"Hehe, Your Excellency the Ice Emperor is good at business, I could only have the reward until I have found the medicinal herb and refined the pill for you."
Hearing this, Hai Bodong's face had hints of embarrassment, but he had no choice.
What else could he give if the other party didn't want the Heavenly Flame's news?
"Forget it, I accept, but remember what you said today, otherwise, I don't mind letting you know the horror of a sixth-tier alchemist." Shaking his head and picking up a Tager Desert Map from the table as he passed by, Xiao Ming walked out of the tent with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
"Xiao Ming, are we really going to help that stinky old geezer to find the medicinal herb?" After leaving the tent, Zi Yan asked suspiciously.
Xiao Yi Xian also cast a puzzled look.
"That's right." Xiao Ming said, although killing Hai Bodong would also have a high probability of finding the remnant map.
However, Hai Bodong hadn't offended them too much after all, so Xiao Ming didn't want to do that.
If he was one of those vicious people from the Black-Corner Region, he would be able to do it without hesitation, but with the other party, if things could be traded peacefully, he would still try to trade peacefully.
Of course, this is not to say that Xiao Ming is a good person, if Hai Bodong is not sensible, he still has other means to make him reveal the whereabouts of the map.
"But, the Tager Desert is the residence of the Snake-People Tribe, Medusa is even more vicious, what if you meet her after entering the Tager Desert? Even with the Dou Emperor realm of Hai Bodong, he was sealed for so many years, I'm afraid..." Xiao Yi Xian's words were not without concern.
"Don't worry, I have my own plans for this matter." Xiao Ming smiled, of course, he would not fight a battle without certainty, just before, he had obtained the corpse of the Silver Emperor Heavenly Falcon from the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
As long as he refined its wings into the Nine-Level Wings of the Heavenly Goose, his speed would rise several levels, and by then, no Dou Emperor could hold him back, not even Medusa.
In addition, the fragment obtained from the Alchemist Association contained a scroll with a secret technique, and it was time to cultivate that secret technique.
As long as he cultivated that secret technique, not to mention escaping from Medusa's hands, he would not be afraid to fight Medusa.
Seeing that Xiao Ming was confident, Xiao Yi Xian also let go of the worry in her heart.
"There's no hurry to find the Sand's Datura, let's rest first and then take a trip to Rock Desert City."
"Mm."
Neither Zi Yan nor Xiao Yi Xian had an opinion on Xiao Ming's arrangement.
After looking for an inn in Desert City to rest for a while and restock some supplies, Xiao Ming and the girls headed straight to Rock Desert City.
...
With Xiao Ming and Zi Yan's speed, and the map to guide them, they quickly arrived at Rock Desert City.
However, by the time they arrived at Rock Desert City, it was already dark.
In the sky, half of the sun was already hidden on the horizon, and the originally white clouds were dyed blood red.
In addition, the city was heavily guarded, with heavily armed patrolling soldiers everywhere, which gave Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian, a different feeling.
After looking around, Xiao Yi Xian looked at Xiao Ming standing beside her.
"It's about to get dark, shall we look for an inn?"
"Let's wait for now, let's go to a place first." Shaking his head, Xiao Ming rejected the proposal.
If he remembered correctly, Xiao Yan's elder brothers were in Rock Desert City and had set up a Desert Metal Mercenary Company here.
The purpose of his coming here was to meet Qing Lin, who was working as a maid in the Desert Metal Mercenary Company.
Since he was going to meet her anyway, he could directly go to the Desert Metal Mercenary Company now.
Without explaining himself to Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, Xiao Ming directly stopped a passerby and threw a bag of gold coins into his arms.
The passerby then nodded his head and led Xiao Ming and the others to the location of the Desert Metal Mercenary Company.
"This sir, up ahead is the location of the Desert Metal Mercenary Company that you mentioned." The man leading the way said with a smile, pointing to an enclosure.
Above the enclosure, a banner was swaying in the wind, and on it was written the words "Desert Metal Mercenary".
Outside the compound, several burly men stood straight with weapons in their hands, their sharp eyes scanning back and forth at passersby passing by the gate, judging from the smell of blood faintly emanating from their bodies, they were true iron-blooded men who had danced on the edge of a knife and not novices who had just become mercenaries.
Waving to the passerby, indicating that he could leave, Xiao Ming then led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian towards the main entrance of the compound.
