Alien Dust

Chapter 292 Recruiting troops
In the Jade Caves of Yacheng, freezing rain fell like frost and snow that cut through the bones.

In the stone house outside the jade cave, the young jailer Qing Lei held a thin and soft whip in his hand. When he saw a sixty-year-old man carrying a bamboo basket fall into the mud, he stepped forward and swung the whip before his colleagues.

"You want to be lazy again, right? You can't afford to pay for breaking these jades with your life!" Qing Lei shouted very loudly, as if he wanted others to hear him on purpose.

He swung the whip and it hit the sixty-year-old mountain man. The old man subconsciously wanted to wail, but he found that the whip didn't hurt at all, which made him stunned.

"Scream in pain and beg for mercy..." Qinglei said anxiously.

"Oh, it hurts!" The old mountain man also realized that the young man was helping him, and hurriedly cooperated by shouting in pain.

The old man and the young man put on a show, and the other martial artists who were supervising the jade cave didn't pay much attention to it.

The old mountain man thanked him repeatedly in a low voice, then put on the jade bamboo basket and walked towards the horse rack.

Qing Lei put away the whip, watched the old man leave, and breathed a sigh of relief.

That's all he can do to help.

Just as he was about to return to the stone house, a tall black shadow blocked Qinglei's way in the rain. Qinglei initially thought he had hit a wall, but when he looked up, he found that there was a head on the black wall!
The owner of the head had a cold expression, his cheek lines were like blades, and his vulture-like eyes stared at him without any emotion, causing Qing Lei to take a few steps back.

"Master Huang...I have already taught those lazy slaves a lesson." Qing Lei forced a smile.

"You don't use the whip well. Let me teach you!" The burly man pulled out the whip and swung it hard at the young jailer.

The whip exploded in the air like a firecracker, echoing throughout the valley.

And such a whip fell on Qinglei's body, and one whip knocked him to the ground, with his skin torn and blood oozing out.

"Snapped!"

Another whip hit Qinglei's back hard. The terrible whip marks extended from his neck to his waist, just like a knife cut!
"Drag him away, and after his injuries are healed, throw him into the jade cave to dig stones!" said the burly man.

……

The fog and rain were thick, and even though I was wearing a reed raincoat, I still felt cold all over.

Three horses, two women and one man, stepped into Nha Trang in the fog.

Nha Thanh was extremely desolate. There was not a single person to be seen on the streets, including the extremely prosperous Jade Street and Jadeware Street at the city gate, where there was no merchant at all.

Wu Hen got off the horse and finally saw an old man in a stable.

"Old man, where have the people in the city gone?" Wu Hen asked.

"Master Lu?" The old man recognized Wu Hen at a glance, and asked with surprise on his face, "Why did you come back instead of fleeing outside the border?"

"I didn't run away. I was just improving myself. Now that I'm back, of course I have to manage this city that I took over from my father." Wu Hen replied.

"Why bother managing? Just take care of your own life." said the old man.

"Please stop nagging me. Where are the people in the city? Why are there only old men and women like you in your seventies and eighties left?" Wu Hen said.

"Of course they were captured to mine stones. Isn't jade the most valuable thing in our Yacheng? I heard that this jade can be made into objects comparable to the demon jade by some top craftsmen. Now the people in the Jiang Mansion are like crazy. They throw all the men, women and children in our city into the jade cave to collect stone jade for them to compare... But there are many demons in the jade cave, and my children are not warriors. If they go into the deep, they will easily be eaten." The old man spoke very clearly.

"Don't we still have some days of shelter?" Ruan Muchan frowned.

"How can they follow the rules?" said the old man.

"Old man, do you know how many people have come from the other side and what their respective strengths are?" Wu Hen asked casually.

"There are ten martial artists and seventy to eighty martial arts apprentices. They are just stationed here first. More people from the Jiang Mansion will come later. I'm afraid it's a mansion army!" the old man replied.

"You know all this?" Wu Hen asked with some surprise.

"My son-in-law is a smart guy who knows how to flatter. He's working as a supervisor there now. He's trying to find ways to help everyone, but he has little ability and can only do a limited amount. Oh, by the way, his name is Qinglei, and he's the one who looks after your cell..." said the old man.

"So it's him. You've got a good son-in-law. He's pretty good, a good material." Wu Hen was deeply impressed by the young jailer. Without his careful care, he would have died in prison long ago. It was he who helped him out of the predicament.

While they were talking, a horse suddenly came from outside the city gate. There was a man on the horse's back and another person was carried in front of it.

"Old man, your Qinglei is dying. Come here to take him back and take care of him for a few days. If he survives, send him to the Yuku to work as a slave!" said the rider arrogantly.

As if he found the horse dirty, the rider pushed the person on the horse to the ground without waiting for the old man to come and check.

Wu Hen was quick-witted and immediately stepped forward to support Qing Lei who was about to fall off his horse.

"Are you from the Jiang Mansion?" Wu Hen hugged Qing Lei and then asked.

"Who are you? This city is under the jurisdiction of our Jiang family. All outsiders must leave immediately, otherwise you will be whipped!" The horseman immediately raised the whip and was about to whip Wu Hen in front of him.

However, just as he raised the whip, a blurry figure flashed past him, and the next moment a bloody hole appeared on his chest!

Before the rider could react, the other person had already drawn his sword and stood beside Wu Hen. Only then did he see clearly that it was a woman wearing a black straw raincoat...

