486: Chapter 486 Player "Zhou Yan" has joined the Truth Cult.

A knock on the door echoed through the corridor.

"Come in."

Upon hearing this reply, Secretary Wang pushed open the door and entered the small bar.

Tang Pu sat alone at the bar, playing with a glass that had only one sip of liquor left.

Seeing Secretary Wang enter, King Dong asked, "How did things go?"

Secretary Wang bowed his head slightly and performed a salute.

"One was let in for the sake of his father's Face."

"The other has already gone to report to the Return to Ruins, where he will spend the rest of his life as a wandering ghost messenger."

"Since he still has family, he won't talk nonsense, and the others have no objections to this."

King Dong glanced at Secretary Wang curiously upon hearing this.

"A sentence that harsh? That doesn't sound like your style."

Secretary Wang straightened up, pushed his glasses up slightly, and explained.

"That executive had made many enemies while handling matters for His Excellency, and since he was already nearing retirement, many people had grievances against him."

"Taking advantage of the situation to impose an additional penalty can soothe the resentment of many, and also allow the old employee to retire with a bit more dignity."

"As for the other one, there just happened to be a good replacement candidate, and I could tell that the King of Wisdom also appreciated him."

"So, if that Excellency truly joins, there might be unexpected gains in the future."

King Dong clapped his hands in applause.

"Very good, I have always been at ease with your work."

"The result is indeed as you expected; that King of Wisdom's status is now confirmed as of today."

"Go help him register his identity in a while, then send the relevant materials and items to him for me, along with this."

After speaking, Tang Pu snapped his fingers, and a special document appeared in front of Secretary Wang.

Secretary Wang showed a look of horror upon seeing this document.

"Your Excellency, wasn't it said that this King of Wisdom is very likely the former Saint?"

"Then these documents..."

Before he could finish, King Dong made a gesture for silence. Secretary Wang immediately stopped speaking and waited for a reply.

King Dong drank the last of his liquor and gently placed the glass on the table. His smiling Face now held a hint of profound meaning.

"We all guessed wrong. That Kong Xuan is actually from the Dragon Clan, which shows that the Taiyi Sect is even more complicated than we imagined."

"Even the Saint we were mainly focusing on is likely just one of the pushers behind the scenes."

"I originally intended to mainly befriend Zhou Yan, but I didn't expect there to be unexpected gains."

"Since the other party is not Zhou Yan himself, there is naturally no need to have them participate in that plan. Handing this matter over to her to handle is fine."

"Even if she sees through some clues, it has nothing to do with us."

After speaking, King Dong signaled for Secretary Wang to leave.

After Secretary Wang left, he took out another bottle of liquor, opened it, and poured himself a glass.

At the same time, a document appeared in front of him.

"This liquor is truly trash. That Kong Xuan can really drink; I should have brought a few more bottles."

"Now that the other part has been pushed to the Taiyi Sect, things have indeed become much easier."

As King Dong spoke, he opened the document and took out a translucent special page.

At the top of the document, the title read—

[Apocalypse Knight Project Proposal (2/4)]

[Remaining Available Targets: Xiao Sheng (Dao Sect Kurong Temple), Wang Yao ★ (Qingxu Grotto-Heaven Disciple)...]

"Both sides are troublesome guys; it's better to choose the plan I started myself, the cost is lower."

"However, since the other party isn't Zhou Yan, there's no need to keep her under my nose, and I can even let her take the blame for me."

"Sure enough, no one understands how to utilize resources better than I do."

After speaking, King Dong took a sip of liquor, intending to continue reading. As a result, he spat it out as soon as the liquor entered his mouth.

He smashed the glass and cursed loudly.

"Who the hell sent me fake liquor!"

Meanwhile, Secretary Wang, who had arrived at the archives, was looking at the document in his hand. The reflection on his lenses made it impossible to see his eyes at this moment.

He silently opened the document, revealing the title on it.

[Talent Incubation Project Pre-device Development Special Project]

[Special Equipment: Age]

[Current Project Progress: 51%]

City of Universal Love, Outer City.

At this moment, Zhou Yan looked slightly nervous, waiting for a reply.

Ever since coming out of King Dong's tower, Zhou Yan had taken a few detours, as if in a good mood, and had traveled to the Outer City as if sightseeing and checking in.

The Outer City was different from the Inner City; there were fewer technological creations here, and it could already be considered the suburbs.

Precisely because of this, after confirming he was far away from technological creations and King Dong's sphere of influence, Zhou Yan finally relaxed, found a deserted corner to set up a Formation, and sent a notice to Yuan Chenling.

Just a moment ago.

After King Dong saw Zhou Yan's horns, he was shocked, then puzzled, and finally showed a look of surprise.

Just when Zhou Yan felt surprised, he suddenly discovered that the Luck he had just absorbed had been completely consumed.

Although that person wasn't someone of very high status, they still had a life of great wealth and nobility; for this Luck to be consumed in a second was shocking.

It was conceivable that something incredible must have happened.

And before Zhou Yan could say anything, the other party spoke first.

"Fellow Daoist, there is no need to say more. I understand this matter; no one understands complex power structures better than I do."

"I have no right to ask about your sect's internal affairs, nor do I want to know too much, so as not to hurt our friendship."

"Actually, Fellow Daoist Kong, you don't know, I don't have any objections to that Saint Zhou Yan; I have even admired him for a long time."

"To say something that doesn't conform to our camp's stance, I quite admire this Saint."

