Chapter 112: Taxes are paid by the city lord, but life is your own

Desert City.

With the Amethyst Winged Lion King as his means of transportation, Xiao Ran naturally couldn't squeeze into a public monster with other people.

In addition, the Amethyst Winged Lion King is a sixth-level magical beast, and its flying speed is also very fast.

In addition, the man and the beast were flying at full speed, and there was nothing important along the way.

In less than ten days, a city in the desert, Mocheng,

He appeared in front of Xiao Ran.

Due to its proximity to the desert, the weather here is quite dry.

The scorching sun shines down from the sky, baking the earth and emitting heat waves, distorting people's vision.

At the city gate, a dozen armored soldiers holding spears shouted at passers-by entering the city to pay the entry tax.

Xiao Ran slowly approached with the purple-gold winged lion king, which was as big as two lions.

Is this Mocheng?

The angel investor should be in this city, right? I will get the map first, and then go to my eldest and second brothers' Motie Mercenary Group. How can I be a Dou Wang strongman without a maid?
And...and...

Just as Xiao Ran was thinking, he arrived at the city gate but was stopped by soldiers.

"Hey you……"

Before he could finish his words, the Amethyst Winged Lion King behind Xiao Ran growled.

When the soldier saw the blue monster following Xiao Ran closely, he was instantly stunned and swallowed hard.

Hearing the roar of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xiao Ran turned his head in thought.

"Quiet!"

Then he looked at the soldier and asked,

"What? What's the matter?"

A soldier who was obviously a sergeant stepped forward and pushed the soldier away.

He cursed: "How dare you offend the adults with your blind eyes!"

Then he quickly bowed and smiled at Xiao Ran.

"Sir, I'm sorry that you had a bad experience entering the city."

"That man just now was a temporary worker. Are you going into the city?"

"Would you like me to introduce our Mo City to you..."

Xiao Ran waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need."

Then he walked straight into the city gate. The Amethyst Winged Lion King turned his head and glared coldly at the soldier who had stopped Xiao Ran before.

Those eyes, without any emotion, frightened him so much that he trembled all over and almost wet his pants.

"Lion King, it's time for us to go. Don't waste time here." Xiao Ran's voice came.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King didn't say anything, then turned around and followed Xiao Ran.

This is the agreement between it and Xiao Ran. When meeting people, he usually tries to speak as little as possible.

In order to avoid being discovered that he is a sixth-level magical beast, because all magical beasts that have reached the sixth level can speak human language, so as to avoid causing other troubles.

After Xiao Ran left with the monster.

The soldiers at the door all breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear.

Although the superiors can blame the incident on the temporary workers, if they really anger that unknown strong man, will they still end up with good consequences?
The officer slapped the soldier's head hard.

"Damn it, be more careful next time!"

"That's because they don't bother with people like us."

"Yes! Boss, I, I was wrong!" the soldier said with tears in his eyes.

"Remember this from now on. If you can't tell the origin of someone, be more polite to them."

"We all get a fixed salary, the taxes we pay are to the city lord, but our lives are our own. Remember that?"

"Yes!"

……

As soon as he entered the city, Xiao Ran looked around. It took him almost half an hour to find out.
Finally we arrived at this map shop called 'Gutu'.

Go into the store,

The inside is not very spacious, but the two moonstones make the shop quite bright.

Xiao Ran swept his eyes across the shop, and it really fits the cold and deserted appearance of the Ice Emperor, it didn't look like a shop at all.

Behind the counter, an old man was carefully making a map with his head down. He was very old and had a head full of white hair.

Xiao Ran knew that this person was the target of his trip, the angel investor Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.

However, Xiao Ran did not make any noise to disturb him from making the map. His eyes scanned the maps on the counter one by one.

Finally, on a wooden shelf nearby, among a pile of yellowed maps, I found a palm-sized torn map.

Xiao Ran took it in his hand without saying anything, turned to the counter and asked,

"Shopkeeper, how much is this map?"

Hai Bodong raised his head slightly. There was a horrifying scar on his face from his left cheek to the corner of his eye.

Seeing the map in Xiao Ran's hand, he was slightly stunned.

"Have you seen this kind of map fragment before?"

Xiao Ran smiled and said, "This doesn't seem to be any of your business, right? How many gold coins are there for this map?"

Haibo Dongtai looked at Xiao Ran warily, then lowered his head and continued to make the map in his hand.

"Not for sale."

Xiao Ran was not angry at Hai Bodong's attitude, and said with a smile,

"Really? I didn't expect that the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, who was once famous in the Gama Empire, would hide in this small map shop."

Hai Bodong's expression was shocked, and the ink pen in his hand stopped abruptly.

His eyes were fixed on the large ink stain on the map. When he raised his head, a hint of coldness lingered in his cloudy eyes.

"Who are you anyway?"

While speaking, he lightly touched a spot on the table.
The open door closed with a bang.

Then, Hai Bodong stared at Xiao Ran with a sharp gaze, and a cold and powerful aura spread from his body.

Just as the cold aura was pressing down on Xiao Ran,
With a bang, the door was slammed open by a big claw.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King barely squeezed his head in.

"Fuck you, human! Why did you lock me out? I'm dying of the sun!"

Hai Bodong, who was about to take action, looked at the huge monster coming in, and his pupils shrank fiercely. His aura was instantly restrained, and he said in a trembling voice,

“Purple… Amethyst Winged Lion King?!”

When the Amethyst Winged Lion King heard Hai Bodong's voice, he turned his head.

Suddenly he was delighted.
"Oh, I didn't expect it to be Xiao Bing. I didn't expect to see you here."

"Hurry, hurry! This damn desert is so hot that it's almost killing me. Quickly release your ice fighting spirit and cool me down!"

Hai Bodong looked embarrassed and bowed to the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

"Lion King, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are not in the Monster Mountain Range. What are you doing here?"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King raised his head towards Xiao Ran.
"I came here with this human, so you don't have to worry about me."

Hai Bodong's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he turned around to look at Xiao Ran in astonishment.

He no longer dared to underestimate this young man in front of him, who seemed to be only at the level of a great fighting master.

With a solemn expression, he clasped his fists towards Xiao Ran.

"Young man, I am Hai Bodong from the Miter family of the Jiama Empire. I wonder who you are..."

Xiao Ran smiled and returned the greeting.
"Xiao Ran from the Xiao family!"

Xiao Ran's introduction was very simple, but Hai Bodong heard it.

The simpler it is, the more it explains the problem, and the more it explains the complexity behind Xiao Ran.

(End of this chapter)