"The remaining mercenaries are mostly martial artists, but this mercenary force couldn't even fight back against the attack of our new infantry legion in Silla City."

"The entire battle lasted less than ten minutes and ended with our infantry corps annihilating the vast majority of the mercenaries with zero casualties."

"The mercenary captain was also captured alive by Zijing."

Hearing Ye Feng say that, Luo Lin and Luo Qing were overjoyed.

The infantry corps of Silla Castle has been tested in battle, which is undoubtedly a great thing!

"Go find Chen He and Jiang Wei now, and interrogate those two survivors with them. See if you can get any information out of them," Ye Feng said.

"Yes, Ancestor!"

Rowling and Luo Qing nodded emphatically together.

Night Breeze strode towards his tent.

After entering the tent, Ye Feng eagerly awaited good news from Luo Qing and Luo Lin.

Before long, good news arrived.

That mercenary group was actually connected to the city lord of Huasheng City!

So Ye Feng immediately left the tent and strode towards the cell.

Upon arriving at the cell, Ye Feng was immediately greeted by a pungent smell of medicinal herbs, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Inside the cell, Chen He, Jiang Wei, Luo Lin, and Luo Qing all wore expressions of pain.

It was clear that they were also suffering from the pungent smell.

Even the Bauhinia tree is here.

Zijing was seen squatting in front of Xu Ping'an, pinching her nose and completely losing her composure. In front of Xu Ping'an was a small stove.

Some kind of liquid is bubbling and gurgling in the stove!

"Old Xu, what brings you here? What are you doing here?" Ye Feng asked, expelling the pungent smell by activating his protective inner energy.

Xu Pingan said with a smile, "Zijing asked me to come. She said that they were interrogating prisoners here and needed my help, so I came to give it a try."

Zijing said smugly, "See? I told you Old Xu's potion was really powerful. We haven't even used it on them yet, and those two guys have already confessed everything!"

Upon hearing Zijing's words, Chen He, Jiang Wei, Luo Lin, and Luo Qing all rolled their eyes.

Night Breeze said irritably, "This smell is almost unbearable, how can they not confess?"

Xu Pingan chuckled and said, "Doesn't that further prove that my medicine is effective? I don't even need to give it to them; just letting them smell it is enough to break down their psychological defenses!"

The night wind felt utterly helpless.

Why is it that none of the people gathered around me are serious?

"Ancestor, this is part of the intelligence the mercenary captain just gave us. Please take a look." Rowling frowned, enduring the pungent smell of the herbs, and presented the statement to Ye Feng with both hands.

Night Breeze then took the statement from Rowling's hand and read it carefully.

The confession was brief, but very valuable.

The mercenary captain, named Chen Gang, was from Huasheng City, and his subordinates were mostly martial artists from Huasheng City as well.

Their mercenary team was ordered by Li Huayun, the city lord of Huasheng City, to capture refugees.

After capturing refugees, the mercenary team would sell them to Li Huayun at a certain price.

Therefore, for these mercenaries, this is absolutely a risk-free and highly profitable business.

Most importantly, this isn't the first time this mercenary group has done this.

The mercenary team led by Chen Gang has been secretly serving Li Huayun for many years, at least eight years.

Over the years, he has sold more than 10,000 refugees to Li Huayun, making a fortune!

The question is, what does Li Huayun need so many refugees for?

"Is Huasheng City really short of labor?" Ye Feng asked.

Rowling shook her head and said with great certainty, "Huasheng City does not lack labor. Like Jiangxia City and Tianyu City, many commoners and serfs in Huasheng City cannot find work, and even making a living is a problem. Under such circumstances, how could Huasheng City lack labor?"

"Then why would Li Huayun, the city lord of Huasheng City, buy refugees from this mercenary group? And why has he been buying them for so many years, buying more than 10,000?" Ye Feng asked.

"I don't know about that." Rowling shook her head, her expression becoming somewhat confused.

Suddenly, Xu Ping'an frowned and said, "Lord City Lord, as far as I know, the most important and famous industry in Huasheng City is spiritual medicine."

"A elixir?" Ye Feng asked in confusion.

"Yes, Huasheng City is famous for producing all kinds of spiritual herbs. At least in the Southern Territory, Huasheng City has the largest quantity and the largest scale of spiritual herbs that are transported to various cities for sale every year."

"It is said that the city lord of Huasheng City has a special method for cultivating spiritual herbs, but no one knows exactly what this method is."

Upon hearing Xu Ping'an's words, a bold idea arose in the minds of everyone present.

Zijing immediately retorted, "Good heavens, could it be that the city lord of Huasheng City is using refugees to cultivate spiritual herbs?!"

Normally, Rowling would have already scolded Zijing.

But Rowling hasn't done that now.

Because Rowling herself thought the same way, Zijing was just expressing what she was thinking.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Feng asked, "What are the main types of spiritual herbs cultivated and sold in Huasheng City?"

"Huasheng City cultivates and sells over a hundred kinds of spiritual herbs, but the most important ones are Scattered Star Grass, Floating Cloud Flower, and Earth Blood Dragon Root."

Night Wind shook his head and said, "Then it's impossible to cultivate spiritual herbs using refugees. Whether it's Scattered Star Grass, Floating Cloud Flower, or Earth Blood Dragon Root, none of them can be cultivated with human flesh and blood, so don't think nonsense."

Hearing Ye Feng say this, Luo Lin and Luo Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief, as did Chen He and Jiang Wei.

Zijing frowned and said, "But if the spiritual herbs aren't cultivated using the flesh and blood of refugees, why would the city lord of Huasheng City spend money to buy so many refugees?"

"It's definitely not going to be used for anything productive," Xu Pingan said.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Feng said, "It seems necessary to make a trip to Huasheng City."

Zijing immediately said with great interest, "Great idea! Old Deng, I'll go with you!"

Last time, Zijing followed Yefeng to Jiangxia City to help the city lord Jiang Zhengzhong resolve the crisis brought by the Elder of Flesh and Blood.

This process, though extremely dangerous, was also incredibly exciting.

Zijing is almost starting to enjoy the feeling of traveling with Yefeng.

Night Breeze glared at Zijing with annoyance and said, "Do you think I went to Huasheng City for tourism? I have important business to attend to."

“Of course I know. It’s just about taking down the city lord of Huasheng City. I’ll help you with that,” Zijing said excitedly.