Daily Intelligence: From Miner to Dao Ancestor of Alchemy and Talismans

At the same time, he refined a storage bag full of pills, including top-grade Rejuvenation Pills, Detoxification Pills, and Spirit Replenishing Pills. He even refined a few Explosive Spirit Pills that could temporarily boost spiritual power as a last resort to turn the tide in a desperate situation.

He possesses a complete set of offensive, defensive, stealth, and control talismans, as well as healing, spirit replenishment, detoxification, and burst damage talismans, and all kinds of pills are readily available. Now, even if he faces a Foundation Establishment cultivator head-on, he has the strength to fight, and he is absolutely confident that he can retreat unscathed.

On the night of the fourth day, only one day remained before the raid.

The market was unusually quiet at night; even the footsteps of the patrolling guards were much softer, and a sense of oppression enveloped every corner of Qingya Market.

Xu Yuan sat cross-legged on the couch, quietly waiting for midnight to arrive, waiting for the system information to refresh and confirm the final variables in this catastrophe.

As the clock hands just passed midnight, the familiar system notification sounded in my mind.

A line of large, blood-red characters slowly appeared on the surface of his consciousness, causing his pupils to contract sharply:

[Crimson Top-Tier Intelligence: A surprise attack is scheduled for five days. Elder Liu, a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator of the Blood Fiend Sect, is practicing the Blood Soul Technique, which allows him to instantly boost his cultivation level using the essence blood of other cultivators. After breaking the formation, the first area to be targeted for bloodshed in order to refine the Blood Soul Technique is the scattered cultivator settlement in the western corner of the market. Your courtyard is within the core area of ​​this bloodshed.]

In the study of the Zhao family's main residence, the sandalwood incense had burned to its last flame, and the ashes fell silently into the white jade incense burner.

Zhao Qiuyue stood in front of the table, her fingertips gripping the unsigned anonymous letter, her knuckles turning white from the force, her delicate eyebrows furrowed, and her eyes filled with shock.

The letter was written in neat handwriting, without any embellishment, yet it clearly described the Blood Fiend Sect's plan to launch a surprise attack five days later. It detailed the location of the blood sacrifice array eye, the three nodes for breaking the array, the deployment of the two-pronged attack, and even the plan for Foundation Establishment cultivators to restrain the Zhao family patriarch.

This wasn't the first time she had received information from this mysterious person.

The last irrefutable evidence of Zhang Kui's treason was also an anonymous letter that appeared silently at Li Qinghe's doorstep, ultimately exposing the deputy captain of the guard team as the biggest inside man.

This intelligence is more detailed, more deadly, and more accurate than the last one.

Without this letter, if the Blood Fiend Sect had acted as planned five days later, the Zhao family would have been caught off guard, and the entire Qingyafang would have become the Blood Fiend Sect's slaughterhouse.

"Young Miss, the entire guard team has assembled and is ready to be deployed."

The study door was gently pushed open, and Li Qinghe walked in, bowing deeply, his face full of solemnity.

He had just finished reading the letter, and his back was already soaked with cold sweat. He was in charge of the defense of the market, but he didn't even know that the Blood Fiend Sect had buried eight blood sacrifice array eyes in the market. If they were to detonate them, he would be the first to lose his head.

Zhao Qiuyue snapped out of her daze, slammed the letter onto the table, and said in a voice as cold as ice, without the slightest hint of panic, "Pass on my orders."

"Your subordinate is here!"

"Immediately replace all guards at the three weak points of the protective array with members of the Zhao family, and set up a triple ambush. Anyone who approaches the array points must be killed without mercy!"

"Immediately dispatch men to inspect the eight blood sacrifice array points according to the locations marked on the letter, quietly disarm the fuses, and set up a counter-attack array on the spot. Capture any who come!"

"The guard team will be divided into two groups. The elite main force will guard the main gate to deal with the Black Wind Stronghold's strong attack. The other group will be led by you personally to defend the Zhao Family Ancestral Hall to the death, and you are not allowed to leave it even for a moment!"

"A complete city-wide news blackout! No one but you and I are allowed to know about this. Anyone who dares to leak a single word will be treated as a traitor!"

A series of orders were issued, clear and concise, without the slightest hesitation. Li Qinghe bowed in agreement, turned and strode out of the study to carry out the orders.

The study returned to silence. Zhao Qiuyue walked to the window, gazing towards the west corner of the market, a thoughtful look in her eyes.

Who exactly is this mysterious person?

Both intelligence reports accurately pinpointed the Blood Fiend Sect's Achilles' heel, saving the Zhao family and the entire Qingya Fang.

However, the other party remained anonymous and refused to show their face, clearly not wanting to be associated with the Zhao family.

She tapped her fingertips lightly on the windowsill, a figure flashing through her mind.

Xu Yuan.

The first time was when he found his personal jade pendant and returned it to the Zhao family. After that, this originally inconspicuous rogue cultivator suddenly seemed to have an epiphany, and his cultivation level broke through from the third level of Qi Refining to the sixth level of Qi Refining. He was even able to refine high-grade pills that even the Treasure Pill Pavilion could not refine.

A hint of inquiry flashed in Zhao Qiuyue's eyes. She raised her hand and whispered into the shadows, "Go, keep an eye on the small courtyard of that rogue cultivator named Xu Yuan in the western corner area. Report to me everything he does, who he has met, and where he has been, down to the smallest detail."

A very soft response came from the shadows, and then the presence vanished completely, as if it had never existed.

Meanwhile, in the western corner of the market, Xu Yuan stood atop the wall of his small courtyard. Under the cover of the overgrown weeds, he watched as squads of Zhao family guards sped past, heading to their assigned positions in the battle array according to the locations he had written in his letter. A faint, almost imperceptible smile played on his lips.

The fish has taken the bait.

What he wanted was never the gratitude of the Zhao family, nor the heroic title of Qingyafang.

What he wanted was for the Zhao family to focus all their attention on the front lines and fight to the death with the Blood Fiend Sect and Black Wind Stronghold.

With the Zhao family at the forefront, the main force of the Blood Fiend Sect will inevitably be firmly restrained. He is on the edge of the storm, which is actually the safest position.

He could take advantage of the chaos to find out the details of the ancient talisman in the Zhao family ancestral hall, and also reap the benefits when both sides were exhausted. Even if the situation got out of control, he would have enough time and space to withdraw calmly.

Use others' strength against them, avoid getting involved in cause and effect, only take the benefits and avoid taking the risks.

He jumped down silently from the wall, and just as he closed the courtyard gate, there was a soft knock on the door. Li Qinghe's low voice came in: "Brother Xu, it's me."

Xu Yuan unlatched the door, let the person in, closed the door behind him, and activated the restriction.

As soon as Li Qinghe entered, he bowed deeply to Xu Yuan, his tone full of admiration: "Brother Xu, you are truly amazing! When you delivered that letter, the young lady was immediately astonished. Now the entire market is deploying defenses based on the intelligence you provided. If we can stop the Blood Fiend Sect this time, you will deserve the greatest credit!"

"No need for the credit." Xu Yuan waved his hand, his tone calm and straightforward. "I called you here not to hear you say these things. I need the complete blueprints, the original, of the protective array."

Li Qinghe's smile froze instantly, and he stood there stunned.

The complete blueprints of the protective array are Qingyafang's top secret. Only the core members of the Zhao family and the person in charge of the deployment can access them. Spreading them out of the public is a crime punishable by the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire clan.