Chapter 76: 76 Shangguan Fei'er

Chapter 76: Chapter 76 Shangguan Fei’er

Mercenary Town, located on the periphery of the Wilderness Jungle, was a very famous town, known for housing the Mercenary Association.

The Mercenary Association was a huge yet somewhat loose organization, holding vast connections and countless secrets unknown to the public.

In the world of cultivators, there were innumerable adventurers. The establishment of the Mercenary Association offered these adventurers a variety of tasks; completing these tasks would earn them substantial rewards, and the items adventurers acquired on their journeys, like the corpses of fierce beasts or treasures left behind by other cultivators, could be exchanged at the Mercenary Association.

Thus, the Mercenary Association was regarded as the “Holy Land” for adventurers.

In the eyes of countless adventurers, the Mercenary Association was sacred and inviolable.

Lin Feng had arrived at Mercenary Town.

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On this trip, Lin Feng was on his way back to his clan, passing through Mercenary Town, and decided to rest here.

Lin Feng had been at Jialan Academy for nearly three years, and in these years, too many things had occurred. Not having returned home for three years, Lin Feng deeply missed his father, grandfather, and other relatives.

This trip coinciding with his departure, Lin Feng planned to visit his clan.

He intended to stay with his clan for a while before returning to the academy to participate in the “Imperial College” assessment.

Imperial College was the foremost among the Nine Great Academies of the True Martial Country, gathering all the Favored Sons of Heaven from across the country.

Recruitment occurred once every three years!

And it admitted only the most outstanding talents!

Imperial College was also hailed as the cradle of the strong.

Now, within the True Martial Country, many generals holding considerable power had graduated from Imperial College.

Of course, Lin Feng had no intentions of entering politics; his ambition didn’t lie there. Devoted to Martial Arts, Lin Feng hoped to progress further along this path and become an unmatched powerhouse.

And Imperial College! Could undoubtedly enhance Lin Feng’s abilities further!

Calculating the time, it would be about half a year before the recruitment of Imperial College.

During this period, Lin Feng could return home to visit his family.

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Mercenary Town was very lively, with numerous adventurers choosing to rest there.

After Lin Feng entered Mercenary Town, he sensed several ill-intentioned stares.

Many adventurers, euphemistically called “mercenaries,” were in fact engaged in bandit-like activities. In the Wilderness Jungle, countless instances of violence and betrayal occurred daily among adventurers.

And Lin Feng, a young man of about fifteen or sixteen, naturally attracted some malicious intentions.

Sure enough, a tall and burly mercenary with a broad face stepped out and blocked Lin Feng’s path.

“Damn it, Zhou Hu that bastard acted first. Looks like this easy pickings will end up with Zhou Hu.”

Several mercenaries cursed under their breath as they watched the burly mercenary block Lin Feng’s way, seeing Lin Feng as an easy target.

It was that simple.

These mercenaries naturally didn’t take a boy of fifteen or sixteen seriously.

“Kid, new here?” Zhou Hu looked down at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng’s lips curled into an indifferent smile, “What is it? Anything I can help with?”

Zhou Hu sneered, “Do you know the rules of Mercenary Town?”

“What rules?” Lin Feng asked.

“Being new here, you should learn to respect the elders here. Only by respecting them can you survive,” Zhou Hu stated.

Lin Feng had heard of such practices where some mercenaries seized what they wanted by force. Of course, this man wasn’t the only mercenary who had his eye on him. After all, being young, it was quite normal to be targeted by these people who, though mercenaries on the surface, were no different from bandits. Naturally, Lin Feng wouldn’t agree. Should he agree now, more would come seeking extortion later, creating a vicious cycle until they drained him dry. Lin Feng snorted, “Are there old folks here unable to move their arms and legs who need my respect?”

“Ha-ha, this kid actually dares to make fun of Zhou Hu.”

“This kid is asking for it.”

Some mercenaries laughed.

“You’re given face, and you don’t want it, eh?” Zhou Hu scoffed coldly and threw a punch at Lin Feng, intending to teach this clueless kid a lesson. The sneer on Zhou Hu’s face and his cold-blooded and cruel nature, developed over many years as a mercenary, meant he was not hesitant about striking down a young boy.

Just as the punch was about to land on Lin Feng,

At that moment, Lin Feng took action and lightly caught it.

Crack.

Zhou Hu’s forceful and heavy punch was caught in Lin Feng’s hand.

“You…” Zhou Hu tried to pull his fist back, but was horrified to discover that it was clamped down as if in a tiger’s vise, completely immovable.

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Moreover, Zhou Hu experienced an excruciating pain that swept over him, causing his entire body to convulsez he even felt as if his fists were about to be crushed.

“Son, I was blind and failed to recognize a great man, please spare my life,” Zhou Hu begged loudly, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

“This kid is so formidable!”

Many people were astonished.

