Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land
Chapter 122 - 30 Ni Qianjun’s Determination

Chapter 122: Chapter 30 Ni Qianjun’s Determination

"Hahaha, you’re telling the truth; big brother’s face was as black as a pot lid, never thought he’d have a day of frustration," the hearty laughter echoed within the Mercenary Tavern.

The mercenary who let out the laugh had dark skin, and his eyes gleamed with the relief of a burden lifted. When he laughed, he still had some childlike mischief, his hair like a bright burst of fireworks, particularly eye-catching in the crowd.

This is a tavern you can find in any Mercenary Town.

The tavern was large and noisy, filled with a cacophony of voices. The food was barely passable, but the only good thing was that the wine was brewed pretty well, Ni Qianjun’s favorite drink in this very tavern.

This time, after the failure of the Blue Diamond Task, Ni Qianjun was punished with a month of confinement, and he spent most of his time soaking in this tavern.

Wind Red Slash - Ni Qianjun, the mercenaries sitting in the tavern curiously glanced over, and when they realized it was Ni Qianjun, they all shrank their necks from the corner of his eye, daring not to sneak another look.

The news of the Reversed Fire Mercenary Group bravely breaking through the Dan Demon Tomb and Ni Qianjun’s advancement to Dark Heavenly spread like wildfire throughout the entire Mercenary Domain.

Although the result of this Blue Diamond Task is still under the final evaluation of the Mercenary Guild.

But without exception, the Mercenary World considered the Reversed Fire Mercenary Group to be the biggest winner of this Blue Diamond Task; Blue Crystal and Poison Scorpion Mercenary Group suffered heavy losses. The Reversed Fire Mercenary Group did lose some men, but Ni Qianjun’s promotion allowed the Reversed Fire Mercenary Group to suddenly have two Dark Heavenly Masters.

Dark Heavenly Masters are not as common as cabbages on the streets, that’s Dark Heavenly we’re talking about.

Captain Ni Huo has been at the Dark Heavenly Peak for ten years and might soon advance to the Yin Yang Pill Realm. Whereas Ni Qianjun is only twenty years old this year, and his potential is even beyond Ni Huo.

A group with dual Dark Heavenly, as soon as the news spread, countless young mercenaries flocked to the Reversed Fire Mercenary Group.

Already ranking high up in the continent, the Reversed Fire Mercenary Group leapt to become the fourth Great Mercenary Group after this expedition to the Dan Demon Tomb.

But these pieces of news had little to do with the two young mercenaries sitting opposite each other in the tavern at the moment.

Sitting opposite Ni Qianjun, the young mercenary with an empty right sleeve was Feng Buhui.

"The captain was stiff on the spot and couldn’t act out; fortunately, Old Teluo was quick to react and ordered people to support Master Yue into the cabin and released the little leopard," Feng Buhui said, pulling out an inconspicuous bag from his chest and pushing it across to Ni Qianjun. The aftermath had been left to Old Teluo and the captain to handle.

Feng Buhui was dressed in very ordinary clothes, only his still robust left hand indicating that he was once a mercenary. Right after the Fire Dragon arrived at Polo City, Feng Buhui voluntarily resigned and left the Reversed Fire Mercenary Group.

Ni Qianjun opened the bag without understanding, and a dazzling light emerged from it, causing Ni Qianjun to quickly close the bag and asked in a low voice audible only to Feng Buhui: "Devil Crystal? Where did you get it from?"

Inside the bag were five or six crystals as thick as fingers, exactly like the ethereal crystals seen beside the Dan Demon Blood Lake that day.

This is the real Devil Crystal.

"She asked me to hand it over to you, she called it... Compensation," Feng Buhui mused, the night before Yue Jinghua left Fire Dragon, she handed this bag of Devil Crystals to him.

"She said that she has already taken the reward she was entitled to," Feng Buhui relayed Yue Jinghua’s words to Ni Qianjun. Feng Buhui had also wondered why Yue Jinghua did not give a certain Devil Crystal to Captain Ni Huo, which could have brought her a valuable return.

"’These Devil Crystals shouldn’t be used to ingratiate oneself with certain people. They belong to the comrades who have died. The dead are gone, but their families have to live on. This is the rule I set as a mercenary.’" Feng Buhui still remembered the look in the young girl’s eyes when she said those words, filled with vicissitudes, as if recalling very distant memories.

Ni Qianjun remained silent, took a sip of his drink, "Buhui, I plan to take a chance in Xuan’s Prayer Tower."

