Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 53 Infiltration

Hearing him say this, Qian Renxue understood that Lin Chen had already come up with his own solution.

A direct confrontation is clearly not an option, given the existence of imperial laws. If Wang Lei were to invoke these laws and bring in powerful figures from the Heavenly Soul Empire, things would become very difficult.

The only option now is a night raid, to slaughter the entire royal family as quickly as possible.

With that in mind, Lin Chen quietly waited for night to fall.

The sun set, and night fell as scheduled. Inside the Prince's mansion at this time...

"Today marks the 12th year that my Wang family has stood firm in Tianwang City through thick and thin, and we will continue to stand tall in the Tianhun Empire for eternity!"

"A toast to the Wang family! A toast to the future!" Wang Lei raised his glass and shouted, then downed the wine in one gulp.

"Respect the royal family, respect the future!" all the elders shouted in unison.

"Come on, keep playing the music, keep dancing!" Wang Lei continued. Immediately, several dancers stepped forward and began to perform.

This gathering is an internal family reunion of the Wang family, which is held every year. The purpose of holding it is to plan for future development and to send various members into some major sects and forces to establish cooperative relationships and gain their support.

The Lin family was the same back then. Lin Chen still vaguely remembered that on the night of the banquet, the elders would give him a lot of things, some of which were gold soul coins, and some of which were supplements that could improve physical fitness. However, at that time, Lin Chen only thought they tasted good.

In the front courtyard of the Prince's Mansion, several servants were patrolling.

Suddenly, a black figure appeared in front of a servant who was on patrol. Before the servant could react, he found that he could not make a sound.

"Who's there?" A Soul Master asked, having heard a faint sound. But what he heard was so faint that it would be impossible for anyone other than a Spirit-type Soul Master to detect it.

"Captain, there's no one here." Lin Chen, who had quickly changed his clothes, lowered his voice and imitated the voice of the servant from before.

The captain ignored him and waved his hand, signaling to continue patrolling.

Lin Chen then imitated the way servants patrolled and continued to pretend to patrol.

"Am I hallucinating?" the captain thought, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.

"He's actually a mental-type Soul Master." Through his mental probing, Lin Chen discovered that the captain was indeed a mental-type Soul Master, no wonder he was so alert just now.

"Sigh, it's a pity he ended up in the Wang family's dog cage and became their lackey." Lin Chen sighed silently in his heart, looking at the captain as if he were looking at a dead man.

As Lin Chen passed by the captain again, he deliberately ran up to him, took out a bag of gold soul coins, and whispered, "Captain, this is the protection fee I collected today." His tone was full of flattery.

After observing for several days, Lin Chen discovered that the servant he had just killed would go to some of the more bustling shops every day to collect protection money, and then hand over a small portion to the patrol team leader. This greatly increased his chances of being promoted.

Those who can set up stalls in that area earn money in units of gold soul coins, so the servant naturally collected a lot of gold soul coins, giving only a small portion to the captain.

Lin Chen had witnessed all of his actions over the past few days, and now, Lin Chen was imitating him by slipping a bag of gold soul coins into the captain's hand.

Holding the bag and weighing it in his hand, the captain's face lit up with satisfaction. He laughed heartily and said, "Just wait and see about your matter; it won't be long before it's settled."

"Thank you for your kind words, Captain," Lin Chen continued to flatter.

The captain said no more, waved his hand, and signaled Lin Chen to continue patrolling.

Midnight arrived quickly, and when the soul bell rang, the next batch of people to take over the shift had already arrived.

Lin Chen and his shift also finished smoothly and returned to their rooms to rest.

The hall was still filled with singing and dancing at this moment.

"Master, as per Xiao Lei's request, I found a perfect match for her a few days ago in a poor people's market. She's a little girl, and I've brought her back. She's currently being held in the dungeon."

"Okay, you can go now," Wang Lei nodded in satisfaction and said.

On the other side, Lin Chen used the excuse of going to a brothel to listen to music to leave the entire patrol team alone.

Following his memory, Lin Chen found a room where Wang Lei lived. After using his mental power to check and confirm that no one was there, he began to search the room.

Since we're already here, how can we not get some reward? Let's raid this bastard's place first.

As he searched, it suddenly seemed as if he had touched a switch. Wang Lei's large bed slowly moved, and a bottomless passage appeared before Lin Chen's eyes.

Lin Chen went inside.

Upon entering the dungeon, Lin Chen felt nauseous; each cell was filled with bloodied people.

Seeing this, Lin Chen exclaimed in surprise, "I never expected that bastard to be an evil soul master." With this scene right in front of him, Lin Chen knew perfectly well what Wang Lei had done.

If that's the case, then his upgrade speed has definitely exceeded his expectations, which would be bad.

"There's still a life force in the cage right in front of you," Qian Renxue suddenly said.

Lin Chen hurriedly ran to the outside of the cage directly in front of him and activated his mental power to investigate. He sensed a steady life force.

Upon closer inspection, he saw a little girl, dressed in tattered clothes, fast asleep on the ground, surrounded by countless blood-soaked figures. He summoned the Seven Kill Sword and lightly sliced ​​through the lock, instantly breaking it. Lin Chen stepped forward and noticed the little girl had dark circles under her eyes, which were also swollen and red.

"She must have not slept for many days, and her eyes look like they've been crying for a long time," Lin Chen said, feeling a pang of pity in his heart.

"So you're the kid from the Lin family who survived back then?" A dark figure slowly materialized.

Lin Chen had already discovered his presence; he must have been discovered when he broke the lock on the cage.

However, Lin Chen didn't run away at the moment. Since he had been discovered, there was no point in running away. He might as well stay and buy time to think of a solution.

"It is indeed me. Do you have any connection with Wang Lei?" Lin Chen asked calmly.

"Haha, you're quite composed. Sixth-ring cultivation, not bad at all. I'll give you two choices: first, join my Holy Sect; second, become my nourishment," the black-robed man said calmly.

The Holy Religion? The Holy Spirit Religion? I never expected that the Sun and Moon Empire would start making plans so early.

"Alright, but you must wait until I've settled my affairs, and you must help me conceal the presence of the entire Wang family so that no one outside can detect it. If I kill Wang Lei, I will naturally join your Holy Cult; if I die, that is destiny."

The man in black robes looked at Lin Chen with some surprise, then slowly nodded, "Alright!" He then reached out and cast a mark.

"This is my mark, it won't affect your performance. But if you win and Wang Lei dares to back out, you will turn into a pool of blood."

After he finished speaking, a massive surge of soul power instantly enveloped the entire palace. Everything that happened within the palace was blocked.

(End of this chapter)