"Mm, I got it," Chen Yang responded with a hum.

"Alright, as long as you understand. I’m calling just to remind you, nothing else. Oh right, you also need to pay special attention to those people from the Qiu Alliance. I really didn’t expect that little organization back then to develop into something with this much potential."

"To set up a trap and wipe out so many people from Blood Bat Hall, that’s really something."

Across the screen, Ma Jiantao couldn’t help sighing, half intentionally, half not.

Chen Yang continued to pretend he knew nothing, and took the initiative to go along with Ma Jiantao’s topic: "Yeah, over a hundred at Qi Cultivation Stage, that’s an earthquake in the cultivation world."

"It really is an earthquake. Alright, I won’t talk more with you for now, I’ve got things to do too. Blood Bat Hall has gone crazy mobilizing their people, and our Secret Bureau can’t just sit back and ignore it. We have to go supervise, in case those guys lose their minds from killing and do something reckless."

"Okay, you go handle your stuff first."

Chen Yang nodded, then hung up the call.

"Looks like Blood Bat Hall is really going all out this time. Second Uncle and the others still have to be extra careful."

Even though he’d expected it ahead of time—so many members of Blood Bat Hall had died, they were bound to launch a frenzied search—he hadn’t expected it to be this intense.

Even Ma Jiantao said they’d sent out all their elites; from that you could see how serious the problem was.

So staying in the hotel still wasn’t safe enough. He had to go remind them tomorrow: if there’s nothing urgent, they must not go out.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yang sorted out his thoughts and started Alchemy.

Another sleepless night.

After refining several hundred elixirs, he went to cultivate, raising his own strength.

After eating breakfast in the morning, he took the elixirs he’d refined last night and went to find Chen Tianmin and Qiu Hongguang.

He happened to walk into the room just as He Xiran and Pei Yong were there as well.

They were having an internal meeting of the Qiu Alliance, discussing how to develop in the future.

"Did I come at a bad time?" Chen Yang stood at the door and said with a smile.

Seeing Chen Yang arrive, Chen Tianmin immediately stood up: "Yang Zi, you’re here. We’re all family, what ’bad time’ is there?"

"Friend Chen Yang, good morning."

Qiu Hongguang clasped his fists toward Chen Yang in greeting.

"Brother Chen Yang."

"Chen Yang."

Pei Yong and He Xiran also greeted him with smiles.

"Hehe, then I’ll come in," Chen Yang said with a smile as he walked into the room.

"Yang Zi, coming over this early, you must have something to talk about, right?" While gesturing for Chen Yang to sit, Chen Tianmin asked.

Chen Yang didn’t beat around the bush. He directly put the refined elixirs on the table and smiled. "I refined some foundation-strengthening elixirs for you last night. They should be helpful for you, so I brought them over first thing in the morning."

When Chen Yang said this, Chen Tianmin and the others were deeply moved.

"Yang Zi, this really makes me feel bad..."

Chen Tianmin didn’t want to stand on ceremony, but Chen Yang had already given them too much help.

"Second Uncle, same thing I said before, there’s no need for polite words. You just said it yourself: we’re all family, so why talk like we’re not?" Chen Yang knew what Chen Tianmin wanted to say, so he cut him off in advance.

Chen Tianmin was extremely moved inside.

He’d left home when he was young and hadn’t given this nephew in front of him a shred of care.

Now that he was past fifty, he was instead being taken care of by his nephew. That feeling was very complicated.

"You’re right, Yang Zi. We’re all family, so I won’t talk like we’re not. I’ll accept these elixirs, and in the future, if my Qiu Alliance has the chance, we’ll repay your kindness," Chen Tianmin said.

"Mm, we’ll talk about it if there’s a chance in the future," Chen Yang replied with a faint smile.

"Pei Yong, take the elixirs down and distribute them to everyone. It’s fine if the wounded get a bit more. Try to make sure everyone gets a fair share."

