Chapter 21: Monster Hunting Team

White Tower Wine Shop, the gathering place for monster hunters in Shanyang Cheng.

The two walked for a quarter of an hour and saw a magnificent white tower from afar.

This tower has nine floors, white bricks and white tiles, flying eaves and arching brackets, and various strange patterns are engraved on the tower body, and eight strings of golden copper bells hang under the high-raised eaves.

Legend has it that this white tower was built by a great cultivator to suppress a fierce and cruel monster.

I don't know when, a small wine shop was built next to the white tower. A high flagpole was erected in front of the wine shop, and a huge triangular flag was hung on the flagpole, with a bucket-sized "Wine" character embroidered with gold thread in the center of the flag.

A pair of vermilion couplets were engraved on the facade of the wine shop, with the upper couplet reading: "Entering the shop and smelling the fragrance, one forgets to return, half a lifetime is hard to seek the brocade on the flowers"; the lower couplet reading: "Leaving the shop and savoring the aftertaste, one thinks of coming again, a lifetime of joy is promised to the wine immortal."

The two arrived at the door of the wine shop, hesitated for a moment, and then lifted their legs and walked in.

Entering the gate, they looked up at the environment of the wine shop. The hall of the wine shop was only forty or fifty square meters, and a dozen tables were arranged evenly inside. It wasn't meal time, and only two or three tables were surrounded by guests.

These people either carried steel knives or carried long swords, drinking wine from large bowls while talking loudly.

A high counter was placed near the door, and a row of huge jujube-red earthenware jars were placed behind the counter. Wisps of rich wine fragrance drifted out from the earthenware jars, hooking the wine worms in the two people's stomachs to scurry around.

A woman in her thirties was burying her head in the counter to calculate accounts.

Hearing someone come in, the woman looked up and then shouted toward the inside with a clear voice: "Guests arrive, two."

The waiter in the shop heard the woman's shout and immediately drilled out from some corner, enthusiastically leading the two to a table to sit down.

"Two guests, what would you like to eat?" the waiter asked.

"A plate of beef, a dish of peanuts, and a pot of good wine." Zhang Xingyu secretly looked at the things on the tables of other guests and said loudly.

"Alright. Two guests, please wait." The waiter seemed used to this situation and didn't get angry because Zhang Xingyu ordered so little.

In a short while, the wine and dishes were served, and Zhang Xingyu picked up the wine pot and poured the wine into the two people's cups.

He picked up the wine cup in front of him: "Fourth Brother, come, I toast you, congratulations on testing your spiritual roots and embarking on the immortal path from now on."

"Thank you, Xingyu." Hu Siping raised his cup and drank the wine in one gulp.

Putting down the cup, he asked in a low voice: "Xingyu, just now you didn't say, why didn't you test for spiritual roots?"

"Uh, Fourth Brother, actually an immortal cultivator checked for me last time and said I have no spiritual roots. So, I don't want to waste gold coins." Zhang Xingyu explained.

"No spiritual roots, then you can't cultivate immortality. What a pity!" Hu Siping sighed.

"It's nothing. Fourth Brother, can't cultivate immortality, but you can do other things." Zhang Xingyu comforted him with a bitter smile.

Hu Siping nodded: "Also. With money, being a wealthy man is not a wasted life."

Seeing that he misunderstood his meaning, Zhang Xingyu smiled and didn't explain to him.

Some things, if they can't be explained clearly, it's better not to explain.

"Next, are you planning to buy a house in Shanyang Cheng and settle down?" Hu Siping asked.

Zhang Xingyu shook his head: "No, I will be like you, a monster hunter."

Actually, Zhang Xingyu had already made plans in his heart.

He planned to find some spiritual objects first, absorb spiritual aura, and convert spiritual aura into God Yuan Value.

After possessing enough God Yuan Value, he would try to practice the 'God Planting Technique'.

The two drank wine while talking in low voices, while secretly observing the situation in the wine shop.

A man and a woman sat at a table not far from them.

The man was twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with a ferocious face, a burly figure, and wrapped in green clothes.

