Lonely Immortal

Zhang Zhiwen looked around. There were quite a few people in this group, about 40 or 50 people. However, Zhang Zhiwen was not afraid of them. However, he did not know what cards these people had. If they threw out some strange magic weapons, Zhang Zhiwen would not be able to bear it. Moreover, Zhang Zhiwen had just killed the scholar and others. They must have seen it, and they were not afraid. They must have the confidence to appear.

Sure enough, the corners of the burly man's mouth curled up slightly, and then he said: "Brother, don't think about fighting with us. You can't beat us. I advise you to give me the things honestly now. We won't make it difficult for you. If you want to join us, that's fine."

This burly man obviously intends to recruit Zhang Zhiwen, because Zhang Zhiwen looks decisive and has good skills, and his body looks quite strong and solid. In the current environment, people like Zhang Zhiwen are obviously very useful.

But why does this guy think that Zhang Zhiwen wants to join them? Why does he think that Zhang Zhiwen will not turn against them? This kind of temporary team could turn against each other at any time, right?

However, Zhang Zhiwen threw the storage bag to the other party, because he thought it was not worthwhile to fight with the other party. After the burly man got the storage bag, he laughed very happily: "Haha, good, a man of insight is a hero, brother, you have vision! How about it? Do you want to join us? I just need an assistant here, how about you be my assistant?"

When the burly man said this, the others were obviously a little surprised. Obviously, they didn't expect the boss to suddenly pull in a completely stranger at this time, and directly let him be his assistant. They have been following the burly man for so many days, and no one can be his assistant. They are somewhat unbalanced in their hearts.

But these people dared not say anything. It was obvious that the burly man still had great prestige. After hearing this, Zhang Zhiwen just asked: "What benefits can I get from joining you and being your deputy?"

"Haha, the benefits are very simple. Come on, as long as you join, all these things will belong to you!"

The burly man was very generous and actually agreed to return the things to Zhang Zhiwen, but Zhang Zhiwen also secretly felt that this guy was a bit powerful, because this thing originally belonged to him, Zhang Zhiwen, but now the other party actually took it out as a favor to him, Zhang Zhiwen, isn't this just borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha? This trick is good!

In this case, this burly man is not simple. It is indeed rare for a casual cultivator to have such a mind and courage, and naturally many of his people are dissatisfied, but they dare not speak out.

Zhang Zhiwen certainly saw this situation, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll join!"

"Haha... That's great, but let me be frank. There are conditions for joining us. Come, take this pill, otherwise I won't feel at ease!"

The burly man took out a pill and handed it to Zhang Zhiwen, and the smile on his face was quite playful. This obviously showed that he didn't trust Zhang Zhiwen, but this was also normal. No one could trust a stranger.

Zhang Zhiwen stared at the pill in front of him and frowned slightly, but the other party smiled faintly and said, "Don't be afraid, brother, this thing is only useful here. Once you go out and your mana is restored, you can easily detoxify yourself. If you don't believe it, ask other people if it's the same!"

Zhang Zhiwen took the pill and glanced around. Sure enough, other people didn't seem to resist the pill, but Zhang Zhiwen was a little curious. How did this guy know the situation here and specially made this kind of pill to control others?

Of course, Zhang Zhiwen would not ask, and the other party could not tell him such a thing. He just took the pill and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation, but in fact the pill had already entered the immortal palace. Then he opened his mouth to show the other party. The burly man saw that Zhang Zhiwen really took the pill, and he immediately relaxed, and then patted Zhang Zhiwen on the shoulder and laughed: "Haha, brothers are straightforward people, no dithering, from now on you are my brother Zhang Hu, we share happiness and difficulties, and I treat brothers well, if you don't believe it, you can ask everyone!"

This burly man is indeed bold, and these so-called subordinates did not object to what the burly man said. Obviously, this person can do things, and the burly man still keeps his word. He returned all the storage bags that he had just robbed from Zhang Zhiwen to Zhang Zhiwen. He didn't even check what was in the storage bag. It can be seen that this person is quite generous.

"By the way, I haven't dared to ask you my name yet!"

The burly man Zhang Hu already trusted Zhang Zhiwen very much at this time, because he thought Zhang Zhiwen had taken poison, and this kind of poison must be the only one he had the antidote for, and he didn't seem to worry that Zhang Zhiwen would kill him and take the antidote, so there must be some reliance behind this.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't have to deal with Zhang Hu for the time being, after all, he didn't really take the poison, and if he wanted to leave, he could leave at any time, so why didn't he stay in this team for a while and see what the situation was.

