At that moment, everyone was stunned.

Jiang Chen was also dumbfounded.

He had merely proposed a possibility, but Old Master Tang's words almost explicitly stated that Elixir Valley was a force infiltrated by the Gene Organization!

"This... this is too terrifying! If Elixir Valley has been infiltrated by the Gene Organization! Then... those alchemists who have been gathered by Elixir Valley and are on assignment in various major powers..." Lou Family Patriarch began with a look of shock on his face.

"If those alchemists then turn those powers over to..." Mo Tiancheng even voiced a more horrifying speculation!

Everyone fell into silence for a moment!

"We can only investigate this matter secretly, there's no way to publicize it!" Jiang Chen sighed.

"Yes, the influence of Elixir Valley is simply too great. Unless there is solid evidence, publicizing it would only make us a target, serving no other purpose, and might even make them more alert!" Old Master Tang sighed softly.

Dinglingling!

A ringtone broke the silence of the crowd.

Jiang Chen took out his cellphone, glanced at it, and answered the call, "Hello, Spirit You!"

"Commander, I've found out something, please come over!" A voice tinged with shock came from the receiver.

"Alright!" Jiang Chen nodded. The discussion was already concluded, there was no need to waste more time here, and nothing more could be figured out!

"Everyone, please go back and conduct a secret investigation." After hanging up the call, Jiang Chen glanced at everyone and spoke softly.

Everyone nodded and one by one stood up, leaving the reception room until only Jiang Chen, Yan Hu, and Old Master Tang were left.

"Elder Bai, Spirit You has some news. Call Mu Lisi and the others, let's go!" Jiang Chen spoke softly.

"Alright!"

The three of them left the reception room, called Mu Lisi and Xi'er, and drove away from the Tang Family estate.

Xi Bo, Yichen Hotel.

The Yichen Group can now be said to span dozens of industries, truly becoming a diversified conglomerate.

The Yichen Hotel of Xi Bo is the third six-star hotel in the Flame Dragon Kingdom that was recently completed!

Wuuu... Squeak!

A stretch Bentley stopped at the hotel entrance, and Jiang Chen, Yan Hu, Old Master Tang, Elder Qing, Mu Lisi, and Xi'er got out of the car.

"Young Master!" Dark Thunder came out from the hotel, greeted Jiang Chen, and then led everyone into the hotel.

In the hotel suite.

Spirit You had a look of panic on his face, mixed with a bit of guilt.

An Bing looked at Spirit You with a puzzled face, "Spirit You, what's wrong?"

"I... I found out something terrifying!"

Spirit You spoke with an unnatural expression, then his face darkened with guilt, "I only now vaguely understand the terrifying enemy the commander has always been fighting against. We... are too weak!"

"Yes, we are too weak!" An Bing sighed.

Spirit You suddenly lifted his head, looking at An Bing in surprise.

An Bing gave a bitter smile, "Do you know what my current strength is?"

"What strength? Aren't you an Innate Grandmaster at your peak?" Spirit You looked at An Bing, puzzled.

"No!" An Bing shook his head, "I am now at the early stage of Semi Venerable Venerable!"

"What?! Semi..." Spirit You stared at An Bing in astonishment.

An Bing scoffed at himself, "What? Do you think that's strong? Too weak! Still too weak!"

"When the old man arranged for us to be by the Young Master's side, we all had our pride, and even at that time, we somewhat looked down on the Young Master, thinking he was just a man marrying into the family, unworthy of our protection as Heavenly and Earth Level experts!"

An Bing's eyes revealed a reminiscing look as he slightly lifted his head, "But on our first meeting, the Young Master settled Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother! Since then, we never looked down on the Young Master. Over all this time, the Young Master never really treated us as servants or guards; he treated us like brothers! Yet we, we are not worthy to be his brothers!"

An Bing's voice grew deeper: "Why? Why are we so inadequate?! The Young Master provided us with cultivation techniques, with elixirs, while he himself never took any elixirs, yet his strength has always been greater than ours."

"This point, we are proud of, this is our Young Master, a peerless genius, this peerless genius whom we have sworn to serve our whole life, while at the same time, we despise ourselves, detesting our own uselessness!"

An Bing's eyes showed an extreme sense of guilt:

"Having been with the Young Master for so long, whenever we faced powerful enemies, it was always the Young Master who bore the burden, we didn't even have the strength to contend against powerful enemies, every time, it was the Young Master who fought for our chance to escape, every time, it was the Young Master standing against the enemies, fighting them to the death, while we, we could only watch, only flee!"

"We are guards! He is the Young Master! We... do you say we qualify to be the Young Master's guards, to be his brothers?" An Bing spoke somewhat agitatedly.

Crack!

A soft sound, the room door opened, Jiang Chen and others walked in, led by Dark Thunder with a complex expression on his face.

Jiang Chen entered the room with a serious look at An Bing, "You qualify! Who dares say you don't? Whether you qualify or not, that's for me to decide, your own words don't count, I say you qualify, then you qualify!"

With that, he glanced at Spirit You and added, "You guys should stop fussing about these useless things all day; if you have spare time, better get some solid sleep than anything else!"

"Yes!" An Bing stood up and respectfully responded.

"Sleep, sleep some more?" Elder Qing looked bewildered at Jiang Chen, "Shouldn't you say it would be more substantial to concentrate on training rather than sleeping?"

"They don't need hard training," replied Jiang Chen as he glanced at An Bing and Dark Thunder, turning to Elder Qing with all seriousness.

"Not need hard training?!" This time, even Old Master Tang, Mu Lisi, and Xi'er all shared in the bewilderment.

"Yes!"

Jiang Chen nodded, his face showing a hint of painful compassion, "They have already tried too hard!"

Speaking, Jiang Chen placed his hand on Dark Thunder's shoulder, and then on Yan Hu's shoulder, speaking in a low tone:

"When they first came to my side, they still trained according to the planned training times, but since Jing Yi got injured and became a vegetative, they have gone mad, sleeping only five hours a day, besides sleeping, eating, and patrolling, all other time they spent training. Since..."

"Since the villa attack when Lin Lin nearly died, and many brothers were heavily injured or killed, they have been even more desperate, sleeping only three hours a day! And..."

"And when I barely escaped death in the ancient capital, they reduced their sleeping time to less than two hours. Especially that rascal Hu Zi, after that incident, he didn't sleep for half a month, continuously training whenever he found time, I had to knock him out to make him sleep for a while!"

Speaking to this point, a teary sheen emerged in Jiang Chen's eyes.

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