Hu Family is the well-deserved No. 1 family of Jiang City, with influence spread across the main city and various satellite cities, spanning various industries.
In extreme contrast, Xuanfeng Temple, the first Immortal Gate, had only a handful of people in his generation, and they only focused on cultivation in the mountains. Some industries at the foot of the mountains were also established to provide resources for the people on the mountains to refine.
Although the people in the temple are highly cultivated, they have no intention of expanding their power.
Hu Family has a completely different development path. They have been committed to extending the family's tentacles to various regions and industries of Jiang City. Not only can it cover the sky with one hand, it can also be said that the tentacles are everywhere, and each one has penetrated deeply into the body of River City.
Qi Dian used to wonder how a gangster force like City Seven could make the elders of his sect fear him. Only now did he realize that the elders probably knew that Sanwen Association was related to the Hu Family, so they didn't want to get involved in this matter.
This is understandable, after all, not only Linjiang Gate, but also the captain of the Supervision Bureau is afraid.
"Sanwen Association and Pudu Sect jointly established this institute to conduct harmful human experiments. The evidence is conclusive and they can definitely be cut off. But with their style of conduct, the evidence left behind will definitely not implicate the subject." Fang Qingcang continued., "Pudu Sect will give up at most the branch of Jiang City, and Hu Family will give up at most Sanwen Association. If you want to follow the example and eradicate these two big forces, I am afraid it is not something that can be done in the short term. I hope you can understand."
"I understand." Yue Wen nodded, "It's enough to at least remove this place and rescue everyone here."
True Person Fengguang is from outside. Even if she has the background of Five Great Immortal Sects and her own high level of cultivation, it will still take a lot of effort to fight against the tentacles of a local snake.
This kind of Jiang City top-level dispute is not something that he, the manager of a small firm, can intervene in.
They just need to be more careful when they go back and avoid being retaliated by the Hu Family.
"If you weren't afraid of that... huh, in short, you can rest assured that True Person Ming Guang will never allow these insects to raise their heads in River City." Fang Qingcang hesitated, then said resolutely, "As long as I find evidence, I will draw my sword as soon as possible!"
After saying this, he went to the depths of the research institute to direct his team members to conduct a thorough investigation.
Yue Wen helped Qi Dian walk out, and at the same time said with some confusion, "I don't know what he was going to say just now, is there anything special about the Hu Family?" Qi Dian whispered, "I have heard a little about this, Hu Family is in charge of Fox Suppression Tower, and it is very important to River City."
"Fox Suppression Tower?" Yue Wen asked, "Is it the one next to City Seven?"
There is indeed such a place name on the edge of City Seven, but that area is a private garden and outsiders are not allowed to approach.
"I accidentally heard the elders of the master's sect mention a period in River City's past." Qi Dian said.
"It is said that in the chaotic era when the aura natural disaster first appeared, River City was occupied by a fox demon. It named itself the Fox Fairy Empress and asked the whole city to pay tribute to it every month, boys and girls."
Yue Wen doesn't know this.
Although he is also an old River City person, he is not old enough to know things that happened more than five hundred years ago.
However, he also learned from history books that in the chaotic scene of the first hundred years of spiritual energy disasters, people tried their best to find a way to survive. At that time, Human Race practitioners were still weak and rare, so out of desperation, many Human Race chose to worship Demonic Evils.
Some demons have a strong sense of territory and feel that this is their own territory, so they will not allow other evil spirits to come back to cause harm. And they will be a little more tolerant towards Human Race in their territory.
As long as they could resist external evil spirits and avoid large-scale massacres, even if the demons demanded blood sacrifices every day, people would have to grit their teeth and endure it. At that time, there were not a few evil spirits enshrined like this in the human world.
Cities worship big demons, and villages worship small demons. There must always be a shelter, no matter how big or small.
Later, when human practitioners became stronger, they obtained immortal treasures from the Four Seas Dragon Palace and restored the light of the human world. However, these Demonic Evils still dominated their own territory and did not want to leave.
