It was a happy event for Gu Yuxi to be promoted to a master practitioner, but what Qian Tong said next made the two of them look serious.
"The major case of Kujiao involves 16 grand masters, 89 master families, and 223 wealthy families in the country. It affects nearly a thousand small and medium-sized families, including our Yan family."
"In the past six months, the Inspection Department has been looking for people to conduct secret investigations from time to time, which attracted attention. The information was exposed very quickly, and the network had to be shut down in advance."
"There are too few people who are not afraid of censorship. It may be that they are too afraid of the Inspection Department. There are many people who have fled."
"Seven masters have defected and left the country. There are fifty-six master practitioners who have left. There are also many people who flew into the air on airships and aircraft. The information is still difficult to fully confirm."
"There are many wealthy families involved in Kyoto. Your Majesty was so angry that he had someone carry a chair and go to arrest them together with Wang Fuguo."
The information brought by Qian Tong shocked the two of them. Only counting the top masters, these people accounted for more than one-tenth of the total number of Dongyue masters.
The family they followed and investigated was beyond their imagination.
No matter in the cultivation world, politics, or economic circles, this is nothing short of a major earthquake.
When it collapses, no one who has participated can escape.
Yan Jinbai's trend is more in line with the actions of Zhao Mu and others. This is scraping the bones to cure the poison, but it also has the pain of deboning.
Xu Zhi didn't need to see it with his own eyes to feel the strangeness of the process.
If you close the net in advance, you may catch a lot of fish, but you may also miss a lot of fish.
The consequences of not catching everything in one fell swoop are not small.
After all, there are still a group of people who are lucky enough to escape. These people must be panic-stricken and uninterested in domestic development. They want to transfer their wealth or go abroad to avoid detection.
From the appearance of being twisted into a rope, Dongyue may have entered a stage of loosening.
When a hidden opposition force was overthrown, the many contradictions that emerged were difficult to reconcile, but the Kujiao could not give them the opportunity to slowly figure it out.
If it is not eliminated in the budding stage, once it grows into a cancer, the price paid is heavy.
But this kind of thing has to be done.
"Has the leader of the Ku Cult been caught?" Xu Zhi asked
"No, we can only wait and see what big information comes out in the future." Qian Tong frowned and said: "The defecting masters may have known about it, but their crimes may also be very serious, and they chose to flee Dongyue out of worry."
"What a pity," Xu Zhi lamented: "That person has hidden himself too deeply. The system he established and the advantages he took advantage of make people worried. It is too difficult to prevent a comeback."
"This blow almost made it difficult for him to recover. According to the Inspection Department's speculation, this organization has been established for at least two hundred years before it reached this scale. It is impossible for him to recover and return to the previous level."
Qian Tong waved his hand to dispel Xu Zhi's worries, and then continued: "Now that we've finished chatting about other things, let's get down to business."
"Isn't this serious business?" Yan Jinbai asked curiously.
"It's not a serious matter to you." Qian Channel said: "I don't know which bastard spread the information, saying that you captured Zhong Shuiyun and Zhu Xiangnan, which triggered the big earthquake in Dongyue."
"What?" Xu Zhi exclaimed.
"What kind of plane are you doing? Didn't we hand it over secretly? We can still blame it on us." Yan Jinbai's eyes widened.
Xu Zhi and Yan Jinbai had always thought that the Yan family, Zhao Mu, Tuo Guhong and others would take the blame, but when the news about Qian Tong came, they felt bad.
Compared to who and whom the Inspection Division arrested, it is really not a serious matter.
Because the matter of leaking secrets may be related to his life.
"You are right. Someone may be targeting you, trying to get rid of your anger." Qian Tong patted his chest and said, "But don't worry, with Senior Brother here, you can't suffer any loss."
"Now I am also a Grandmaster, and I am also a Grandmaster who can fly. I am so fast that I would kill most people immediately."
Qian Tong's guarantee made the two of them even more worried. Xu Zhi could handle most of the master class practitioners, and Qian Tong's ability could basically handle this group of people.
As a newly promoted grandmaster who has only been promoted for less than a year, Qian Tong has a high chance of losing if he really wants to face off against the old masters, let alone protecting the two of them.
