reward of more than [-] gold, five of whom are Xiantian realm masters, known as the Five Black Wind Ghosts.

The owner of the cottage, Liang Hong, whose head reward is more than a thousand gold, is a veteran innate inner strength master, good at using broad swords and heavy blades, and his strength is outstanding.
Xu Guan came to the foot of the mountain, looked at the Black Wind Village above, and then looked at the information he had obtained.

This information was updated three months ago, so it's not too old, so it should be fairly accurate.

Let the horse graze on its own, and Xu Gu'an just went straight up the mountain.

Heifeng Village is heavily guarded. There are many watch towers standing on watch towers, covering almost the entire mountain. They seem to be very disciplined and not as loose as ordinary bandits.

This is normal. According to the intelligence, the predecessor of this Black Wind Stronghold was an army that fell into disgrace. It originally wanted to seek refuge in Suicheng, but was jealous of the Ye Mansion and finally gave up its surrender and became a mountain king outside.

Because they have pretty good self-control and their behavior is not too bad, they have survived to this day and have not been attacked by Suicheng.

As soon as Xu Guan reached halfway up the slope, an arrow was fired at him, accurately inserted less than half a meter in front of him.

Xu Guan raised his head and looked at a sentry tower in the village. The arrow came from the sentry on top.

Soon after, a team of six people rushed towards him from the top of the mountain.

"Who dares to come to our Black Wind Village!" He shouted loudly and fiercely.

To be a bandit is to be vicious, so that people will be afraid.

But it didn't seem to be of any use to the mysterious man wrapped in robes in front of him.

The other party raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of eyes that were as calm as water, and swept away these minions, without stopping. "Take it!"

Seeing that the other party was silent, several bandits were not polite and drew their swords and guns to surround him.

There was a lot of joy in the village, and the tables were full of wine and meat for the bandits to feast on.

They had just successfully plundered a caravan of goods, and had just finished giving rewards for their merits, so it was quite lively.

"Brother, today we are letting our brothers have fun again!"

"Long live big brother!"

"Brother is brave and invincible!"

"Brother respect!"

The gangsters were so full of food that they were convinced by Liang Hong, who was sitting high above.

"It's a joke, I allow you to have fun, but while you are having fun, if I see anyone slacking off in their cultivation, don't blame me for being rude!" Liang Hong warned loudly.

He knows that strength is the only basis for success in today's world.

Therefore, his village did not support useless people, and the number of bandits remained at around 300.

Those refugees who wanted to come and had little cultivation were basically driven away by him. In his eyes, these people were useless.

"Don't worry, brother, I will never relax in training!"

Affected by Liang Hong's daily life, this gang of bandits also had some self-discipline. Those who were not self-disciplined and only indulged in drinking and sex had already been eliminated.

"Yes." Liang Hong was very satisfied with the consciousness of his men, and he picked up the cup and drank happily.

Just as the atmosphere at the wine table was getting heated, a bandit suddenly opened the door and ran in.

The bandits looked in a hurry, and their feet were a little flustered.

"Brother, someone is calling, calling in!"

Snapped!
Liang Hong's eyes narrowed, he slammed the wine glass on the table, and stood up suddenly.

The warm atmosphere at the wine table suddenly became quiet.

"Who dares to come to our place and cause trouble!" A burly man shouted, his voice was so loud that everyone in the hall felt their ears buzzing.

This person's name is Hei Xiong, and he is one of the Heifeng Five Ghosts in this village. This Hei Xiong is his nickname after he went up the mountain.

"Brother, let me go take a look." Another middle-aged man stood up and said. He was relatively less irritable and seemed calmer. His name was Black Tiger, the leader of the five ghosts and the second-in-command of the village.

"Yeah." Liang Hong narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded.

In any case, it was not a trivial matter that the cottage was broken into. The failure of the guarding team outside to stop and arrest it meant that the opponent was really powerful and might have come prepared.

Heihu got the answer and immediately walked out of the hall with his knife.

After about a few minutes, there was no news about Black Tiger, and Liang Hong's expression darkened slightly.