"In just a few years since his appearance, his cultivation, status, and influence have risen steadily; it would be no exaggeration to call him the number one Prodigy of the current age."

"If our stances weren't different, I might have even befriended him, which would have been a fine story."

Seeing that the other party had already filled in the blanks himself, Zhou Yan didn't say much, just followed his lead.

"So what do you want to say? Can my self-proof meet your requirements?"

Seeing Kong Xuan's slightly impatient response, King Dong's eyes lit up even more.

As expected. I didn't expect that a small Soul Transformation force would actually involve so many figures.

Dragon Clan, Qingxu Grotto-Heaven, those who cultivate the Divine Dao... It really is rich.

Looking at it this way, it seems that multiple forces were dissatisfied with the current harmonious situation of the Truth Cult and specifically inserted this nail.

If that's the case, then Zhou Yan might just be one of the liaisons representing the Three Sects.

Otherwise, after his incident, the Taiyi Sect couldn't have been so calm without any action, and even agreed to join the Truth Cult.

Then that guy Kun Gou probably wasn't entirely aiming for Zhou Yan either; perhaps he also harbored the intention of utilizing this sect pieced together by multiple forces.

And looking at the other party's expression at this moment, she was actually displeased that he praised Zhou Yan so much, which shows that their internal side is not monolithic either.

There are shadows of the Dragon Clan, shadows of the Lianxing Pavilion, shadows of the Qingxu Grotto-Heaven... The remaining so-called Taiyi God is likely backed by the Dao Sect or the Liyan Holy Land.

Plus, the other party seems to be thriving in the Joyous Union Sect's territory as well.

Understood, completely understood.

King Dong's thoughts went further and further astray; just because Zhou Yan changed his modeling, he imagined a whole set of establishment, personnel composition, and behind-the-scenes pushers for an unknown force.

Finally, he looked at Kong Xuan in front of him with profound meaning.

Since this was jointly pushed out by major forces, handing it over to her might really be a good thing.

"Fellow Daoist Kong certainly meets the requirements, and very much so. To be honest, the reason I said so much is because those guys in the Truth Cult are acting stupid again."

"You also know that people who do scientific research are just too smart, so their brains aren't enough, which is why they need to dig a businessman like me to balance it out."

"Look, they are going to do something stupid again recently, and they offended the same group of people, which coincidentally has some connection with that Saint."

"Since Fellow Daoist Kong is not that Saint himself, I can speak more directly."

Zhou Yan was now even more convinced that the big thing the other party was going to talk about had mostly to do with what Ma Hao was going to do, that is, related to "Age".

Seeing that Zhou Yan had no reaction and was just drinking and looking at him calmly, King Dong had to continue.

"The Truth Cult has a new emerging school recently, called the Time School; you may have heard of it, or you may not have."

"In short, they recently conducted a secret experiment in Dream City. This experiment will attract many people to sabotage it, including people within the Truth Cult."

"So to prevent accidents, the Council decided to draw personnel from various schools to guard this plan."

"Unfortunately, the first batch of people who came to sabotage it were from the Qingxu Grotto-Heaven."

"At that time, the School of Life was lacking talent, so I had to work overtime to arrest them."

"They were very cunning, and in the end, I only caught a small kitten. When I looked, I realized it was actually that Saint's pet. This matter was a bit tricky."

"After all, the Truth Cult is actually in a similar situation to your sect now. I am a businessman myself, so naturally, I have no reason to take the blame for other schools' plans, and I don't want to offend the Qingxu Grotto-Heaven."

"Especially since your sect also has this background, and I am currently establishing diplomatic relations with your sect, this kind of thing is something neither of us wants to see."

"Since you, Fellow Daoist, have just joined, then this task will be handed over to you to handle; consider it the condition for being conferred as a King."

"And the task is not difficult; Fellow Daoist just needs to maintain law and order."

"We have radicals inside who want to sabotage it, and it's inevitable that some links will go wrong in the process. It's unavoidable to lose some people or small animals then."

"I wonder what Fellow Daoist thinks?"

The person in front of him is a pure-blooded Dragon; being able to come and get the qualification for being conferred as a King, she is likely one of the power holders of the Taiyi Sect, and her status is even higher than Zhou Yan's, or at least equal to Zhou Yan's.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have appeared only after Zhou Yan disappeared.

Looking at it this way, her relationship with Zhou Yan is probably not good, but it's not bad either.

This time he caught the other party's mount and sent her to take over.

Whether she wants to return that little lion to Zhou Yan and sell a favor, or has other plans, it has nothing to do with him.

And since she is not Zhou Yan himself, naturally she will not conflict with that plan. After all, there is a significant connection between the Dragon Clan and that plan.

The unity of the Dragon Clan is much tighter than that of the Truth Cult and the Taiyi Sect under this person, so naturally, they will not destroy common interests.

Just like that, Zhou Yan agreed to be conferred as a King and accepted his arrangement. Then he rushed to the Outer City without stopping.

He first contacted through pet communication, and then tried to contact through Qingxuan. After multiple failures, Zhou Yan confirmed.

Yuan Chenling had been captured again!

At this moment, Zhou Yan was full of melancholy.

"This guy doesn't have the body of Tang Seng, so why does he have Tang Seng's illness."

Just as he was complaining, as if triggering something, the System suddenly popped up a message.

"Ding, Player 'Zhou Yan' has joined the Truth Cult faction."

[Current Position: School of Life King]