Lin'an County world.
Several porters walked on the official road carrying bundles of dry firewood on their shoulders.
They talked to each other from time to time, and occasionally laughed.
It seemed like they were talking about something that both of them were very interested in.
"Old Ma Your Huniu will be seven years old after the end of the year. It's time to learn how to read. Work harder and cut more firewood before the New Year and sell it at a good price. Next year, ask your Huniu to go to school with Mr. Wu in the village with my dog, so that my dog can take care of her more."
"That's a good relationship. My Huniu is timid and shy. If she doesn't know anyone she knows, she really wouldn't dare to go..."
"Don't worry, my son is very interested in you, Hu Niu. I promise I won't let your son be bullied..."
"With your words, I can rest assured, hehe..."
The porters were chatting and laughing, but they didn't feel too tired.
"Speaking of which, the price of firewood has increased a lot recently compared to last month. I hope I can get a good price this time."
"Yes, but I heard that Mihua Town, which is not far from our village, was attacked by horse bandits, and not a single person in the town was left alive. It's really pitiful."
"Who says otherwise? It seems that in addition to Mihua Town, Daobei Town on the other side was also massacred by the gang of horse bandits. This gang of horse bandits is really hateful. Fortunately, the government army has wiped out this group of horse bandits, otherwise our town might also be in some danger..."
Several people seemed to be a little silent when they said this.
After all, this world is not peaceful, and there is no guarantee that anything will happen to them in the future.
They are just ordinary people who have no ability to resist.
While several people were immersed in walking, the man at the head suddenly stopped and looked at the bushes on the side of the official road with doubts in his eyes.
"There... there seems to be something there?"
"What?"
The faces of the men behind him immediately showed vigilance. They took off the hatchets hanging from their waists and looked in the direction of the man's gaze.
At this time, the sky was getting a little dark. A few people focused their eyes and looked carefully. Sure enough, they found a black thing in the bushes 20 to 30 meters away from the official road, which seemed to be eating something.
"There really is something! What is that black thing?"
Looking at the black shadows that were constantly stirring in the bushes, several people communicated in low voices.
Some people couldn't help but take two more steps forward.
"That looks like a wild dog."
"Wild dog!?" Upon hearing this, the remaining people's eyes lit up and a hint of joy appeared on their faces.
Although there are usually no ferocious beasts near the official road, there are occasionally mountain wolves. If it were mountain wolves, they might turn around and run away, staying far away and trying not to provoke them.
After all, ordinary people like them only have a lot of strength. Even if they encounter mountain wolves, even if they can be dealt with, one or two people may be left behind.
But the wild dog is different. The fighting power of this wild dog is far inferior to that of the mountain wolf. If they attack together, they can kill it without one person or one knife.
"I'm really lucky today. I didn't expect to encounter a wild dog on the road. It just killed our brother for a few points. Let's go back and eat meat stew."
"Yeah, today is a really good day."
"Okay, hurry up and take action. After a while, the wild dog will react and run away."
Several people clenched their hatchets and surrounded the black shadow.
The black wild dog seemed to be fascinated by the food and paid no attention to the porters surrounding it.
The men were delighted, and at the same time, their feet moved faster, and soon they were several meters away from the wild dog. However, when they saw the scene in front of them clearly, they all froze in place.
In the bushes a few meters away from them, there were broken corpses lying upside down. The Flesh on them had been basically chewed clean, revealing the white bones. What the wild dog was eating was a corpse with only half of its body left.
"This... this... what's going on?"
With a bang, the hatchet in the porter's hand fell to the ground. The wild dog stopped eating the corpse, raised its head with a face covered in blood and minced meat, and looked at the several porters. There was no fluctuation in the dark eyes.
"Run!!"
Such a look made the porters feel chilling in their hearts. Without any hesitation, they shouted and turned around and ran back.
However, their movements were fast, but the wild dogs' movements were even faster. They were chasing the few people like black lightning. Soon, there were pitiful howls and gnawing sounds from the bushes that made people feel chilled all over.
After a while, everything returned to calm and a black wild dog emerged from the bushes.
It seemed that because the smell of blood was too strong, a wolf howl sounded from not far away.