Without any more politeness, Chen Tianmin picked up the elixirs on the table and handed them to Pei Yong.

Letting him go down and distribute them.

These elixirs were crucial for the Qiu Alliance right now.

"Okay." Pei Yong didn’t say much. He gave Chen Yang a grateful look, then left the room with the elixirs to distribute them.

"Right, Yang Zi, you actually came at just the right time. We just happened to have something we wanted to discuss with you." After Pei Yong left, something suddenly came to Chen Tianmin’s mind, and he quickly pulled Chen Yang to sit down.

"What is it, Second Uncle? What else is going on?" Chen Yang looked at Chen Tianmin.

Chen Tianmin said directly, "Last night, Old Qiu and I didn’t sleep at all. We decided we still have to recover our strength as soon as possible and increase our members. There’s no organization or power anywhere near Liuhe Village. Why don’t we send people out to look around? Maybe we can find some good seedlings suitable for cultivation."

Chen Tianmin handled matters cautiously and with high efficiency.

They had barely just settled down, and he was already planning to expand the Qiu Alliance’s manpower.

But after hearing this, Chen Yang was strongly opposed to what Chen Tianmin wanted to do.

"Second Uncle, that definitely won’t work right now," Chen Yang said, shaking his head.

Originally, Chen Tianmin, Qiu Hongguang, and He Xiran all had expectant looks on their faces, but they hadn’t expected Chen Yang to refuse.

"It won’t? Why, Yang Zi?"

Chen Tianmin exchanged a glance with Qiu Hongguang, then looked at Chen Yang in confusion and asked.

"Second Uncle, the reason I came over so early today is actually because I also have something to tell you. I got word last night that Blood Bat Hall has already sent out all their elites as of yesterday. They’re scouring the world looking for you."

"If you still send people out at a time like this, isn’t that just asking for trouble?"

"Right now you absolutely cannot do that. You have to stay in the hotel and not go anywhere."

Chen Yang spoke with a very serious expression.

After hearing what Chen Yang said, Chen Tianmin, Qiu Hongguang, and He Xiran were all shocked.

"Blood Bat Hall has sent out all their elites? They moved that fast?"

They’d expected Blood Bat Hall wouldn’t let this go easily, but they hadn’t expected them to act so quickly—it had barely been a single day.

"Yeah. This information came from a very important friend of mine. With his status, news he passes on absolutely won’t be wrong," Chen Yang said with a firm nod.

"Then we really can’t go out," Chen Tianmin said.

"It’s not just that you can’t go out. You can’t even leave this hotel. I’ve already made arrangements. Starting today, the first floor of the hotel will be closed for business. At that point, none of you are allowed to go out, and don’t make too much noise either."

"After all, there are so many people passing through our village every day. No one knows whether there might be members of Blood Bat Hall hidden among them."

Chen Yang suggested that they shouldn’t even leave the hotel.

Because the current situation was still very complicated.

The death of the Vice Hall Master, and over a hundred members being trapped and killed.

Blood Bat Hall had also suffered a severe blow; they definitely wouldn’t just let it go. They had to ride out this storm first.

Chen Tianmin could fully understand what Chen Yang meant.

"I understand, Yang Zi. I’ll notify everyone in a bit: no one is allowed to go downstairs, not even a single step. They’re to rest and recuperate in the hotel," Chen Tianmin immediately nodded and said.

"That’s for the best. I’ll provide you with daily necessities and Spirit Stones when the time comes. You just stay here in peace."

"Yang Zi, you’re really going through a lot for us."

Chen Tianmin was grateful.

"It’s fine."

After explaining everything, Chen Yang didn’t intend to stay any longer. He still had a lot of things to take care of.

Li Han’s construction team had finalized the construction plan last night, and the crew would probably be coming to Liuhe Village to start work soon. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

When the time came, he would definitely need to go to the site to give some directions.

Besides that, he still had to make a trip to Fuling Village. There was a ton to do.