The sword eats the world

Chapter 226 Hiring
Treasures, you only know where they are precious when you use them.

Just one crystal of divine origin can create a holy place for cultivation, and at least it can guarantee that the spiritual energy in an area will be extremely rich for several months!If a person can cultivate in that environment, as long as the realm is sufficient, the cultivation base will definitely improve by leaps and bounds!

This effect was clearly reflected in Lin Xue and Lin Shuilan.

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At this moment, Lin Shuilan, who had consumed a large amount of divine essence crystals, was discussing with Lin Xue alone some issues related to cultivation, and the conversation was in harmony, but suddenly felt a large amount of energy fluctuations coming from the end of the sky. A large number of powerhouses flew at extreme speed, and it seemed that these powerhouses came to Shangxuanjianzong specifically for them.

Lin Xue and Lin Shuilan looked at each other, but they couldn't remember who their Shangxuan Sword Sect had offended.Seeing the other party approaching, the two immediately went out and walked outside the sect.

This group of people obviously came with bad intentions. After arriving at the Shangxuan Sword Sect, they didn't even say hello. They directly dispatched a strong holy sword master, swung a powerful fighting qi slash, and ruthlessly bombarded the people in front of the courtyard. On the gate of the pavilion engraved with "Shangxuan Sword Sect", the strong fighting spirit shattered the entire pavilion gate into pieces, and a large amount of dust flew up.

With such a move, not only Lin Xue and others who were coming were shocked, but even the disciples who were retreating in the door were also alarmed. After a while, except for Ling Yun and Lin Ruoruo who was struggling to break through the realm of the holy sword master, All the disciples were driven out.

Lin Xue saw that the other party started talking nonsense, and knew that today's matter might not end well.

She carefully looked at the person in front of her, and when she saw a lineup of eighth-level holy sword masters, four seventh-level holy sword masters, and more than [-] great sword masters, she breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and asked in a deep voice. Said: "I don't know how I offended the noble sect in Shang Xuan Jianzong, and let the noble sect be so mobilized to attack."

The eighth-rank holy sword master glanced at Shangxuan Jianzong, but he was secretly surprised to see that there were two strong holy sword masters in their sect.

This eighth-rank holy sword master was one of the sects instructed by Han Chen to blackmail the Shangxuan sword sect. They had never participated in the opening ceremony of the Shangxuan sword sect, although they learned from information that there was a holy sword master in this sect , but he didn't take it seriously, the information was discrepant at the moment, and there was an extra holy sword master, but he frowned slightly.

Two is two, an opportunity to please Mr. Hanchen, how can you let it go easily.

Thinking of this, the eighth-rank holy sword master's expression suddenly turned violent, and he glanced at Lin Xue with a cold face: "You are the head of the Shangxuan Sword Sect, right? I didn't make it difficult for you when you didn't pay the security fee. I don't want your sect to be so ignorant. In the whole three years, there has never been a time when you have paid the due fee. Such a behavior is simply not letting us go. In the eyes!"

"Security fee?" Lin Xue wondered, she had never heard of such a fee for establishing a faction in Wuye Mountain.

Instead, a disciple carefully told her beside her: "Second Suzerain, the security fee is actually a protection fee. It is one of the fees set up by other sects to exploit our sect. In addition, there are air pollution fees, Water pollution fee, sect building site fee, etc... It is said that there are hundreds of them, and there is even a sect that will come to collect air defense fees when seeing some relatively weak new forces, that is, to defend against meteorites in the sky. The fee is set according to the injury!"

Defending against death and injury from meteorites in the sky...

Lin Xue immediately understood that this was clearly a group of robbers.

Not to mention whether there will be meteorites hitting the ground, if there are meteorites falling from the sky, how can a mere holy sword master be able to fight against it?This is an absolutely unnecessary expense.

blackmail!

See also extortion!

Lin Xueping calmed down the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said calmly: "Your Excellency, please calm down, peace should be the most important thing in everything. Shangxuan Jianzong owed fees, and since I was wrong with Shangxuan Jianzong, we will immediately make compensation. How much spar to pay."

