Chapter 313 - Dongxian Family Retaliates (1/2)
A man dressed in luxurious robes stood tall with his chest pushed out, his face stoic and proud. At this moment, his right hand was raised high in the air.
”I swear by the Dongxian Family's name, that we have absolutely nothing to do with this incident! If it is found otherwise, I am willing to step down as the head of the Dongxian Family!”
Town Lord Dongwei sat in his seat just a few metres away, a solemn expression on his face as he scrutinised every little movement made by Master Dongxian.
The silence in the room lasted for a good few moments, with the two simply staring at each other.
Eventually, Town Lord Dongwei was the one to break the silence. ”I understand, you may leave now.”
”Understood, I pray that Town Lord Dongwei apprehends the culprit as soon as possible, so that my name can finally be cleared!” Master Dongxian clasped his fists before walking out of the room.
The door closed behind Master Dongxian, and Town Lord Dongwei immediately let out a deep sigh.
He had received a huge number of complaints from various townsmen, calling out the Dongxian Family for allegedly drugging young girls and smuggling them out of Bog Town.
Just before this, they had even brought the weak young girls to his place as proof.
He understood that many of these townsmen were probably part of the secret organisation Blazing Wings – the same organisation that had been causing troubles for him all this while.
However, this time their complaints were not without grounds.
When Town Lord Dongwei heard about what happened, he really wanted to get to the bottom of it as well.
Unfortunately, there was simply not enough evidence to link the incident to the Dongxian Family.
The girls who had been drugged remembered nothing about the ones who kidnapped them, while the captured traders were only able to produce a communication mark that received no response from the other end.
All they had was the traders' verbal statement, stating that it was the Dongxian Family that had hired them.
And unsurprisingly, Master Dongxian flatly denied having anything to do with the trade whatsoever.
In such a situation where they were sorely lacking in terms of evidence, Town Lord Dongwei had no choice but to let Master Dongxian go.
Damn it!
He slammed his fist on the surface of his desk.
He had always known that the noble famliies were growing more and more arrogant in their actions, but to think that they would have fallen to such a depraved state!
They simply did not know their limits!
Town Lord Dongwei lifted his communication ring to his face. ”Master Dongran, I have nothing on Master Dongxian for now, so all I can do is to wait for my men to complete their investigation. Were you able to find out anything on your side?”
It did not take long before Master Dongran responded. ”I have nothing either. All I managed to get is what you told me earlier.”
”It can't be helped then. But leaving that matter aside, my men managed to confirm something because of this incident. The Radiant Raven Sect has sent an emissary. They really are involved in this matter.”
”…What does Town Lord Dongwei plan to do about this? Will you be informing the Divine Storm Sect?”
”That's what I intended to do. But after hearing that the emissary was the one who stopped the fight, I am thinking of observing the situation a little longer. After all, this could mean that he actually did not want to see fighting happen among the townsmen,” Town Lord Dongwei answered. ”What does Master Dongran think?”
”A wise choice. If the Radiant Raven Sect means us no harm, it would be best not to provoke them. In the meantime, I will get my men to investigate.”
”I will be depending on you then, Master Dongran.”
”It's my duty.”
***
By the time Lu Tianzi returned to the Dongran Residence, dusk had already fallen.
After sparring a little with Nanlan Qianxue at her request, Lu Tianzi returned to his room to check out his spoils from the earlier battle.
Zuomin Ta had two halberds in his possession, one at the Primary Origin Core rank and one at the Peak Essence Condensation rank, the latter probably being a spare just in case.
Apart from that, there was a cultivation technique and a halberd combat technique manual in his spatial ring, along with quite a number of pills and low ranked beast cores.
But what attracted Lu Tianzi's attention the most were two raven bracelets that Zuomin Ta had been wearing on his wrists, as well as a jade slip that contained just a small amount of information.
These two raven bracelets were actually Origin Core rank treasures!
Excited at the unexpected haul, Lu Tianzi examined them carefully. After a quick investigation, he figured that these raven bracelets were a pair, and would only work when both of them were worn at the same time.
They were similar to beast cores in the sense that they contained Slaughter Essence energy. But the difference lay in the fact that unlike ordinary beast cores, these bracelets were constantly absorbing World Origin Energy to replenish the pool of energy within.
After storing up a certain amount, the user would then be able to tap on this external source of Essence energy, bursting forth with a sudden surge of strength far beyond what he was originally capable of.
So this was how Zuomin Ta's strength surged suddenly during his last strike…
Lu Tianzi grinned in satisfaction before putting them on.
These raven braclets would probably be a good trump card to fall back on in times of emergency!
Next, Lu Tianzi moved on to the unknown jade slip.
Unlike the other jade slips that he had seen, this one did not contain a whole chunk of information. Instead, it only contained a short paragraph along with a simple image, an amount of information which honestly did not require a jade slip to store.
But this short paragraph was enough to make Lu Tianzi fall into deep thought.
It detailed the layout of Bog Town and its surroundings, the secret code needed to enter Blazing Wings, as well as what the emissary from the Radiant Raven Sect was supposed to do upon arrival in Bog Town.
'Upon arrival, check for allegiance of the Blazing Wings leader. If he passes, help initiate the final phase of the plan.'
It seemed that with his identity as the emissary from the Radiant Raven Sect, this Zuomin Ta was supposed to act as the catalyst to spark off the Blazing Wings' plan.
As for what the plan actually was, it was not written in the jade slip.
Lu Tianzi did not know how much Zuomin Ta has already achieved, but he was not too concerned either.