In the evening, in Xiquan fortress, a large number of businessmen, mercenaries and kingdom soldiers stationed here gathered together, shouting and exchanging travel information, while sipping bad but very cheap wheat wine.

As the only fortress guarding the western border of Irwin forest in storm City, more than 400 professional soldiers are stationed here to ensure that the chaos in the western wilderness will not spread. At the same time, they also sweep away the jackals and dog headed people around from time to time to prevent them from posing too much threat to business travel.

Of course, in addition to regular soldiers, some mercenaries and adventurers are attracted by all kinds of rewards.

They use their swords to kill monsters and earn their own wealth.

To some extent, Xiquan fortress is not only a simple fortress, but also a transportation hub with military function.

Although it only takes a few days to reach Shanjin Town, people are still used to spending the night here, enjoying the sense of security brought by the tall city wall and asking about recent events.

At the moment, Zhang Cheng is sitting in the hall of Xiquan fortress, sipping the thick soup made of unknown meat and vegetables.

About two or three minutes later, old George came to the side with a rather heavy leather bag in high spirits, cracked it and said with a smile, "master, this is Hogg\'s reward, a full fifty gold coins."

"Oh? Fifty gold coins are so high?" Zhang Cheng glanced at the bag in surprise.

To know the task of wanted Hogg, there is only a reward of less than seven silver coins and a low-level green equipment in the game.

But now, it has increased hundreds of times at once, which is really a little unexpected.

Never think that the reward of fifty gold coins is very small.

On the contrary, for a jackal, this is a pretty outrageous price. After all, if you kill an ordinary jackal and bring back their claws, you can get three or four silver coins.

"Hey, hey! Of course it\'s high! You don\'t know that Hogg is not an ordinary jackal. He has committed many crimes no less than Edwin van Clive, the leader of the phidia brotherhood. Many civilians will have nightmares at night when they hear his name. If you\'re not determined not to reveal your identity, Lieutenant Rainier would like to buy you a drink to pay tribute."

After that, old George picked up the glass full of ale and drank it with his head up. His eyes were shining with excitement. He could not see that he had just been attacked by a near fatal attack.

As a businessman, he knows very well what it means to capture Hogg. At the same time, he also knows that he will become the potential biggest beneficiary under the premise that this powerful young mage is unwilling to disclose his identity.

After this incident, the name of the chamber of Commerce led by him will begin to spread, whether it is Xiquan fortress, Shanjin Town, or storm city in the north.

Fame determines whether he can be noticed by the powerful nobles, and then take this opportunity to climb into a higher social class.

"I see..." Zhang chengruo nodded thoughtfully. "By the way, you don\'t have to give me these gold coins. Give me some of the crater crystal loaded in your car."

"Crystal? Are you interested in those gadgets that are just beautiful but useless?" old George asked with a puzzled face.

"Well, I\'m a little interested. As far as I know, those crystals seem to contain some mysterious radiation, which can make life more and more powerful. Haven\'t you heard that those magic Tyrannosaurus Rexs as high as towering ancient trees in the crater become so terrible because of the influence of crystals." Zhang Cheng explained with half truth.

But the real reason is that the Pantheon Titan, the sculptor kazgross, built a huge biological laboratory in the crater to observe the possibilities of Azeroth\'s life evolution and reproduction.

Although the Titan has left for a long time, nabiya, his guardian, is still tirelessly performing her duties.

The terrible land overlord Tyrannosaurus Rex, the powerful orangutan, the swift and violent dragon hunting in groups, and some other ancient species such as Stegosaurus, double sail dragon, pterosaur, native mud monster and so on, all evolved through thousands of years under the test.

They are more primitive and powerful than other creatures in Azeroth. Even adult guardian dragons dare not easily challenge the majesty of the king of Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Old George obviously didn\'t know this. When he learned that Zhang Cheng also wanted crystal, instead of touching the money bag, he smiled and shook his head: "No, I can\'t take the money. You can take half of the crystal in the car as my reward for saving your life. I need to send the remaining half to Dalaran. Don\'t refuse. Believe me, except for the transportation trouble, the purchase price of these things is almost no different from that of ordinary stones."

"OK, thanks a lot." Zhang Cheng didn\'t refuse and accepted the other party\'s kindness.

After all, there is such a long-term cooperation project as alchemy potion between them. There is no need to haggle about it many times. The future will be long.

"Oh, you\'re very kind. If you don\'t mind, can you tell me about Jenny?" old George turned the conversation and started a topic about his little daughter.

"She\'s very well. Under the guidance of master jebates, she began to learn complex magic theory and recently came into contact with the introduction to alchemy. I believe she will be able to master some refining skills of primary spells and potions in a short time." Zhang Cheng quietly hid the part of the girl being used.

Hearing his daughter\'s learning progress, old George couldn\'t help smiling happily. Just when he wanted to say something, an injured caravan guard suddenly came to the table without warning, flopped on one knee and begged in an excited voice: "Master! My name is Simon! A shield warrior! I don\'t know if I have the honor to be your follower?"

"Do you want to be my follower?" Zhang Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly unexpectedly.

"Yes! I don\'t want to be mediocre and trapped in a small place! I want to be strong! To see a wider world! And you, you are the only one who can give me a chance. For this, I am willing to give my loyalty and life." the young man who calls himself Simon clenched his fist and responded loudly.

Because of his rash action, the hall suddenly became silent, and everyone stopped what he was doing and turned their eyes to him.

You know, following the strong is a very common thing in the human kingdom, but what puzzles everyone is that Zhang Cheng is only in his early twenties. He doesn\'t look like a strong person, that is, a master at the apprenticeship level at most.

Of course, the caravan guards who saw him sweep the jackals with almost invincible posture showed natural eyes one by one, but they were not sure whether low-level soldiers like Simon would be accepted.

For a moment, countless pairs of eyes were waiting for Zhang Cheng\'s response