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"It's right in front."

After winding their way through the mountains, Zhi Jinhua led Wang Qing and Liu Yanyan to a tranquil villa.

The three of them had just entered the courtyard.

Wang Qing could see from afar a group of people pressing their ears against windows or doors, trying to eavesdrop on conversations inside.

Wang Qing glanced around and found that apart from the two young Taoist boys who were taking care of Tian Jinzhong, all the other young people that Lu Jin had brought up the mountain this time were here, except for Zhi Jinhua who was leading the way.

These people are Lu Linglong, Yun, Ling, Wang Ergou, Canglong, Bai Shixue, Xi, and Xiao Xiao.

Seeing that they were eavesdropping on their conversation, Zhi Jinhua immediately shouted at them, "Hey! What are you doing?"

Everyone was startled by Zhi Jinhua's shout and turned around.

Seeing that it was Zhi Jinhua, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then noticed Wang Qing and Liu Yanyan following behind her.

Curious glances were cast at them.

Seeing Wang Qing's handsome appearance, Lu Linglong quickly ran to Zhi Jinhua's side, nudged her belly with her elbow, and asked with a mischievous grin, "Hehe, Hua'er, who is he?"

As Lu Linglong's good friend, Zhi Jinhua could tell what Lu Linglong was thinking just by looking at her expression.

It seemed that Lu Linglong had misunderstood, so she quickly explained, "This is Wang Qing, and the lady next to him is Liu Yanyan. It was Grandpa Lu who asked me to invite them."

Lu Linglong and the others who were further away heard that Wang Qing and Liu Yanyan had been invited by Old Master Lu.

My curiosity grew even stronger.

They were very clear about their purpose in going up the mountain.

Besides Lu Jin and the Old Master, there are two other people from the company in the room. They are here to discuss how to deal with Quanxing. It's probably because of this that Old Master Lu called Wang Qing and Liu Yanyan over.

"Hello, I'm Lu Linglong." Lu Linglong introduced herself in a very generous manner.

"Hello." Wang Qing nodded to Lu Linglong with a smile.

"Why haven't I seen you at this conference?" Lu Linglong was a bit straightforward and asked whatever came to mind.

She felt something was off; Wang Qing and Liu Yanyan looked to be around the same age as her and the others.

Logically speaking, those who come to the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony should participate in the competition.

But they had never seen it.

"We didn't participate in the competition; we just came here to join in the fun," Wang Qing explained with a smile.

"Oh, I see. That explains why I didn't see you. I thought..." Lu Linglong smiled awkwardly.

"I'll stop here for now, the old man is waiting for me. Please come with me." Seeing this, Zhi Jinhua quickly interrupted their conversation, stepped to the door, knocked on it, and called out, "Master Lu, I've already invited the people here."

"Come in," Lu Jin's voice came from inside the room.

Zhi Jinhua pushed open the door and led Wang Qing and Liu Yanyan inside.

Upon entering the room, Wang Qing saw the Old Celestial Master, Tian Jinzhong, and Lu Jin sitting in chairs.

Standing to the side were Xu San, Xu Si, Zhang Chulan, and Feng Baobao.

Wang Qing immediately stepped forward and bowed to the three of them, saying, "Wang Qing greets the Old Celestial Master, Elder Tian, ​​and Elder Lu."

Upon seeing this, Lu Jin immediately burst into laughter, "Young friend Wang Qing, I hope you won't mind that I invited you here so abruptly."

"How could that be? It's my honor that Old Master Lu would invite me," Wang Qing said with a smile.

The old Celestial Master, standing to the side, also looked at Wang Qing with a smile and said, "Young Wang Qing, I just heard what Chu Lan said. I didn't expect you to be so clever."

To know even such secrets so well is truly astonishing.

"You flatter me, Master. I just happened to know about these things," Wang Qing said apologetically. "Zhang Chulan kept asking, so I had no choice but to tell you the truth. Please don't blame me for being so talkative, Master."

"How could I blame you? It's just that Chu Lan has suffered all these years. We should have told him these things a long time ago."

The old master also said with a sigh.

“Master…” Zhang Chulan, with tears streaming down his face, looked at the old master with a choked voice.

The old Celestial Master looked at Zhang Chulan with a kind smile and comforted him, "Chulan, no matter what the outcome is this time, the Celestial Master's Mansion will always be your home."

Tian Jinzhong said with a smile, "That's right. If my senior brother treats you badly in the future, just tell Grandmaster. I'll bombard him with Phoenix Legend music every day when he's in meditation."

"Huh? Old Tian, ​​what did I do to offend you? Why would I make things difficult for Chu Lan?" The old master glared at Tian Jinzhong.

"Damn it, I didn't expect you two to come all this way to reunite with me! Old Tian, ​​Old Zhang, congratulations on gaining a grandson!" Lu Jin laughed and cursed as he congratulated the two men upon seeing this touching scene.

"Alright, Lao Lu, now that Wang Qing is here, let's get down to business."

The old master straightened his expression and said with a serious face.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin nodded and called out towards the door.

"Come in, everyone."

Upon hearing Lu Jin's words, the group of people who had been eavesdropping at the door filed in and then silently stood to the side.

Lu Jin said again, "Bring the person up."

Zero walked in from outside, carrying a person in his hand.

After seeing the man's face clearly, Xu Si said, "Isn't this Hu Jie from Dongxiang Village?"

Lu Jin nodded upon hearing this and said, "That's right, it's Hu Jie. Xue'er sensed the Qi of Shen Chong, one of the Four Madmen, on him, and then notified me."

Originally, I didn't want to alert him; I planned to just keep an eye on him.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't control his greed for power and went to hunt down lone superhumans, only to be defeated himself.

The Xue'er that Lu Jin mentioned was one of the juniors he brought, named Bai Shixue, whose ability was to devour the Qi of enemies.

Wang Qing was also acutely aware of Shen Chong's abilities, the root of all trouble.

Shen Chong can form contracts with people, and the contract holder can absorb the Qi of the dead by killing others.

However, the Qi absorbed by the contractor for each person killed will be transferred to Shen Chong himself in a certain proportion. As the number of people killed increases, this proportion gradually increases. When the contractor can get less and less Qi from killing, the person will gradually lose his rationality.

It seems that Hu Jie was influenced by him.

Xu San nodded in agreement, saying, "I see. It seems Hu Jie has been controlled by Quanxing. It also seems that his father Hu Lin's death is related to Quanxing."

According to our intelligence, there have been several instances of lone individuals being persecuted recently, and Hu Jie was always seen nearby at those times. We suspected he was behind it, and now it's completely confirmed.

Lu Jin looked at Hu Jie with a helpless expression and said, "I originally wanted to try and get some information about the Quanxing's plans from Hu Jie, but it seems difficult now."

This guy must have been mentally manipulated by the Four Madmen's abilities; he went insane after being defeated.