193: Chapter 193 Are all the Chen family idiots?

Driver Old Li's jaw had already been dislocated, so he naturally couldn't answer Huo Lingguan's question since he couldn't make a sound.

However, whether he answered or not was not important.

Huo Lingguan was an Eight-Star Beast Tamer, after all; how could en own's little tricks possibly be hidden from him?

It was just that Chen Huaijin's enemies from years ago were taking action, and Yue Yun, the person involved, had also withdrawn from the struggle, which was why Huo Lingguan didn't intend to deal with the Chen family yet.

Huo Lingguan dragged Driver Old Li out of the shadows and turned to look at Yue Yun: "How do you plan to handle this guy?"

Yue Yun didn't act like the owner of the house; instead, he watched quietly like an outsider as Huo Lingguan eliminated the hidden threats, only snapping out of it when the other asked for his opinion.

Yue Yun pondered for a moment: "How does the Association want to handle it?"

"Handle it according to the standard procedure." Huo Lingguan signaled with his eyes that this was a pointless question. "This person is likely one of the Chen family's Black Gloves. Unless we use a Phantom Spirit Seven-Colored Butterfly and a Spirit Phantom Iguana for mind-reading, we won't get any solid evidence to bring down the Chen family."

Driver Old Li was unable to move under Huo Lingguan's suppression.

Hearing Huo Lingguan's words, a look of struggle appeared in his eyes; he was clearly quite resistant to the Pet Beasts mentioned.

Yue Yun also felt a sense of familiarity.

Among the Black Gloves the Chen family had first sent to scout for information, there seemed to be one who had contracted a Phantom Spirit Seven-Colored Butterfly.

But that person had been sniped!

Yue Yun's gaze shifted to the heavy sniper rifle that had shattered the tables and chairs. If he wasn't mistaken, this heavy sniper rifle was the murder weapon.

It seemed the person before him had arrived in Jianghai City long ago, and had even been hiding in the shadows, watching his every move.

Comparing the caution used in handling the three Black Gloves with the recklessness of today's risky assassination, it wasn't hard to see a sense of urgent desperation.

A look of realization appeared on Yue Yun's face.

If he hadn't been mindful of Huo Lingguan's presence, Yue Yun would have raised his hands and performed a hearty rendition of "You're so anxious you're crying."

Huo Lingguan noticed the change in Yue Yun's expression and irritably dispelled the other's unrealistic fantasies.

"Don't expect me to go and wipe out the Chen family for you.

Chen Huaijin is a Six-Star Beast Tamer, after all. His struggle with Dynasty is not something you can interfere with yet."

A Six-Star Beast Tamer was nothing in Huo Lingguan's eyes, but to the outside world, it was already the limit for ordinary people.

As a backbone of the East District's Ministry of Education, Chen Huaijin naturally received resource support from the East District for his Cultivation.

The resources consumed to become a Six-Star Beast Tamer were already astronomical. The consumption required to push for Seven-Star Beast Tamer was enough to train several Four-Star Beast Tamers, or even Five-Star Beast Tamers.

Regardless of whether the promotion was successful, Chen Huaijin had to contribute his strength to the Alliance and fulfill his due responsibilities.

Before that, his life did not belong to himself.

So many resources cannot be wasted for nothing!

Yue Yun understood Huo Lingguan's underlying meaning and nodded in sudden realization, while also feeling a bit confused.

"Who is Dynasty?"

The name sounded somewhat familiar, but it probably wasn't the singer; otherwise, Huo Lingguan wouldn't have mentioned him.

Driver Old Li's expression changed repeatedly; he clearly knew the Dynasty Huo Lingguan spoke of and even felt some fear toward that person.

Seeing this, Yue Yun became even more curious.

"The Mayor of Qingping City."

Huo Lingguan had no intention of hiding it: "That kid was just like you when he was young; he suffered under the Chen family's suppression and also chose to go to the Mist Sea front lines to train.

