After following A'Long around for a while, A'Long said to Lin Zhen, "You've seen everything here, right? Capturing these things cost us quite a bit, and we also have to risk getting arrested by the police, caught by the military, or hunted down by the races these little things belong to."
"We hired you to guard against those risks. If anything happens on the road, you'll be the ones standing in front. I don't need to spell that out for you, do I?"
Lin Zhen nodded. He crouched before the last iron cage and looked at the Little Fox inside.
The Little Fox lay there without moving. Her eyes, which had been open just moments ago, were now closed.
Lin Zhen felt as though he had imagined it. There was nothing special about this fox at all.
He stood and shook his head, then followed A'Long out of the room where the exotic beasts were kept.
Lin Zhen learned that this poaching group had more than a dozen people. Their leader was the woman in black, Bai Bing.
A'Long was her top enforcer. There were another dozen or so people, most of whom were responsible for feeding the Spirit Beasts.
These people came from the other side of Sky Ridge, Grassland Country.
Besides him, the group also had a number of hired people, almost all of whom were at the Eternal Life Stage.
Since Bai Bing and A'Long were in the Three Flowers Realm, the hired men could not surpass them in strength. Otherwise, if something went wrong, they might not be able to control the situation.
After A'Long finished explaining the situation, he unexpectedly announced that the group was preparing to depart.
They were leaving in a tremendous hurry. Apparently, someone had reported their poaching operation, and they