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Chapter 2333: Chapter 2023: Urgent Report from Guangling County

Prince Zhen Nan continued, "Anyway, there are finally clues to the village massacre case."

"Since we know it was done by the Yellow Springs Sect, it’s easier to handle."

"Next, we just need to investigate the Yellow Springs Sect. As long as we can find their main altar, we can eliminate the Yellow Springs Sect."

At this moment, Lu Chen said, "Speaking of the Yellow Springs Sect, I’m more curious about what that monster was."

Saying this, Lu Chen’s gaze fell on Li Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, and then asked, "Are you sure you saw a monster and not a human in disguise?"

Li Xuan quickly said, "Master Lu, I saw it very clearly. Although that monster wore a red robe, the tentacles it extended were definitely not something a human would have, and its claws weren’t human hands either, they resembled some kind of demon beast’s claws."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said perplexedly, "So, that monster should be some kind of evil spirit or mysterious entity, then why didn’t the Deceit Suppression Bureau’s Pursuing Evil Disc react? If it was an evil spirit or mysterious entity, the Deceit Suppression Bureau should have already used the Pursuing Evil Disc to track its aura."

Prince Zhen Nan said, "This is also the question in my mind."

In this world, any demon beast is referred to as an evil spirit, and the aura of these evil spirits can be sensed by the Pursuing Evil Disc.

Moreover, that evil spirit had made a move, so it must have left some trace of aura, it wouldn’t be completely without aura.

If no aura of any evil spirit was left, nor the aura of deception evil, then it looks more like a human disguised as a monster.

After thinking for a while, the father and son had no ideas.

At this moment, a Royal Mansion Guard entered the yard and said to Prince Zhen Nan, "Great King, there is an imperial decree from the palace."

Hearing this, Prince Zhen Nan immediately walked towards the outside of the courtyard, and Lu Chen quickly followed, wanting to see what Holy Decree the Empress Dowager had issued this time.

The Imperial Eunuch saw Prince Zhen Nan and directly handed the Holy Decree in his hand to Prince Zhen Nan, then said, "His Majesty asked this humble servant to remind Prince Zhen Nan, since the Deceit King has appeared, please eliminate those Deceit Kings promptly to help stabilize Dazhou."

Hearing this, Prince Zhen Nan took the Holy Decree and said lightly, "Go back and tell His Majesty that I will definitely seal those Deceit Kings as soon as possible."

The eunuch said, "Since the Holy Decree has been delivered, this humble servant will return."

After speaking, the Imperial Eunuch turned and left without hesitation.

After the Imperial Eunuch left, Prince Zhen Nan finally opened the Holy Decree in his hand, glanced at it briefly, and then handed it to Lu Chen who was beside him.

Lu Chen took the Holy Decree, looked at it, and said with a smile, "The Royal Family is really impatient, fearing that they’d allow us too much time to grow."

The Royal Family certainly knows that the Zhen Nan Prince Manor wants to take advantage of this mysterious crisis to reappear on the stage, and they naturally don’t want to see the Zhen Nan Prince Manor grow stronger again, so they will try to urge the Zhen Nan Prince Manor to seal those Deceit Kings as soon as possible.

In this way, the Zhen Nan Prince Manor would have no excuse to continue growing.

Prince Zhen Nan thought of the battle in Red Stone City, then turned to Lu Chen and said, "By the way, today Fan Yaodong sent new information about the Deceit King, come with me to the study."

Prince Zhen Nan originally planned to have someone send the letters from Red Stone City directly to Lu Chen, but now that Lu Chen was right in front of him, they might as well have a face-to-face conversation about the Deceit King matters.

The father and son then headed to the study.

Upon entering the study, Prince Zhen Nan handed the letters on the desk to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen took the letters, opened them, and glanced at them, his expression unchanged.

Prince Zhen Nan developed a thoughtful mindset and asked, "If it were you, what would you do?"

Lu Chen replied without hesitation, "Although Red Stone City is remote, that’s in relation to the Capital City; Father’s fief is in the South. If we allow those Deceit Kings to grow, a wave of evil spirits might impact Father’s fief."

"Currently, Dazhou’s Qi Fortune still strongly suppresses evil spirits and mysterious entities, so since we’ve already discovered those Deceit Kings’ whereabouts, we should indeed think of a way to seal them."

If they hadn’t discovered the whereabouts of those Deceit Kings, Lu Chen wouldn’t think of sealing them but instead focus on enhancing the Zhen Nan Prince Manor’s power.

But since they’ve found their location, they should seal them.

Lu Chen also didn’t want to see the strength of those four Deceit Kings become stronger. While they could still be kept in check now, the price was still small.

If they devoured more blood sacrifices and became stronger, by the time Lu Chen’s strength improved enough to face these Deceit Kings individually, it’s hard to say whether Guangling County would still exist.

Moreover, if they continued to delay, who knows how many citizens of Dazhou would die.

Although Lu Chen was once a powerful figure in the Spirit Realm, he wasn’t completely cold-blooded or unfeeling, otherwise, he wouldn’t have fought to the death to protect the Spirit Realm against the Ancestor of the Strange in those days.

Prince Zhen Nan was very satisfied with Lu Chen’s answer.

Indeed, they could rely on a strategy of maintaining a balance through threats, but they had to prioritize. Facing a terrifying existence like the Deceit King, the Zhen Nan Prince Manor couldn’t fully control them, thus they must be eliminated.

Moreover, if they sealed those Deceit Kings in the Demon Suppression Tower, it would be a better deterrent to the Royal Family.

After all, the Zhen Nan Prince Manor currently controlled the Demon Suppression Tower; as long as they wanted, they could release those Deceit Kings at any time.

At this moment, Prince Zhen Nan said, "Since there are already clues about the village massacre monster, we should also thoroughly investigate this Yellow Springs Sect. I’ll go to the Deceit Suppression Bureau first."

Saying this, Prince Zhen Nan prepared to go to the Deceit Suppression Bureau to have its members refocus their investigation on the Yellow Springs Sect.

However, just then, a Hidden Guard in a black robe rushed into the study with hurried and brisk steps, knelt in front of Prince Zhen Nan, and presented the intelligence report he was holding, saying, "Great King, an urgent report from Guangling County."

Hearing this, Prince Zhen Nan immediately felt a sense of foreboding. He quickly took the bamboo tube containing the letters from the Hidden Guard, opened it, and extracted the letters from inside.

His sharp eyes scanned the letter, and his expression abruptly turned serious, his brows furrowing.

Seeing Prince Zhen Nan like this, Lu Chen curiously asked, "What happened in Guangling County?"

The fact that Prince Zhen Nan showed such an expression meant something must have happened in Guangling County, and it was no small matter.

Prince Zhen Nan immediately handed the letter to Lu Chen, who took it, quickly scanned it, and found that many villages in Guangling County had been massacred recently, similar to those near the Capital City.

The hearts of the villagers in those villages had been extracted, and no traces of any evil spirits or mysterious deceptions were left at the scene.

Prince Zhen Nan snorted coldly, his aura suddenly burst forth, "The Yellow Springs Sect really has a death wish, daring to provoke me before I went looking for them."

They were just planning to start investigating the Yellow Springs Sect, but the Yellow Springs Sect was already causing trouble in his fief.

Prince Zhen Nan suspected that the Yellow Springs Sect might be targeting him on purpose. After all, he was the current leader of the Deceit Suppression Bureau, and since the Deceit Suppression Bureau belonged to the Zhen Nan Prince Manor now, perhaps the Yellow Springs Sect was trying to send a warning to the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, or it was some form of intimidation, telling the Zhen Nan Prince Manor not to continue the investigation.