41: Chapter 39: The Frontier City, the Wind of Chaos!
41: Chapter 39: The Frontier City, the Wind of Chaos!
Why go to the southern border?
Because only there is most suitable for real combat, it is a paradise for battle.
Not only humans have Dragon Bloodlines in them, but many wild beasts also possess traces of dragon ancestry.
Thus, the exotic beasts of this world are far more ferocious and brutal than the wild beasts of Earth.
Originally, throughout the Flame Dragon Continent, powerful exotic beasts roamed everywhere, but with the spread of human civilization, the emergence of cities and towns, and thousands of years of hunting, the territories within the major kingdoms have seen very few exotic beasts left.
Only near the barbaric wilderness at the southern border, close to the hundred-thousand-great mountains, do a large number of exotic beasts still proliferate.
Inside Lanling’s body resided Yao Xing, which directly devoured Bloodline Dragon Force to increase its strength.
But he couldn’t go around killing people, so he had no choice but to turn to killing exotic beasts.
The southern border is over three thousand miles away from the royal capital.
But after traveling two thousand miles, large towns become increasingly scarce.
Moreover, the local customs here gradually become more fierce.
Fine, luxurious clothing is a rare sight, with many people wearing animal skin garments.
Besides, the women here start to get bolder, and upon seeing a handsome man like Lanling, these girls unabashedly send flirtatious glances his way.
Because it’s close to the Barbaric Wilderness inhabited by the Barbarian Tribes, the people here carry a hint of the barbaric air.
A few days later, Ye Jingyu and Lanling entered the South Barbarian Border City.
This was the southernmost fortress of the Rage Wave Kingdom.
A hundred miles further was the great hundred-thousand mountain range, marking the territory of the Barbaric Wilderness.
The entire South Barbarian City had a population of about forty to fifty thousand, half of which were military, a fifth were merchants, another fifth were hunters, and the remaining tenth consisted entirely of brothel women, with hardly a single regular civilian to be found.
The Rage Wave Kingdom has a law that for every Barbarian’s head brought in, one could exchange it for fifteen silver coins.
And it didn’t matter how you obtained it; as long as you had a Barbarian’s head, you’d get paid.
As a result, many samurai living outside of official boundaries flocked to the southern border, making a living by hunting down Barbarians.
What does it mean to be a samurai “in the field”?
Generally, samurai who are titled by the royal family and the nobles receive high salaries, have a considerable amount of land, and estates, and are truly among the elite.
For example, after Lanling successfully inherited the position of Tianshui City Lord, he would be entitled to title around a hundred samurai and about twenty high-ranking samurai.
Samurai “in the field” refers to those who have not been titled by the royal family or the nobles, or whose lords have fallen from power due to political strife, implicating them and resulting in their loss of official standing.
Exchanging Barbarian heads for silver coins is one of the basic national policies of the Rage Wave Kingdom.
Despite the high expenditure in this area each year, it’s precisely because of this that the kingdom’s borders are secured, with wild samurai from all of Central Earth converging here to hunt Barbarians.
The Rage Wave Kingdom hardly needs to station an army along its southern borders.
Years of relentless hunting meant that within the kingdom and even within a hundred miles of the border, it was rare to see a Barbarian.
After entering South Barbarian City, Lanling saw countless hunters.
Fully armed, they roamed in teams of dozens to hundreds, composed of men and women, speaking coarsely and loudly, parading through the streets.
Ye Jingyu took Lanling to the city guard’s office and met with an official to receive the hunter’s badge.
With this badge, one could venture beyond the border into the Barbaric Wilderness, and other hunting teams were not allowed to attack you.
Of course, if your loot was too abundant, other hunting teams might find it hard to resist turning on you, killing you to steal your belongings.
So, the southern border was after all a place fraught with danger.
“Fill out the information; write your name, place of origin, and Martial Arts level,” the official said.
Ye Jingyu stepped forward to fill it out.
Her figure was too curvaceous, instantly attracting countless fervent gazes, and the official also stared blankly at her, drooling over her silhouette.
After she finished, the official respectfully handed her the hunter’s badge and said, “Please take good care of it.
I wish you great success in your hunts, and if you need anything, feel free to come to me.”
Ye Jingyu nodded at him and pinned the hunter’s badges on both herself and Lanling.
Lanling’s badge was white, signifying he was part of a novice hunting group with low martial skills.
Ye Jingyu’s badge was red, representing a high-ranking samurai.
Normally, the distribution of these hunter’s badges was strict, requiring a test of strength before issuance, but now the official, seeking convenience, took your word for your skill level.
After all, if you bragged and then got killed, that was your own problem.
After receiving their badges, Ye Jingyu led Lanling to an inn.
Upon entering, Lanling was nearly repelled back by the loud noise and strange odors inside.
In the main hall of the inn, a few scantily clad women danced to disorderly music amidst men’s shouting and women’s screaming—all mixed together, torturing the ears.
The scent of various drinks, the powder smell from the women, and the stench of men’s sweat mingled together, overwhelming the nose.
