"knock off."

When Lan Jie withdrew his sword, his opponent had already fallen to the ground, and the people around whispered: "That's Iron Falcon, there are more than ten masters, a large bandit group of thirty or forty people! , just got killed by one person.”

"What's going on, isn't he a spreader of bad luck? Isn't he just a third-rate hunter? When did he become so powerful?"

"You don't know, he has become a lot stronger in the past few years, and he is already a top-notch hunter. Now his commission is very high."

Lan Jie turned around suddenly and yelled: "Stop making noise, you guys are making noise to death, drag the corpse away quickly. Really, do you want them to rot and stink? I want my uncle to do it!"

The nearby men quickly shut their mouths and dragged the corpses away from the street. A man as fat as a ball came over, smiled Mimi and said, "Thank you for everything you have done, Your Excellency Lan Jie."

"If you want to thank you, thank you for the money." Lan Jie called back: "Hey, Alice, the money has been collected."

The girl squeezed out of the crowd has grown up a lot, and now looks about fifteen or sixteen years old.

She was much prettier than before, especially her legs were thin and long, which made the fat man swallow her saliva. Suddenly a dagger was slapped on his fat face, he was startled, but it was Lan Jie who put his arms around him and asked with a smile, "That's my daughter, isn't she pretty?"

The fat man laughed: "It's as beautiful as a princess."

"That's right, this is one of the things I'm proud of. I said fat man, put away your saliva. If I hadn't been in a good mood today and dared to look at my daughter like this, I would have dug out your two eyeballs."

Then he let go of the fat man and said to Alice, "I'm going to the bar first."

"Don't drink so much, don't get drunk, because I can't lift you!"

"I know, I know."

Walking in front of the fat man, Alice spread her palms. The fat man took out a money pouch from his pocket and put it on the snow-white palm. Alice weighed it, squinted and said, "It's a little less."

The fat man rubbed his hands and said, "It's not the first time I have entrusted Mr. Lan Jie, so let me take it cheaper this time."

"No!" Alice said loudly, "Then Lan Jie worked hard to get back every penny, and there must be no less money."

Upon hearing this, Lan Jie turned around and said, "That's right."

Only then did the fat man grimace, and took out another money pouch from his pocket.

Sitting on a chair in the bar, Lan Jie was already a little drunk. A few people sat down in front of him, he hiccupped and said, "You are blind, if you want to drink, you will not go anywhere else, this table is mine."

On the other side of the table are milk and bread, which are for Alice. But among the uninvited guests who sat down, one of them frowned and moved these things aside. Unexpectedly, a dagger was inserted into the table next to his hand, and a moment later, it pierced into his palm, so his expression became angry. He tried to stand up, but was blocked by the other hand. Lan Jie looked at the man and said, "Don't touch my daughter's things, do you understand, boy."

Among these people, a middle-aged man was obviously the leader. He has a majestic face, his beard is obviously trimmed, and the armor he wears is polished, just like a knight of some kingdom. Such a person should not appear in this kind of place, after all, this is a poor country. Then I heard him say: "Mr. Lan Jie, we belong to the Cyan Fenglan Mercenary Group, and I am the deputy head. We want to invite Mr. Lan Jie to join our mercenary group. If Mr. Lan Jie agrees, the group leader promises to Give Mr. Lan Jie the treatment of a first-class mercenary."

"Mercenaries? Those guys who can go to any battlefield as long as they have money?" Lan Jie waved his hands and said, "No, no, I don't fight for anyone, I only fight for myself. Oh, no, now I have to Plus one, also for my precious daughter. You know, gentlemen, it takes a lot of money to raise a daughter. Got to buy her nice clothes, got her to drink milk and bread, and gotta watch out for some bastard kid hitting her The idea is simply more tiring than raising a son."

Hearing that the man on the opposite side obviously deviated from the topic, and several men showed impatient expressions, the deputy head still said patiently: "Mr. Lan Jie, although the mercenary group will go to the battlefield, the reward is higher than that of you as a hunter." A lot. With your strength, even if you become a nine-star hunter, the reward for one mission is not as much as the monthly salary of a first-level mercenary in our mercenary regiment. You are a talent, and our regiment leader appreciates you very much. Don't miss this opportunity."

"It's so long-winded, go away, my daughter is coming soon. I have to drink a few more drinks before she comes, or she will definitely scold me again." Lan Jie picked his ears.

The deputy head stood up, nodded and said: "We will stay in the town for a few days, and hope that Mr. Lan Jie can change his mind. By the way, we heard some news when we came here. Someone is looking for you, Mr. Lan Jie, And I think the other party has bad intentions."

Lan Jie narrowed his eyes, silently picked up his glass and took another sip.

When they were leaving, Alice came over, sat down in front of her food and said, "Who were those just now?"

"The blue Fenglan guy wants me to join them."

