Chapter 113 The Highest Secret

The leaders of the Five Elements Alliance control the highest secrets of the Spirit Realm. Is it the same for the leaders of evil organizations?

Zhang Yuanqing didn't open his eyes immediately, maintaining his frozen state as he pondered the information he had obtained from Xiahou Tianyuan's memories.

He suddenly thought of the conversation between the Demon Lord and the members of the Beauty God Association. That woman tempted the Demon Lord to meet with the president of the Beauty God Association, and the bargaining chip was the highest secret of the Spirit Realm.

If the leaders of the Alliance controlled the so-called ultimate secret, then the official research on the Spirit Realm was actually very thorough... It's just that the bottom and middle-level personnel don't have the authority to know. I wonder if the elder-level Spirit Realm cultivators know about it. Well, even Xiahou Xin knows something, so the elders must also know, but they shouldn't have control over it…

Dark Night Rose is indeed plotting something big. The leader of this organization, even if they haven't reached the level of Alliance Leader, isn't far off. Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes and met a pair of deep, probing eyes.

"How was it?" Fu Qingyang asked.

"There were some gains." Zhang Yuanqing told him the results of the spirit questioning.

Fu Qingyang frowned and remained silent. His handsome and three-dimensional face became even more like a sculpture. After a while, he nodded slowly: "Xiahou Chi isn't the most outstanding among Xiahou Old Ancestor's descendants, but his ambition is not small."

Zhang Yuanqing didn't understand immediately, but after a few seconds, he realized that Fu Qingyang was analyzing the reason why Xiahou Chi had turned to the Dark Night Rose.

He seems to be gradually regarding me as a "same-level" intelligent person, thinking that I can understand with a simple explanation? This is a good thing, but it will be very tiring. Zhang Yuanqing said:

"Xiahou Tianyuan's understanding of the Dark Night Rose is very limited. He should just be an external member."

Zhang Yuanqing seized the opportunity for revenge. The other meaning of this sentence was: It's time to kill Xiahou Xin.

Fu Qingyang nodded: "I have already gathered manpower and will set off now to arrest Xiahou Xin."

The two of them returned to the first floor along the stairs.

At the stairwell, Ling Jun, wearing capri pants, flip-flops, and a loose short-sleeved shirt, leaned against the handrail in a flirtatious pose, smilingly saying:

"What intelligence did you extract from Xiahou Tianyuan?"

Fu Qingyang said indifferently:

"He can't access confidential information. To find out some of the Dark Night Rose members lurking in the branch, we have to start with Xiahou Xin."

"Ah?" Zhang Yuanqing was shocked, wondering how such confidential information could be told to this squinting-eyed member of the Taiyi Sect.

As a scout, Fu Qingyang noticed his subordinate's surprise and explained:

"It's okay. He is a member of the 'White Tiger Guard' that I established. He is a trustworthy companion."

"White Tiger Guard?" Zhang Yuanqing expressed his doubts with his eyes.

Ling Jun maintained his flirtatious leaning pose and smiled:

"Do you know why wild Spirit Realm cultivators form folk organizations in addition to official organizations?"

Mutual help? That's not right. The correct way for Spirit Realm cultivators to survive is to keep a low profile. After all, without prestige points, mutual killing between cultivators of the same camp does not deduct morality points. Zhang Yuanqing pondered:

"Sharing strategies?"

If there had to be a reason, that would probably be it.

Ling Jun nodded: "That's part of it, but what dispels suspicion and vigilance between cultivators isn't strategies, but something called a Gang Order."

"Gang Order?" As a game enthusiast, Zhang Yuanqing heard a familiar name.

"A Gang Order is a kind of item. Its function is to allow Spirit Realm cultivators to form their own forces. You are young, so this concept is very clear, right?"

Ling Jun popularized:

"Gang Orders have many benefits, such as increasing a cultivator's attributes in the Spirit Realm; additional experience points are awarded when completing tasks; they have access to dungeons exclusive to the gang; there are gang-exclusive tasks; and they can pull gang members to team up in dungeons, but only members with the same realm can team up. There are many benefits.

