Cooperation and... cannon fodder!?

Lin Ze heard Xiao Yi Xian's thoughts and couldn't help but ask.

"So, are you still planning to find a pharmacy and become a pharmacist?"

Xiao Yi Xian shook her head. "Give me some more time. I plan to travel around and change my mood."

"Speaking of which, ever since I can remember, I've spent most of my time in Qingshan Town and never left."

"This time I'm leaving Wan Yao Zhai, I also want to go around the Dou Qi Continent and see medicinal herbs from other regions."

Xiao Yi Xian said, her eyes sparkling with longing and anticipation.

Lin Ze's heart stirred slightly, and he asked.

"What is your current strength? Are you interested in studying at Jia Nan Academy?"

"Jia Nan Academy, as the top academy on the Dou Qi Continent, naturally has mentors who have deeply researched medicinal herbs, and even Alchemists."

"And the Alchemists at the academy are the most accessible Alchemists for ordinary people."

Lin Ze's words caught Xiao Yi Xian's attention. Her eyes drooped slightly, as if she was thinking for a moment.

"My current strength is only Dou Disciple Stage Eight. I wonder if I can join Jia Nan Academy?"

"No problem!"

Lin Ze said affirmatively.

"Jia Nan Academy's requirement is to reach Dou Disciple Stage Eight before the age of eighteen."

Xiao Yi Xian was stunned.

She never expected that she would be able to meet Jia Nan Academy's enrollment standard.

Before, when she heard those mercenaries talk about Jia Nan Academy, although their words might have been dismissive, the envy in their eyes could not be concealed.

Xiao Yi Xian's understanding of Jia Nan Academy was limited to what she heard from the mercenaries' conversations.

This was the first time she had learned about Jia Nan Academy's enrollment standards.

"Really? I can too?"

Xiao Yi Xian said nervously.

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian's appearance, Lin Ze smiled slightly.

The current Xiao Yi Xian's knowledge was still limited to Qingshan Town.

It was normal for her to feel this sense of unease when facing the legendary Jia Nan Academy.

"Of course."

"Since you have this idea, then come with me then."

"I also want to leave Qingshan Town and see a wider world."

"To witness those legends, to see people or things I've heard of, or haven't heard of."

"Otherwise, to be stuck in Qingshan Town for my whole life, in my own opinion, this life would be too boring."

Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes blinked, looking at the youth, listening to his grand pronouncements.

As if seeing thousands of mountains and rivers from those deep eyes.

Imagining the things the youth spoke of, Xiao Yi Xian also felt a yearning for a time.

"Okay, then it's settled."

"Of course, we both came from Qingshan Town, leaving home, we naturally have to help each other."

In this unremarkable small courtyard, the two made an agreement to travel together.

After temporarily settling Xiao Yi Xian.

Lin Ze focused all his attention on the Flame Mercenary Group's stronghold.

He used Wang Wu's identity as an errand boy to clean and do odd jobs everywhere in the Flame Mercenary Group.

Although the Flame Mercenary Group was a somewhat elite mercenary group, no matter how elite, it was still just a mercenary group.

And the profession of mercenary inherently carries a sense of freedom and laxity.

To expect them to obey orders like an army, strictly maintain secrecy, is impossible to even think about.

Especially since the members of the Flame Mercenary Group were within the stronghold, they were even more relaxed.

Therefore, Wang Wu, who had infiltrated as an errand boy, had indeed investigated a lot of information.

The most important point among them was about Mu She venturing into the Fire Wolf Lair.

He discovered that the Fire Wolf King had not given birth to just one cub, but two.

After learning this information, Lin Ze felt some emotion. Mu She was indeed decisive enough and truly ruthless to himself.

Although Mu She was a Wind Attribute Dou Master, his speed was faster than other attribute cultivators of the same level.

But it did not mean that he could escape unharmed even if he was surrounded by the Fire Wolf Pack.

Mu She was taking a considerable risk in this action.

But he had the resolve to take risks.

Although Mu She was killed by an Over-level Challenge in the Original Work, he was certainly not lacking in decisiveness and determination.

This was evident whether it was offering a bounty of tens of thousands of Gold Coins for Xiao Yan or decisively deploying the entire group to hunt Xiao Yan.

And Mu She was willing to take such a huge risk to Infiltrate the Fire Wolf Lair.

In Lin Ze's opinion, it should be that this mission failed, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's members were captured by the Flame Mercenary Group.

This forced Mu She to take a risky action.

And judging by the outcome, Mu She's gamble was clearly worthwhile.

The Fire Wolf King gave birth to two cubs, which provided the basis for the two mercenary groups to cooperate.

They would cooperate to jointly Conspire to Seize the Fire Wolf King's cubs.

After the deed was done, each mercenary group would get one.

This way, the Flame Mercenary Group's initial mission and objective could also be achieved, and Huo Lie would have an explanation to the higher-ups.

With both sides' interests aligned, the Flame Mercenary Group would not dwell on past grievances.

At most, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would offer some compensation, and the matter would be settled lightly.

And the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, because of Mu She's gamble, had the opportunity to obtain a Fire Wolf King cub.

As for why Huo Lie wanted to cooperate with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and not with other mercenary groups in Fire Wolf Town, it was because they were in the same town. For the Flame Mercenary Group to develop and grow stronger, it would inevitably encroach on the interests of other mercenary groups.

After all, the cake was only so big; if you took a bigger slice, others would naturally get less.

But with the cooperation of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, there were no such concerns.

Even if the two mercenary groups had conflicts of interest in the end, it would only be after they became the strongest mercenary groups in their respective towns and had the strength to expand outwards.

Having obtained this crucial Intelligence, Lin Ze naturally wasn't surprised to see members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group at the Flame Mercenary Group's Stronghold.

"But why did the Flame Mercenary Group suddenly recruit a batch of Errand Boys?"

This thought popped into Lin Ze's mind.

Where there's smoke, there's fire; this saying also applied to this situation.

Because this time, they recruited over a dozen Errand Boys.

If it weren't for the short time the mercenary was recruiting Errand Boys, Lin Ze could have slipped in a few more Death Soldiers.

Unless the Flame Mercenary Group had fired all their previous Errand Boys at once, there wouldn't be such a large gap.

"Wait, on the eve of the two mercenary groups attacking the Fire Wolf Lair, they suddenly recruited Errand Boys on a large scale?"

"This setup... it feels like they're recruiting Cannon Fodder?"

Lin Ze had always been unafraid to speculate about others with the greatest malice.

This was not only because the blows he suffered before awakening his Awakened Wisdom made him feel that the world was treacherous.

It was even more so because after awakening his Awakened Wisdom, he knew that the Dou Qi Continent was a Mystical World where the strong reigned supreme and the weak were prey.

High-Level Cultivators could take whatever they wanted from low-level cultivators, and countless cultivators had walked the Evil Path to seek shortcuts.

When one's strength was weak, danger was everywhere, and one needed to be constantly vigilant, speculating about others with the greatest malice.

Instead of naively believing that everyone else harbored good intentions.

Lin Ze's thoughts flickered, considering the possibility that the two mercenary groups were plotting to obtain the Fire Wolf King Cub and might be using his Death Soldiers as Cannon Fodder.

A plan to turn their scheme to their own advantage slowly formed in his mind.