"As far as I know, there have been at least thirteen Five Kage who have been active in the world, but the seats of the Five Kage are fixed at five."

"At the time, the outside world thought that this was just a normal job rotation within the Shadow Kingdom. Only we knew that the five former shadows who had disappeared without a trace were actually devoured by the Shadow King."

"That is to say, there are at least eight S-rank dark attribute awakeners who were openly devoured by the Shadow King."

"There are even more dark attribute awakeners who were secretly devoured by him!"

"At the time, this information caused a huge uproar within the Cultivation Department."

"They quickly protected the dark attribute awakeners in the country, but in the end, all the protected dark attribute awakeners disappeared in their hiding places without exception."

"After discovering this, the Cultivation Department was extremely angry, but there was nothing they could do about it."

"In the end, they had to release the news and let all dark attribute awakeners in the country hide themselves."

"It is probably because of this news that Wenwen has been hiding herself and pretending to be an ordinary person..."

At this point, Deng Herong's pupils shrank, and he asked anxiously, "Grandfather, you said before that Wenwen was in trouble. Could she have been found by the people from the Shadow Kingdom?"

“…I found it.”

Deng Yougang nodded, and then said calmly: "But don't worry, since they dared to attack that girl, the life of this organization will come to an end."

Bai Lang beside him said excitedly: "The Shadow King, this title is quite impressive. How about letting me go and meet him?"

Deng Yougang hurriedly stopped him, saying, "No, please don't. This is Earth, not another world. You should take a break first. If you lose your strength..."

Bai Lang interrupted unhappily, "Why, you just don't trust me?"

Deng Yougang nodded decisively, indicating that he indeed did not trust him.

Bai Lang's face was full of black lines. He snorted twice and sat on the chair beside the bed in angrily.

Deng Herong looked at the two of them in surprise, and finally discovered that Bai Lang seemed to be the stronger of the two.

This guy is so strong that the ancestors dare not let him take action, as if they are worried that his fight will hurt too many innocent people...

But isn’t this too exaggerated?

The old ancestor was a powerful person who could purify the air of the entire province with a wave of his hand. In his eyes, this level of strength was already the best. The senior Bai next to him was even stronger than him...

Deng Herong was extremely shocked.

At this moment, Deng Yougang seemed to notice something and turned to look at the door of the ward.

"Xiao Rong, the person involved will be here soon, you can have a good chat with her!"

"……Um."

Deng Herong came back to his senses, suppressed his shock, and nodded solemnly.

Whether it was the identity of a dark attribute awakener or Wenwen's actions of acting alone without telling him, they were all somewhat beyond his expectations. He really needed to have a good talk with his childhood sweetheart...

Soon, the door of the ward was opened, and the somewhat nervous girl walked in with the old swordsman.

After entering the ward, Wang Yue and Deng Yougang looked at each other, nodded, and their bodies turned into spirits and disappeared.

Shang Xiaowen stood at the door, with her head slightly lowered, her white hands twirling the corners of her clothes, as if she was afraid to look up.

Deng Yougang raised the corner of his mouth when he saw this, gave a wink to Bai Lang beside him, then stood up and walked out the door.

Bai Lang patted Deng Herong's shoulder with a smile, then put his hands behind his head and followed Deng Yougang out of the ward.

After the two closed the door and left, the entire ward fell into silence.

Soon, the sick boy spoke first: "Wenwen, I'm cured."

"……Um?"

Shang Xiaowen suddenly raised her head and looked at Deng Herong in surprise.

Deng Herong said softly: "The ancestor cured my spiritual energy exhaustion. Now I can continue to practice."

"Really?"

Shang Xiaowen's face was full of surprise and she walked forward quickly.

"Of course it's true." Deng Herong chuckled and replied, then took a deep breath and said seriously, "Wenwen, let's have a good chat. No matter what troubles you have, I am willing to face them with you."

"Even if I can't handle it, there is still the Deng family and our Deng family's ancestors."

"He is a powerful being who can even cure spiritual energy exhaustion."

"The incident that affected the entire province a few days ago was also his doing."

"With him here, even the Shadow Kingdom won't be a problem!"

"...You know everything?" Shang Xiaowen looked at him with a complicated expression, and then paused and asked in confusion, "I've been hearing you talk about the ancestor of the Deng family. Who is the ancestor? Is it the swordsman? But his last name is Wang?"

Deng Herong was slightly stunned, then sighed and began to explain Deng Yougang's identity to her.

…

…

At the same time, in the corridor outside the ward, Deng Yougang and Bai Lang were listening to Wang Yue telling about what had just happened.

Of course, Deng Yougang already knew all these things, and he also got more comprehensive information from Deng Herong.

Compared with Deng Herong, who was once a top practitioner in the Cultivation Department, Shang Xiaowen has always been pretending to be an ordinary person.

She had no channels to obtain intelligence, and her knowledge of the Shadow Kingdom was limited to the news released by the Ministry of Cultivation and her own inferences after contact with the blond young man.

