So Despicable! The Wang Clan

A few days would not only improve my mood, but also allow me to gather information for the Mittel Family.

Even if Queen Medusa were to emerge from seclusion, Wang Chen might be able to have a conversation with Queen Medusa.

Thanks to his "special talent" and the large amount of auxiliary pills, Wang Chen's Dou Qi improved at a very fast pace.

If it weren't for his exceptionally profound foundation, such arduous cultivation might have increased his cultivation level by a whole star.

Although he didn't advance, the feeling of constantly getting stronger did slightly improve Wang Chen's depressed mood.

After several days of intensive training, Wang Chen decided to emerge from seclusion and go find Mittel Tengshan to see if he had obtained the information he wanted.

Ideally, this kind of thing should be done by oneself for the best results.

This is also why Wang Chen didn't ask the Mittel Family for help in the first place.

After all, it's best to avenge one's own parents entirely by oneself.

However, after putting it into practice, Wang Chen realized that he didn't seem to be very good at gathering intelligence.

Especially classified intelligence from more than a decade ago.

After much deliberation, Wang Chen still felt that it wouldn't hurt to ask the Mittel Family for help.

Asking for help is certainly acceptable compared to not being able to find one's enemy.

After emerging from seclusion, Wang Chen first inquired about Queen Medusa's whereabouts. After confirming that she was still in seclusion, he did not disturb her.

Not everyone is like Wang Chen, whose cultivation can be improved so easily.

After one's strength increases, one can easily control Dou Qi with a simple practice.

For ordinary people, it would take a considerable amount of time to achieve these things.

Even though Queen Medusa's bloodline has evolved, it still can't compare to the cheat-like Wang Chen.

After confirming that Queen Medusa was still in seclusion, Wang Chen asked the servant if he could see Mittel Tengshan again.

"Okay, Master Wang, please follow me."

The servants, who had been notified in advance, did not hesitate and took Wang Chen directly to see Mittel Tengshan.

In the study, Wang Chen also saw Mittel Tengshan busy at work.

"Master Wang, I'm sorry, we haven't completely determined who did it yet."

Upon seeing Wang Chen's arrival, Mittel Tengshan also spoke apologetically.

It's not that Mittel Tenzan wasn't trying his best to help, but rather that this matter was indeed quite difficult to handle.

He had been focused on this ever since Wang Chen made the request.

Even the pills that Wang Chen helped refine haven't been consumed or processed yet.

If he didn't need to help Wang Chen, he probably would have already taken the Dou Ling Pill to improve his strength.

"That's alright. So, what did you gain?"

Wang Chen didn't take Mittel Tengshan's apology too seriously.

After all, he knew that more than ten years had passed since that incident involving the Xiao Clan.

Moreover, what Wang Chen wanted to find out was something that would inevitably be hidden or concealed.

It's understandable that it took several days to gather all the specific information.

"After several days of searching for information and gathering intelligence, we have not yet been able to determine which family it is."

However, the scope has already been narrowed down to three families.

Seeing that Wang Chen didn't blame him, Mittel Tengshan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Mittel Family had done their best in this matter, if Wang Chen had a bad temper and insisted on blaming them, then he would have no choice but to accept it.

Wang Chen's abilities were too great, and he had been of considerable help to the Mittel Family.

Fortunately, Wang Chen was not an unreasonable person, and the situation that Mittel Tengshan had worried about did not occur.

Which three families?

Wang Chen was delighted to hear what Mittel Tengshan said.

Indeed, professional tasks should be handled by professionals.

He should do what he does best, instead of meddle in other industries.

"The Zhang Clan is the prime suspect."

Mittel Tenzan quickly identified the prime suspect.

"The Zhang Clan?"

Wang Chen was also taken aback when he heard what Mittel Tengshan said.

"Is it the Zhang Clan I saw before?"

The plaque he had seen in the former site of the Xiao Clan flashed through Wang Chen's mind.

Seeing that Wang Chen was a little stunned, Mittel Tengshan thought that Wang Chen did not understand, so he explained.

Originally, the Zhang Clan was just a Dou Ling family in the Jia Ma Imperial City.

Although he is considered quite powerful within the Dou Ling family.