Involuntarily, Lanling leaned close to Ye Jingyu and shouted in her ear, “Let’s find a different inn.”
His breath rushed into Ye Jingyu’s ear, making her ear tickle and her body shudder, causing her earlobes to turn slightly red.
“This is already the cleanest, quietest inn here,” Ye Jingyu replied.
Lanling clicked his tongue; if this was the quietest inn, what chaos reigned in the others?
Glancing around, he could see many women actively soliciting customers and even engaging in transactions right before everyone’s eyes.
Ye Jingyu, desperately dodging the hands of men reaching out to grope her, pushed through to the inn’s counter and loudly requested, “We want a room, the best one.”
But Lanling wasn’t so lucky; along the way, he had been groped by far too many women—these women were truly bold.
Upon hearing Ye Jingyu ask for just one room, he was momentarily taken aback.
Ye Jingyu didn’t explain, Lanling’s martial arts were too weak, and with the chaos here, she had to stay close at all times to protect him.
The innkeeper reached out for payment, and Ye Jingyu tossed over three silver coins.
The innkeeper shook his head, “Not enough, I want five silver coins.”
That price was sky-high, amounting to two or three thousand RMB.
The inns in the royal city were ten times better and only cost two to three silver coins.
Ye Jingyu frowned, threw over two more silver coins, and then, with disgust even through her gloves, accepted a greasy key before trying to push through the crowd to her room upstairs.
As she climbed the stairs, Ye Jingyu’s explosive figure once again became the center of attention.
Countless men stared feverishly at the swaying curves of her retreating figure, desperately swallowing their saliva.
Finally, one wild samurai couldn’t help but step forward and say, “Babe, the pretty boy with you is just for show.
How about spending a few days with me, one gold coin per day.”
Ye Jingyu turned and gave him a smile, instantly making the wild samurai feel like he was losing his soul.
Next, Ye Jingyu stepped forward and delivered a fierce knee strike.
Instantaneously, Lanling thought he heard the sound of eggs cracking.
Although it wasn’t him being struck, he felt an incredible pain, his facial muscles twitching uncontrollably.
“Ahh…” The wild samurai let out a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering scream and then tumbled down the stairs.
The women below immediately erupted into malicious, gleeful laughter, while the men, feeling a chill, instinctively retracted and shuddered as if they could empathize with the agonizing pain.
But a few wild samurais looked even more greedily at Ye Jingyu; unquestionably, their martial arts skills were high, and they had a liking for the thorny and violent beauty that was Ye Jingyu.
Lanling and Ye Jingyu’s room was on the third floor.
As they passed by the hallway, Lanling heard wild noises coming from at least ten rooms.
As they reached their room, the door next to theirs opened, and a voluptuous woman walked out, wearing nothing but a thin layer of gauze, leaving nothing to the imagination.
Upon seeing Lanling’s handsome face, her eyes lit up, and she stuck out her tongue at Lanling, “Handsome, do you want my company?
Lanling lamented that being handsome was indeed great—so great that women didn’t even want money.
“No need,” Lanling said with a smile.
The woman then offered, “Ten silver coins, I’ll pay you, how about that?”
Lanling was utterly speechless—so a good-looking man not only didn’t need to pay, but he could even make money.
Ye Jingyu’s gaze turned icy as she said, “Keep blabbering and I’ll gouge out your eyes.”
Unfazed, the woman looked Ye Jingyu up and down several times, her gaze turning envious.
Then she cast a flirtatious glance at Lanling, “Handsome, whenever the tigress falls asleep, you can come downstairs and find me.
I’m always here at the inn, and as for money, we can talk about the price.”
Then, she left, swaying seductively.
As she passed by some of the men, they occasionally copped a feel, which she not only didn’t mind, she laughed and returned the gesture.
“Are you itching with curiosity?” Ye Jingyu sneered.
“You men always like these wild women, not even minding the dirtiness.”
Lanling retorted, “They’re better than the venomous snake Zhi Ning anyway.
I don’t have any prejudice against them.”
Ye Jingyu remarked, “You do have that in common with Suo Lun.”
And at that moment, the patron of the woman they had just encountered was about to come up and close the door—a man who looked honest but was completely naked, creating a truly discordant scene.
As he was about to cover himself, his gaze fell on Ye Jingyu’s face.
Suddenly, he immediately tried to cover his privates, then slammed the door shut as if he had seen a ghost.
Ye Jingyu also showed a slight change in expression upon seeing him but said nothing.
She took out the key and unlocked the door to their room.
Upon entering the room, Lanling was lost for words.
This was supposed to be the best and most expensive room?
It was certainly large enough, but the bedsheets seemed like they hadn’t been changed in half a month.
Moreover, the room was littered with wine bottles and dishes, with no sign of cleaning or tidying.
For such a room, the cost was fifteen silver coins, equivalent to two or three thousand RMB.
It was absolutely highway robbery.
“Let’s make do for one night.
We’ll leave the country first thing in the morning and begin the practical hunting,” Ye Jingyu said, then took out a brand new set of bed sheets and spread them on the bed.
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