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Chapter 778 The Origin of the Man in Black Robes (2nd Update)
Xuan Chu's expression immediately turned serious when he learned that Yun Ran had used him as bait to go to the black-robed man's base camp in the Death Mountain.

The Mountain of Death! Even the elders of Heavenly Path Village fell silent.
It's one thing that the guardian dragon spirit of Wuhuang Mountain was imprisoned by the black-robed man who remained completely undetected.

Now even the Death Mountain is their territory...

"The depth and ambition of these men in black robes are probably far beyond our imagination."

"If they weren't really capable, how could they have stolen the forbidden book from Tiandao Village and escaped their pursuit back then?"

Gu Yuan finally realized something and said, "So, if they had any other intentions over the years, the Special Administration Bureau wouldn't have been so stable..."

However, there might be another possibility: the Special Administration Bureau is actually under their surveillance as well.

If it's the latter scenario, he seems to understand why the boss and Ranran transferred the others away, using them as bait to be captured.

Perhaps it's because the boss and his team discovered something...

Thinking of this, Gu Yuan couldn't help but shudder.

Those black-robed men who were captured back then were all just odd jobs; they weren't even considered insiders.

All things considered, they didn't catch a single useful person!

Gu Yuan couldn't help but look at Wan Qiyu: "Just who are those men in black robes?!"

Since Wanqiyu's godfather was capable of arranging undercover agents to infiltrate the area, he must have some understanding of the situation. Otherwise, those undercover agents would not only fail to climb the ranks, but would also die as soon as they entered the area.

Wan Qiyu paused. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk about it, but rather...

“I’ll call my godfather and ask.”

Wan Qiyu tried to avoid the crowd, but Gu Yuan pressed down on his shoulder.

"Call right here, on speakerphone! Ranran is his own daughter, what secrets can't he tell you?"

Don't worry, everyone here is very discreet, especially since Ranran is involved; they won't tell anyone.

If Gu Yuan swore he would never tell anyone, Wan Qiyu would not believe him.

But since it involved Yun Ran, no one would tell anyone, and Wan Qiyu immediately believed him.

"it is good."

Wan Qiyu dialed his godfather's number directly.

He said cautiously, "Godfather, um..."

Gu Yuan was anxious and spoke first: "Ranran's father, I am Gu Yuan, the director of the Action Division of the Special Administration Bureau. I want to ask you something."

Wan Qiyu immediately became anxious. His godfather had a bad temper, and Gu Yuan was being too direct.

He was afraid his adoptive father would be angry, so he wanted to make up for it.

Then he heard his godfather on the other end of the line, his voice slightly hoarse: "You want to ask about the identity of the man in black?"

Wan Qiyu received the news, and Shen Jun naturally received it as well.

Back then, he endured the pain and never went to see Yunran, just wanting her to live an ordinary life and not get involved in these conflicts.

But many things are preordained by fate. He never expected that Yun Ran, who grew up in a wealthy family, would still come into contact with people from the Xuanmen sect.

Not only is he exceptionally talented, but he has also inherited a remarkable legacy.

Yun Ran's appearance had already caught the attention of those men in black robes, and she had no way to escape.

Now that Yun Ran had been taken to the black-robed men's headquarters, Shen Jun was very worried, but he also inexplicably felt that the other shoe had finally dropped. "The black-robed men were once a branch of the witch clan, while my ancestor was from the other bloodline."

After the destruction of the Witch Clan, some wanted to replicate the glory of their ancestors, while others wanted to live a simple life.

The half-blood branch of the Witch Clan is a formidable force to outsiders, but in the eyes of the Witch Clan, it is nothing more than a sacrificial offering.

Once someone has been in charge, who would want to be a sacrifice, anxiously awaiting death?

After the chaos in the Xuanmen sect, our half-bloodline branch suffered a brutal massacre. I don't know exactly what happened during that time.

All we know is that our half-bloodline is almost extinct, and we have been hiding for many years.

Later, my identity was discovered, and my father and brothers and sisters were all killed without a trace.

I was seriously injured and faked my death. Now, the only remaining bloodline of the Wu Clan is my daughter and I.

At first, I also thought that the purpose of those black-robed people was to revive and promote the witch clan.

However, over the past few centuries, their presence has been extremely low, and they have even been capturing some people from the Xuanmen sect for experiments.

That's when I started to suspect that perhaps, during the great chaos in the Xuanmen sect back then, they obtained something extraordinary..."

The people he placed in only reached the middle level at most, and many of their tasks had no connection whatsoever, making it impossible to discern their ultimate goal.

Shen Jun told everyone he knew. If Yun Ran hadn't been arrested, he wouldn't have been able to speak so calmly with these people from the Special Administration Bureau.

Having experienced being schemed against, the downfall of his family, and being unable to acknowledge his only daughter, Shen Jun has a very low level of trust in outsiders.

The speakerphone call could be heard by everyone present.

They never imagined that the legendary, mysterious, powerful, and extremely cruel witch clan would actually survive.

What was even more unexpected was that Yun Ran's background was so complicated.

Not only was his fate stolen, but he was also a half-blood descendant of the witch clan, and the best sacrifice for the gods.

Just thinking about the word "sacrifice" made Gu Yuan's hair stand on end, and even his stomach felt uncomfortable and churning violently.

Xuan Chu frowned slightly: "They also obtained forbidden books from Tiandao Village, and even imprisoned the Heavenly Book and the Guardian Dragon Spirit here."

What exactly are these people trying to do? After the chaos in the Xuanmen sect back then, what did they obtain that allows them to orchestrate such a grand scheme?

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they had been planning this for hundreds of years. What kind of purpose could make these people persist for hundreds of years without changing their original intentions?

On the other end of the phone, Shen Jun heard Xuan Chu say that the forbidden books of Tiandao Village had also been stolen.

He immediately became agitated: "What! The forbidden books of Tiandao Village have also been stolen!"

No wonder, his ancestors had clearly cleansed their bloodline, yet they had lived ordinary lives for generations.

However, they were still found out. It turned out that they had used a technique from a forbidden book in Tiandao Village.

The thought of sending a message to his family, saying he was going to take his wife and children back to his hometown to visit his parents, and how his parents looked so expectant.

In the blink of an eye, he received devastating news: his entire family was gone. A tear of blood immediately streamed from Shen Jun's eyes.

For so many years, he has been looking for someone to take his place, but he just can't find one.

It turns out he was looking in the wrong direction.

(End of this chapter)