Trapped In The Cultivator World
Escort Duty

After waiting for a while, Li Hao finally got an answer from the old men. They agreed to make him their bodyguard, and began to negotiate a price with him.

For approximately ten minutes they negotiated, finally they got to the end point. The old men agreed to give Li Hao 200 gold coins with a down payment of 50 gold coins, that included a small price considering his normal price for a Golden Core cultivator was 600 gold coins.

Despite that, Li Hao did not complain at all as he only needed enough money to buy information until the next few weeks.

After the price negotiations were over, they began to prepare to exit Tianjin city. Their destination was the city of Luzin, a city that housed two large clans in the field of commerce. To get to the city of Luzin, they need three days of travel to get there.

During the trip, Li Hao did not chat much with others. He focused more on the key items of the mid-level dungeon he had in his inventory.

A normal-level Dungeon Key was an item that would take its user to the Pocket Realm. Each key has its own level such as easy, normal, difficult and nightmare. The higher the difficulty, then the Pocket Realm that must be completed the more difficult and also takes a long time.

"There is no more detailed explanation regarding the Pocket Realm, but it is likely that I will have to defeat a group of monsters and their bosses like those in MMORPG games" Li Hao said inwardly, then started to get excited, "If that's true, can't I level easily? Should I use it after finishing this escort?"

Li Hao thought about that seriously to the point of not realizing that one of the old men who had thin bodies called out to him from on top of the horse carriage.

"Oi, you're called." a young man from the bureau touched Li Hao's shoulder and made him flinch.

Li Hao immediately turned his head towards the old man who called out to him, then asked, "What's the matter?"

"You're a wanderer without any shade, aren't you?"

"Yes, that's right."

"How long have you been traveling?"

"Hm, I've been traveling for almost six years."

Li Hao deliberately lied because it would be strange to say that he had only wandered for less than two years.

"That was a long time ago, how about you become my subordinate? I'll give you a satisfactory payment..."

"I've been recruited by quite a number of parties, but unfortunately I'm not interested in that."

"So you don't want to? Too bad..."

"Why do you want to recruit me?"

"I'm just a prankster, no other reason."

"Ah, so..." Li Hao nodded a few times and did not respond any further, he then enjoyed the view of the endless grassland quietly.

Over half a day they travel on a track made especially for traders. Now, it was already night time and they had to pass through a fairly large forest. Because it was quite risky, so the people from the bureau decided to stop the trip and rest until morning.

Of course the old men did not complain at all because they were very understanding of the risks.

After preparing a place to rest, the bodyguards including Li Hao began to discuss regarding the division of shifts. Within ten minutes, they had already finished the discussion and the three people who had entered into shift two instantly rested around the campfire as they only had five hours to sleep.

Li Hao himself directly jumped onto a nearby tree and watched the surroundings from there, while the remaining two people stood guard around the resting place with high vigilance.

"People from the bureau turned out to be quite professional, huh?" Li Hao muttered, then took out a key from his inventory, "So this is the dungeon key...?"

Li Hao looked at her for a moment, then turned his gaze to the camp, "Hm, I was curious, can they see this key?" Li Hao asked inwardly, "If they could, would they be able to use it? And if I can't, am I the only one who can use it?"

"Holmm..." Li Hao yawned, his eyes getting tired from his lack of activity, "I hope there are weak bandits coming."

Just as Li Hao said so, a system screen appeared before him and made him cough softly.

[Dig! Defeat the group that wants to kill and rob!]

[Gift: Up 10 Levels.]

[Punishment Failed: Down 10 Levels.]

Li Hao immediately took out the Wind sword after reading the mission, then stood up and looked at the surroundings calmly.

Srrk!

The gurgling resulting from the sound of the leaves rang out and made Li Hao's attention go there.

Swoooshes!

Without thinking any further, Li Hao immediately darted there and shocked the two bodyguards that were guarding around there.

The slasssh!

Li Hao immediately swung his sword horizontally and slashed through the hundreds of wild plants that were there, his eyebrows began to furrow when he did not find any living creatures but he had felt a number of presences before he slashed.

"Service Shin! Is something going on?" one of the bodyguards came up to Li Hao, his face looking worried.

"Yes, I accidentally heard a noise around here, yet I found nothing after checking it." Li Hao replied calmly.

"Is that so...? Is that a wild animal?"

Li Hao did not immediately reply but thought about it for a moment, he then gave a small nod and said, "It is possible, we should be more vigilant..."

"I understand."

Li Hao then parted ways with the bodyguard to inspect the area until it was a kilometer away, the inspection went on quickly and he found no signs of human presence at all.

"Squeaky... Why is there no group referred to by the system? There can't be any mistake, is the attack not happening now but later?" Li Hao held his chin and thought hard, "Well, it could have been his mission like the time I was asked to defend the village from the bandit attacks. But it still remains awkward because at that time, there was a time before the mission began..."

Li Hao thought about the awkwardness for ten minutes before he finally decided to put the thought aside for a while.

Li Hao then returned to his place of vigil, then increased his vigilance.

Until his shift time ran out, Li Hao did not hear or feel the presence of anyone other than his group. The change of vigil began and he chose to spend his night in the trees because he thought this place was much safer than in the middle of the camp.

Time passed, the morning finally arrived and they resumed their journey to the city of Luzin. Li Hao did not talk about the matter last night, nor did the bodyguards who were on guard with him.

While in the forest, there were no serious problems. They had only been blocked a few times by a group of ferocious stars, yet Li Hao could handle them easily.

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