Seth realized that things were not so simple as they seed to be. Sothing was telling him that the fact they were secretly transporting slaves inside the Desolate Scorching Wasteland, was sothing he had to investigate or maybe he would be losing the biggest opportunity to quickly find his enemies.
He also noticed that things were so well done, that not even strong cultivators would be able to notice so many normal practitioners being transported out, since they didn't emit energy fluctuations.
"We are going to follow them." He said for Lan Xue, in a low voice only she would be able to hear.
She looked towards him, not understanding what he was planning and why he was saying that, but when she was about to ask sothing, the man who was announcing the recruitnt, suddenly stopped as if he had been electrocuted by a lightning bolt.
It was as if his body and mind had stopped working, frozen on the screen where only Lan Xue's doll-like appearance existed.
Suddenly, he jumped off the platform and approached Seth and Lan Xue. While doing so, he used his Qi to scan on both Seth and Lan Xue and noticed it returned nothing for him, aning that they could either be stronger than him, or they didn't have any cultivation at all. But that didn't matter for now..
Lan Xue's hand suddenly moved at a lightning speed to stop him, but Seth grabbed her hand quickly, not letting her attack. At the sa ti, he entered between her and the announcer that was already near them, not giving Lan Xue the chance to chastise him from touching her.
"Stop! Who are you? What do you want from my Young Lady?" Seth started to act like he was a guard for Lan Xue.
The man suddenly stopped in front of Seth and gave him a complete and deep look, even before he thought of introducing himself, so guards from the Scorching Trade Group were already approaching and standing behind his back.
"Hello. I'm one of the rich rchant leaders of the Scorching Trade Group, Theodor; and you are...?" The man expected to see a reaction on Lan Xue's face, but there was none. He had purposely told them his important high status, trying to impress her.
Up close, it was easy to realize that the man was not a pure human. He seed to be half human and half demon, since he had so small demonic characteristics on his face.
"I'm Seth, Lady Lan's bodyguard."
Lan Xue furrowed her eyebrows, but didn't say anything.
"Lady Lan? I've never heard of you before. Where are you from?" He said while looking at Lan Xue, but she didn't reply him at all.
The man was a bit displeased by Seth's behavior of blocking his path, but he tried to be the most cordial possible, since he didn't know their background yet.
"We are nobles from the Blue Breeze Country."
"Oh? Blue Breeze? Welco to the Yellowstone Pass city. I am the one responsible for recruiting valiant rcenaries to help my group transporting so supplies for a very important client of ours. I'm actually forming the caravan right now. Are you perhaps interested in joining us?"
"Oh? Sorry but my Young Lady is not interested in taking part in dangerous activities."
"Are you sure? We are paying a hefty sum of Skystones for..."
"I'm sorry Mr. Theodor, but we don't need any money."
"Is that so? Then how about coming as a guest?" Theodor insisted on recruiting them sohow, even if it ant just bringing them along as guests. He was being a bit hasty on his actions, even though he had already realized he was dealing with people that were probably stronger than him. His rchant eyes were able to realize the confidence those two emitted and that's why he didn't give the guards any orders.
Theodor was a Profound Qi peak-stage cultivator and since his initial scan returned nothing, Seth and Lady Lan would at least be Qi Transformation Realm practitioners. But because they appeared to be too young, their status must at least be quite shocking at the Blue Breeze Country. However, he didn't bother with that, since he had so helpers that were very strong and he would be counting on them later.
"Guests? Hm... The Young Lady had said she wanted to observe the Desolate Scorching Wasteland, but I planned on contracting a proper guide to bring us there."
"That's it! Don't worry, I can guide you to through the Desolate Scorching Wastelands! We are going to deliver so goods to a relatively safe location, so you can co along if you want. Don't worry, I won't even charge anything from the both of you."
"Hm... That's interesting. What do you think Young Lady?" Seth asked Lan Xue, who looked at him like she wanted to bury him underneath right now.
Lan Xue didn't know why Seth had stopped to hear all that bullshit, why he was so interested on that and how things reached the point they are. But since she knew this whole mission was more important for him than anything, she decided to follow his lead.
"Good."
A simple word from her, was enough to make Theodor feel like he had won the lottery.
"Then it is decided! We are going to leave soon after we complete the recruitnt. Let guide you to my carriage, where we can..."
"Mr. Theodor, I'm sorry to say it, but my Young Lady likes to travel alone and in a peaceful condition."
Seth suddenly approached him and said in a low voice: "She loves to sleep when traveling, so it would be better if you could provide a private carriage for her travel. Don't worry about the driver, I can do that nial job."
Theodor nodded after noticing that what Seth had said made sense. While observing Lady Lan, he was able to realize she was a woman of few words, but inwardly, he was already thinking about the fact she would be soon letting her voice out for only him to hear.
"Excuse then, I have to finish my job here. Please go to the Scorching Trade Group headquarters. There will be a person there waiting to guide you to the place we are going to depart from."
"Alright."
After that, Theodor and his guards went back inside a build located behind the platform. There were so guards outside, in charge of registering the practitioners that were signing in for the job.
Seth didn't undo his Soul Sense, so when Theodor entered his office alone and activated a Sound Transmit Formation, he was still able to hear everything.
After the formation connected, from the other side, a male voice suddenly asked: "How are things going? They are already getting impatient."
"Don't worry, we are going to leave from Yellowstone Pass in about two to three hours. However, this ti I will need sothing from you."
"Hm? What is it? You know we can't be careless, right?"
"Don't worry, it is not a task that requires you to personally act. There are going to be two more individuals coming along this ti and I think they are Qi Transformation cultivators. You could use that precious pet of yours to deal with it, since I know it must be hungry for so more snacks. And on top of that..."
"Ah, I understand. I will give you a hand on that matter, but you know the price."
"Don't worry. I will pay you twice that price." Theodor said.
"Good."
Their discussion didn't give too much information about who they were or what they were going to do, but Seth was able to hear about so interesting things. His suspicions were telling him that sothing with this was off, but he didn't dare raise his hopes.
No one was able to find the Cerberus Clan until now, but Seth realized that it was because Velgor probably controlled the flux of information on the whole Demon Territory. But he knew that the Cerberus Clan needed guinea pigs to conduct their experints and repeating the sa process they did with his village back then, was out of question. So, the situation with the Scorching Trade Group, kind of fell from the heaven for him, else he would have to manually search for them through the whole Wasteland.
While they were heading to the Scorching Trade Group headquarters, Lan Xue kept analyzing so of Seth's actions. She had no way to know about what he was doing or why, but through the way he acted, she felt like he had acquired so crucial information from that situation that happened before. But, how...?
Scenes from the Glazed Lake stone Yushui had shown them, kept flashing inside her head, making Lan Xue realize she knew few things to nothing about Seth. Lan Xue was here as his partner, not only because it was a trade and a repaynt from saving his grandmother, but because she genuinely felt gratitude. But that didn't an she wouldn't try to discover more things about him and use it for her advantage or protection later. After all, in her conception, they were partners and not friends.
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