Chapter 1086: Chapter 1086: Search Their Body Including Their Underwears

Bai Xifeng casually pointed toward the dead attackers lying nearby.

"Look at them carefully. Their clothes are clean, well-tailored, and properly maintained. Their weapons and armour are also in top-tier condition. They certainly don’t look like desperate, impoverished people who spend their lives hiding out in the rugged mountains robbing random travellers." Bai Xifeng paused briefly, her dark eyes flashing with sharp intelligence, before continuing. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she observed the scene. "They move and dress much more like a disciplined mercenary group. Or perhaps... a hired group of ruthless mercenaries who were specifically commissioned by someone to deal with you and your family right here tonight."

Zhang Zhenyu fell completely silent, his heart sinking. The more he carefully pondered Bai Xifeng’s sharp analysis, the more overwhelmingly reasonable and frightening it sounded.

Indeed, those attackers had been unusually synchronised and disciplined throughout the entire battle. Their tactical coordination and ruthless manoeuvres were far too organised for an ordinary, unrefined bandit mob.

"Thank you deeply, Young Lady Bai, for pointing that crucial detail out to us." Zhang Zhenyu cupped his hands respectfully, his expression turning solemn. "Now that you have brought it to my attention, I will definitely investigate this suspicious matter thoroughly as soon as we return, and make all the necessary preparations for my family’s safety."

Meanwhile, a short distance away, Zhang Zhenyu’s surviving subordinates had already begun dragging and gathering the corpses into a single pile near the trees. From the massive pile of dry branches they had diligently collected, it was obvious they intended to burn the bodies immediately to clean up the area.

"Wait a moment. Don’t light that fire just yet." Bai Xifeng called out loudly before anyone could ignite the tinder.

The guards immediately stopped what they were doing and turned their heads toward her in confusion.

"Is something wrong, Young Lady Bai?" Zhang Zhenyu asked, looking at her with curiosity.

"Have you thoroughly searched their bodies yet?" Bai Xifeng asked casually.

"Searched them... for what?" Zhang Zhenyu looked slightly puzzled.

"For anything that might reveal their true identities or who hired them, of course. Check whether they are carrying any special tokens, guild badges, secret letters, route maps, or unusual items. If they happen to have any spatial rings or storage pouches, make sure to take those as well." Bai Xifeng explained patiently, as if teaching a basic lesson. "And whatever you do, don’t forget to thoroughly check inside their boots... as well as their underwear."

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Everyone in the clearing instantly froze in place. The entire lively atmosphere became strangely, awkwardly quiet, save for the soft crackling of a nearby torch.

Several of the hardened guards looked at one another in utter disbelief, their faces twitching awkwardly. None of them had ever expected such wild, uninhibited words to come out of the mouth of such a refined, strikingly beautiful young lady!

"Y-Young Lady Bai..." Zhang Zhenyu coughed awkwardly into his fist, his face flushing slightly. "Do... do we really, truly need to search their... underwear as well?"

"Of course you do." Bai Xifeng nodded naturally, her expression so calm and logical that it seemed like the most normal thing in the world. "You simply can’t afford to overlook any possible hidden spot. Sometimes, desperate people hide their most critical, valuable belongings in dark places that others would never dream of checking."

She crossed her arms comfortably over her chest, nodding to herself.

"Underwear just so happens to be one of those golden hiding spots." Bai Xifeng added.

Everyone in the clearing unconsciously exchanged deeply bewildered, strange glances with one another. Judging by how utterly confident, experienced, and serious Bai Xifeng sounded while delivering that advice, it sounded suspiciously as though she had done that exact thing herself before!

Somehow, at that very moment, every single person present arrived at the exact same hilarious conclusion: Young Lady Bai has definitely thoroughly searched someone’s underwear before... and apparently found something extremely important hidden inside there!

Under Bai Xifeng’s strict, unwavering supervision, the guards thoroughly and meticulously searched every single dead body from head to toe. And yes, that extended directly to checking their undergarments as well.

The ordeal was certainly not without its casualties. At one point, one of the younger guards suddenly turned deathly pale, choked back a gag, and frantically rushed off to the side of the clearing to vomit violently due to the utterly unbearable, rancid odour wafting up from one of the mercenary’s filthy undergarments. The remaining guards quickly pinched their noses, held their breath, and forced themselves to bravely continue the grim search despite the truly horrific stench.

However, when they finally gathered everything they had successfully uncovered from the corpses onto a clean cloth, every single one of them stood completely astonished, their eyes wide with shock. There were far, far more high-value goods than any of them had ever anticipated!

Besides a massive pile of high-grade spirit stones and pristine weapons, they discovered numerous rare medicinal pills, coated hidden daggers, lethal poisons, specialised communication talismans, detailed regional maps, several high-tier storage pouches, and even a few ridiculously expensive spatial rings! Bai Xifeng’s sharp instinct had been absolute, 100% spot-on. These dead mercenaries were vastly wealthier and better equipped than any ordinary, unrefined bandit group could ever dream of being.

Just as they were marvelling at the loot, one of the senior guards suddenly sprinted over toward Zhang Zhenyu with an urgent look on his face.

"Master Zhang, look at this! I found this hidden deep inside the leader’s inner lining." The guard announced, respectfully presenting a strange object to his master with both hands.

Bai Xifeng casually glanced over his shoulder and spotted the item as well.

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