It took a lot of time to drive them away completely.
"At that time, Hu Family was the family responsible for enshrining the Fox Fairy Empress, and had been dealing with the Fox Fairy and the people in the city. It not only used the power of the Fox Fairy to protect the people, but also protected the people from being harmed by the Fox Fairy."
"Later Human Race practitioners regained their lost ground, and finally arrived at Tianbei Prefecture. This fox demon refused to give up to River City, and went through many battles. The fox demon was highly skilled, and the practitioners who came to suppress it were defeated repeatedly. Finally, Hu Family took action and assisted the practitioners in sealing the fox demon., the seal location is at Fox Suppression Tower. In this battle, Hu Family played the most important role, and Fox Suppression Tower is also controlled by them. It is said that the seal takes three hundred years to completely refine the fox demon, and it should expire soon." "I see..." Yue Wen nodded.
Does this mean that if Hu Family becomes desperate, it is possible to release the great demon that once occupied River City?
He was about to take Qi Dian to ride the small electric donkey parked far away, when he saw Fang Qingcang chasing him out again.
"They said that another experimental subject was taken away by your companions?" Fang Qingcang asked, "Do you know where he is?"
Yue Wen shook his phone and said, "I know, we will be responsible for sending him there later."
After Zhao Xing'er left the institute with Lin Qiusheng, he was thinking about whether to take him back to the office or to heal his injuries first. Unexpectedly, Lin Qiusheng, who was seriously injured, said he wanted to go somewhere first.
Seeing his serious look, Zhao Xing'er sent him away and then sent a message to Yue Wen.
"Lin Qiusheng wants to go home."
Yue Wen had just arrived when they followed the location.
This is an old housing area far away from the city center. The courtyard walls separate the bungalows with green tiles and red bricks. It is early in the morning, and smoke rises from the old chimneys and rises into the sky.
Lin Qiusheng squatted on a dirt bag outside the wall, looking at a small brick house inside the wall from a distance.
Through the dark glass, a thin woman with pale hair could be seen quietly washing dishes in the kitchen.
She looked very tired, but her movements revealed a different sense of strength.
It was as if she had to quickly finish the trivial tasks in front of her, and there were more important things waiting for her to do later.
"Miss you mom?"
Yue Wen came from behind and patted Lin Qiusheng's shoulder gently. He was now covered in soft fox fur, which actually felt pretty good. "Master Yue." Lin Qiusheng probably learned about their origins from Zhao Xing'er along the way. He stood up and saluted, "Thank you for saving me..."
"You don't have to be so polite." Yue Wen waved his hand and asked, "Why don't you go in?"
"I... I'm afraid of scaring her." Lin Qiusheng smiled mockingly, "If I wasn't worried about not having the chance to see her again in the future, I shouldn't have come back."
When he returned home, his humanity seemed to be more abundant, and there was no trace of demonic nature in his communication.
"You will definitely be able to see her again." Yue Wen said, "The research institute was raided, and all other experimental subjects were taken over by the Supervision Bureau for treatment. We will send you there later, and you can go home after you are cured."
"Treatment..." Lin Qiusheng raised a hand, "If it is cured, these powers of mine will also disappear."
"Are you still reluctant to let go?" Yue Wen asked.
Lin Qiusheng sighed and said, "These days, only with strength can you get ahead."
At that time, he also wanted to have power, so he was bewitched by the research institute and agreed to undergo the experiment. Later, when he discovered that the success rate of the experiment was not what they said, it was already too late.
Yue Wen turned to look at the gray sky and thin clouds over there, and asked thoughtfully, "Then do you want to get ahead, or do you want to help your mother wash the dishes? Lin Qiusheng didn't dare to meet her mother after all, but he asked Yue Wen and the others to help say hello and let her not worry so much.
Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er came to the front door of the small bungalow and knocked gently.
"Who is it? It's... who are you?"
Mother Lin hurried out and when she looked up she saw two unfamiliar faces, her eyes suddenly became a little disappointed.
