Pan Long thought it over and began to suspect there was something significant about the three victims' identities.
If they were from Great Xia, they were probably fairly well-known there.
Lives were not all valued equally. The deaths of three famous people would cause far more trouble than the deaths of three ordinary ones.
From that angle, this village might be well-known too. Perhaps its people belonged to one of the more aggressive, combative groups among the Icefield Descendants, and the village was an important stronghold for the "radicals."
And in a couple of days, when Great Xia's officers came to investigate, those sent would probably be hotheaded people hostile to the Icefield Descendants.
None of these tricks were new to him. He had seen them in plenty of stories in his previous life.
Because he had lived a peaceful, secure life, Pan Long had been short on experience when he first set out. He tended to see people and events in a simple, hopeful light—because that was the life he had known, and the way he was used to thinking.
But he had spent years roaming the Martial World. He was no longer as naive or kindhearted as he had been.
Now, when something happened, his first thought was often whether a trap or conspiracy lay behind it.
He had no doubt that, without his interference, the deaths of these three people would cause an uproar.
The deaths might even become the spark for the war the Zeng Family had long been trying to ignite.
Even if they failed to start a war, a fairly large ethnic conflict would be inevitable.
From what those Zeng Family people said earlier, this isn't the first time they've pulled a stunt like this.
*I wonder if Tang Jingzhe, Liu Yunqing, and Shang