Uprooting the Weeds and Beating Up a Trash Tiger I

As the saying went, snakes had their paths and rats had theirs. Ye Wen and the other two naturally could not keep watch over the Absolute Offense and Defense Combination around the clock. Moreover, the three of them were rather good-looking; even if they hid in the shadows, they would easily draw attention and expose themselves.

Such were the troubles of handsome men and beautiful women.

So Ye Wen sought out the local shop managers and had them find ordinary civilians with no Soul Power to discreetly follow the Absolute Offense and Defense Combination.

And since Ye Wen preferred not to act personally if he could avoid it, he also used the Huo Family's connections, along with those of several nobles, to investigate Snail's background.

Similar builds, similar Martial Souls, similar Soul Skills—Ye Wen simply could not believe that Snail had nothing to do with the human traffickers' leader.

However, after idling around for several days, Ye Wen discovered that he would not need to make a move after all.

Everyone left traces in this world. Even though Snail sounded like a Western name and bore no family name, as long as one investigated, something could always be uncovered.

One day, just as Ye Wen was preparing to enter a two-person team battle with Huo Yu'er, news finally came from the Huo Family.

"Young Master, after verification, Snail indeed has ties to the group that once attempted to attack you and the eldest miss. They all once belonged to a baronial family called Bigetal, though it has now declined and disbanded.

"Most members of that family fell into human trafficking. They were usually scattered across different provinces of the Heaven Dou Empire and had little contact with one another, which was why it could not be uncovered immediately.

"Then, due