However, within the Jia Ma Imperial City, it wasn't considered particularly powerful.

Mittel Tengshan spoke quickly.

Mittel Tengshan didn't pay much attention to the Zhang Clan, a Dou Ling family.

After all, the Mittel Family is one of the three oldest families in the Jia Ma Empire, so it's only natural that they look down on other ordinary Dou Ling families.

Upon hearing Mittel Tengshan's explanation, Wang Chen realized what was happening and began to listen carefully to the intelligence.

"After the Xiao Clan declined, the Zhang Clan began to frantically devour the Xiao Clan's business and resources."

"Based on the remains left behind by the Xiao Clan, the current patriarch of the Zhang Clan is already Dou Wang)."

Mittel Tengshan took a sip of tea and quickly explained.

"When the Xiao Clan fell from grace, the first to kick them while they were down was the Zhang Clan."

Seeing this situation, other families followed suit and took advantage of the situation.

Because they were the first to try something new, the Zhang Clan reaped the most benefits during the Xiao Clan's decline.

"Perhaps it was precisely because of the benefits provided by the Xiao Clan that Zhang San, the patriarch of the Zhang Clan, was able to break through to the Dou Wang realm."

Mittel Tengshan informed Wang Chen of all the information he had gathered.

After listening to Mittel Tengshan's words, Wang Chen also felt that the Zhang Clan was the most suspicious.

After all, being the first to kick someone when they're down means having the most significant conflict with the Xiao Clan.

If the Xiao Clan is not completely destroyed and allowed to rise again, the Zhang Clan Xiao Clan likely suffer the most severe blow.

Eliminating the more talented members of the Xiao Clan seems plausible.

"What about the other two factions?"

Although he was certain that the Zhang Clan was the prime suspect, Wang Chen did not rashly go to their door.

It's not that I can't handle the Zhang Clan, but I'm afraid I've chosen the wrong person.

It would be truly ridiculous if you took revenge on the wrong person.

"The second suspect is the Li Clan."

The Li Clan acted quickly back then, and although they didn't gain as much profit as the Zhang Clan, it was still quite substantial.

Li Si, the patriarch of the Li Clan, is currently at the Peak Dou Ling, only one step away from becoming Dou Wang.

Upon hearing Wang Chen's question, Mittel Tengshan didn't waste any time and briefly gave a general overview of the information.

"And what about the third force?"

Wang Chen asked again.

However, this time Mittel Tengshan did not answer directly, but instead gave Wang Chen a strange look.

Seeing Mittel Tengshan's strange look, Wang Chen was also a little confused.

"The third power is the Wang Clan."

After a moment of contemplation, Mittel Tengshan also revealed the information.

"What's so strange about the Wang Clan?"

Recalling the strange look in Mittel Tengshan's eyes earlier, Wang Chen asked as well.

"Speaking of which, the Wang Clan has a slight connection with Master Wang."

Mittel Tengshan made no attempt to hide anything and began to recount Wang Chen's information one by one.

"This Wang Clan is actually the family of Master Wang's father, who was also the family of Wang Gang, the former law enforcement elder of the Xiao Clan."

Wang Chen was taken aback by Mittel Tengshan's words.

Although he didn't know much about his father, Wang Gang, he was too young at the time.

However, it also makes sense that if Wang Gang had a powerful family backing him, he would never have married into the Xiao Clan.

This world is not Wang Chen's previous life; things like being a son-in-law of the Xiao Clan or the return of the Dragon King are absolutely impossible.

In this world, the reputation of a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family is quite bad.

Aside from having no other choice, it's practically impossible for anyone to become a live-in son-in-law.

Even though the conditions offered by the Xiao Clan were very good, and he wasn't a live-in son-in-law, and his descendants could even take his surname instead of changing it to Xiao.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, he is nominally a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family.

"Although the Wang Clan is the family of Master Wang's father, their relationship with Master Wang's father is not very close."

Back then, Master Wang's father was just a collateral relative of the Wang Clan.

She didn't receive much training, otherwise she wouldn't have joined the Xiao Clan later.

"After Master Wang's father gained a foothold in the Xiao Clan and established a certain status,

The patriarch of the Wang Clan shamelessly approached, wanting to attach himself to the Xiao Clan.

