Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City-Chapter 483 Task

Chen Fan asked, "What is the requirement?"

Elder Lingxi replied, "You need to help our Divine Covenant complete a task. The difficulty of this task is somewhat high, and we have not found a suitable person for it. It so happens that you meet the requirements for this task. As long as you agree to help us this one time, our cooperation can be established."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Fan said, "First, tell me the details of this task."

Elder Lingxi said, "Three years ago, we saved an individual from the Ye Family, a leading family in the world. This person was a son-in-law from a side branch of the Ye Family. When we found him, he had already sustained heavy injuries and was on the brink of death."

"After questioning, we learned that this son-in-law held a low status within the Ye Family and was subjected to beatings and scoldings, living a life even worse than a servant’s. Having seen no hope in life, he contemplated suicide."

"Coincidentally, he overheard a conversation about the high-level members of the Ye Family colluding with an evil sect, which went against his beliefs and made him feel the world was incredibly grim, leading him to lose his will to live even more."

"Consequently, he chose a cliff and jumped off, wishing to end his own life and cease the agony."

"However, by a stroke of luck, as he fell off the cliff, he was momentarily caught by a tree, which spared his life. It just so happened that people from the Divine Covenant were passing by and saved him."

"After learning that we were from the Divine Covenant, he told us about the collusion between the Ye Family and the evil sect, hoping that we could punish the Ye Family, lest numerous lives be lost at their hands."

"Soon after revealing this, he passed away. The Ye Family’s influence is immense, and even our Divine Covenant cannot easily take action against them. Therefore, for the past three years, we’ve been covertly observing them and indeed noticed some interactions between members of the Ye Family and the evil sect. Yet, we have not found substantive evidence of collusion between them."

"Thus, we need someone to infiltrate the Ye Family and find evidence of their collusion with the evil sect so that we have a valid reason to act against them."

"At present, our only breakthrough is this son-in-law from a side branch of the Ye Family."

"He did not tell anyone about his attempt at suicide, so to this day, the Ye Family members think he is merely missing, unaware of his death. Therefore, we thought of finding someone to impersonate him, sneak into the Ye Family, and seek out evidence."

"But, by doing so, we can only find someone of similar age to the son-in-law to impersonate him; otherwise, the disguise would be easily seen through. While there are plenty of prodigies within the Divine Covenant, including those in their twenties who have reached the Divine Realm, most of them only possess the strength of the first or second rank of the Divine Realm."

"The Ye Family is powerfully established, with many masters in their ranks, not far behind the Divine Covenant. Sending young masters of the first or second rank of the Divine Realm places them in grave danger. Moreover, should they be exposed by the masters of the Ye Family, we would risk losing a promising youngster before we could even obtain the evidence. Hence, this plan has always been on hold and has not been truly implemented."

"Your arrival, however, has given us hope. You are about the same age as that son-in-law from the Ye Family, and your strength is remarkable. You easily outplayed us with a Formation, so dealing with the Ye Family members should be within your capabilities. Moreover, you bear a slight resemblance to that son-in-law. With a bit of Facial Disguise, you could perfectly pass off as him."

"And do you know what the most important thing is?"

Chen Fan inquired, "What?"

Xiao Zhantian, who was nearby, said with a smile, "The most important thing is that, after investigating your background, we found that you have been a son-in-law as well. You are practically a professional in this regard, so impersonating the Ye Family’s son-in-law should come naturally to you."

Chen Fan: "..."

Elder Lingxi said with a smile, "In summary, as long as you agree to help us this once, we are willing to share with you the top-secret information you want to know."

After giving it some thought, Chen Fan felt this was not too difficult a task and nodded, "Alright, I agree to help you. Now, tell me about that crescent-shaped mark."

Elder Lingxi replied with a smile, "If we were to tell you now, and you turned your back on the task, what would we do then? Moreover, this is the highest secret of the Divine Covenant, and I am only roughly aware of it. The detailed information lies in the hands of our Alliance Hierarch. As long as you help us complete the task and fulfill your agreement to cooperate with us, our Alliance Hierarch will tell you everything about the mark."

Chen Fan slightly furrowed his brow and said, "But what if I complete the task, and it turns out that you have no idea what the mark represents, and you’re just stringing me along to do your bidding? What then?"

Elder Lingxi responded, "The Divine Covenant would not engage in such dishonest acts. Moreover, I can reveal to you now that the mark is related to a supremely powerful woman and secrets from Ancient Times. If you don’t believe that, then there is nothing more I can do."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fan already knew that Elder Lingxi wasn’t deceiving him, as the hand that had struck him during his encounter with the mysterious figure in a black cloak was indeed that of a woman.

What he hadn’t expected was that the crescent-shaped mark would also be related to Ancient secrets. He wondered about the identity of that enigmatic person in the black cloak.

He knew it would be impossible to get the information he wanted from the members of the Divine Covenant just then, so he resigned himself to suppressing his curiosity. He turned to Elder Lingxi and Xiao Zhantian and said, "Alright, I agree to help you."