The muscular men at the gate had already seen Xiao Ming and the girls, and when they saw Xiao Ming walking towards them, they immediately turned to the leader of the group, Xiao Ming, saying.
"This little brother, it's already late, if you have an assignment, you can come back tomorrow to talk about it."
"I'm not here to talk about business with you, I'm here to find your boss, tell your boss that a man named Xiao Ming has come to see him."
Some of the men looked at each other in dismay, their boss Xiao Ding was surnamed Xiao, and the visitor was also surnamed Xiao, this must be a member of the boss's clan coming to see him, right?
After asking Xiao Ming and getting a positive answer, the man also did not stop Xiao Ming and his group anymore, instead, after sending a man to fetch Xiao Ding and the others, he led Xiao Ming and his group towards the compound.
Inside the compound, the man led them to a hall, and after Xiao Ming and his group had been sitting in the hall for a while, a sound finally came from outside the hall.
Creak!
The door of the hall was pushed open and the face of a young man, who bore a slight resemblance to Xiao Yan, suddenly appeared.
The young man was dressed in a white robe and his eyes, a little brighter than usual, contained a bit of wisdom.
Behind him was another young man dressed in mercenary clothes, whose dark eyes were lazy and stern, and his face concealed a fierceness like that of a ferocious wolf.
Xiao Ming had seen the two of them when he was in the clan, so he would not be mistaken at this time.
However, when he saw them, Xiao Ming couldn't help but frown, as he felt that Xiao Li's gaze towards him contained dissatisfaction.
With Xiao Ming's current strength, he was sure that he would not misperceive.
Although he did not understand what Xiao Li was thinking, Xiao Ming did not care about him and instead looked at Xiao Ding, who was at the head of the group.
Xiao Ding was calmer and seemed somewhat happy about Xiao Ming's arrival.
"Why didn't you let me know you were coming in advance, Supreme Elder? So that way I could prepare a banquet to welcome you."
"Hehe, there's no need for such a fuss, since you know I became the Supreme Elder, was it the clan that wrote to inform you?"
After Xiao Ding led Xiao Li to sit down, he smiled and said, "Not long ago, father wrote to inform us of this, Supreme Elder has such achievements at a young age, I believe the clan will definitely flourish with your help."
"Hehe, Your Excellency the Ice Emperor is good at business, I could only have the reward until I have found the medicinal herb and refined the pill for you."
Hearing this, Hai Bodong's face had hints of embarrassment, but he had no choice.
What else could he give if the other party didn't want the Heavenly Flame's news?
"Forget it, I accept, but remember what you said today, otherwise, I don't mind letting you know the horror of a sixth-tier alchemist." Shaking his head and picking up a Tager Desert Map from the table as he passed by, Xiao Ming walked out of the tent with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
"Xiao Ming, are we really going to help that stinky old geezer to find the medicinal herb?" After leaving the tent, Zi Yan asked suspiciously.
Xiao Yi Xian also cast a puzzled look.
"That's right." Xiao Ming said, although killing Hai Bodong would also have a high probability of finding the remnant map.
However, Hai Bodong hadn't offended them too much after all, so Xiao Ming didn't want to do that.
If he was one of those vicious people from the Black-Corner Region, he would be able to do it without hesitation, but with the other party, if things could be traded peacefully, he would still try to trade peacefully.
Of course, this is not to say that Xiao Ming is a good person, if Hai Bodong is not sensible, he still has other means to make him reveal the whereabouts of the map.
"But, the Tager Desert is the residence of the Snake-People Tribe, Medusa is even more vicious, what if you meet her after entering the Tager Desert? Even with the Dou Emperor realm of Hai Bodong, he was sealed for so many years, I'm afraid..." Xiao Yi Xian's words were not without concern.
"Don't worry, I have my own plans for this matter." Xiao Ming smiled, of course, he would not fight a battle without certainty, just before, he had obtained the corpse of the Silver Emperor Heavenly Falcon from the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
As long as he refined its wings into the Nine-Level Wings of the Heavenly Goose, his speed would rise several levels, and by then, no Dou Emperor could hold him back, not even Medusa.
In addition, the fragment obtained from the Alchemist Association contained a scroll with a secret technique, and it was time to cultivate that secret technique.
As long as he cultivated that secret technique, not to mention escaping from Medusa's hands, he would not be afraid to fight Medusa.
Seeing that Xiao Ming was confident, Xiao Yi Xian also let go of the worry in her heart.