A contemptuous sneer appeared on the face of the eighth-rank holy sword master, and he directly stretched out a finger.

"Ten high-grade crystals?"

The face of the eighth-rank holy sword master sank, and a trace of murderous aura appeared just right, pressing towards Lin Xue.

Lin Xue's face changed slightly, and she looked surprised: "Could it be... a hundred top-grade crystals?"

The eighth-rank holy sword master immediately shouted angrily: "One hundred crystals want to get rid of us, we really think we are beggars. We have sent so many people out of Tianzhaomen. If you want to mobilize the teachers, don't you need to send money? And all these years for you The matter of the Shangxuan Sword Sect did not consume less brainpower. Isn’t this a mental loss fee? Now that we are wasting time with you here, isn’t time money? If I seize this time and work hard to retreat, maybe I have broken through to What about the ninth level realm, can you bear the loss?"

A stern scolding and a burst of unnecessary crimes made Lin Xue's heart rage again. Even the disciples behind her looked angry, glaring at dozens of people, if it wasn't because the other party was too strong , I'm afraid I can't help but do it.

The eighth-rank holy sword master snorted coldly, ignoring the anger on the faces of the Shangxuanjianzong, and said indifferently: "For the sake of the Wanghai faction and you Shangxuanjianzong's first offense, I will deal with today's incident lightly, and I will not destroy your sect. , now, within one hour, you have to hand in one thousand high-grade crystals to compensate our Tianzhaomen for various expenses. If you hesitate, I will teach you that the Shangxuan Sword Sect will be removed from the Wuye Mountains from now on!"

"One thousand high-grade crystals!"

All the people present who knew the financial situation of Central Star all changed their faces.

Even the seventh-rank holy sword masters behind the eighth-rank holy sword master are no exception.

One thousand high-grade crystals, the annual tax that the Wanghai faction collects from those small sects is only a hundred high-grade crystals, and this number is enough to ruin the fortunes of those unprepared small sects.Right now, he actually got a thousand high-grade crystals when he opened his mouth... Not to mention that the Shangxuan Sword Sect is relying on their laurels, even if they have an industry that meets the scale of their sect, they will not be able to produce thousands of crystals in ten or twenty years!
Ling Yun has a hundred divine crystals bestowed by the goddess of nature. Although these six divine crystals have been consumed by the six of them in the past few years, one-fifth of them have been consumed. The price, just a thousand crystals, they don't pay attention to.

However, I learned from that disciple that this Wuye Mountain has not only security fees, but also countless other fees. Once they give up this time, more forces will definitely take this opportunity to slap their noses and attack them. The Shangxuan Sword Sect blackmailed them wantonly, and when the time comes... no matter how many polyspars they have, it will not be enough.

Lin Shuilan seemed to have seen her decision from Lin Xue. Seeing that she was about to speak, she hurriedly said: "The other party has an eighth-level and four seventh-level holy sword masters. If we fight head-on with him, we must Alarm the young master. The young master has been in the critical period of cultivating the power of space in the past two years. If we interrupt rashly, it may not be conducive to the young master's breakthrough in the sword master realm in the future..."

"How about that?"

"Let me do it." Seeing Lin Xue nodding, Lin Shuilan took a step forward and said, "Your Excellency the Holy Sword Master, you should also know that thousands of high-grade crystals are for us..."

The eighth-rank holy sword master waved his hand: "Stop talking nonsense, if you don't hand over a thousand top-grade crystals today, the Shangxuan Sword Sect will cease to exist from now on."

Lin Shuilan frowned when he saw that he was so decisive, "There is no negotiation at all?"

"I don't want to say the same thing a third time."

The negotiation broke down, and Lin Shuilan's tone turned cold. With the help of Ling Yun's prestige these years, they have also stayed in the position of superiors for a period of time, and they naturally have the courage that superiors should have: "Very good, if I go to Xuanjianzong If you don’t hand over a thousand high-grade crystals, there is only one way to be destroyed, so I want to ask your Excellency, with your eighth-rank holy sword master and four seventh-rank holy sword masters, can you keep all of us here?"

