133: Abnormal

The person who spoke was none other than Bai Pu, and he stared fixedly in the direction of the villa, a look of shock and suspicion in his eyes.

Everyone followed his gaze and couldn't help but be taken aback. As the piles of grass were gradually cleared away, the true appearance of the villa was revealed. To everyone's surprise, light was actually shining from inside the villa!!!

How could this be?

Never mind that the electricity should have been cut off years ago since the villa had been abandoned; even if it hadn't been cut off, it was impossible for any lamp to stay lit for so long, right?

Moreover, as they continued to clear the area, they could see that the lights inside were quite bright, and there seemed to be something moving in the shadows. The people clearing the area were immediately panicked. Could there be ghosts inside?!

At this thought, their complexions changed drastically, and their bodies instinctively retreated...

A playful smile appeared on Long Yuan's face as he asked Bai Pu, "Senior, could it be that my house has already had its electricity turned on?"

"This... Brother Shan, do you know what is going on here?" Bai Pu turned to ask Bai Shan, who was to his side.

Bai Shan immediately consulted with several high-level executives from the company and Yao Zhongzhi and others. He soon replied, "Big Brother, no one helped turn the electricity on here. It was supposed to be turned on when we started cleaning. Besides, there seems to be something moving inside..."

Bai Pu's expression looked a bit ugly. He had already sensed something was wrong, so he snorted, "Take a few people and go in immediately to check what is going on inside! Be careful!"

"Yes!" Bai Shan responded immediately. He took Yao Zhongzhi and several other executives, along with a dozen security personnel, and carefully advanced toward the villa's main gate...

After a while, they arrived at the main gate. Bai Shan pushed it, but found it locked tight. He gave a hand signal to Long Yuan. Long Yuan nodded, stepped forward, and took out two keys. He first inserted one into the bottom keyhole and turned it once, then inserted the other into the top keyhole and turned it three times. The gate clicked open!

Everyone immediately dodged to the sides. Bai Shan extended a hand and pushed gently, and the gate swung inward. A bright light shone out instantly, followed by an unpleasant odor that rushed out, forcing everyone to cover their noses, not daring to breathe...

Long Yuan secretly activated his Soul Shield, so naturally, he wasn't afraid of the odor seeping in. He probed inside with his Divine Sense and said, "There seem to be signs of human activity inside, but there is no one there now; however, there are many Xuan Beasts!"

Bai Shan was surprised and asked, "You can see what's happening inside?"

"This... I have a bit of talent in Mental Energy. If you were to ask around, Senior, you would know that!" Long Yuan replied shyly.

"Mental Energy talent?! I didn't expect Mr. Long to have awakened a talent for Mental Energy. Truly a promising young man!"

"Just luck, just luck. Senior, why not take people in to check quickly? If we can catch the person who trespassed in my house, it would be a great achievement!" Long Yuan changed the subject.

Bai Shan suddenly realized this and immediately waved his hand, charging inside at the forefront...

Everyone followed him into the villa and was soon so scared by the scene inside that their legs almost went weak!

"My god, there are so many Xuan Beasts?!"

"No way, no way? What am I seeing? It's a Tier 2 Black Armored Bear?!"

"There's a Tier 1 over there! Ah? There are two Tier 3 Black Armored Bears in there?!!!" Bai Shan roared, immediately attracting everyone's attention. They looked in that direction, and sure enough, in a corner, there were two huge metal cages, each containing a massive Black Armored Bear. Even sitting down, they were taller than a person, and if they stood up, they would likely be over two people tall!

Bai Pu had also come in by this time and was staring fixedly at the two giant bears, his body trembling uncontrollably...

"Everyone, retreat!!!" Bai Pu shouted.

Everyone quickly retreated, hiding behind him. They never dared to imagine that such a situation would be inside the villa. Even Tier 3 Black Armored Bears were inside; was some major event about to happen?

Bai Pu suppressed his racing heart and carefully examined the situation in the hall. A look of suspicion crossed his face. He saw over twenty Black Armored Bears, but they were all locked in metal cages. On the ground, there were many basins, buckets, and similar utensils, which seemed to contain food or some unknown liquid. It appeared that because the people inside had left in a hurry, some basins and buckets were overturned, and the floor was covered in filth...

Looking at the Black Armored Bears, they seemed to be restrained by chains or something similar, and they all looked bleary-eyed, as if they hadn't woken up yet, and they didn't react at all to the arrival of the group...

"What is going on?!" Bai Pu was momentarily stunned.

Long Yuan stepped forward to carefully look at the two Tier 3 Black Armored Bears and smelled the liquid nearby. He said to Bai Pu, "Senior, someone is raising Black Armored Bears here and extracting bile from their bodies!"

"What? Someone is actually raising Black Armored Bears to extract bile?" Bai Pu said, shocked.

"Senior, surely you know that bear bile has high medicinal value, but a bear only has one gallbladder. Once killed, it's gone. But if they are raised to extract bile, one can get a continuous supply of liquid. This is a long-term business!" Long Yuan said.

"That makes sense!" Bai Pu's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and Bai Shan and the others nearby nodded repeatedly, agreeing completely.

Tong Xueqin had also entered at some point. Upon hearing Long Yuan's words, she immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Long is absolutely right! Raising bears to extract bile is a secret that we Alchemists have known for a long time!"

"You are an Alchemist?" Bai Pu asked in surprise.

Tong Xueqin proudly puffed out her chest and said charmingly, "Senior, I am from the Tong Family of Nanming, and I am currently a One-Star Alchemist!"

"Wow!!!" The crowd exclaimed in surprise. They didn't expect this beautiful woman to be from the Tong Family of Nanming and a One-Star Alchemist. Why would she be hiding in the property management company working as a front desk service staff?

Bai Pu was also a bit surprised, but there was no time to ask about that now, so he said, "Are you sure this is really someone raising bears to extract juice?"

Tong Xueqin nodded and said, "There can be no mistake! In fact, this technique is somewhat similar to the one used by our Family. It's really strange..."

"Oh? Your Tong Family of Nanming also does this?" Bai Pu asked.

"This... we do, but our Tong Family of Nanming only tried raising a few unranked bears to extract juice. We haven't raised them on such a large scale. After all, this is still somewhat dangerous..." Tong Xueqin said cautiously. She suddenly remembered that raising wild beasts in Daming was restricted. It had to be done within one's control, and generally, one was not allowed to raise ranked wild beasts because once they lost control, it was very likely to cause great harm to Mortals. Therefore, even for an Alchemy Family like the Tong Family of Nanming, it was impossible to raise a wild beast like a Tier 3 Black Armored Bear. In fact, never mind Tier 3 Black Armored Bears, even getting approval to raise Tier 1 and Tier 2 Black Armored Bears was very difficult, so the Tong Family of Nanming was also raising them secretly...