Elder Lingxi and Xiao Zhantian were visibly joyous upon hearing this; after all, in this cooperation, the Divine Covenant only had to disclose the contents of their top secret, while the benefits they would gain far exceeded the value of the secret itself.

Their attitude toward Chen Fan changed dramatically. Even Xiao Zhantian, who had previously been stern, now looked at Chen Fan as if he were looking at his own son.

Elder Lingxi said, "Then let’s wish for a pleasant collaboration! You probably don’t know much about the Ye Family, do you? Later, I’ll have someone send over some information for you to go through, to make sure there won’t be any slips when you’re posing as the Ye Family’s son-in-law."

Chen Fan thought to himself, how could I not know about the Ye Family? I had a major young master from a collateral branch and two elders die by my hands—how could that be considered anything but familiar?

He had thought that after dealing with those few from the Ye Family in the Mysterious Lady’s tomb, he wouldn’t cross paths with this clan again. Yet here he was, about to impersonate a son-in-law in the Ye Family.

It’d be fine if I were to impersonate Ye Lingyun at least—he’s a young master of a collateral branch with not a low status. Now, to impersonate a son-in-law, wouldn’t I still be subjected to cold looks and bullying?

However, he also knew that for Ye Family members like Ye Lingyun, who held slightly higher status, the family had ways to investigate whether they were alive or dead. The Ye Family members probably already knew that Ye Lingyun and those two elders were no longer alive, so trying to impersonate Ye Lingyun would likely see through the ruse right from the start.

At that moment, Xiao Zhantian laughed heartily, saying to Chen Fan, "Chen Fan, for someone as young as you to have such talent and mastery over such incredible formations, you’re truly exceptional; a dragon among men. You are far more impressive than I was at your age."

"I have a son about your age. I reckon you two might find some common ground. When the time comes, I’ll introduce him to you so you can become friends. It’s always good to have someone to count on."

Because Xiao Che had been intent on defeating Chen Fan on his own, he never told Xiao Zhantian about his dealings with Chen Fan. Therefore, Xiao Zhantian was unaware of the acquaintance between Chen Fan and Xiao Che.

Hearing Xiao Zhantian’s words, Chen Fan couldn’t help but laugh, saying, "Brother Xiao, there’s something I need to tell you first about your son."

Xiao Zhantian was taken aback, "What is it?"

Considering Chen Fan’s outstanding strength that qualified him to stand on equal footing with Xiao Zhantian, Xiao Zhantian didn’t find anything wrong with Chen Fan calling him ’big brother’. Instead, he felt rather honored.

Chen Fan then recounted his grudge with Xiao Che from the beginning.

As Xiao Zhantian listened, his expression grew darker and darker, his fists shaking, and the veins on his arms bulging.

"Right now, your son and five others from the Divine Covenant are being held in the back of this residence. I did this because I was afraid he would leak information and affect my plans. Since we’ve just started our cooperation, Brother Xiao, you wouldn’t mind, would you?" Chen Fan said teasingly, looking at Xiao Zhantian.

Xiao Zhantian was close to grinding his back teeth to dust and said, "No... I don’t mind. That boy got what he deserved for being unable to compete with you and still wanting to snatch the girl from you. He needed to be disciplined anyway. Just now, I was even foolish enough to hope he could be friends with you. Now, it seems he’s not even worthy to be your friend. I don’t even want such a son anymore!"

His words were not false; as a once-celebrated prodigy, he had always valued strength above all else. Since Chen Fan was so powerful, he didn’t harbor any resentment toward him, but was instead angry with his son for not meeting expectations.

Chen Fan said with a smile, "Since Brother Xiao doesn’t want this son anymore, why don’t I just kill him for you? It would save you the trouble of being upset every time you see him."

Xiao Zhantian suddenly panicked and quickly said to Chen Fan, "No, no, no, this unfilial son’s life may not be worth much, but after all, I raised him with great effort. Please, Brother Chen Fan, return him to me, and let me take care of disciplining him."

Chen Fan laughed heartily, "Brother Xiao, I was just joking. Look how worried you’ve gotten."

Xiao Zhantian’s face showed a trace of embarrassment, and he said no more.

Chen Fan said, "You all just wait here for a moment; I’m going to bring Xiao Che and the other five people over."

Xiao Zhantian and Elder Lingxi nodded.

Chen Fan turned and walked toward the inner courtyard.

Elder Lingxi looked at Xiao Zhantian with a smile and said, "Compared with Chen Fan, Xiao Che really does fall short."

Xiao Zhantian snorted coldly, "That useless good-for-nothing. When he’s brought here, I’ll make sure to break his legs!"

Inside a small, dark room.

Xiao Che and the five others all wore expressions of exhaustion.

One person said, "How long are we going to be locked up? I feel like I can’t hold on much longer."

Xiao Che said, "Don’t worry, if we’re missing for too long, my father will definitely notice something is wrong. I’m his biological son. If he finds out I’ve been locked up and suffering like this, he’ll come to rescue me straight away. Then this bastard Chen Fan is done for!"

No sooner had he finished speaking when the door to the dark room opened, and Chen Fan walked in, smiling at Xiao Che, "Your dad has come to pick you up."