Gao Wu: Others practice martial arts, but you cultivate immortality?

Meng Zhe did not try to deny it and quickly confessed.

The mere fact that Chu Yuan appeared before him shattered his psychological defenses.

He was also under the command of the Zhenwu Bureau, so he was naturally familiar with their internal methods.

He usually uses it on others, but now... he doesn't want it used on him...

After informing his family, Meng Zhe had already resigned himself to his fate.

The banned drug sold at Nightfall Bar was indeed his... called One Night Paradise, made from materials from exotic beasts, and possesses extremely strong hallucinogenic and addictive properties!

The refining process is even less complicated; as long as you master the raw materials and basic alchemy techniques, you can make it...

If a martial artist takes it, they will become addicted and continue to buy it to maintain this feeling, until they sell all their resources, or... sell themselves!

Ordinary people, lacking the mental and physical strength of martial artists, would be immersed in intense hallucinations until death once they ingested the substance...

That is, what is commonly referred to as "ecstasy"...

This was the first time Chu Yuan had ever seen such a thing—a drug among martial artists!

He looked at Meng Zhe and sighed, "You're a talent, but also a beast."

If this thing were to appear in the Qin Dynasty, or even on the battlefield outside the heavens... Chu Yuan dared not imagine what the Qin Dynasty's higher-ups would do.

I'm afraid even if Meng Zhe were tortured to death a thousand times, it still wouldn't be enough to quell the hatred.

Meng Zhe's face was ashen, and he remained silent...

"What about ordinary people? They can't afford the prices here, can they?"

"This... I definitely didn't do it! Someone just wanted to have some fun!"

At first, very few people did it, but later many people followed suit...

"I see, they're all beasts, aren't they?"

"At the very least, the people who have taken One Night in Paradise are..."

"Your grandfather is at the sixth level, and you are at the fifth level, and you both work in the Zhenwu Bureau;

"I don't understand, why do you need to control so many martial artists?" Chu Yuan asked, puzzled.

Even if you're recruiting subordinates, this isn't how you do it! Besides, the Zhenwu Bureau itself has sufficient military strength; what trouble could Meng Zhe not handle?

"The Zhenwu Bureau isn't my family's... There are always some things that I'm not comfortable doing, or that I'm too lazy to do."

They have no factions, so even if I do something bad, no one will suspect me.

And... I wouldn't feel sorry for him if he died.

"You're being petty, aren't you?" Chu Yuan teased. "Look at Commander Li's son, he directly joined forces with rebels to massacre an entire city. That kind of magnanimity is more befitting of your status!"

Meng Zhe seemed to know something about this matter, or rather, the shady dealings in the matter were so obvious that anyone with eyes could see it immediately.

He gave a wry smile and said, "My father isn't a military commander..."

"So you mean if your father were in power, you'd dare do this?"

"Of course not, his technique is too crude... something bad is bound to happen sooner or later."

Chu Yuan became interested: "Then tell me, what is the 'not rough' technique? If it were you, how would you do it?"

"Of course..." Meng Zhe paused, then asked, "Will you let me go if I tell you?"

Chu Yuan smiled and said, "What are you thinking? Of course not."

"Then I won't say anything more..."

"Okay, I'll go to the Meng family right away."

"...If it were me, I would at least not arrive right after the other party has finished their blood sacrifice;

Since they've already colluded, why don't they just join each other in action?

Even if they find a few more scapegoats every ten days or so, it would still be enough to satisfy the higher-ups, and logically it would make sense...

In addition, everyone is short of martial arts resources, but if you want to plunder them, you need to be skillful.

Sacrificing a city in blood would attract too much attention. My method—controlling them through special means and making them willingly offer sacrifices—is a more sustainable, long-term strategy.

"But if he joins the other side directly, won't they be able to use his weakness against him?"

Furthermore, your approach... if scaled up, will also attract attention.

"So what if we have something on you? Who would believe what a rebel organization says?"

My method... actually involved preparing a scapegoat...

"Who?"

Meng Zhe looked at Larry: "It's him, a member of the Day of Vengeance... If anyone notices anything unusual about the bar, I just need to pin it all on him."

Larry had just executed the two martial artists who had tried to undermine Meng Zhe and was trying to keep his presence to himself. Upon hearing this, his expression changed drastically.

Without caring why Meng Zhe knew his identity, he moved and crashed into the nearest wall!

But the next moment, I felt myself being bound and unable to move at all!

Chu Yuan asked nonchalantly, "This run-down place of yours is truly a hidden gem... but he doesn't seem very willing to cooperate?"

"He can..." Meng Zhe told Larry an address;

In an instant, Larry turned ashen-faced, and even after Chu Yuan released his control, he did not choose to escape again.

Instead, she walked stiffly over and knelt beside Meng Zhe...

At this point, he was well aware that he had already been betrayed by the organization... Even if he managed to escape now, what would be the point?

Chu Yuan shook his head: "Still threatening family? That's so unoriginal... I thought you had some other clever tricks up your sleeve."

Why need something new? As long as it works, isn't that enough?

Didn't you just threaten me like that?

Chu Yuan thought for a moment and agreed, "You're right!"

But since you've prepared a scapegoat, why not use it? Maybe you'll fool me.

"I didn't expect you to show up so suddenly..." Meng Zhe said bitterly, "We've studied you; you're not a reasonable person."

"Disgrace! I've always been as warm as a spring breeze to my own people!"

"But aren't we on the same side?"

"You're right about that..."

"Kill! Kill him! Rescue Captain Meng!" A loud shout suddenly rang out, and from the crowd, a brown-haired youth leaped up, wielding a dagger and lunging forward;

Chu Yuan cast a casual glance, devoid of any energy fluctuation, but Chu Yuan suddenly plummeted to the ground, the light in his pupils rapidly fading...

Ignoring the commotion in the crowd, he looked at Meng Zhe and smiled, "I didn't expect you to be so popular."

"Heh..." Meng Zhe's expression was complicated;

Then he saw a faint, seven-colored light flash by, and his body fell straight forward...

As if it were just a prelude, a series of dull thuds echoed through the bar as people collapsed to the ground.

Chu Yuan didn't even bother to use Mo Ying against the martial artists here who were at the highest level of the fourth realm, except for Meng Zhe. He could simply use a wisp of his divine sense to annihilate their consciousness!

The crowd was terrified, cried out in alarm, and tried to flee;

Some people managed to escape, as if the being was too lazy to bother with them;

But many more people disappeared without a trace after that instant...