The eighth-rank holy sword master was slightly taken aback!
If the opponent had only one holy sword master, with the strength of the five of them, it would be natural to keep him, but right now there are two...

At this moment, Lin Shuilan said again: "One thousand high-grade spars, our Shangxuan Sword Sect can barely get together with all our efforts. However, we will not give it to you. Want to destroy our Shangxuan Sword Sect? Yes You need to be capable and don’t let our whole group leak one person. Once anyone survives, the thousand top-grade crystals will immediately appear in the mercenary union as a reward for releasing the mission. Doors up and down, indiscriminate assassination!"

The eyes of the eighth-rank holy sword master flickered with a chilling light: "You dare to threaten me."

"Hmph, I'd rather be broken jade than complete tiles!"

Several seventh-level holy sword masters are well aware of the power of a thousand top-grade crystals!

Due to the fierce competition, the task rewards of the mercenary guild are also quite low. In order to obtain thousands of crystals, there will definitely be seventh- and eighth-level holy sword masters involved in this matter. If you are particularly lucky, there may even be ninth-level holy sword masters involved. in!
If a ninth-level holy sword master really intervenes, even if they can survive in the end, they will definitely suffer serious damage.A serious injury to vitality means that the strength of the sect has declined, and the decline in strength also means that the low position in Wuye Mountain has decreased. Once it loses its status and strength...

At this time, Lin Shuilan had already asked his disciples about the amount of protection fees these sects collected. In order to save the face of Tianzhao Sect, he had no choice but to say immediately: "As for the rules of your sect, we Shangxuanjianzong have no intention of offending them. We have come all the way from thousands of miles away, and we cannot let you all return empty-handed. According to the scale of our sect, we need to hand in eight high-grade crystals every year, and now we have not paid for three years, which is 24 yuan. You have worked hard all the way, and I will go to Xuan The Sword Sect is willing to take out six more high-grade crystals, fill them with 30 yuan of crystals and offer them to settle this matter. Everyone can also count as making friends and making money with harmony."

Although the eighth-rank holy sword master rushed to his face, but considering the deterrent power of the opponent's thousands of crystals, he had to restrain his thoughts temporarily.

Anyway, his task of probing Shangxuan Jianzong's financial resources has been completed, so he naturally took advantage of this step to go down, so as not to cause trouble to both sides in the end.

Thinking of this, the eighth-rank holy sword master's face softened a little, and said: "I think it's not easy for you girls to start a sect in Wuye Mountain, and now you are willing to take the initiative to pay the spar you owed earlier, so I will Let’s make an exception, and we will not pursue it for now. But if you dare to hesitate at all in the cost of the eight high-grade spar per year in the future, don’t blame me, Tianzhaomen, for bullying you weak women without regard for human feelings!”

After saying a few words on the scene, the eighth-rank holy sword master asked a great sword master who accompanied him to collect the crystal stones handed over by the Shang Xuan Sword Sect, and then left the Shang Xuan Sword Sect.

As soon as they left, Lin Xue, Lin Shuilan and the others immediately returned to the hall, and began to discuss urgently!

"Although the Tianzhaomen was shocked away this time, we have already exposed a portion of our financial resources. I am afraid that it will not be long before the people who call the gate will call more powerful people to besiege our Shangxuanjianzong. When the time comes, we will wait Ours must be a thunderous blow."

Thousands of crystal stones are enough to make a ninth-level holy sword master strong, so this sentence is definitely not alarmist.

"Since we are relying on the mercenary union to save us, why not use our tricks?"

"did you mean……"

"It can be foreseen that if we want to survive safely in Wuye Mountain, it is impossible without a powerful deterrent force. Right now we have nothing else, but spars... are not lacking. Therefore, we might as well go to the mercenary union. Please invite a reputable mercenary group to help us temporarily defend the sect's garrison."

Unless they want to disturb Ling Yun's cultivation, otherwise, this seems to be the best way at present.