Zhou Hu was a powerful martial artist at the Martial Artist Tenth Levelz could it be that he couldn’t even withstand a single move now?

This youngster looked to be only about fifteen or sixteen years oldz could he have already broken through to the Martial Master Realm?

A fifteen- or sixteen-year-old in the Martial Master Realm?

At this thought, many mercenaries were terrified internally and were secretly relieved that they hadn’t made a move earlier.

“Get lost.”

Lin Feng casually flung his hand, and Zhou Hu’s nearly two-meter-tall massive body was thrown thirty to forty meters away, hitting the ground with a thump, in utter disarray.

Zhou Hu got up, dared not say another wordz and quickly left.

The strong were revered everywherez witnessing Lin Feng’s formidable nature, many showed expressions of awe, and those mercenaries who had thought of challenging Lin Feng felt a lingering fear at this moment.

Everyone made way for Lin Feng to pass.

Lin Feng stayed at a place called “Azure Dragon Inn.”

In the evening, it was the liveliest moment in Mercenary Town.

Since he had come to Mercenary Town, Lin Feng planned to visit the renowned Mercenary Association to check it out and incidentally get his Mercenary Medal certified.

The Mercenary Association controlled countless pieces of information, yet these were only circulated and discussed, and mercenary certifications were conducted inside among its membersz holding a Mercenary Medal allowed one to inquire about any news in the Mercenary Association’s lobbyz of course, occasionally, the Mercenary Association also issued tasks that could intrigue anyone who held a Mercenary Medal to take up those tasks.

The Mercenary Association was a five-story oval buildingz as night fell, the place was bustling, with many people coming and goingz inside the first-floor lobby, a crystal screen displayed myriad pieces of information that constantly rotated, amazingly engineered by Spirit Array Masters who had set up the Array Patterns.

“Hunt for White Tail Tiger task….”

“Second Order Fierce Bird, Black Feather Eagle has hatched younglings, offering a high price for Black Feather Eagle hatchlings.”

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Various pieces of abundant-reward information were displayed on the crystal screen.

Lin Feng even saw an “SSS” level task, the most difficult task issued by the Mercenary Association.

“Hunt for Fire Kirin task, a heavily injured Fire Kirin has been spotted in the Wilderness Jungle….”

Seeing the Fire Kirin hunting task made Lin Feng click his tonguez the Fire Kirin, flowing with Divine Blood, belongs to the same tier as dragons and phoenixes in the myths, extraordinarily terrifying.

However, precisely because of the Fire Kirin’s power, every part of its body is a treasurez it is said that even a single scale from the Fire Kirin can be used to craft a powerful Defensive Magical Treasure, and a drop of Qilin Treasure Blood could drastically improve a cultivator’s cultivation. Now, the Mercenary Association had issued a task, gathering powerful individuals to hunt the Fire Kirin and share all the treasures from its body, such as the Qilin Treasure Blood.

“No wonder this town is so crowded, could it be because of the Fire Kirin hunt?” Lin Feng muttered to himself.

Lin Feng found a staff member and asked about the place for mercenary certificationz the staff member directed him.

Lin Feng thanked the person and entered the room.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Feng’s eyes brightened because there sat an extremely tall and beautiful woman.

Lin Feng approached the woman and said, “Hello, I am here for mercenary certification.”

The stunning woman looked up at Lin Feng, slightly surprised by his agez but she did not say muchz for her, Lin Feng was just like countless others who came for certification tests, merely a fleeting passerby in her lifez moreover, seeking mercenary certification at such a young age was not an easy task.

The only thing that caught the beautiful woman by surprise was the look in Lin Feng’s eyesz after a moment of distraction, his gaze returned to clarity.

“Shangguan Fei’er.”

Lin Feng looked at a nameplate on the table, which read Shangguan Fei’er’s identityz Second Order Mercenary Certification Masterz this revelation surprised Lin Feng, as the beautiful woman in front of him was unexpectedly a Second Order Mercenary Certification Master, which meant she was a Martial Master Realm powerhouse.

“You seem to have come to the wrong place, little brotherz this is for Second Order Mercenary certification, the room for First Order Mercenary certification is opposite,” Shangguan Fei’er said indifferently.

She dealt with such matters adeptly, as many intentionally entered the wrong room just to catch a glimpse of her beauty.

Thus, Shangguan Fei’er handled these situations with ease.

Lin Feng smiled faintly and said, “I am indeed here to certify as a Second Order Mercenary.”

“You want to certify as a Second Order Mercenary?” Shangguan Fei’er looked at Lin Feng incredulouslyz how old was this guy to be certifying as a Second Order Mercenary, had he lost his mind?

But seeing Lin Feng’s spirited and confident demeanor, Shangguan Fei’er felt a bit puzzledz could it be that this guy really possessed the strength of the Martial Master Realm?

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