"There's no hurry to find the Sand's Datura, let's rest first and then take a trip to Rock Desert City."
"Mm."
Neither Zi Yan nor Xiao Yi Xian had an opinion on Xiao Ming's arrangement.
After looking for an inn in Desert City to rest for a while and restock some supplies, Xiao Ming and the girls headed straight to Rock Desert City.
...
With Xiao Ming and Zi Yan's speed, and the map to guide them, they quickly arrived at Rock Desert City.
However, by the time they arrived at Rock Desert City, it was already dark.
In the sky, half of the sun was already hidden on the horizon, and the originally white clouds were dyed blood red.
In addition, the city was heavily guarded, with heavily armed patrolling soldiers everywhere, which gave Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian, a different feeling.
After looking around, Xiao Yi Xian looked at Xiao Ming standing beside her.
"It's about to get dark, shall we look for an inn?"
"Let's wait for now, let's go to a place first." Shaking his head, Xiao Ming rejected the proposal.
If he remembered correctly, Xiao Yan's elder brothers were in Rock Desert City and had set up a Desert Metal Mercenary Company here.
The purpose of his coming here was to meet Qing Lin, who was working as a maid in the Desert Metal Mercenary Company.
Since he was going to meet her anyway, he could directly go to the Desert Metal Mercenary Company now.
Without explaining himself to Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, Xiao Ming directly stopped a passerby and threw a bag of gold coins into his arms.
The passerby then nodded his head and led Xiao Ming and the others to the location of the Desert Metal Mercenary Company.
"This sir, up ahead is the location of the Desert Metal Mercenary Company that you mentioned." The man leading the way said with a smile, pointing to an enclosure.
Above the enclosure, a banner was swaying in the wind, and on it was written the words "Desert Metal Mercenary".
Outside the compound, several burly men stood straight with weapons in their hands, their sharp eyes scanning back and forth at passersby passing by the gate, judging from the smell of blood faintly emanating from their bodies, they were true iron-blooded men who had danced on the edge of a knife and not novices who had just become mercenaries.
Waving to the passerby, indicating that he could leave, Xiao Ming then led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian towards the main entrance of the compound.
The muscular men at the gate had already seen Xiao Ming and the girls, and when they saw Xiao Ming walking towards them, they immediately turned to the leader of the group, Xiao Ming, saying.
"This little brother, it's already late, if you have an assignment, you can come back tomorrow to talk about it."
"I'm not here to talk about business with you, I'm here to find your boss, tell your boss that a man named Xiao Ming has come to see him."
Some of the men looked at each other in dismay, their boss Xiao Ding was surnamed Xiao, and the visitor was also surnamed Xiao, this must be a member of the boss's clan coming to see him, right?
After asking Xiao Ming and getting a positive answer, the man also did not stop Xiao Ming and his group anymore, instead, after sending a man to fetch Xiao Ding and the others, he led Xiao Ming and his group towards the compound.
Inside the compound, the man led them to a hall, and after Xiao Ming and his group had been sitting in the hall for a while, a sound finally came from outside the hall.
Creak!
The door of the hall was pushed open and the face of a young man, who bore a slight resemblance to Xiao Yan, suddenly appeared.
The young man was dressed in a white robe and his eyes, a little brighter than usual, contained a bit of wisdom.
Behind him was another young man dressed in mercenary clothes, whose dark eyes were lazy and stern, and his face concealed a fierceness like that of a ferocious wolf.
Xiao Ming had seen the two of them when he was in the clan, so he would not be mistaken at this time.
However, when he saw them, Xiao Ming couldn't help but frown, as he felt that Xiao Li's gaze towards him contained dissatisfaction.
With Xiao Ming's current strength, he was sure that he would not misperceive.
Although he did not understand what Xiao Li was thinking, Xiao Ming did not care about him and instead looked at Xiao Ding, who was at the head of the group.
Xiao Ding was calmer and seemed somewhat happy about Xiao Ming's arrival.
"Why didn't you let me know you were coming in advance, Supreme Elder? So that way I could prepare a banquet to welcome you."
"Hehe, there's no need for such a fuss, since you know I became the Supreme Elder, was it the clan that wrote to inform you?"
After Xiao Ding led Xiao Li to sit down, he smiled and said, "Not long ago, father wrote to inform us of this, Supreme Elder has such achievements at a young age, I believe the clan will definitely flourish with your help."
