Jianling Nine Heavens

Chapter 5 Mercenaries
The next day, Qin Feng practiced the sword alone in the early morning, and after that, Qin Xiaocang took him into the forest again to kill wild animals.Qin Feng kept watching Qin Xiaocang's process of hunting and killing wild animals, and kept thinking about it, gradually feeling a little enlightened.

For five consecutive days, Qin Xiaocang took Qin Feng into the depths of the forest to kill wild beasts every day, silently teaching him the fighting skills.However, the best way to teach is to let him go to actual combat, and learn skills in battle, so that he can remember them in his heart and apply them proficiently.

So, from the sixth day, Qin Feng began to fight the wild beasts himself, while Qin Xiaocang was guarding him.After all, no matter how talented Qin Feng was, he was still only a child under 14 years old. Qin Xiaocang was worried about letting him face the beast alone.

On the first day, Qin Feng was in danger frequently, but fortunately Qin Xiaocang would act in time every time to resolve the crisis.

However, through this day's actual combat, Qin Feng did understand some fighting skills better. In the dead of night, he kept replaying the previous scenes in his mind, rehearsing how to deal with them better.

I have to say, perhaps it is because Qin Feng's mental power is stronger than ordinary people, so he has an advantage in memory, which is also one of the reasons why he can quickly learn sword skills.And at this moment, to simulate the picture in the brain, the strong mental power is even more helpful. Although it is not as majestic as Huan Lingxiu, it is still enough.

And Qin Xiaocang also mentioned that the strong mental power can play a big role in the battle. The stronger the mental power, the more accurate the judgment of the opponent's actions will be, and the more clearly the opponent's actions will be seen.

The next day, Qin Feng was still in danger many times and often needed Qin Xiaocang's help.On the third day, it was still the same, but he could clearly feel his progress.

On the fourth day, Qin Feng faced a wild wolf with a solemn expression, staring at it closely.

"Strength, you can't use it to your fullest, use seven points to keep three points, you must learn to use skillful strength, and use your strength to fight your strength."

"Wolf, tofu waist with copper head and iron tail, if you want to kill him, choose the best waist."

"You must learn to flexibly use what you have learned on weekdays, pay attention to mastering the rhythm, be good at discovering advantages, and be able to create advantages."

Qin Xiaocang's teaching words in the past few days lingered in his ears from time to time, while thinking about strategy, he kept dealing with the wild wolf.He tried to bypass the sharp front claws and fangs of the wild wolf, and cut off its weak waist, but the wolf was quick to move and failed every time.

"Ding!"

The sharp wolf claws exuding a faint cold light slapped fiercely on the Weeping Soul Sword. Fortunately, this sword is tough enough, so there is no need to worry about breaking it.

At this moment, Qin Feng could only deal with him with the sword in his hand, his experience was too lacking, he was too weak to use it, and he had no skill at all.

"Don't panic, combine sword skills with footwork." Qin Xiaocang's voice came.

Qin Feng's heart moved, and he seemed to realize something.

"This time we must go around to its side and give it a fatal blow."

There was a flash of light in his eyes, and he suddenly used a set of sword skills he had mastered in the past, blocking the wolf's claws.Immediately afterwards, he stepped on his feet repeatedly, using the only set of footwork "Seven Star Step".

Stepping on the seven stars and dancing the sword across the sky, this time he managed to circle around the side of the wild wolf.

"break!"

Qin Feng yelled, and swung his sword with all his strength to slash at the wolf's waist, only to hear a howl, a long and narrow wound was cut on his waist, and bright red blood spattered out.

This blow caused the wild wolf to be severely injured, Qin Feng quickly swung his sword again, and once again slashed at the wound, but completely severed it.

The wild wolf turned into two halves and fell to the ground, dying completely.

This was the first time Qin Feng successfully killed a wild beast alone. Although wolf blood splashed on his body, he didn't care at all, and felt the scenes of this fight with his heart.

Not far away, Qin Xiaocang showed a smile on his face, and secretly said in his heart: "Feng'er has improved faster than I expected, it seems that we can plan ahead."

After another three days, Qin Feng finally gradually mastered the technique, unlike the first few days when he was extremely embarrassed and often needed Qin Xiaocang to take action.The current him, as long as he doesn't encounter particularly fierce and powerful beasts, he can deal with them and kill them.