"In the end, the previous patriarch of the Xiao Clan family, out of respect for Master Wang's father, accepted the Wang Clan's allegiance."

With the Xiao Clan as their backer, the Wang Clan was able to establish a firm foothold in the Jia Ma Imperial City back then.

"With the support of the Xiao Clan, Wang Chen's Old Patriarch, Wang Defa, also successfully broke through the bottleneck of the Dou Ling, allowing the Wang Clan to grow from a Da Dou Shi family to Dou Ling family."

"Logically speaking, the Wang Clan family is merely a Da Dou Shi family on the southeastern border of the Jia Ma Empire."

They only managed to gain a foothold in the Jia Ma Imperial City thanks to the Xiao Clan family, and the Old Patriarch even broke through to the Dou Ling.

They should be extremely grateful to the Xiao Clan.

However, when the Xiao Clan fell from grace, they also took advantage of their misfortune.

Furthermore, their actions were highly planned and their movements were clean and efficient.

Otherwise, if the Zhang Clan makes the first move, the Wang Clan will likely reap even greater benefits.

Seeing Wang Chen's initial confusion, Mittel Tengshan explained the Wang Clan's situation in more detail.

"After the Xiao Clan withdrew from the Jia Ma Imperial City and settled in Wutan City, the Old Patriarch of the Wang Clan, who was in charge of Dou Ling, also basically disappeared from public view."

The information provided by the Wang Clan is that the Old Patriarch of the Wang Clan is in seclusion for cultivation.

"This alone makes the Wang Clan highly suspicious."

However, the Wang Clan's strength was limited. Even if the Xiao Clan had declined, they were still not as powerful as the Wang Clan of yesteryear.

Mittel Tengshan told Wang Chen everything he wanted to hear in one go.

To be honest, Mittel Tengshan felt that the Zhang Clan was the most likely to make a move.

Although the Wang Clan was no good, they allied themselves with the Xiao Clan only to betray them and kick them when they were down.

But even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.

At that time, the Wang Clan simply did not have the strength to surround and kill the Xiao Clan.

If it weren't for the many other forces taking advantage of the situation, the Wang Clan, with its limited capabilities, would probably have been suppressed by the Xiao Clan long ago.

Wang Chen was somewhat surprised to hear what Mittel Tengshan said.

To my utter surprise, it turned out to be related to my own father.

And it's a family that does such disgusting things.

Based on this information alone, Wang Chen didn't have a good impression of the Wang Clan.

After all, he had no connection with the Wang Clan.

If Wang Chen hadn't heard Mittel Tengshan say that at the Mittel Family today, he wouldn't have known that his father, Wang Gang, had a powerful family background.

In Wang Chen's memory, Wang Gang had always worked hard on his own and had never introduced Wang Chen to the Wang Clan.

"So, how much time will the Mittel Family need to determine the specifics of the situation?"

After a moment of contemplation, Wang Chen finally spoke up and asked.

For Wang Chen, now that he has three targets, the difficulty of the investigation has been greatly reduced.

After all, they no longer need to wander around like headless flies as before.

However, for the Mittel Family, the investigation has become much more difficult at this point.

After all, when searching for suspected forces, one can still determine their identities through subtle clues.

However, now that the three family forces have been identified, it is virtually impossible to find any more detailed clues.

Hearing Wang Chen's question, Mittel Tengshan was also a little embarrassed.

To be honest, that could easily make Wang Chen think that the Mittel Family was nothing special and incapable of getting anything done.

If empty promises are made and the specific forces involved are not identified, it will likely further damage the relationship between the two sides.

"Alright, I'll trouble the Mittel Family to continue gathering intelligence."

Once confirmed, Chen will surely reward you handsomely.

Seeing Mittel Tengshan's constipated expression, Wang Chen knew the answer.

After all, if it were so easy to do, Mittel Tengshan would probably have readily agreed and made the promise.

Since Mittel Tengshan is so conflicted, it's likely that even the other party isn't entirely confident.

Wang Chen naturally didn't continue to ask Mittel Tengshan for an answer, but instead spoke up himself.

Wang Chen decided to investigate on his own.

The first target was not the Zhang Clan, who were the prime suspects, but the Wang Clan, who had absolutely no relation to Wang Chen's father, Wang Gang.

