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Chapter 330

Dark Undercurrents Stir

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At four in the morning, Chen Xuan was already seated in the Northern Heaven Institute Head's reception room.

"Honestly... it had been a long time since I was last dragged out of bed," Sun Suigong said as he yawned and descended from the loft, accompanied only by Jade Balance Star You Chi. "Young friend Chen, you have no consideration for the elderly."

Although Chen Xuan had become a familiar face around Northern Heaven Institute, he was nowhere near close enough to contact its head in the middle of the night. His calls had basically gone unanswered. But that did not stump him. If he could not reach the institute head, could he not reach You Chi? A series of life-or-death calls had forcibly dragged Jade Balance Star out of his sleep, after which Chen Xuan had him personally rush to the institute and notify his master. That was how Chen Xuan came to see Northern Heaven Institute at four in the morning.

"If worrying about manners caused us to miss something important, that would be the real lack of consideration for you," Chen Xuan said indifferently. "Time is tight, so I'll keep it brief. Northern Heaven Institute has already caught the Dimensional Limit Organization's attention. You must prepare yourselves for the possibility that they will force their way in."

You Chi was visibly stunned by those words.

Director Sun's brows also rose. After a moment, he stroked his beard and smiled. "You are overstating things, young friend. This is not a place where just any stray cat or dog can come and cause trouble. Even if the Organization has the police backing them, we have connections in that regard as well. If things really get ugly, they will be the ones embarrassed."

If not for what had happened to Honglian,

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