"We just returned from the Demon Hunters' headquarters." Seeing everyone staring blankly, Hao Ren worried that someone still hadn't grasped what he meant, so he repeated himself very seriously, "We know what happened there."
As he spoke, he gently tapped Vivian's toe under the table with his own. The two exchanged subtle signals with their usual tacit understanding, indicating that the cooperation had gone smoothly.
They had discussed what to do from the very beginning. Taking into account the chaotic situation in the Alien Creature sanctuary, the pride and foul tempers of the ancient families, the creatures' stubborn obsession with hierarchy and seniority, and their attitude toward "outsiders" under certain circumstances, they had decided that Vivian would forcefully suppress all the families, relying on her seniority and prestige to first cast a silence spell over the entire room. Hao Ren would then explain everything, describing the Demon Hunters' internal situation and the truth behind the "Saints" from the perspective of an "outsider," thereby completing his work as an inspector in bringing the entire incident to a close.
That would make his report to Raven 12345 look a little better...
The bombshell Hao Ren dropped was indeed extremely effective. The room instantly fell even quieter than it had after Vivian's silence spell. The leaders of several major families looked at one another, initially suspecting that they had misheard. Then they noticed that the ancient elders sitting in the corner and drinking tea all looked perfectly unsurprised, and finally realized that it was true.
They realized that this matter had probably begun taking shape when the Demon Hunters first underwent their internal upheaval. While the "youngsters" in the sanctuary—including great families like the Lucas Family, who still counted as youngsters before the ancient elders—were jumping around and embroiled in endless disputes, Vivian,