Infinite Mask Game.

Chapter 339 Yan Ziqi

Wei Miao listened to the reports from his subordinates, mainly about the casualties and prisoners of war from the previous night.

Some individuals have already been through the wringer of the executioner in Fengchang Prison, their faces and bodies completely mangled.

Naturally, I will speak freely and without reservation.

Unfortunately, they failed to divulge any valuable information.

According to them, they were all recruited by Ji Ming and allowed to plunder freely.

Some people had past grudges against the imperial court and only wanted to kill more of the court's henchmen.

No one knows who that mysterious person is.

More than twenty people died and nearly a hundred were injured in the incident. The cleanup was handed over to the city guards, as it was their responsibility.

Interesting news came from Gu Fuhui, though.

After explaining the follow-up matters, Wei Miao set off for the Imperial Observatory.

Gu Fuhui was waiting for her in the main hall, and another woman was sitting at the lower end of the table.

Not long after she returned last night, Gu Fuhui also returned to the Imperial Observatory.

"Your Excellency's performance last night was truly heroic. From now on, who in the world will not know you?" He was sitting on a pear wood chair, but when he saw Wei Miao, he stood up to greet her, laughing heartily.

Wei Miao smiled and exchanged a few polite words with him, inwardly thinking that this guy hadn't been this attentive before.

She didn't see any wounds on Gu Fuhui's body; he must have hidden them like she had.

The woman in the lobby also stood up to greet them.

She was alluring, with skin as smooth as jade, and her clothes were mostly made of gold and silver gauze, adorned with exquisite jade, making her look magnificent and beautiful.

Her pink, misty aura is captivating and mesmerizing; even top-tier martial artists with weak wills would fall for her at first glance.

Wei Miao had no intention of underestimating them, because the other party was one of the Seven Sects, a group that had been famous for a long time.

Yan Ziqi, the patriarch of the Qi Temple.

Strange temples are often regarded as demonic paths, and the sect headquarters is a temple standing on a mountain peak in the southwest, pursuing the ultimate path.

The disciples acted recklessly, and the deity they worshipped was the Bodhisattva Mi Luo Fei Yan. They were usually fond of pleasure, cunning and treacherous, and skilled in lustful seduction and illusion.

Yan Ziqi is a bewitching woman in the martial arts world, with both a good reputation and a bad one. She wears a veil and moves among various forces, plotting to acquire rare treasures on multiple occasions.

But the temple took in orphans and sheltered the people at the foot of the mountain, thus gaining some fame.

Yan Ziqi herself cultivated the art of seduction, and after receiving the charm enhancement from the Seven Sects, her external charm has reached an extraordinary level.

She doesn't have to do anything; there will be people who are bewitched and willing to give everything for her.

She seemed to be the embodiment of all of humanity's beautiful aspirations, and everyone could see their own desires reflected in her.

Gu Fuhui and Wei Miao are not included among these people.

"Supervisor." Yan Ziqi bowed slightly to her, her smile as radiant as a flower.

Wei Miao had learned from intelligence that last night, Gu Fuhui chased after the person halfway, and Yan Ziqi came to his aid. After a long battle, they finally managed to capture the person who first appeared.

However, the identity of that person was not mentioned in the intelligence report.

She knew that the other party was not the mysterious person, but most likely just a member of the Seven Sects disguised as the mysterious person, a bait to lure Gu Fuhui away, and at the same time to confuse them.

The plan was that the opponent should be able to escape smoothly. When one of the Seven Sects is wholeheartedly determined to escape, it is difficult for anyone to stop him.

However, if two members of the Seven Sects are jointly pursuing him, the situation is quite different.

Gu Fuhui and his companion were even more skilled; the fact that the enemy had fallen into their hands meant that their plans had some flaws.

What they can gain from these seven sects depends on their abilities.

After exchanging pleasantries, Yan Ziqi tactfully made an excuse to leave the Imperial Observatory.

