Chapter 188
Wright and Alice led Chen Zhui and the other three through the market, and walked out of the inner city gate to the caravan's assembly site.
There are groups of wildebeests and white camels everywhere here, carrying bundles of goods on their backs, heading towards the outer city in the shouts of the caravan.
The wildebeest and white camel look similar to the zebra and camel, but the size is twice their size. The wildebeest has black horns on the top of the head, and the white camel's mane is pure white.
Wild horses and white camels are both first-level monsters known for their endurance. They are gentle in nature, hard-working and heat-resistant, and are the preferred means of transportation for merchants.
Moreover, after thousands of years of taming, these two monsters have almost become domesticated, and their number has also increased exponentially, so the price is not very expensive, usually around 200 gold coins.
Wright found a medium-sized caravan, with a total of twelve people, and the number of wildebeests was about thirty.
"Grandpa Hops, long time no see!" Wright stepped forward and greeted an old man in the caravan with a smile.
The old man had long brown hair slightly curly, had a big beard, wore a shabby leather jacket and a pair of old-fashioned horse boots.
When Hops saw Wright, his little eyes narrowed into a slit. He smiled and said, "Oh! Isn't this little Little Wright? Why do you think of my old bone today?"
"Haha, Grandpa Hops, look at what you said, Wright has always been thinking about you in his heart," Wright said affectionately, "I still look forward to running away from home with you!"
"Hahaha, you little bastard, I don't dare to take you away. Last time, that kid Kane almost got angry with me!" Hops laughed.
It turned out that when Wright was seven years old, he peed into the pot of his neighbor's house, but was beaten up by his father Kane. Wright slipped out of the house while his father was not careful and ran away from home with Hops' caravan.
Afterwards, Hops, who learned the whole story, sent Wright home again, and since then Hops and Wright became friends with him.
"Grandpa Hops, I'm here for something to ask you."
Wright said, introducing the three Chen Zhui to Hops and explaining their intention to go to the Hammer Tribe.
"No problem!" Hops waved his hand and agreed, "It's just the way!"
After saying goodbye to Hops, Wright and Alice returned to the city lord's mansion, while Chen Zhui and the other two stayed in the caravan, waiting to go to the Hammer Tribe with Hops.
However, Chen Zhui and the other two waited for more than an hour, but Hops' caravan had no intention of setting off. The caravan's guys gathered together to drink nonsense, and even the wildebeest and the white camel were lying at the base of the wall to bask in the sun.
"Grandpa Hops," Chen Zhui couldn't help it. He was afraid that if he delayed it, he would really not be able to arrive at the Hammer Tribe on time. "When will we set out?"
"Start? What to do?" Hops was smoking a dry tobacco leisurely, humming two white air from his nostrils.
"Go to the Iron Hammer Tribe!" Chen Zhe said in confusion. At first glance, he thought he had gone to the wrong set.
"Hi, what are the young people anxious about?" Hops said, smacking his lips, "The ones that went to Saitu City to the Hammer Division are border areas, and they are primitive landforms that have not been renovated. Do you know how dangerous it is?"
"How dangerous is it?" Chen Zhui became interested when he heard it. It was a good choice to learn more about the situation on the road.
After smoking a bag of cigarettes, Hops knocked the stem of the dry tobacco on the soles of the shoes, knocked out the ash from the cigarette pot, and glanced at Chen Zhui:
"I'll tell you, the journey is not far, just two days and two nights, but you have to pass through four landforms: wasteland, grassland, mountains and forests. Not to mention that there are often monsters, just bandits on this road, that's enough for us merchants to drink a pot!"
Chen Zhui and Tang Shishi nodded when they heard this, and Chen Xiaohe blinked his curious big eyes, not knowing whether he understood it.
"So it!"
Hops added another pot of cigarette and squinted his eyes comfortably: "We must hire a magician to protect the caravan, otherwise, it will be difficult to move forward!"
Hire a magician? Chen Zhuile is a magician. Isn’t he a magician? It would be a pleasure to make extra money by the way!
Chen Zhui said happily: "Grandpa Hops, I am a magician!"
"You?" Hops asked in surprise, a shimmering light flashing in his muddy eyes, "You little doll is a magician?"
"Yes! A genuine fire magician!" Chen Zhui saw that there was a door and immediately walked forward, then shook his hair on his forehead heroically, "Do you think you can hire me?"
"Are you?" Hops looked at Chen Zhui carefully after hearing this, then curled his mouth, "No!"
"..." Chen Zhui immediately withered.
"Hahahaha!" Tang Shishi laughed so hard that she leaned back and forth, and the branches were shaking, "I chased you, the old man didn't like you! Hahaha!"
"Oh no," Chen Zhui was a little anxious, "Why can't I do it?"
"You haven't heard the ancients say it," Hops snorted calmly, stretched out his finger and pointed at Chen Zhui's mouth: "There is no hair on his mouth, and he can't do things well!"
Puchi! Tang Shishi and Shen Xiao laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt. The two hugged each other and supported each other's bodies that were laughing so hard that they couldn't stand.
Chen Zhui's face turned black.
I have no hair on my lips and can’t do things safely? What the ancients said!
You crawl out of the cemetery and see if I don’t smoke you!
"Is it okay if there is too much hair?" Chen Zhui muttered angrily, "Then why don't you go and invite a long-haired ape! You're covered in hair!"
"Ha, don't be dissatisfied with you little baby!" Hops replied with a smile, "You can go to the city wall to see. There are rules for the caravan to recruit magicians!"
Chen Zhui turned to the other side of the city wall with a dark face. He saw many caravans there. There were a table in front of them, and a sign was hung next to the table, which read:
XX caravan recruits guard magicians, and the commission starts with fifty gold coins!
Moreover, there are many people in magician costumes going back and forth in these recruitment sites, some asking for prices, some discussing employment details, and some signing employment letters.
Chen Zhui found the sign with "Hops Caravan" written on it, and saw a brown-haired girl sitting on the table. She was obviously the one who was in charge of recruiting magicians in the Hops Caravan.
The girl is about eighteen or nineteen years old and has a slightly plump figure. She wore a short animal leather shirt on her upper body and a long brown linen skirt on her lower body. Her slightly curly brown hair was draped straight to her shoulders, and her wheat-colored face was covered with a few light freckles.
At this moment, her hands were hugging her chest, her plump breasts stood tall, and her big brown eyes were looking back and forth at the magicians passing by.
Chapter completed!