"You should know that the Five Elements Alliance is an alliance formed by five major organizations. Initially, the five major organizations started from small gangs and gradually developed into the five strongest forces in the Spirit Realm world."

Speaking of this, Ling Jun looked at Fu Qingyang and curved his lips, saying, "As the gang leader, you get the biggest attribute bonus."

No wonder the Five Elements Alliance is full of factions, no wonder Guan Ya told me back then that I am a member of the White Tiger Army and will most likely join a gang when my level goes up, and the gang leader is that female marshal... So there's such a thing as a Gang Order. If I could get a Gang Order, I could form my own force, specifically to recruit informants, such as Palace Master Zhisha, Master Wuhen. Zhang Yuanqing asked with great interest:

"How do you get a Gang Order?"

Fu Qingyang replied, "Complete a multi-player adversarial dungeon and lead the team to victory as the leader, and there is a certain chance of being rewarded with a Gang Order."

Ling Jun snorted: "Fu Qingyang had incredible luck at the extraordinary stage and obtained a level 2 Gang Order."

"Can gangs overlap?" Zhang Yuanqing suddenly thought that if the predecessors of the Five Elements Alliance were the five major gangs, then with Fu Qingyang's identity, he must have already joined the White Tiger Army.

"Of course, there is no conflict." Ling Jun squinted and smiled:

"For example, I am from the Taiyi Sect, the Hundred Flowers Society, and also Fu Qingyang's White Tiger Guard. In this way, when going to a dungeon, as long as I am matched with any one of the three major forces, I will get a bonus. And if I am matched with cultivators from the three major gangs at the same time, I can only choose one."

Good heavens, so you are a three-surname slave! Zhang Yuanqing glanced at him askance.

Being a member of the "White Tiger Guard" shows that Fu Qingyang trusts him very much.

At this time, Fu Qingyang looked towards the hall and said lightly:

"Let's chat later. It's time to set off."

A group of people happened to enter the hall. It was Bai Long, Qing Teng, Guan Ya, Jiang Jingwei, and acting squad leader Teng Yuan.

Although the number of people was small, they were all elites.

Jiang Jingwei put her hands on her hips, walking with an attitude of not acknowledging anyone, and laughed from a distance:

"Poker face, squinty eyes, we meet again."

The little girl, with her fiery red hair swishing back and forth, walked over and slapped Zhang Yuanqing on the shoulder: "You're here too."

Her height only reached Zhang Yuanqing's chest, and she had to stand on tiptoe to pat him.

Damn, this girl has a lot of strength... Zhang Yuanqing secretly gritted his teeth.

"Long time no see, Jingwei!" Ling Jun stepped forward and vigorously rubbed the girl's head: "Is Brother Xu doing well?"

"Don't touch my head." Jiang Jingwei was furious and headbutted him.

Ling Jun dodged nimbly.

Zhang Yuanqing quickly grabbed the girl's soft little hand, preventing her from meeting a dog-eat-mud fate.

Fu Qingyang said: "Let's go!"

Squad leader Teng Yuan nodded first, then looked at Zhang Yuanqing and said, "One thousand yuan subsidy for one mission."

"Thank you, squad leader!" Zhang Yuanqing said loudly.

Four business cars drove into the Junli Hotel. The group took the elevator directly to the 39th floor, where Xiahou Xin and his bodyguards were staying.

The entire floor of rooms had been booked by the Xiahou family. The corridor was quiet.

Fu Qingyang led the team to the presidential suite at the end of the corridor. He didn't ring the doorbell. He listened for a moment and frowned:

"There's no one in the room. Guan Ya, go see if anyone else from the Xiahou family is here."

Guan Ya immediately knocked on the door next to the presidential suite. The door was opened by a middle-aged man in a black suit, tall and thin, with a cold face.

"Who are you looking for?"

The middle-aged man in the black suit scrutinized the group with sharp eyes.

Guan Ya stared at him for a few times, confirming that he was a Spirit Realm cultivator, and said coldly:

"We are official cultivators from Kangyang District. We have something to ask Xiahou Xin. Where is he?"

