608: Chapter 424 608: Chapter 424 The women looked up at the handsome and dashing man before them.
They couldn’t detect any malice in his face or on his person, but having been sold and beaten, they were consumed by fear and remained half-in-doubt, still not trusting this man.
In a moment of helplessness, the Marquis had no choice but to reveal his secret Magical Treasure in public, the Magic Wand.
As the Marquis wielded the Magic Wand and chanted a curse, the people on shore couldn’t make out what they were doing or what they were saying.
Seeing the appearance of the Magic Wand, the women finally realized that this was their rescuer.
These suffering women, kneeling, accepted the arrangement of the gods.
They had only heard through old ancestral tales that the Magic Wand was an item held by their highest leader, capable of protecting them.
Indeed, it was peculiar; with the appearance of the Magic Wand in the air, the many scars on those women’s bodies, and their ragged clothes, became visible.
As the Marquis chanted the spell, in an instant, the women felt their scars no longer hurt, the bleeding had stopped, and the dirty grime on their bodies vanished, with their dirty and ragged clothes transforming into gorgeous garments.
They joyfully looked at their clothes, and even their hair was adorned with simple yet elegant jewelry, much prettier than their original attire.
Su Chang’an witnessed this miraculous scene with his own eyes.
No wonder the Shopkeeper tried to rob this man.
It was fortunate that the Shopkeeper did not succeed.
If this thing were used to harm people, he dared not imagine how many would be victimized.
“Thank you, master, thank you!”
The women knelt one after another, treating the Marquis with reverence, recognizing this young man as their Clan Leader.
This was not like those useless leaders in their family, those vermin who colluded with outsiders to capture them.
They had endured so much suffering.
I wonder if those many people in our family were the ones behind this.
Some women wept to the Marquis, moving him with pity.
They had relocated to another country’s Cultivation World and led a secluded life.
Though it was very plain and without the luxury of superior materials, they had all been safe until a short time ago.
Listening to these women, their own countrymen in the Immortal Realm had fallen to such a state that even the Vampire Clan, who had Cultivation Techniques, fared only slightly better than commoners.
Hearing the women’s laments, it was because the Vampire Clan was slightly better off than commoners that some, accustomed to luxury and yearning for a better life, would not hesitate to sell the women for money.
The Marquis was aware that their Vampire Clan’s women could become playthings for others, especially some martial practitioners.
Even if these women had no martial skills, they were still useful to these men.
Looking at these lovely clan members before him, it was true that they were the type some men liked to keep as pets or maidservants.
The Marquis turned to Su Chang’an, requesting his help to take him and these women to their place of residence for a visit.
Su Chang’an did not know if crossing into another country would bring greater danger, but with a friend in trouble and asking for help, he would do what he could.
However, to prevent the risk of attack from high-powered beings in another country, he had the Marquis and the women stay inside his Flying Artifact for safety.
Even upon reaching their homeland, they were to just look down from the sky, preferably without letting anyone discover their whereabouts.
The Marquis agreed; he did not want to return only to face another attack, nor did he want to involve Su Chang’an.
He also knew his country indeed had powerful beings, just practicing different forms of cultivation.
Their clan relocated because another race wanted to consume them.
To avoid the extinction of their race, this branch of the clan fled, searching for a new settlement.
If one day they could rise up abroad, they would come back to take their clansmen with them.
But the idea was easier said than done.
In the new country, they were like refugees, barely finding a peaceful place to settle, perhaps in the deep mountains or old forests.
Then they lived in seclusion.
For those thousands of years, they had no better options apart from returning by sea.
Since they couldn’t fly high, they could only postpone generation after generation.
The Marquis learned from other women that their Vampire Clan faced such hardship in this country because it harbored Evil Sorcerers who fed on blood, targeting young boys and girls.
Their clan’s children were the most pitiable, with their clansmen trapped and living like animals.
The strong and healthy were forced to produce children year after year, with some women dying in childbirth.
The Marquis hadn’t expected their clanspeople to be raised like livestock, all in one place, completely deprived of freedom.
No wonder these women were so pitiful; from childhood to adulthood, they had also experienced too many tragic events.
The Marquis was grateful that their ancestors took a step and relocated to Ancient Xia Country, a place of love.
He was also grateful to have met a friend.
Today, with the help of a friend, they were solving these difficulties.
Su Chang’an informed the Marquis that his Flying Artifact could only carry a few hundred people, unlike the more powerful Flying Artifacts, and given the presence of dreadful Demons, there was certainly a need to find people to exterminate them.
First, they let the women guide them to the place, revealing where those people were imprisoned.
Su Chang’an also knew that even though this country was not very large and had plenty of land, with not too many people, facing a Demon alone, the two of them might not succeed.
They would have to look later for someone to exterminate those Demons.