Chapter 707: Twists and Turns

"In that case, leave it with me first."

Su Chen was naturally not polite and put the pendant away.

As expected by Su Chen, after Su Chen used his soul power to cover up the aura of the pendant, no monster followed them and no monster attacked them again.

In the next few days, the team traveled in the Dark Night Mountains, collecting herbs while occasionally beating a few monsters to practice, and seemed very calm.

And Su Chen's status in the team also rose with the tide. Not only did no one dare to gossip about him behind his back, but Xiao Xiang and others were also respectful in front of him.

In this way, the team arrived at a village in the core of the Dark Night Mountains five days later.

"This village is the closest village to the place where the treasure was born."

Zheng Fang said, "All the powerful people who come here to search for treasures will choose to settle in this village. Brother Chen, let's go in."

Su Chen nodded and walked towards the village with Zheng Fang and others.

This village is somewhat similar to Lingye Village where Su Chen settled when he first came to the Black Night Mountains. Both are villages built by warriors for settlement.

However, this village is built in the core of the Black Night Mountains, so its security level is much higher than Lingye Village.

After each person paid two attributeless spirit stones as the entrance fee, the group walked into the village.

"Brother Chen, now we hand over the things we are responsible for escorting to the contact person designated by the employer, and then we can end the escort mission." Zheng Fang said to Su Chen, "Will you come with us?"

"Okay." Su Chen had nothing to do anyway, so he went with them to take a look.

The group came to a restaurant in the village. In this place, the restaurant is the best place to meet.

After ordering a few drinks and dishes, everyone sat down and waited for the contact person to arrive.

No one was in the mood to eat the food on the table, only Xiao Ling'er was eating vigorously.

When the sun was high in the sky, three men walked into the restaurant from outside. The leader wore a red headscarf on his head and looked around as soon as he came in.

Zheng Fang's eyes lit up and he said, "The employer said that the contact person wore a red headscarf. It seems that they should be them."

As he said that, Zheng Fang stood up and waved to the man with the red headscarf.

The man with the red headscarf also saw them and walked over here with the other two.

Su Chen glanced at him indifferently, and his intuition told him that the man with the red headscarf was sloppy and didn't look like a good person.

Soon, the man with the red headscarf and the other two walked to the table and sat down.

The man with the red headscarf first picked up a wine glass on the table, took a big sip, smacked his lips, and then said, "Did you bring the goods?"

"I brought it." Zheng Fang said hurriedly, and then told a team member beside him, "Take out the goods."

The team member took out the small wooden box and put it on the table.

Zheng Fang held up the wooden box with both hands and handed it to the man with the red headscarf, saying: "The goods are here. They are safe along the way and we haven't opened them. If there is no problem, please pay the other half of the reward."

Generally speaking, the rule for mercenary groups to escort goods is to pay half of the reward before departure, and the other half will be paid by the contact person after the goods are delivered to the designated location.

The man with the red headscarf hummed, took the wooden box and said: "Check it first. If there is no problem, the other half of the reward will naturally be given to you."

As he said, the man with the red headscarf took out a key from his body and opened the box in front of Zheng Fang.

He glanced inside the box and immediately showed a surprised look.

Then, he suddenly slammed the table in anger, stared at Zheng Fang with his eyes and sneered: "Is this the cargo you are responsible for escorting? I, Jiang Laosan, have been in Yinfeng Village for so many years, but this is the first time I have seen a mercenary group like you who blatantly embezzle the employer's cargo!"

Zheng Fang was surprised and asked hurriedly: "What do you mean? We have never opened this box from beginning to end, not to mention that the key is not with us, so we can't open it."

The man with the red turban sneered and said: "I just found out that the lock on this box has been on for too long. It's rotten, just twist it and you can open it, no key is needed at all."

"What?" Zheng Fang frowned, "I didn't know there was such a thing. Moreover, I can guarantee that no one from our Red Rainbow Mercenary Group has touched this box privately."

"Still quibbling?"

The red-turbaned man sneered and pushed the open box over, "Then open your dog eyes and take a good look, and let everyone present see what's in this box?"

The shouting of the red-turbaned man attracted the attention of other people in the restaurant.

When the bystanders around saw the contents of the open box, they couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

Zheng Fang was full of doubts and stretched his head to look into the box opened by the red-turbaned man.

Then, Zheng Fang couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, straight