Chapter 398: Clean Sweep, Take Everything!

"Qu Youwu has actually come as well."

Inside a luxurious suite on the top floor of the Aristocratic Alliance building.

Great Xia Imperial Son-in-law Lu Ming'an narrowed his eyes, looking toward the outskirts of Xiaoyang City.

"Qu Youwu is at the peak of the Sixth Order, but he has mastered a Bright Moon-level offensive formation; he is a Bright Moon Grandmaster of the formation path and can fight the Seventh Order."

Luo Dongli also narrowed her eyes, but a hint of a smile played on her lips.

Just at this moment, Lu Ming'an and Luo Dongli both looked toward a slender figure sitting on the sofa behind them.

That person wore a pitch-black cloak, their face obscured by black light, making it impossible for others to see their true appearance.

A Seventh Order Creation Realm powerhouse of the Blood Qi path, Dark Thorn.

"Brother Dark Thorn, are you confident you can kill Chen Yan the moment he appears?"

Lu Ming'an looked at Dark Thorn with a smile.

"An instant is all it takes," Dark Thorn said coldly:

"I have specialized in the path of assassination for over two hundred years; I can even assassinate Seventh Order experts, let alone a Fourth Order."

As Dark Thorn's voice fell, a confident smile appeared on Lu Ming'an's face.

Luo Dongli revealed a charming smile.

She had not expected Lu Ming'an to have summoned Dark Thorn.

This person was famous in the black market.

Their most famous achievement was having once assassinated a peak Seventh Order expert.

A peak Seventh Order expert is a titan of the world.

Yet, even so, they died at the hands of Dark Thorn.

"If I want to kill Chen Yan, Tan Yishi and that Qu Youwu will be completely unable to stop me."

Dark Thorn chuckled:

"In the way of concealment, among all the Seventh Order experts in the entire world, there are few stronger than me."

Luo Dongli nodded, then laughed out loud: "This Chen Yan is too stupid; he has actually given us such an opportunity."

A smile like that of a femme fatale appeared on the corners of Luo Dongli's mouth.

If Chen Yan had kept hiding and not come out, or had quietly left Xiaoyang City.

The Aristocratic Alliance really would have been unable to do anything about Chen Yan.

But Chen Yan actually wanted to lecture on the Immortal Body in broad daylight today.

Isn't this just giving them an opportunity to assassinate him?

With Dark Thorn here, the moment Chen Yan appears in full view of everyone, he will be instantly killed.

Chen Yan has played himself to death.

Just at this moment.

Qu Youwu, the Minister of the Luo City Military Guard, and other powerhouses entered Xiaoyang City together.

The army of two hundred thousand remained outside Xiaoyang City, waiting for orders.

Everyone saw this scene.

"The military powerhouses have all gathered inside Xiaoyang City; this is to provide protection for Chen Yan's lecture."

On the ground, someone exclaimed.

As for high in the sky, some powerhouses hiding in the void frowned slightly.

As powerhouses, they could analyze the situation more clearly.

The military is worried.

Worried that once Chen Yan appears, Seventh Order powerhouses will strike to kill him.

Someone sighed.

"Although we all want to listen to Chen Yan honestly lecture on the Immortal Body, there will certainly be Seventh Order experts who will strike at Chen Yan the moment he appears."

"This kid is going to play himself to death; it would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned the lecture, but once he did, there won't be a shortage of powerhouses coming here."

"I have already sensed some old monsters; they have actually appeared too. Tsk tsk, I dare not imagine what will happen afterward."

"This kid has no backing; a single Military Guard cannot shield him. If the Chen Clan doesn't send people, Chen Yan will undoubtedly die."

…………

Today, Xiaoyang City can be called a gathering place for powerhouses.

They have all come for Chen Yan's lecture on the Immortal Body.

Once there are many powerhouses, it is uncertain what will happen afterward.

Now the situation has become more complex, and many people feel that Chen Yan's choice to lecture on the Immortal Body is a dead move.

It would be fine if Chen Yan didn't come out.

Once Chen Yan comes out, he will bring a life-and-death crisis upon himself.

…………

Outside Xiaoyang City.

A small path in the countryside, fallen leaves scattering.

Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan stood under an ancient tree, looking out at the Clear Water Lake shore before them.

If not for Jiang Yuan's identification and the information Xia Qi provided within the college entrance examination secret realm.

Chen Yan would never have thought that this place was actually an underground factory of the Aristocratic Alliance.

This is the highest secret of the Aristocratic Alliance.

There are not many people in the world who know the location of these underground factories.

However, Jiang Yuan's years of undercover work and Xia Qi's planning had long since thoroughly grasped these things.

"This is the Thirteenth District. I don't have much information, but I have spied on it before; there should be a large amount of medicinal liquid for the path of horizontal refinement inside."

