Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 61 Entering the City
Jiang Xuan thought of what Old Sha said when he left the city a few days ago, and then he remembered that the Qizhou City Lord's Mansion offered rewards for hunting ferocious beasts.

However, in Jiang Xuan's memory, when he entered the city through the East Gate that day, he did not see the existence of such a team.

It seems that because the ferocious beasts mainly appear near the forest north of Qizhou City, Qizhou City only carries out the verification of hunting at the north gate, and no corresponding verification offices are set up at the other three gates.

Jiang Xuan felt a little relieved. If he had not been practicing his spear and body skills in the forest north of Qizhou City in recent days, he would probably have to wait in the queue for two hours.

Although Jiang Xuan didn't mind queuing, out of the idea of ​​helping others as much as possible, since Ning Wei needed to enter the city as soon as possible for important matters, Jiang Xuan still wanted to try a method to help her enter the city quickly.

Having decided to form this team, Jiang Xuan began to grope through the several storage bags on his body.

Jiang Xuan took off a dark storage bag hanging around his waist, opened the bag, and used his fingers to check the items stored inside.

"This won't work. Old Sha said that although this thing is not valuable, it will be used in the Qixi Desert, and it is not easy to buy on weekdays." Jiang Xuan tied the storage bag in his hand back to his waist, and reached out to touch another dark storage bag.

After untying the storage bag, Jiang Xuan's face suddenly brightened: "It's you."

Since there weren't many people queuing, Jiang Xuan arrived at the front of the line in just two cups of tea.

"Junior brother, thank you for your hard work. Please show me your hunting permit." A man in a green robe, about 27 or 28 years old, clasped his hands together and said to Jiang Xuan with a smile.

Jiang Xuan took a quick look at the green-robed man before him. He had a long sword hanging from his waist, both the hilt and scabbard exquisitely crafted. He could tell he was a warrior, quite possibly one of the most talented young warriors in Qizhou City.

However, the warrior in front of him was not wearing the standard armor of the guards at the gate of Qizhou City. Jiang Xuan could not classify him as a member of the gate guard team based on his clothing, nor could he judge whether he was a warrior with strength reaching the peak of the heavenly level.

"Senior brother, can I use the inner alchemy of a ferocious beast as proof?" Jiang Xuan asked the man in green robe with a fist salute.

If one were to provide proof of hunting a ferocious beast, the beast's true form would naturally be more intuitive and convincing. However, Jiang Xuan hadn't considered the long queues at the city gate when he arrived at Qizhou City carrying Ning Wei, so he didn't have any direct evidence of hunting a ferocious beast. He could only take out the beast's inner core.

The green-robed man showed a hint of hesitation upon hearing this. "Junior Brother, this may be your first time participating in the hunt north of the city, so you're not very familiar with the rules. Using the inner core of a ferocious beast as proof is certainly acceptable, but since the City Lord's Mansion is offering rewards, we naturally have to consider the issue of duplicate payments. Therefore, if a warrior wishes to claim the corresponding reward, they must submit the presented proof to the City Lord's Mansion for registration."

"Junior brother, could you please take out the beast's inner elixir for me to see?" asked the man in green robe.

Jiang Xuan took out a beast's inner core from a dark storage bag and handed it to the man in green robe.

The green-robed man took the beast's inner core from Jiang Xuan, examined it for a moment, and then handed it back to Jiang Xuan, saying, "It is indeed a first-grade beast's inner core, and it doesn't seem to have any special properties. However, even an ordinary first-grade beast's inner core can be sold for a good price, sometimes even higher than the reward from the City Lord's Mansion. Junior brother, are you sure you want to exchange this first-grade beast's inner core for the reward?"

After hearing this, Jiang Xuan secretly groaned, "I don't want to exchange this first-level beast inner core for a reward. Now that I'm in a hurry to get into the city, I have no choice but to do this. What else can I do?"

On the first day of hunting ferocious beasts in the forest north of Qizhou City, Elder Sha had discussed this with Jiang Xuan. He advised Jiang Xuan to avoid participating in rewarded ferocious beast hunting missions offered by the Qizhou City Lord's Mansion, and to avoid showing off any ferocious beast inner cores he obtained, especially those from second-tier beasts.

It was for this reason that Jiang Xuan, who originally thought that he only needed to show his credentials, did not touch the other storage bag on his waist. The storage bag contained two second-level ferocious beast inner cores.

"It's a good thing I listened to Old Sha and didn't take out the inner core of the second-level ferocious beast. Otherwise, it would have been a huge loss to exchange the inner core of the second-level ferocious beast for the reward." Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

Although Jiang Xuan had hunted many ferocious beasts in the forest with the help of Old Sha, he still understood the principle of not showing off one's wealth, and this was especially true when Old Sha was not around.

At this time, Jiang Xuan had already made up his mind and just needed to make sure he could hunt down a first-level ferocious beast.

"Let's exchange it." Jiang Xuan handed the first-level ferocious beast's inner core in his hand to the man in green robe, saying helplessly.

The man in green robe took the beast's inner core from Jiang Xuan and handed it to another warrior who was younger and also wearing green robe.

"Thank you, Junior Brother, for your contribution to Qizhou. The City Lord's Mansion will appraise the inner elixir of this ferocious beast and give corresponding rewards based on the appraisal results. Please come here in three days to collect the reward." The man in green robe handed a note handed by another man in green robe to Jiang Xuan, and gave Jiang Xuan another respectful salute to express his gratitude.

Since it was for the City Lord's Mansion, Jiang Xuan wasn't too worried. He returned the greeting and asked the man in green robes, "Brother, I have a companion who was injured in the forest. Can you come into the city with me?"

"Since he is my junior brother's companion and was injured in the forest, it is only natural for him to enter the city with my junior brother." The man in green robe said to Jiang Xuan in a soft voice.

Jiang Xuan put the note away, nodded to the man in green robe, turned and walked towards the long line.

At this time, Ning Wei was slowly moving forward with the long team. The injury on her calf had almost healed due to the effect of the pill.

"Is Miss Ningwei's injury healed?" Jiang Xuan asked happily when he saw Ningwei walking forward with the team.

"Well, thanks to Young Master Jiang's medicine, Ning Wei's injuries have basically healed." Ning Wei nodded and saluted Jiang Xuan again.

"It's good that you're healed. Miss Ning Wei, that's the line over there to collect the rewards from the City Lord's Mansion. I have already completed the procedures for entering the city. Please come with me." Jiang Xuan no longer exchanged pleasantries with Ning Wei and directly explained the situation to her.

"Come on." Seeing Ning Wei nodded, Jiang Xuan stood in front of Ning Wei and made a gesture of carrying her on his back.

"We've reached the city gate, and Ning Wei's injuries are basically healed, so we won't bother Young Master Jiang anymore." Ning Wei lowered her head and said softly.

"Okay." Jiang Xuan responded, stood up, and walked towards the city gate with Ning Wei.

(End of this chapter)