"Aunt Lin, I am the manager of Yue's Cultivation Firm." Yue Wen greeted with a smile and handed over a business card, "My name is Yue Wen." Zhao Xing'er also said beside him, "My name is Zhao Xing'er, I am the office assistant."
"You..." Mother Lin looked at Yue Wen, then at Zhao Xing'er, "I don't buy health care products."
"We are not here to sell health care products." Yue Wen said with a smile, "It's your son Lin Qiusheng who asked us to come and say hello to you so that you don't worry about him."
"Ah?" Mother Lin suddenly became anxious, "Has my son been found?"
"Yes, the murder case was found to have nothing to do with him." Yue Wen said, "It's just that he needs to go out of town for something and it will take some time before he can get home. He didn't have time to inform you himself and lost his cell phone, so he asked us to help inform you."
"No, you're lying to me." Mother Lin stared at Yue Wen with her eyes like a female leopard looking for her cubs.
She asked sternly, "My son cherishes everything I buy for him. He will never lose his mobile phone unless it is snatched away! Tell me, what happened to him?"
"He..." Yue Wen suddenly became a little nervous.
Unexpectedly, the mother who lost her child was so sensitive. The research institute could not be disclosed to the outside world. He had to quickly think of a reason that would not only reassure Mother Lin, but also temporarily give up the idea of looking for Lin Qiusheng.
At this time, the mother can seize any loophole, and she must come up with a comprehensive response.
Immediately, Zhao Xing'er was heard saying next to him, "He was spotted while trying to sneak into the girls' bathroom while wearing a wig and peeping. In panic, he grabbed someone else's mink coat and ran away wearing it. On the way to escape, he knocked over the corpse of a campus serial murderer. He thought he was wearing ketchup that he knocked over. He kept giving artificial respiration to the body but there was no response, so he asked for help. When others came, he remembered that he was not wearing any clothes under his mink coat, so he got out of the dog hole in the school wall. As soon as he got out, he was taken away by the dog trap. When people saw him talking in human language, they thought he was a monster in disguise, so they sent him to our office..."
..." Yue Wen listened to Zhao Xing'er's nonsense, his pupils shook wildly, and he didn't dare to say a word beside him.
Isn't this too outrageous?
I'm still thinking about a perfect solution. Which sentence did you say in your dream?
It's crazy if this can deceive people!
..." Mother Lin's pupils were shaking crazily as she listened to her words, and she couldn't say a word. After a while, she asked: "Then he is... in your office now?"
Fooled?!
Yue Wen's eyebrows furrowed tightly, and for a moment he lost his judgment on the rationality of the world.
Zhao Xing'er said calmly, "After arriving at our office, we originally wanted to keep him overnight and then send him back to school, but he refused to change his ways and actually tried to peek at me taking a shower. Our office has a vicious dog, and when we saw him, he Sneaky, I transformed into Steel Garurumon and beat him seriously, and I sent him to the police station in anger. So now, he needs to stay in prison for a while and receive treatment... If you want to see him, it will take some time."
Did it actually come back again?
Yue Wen I don't know how to evaluate Zhao Xing'er for a while.
"Is everything you said true?" Mother Lin looked at her in shock, "Then... can I make a phone call with him?"
"That's okay." Yue Wen nodded and dialed his number with Zhao Xing'er's mobile phone.
His mobile phone was left in Lin Qiusheng's hand far away, just so that he could talk to his mother.
It's just that this situation...
Forget it.
Let them speak for themselves.
The phone only rang once and was connected. Yue Wen handed the phone to Mother Lin. Mother Lin took the phone tremblingly and heard a low voice coming from the other end. Lin Qiusheng was hiding in the distance, watching secretly, with tears in her eyes. "Mom..."
Mother Lin was silent for a moment, then suddenly said viciously, "You evil beast! I have taught you since you were young that you can be poor, but you must not break the law, and you must be aboveboard. I didn't expect to teach you such a big pervert! Even if you are cured, you don't have to come back! I don't have a son like you! Go to hell!" Lin Qiusheng's voice became confused, "Mom?"