After leaving the Blue Night Charm Bar, Jun Wangchen went straight back to Dormitory Room 520, showered, and changed into clean clothes. Handsome and spotless, he looked every bit the refined young gentleman.
Once he was ready, Jun Wangchen also looked up the precise route the Zhou Family would take to transport its goods to Yinling City. The terrain was indeed rather complicated, with not only rolling mountain ranges but also a river and a secluded forest along the way.
Jun Wangchen was puzzled. With the Zhou Family's financial resources, there was no need to transport anything by horse-drawn carriage. They could simply use a plane. Why go to so much trouble?
Unable to make sense of it, Jun Wangchen stopped dwelling on the matter and headed straight for the escort rendezvous point—Stone Horse Plaza.
Stone Horse Plaza lay on the outskirts of Jinling City. It covered an enormous area and was mainly used for Mercenary gatherings and auctions of martial techniques and enchanted artifacts.
It was already six fifty when he arrived at Stone Horse Plaza. A large crowd had gathered in its center, while carriages of all kinds were scattered around the corners of the plaza. Their contents were wrapped and sealed, looking tightly secured.
Around the carriages, quite a few people in matching outfits stood in small groups, apparently waiting for something.
"Uncle, what are all those people doing over there?" At the edge of the plaza, a child pointed toward the group of carriages in the center and asked the middle-aged man beside him.
The middle-aged man stroked the child's head and explained with a smile, "That's the Zhou Family's caravan. They're transporting a batch of important goods to Yinling City today, and they're recruiting mercenaries right now."
"What's a Mercenary?"
The middle-aged man continued, "Mercenaries