Chapter 742: Why sell them this favor?

They could only privately gather gangs like the Azure Wolf Hall to attack the Thorn, so they could sit back and reap the rewards.

"Also, they have already sent people over, saying that all these people will obey your orders and fully cooperate with you in attacking the Thorn."

"How many people are there in total?" Xu Tian asked casually.

"Hmm..." Zhong Yu recalled, "About thirty or forty people."

"Thirty or forty people?" Xu Tian raised an eyebrow slightly. "That's actually a bit more than I imagined."

Xu Tian had originally thought that Elder Du would definitely just go through the motions, or even assign a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but he hadn't expected the other party not to play any tricks on this matter.

"I went to see them personally; the level of those people is quite good, and they can be used at critical moments," Zhong Yu added. "I have already settled them in the inn next to our headquarters."

"Fine, I'll go take a look," Xu Tian said, standing up and walking outside.

When he went downstairs, he called Chen Xiaoxiao and asked her to bring the bounty hunter six-person group to gather downstairs.

After meeting in the lobby downstairs, Xu Tian took them to the inn next door.

After arriving at the inn and entering the room Zhong Yu had booked for them, Xu Tian discovered that these people were actually all squeezed into a room where the partitions had been opened up.

The corners of Chen Xiaoxiao and the others' mouths behind Xu Tian twitched.

This wasn't an inn room at all; it was practically a large dormitory.

Those forty-plus people were huddled in this suite of less than 100 square meters.

These people were gathered in twos and threes; some were gnawing on steamed buns, and some were lying on flat beds catching up on sleep.

But these people had high vigilance. When Xu Tian and the others just walked in, a man with a scar on his face cast a sharp gaze at them.

"Who let you in?"

"How are you talking? This is the leader of the Azure Wolf Hall, Wolf King Ding Yi!"

Chen Xiaoxiao shouted sternly.

"Wolf King?"

The room went quiet in an instant, and everyone stopped what they were doing, sizing Xu Tian up and down with probing eyes.

"Are you all people sent by the Wuji Martial Arts Association?" Xu Tian walked to an empty chair, sat down, and asked indifferently.

"That's right, Brother Yi, we were all sent by the Wuji Martial Arts Association," the scarred man replied after pondering for a moment.

"Are you all from the Wuji Martial Arts Association?" Xu Tian asked again.

"We are not." The scarred man said.

"Then why were you sent to me?" Xu Tian's expression turned a bit colder. He knew those old guys wouldn't be so kind as to send him so many people directly, yet not a single one was from the Martial Arts Association.

But he wasn't unprepared. After all, the Wuji Martial Arts Association couldn't publicly state that they wanted to take action against the Thorn, so naturally, they wouldn't let outsiders get a handle on them.

"Back to Brother Yi, we are..."

After listening to the introduction of the scarred man and the others, Xu Tian learned that these people were all serious criminals imprisoned by the Wuji Martial Arts Association, and among them were many foreigners who didn't have the qualifications to reside on Wuji Island.

Those people boasted of their good strength and wanted to develop on Wuji Island, but they hadn't expected to be caught by the patrol team of the Wuji Martial Arts Association not long after arriving and thrown into prison.

Now, the high-level members of the Wuji Martial Arts Association intended to make the best use of everything, releasing them from prison and letting them reinforce the Azure Wolf Hall to attack the Thorn. After the matter was accomplished, they could regain their freedom.

"Lord Wolf King, whenever you intend to take action, just give the order. We will definitely cooperate with you fully!" an old man expressed his position.

"That's right, we are also willing to cooperate fully with Lord Wolf King!"

"Whatever mission you have, just give the order!"

After someone expressed their position, others were also eager to try.

Xu Tian signaled Wuqing calmly.

Wuqing immediately stepped forward and spoke slowly.

"Everyone, don't be impatient. The Thorn force is not easy to deal with. Our leader needs to plan carefully."

"Then what should we do now?" someone with a quick temper asked immediately.

"Don't worry, let me ask you a few questions first." Wuqing kept Xu Tian's instructions in mind: to recruit talent, weren't these people right in front of him ready-made?

"Do you want to gain a foothold on Wuji Island, achieve both fame and wealth, and accomplish a career?"

Those people were speechless for a moment after hearing Wuqing's words.

Who among them didn't want to make a name for themselves?

Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken a crooked path and violated the regulations of the Wuji Martial Arts Association.

Xu Tian's mouth twitched slightly.

He hadn't expected that this Wuqing actually had the potential to fool people.

If these words were posted on WeChat Moments, it would be a proper micro-business!

"We... of course we want to."

After a moment of silence, the scarred man spoke.

"For those of us mixing in the underworld, who doesn't want to get ahead?"

"All the brothers and sisters sitting here want to accomplish a career and gain a foothold on Wuji Island!"

"But we are still guilty, and everything else is an extravagant hope," the old man beside him sighed. "We just want to complete the mission assigned by the Wuji Martial Arts Association as soon as possible and get rid of the label of prisoner."

Although that was the case, these people also knew that attacking the Thorn was not easy. Coming here this time was a life-and-death gamble; even if they didn't die, they would definitely be severely injured.

But they had no other choice. Rather than being locked in a dark dungeon, it was better to take a gamble. If they won, they could regain their freedom; if they lost, at worst they would die, and it would be a worthy death, hundreds of times better than wasting their years in a dark and damp prison.

It was said that the former chairman of the Wuji Martial Arts Association wanted to destroy the Thorn and topple the Thorn Emperor, but to this day, that chairman had already passed away. The organization known as the Thorn was still a nightmare for all forces on Wuji Island.

The strength of this organization had long exceeded their imagination; how could it be easily wiped out by the Azure Wolf Hall?

"You are free now; you don't need to have too many concerns," Xu Tian said indifferently.

"What?" Everyone was shocked after hearing Xu Tian's words, and their hearts were filled with suspicion.

But since these words were said by the Wolf King, they wouldn't doubt their authenticity.

After all, the Wolf King's notoriety was widespread; as long as it was something he decided, no one could change it.

However, why would the Wolf King sell them this favor?

"Wuqing, you explain it to them," Xu Tian looked at Wuqing.

"Brother Yi..." Chen Xiaoxiao leaned to Xu Tian's side and lowered her voice. "Do you really trust them? What if there are undercover agents from the Wuji Martial Arts Association among these people? What should we do?"

Xu Tian wasn't worried about Chen Xiaoxiao's concerns.

"Those old things from the Wuji Martial Arts Association are very confident, thinking that I have just returned and my foundation is not deep, so I won't play any tricks, and naturally, they won't bother to plant any undercover agents."

"Moreover, the Thorn doesn't have any faults on the surface, so the Wuji Martial Arts Association can't come forward personally. If it's exposed later that we have their people here, it will definitely cause an uproar in public opinion. This is also why they sent these imprisoned criminals over and refused to borrow personnel from within the association." ===== CHAPTER 743 =====

"Those old things in the Wuji Martial Arts Association are very confident. They think that since I just returned and my foundation isn't deep, I won't play any tricks, so naturally, they won't waste effort planting any moles."

"Moreover, Thorn doesn't have any obvious faults on the surface. The Wuji Martial Arts Association cannot come forward personally. If it were exposed later that we have their people here, it would definitely cause a huge uproar in public opinion. This is also the reason why they sent these imprisoned criminals and refused to borrow personnel from within the association."