Jiang Yuan spoke, squinting his eyes and smiling.

Chen Yan had played a brilliant move; right now, everyone in the Aristocratic Family Alliance was fixated on Chen Yan lecturing on the Immortal Body.

Most of the experts within these underground factories had also been drawn away.

Aren't these underground factories ready-made opportunities right now?

"I want information completely cut off; the news that this place has been destroyed must absolutely not be known by the Aristocratic Family Alliance in advance," Chen Yan said, looking at Jiang Yuan.

"I know, I know." Jiang Yuan waved his hand and took a deep look at Chen Yan:

"Ice Intent."

Chen Yan nodded:

"Thank you."

Jiang Yuan felt slightly surprised and continued to speak:

"Although you will be my future superior, I still must give you a reminder."

"Go ahead," Chen Yan said with a serious gaze.

Jiang Yuan spoke with deep meaning:

"Your First-Rank General Star cannot be shaken by anyone, and Great Xia will not watch you die, but a true God General requires not only the recognition of all General Stars, but also the recognition of the Continent Masters."

Chen Yan's brows furrowed slightly, but a flash of trance flickered in Jiang Yuan's eyes:

"Do you know why I want to be a General Star?

My father told me that back then, when Lu Xunyang wanted to become a God General, some people within the Xia Clan did not approve.

They believed Lu Xunyang was a man of the Lu Clan, and previously, no person of the Five Clans had ever been able to become a God General."

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath:

"But back then, Lu Xunyang crossed the tribulation to the Sixth Rank, just the Sixth Rank.

Of the eighteen continents of Great Xia, ten Continent Masters appeared, forging divine armor for him and honoring him as the Xunyang God General!

The momentum was irreversible; Lu Xunyang is the undisputed number one God General!"

For a rare moment, a look of reverence appeared in Jiang Yuan's eyes, and he then looked at Chen Yan:

"You told me that the two of us will definitely be God Generals; I acknowledge that!"

Chen Yan's gaze flickered; the ten Continent Masters of the eighteen continents had appeared to forge divine armor for Lu Xunyang.

He had actually never heard of this matter.

He hadn't expected that Old Lu had such a brilliant experience back then.

Jiang Yuan curled his knuckles slightly, his hand seals shifting, and profound arrays were condensed out by him, which were then engraved into the earth.

Chen Yan's perception was keen; this array quickly surrounded the entire large lake in front of him.

This was a sealing array; once deployed, the underground factory within the lake would sever all contact with the outside world.

Immediately following, Jiang Yuan took out an extremely precise instrument and began to operate it.

"This is a signal simulation device; it will simulate the signals inside this base and continue to send information to the outside."

Jiang Yuan explained:

"Every underground factory needs to send information to the higher-ups every half hour. As long as I simulate their information, the higher-ups of the Aristocratic Family Alliance will be kept in the dark."

Chen Yan nodded, watching with extreme amazement.

If he weren't so outstanding, there really would be no one who could compete with Jiang Yuan for this future First-Rank General Star.

Even now, Chen Yan could not gauge Jiang Yuan's strength.

At the same time.

Below the lake.

The sand and stones at the bottom of the lake were as fine as powder, flickering with light spots in the faint light.

Deep at the bottom of the lake, covered by sand and stones, the sound of machinery running faintly resonated.

Inside, it was an underground factory.

There were spacious and bright research rooms, and large manufacturing workshops.

Inside an office.

Two people sat idly, and a bald man smiled:

"The factory manager has gone out; it seems he also went to Xiaoyang City."

Opposite him, a researcher wearing glasses spoke:

"Heh, what is that Chen Yan thinking, actually wanting to lecture on the Immortal Body? Doesn't he know what will be waiting for him once he shows his face?"

The bald man shook his head and chuckled:

"He's just a young man, too arrogant. Not only will he harm himself, but he will also harm the Military Martial Guard. I estimate quite a few people will die this time."

In his view, Chen Yan was courting death.

Chen Yan clearly had many paths he could take; why did he have to take the most difficult one?

Now, the Xia Clan had completely abandoned him.

He should have just stayed honestly within the Military Martial Guard and not gone out; others might have thought he had already left Xiaoyang.

Or he could have snuck away and headed to the Chen Clan to seek the Chen Clan's protection.

But Chen Yan chose the most foolish and most dangerous path.

Lecturing on the Immortal Body?

What is he thinking?

Isn't this forcing oneself into the public eye?

Nowadays, there is no telling how many Seventh-Rankers are lurking in the shadows of Xiaoyang City.

The few powerhouses in the military cannot stop them.

It was precisely at this moment.

Boom!

A terrifying roar suddenly resounded from outside the office.

"What happened?"

The bald man and the bespectacled researcher stood up instantly.

Outside the room, a series of screams and sounds of battle suddenly rang out.

