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Chapter 114 Desert Iron
Chapter 162: Mo Tie
After analyzing the situation, Mu Yang was about to leave the dilapidated small inn he was in when he discovered that his communication system had a notification.
Logically speaking, no one should be sending him messages at this time.
The Staff Members in the Paradise knew he was in a derived world and were afraid of disturbing him, so they wouldn't; the Contractors in the derived world were all thinking about how to earn greater profits and had no time to chat with him.
Moreover, sending messages across worlds required spending a lot of paradise coins.
With a puzzled mind, Mu Yang opened his communication system and found that the sender was Ruo Li, and according to the notification, they were in the same derived world.
Ruo Li: I'm in Qingshan Town, where are you?
Mu Yang: Next to the Tagor Desert. I came to hunt down Qian Da Pang. Why are you in this world too?
Ruo Li: It was a randomly matched derived world; I just came here inexplicably.
Mu Yang: Alright, then be careful. If you need help, just poke me with a sub-body.
Ruo Li: Okay, I'll go make contact with the Little Doctor Immortal first and see if I can abduct her.
After ending the chat, Mu Yang quickly walked out of the inn and found a map shop, where he bought a map of the Gama Empire and the Tagor Desert.
His initial identity came with some currency of the current time. As long as he didn't buy any expensive items, Mu Yang wouldn't be short of money for a short while.
[Main Quest: Submit a high-grade Profound-tier cultivation method/Dou Skill (minimum requirement)]
Difficulty Level: LV.8
Quest Introduction: Profound-tier cultivation methods seem numerous, but only a small amount circulate among the common people. Most are Yellow-tier cultivation methods and Dou Skills.
Quest Information: You can join any family faction and exchange for it through contribution, or you can plunder it through killing.
Quest Duration: Within twenty natural days.
Quest Reward: Return qualification + 3 attribute points.
Quest Penalty: None.
The main quest was to submit a high-grade Profound-tier or above cultivation method or Dou Skill. With Mu Yang's strength, it wouldn't be a problem to fight through a family that possessed such a level of cultivation method, so the difficulty was not great.
But this was only the minimum standard.
If Mu Yang could submit Earth-tier or above cultivation methods and Dou Skills, the main quest rewards would undoubtedly increase significantly, but the quest difficulty would also rise accordingly.
One must know that Earth-tier Dou Skills could even cause the energy of heaven and earth to fluctuate.
Throughout the entire Gama Empire, besides a few families in Gama Holy City, the Imperial Family, and the Cloud Mist Sect, it was difficult to find them anywhere else.
After recognizing his direction based on the map, Mu Yang decided to head to Shimo City first.
His target did include the Green Lotus Core Flame, but he wasn't in a hurry to find it, because the location of this Strange Firewas not fixed. He could only find it quickly through Hai Bodong!
Just like the mountain cliff opportunity in Qingshan Town, only the Little Doctor Immortal knew about it, and its location was also not fixed.
Contractors generally had to increase their favorability with the plot characters related to these opportunities, build relationships with them, or track them, to get a rough location.
Of course, holding a knife to their neck and forcing them to tell would also work, provided one could defeat them. All of these required time, so Mu Yang chose to find Qing Lin first.
Regardless of her own potential or the subsequent deep dive into the magma to find the Green Lotus Core Flame, Qing Lin was an important person, so it was best to keep her by his side.
Standing outside the city, Mu Yang attempted the Dou Qi Transformation Wings from Dou Po, and he succeeded on his first try.
Splendid golden wings unfolded behind Mu Yang, and he tried to fly.
The feeling was completely different from the wings brought by Blood Sun Scorching Sun. The flight was not stable, but it was still within his control.
After flying for three hours, Mu Yang arrived at Shimo City. The energy consumed by the Dou Qi Transformation Wings was much less than that of Blood Sun Scorching Sun; otherwise, Mu Yang might not have been able to fly for so long.
The soldiers guarding the city gate noticed Mu Yang with his Dou Qi Transformation Wings. In their understanding, a human who could fly was at least a Dou King level expert, and this was the first time they had seen true Dou Qi Transformation Wings.
He quickly reported to his superiors that someone who was at least a Dou King had arrived in the city.
Mu Yang was aware of the soldiers' small actions, but after realizing there was no hostility, he didn't pay attention.
In cities near the Tagor Desert, the temperature was much hotter than in the interior of the empire, and the sunlight was harsh and dazzling. Ordinary people exposed for too long would suffer sunburn.
Most men who lived here for a long time had dark skin and went shirtless, while women's skin was slightly better, a bronze color, and they wore similarly revealing clothing.
"Friend, how do I get to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group?"
Mu Yang reached out and stopped a passerby, asking.
"Go straight, then turn right, and you'll see a flag with 'Mo Tie Mercenary Group' written on it. It's very conspicuous."
"Thank you."
Following the directions, Mu Yang walked towards the south of the city. After turning a few streets, a very large courtyard appeared before his eyes.
And above the courtyard, a flag with "Mo Tie Mercenary Group" written on it swayed in the wind, exuding an aura of iron and blood.
Several burly men, holding weapons, stood upright at the main entrance of the courtyard. They occasionally scanned the passersby, looking well-trained.
"Welcome, what kind of commission would you like to post, Your Excellency?"
Even the greeters were these burly men. They would sternly ask what commission you wanted to entrust to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
However, their speech was polite and measured, which made Mu Yanglook at them in a new light.
"Hmm, it can be considered a commission, but it's a bit different from the commissions you've taken before."
"Your Excellency, please speak frankly. We rough people don't understand that polite talk."
The big man smiled helplessly. The term 'Your Excellency' was something he learned during training; he hadn't even read a book.
If it weren't for the need to understand the characters in those cultivation methods and Dou Skills, he wouldn't even recognize many characters.
"I want a person."
"What person?"
The big man asked in confusion. He vaguely felt that this handsome, extraordinary man in front of him seemed to have some ill intentions.
"She's your mercenary group's cleaner, right? Her name is Qing Lin." Just as Mu Yang extended his demonic claws towards Qing Lin, a woman in green, far away in another city near the Tagor Desert, looked towards Shimo City as if sensing something.
"What's wrong?"
The large snake with eight wings, on which the woman in green was sitting, asked.
"Let's go over there. I seem to have sensed the aura of the Jade-Green Three-Flower Pupils."
The woman in green's tone carried a hint of uncertainty.
But the woman and the snake had been searching for the Jade-Green Three-Flower Pupils for decades, and they weren't short on time. The flying eight-winged large snake chose to follow its companion's instructions and headed in the direction of Shimo City.
This was not a coincidence, but the protection of destiny for important people.
Contractors who wanted to contact or even take away these people with strong destiny had to undergo numerous trials, and the difficulty was not ordinary.
Therefore, very few important plot characters were contracted as familiars or even followers, and they were basically not seen in the Paradise.
If they were, it was highly likely that they were cosplayed by Contractors or Staff Members.