The Chen family patriarch said with a grave expression, "Chief Constable Tang, what do you mean?"
The Chief Constable of Suzhou and Hangzhou, Tang Anmin, had been transferred to his current post for half a year.
Tang Anmin took a sip of tea and said, "Third King, Zhou Fangzun, sent me a letter this morning, asking me to refuse Chen Jiuyang's enfeoffment in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and to turn a blind eye to subsequent events."
Boom!
The Chen family patriarch and Chen Jiuyang's expressions changed in unison.
The Chen family patriarch's face turned ashen, "The Third King of the Heavenly Realm actually dares to interfere in this matter?"
Chen Jiuyang took a deep breath, "I didn't expect the person behind Xi Butui to be the Third King."
Tang Anmin said, "But I am a civil official. Although he is a Martial King, a letter asking me, the Chief Constable of the Six Doors, to step back, is a bit much from Zhou Fangzun."
"I will not stand on his side."
The Chen family patriarch and Chen Jiuyang's expressions eased slightly.
Tang Anmin continued, "But if you, Chen Jiuyang, insist on being enfeoffed in Suzhou and Hangzhou, Zhou Fangzun will inevitably find ways to deal with you. Your best course of action is to abandon the enfeoffment and return to Mount Shu to cultivate diligently."
The Chen family patriarch said sternly, "The dignified Third King attacking a young man in his early twenties is truly shameless."
Chen Jiuyang frowned and looked at Tang Anmin, "Chief Constable Tang, if you were just reminding me to leave Suzhou and Hangzhou and abandon the enfeoffment, a phone call would have sufficed. Why did you need to meet us in person?"
Tang Anmin's eyes narrowed instantly, a sharp glint flashing within them, "It's convenient to deal with intelligent people."
"I can refuse Zhou Fangzun and have the Heavenly Revelation Legion support your enfeoffment, but in return, I will also need your strength to help me through this difficult time."
Chen Jiuyang's brow furrowed, "Please speak frankly, Chief Constable Tang."
The Chief Constable of the Six Doors of a province actually asking for help from an outsider clan like them suggested that the difficulty involved was not small.
Tang Anmin said, "There is an invisible black hand controlling Suzhou and Hangzhou. The annihilation of the Ning family of the Jiangnan Sect is inextricably linked to this mastermind."
"I am called the Chief Constable of the Six Doors, but in reality, I am a puppet, stripped of real power and completely sidelined."
This statement shocked Chen Jiuyang. The Chief Constable of the Six Doors of a province being sidelined indicated a significant underlying problem.
"Chen Jiuyang, you must have noticed that the strength of the Six Doors in Suzhou and Hangzhou was very weak that day."
Chen Jiuyang nodded solemnly.
Tang Anmin continued, "My sixteen escorts who came with me either died in accidents or disappeared without a trace within half a year."
"I, the Chief Constable of the Six Doors of a province, dare not even step out of this Six Doors headquarters and can only stay here all day."
This sent a chill down Chen Jiuyang's spine, and the Chen family patriarch's brow furrowed even deeper.
The Chen family patriarch said sternly, "I noticed something strange about Suzhou and Hangzhou earlier, but I never expected it to be this severe."
Chen Jiuyang's brow was tightly knit. This would explain the strange things he had previously felt.
Tang Anmin said, "This time, Chen Jiuyang obtained information about human trafficking through the Ning family, coupled with the Ning family's annihilation. The mastermind has finally revealed some clues, giving me a glimmer of hope to expose the darkness in Suzhou and Hangzhou. I want to see what this mastermind is trying to do in my Suzhou and Hangzhou."
"Chen Jiuyang, this is a win-win opportunity. Do you dare to take the gamble?"
"If we win, we will expose the mastermind and gain immense credit, and you will be successfully enfeoffed. Even if Zhou Fangzun is the Third King of our Dragon Kingdom, he will not dare to act rashly against you."
"As for the consequences of failure, I need not elaborate."
Chen Jiuyang frowned and looked at Tang Anmin, "Chief Constable Tang, how do you propose we cooperate? How can my Chen family help you?"
