Ling Zhenfei talked as he led Zhuo Yue deeper inside. The space was indeed large, with various rooms on both sides. They were certain that the computer Zhuo Yue mentioned was definitely in one of these rooms, but finding it was not going to be easy.

Ling Zhenfei activated his Perspective Eye and peered through the doors into the rooms, able to make out most of the items inside.

"There are quite a few people here; it must be a gathering place for a Jianghu gang."

Ling Zhenfei reported everything he saw to Zhuo Yue.

"I think it's not just a gang gathering place; it might even be the case that the Imperial Palace Club is the industry."

"That's not right. I heard that the Imperial Palace Club was created by someone named Wei Damin, wasn't it?"

"Such a large place, so secretive, look at these decorations, everything here, can it really be created by a single person? It's impossible without enough power."

Ling Zhenfei found Zhuo Yue's words very reasonable. He hadn't seen the Imperial Palace Club before and thought it was just a private club that might be involved in illegal activities. Who could have imagined everything inside would be so astonishing? It couldn't have been built by just one person.

"Wait a moment." Ling Zhenfei saw through a door that two people were talking in one of the rooms.

Ling Zhenfei quietly pulled Zhuo Yue to the side of the wall and gestured to her to be silent.

"Don't rush, let me listen to what they're saying first."

Ling Zhenfei pressed his ear against the room door to eavesdrop on the conversation inside; he could hear them very clearly, and they were indeed chatting.

"Is the time almost right?"

"It's not enough. Although it seems that we already have a lot of members, it's still far from enough. At the very least, we don't have Police Chief Guo Qing'an."

"Guo Qing'an, that man, simply won't come to our club. He's impervious to persuasion, I have never seen such a stubborn guy."

"Trying to control the entire Binyang without Guo Qing'an is going to be very difficult."

Ling Zhenfei was stunned by what he heard. If it were possible to go back in time, he would certainly retreat and listen again to confirm he hadn't misheard. To control Binyang City—these people wanted to control the entire Binyang City. What kind of people were they to have such grand ambitions?

"Our influence is already quite substantial. Roughly half of Binyang's leaders are our members, and many enterprises in Binyang have our members too. Although they might not seem like many, they control about half of Binyang's financial power."

"It's still not enough, I still need a few more key people in my heart, otherwise it won't be easy to control Binyang City."

"No, we can't wait any longer. The longer we wait, the more likely things will go wrong. Du Kongting, that old fool, was captured; although Tan Shaojie escaped, who knows what Guo Qing'an might have gotten out of them. If our secrets are leaked, our location will be easily exposed."

"Don't worry; we have our people in the government departments. If there's any trouble, we will definitely be informed in advance."

"Enough about your people. Last time, when Du Kongting was captured, the news came too late, and we had no time to react."

Having heard this much, Ling Zhenfei roughly understood; these people had connections with individuals like Du Kongting and Tan Shaojie and were aiming to control the entirety of Binyang. What kind of massive force was this? It was terrifying beyond imagination.

Suddenly, Ling Zhenfei had an idea—he wanted to figure out exactly what conspiracy these people were plotting.

But the two people behind him started to chitchat and didn't mention any more about the conspiracy.

"Let's go, let's hurry up and look for the computer."

Ling Zhenfei, dragging Zhuo Yue along, continued on and hadn't walked through two rooms before they found a computer that was turned on in one room, in front of which an old man was sitting and staring at the screen.

Ling Zhenfei had an intuition that there was definitely something wrong with this man and the computer.

Ling Zhenfei quietly pushed the door and found that it wasn't closed at all, clearly, the person inside had never imagined someone would make it to this place.

The man was lost in thought as he looked at the computer, unaware of Ling Zhenfei and Zhuo Yue's entrance.

"Bang!"

Zhuo Yue closed the door a bit too loudly by accident, instantly bringing the pondering man back to reality, and when he saw Ling Zhenfei and Zhuo Yue, he froze.

"Who are you?"

Ling Zhenfei was still wearing a mask, and the man couldn't see Ling Zhenfei clearly, let alone determine his age or if he was one of his own people.

"I am your Emperor; can't you recognize me?"

Ling Zhenfei said with great confidence, not a hint of nervousness showing. It wouldn't matter if this man was an old man or a young man; neither could escape the beating he could deliver with three punches and two kicks.

"How did you get here? Did you take a wrong turn?"

The old man only then sensed something odd but did not feel scared, as if he had nothing to fear.

"Cut the crap, I came here for you. I hope you can give me an explanation. If you don't give me a satisfactory one, I'll shut down your club," Ling Zhenfei feigned anger, trying to bluff to see if the old man would fall for it.

"What's there to explain? Haven't you heard something? Coming to the Imperial Palace is for patronage, we fulfill each other's needs; is there anything else that needs an explanation?" The old man was apparently adept at handling such matters.

"Stop feeding me this nonsense. It's not what I'm talking about. You should be clear about your own plots. Must I really spell it out? If you don't talk, as soon as I get back, I'll lead people to seal your club."

Anyway, the man didn't know who he was, so Ling Zhenfei felt free to bluff. His goal was to see if he could trick the man into revealing their intentions.

"Look here, brother, every person who comes to the Imperial Palace Club is influential in society. If you do this, it's meaningless. You think you can shut down my club? Do you think that's possible? I, Wei Damin, have a good reputation in Jianghu. Would I be afraid of your threat?"

After listening, Ling Zhenfei was startled; he had not expected that the man in front of him was indeed Wei Damin, the very person he was looking for. It was truly a narrow path for enemies to meet like this. Now that they had encountered each other, things wouldn't be easy for Wei Damin.

"Fine, if you're not afraid, then let's just wait and see."

Ling Zhenfei pretended to be ready for a fight, purposefully intimidating Wei Damin.

"It seems like you're courting death. Let's not even talk about whether you can leave the Imperial Palace alive. Even if you do get out, do you think you'll have a good life? You're aware of your recharge records at the Imperial Palace Club, just how much you've played here, and, once I know your name, I can access all the videos of your visits to the Imperial Palace. If I send those videos to your wife and government departments, you should know what consequences to expect."

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