The wild dog's dark eyes looked in the direction of the sound. The next moment, he opened his mouth, and a wisp of black mist came out and shot towards the howling sound of the wolf. The black wild dog seemed to have suddenly lost its life, and collapsed on the ground, motionless. Within a few breaths, its body shrank, as if it had been dead for a long time.
"Sir, Xiao Shi's injuries have stabilized. He is still in a coma for the time being. What should we do next?"
Tongzhi County In the city Residence, Old Zhou looked calm, and Lin Sheng asked softly without saying a word.
The change of title was due to Lin Sheng's request. After all, the title Lord didn't sound suitable for him, and Young Master was more suitable.
"My stuff isn't that easy to get."
His fingers tapped rhythmically on the stone table in the courtyard, and Lin Sheng spoke in a deep voice.
He didn't expect that he would still be targeted.
Originally, he thought that Tongzhi County city was a prosperous county after all, and the public security inside was much better than that of Lin'an, so he didn't deliberately hide it when he asked Xiao Shi to purchase it.
But obviously he underestimated the dangers of Jianghu and was a little relaxed.
Fortunately, Lin Hong and Xie Guilan have returned and nothing happened.
But how to find out who did this is also a problem. After all, he has no foothold in this Tongzhi County city.
No, there are some.
"It seems we have to rely on the information from Dark Star organization."
With this thought flashing through his mind, he planned to find Yellow Dog first.
Woof...
But at this time, Da Huang ran up to Lin Sheng, spat out a piece of blood-stained rag, and called out to Lin Sheng.
"This is..."
Looking at the rag Da Huang spit out, Lin Sheng picked it up and squinted at it, but couldn't see anything.
"Da Huang, what is this?"
"Woof!"
Da Huang yelled again, stepped forward, bit Lin Sheng's trouser leg and stretched it out.
Seeing this, his heart moved and he immediately understood.
Da Huang is very intelligent, and this kind of reaction is obviously expressing something.
"Can you find those people?"
"Woof!!"
Da Huang immediately screamed twice excitedly, and his tail kept wagging.
Seeing Da Huang's response, Lin Sheng's eyes lit up and he reached out to touch his raised head.
"Then take me there. If you can find those people for me, I will reward you with two pieces of dried meat."
"Woof..."
Da Huang seemed to understand, his hairless tail started wagging faster, and he immediately ran towards the door.
"Old Zhou, you stay here and take care of my father and mother."
"Yes, sir!" Old Zhou responded quickly, but couldn't help but remind him.
"Isn't it too risky for the young master to go alone like this? Do you want to find some helpers?"
"No need, I am enough."
Lin Sheng shook his head slightly and followed Da Huang into the yard.
Although Tongzhi is much larger than Lin'an in terms of area and prosperity, it is still just a county town.
In these days, he also sent Old Zhou Xiao Shi and the others out to inquire, and they also had some understanding of the forces in this county.
Although the quantity and quality of warriors are higher than Lin'an County, the highest combat power is still only at Blood Circulation realm.
After the explosive killing of Black Blind Man, he is also very clear about his current combat power.
Even if he was facing Blood Circulation Practitioner, he would still be able to fight. He didn't think that the wealth he showed would make Blood Circulation Practitioner take action.
And if there really is a big force like Blood Circulation Practitioner, there is no need to be so secretive if you want to deal with him.
Da Huang and Lin Sheng kept walking through the county, stopping from time to time, looking around, and twitching their noses to determine the direction.
In the end, he took Lin Sheng all the way out of the county.
"Not in the county?"
Seeing Da Huang still leading the way, Lin Sheng muttered to himself, with a look of surprise on his face.
He was not surprised that the thieves would run out of the city, but he was surprised that Da Huang's tracking ability seemed to be much stronger than he imagined. He could actually chase them all the way from such a long distance.
"It seems that Da Huang's three-point perception focus should be on the sense of smell."
Even with the same attribute increase, the increased attributes brought about by Strange Beast's own talents will be different.
The Horned Eagle he had entered before, the two main points Perception Boost focused on were eyesight.
During this time in the city, he also specifically experimented with the changes in the body of the same Strange Beast at different stages.
