Chapter 83: Blackstone City (Seeking Recommendations)

  The sun is high in the sky, with a golden light stretching for thousands of miles. There isn't a single cloud in sight above the heavens.

  The scorching sunlight at noon was extremely harsh, making people feel uncomfortable in their hearts. The sweat on the faces of pedestrians dripped down, flowing into the hot sandy soil, and was instantly dried up, leaving no trace. On the long dirt road, groups of warriors walked together in twos and threes. From time to time, someone would ride a horse or something like a two-horned beast, rushing past and stirring up clouds of dust, filling the air with smoke and causing people on the road to shout loudly.

  However, in this environment, there was a young man in white clothes who seemed to be unaffected. The young man walked forward step by step, with a steady pace and a calm expression. His slightly dark face was also covered with sweat, but he didn't look disheveled at all.

  The young man's face still had a hint of innocence, but the scene of him advancing silently with his lips pursed revealed a thread of determination and stability amidst the innocence.

  The young man was Qin Hao. He had been leaving Qin's house for seven or eight days, and he had been rushing to fly quickly every day, sleeping only two or three hours a day.

  On his way, he seized every opportunity to practice and never relaxed for a moment.

  When hurrying along the road, ordinary people generally use two-horned beasts and other strong-legged, extraordinary endurance demons. However, he didn't have any of those, relying solely on a set of Thousand Mile Wind Chasing Skills to sprint at full strength. When tired, he would take out the "Recovery Mystical Array" from his ring, find a place to sit quietly, and recover the mystical energy within his body.

  No time to rush on the road, it can only be at noon. At this time, the scorching sun seems to penetrate people's hearts, making people feel uncomfortable all over their bodies. However, for Qin Hao, this is a good opportunity to practice.

  "The Royal Flame Technique", a fire-based skill, the Xuan Qi cultivated by itself has a hint of warmth, and practicing under this scorching sunlight is quite beneficial for sensing the properties of Xuan Qi. As a result, after seven or eight days, Qin Hao's face had become darker, but his cultivation had made significant progress.

  In the profound and mysterious double-layered aura, it has reached its peak, and the two rivers of aura in the body that symbolize the boundary are also difficult to expand even a little.

  Just one more step and another Mystic River would split off, entering the Threefold Realm.

  Qin Hao's gaze was fixed on the front, and he stepped forward step by step. According to the distance marked on the map, he had been rushing for several days, and today he should be able to reach Heishi City. As soon as he thought that he might see that out-of-tune fat boy, Qin Hao's face also unconsciously showed a hint of a smile.

  It was unknown how long it took before the towering city walls finally appeared in front of Qin Hao.

  Qin Hao took a deep breath and walked towards the city gate. After continuous traveling, he was also somewhat tired. More importantly, many of the Xuan crystals had been converted into the Xuan Array, and were consumed. If he didn't replenish them soon, his hands would be tied for many things to come, making it difficult for him to take action.

  Heishi City is one of the cities closest to Wan Shou Gu. Therefore, the city walls of Heishi City are much higher than those of Tianlang City, and their thickness is several times that of Tianlang City's walls. The city gates are also made entirely of a hard black iron wood.

  On the city wall, there were many ferocious claw marks and some traces of being bombarded. Beside the traces, there were also bloodstains that had long since turned dark red and black.

  Some of these marks are quite old and have been there for many years. Some others, however, are very new and appear to have appeared only in the past few years.

  Some places on the city wall have collapsed and can be easily seen as recently repaired from the new and old degree.

  Qin Hao's gaze swept back and forth along the city wall, and just from these marks alone, one could see the intensity of the battle between the demon beasts and humans at that time.

  Shaking his head, Qin Hao walked past the city guards and entered Blackstone City.

  The name of Blackstone City may not sound impressive, but its prosperity is far superior to that of Skylark City. In Skylark City, many roads are made of compacted sand and soil, only a few main streets in the city are paved with stone slabs.

  However, the roads in Blackstone City are all uniformly paved with stone slabs. The difference between the two is evident at a glance.

  As soon as Qin Hao entered Blackstone City, he felt that everywhere was crowded with people. And these people were mostly vigorous and powerful warriors. Blackstone City gathered a large number of wandering warriors.

  Because of the existence of Wan Shou Gu, from time to time there are scattered demonic beasts that sweep in. People who do not know martial arts have mostly moved away to other cities. Therefore, in this city, ordinary people are extremely rare. At the very least, one must have a cultivation level of at least six or seven layers of Jing Xuan to be able to live relatively safely in this city.

  Qin Hao stepped onto the main road in the city, walking forward while unfolding a map of Hei Shi Cheng. The map was already several years old, and many buildings had changed, but some major landmarks remained unchanged.

  Qin Hao, while wandering around, also took the opportunity to size up some of the martial artists who had set up stalls on both sides. In the Wan Shou Gu (Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts), there were rare flowers, strange grasses, spiritual fruits and demonic beasts everywhere. Some poor martial artists would go into the Wan Shou Gu to hunt for things and then sell them here.