She was, after all, a member of the martial arts world. Although the Imperial Secretariat and the Imperial Observatory did not have prejudice against the righteous and demonic paths of their collaborators, this matter involved the rule of the imperial court, and it was impossible to allow people from the martial arts world to get too involved.

Especially for someone like Yan Ziqi from one of the Seven Sects with a less-than-stellar reputation, her involvement in this matter was certainly not just out of sympathy, but most likely to seek personal gain. Because of her assistance, Gu Fuhui promised to share intelligence with her as appropriate in the future.

Watching her departing figure, a blood-red eye quietly emerged from Wei Miao's right palm, glancing at Yan Ziqi under the cover of the palm's shadow.

After experiencing the strange situation with the mysterious man, Wei Miao made up her mind to throw her eyeballs at people whenever she had the chance, to see how these cultivators were doing, and perhaps she would gain some unexpected insights.

Currently, the rate at which the Eye Seeds condense is about one every half hour, so she has every reason to squander them.

[Scarlet contamination is being assessed using a multi-dimensional method...]

[The player demonstrates strong willpower and resists fiercely, possessing considerable overall strength across multiple dimensions...]

[Judgment failed! The opponent's resistance to contamination is higher than their contamination power; you will suffer a certain amount of mental damage as a backlash!]

Wei Miao suppressed the urge to yawn, feeling like she had slept for nothing last night.

But compared to the rewards of being a player, these are insignificant.

With her eyes closed at the palm of his hand, Wei Miao stared at her, unaware of her unusual movements.

She may not have noticed the pollution, or she may have been too good at disguising it. To notice pollution, one must be proficient in the spiritual realm and have some understanding of this path.

This shows that the mysterious person is truly powerful.

Based solely on the information at hand, Wei Miao was able to deduce some of the player's strength.

Yan Ziqi has been famous in the Seven Sects for over a decade, and her fighting style is well-known. The fact that she can be replaced by a player suggests that, for the sake of disguise, the player's abilities likely overlap to some extent with Yan Ziqi's, and their paths are similar.

Moreover, according to her estimation, a disguise coefficient of 45 or higher is required to be considered to have entered the threshold of the Seven Sects.

This is equivalent to players receiving an average of at least 9 points of camouflage coefficient in each instance.

This level of skill is outstanding among players, placing them among the top players.

We need to keep a close eye on her movements. Who knows which side she's actually on?

At the moment, Wei Miao had no reason to test her, so she let her leave.

After confirming that the other party had completely gone far away, Wei Miao asked Gu Fuhui, "Supervisor, were there any people from the Qi Temple among the martial artists captured last night?"

Gu Fuhui: "No."

Wei Miao: "It seems Yan Ziqi is very sincere. Does she want to stand on the side of the imperial court this time?"

"Heh—" Gu Fuhui sneered, "Being two-faced is her specialty, we can't let our guard down."

Wei Miao nodded in agreement. Gu Fuhui was very knowledgeable about the martial arts world, and one act of helping him wouldn't make him lower his guard.

He got down to business: "Guess who that Seventh Sect member I captured was?"

Wei Miao chose the most suspicious person: "Jie Rentao?"

Of the seven sects that have been identified, he is the only one that has not yet shown his face.

Gu Fuhui: "It's him. I've already imprisoned him in the guard jail. Why don't you come with me to visit him, Chief Eunuch?"

He was the one who put the person in jail, but he made it sound like a family member was visiting them.

In the world of martial arts, a person's fate is no longer determined once they're imprisoned.

I can understand Wei Miao's mentality, someone who would throw people into a pond to feed the fish.

No one has ever escaped from the prison since it was built.

It is a place of absolute control.

Wei Miao: "Naturally, we'll go together."

Jie Rentao can disguise himself as a mysterious person, and his intelligence value is immeasurable.

If his stance were to be revealed, his reputation built up over many years would be reduced to ashes.

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