Chapter 313: The Meeting Ends, the Elders Monitor Personally

The other Elders were arguing fiercely, their voices as clamorous as a violent wind and rain; the shouting and the thunderous sound of palms striking tables were like the roars of wild beasts, shaking the entire room.

In order to decide a winner, and to swap departments with Elder Ghost Leopard, they argued until their faces were red and their ears were hot, refusing to give an inch.

Elder Ghost Leopard, the central figure of the dispute, was at this moment still lost in deep contemplation, completely unable to hear the intense arguing from the outside world.

The external quarrels and disturbances dissipated from his ears, like silent stillness, leaving him to face his own thoughts alone.

He was isolated from the world, as if placed in a lonely realm where only his own reflections and inner voice existed.

"Enough! Everyone stop arguing!"

The voice of the Great Elder Qian Daoliu was like a Clear Sky Thunder, shattering the chaotic situation of the argument.

His majestic aura was like an eagle spreading its wings, inspiring awe.

In an instant, the entire conference room fell into a suffocating silence, as if time had stopped at this very moment.

The people who had been arguing fiercely just before seemed to be suppressed by an invisible force, and no one dared to utter a word.

If a needle were to drop on the floor now, the sound it made would become exceptionally clear, and everyone would be able to hear it distinctly.

Elder Ghost Leopard also recovered at the sound of the Great Elder Qian Daoliu, his expression appearing somewhat dazed, not knowing why the Great Elder had suddenly become so serious.

"Stop arguing. You should all know that Faith Power can be obtained in any position; it is merely a matter of quantity." The Great Elder's voice echoed in the conference room, stirring awe in people's hearts.

"Now that you have all become gods and possess long lifespans, are you still lacking this little bit of time?" His question left everyone silent.

"What difference does it make to transform a few years earlier or a few years later?" This question caused everyone to begin reflecting.

"Although Jerry said that the Information Department is the place where it is easiest to obtain Faith Power, he never mentioned the specific methods. However, I have thought about it, and it is certainly not a simple matter." The Great Elder's tone carried deep thought.

"Everyone has witnessed Elder Ghost Leopard's work situation in the Information Department for so many years, yet the Faith Power obtained now is clearly very little." His words made everyone feel regretful.

"Elder Ghost Leopard is not an incompetent person, yet he obtains so little Faith Power now. Do you think you can just take over and succeed?" His questioning made everyone fall into deep thought.

"The position of Department Head is not one that can be changed just by saying so; it involves too much. Changing it rashly might affect the normal development of Wuhun City." The Great Elder's warning made everyone suddenly realize the truth.

"As long as Wuhun City continues to develop normally, there will be a continuous stream of Faith Power. Therefore, in all actions, the first thing to consider is the normal development of Wuhun City." This sentence was not only a reminder but also a warning to all the Elders.

"And don't think about waiting for Jerry to return to ask about the matter of Faith Power. When Jerry went out this time, he explained very clearly that he was going to handle a major event—a matter even bigger than the affairs of the God Realm. Do you think he will return in the short term?" The Great Elder's question left everyone silent.

"Elder Ghost Leopard, since Jerry said that the Information Department is the place where it is easiest to obtain Faith Power, after you go back this time, think carefully about what else the Information Department can do besides collecting and releasing information."

The Great Elder's reminder caused Elder Ghost Leopard to fall into deep thought.

"Alright, let's stop here regarding the matter of Faith Power. Let us now discuss Tang San and that unknown god-level powerhouse!"

The majesty of the Great Elder Qian Daoliu still crushed the entire room. Once he said these words, it ended the argument and made everyone turn to the new topic.

Regarding Tang San and the unknown god-level powerhouse, there is currently a lack of effective means to deal with them.

Unless an overwhelming advantage in numbers is formed, it is difficult to contend with their power.

Furthermore, openly confronting Tang San and the unknown god-level powerhouse is currently not feasible, because how could ordinary investigators be the opponents of god-level powerhouses? It would be like throwing their lives away.

After a fierce discussion, no practical and effective solution was found in the end.

Therefore, on the second day, the warrant for Tang San in the Spirit Hall's wanted list was quietly revoked.

After the meeting ended, every god-level powerhouse began to reorganize their own departments, checking for gaps and making up for deficiencies in hopes of obtaining more Faith Power.

This measure soon brought about significant changes.

Not long after, the atmosphere in Wuhun City took on a brand-new look, attracting the eyes of everyone on the continent.

The Two Great Empires were not idle either, each adopting different measures.

