Walker Of The Worlds

A mixture of fear and stress could be seen on the faces of everyone that was currently present there. It was not just because of the dead mercenary, but because of the mercenary company that he belonged to. The Ashen Cloak mercenary company was considered to be the strongest mercenary company.

Although it was not the biggest one, it did have the largest amount of cultivators in it than any other mercenary company. Their elite teams were considered to be the best and had the highest success rate than any other mercenary company.

They were also the only mercenary company that actually had the backing of a Nascent soul realm cultivator. No one knew who this backer was, but they knew better than to offend them. Because of this, even the cultivation sects were respectful to them and actually employed them in certain matters.

An elite team of mercenaries usually had around seven people, all of whom were cultivators. Some of them were even led personally by the higher-ups of the mercenary company. These were people who were actually core condensation realm cultivators themselves.

Exactly because of this, everyone was afraid. Teng Xiaolian and his team knew that they perhaps had the same strength as that of this team. But if even this team had died, they could not help but imagine if the same would happen to them.

But even still, they knew that they could not just let this go and would have to investigate it. The mercenaries had their own code of conduct, which they followed. They would help out their comrades if the need so arose and inform their higher-ups.

Their current situation was already stressful, as most of the higher-ups were on missions, while the others would take a long time to respond. Thus all they could rely on right now was themselves.

"We have to investigate this." Hao Xiao was the first one to break the silence.

"Are you sure it would be wise?" Hong Luo spoke.

Teng Xiaolian and the others gritted their teeth in hesitation. They knew that while they were afraid, if they didn't investigate this and went against their code, they would lose all their respect and reputation.

For a mercenary, if there was something that was above money, it was their respect and reputation. For it was this very thing that allowed them to receive jobs. It was also because of this that they were trusted and employed. If they lost it, there would be nothing they could do.

"We will wait till the morning and see if Zhou Ye wakes up. We will have to talk to him and get to know what exactly happened. Unless we do that there is no point in further discussing this." Teng Xiaolian spoke.

After saying this, Teng Xiaolian looked around and made sure that everyone understood his words. Seeing that no one seem to be objecting, he nodded his head.

Lin Mu could see the benefit in waiting till the morning, thus he had nothing to say. And besides this, he had not said that he was going to take part in their investigation. It was fine for him to save Zhou Ye, but he was not going to help them unless he got something in return.

Teng Xiaolian looked at Hong Luo and then at Lin Mu. He let out a breath before speaking.

"Brother Lin Mu, if it comes to it, will you be willing to help us? Fear not, we will ensure that proper remuneration is paid to you."

Hong Lou's eyes lit up a little bit, and he turned to Lin Mu as well.

help. We don't have many people and if you help us, I'm sure the Ashen Cloak

two men in silence and did not speak.

do you think, senior?" Lin Mu

from Zhou Ye first. He should awaken in the morning. While he won't be fully healed,

before thinking of his

Ye will wake up in the morning, we will decide after talking with him." Lin Mu replied to

acceptable. In fact, Teng Xiaolian preferred that they do this in this way. He had not forgotten about Lin Mu's background, thus if it was indeed something extremely dangerous, he himself

long for the morning. The sun should be up in four more hours." Teng

be awake by then." Hong

The man in question Zhou Ye had already been taking by a couple of the common mercenaries to a tent so that

up quite a lot of your spirit qi. I offer that you rest in a tent, we

for a second

on that."

nearby mercenaries that

brother Lin Mu to a proper tent for resting." He

The mercenaries

as Hong Lou's and he had no problem standing upright. There was a bed kept in the corner and a lamp hung in the center of the tent. The rest of the tent was empty unlike Hong Lou's which was littered with

who had escorted him stood guard outside its entrance. Lin Mu went ahead and sat down on the bed and let out a

~sigh~

this would

all. He had barely used a hundred wisps of spirit qi, thus was not as exhausted as the others had thought. But since Hong Luo had offered him this, he decided he may as

will. Most people would be in the same position." Xukong spoke in a

injuries on the dead mercenary. While he had not seen it for much longer than a couple of seconds, he

with the

what way?" Xukong

unnatural or perhaps abnormal, it makes me

indeed strange. You should perhaps take a closer look, maybe I can guess what it is." Xukong

raised his brows in thought and then

Senior. Let's check it out." Lin Mu replied

opened the flap of the tent and saw the two

need anything, sir?"

the dead Ashen cloak