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Chapter 537 They've already made their move.

"Oh ho! Finally, someone's come to investigate!"

Feng Xue, who was selling spirit fruits in Dongzhou, sat up slightly and revealed a playful smile.

It must be said that the Shadow Division of Tianwu Hall is indeed outstanding in its ability to disguise and investigate. Every time they appear, they will change their identity, their persona, and their voice.

Even if you know someone will come to investigate, and you run into them a dozen times, you might not be able to find out that it's all the same person.

But Feng Xue was different. Through the "Taiyin Spirit Fruit," he remotely monitored every cultivator and clearly saw that many cultivators had encountered passing cultivators who suddenly came to chat with them.

Even though these cultivators have different appearances, speech patterns, and temperaments, the fact that they have encountered each other multiple times along the map of Xizhou from a specific period of time is enough to illustrate the point.

This is like having a dozen or so of your downstairs neighbors asked similar questions one by one. Even if the people asking the questions are different, you should realize that these people are all in cahoots.

Then, by comparing their spiritual characteristics with the small bells, it was finally determined that at least twelve secret agents were constantly changing their identities to conduct the investigation.

Feng Xue had naturally anticipated the appearance of these people, but she did not take immediate action.

After all, these people are organized, and if one or two of them suddenly die, it's no different from protesting too much.

If they find out anything, Feng Xue can use her teleportation ability to unleash a series of attacks, including possession, mind control, personality expulsion, and memory correction.

Well, after all, this is a cultivation world. What if they can spot some clues?
"Boss, how much are the fruits?"

Upon hearing the question, Feng Xue raised his head slightly and quickly judged the approximate strength and identity of the other party based on their age, attire, and expression. He figured that the other party was probably not a spy or a second-generation member of the White Dragon Fish Mansion, so he raised three fingers.

The customer hesitated for a moment, but eventually paid the bill and, like the previous customers, quickly left the market after a brief moment of stunned silence.

"I love smart people, whether they're on my side or enemies." Feng Xue took out another spirit fruit and placed it on the stall, looking like she'd just fooled another idiot. Hearing his inner grumbling, Mo Ying said:
"You like it when the enemy is smart?"

"Of course, even the wisest man's thousand plans can't compare to a fool's cleverness. Smart people consider everything and like to find the optimal solution. But it is precisely because of this that you can anticipate their thoughts and make arrangements in advance. But no one knows what a fool will think and can't predict it, which makes it easy to lose the initiative."

Feng Xue was explaining things to Yingbao, but she was also training Xiaolingdang and Huiye. These two AI gods still had limitations. If they wanted to use them more smoothly, they still needed to be trained in some mental models from time to time.

"So you're not planning to make a move now?" Through the connection of the Phantom Beast Contract, Fina, extremely bored, asked Cyber ​​with a yawn.

"I've already started." Feng Xue still had a smile on her face, her tone playful.

"Make a move? When?" Fina recalled everything that had happened since arriving in this world, but she still hadn't noticed when Feng Xue was out of sight. How could she make a move now?

"secret."

……

"A bunch of old foxes!" After leaving yet another village, Qin Lan rubbed his temples. These Foundation Establishment cultivators were truly the epitome of rogue cultivators. They dared to talk about anything and boast about anything, but if you wanted to find a single useful word, there was absolutely none.

However, this is quite normal for rogue cultivators. If he could easily extract anything from these guys who have been scheming and plotting since the beginning of their cultivation journey, he should be worried that he'd been tricked. Not wanting to deal with those seasoned veterans any longer, Qin Lan took to the air, casually discarding his novice cultivator disguise, and sped towards the nearby market.

However, during the flight, he suddenly stopped on the clouds because he could vaguely see a cultivator chasing a low-level demon beast.

"A rogue cultivator doing quests? No, there shouldn't be many rogue cultivators doing quests in Xizhou now. If you encounter them so easily, it's probably a trap?"

Qin Lan's heart tightened, but she did not press down on the cloud. Instead, she quickly memorized all the information about the cultivator and then took out a spirit-splitting talisman.

The talisman was lit, and a phantom image identical to him appeared. Qin Lan's eyes remained fixed on the cultivator, and he said without turning his head:
"Go and investigate this cultivator's identity!"

"Understood!" the divided spirit responded, immediately transforming into a streak of light and disappearing without a trace. Qin Lan was already on her way to the market, and now the divided spirit was flying at full speed. In no time, the divided spirit transmitted a memory back—

"Wei Linchu, a native of Xizhou, is a rogue cultivator whose main cultivation technique is the 'Peaceful Mind Technique.' He is in the late Foundation Establishment stage and is known for bullying the weak and fearing the strong, fawning on superiors and oppressing subordinates. He has reported other cultivators on multiple occasions..."

Quickly scanning the information in her mind, Qin Lan couldn't help but think to herself, "What a loyal dog!" But then she became puzzled:

"This person didn't disappear... Could it be because he's a rogue cultivator but loyal to the Alliance?"

Thinking of this, Qin Lan immediately noted the idea down, planning to find Captain Chu later and, in the name of the Light Department, investigate the current list of remaining cultivators to see if there were a large number of such "loyal dogs".

With this thought in mind, Qin Lan prepared to descend from the clouds and test the waters as a rogue cultivator, but at that moment, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

because……

"Something's wrong with this monster!"

As a member of the Shadow Division, Qin Lan didn't have much practical experience in dealing with demonic beasts, but even so, he could tell that the demonic beast's movements were somewhat distorted, becoming... unlike a living being!

Qin Lan could see that this rogue cultivator named Wei Linchu had also noticed something was wrong. Adhering to his motto of "if things go wrong, run away as fast as you can," he immediately prepared to activate his escape technique.

But this monster was much faster than he had imagined, so fast that Qin Lan in the sky didn't even have time to react before it transformed into a silver pouch and wrapped Wei Linchu up.

"Beast!"

Seeing this, Qin Lan pointed her fingers like a sword, but before the sword light could strike, the silver substance suddenly seeped into the earth like liquid. When Qin Lan landed, all she could see was a pile of broken bones on the spot.

At first glance, you might not even be able to tell that they are human bones!
"In just three breaths, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was completely devoured. Judging from the shape of the bones, if I hadn't attacked, I probably would have even digested the remains. Could it be that... those missing cultivators were actually killed by this kind of strange monster?"

Qin Lan's expression was very bad. Just as she was about to collect the remains and take them back to check if there was anything unusual, a silver light suddenly rose from the ground.

"You beast, you didn't leave!" Upon seeing this, Qin Lan immediately swung her sword. The sword light shattered the silver light upon contact, but the shattered matter reformed in the next moment and continued to rush towards Qin Lan!

(End of this chapter)