Why go to the southern border? Because only there is most suitable for actual combat. It is a paradise for fighting.
In this world, not only humans possess dragon bloodlines, but many wild beasts also have varying degrees of dragon bloodlines. Therefore, the exotic beasts in this world are far more ferocious and brutal than the wild animals on Earth.
Originally, the entire Yanlong Continent was filled with powerful exotic beasts everywhere. But as human civilisation developed, with the appearance of numerous cities and towns, after thousands of years of hunting, there are now very few exotic beasts left within the territories of the major kingdoms.
Only in the southern border, near the ten thousand great mountains of the wilderness, do large numbers of exotic beasts still breed and multiply.
Lan Ling has a demon star inside his body that can directly devour bloodline dragon force to increase his power. But he cannot go around killing people, so he can only choose to kill exotic beasts.
The southern border is more than three thousand miles from the royal city, but after walking two thousand miles, large towns become increasingly scarce.
Moreover, the local customs here gradually become more fierce. Luxurious brocade clothes are rarely seen. Many people wear beast-skin garments. And the women here also gradually become bolder. Upon seeing a handsome man like Lan Ling, these girls keep throwing seductive glances at him.
Because it is close to the barbarian wilderness, the people here also carry a trace of the wild aura of the wilderness.
A few days later, Ye Jing Yu and Lan Ling entered the southern Yi border city.
This was already the southernmost fortress of the Furious Wave Kingdom. A hundred miles further ahead lay the ten thousand great mountains, which belonged to the wilderness lands.
The entire Southern Yi City had a population of about forty to fifty thousand. Half of them were soldiers, two-tenths were merchants, two-tenths were hunters, and the remaining one-tenth were all prostitutes. There were almost no normal commoners.
What are hunters? The Furious Wave Kingdom has a law that anyone who brings one barbarian head can exchange it for fifteen silver coins. Moreover, no matter how it was obtained, money is given upon seeing a barbarian head.
Thus, many wild warriors flocked to the southern border to make a living by hunting barbarians.
What are wild warriors? Generally speaking, warriors conferred titles by the royal family or feudal lords receive high salaries, along with a considerable amount of farmland and manors. They are completely superior people. For example, after Lan Ling successfully inherits the position of master of Tian Shui City, he will have the right to confer titles on about a hundred warriors and about twenty high-level warriors.
Wild warriors are those who have not been conferred titles by the royal family or feudal lords, or those whose lords failed in political struggles and dragged them down, causing them to lose their registration.
Exchanging barbarian heads for silver coins is one of the basic national policies of the Furious Wave Kingdom. Although the expenditure on this is huge every year, it is precisely because of this that the kingdom’s border remains peaceful. All the wild warriors from the Central Land gather here to hunt barbarians, and the Furious Wave Kingdom hardly even needs to deploy many troops on the southern border.
After years of continuous hunting, not only within the kingdom’s territory but even within a hundred miles of the border, it has become very difficult to see any barbarians.
After entering Southern Yi City, Lan Ling saw countless hunters. They were fully armed, in teams ranging from a dozen people to over a hundred. There were men and women. They spoke loudly and coarsely, swaggering through the streets.
Ye Jing Yu led Lan Ling to the city governor’s mansion, found an official, and obtained hunter badges. Only with this badge could one leave the border and head into the wilderness mountains, and other hunter teams could not attack you.
Of course, if your gains were too abundant, other hunting teams would find it hard to resist robbing you by killing you and taking your belongings.
Therefore, the southern border was ultimately a place fraught with danger.
“Fill in the information. Name, place of origin, and martial cultivation level, all must be written.” The official said.
Ye Jing Yu stepped forward to fill it out. Her figure was too voluptuous. The curve of her back and hips as she bent over instantly attracted countless burning gazes. Even the official stared blankly at her buttocks and drooled.
After filling it out, the official handed over the hunter badges with both hands and said, “Please keep them safe. I wish you great gains. If you need anything, feel free to come find me.”
Ye Jing Yu nodded at him and pinned the hunter badges on Lan Ling and herself.
Lan Ling’s badge was white, representing a beginner hunter group with very low martial skill.
Ye Jing Yu’s badge was red, representing a high-level warrior. Normally the issuance of hunter badges was very strict and required a martial test before being issued, but now the official was taking the easy way out. Whatever cultivation level you claimed was what it would be. After all, if you boasted and got killed later, it was your own problem.
After obtaining the badges, Ye Jing Yu led Lan Ling to an inn.
Once inside, Lan Ling was almost pushed back by the wave of noise and strange smells.
In the inn’s main hall, several scantily clad women were performing seductive dances. Chaotic music mixed with men’s shouts and women’s screams assaulted the ears like torture.
The smells of all kinds of alcohol, women’s rouge and powder, and men’s stinking sweat blended together, also torturing the nose.
Lan Ling could not help but lean close to Ye Jing Yu’s ear and shout loudly, “Let us switch to another inn.”