Tang Anmin's eyes lit up with eagerness, "People! Your sixteen families of Mount Shu have always been united. I need your sixteen families to send a large contingent to be stationed in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Of course, just this alone might not be enough to get the sixteen families of Mount Shu to agree."
"Currently, the martial artist forces in Jiangnan are compromised. If we eliminate the pests, I will allow your Mount Shu forces to develop extensively in Suzhou and Hangzhou."
A glint flashed in the Chen family patriarch's eyes, "I will need to discuss this matter."
"Conversely, Chief Constable Tang, as you said, you are sidelined and alone. What contribution can you make in this matter? Are you expecting us to fight on the front lines while you reap the rewards?"
Tang Anmin chuckled, "For me, Tang, to hold the position of Chief Constable of the Six Doors in Suzhou and Hangzhou, I am hardly alone. It's just that I needed to bide my time and not rashly deploy the forces behind me."
"My Tang clan belongs to the civil official lineage. My father is the retired Chief of Staff of the Heavenly Revelation Legion."
"The Heavenly Revelation Legion operates in the shadows, while your Mount Shu forces are in the open. You can use the Pure Yang Qi Supplementing Pill to enter Suzhou and Hangzhou and stir up this stagnant pool. With both overt and covert actions, as long as we trace the clues, we can swiftly bring clear skies back to Suzhou and Hangzhou."
Chen Jiuyang and the Chen family patriarch both frowned. It seemed Tang Anmin had been targeting them for a long time, calculating their every move.
But such a great opportunity...
The two pondered for a long time.
The Chen family patriarch spoke, "We need to see your sincerity. Since you are from the civil official lineage, your intelligence capabilities should be far superior to ours."
"We need sufficiently secure intelligence before Mount Shu will move."
Tang Anmin replied, "That is only proper."
Then, the Chen family patriarch, with Chen Jiuyang, rose to leave, "Then we shall meet again."
After leaving the Six Doors and sitting in the car, the Chen family patriarch remarked, "This Chief Constable Tang truly masters the art of using minimal force to achieve maximum results."
Chen Jiuyang said, "If this is truly the case, then to be successfully enfeoffed, I must borrow his strength."
Several days passed, and he had not received any progress updates on his enfeoffment mission.
Now, with the pressure from Third King Zhou Fangzun, Chen Jiuyang felt an invisible mountain weighing on him, making it difficult to breathe.
If the entire Mount Shu clan was mobilized to settle in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the situation would be much better.
And how Chen Jiuyang would instigate the remaining sixteen families of Mount Shu was by using the Pure Yang Qi Supplementing Pill as bait.
The "forces clearing" that Tang Anmin spoke of, and the opportunity for the sixteen families of Mount Shu to develop extensively here, were all empty promises.
The ones who would truly pay and exert effort were Chen Jiuyang and his kin.
This was Tang Anmin's way of testing the depth of Chen Jiuyang's resolve for enfeoffment.
However, he had gambled correctly on Chen Jiuyang's character. Chen Jiuyang would not retreat in the face of adversity; instead, he would rise to the challenge, tear open the darkness, and carve out a path of life and death!
Otherwise, his martial will would falter.
In terms of calculation and scheming, civil officials were indeed more formidable.
Chen Jiuyang sighed and said to the Chen family patriarch, "Patriarch, please inform the other fifteen families that while my Pure Yang Qi Supplementing Pill is excellent, I have not forgotten my hometown. I cannot establish this market alone and require them to send people."
The Chen family patriarch nodded with satisfaction, "Sacrificing the small for the great is the true path."
That very night, the sixteen families of Mount Shu, drawn by the prospect of wealth, mobilized. Dozens of Grandmasters of the Earth Realm and hundreds of Masters of the Profound Realm arrived!
In the darkness, standing in the villa and gazing at the brightly lit and bustling Chen family in Suzhou and Hangzhou, Chen Jiuyang's expression grew stern.
With this strength, he could now contend with this mastermind.
He was determined to be enfeoffed!