Chapter 475 “Crisis Within the Ancient Forest (p1)”

This was no small-scale hunting party that has set up camp here. From her initial assessment, A’bone could easily discern there are plenty of soldiers from North Qing based on their armor as well as numerous mercenaries of differing banners

These people are undoubtedly here to hunt because their greedy and excited faces said no otherwise. What’s more, their weapons are still soaked in blood from handling the dead animals that’s piled up nearby.

But the large number of her friends being slain wasn’t the most shocking though, A’bone’s been used to the sight of death due to her upbringing. What did catch her off guard was the roast currently tide to the bonfire. Though it’s been skinned by now, she could still immediately recognize the creature with one glance; it’s Flower, the very same Iron Leopard who painstakingly raised her from childhood!

Tears came pouring down like a waterfall as her fist clenched into a tight ball of popping veins. She wanted to rush in, rush in to kill those monsters who took someone of great importance to herself! However, before she could take action, a slender hand had suddenly come from behind and covered that muffled mouth of hers.

“Calm down.” Ye Ling Yue makes a quieting gesture with her other hand, trying hard to stop the struggling girl from moving.

But as someone whose been overwhelmed with hatred and shock, there’s no way A’bone could remain calm under these circumstances. In the end, Ling Yue could only knock her friend out before sneaking away.

First and foremost, she had to gain some distance to avoid detection. With that achieved, Ling Yue immediately crawled up to the highest tree she could find and tasked Little Squeak to watch over the unconscious girl less she does anything rash when she wakes. Only with everything done did she return to the camp in secret.

Although she still doesn’t know the origins of these people, just the fact that they would slaughter even the cubs without remorse was enough for her to place them into the evil camp.

However, logic told her that with simply four of their strength together would mean nothing, they couldn’t take on so many at once.

In any case, she must first figure out the other side’s objective before taking the next step. Luckily several of the mercenaries were chatting quite loudly, giving her ample room to eavesdrop in on their conversation.

“This hunt sure is profitable. Let’s not mention the Kai Jian Manor’s reward for this venture, just these fur and spirit cores alone would be enough to net us a huge profit.”

“Isn’t that right? I heard it was the second son of Lord Kai Jian who suffered at the hands of a female savage in this jungle when he was out hunting, that’s why they are spending such a huge sum to hire us all.”

“I heard that the female savage is quite amazing with her ability to control the beasts here, just that she’s currently not here at the moment. I wonder what sort of reaction she would make once she learns of what happened to her animal companions.”

“What is there to be afraid of? This time we came fully prepared. Not only did the Kai Jian Manor employ a large number of us mercenaries, they also hired several reincarnation masters as well as two eight cauldron alchemists too. If that savage does return, it will only end poorly for her.”

Likely able to small the smell of the roast next to their bonfire, some of the mercenaries gladly began to dig into poor Flower’s flesh.

Kai Jiang Manor?

Spending a minute to look back into her memories, Ling Yue could vaguely recall that the pair of siblings she encountered in the Tai Yi School was also members of this supposed Kai Jiang Manor. However, she also remembered the He Lao brothers mentioning that those two were merely children born of the concubine and not of the main wife.

But no matter, regardless of this second son being of the main wife or not – likely was – Ling Yue won’t let any of them off the hook. They are too ruthless and their sins are inexcusable for what they’ve done here.

Not long after returning to the entrance with A’bone in hand, Ling Yue didn’t need to wait long for Lan Caier and Jin Wu Monster to show up as well. It would appear the two also saw the traces of poachers even at the outer perimeter so she didn’t need to explain much in terms of details.

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