396: Chapter 396 The Past of the Fancy Sisters

After Chen Yi and the others finished listening, their expressions became increasingly strange.

So that was it; the Demon Abyss Cult relied on this method to intercept spirit beasts!

No wonder the Black Ghost Market could have such a large supply of high-quality goods.

Those spirit beasts were clearly quite good-looking, enough to even serve as ornamental vases, yet they still fell into the hands of the Demon Abyss Cult one after another.

So, this was all a carefully designed scam!

Hua Yuetong and Hua Xingtong clenched their fists even tighter, their nails almost piercing their palms.

They exchanged a glance, both seeing fear and—some kind of possibility—in the other's eyes.

Could it be that they were actually both—

After thinking for a moment, Hua Yuetong suppressed the shock in her heart and asked as calmly as possible, "I have one thing I don't understand! Even if those small families drive out spirit beasts with inferior bloodlines, wouldn't they want them back if they later discovered their daughters had recovered their bloodlines? After all, high-bloodline spirit beasts are important assets for any family!"

Hua Xingtong also chimed in, "Yes, if it were my child, I would definitely investigate to the end!"

Chen Nian heard this and smiled.

There was a hint of mockery in his smile.

"Not at all! Because this method is generally only used on small families; as for the big families—"

He pushed up his glasses, "The big families themselves have business ties with us! Many leaders of big families actually know who is behind the Black Ghost Market. When they know their daughters are beyond saving, they will even take the initiative to hand them over to us in exchange for higher status or more resources within the organization!"

"Emmmm, but seeing you two, I suddenly remembered an interesting thing from two years ago."

"The Jiangcheng Hua family, I wonder if you have heard of them?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Yi and his group were taken aback.

The Jiangcheng Hua family, wasn't that Hua Yuetong and Hua Xingtong's original family?

Why would Chen Nian suddenly mention this?

Could it be—that he had already recognized their identities?

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Black Rose and the others subconsciously prepared for battle, although they knew that starting a fight here would be tantamount to suicide.

Of course, the facts proved that Chen Yi and the others were overthinking it.

Chen Nian did not recognize the Hua sisters at all—after all, when that pair of twins was taken away back then, they were in a state of bloodline regression and suffering from a terminal illness, with haggard appearances, looking like completely different people compared to their current radiant selves.

Moreover, as the person in charge of the Black Ghost Market, Chen Nian had handled thousands of spirit beasts, and most of them were handled by his subordinates.

It was impossible to remember every single one clearly; at most, he would only remember a general idea.

Seeing the curious expressions on everyone's faces when they heard about the Jiangcheng Hua family, he sighed slightly and continued.

"About two years ago, the Jiangcheng Hua family also had a pair of twin sisters. I heard they were quite good-looking, but they were born without fully awakening. This wasn't something we designed; their own bloodlines had defects."

"But that pair of twins didn't know where they heard that they could use some kind of special formation to improve their bloodline aptitude."

"As a result—they actually did it! The report I received said they seemed to have improved from F-rank to C-rank, or was it B-rank? I forgot the specifics, but they did improve!"

"However, considering that the resources they consumed seemed to be too much, that method of improvement was not applicable to us—the cost was too high and the efficiency was too low, so we didn't go into detail about the principles of that formation."

"However, a method that can continuously improve bloodlines without showing any spirit beast characteristics is indeed a very good research subject for us!"

"So our people secretly tampered with it when they were setting up the formation for the last time!"

This sentence exploded like a thunderclap in the hearts of Hua Yuetong and Hua Xingtong.

Could it really be like this?

Chen Nian did not notice the twins' instantly pale faces at all and continued to speak with great interest: "We tampered with the core of the formation, making it destined to fail, and it would trigger a severe backlash!"

"Then, we arranged for people to disguise themselves as medical experts and used professional language to persuade the Hua family parents, telling them that the twins were beyond saving and that keeping them would only drag the family down—"

"And guess what? The Hua family parents actually believed our words and directly kicked those two discarded products out! They were truly stupid!"

"It's just a pity that, perhaps because we were too heavy-handed when tampering with it, they were left with a terminal illness that was difficult to cure. It seems they couldn't form contracts and couldn't transform into their Spirit Beast Form."

"We later brought them to the research institute, but we couldn't research anything from them at all, so we could only sell them off cheaply as ornamental vases. What a pity!"

"Thinking about it now, that pair of twins must have died somewhere long ago, right? After all, suffering from that kind of terminal illness without the protection of family forces, they wouldn't have lived long."

"Sigh! If only I could have obtained some research data from them back then and cracked that bloodline-improving formation, I wouldn't still be the head of a small organization now—perhaps I would have already entered the core layer of the headquarters!"

After finishing, Chen Nian fell into his own feelings of regret.

He completely failed to notice that the expressions of Chen Yi and the others had completely changed.

Especially Hua Yuetong and Hua Xingtong; their bodies were trembling slightly, and their eyes were filled with shock, anger, and—the relief of finally solving the puzzle.

No wonder—no wonder they were able to succeed in improving their aptitude in the first few attempts, but suddenly failed the last time!

No wonder that after the failure, they contracted that strange terminal illness, unable to form contracts and unable to transform!

So that was it; it turned out that everything was done by people from the Black Ghost Market behind the scenes!

From beginning to end, they were just pawns on someone else's chessboard, being manipulated at will, yet they naively thought it was just their own bad luck!

Hua Yuetong and Hua Xingtong suppressed the anger that was almost bursting out, not erupting on the spot.

Years of hardship had taught them to endure.

Especially deep in this enemy camp, any impulse could lead to disaster.

Chen Yi noticed the abnormality in the atmosphere and immediately interjected, steering the topic away.

"Is this an order issued by the Queen?"

He asked Chen Nian, "I mean—using this method to obtain spirit beasts!"

Hearing this, Chen Nian sighed again, this time truly helplessly.

"There are more and more branches in the organization collecting funds now; casinos, smuggling, arms—our Black Ghost Market has been marginalized. How would she have the heart to manage us? Sigh—"

"Is that so? That's quite a pity, after all, the Black Ghost Market has contributed so much to the organization."

"Yes!"

Chen Nian seemed to have found a kindred spirit. "If only I had your ability, Brother Chen Yi, haha, sooner or later I would become a favorite by the Queen's side, unlike me, working hard for decades and still just a small organization leader—"

The two chatted a little more, and then Chen Nian got up to take his leave.

He still had a lot of work to process; the global business of the Black Ghost Market required him to oversee and coordinate.