The Star Luo Empire paid more attention to people's livelihoods and promulgated many new policies, all of which were for the benefit of the common people.

These policies brought tangible benefits to the people, causing the livelihoods of the Star Luo Empire to be greatly improved.

The Heaven Dou Empire first took over the land of the Bala Kingdom, and then formulated some new development policies to help the Bala Kingdom quickly recover to its state during peacetime.

These policies effectively promoted the recovery and development of the Bala Kingdom.

At the same time, other regions of the Heaven Dou Empire also launched a series of policies to seek welfare for the people, benefiting the vast masses.

For a time, the people of the Two Great Empires began to thank the Empires one after another.

There are no effective means to deal with Tang San and the mysterious god-level powerhouse right now, but do not forget that there was another hidden force that participated in this war.

Although there was no open participation, it had been privately providing help to the Bala Kingdom all along.

This force is the Gourmet Appreciation Association.

Previously, because the scale of the Gourmet Appreciation Association was huge and involved many things, it could not be controlled quickly and effectively, so no action had been taken.

Now that the war has ended, the Two Great Empires also have time to deal with the Gourmet Appreciation Association.

As for the Gourmet Appreciation Association in the Wuhun City area, if action is needed, it could be completely controlled within ten minutes; the troublesome ones are the branches of the Gourmet Appreciation Association in the Two Great Empires.

The high-speed development of the Two Great Empires has had a large part of its strength contributed by the Gourmet Appreciation Association.

After all, in every city that develops, the Gourmet Appreciation Association introduces and opens many gourmet shops. With these shops, many floating populations are attracted, and these floating populations, in turn, drive the development of the cities.

After all, in this society, those who have time to play are all people who are not short of money.

In the past, there were too few consumption items, and many people saved their money; the economy was not circulating, so how could they expect development!

Therefore, the Spirit Hall still acknowledges the contribution of the Gourmet Appreciation Association in the area of urban development.

After investigation by the Spirit Hall's Information Department, only a small portion of the Gourmet Appreciation Association are believers of the Light God Sect; the majority of the people are those who truly love gourmet food, which is why they joined this association.

This undoubtedly increased the workload significantly; distinguishing which people in the Gourmet Appreciation Association are believers of the Light God Sect and which are ordinary people is not a simple matter.

The branches of the Gourmet Appreciation Association in the Two Great Empires can only be investigated step by step, but Zhu Zhuqing stated very firmly that the two presidents of the Gourmet Appreciation Association, Oscar and Ma Hongjun, are definitely people from Tang San's faction.

They were classmates with Tang San in the past and were members of the same team; they are friends who could entrust their backs to each other, so the Gourmet Appreciation Association's private help to Tang San this time should also be the opinion of Oscar and Ma Hongjun.

As the highest-level figures of the association, after the Elders of the Spirit Hall discussed it, they decided not to take action first, but to have these Elders monitor them personally; as long as they come into contact with Tang San, they will definitely be discovered immediately.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun are, after all, gods with God Positions and are not ordinary god-level powerhouses, so when someone monitored them, they discovered it.

Although the people monitoring them were hiding in the distance, Oscar and Ma Hongjun still recognized that the people monitoring them were Elders of the Spirit Hall.

This time, the monitoring was also due to the carelessness of the Spirit Hall Elders, who underestimated Oscar and Ma Hongjun. Because of the concealment of their God Positions, they did not discover that Oscar and Ma Hongjun were also god-level powerhouses. They thought they could monitor them from a very far distance, so they did not do any disguising, which is why they were discovered by the two.

After Oscar and Ma Hongjun discovered that someone was monitoring them, they did not make a scene and continued doing their usual work.

In the evening, the two returned home; after a busy day and tidying up, they turned off the lights and went to sleep.

The people monitoring from outside saw that both had fallen asleep, so they relaxed their vigilance and began to chat.

"The two of them are just ordinary Spirit Masters, relax a bit, Elder Ghost Leopard!"

"That won't do. I have a premonition that Tang San will definitely make contact with them. Elder Magic Bear, do not relax your vigilance."

"Fine, fine, fine, you're right. Being monitored by two god-level powerhouses is the greatest honor of their lives."

Elder Ghost Leopard and Elder Magic Bear chatted intermittently.

At twelve o'clock at night, the outside world fell into darkness and silence.

The stars in the sky flickered with faint light, the street lamps on the street illuminated the road surface lonely, and everything appeared so tranquil and peaceful.

