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Chapter 1144 - 539: Bewilderment of the Evil Heart

Chapter 1144: Chapter 539: Bewilderment of the Evil Heart

People living near the Fence Market were ordinary commoners, and the few wealthy families that resided there were recent nouveau riches who hadn’t had time to move out yet. This small courtyard was crammed among ramshackle buildings and yards, with neighbors close on both sides, and the narrow alley in front of the door could only accommodate one person passing through.

Military officers under the command of Dean Rivercutter Zhan had already surrounded the area. He was dragged along by Mr. Owen Bertram. Upon landing, he hurriedly began to speak about the search process and to flaunt his achievements: "In the shortest possible time, my team and I have identified suspicious places in the entire Fence Market, specifically unoccupied houses or those where the owners rarely interact with their neighbors."

"After finding these places, I personally led the team to search one by one and finally found this place."

"I have shown the portrait of the Commanding Chieftain to the neighbors on both sides of the house, and indeed, he comes here every day, mostly after dark, occasionally appearing during the day and deliberately acting unsociable, unwilling to talk to others," he explained.

"Please have a look, sir." Dean Rivercutter Zhan pushed open the wooden door of the only room in the courtyard. In the center of the room, an earthen bed had been lifted, revealing a passage underneath.

A secret chamber had been dug below the earthen bed, sealed by an Array but broken by Dean Rivercutter Zhan. The chamber contained a large amount of wealth and a small deity shrine. The wooden carving of the Divine Lord’s totem was worshiped in the shrine.

"This must be the place." Owen Bertram stepped into the secret chamber. The entrance had remnants of an Array structure, and some Spirit Jade carved Array wedges were still embedded in the soil. The connected Array carving lines flickered with spiritual brilliance, like short-circuited electric wires. After entering, several chests lined up against the wall were open. Four of them were filled with Spirit Jade, while others contained Spiritual Pills, elixirs, talismans, or Magical Instruments. None were below Tier-4.

Owen Bertram analyzed in his heart that the Commanding Chieftain had a somewhat "split personality" feeling. He had four identities, so he had arranged four "residences" respectively. The identity of Horizon Bureau was the most superficial, so the residence in the government office was the most known to others.

The identity of the Nightmare Sect was hidden here, the deepest and most carefully arranged one. These treasures were placed only near the entrance and exit, while most of the space in the secret chamber was empty and clean, specially designated for worshiping the Divine Lord.

The shrine was apparently cleaned regularly. Precious wood shone with a thick, dark red, spotless hue. Below the shrine, a cushion had two knee-shaped indentations. In the censer, three incense sticks burned down to bamboo sticks. The incense ash is overfilled by half.

Owen Bertram stood in front of the shrine and said indifferently, "All of you, get out." Dean Rivercutter Zhan responded with a nod and quickly left the secret chamber with his subordinates. Owen Bertram stretched out his hand toward the totem wood carving, and a trace of divine power from the River God enveloped the wood through his palm.

The wood carving was dull and empty, merely an ordinary piece of wood. It had no response to the provocation from another Deity.

Owen Bertram tried several more times and used his "Thousand Doors Eye" to check repeatedly. Finally, he had no choice but to sigh in disappointment, acknowledging the result: "We’re too late, it got away!"

Although the Divine Lord was still in slumber, its influence had seeped out. Owen Bertram had "startled the snake in the grass" in the Divine Village. General Eddy fell, the giant totem in the Divine Village witnessed his strength, and the Divine Lord might completely withdraw and sever all connections with the outside world.

If it retracts and doesn’t come out, Owen Bertram doesn’t have any effective methods to find it.

"I wonder if there is still time to find other Divine Villages in Rex County ..." If they couldn’t eradicate the root this time, the Divine Lord would inevitably make a comeback once he left.

Owen Bertram was feeling quite down after a lot of twists and turns in finding this place only to come up empty-handed. He walked out of the secret chamber, and Dean Rivercutter Zhan quickly greeted him: "Sir, is there anything else I can do?" Owen Bertram shook his head gently, glanced at the courtyard, and prepared to leave.

Dean Rivercutter Zhan held a great responsibility in this failed mission. Horizon Bureau of Rex County had been thoroughly infiltrated, providing false information to Master Lane and Owen Bertram. After arriving in Rex County, Owen Bertram fought solo. Finally discovering the Nightmare Sect’s key figure in this area, he was already dead! It was as if their luck had reached rock bottom.

Owen Bertram glanced sideways at the anxious and restless Dean Rivercutter Zhan, thinking that if he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have made the initial move. After walking out of the secret chamber and seeing Dean Rivercutter Zhan, Owen Bertram had already formed a rough plan in his heart for the following actions: lure the snake out of the hole.

He pretends to be moved by Dean Rivercutter Zhan and protects him in front of Master Lane, allowing him to continue to control the local Horizon Bureau while rectifying the local administration. It is estimated that within at most half a year, the Divine Lord would be decoyed out. He could then layout in advance in Rex County, and at that time, both the Divine Lord and Dean Rivercutter Zhan would be caught in one sweep!

If they didn’t harm Dean Rivercutter Zhan and his people, there was a high probability that the Divine Lord wouldn’t just give up here and go to another county to start over with preaching.

Dean Rivercutter Zhan, who was accompanying with a smiling face, didn’t know that Owen Bertram had planned out his future "route" in his heart. Indeed, he placed all his hopes on Owen Bertram. What he didn’t understand was that Owen Bertram was different from the Great Wu high officials he had contacted before. In Owen Bertram’s domain, there was an authority called "Judgment"!