Chapter 2698 - 2697: Reaching an Agreement

Ling Feng slowly put down the child in his arms, his silhouette now appeared so desolate.

Ling Yao looked at those children, then looked at Ling Feng, her lips trembled, but ultimately she said nothing.

"Since that’s the case, kill all these cowardly city guards who fear power, only leave one alive for interrogation." Ling Feng’s harsh words squeezed out from his mouth.

Without needing Ling Feng to say more, countless sword lights from Song Ruozhao flew out, slaughtering all those city guards wielding laughable weapons.

Song Ruozhao laughed recklessly, as if these people were his enemies.

The one captain who survived threw down his weapon and fell to the ground, trembling at Song Ruozhao, who looked like a sword immortal, unable to utter a word.

Ling Feng was particularly skilled in these mind-reading techniques, he walked over and looked into the captain’s eyes, then put his left hand on his head.

Activating the mind spell, an ocean of information flooded into Ling Feng’s mind, he sifted through it to find useful information about the children, then flung the captain’s head aside.

The captain fell to the ground, not daring to say a word.

Ling Feng smiled at the captain, kindly said, "We won’t kill you, go back and tell those behind you, whether it be the City Lord or that more mysterious figure behind the scenes,"

"Just say that two troublemakers have come to Western Iron City because they’re displeased with you using children as containers. We’re very angry, so we decided to kill a few evildoers to vent,"

"If you wish to hinder us, feel free to come, the more the merrier, otherwise it’s likely we’ll sweep you all aside."

Ling Feng’s haunting words and kind demeanor seemed to the captain like the Devil whispering, as he crawled and rolled on the ground fleeing.

Ling Feng turned his head to see Song Ruozhao already squatting down examining the children’s injuries, but his constant checking only resulted in persistent head shaking.

"No need to check hard anymore, they’re all alright now. Their old injuries have long healed, it’s just mental trauma and malnutrition left," Ling Feng said to Song Ruozhao as he walked over.

Song Ruozhao shook his head, "I can’t imagine what torture these children went through. Unthinkably, thousands of years have passed, and this evil art of refining humans into artifacts still exists, having developed to such a situation..."

Ling Feng shook his head indifferently, "Yeah, it’s even formed into an industrial chain. Some might kidnap children, some might break their limbs, some might supervise street begging,"

"Some implant Magic Artifact prototypes into their bodies. Perhaps that Ku Zhen is the mastermind of this trade, he might have even bigger forces behind him, maybe the Human Race’s higher-ups know of this,"

"But for the Devil Clan’s war and their own power, nearly everyone tacitly allows these heinous acts to happen, and the ultimate sufferers are these innocent children and their parents..."

Song Ruozhao turned to Ling Feng, although Ling Feng had an indifferent expression, Song Ruozhao still picked up a slight trace of well-hidden anger in his tone.

"Did you know all this information, my young friend?"

Ling Feng nodded, "Part is my speculation, part was read from that captain’s memories."

"Western Iron City’s City Lord and Ku Zhen have long been in cahoots; Western Iron City’s high-levels and the Human Race’s upper levels are all involved in these dark industries, everyone’s investing a lot of effort,"

"If we insist on saving these children, we’d be messing with those bigwigs’ cake, even if we’re strong enough to resist wave after wave of interference, this dark industry will never vanish,"

"As long as there are people who know how to craft Time Artifacts, countless children will suffer, we can’t change it, neither can you."

Ling Feng cruelly stated these facts, then shook his head and sighed softly.

Song Ruozhao wasn’t foolish either, he knew he couldn’t always be by these children’s side and couldn’t protect all children who might be persecuted.

But he hated, he hated his past self for failing to protect his family, now he must watch other families suffer the same pain, Song Ruozhao hated his inability to change the situation here.

Ling Feng always watched Song Ruozhao’s facial expressions change, though he spoke the truth these messages were also Ling Feng’s way to test Song Ruozhao.

Ling Feng had a basic judgement of Song Ruozhao’s temperament. Initially, he thought Song Ruozhao, sealed for so many years, had become berserk and brutal, with almost no humanity.

But now it seems, influenced by his past experience and witnessing the children’s plight, the sliver of humanity and unwavering pursuit of justice in his heart has been awakened.

Even though Song Ruozhao is saintly, he is definitely not indecisive; in some ways, he is the extreme opposite of Ling Feng’s coldness.

Thus Ling Feng decided to ally with Song Ruozhao; he valued Song Ruozhao’s abilities and character, seeing him as someone who places great importance on promises.

If in the future they competed for the world’s secret treasures, using the three promises from Song Ruozhao to help himself, Ling Feng was confident he could claim the treasure among the competing heroes.

This was the outcome Ling Feng wished for, he didn’t want to exert too much effort or cause too much murder while competing, affecting his temperament and future path.

Thus he needed Song Ruozhao to help clear obstacles ahead, even if he feigned indifference to Song Ruozhao’s promises at first.

Though with the existence of the three promises, Song Ruozhao would help Ling Feng claim the treasure regardless, Ling Feng still didn’t mind helping Song Ruozhao now, ending those who cause him pain.

Ling Feng continued, "I’ve just probed Ku Zhen’s location. We can’t change the large-scale human framework, but we can make some pay and make those power-hungry bigwigs uncomfortable,"

"We can kill Ku Zhen, sever an important step in this industrial chain, it won’t shift the situation, but someone will die, we can step on the dignity of some bigwigs, make them feel offended,"

"Since they make us uncomfortable, we can naturally make them uncomfortable too."

Song Ruozhao stood up, staring at Ling Feng’s eyes, seemingly asking why Ling Feng was branching into these matters, expecting Ling Feng’s next words.

Ling Feng calmly met Song Ruozhao’s gaze, "I did initially want to find Chao Yue and kill him, but if you want to meddle, I’m naturally relaxed,"

"Back in my world, I enjoyed meddling, you’re a troublemaker, I’m restless too,"

"Well, since seeing these things, we’ll have to meddle."

Ling Feng spread his hands, his words filled with helplessness, but his eyes held great depth, seemingly hiding countless thoughts.

After listening to Ling Feng, Song Ruozhao nodded, he may not believe Ling Feng’s words, but Song Ruozhao only desired outcomes.

Since Ling Feng wanted to question Ku Zhen about Chao Yun’s whereabouts, Song Ruozhao didn’t mind helping eliminate Ku Zhen, both having their own thoughts. Song Ruozhao didn’t expect Ling Feng to be as vengeful as him,

He only wanted those perpetrators to die horribly.

Though Ling Feng and Song Ruozhao still had their own agendas, they already reached a consensus, Ling Feng informed Ku Zhen’s location, and Song Ruozhao promptly traveled through the air, heading straight for the target.

"Those words you said earlier, will he really believe them?" Ling Yao asked.

Ling Feng stood proudly on Little Fei’s back, watching Song Ruozhao’s departing figure, smiling: "That guy knows my words are unreliable, but my intelligence is true, we both have our own plans."

"Although our understanding and thoughts differ, he’s vengeful, I’m indifferent, this doesn’t affect our consensus,"

"He’s very much like me, we both only need results!"

"Since some dare offend us, they must pay the price!"

Ling Feng smiled with his hands behind his back.