There was almost no sound of vehicles or pedestrians on the street, only a breeze blowing gently through the treetops, bringing a faint rustle.

The shadows of the trees in the night cast onto the road, forming patches of mysterious darkness, making one feel a hint of chill.

The lights of the buildings in the distance were sparse, and faint light leaked from some windows, as if they were the only watchers of this world.

In the dark room, Oscar and Ma Hongjun suddenly opened their eyes. In the darkness, they groped toward one side of the bed, and soon touched a circular protrusion.

Slowly rotating this protrusion, one would discover that a part of one side of the bed had collapsed; due to the cover of the bed sheet, it was impossible to know what was underneath.

The two slowly curled up inside the quilt until the quilt completely covered their heads; nothing unusual happened outside.

The two groped at the collapsed position, where there was a hidden design on the middle of the bed sheet. With a gentle flip, a large opening appeared on the bed sheet.

At this moment, the collapsed part was revealed: a pitch-black hole, with a handrail on one side of the hole.

The two took out dolls about their size from their rings and placed them in the quilt to replace their original positions, then the two followed the handrail by the side of the hole and slowly climbed down.

After descending to a depth of about fifty meters, they finally reached the bottom. There was only one passageway at the bottom. The two took out their Mobile Phones and, using the faint illumination from the phones, walked separately toward the depths of the passageway.

Finally, the two met in a spacious space. Turning on the Soul Guidance Lamp in this space, the scene of this space was instantly revealed.

This turned out to be a small conference room. After the two met, they looked at each other and smiled.

"So you thought of it too. We are currently being monitored by the Spirit Hall and need to notify Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others not to make contact in the near future." Oscar said after seeing Ma Hongjun. The two had not communicated before, and he did not expect Ma Hongjun to come as well.

This time point was the time they had previously agreed upon. Both of them had thought about taking action, and both had thought of this time point, which was why they met.

"I thought the same. I didn't expect us to think of the same thing. However, the Spirit Hall is only monitoring us now and hasn't taken action. It seems the Spirit Hall has a purpose."

Ma Hongjun sat down in front of the conference table, took a bottle of drink from his ring, handed one to Oscar, and said after taking a sip himself.

"A purpose? It's easy to guess. Either they noticed us purchasing supplies during the war but had no evidence, so they didn't act directly and are just monitoring; or they hope we will lead them to Tang San. There is a good friend of ours in the Spirit Hall, after all; she knows us very well."

"Regardless of which purpose it is, we cannot let them discover that we have contact with Tang San."

"As long as they don't discover our contact with Tang San, neither purpose can be confirmed. According to the regulations of the Spirit Hall, without evidence, they will not arrest people casually."

Oscar said after thinking for a moment.

"Oscar, you are still the one who sees things clearly. Then, will you go or will I go to notify them?"

Ma Hongjun asked; after all, there was no need for both of them to go to notify Tang San.

"I'll go. You go back to sleep. As for the Spirit Hall's monitoring, just pretend you don't see it and go about your daily work as usual."

After Oscar finished speaking, he walked toward one side of the conference room. Only then did he see that, in addition to the passageway the two had come through, there was another passageway.

Oscar followed this passageway and arrived directly at an area on the very outskirts of Wuhun City. This place was also a Small Courtyard. After leaving the courtyard and walking for a short while, one could run out of the jurisdiction of Wuhun City. It seems this passageway was an escape route left behind by the two.

After Oscar came out, he did not run toward the outside, but took advantage of the night to move quickly toward the Inner City.

Not long after, Oscar appeared in the fourth ring area of Wuhun City and quietly sneaked into a courtyard.

The courtyard was empty, and it looked like no one had lived there for a long time.

Oscar, however, walked straight in. In the bathroom of the guest bedroom in this courtyard, he turned the Soul Guidance Lamp in the bathroom, and then the large floor-to-ceiling mirror on the other side of the bathroom suddenly retreated and then slid to the right.

There was actually another space behind the floor-to-ceiling mirror, containing only a downward staircase. When the floor-to-ceiling mirror moved to the side, the Soul Guidance Lamps on both sides of the staircase also turned on instantly, illuminating the entire staircase.

Oscar stepped in directly. Touching the handrail next to the stairs, the floor-to-ceiling mirror slid out again and returned to its previous position. Looking from the outside, one would never imagine there was another space behind this floor-to-ceiling mirror.

After closing the floor-to-ceiling mirror, Oscar walked down the stairs.

Not long after, he saw that the front was brightly lit. After entering, a new space appeared.

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