"People from the authorities?" The middle-aged man in the black suit frowned: "Mr. Xiahou Xin is resting in his room."

Guan Ya shook her head: "He's not in the room."

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then replied steadily: "I'll call him."

He took out his phone from his pocket and dialed Xiahou Xin's number.

After a while, the thin bodyguard put down his phone and said helplessly:

"Mr. Xiahou Xin didn't go out today, at least I didn't receive an order for him to go out. You can wait here, or you can go back first. When he comes back, I will inform him."

Guan Ya turned to look at Fu Qingyang.

Fu Qingyang said expressionlessly: "Call the hotel manager to open the door."

"You can't enter Mr. Xiahou Xin's room without permission," the middle-aged bodyguard said in a deep voice.

"You disagree? Want to fight?" Jiang Jingwei said, with her hands on her hips, her temper blazing.

Squad leader Teng Yuan pushed up the glasses on his nose and said with a dull gaze: "I will apply for workers' compensation for you."

"I'm very strong, I won't get hurt." Jiang Jingwei retorted unhappily.

Squad leader Teng Yuan said lightly: "I'm just informing you of employee benefits."

"Good leader!" Zhang Yuanqing gave a thumbs up: "Leader, I feel a little hot. Can I apply for a high-temperature subsidy?"

Squad leader Teng Yuan nodded, "Write an application for me later."

Fu Qingyang silently watched this scene, considering whether to disband the second team and reorganize it, or recall Li Dongze in advance. After a few minutes, Guan Ya returned with a hotel staff member in the name of a security officer.

The crowd made way for the staff member, who took out her employee card and swiped open the door to the presidential suite.

"Click!"

The moment the staff member turned the doorknob, everyone present simultaneously sensed an invisible "barrier" shatter, turning into a slight breeze that swept across the corridor.

Fu Qingyang narrowed his eyes and stepped into the suite first.

Zhang Yuanqing and others followed behind him. The living room was empty. Fu Qingyang, as the leader, stood in the hall. Teng Yuan, who was passive and lacked enthusiasm for life, also didn't move. The others went to check the toilet, study, bedroom, etc.

Jiang Jingwei twisted open the bedroom door, glanced inside, and suddenly turned around, shouting:

"He's here!"

Everyone immediately gathered around. The bedroom curtains were tightly closed, and the light was dim. A figure was lying quietly on the bed.

Ling Jun turned on the lights with a "slap" sound.

The person lying on the bed was Xiahou Xin. His body was stiff and motionless.

Captain Qing Teng came to the bedside in high heels and examined him for a while, saying in a deep voice:

"He's dead. Based on the stiffness of the corpse, it has been more than five hours."

Xiahou Xin is dead? At this critical moment?! Zhang Yuanqing didn't know whether to be happy or heavy.

Xiahou Xin died too coincidentally.

The bodyguard who had followed them in looked at Xiahou Xin's body, first in disbelief, then in horror after hearing Captain Qing Teng's words:

"That's not right. At 9:30 this morning, Mr. Xiahou Xin ordered breakfast."

And the current time was 11:00 noon.

Fu Qingyang's expression remained unchanged: "Bai Long, Qing Teng, Jiang Jingwei, Teng Yuan, you go outside first."

After these people left, Fu Qingyang closed the bedroom door. He looked at Zhang Yuanqing and said:

"The stiffness of the corpse may not accurately reflect the time of death. Do you remember how Heng Xing Wuji died?"

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood: "The one who killed Xiahou Xin was a Night Watcher?" (Ye Youshen)

Fu Qingyang nodded slightly: "The higher-ups of Dark Night Rose are Night Watchers."

Guan Ya furrowed her brows deeply: "So, Xiahou Xin was silenced by Dark Night Rose?"

Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but take a look at the experienced driver. Ordinary official cultivators didn't have the authority to know this information. It seemed that Guan Ya had obtained a lot of important intelligence from Fu Qingyang in private.

That's right, they are cousin and cousin.