His Pet Beast, the Emperor Sword, has extremely high lethality. He made a name for himself on the Mist Sea front lines and used the abundant resources there to Cultivate to a Five-Star Beast Tamer in just ten years."

Yue Yun's pupils shrank suddenly.

The Mayor of Qingping City, Dynasty—a Five-Star Beast Tamer in his thirties, a ruthless person who became a Six-Star Beast Tamer before forty.

Now he was the youngest Seven-Star Beast Tamer.

But none of that was the point!

If Huo Lingguan hadn't made a slip of the tongue and he hadn't misheard, Dynasty's Pet Beast was indeed an Emperor Sword.

A sword?

The species of Pet Beasts were varied and strange. Although not all Pet Beasts were carbon-based organisms, they at least had to be related to the concept of a "Pet Beast."

A sword could neither be a pet nor a beast.

He couldn't be raising a sword spirit, could he?

Yue Yun was full of doubts.

Although it fit the description of having high lethality, sword spirits should appear in a cultivation world, not in a beast-taming world fighting alongside a bunch of transcendent creatures.

If he had the chance, he could go and check it out. If it was suitable, maybe he could contract an Emperor Sword.

He relied on his Physical Body strength to fight enemies; if he had an Emperor Sword in hand, his combat power would definitely increase significantly.

Besides, isn't it normal for a Martial Artist to use a sword?

Maybe this is the most suitable Pet Beast for me!

This thought popped into Yue Yun's mind.

Huo Lingguan continued: "In the past few years, Dynasty has Cultivated to a Six-Star Beast Tamer and has also polished his state of mind through a peaceful life, preparing himself to be promoted to a Seven-Star Beast Tamer.

Chen Huaijin was afraid that Dynasty would hold a grudge for the suppression in the early years, so he stepped in at that time and snatched the quota and resources.

Dynasty has already been promoted to a Seven-Star Beast Tamer, so he naturally wants to settle these old and new grudges with the Chen family.

Well, you'll see it in the news in a while!"

Huo Lingguan added as if remembering something.

There aren't many Master-level Beast Tamers in the entire Alliance, and every promotion attracts media reports.

This is not only the general public's yearning for power but also another shot in the arm for the Alliance's fight against exotic beasts, encouraging the people to persist on the path of fighting them.

Hearing that Dynasty had become a Seven-Star Beast Tamer, Driver Old Li completely collapsed on the ground, losing his will to resist.

Yue Yun almost laughed out loud seeing Driver Old Li's reaction, finally understanding the cause and effect of all this.

To think that the Chen family had also suppressed others in the past, only to let them take a risky shortcut and overtake on a curve to catch up.

Although Dynasty had caught up to Chen Huaijin, he couldn't take action against the Chen family in violation of the laws of the Alliance and the East District. As long as the Chen family apologized sincerely, perhaps the grudge could be resolved.

Having a bad relationship is better than having another enemy, right?

After all, the lifespan of a Beast Tamer isn't that long. The eighty or ninety-year-old Chen Huaijin clearly couldn't outlast Dynasty, who was in his prime.

Chen Huaijin could still support his son en own and his grandsons Chen Long and Chen Hu now, but a hundred years from now, it would be the flourishing Dynasty suppressing two generations of the Chen family.

However, Huo Lingguan was full of disdain, clearly scoffing at Yue Yun's somewhat naive idea.

"Do you know why the Chen family suppressed Dynasty, and how they forced Dynasty to the Mist Sea front lines?"

Yue Yun's heart stirred, and he shook his head.

Chen Huaijin went without saying, but Dynasty wasn't even from the same generation as him; who knew what their grievances were.

Huo Lingguan got a bit angry just talking about it: "That little bastard en own actually wanted to forcibly snatch Dynasty's Pet Beast, the Emperor Sword. It's simply a slap in the Association's face!"

"..." Yue Yun couldn't help but fall silent. "Is the Chen family full of idiots?"