C5 Mercenaries

The next day, Qin Feng practiced his sword alone in the morning. After that, Qin Xiaocang brought him into the forest again to kill wild beasts. Qin Feng kept watching the process of Qin Xiaocang killing wild beasts. He kept thinking about it and gradually felt enlightened.

For five days in a row, Qin Xiaocang brought Qin Feng into the depths of the forest every day to kill wild beasts. He quietly taught him how to fight. However, the best way to educate him was to let him experience actual combat, and to comprehend techniques in battle. Talent. He would remember it in his heart and use it skillfully.

Therefore, from the sixth day onwards, Qin Feng began to personally fight with wild beasts. Qin Xiaocang stood guard by the side. After all, no matter how talented Qin Feng was, he was still a child who was not even fourteen years old. Qin Xiaocang was not at ease letting him face wild beasts alone.

On the first day, Qin Feng was constantly in danger. Fortunately, Qin Xiaocang would take action in time every time to resolve the crisis.

However, through this day's actual combat, Qin Feng had indeed gained a better understanding of some combat techniques. In the dead of the night, the scenes from before kept replaying in his mind, as he practiced how to deal with them better.

It had to be said that perhaps it was because Qin Feng's Mind Power was stronger than ordinary people. Therefore, he had an advantage in his memory. This was also one of the reasons why he could quickly learn the Sword Skill. At this moment, he was simulating a scene in his mind, and the Mind Power's power had a certain degree of help. Although it was not as majestic as the Illusory Spirit Cultivator, it was still enough.

Qin Xiaocang had also mentioned that the strength of the Mind Power could play a significant role in a battle. The stronger the Mind Power was, the more accurate its judgment of the opponent's movements would be, and the clearer the opponent's movements would be.

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

On the fourth day, Qin Feng faced a wild wolf and stared at it with a serious expression.

"I can't use all my strength. I need to use 70% to save 30%. I need to learn how to use skillful strength and leverage strength."

"Wolf, copper head, iron tail, tofu waist. If you want to kill it, take its waist."

"You have to learn how to use what you have learned and pay attention to the rhythm. You have to be good at discovering advantages and also be able to create advantages."

The words that Qin Xiaocang had taught him over the past few days lingered in his ears from time to time, as he thought about strategies. He was constantly 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. However, the wolf was very agile, and every time he tried, he always failed.

"Ding!"

The sharp wolf claws that emitted a faint cold light fiercely struck the Soul Crying Sword. Fortunately, this sword was tough enough, so he did not need to worry about breaking it.

At this moment, Qin Feng could only rely on the sword in his hand to deal with it. His experience was too lacking, and he was unable to use his full strength. There was no skill to speak of.

"Don't panic, let's combine the Sword Skill and the footwork." Qin Xiaocang's voice was heard.

Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat, as if he had understood something.

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

A bright light flashed across his eyes. He used the Sword Skill that he was once familiar with to block the wolf's claw. Immediately after, he took a few steps forward and used the only movement technique he had, the Seven Star Steps.

Stepping on the Seven Star Steps, the sword danced in the sky. This time, he actually successfully circled to the side of the wild wolf.

"Break!"

Qin Feng shouted loudly, and used all his strength to swing his sword at the wild wolf's waist. With a wail, a long and narrow wound was cut open on the wolf's waist, and fresh red blood splashed out.

This attack caused the wild wolf to suffer a serious injury. Qin Feng hurriedly swung his sword again, and once again slashed at the wound, but it was completely cut off.

The wolf turned into two halves and fell to the ground with a loud bang, completely losing its breath.

This was the first time Qin Feng had successfully killed a wild beast by himself. Although the wolf's blood splashed on his body, he did not care at all. He used his heart to feel the scene of this fight.

Qin Xiaocang, who was not far away, had a smile on his face. He thought to himself, "Feng is improving faster than I expected. Looks like I can make some plans ahead of time."

After three days, Qin Feng finally gradually grasped the technique. He was no longer in a sorry state like the first few days. He often needed Qin Xiaocang's help. The current him, as long as he did not encounter any particularly fierce and powerful wild beasts. They can all fight it and then kill it.

Of course, this was only a situation where he was facing a wild beast. Some wild beasts lived in groups and would often appear together. If Qin Feng encountered one, he could only run for his life.

Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. Qin Feng was fourteen years old and had reached the peak of the swordsman realm. He was one step away from the Sword Lord.

In this half a year, he had to enter the depths of the forest every day. He fought with wild beasts to accumulate combat experience. In the first month, Qin Xiaocang either followed him or protected him in the dark. However, as Qin Feng gradually grasped combat techniques, his strength increased by leaps and bounds. He relaxed and stopped following him.

In this way, for the next few months, Qin Feng would always travel alone in the forest, and the wild beasts in the forest gradually became scarce.

Now, no matter what kind of wild beasts he encountered, he could deal with them calmly and kill them. When he encountered a beast herd, he would have the strength to fight them. Even if he could not defeat them, he could still escape and leave calmly.

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

"Feng, you have made great progress in the past six months. You don't need to go to that forest anymore."

"Yes." Qin Feng was expressionless. He answered indifferently and did not ask anything.

He had experienced fighting with wild beasts. He became calmer and calmer, and he became more indifferent to the things around him. If it wasn't for the fact that his body was still rather small and that there was a trace of immaturity on his face, ordinary people definitely wouldn't have regarded him as a teenager.

"Follow me to the north of the city tomorrow. I will arrange an examination for you. After passing, Third Uncle will teach you how to cultivate the sword Qi."

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

Qin Xiaocang quietly watched Qin Feng's back, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

The night passed in silence. Early in the morning, Qin Feng was exercising every day in an open space in the prefecture.

After completing his task, he found Qin Xiaocang. Under the lead of the latter, he left Qin Manor and headed straight to the north of the city.

"Feng, do you know about mercenaries?" On the way, Qin Xiaocang asked.

"I don't know."

"The so-called mercenaries are the cultivators who are hired to complete their tasks. This is a very common profession on the continent. Of course. The best of them were respected. To become a mercenary, one must at least have the strength of an intermediate swordsman. Because the missions you take are usually difficult for ordinary people to complete or dangerous tasks that they do not want to do." Qin Xiaocang briefly introduced the mercenaries.

Qin Feng's heart moved, and he roughly guessed what Qin Xiaocang meant. "Does Third Uncle want to take me to become a mercenary? It seems that the test is also related to this mercenary."

After that, Qin Xiaocang gave him some more information about mercenaries. Not long after, the two of them arrived at the north of the city.

From afar, they could see a tall tower. The tower was five stories tall, and there were many fire totems carved on the top of the tower. It was extremely glaring.

In the Heaven Spirit Continent, ordinary buildings were no higher than three stories tall, but five stories tall minarets were rare.

"Feng, that is the division tower of Mercenary Union in our city. The owner of the tower is a fire-type spiritual king." Qin Xiaocang said as he pointed at the tower.

Mercenaries were not an unorganized profession. Instead, there was an extremely strict system. There was a unified organization called the Mercenary Union. However, this was only in terms of hierarchy. It was about the freedom of the mercenaries. They would not interfere with it. They only needed to do so when the union was in danger. They needed to help as much as they could.

Mercenaries were divided into ten levels. The lowest level was called Starless Mercenaries, which were ordinary mercenaries. After that, they were divided into one star to nine stars. With each star, it proved that his strength and status were stronger.

Mercenary Union's influence was spread across the entire continent and its headquarters was located in the central kingdom of the Great Emperor. Other places would build a branch tower that would be used to register, upgrade, and complete missions.

Almost every bigger city had a branch, and the branch leader was the Tower Master, who was also the supreme person there.

After a while, the two of them came to the front of the tower. There were people coming and going at the entrance, and it was quite lively.

There were no hosts here, only two guards standing there to maintain order.

Qin Xiaocang led Qin Feng into the tower. The two guards only glanced at Qin Feng with a strange look, but they didn't stop them, nor did they say anything.

Although Qin Feng was rarely interested in the things around him, he was still curious about the Mercenary Union. After following him, they entered the minaret and looked around.

The first floor was very wide. There were hundreds of people gathered there, but it was not crowded. There were several windows in front of the door, and many people were queuing there.

"Feng, wait for me here. Third Uncle will be back soon." Qin Xiaocang entered the hall and left in a hurry. He went straight to the second floor, but no one noticed him.

Qin Feng found a quiet corner and waited there.