"We just killed Xiahou Tianyuan, and Xiahou Xin was silenced? How is that possible? Even if the information was leaked, it couldn't be this fast." Zhang Yuanqing was also proficient in some reasoning, but he felt it was very unreasonable. At this time, Ling Jun leaned against the wall, squinting:

"If it was a high-level Night Watcher who took action, they might not need intelligence."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Yuanqing didn't understand. Fu Qingyang, on the other hand, "hmm"ed and said:

"Yuanshi, go see if Xiahou Xin's spirit body is still there."

Why don't Night Watchers need intelligence? I hate the way you guys talk. Zhang Yuanqing walked to the bedside, and a dark color surged in his eyes, trying to communicate with the remnants of spirit in the corpse.

A few seconds later, the darkness in his eyes faded, and he shook his head at Fu Qingyang and the others:

"The spirit body is gone."

Fu Qingyang had expected this, so he wasn't surprised when he heard this. He looked at Zhang Yuanqing and said, "High-level Night Watchers have the ability to glimpse fate. If Xiahou Xin were to meet that murderer, he would see the direction of fate."

Night Watchers have this ability? Glimpse the direction of fate... Well, we came here this time to quickly capture Xiahou Xin and kill him to question his spirit. Zhang Yuanqing was shocked.

Controlling the power of Taiyin and Sun, and also being able to glimpse fate, how terrifying are high-level Night Watchers?

His expression then changed: "Then is Xiahou Chi also in danger?"

If he was a high-level member of the Dark Night Rose, and he saw Xiahou Xin's fate and realized that Xiahou Chi's lineage had been exposed, he would definitely continue to kill and silence people.

"Don't worry!" Ling Jun smiled:

"Xiahou Chi is imprisoned in Elder Gou's zoo. It's not that easy to kill him and silence him."

"How can you scold the Elder?" Zhang Yuanqing was shocked.

Ling Jun said, "I didn't scold the Elder."

"Dog Ling Jun!"

"Why are you cursing people?"

"Yeah, so why did you scold the Elder?"

Fu Qingyang gave a cold glance, interrupting the conversation between the two. He found that Yuanshi had a bad habit, which was being too active.

He could chat with anyone and laugh and scold with anyone.

In the business car on the return trip, Fu Qingyang dialed Elder Teddy's number.

"Elder, Xiahou Xin has been silenced."

"Understood."

Fu Qingyang said in a deep voice: "Dark Night Rose is racing against time with us. The general inspection has been postponed, and the clues of the Xiahou family have been cut off here. Our search for Black Impermanence has returned to square one."

"Also, we have already stirred up the grass, so Dark Night Rose will definitely hurry to make contact with Black Impermanence. Elder, we don't have much time left. The only breakthrough now is Xiahou Chi."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then he said:

"Xiahou Chi is at the peak of the Saint realm. One step further and he will be a Ruler. To kill him, we must convene the other four elders to discuss and communicate with the Xiahou family. This takes time. Let's shelve the Dark Night Rose line for now."

"Okay!" Fu Qingyang's tone was calm, with no expression on his face.

After ending the call, he leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes, not saying a word.

In another car, Zhang Yuanqing frowned:

"Xiahou Chi can't be moved for the time being, so the plan to follow the clues of Dark Night Rose to search for Black Impermanence has failed. Great, we're back to square one again."

Continue to search for the Wugu Master (witchcraft master) like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Alas, if we delay any longer, the servants of the Deceitful Eye Judge will erupt one after another, and the leader of Dark Night Rose will successfully meet with Black Impermanence. The official's face will be greatly discredited, and Black Impermanence, who has successfully solved the problem, will be a great disaster."

Smart as he was, he couldn't think of a better way for a while.

Zhang Yuanqing wanted to find a teammate to discuss, but he glanced at Jiang Jingwei on the left and then at squad leader Teng Yuan, who was passive. The experienced driver had taken her cousin's car.

"I'll just think for myself," he sighed.

"How did that guy die? So boring. I thought I could fight." Jiang Jingwei's voice was clear and pleasant. She didn't understand what had happened today and looked regretful.