"Okay, let's do that first!"

Considering the urgency of time, after leaving Lin Shuilan to guard the sect's garrison, Lin Xue immediately took a large number of crystals to the city guarded by the mercenary union.

As the mercenary guild second only to the Supreme Temple, the number of cities it owns is definitely beyond the imagination of all forces.Moreover, the management of the city where the mercenary union is stationed is quite lax, and there is a tendency to be a neutral city. Even if outsiders enter it, there will not be too many constraints.

Of course, since they were all mercenaries, there were plenty of people who would disagree with each other in this city, and some high-level powerhouses fighting could even cause violent turmoil in the power of heaven and earth.With this in mind, Ling Yun had no choice but to give up the neutral city that was originally the most suitable place to hide.

Anyone who is cultivating, suddenly there are bursts of bangs, and the vitality of the world is in chaos, will not be able to bear the irritability and cannot continue.If you are unlucky, you may be in danger of going crazy.

Can one make progress in cultivation in this environment?
After entering the mercenary city, Lin Xue immediately came to the most eye-catching building in the city - the mercenary union, and then asked the waiter at the counter for a list of the city's mercenary groups.

Although mercenaries have the rules of mercenaries, after accepting the task, everything is to complete the task as the ultimate goal. Once a minor crime is committed, the entire mercenary union will inevitably be hunted down.But this rule does not mean absolute!
Mercenaries are desperadoes who live for profit, God knows if they will be motivated by profit, and finally move to secretly murder and seize treasure.

After searching the roster for a while, she picked out a few mercenary groups whose strength and reputation were high enough, but when she asked about the minimum employment price of these mercenary groups, she was so scared that she immediately gave up.

With a mercenary regiment of ninth-rank and a dozen seventh- and eighth-rank holy sword masters, the annual employment price is as high as [-] top-grade crystals!
It's not that they can't afford the money, but it's too conspicuous to do so.

After a long time, Lin Xue finally set her target on a mercenary group, and then said to the waitress: "May I ask if the melody mercenary group is on a mission now?"

The waiter quickly found out: "The melody mercenary group is currently resting and has no missions. May I ask their principal to come and discuss with you?"

Lin Xue nodded.

The waitress immediately led Lin Xue to a guest room of the trade union, and received her politely.After waiting for a few minutes, the door of the guest room was pushed open, and another service staff led a sweet-looking young girl in.

This girl looks quite young, only similar to Lin Xue, but the energy fluctuations unintentionally emanating from her body have reached the seventh level!
As soon as the girl entered the door, her gaze fell on Lin Xue, and then a sweet smile appeared on her face: "This sister is the employer, right? It's an honor for our melody mercenary group to be hired by such a beautiful sister. Seeing that my sister is so beautiful, I will make the decision later and give you a [-]% discount." Then, the girl seemed to remember something, and said quickly: "Ah, I forgot, I forgot to introduce myself, I His name is Zuo Yi, and he is one of the external directors of the Melody Mercenary Group, hello, hello."

Seeing that it was a woman who came, Lin Xue also had a slight crush on her. After introducing herself, she greeted her warmly.

Most of the disciples of Shangxuan Sword Sect are women. If they really hire a lot of men, it will be really inconvenient.

The intermediary personnel of the mercenary union withdrew appropriately at this time, leaving space for the two parties to negotiate.

Time was running out, Lin Xue went straight to the topic after some formalities: "The specifics are like this, because the surrounding sects peeped at me with a large number of crystals from the Shangxuan Sword Sect, and today they wanted to forcibly blackmail me through various outrageous reasons, but they were We scare away with the method of burning jade and stone. However, it is estimated that this scare is only temporary. After they gather enough holy sword masters, they will definitely make a comeback again. At that time... we may not be able to resist the Shangxuanjianzong, so, I would like to invite your mercenary group to assist our sect in defending against the invasion of foreign forces."

