Chapter 31

【Divine Machine Camp Repeating Crossbowmen】

【Attributes】

【HP: 100%】

【Mana: None】

【Strength: 6】

【Agility: 6】

【Constitution: 6】

【Spirit: 6】

【Perception: 6】

【Talent】

【Well-Trained · Repeating Crossbowman LV. 2: Ranged accuracy +10%, crossbow bolt loading speed +10%】

【Skills】

【Basic Ranged Combat LV. 10】

【Basic Bow and Crossbow LV. 10】

【Equipment】

【Repeating Crossbow (Excellent Tier): Rapid Fire】

【Standard Leather Armor (Common Tier)】

【Flying Feather Quiver x3 (Excellent Tier): All-Contain】

【Standard Short Blade (Common Tier)】

【Standard Crossbow Bolts x300 (Common Tier)】

The repeating crossbowmen's attributes are not high; the five dimensions are each only 1 point higher than the normal standard.

But they have other skills and equipment that are overly luxurious; their basic skill levels are even higher than Chu Danqing's, and they possess an Excellent Tier weapon.

The only pity is that they can only perform basic attacks, and once the 300 crossbow bolts are used up, they will have no advantage.

With the rapid-fire capability of the repeating crossbow and its innate rapid-fire attribute, emptying all the bolts within ten minutes is not a difficult task.

The battle ended quickly. Two bandits were dragged over by Da Bao, and the repeating crossbowmen also retracted their stance, following by Chu Danqing's side.

"Many thanks to this righteous man for your help." A middle-aged man wearing brocade clothes looked slightly disheveled as he bowed to Chu Danqing, then said: "I am Ji Yun of Yangxian."

Chu Danqing nodded. He did not save people for the sake of reward; firstly, he upheld the idea that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, and secondly, it was for a better start.

"Chu Mo." Chu Danqing introduced himself, then asked: "Is this place not far from Yangxian now?"

"The righteous man is also heading to Yangxian?" A trace of surprise appeared on Ji Yun's face.

"I was going to go, but now I might have to delay it for a while." Chu Danqing did not hide his thoughts: "This group of bandits certainly did not appear out of thin air."

"To dare to go out and rob in this icy and snowy weather, there must be a bandit stronghold or thief's den. I wish to root out this evil completely."

"No wonder the righteous man left two alive." Ji Yun had his suspicions, which were now confirmed: "This group of bandits came wandering from elsewhere."

"My family has lived in Yangxian for generations, and I have never seen them. I imagine they only arrived in recent days."

"Since their depth is unknown, why not return to Yangxian with me and ask the Commandery Governor to send troops to wipe them out? That would be more appropriate." Ji Yun offered Chu Danqing a suggestion.

"That would be too late." How could Chu Danqing agree? "I have my own way of handling this matter."

"This..." Hearing this, Ji Yun did not know what to say, but after looking at the corpses all over the ground, he felt his worry was a bit redundant.

"It is a pity that most of my caravan are wounded or sick, so it is inconvenient to accompany the righteous man to root out the evil."

"Once the righteous man enters Yangxian County, you can come to the Ji family to find me, to repay the righteous man for saving my life."

Ji Yun's tone carried embarrassment; in his view, his words were almost the same as deliberately avoiding the task.

"Good, I will certainly pay a visit." Chu Danqing did not refuse; he had gained a friendly faction.

As for whether they could provide him with help, Chu Danqing actually did not care much. He acted according to his own thoughts, rather than plotting anything from the Ji family.

After Chu Danqing asked about the direction and location of Yangxian County, he then proceeded to question the two bandits.

The two were very cooperative, especially under the threat of Da Bao, and soon revealed quite a bit of information.

Just as Ji Yun said, they were not from Yangxian County, but just a group of refugees who could not survive. To stay alive, they joined the Qingya Sect and began a life of robbery.

They survived, but the price was that other innocent people died because of it.

The Qingya Sect was the location where they settled, and it was not far from here.

They intended to settle in this area, no longer wandering to commit crimes, but planning to fix themselves and form a faction.

As a result, before the faction could grow, they encountered Chu Danqing and were killed without a single piece of armor left.

On the other side, Ji Yun directed the caravan personnel to pack up the goods that had been discarded earlier: "Righteous man Chu, we shall return first."

"Please be careful and cautious when rooting out the evil. Such thieves are cunning; do not trust them lightly."

He still reminded Chu Danqing, lest any accident really happen.

"Understood, I will be careful." How could Chu Danqing not know that what the other party said had falsehoods?

The lives of the two bandits were in his hands; if there was any trouble, they would be the first to die.

"Farewell." After Ji Yun finished speaking, he left with the caravan.

Chu Danqing headed toward the Qingya bandit stronghold.

As for the trial mission, there is no rush for that.

Three days is still a very ample amount of time.

More importantly, he had not obtained the treasure chest.

And he felt that the subsequent Qingya Sect might still contain certain starting elements.

With the bandits leading the way, Chu Danqing and Da Bao entered the mountains, turning left and right until they found this bandit stronghold named Qingya Sect.

The leader's background was likely from the border army; his ability to set up camp was not low, and the location and construction of this stronghold could be described as easy to defend and hard to attack.

"Strong man, I will go and trick the gate open for you," one of the captured bandits said obsequiously.

Chu Danqing took a serious look; there were people on guard inside the stronghold wall.

"No need to trouble you; I can do it myself." As Chu Danqing said this, he gave Da Bao a look.

Da Bao immediately pierced the necks of the two with his sharp claws and twisted them off.

The method was quite brutal, but the efficiency was extremely high; the two died silently.

Da Bao activated his Ripping Claws once again, turning into a blood shadow and rushing toward the Qingya Sect.

"Enemy attack!" The person on guard at the stronghold wall immediately noticed Da Bao and shouted while ringing the alarm bell.

But the next moment, Da Bao made a fierce leap, his sharp claws extending from his four limbs and embedding into the stronghold wall.

In a few quick moves, he climbed up, immediately killed the guard, and then climbed down along the stronghold wall.

Chu Danqing could not see the subsequent battle scenes, but through Da Bao's attribute panel and combat logs, he could see that Da Bao was constantly slaughtering.

The movement inside the Qingya Sect also never stopped.

Chu Danqing felt at ease letting Da Bao go alone because there were not many people in the stronghold.

The leader of the Qingya Sect had gone out to rob, and the twenty or so people he took with him were actually the majority of the manpower.

The number of bandits in the stronghold did not even add up to ten.

With Da Bao's strength, killing them all was not a problem.

"The duration of the repeating crossbowmen is too short. Without anyone to help me share the mana consumption, the cost of direct summoning is too high."

Chu Danqing looked at the Divine Machine Camp Repeating Crossbowman token, which had finished cooling down, with a hint of regret.

Not long after, the movement inside the stronghold gradually disappeared, and the stronghold gate was also opened.

The person who opened the gate was none other than Da Bao.

Chu Danqing trotted over, and Da Bao's first sentence was: "Treasure chest, none."

"If there isn't one, then there isn't one. Let's look for other clues." Chu Danqing did not force the treasure chest.

(End of chapter)