Chapter 196 Ask Him to Take Action

Captain Xu Chang went down to prepare in silence; in reality, he knew more than just this.

Although when he called Ye Qingmei and Jia He,

Ye Qingmei spoke vaguely, as if she had some unspeakable secret, while Jia He didn't reveal a single word.

However, Captain Xu Chang still caught a whiff of something from this series of unusual events.

The Maoshan Sect was suddenly going to hold a Zhai-Zhan Ritual and had issued such a provocative announcement.

Its purpose was clear: to reclaim its position as the leader of the Daoist sects.

But how did they dare to do so, or rather, what gave them the confidence?

Captain Xu Chang couldn't help but think of Jiang Chen, who had left the 749 Bureau and flown toward the Maoshan Sect.

Could it be because of him?

Jiang Chen was a Disciple of the Maoshan Sect, and with such high cultivation and at such a young age, it was possible that the Maoshan Sect no longer feared Mount Longhu because of his presence.

However, although Captain Xu Chang's cultivation was low, he understood that the most powerful experts in China and the world were in the Life Wheel Realm, and there was more than one such practitioner in China.

The ability to fly was the hallmark of a practitioner in the Life Wheel Realm.

It was said that Mount Longhu had veteran practitioners in the Life Wheel Realm.

No matter how powerful Jiang Chen was, before his trip to the island nation, he should not have been able to fly; at least, Captain Xu Chang had never seen him do so.

This meant that he had likely made a Breakthrough recently, and he probably wouldn't be a match for Mount Longhu, right?

Captain Xu Chang couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it; in any case, once he arrived at the Maoshan Sect, the truth would naturally come to light.

Meanwhile, Beijing had naturally received the news as well.

Their guess was not much different from Captain Xu Chang's—that Jiang Chen was likely the source of the Maoshan Sect's confidence.

The only difference was that they had a clearer understanding of Jiang Chen's strength, and it was definitely not as simple as being a typical Life Wheel Realm practitioner.

In response, Beijing deliberated and decided to send a team of specialists to the Maoshan Sect to observe the ceremony; firstly, to observe the situation on-site, and secondly, to see if there was an opportunity to mend the relationship with Jiang Chen.

But when Zhou Renshou received this result, he was not satisfied.

Because of one Jiang Chen, his son was under investigation and his grandson had all his bones broken.

Jiang Chen had committed such a heinous act, yet it was dismissed with a mere mention of a private dispute? Did they not have any respect for him, the third-ranking official of the nation!

Zhou Renshou sat behind his desk, smoking one cigarette after another.

Finally, he extinguished the last cigarette, sighed, and stood up.

He was not only a pillar of the nation but also, in the end, a father and a grandfather.

Thus, Zhou Renshou picked up the phone, hesitated for a long time, and made a call.

"Cao Jun, do you remember the agreement we made? Now, it is time to fulfill that promise."

If anyone knew the Cao Jun he was speaking to, they would surely be extremely shocked.

Because the current Director-General of the 749 Bureau in China, who was also the number one official expert in China, was named Cao Jun!

On the other side, in the Director's office of the 749 Bureau in Beijing, a middle-aged man with a crew cut and an imposing aura hung up the phone expressionlessly, the documents in his hand slightly wrinkled as he began to ponder.

The person sitting opposite him also had his brows furrowed.

The middle-aged man who answered the phone was Cao Jun, and the call from Zhou Renshou had given him a massive headache.

It was not that he didn't know who Jiang Chen was; on the contrary, Jiang Chen's name was like thunder to his ears.

The 749 Bureau specialized in handling cases involving practitioners, and because of this, his understanding of Jiang Chen was arguably the most comprehensive, aside from the Maoshan Sect itself.

On his desk, there was a thick stack of files about Jiang Chen.

They even found information about his parents, as Jiang Chen had come from an orphanage.

Unfortunately, both of Jiang Chen's parents had died in an accident shortly after he was born.

Just moments ago, he was still studying a file about Jiang Chen.

This file contained some of Jiang Chen's actions in the island nation; the island nation's promotion of the "eight million gods" was no longer a secret.

Therefore, China was particularly concerned about intelligence regarding the supernatural in the island nation, and had intelligence personnel planted in various shrines.

However, these intelligence personnel were basically peripheral staff who could not reach the true core.

But in the last few days, they had transmitted some extremely important intelligence.

This included the major battle that had caused a commotion in the sky over the island nation in recent days, as well as the incident of the resurrection of the Great Deity Fushimi Inari.

Because in recent days, Fushimi Inari Taisha had begun to publicize this event everywhere, and many shrines had begun to worship the Great Deity Fushimi Inari again.

And it was said that some sincere people, after worshipping the Great Deity Fushimi Inari, had their wishes miraculously fulfilled!

In addition, the intelligence personnel also discovered that the Tsuchimikado Clan, which used to look at the Abe Family with hostility whenever they met, not to mention visiting Fushimi Inari Taisha, had recently been visiting Fushimi Inari Taisha ten or a hundred times more often than before!

From various signs, it seemed that the Great Deity Fushimi Inari of the island nation had truly resurrected, with unknown strength.

As for the two figures fighting in the sky, intelligence personnel guessed that one of them was likely the Great Deity Fushimi Inari.

As for the other, intelligence personnel analyzed that it was likely Jiang Chen!

Because he had seen Jiang Chen enter Fushimi Inari Taisha twice, and after the first time he entered, the news of the resurrection of the Great Deity Fushimi Inari spread the next day.

Shortly after he entered the second time, some people saw two streams of light flying in the direction of Mie Prefecture.

Even Cao Jun was astonished when he saw this conclusion.

He had seen some blurry fragments of the Great Deity Fushimi Inari's strength through his Heavenly Eye, and it was very powerful, likely not weaker than him, or perhaps even stronger, and that was without the other party necessarily using their full strength.

Based on this, it was likely that Jiang Chen's strength was also not to be underestimated.

Moreover, Jiang Chen was a member of the Maoshan Sect; if things went wrong, it could lead to conflict between the Daoist sects and the government, just like in the past, which would be difficult to resolve.

But now, the Zhou Family was asking him to come out, and for some reasons, he could not refuse.

Yet, if he really had to face Jiang Chen, he was not sure of victory.

Cao Jun pondered for a long time and felt that he had to take action this time; practitioners valued Karma the most.

However, before taking action, he had to have a foolproof plan!

Just as Cao Jun was deep in thought, one of his subordinates, who was also his Disciple, suddenly said.

"Master, since this Jiang Chen threatens our national security, why not ask the Mountain Lord to take action? Didn't He once say that He could help us do three things?"

Cao Jun's eyes suddenly lit up; that was right, why hadn't he thought of that? If the Mountain Lord took action, wouldn't it be easy?

As for the fact that the Maoshan Sect had once enfeoffed the Mountain Lord, that was many years ago, and there was no definitive evidence that Jiang Chen was a member of the Maoshan Sect anyway.

Even if the Mountain Lord was unwilling to take action, surely He would be willing to calm the conflict?