"Mercenary group? I've heard of them, they are very powerful, have you agreed?"

Ranjie shook his head.

"Why didn't you agree?"

Lan Jie gave her a blank look: "Stupid, mercenaries are different from hunters. Hunters go out on missions by themselves, and I can take you by my side. But mercenaries, they are going to the battlefield, and they will be on the battlefield within a few months. I can't come back, and I can't take you with me."

Alice bit the bread and said, "I've grown up, I can protect myself."

"Protect your head, look at the eyes of those bastards in the town staring at you, which one doesn't want to eat you alive. If I wasn't by your side, those bastards would have eaten you long ago. I don't worry about keeping you."

Alice laughed.

"why are you laughing?"

"Sister Suzie said, sometimes you're like an old hen guarding her cubs."

"What, that stinky woman dares to say that about me. I must teach her a lesson when I go back."

At dawn, Lan Jie left the town with Alice. Alice herself was riding a white horse, which was given to her by Lan Jie for her fifteenth birthday. She named the white horse, Baifeng.

Baifeng ran very fast, like a gust of wind. Ranger himself still rode his lean horse, which was old and could not run fast. So the girl riding on the white wind would always run around beside Lan Jie, sometimes she would leave Lan Jie and run away for a while, and then run back like the wind. Alice on the horse is happy, and her smiling face is as beautiful as a flower in the sun. In the past few years, Alice has been smiling more and more, and seems to have walked out of the shadow of her childhood.

"Don't run too fast, idiot, be careful not to fall." Lan Jie shouted.

At noon they rested by a grove. Alice was counting the bags, which contained presents one after another, and Lan Jie said with a sad face, "You don't need to buy so many things, do you?"

"This is for Sister Susie, she always gives us food, and you always pay on credit at the bar." Alice flipped through the things inside: "And this is for Pad, this is for Xiao Lao By the way, they also take good care of us."

Lan Jie hugged the sword and hummed, "I take good care of them too, but I don't see them buying me presents."

"Don't be so stingy, you have to have a good relationship with everyone, understand?"

"Tch, that woman Susie taught you again, I told you not to teach you some messy things."

"It's not a mess."

Lan Jie was about to reprimand her a few more words when suddenly his expression changed and he stood up. He squinted his eyes and looked to the distance outside the woods. It was the scorching sun in the sky, and the distance was golden. A moment later, a black shadow appeared on a hillside and walked towards them.

"Pack up your things, we should go." Lan Jie whispered.

Alice didn't ask, she immediately packed her things, and the two got on the horse. Lan Jie pointed in a direction, and the two rode around the man far away. Bai Feng ran to the skinny horse, and Alice asked, "Who is that?"

"do not know."

"I don't know what you are running for?"

"Stupid, there is a thing called intuition. Anyway, listen to me and you're right."

A few days later, they returned to Moonlight Town, and Alice ran to the bar as soon as she came back. Lan Jie was sitting in the bar, watching Alice distribute the gifts to the people in the town, Lan Jie sighed and said, "That's my hard-earned money."

"Sigh, who doesn't envy you for having a good daughter now." Susie put a glass of wine beside him, sat down and said.

Lan Jie snorted and said, "They are not only envious, they also want to abduct Alice from me."

"She will always marry when she grows up, don't tell me you want to guard her forever."

Lan Jie sighed: "You are right, but I am worried. That child, she has experienced some bad things before..."

"She will have to face it by herself after all."

"Maybe." Lan Jie drank the wine in one breath: "Anyway, I won't let anyone abduct her until she is eighteen years old."

Susie couldn't help laughing, glanced at him and said, "Are you still the bastard I knew?"

Lan Jie turned his head away and remained silent.

A few days later, Lan Jie woke up in his bedroom, and his first words were: "Alice, help me buy wine."

"No, you have to buy it yourself!" Alice shouted from the next door: "Also, don't drink, I've already made breakfast."

"It's so strict, who is the adult." Lan Jie scratched his head, walked out of the bedroom and said, "I'll eat breakfast later, I'll go buy some wine first."

Alice snorted, "Sooner or later, I'll tell Sister Suzy not to sell it to you."

"She dares?" Lan Jie went out humming a song, yawned and walked towards the bar in the square. It seems that it is still very early, and the town seems very quiet. But, it was eerily quiet. When Lan Jie walked to the square, he froze, and there was a person lying on the square. Or rather, corpses. No wonder it was so quiet today, because people in the town died silently. At this time, the door of the Ritual Bar was pushed open, and a man came out. The sword in his hand was covered with blood. Under the sun, he looked at Lan Jie and smiled, "Good morning, my brother."

The things between Lan Jie and him were gradually submerged in darkness, and then a bloody path rose up between the two, and then flames rose from the bloody path. The two are at one end of the blood road, as if arranged by fate.

The road of burning blood!