Chapter 2697 - 2696: Vessel

The beggar syndicates are usually local bullies or influential figures. They abduct children from various places, then cripple them, taking some organs to create a pitiful appearance and elicit sympathy from passersby.

With such a begging strategy, they can earn more money, while the organs, such as the eyes and limbs removed from the children, are traded at high prices on the black market for huge profits.

Ling Feng had seen many such incidents on Earth, even in highly developed cities with advanced civilization and technology, beggars like these would appear, impossible to control or completely eradicate, let alone in the world of Jiu Zhou.

Ling Yao and Song Ruozhao both watched the children, their expressions quite similar.

Ling Yao, as the Ancient Goddess, has a kind heart and cannot bear to see such suffering in the Mortal World, especially the pain endured by children.

And Song Ruozhao probably has shadows left in his heart from the pain of losing a child a thousand years ago, so whenever he sees a child, he instinctively feels sympathy and sadness.

Originally, Ling Feng was accustomed to such phenomena and not inclined to meddle, even though he felt some sympathy for these children of the otherworld.

But when Ling Feng saw Song Ruozhao about to move, shaking with emotion, Ling Feng suddenly realized that Song Ruozhao also noticed that these beggar children were being controlled and forced onto the street to beg.

At the same time, Ling Feng saw Ling Yao’s face full of pity and compassion.

Ling Feng could only sigh: "Sigh, really can’t help you guys, now we can’t even keep a low profile anymore."

Song Ruozhao had already walked over and picked up a child who had lost both legs. The child’s eyes were somewhat vacant, staring blankly at Song Ruozhao, after a long silence finally squeezing out a sentence:

"Please spare some money, please spare some money..."

Song Ruozhao’s heart ached, as if the scene of watching his own child die reappeared before his eyes. He looked at the beggar child who could only repeat one sentence, and a few hot tears dropped from his eyes.

It’s worth knowing that reaching Song Ruozhao’s level of cultivation, his mental state is already very strong, rarely touched by things, yet now he is shedding tears for a beggar child on the roadside.

Sure enough, as Song Ruozhao picked up the beggar, the big man who was sitting on a chair drinking suddenly stood up and walked over to Song Ruozhao.

The big man grabbed Song Ruozhao’s shoulder fiercely and said viciously: "Where did you come from, kid? Don’t you know the rules? Or do you just want to cause trouble?"

"If you don’t want this child to lose his hands as well, put him down and get lost!" the big man threatened.

"Sigh." Ling Feng sighed, thinking who you should provoke, why do you have to provoke him? Even if you provoke me, I can endure it, but that guy is decisive in killing.

Song Ruozhao slowly turned back, grimly asking: "Was it you who chopped off this child’s legs?"

The big man sneered: "Who else? Don’t you know the beggar industry here belongs to our boss? Know your place and get out!"

"Outsider, right? No matter how powerful you are outside, when you get to Western Iron City, you’d better shrink back and not try to be a hero!"

Around them, several more big men approached, surrounding Song Ruozhao. Seeing another "hero" looking to make trouble, passersby shook their heads and walked away.

Song Ruozhao didn’t even glance at the other big men, suddenly countless Sword Qi appeared around him, slicing all those big men into pieces, and the big man holding Song Ruozhao’s shoulder had his arm chopped off instantly.

"Ah!" The big man painfully clutched his bleeding arm and collapsed to the ground. He looked at Song Ruozhao with fear, as if encountering a Devil, he hadn’t even seen Song Ruozhao’s actions earlier.

"Who is your boss? Tell me his name, and I’ll let you die quickly!" Song Ruozhao said maliciously.

The big man was too frightened to speak, Song Ruozhao thought again, and two more Sword Qi flew out, severing the big man’s legs.

"Ku Zhen! Our boss is called Ku Zhen!" The big man finally couldn’t endure the pain and shouted, only to pass out the next moment, with such severe flesh wounds, survival was already impossible.

The surrounding passersby had long been scared away by this bloody scene, and even the beggar children were no longer vacant, but stared blankly at Song Ruozhao.

Ling Feng went over to carefully examine the children’s physical conditions and said calmly: "No major harm, the wounds from disabilities have long healed, now it’s just malnutrition."

Ling Feng didn’t want to interfere, but seeing Ling Yao pity these children, he couldn’t help inspecting them.

There were already officers and soldiers from the defense rushing over, pointing weapons at Song Ruozhao, the officer shouted: "Sir, drop the child in your hands immediately, or we will take action."

The officer merely glanced at the corpses and nearly vomited, he hadn’t seen such a bloody scene for a long time, fearing even more the young man with the Sword in front of him.

The officer was still considering whether the people he brought were enough, but as a city guard officer, he absolutely couldn’t run away, the consequences of fleeing weren’t something he could bear.

Song Ruozhao didn’t put down the beggar child, merely stayed silent.

It was Ling Feng who stepped forward and said: "These bullies cripple the children, forcing them to beg on the streets for profit, don’t you guards know? Where’s the City Lord?"

The officer thought silently: Don’t know? How could we not know? But who dares to stick their head out? City Lord? In Western Iron City, Ku Zhen is the City Lord, who would dare provoke him must be tired of living.

But on the surface, the officer shouted: "These matters have nothing to do with you, who are you people, daring to make trouble in Western Iron City? Do you know how important this place is?"

Song Ruozhao laughed out loud: "These bullies commit evil, and you don’t dare manage, even colluding with them, so I’ll take charge!"

"Western Iron City is really carrying the good reputation of Dongfeng City to ruin! Today, I, Song Ruozhao, will enforce justice!"

Countless Sword Qi had already spread from Song Ruozhao, his swordsmanship cultivation had reached the Transcendent Realm, he himself was like an extremely sharp Longsword, able to release countless Sword Qi without personally wielding a sword.

Ling Feng, seeing matters about to deteriorate further, realized it was extremely unfavorable for their information gathering, quickly warned in a low voice: "Song Ruozhao, stop! If you kill these people, what about the future of these children? Can you take care of them for a lifetime?"

"You’ll only harm them, how will they live in the future?"

Ling Feng’s words were not only to dissuade Song Ruozhao, but also his own judgment.

Song Ruozhao looked at Ling Feng and laughed: "Hahaha? Future, take a good look if these children really have a future? Look closely at their heart positions?"

Ling Feng trembled in spirit, walked over to casually examine a child’s heart position, and found a faint light pulsing, Ling Feng opened his Divine Sense, discovering a Magic Artifact prototype within!

Ling Feng then examined other children, all were the same!

"Could it be... these children are all containers for the Time Artifact?!"