His breath directly rushed into Ye Jing Yu’s ear. Her ear itched, her delicate body trembled, and her earlobe turned slightly red.
“This is already the cleanest and quietest inn.” Ye Jing Yu said.
Lan Ling clicked his tongue. If this was the quietest inn, how chaotic must the others be? With just a casual glance, Lan Ling could see many prostitutes soliciting customers everywhere, and some were even conducting transactions right in front of everyone.
Ye Jing Yu desperately dodged the men’s hands reaching out to grope her, squeezed to the inn counter, and shouted loudly, “Open one room, the best one.”
Lan Ling was not so lucky. Along the way he had been groped by countless women. These women were truly bold, their hands directly reaching for his vital parts.
Hearing Ye Jing Yu say to open one room, he was slightly stunned.
Ye Jing Yu did not explain. Lan Ling’s martial skill was too weak, and the place was so chaotic. She had to stay close to protect him at all times.
The innkeeper reached out for money. Ye Jing Yu threw over three silver coins.
The innkeeper shook his head and said, “Not enough. It is five silver coins.”
This price was sky-high, equivalent to two or three thousand RMB. An inn in the royal city with conditions ten times better than this only cost two or three silver coins.
Ye Jing Yu frowned, took out two more silver coins, then accepted the greasy key with gloved hands while still looking disgusted. She then squeezed through the crowd again to go to the room upstairs.
As they walked up the stairs, Ye Jing Yu’s voluptuous figure once again became the focus.
Countless men stared hotly at the twisting curve of her back, swallowing saliva desperately. Finally one wild warrior could not hold back and stepped forward, saying, “Little girl, that pretty boy beside you looks good but is useless. How about spending these few days with me? One gold coin per day.”
Ye Jing Yu smiled at him, and the wild warrior’s soul almost left his body.
Then Ye Jing Yu stepped forward and suddenly delivered a knee strike.
Instantly Lan Ling seemed to hear the sound of eggs shattering. Although it was not hitting him, he still felt immense pain, and the muscles on his face twitched.
“Ah…” The wild warrior let out an earth-shattering scream and then rolled down the stairs.
The women below immediately burst into schadenfreude laughter, while the men shrank their birds in lingering fear, as if they felt the same sharp pain.
But a few wild warriors looked at Ye Jing Yu with even more direct greed. These ones undoubtedly had high martial skills and liked violent beauties with thorns like Ye Jing Yu.
Lan Ling and Ye Jing Yu’s room was on the third floor. As they passed the long corridor, Lan Ling heard wild sounds coming from at least ten rooms.
When they reached the door of their room, the door next to it opened and a plump woman walked out. She was draped in only a thin layer of gauze and wore nothing else. Everything that should and should not be seen was visible.
When she saw Lan Ling’s handsome face, her eyes immediately lit up. She stuck out her tongue at him and said, “Handsome man, do you want me to accompany you? No charge.”
Lan Ling sighed. Being handsome really is good. Even calling a woman costs nothing.
“No need.” Lan Ling smiled.
The woman said again, “Ten silver coins and I will give it to you. How about it?”
Lan Ling was completely speechless. Not only does a handsome man not have to pay for women, he can even earn money from them.
Ye Jing Yu’s gaze turned cold and she said, “If you dare to keep nagging, I will dig out your eyes.”
The woman was not afraid. She looked Ye Jing Yu up and down several times with jealous eyes, then threw a seductive glance at Lan Ling and said, “Handsome man, when the fierce tigress is asleep, you can come downstairs to find me anytime. I am a regular at this inn. Whatever price you want, we can discuss it.”
Then she left seductively. Men passing by occasionally groped and pinched her thigh. She not only did not mind but laughed lasciviously and reached out to grope them back.
“Are you feeling very itchy inside?” Ye Jing Yu sneered, “You men like this kind of wild woman the most. You do not even mind how dirty they are.”
Lan Ling said, “It is still better than a venomous snake like Zhi Ning. I have no prejudice against them.”
Ye Jing Yu said, “On this point, you are indeed the same as Soren.”
At this moment, the customer of the prostitute just now was about to come up and close the door. It was a man who looked honest and simple, yet completely naked. It felt somewhat incongruous.
He was about to close the door when his gaze suddenly fell on Ye Jing Yu’s face.
Immediately he reached out to cover his vital parts first, then fiercely slammed the door shut as if he had seen a ghost.
Ye Jing Yu also saw him and her expression changed slightly, but she said nothing.
She took out the key and opened the door.
After entering the room, Lan Ling was completely speechless. This was still the best and most expensive room? It was large enough, but the bedsheets looked like they had not been changed for half a month.
Moreover, the inside was littered with wine bottles and messy plates and cups, and no one had cleaned it.
For this room they charged fifteen silver coins, equivalent to two or three thousand RMB. It was simply a black shop.
“Just make do for one night. Tomorrow morning at first light we will cross the border for actual combat hunting.” Ye Jing Yu said. Then she took out brand-new bedsheets and spread them on the bed.