The next day, inside a Secret Factory on the outskirts of the Main Urban District.
Accompanied by several attendants, Hu Hanyi entered the factory's central area, where a motley group of people waited inside the empty workshop.
Before entering the workshop, Hu Hanyi asked his trusted manager, Hu Zhong, "How did it go?"
Hu Zhong lowered his voice. "Family head, we offered high prices on the Black Market last night and did manage to hire a group of Middle Three Realms experts, but not many were in the Dao Realm. Just one. River City doesn't have many Dao Realm experts to begin with, and at a time like this, they certainly aren't willing to cooperate with us and risk offending Perfected One Nagiko..."
"One is enough. We don't need him to act, either. We just need someone to hold the fort at critical moments." Hu Hanyi nodded.
Yesterday, Huo Yanshan had given him an ultimatum: if he failed to uncover any clues related to the Azure Dragon Society within three days, the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect would immediately withdraw from River City.
So Hu Hanyi had gone all out. Not only had he mobilized the Hu Family's entire workforce, but he had also offered high prices on the Black Market, assembling a large group of temporary retainers-mercenaries, in other words.
Though these people weren't loyal to the family, they had spent years in the underworld and had more connections. Perhaps they might have some way of finding clues.
After briefly getting up to speed, Hu Hanyi led his people into the workshop.
Over half of these mercenaries wore black robes that concealed their faces.
Like Demonic Cultivators, many of them couldn't show themselves openly and didn't want anyone to see their true faces. They all looked either ferocious or sinister,