Azure Ox finally saw that Jiang Feng had also been locked inside a cage.
"Jiang Feng, what happened? We..."
Jiang Feng nodded. "We were tricked. After James drugged us unconscious, he sold us off as slaves."
Jiang Feng relayed the situation to Azure Ox through voice transmission, telling him not to act rashly.
Once Azure Ox understood the crux of the matter, he quietly lay down.
He was not worried. With his and Jiang Feng's strength, escaping this lousy cage would be as easy as turning over a hand.
Seeing Jiang Feng and Azure Ox both settle down, the other slaves inside the cage finally relaxed their guard a little.
The fellow escorting the slaves ahead merely glanced back once before continuing onward.
Just as Jiang Feng had expected, that man was not at all worried that any slaves would dare to run.
This was the Silver Empire. Even if the iron cages stood wide open, slaves might not dare to flee!
The two beast carts rattled onward for another three days and three nights. Along the way, the escort brought them food once: the flesh and blood of some unknown divine beast, completely untreated, grimy and still dangling with fur.
It seemed the living conditions of slaves in the Silver Empire were even worse than on the wasteland.
Three days later, the two beast carts arrived safely at Dragon Mountain Mine.
Hua Lie and the other slaves with brands on their faces were sent directly into the mine shafts to begin work.
Jiang Feng, along with more than a hundred others whose faces bore no brands, was sent into an enclosed holding yard.
Azure Ox, together with the other divine beasts, was penned into another holding yard.
All around the holding yard, numerous armored soldiers stood atop the walls