In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.
As many people from the Darkest Church were arrested, Zhou Chen's focus also shifted from outward to inward.
Begin to rigorously interrogate every member of the Darkest Church who confirms their identity.
No matter how determined these believers are, not everyone is willing to dedicate themselves to the Dark Church.
So, after a few days, I really found out a lot of useful information.
"It's just that most of this information is out of date."
Zhou Chen sighed quietly, finally able to return to the Empire of the Rising Sun, only to find that the home he left decades ago had been smeared by the Dark Alliance. He was extremely angry.
It's a pity that no matter how angry he is... the enemy is hidden too deep, and even if he wants to find it, he can't find it.
"Based on the information they confessed, we went to those places to search carefully. It is undoubtedly the former base of the Dark Alliance."
Zhou Chen sighed: "But that base has been abandoned, and judging from the traces there, it seems that it was abandoned not long ago...it was only a mere month."
"Don't you know where they moved to?"
Zhou Chen shook his head and said: "These believers of the Darkest Church are just tools for the Dark Alliance. Once they sense the danger, they can immediately cut off all connections with the downlines as uplines. Just like now, they These believers were not told where they had moved."
"Is there no other way?"
Xu Xuanran was originally full of expectations. You know, the Dark Church, which made him so anxious, was completely wiped out in Zhou Chen's hands in just a few days. Thinking about it, the Dark Alliance's destruction is not far away.
But who would have known that the Dark Alliance would be so alert, and had cut off contact with the Darkest Church more than a month ago.
As a result, the information they had painstakingly tortured was all from a month ago. Although it was not useless, it was undoubtedly of little use.
"We are waiting in the light, and the enemy is in the dark. Even though we are far more powerful, we can't find the enemy. The line between the Dark Alliance and the Darkest Church has been severed. We just want to arrest the people of the Darkest Church. Even with all my efforts, I can’t find much useful information about the Dark Alliance.”
Zhou Chen sighed helplessly, looked at Xu Xuanran with accusing eyes, and said: "Your Majesty, I have only been away for a few decades, but you have allowed the Dark Alliance to develop to this extent in our Empire of the Rising Sun... I have to say, This is a dereliction of duty on your part.”
Reprimand the leader of a country in person.
Xu Xuanran could only listen in silence...looking at the person in front of him who might not be much older than himself based on his age, but in fact when he was young, the person in front of him was his imperial master.
Isn’t training yourself like training a quail?
He reflected: "The teacher is right. It is indeed my fault. I was negligent. I always felt that the secret alliance was nothing more than ringworm of the hands and feet. Don't take it to heart. No one would have thought that they would think of luring those people to rape and fight for them." …Now, our Rising Sun Empire’s national power has been greatly reduced due to exhaustion, and it has even become a joke to people in other countries.”
He said angrily: "Well, that Prince Fang probably already knew that we planned to deal with the Dark Alliance on our own, but now, we can't even touch the edge of the Dark Alliance... He didn't say anything, but he didn't know what was going on in his heart. Are you kidding us?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be too depressed. No one could have imagined that these people from the Dark Alliance would be so capable that they would go to such lengths to cut off all the people they had developed over the past few decades."
Seeing his normally heartless Majesty so disappointed, Mo Qingyuan felt inexplicably soft and comforted him softly: "Now that the Dark Church has been destroyed, the Dark Alliance's decades of efforts have been wiped out. They want to develop further. It will probably take at least several decades to reach the previous scale. We have already severely damaged the enemy..."
"It's useless to inflict heavy injuries, we must eradicate the roots!"
Zhou Chen drank coldly, then suddenly paused, turned to look at Xu Xuanran, and asked: "Prince Fang? What Prince Fang?"
Xu Xuanran was stunned for a moment before he realized that he had never mentioned this to his teacher at all.
He explained: "He is the regent prince of the Char Empire. Some time ago, Char's side sent me a message, saying that they had expelled and killed everyone from the Dark Alliance and even the Dark Church in Char's homeland. Their Prince Regent has unique means of dealing with the Dark Alliance, and he is willing to personally come to our Empire of the Rising Sun and help us destroy the Dark Alliance!"