"Xuan’s Prayer Tower, that’s an even more treacherous place than Dan Demon Tomb," Feng Buhui’s face changed, and he even forgot to address Ni Qianjun as the vice-captain. At the moment, he treated Ni Qianjun as a brother.

"Buhui, let me ask you one thing, and you have to tell the truth, do I deserve her?" Ni Qianjun asked like a boy experiencing young love, the alcohol causing his normally dark face to be a mix of black and red.

She, of course, referred to Yue Jinghua.

Ni Qianjun’s look was alarmingly clear. In fact, in these twenty years, Ni Qianjun had never been as sober as he is now.

This month, Ni Qianjun had considered a lot.

In the Dan Demon Tomb, the emergence of the Jade Finger Killing God made Ni Qianjun feel his own inadequacy in cultivation for the first time.

If at that time, Yue Jinghua hadn’t let them leave first, they would probably have been trapped and died in the Dan Demon Tomb.

Big Brother Ni Huo thought Yue Jinghua was not worthy of Ni Qianjun. But in Ni Qianjun’s heart, he felt truly ashamed.

Yue Jinghua is the real genius, whether it is her overly calm mind or her ability to make rapid decisions in the face of crisis.

Just like that day, her every word and phrase when facing Ni Huo.

In the eyes of others, it may seem like pulling teeth from a tiger’s mouth, simply seeking one’s own death.

But Ni Qianjun knew that Yue Jinghua had bet correctly.

That day, had she misspoken a single word, or even given a wrong look,

the rage of Captain Ni Huo would have condemned her to death.

For a Great Mercenary Group like Ni Huo’s, which is constantly growing, the first course of action upon discovering a demon-level genius is, if you cannot recruit them, to kill them.

Yet if this demon-level genius suddenly declares that she owes you a favor, and this favor is common knowledge throughout the group, then to win over the crowd, even if Lie Huo hates Yue Jinghua to the extreme, he wouldn’t recklessly take her life.

She is more like a mercenary than he is.

"That day, she told the captain that the eagle soars in the sky, and the fierce tiger returns to the deep mountains. I have a feeling that she might, very likely, bring new changes to the Mercenary World," replied Feng Buhui earnestly, knowing that Alchemist Yue is not one to be content in obscurity.

Ni Huo laughed out loud, his wine cup heavily thudding onto the table, "This is the woman I, Ni Qianjun, value. It’s decided then; how can I lose to my own woman?"

He vowed to protect the woman he admired, swearing to the Heaven and Earth Laws on behalf of the Blood Bone Clan within him, that this time, he would not lag behind her.

It had been several days since completing the Blue Diamond Task,

Thousands of miles away from the tavern, in an inconspicuous little courtyard, Yue Jinghua concocted her third type of new elixir since becoming a Pill Master.

After returning to Polo City, she did not immediately go back to Xuanji Academy or Jingxin Courtyard.

She was now staying in a residence rented by Hong Yao, located on the outskirts of Polo City. Yue Chen’s Spiritual Wood Farm was right next to this small courtyard.

After listening to Yue Jinghua recount her experiences along the way, both Hong Yao and Hongling’s faces turned pale with fright—first the Holy Beast Level Dan Demon, then the Dark Heavenly Peak Captain Ni Huo.

This time, the young lady truly went through a life and death ordeal.

But the young lady showed no hint of fear, and after finishing her story, she cheekily pulled out a bunch of crystals of different colors.

One kind was black and unremarkable, hardly different from charcoal. The young lady called it Black Death Crystal. She gave one to both Hong Yao and Hongling, and after explaining the uses of this inconspicuous Dark Power Crystal, Hongling and Hong Yao held the Black Death Crystal in their hands, trembling uncontrollably.

As for the other type, a beautiful transparent crystal, the young lady said it was a material for alchemy. It had a terrifying name: Devil Crystal.

Besides these crystals, the young lady also listed several other types of Spirit Grass for Hong Yao to find.

After scrutinizing the list for a while, Hong Yao said, "The first few are common herbs available in the storeroom of the pharmacy. With the precedent of the True Dark Pill and Durian Pill, what kind of elixir is the young lady planning to concoct this time?"

Yue Jinghua chuckled, "Rest assured, this third medicine will definitely be highly profitable."

Hong Yao and Hongling, hearing this, both showed looks of yearning, exclaiming in unison, "Young lady, what kind of elixir is it?"

Looking at the anxious faces of the two maids, Yue Jinghua craftily blinked and chuckled.

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