Tang Family estate.

Whirr…Squeak!

A fleet of Rolls-Royces halted in front of the main villa, and Jiang Chen along with others disembarked from the vehicle.

"Mr. Jiang, please come inside. Grandfather and the others are already waiting for you inside!" Tang Jiawei emerged from the villa with a smile plastered over his face to greet Jiang Chen and his companions.

"Alright," Jiang Chen nodded and entered the villa.

Inside the villa's hall, Elder Qing, Old Master Tang, and Spirit You were already seated in the living room.

"Young Jiang."

"Mu Lisi? Xi'er?"

"Chief instructor!"

Upon seeing Jiang Chen and his group enter, Elder Qing and the others greeted them. The pair appeared somewhat surprised as they glanced at Mu Lisi and Xi'er, their eyebrows slightly furrowing as they turned their heads toward Jiang Chen, their facial expressions growing solemn.

They had heard from Jiang Chen that matters were serious and that people from the Holy Court would come, but they had never imagined that even the Deputy Commander of the Holy Court ascetic monk group, Mu Lisi, would arrive.

The presence of Mu Lisi made them realize that the severity of the situation might have exceeded their expectations!

"Spirit You, go with Dark Thunder to find An Bing and the others. They have brought back a high-ranking member of the Dark Church, who has significant dealings with the Gene Organization. I hope you can extract everything he knows through interrogation!" Jiang Chen instructed softly.

"Yes!" Spirit You nodded and stood up to leave the villa.

"Yu Lin, could you please arrange for Miss Li to rest for a while?" Jiang Chen beseeched Tang Yulin, then turned to Li Fanghua, "Miss Li, please rest for a while. Once I'm done here, I shall take you to my security company."

"Of course!" Li Fanghua nodded.

Tang Yulin escorted Li Fanghua out of the villa.

Once the two had left, Jiang Chen gave Yan Hu a meaningful glance.

Buzz buzz buzz!

Yan Hu understood and immediately unleashed his aura, enveloping the entire villa.

Elder Qing and the others tensed up, their expressions turning grave at once.

"Whi—" Jiang Chen had just begun to speak when he suddenly glanced at Tang Jiawei, questioning or looking towards Old Master Tang.

Old Master Tang, understanding the situation, nodded slowly. The honorable title was one he alone had among those present.

"I already informed Jiawei last night!" Old Master Tang nodded slightly.

"That explains it. I was wondering why on the way here Yu Lin seemed wary of people from the Flame Dragon Group," Jiang Chen said, nodding in realization.

"Had it not been for last night's battle, I would not have informed Jiawei. We, the Tang family, only disclose to them that we are part of the Flame Dragon Group family once they either reach the Semi Venerable Venerable Realm or retire from the Tang family affairs," Old Master Tang explained softly, then curiously remarked, "Yu Lin wary of the Flame Dragon Group? Did something happen?"

"Oh, a minor issue…" Jiang Chen briefly explained the situation with Li Fanghua, then added meaningfully, "Elder Qing, Elder Bai, the Flame Dragon Group needs a clean-up."

Elder Qing and Elder Bai glanced at Mu Lisi and Xi'er and nodded slightly, though their faces were indeed a bit sheepish.

"You two don't need to feel humiliated, our Holy Court...also needs some cleaning!" Mu Lisi understood Elder Qing's thoughts and gave a wry smile as he shook his head.

"What's wrong?" Elder Qing and his companion immediately sensed something amiss and furrowed their brows lightly.

"Let me start by talking about what we discovered this time!"

Jiang Chen spoke with a solemn expression, "This time, we eradicated the Fran Family, and during the operation, we discovered that the Fran Family was a research base for the Gene Organization. The personnel involved in the battle, with the strength of Semi Venerable Venerable, totaled around a hundred from both sides!"

"What?!"

"A hundred Semi Venerable Venerables?!"

Elder Qing and his companion exclaimed in shock, while Tang Jiawei was utterly stunned, feeling a sense of loss as he had yet to break through the Innate Peak Realm!

"Yes! This time, according to the information I received, about half of the upper and middle ranks of the Dark Church were wiped out!" Jiang Chen nodded.

"This... How could the Dark Church suddenly put forward so much manpower? Even if they wanted to infiltrate our Flame Dragon, there was no need for so many powerful fighters, right? So many Semi Venerable Venerables coming in, they just couldn't stay hidden for long!" Elder Qing was clearly puzzled.

"Elder Qing, you will understand once I finish explaining!" Jiang Chen continued gravely, "Besides exterminating them, we also made another discovery this time. The Gene Organization has successfully completed their research that helps people advance to the Venerable Realm. During yesterday's battle, we even fought a powerful expert at the Venerable Realm that they had created; fortunately, we managed to eliminate him with our combined efforts in the end!"

"What?"

"Their research succeeded?!"

Elder Qing and the others' faces changed dramatically, shocked as they looked at Jiang Chen.

Initially, when people from the Gene Organization could help someone reach Semi Venerable Venerable Realm or Innate, Elder Qing and others were concerned but not deeply so.

Because Innates or Semi Innates would not affect the fundamentals of major powers, yet a Venerable Realm expert represents the current pinnacle of strength in the Martial Dao World, aside from a few legendary figures; the Venerable Realm is almost the top.

This could affect all powers, and the Flame Dragon Group was no exception!

"Yes! And the Dark Church is willing to make such a huge sacrifice also because of this research by the Gene Organization. In other words, the Gene Organization has commenced full-scale cooperation with the Dark Church!"

Jiang Chen's expression grew even more solemn, "Moreover, my people discovered something. The Dark Church has always been low-key, but recently they have become high-profile because, firstly, they dreaded the Holy Court and dared not be too conspicuous in the past, and secondly, they had a plan, which has now reached its end stages; they no longer need to hide like that!"

"What plan?" Elder Qing asked seriously.

Jiang Chen answered solemnly, "The Dark Church has planted people within the five major forces!"

"What?!"

"This..."

Elder Qing and his companion were stunned; the term 'major forces' mentioned by Jiang Chen meant these powers were indeed vast!

"Wait! Could it be..." Elder Qing suddenly thought of something, glanced at Mu Lisi, and said with astonishment, "Are you saying these five major forces include our Flame Dragon and Mr. Mu Lisi's Holy Court?!"

"This... Impossible, right?" Elder Qing's face changed as he quickly looked towards Jiang Chen.

"Yes! Including the Flame Dragon and the Holy Court."

Jiang Chen nodded gravely, "These five major forces are our Flame Dragon's Flame Dragon Group, the Holy Court's Knights, the Ge'er Family's Spa Training Camp, the number one assassin organization in the sect powers, Bloodshadow Assassins, and another group that seems to have infiltrated a sect within the Flame Dragon Kingdom."

As his words fell, the entire room fell into complete silence.

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