"I heard from Guan Ya that you're not studying anymore?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

"I am studying. I just don't go to school anymore." Jiang Jingwei squatted on the wide and comfortable seat and said, "My dad said that the teachers in school don't know how to teach."

"He hired a tutor for me. I beat up one every time he hired one."

Speaking of this, a proud look appeared on the little girl's pretty and cute face.

"And then there are no tutors now?"

Jiang Jingwei's little face collapsed: "Later, he found a fire master in the Saint realm to be my tutor. The tutor beat me up every time he saw me."

Is this the legendary "using magic to defeat magic, using a fire master to defeat a fire master?" Zhang Yuanqing's mind was full of complaints.

Late at night.

Kangyang District, riverside bridge hole.

The night in Songhai has no moonlight, and the light of the street lamps cannot illuminate this dark corner.

A figure wearing a trench coat, a baseball cap, and a mask walked out of the night and stopped in front of the bridge hole. He looked at the dark bridge hole and said in a low voice:

"You are finally willing to respond to my contact. The heavens are unfair."

A cold snort came from the bridge hole:

"Heng Xing Wuji is dead. The boss is very dissatisfied with you, and the few trusts he had are also being eroded."

The figure wearing the baseball cap said in a deep voice:

"Heng Xing Wuji's death was an accident. Who would have thought that the Yuanshi Tianzun had trump cards? And because of this incident, we Dark Night Rose have also been exposed to the official's view."

"What's worse is that the Xiahou family has also been exposed. Fortunately, the Great Guardian was alert and killed Xiahou Xin, otherwise even I would have been in danger of being exposed."

The person in Bridge Hole A said:

"This is also the reason why I responded to you. The officials are gradually approaching us. If we continue to delay, it will not be good for anyone. The boss needs to see your sincerity."

The figure wearing the baseball cap said, "What does Black Impermanence want us to do?"

The person in the bridge hole said coldly: "Kill Yuanshi Tianzun and avenge Heng Xing Wuji."

The figure wearing the baseball cap was silent for a moment, then said:

"Okay!"

"Then, is there an answer to the matter I asked you about?"

The person in the bridge hole said:

"The Deceitful Eye Judge was indeed killed by the Demon Lord. Among the people present at the time, besides the boss, there was another guy whose Spirit Realm was called *Teenage Soldier King* (shao nian bing wang)."

"*Teenage Soldier King*," the man wearing the baseball cap muttered to himself in a low voice. After a few seconds, he said, "Who is he? Is there any information about him in reality?"

"Yes! The boss knows his information."

The man wearing the baseball cap's tone suddenly became urgent: "I want all his information."

"Okay. Three days later, if I receive news that Yuanshi Tianzun has been killed, I will give you the *Teenage Soldier King*'s information at this same place." After the person in the bridge hole finished speaking, he asked again:

"What are you looking for him for?"

The man wearing the baseball cap said indifferently: "You don't need to know."

"Buzz..." Zhang Yuanqing, who was in a light sleep state, was awakened by the buzzing sound from the Cat King speaker.

This broken thing always plays audio without warning... He lifted the quilt, came to the desk, opened the drawer, and took out the Cat King speaker.

It's worth mentioning that there was also his aunt's white lace bra in the drawer. Zhang Yuanqing originally planned to sneak the bra under his aunt's bed, but he came back late today, so he decided to wait until his aunt went to work tomorrow before doing so. To prevent the sound of the Demon Lord and women playing poker from waking up his family, Zhang Yuanqing held the Cat King speaker, ready to enter night travel at any time.

The "buzzing" sound continued for a few seconds, and a familiar voice came:

"What are you looking for me for? Didn't we agree not to meet again?"

It was Brother Bing's voice. Zhang Yuanqing's eyes widened.

Immediately afterward, it was the Demon Lord's voice:

"I am about to touch that realm, but before that, I want to kill the Deceitful Eye Judge first. Teenage Soldier King, I want you to help me. Don't you want to get rid of the Deceitful Eye Judge's control?"

PS: Will fix typos later after posting.