Ruthless Seeker

Ten days passed like this, and Gu Zhuo finally met the first group of people.

It was a small caravan with five carriages and about forty people. The carriages were full of goods, and the guards stood beside the carriages for protection.

Seeing this group of people, Gu Zhuo had an idea instantly.

"We can rely on this group of people to get familiar with the current situation in Xiaobian City."

The information about Xiaobian City that Gu Zhuo knew came from the old village chief.

The old village chief came to the village when he was young and never went out again. This information was also old stuff from decades ago. Who knows if it is still useful now.

Gu Zhuo took off his equipment and gave it to Liu Wu, leaving only some money, and then asked the corpses to hide far away.

There is a connection between the master and the corpse, so there is no need to worry about not finding the person, ugh! It's a corpse.

After finishing the arrangement, Gu Zhuo found a stick, and then smeared some mud on his face and body, pretending to be a person in distress, leaning on a cane and stumbling slowly towards the caravan.

"Stop! Who are you?" The guard immediately became alert when he saw Gu Zhu approaching, and asked with his knife.

"Sir, sir! I was originally a villager in a small village in the mountains. My village was destroyed by wild beasts! I am the only one who survived in the village. I hope you will be kind enough to take me to the nearest town." Gu Zhu cried.

"What does your death have to do with us? Leave quickly!" a guard said coldly.

Gu Zhu stamped his feet and begged, then grabbed the guard's hand and secretly stuffed some silver into his hand and said: "Sir, please be kind. This is all a tribute to you."

The guard felt the silver's face change, then silently put the silver into his arms and said: "Humph! I feel sorry for you, so I will help you report it."

After that, he walked towards the carriage in front, and a while later he brought a middle-aged man.

"This is our team leader Jia." The guard reminded.

"Hello, Sir Jia!" Gu Zhu hurriedly greeted.

"No need to do that. I heard from Xiao Zhan that you are the young man in trouble?" The middle-aged man looked at Gu Zhuo.

"Yes, sir!" Gu Zhuo said quickly.

"We are just about to go to Xiaobian City. If you want to go with us, you can come as a coolie. You will be provided with food but no wages."

"Okay! I agree. Thank you! Thank you!" Gu Zhuo thanked him quickly.

"Then we must start working today. Looking at your current condition, you can go get some spare dry food later." The middle-aged man said.

After Gu Zhuo got the dry food and had a full meal, the middle-aged man emphasized a few precautions, and then Gu Zhuo was arranged to be responsible for chopping wood and making fire every day.

This is not an easy job. Gu Zhuo and the other two coolies are responsible for the wood needed for the meals of more than 40 people, and it is not easy to make a fire when it is wet.

Under the leadership of the steward, Gu Zhuo met the other two colleagues.

The two young men, one named Feng Er and the other named Li Ya, who was a mute, were called mute by everyone.

"Hey! Brother, we'll work together in the future." Feng Er greeted him generously.

The mute also nodded to Gu Zhuo.

"Please take care of me in the future!" Gu Zhuo bowed in return.

"I heard that your village was... in trouble, and then you escaped?" Feng Er originally wanted to open the topic with this, but found it a bit offensive halfway through.

"Yes... they were all killed, and only I escaped by luck." Gu Zhuo lowered his head and showed a depressed mood when he heard these words.

"Hey... we are all miserable people! It's okay, you will be safe in our caravan. The guards of our caravan are all masters. Many wild beasts along the way were easily solved by them." Feng Er sighed and comforted.

The mute also nodded in affirmation.

"Then I'm relieved."

...

When chopping wood, each of the three of them received an axe.

The axe looked weathered. The axe handle had become smooth after constant friction, and the blade was no longer sharp. It was not easy to use, but it could be used.

"Hey!" Feng Er took the axe and split a piece of wood into two halves, then put the split wood aside, and then looked at the half-chopped wood next to him, and he exhaled deeply.

"When will this day end? I must leave this damn place in the future." Feng Er sighed.

He turned around and looked at the mute and Gu Zhuo.

The mute also had more than half of the task, but he was still chopping wood honestly without saying anything.

Feng Er looked at Gu Zhuo again, and he was shocked if he didn't look. He widened his eyes instantly, because Gu Zhuo had almost finished chopping.

"No, buddy." Feng Er was surprised to see Gu Zhuo put the wood, then chop it, and then continue to put the wood, without stopping at all.

"Hahaha, I have good physical strength since I was a child." Gu Zhuo saw Feng Er's surprise, and laughed while chopping the last piece of wood.

"Alas, you are a natural woodcutter!" Feng Er sighed and scratched his head.

What was even more unexpected to Feng Er was that Gu Zhuo did not go to rest by himself, but came to Feng Er to help Feng Er chop wood.

"You are my brother!" Feng Er's affection for Gu Zhuo increased greatly, and he hugged Gu Zhuo directly.

Gu Zhuo pushed Feng Er away and held his forehead helplessly: "Hurry up and work!"

Feng Er also quickly took the axe and continued to chop wood.

With the help of Gu Zhuo, Feng Er quickly completed the target, and then he helped the mute chop wood.

"This time, the target was achieved so early, thanks to Brother Gu! You can rest early." Feng Er said gratefully.

The mute still nodded.

"It's all my duty." Gu Zhuo scratched his head and smiled.

Gu Zhuo quickly became familiar with Feng Er and the mute by being honest, kind and helpful.

"Listen to Brother Feng, you came here out of necessity?" Gu Zhuo asked.

"I'm just short of money. I'm just working here temporarily to make money. My goal is big!"

Feng Er instantly became interested when he heard this topic and said arrogantly.

"When I save enough money in the future, I will go to the Yu family's martial arts hall to learn a martial art, and then do justice. Maybe I can even become a practitioner and travel the world when I meet an opportunity...hahaha."

Feng Er became more and more excited as he spoke and gradually lost himself in fantasy.

Then he was awakened by a slap on the head by Manager Wang behind him.

Manager Wang wanted to come in to urge him, but when he came in, he saw Feng Er grinning at the sky.

"Stop daydreaming. Have you split the wood?" Manager Wang asked.

"Okay, okay, I'll move it to you now."

"Be quick!"

After Manager Wang left, Feng Er covered his head and looked at Gu Zhuo and the mute, and found that they were all laughing.

"Don't disbelieve me, I, Feng Er, will definitely become a hero." Feng Er said with a red face and unconvinced.

"What is a cultivator?" Gu Zhuo asked with pretended curiosity.

"You may not know in the village, but cultivators are very powerful. Some of them can fly, some can hide underground, and have great power." Feng Er said with yearning.

Then he leaned close to Gu Zhuo's ear and whispered: "I have seen a cultivator who rolled up a hurricane with a wave of his hand. It's really scary."

"That should be a cultivator of the wind path." Gu Zhuo thought calmly in his heart, but his face showed a surprised expression.