Wang Chen let out a long breath and slowly rose to his feet.
He turned around, his indifferent gaze sweeping across the faces of every guest present.
Anyone met by Wang Chen's eyes felt their hearts tremble, instinctively lowering their heads.
At last, Wang Chen's gaze settled on Commander Guo.
"Commander Guo..."
He cupped his fists and said, "You've worked hard. I'll have to trouble you to make another trip to the Tong Family."
Commander Guo laughed heartily. "Commander Ling, you're too polite. Leave everything over there to me!"
As he spoke, he cast the guests a look heavy with warning, then strode away with the Blood-Clad Guard.
Commander Guo was so eager because Wang Chen had entrusted the confiscation of the Tong Family's property to him.
Tong Wanshan was already dead, and with no leader left in the Tong Family, they would not be difficult to deal with. Raiding and exterminating such a powerful local clan was unquestionably one of the fattest assignments around.
Gold and silver, treasures, cultivation manuals, mystic weapons, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures...
Once they uncovered the hidden treasury, it would be impossible not to strike it rich!
Most importantly, Commander Guo was carrying out this raid under Commander Zhang's orders. The charge laid upon the Tong Family was colluding with the Hidden Dragon Society rebels and murdering the former head of the Ling Family.
This was no fabricated charge pulled out of thin air. The methods the Tong Family had used to swallow up the Ling Family had not been particularly sophisticated. Digging up evidence would be no problem at all for the Blood-Clad Guard.
And even if there were no hard evidence, making some up would be easy enough!
In short, the Tong Family was bound to be erased from the map this