Are You Delivery Guys?

Quick movements, cool poses.

Unfortunately, they were useless and still couldn't hide his abysmally bad luck.

He steadied himself on the cliff face and looked around, not overlooking even the slightest trace.

Above him was a bright blue sky; beneath his feet was a bottomless abyss; all around him were sheer cliffs, making it difficult to find anywhere to place his feet.

He looked around carefully, inspecting every possible spot, but the result was still disappointing.

Nothing!

"Dear heavens, dear earth! Was it because I hadn't spent enough money to meet your demands? Please don't treat me like this! Just tell me—I can change!"

Xiao Bai beat his chest and stamped his feet, his heart aching terribly.

Since there was nothing here, what was he still doing here? Hanging around as decoration? It wasn't like anyone was watching.

So Xiao Bai grabbed the rope and began climbing. He had already done this so many times that he had lost count.

At the edge of the cliff.

A group of people spotted a rope tied to a tree thick enough to wrap both arms around. One end of the rope disappeared into the bottomless crevice.

Anyone could tell that someone had gone down there. The person at the other end of the rope was likely its owner.

"Third Commander, even in such a remote place, someone is doing something so dangerous. Whatever the owner of this rope is after must be extraordinary!"

A thin, sharp-faced man's eyes gleamed as he leaned close and whispered into the Third Commander's ear.

The Third Commander the skinny man spoke of was a huge fat man, tall and round as a ball, with an ugly face to boot.

"Bull... bullshit! I think... think it's just some brat who... who wants to find treasure and rise... rise to the top in one step. Tre... treasure isn't that ea... easy to find. Boring!"

This so-called Third Commander spoke, though his severe stutter meant the lackeys around him had to listen closely to understand him.

After putting in great effort to figure out what he meant, the skinny man offered an idea.

"Third Commander, why don't we pull him up and ask him? Then we'll know everything. If there really is something... hehehe!"

"Th... that's good. Pull him up!"

At once, a group of lackeys voiced their agreement and began pulling.

Halfway up the cliff, Xiao Bai was still climbing with difficulty. He didn't want to return empty-handed.

As he climbed...

Suddenly, Xiao Bai sensed that something was wrong!

His climbing speed was a little too fast. It made no sense at all.

Xiao Bai paused. He could feel something at the other end of the rope pulling him upward.

That made Xiao Bai wary. This was the Monster Mountain Range, not the outside world.

Either it was a person or a magical beast. If it was a person, who would be bored enough to do this? If it was a magical beast, it shouldn't possess such high intelligence.

That left him rather puzzled.

But he had a good habit: if he couldn't figure something out, he stopped thinking about it.

Since there was free labor, there was no reason not to use it. He could just wait to be hauled up.

Xiao Bai decisively gripped the rope and stopped moving, ready to conserve his strength.

"One, two, three, pull... One, two, three, pull... One, two, three, pull..." With neat chants and coordinated movements, everyone pulled the rope together.

As the group worked harder, the rope coiled over and over across the ground, and smiles appeared on their faces.

Feeling the weight in their hands, they knew their efforts had not been wasted.

There was something down there. That was their first thought, and it was probably quite valuable.

Once they realized that, they pulled even harder.

"It's coming, almost here! I can see a black shadow, but I don't know what it is!"

One of the lookouts noticed someone at the rope's end and shouted loudly.

"Brothers, put your backs into it! Victory is right before our eyes!"

Naturally, Xiao Bai heard their conversation as well.

Knowing that they were people put his mind somewhat at ease.

Pulled by an irresistible force, Xiao Bai shot up to the cliff's edge and began sizing these people up.

Of course, he believed they were sizing him up as well, yet neither side said anything. It was a mutual process, and everyone fell silent.

Then the skinny man came to his senses. Looking at Xiao Bai, confusion and doubt appeared on his face.

Why did the youth before him seem so familiar? It was as if he had seen him somewhere before, yet he was certain he had never met him.

The skinny man began comparing Xiao Bai one by one with the people in his memories. Naturally, that process took time.

Since he wasn't sure whether Xiao Bai was an enemy or friend, he kept his actions subtle.

Yet after comparing him against the people in his memories, he still couldn't identify him. That only made him more confused.

Where did that sense of familiarity come from?

Suddenly, the skinny man seemed to think of something and pulled a rolled-up sheet of white paper from his clothes.

As he unrolled it, a youth was drawn upon the paper. His long black hair was held in place by a golden hairband, and a charming smile rested on his face.

Of course, he had imagined the various colors and details in the portrait based on the original informant's verbal description.

Looking at the youth, who was eighty percent similar to the portrait, he became certain of one thing.

"Third Commander, he's the person our commander told us to find."

"Oh!"

The Third Commander nodded and asked Xiao Bai.

"Brat, you... you're the one who dared insult our Wolf Head Mercenary Group? Come here and let me smash... smash your head to pieces!"

Xiao Bai: "???"

"You're from that Wolf Head Mercenary Group? The mercenary group that delivers packages?"

Xiao Bai fired off two questions in a row, plunging everyone around him into silence as they waited for the coming show.

Xiao Bai was somewhat confused. When had he ever insulted the Wolf Head Mercenary Group? These people risked their lives for a living and never did anything without profit, so why would he provoke them?

Could it be... Xiao Bai thought of a possibility.

The bait he had left behind must have worked. Judging by the current situation, they had taken the hook.

After realizing this, Xiao Bai became extremely excited.

That meant the time to reel in his line was drawing closer, and his goal would soon be achieved.

However, hearing that the other party wanted to smash his head was not something he could pretend not to have heard.

Imitating Hemon's manner of speaking, Xiao Bai curled a finger in provocation and stammered.

"Y... you want my head? Come take... take it!"

"Y... you bastard, don't copy... copy the way I talk! Go die!"

The Third Commander was named Hemon, an Eight-star Dou Zhe. What he hated most in life was people imitating the way he spoke.

Though he usually stuttered, when he was furious, he could speak in complete sentences. Fluency was his style at such times.

Hemon immediately circulated his Dou Qi. An earthy yellow Dou Qi burst from his hand and wrapped around his arm.

This was the start of a fight!