Of course, this is just a case of facing a wild beast. Some wild beasts live in groups, and sometimes dozens of them come and go together. If Qin Feng encounters them, he has no choice but to run for his life.

Time flies, half a year in a blink of an eye, Qin Feng is already 14 years old, and he has reached the peak sword master, one step away from being the sword leader.

During the past six months, he had to enter the depths of the forest every day to fight wild beasts and accumulate combat experience.In the first month, Qin Xiaocang either followed directly or protected in the dark, but as Qin Feng gradually mastered the fighting skills and his strength improved by leaps and bounds, he felt relieved and stopped following.

As a result, in the next few months, Qin Feng always went to and from the forest alone, and the wild animals in the forest gradually became rarer.

Now, no matter what kind of beast he encounters, he can calmly deal with it and kill it. When encountering a herd of beasts, he is also capable of fighting. Even if he loses, he can escape and leave calmly.

In the evening, in Qin Xiaocang's room, Qin Feng stood opposite him.

"Feng'er, you have made great progress in the past six months, and you won't have to go to that forest in the future."

"Yes." Qin Feng remained expressionless, and replied lightly, without asking any questions.

Today, he has experienced fighting with wild beasts, and he has become more calm and calm, and he has become more indifferent to the surrounding things. Be a teenager.

"Follow me to the north of the city tomorrow, and I will arrange an assessment for you. After you pass, third uncle will teach you how to cultivate sword qi."

"Yes." Qin Feng nodded slightly and exited the room.

Qin Xiaocang silently looked at Qin Feng's back, his eyes flickered with strange light.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning, Qin Feng was doing daily morning exercises in an open space in the mansion.

After finishing, he found Qin Xiaocang, and under the latter's leadership, he left the Qin residence and headed straight to the north of the city.

"Feng'er, do you know about mercenaries?" Qin Xiaocang asked while walking on the road.

"I don't know."

"The so-called mercenaries are monks who are hired to complete their tasks. This is a very common occupation on the mainland. Of course, the best of them are quite respected. To become a mercenary, one must have at least The strength of an intermediate swordsman, because the tasks that ordinary people take are often difficult or dangerous to do." Qin Xiaocang briefly introduced the mercenaries.

Qin Feng's heart moved, and he probably guessed what Qin Xiaocang meant. "Is the third uncle going to take me to become a mercenary? It seems that the assessment should also be related to this mercenary."

After that, Qin Xiaocang told him some knowledge about mercenaries, and not long after, the two came to the north of the city.

From a distance, one can see a towering minaret, five floors high, and pieces of flame totems are carved on the tower, which is extremely dazzling.

On the Tianling Continent, the general buildings are no more than three stories high, and five-story steeples are rare.

"Feng'er, that's the branch tower of the mercenary union in this city, and the tower owner is a fire-type spirit king." Qin Xiaocang said pointing to the tower.

Mercenary is not an unorganized profession, but has an extremely strict system, and there is a unified organization called the Mercenary Union.However, this is only strictly based on the hierarchical system, and will not interfere with the personal freedom of the mercenaries. They only ask that when the trade union encounters a crisis, they will help within their ability.

Mercenaries are divided into ten levels. The lowest level is called starless mercenaries, that is, ordinary mercenaries. After that, they are divided into one star to nine stars. Every extra star proves that his strength and status are stronger. .

The forces of the mercenary union spread all over the continent, with the headquarters located in the Central Empire, and a branch tower would be established in other places as a place for mercenaries to register, upgrade and hand over tasks.

Almost every larger city will have a branch, and the president of the branch is the tower master and the supreme one there.

After a while, the two came to the front of the pagoda, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going at the entrance, which was quite lively.

There is no reception here, only two guards standing there to maintain order.

Qin Xiaocang led Qin Feng straight in. The two guards just glanced at Qin Feng with strange eyes, but they didn't stop him, and didn't say anything.

Although Qin Feng is rarely interested in the things around him, he still has a little curiosity about this mercenary union.Following behind, once entering the minaret, he looked around.

I saw that the first floor was extremely spacious, and there were hundreds of people gathered at the moment, but it was not crowded, and there were several windows directly in front of the door, and many people were queuing there.