  There are indeed many things placed on both sides of the road, beast skins, low-grade Xuan crystals, helmets, unknown fruits, and demon beast skulls...

  Of course, in this kind of environment, buying what you want also requires a certain level of discernment.

  On the way, Qin Hao witnessed an embarrassing thing that made people smile bitterly, and this small episode once again proved the importance of eyesight.

  A man argued with a dark-skinned giant. The dark-skinned giant was a stall owner selling demonic beasts, and the man had bought a snow mouse cub from him a few days ago.

  Xue Mouse is a first-class intermediate demon beast, with a snow-white body and a pair of spirited big eyes, looking extremely cute. It has a gentle nature and is not good at attacking. Generally, it is raised as a pet by girls, but this Xue Mouse is naturally timid and good at hiding, making it very difficult to obtain.

  That man spent a lot of money here buying white mice sold by the Great Han to win over a girl.

  At first, the girl was still quite happy, after all, this kind of demon beast is extremely rare to see, and her expression towards the man also improved a lot.

  It wasn't long before things weren't so wonderful anymore.

  The girl wanted to wash off some dirt on the fur of that monster, but who knew that as she washed and washed, the whole bucket of water turned white.

  The snow mouse's fur was no longer snowy white, but dark brown with a lot of miscellaneous hair. It is said that at the time in the woman's home, everyone in the entire courtyard heard a heart-piercing scream that lingered for a long time...

  Qin Hao looked carefully and saw that the man with a palm print on each cheek was holding a strange beast, and he almost burst out laughing.

  What is this Snow Mouse? It's obviously a first-class Golden Hamster.

  The young of the golden hamster and the Syrian are very similar except in color, almost identical; the young Golden Hamsters are not as aggressive.

  As they grow up slowly, the snow mouse will become more and more lovely, while the metal-eating mouse will become stronger and stronger, and even grow a pair of extremely hard buck teeth, swallowing gold and iron, extremely frightening. It seems that the big man found some kind of plant juice from somewhere to dye the color of the metal-eating mouse...

  The man's voice grew louder and more intense, but the big man at the stall remained unchanged, with a kind smile on his face, as if to say that no matter how much he was scolded, he would not be moved, steady as Mount Tai.

  Qin Hao looked for a moment, turned his head back and continued walking forward. Laughter returned to laughter, at this moment he still had more important things to do.

  Qin Hao gazed at a very eye-catching sign on the map, identifying the street situation, and then turned his body, turning a corner to continue moving forward.

  Now he needs to supplement something. The 1,000 gold coins on his body have not been used yet. One thousand gold coins, although it sounds like a lot, is barely enough for buying demon beast crystals or mystic weapons.

  On the map, a large building sprawled across the city center, with "Hunter's Alliance" clearly marked.

  The Hunt Alliance is a powerful alliance that spans dozens of countries. The Hunt Alliance has similarities with some religious sects, but also has essential differences.

  Hunters' Alliance, naturally also has its core things. For example, the core elder, the alliance master who is in charge of major events, and some elite disciples.

  But apart from this, the Hunting Alliance also recruits many wandering warriors or those who are training alone outside, and these warriors hang their names in the Hunting Alliance.

  Some people want to find demon beasts, high-ranking Xuanjing, rare fruits, weapons, armor, Fengxuan arrays, and elixirs. As long as they pay a handsome reward, the Hunting Alliance will send someone to take action.

  Those nominal warriors, if they lend a hand, can also get some benefits from the reward. Sometimes these benefits are much higher than what they would get from working alone for one or two months. Moreover, the Hunter's Alliance has no major restrictions on these warriors; if you want to leave, just strike your name off, and there will be no restrictions at all. As a result, the number of people in the Hunter's Alliance is unimaginable.

  At this moment, Qin Hao's goal is the Hunting Alliance's branch in Blackrock City. His current first task is to accumulate some capital. With his current strength and without the assistance of the Sealing Array, it is very difficult to venture deep into the Ten Thousand Beast Valley. On the outskirts of the valley, there are too many warriors gathered, making it hard for him to get what he wants.

  The most ideal way is to hang a number in the hunting alliance first, get some benefits, and that fat man is being surrounded by people from the hunting alliance, he goes in and gets some information.

  As he pondered, Qin Hao had already walked along this long road. He raised his head to take a look, and a magnificent three-story pavilion stood before him.

  Above the attic hangs a beautiful wooden plaque, on which are two large characters "Hunt Alliance" in iron painting and silver hook, carved into the wood three inches deep.

  On both sides of the two characters is a golden pattern, on which are two crossed swords, extremely overbearing.

  Two women in green clothes, slender and elegant, stood at the gate. The two women saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy standing in front of the hunting alliance's branch, looking around, and both had a hint of doubt in their hearts at the same time.

  Just as he was thinking of talking to himself in a low voice, Qin Hao had already stepped up the stairs, one step at a time.

  The two of them exchanged a glance, smiled simultaneously, and bowed slightly to Qin Hao. Qin Hao nodded his head, returned the smile, and walked past the two of them into the room.