To be honest, Wang Chen had absolutely no good feelings towards the Wang Clan.

Wang Chen deeply hates traitors.

With the support of the Xiao Clan, the Wang Clan eventually gained a foothold in Jia Ma Imperial City.

To expect someone to go all out to help Xiao Clan family when they are in decline is indeed asking too much of a question.

At that time, there were indeed too many people trying to erode the Xiao Clan's power.

Given the Wang Clan's power, it's understandable that they're not qualified to interfere.

However, it's still possible to avoid kicking someone when they're down.

As a result, the Wang Clan completely disregarded the Xiao Clan's past assistance and premeditatedly took advantage of the situation to seize various resources and foundations.

Wang Chen held this kind of traitor in very low regard.

If it really was done by some distant relative, Wang Chen would absolutely not mind killing a few people.

After parting ways with Mittel Tengshan, Wang Chen left the Mittel Family and went to the Wang Clan to gather information.

With Wang Chen's strength, there's no need to worry about any danger.

Relying on the intelligence obtained from the Mittel Family, Wang Chen quickly arrived at the Wang Clan's current Headquarters.

Because they swallowed a piece of flesh from the Xiao Clan back then, the Wang Clan is now much stronger and larger than Wang Clan was more than ten years ago.

The Headquarters has naturally increased as well.

Wang Chen only needed a quick glance to confirm that this place was much larger than the Xiao Clan's Headquarters in Wutan City.

Without hesitation, Wang Chen quietly sneaked in.

Given the Wang Clan's current strength, it's impossible for them to detect Wang Chen's infiltration.

Inside a pavilion within the Wang Clan's Headquarters, two young men were drinking and chatting.

"Brother Bao, have you heard about that idiot from the collateral branch of the family?"

One of the younger boys, Wang Hu, spoke to the older boy, Wang Bao.

When drinking with friends, it's impossible to drink alone.

The vast majority of them are good at boasting and chatting.

At that moment, Wang Hu was bragging to Wang Bao.

"Oh. I've heard about that too."

Wang Bao's words surprised Wang Hu.

To everyone's surprise, Wang Bao didn't play by the rules.

Normally, one shouldn't simply say they've never heard of it and ask their brother to explain.

Now that Wang Bao has said that, how can Wang Hu still brag?

"I've only heard about it in general terms; I don't know the specifics."

Seeing Wang Hu's surprise, Wang Bao continued speaking.

"Then I'll just say something casually."

Now that things have returned to normal, Wang Hu has started boasting.

"...

That old geezer from a collateral branch dares to disrespect the Third Young Master.

It was only later that the old man's daughter came out; otherwise, the Third Young Master would never have let him go.

"How dare he disrespect the Third Young Master? Does he think he's Wang Gang?!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Drink wine!"

The two men drank and boasted in the small pavilion, laughing loudly and having a great time.

However, they did not expect that someone was lurking nearby, eavesdropping.

"It seems the Wang Clan really isn't anything special!"

Wang Chen, hidden in the shadows, frowned.

Wang Chen already disliked the so-called Wang Clan, and after hearing this news, he disliked Wang Clan even more.

After overhearing this news, he didn't show up but left directly to go elsewhere.

"This should be it."

Wang Chen stood in front of a relatively remote, dilapidated little house in the Wang Clan's Headquarters, thinking.

After overhearing the conversation between the two young members of the Wang Clan, Wang Chen had an idea.

Since they were suppressed and humiliated by the Wang Clan Main Line, there is a high possibility that an opportunity will arise.

That's why Wang Chen secretly came to this remote place.

The reason we were able to find the location so accurately was entirely thanks to the two young men from the Wang Clan.

Perhaps because they never imagined that someone could secretly infiltrate the Wang Clan, the two young members of the Wang Clan spoke very boldly.

This not only informed Wang Chen about the matter, but also revealed the address of the main character in the incident—the member of the collateral branch of the family.

Even Wang Chen was a little surprised to see the relatively dilapidated house.

Even within the Xiao Clan of Wutan City, no member lived in such a dilapidated house.

It's unbelievable that such a thing could happen in a top-tier metropolis like the Jia Ma Imperial City.