Within the Star Luo Empire, in a dark forest, Bai He led more than forty people as they transported a batch of supplies. That number was already close to a quarter of the entire Speed Clan. For Bai He, who had never kept many people at his side, this was already a sizable group. It was clear that this shipment was extremely important to the Speed Clan and concerned the lifeline of the entire family.
A Soul Emperor of the Speed Clan, apparently traveling this route for the first time, asked Bai He:
"Clan Head, isn't the route we're taking to transport the family's supplies a little too strange? And wouldn't it be safer to hire some Soul Masters who are better at fighting for a route like this?"
Bai He kept watch ahead as he replied:
"If we were only transporting daily necessities this time, I would naturally consider hiring other Soul Masters for help, and we wouldn't take a pathless route like this. But this batch of goods is far too important to us right now. Many people in the clan urgently need them, and we cannot afford even the slightest loss. To others, these goods are also too valuable. If the people we hired discovered what we were transporting, there was no guarantee they wouldn't be tempted by greed."
Whoosh!
Bai He suddenly looked toward a patch of grass. He seemed to have heard something just now, but based on his experience, whatever had moved did not seem large. It could not have been a person, and there were no rumors of Soul Beasts appearing in this forest either. Bai He assumed it was some ordinary animal living in the woods and paid it no mind, continuing onward with the group.
He had no idea that he