Chapter 31 Convincing Hai Bodong, the Desert Iron Mercenary Group!
"Even if your fighting spirit is sealed, you should still be more generous!"

"What, Xiao Ming, you said this guy is a Douhuang powerhouse, that's impossible? He is obviously just an old man!" Lin Fei covered her mouth, very shocked.

Xue Mei was also very surprised. This old man with Dou Ling strength was actually the former Ice Emperor? It was a bit beyond their imagination! But the girl still firmly believed it.

"Although I am also surprised, if it is said by Ming, it should be correct!"

"Hey, Brother Xiao Ming, can you just tell me what's going on?"

"Well, Ming, I also want to know why Hai Bodong, the former Ice Emperor, has fallen to this point!" Xue Mei was equally curious.

Xiao Ming smiled slightly and began to explain.

"It's very simple. Hai Bodong got a fragment of the map in the Tagor Desert before, which caused Queen Medusa to hunt him down. Although he managed to escape in the end, he was also trapped in the Serpent Seal. For the rest of his life, he can only stay in the Douling Realm!"

"Oh I got it!"

……

"What? Ice Emperor, Seal... Medusa... Who are you? How could you possibly know my identity?!"

After hearing the conversation between several people, Hai Bodong was shocked, and his old face was full of disbelief.

He has been living in seclusion for more than 20 years. After escaping from Queen Medusa, he has never gone out again. Even his old friend Mittelstein doesn't know where he lives.

How could a young boy who was only a master of fighting know all this so well...

Xiao Ming smiled slightly, without any explanation, just said calmly.

"That's not what you should be concerned about. What you should care about is that I can help you..."

"How about I help you refine the elixir to remove the seal, you give me the other incomplete map, and then be my bodyguard for ten years?"

"You even know this..."

Hai Bodong was surprised for a moment, but didn't say anything else. Instead, he took out another incomplete map and threw it to Xiao Ming.

"Forget it, I don't care about these. Since you are willing to help me, why not protect you for ten years?"

Hai Bodong did not bargain with the young man. It was only ten years. As long as he could recover his former Douhuang level strength, why would he care about this little time?

"Oh, you are so confident, aren't you afraid that I will kill people and rob them?" Xiao Ming was surprised.

"Hmph, if you promise me and then go back on your word and even kill people and rob, then I will just die, but you will be like this for the rest of your life!" Hai Bodong snorted and said lightly.

The strong all have their own self-esteem and pride. If they go back on their word after promising something, it will leave a knot in their heart that will be difficult to break through in the future. Therefore, as long as the promise is not particularly difficult to fulfill, basically no one on this continent will violate it.

And this is Hai Bodong’s confidence.

Of course, this is only because he has never seen the Divine King Tang, otherwise he would have been greatly enlightened today...

Xiao Ming laughed and said.

"As expected of the former Ice Emperor, he is actually quite courageous! After that, please follow me and wait for the elixir to come out!"

"Tsk, don't come at me like that. My Dou Ling strength is not comparable to yours! At most, I can give you a map of the strange fire!"

"Just give me the map? Are you sure you don't want to come with me? Maybe you can recover your strength soon!" Xiao Ming tempted.

Hearing this, Hai Bodong also laughed out of anger, and almost wanted to pat Xiao Ming on the head and ask him if he wanted to die...

What a shameless brat, he actually wanted to get his lowly Douling-level combat power for free... Shameful!
Hai Bodong waved his hand, threw the ring containing a recipe for the Evil-Breaking Pill and the map of the Strange Fire to Xiao Ming, and said.

"Alright, my friend, stop being so unreasonable. I'll give you this map, as well as most of the herbs for the Evil-Breaking Pill... As for the last herb, the Sand Mandragora, you'll have to go find it yourself!"

"All right!" Seeing that Hai Bodong was unwilling to contribute a little, Xiao Ming tutted his lips and stopped arguing with him. He took Lin Fei and Xue Mei and left the place. The next stop was Shimo City and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.

Arriving near the Motie Mercenary Group, Xiao Ming demonstrated his strength and won everyone's respect. At his command, the mercenaries quickly went to summon their boss.

"My name is Xiao Ming. You should be able to guess my identity by listening to my last name, so please go and summon Captain Xiao Ding and Xiao Li!"

"Just say Xiao Ming is visiting!"

Soon, several mercenaries invited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

When Xiao Li saw Xiao Ming, he became a little excited. He drew his weapon and was about to teach Xiao Ming a lesson.

"Good boy, you are the one who instigated my third brother and Nalan Yanran to break off their engagement, right? I am going to teach you a lesson today!"

Xiao Li gathered his fighting spirit in his left hand, lightning and thunder flashed on his hand, and he rushed towards Xiao Ming and punched him hard.

However, facing Xiao Li's precise and fierce punch, Xiao Ming simply turned his head and dodged the attack. He gently stretched out his palm, grabbed Xiao Li's wrist and pressed hard.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, Xiao Li's joint was easily dislocated.

"How dare you hurt the Second Captain? Everyone, attack together!"

"Teach this bastard a lesson. He actually beat up our second commander!"

After seeing this scene, many mercenaries present also spoke angrily.

Just when they were about to take action, Xiao Ding coughed and said indifferently.

"Stop talking! Do you still want others to see our Desert Iron Mercenary Group make a fool of themselves?"

As soon as Xiao Ding spoke, the group of people immediately shut up. It can be seen that he is still very prestigious in the Motie Mercenary Group.

Xiao Ding walked forward, straightened out his second brother's broken bone, and then spoke calmly.

"Second brother, why don't you apologize?"

"Big brother..."

"Hmm?" Xiao Ding looked at him coldly. Under the pressure of his brother's eyes, he finally gave in.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Ming, I shouldn't have been so impulsive just now!" Xiao Li said helplessly.

Xiao Ming nodded, accepting his apology.

"Well, as the saying goes, ignorance is not blame. I guess the Second Captain is just not knowledgeable enough. I forgive you!"

"You guy!" Xiao Li was a little angry.

Xiao Ding shook his head and said nothing, just calmly.

"Brother Xiao Ming, I wonder what the mercenary group coming to our side is doing?"

"Well, there is one thing! I want Qinglin, a little maid here!" Xiao Ming touched his chin and spoke.

"Oh, then what are you going to give? Although we are clansmen, even in the Xiao family, we have always adhered to the principle of not accepting rewards without merit!" Xiao Ding asked with interest.

"I can give you two second-grade elixirs, the Rejuvenation Pill and the Revitalization Pill, two bottles each. What do you think?"

Xiao Ming was not surprised that Xiao Ding put forward conditions. After all, they were just cousins ​​and had little contact with each other. It was not surprising to ask them for something when asking them to do something.

(End of this chapter)