"Feng'er, wait for me here, third uncle will come whenever he goes." Qin Xiaocang left these words after entering the hall and left in a hurry. He went straight to the second floor, but no one noticed him.

And Qin Feng found an empty corner and stood there waiting.

Most of the people here are middle-aged people, there are few old people, and there are quite a few women. Except for Qin Feng, the youngest one is also in his 20s.

In this way, Qin Feng seemed a little special. Although he was in the corner, he still attracted the attention of many people.

"Haha, where did the little baby come from? Did he also come to be a mercenary?"

"I'm afraid this baby has just been weaned. I don't know who brought it. It's really interesting."

"Hey, a brat, unexpectedly came to the branch tower of the Mercenary Union."

Everyone was discussing and pointing fingers at Qin Feng.

"Huh? This kid looks familiar."

"Speaking of it this way, I feel a little familiar. It seems to be... Oh, by the way, isn't this the young master of the Qin family?"

"The Qin family? The Qin family, one of the three major families in this city second only to the City Lord's Mansion?"

"That's right, it's him. The Qin family is a big family of spiritual cultivation, with strong people like clouds, but this young master of the Qin family is a waste. It is said that he is born to resist the elements and has no hope for life."

"Hey, I heard that too, but I didn't expect to come here. Does he want to become a mercenary as a healer?"

"Perhaps, if he's stuck at the peak of a healer all his life, then he will always be the lowest-level starless mercenary. Hehe, it seems that he is really a waste."

"Hey, he has a sword in his hand."

"Hey, the healer is holding a sword. It's nondescript. It seems that he is not only a waste, but also has some problems with his mind."

"Haha, maybe he knew he couldn't become Lingkui, so he changed his way of swordsmanship."

"That sword looks like a treasure. As expected of the Qin family, even a waste can have such a treasure."

"Hmph, it's a pity, the treasure fell into the hands of the trash, leaving it covered in ashes."

The few commentators all exuded a strong aura, and the weakest one was Yizhong Tianjiankui, who stood there looking superior, with a hint of arrogance.And for a young man like Qin Feng, even a young man with the reputation of being a waste, he didn't pay attention to him at all.

Originally, with Qin Feng's status as the direct descendant of the Qin family, no one would dare to do anything wrong.But after he was determined to be a hopeless Lingkui for life, and he was regarded as a waste, his status plummeted, and he was almost kicked out of the Qin family, so these people dared to do this, without any worry that they would offend the Qin family.

There were quite a few sword masters and spirit masters around, but they didn't have much to say about Qin Feng, they were all busy with their own affairs.

Qin Feng has long been used to other people's comments and ridicules, so he automatically blocked those people's words, closed his eyes, embraced the Soul-Crying Sword, leaned against the wall, and stood there quietly.

But he can ignore others, but there is always a kind of person who is arrogant and arrogant, and likes to make trouble.

I saw a big man nearly two meters tall with explosive muscles walking towards Qin Feng. His upper body was bare, his muscles were like horned dragons, and he carried a broad heavy sword slanted behind his back.The whole person looked like a hill, walking towards him, filled with a sense of oppression.

"Hey, little baby, this sword in your hand is not bad, show it to the uncle." The big man said with a grin, and stretched out his hand to grab the Weeping Soul Sword in Qin Feng's hand.

If it's just being discussed, Qin Feng can ignore it, but if it is directly provoked, he will not bear it, let alone after half a year of fighting with wild beasts, he will not let others slaughter him.

Qin Feng suddenly opened his eyes, and instantly drew out the Weeping Soul Sword. The blade of the sword pointed directly at the big man, staring at him with a cold expression.

"Jie Jie, little baby, the sword is a dangerous thing, don't play around with it, give it to my uncle!" The big man said, turning to one side of his body, flexing his fingers and grabbing Qin Feng's wrist.

This is not just a simple grab, there is an amazing momentum under the grab, and it is oppressive, just like facing a huge mountain.

And at this moment, Qin Feng felt a gust of wind blowing towards his wrist, and it was difficult to move it. Looking at that grasp, if it was carried out, his wrist might be broken immediately.

Unexpectedly, this big man did have some strength, he was the first to take the lead as soon as he made a move, and suppressed Qin Feng with his powerful skills and aura.

(End of this chapter)