As he said that, Xu Xuanran glanced at his teacher with some fear and said: "At that time, I really didn't know how to deal with the Dark Church. I had no choice but to nod in agreement... But not long after I agreed, teacher, you Then I came back, and I thought to myself, since the teacher is here, the Dark Alliance will naturally be able to capture him, so why should we owe the Xia Empire another favor?"
"And you were worried that I would reprimand you for this, so you didn't mention it to me at all?"
Zhou Chen's eyes widened and he asked: "Wait a minute, is that Prince Fang... surnamed Fang?"
Xu Xuanran nodded and said: "Yes, Prince Fang's surname is naturally Fang."
Only then did Zhou Chen realize that he had asked an idiot question, and he asked, "Where is he now?"
Xu Xuanran replied: "I live in Tianbin Hall."
I don't know if it's an illusion, but Xu Xuanran always felt that the teacher's tone seemed a little anxious...even...the way he looked at him...wait...
He screamed, "Teacher, you can't use the cane anymore. I am already a master of ten thousand times, and I am no longer the student I was before. It's disrespectful for you to hit me. It's disrespectful... Get out, everyone." Everyone, get out of here, let’s have a heart-to-heart talk between master and disciple, do you still want to see your king get beaten?”
Many ministers filed out quickly. Well, in order to prevent His Majesty from settling accounts later, I still can't watch the Imperial Master beating Your Majesty. I can just silently think about what the situation will be like.
Only Mo Qingyuan stood there quietly without moving, watching Xu Xuanran being beaten up and down, with a look of relief on his face.
After a long time...
"Teacher, don't hit me. Even if you want to hit me, you can at least let me know why you are being beaten, right?"
Xu Xuanran dodged, dodged and blocked, not even a single cane was avoided. All of them were eaten hard. He had no choice but to do it. No matter how strong he was, he couldn't withstand it.
In the end, I could only humble myself and beg for mercy.
"Yes, now is not the time to hit you."
Zhou Chen looked at Xu Xuanran intently and asked: "Let me ask you, is Prince Fang also called Grandmaster Fang? His real name is Fang Zheng. He has a father named Fang Huazhong who was assassinated by a blacklist assassin recently? That's right. , and he also has a confidante named Liusu?"
Xu Xuanran was surprised and said: "Teacher, how do you know so clearly?"
"It's really him!"
Zhou Chen was suddenly stunned, turned his head and looked at Xu Xuanran, and said angrily: "Is he still in Tianbin Hall now?"
Xu Xuanran smiled and said: "Yes, he said that we don't need to worry about him since we have the means. He just happened to have an enlightenment and felt that he was about to break through, so he kept practicing there... Don't worry, teacher, it's time I have never lost any of my etiquette, and I still keep the teacher’s teachings in mind.”
Zhou Chen said coldly: "It's the biggest disrespect for you not to go to see me every morning to pay my respects. Come on, come with me to see Grandmaster Fang. Since he wants to help you destroy the Dark Alliance, if he takes action, The Dark Alliance may have been destroyed long ago, so why did I spend so much effort and effort? Xu Xuanran, do you feel that I came back to snatch your power, so you took the opportunity to simply exhaust me to death?"
"Teacher, what are you talking about? I just think that no matter how strong the sect leader is, can he still be stronger than the gods? Now that the teacher has taken action, how can he have any leisure..."
"No stronger than a heavenly being?"
Zhou Chen sneered: "That's because you haven't seen dozens of heavenly beings, including the Lord of Yuancheng, who were so frightened by him that they dared not move... Do you know that if he is willing, he can now He is already the Lord of Yuancheng. He despises the position of Yuan Lord and pushed his confidante to take the position. It is simply a joke that a girl of more than 20 years of age will become the Lord of Yuancheng. But even so, we are waiting for it. I can't even say a word of rebuttal...Xu Xuanran, you actually ignored him for several days, who gave you the courage?"
Xu Xuanran blinked and said, "Teacher, are we talking about the same person?"
"Do you mean to say that I lied to you?"
Zhou Chen once again mentioned the cane given by the late emperor.
Xu Xuanran nodded hurriedly and frantically, "It's impossible for the teacher to lie to me."
Zhou Chen said angrily: "Why don't you lead the way quickly?"
