Lin Jinglong didn't take Hei Yue's advice to heart. How could the attitude of the Elders' Council determine his actions?
Therefore, when the call ended, he neither agreed nor disagreed with Black Moon's advice, and did not pay attention to what she said about not returning to Tianbao City.
"Rather than handing the initiative over to someone else, it's better to hold it firmly in our own hands. The task of finding Yang Xinhu should still be left to the Dark Star Auction House and the White Lotus Society."
Lin Jinglong maintained his previous requirements for them.
He then returned to Tianbao City with Situ Xue.
That very night.
While Lin Jinglong was still at the auction house manor, cultivating and waiting for news from all sides.
A group of people who had come from Kyoto had already taken up a secret base of the Dark Division. In a meeting room, a middle-aged man in a white suit showed Mingcheng his special envoy token.
"Hand over the Zhenwu Seal."
Huangfu Chao is also at the Vajra Martial Emperor realm.
In addition, he came from the Huangfu family and was a trusted subordinate of Huangfu Qingming, who was now acting as the Grand Elder, so he displayed an arrogant attitude when facing Mingcheng.
Mingcheng, as a member of the secret service, ignored his orders.
"Huangfu Chao, don't put on airs in front of me."
"Although you have obtained special envoy authority, you cannot command the Dark Guard!"
"Not to mention, the Zhenwu Seal is the most precious sacred artifact of the Dark Division. Even if you have the authority, I will not hand it over to you."
"Such a tough stance?"
Huangfu Chao looked at Mingcheng with a cold smile.
"Don't forget, the Elder Council no longer has a Grand Elder. All affairs are now handled entirely by Elder Qingming!"
"The Dark Guard obeys only the orders of the Grand Elder!"
He's dead!
Huangfu Chao's face darkened, and he reprimanded him.
Mingcheng shook his head again, saying casually, "Although the Grand Elder is dead, isn't his primordial spirit still in the Elder Council, cultivating the divine path?"
"Then you can keep the Zhenwu Seal. I'm afraid that before the Grand Elder returns, you'll already lose your position as the Prison Commander."
Huangfu Chao's words carried a hint of threat.
However, he could not use his authority as a special envoy to coerce the other party into handing over the Elders' Council's sacred artifact, the Zhenwu Seal, so he brought up another matter.
"Why would your secret service cooperate with Lin Jinglong?"
Why not?
Mingcheng looked at him with disdain.
Huangfu Chao's face grew increasingly angry.
"Don't forget, Lin Jinglong killed more than a hundred of our elders in Kyoto last time. Even the Third Elder, Zhou Xuantian, died at his hands. Aren't you afraid that he might go berserk one day and kill all of your secret service members as well?"
“You don’t need to scare me. I know Lin Jinglong better than you do. His killing of Zhou Xuantian and his men can only be described as their own fault.”
Mingcheng waved his hand repeatedly, clearly unwilling to dwell on the matter any longer, but Huangfuchao was unwilling to end the conversation there.
"Since we're cooperating, you should know where Lin Jinglong is, or you could lure him out."
What do you want to do?
Mingcheng's eyes had turned slightly colder.
He looked at Huangfu Chao warily, wondering if this guy was going to cause trouble.
Huangfu Chao's expression was gloomy.
"Why keep someone like Lin Jinglong, who doesn't understand the rules and can't be used by us?"
Mingcheng's eyelid twitched.
An unnamed rage suddenly rose within him.
However, given the other party's status as a special envoy and the fact that he was a Vajra Martial Emperor with a higher cultivation level than him, he couldn't make a scene, so he shook his head.
"I don't know Lin Jinglong's whereabouts, and the Dark Division will not lure him out for you. If you cause trouble for him, then you'll have to bear the consequences yourself."
Huangfu Chao suffered two consecutive setbacks.
He gave Mingcheng a deep look, his expression incredibly gloomy.
"He won't hand over the Zhenwu Seal, and he won't reveal Lin Jinglong's whereabouts. This bastard doesn't respect Elder Qingming's authority at all. Once we return to the capital, we must replace him!"
"I am more suited to the position of Prison Warden!"
"And that Lin Jinglong, he'll be killed sooner or later!"
Huangfu Chao thought to himself silently.
It was also that night.
In Tianbao City, the premier city in southern Xinjiang with a population of over ten million, another group of people is moving swiftly.
Yang Xinhu led several trusted subordinates.
We traversed the night sky at top speed.
They quickly entered a building that was more than ten stories high, but instead of going to the top floor, they took a hidden elevator to a secret room ten meters underground.
After entering the large secret chamber, Yang Xinhu, dressed in a cloak, looked somewhat pale. In front of him, besides a dozen or so Yang family confidants, there were only hundreds of puppets standing motionless in the corners.
"For the next few days, lay low for a while. You all contact the Yang family members on the surface and tell them not to meet with the Hidden World Alliance or the Elders' Council!"
Yang Xinhu felt slightly relieved after entering the secret room.
He gave orders to the dozen or so men in front of him.
These people were basically big shots in Southern Xinjiang, either leaders of top martial arts schools or presidents of top chambers of commerce in Southern Xinjiang. At this moment, they all stood respectfully in front of Yang Xinhu, their attitude trembling with fear.
After hearing what Yang Xinhu said, one of them stood up.
He was a middle-aged, overweight man wearing a baggy suit.
“Patriarch, our Yang family has been in the Southern Frontier for so many years. When have we ever been afraid of any hidden alliance? The elders’ council can’t even reach this side. Are we just supposed to let them suppress us?”
"President Qin, what kind of talk is that?"
Then a tall, thin middle-aged man stepped forward beside him.
He said with a sneer, "The patriarch has his reasons for doing this. Most importantly, the Elders' Council and the Hidden World Alliance are both looking for the patriarch's whereabouts. Are we going to confront them head-on?"
"Your Tianlong Martial Arts Academy naturally doesn't need to worry about so much, but my Qin Weihao Chamber of Commerce cannot afford to have its business affected, otherwise we won't be able to recover from this!"
Qin Weihao said angrily.
Yang Xinhu suddenly coughed twice.
"Old Qin, you've been my trusted confidant for decades. How could you not know the power of the Lin family and the Elders' Council? Compared to life, what is money?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Weihao could only lower his head silently.
"How long should we lay low?"
Everyone else stared at Yang Xinhu and asked questions.
"It won't be long. The Lin family won't wait much longer. At most a week, they'll start their next move."
Yang Xinhu paused suddenly at this point.
His expression suddenly became somewhat ferocious.
"The Lin family has gone completely mad in their desire to open the Sacred Realm. I'm not going to get on this pirate ship. I hope the Elders' Council won't push them too hard, otherwise this huge Tianbao City..."
Yang Xinhu did not finish his sentence.
But everyone else present gasped in shock.
Realizing that this crisis did not belong to Yang Xinhu alone, everyone present would likely be implicated, since their business foundations were located in Tianbao City.
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