As the largest Mercenary Group in Stone Desert City, the Sand Mercenary Group had quite decent buildings in its compound. Though far inferior to the Xiao Family's enormous estate, it was still roughly one-fifth the size.
After passing through a long corridor, the view suddenly opened up into a spacious courtyard.
"Whoa..."
Looking at the little bridges, pavilions, towers, and waterside terraces in the courtyard, Chen Yang could not help but sigh. City folk really knew how to enjoy themselves. Stone Desert City was located in the desert, where fresh water was scarce, yet the Sand Mercenary Group had actually built an artificial lake and even kept ornamental fish in it.
"This Luo Bu—Sha Luo—really had a romantic streak!" Chen Yang clicked his tongue in amazement. The Sand Mercenary Group's leader was dead anyway. Whether he had been called Sha Luo or Luo Bu no longer mattered. Who would care what a dead man had been named?
By now, the Amethyst Winged Lion King had cleaned up the courtyard. Other than a faint smell of blood and roasted meat, no other odors remained.
"Master, I burned all those human corpses!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King had shrunk to about the size of an adult Siberian tiger. Flapping its wings, it flew over, landed before Chen Yang, and spoke respectfully.
"Not bad. Well done!"
Chen Yang reached out and patted the Great Lion's head in encouragement. He did not think much of the Amethyst Winged Lion King secretly eating people. Even if it had, what of it? In a world where the strong preyed upon the weak, humans could eat Magical Beasts, so why could Magical Beasts not eat humans?
Still, judging by the state of the Sand Mercenary Group, most of them had probably been poisoned to death by Xiao