When Zhang Chulan, Xu San, Xu Si, and the others received several hundred gold bricks from Annie—each worth at least a hundred million—and were cheering because their sect would never have to worry about money for the next thousand years, four bigwigs from the Inhuman world sat in a private room at a high-end restaurant in Beijing, facing one another in gloomy silence.
And they were no ordinary people. They were the leaders of the former One Qi School, Yellow Gate Three Talents, Nature School, and Martial Arts Hall.
Of course, there was no longer any One Qi School, Yellow Gate Three Talents, Nature School, or Martial Arts Hall.
After the chaos of the Jiashen Rebellion and the turmoil ten years ago, when they had surrounded Zhang Hua Yi, the senior members of all four schools had been killed or wounded. Gradually, with their numbers dwindling, the four schools had no choice but to merge, forming what was now the Truth-Seeking Society. The reason the four men were here was that Zhao, the head of the headquarters of the Everywhere-Access Company, had invited them to discuss something.
What Zhao Fangxu wanted was simple: he wanted the four schools—or rather, the Truth-Seeking Society—to stop pursuing Tang Xin's responsibility, so that peace and stability could continue in the Inhuman world and they would not repeat the mistakes of the Jiashen Rebellion.
Just now, out of deference to Zhao and because he had promised that if the Truth-Seeking Society's president, Huang Ning'er, publicly declared that they would stop pursuing Xu Xin—Tang Xin, one of the Thirty-Six Thieves—for the sake of peace and unity in the Inhuman world, he would help secure him a seat among the Ten Elders, the four men had naturally agreed.
They had no choice but to agree. Zhao was