Jiangcheng

"Sister Lin, you don't even know what I'm going to do, yet you want to come with me?" Lin Chen looked at Liu Lin with some confusion.

"Although I don't know why you want to go there, according to Lord Zhan Kong's description, it is still somewhat dangerous there. If I go with you, I can protect you," Liu Lin explained.

"But……"

Lin Chen had just opened his mouth when Zhang Tian interrupted him.

"No buts, let Xiaolin come with you. And bring Rourou along too, one for control and one for defense, to make up for your weaknesses."

"Captain, don't you still have a mission?" Lin Chen asked. In fact, he had planned to take the opportunity to say goodbye to Zhang Tian after he made the arrangements with Zhanlong, but he didn't expect it to turn out like this.

"Isn't it all thanks to you that we got the Nebula Fruit? With it, we can all break through to the intermediate level. Even without Rou Rou and Xiao Lin, our overall strength has improved, and as dual-element intermediate level cultivators, it's easier for us to recruit temporary teammates." Zhang Tian said, casting a pleading look at Zhan Kong.

"Lin Chen, just listen to them. Your strength is not enough to travel alone outside the An Realm," Zhan Kong said.

Hearing everyone's unanimous request, Lin Chen finally agreed.

……

Three days later, Lin Chen and his two companions traveled by car to Xiamen Island, the closest island to Bocheng, and then took a high-speed train directly from Xiamen Island to Jiangcheng.

Upon arriving in Jiangcheng, Lin Chen did not immediately head outside the Anjie to search for dragon-type demons. Instead, he followed the experienced Liu Lin to the Jiangcheng Hunter Alliance branch.

The Hunter Alliance branch in Jiangcheng is located in an office building in the city center, and the second to seventh floors of the entire building are owned by the Hunter Alliance branch.

Take the elevator up to the second floor and arrive at the Hunter's Alliance lobby.

The entire Hunter Alliance hall was decorated in a magnificent and opulent style, far superior to the shabby temporary branch in Bo City.

In the center of the Hunter's Alliance lobby, a huge screen scrolls through current bounties that are available and those awaiting processing.

"Sister Lin, what are we doing here?" Lin Chen asked Liu Lin, upholding the admirable virtue of asking questions when he didn't understand.

"The information I received from Lord Zhan Kong is from half a month ago. We need to find out some specific information about the outside of Anjie in the past half month."

"Secondly, we can take on some tasks that we can manage. Since we're leaving Anjie anyway, we might as well take on some tasks along the way. That would be a considerable income." Liu Lin patiently explained to Lin Chen, who nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.

Approaching a counter, Liu Lin took out her intermediate hunter certificate and handed it to the staff member opposite her. Then she picked up the tablet on the counter and checked a few things.

"Help me accept these tasks."

"Yes, esteemed lady mage." The staff member accepted the quest Liu Lin had chosen using her intermediate hunter's certificate and continued, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"I need information from outside Jiangcheng Anjie over the past two weeks, especially information about demons near Poyang Lake."

"Okay, ma'am, please wait a moment while I check." The staff member said, and then began to operate the computer on the desktop to search.

A moment later, the staff member smiled and said to Liu Lin, "Hello ma'am, the information we have recently regarding demons outside the Jiangcheng security zone and near Poyang Lake is worth a total of 100,000 yuan. Would you like it?"

"If needed, the information will be forwarded to the email address I left with the Hunter Alliance," Liu Lin said, transferring 100,000 yuan into the Hunter Alliance's account.

The Hunter Alliance was indeed efficient; they sent all the information to Liu Lin's email address in less than a minute after receiving the transfer.

After leaving the Hunter Alliance branch, Liu Lin led Lin Chen and Rou Rou into a coffee shop, while she opened her phone and carefully browsed the information transmitted by the Hunter Alliance.

"Sister Lin, do you have any useful information?"

After about ten minutes, Liu Lin finished browsing all the information, and Lin Chen asked curiously.

"The information is basically the same as what Lord Zhan Kong provided," Liu Lin said, shrugging.

"Wasn't that a waste of money?" Lin Chen suddenly felt that the Hunter Alliance was a bit of a rip-off.

"This is normal; often, the information is the same," Liu Lin explained. "However, two pieces of information are quite useful. First, the group of giant crocodiles that recently arrived has been constantly attacking the local demons, and the struggle between the two is quite fierce. We might be able to gain some advantage from this. Second, the water level of Poyang Lake has dropped significantly recently."

……

The next day.

Early in the morning, Lin Chen and his two companions took a bus, passed through a large area of ​​wasteland outside the city, and arrived at the border of Jiangcheng—the important town of Poyang Lake.

"Wow, this major town around Poyang Lake is so much bigger than the Snow Mountain Inn!" Lin Chen exclaimed as he looked around after getting off the car.

"That's natural. Bocheng is a small city, so its border is naturally called a post station. Jiangcheng is much larger than Bocheng, so its border is naturally called differently," Rou Rou explained with a slight smile.

"Let's go, let's wander around and see if we find anything good," Liu Lin said.

Lin Chen, Liu Lin, and Rou Rou were squatting next to a material stall when suddenly a murmur of conversation came from the side.

"Look at those two beauties, they're so pretty! Their waists, their legs, their hips... they're absolutely perfect!"

"Idiot, why are you shouting so loudly? Aren't you afraid they'll hear you?"

"So what if they heard? They're so young, their strength is probably nothing. How dare they hit me? And look at that kid next to me, he's just a pretty boy, he looks weak. I can take on five of him by myself."

"He doesn't seem to have kidney deficiency; he's quite healthy!"

"With two such beautiful women around him, how could he not have kidney deficiency? He really doesn't! I admire him as a true man!"

Standing not far behind Lin Chen and the others, two men with sly smiles on their faces were talking. Their conversation drew laughter from those around them, but it sounded particularly strange to Lin Chen.

What do you mean I have kidney deficiency?

What does it mean if I don't have kidney deficiency? Then you should respect me as a real man!

Unable to bear it any longer, Lin Chen stood up and walked straight toward the two men.

"Introduce these two girls to..." One of them was about to say something when his companion pulled him back, stopping him immediately.

"What are you talking about?" Lin Chen said fiercely.

"What I say is none of your business!" The man who kept talking about lewd topics was not afraid of Lin Chen at all, acting as if he was not afraid of him at all.

"I hope you'll stay stubborn like this!" Lin Chen said, summoning Agumon.

The moment Agumon was summoned, the two men immediately felt its power and were so frightened that their legs trembled.

Before they could even utter a word of pleading, Agumon appeared before them, slamming them heavily to the ground and severely injuring them.

"Watch your words from now on. Don't go around discussing dirty things all the time. If it weren't for the rule against killing within Anjie, you would all be dead by now."

After Lin Chen finished speaking, he showed no intention of continuing to shop around and left with Liu Lin and the other person.

Not long after Lin Chen and his two companions left, a young man in his twenties who looked genuinely weak and had kidney deficiency arrived with a group of people and took the two men lying on the ground away.