Chapter 043: The Dark Blood Clan

At this time, there were still ten minutes left before class started.
“Boss, how’s things with the job?”
It wasn’t until Chen Xiao sat down that Liu Xu asked.
“The job?” Chen Xiao was stunned. He remembered now that due to Murong Zi, he had been dealt a blow by Liuyun Hotel. But it seemed he had found a new job now, so he didn’t have to worry about that anymore.
“The job? I lost that one at Liuyun. But boss, I’ve got a new job now. I’ll treat everyone to lunch today to celebrate.”
Chen Xiao smiled. At the same time, he glanced at Qin Mengyao, who was sitting right in front of him, buried in her book, and sighed slightly in his heart.
“Oh? Boss, what’s your new job? Why so generous?” Jiang Xianxiang showed a surprised expression. After all, Chen Xiao was known for being stingy in his field.
It wasn’t that he was a miserly person, but he rarely indulged in luxuries. In the half year since he arrived at the university, Jiang Xianxiang and the others had never seen him buy a new piece of clothing, let alone treat others to meals.
“Heh, it’s okay. At least I won’t have any problems covering my living expenses and tuition from now on,” Chen Xiao said with a smile.
“Girls in front,” Liu Xu said to Qin Mengyao and the others, “our boss is treating us to lunch today. Would you ladies be so kind as to join us?”
Chen Xiao was taken aback. He didn’t expect Liu Xu to do this, but he also felt a bit hopeful.
“Oh? Handsome Chen Xiao is treating us? Of course we’ll go!” Since they had only been on campus for half a year, the freshmen still stayed together in their dormitories. Whether it was for classes or meals, they almost always did everything as a group.
Li Lin, a girl who shared a dorm with Qin Mengyao, turned around with a surprised expression. She had naturally heard their conversation earlier.
“I wonder what Handsome Chen Xiao has in mind?” Li Lin said with a smile.
“It would be an honor if you ladies would join us,” Chen Xiao replied with a smile.
“You guys go ahead. I have something to do at noon, so I won’t be able to join,” Qin Mengyao said, shaking her head at her roommates.
“Uh…” Although Chen Xiao was a bit disappointed, he didn’t show it much. Just two days of experience had already made him grow.
“Heh…” Chen Xiao smiled. “I’m glad if the other ladies will join us.”
The other three girls in the dorm looked at Chen Xiao with strange expressions, feeling that he seemed to have changed greatly.
Just then, Chen Xiao’s phone rang. He took it out and saw it was Lin Tianchi. There were still five minutes left before class. Chen Xiao left the classroom and went to a relatively quiet corner to answer the call.
“Boss, there’s an operation this noon. Are you going to join?” Lin Tianchi’s voice came through.
“An operation? What kind of operation?” Chen Xiao was puzzled.
“Uh, I forgot to tell you, boss,” Lin Tianchi said apologetically. “There’s a self-formed club of supernatural beings at the university— the Supernatural Beings Club. All the supernatural beings at the university are part of it.”

“Cough, cough, cough!” Chen Xiao suddenly started coughing violently, almost choking on his own saliva. What the hell is this? A superpowerers’ club? Chen Xiao was completely speechless.
“Boss, calm down first and listen to me.” In fact, Lin Tianchi was also shocked when he first heard about such a club.
Superpowerers were nothing but legends among ordinary people. The existence of a superpowerers’ association already surprised Chen Xiao, so now there was even a superpowerers’ club in a university? That seemed a bit ridiculous. Had there become so many superpowerers that they were overflowing?
“Boss, at the University of Science and Technology, aside from us, there are a few more superpowerers, and this club was also organized by us on our own,” Lin Tianchi explained.
“Then how many members are there in this club?” Chen Xiao was baffled.
“Well, there aren’t many superpowerers at the University of Science and Technology. In this club, among the freshmen, there are me and Qin Mengyao. If you’re not counted, there are nine people in total.”
“Qin Mengyao is here too?” Chen Xiao’s mind stirred. It seemed that Qin Mengyao’s refusal of his invitation earlier might be related to this so-called mission.
With tens of thousands of people in a single university, only ten superpowerers seemed indeed not many.
“Tell me, what exactly is the mission?” With a few minutes left before class, Chen Xiao asked.
“We found traces of Western vampires near the campus of the University of Science and Technology. Today’s club mission is to investigate this,” Lin Tianchi said.
“Traces of vampires?” Chen Xiao raised his eyebrows. “Could it be Chris’s people?”
“For now, don’t take any rash actions. Wait for my news,” Chen Xiao said after thinking for a moment. He planned to ask Chris first before making a decision.
“Okay, boss. I’ll hang up then.”
After ending the call with Lin Tianchi, the class bell rang. Chen Xiao didn’t enter the classroom. Instead, he left the teaching building and went to a very quiet corner of the school, then dialed Chris’s number.
“Oh, dear Xiao, I’m glad you called. What’s the matter?” Chris’s voice, filled with surprise and joy, came through. He hadn’t expected Chen Xiao to contact him on his own.
“Of course there’s something,” Chen Xiao said, leaning against a tree. “I want to know how many of your people you sent to China this time, and how many are in Jinghua City?”
“This time, we came to China under the guise of a diplomatic inspection. Under the pretext of inspection, we’ll explore various places in China. Our inspection team, including me, consists of thirteen members, the core members of our thirteen clans. There are also seven others sent from smaller vampire families from the world of superpowers. But for some reason, as soon as they entered the Yanhun Region of China, their identities were exposed, and they were killed, which also revealed our whereabouts.”
At this point, Chris’s voice sounded annoyed, as if he was blaming those seven foolish guys.
“Is that all? No one else?” Chen Xiao frowned deeply. Of course, he wouldn’t tell Chris that those seven guys had been killed by him.

“No, absolutely not. After all, this matter is far too serious. We must be extremely cautious. Ordinary members won’t be involved in it,” Chris said firmly.
“Then where are the twelve people who came with you?” Chen Xiao’s expression turned grim. If one or a few of those twelve appeared near the university, those ignorant fools like Lin Tianchi would definitely be killed on the spot.
“They? They’re staying obediently in the hotel and haven’t gone outside… Wait, Xiao, what do you mean?” Chris became nervous in an instant.
“There are traces of vampires around our school. So I want to ask you—are they your people?” Chen Xiao’s tone was harsh. If it were Chris, it would be simple; they could just call out to him. But if not, it would be troublesome.
“Could it be them?” Chris suddenly screamed.
“Who?”
“The Dark Vampires. Those who are roaming in the East at this time and whom we’re unaware of—definitely the Dark Vampires, those degenerates who have defiled their bloodline!” Chris gritted his teeth. “I didn’t expect them to act so quickly. Xiao, you don’t need to hold back—just destroy them.”
Chris seemed to have great confidence in Chen Xiao. With three sixth-tier subordinates at hand, even someone at the prince level like him wouldn’t be able to resist.
Chen Xiao smiled bitterly and said, “It was my classmates who discovered the vampires. For various reasons, my subordinates can’t appear in front of them.”
“Your classmates? They found the Dark Vampires?” Chris was stunned. “Your classmates must also be supernatural beings, right? What’s their strength?”
“About the same as mine,” Chen Xiao seemed to understand what Chris was trying to say. He was able to track Chris precisely because, in the heavy rain, his mental power had been greatly enhanced, and his connection to water had been amplified by his primary divine essence.
If it were higher-ranking vampires, Lin Tianchi and the others would never be able to detect them.
“In that case, I’ll send two dukes to take a look,” Chris said after thinking for a moment.