Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation Chapter 553: Waging War on the Black-Robed Man

Mo Fan said sullenly, “I have investigated this Sacred Heavenly Church in detail. Their origin is very mysterious. I also have some guesses about it, but I’m not sure about them. I’ll just tell you what I’m sure about.

“There are six cities in Qizi County, each of which has a figurehead supported by the Sacred Heavenly Church. At some point, they had gained control over all the underground powers in the entire Qizi County.

“I spent some time visiting a few other counties. I discovered that the Sacred Heavenly Church has branches in those counties. Likewise, they used the same method to control the figureheads there.

“It seems like the entire Great Qin Nation has branches of the Sacred Heavenly Church. However, they are active only at a county level, so they do not attract much attention at the prefectural level.”

Xiao Chen thought about it, but he did not read too much into it. This Sacred Heavenly Church seemed to be just a small player. In the end, what a sect needed to do was display their own martial might in order to truly rule.

If such a small power actually angered a strong sect, the problem would be easily settled: the sect would just send a Martial Monarch.

Now that Xiao Chen had a rough idea, he said, “Tell me where the headquarters of the Sacred Heavenly Church is. I will make a trip there personally.”

It would be simple to destroy the Zhang Clan. However, the other party could easily raise another power like the Zhang Clan. So the one that needed to be dealt with was the Sacred Heavenly Church, not the Zhang Clan.

“Let’s not speak about this anymore. Let me pass you something.” After obtaining an answer, Xiao Chen changed the topic. He took out that thousand-year-old lightning-attributed Rank 9 Demonic Core and said, “Aside from the previous matter, I want to ask you for a favor.”

Mo Fan took the Demonic Core and examined it. His expression changed as he exclaimed, “This is the core of a Rank 9 Demonic Beast! Brat, where did you get it from? Exactly how strong are you now?”

Xiao Chen smiled faintly and

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