"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Several heavy bodies hit the ground, the sounds echoing in everyone's ears. The mercenaries present were drenched in sweat, not daring to even breathe loudly. Their mouths hung slightly open, terrified that a bolt of Lightning might flash before their eyes.
"Very good. It's much quieter now. From this day on, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group answers to me, Lin Feng. Qing Lin will be the second-in-command. I've said what I had to say. Who agrees? Who objects?" After speaking, Lin Feng leaned forward slightly, radiating a faint pressure. His expression was icy and merciless, though inwardly he was ecstatic. This is the feeling. Hehehe... Someone object already, so I can use my ultimate move...
Unfortunately, Lin Feng was destined to be disappointed. Even Mu She, the strongest person present and a Dou Master, had been killed by him without the slightest ability to resist. Who would dare make even the smallest move now? Cold sweat poured down their faces, and with the scorching weather, anyone unaware of the situation might not have found it strange at all.
"Since that's settled, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group is mine from now on. I don't have many demands. Just these. First, remove that wolf-head emblem from your chests. It's utterly disgraceful. Second, you are forbidden from bullying men and harassing women. Third, my orders are to be carried out without question. Those who oppose me will be killed without mercy. Do you understand?" Lin Feng said coldly. For mercenaries who lived with blades at their throats, only absolute strength and ruthlessness could make them truly submit.
As for giving them benefits? What a joke. What benefits did they deserve without earning any merit? The benefit was that their lives were still in their own hands.
"Yes, sir! From now on, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group will carry out your commands without fail. If you point east, we'll never head west." A simple-looking fat man quickly answered while trembling. By the end, he had even slipped in a bit of flattery.
"Oh? And who are you?" Lin Feng asked with faint interest. As he spoke, he walked toward Mu She and several mercenaries he had randomly killed because they displeased him. A classic scene unfolded once more—killing and looting the corpses in one smooth process.
The sight made the mercenaries shudder again. How many people has this fiend killed to become so practiced? From now on, they definitely could not obey him in public while defying him in secret. They did not want to die like this.
"Sir, my name is He Meng. I was the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's third-in-command..." Seeing that Lin Feng's tone was no longer quite so cold, He Meng's dim-witted nature surfaced again.
"Oh! So you're the third-in-command. Then, will you avenge your former leader?" Lin Feng asked softly, as though he dearly hoped He Meng would admit it.
"Ah, no! I wouldn't dare! The Wolf Head Mercenary Group is already part of the past. There's no such thing as a third-in-command anymore. I will absolutely obey your arrangements," He Meng said in alarm. The fat on his body quivered, and he no longer dared act foolishly.
"Mm. In that case, take me to Mu She's treasure vault. Oh, right—one more thing. Who is Mu Li?" As though he had just recalled something, Lin Feng glanced around.
The moment his words fell, a young man shot out from the crowd and rushed toward the outskirts of Green Mountain Town.
"He Meng, I'll leave this fellow to you. Before today is over, bring me his head—or your own." Lin Feng could not be bothered to personally deal with such a minor character. Besides, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would still be useful for handling this sort of small fry.
"Yes, sir! He Meng will definitely bring Mu Li's head before you." He Meng spoke viciously, then selected a group of men and chased after Mu Li.
"One more thing. Someone go buy back what I had my eye on at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion." As he spoke, a blast of Adamantine Finger force shot from his right index finger, killing with one strike the man who had disgusted him by resembling Crow Brother. "You don't have Crow Brother's fate, so why imitate him?"
"Let's go. Let's see what treasures the Wolf Head Mercenary Group has. I'd like to see what foundation Green Mountain Town's strongest force possesses."
Pushing open a large door, Lin Feng saw a mercenary standing ahead of him with a deeply wrinkled smile plastered across his face. The man bowed and scraped, terrified of accidentally angering Lin Feng. "Sir, this is where the Wolf Head Mercenary Group usually stores its treasures. Of course, some valuable items must be inside Mu She's Storage Ring."
"Mm. Leave." Lin Feng waved his hand, dismissing the eyesore of a mercenary as he prepared to explore with Qing Lin.
Once the mercenary had left, Qing Lin immediately perked up. "Phew, putting on an act was so tiring. Hehe, I'm happiest when I'm with Brother Lin Feng!" As she spoke, she adorably stuck out her tongue.
"Come on, let's take a look. It may only be the treasure vault of a Dou Master-level force, but after years of accumulation, there might still be some pleasant surprises." Lin Feng rubbed Qing Lin's little head before taking the lead into the vault. Qing Lin closed her eyes and enjoyed it for a moment. When she realized Lin Feng had already moved ahead, she hurried after him with quick little steps.
They walked through the treasure vault, which resembled a secret passage. Strange flames rose along both sides, illuminating the pitch-black gloom. After turning a corner, they found several rows of shelves before them.
Medicinal herbs, gold coins, unknown stones, strange wooden boxes...
"Brother Lin Feng, I didn't expect the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to have some decent collectibles. Hehe, they're all yours now." Qing Lin looked around, a slight smile blooming on her little face.
"It is surprising. Especially this Ice Spirit Grass. It's the main ingredient for refining the fourth-grade pill, the Ice Spirit Pill." Lin Feng was equally delighted.
Ice Spirit Pill: Peak Fourth Grade pill
Its primary effect was to calm the mind of a Dou Ling practitioner during cultivation and increase cultivation efficiency by thirty percent. If used while breaking through a realm, it could stabilize the mind and increase the chance of a successful breakthrough by ten percent. Even if the breakthrough failed, the user's realm would not regress, and their cultivation would remain stable.
Therefore, even though its refining difficulty was only at the low Fourth Grade, alchemists classified it as Peak Fourth Grade. If it had not only been effective for Dou Lings, calling it Fifth Grade would not have been excessive. This was also the only Fourth-grade pill recipe Lin Feng possessed. One reason he had left Stone Desert City was that he had been unable to find this medicinal herb there.
Now, once he finished dealing with matters in Green Mountain Town, he could enter Secluded Cultivation and attempt to break through to the Fourth Grade.
A Fourth-grade Alchemist could get along exceedingly well even in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where experts roamed everywhere. Having obtained this medicinal herb, Lin Feng was smiling with his eyes even if there were no further gains.
There were fifteen First-order Magic Cores, most of them Wood Attribute and Wind Attribute. There were many ingredients for refining First-grade pills, but only one ingredient for Second-grade pills. Sure enough, the Ice Spirit Grass had merely been an unexpected windfall. There were also some gold coins...
After storing the things he needed in his Storage Ring, Lin Feng gave Mu She's Storage Ring to Qing Lin. From then on, she would be responsible for keeping everything else. This delighted the Little Housekeeper so much that she kept grinning foolishly for a long while. Especially after Lin Feng called her his Little Housekeeper, her face turned so red that she nearly fainted, making Lin Feng hurriedly support her.
"Hehe, Brother Lin Feng called me his Little Housekeeper. Hehe, I'm Brother Lin Feng's Little Housekeeper..."
Lin Feng could only rub his forehead and sigh. "Sigh, she's hopeless!"
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