For a sect to be reduced to the point where it needs to invite other mercenary groups to protect them from foreign enemies, this is definitely a fatal blow to the sect's reputation, and it may cause the entire sect's disciples to lack confidence in the leader, and even eventually disintegrate!Even if they were lucky enough to escape this catastrophe, their reputation has been lost, and if they want to gain a foothold in this area in the future, they will lose face.

But this kind of phenomenon is aimed at others...Shangxuan Sword Sect... If it wasn't for the sake of showing off, I'm afraid they wouldn't have accepted even a single disciple.

Zuo Yi is in the mercenary world, which is fundamentally different from the rules of the sect world. Although he has heard of this phenomenon before, after hearing about it, he still feels very angry, and immediately promised with both hands: "Don't worry, sister Lin Xue, leave it to me. Our melody mercenary group. Our group leader sister has just broken through to the ninth-level holy sword master realm in the near future, plus the six sisters in our group, unless the leaders of the Wuye Mountain sects come in person, otherwise Come one to kill one, come two to kill one pair."

"Ninth-rank holy sword master..."

A mercenary group with a ninth-level holy sword master and a mercenary group with an eighth-level holy sword master are completely different concepts. Lin Xue couldn't help but worry about the price.

Zuo Yi saw her worries, and said generously: "Don't worry, sister, the leader's sister has just broken through the ninth level, and you, as the first employer after the sister's upgrade, what I will give you this time is only the eighth level." The price of the holy sword master! As for the affairs of the sisters in the regiment, I will take care of it."

For the price of an eighth-level holy sword master, please invite a ninth-level holy sword master. This kind of good thing is naturally desirable.

Although Shangxuan Sword Sect is not short of money at all.

After everything was negotiated, the two parties immediately signed an employment contract under the witness of the notary staff of the mercenary union. After paying half of the payment, a total of [-] top-grade crystals, the employment relationship between the two parties officially came into effect!
As soon as the contract took effect, Zuo Yi immediately jumped up happily holding the contract: "Haha, it's done, it's as simple as that. Let me just say, with me in charge, there is no business that can't be negotiated."

Looking at this little girl who was completely childlike, Lin Xue began to feel a little lost... He quickly asked the staff member who hadn't left yet: "Although the melody mercenary group has a high reputation, But... can I learn more about the mission experience of the Melody Mercenary Group?"

"Of course." The staff generously took out a copy of the recent tasks and various evaluations of Melody Mercenary, and handed it to Lin Xue.When Lin Xue saw clearly the various tasks that this mercenary group had completed all along, she was speechless for a moment...

Since the establishment of the entire mercenary group for nearly three years, it has almost never received any large-scale or difficult missions, either to find some more precious medicinal materials, or to protect the safety of those sword masters, even if they sometimes accept missions to destroy a certain place. The level of those monsters that are rampant must not exceed level seven... To complete these low-level tasks with a lineup of several holy sword masters... It's really a hell if the degree of completion, efficiency, and credibility are not high.

Zuo Yi was happy for a while, and immediately said to Lin Xue: "Okay, sister Lin Xue, I know your sect must be very dangerous now, let's go to your sect immediately, let's go, I will take you to call the sisters There."

The contract has already been signed, Lin Xue has no choice but to say: "I'm sorry." Follow her to the station of their mercenary group.

After arriving at the Melody Mercenary Group, Lin Xue breathed a sigh of relief.

The strength of this mercenary group is still genuine, with seven members, including three eighth-rank holy sword masters and three seventh-rank holy sword masters.Especially now that the group leader has reached the ninth level, his strength is even more powerful!It is absolutely cost-effective to invite several such powerful holy sword masters with four hundred top-grade spar.

Anya, the head of the melody mercenary group, understood the mission and nodded to accept the mission. Then, under the leadership of Lin Xue, he quickly went to Shangxuanjianzong on the grounds of time urgency.

Surprisingly, the law of the mercenary group, which has always been mercenary, was broken by the melody mercenary group.From the beginning to the end, Captain Anya didn't pay attention to the four hundred high-grade crystals, and casually handed them over to a holy sword master in charge of finance, as if...their real purpose was not the four hundred crystals at all!

(End of this chapter)