The woman was twenty-four or twenty-five, with a pretty face, a slender figure, and a green dress.

The man in green clothes looked at the door while drinking wine. After finishing three bowls in a row, he suddenly slammed the wine bowl in his hand onto the table and cursed loudly: "Damn it. Originally, I could have caught a tiger monster this time, but I encountered that Liu Dayan."

Hearing the three words Liu Dayan, Zhang Xingyu's heart tightened.

He pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"Dalong, keep your voice down!" The woman in the green dress persuaded softly.

"Hmph! That Liu Dayan is really hateful! Relying on his brother-in-law being the city lord of Shanyang Cheng, he wantonly bullies us. Damn it, one day, I will make him vomit it all out with interest." The man in green lowered his voice.

"Stop being angry. That person won't have a good end. I heard he went to the Shenyun Mountain to compete for immortal treasures. I think he is tired of living. Are immortal things something we can compete for?" The woman in the green dress persuaded softly.

The man in green nodded and was about to say something more.

Just at this moment, a tall and thin man pushed the door and walked in.

This man was in his thirties, with a thief's eyebrows and rat's eyes, a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a large white robe covered most of his body.

This person came to the man in green and the woman in the green dress, and laughed in his mouth: "Brother Dalong, Sister Lüzhu, you two are early."

"Brother Hou, you are later than the time." The woman in the green dress answered with a smile.

"Boss Hou, since you are here, hurry up and sit down." Dalong cupped his hands at him.

The man in white nodded and sat down on the stool.

The man named Dalong had a quick temper, and as soon as he sat down, he asked: "Boss Hou, since you called us here this time, what good business is there?"

The man in white drank wine and said leisurely: "There must be good business."

Dalong: "What good business?"

Boss Hou: "I heard that a large group of first-tier monsters, Red Phoenix Birds, are entrenched in Qifeng Mountain, and their fur is very valuable."

Dalong: "Qifeng Mountain? Where is it, why haven't I heard of it?"

Boss Hou: "Qifeng Mountain is on the southern edge of the Yunshan Mountain Range, near the sea. I spent a lot of effort to find out. It is sparsely populated, which is a good place for us to make a fortune."

Dalong: "Then what are we waiting for, let's hurry up and go."

Lüzhu: "There are many first-tier monsters, we can't deal with them. We still need to find more people to go."

Boss Hou nodded: "Sister-in-law is right. Let's see if anyone else is willing to go with us."

The White Tower Wine Shop was not big, and the three of them didn't deliberately lower their voices, so the content of their conversation was heard clearly by other wine guests in the shop.

As soon as Boss Hou finished speaking, other guests in the shop stepped forward to ask them.

Zhang Xingyu and Hu Siping looked at each other and also stepped forward.

Seeing everyone surrounding him, Boss Hou narrowed his eyes and announced loudly: "We only need seven people, and it will be closed when full. Since it is to deal with monsters, everyone who signs up must have a Dharma weapon and a mount."

"Dharma weapon, I have. I want to sign up." A man drew the steel knife in his hand and pointed at the curved patterns on it.

So this is a Dharma weapon.

There are also patterns on the knife at Hu Siping's waist, which is sharp and sharp, and should also be a Dharma weapon.

Zhang Xingyu and Hu Siping also signed up.

In a short while, seven people were gathered.

The monster hunting team was established, with Captain Hou Dengyun, and members Li Dalong, Liu Lüzhu, Zhang Xingyu, Hu Siping, Wang Dashan, and Wang Xiaoshan.

Boss Hou narrowed his eyes and announced loudly: "At dawn tomorrow, gather at the South Gate and set off, no waiting after the time!"

Leaving the White Tower Wine Shop, Zhang Xingyu planned to go to the weapon shop in the west of the city to buy a Dharma weapon.

The so-called Dharma weapon is a weapon blessed with the magic power of an immortal cultivator, which is much harder and sharper than ordinary weapons.

The weapon shop selling Dharma weapons in the west of the city is named "Shanyang Weaponry", which is a weapon shop operated by the Shanyang Cheng government.

The two walked into the shop casually.

