Chapter 559 We must get to the bottom of this matter!

Covered in blood and severely overdrawn, the exhausted Xu Hao did not take any Medicinal Pills for healing or recovery, instead rushing back to the Azure Firmament Merchant Guild without stopping.

When the shopkeeper saw him in such a state, he was immediately startled.

“Ren Zi Offering Xu, what happened to you?”

Xu Hao opened his mouth, then weakly fell backward, completely fainting.

The shopkeeper quickly stepped forward to support him, while shouting, “Quick, notify Senior Wang.”

Senior Wang was the general manager of the Azure Firmament Merchant Guild in Hang Prefecture, an expert at the Quasi-Emperor Realm. After he arrived in front of Xu Hao and checked his condition, he gave Xu Hao a Medicinal Pill, and while circulating his Qi to help him digest the medicinal power, he also healed his injuries.

After a while, Xu Hao finally opened his eyes. His originally pale face had finally regained a little color, but he was still very weak.

Senior Wang asked, “What exactly happened?”

Xu Hao’s condition just now had worried him greatly. Suffering from severe injuries, he had still forcibly used a Secret Technique to boost his cultivation, which caused immense damage to his body.

Even with his healing Medicinal Pills and timely assistance in healing him, it would still take him several months to recover.

As for wanting to return to his Peak state, it would take at least one to two years.

He greatly valued Xu Hao, this young man with outstanding talent, and wanted to cultivate him into his own core team, which was why he was so concerned about Xu Hao’s condition.

Xu Hao’s face was bitter.

“It was Seven Kings City. My Brother Li and the others were drinking together on the North Sea Islands when the bandits from Seven Kings City suddenly appeared and attacked without a word. Brother Li and the others… they all died there. I only managed to escape by luck, thanks to a treasure I obtained from a ruin a few years ago.”

Senior Wang’s expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed, “What did you say? They all died!”

Those were thirteen Offerings, a part of the current core team of the Azure Firmament Merchant Guild’s Hang Prefecture branch! The merchant guild had spent a vast amount of resources and connections to bring them in, and now they were all gone!

Xu Hao nodded with difficulty.

“The leader seemed to be named Xiang Kuang. There were ten Saint King Perfection experts, over a dozen Saint Kings, and they even set up an ancient grand formation. We were no match for them at all.”

Senior Wang’s face was grim, a murderous intent flickering in his eyes as he gritted his teeth and said, “Seven Kings City, you’ve gone too far!”

The Azure Firmament Merchant Guild had finally managed to claim Hang Prefecture, a resource-rich continent, for itself, and had specially dispatched him, a Quasi-Emperor expert, here, intending to develop it into the merchant guild’s second largest base outside of its main headquarters.

Everything had been going smoothly, and he hadn't expected such an incident to occur!

The nine Ren Zi Offerings were fine, not too important to the merchant guild.

The key was the four Earth-Rank Guardians. Each of them had joined the merchant guild for many years, contributed greatly, and had high loyalty. The merchant guild had also invested many resources to cultivate them.

But now, they were all gone.

It could be said that this incident caused severe losses to the merchant guild’s Hang Prefecture branch, while also greatly draining its Origin Qi, making it unable to recover in a short period.

After a long while, Senior Wang finally calmed down, took a deep breath, and looked at Xu Hao.

“You focus on recovering from your injuries. Don’t worry about anything else. This matter will not end just like this.”

Senior Wang turned and left, first checking the soul lamps of those Offerings, which had indeed all extinguished.

Then he personally went to the North Sea Islands. After a thorough search, he quickly found the place where they had fought.

After all, not much time had passed, and there were still strong True Essence fluctuations and a pervasive scent of blood.

Although the islands were destroyed, the Foundation beneath the islands remained, clearly showing signs of violent shattering.

Senior Wang also captured a few familiar Qi from here, confirming that they belonged to the four Earth-Rank Guardians of the merchant guild.

“Seven Kings City, very well!”

Senior Wang turned and tore open a Void Realm裂缝, stepping into it. He did not return, but instead left Hang Prefecture and went directly to the Azure Firmament Merchant Guild’s main headquarters.

The Azure Firmament Merchant Guild, like other hegemonic forces, also occupied a resource-rich and vast continent as its main headquarters, while also opening many branches in other continents.

As one of the top three forces in the Tian Yuan World, the Azure Firmament Merchant Guild possessed three Great Emperors, all of whom resided here.

This time, when Senior Wang returned, although he did not meet these three Great Emperors, he did gather a large group of merchant guild higher-ups with Quasi-Emperor cultivation.

“Old Wang, what’s the matter? Why the rush to call us here?”

“Did you find anything significant in Hang Prefecture?”

“If you need manpower, just say the word, I can go at any time.”

Initially, they were chattering and joking, but upon seeing Senior Wang’s grim expression, they instantly realized that something major had happened, so they all fell silent and looked at him seriously.

Senior Wang directly stated, “People from Seven Kings City ambushed our merchant guild’s Offerings. Nine Ren Zi Offerings and four Earth-Rank Guardians from the Hang Prefecture branch all perished, and one Earth-Rank Guardian was severely injured but managed to escape by luck.”

Upon hearing this, everyone was first stunned, then erupted in anger.

“What! Seven Kings City dared to do such a thing!”

“They are simply lawless! No one has ever dared to target our Azure Firmament Merchant Guild like this!”

“Who is it? This old man will go to Seven Kings City right now and destroy them!”

As one of the top three overall forces in the Tian Yuan World, and the wealthiest force in the Tian Yuan World, the Azure Firmament Merchant Guild had never been targeted in such a way before.

After they finished cursing, Senior Wang spoke again, “The leaders were the sons of Cang Lu and his two sworn brothers. The others were also descendants of the Seven Kings.”

“The cause was that they wanted to rob a Family in Hang Prefecture and were ambushed by our merchant guild’s Offerings. After Xiang Qian’s son escaped, he was unwilling to let it go, so he sought revenge.”

“Hang Prefecture is already our Azure Firmament Merchant Guild’s territory. The people from Seven Kings City not only went there to kill and plunder, but also ambushed our merchant guild’s Offerings. I believe our Azure Firmament Merchant Guild must pursue this matter to the end!”