"Black dog, black bear." He was about to continue his instructions when suddenly there was some movement outside, and then the door was pushed open from the outside.

Xu Guan casually threw someone in, and it was the black tiger.

At this moment, Black Tiger looked miserable, lying on the ground as if he had been seriously injured.

All the bandits present were shocked. They couldn't believe that the second-in-command of the village was beaten like this in front of his own house.

The air became deadly still.

"Liang Hong?" Xu Gu'an looked at the imposing man in the first seat, guessing it was the leader of the village.

"Bastard!" Black Bear who was sitting next to him couldn't hold it back. He was so angry that he immediately burst out and rushed towards Xu Gu'an on the spot.

There seemed to be a gust of black wind blowing in front of me, with a huge force.

The black bear was huge, like a black tower, but it moved without any clumsiness. It was in front of Xu Guan in a blink of an eye, and its big palm-like hand slapped Xu Guan's head directly.

The reason why the black bear is called the black bear is that its power is very powerful and has always surpassed many practitioners of the same realm.

Liang Hong spent a long time trying to subdue this black bear.

However, this powerful and heavy slap was interrupted before it landed.

Xu Gu'an raised his hand lightly and caught the black bear's fallen wrist, making it difficult for his entire arm to fall even half an inch.

Sweat beaded on Black Bear's forehead, and his heart was shaking.

He had tried his best, but was being manipulated by the person in front of him.

Such situations were rare in his life.

This person's power is far above him!

He came to this conclusion, although he couldn't believe it, but the facts were before him.

With his wrist cuffed, Black Bear couldn't even pull his hand away, so he could only roar and flap his other hand.

Xu Guan was not interested in fighting with him anymore, so he kicked out and hit the black bear in the waist and abdomen like a lightning whip, sending it flying and breaking a pillar in the hall.

The black bear lying on the ground screamed in pain, with a ferocious look of pain on his face. It was obvious that his waist and abdomen were seriously injured.

Xu Guan's fighting prowess made the other bandits sitting here afraid to come any closer, including the other three Black Wind ghosts, who only dared to wait and see what was going on.

Both the black bear and the black tiger have innate external strength. The fact that the other party can defeat the two of them so easily shows that his strength must be above the innate external strength.

But they are also a little unsure and unsure.

After all, Xu Guan hadn't even used his own strength so far. He just showed off his powerful and terrifying physical strength, which was enough to defeat the enemy.

Black Bear and Black Tiger were defeated one after another, and the remaining three ghosts could only hope that the leader of the village could turn the tide.

"When did we, Black Wind Village, offend you? Why don't you tell us your name and let us know the reason." Liang Hong stood up slowly and said in a deep voice.

"I came here just to find some useful people, and it has nothing to do with Black Wind Village." Xu Guan said calmly, indicating his intention.

"Looking for someone who can be used?" Liang Hong frowned and his voice became colder, "Your Excellency, you want to recruit me into Black Wind Village?!"

"I told you that I am not interested in Heifeng Village, I am only interested in the leader of Liang Village." Xu Guan said, stepping closer.

"Huh! What a loud tone!" A trace of anger appeared on Liang Hong's face.

Even though he has such a calm temper, he can't help but get angry.

"I'm afraid you still don't have the ability to make me bow my head!"

"Really?" Xu Gu'an stepped on his foot and suddenly started to speed up, turning into a black shadow and heading towards the leader of the village, Liang Hong, who was sitting on the high seat.

Clang!
Liang Hong's eyes were like a torch, he shot two rays of light, and without hesitation he pulled out the machete beside the seat.

The precious sword was unsheathed, carrying a large blade of light, and rolled straight towards Xu Gu'an who was oncoming.

Xu Guan's hands were like lightning and he patted the blade sideways.

Liang Hong only felt that Xu Guan struck first and then a strong force came from the blade.

hum!
Amidst the sound of knives, the knife in Liang Hong's hand almost flew out of his hand.

"So strong!" Liang Hong was shocked!
(End of this chapter)