Cave Refuge-Chapter 257 - 253 Smith Benjamin’s Plan_1

Initially, Elder Two didn’t believe Dong Tianyu’s words, but when Dong Tianyu brought the three of them out of the cave, Elder Two noticed Elder Three’s intact hands and Elder One’s broken finger, Elder Two felt some regret. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Dong Tianyu didn’t care about their state of mind. This time, he didn’t dig a pit but casually discarded them from the platform.

Then he started to wonder who would have his attention at this time, he hadn’t recently offended anyone, heck, he hadn’t even interacted with other people.

What Dong Tianyu didn’t know was that this event was actually related to the three women whom he had let go for his amusement.

After the three women left, Dong Tianyu, Ye Liuyun and Robinson William got delayed for a while, allowing the three women to contact Smith Benjamin.

Although the three women didn’t share any information about Dong Tianyu, Smith Benjamin, being a patrol officer, wasn’t a fool, especially when he remembered encountering the three women.

Reflecting carefully, he judged from the three women’s appearance that they hadn’t been abused in the shelter, and from their clothing, that they were quite favored in the shelter as their clothes wouldn’t have been so extravagant otherwise.

Considering these two points, he deduced that the shelter the three women had fled from must have abundant reserves.

Although the three women were intelligent, they lacked counter-surveillance experience, hence even if they were killed, Smith Benjamin could easily trace their footprints back to where they came from.

Following their tracks, Smith Benjamin had gradually made his way to the vicinity of the Nameless Mountain. Looking at the not-too-distant Nameless Mountain, he roughly guessed where the three women had escaped from.

After all, Dong Tianyu’s infamous killings of more than ten Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists was well-known in the West City District’s martial artist circles, and this area was deemed off-limits by the martial artists of the West City District, with virtually no artists willing to step foot here.

Although Smith Benjamin held the official status of a patrol officer, his patrol area only encompassed the outskirts of the city district. Even though this place wasn’t far from the city, it wasn’t under his patrol jurisdiction.

Consequently, the advantages brought about by Smith Benjamin’s status were virtually useless here.

Despite making a considerable sum of money by selling the three women’s bodies, it was nothing compared to the wealth he would have had if the three women were alive.

Smith Benjamin speculated there must be more beautiful women on Nameless Mountain, but was somewhat apprehensive due to the mysterious deaths of the three women.

Therefore, Smith Benjamin found other martial artists through intermediaries and let them probe the situation on Nameless Mountain.

It was common knowledge that an official caravan was headed to Salt City to purchase salt. Since it was significant and beneficial, there was no reason to hide the news.

As a patrol officer, Smith Benjamin, on high alert, noticed the black car joining the caravan, situated relatively towards the front of the fleet.

While not privy to Dong Tianyu’s relationships in West City District, the black car’s position in the caravan suggested that Dong Tianyu had substantial connections with the West City District Command Post.

The placement of this caravan followed unwritten rules, the closer a car was to the official caravan, the deeper the relationship between the car owner and the officials.

Regardless of his knowledge, there was nothing he could do anyway. As the other martial artists he found were from different regions, on the surface, there was no link to Smith Benjamin.

As the three martial artists ascended Nameless Mountain while Dong Tianyu was away, once they entered Nameless Mountain, Smith Benjamin applied for leave and lurked near Nameless Mountain, intending to scout out the situation.

Smith Benjamin supposed that the entry of the three martial artists into Nameless Mountain would stir up a battle and create some noise.

But what astounded Smith Benjamin was the lack of commotion after the three martial artists ascended Nameless Mountain.

There could only be two possible explanations for this — either the martial artists didn’t find the shelter on Nameless Mountain, or they had invaded the shelter, and a battle had ensued within.

Smith Benjamin’s inclinations leaned towards the latter possibility. After all, it seemed somewhat farfetched to claim that with their keen senses, the martial artists didn’t find traces of the shelter on Nameless Mountain.

Nonetheless, Smith Benjamin observed Nameless Mountain for several days until Dong Tianyu returned driving the black car. None of the martial artists had ever come out of Nameless Mountain.

By the time Smith Benjamin found the three martial artists again, they had already been turned into cold corpses, discarded like abandoned dolls among a pile of rotting and spoiled trash.

Dong Tianyu was in the habit of casually throwing trash from the platform outside the cave entrance. Initially, it stemmed from his cleanliness obsession, not wanting to allow trash decomposition to occur inside his cave mansion. But as his obsession subsided, it became a habit.

Even when discarding the three corpses, he thought along the same lines. Although the cave could decompose bodies, Dong Tianyu opted not to decompose the bodies of his own kind for mental stability.

Seeing the corpses, Smith Benjamin was somewhat undecided, suppressing his disgust enough to drag the bodies out from the pile of trash and then performed a simple autopsy on them.

From the injuries on their hands, it was plain they had undergone torture. At that moment, Smith Benjamin felt a bit relieved that he hadn’t personally gone to investigate.

On his return from Nameless Mountain, Smith Benjamin was somewhat unsatisfied, thinking about the beautiful faces of the three women, the exhilarating feeling he had when he was in close contact with them, and their extravagant clothes.

All these factors were stimulating Smith Benjamin, but the corpse of the three martial artists was like a bucket of cold water, startling him into immediate sobriety.

However, having tasted the benefits, Smith Benjamin was like a farmer waiting for a rabbit to hit a tree, unwilling to let things remain so lackluster.

Despite Smith Benjamin only having the status of a patrol officer, he still was an Inner Breath Realm martial artist. Although the number of Inner Breath Realm martial artists in Pengcheng was increasing, their standing remained unshaken.

Leveraging his status, Smith Benjamin began plotting to make another fortune. He had no delusions about taking over the shelter on Nameless Mountain, but he did aim to make a significant profit somehow.

Dong Tianyu was oblivious to Smith Benjamin’s plans, but even if he knew, he wouldn’t pay too much heed.

After all, with the power difference between Dong Tianyu and Smith Benjamin being akin to an elephant and ant, Dong Tianyu could simply crush any intricate plan of Smith Benjamin’s with sheer force.

Of course, while being nonchalant, if he really knew about Smith Benjamin’s plot, Dong Tianyu would not hesitate a moment in crushing him under his foot.

After returning, Dong Tianyu remained in the cave to practice. At this time, the progress bar on the Data Layout read ninety-nine percent, meaning he was very close to a breakthrough. Being slightly obsessive, Dong Tianyu secluded himself in the Hall of Longevity, even temporarily suspending his favorite role-playing game.

After several days, Dong Tianyu finally made a successful breakthrough to the fifth level of the Foundation Building Stage.