The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1078 Shut up! What are you saying?
"What should we do now? Should we go back to Tianyuan City?"

Yelü Yuan shouted, "Go back! Why don't we go back? Otherwise, people will think we've done something bad again, murdered the city lord, and pinned the blame on us!"

Gao Yi agreed, saying, "Indeed, no matter where we're going, we must make this matter clear."

As leaders of the Vajra Bandit Gang, Yelü Yuan and Gao Yi didn't really care about being misunderstood; in fact, such misunderstandings could even enhance their reputation. However, now that they were with Lin Chen, they subconsciously began to care about their reputations.

They didn't care about their own reputation, but rather about Lin Chen's.

Lin Chen is the Human Emperor!

Even though Yelü Yuan was a bandit king, he was well aware of the significance of the Human Emperor to the entire human race.

Every time the Human Emperor appears, the human race often faces a life-or-death calamity, and the Human Emperor is usually the one who resolves this calamity.

Lin Chen said worriedly, "If Luo Yuan, as the city lord, is a member of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect, then what about the other deputy city lords?"

Gao Yi thought for a moment and said, "To be on the safe side, we can stay out of the city and just inform everyone about this."

"Row!"

Gao Yi took out the recording stone and recorded the formation below before nodding: "It can be destroyed now."

Yelü Yuan flew directly up the high mountain next to the canyon and slammed down with a heavy punch.

The mountain collapsed, and countless boulders rolled down from the sky, crashing into the formation and shattering it into pieces, dimming its light.

The mud, sand, and rocks followed closely behind, completely submerging the entire valley, and the formation disappeared beneath the mud and rocks.

The three returned to Tianyuan City. Yelü Yuan stood above the city gate and shouted, "Tianyuan City Lord Luo Yuan and weapon-refining master Xu Xianxiang are both remnants of the ancient evil sect, the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect. Xu Xianxiang used the pretext of refining magical treasures to lure Deputy City Lord Zhang Zhongyan, who then refined five hundred innocent girls into blood beads!"

"Zhang Zhongyan has now been executed. Luo Yuan and Xu Xianxiang conspired to murder the Emperor. Luo Yuan had his right arm severed by the Emperor, and he and Xu Xianxiang both fled..."

Before Yelü Yuan could finish speaking, three figures arrived in an instant; they were the three deputy city lords.

"Shut up! What are you saying?"

Yelü Yuan's words had already spread like thunder throughout Tianyuan City, so he didn't need to say anything more. He chuckled and glanced at the three deputy city lords.

"The dignified city lord of Tianyuan City is actually a remnant of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect, working in the open and in the dark with the weapon-refining master Xu Xianxiang. He even wants to recruit the deputy city lord Zhang Zhongyan into the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect. I am now very suspicious of the three of you. I wonder if any of you are disciples of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect?"

The three deputy city lords' expressions changed drastically, and their eyes all fell on Lin Chen: "Mr. Lin, is what he said true?" Lin Chen answered frankly: "It is true."

Lin Chen recounted everything that had happened, and the three deputy city lords' expressions turned quite grim. They exchanged glances, their eyes unconsciously filled with a hint of wariness.

The ancient evil sect, the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect!

The Way of Refining!

Refining people into blood beads is used to enhance strength or to refine elixirs and craft weapons!
Such an evil thing actually happened right here, and it was even done by the city lord!

Gao Yi showed them the image of the formation and finally said, "I've said my piece, let's go."

A deputy city lord asked, "Aren't you all going to Tianyuan City?"

Yelü Yuan said leisurely, "Even the city lord is a member of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect. I'm afraid this place is a den of thieves. Once we go in, we'll be locked up and beaten, and we won't be able to escape. If I, a bandit king, die, I'll just die. But the Human Emperor is involved in the rise and fall of the entire human race. We can't let him take that risk. So, we dare not enter this city."

The three deputy city lords were speechless for a moment.

People can't see into each other's hearts. None of them are sure if the other two might be disciples of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect. The city lord has done such a thing, how can he have the face to say anything more?
Lin Chen and the other two turned and left cleanly and decisively. As for how much of a reaction Yelü Yuan's thunderous voice would cause, that was none of their business.

All they need to do is expose Luo Yuan and Xu Xianxiang's identities and spread the news.

Although they didn't capture the two individuals or uncover the higher-ups of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect, they at least confirmed the sect's existence and roughly determined its size and composition.

"If we can't enter Tianyuan City, how can we gather information?"

Gao Yi laughed and said, "That's alright. Snakes have their ways, and rats have theirs. He came to Tianyuan City mainly to repair his armor. Now he just needs to find a place to cultivate in peace. Leave the gathering of information to me..."

"it is good!"

In a secluded spot near Tianyuan City, the group found a quiet mountain cave.

Gao Yi and Yelü Yuan went out to gather information, while Lin Chen stayed behind to cultivate in peace, as he had just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage and needed to consolidate and improve his skills.

Lin Chen sat there for half a month, during which time he completely stabilized his cultivation level.

Lin Chen took out the Spirit Radiance from his spatial ring. This was a loot he had risked his life to obtain in the underground tomb of the Eternal Mine, and there were nearly fifty of them!
I couldn't use it during the bottleneck period before, but now that I'm in the early stage of Nascent Soul, it's just right for me!
(End of this chapter)