Immortality Cultivation: Fellow Daoists, please live for two more episodes!

Zhou Youyuan did not rush to answer, but instead squinted and scanned the newcomer from head to toe.

Although the disciple in front of him claimed that he had come to see Senior Brother Sun, for some reason, he felt that he had seen the other person's calm and indifferent temperament somewhere before.

But I really don't remember that face...

"What is your surname, senior brother?"

"No need for formalities, my surname is Chen. I have come to bother you because I admire your righteousness, and I also have some things I would like to inquire about. I have no ill intentions. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to meet me behind Tianlao Mountain?"

Is your surname Chen?

For some inexplicable reason, Zhou Youyuan's heart skipped a beat.

He didn't know if Sun Yunqi knew anyone with the surname Chen, but he did know several people with that surname, and not just a few...

"Senior Brother Chen, you're too kind. It's just that there are rules in prison, and it might be inconvenient for me to go out."

The young man surnamed Chen smiled, took out a token from his sleeve and waved it. The disciple on duty at the other end of the corridor peeked out, then withdrew.

A voice drifted from afar:

"Please proceed, senior brother."

It's the same thing again. Last time Rouzhi came, it was the same way. Can't your Enforcement Hall put in some effort and be more reliable?

But it seems that not going is not an option either. The disciple on duty has already spoken, so this person's background must be so powerful that two spirit marrows are no longer enough to protect him.

Or did this person offer even more benefits?

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Youyuan stood up.

……

At the stone platform beside the stream in the back mountain, the young man surnamed Chen politely poured two cups of tea, and Zhou Youyuan silently observed him for a while.

First soak, then inhale, then smell the fragrance.

Putting everything else aside, the poise and refined demeanor of this tea ceremony were unparalleled among all the people he had encountered since his transmigration.

The owner of this identity, Sun Yunqi, is truly capable of attracting people of such status to take the initiative to befriend him.

If someone has such abilities, how could their identity be stolen by a menial steward like Zhao Donglai?

He became increasingly suspicious of the other party.

After the two talked for a while, Zhou Youyuan tentatively asked, "I wonder what Senior Brother Chen wants to see me about?"

"It's nothing serious, but I heard that Junior Brother Sun spent a lot of money to get Pei Changgeng released? I'm quite curious, why would Junior Brother go to such lengths to go to prison to help Pei Changgeng? Do you have a past with him?"

"This doesn't seem to be any of my senior's business, does it?"

The young man surnamed Chen laughed and said, "It was my presumption that led me astray. Please forgive me, junior brother. I really had no ill intentions. I have just long admired Senior Brother Pei for a long time."

Speaking of which, where did my junior brother get the 1,500 points he used to redeem Pei Changgeng?

Seeing that the other party was being completely evasive and still playing coy, Zhou Youyuan decided to be direct:

"Well... it's nothing much, just a trip to the Falling Star Crater, and I was lucky. Senior Brother Chen knows that these kinds of things always happen in Shuiyue, and I just happened to be lucky enough to run into a sucker."

"Speaking of which, what exactly does Senior Brother Chen want to know? Please hurry, I have other matters to attend to later."

The young man surnamed Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled and nodded, then took something out of his storage bag and placed it on the stone platform.

A bronze medal.

When Zhou Youyuan saw the words on the bronze plaque, he almost choked on his noodles.

Front: The outer gate of Shuiyue Branch; Back: Sun Yunqi.

He also had an identical one, but the outer sect of Shuiyue only issued one bronze identity token per person.

We're doomed.

This guy wasn't after Sun Yunqi after all; he had already realized that he wasn't Sun Yunqi, and that Sun Yunqi was the real target.

"Found it on the road in Cangwu Mountain."

The young man surnamed Chen circled halfway around the edge of the bronze plaque with his finger: "Sun Yunqi's plaque is on Cangwu Mountain, but Sun Yunqi himself is in Shuiyue. Junior brother, what was your surname again?"

Heh, trying to checkmate him?

Zhou Youyuan stared at the bronze medal, quickly reviewing it in his mind.

No, I can't let them lead the conversation by the nose anymore.

Is your surname Chen?

In addition to his refined demeanor, although his face is very different, his smiling tone of voice is also very charming.

He finally had a potential target in his mind.

Oh no, if his guess was right, the thing he had been most worried about had finally happened.

The real culprit has come knocking, before he's even finished sending away the lightning bolt...

But since it has already happened, all we can do is try to resolve it. The other party has already won the bronze medal, so pretending to be something we're not is just asking for humiliation.

Why don't we just take action?

No, no, even if we can get rid of him, what will happen to Yu Miaoxian afterwards?

Speaking of which, since the other party has investigated so thoroughly, why didn't they take action directly?

Could it be...?

The Book of Funerals!

By the way, it was the work of "The Record of Sending Off the Dead" that took away Daoji. Although I don't know how strong the Foundation Establishment cultivator is, it must be far inferior to "The Record of Sending Off the Dead".

So, does that mean the other party was also testing us?

Yu Miaoxian was using this guy to test whether there were other high-level cultivators behind him.

Is this guy also a expendable pawn?

Thinking this through, Zhou Youyuan felt relieved, leaned back against the rock, and tucked his hands into his sleeves.

"Senior Brother Chen Wendao isn't a disciple of Shuiyue, is he? Why would a high-ranking disciple of the Creation Immortal Sect disguise himself as a mere disciple of Shuiyue? Since you've already found out, why keep us in suspense?"

Zhou Youyuan emphasized the name Chen Wendao. In his previous life, when he worked in finance, he had deeply realized a principle: if you are led by the nose during negotiations, you will only expose your information.

He has no idea when his identity was leaked or how far it had progressed.

Conversely, if he doesn't want to overturn the table, he only has one trump card: he has also guessed the other party's identity.

The other party would never have imagined that his identity had already been exposed. So how can this bargaining chip be used to its fullest potential?

It's very simple: go all in, but without letting the other person know that you're going all in.

To put it bluntly, it's all about raising a big flag!

Sure enough, when his name was casually mentioned by the other party, Chen Wendao was clearly not expecting Zhou Youyuan to do such a thing. Instantly, Chen Wendao's fingers, which were halfway through pouring tea, stopped.

Great, it's working. We should press our advantage.

Zhou Youyuan glanced at the other person's hand hanging down on their knee:

"Put your hand back on the table."

The young man surnamed Chen looked down at his hands, chuckled, and laid both hands flat back on the table.

I had been investigating for almost two years, working from dawn till dusk, to get a clear picture of the movements of this Zhou guy across the street, but I never expected it would only take the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

This guy surnamed Zhou not only deduced his own identity, but also took the initiative, pretending to be wary of me taking out my storage bag, but actually seizing control of the conversation. His methods are truly...

He surprisingly felt a sense of mutual appreciation, something he hadn't experienced in a long time.

"Junior brother, you are quite capable. Then just say it plainly. Yes, I am indeed not a disciple of Shuiyue, and I also know that you are not Sun Yunqi. I am here for only three questions."

He held up three fingers:

"What was that drop of blood from Chen Changsheng used for?"

"Where is the innate Yin-Yang Dao foundation now?"

"And... who are you?"