Chapter 54: Undercover Agent Becomes the Boss?

A black Gorilla clenched its fists and charged towards the group, while Senior Sister Leng Hanyue rushed forward with an excited expression on her face, her tiny fists colliding directly with the Gorilla's massive fist.

With a howl, the Gorilla was sent flying directly by Senior Sister Leng Hanyue.

Its thick arm was also twisted into a bizarre arc.

Lin Mo could not help laughing and said: "Senior Sister, you are even fiercer than the Gorilla. You even broke its arm with your blow."

Senior Sister Leng Hanyue glared at Lin Mo: "If you run your mouth any more, you had better watch your own arms too."

Lin Mo turned his head away and ignored her, thinking that a good man does not fight with women.

Meanwhile, the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect's main headquarters had already dispatched an Elder, Zhao Sanjia, who had already arrived near the Langya Branch's encampment.

The Branch Master had applied for the highest-grade reward from the main headquarters, and it was even for a Disciple who had only joined the branch a few days ago.

In the message talisman, the other party praised Lin Mo to high heaven, painting him as a one-in-a-million bad guy unlike anyone else in heaven or on earth.

And most importantly, he was wholeheartedly dedicated to making contributions to the Sect, even willing to work overtime voluntarily.

At first, Zhao Sanjia simply did not believe it when he heard this; across the entire Demonic Path, there was no Sect whose Disciples were willing to work overtime voluntarily.

Who would have thought that their Soul-Devouring Beast Sect would actually produce such a bad person? He simply had to see what kind of demeanor this person possessed.

However, as soon as he entered the branch, Zhao Sanjia furrowed his brows and looked at the utter mess scattered all around.

There were still quite a few high-Rank Spirit Beasts running around everywhere, angering him enough to strike out in fury.

Countless wisps of Devilish Qi surged from within his body, and any Spirit Beast tainted by the Devilish Qi was reduced to a pool of blood in less than a moment.

Within a dozen breaths, those high-Rank Spirit Beasts that were still resisting had been completely slaughtered.

Elder Zhao Sanjia said in a gloomy tone with a frown: "Which of you can explain to me why the Spirit Beasts are rioting!"

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing looked at Lin Mo with bitter hatred: "Elder, it is all his fault! I should never have recruited him into the Sect back then. His strange Medicinal Pill triggered the Spirit Beast riot, ruining all the years of painstaking effort of our Langya Branch in an instant."

Zhao Sanjia frowned as he looked at the few of them: "What is going on!"

Lin Mo and the others tightly gripped their Magic Treasures, ready to burst into resistance at any moment.

Senior Sister Huang Doudou had the highest cultivation level, so she silently stepped to the very front and transmitted her voice to the rest of them: "I have a secret technique that can briefly hold off this Core Formation Elder. If a fight breaks out later, the few of you must hurry up and run!"

Lin Mo stepped forward, sneered, and said: "Elder, please examine this clearly. I am merely a humble Cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, while the Branch Master's cultivation is at the Core Formation Stage. How could I possibly destroy the Langya Branch?"

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing was so infuriated that he coughed up a large mouthful of blood. With his natal Spirit Beast betraying him and suffering a backlash, he had already sustained heavy injuries.

Zhao Sanjia wore a suspicious expression. Although Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing spoke with a plausible argument, Lin Mo's cultivation was solidly in the Foundation Establishment Stage:

"Speak the truth. I think it is you, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing, who has no truth in your mouth, managing the Langya Branch into such a complete mess that these Spirit Beasts staged a riot!"

"If a mere Cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage can shake the Langya Branch, then there is no need for this branch of yours to continue existing."

Feeling deeply wronged, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing coughed up a large mouthful of blood in anger: "You rascal Lin Mo, to think I treated you so well! Since you ruined my Langya Branch, watch me kill you first!"

Before Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing could make a move, Zhao Sanjia was already gripping him by the throat, saying with cold eyes: "I asked you to give me an explanation, not for you to kill people. Trying to commit murder right in front of old me, aren't you completely ignoring old me?"

"You, tell me, why did these Spirit Beasts rebel?"

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing wore a grievance-filled expression; with the other party choking his neck, he had no way to speak at all.

At this moment, Lin Mo hurriedly cut in to say: "Elder, the Sect Master asked me to refine an enlightenment pill. In the end, I refined a ninth-grade Medicinal Pill. After feeding these Medicinal Pills to the Spirit Beasts, they were all able to speak, and their intelligence also improved significantly."

"As for how the Branch Master usually managed the Spirit Beasts and why they rebelled, I do not know. I am merely a humble alchemist; the Branch Master told me to do Alchemy, so I did Alchemy, and I never thought about anything else at all."

After finishing, Lin Mo also spread his hands with a wronged expression.

Zhao Sanjia exerted a bit more force with the hand gripping his throat: "In that case, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing, tell me what the Spirit Beasts usually do."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing's eyes flickered, and he stammered without being able to get the words out: "Elder, usually the Spirit Beasts are just raised here, and they do not have to do anything at all!"

As a high-tier Cultivator, Zhao Sanjia could naturally tell that the other party was not telling the truth at all.

With a single hand exerting force, he directly snapped Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing's neck.

With a cold snort, he said: "Since you are unwilling to speak, then don't say anything at all!"

Lin Mo hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The Elder is truly wise. The Branch Master must have harbored malicious intentions against the faith of the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect for a long time, which is why the Spirit Beasts took advantage of the chaos to rebel against the Langya Branch. If not for your timely appearance, the century-old foundation of the Langya Branch would likely have been ruined in an instant."

Zhao Sanjia spoke with a faint, elusive smile at the corner of his mouth:

"You brat handled matters quite well. Although this Medicinal Pill has some side effects, it also timely averted Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing's rebellion. Coincidentally, the position of Branch Master for the Langya Branch has become vacant. A natural-born scoundrel like you is truly rare, so you shall inherit the position of Branch Master. I hope you will carry forward and develop the Langya Branch."

Lin Mo pointed at himself with an uncertain expression: "Elder, are you certain? I can be the Branch Master of the Langya Branch?"

Zhao Sanjia nodded: "What? Do you lack confidence? I am not afraid to tell you that if you do not perform well as the Branch Master, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing will be your end."

Lin Mo hesitated for a moment and said: "No problem, Elder. I already have a way to make the branch thrive and prosper."

Zhao Sanjia looked curious: "Oh? Let's hear it."

Lin Mo gathered his thoughts and said: "Elder, the reason why the Spirit Beasts of the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect rioted this time is simply because the branch mistreated them on ordinary days. After these Spirit Beasts gained intelligence, they harbored resentment toward the Sect."

"We might as well change our mindset: instead of restricting the freedom of these Spirit Beasts, we can make them work for us."

"Since these Spirit Beasts have already consumed the enlightenment pills, they will certainly no longer be willing to return to their previous muddle-headed state. By paying wages with enlightenment pills, if the Spirit Beasts want to obtain them, they can only work hard."

"Furthermore, we can also have them work in two twelve-hour shifts, mining day and night without stopping. We can even rent Spirit Beasts from Spirit Beast shops, letting the Spirit Beasts earn back their own rental fees themselves, while everything left over is money we earn."

"From now on, we will no longer be slave owners, but Spirit Beast entrepreneurs. We don't need to give the Spirit Beasts too much salary; doing so will actually be even more beneficial for their drive to strive."

Zhao Sanjia's eyes widened, a turbulent storm churning within his heart. He raised his thumb and said: "This is the first time I have ever met a black-hearted Demonic Path Cultivator like you."