"Oh!"

The rider fell to the ground, showing no signs of life.

The old man on the side was shocked and panicked, not knowing whether to stay or run. He could only stammer: "What are you doing? He is an official from the Jiang Mansion. If we kill him, how can we explain to Jiang...Jiang Mansion!" "I didn't intend to explain to them. This city lord came back to kill them all." Wu Hen said.

"Is... is it Young Master Lu?" Qing Lei opened his eyes in a daze.

"It's me. I said I would come back." Wu Hen said, motioning for another woman on horseback to get the ointment. "Qiu Cui, help him take care of his wounds and give him a bottle of blood-replenishing pills."

"Okay." The female college student nodded.

The female college student has adapted to her identity as a female thief and has mastered a lot of skills in this month.

She has a good learning ability, no wonder she is a top student who was admitted to a key university. Even when being a female thief in the Zhenwu Continent, she quickly got the hang of it after some mental struggle.

This female thief is very capable, as she was able to steal the Dragon Blood Pill from the treasure house of Master Quan Manor. Wu Hen also plans to train her well and make her a generation of thief king!
All the elixirs used were of high quality, and even the most severe injuries to the flesh and bones could be healed quickly. After being fed a bottle of blood-replenishing pill, the half-dead little jailer Qing Lei was visibly restored to life.

"Where are the people from the Jiang Mansion in the Jade Cave?" Wu Hen asked.

"You have to be careful, there is a man named Huang Zhang, he might already be as powerful as the Wu family." said the young jailer Qing Lei.

"Don't worry, Sister Ruan is also a martial artist now!" Qiu Cui said.

"Ah?" The young jailer was a little surprised, his eyes fell on Ruan Muchan, who was wearing a straw raincoat and looked cold and icy.

Qing Lei's incredulous look made Ruan Muhan feel a little uncomfortable.

In fact, Ruan Muhan himself found it incredible.

After taking the Dragon Blood Pill, her cultivation increased rapidly, jumping from the ninth level of Qi Creek to the second level of Qi River, and her cultivation increased significantly every day!
This growth rate seemed unreal to her. That joke she made after drinking actually came true!
Three months ago, she was still a martial artist whose cultivation was stuck at the ninth level. Now, she has leaped two levels, and there are only a few people in this territory who are stronger than her.

She had the ability to rule a city and to compete with the Jiang Mansion. Even Madam Zeng did not dare to urge her to return to the Zeng Mansion after hearing that she had made a breakthrough to become a great warrior. She even kindly asked her subordinates to tell her to concentrate on her training and practice so that she could become her right-hand man in the future.

The martial artist is still just a plaything of the powerful in the palace.

But becoming a Wu family means being on the same level as them.

So in recent days, Ruan Muhan felt more and more that it was possible that Madam Zeng would become his stepping stone!

"Let's go and kill them directly. They are all there!" Wu Hen said.

"Yeah." Ruan Muchan nodded.

"Then I will go to the official road and gather information about the Jiang Mansion. If they send experts and troops, I will inform you immediately." Qiu Cui said.

"You are getting smarter and smarter." Wu Hen nodded, and then said, "You still have to do one more thing, which is to gather some talented people and hire them to work for me. Without warriors to protect this Yacheng, it will be taken away sooner or later."

"I understand!" Qiu Cui nodded and quickly understood what Wu Hen meant.

Qiu Cui rode away on her horse.

After leaving the city gate, she found a safe forest and chose to exit this world.

The information exchange in Zhenwu Continent is very poor, and it is impossible for her to really go to the nearby cities to inquire about the news.

Besides, gathering information is not the point; the point is recruiting soldiers!

After taking off the virtual helmet, a woman with freckles woke up in her dormitory.

She immediately logged into the Zhenwu Continent network established by compatriots around the world, and then posted a message.

"In the border of the wilderness, Jiuluo Territory, Yacheng between Zeng Mansion and Jiang Mansion, we are hiring thugs above the level of martial artist with high salary; for martial artist level, the price can be negotiated in person!"

Write down the detailed location of the mainland territory, clearly state the job content, and then clarify the standard salary and benefits.

The Zhenwu Continent is very large. Even if people from all over the world participate in it, the number of compatriots who can be awakened in the Yacheng area is limited... and it is not realistic to ask strong people in other territories to come to put out the fire, as the journey is too far.

So the best way is to hire compatriots nearby. You don’t need to worry too much about the loyalty of these people!

In this way, Yacheng has its own armed force!

"Cheng Xiaoshan, what have you been busy with recently? Why don't you even go to class?" another girl asked in the dormitory.

"Oh, I met a big guy who is taking me to conquer another world. We will soon have a rich city of our own. I am helping him recruit soldiers and masters!" said the freckled woman.

"What is your cultivation level?"

"A ninth-level martial arts master is only one step away from becoming a martial arts master!" said the freckled woman Cheng Xiaoshan.

"That's just average. I know a big brother who is one of the elites of our human race. He is Tianmang himself and a martial saint in the Zhenwu world." said the girl in the same dormitory.

"Oh, this boss I know is different. He is very powerful."

"Have you met offline?" The girl in the same dormitory obviously did not agree with Cheng Xiaoshan's joy and excitement.

"No, he said that he has a special status and it is not convenient to meet offline..."

(End of this chapter)