Qing Province, inside a certain small and secluded black room outside Cold Moon City.

Accompanied by two flashes of white light, two figures appeared in the room, none other than Ting Shui and Heartbroken Little Knife.

Ting Shui walked to the table inside the room, hands behind his back, pondering, "In just a little while, everyone will be inside."

Heartbroken Little Knife replied indifferently, "Currently, the Black Wind Village Chief hasn’t fallen as some had anticipated. Instead, it was the Undying God from the God-searching Palace who fell first, and the Blood Transformation Divine Venerable from the Holy Dynasty, who was pursued and hunted by experts from the Lingyun Pavilion before even taking action. It’s said that a high monk from Shaolin went to the Holy Dynasty, alarming some people and directly breaking through Wan Family’s blockade, forcing the Lingyun Pavilion’s experts to act. This certainly has a connection with the Black Wind Village Chief. As long as he isn’t foolish, he probably suspects us, the Four Great Families, through the Wan Family.

Ting Shui nodded, "But suspicion is just suspicion. We actually haven’t directly intervened in their power struggle; the upper echelon merely used this opportunity to have players collectively log off, indirectly weakening the player strength that the Black Wind Village Chief could exert, and meeting Wan Family’s demands. No matter how shrewd the Black Wind Village Chief is, as long as the Wan Family doesn’t leak information, he can’t possibly know about the collaboration between the upper echelon of the Four Great Families and the Wan Family, at most he will just be suspicious." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Heartbroken Little Knife laughed, "Originally, the collaboration between the upper echelon and the Wan Family was a secret, impossible to leak out, being cautious of someone revealing the news to the Black Wind Village Chief’s ears. But now, both of us know about this news, hehe... It seems there is a disagreement within the upper echelon, someone leaked the news out. Who do you think it might be?"

Ting Shui shook his head, "This kind of thing is hard to guess, but among the Four Great Families, only our Yun Family has the best relationship with the Black Wind Village Chief. If something really goes wrong, I’m afraid the other three families will all suspect us."

Heartbroken Little Knife snorted, "This time, the upper echelon is disappointed. I knew long ago that the Black Wind Village Chief wouldn’t be easily toppled, the upper echelon’s decision this time was somewhat reckless."

Ting Shui frowned, "Little Knife, don’t get too caught up, no matter what decision the upper echelon makes, it’s beneficial for all of us, seeking benefits for the world we come from.

The Black Wind Village Chief, ultimately is just a native of this world, even if we all know he isn’t an NPC, but a living person of this world, we are ultimately from two different worlds.

Precisely because he now possesses huge influence among players, even making them trust him more than us, the Four Great Families, this has made the upper echelon feel threatened, thus they think eliminating him is the best choice."

Heartbroken Little Knife scoffed, "But now it’s proven, whether it’s the Wan Family or the God-searching Palace, they can’t remove the Black Wind Village Chief. We, the Four Great Families, certainly can’t either, so what’s the point of getting involved in this messy situation? As for gaining authority and trust among players, haven’t ten cultivation techniques already been announced?"

Ting Shui nodded, turned around and said, "The announcement of cultivation techniques has indeed reversed the awkward situation for the Four Great Families. This is also the reason why the upper echelon doesn’t want to press the Black Wind Village Chief too hard, because there’s no need, cooperation with Wan Family is cooperation, cooperation with the Black Wind Village Chief is also cooperation, as long as there’s no severe conflict in the future, everyone can be both enemy and friend."

"The only concern is that the Black Wind Village Chief might be relentless, his bold personality is indeed aggressive, as players enter again, we, the members of the noble families, can’t avoid him, he will undoubtedly approach us sooner or later, to inquire about the matter of players disappearing, and might even use drastic measures..."

"Hehehe, this matter is easy to handle, it’s entirely due to our Abnormal People’s own issues, no need to explain to him, he won’t understand, just as we Abnormal People can resurrect after death, can he? He can’t! So this matter can’t be explained at all."

"By the way, the upper echelon’s investigation into the Black Wind Village Chief’s secrets has already concluded. It turns out that the Black Wind Village Chief is indeed an exceptionally gifted martial arts expert, his strength progression speed has remained at a soaring pace, according to the upper echelon’s unknown method of observation, in this short month, the Black Wind Village Chief has long surpassed his Power Realm seventeen days ago.

At the Black Wind Village Chief’s level, each minor realm breakthrough is as difficult as ascending to the heavens, yet he can still maintain this speed, he’s a truly frightening individual.

This also proves that the bold speculation from the Wang Family regarding the Black Wind Village Chief’s strength growth speed being related to players is completely incorrect. Otherwise... this time with our players disappearing for a whole month, his strength should have been stagnant."

"Indeed! This proves that exceptionally gifted individuals cannot be judged by common logic. Ultimately, our talents are too mediocre. I just broke through to the Heavenly Human Realm yesterday."

"Hmph! No need to be smug in front of me! I feel I can break through today."

...

Jiang Dali was completely unaware that at this moment in a small dark room in Qing Province of Qin State, two people were discussing topics all related to him.

Especially those speculations about him using players to rapidly increase his strength, even mentioned by members of noble families; it was truly an outrageous connection.