"Elder brother, you should work harder," Yan Jinbai said weakly, "I feel there is still room for improvement in your strength."
"Second Junior Brother, look at Xiaoyan, he looks down on me." Qian Tong pointed at Yan Jinbai and cursed with a smile before saying proudly: "I'm already very powerful. Dongyue can beat me no more than two hundred people."
"There are no more than two hundred people who can defeat you before you are promoted to Grandmaster," Yan Jinbai complained.
From the top ten of Master Dongyue to the bottom of the Grandmaster, Qian Tong's ranking has not changed much. He used to be around 160, but now he is the 151st Grandmaster, or his real strength can be higher. Go forward twenty or so places.
If you can't beat it, you can still beat it. If you beat it before, you can beat it.
There are only twenty or thirty people mixed in between.
Relatively speaking, Qian Tong's strength changes as he is promoted from master to grandmaster, and his ranking does not change much.
This is far from the point where he can be proud of others.
"Anyway, I can fly now and my strength is very good. Don't worry about me like Master."
After releasing the leg restraints of the Seven Evil Spirits of the White Tiger, Qian Tong emphasized his ability to fly.
After becoming a master, his temperament started to let go with his legs.
Xu Zhi and Yan Jinbai looked at each other and immediately applauded.
"Eldest brother is the best."
"Big brother is the best."
They both shouted in unison, yelling out compliments that didn't mean they meant it.
From Qian Tong's tone, it seemed that he had been lectured by Yan Xuankong a lot before going to Nanyang, and he felt unhappy. He quickly listened to the good words and felt comfortable.
A master can establish a sect and establish an independent household. There are only forty-two master families surrounding Yanrenzhuang Town.
This resulted in Qian Tong ranking third in combat power among the Yan family. Apart from Yan Xingxia and Yan Xuankong, he was the most powerful.
It is impossible for the Yan family to send more powerful practitioners to protect them.
Even if Qian Tong still wanted to practice cultivation for a while, he had to return to Nanyang after what happened.
The reason why the Yan family did not take a step-by-step approach and provide them with the best external conditions to survive may also be due to this.
"That's right. You won't lose anything if you have more faith in me, right?"
Qian Tong was very satisfied with the understanding of these two junior brothers, which made him feel the joy of being promoted to master.
"Elder brother came just in time. I have been practicing the new stick technique for nearly a year and have mastered some of its subtleties. I am in need of an opponent to practice with me," Xu Zhi said with a smile.
Yan Jinbai's fighting ability is a bit complicated and evil. Not only does he dance with swords, but he also has two extra arms to strike from time to time, but this is not enough to make him serious.
Comparatively speaking, he is not far different from people like Li Duohuang and Qingchuan Chizi, and great practitioners at this level are more suitable to compete with him.
But this also includes the newly promoted Grandmaster Qian Tong.
As long as he gives in to him a little, Xu Zhi feels that he still has some room for discussion and will not be unable to respond.
"Come on, come on, senior brother can give you a hundred moves now," Qian Tong said with a smile.
In the past, he had frequently discussed with Xu Zhi on Dongyue Island, and they both knew each other quite well.
"Green willows and heavy water sink,"
Xu Zhi lifted the stick, orange-yellow inner energy surged out, and the Qingliu Heavy Water Stick instantly became full of weight.
"Senior brother, be careful. I recently practiced the "Killing Stick Technique", and it's very painful to hit people."
As a stick method for punishing prisoners, the killing stick used is heavy, so the force it brings is also huge, and the beating on the body will be extremely uncomfortable.
"Why do you have a grandmaster weapon? Where did it come from? How much does it cost?"
Qian Tong grabbed his master-grade autumn water knife worth millions and suddenly felt that his whole body was not well.
Those who have not yet advanced to master level use master weapons, while those who have become masters still use master weapons.
What kind of killing stick method is needed? The weapon is revealed and kills him with the majesty of the master.
The arrival of Qian Tong provided sufficient protection and also brought further training.
On this day, Xu Zhi walked out of the eye of the sea with his fellow practitioners Yan Jinbai and entered the more profound eye of the sea.