So, Zhang Zhiwen didn't hide it, he clasped his fists to Zhang Hu and said, "My name is Zhang Zhiwen."

"Haha, good, brother Zhiwen, right? Come on, now we are all a family, we can talk about anything..."

Zhang Hu was very happy, he felt that Zhang Zhiwen was very strong and taller than him, which was definitely a fierce general for him, so he pulled Zhang Zhiwen over and started to talk about something.

Zhang Zhiwen just listened, and then he roughly understood what was going on. It turned out that these people were all casual cultivators. Zhang Zhiwen had guessed this early on, and Zhang Hu used poison to restrict these people. At first, some people were not convinced. , but Zhang Hu acted very fairly, basically grabbing The Taoist rune fragments he found or found would be divided evenly, and he would just take double portions. Therefore, these people actually didn't have much objection to him and were willing to follow him. After all, he was strong and could fight alone. Three or four are no problem at all, and they are naturally very advantageous here.

In addition, Zhang Hu is very proficient in traps and various types of survival in the wild. He will lead everyone to find food and avoid danger. This makes the group of people more dependent on him, so everyone obviously listens to Zhang Hu. words.

Zhang Zhiwen could see this in the eyes of other people, and Zhang Hu tried his best to recruit several monks in Douwang, but some people were unwilling to join, so Zhang Hu did not force them and let them leave, but the other party Of course, I want to snatch away the storage bag or something.

It can be said that although Zhang Hu robs wealth, he will not kill people. Although others will be angry when their things are taken away, they will not have any deep resentment. Moreover, there are many people on Zhang Hu's side, so naturally there will be less. The trouble of being secretly retaliated against.

But Zhang Zhiwen feels that this tiger is not as simple as it seems, because this matter is very simple, and you can see clearly at a glance, that is, Zhang Hu now needs these people to help him plunder the Taoist rune fragments, otherwise, If just now it was just Zhang Huyi Personally, Zhang Zhiwen could kill him with one punch, but there were forty or fifty people on the other side, and Zhang Zhiwen didn't dare to break up with Zhang Hu easily. Then Zhang Hu's current behavior may not be sincere, and there will be no use value for these people. , Zhang Hu can still threaten with the antidote? Ask them to hand over everything?

This calculation is really shrewd, but Zhang Zhiwen thinks the others are not fools, right? Don't you know that being manipulated by Zhang Hu is definitely not a good thing? Are they really so easily fooled by Zhang Hu's false appearance?

Zhang Zhiwen wouldn't believe that these people didn't have other thoughts, but now everyone seemed to be in harmony, so Zhang Zhiwen would just stay here and see what happens next.

In this way, Zhang Zhiwen followed Zhang Hu and others out of here, and they entered a forest in front of them.

"This valley is huge. Although we have only been here for a few days, judging from these days, it will take at least a month or two of hiking to find the exit..."

Zhang Hu was talking while leading everyone forward. Of course, with Zhang Zhiwen following him, Zhang Zhiwen naturally listened more clearly.

"There are woods, hills, and streams here... There are all kinds of terrain. The environment is quite complex. There are many poisonous insects, many demon vines, and those ghost monsters..."

Zhang Hu said that the ghost monsters in his mouth were those white-skeletal skeletons. He said that those white-skeletal skeletons were scattered in various places in Tongyou Valley, eating whatever they saw, and they were quite bloody.

Zhang Zhiwen knew this. This white skeleton was indeed quite evil, and he didn't know how such a ghost monster appeared.

"But if we are careful, we will be fine. If we encounter ghost monsters, we will pour venom on them!"

Zhang Hu casually took out a bottle. When he opened the bottle, it was clear that it contained the kind of venom that could corrode ghost monsters. He gave Zhang Zhiwen a bottle and asked him to keep it for self-defense.

Zhang Zhiwen said nothing and accepted the bottle. Then Zhang Hu said: "In addition to ghosts and monsters, we also have to find food in this place. We are different now from when we were outside. If we don't have food, we will starve to death. Brother Zhiwen, I see you haven’t eaten yet, come on, there’s some meat here, please make do with it first.”

Zhang Hu took out another wild dog-like monster thigh and handed it to Zhang Zhiwen. Zhang Zhiwen was not polite and started to chew it. Seeing Zhang Zhiwen like this, Zhang Hu felt relieved, but he still smiled and patted Zhang Zhiwen. Shoulder, said: "Don't worry, there are still such things. Later, brothers will go hunting for some, and we will bake and eat them now. That will be fun."

Zhang Zhiwen remained silent because he knew very well why the other party treated him so favorably, which was to win over him and become his confidant, so that the people under his command would not dare to resist, so Zhang Zhiwen felt at ease.