Such an understanding is too one-sided.

That's why she had the illusion that 'I can handle it' and decided to go and deal with the blond young man alone.

If she knew the nature of dark magic devouring each other, she would never make such a reckless and stupid decision.

After Deng Yougang finished exchanging information with Wang Yue, he asked Wang Yue to stay and protect the two of them, while he and Bai Lang left the hospital and went to the building of the Jinghai City Cultivation Department.

There, they met Fu Guojian and two elderly men who had obviously just got off the plane.

The five people discussed the issues of the Space-Time Administration and the Pan-China Alliance for about three hours, and then quickly reached a consensus that the old man would build the organizational structure and provide support in terms of manpower, funding and authority.

Deng Yougang and Bai Lang only need to provide their knowledge and means, and select someone to temporarily serve as the director for one month.

After the meeting, the two old men left in a hurry, and the whole of China started to move quickly after their departure.

Looking at the planes taking off from the airport, Bai Lang couldn't help but sigh: "With support from above, things are much more convenient!"

Deng Yougang smiled, turned to look at Fu Guojian and said, "How is the investigation going on for the matter I asked the Cultivation Department to handle?"

Fu Guojian's smile faded, and he said seriously, "We have already notified everyone. All the practitioners in the 240 ecological cities across the country have been mobilized to conduct a carpet search."

"As long as the alien force you mentioned takes action, we will be able to discover it immediately!"

Deng Yougang nodded, and then said softly: "Although I don't want them to appear in China, if it really happens, we must make sure that the practitioners on the front line evacuate as soon as possible, and evacuate all residents of the surrounding ecological cities."

Fu Guojian nodded solemnly: "I understand!"

Deng Yougang smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this issue for now. Minister Fu, does the Cultivation Department know anything about the Shadow Kingdom?"

Fu Guojian was slightly startled, frowned and asked: "Have you met someone from the Shadow Kingdom?"

Deng Yougang shook his head: "It's not me, it's a friend of a younger generation in my family."

After that, Deng Yougang paused and said with a smile: "You should know my whereabouts these days, right?"

Fu Guojian looked a little embarrassed and nodded slightly.

Deng Yougang didn't care and continued, "You guessed right. I was born in the Deng family in Northeast China, which is the same as the Deng family in your world. So I contacted them for a while, and then they decided to regard the Deng family in my world as the main clan..."

"Your Cultivation Department should have no objection to this kind of thing, right?"

"Of course not!" Fu Guojian said solemnly, "Returning to one's roots is a natural right, and we definitely support it."

"But..." Fu Guojian paused, carefully choosing his words, "One thing at a time, we won't say much about the connection between blood and clan, but as for other aspects..."

Deng Yougang smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is not the first time we have accepted a branch sect member. Our family has experience in dealing with such situations, and we have strict family rules and regulations to restrict them. It will definitely not cause any bad effects on you."

...House rules and regulations?

Fu Guojian frowned, but immediately said: "That's no problem!"

Deng Yougang nodded, and then smiled and said, "Send me the latest information about the Shadow Kingdom. I am very interested in this organization. If nothing unexpected happens, I should help you get rid of the Shadow King."

Fu Guojian's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Please follow me!"

…

…

Not long after, Deng Yougang appeared again in the ward of the Cultivation Department Hospital.

Facing the puzzled looks of Shang Xiaowen and Deng Herong, he threw a piece of paper document on the bed.

After magic power poured into this world, many awakened people with electromagnetic abilities appeared one after another. Paper materials rose again and became the safest way to store confidential information.

"……What's this?"

Deng Herong picked up the document with a puzzled look.

Deng Yougang glanced at him and said calmly, "The Shadow Nation member who contacted Xiaowen is named Kenny. He is one of the Five Kage candidates who has been active in East Asia recently. He has a bad personality and likes to gently pull people into the organization before staring at them and torturing them."

At this point, Deng Yougang paused, turned his head and looked at the astonished Shang Xiaowen and said calmly: "According to his habit, if you really decide to join the Shadow Kingdom, he will return to kill your most beloved family members and friends after you leave China."

"Don't think this behavior is unreasonable. Xiao Rong should have told you that the Shadow Kingdom is such a twisted and crazy organization. Its members have long been driven into lunatics and perverts by the Shadow King."

"It would be foolish of you to try to deal with them on your own."

Shang Xiaowen lowered her head with a complicated and guilty expression.

Deng Herong next to her gently held her hand, giving her warmth and comfort.

Deng Yougang glanced at them, turned and walked towards the ward door, leaving a word.

"Xiao Rong, take a rest for two days, then come with me to destroy the Shadow Kingdom. All the dark attribute magic will belong to Xiao Wen. In this way, no dark attribute awakener in the world can threaten her..."

Deng Herong and Shang Xiaowen were both stunned when they heard Deng Yougang's words.

The former immediately smiled, held the girl's hand tightly, stood up and said respectfully to Deng Yougang: "Thank you, ancestor!"