Chapter 7315 Sharp Information Network

Long Chen’s attitude was clear. He was planning on paying back all these factions that had come to pressure the academy. That made them feel a tremendous threat. Long Chen was infamous for being powerful, vicious, and generally a horrible enemy to have. He had no misgivings, and anyone he set his gaze on never had a good end. The Cult of Mara was a perfect example—despite having a Heavenly Sovereign standing guard over it, it had still been destroyed by Long Chen. Only two people had managed to escape.

Thus, the moment Long Chen spoke, all the surrounding people shivered. It felt as if a devil had suddenly risen from hell and was staring right at them.

“Long Chen, you’ve openly recruited outsider devils. You’ve thrown the entire nine heavens into chaos. Now you’ve captured a Holy Son of the Heavenly Eye race. You are inciting a war between two of the strongest factions of the human race. Do you know how many innocent lives will be lost when war breaks out between these two factions? Rivers of blood will flow! Or perhaps that is your goal?”

The speaker was a white-haired elder whose righteous indignation was clear and loud for all to hear. The might of a Heavenly Sovereign backed his voice, making it penetrate into people’s souls.

“Who is he?” Long Chen glanced at that elder and then turned to Miao Yin.

Miao Yin examined this righteous-looking elder and sneered. “He is the Heaven-Gathering Sect’s master. He calls himself Daoist Clear River, but no one knows his true name. He is an old monster from the primal chaos era. He had a terrible reputation in the primal chaos era; in short, he was a known conman. Eventually, he ended up conning the wrong person, and he was chased down until he had to disappear from the world.

“His sect was established at the end of the primal chaos war, when everyone was weary and recovering, and it actually doesn’t have its own legacy. As I said, Daoist Clear River is a skilled conman, and he managed to attract some experts to join. He permitted them to establish their own legacies within his Heaven-Gathering Sect, resulting in the Heaven-Gathering Sect being a hodgepodge of different factions. In fact, the higher-ups will often fight each other over disciples.

“In addition, the Heaven-Gathering Sect lacks oversight. They use all kinds of shameful methods to steal resources. They’ll even demand a protection fee from the surrounding sects if they want to survive.

“That said, Daoist Clear River does have some ability. He was able to establish his sect within the narrow cracks between the major factions. He’s skilled at forming good relations, and he has gained many benefits from them.

“He is technically a Heavenly Sovereign, but just barely. Honestly, I can’t even imagine how he became one, but in the primal chaos era, he was at the bottom of the barrel. He has used a mountain of resources so far to prevent his cultivation from falling, but this is his limit. It’s been a long time, after all. If he fights a true expert, the moment what little Grand Dao essence he has is used up, he will definitely fall from the Heavenly Sovereign realm.”

Miao Yin’s voice reached everyone. They stared in shock at Miao Yin. How could she have such detailed information on Daoist Clear River? They were also shocked to find out that this so-called Daoist Clear River was actually just a paper tiger. Naturally, they didn’t automatically believe everything she said, but the moment she was done speaking, they turned toward Daoist Clear River; the moment they saw his expression... they instantly believed everything.

“Ah, so the reason the Heaven-Gathering Sect was able to reach this level is that he’s running around recruiting others, while also willingly acting as other people’s dog. It must be hard on him!” Long Ziwei sighed sympathetically.

“Brat, you don’t know what you’re talking about!” Daoist Clear River was immediately outraged. Having his shameful deeds exposed like this in front of everyone made him red with fury. Unfortunately for him, it was obvious to everyone that he was not angry because he was being slandered, but rather because Miao Yin was telling the truth.

“I genuinely admire the thickness of your face. You’re able to denounce other people’s actions while your own nose is as brown as it gets! Seriously, what gives you the gall to criticize others as if you’re some paragon of morality?” sneered Long Ziwei.

“You...” Daoist Clear River pointed at Long Ziwei with a shaking finger. His face turned ashen, but he didn’t dare to say anything further. That was because Miao Yin seemed to be a little too clear about his past. If she kept talking and revealed some of the other things he had done, he would be doomed.

Just then, as if to save him, another elder stepped forward. He was another Heavenly Sovereign. “Long Chen, stop trying to slander others. Daoist Clear River was speaking the truth. Your stubbornness is throwing the entire human race, and even all the nine heavens into chaos! The outsider devils will seize that chance to attack, and they will unleash devastation upon this world. All of this will be caused by you!”

Long Chen frowned and looked at Miao Yin again. “And who is this dogshit-eating old man?”

“Ah, him...”

Miao Yin suppressed her smile when she glanced at the elder’s dark-spotted face.

That elder’s expression grew even darker when he saw that. But curiously, he didn’t say anything. It seemed he wanted to find out just how much Miao Yin knew about him.

“His name is Guang Yuanzi, a rogue cultivator. It is said that he has no master and accepts no disciples. He likes to roam the world in search of treasure...”

The elder’s pupils shrank as Miao Yin spoke. He hadn’t expected her to actually know him. He had always been very low-key and thoroughly avoided conflicts wherever possible. He had survived all the way from the primal chaos era like this. Even within the many factions gathered here, there were maybe two people who knew his name. Yet somehow, Miao Yin did as well.

Miao Yin continued, “Well, although he seems to be a rogue cultivator with no ties to anyone, the truth is that he is involved with a woman from the Heavenly Eye race, and he has quite a few descendants...”

“You... you...!” Guang Yuanzi stared at Miao Yin like she was a ghost.

Long Chen was truly impressed. Previously, Miao Yin’s information network had been secret. She didn’t have enough power, so she didn’t dare to draw attention to herself, but her information network had rapidly developed and began to infiltrate every single corner of the world. Every day, she received a tremendous amount of information, and now that she had Long Chen’s backing, she was not afraid to reveal it.

In fact, it could even be said that in some regards, Miao Yin’s information network had surpassed the Huayun Trading Company’s. That was because the major forces were all on guard against the Huayun Trading Company’s people, while Miao Yin’s infiltration methods were a lot more subtle. The classical methods of investigation did nothing to reveal her agents, and she had been able to set up spies almost wherever she wanted.

Now, thanks to Long Chen’s medicinal pills, her people were rapidly growing stronger as well, and their statuses grew with that. As a result, they also gained greater access to more important secrets. As time passed, the spies would grow strong enough to even be accepted among the core members of their forces. In that case, there would be no secret that could be kept from Miao Yin.

Thus, Miao Yin now had a great deal of information on the core members of many major sects and clans, which was why she also knew about Guang Yuanzi.

Guang Yuanzi had originally thought that as a rogue cultivator, he wouldn’t need to worry about anything. He wasn’t even afraid of retaliation from Long Chen; he could just run and nobody would find him. But Miao Yin was actually aware of one of his deepest secrets, and he truly had no way to respond to that.

Suddenly, a cold shout rang out.

“Long Chen, release my son! Otherwise, I will flatten the High Firmament Academy!”

A middle-aged woman wearing an imperial dress and a phoenix crown appeared; powerful Grand Dao pressure crashed down on the academy.

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