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It was precisely because of this dark power that the Dragon Gate had accumulated such an enormous amount of wealth over the past few hundred years, which was why it had the Soaring Dragon Bank. Perhaps because of this great dark power, the Dragon Gate had gradually formed eight separate halls, one for the outer eight halls, and the disciples of the outer eight halls had slowly evolved into the current underworld, which was also the largest gang in the underworld — the Soaring Dragon Society.

The four halls in charge, the most important link to control the four killers, plus the six halls of loyalty and support, were the key points of the Sect Leader's hands, feet, eyes, and ears. Especially in the Hall of Fragrance, where the Sect of Longmen's funds were kept, the role of the Hall of Fragrance was even more important, especially in this peaceful era where many disciples of the Sect of Longmen would betray the Sect because of money. This was also the reason why Yang Tian couldn't wait to determine how much funds had been lost in the past twelve years.

Due to his concern for Long Zhen, Yang Tian wasn't sure about his loyalty to the four great hall masters of the headquarters. After all, Long Zhen was currently the enemy, and the Sect Leader of the Dragon Gate had been missing for more than ten years, and the words from Mi Yajie dispelled Yang Tian's doubts. At the very least, he could confirm that Mi Yajie was absolutely loyal to the Dragon Gate and was only affected by Long Zhen.

For hundreds of years, every generation's hall master had been very strict in their selection. This was related to the rise and fall of the Dragon Gate, and thus, every generation's hall master had to be chosen not only with outstanding abilities, but also with boundless loyalty.

After each generation of hall masters took up their position, they would have to go through Loyal Support Hall's adoption of medicine, and with profound skill, they would brainwash the new hall master, instilling absolute loyalty towards the sect master. All of the past generations had done this, and the absolutely loyalty towards the sect master was passed down from generation to generation, if not the sect master would not continue to decline for hundreds of years …

Of course, this kind of absolute loyalty had some side effects, for example, with the hall master's proud personality, in the Dragon Gate, other than the Sect Leader, no one else could order them, the four halls could only listen to one of the Sect Leader's orders, this was also the reason why no one from the Dragon Gate dared to seek revenge for Long Zhentian's disappearance. Even if the people from the six halls were willing to avenge Long Zhentian, no one would dare to make a move against the rules of the Dragon Gate, unless they found evidence that Long Zhentian had been killed.

The moment the fourth hall received the news that Yang Tian had been appointed as the Sect Leader of the Dragon Gate, Mi Yajie couldn't sit still anymore because she was the one who had the most doubts about Yang Tian's identity. On the contrary, Hua Xingqiang wanted to see what kind of person this new Sect Leader was.

Mi Yajie only believed that Yang Tian was indeed a descendant of the Long family. If he wasn't a descendant of the Long family, he wouldn't be able to accept the baptism of the 'holy jade' and wouldn't be transmitted by the Medicine Hall's source of memories, so the sneak attack on him just now happened. Once Yang Tian's identity was confirmed, the loyalty of the fourth hall master of the headquarters would be assured.

Jiang Xiaoling understood what was going on and immediately left the room with Qiu Ming, Bai Chongxing, and Xu Hu. The four halls in the room were the main departments of the Dragon Gate and were equivalent to the left and right arm of Sect Head Long. The conversation between the four halls of the Dragon Gate and Sect Head Long was naturally not to be seen by anyone else, even the father and son were not allowed to be present.

Bai Chongxing and Xu Hu tactfully left the room. They were people from the six halls that were loyal to the Long Clan. Although Bai Chongxing's position was not high, but he was still considered an elder of the Long Clan. Even if Yang Tian didn't speak, he knew how to advance and retreat.

After the few of them left the room, only Yang Tian, Chief Wolf and Hall Master Feng were left in the room. Mi Yajie and Hua Xingqiang immediately took out a dark green Soaring Dragon jade pendant and saluted: ”Subordinate Mi Ya Jie, Subordinate Hua Xingqiang greets Sovereign!”

This was the rule of the Dragon Gate, every generation's new Sect Leader must use a jade pendant as a keepsake to verify their identity when meeting with the overall fourth hall master. Yang Tian knew, this was the jade pendant of the overall fourth hall master, he received it from both of them and carefully examined it, on it was engraved the same dragon pattern as Yang Tian's jade, engraved with the words wolf and phoenix.

After Yang Tian examined the jade pendant, he handed it back to Mei Yajie and Hua Xingqiang, and said solemnly: ”Quickly get up, from now on, I hope that you two can assist me in managing the Longmen Manor. I think you two should know that my parents disappeared because of Long Zhen's land, and that by now, the Long family's assets have all been transferred to Long Zhen's place …”

Hearing Yang Tian's words, the two of them hurriedly kneeled on the ground and loudly replied, ”This subordinate vows to follow Sovereign!”