The West Hangzhou Magic Association, Trial Chamber.
Today marks one day since the totem snake appeared in the city.
At this moment, there are quite a few people sitting in the conference room, and several of them are arguing about something.
Sitting in the courtroom, Tang Yue watched the exchange of words at the conference table, her eyes slightly narrowed.
"Two people have already died, and you're still making excuses for that snake? I came all the way from the capital not to negotiate with you, but to eliminate the threat in Xihang!"
"If you want to restore peace to Xihang, that demonic snake must be eliminated. You must hand it over so we can deal with it!"
At the conference table, a middle-aged man with a thick beard and hair slammed his hand on the table, the loud noise causing many people to frown and look at him.
However, given the other party's status, they did not pursue these minor matters further.
The person who slammed the table was none other than Zhu Meng, who had always advocated for the extermination of the totem snake in the original storyline.
Zhu Meng, a councilor of the Great Xia Magic Court and a core mage of the former court, holds an important position in the Tribunal, in charge of matters concerning national security and strategic risks.
He has consistently advocated the theory of hidden dangers, believing that anything that could potentially or is about to pose a threat to humanity must be eliminated.
The existence of the totem Xuan Snake is not a secret; the higher-ups of the Great Xia Dynasty are basically aware of it.
Even though the Totem Serpent had never harmed anyone in the past, Zhu Meng's faction considered it a top-level threat.
They believe that a supreme monarch-level demon living near the city is irresponsible towards human life and safety!
Therefore, Zhu Meng repeatedly explained his ideas to Grand Speaker Shao Zheng and the Supreme Court, believing that the totem snake must be eradicated as soon as possible to nip the hidden danger in the bud.
The Zhu Meng forces had considered the Totem Serpent a thorn in their side since it hadn't made any moves.
Now that the totem snake has suddenly appeared, people are eager to attribute deaths that have no evidence to the snake to it.
Even though the two victims had been dead for over a week.
Sitting in her seat, Tang Yue felt nauseous as she watched someone blame two cases of poisoning deaths that had nothing to do with the Totem Serpent on the serpent before it shed its skin.
"Councilor Zhu, these two corpses have been dead for a week, but the Black Serpent only appeared yesterday."
"Do you think it makes sense to directly blame the mysterious death of a body, which was only discovered two weeks after the death, on the Xuan Snake that appeared just yesterday?"
"Think first, then answer the question."
Tang Zhong interrupted Zhu Meng directly and retorted very forcefully.
The last sentence was practically a direct accusation of "Are you throwing money away?"
He knew that Su Lan was currently living on the island in the heart of the lake, the heart of the Tang family territory.
Those who had never cooperated with the Alien Hunters simply believed that the Alien Hunters were a new force that had suddenly risen like a dark horse.
However, after Tang Zhong led the Tang family to deepen their cooperation with the [Alien] Hunters, they discovered the true strength the [Alien] Hunters were displaying.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
The recent Western Regions development strategy has yielded many successes, with the [Alien] Hunting Grounds playing a significant role in almost every large and small pioneering campaign.
He learned even more shocking news from a message sent by a family elder who was supporting the strategy of developing the Western Regions.
That is, up to now, the [Alien] Hunter's expedition team has cleared out two groups of races with Supreme Monarch-level demons.
The only cost to the Alien Hunters was that about twenty people were injured.
Even the one who killed the Supreme Monarch-level expert also took care of a Grand Monarch-level demon who was fighting back in its death throes along the way.
A supreme monarch level!
That was a being comparable to the guardian deity of the Tang family.
And that's how it was resolved by the faction to which Su Lan belonged.
But this shocked Tang Zhong so much that he couldn't sleep well all night.
Occasionally, one could hear maniacal laughter coming from his room.
He's not crazy, he's just laughing so hard he can't stop.
At that moment, Tang Zhong knew that helping his niece Tang Yue suppress all opposition from the family and resolutely investing the vast majority of resources into the construction of Fei Niao City was the wisest choice.
Perhaps, with the initial investment, we can cultivate a forbidden spell mage for the Tang family.
To recreate the glory of the Tang family a thousand years ago.
These past few days, he has frequently visited Su Lan on the island in the middle of the lake and discovered that the guardian deity of the Tang family is actually very close to Su Lan.
Su Lan did not reject the Guardian God's closeness, and even comforted the Guardian God who was in the molting period.
Logically speaking, the guardian spirit shouldn't have exhibited such emotional outbursts yesterday, swaggering into Xihang and being seen by everyone.
Moreover, the fact that it appeared without warning and then disappeared in less than five minutes kept him pondering all night.
In addition, there was a hint given to me by my niece, Tang Yue, before the meeting.
If he doesn't understand such unusual and explicit behavior, then he is not worthy of being the chief judge of Lingyin Temple.
Su Lan is clearing away the hidden dangers for the Totem Black Serpent!
Sure enough, a huge number of people jumped in on the second day, and the effect was outstanding.
Even without Su Lan's intervention, he would have done his best to protect the Tang family's guardian deity.
Besides, Su Lan started the group.
He agreed instantly!
What he needs to do is to stir things up as much as possible, getting more and more monsters and demons involved.
Anyway, someone will always be there to cover for him.
So for the next three hours, Tang Zhong put aside his status and reserve, unleashing his full power to blast Zhu Meng and the others mercilessly.
In the end, even Councilor Luo Mian, who wanted to secretly plot against the Totem Serpent to take the blame for himself and provoke Zhu Meng to act according to his wishes, had to step in again to smooth things over.
But today, Tang Zhong was in full energy and in better condition than ever before, even dragging Luo Mian, who was trying to smooth things over, into the fray.
Finally, he even made a vow—
"Anyone who dares to harm the Xuan Snake without any evidence to prove that it was caused by the Xuan Snake will be subject to a full-scale manhunt by the Tang family. It's either you or me!"
"I stake on the loyalty and sacrifice of the entire Tang family; it's either you or me."
The twenty-odd people present were shocked by Tang Zhong's words, and most of them looked at Tang Zhong with disbelief.
But Tang Zhong showed no intention of taking it back.
Zhu Meng, the key figure at this meeting, turned from red to green, and then from green to black.
Zhu Meng, who was already hot-tempered and prone to losing his temper, even couldn't suppress his super-level power at one point and wanted to unleash it directly.
But when she met Tang Zhong's calm and indifferent gaze, she felt a chilling cold.
Not only did he fail to unleash magic, but he also injured himself by forcibly suppressing it.
Tang Zhong didn't care about this at all.
After saying these harsh words, he turned around and walked out the door.
Tang Yue and Leng Qing did not linger and followed Tang Zhong out of the conference hall.
Several other high-ranking officials who were on Tang Zhong's side followed Tang Zhong's footsteps with shock and fear.
Only a dozen or so people remained sitting silently around the conference table, speechless for a long time.