They saw all kinds of weapon equipment hanging on the high walls, and pieces of exquisite armor and protective gear placed on the long shelves.

The two looked at them one by one, but didn't find a single Dharma weapon engraved with runes.

Zhang Xingyu shook his head and asked the waiter behind the counter in a low voice: "Waiter, why don't I see any Dharma weapons?"

Hearing this, the waiter was immediately unhappy. He raised his eyebrows and curled his lips: "To buy a Dharma weapon, do you have a Dharma weapon purchase permit?"

After the waiter finished speaking, he raised his head, puffed out his chest, and pointed at a small copper plate pinned to his chest.

"See that? Public servant. Please call me assistant."

Dizzy? Forgot this is a state-run shop.

Zhang Xingyu was in a hurry to buy a Dharma weapon, so he didn't want to argue with him.

So he changed his question: "This assistant, how can I obtain a Dharma weapon purchase permit?"

The waiter glanced at Zhang Xingyu and showed an expression of 'you are on the right track': "Dharma weapon purchase permit, 1,000 gold coins each, this shop has them for sale."

Zhang Xingyu took out a gold note and handed it over.

The waiter didn't reach out: "To buy a Dharma weapon purchase permit, you need a legal identity certificate issued by the City Lord's Mansion."

Forget it, have to run to the City Lord's Mansion.

The efficiency of state-owned units is really just that.

After spending another three hours and running to three more places, spending 3,000 gold coins, the two finally finished the documents and materials for purchasing Dharma weapons.

At the last moment before the shop closed, in the surprised eyes of the shop waiter, Zhang Xingyu handed all the document materials to him.

"Trouble the assistant, I want to buy a Dharma weapon purchase permit."

"Off work, please come tomorrow..." The waiter said with a cold face, looking like he was in a hurry to go home and cook for his wife.

"Trouble the assistant." Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xingyu hurriedly stuffed a handful of gold coins into his hand.

The waiter weighed the gold coins in his hand, and then showed a trace of a smile: "This guest, what kind of Dharma weapon do you want to buy?"

Zhang Xingyu thought for a moment and said to him in a low voice: "I want to buy a long sword Dharma weapon. Please take it out for me to see."

The waiter nodded, turned into a room, and after a while, brought out three long swords.

"One-star Dharma weapon, 1,000 gold coins each; two-star Dharma weapon, 3,000 gold coins each; three-star Dharma weapon, 10,000 gold coins each." The waiter introduced to Zhang Xingyu.

"The price difference is so big, what is the difference?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

"One-star Dharma weapon, blessed with one immortal rune, sharpness increased by one time, can be reused 1,000 times; two-star Dharma weapon, blessed with two runes, sharpness increased by five times, can be reused 5,000 times; three-star Dharma weapon, blessed with three runes, sharpness increased by twenty-five times, can be used 10,000 times," the waiter introduced.

"Can I see it first?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

The waiter shook his head: "Valuable items, pay first and then see the goods."

People are under the eaves, have to bow their heads.

I endure.

Zhang Xingyu took out all the gold notes and borrowed 4,000 gold coins from Hu Siping before he bought the long sword Dharma weapon.

This Dharma weapon was about one meter long, and a long dragon-shaped rune was cast on the shining sword body.

Zhang Xingyu touched the cold sword body and felt that there seemed to be vital energy jumping inside the dragon-shaped rune.

He was happy in his heart, immediately inserted the long sword Dharma weapon into the scabbard, and then carried it on his back.

After buying the Dharma weapon, the two went to buy two strong horses as tools for transportation, and then completed the preparations before setting off. ===== CHAPTER 22 =====

This Dharma weapon is about one meter long, and a long, dragon-shaped rune is cast onto the gleaming blade.

Zhang Xingyu touched the icy blade and felt as if there were vital energy pulsing within the dragon-shaped rune.

Joyful in his heart, he immediately sheathed the longsword Dharma weapon and then slung it onto his back.

After buying the Dharma weapon, the two of them went to buy two sturdy horses as a means of transport, and only then did they complete the preparations before setting off.