Yan Nan asked.

The General Affairs Altar Master truly lived up to his title; after just a brief thought he immediately answered: "These two gangs were originally local gangs of Donghu State; back then, when two of the Feng Family’s 108 family generals ranked about eighty or ninety were carrying out a mission, they secretly took them in and absorbed them, and even passed down a Cultivation Technique. After they came back, they turned them over to the sect, and they were put under the Southeast Headquarters."

"But after all this time, progress has been slow, they’ve never managed to climb up to a Third Level Sect. Since that’s the case, they’re not of much value, so we’ve never paid much attention to them. Besides, they’re closely tied to the Feng Family, so over the years they slowly just turned into something the Feng Family was propping up. The sect basically let go and stopped meddling."

"Also, at the beginning they were under External Affairs Ninth Hall, but later the people from Ninth Hall all requested transfers and came back one after another. Now it’s probably just a few unimportant Feng Family people inside using it to make money."

Yan Nan said, "Sort out the information and send it to me."

"Yes."

"As for this Shen You Sect... keep an eye on it."

Yan Nan frowned and said, "It’s just a skunk, how did it become ’Shen You’? The key is that word ’God’; we have to figure that out—especially who the Sect Hierarch is, that must be investigated thoroughly!"

Yan Nan spoke this line with great caution.

And this special emphasis made the General Affairs Altar Master feel the weight of it even more.

"Yes! We’ll definitely get to the bottom of it!"

"What happened today is top secret." Yan Nan raised his head, his eyes fixed on the General Affairs Altar Master.

"Yes, I will obey the order."

After the General Affairs Altar Master left, Yan Nan shut himself alone in the study, frowning, racking his brains.

"Shen You Sect? ’God’? ’God’?? What does this word mean?"

"They’ve managed to dodge both the Guardian and the Wei Wo Zheng Sect’s pursuit at the same time; this doesn’t look like some random small gang. I’ve never even heard of them, which makes it even weirder."

During this stretch of time, there was in fact one thing about Yan Nan that was exactly the same as Dongfang Sansan.

And that was a bit of an allergy to the word ’God’.

Once anything touched on this, Dongfang Sansan would instantly start acting all mysterious and twitchy.

Yan Nan was about the same.

He frowned, pacing back and forth, and only stopped when the General Affairs Altar Master returned to report.

The dossiers on the Heihu Gang and the Qinglong Gang were placed in front of him.

Then Yan Nan pressed again: "As for Shen You Sect, move fast, treat it as a major case!"

"Understood, Sect Hierarch!"

"If there’s any news, inform me immediately. If you need to deploy high-level Combat Power, report it at once!"

"Yes!"

"Go."

The General Affairs Altar Master left, weighed down with worries.

He understood very well how serious something had to be for Yan Nan to give repeated instructions like this.

So this Shen You Sect... had to be taken seriously.

...

Yan Nan sent the dossier over to Yin Shen Palace: "This is the information on the Heihu Gang and the Qinglong Gang. Give it to Yemo; it’s useless to us anyway, might as well let him rack up some Merit."

"Also, tell Yemo to be careful of Shen You Sect—if he’s not confident, he’s not to make a move. That force doesn’t belong to us. The Main Sect is investigating as well."

But just after he sent it to Yin Shen Palace, Yan Nan’s mood instantly dropped to rock bottom.

The General Affairs Altar Master who had just left came rushing back like his ass had been bitten by a Dog: "Vice Sect Master... Kou Yifang is dead!"

Yan Nan was stunned: "Kou Yifang? Who?"

"..."

The General Affairs Altar Master lowered his head to hide his speechless expression: "The one hanging on the flagpole."

"Who killed him?"

Yan Nan’s face sank in an instant.

In the process of Blood Warning the World, suicide was impossible, and it was even more impossible for him to just die from not being able to endure. Since he’s dead, then someone must have killed him.

"We don’t know who killed him. A Sword suddenly flew up and chopped off his neck. The head fell down. Afterwards we didn’t find anything abnormal, and we didn’t find any suspicious person either."

"Bastards!"

Yan Nan exploded with rage: "A Sword flies up from below, chops his head off, and you’re telling me there’s nothing abnormal?!"

"They’re out there investigating right now! I’ve already sent people out; the whole city is under lockdown."

"Dig to the bottom of it!"

Yan Nan was furious beyond measure.

Ghost Fire Soul Refining, Blood Warning the World, was something he’d personally arranged: ninety-nine days, not one day less.

Now it had only been a little over a month, and Kou Yifang had actually been decapitated right on the Main Sect plaza. In an instant, Yan Nan’s face felt like it was on fire!

No matter what, Kou Yifang was going to die!

Even if he endured the full ninety-nine days, it still ended in death!

But someone just had to make sure Kou Yifang died before that. Which meant Kou Yifang’s death itself no longer mattered; what mattered was Yan Nan’s iron decree!

It was the face of Vice Sect Master Yan!

This matter had already risen to a level that Yan Nan could not accept.

When Yan Nan got angry, the entire Wei Wo Zheng Sect high-level was on tenterhooks, the storm about to break.

A sweeping purge kicked off in an instant.

...

On the other side, when Yin Shen Palace received Yan Nan’s message, he fully understood what Yan Nan meant.

But he was just as wary about this "Shen You Sect".

After some thought, he immediately forwarded it to Fang Che.

"This is the information on the Heihu Gang and the Qinglong Gang. When you take action, pay attention to your safety."

"Got it, Master."

"With this Shen You Sect, you have to act cautiously. Vice Sect Master Yan has also ordered an investigation into Shen You Sect. As things stand, Shen You Sect doesn’t belong to our Wei Wo Zheng Sect, nor to the Guardian. You understand how terrifying that is."

Fang Che took the hint: "I understand, Master."

Putting down the Communication Jade, Fang Che frowned.

He’d originally thought it was just a routine mission to kick things off with a win, but now it seemed like, damn it, the first cast of the line on this fishing trip and he’d hooked a big one?

That kind of luck was truly something else.

From a normal person’s point of view, the most urgent task now would naturally be to wipe out the Heihu Gang and the Qinglong Gang. But Fang Che’s thinking was completely different.

Right now, the Heihu Gang and the Qinglong Gang were basically grasshoppers in his hand.