Mu Hongchen controlled the intelligence of Dragon King Hall, and upon hearing Mu Jinyu's question, he replied, "Reporting to the Dragon King, I have been investigating the situations of the Fallen Splendor's Sub-Halls for the past few days and have made some findings, but currently, I've only identified one sub-hall located in Dongying."
"Dongying?!" After listening to Mu Hongchen's response, Mu Jinyu nodded slightly and tapped his hand on the table, then said, "Alright, book the flight tickets for me, I need to go there and deal with this sub-hall."
"Yes!"
Mu Hongchen respectfully answered and then took out his smartphone to make the arrangements for Mu Jinyu.
"That's all for now, I'm not planning to take over your responsibilities, keep operating as you were."
As Mu Jinyu spoke, he stood up from the large wooden table and said, "You may all leave now."
The attendees respectfully responded and then left.
Most of the major duties in Dragon King Hall had originally been monopolized by the Old Dragon King. It was only after his health declined that authority and duties had gradually been delegated to the Seven Great Hall Masters.
If Mu Jinyu wanted to take them back, they wouldn't dare say anything.
However, Mu Jinyu never aimed to hold power in Dragon King Hall, so he didn't want to compete with them for it. They could handle things, and he would make the major decisions.
The six Sub-hall Masters and the Twenty-Eight Star Lords left the conference room, leaving only Xiang Mantang alone.
"Dragon Master, you shouldn't do this..."
With a complex expression, Xiang Mantang looked at Mu Jinyu and couldn't help but advise him.
"When no one's around, you don't have to call me Dragon Master, Dragon King, I'm not used to it." Mu Jinyu shook his head.
"You'll get used to it after a while, just like when we first joined our master's path and I started calling you 'senior brother', you weren't used to that either, but later on, it became natural," Xiang Mantang said softly.
Mu Jinyu paused upon hearing this, then grimaced and said, "As you wish."
Xiang Mantang again advised, "Dragon Master, you really shouldn't continue to delegate authority to us, I'm not saying this to oppose anyone, but thinking of Dragon King Hall."
After pausing, Xiang Mantang continued, "When the Old Dragon King was in good health, holding authority, Dragon King Hall was solid as iron. But as his health deteriorated and he became too weak to handle so many trivial matters, delegating duties to us, the Seven Hall Masters, Dragon King Hall started to become disjointed. Some began to act first and report afterwards, or even, act and not report, hiding their actions."
With a bitter smile, Xiang Mantang said, "After all, the Old Dragon King had said that regarding the tasks delegated to us, we should handle everything ourselves, without needing his prior approval."
Mu Jinyu, listening to Xiang Mantang's words, immediately thought of Shen Cangsheng, Qin Qiaochu, and Di Yin, those fairly restless ones.
He had heard that they were not soldiers promoted by the Old Dragon King, but were rather parachuted in.
Always ambitious, wanting to control Dragon King Hall; even though they still didn't dare to act recklessly under the Old Dragon King's suppression, they also didn't dare to cause trouble when his health failed.
After all, they were preparing to compete for the position of Tiance True Dragon. If they caused Dragon King Hall to split into factions, what use would it be to them even if they succeeded?
But now, with the Tiance True Dragon taken over by himself and no longer involving them, who knows if the long-repressed dissent might erupt?
Mu Jinyu tapped his fingers on the table and sighed softly, "I understand. Later, notify them all, hand over the military power, and everything else to you."
Shocked, Xiang Mantang quickly replied, "I'm not seeking to gain power for myself, by doing this, you're really putting me on the hot seat!"
Mu Jinyu sighed, "Just handle it for now, you're more familiar with Dragon King Hall than I am. I now need to personally destroy Fallen Splendor, which takes so much effort for these mundane tasks. After Fallen Splendor is dealt with, we can transfer the duties."
With a bitter smile, Xiang Mantang said, "Aren't you afraid that by then, Dragon King Hall might have a new master?"
Mu Jinyu laughed, "If that happens, I would welcome it. You know I never really wanted to be the Dragon King. If you hadn't stubbornly refused to succeed the Tiance True Dragon, would I need to go through all this hassle?"
Xiang Mantang thought for a moment and sighed, "Forget it, you can be the hands-off manager for a while, but once you're free, don't expect me to manage things for you again."
"That's more like it. I'm leaving now, the matter is in your hands."
Upon hearing Xiang Mantang agree, Mu Jinyu chuckled lightly, then left him to think alone in the meeting room while he himself stepped away from the meeting table.
Upon leaving the meeting room, Mu Jinyu went to the lounge to pick a few people to accompany him to Dongying to annihilate the Fallen Splendor Sub-Hall there.
After all, he wasn't sure how many followers the entire sub-hall had, and he guessed that Mu Hongchen's investigation in such a short time wouldn't have yielded much. What if there were too many followers, and he couldn't kill them all on his own? What would they do if they escaped?
Therefore, bringing along a few more people to block the exits would make it much easier for him when it came time to settle the score.
In the lounge, Mu Jinyu chose a few acquaintances to join him on his trip to Dongying that afternoon.
They were Star General Niu Jin, Chen Sheng; Jiaomu Star Lord, Zhao Yuan; Maori Star Lord, Gao Yu.
That afternoon, around four o'clock.
Mu Jinyu and a few others, including Chen Sheng, took a private jet to Tokyo and, after some traveling, finally arrived at a small town in the suburb of the capital.
"According to the information from the Yuheng Hall Master, that dilapidated church in front of the small town should be the Fallen Splendor Sub-Hall," said Zhao Yuan while standing under a cherry blossom tree, gazing at the run-down, derelict church.
"Right, let's move at nightfall," Mu Jinyu said in a low voice, hands behind him, gazing at the slowly rotating clock on the dilapidated church and sensing the unobservable, nefarious aura with a slight squint of his eyes.
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Zhao Yuan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
They had actually feared that upon arriving here, Mu Jinyu might disregard everything and begin a massacre in broad daylight, just as he had done a few days ago while Su Zijin was managing the affairs after the Old Dragon King's demise, when he had disappeared and had gone to Europe to obliterate a Fallen Splendor Sub-Hall.
At that time, he had slaughtered the entire sub-hall's sinners during the day, not only seen by people but also recorded on video, which had triggered major upheaval.
If not for Xiang Mantang handling the aftermath, he might still be being pursued in Europe.
Therefore, they had been quite afraid that Mu Jinyu wouldn't be able to suppress his rage and would similarly initiate a bloody revenge here.
"Let's go have dinner first," Mu Jinyu said after withdrawing his gaze, walking towards the small town.
"Yes."
Zhao Yuan and the others agreed and followed Mu Jinyu's steps into the town.
After they finished eating.
The sky above the small town gradually darkened.
However, Mu Jinyu was not in a hurry to start settling scores yet; instead, he waited for the sky to grow even darker and almost everyone to go to rest before heading towards the dilapidated church.
Then, he kicked open the grand doors of the church!
"Bang!"