Most of the people here were middle-aged men. There were few old men and women. Apart from Qin Feng, the youngest was in his twenties.

As a result, Qin Feng seemed a bit special. Even though he was in a corner, he still attracted the attention of many people.

"Haha, where did this little kid come from? Could it be that he's also here to be a mercenary?"

"I'm afraid this little kid has just been weaned. I wonder who brought him here. How interesting."

"Heh, a little kid actually came to the Mercenary Union's branch tower."

Everyone was discussing amongst themselves, pointing and giving orders to Qin Feng.

"Eh? This little kid looks familiar."

"Now that you mention it, I also feel that he looks a bit familiar. It seems to be... Oh, right, isn't this the young master of the Qin Family? "

" Qin Family? The Qin Family that is second only to the three great families of City Lord Mansion?"

"That's right, it's him. The Qin Family is a big family of spiritual cultivators, and there are as many powerful people as the clouds. However, this young master of the Qin Family is just a piece of trash. I heard that he has a natural elemental resistance body, and he has no hope of reaching the Spirit Lord in his lifetime. "

"Heh, I heard about it as well. I didn't expect him to come here. Does he want to become a mercenary as a spirit master?"

" Maybe. If he is stuck at the peak of the spirit master level, then he will forever be the lowest level of starless mercenaries. Hmph hmph, looks like he is really trash. "

"Eh, he's holding a sword in his hand."

"Heh, a Spirit Master holding a sword is not exactly the same. Looks like not only is he trash, he also has some problems with his brain."

"Haha, perhaps he knows that he can't reach the Spirit Lord, so he changed his path of the sword."

"That sword looks like a treasure. As expected of the Qin Family, even a trash can have such a precious sword."

"Hmph, what a pity. The treasure fell into the hands of a piece of trash and turned it into ashes."

The few people who were discussing the matter were emitting a strong Qi. The weakest among them was a First Grade Heaven Sword Lord. Standing there, it seemed like they were superior to the others, and there was a hint of arrogance in their eyes. As for a young man like Qin Feng, he didn't even put him in his eyes, as he had the name of trash. He made a mistake in his argument.

Originally, with Qin Feng's status as a direct descendant of the Qin Family, no one would dare to act rashly. However, after he was determined to have no hope of reaching the Spirit Lord for the rest of his life, he was regarded as a trash. His status had dropped drastically, and he had almost been expelled from the Qin Family. That was why these people dared to do such a thing. They were not worried that they would offend the Qin Family because of this.

There were many swordsmen and spirit masters in the surroundings. They did not talk much about Qin Feng. They were all busy with their own matters.

Qin Feng was used to people talking and laughing, so he automatically blocked those people's words. He closed his eyes and hugged the Soul Crying Sword. He leaned against the wall and stood there quietly.

However, he could ignore others, but there were always people who were arrogant and liked to cause trouble.

A two-meter tall man with explosive muscles walked towards Qin Feng. His upper body was bare. His muscles were like a horned dragon, and he carried a large heavy sword diagonally on his back. He looked like a small mountain as he walked towards ___. He was filled with a sense of oppression.

"Hey, little kid, this sword in your hand is not bad. Show it to me." The big man said with a ferocious smile. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the Soul Crying Sword in Qin Feng's hand.

If it was just a discussion, Qin Feng could ignore it, but if he provoked it directly, he would not be able to bear it, not to mention after half a year of fighting with wild beasts, he would not be at the mercy of others.

Qin Feng suddenly opened his eyes and pulled out the Soul Crying Sword. He pointed the sword at the big man and stared at him with a cold expression.

"Keke, little kid, the sword is a dangerous thing. You can't play around with it. Just give it to me!" The big man said and turned his body to the side. His fingers turned into a claw and grabbed towards Qin Feng's wrist.

This wasn't a simple grabbing motion. This grabbing motion contained a shocking aura that pressed down on him like he was facing a huge mountain.

At this moment, Qin Feng felt waves of strong wind assaulting him. A strong force surged towards his wrist, making it difficult for him to move. Moreover, if that grab landed on him, he was afraid that his wrist would immediately break.

He didn't expect that this burly man had some strength. He had seized the initiative the moment he attacked and used his powerful cultivation technique and Qi to suppress Qin Feng.