"Not good, the address has been leaked!"

The bald man was shocked, and with a wave of his hand, a communication array disk appeared in his hand.

The man activated the communication array disk.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

Sparks instantly burst forth from the array disk.

"What is going on!" The man's expression trembled.

Suddenly.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning instantly blasted open the door, a long spear thrust in, and the bespectacled researcher beside the bald man had his head pierced through instantly.

"You...!" Intense fear appeared in the bald man's eyes as he looked at the person who had arrived.

It was a tall figure overflowing with cold light and black-gold lightning; the thunder obscured the other person's face, making it impossible for him to see their appearance clearly.

"I heard you produce Body-Tempering Precious Medicines here?"

A voice like a ghost rang out, and the bald man instantly collapsed onto the floor.

Following that.

Boom!

The office exploded.

Chen Yan's figure appeared in the corridor, and the entire underground factory was filled with screams of terror and panic.

Chen Yan lifted a foot, his Blood-Qi Divine Body vibrating, and terrifying cold light erupted from his toe, instantly slamming into the floor.

Boom!

Surging Abyss-Stagnation Blood-Qi instantly gushed out, spreading crazily toward the outside world with Chen Yan as the center.

Crack, crack, crack!

The cold aura, like ten thousand venomous snakes, invaded the factory's walls, machines, and corridors, crushing the bodies of the Family Alliance members who were still screaming and fleeing.

The next instant.

Chen Yan threw a punch, his force and lightning surging simultaneously, and a series of fist imprints smashed out, instantly shattering the floor and human bodies.

Crack!

Within the origin space of Chen Yan's Body-Tempering path, the sealed Ten Thousand Prison Nether Thunder roared once more.

It seemed to be absorbing the life force that was about to vanish at this moment.

The Ten Thousand Prison Nether Thunder was slowly upgrading.

Chen Yan left a corpse every three steps, like a demon king harvesting lives, running all the way into the interior of the Family Alliance.

He arrived at a mechanized greenhouse where a large amount of Precious Medicine was being cultivated.

The greenhouse was several thousand square meters, the ceiling was embedded with three rows of lighting, and the walls were built from bluestone engraved with array patterns.

Inside the greenhouse, fragrance overflowed, and Precious Medicines grew quietly, their colors brilliant, emerald leaves swaying, full of vitality.

In here, there were at least twenty Bright Moon-grade Body-Tempering Precious Medicines, and over two hundred Morning Star-grade ones.

"Hiss, good stuff." Jiang Yuan arrived and sighed in admiration.

Chen Yan flew to the right wall of the greenhouse and turned the clock hands embedded in the right wall to 4:45 PM.

Jiang Yuan took out a mobile phone and took a photo of Chen Yan's back.

Then he put the phone away.

"Half each," Chen Yan said with a smile.

"Good."

Jiang Yuan spoke, rushed in directly, and began to harvest.

Chen Yan also transformed into a stream of light, harvesting with his Blood-Qi.

Soon, the two of them harvested all the Precious Medicines here.

Following that.

Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan went deeper again, entering a production workshop.

On the workbenches frozen by cold ice, there were still semi-finished products waiting to be made.

Chen Yan picked up a test tube that hadn't been capped, which contained a pale golden solution.

Inside the solution, faint dragon shadows were dancing.

"This is diluted Dragon-Constant Medicinal Liquid; one unit is about the level of a Earth Vein-grade Precious Medicine."

Jiang Yuan spoke, walking all the way into the workshop, where there were three huge storage tanks.

"What's inside these is the extract."

Chen Yan's gaze flashed:

"One half each."

Jiang Yuan nodded, and soon the two of them split all the medicinal liquid inside equally.

They continued walking toward the interior.

Once everything was finished.

Jiang Yuan pressed both hands into the ground.

Boom, boom, boom!

Rolling waves of fire surged across the entire underground factory.

Everything was being burned again, turning into flying ash and vanishing within the sky-filling flames.

Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan flew out of the lake.

Splash...

A waterspout appeared on the lake, the level of the entire lake surface was dropping, and a massive amount of lake water poured into the underground factory that had been thoroughly destroyed.

"This time, the harvest can be considered quite bountiful."

Jiang Yuan sighed with emotion.

The methods he had prepared were actually not rigorous, but Chen Yan's talk of the Immortal Body had attracted all the attention of the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

The true high-level figures of this underground factory had long since been called away to Xiaoyang City.

There were not many experts left inside.

"Now, what do you plan to do?" Jiang Yuan asked.

Chen Yan smiled and said:

"Go to the next one."

"Hm?"

Jiang Yuan was stunned.

…………

Time passed slowly.

It was already noon.

The great sun hung high, and today's Xiaoyang was exceptionally bright.

But beneath such a bright surface, an indescribable pressure was condensing.

"Why hasn't Chen Yan appeared yet?"

