An Zaihe stopped in his tracks, awkwardly smiled and said, "Since you, Elder Jin, have reconciled with Mr. Lin, I guess there's no need for me to stay here anymore."

Jin Dongguo sneered, "Don't leave yet. Mr. Lin likes making friends, let's sit down and have a good talk!"

As he spoke, he glared at the trembling students from Stick Country, "What are you still looking at? Get lost, all of you."

At that moment, the students from Stick Country were terrified. They had originally thought Elder Jin was one of their own, but they hadn't expected that he had truly become Lin Chen's servant.

Lin Chen also smiled at An Xiaodi, "Xiaodi, let the students disperse. We have matters to discuss.

An Xiaodi nodded, then led the students away.

Seeing that everyone had left, An Zaihe inwardly groaned.

"An Zaihe, now can you tell us the purpose of your visit to Huaxia?" Jin Dongguo coldly said.

An Zaihe's face turned pale; he had never anticipated that Jin Dongguo would genuinely recognize Lin Chen as his master and be so loyal, not even sparing him.

"Jin Dongguo, you actually recognize a Huaxia person as your master. You're truly disgracing Stick Country. I don't understand what you are saying," An Zaihe coldly responded.

"Don't understand?" Jin Dongguo grabbed An Zaihe's neck and lifted him into the air.

"I think you might be able to remember now."

An Zaihe's legs kicked wildly in the air, but he still spoke defiantly, "Cough, cough, even if you kill me, I will not speak."

"Jin Long Apostle, we are a nation of etiquette. How can we treat a distant guest this way!" Lin Chen said with a beaming smile as he walked over.

"Yes, Master!" Jin Dongguo then threw An Zaihe on the ground.

An Zaihe clutched his throat, coughed violently a few times, and glared at Jin Dongguo with cold eyes.

"Jin Dongguo, do you realize the consequences of what you're doing?"

Jin Dongguo snorted, "Consequences? Now that Lin Chen is my master, I will be loyal to him until death. It's you who should think about the consequences if you don't confess honestly."

Seeing Jin Dongguo's icy gaze, An Zaihe felt disheartened and glanced warily at Lin Chen.

How did this young man do it, managing to brainwash Jin Dongguo into such subservience?

Lin Chen, smiling radiantly, approached An Zaihe and said, "Will you tell, or shall I help you?"

An Zaihe scoffed, "Hmph, I'd rather die than say anything. You can forget it."

Lin Chen smiled coldly, "It seems you have quite the backbone! However, whether you speak is not up to you in front of me."

As he finished speaking, Lin Chen's golden eyes flashed.

"Ah!"

An Zaihe's expression changed, and he now looked at Lin Chen with respect.

"Master, what would you like to know?" An Zaihe asked respectfully.

"What is the purpose of your visit to Huaxia?" Lin Chen coldly asked.

An Zaihe said, "The purpose of my visit to Huaxia was to connect with the Zhou family and gather intelligence."

"Zhou family, always the Zhou family." Lin Chen's eyes grew cold.

An Zaihe continued, "The Family Head Zhou Batian reached out to us, hoping to exchange some information from the Dragon Group for a Five Elements Chart we recently obtained."

"Five Elements Chart?" Lin Chen's interest piqued upon hearing the name.

"Where is the Five Elements Chart?" Lin Chen hurriedly asked.

Struggling visibly but still respectful under the influence of the Soul Capturing Technique, An Zaihe confessed,

"The Five Elements Chart is on me." Saying this, An Zaihe pulled out the chart from his inner pocket.

Lin Chen had never anticipated such an unexpected gain.

He opened the Elemental Diagram, and couldn't help but feel elated. This diagram was of the Earth Attribute. Previously, he had found the Heart of Flame using a Fire Attribute Diagram; now he understood the value of these diagrams even more.

After securing the diagram, Lin Chen gave a cold smile, "When and where is your meeting supposed to take place?"

"Tonight at eight o'clock, at the Ru Feng Clubhouse by the river moat in Capital City," An Zaihe answered honestly.

"Ru Feng Clubhouse? Good, let's make preparations to keep the appointment!" Lin Chen said with a smile.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the Ru Feng Clubhouse, Jin Dongguo and An Zaihe walked into the club side by side.

At that moment, a smiling waiter asked¸ "Do gentlemen have a reservation?"

An Zaihe nodded, "Mr. Zhou asked us to come, the reservation's under 'Imperial Room'."

"Mr. Zhou?" The waiter's face immediately showed a respectful expression.

"Please follow me." The waiter led them to the elevator.

After navigating a narrow corridor, the waiter finally brought them to a luxuriously decorated private room.

At that time, Lin Chen, who was hidden, followed them into the Imperial Room.

An old man was sitting in a grandmaster's chair drinking tea inside the private room. Lin Chen recognized him at a glance—it was the same old man in black who had acted during their last struggle over the Elemental Diagram.

Seeing the two men, the old man stood up with a genial smile, "Brother Zaihe, it's been days since we've seen each other; are you well?"

An Zaihe also smiled, "Mr. Zhou, you are still vigorous as ever!"

Then, pointing to Jin Dongguo, An Zaihe said, "This is Brother Dongguo, a Martial Artist just like you."

"Martial Artist?" Zhou Yuan's gaze swept over Jin Dongguo.

"An SSS-tier powerhouse, haha, indeed a master," Zhou Yuan laughed heartily.

After a few pleasantries, they sat down according to their status, and Zhou Yuan eagerly asked, "Did you bring the stuff?"

An Zaihe nodded, "Do you have what we want?"

Zhou Yuan smiled, pulling out a USB drive, "Everything is right here; our Zhou Family took great risks to obtain this."

"The value of our item should be enough to exchange for your information," An Zaihe said, pointing to the sheepskin map in his hand.

Zhou Yuan smiled, "It's a matter of mutual need."

The two exchanged items. An Zaihe opened his laptop and accessed the files in the USB drive. It contained a list and seeing that list made Lin Chen's heart skip a beat.

The Zhou Family was incredibly audacious. This data was about the Dragon Group's members in Jin Dongguo. If this intelligence leaked, the loss to the Dragon Group would be immeasurable.

"The Zhou Family is really courting death," Lin Chen's eyes flashed coldly.

In Zhou Yuan's hands was the Earth Attribute Elemental Diagram, but it was a fake-T, because it was a modified version of the map of the Capital City Zoo.

If the Zhou Family pursued the secret hinted at by the map, they would be astonished to find that the location indicated is next to the bear pavilion's restroom.

Zhou Yuan studied the Elemental Diagram for a long time without understanding what it was about, but he thought that Jin Dongguo wouldn't dare to deceive the Zhou Family since it was also a matter of reputation, and the Zhou Family's influence in Jin Dongguo was substantial.

"Now that serious business is over, let's have a simple meal!" Zhou Yuan said with a smile.

An Zaihe stood up, "I still have official duties to take care of, let's eat another time."

Zhou Yuan, feeling more anxious than An Zaihe, yet smiled, "Well then, next time I shall properly play the host."

After leaving the clubhouse, with the USB drive in hand, Lin Chen drove straight to the Dragon Group headquarters.

With this USB drive and the video just recorded, the Zhou Family is in for big trouble!