37 Chapter 37 – Planning Ahead (1/2)
After leaving few miles away from the stronghold, Zhu Xuan calmed a little and moved his horse to the front of the group.
He reached by their side in his horse and told them ”I know you are confused of my actions and you will understand after what I have to say. Of course I'm only making conjectures based on what I have heard and observed, but I believe I'm not far from the truth. I also have few requests that I need your help with and only you both do it. I hope you can help me.”
Wang Siblings looked at him with a questioning look, waiting for an explanation.
Zhu Xuan showed them four scrolls and few white stones that he already kept in his pouch and asked ”But first, Can you tell me whether these are the scrolls and strange stones you practiced?”
Both of them are shocked to see this in Zhu Xuan's hand. Wang Shuang answered with a shocked face ”Yes these are the same language as the scrolls but we practiced only one of it, and these stones are the ones Qinyang used to absorb the spirit energy.”
Zhu Xuan said ”As I thought. I believe this situation is not as simple as we think.”
Wang Shuang asked ”Young master Xuan what do you mean?”
Zhu Xuan started explaining with a serious tone ”I believe these people are strong to the extent they can go against the powerhouses of an entire city and eradicate them, may even be able to go against the power of a kingdom. And, once they find out about what happened in the stronghold they will definitely try to find the people behind it and might even try to kill everyone to destroy all evidence of their actions.”
Both Wang Shuang and Wang Qinyang were shocked to hear such a conclusion from Zhu Xuan. Wang Qinyang kept silent while thinking whereas Wang Shuang asked ”Why did you come to such a conclusion Young master Xuan?”
Zhu Xuan continued his explanation ”Think about it Young master Shuang, even though they seem like bandits on the outside, their actions are like a well trained army. Moreover, even though they know you both are from Wang clan, they still imprisoned and made you practice their technique. The reason could by either these bandits are crazy to offend your clan, or the power behind them is so powerful that they don't mind infuriating a powerful clan like yours. And I strongly believe the reason is the later.”
Wang Siblings thought back to how Blood claw bandits acted when they were imprisoned and brought back to the stronghold. They had scouts, patrols and acted very organised and looked out for each other, nothing like bandits at all.
First, they also thought the bandits are just crazy following someone orders when they have been captured and imprisoned even after knowing their backgrounds, and even thought the bandits are working for their enemy clans from the city to imprison them. But after Zhu Xuan's explanation, they also started believing his conjectures.
Zhu Xuan finally said in a grave tone ”What I'm most afraid of is, if they are a normal clan or organization, I don't think they will follow up too much when they find out what happened in the stronghold. But, they are clearly using bandits as a cover to capture people and experimenting on them with these techniques. They are clearly secretive and don't want the information to be revealed to the outside world. What do you think they will do if they find out what happened and all of the prisoners have escaped with their information?”
Wang siblings face went pale when Zhu Xuan concluded his thoughts. Now they understood the gravity of their situation.
It took them a while to calm down, and then they remembered he had a request for them. So they believed he must have an plan and asked ”You said you have some requests for us. May we know what Young master Xuan want us to do?”
Zhu Xuan said with a serious tone ”I want you both to escort all of them to the Great Tree village whatever happened, and I also asked the people who are protecting the group to stay with the injured people in the village for ten days and then can follow you back to the city if they are willing. I hope you can take them as your subordinates if any of them are willing to follow you.”
Wang Shuang smiled and said ”Of course Young master Xuan. You don't need to ask us, we will definitely escort them to the village and we are planning to ask them anyway to follow us.”