Chapter 311 - Emissary from the Radiant Raven Sect (1/2)

”What?” Aged Crow was shocked as he rushed up the horse carriage. ”Let me take a look!”

Blazing Dragon had only told them that this was an important trade for the Dongxian Family, but he never mentioned anything about the goods being transported.

To think that the Dongxian Family was actually smuggling young girls out of Bog Town!

Aged Crow was not the only one who was shocked either.

Everyone present, be it Lu Tianzi, the hundreds from the Blazing Wings, the mercenary groups, or even the young lady and the rest of the traders, all of them turned towards the horse carriage in alarm.

Lu Tianzi did not hesitate to stretch his perception over to investigate.

Now that a box had been opened, the concealing formation seemed to have lost its effect, and he could easily see what was within the open box.

Lying in the large box was a young girl at the Primary Essence Building realm, probably around thirteen to fourteen years of age. She had her eyes closed and remained completely still despite the racquet, seeming to be in a deep slumber.

But with his expertise in poison, Lu Tianzi knew instantly that she had been drugged.

Aged Crow went up the horse carriage and personally opened up the other five boxes, only to be greeted with a similar sight each time.

”Shit!” Aged Crow could not help but curse out in anger.

He jumped out of the horse carriage and stomped over to the young lady who was still sitting on the ground. Grabbing her by the collar, Aged Crow forcibly lifted her to her feet. ”How dare you assholes do such things? Do you have no sense of empathy for others?!”

”I-I had no idea either!” the young lady stuttered. ”I didn't know! I really wasn't told what was in the boxes!”

”As if I would believe you!” Aged Crow slapped her across the face, sending her tumbling to the ground once more. ”And you mercenaries! Take a good look! This is what you were about to sacrifice your lives to protect! If we weren't here to stop you, you would have been part of this wretched plan to smuggle girls out of Bog Town! Shame on you!”

Jue and the rest of the mercenaries remained silent at his accusation.

All of them had been stunned speechless by the sudden turn of events, and simply had no words to retort.

”Let me see…” Jue's voice was weak as he slowly trodded towards the horse carriage.

Lu Tianzi released the pressure that he had been applying on everyone, but remained on high alert. He, too, wanted to find out just what was going on here.

According to Blazing Dragon, this was a trade that involved the Dongxian Family.

Did this mean that one of the noble families of Bog Town was into the trade of human trafficking?

Or was this a setup by Blazing Dragon to turn public opinion against the noble families?

Before confirming things, Lu Tianzi dared not jump to conclusions.

As an outsider, he was probably the one who knew the least about the relations connecting each influence within Bog Town. His best course of action now was probably to take a sideline while the rest of them figure things out.

Aged Crow did not stop Jue, and the latter quickly made his way to the horse carriage.

The moment he got onto the horse carriage, he felt his knees go weak.

Indeed, lying in each of the six large boxes was a young girl. All of them were at the Primary Essence Building realm and not past the age of fourteen.

This was what he had signed up for?

The masked man was right. If the horse carriage had not been stopped here, he would have ended up contributing to this wretched scheme!

No, that's not all.

This was not the first time he had seen similar jobs posted for mercenary groups. Just how long had this been going on in the past?

But if this had been going on for a while, then how could there not be any reports made about all these missing girls?

Those damned nobles… they had been suppressing the news!

To be able to suppress news of such magnitude, just what had they done to the families of the missing young girls?

When Jue finally stepped out of the horse carriage, his expression was blank, and he seemed to have lost the light in his eyes.

”Satisfied now?” Aged Crow questioned.

Jue ignored Aged Crow, walking past him and over to the rest of the Iron Claw Brigade. ”We are leaving.”

”Captain…” Xing muttered with eyes filled with worry.

This was the first time she had seen Jue with such a lost expression on his face.

Jue did not answer Xing either, simply turning around to leave.

The masked men surrounding them immediately readied their weapons upon seeing them approach, but Aged Crow gave the order to let them go.

”The rest of you can go as well, unless you are still in the mood to fight!” Aged Crow shouted to the rest of the mercenaries.

After a short moment of hesitation, the mercenary groups started leaving one by one.

Seeing that they were finally allowed to leave, the young lady who was in charge of the trading team quickly scrambled to her feet. But before she could take another step, Aged Crow stepped in front of her to block her way.

”You are staying,” Aged Crow's tone was as cold as ice. ”Only the mercenaries are allowed to leave! We will be bringing the traders back with us for questioning!”

Hearing that, the young lady was hit by a sudden spell of giddiness.

Who knew what her fate would be after she was captured by these men?

”Seems like things are done here,” Lu Tianzi said to Aged Crow. ”Since that is the case, I will be taking my leave as well.”

”You aren't coming back with us, White Griffin?” Aged Crow asked in surprise.

”No,” Lu Tianzi shook his head. ”I've got other things to tend to.”

”I see,” Aged Crow nodded. ”Thank you for the help today. Because of you, we didn't suffer a single injury, and those mercenaries got to see just how wretched the town currently is!”

”Don't worry about it. If you find out anything, just let me know,” Lu Tianzi said before turning to leave.

As much as possible, he would like to avoid physical interactions with the Blazing Wings organisation. It was fine if there were no Origin Core realm martial artists around, but if there were any, they might be able to see through Lu Tianzi's true identity under the mask.

Just like the guy who had been watching from the shadows since the start.