"They said today, it doesn't necessarily have to be the morning."

"The Immortal Body, I feel it must be related to the Patrol Sun Divine General; perhaps Chen Yan received guidance from the Patrol Sun Divine General in the college entrance exam secret realm."

One after another, discussions arose.

And it was at this moment.

Within the Military Martial Guard, figures flew out, and many experts sensed it.

That was Tan Yishi.

Tan Yishi entered the Aristocratic Family Alliance building.

At this moment, even the high-level figures of the Aristocratic Family Alliance did not expect that Tan Yishi would actually come over directly.

Luo Dongli and a group of Aristocratic Family Alliance high-level figures received Tan Yishi.

Inside the conference room.

"Deputy Adjutant Tan, I didn't expect you to actually come to our place."

Luo Dongli smiled with seductive eyes.

"General Manager Luo." Tan Yishi gave a bitter smile:

"I know there is a conflict between you and Chen Yan, but I think this conflict is not impossible to resolve."

Luo Dongli's eyebrows lifted slightly; the dignified Tan Yishi had actually come to make peace with her.

The other Aristocratic Family Alliance high-level figures were also extremely astonished.

Could it be that the Military Martial Guard could no longer hold on, clearly feeling that they would not be able to protect Chen Yan today?

Luo Dongli recovered in an instant and smiled:

"Our Aristocratic Family Alliance has never deliberately targeted Chen Yan, and we won't this time either."

Tan Yishi gave a bitter smile:

"I don't need polite words. I came here for one meaning: as long as you do not take action against Chen Yan this time, then in the future, Chen Yan will not take action against the Aristocratic Family Alliance."

Tan Yishi took a deep breath:

"I can guarantee it!"

Afterward, Tan Yishi left.

Inside the conference room, after a moment of silence, the many Aristocratic Family Alliance high-level figures burst into loud laughter.

"If you knew it would be like this, what were you doing back then?"

"Hahaha, even the Great Xia won't protect Chen Yan, what is the use of stubbornly holding on now?"

"A mere side branch of the Chen family, having gained a bit of aptitude, became lawless. He killed the son of the Lord of Lu, no one can protect him."

Everyone chuckled.

A curve also appeared at the corner of Luo Dongli's mouth.

Tan Yishi was definitely not a fool; being able to come to the Aristocratic Family Alliance now meant he was absolutely at his wit's end.

And it was at this moment.

Outside.

The figure of Tan Yishi appeared once more, shouting toward the Aristocratic Family Alliance building:

"Consort Lu Ming'an, Tan Yishi requests an audience!"

Tan Yishi's voice rang out.

Lu Ming'an appeared, his expression ugly as he said:

"Go back; since Chen Yan killed Lu Xuanzhi, he and my Lu Clan are irreconcilable enemies!"

Lu Ming'an looked at Tan Yishi, a trace of pity appearing in his eyes:

"I understand you; you were Lu Xunyang's adjutant, and now that you see Chen Yan, you think he is Lu Xunyang's successor."

"But have you ever thought about how many people in the Military Martial Guard will die innocently because of Chen Yan once you take action for him?"

Lu Ming'an's voice was resonant as he looked toward the Military Martial Guard:

"Which one of them wasn't born and raised by parents? Why should they die for Chen Yan?"

"I will say it plainly: I will not take action!"

"But look at the experts who have come to Xiaoyang this time; how many of them want to take action against Chen Yan?"

"The Xia Clan gave up on Chen Yan right after the college entrance exam precisely because the Xia Clan is wise and knows that Chen Yan is unreliable. What exactly are you people still believing in him for?"

Lu Ming'an laughed:

"Simply put, stop asking Chen Yan to lecture on some Immortal Body."

"The moment he comes out, there will definitely be people who take action against him."

Lu Ming'an's voice fell.

Outside Xiaoyang, an expert spoke up instantly.

"Whoever dares to touch Chen Yan—I haven't even eaten yet, and I want to hear how the Immortal Body is cultivated!"

That person looked at Tan Yishi:

"Tell Chen Yan to rest assured and come out to lecture; I will guard his path!"

As his voice fell, more experts appeared, hurriedly chiming in:

"Exactly, tell Chen Yan to come out, hurry up; whoever lays a hand on him, I will be the first to disagree."

"Chen Yan is going to lecture, lecturing on the Immortal Body; he is a great hero, very good!"

"I will absolutely not take action against Chen Yan!"

The voices of one expert after another rang out.

Tan Yishi's expression was somber.

Among these people, some were sincere, and some were insincere.

But without exception, they were all calling for Chen Yan to appear.

Only if Chen Yan appeared could others listen to his lecture.

Or, take action against him.

Everyone thought that Chen Yan had been abandoned by the Xia Clan, so there was no need to worry about who was behind Chen Yan.