Not long after, Zhang Hu brought Zhang Zhiwen to a woodland, and there was a temporary camp here, and there were people guarding it. There were quite a few people here, about forty or fifty. Obviously, Zhang Hu Don't be stupid. Go out and take half of the people and leave half of them. This is safer.

However, there are basically mostly female cultivators in this camp. It is obvious that Zhang Hu not only recruits male cultivators, but also female cultivators. When these female cultivators saw Zhang Hu coming back, they all paid their respects to Zhang Hu, shouting "Brother Tiger" one by one. , which made Zhang Hu very useful.

Zhang Zhiwen took a casual look at these female cultivators. He found that these female cultivators were neatly dressed and had no scars on their faces. Obviously, these female cultivators were not humiliated because in this place, spiritual power and Taoism were ineffective, and the rest were Relying on physical strength, female cultivators are far inferior to male cultivators, and these female cultivators have nothing to do, which is enough to show that Zhang Hu should treat these female cultivators equally, so no wonder these female cultivators respect Zhang Hu very much.

It has to be said that Zhang Hu still has some tricks. Zhang Zhiwen feels that this person must have been the leader of some gang in the secular world. Later he started to cultivate as an immortal. He is very sophisticated and has a good way of controlling his subordinates.

Sure enough, while Zhang Hu carried Zhang Zhiwen into a tent, he talked about his once worldly affairs, which almost coincided with Zhang Zhiwen's guess.

Zhang Zhiwen followed him into the tent. He found that the tent was made of branches and leaves. It was quite simple. However, Zhang Hu didn't care. But at this time, Zhang Zhiwen noticed that not only him, but also two other people came in. These two people There is a man and a woman, the man is about forty years old, and the woman is about thirty years old. These two people should be considered relatively trustworthy people by Zhang Hu, otherwise they would not be able to follow him here closely.

After everyone sat down, the male cultivator spoke.

"Boss, how long are we going to stay here?"

The male cultivator seemed a little impatient. He seemed to think that it was unnecessary for Zhang Hu to camp here. After all, everyone had to break through the Tongyou Valley and enter the Ten Thousand Valleys Forest. If they stayed here for a long time, time would be wasted.

But Zhang Hu didn't take it seriously, and just said lightly: "Just a few more days, we will set off when we are almost ready."

"Are we almost ready? We have been hunting around for the past two days, and we also killed some ghost monsters. The brothers also got a lot of Taoist rune fragments. It is better for us to set off now, otherwise the time will be wasted. ”

After all, the man couldn't help but express his thoughts, and he couldn't understand why Zhang Hu did this. Zhang Zhiwen was actually a little surprised when he heard this, and felt that Zhang Hu really didn't need to stay in this place longer.

"Hey, let's stay a few more days. It's very chaotic outside now. Let's not join in the fun."

Zhang Hu obviously had his plan, but the male cultivator was obviously a little unhappy. Zhang Hu naturally saw that the other person was a little dissatisfied, so he couldn't help but comfort him: "Brother Daoqing, don't worry too much, we are not in a hurry. It’s better to prepare more food and water, you will definitely need it when the time comes.”

Zhang Zhiwen's decision to Zhang Hu is understandable. The most important things for survival in the wild are food and water. The more prepared you are, the better.

This time, the male cultivator named Dao Qing remained silent, but it was obvious that he still disagreed, and Zhang Hu didn't say much. It seemed that his decision would not change, but Zhang Hu didn't notice the look in Dao Qing's eyes. There was a hint of dissatisfaction, but Zhang Zhiwen saw it.

At this time, Zhang Hu changed the subject. He looked at the female cultivator next to him and asked, "Yanliu, what's going on here?"

"Oh, my place is fine. The sisters are very serious about their work. With Brother Hu here, we can rest assured."

When the female cultivator named Yanliu said these words, she did not look at Zhang Hu. Instead, she glanced at the male cultivator named Daoqing next to her from time to time. Moreover, she also said, "Daozhang Chen, you don't have to worry too much. Brother Hu is here, everything is fine. By the way, I will ask the sisters to bring some food, especially brother Zhang. Are you hungry? I will go and urge them."

The female cultivator named Yanliu asked Zhang Zhiwen, and then got up and went out. Zhang Zhiwen vaguely felt that there seemed to be a secret connection between Yanliu and Chen Daoqing, but Zhang Hu was obviously unaware, and In other words, he is very confident and thinks he has control over these people.

But is it really so?

Zhang Zhiwen didn't know, he just wanted to see what they would do.