235: Phantom Deep Intervention

Lu Ze recognized Cheng Ran’s voice, but did not rush to answer. Instead, he found a spot to sit down and calmly said, “Teacher, why have you imprisoned me here?”

Cheng Ran did not answer. Instead, she brought another piece of news, “Lu Ze, since you are awake, you will be moving to a different place tonight. That place probably won’t be as comfortable as this house.”

Lu Ze remained silent.

Cheng Ran stood outside the door, her expression somewhat unreadable. Finally, her eyes turned cold. “Lu Ze, if you must blame someone, blame yourself for being an experimental subject of the Guan Jiang Department. If you were just a pure human, in a few years, or even decades, you would surely have a place in the Headquarters!”

With that, Cheng Ran lifted her foot and left.

Lu Ze closed his eyes, continuing his cultivation, striving to recover his power. At the same time, he was also attempting to use the sting Lei.

Night fell in a blink of an eye!

“Boom!”

Suddenly, the house Lu Ze was in shook violently, then was uprooted by a powerful force.

Lu Ze reacted quickly, rushing to the first floor, wanting to find a gap to escape, but the room was airtight, with no flaw at all!

The house, propelled by this powerful force, moved rapidly in a certain direction.

Lu Ze estimated the direction and understood that it was heading towards the Demon Subduing Division!

Soon after, the house stopped and landed with a crash. Lu Ze steadied himself by holding onto the wall.

“This location should be the Demon Subduing Division’s plaza!”

Lu Ze instantly determined the house’s landing spot.

“Buzz!”

As a low hum sounded, the entire room began to collapse. Lu Ze carefully watched everything around him, but after the room collapsed, what was revealed was a vast magic array!

This magic array was incredibly profound; it was definitely not something he could break through now!

And through the magic array, Lu Ze also saw Meng Yanxing and Cheng Ran!

The two of them looked at him without their previous warmth, but rather with a serious, watchful demeanor, as if they had encountered some powerful demon.

“Lu Ze, do you know where Lu Qianfeng is?”

Meng Yanxing suddenly asked.

Lu Ze frowned. This name, he seemed to have heard it somewhere.

Suddenly, Lu Ze found the name in his memory!

Fu Liang had told him before!

Decades ago, the Director of the Demon Subduing Division at the Yanjing Headquarters, who presided over the God-Demon War, was precisely Lu Qianfeng!

However, this person was also the main reason the entire battle ultimately failed, and he even betrayed humanity, joining the Guan Jiang Department’s ranks!

Lu Ze had never directly encountered this person, and he hadn’t even had the chance to search for the Guan Jiang Department yet!

Seeing Lu Ze remain silent for a long time, Meng Yanxing made his decision, then turned and exchanged glances with Cheng Ran.

“In that case, you will temporarily stay below!”

“Boom!”

Beneath Lu Ze’s feet, a huge magic array spread out, and then the entire plaza sank, forming a bottomless pit!

In an instant, Lu Ze was enveloped by the magic array and rapidly fell!

The sunken plaza quickly healed, returning to normal!

Cheng Ran stared at the spot where Lu Ze had fallen, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly said, “I remember there are quite a few demons down there, aren’t there?”

Meng Yanxing nodded. “Don’t worry, Lu Ze is being held separately in a cage, not with those demons. And those close to Lu Ze are all fourth or fifth-rank demons. Even if they break out of their cages, they won’t be able to harm Lu Ze!”

Cheng Ran always felt something was off, but upon closer thought, there seemed to be nothing wrong.

“Good. My report has already been sent to the Headquarters. I believe there will be a reply soon. But I asked my family, and their opinion is that Xuanyuan City will probably have to keep Lu Ze for a few more months.”

Deputy Director Meng nodded. “Don’t worry, I will send people to guard him closely. I won’t let him cause any trouble!”

As the two were talking, a figure suddenly appeared beside them. Both of them tacitly stopped their conversation and looked over.

They saw that this person’s eyes were white, and his surrounding Qi was low. It was Huan Shen!

Deputy Director Meng chuckled softly. “Is Lord Huan Shen still going to stay in Xuanyuan City? The previous transfer order was voided due to the current situation. Lord Huan Shen, why don’t you return to the Headquarters now? I believe the Headquarters will soon have other arrangements!”

Huan Shen did not even glance at Deputy Director Meng, only looking at the spot where Lu Ze had fallen, and then suddenly said, “I want to watch him myself.”

Cheng Ran and Deputy Director Meng frowned simultaneously, sizing up Huan Shen, pondering his intentions.

Lu Ze’s matter was under the overall management of the Headquarters, with Cheng Ran and Deputy Director Meng assisting. Outside, they could even act first and report later. On this matter, they had absolute decision-making power. Now, Huan Shen suddenly rushed in to interfere. His intentions were highly worth scrutinizing.

Could it be that the Huan Family also wanted to find Lu Qianfeng through Lu Ze and then get a share of the spoils?

Huan Shen glanced at the two of them, took out an order from the Headquarters, and handed it to them.

Cheng Ran took it, read its contents carefully, her delicate brows furrowing, a hint of shock in her eyes.

Deputy Director Meng also leaned over to look, and saw that it clearly stated that Lu Ze was to be temporarily imprisoned in Xuanyuan City, with Huan Shen in charge of his detention.

Looking further down, one could see that the date this order was issued was a month ago!

A month ago?!

Presumably, Huan Shen had only just arrived in Xuanyuan City a month ago, yet he had already obtained this order from the Headquarters in advance?!

Was this foresight?!

Huan Shen took back the document and calmly said, “Since that is the case, Lu Ze has already been temporarily imprisoned. The matter of his supervision will now be handled by me. The two of you, and the forces behind you, should not interfere.”

Cheng Ran and Deputy Director Meng exchanged glances, and could only nod in temporary agreement.

With the Headquarters’ document in hand, everyone had to act according to it.

Deputy Director Meng was about to leave when he was stopped by Huan Shen. “Deputy Director Meng, since Lu Ze is imprisoned here, please give me the beastmen’s token so I can manage the matters below. Otherwise, outsiders might interfere.”

Deputy Director Meng looked deeply at Huan Shen, and finally took out the token that managed the beastmen, handing it to Huan Shen. “Lord Huan Shen, this Lu Ze is an existence that the Headquarters has always been paying attention to, and also an important figure who can draw out the Guan Jiang Department and Lu Qianfeng. If he is lost, I’m afraid not only you, but the entire Huan Family will not be able to bear the consequences.”

Huan Shen took the token, put it away, and said, “Deputy Director Meng, rest assured. If Lu Ze is lost, my Huan Family, from top to bottom, will naturally present our heads to the Headquarters to atone for the sin!”

Deputy Director Meng and Cheng Ran left separately.

Huan Shen pondered for a moment, then entered the huge prison below through a hidden passage nearby!

Lu Ze, oh Lu Ze, it’s a good thing I left a move here. Otherwise, in today’s situation, how could you, alone, resolve it?