. Long Chen followed the crowd out, but as soon as he stepped out, he was surrounded by a group of people. The opponent had already drawn his weapon, clearly ready to make a move.
Long Chen glanced at the people opposite him. There were more than forty people in total. Although their numbers seemed quite large, their strength was average. If a real fight broke out, these people would be no match for them.
Fang Liude was furious and was about to lose his temper, but the leader across from him immediately grinned and said, "Oh dear, isn't that Sixth Brother?" Sorry, I mistook you for someone else. Hurry up and put away your weapons. At
that person's command, the group immediately put away their weapons. Long Chen immediately understood—they hadn't mistaken him for someone else, but were here to cause trouble.
"March, what do you mean?" Fang Liude said angrily.
"I told you, you mistook me for someone else. Sixth Brother, you should get busy." The man giggled and even made a gesture of invitation.
"If you have the guts, stir up trouble; if not, stand up for yourself. Lackeys like you will be beaten to death sooner or later." A powerful figure carrying a longbow sneered coldly behind Fang Liude.
"Heh heh, as the saying goes, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. Even if I'm a petty man who gets my way and willingly acts like a dog for others, what can you do to me?" The man chuckled, not angry at all.
"I didn't expect you to really have the potential to be a dog." A woman beside Long Chen said. There were only two women in the entire squad: one was Yu Ying, and the other was her.
"I wouldn't have guessed. That's just because you looked down on the dog." As soon as the woman finished speaking, Long Chen couldn't help but interject.
But when Long Chen interjected, everyone in the team burst out laughing—Long Chen's response was spot on.
"What are you?" Seeing that Long Chen was a stranger, the man immediately flew into a rage.
"I want to say I'm your father, but seeing you like this, I'd better forget it. I can't let you take advantage of me." Long Chen shook his head and said.
Long Chen spoke expressionlessly the whole time, without a trace of anger, but what he said was both infuriating and funny.
Originally, Fang Liude and the others were furious after being provoked, but with just a few words from Long Chen, they burst out laughing and most of their anger was diminished.
The man was furious: "You..."
"Get lost!"
Fang Liude's face suddenly darkened as he shouted coldly, "Don't give you even a cent of face and think you can open a dyehouse. If I really kill you, they might not stand up for you. If you want to die, just say so." This
guy had some grudges with them before, later joined a powerful mercenary group, and started stirring up trouble constantly, trying to provoke a war between two major mercenary groups and use others to avenge himself.
However, it was clear that he was not influential enough. Although he had his own mercenary squad, it had just been formed. Although there were many members, they were broad but not refined, mixed but not pure. Their strength was far inferior to Fang Liude and the others, so he didn't dare to fight head-on, only daring to disgust them normally.
Now that he saw the other side angry, he really didn't dare provoke them further. He could only step aside and watch helplessly as they left. Long Chen never once glanced at them, which only made them grit their teeth in anger.
"Young man, your cultivation isn't high, but your verbal skills are impressive. With just a few sentences, you almost knocked that guy to death. That was really satisfying." The man with the longbow couldn't help but lean closer to Long Chen, his face full of admiration as he spoke.
Usually, they were the ones who were driven crazy by others, but today, Long Chen's two words made that guy's face darken. They saw it and couldn't be more pleased than they thought.
Although there were eighteen people here, most were not good with words. Yu Ying was the most intimidating, but compared to a banter expert like Long Chen, she was simply incomparable.
As for Brother Song, who looked honest and honest, he didn't know how to express his admiration. After thinking for a long time, he gave Long Chen a thumbs up.
"Truly impressive,"
everyone couldn't help but sigh. Long Chen hadn't expected that just a few words of criticism would earn him praise, leaving him both amused and exasperated.
What he didn't realize was how painful and frustrating quarrels were for those who were not good with words. They would rather wield knives and guns than argue with others, because they simply couldn't win. This skill was innate.
"You're all too polite. My cultivation is low, and all these years, I've mainly relied on this mouth to survive." Long Chen helplessly started spouting nonsense again.
In fact, in this squad, the lowest cultivation level was Fifth Heaven, and the highest, Fang Liude, was only at the Seventh Heaven. In reality, their strength was relatively balanced.
And Long Chen only has third-level cultivation, which is indeed the bottom here. After Long Chen said this, Fang Liude waved his hand and said,
"That's not a big deal. If you're willing, try a few more missions with us, see your strength and specialties, and see if you can team up together."
Fang Liude originally didn't like Long Chen much, because in his eyes, Long Chen was a delicate and tender pretty boy—clearly not the type to endure hardship, and was basically a burden to him.
But they couldn't bear to see such a newbie get blacklisted. This mission wasn't too difficult for them—it only took a bit of time, but wasn't too dangerous. That's why they brought Long Chen along.
On the other hand, it was also out of respect for Yu Ying. Yu Ying and her husband were very kind. If they hadn't brought Long Chen along, they might have had their own thoughts. As the captain, he needed to consider everyone's feelings, which was the most basic requirement for a captain.
But now that he said that, it showed that Long Chen's verbal skills were tempting, because for a relatively dull team, they needed a king of sharp tongues.
Who is Long Chen? He immediately saw through Fang Liude's thoughts. For a moment, he couldn't help but laugh and cry. He had only said a joke, and everyone took it seriously. Could the dignified dean of Lingxiao Academy really have to rely on empty talk to get by?
The group set out, the journey not short. After leaving Mercenary City, Fang Liude summoned a demon bird, which was his mount. The group rode the beast and flew straight out.
Half an hour later, Long Chen gazed into the distance and saw a massive city, hundreds of times larger than Mercenary City. The entire city was resplendent in gold and jade, with towering towers—worlds apart from Mercenary City.
"That is one of the eighteen outer cities of the Tianhuang Domain. Magnificent and imposing, right? When you see the inner city, you'll understand what true grandeur really means.
Heh, but when you see the Long family's home to Wanlong City, these cities just don't interest you anymore. A powerful figure said to Long Chen.
Long Chen noticed that their route bypassed the city and couldn't help but ask, "Why don't we set out from this city?" "
If it's free, who pays?" A sucker? The powerful figure couldn't help but roll his eyes at Long Chen.
"Boom!"
Just as everyone was talking, a war chariot painted with dragon patterns suddenly roared toward them, crashing directly into them, causing everyone to cry out in alarm.