To this end, he specifically asked Old Zhou to buy a hare that could barely be considered a low-level Mortal Beast, and then fed it with Spirit Beast dried meat and Blood Cultivating Pill, making it more than double its size in a short period of time.
After Lin Sheng tried to insert it into the body again, it already had one more item Strength Boost 1 than the previous Agility Boost 1.
"It seems that I can find time to insert Da Huang into my body."
He thought that one person and one dog had disappeared outside the city.
At the same time, on the other side.
"Five Blood Cultivating Pill, three thousand taels of treasure notes, yes, it is indeed a fat sheep."
Balong played with the small porcelain bottle in his hand, looking greedily at the few treasure notes in front of him, with a smile on his face.
Including the pills in hand, I made more than 4,000 taels from this trip.
Even for him, this amount of money is definitely a huge amount of money.
"Boss, there are also these jerky, these jerky must be good stuff too!!"
The two bandits, who were still wearing Orion attire, were smiling at this moment and explained from the side.
The two of them were the two hunters who attacked Xiao Shi before.
"These dried meats?" Balong raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell on the inconspicuous dried meats on the side.
These dried meats look no different from ordinary rock sheep jerky, except that they are darker in color.
After hearing what the two of them said, he reached for a piece of dried meat and tore off a strip of meat, put it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully.
Because the meat was quite hard, he frowned slightly, but soon his eyes lit up and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
He clearly felt that as the bit of dried meat entered his stomach, bursts of warmth immediately spread through his body, making his body Vital Blood a little more active.
"This is actually Spirit Beast meat!!"
As a bandit who has been outside Tongzhi County for many years, although he has not broken through to Blood Circulation realm, his strength has few rivals among late Muscle Forging.
Coupled with the presence of many brothers and the connection with the county magistrate in the city, it can be said that life is quite nourishing.
But he had only eaten Spirit Beast meat a few times, but he still remembered it freshly.
Once the meat was dried, he recognized it immediately.
And the dried meat in front of me looks like it weighs at least ten or twenty pounds.
With the addition of these five Blood Cultivating Pill, if he is lucky, maybe he can try to hit the Blood Circulation mark.
Thinking of this, he felt very good.
"Second brother, Third Brother, you did a good job this time. Don't worry, brother, I will definitely benefit from you."
"This is also thanks to Big Brother. If it weren't for Big Brother, we wouldn't have been able to find that kid, but this time we gained Herbal Hall and Fatty Yang..."
The tall bandit said hesitantly.
Hearing this, the smile on Balong's face also stagnated, but he soon sneered and said.
"Tomorrow you take two thousand taels of banknotes and send them to Eldest Young Master, and then tell Eldest Young Master about this incident. I want to see what else Fatty Yang dares to say. He is just an ignorant and unskilled second child. If he didn't have a good father, huh, I don't know who would have killed him long ago."
"Okay, I'll make a trip tomorrow morning."
Hearing this, the tall bandit didn't say anything else and simply responded.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Let's prepare a banquet. We brothers must celebrate well today."
Another short bandit, Third Brother, laughed and went to make arrangements while covering his buttocks.
"Eldest brother, second brother, I will make arrangements right away."
Watching Third Brother go out, the second child seemed to have thought of something and asked again.
"Brother, we have captured as many as two to three hundred people during this period. Eating is a problem every day. I don't know what Eldest Young Master wants so many people for?"
Hearing this, Balong shook his head slightly and said calmly.
"What else could it be? Don't tell me that I don't know about that rumor."
"Is it true that Eldest Young Master is related to the Yuanyang Beast Sect!!?"
The second child said with a strange look on his face.
"Okay, Eldest Young Master, it's you and I don't want to make any assumptions or spread the word, otherwise no one can protect you."
Balong warned with a somewhat serious tone.
"I understand, I understand, don't worry, brother, I know what I can and cannot say."
The second child patted his chest and promised again and again.
At this time, Third Brother had also ordered someone to come in with good wine and food.
At this time, outside the bandit camp, a man and a dog were already nearby.
"Is this right here?"
Looking at the hillside of a short mountain not far away, Lin Sheng narrowed his eyes, a cold light flashing in his eyes.