617: Chapter 428 617: Chapter 428 These people saw even more of their compatriots and learned that they had been rescued.
It was the Marquis who brought their friends to help, and they were also willing to follow to another country to start a new life, never wanting to live a life under surveillance again.
Jiang Tang received thanks from others but didn’t get too proud, for the rescue was not yet complete, and the work continued.
Another part of the map showed a wealthy district where rich people lived.
It was said to be the wealthiest place in the country.
Jiang Tang came across a castle like a King’s Treasure Hall, which seemed typical of the Imperial City section in every country.
No wonder the places he had visited before were relatively poor and remote.
Here, the wealth was overflowing, while the poor could only serve as slaves.
Jiang Tang lamented that the people of this country treated those with just a little cultivation absolutely inhumanely.
The place he transmigrated to was somewhat better.
Even though the commoners were looked down upon and could be harmed by some capable people, there weren’t as many slaves living a life worse than that of dogs and pigs.
Jiang Tang simply sighed in his heart, seeing that many places had caste discrimination and those with power or wealth were more domineering.
It was the same in the Cultivation World.
Strength was revered, and those with a certain level of ability were respected.
Those who were not as capable had no choice but to bow their heads in submission.
Jiang Tang just thought about it briefly.
Due to his unfamiliarity with this country, he didn’t want his actions to possibly ignite a war between two nations.
So, with the guidance of that woman, he rescued her relatives from a place that resembled a prison, where people were actually laboring in a factory, specifically a diamond production area, as he observed for a moment.
No wonder the outside was so heavily guarded.
This place belonged to the outskirts of the Imperial City, not far from the city gate.
Just as before, Jiang Tang collected all the resources inside, rescued the people he needed to, and observed the interior of the Imperial City from high above.
This factory was part of the property owned by some wealthy and powerful person within the Imperial City.
Suddenly, when the resources and the laborers inside the factory vanished, the remaining guards were inexplicably filled with terror.
They looked around, thinking they had encountered a ghost.
The mysterious disappearance of people and resources was utterly bewildering to them.
With both gone, these guardians faced only death.
The fear they felt was greater than seeing a ghost, and in their horror, they could only report the incident.
Just as these people reported the strange happenings at the factory, news of a mine collapse was reported back as well.
Some people were struck a blow, losing their interests.
As some of the vanished items were meant for tribute, they had no choice but to report it up the chain of command until it finally reached the King.
Jiang Tang wasn’t idle high above.
Anticipating the appearance of powerful individuals, he used his Divine Sense to scan each mansion, uncovering their secrets.
In these mansions, he saw many jewels, which he had no desire to covet.
He only targeted the evil ones.
The King, in the Imperial Palace, upon hearing of such events and piecing together the disappearances of the laborers, the fires, and the collapse of the ore mountain, knew that each incident targeted the interests of his people.
“King, it must be the people of the Vampire Clan, those affected are of the Vampire Clan, right?” said a minister, causing the others to nod in agreement.
“King, it’s surely that vampire, bringing with them people from another country to wreak havoc here.
We can’t let them leave without consequences.
We need to show them our strength,” another minister declared.
“Exactly, otherwise they’ll think our country’s people are easy to bully, taking our resources, taking our people.
Easy to come, but hard to leave!” the words of this minister led many other ministers to nod in agreement.
The King issued a decree, ordering the most formidable Mages and Wizards to set out and find this troublemaker.
They were especially to look out for objects flying high in the sky, as those could be the culprits.
Their own flying artifacts never went so high; higher-flying objects could likely belong to the enemy, and whether friend or foe, they must be destroyed right here.
The King, as the supreme leader, may be dressed in the regalia of a king, but one cannot be a king without real power.
Dressed in the King’s attire, he knew the value of his life.
When he heard about the wizard in that castle being burnt to death, he had no desire to die so soon.
The King had been pursuing longevity, which is why he had always allowed those people to sell female slaves and exchange their diamonds for money, Pills, and various Cultivation Techniques and Magical Treasures in the Ancient Xia Country; these were the items he coveted most.
These were also the items sought after by other high authorities.
By doing so, they were also searching for that branch of the Blood Clan that had relocated to the Ancient Xia Country.
They found the people they were looking for, but that brought forth a formidable individual.
The Blood Clan could grow stronger, which was their greatest fear.
For centuries, they had treated these people like animals, exploiting them as slaves.
Having done wrong, they naturally feared retribution.
Furthermore, if these others grew stronger, they might turn the tables and seize the ultimate authority in their country—such an outcome was possible.
The very thing they had worried about happened, and so swiftly.
In less than five hours since morning until now, before evening had even fallen, so many significant incidents occurred.
The King found it hard to believe that the Magical Treasures of the Blood Clan could be so formidable, specialized in being their nemesis.
Having quickly located so many places where slaves were held, the officials conjectured that it might be the work of those rescued women.
Some suspected that every holding location was so secretive that even if these people knew of one place, it would be impossible for several incidents to take place within half an hour.
Which meant that more than one group might have entered their country; this was a terrifying thought.
Just one group already caused them concern; if more infiltrated without their knowledge, these intruders’ Flying Artifacts were too powerful.
They flew so high that they were undetectable with telescopes and unreachable even with their most advanced ammunition.
For the first time, these people began to doubt their own high-tech creations, which seemed inferior to some Magical Treasures.
The wizards sent out by the King performed magic in various places, using a mirror able to conjure past events, guiding them to the real perpetrators.
When each Mage received identical results—a similar Magic Artifact showing up in the mirror; the mirror did not reveal the internal capacity of this elongated artifact.
It seemed as if some force was drawing up the items below it.
The wizards reported the results from the mirror to the officials, who all became aware that the lost people and items were all sucked away by the same object.
This revelation filled them with fear; an artifact capable of traversing the entire country in an hour was beyond what they could achieve with horses or Flying Artifacts.
Such swift movement meant that the person could potentially be watching them from above all this time.
That’s when the officials began to feel fear; the enemy lurked in the shadows while they were exposed in the light.
In the next moment, they might not know how they died—such was the impending fear from the future.
Out of options, the King reached out to another country with a message of peace.
His message couldn’t reach another country so quickly; meanwhile, more events unfolded.
Playing the game always comes at a cost.
To enjoy the game and complete it joyfully, one must be able to afford to play.
While Jiang Tang caused panic elsewhere, he set his sights on the King’s treasury, eager to see if it held anything valuable.
There, in the treasury, he discovered some jewels not typically seen—like pearls dredged from the sea and Luminous Pearls.
These were quite ordinary finds.
Here, he came across a Magnetic Trinket.
Jiang Tang sensed that this metal could potentially be used for weapon making, but it seemed like the magnetic properties could also be useful for creating Magical Treasures in the Cultivation World.