Free Web NovelChapter 1259: Chapter 961: Miss Hu Jiu’s Gossip News (Part 2)
And if the strange numbers in the Flame Sea dungeon increase a bit more, the speed of exploring can be faster, opening a new world and migrating Demon Beasts is just around the corner!
Weighing his words, he crafted a brief lie, claiming he encountered an attack where all his subordinates were massacred, he barely escaped and hid in the Human World, possessing a Human Race Cultivator’s body, and that’s how he managed to survive.
The message was sent through the Merit Token, and there was no response from the other side for quite a while.
"Eh? Could they not have fallen for it?" Jiang Yuan wondered, previously bombarded with messages, and now after actively replying to clarify the reasons, why are they ignoring him?
If the plan to seize the Banner Master’s position is not going smoothly, then he might have to consider looking for intelligence on the Leisure Sect in the Market or city.
Yang Sansi’s position as Incense Master, although not high, has the advantage of sharing functions with other sect members’ Merit Tokens. Being nearby, one can view the light dots representing "fellow sect members" through the Merit Token.
Plus with the system’s Great Appraisal, even a lowly member can be interrogated to bring out the details, continuing the investigation step by step.
On the other side, the Banner Master, who initially had no hope but suddenly received a reply from Yang Sansi, sensed a rising crisis, scrunched his brows, and carefully analyzed the large amount of information in the short reply from the other side.
Firstly, the Merit Tokens distributed by the Leisure Sect are soul-bound to the sect members.
The Divine Soul remains capable of possession and rebirth, and can timely deliver messages, which is indeed true and leaves no room for deception. Hence, the responder must be Incense Master Yang Sansi without a doubt;
Secondly, it is said that subordinates’ exposure implicated both up and down the lines, leading to the capture of over a hundred disciples.
This is the point the Banner Master fears the most — the method of development in the Leisure Sect with both upper and lower lines is a double-edged sword. If a soft spine is caught, it’s easy for both lines to be entirely betrayed, and the complete wipeout of disciples led by Yang Sansi fully exposes its shortcomings.
Lastly, and most importantly, although Yang Sansi did not explicitly say it, his words hint at a between-the-lines implication — there’s a traitor within the Leisure Sect!
"Hiss!" The Banner Master drew a sharp breath, immediately deciding to postpone the meeting that occurs every three months.
Since joining the Leisure Sect, he has always been worried about being targeted, having both upper and lower lines pulled, up until being uprooted completely. After all, one cannot expect moral integrity or loyalty from fallen evil cultivators; what won’t they do to survive?
The sect members are strictly prohibited from harming each other, which sounds greatly binding.
But in actual execution, the difficulty is immense.
Just by selling detailed information on disciples, without personally taking action, who can uncover the perpetrator?
And the sect members who practice the ’Bone-Dissolving Evil Technique’ to devour Essence for cultivation can extract more Essence!
Harming Demon Cultivators externally carries great risk; targeting ’one’s own’ internally is both covert and yields twice the result with half the effort. What if an evil cultivator thinks of this move, internally and externally colluding to strengthen themselves while eliminating many potential competitors?
"Poor Yang Sansi, surely he wasn’t cautious enough to end up in such a predicament, though his life was saved by possessing a human body, tsk tsk!" He sent back a message, instructing the other side to recuperate at ease and would notify him again when the next meeting was held.
Jiang Yuan: ...
Fears have come true, this line is directly cut off.
"Sir, is something troubling you?" Hu Zhile, seeing him furrowed, stepped forward and bowed, "Can we help relieve your worries?"
"I want to find out information about the Leisure Sect, preferably knowing where they might frequent." Jiang Yuan, knowing she had ventured for many years and was knowledgeable, asked, "Do you think this kind of information can be bought in the Market’s news shops?"
The other party was immediately alert, "The Leisure Sect is indeed among the Evil Cultivators, and even if news shops have intelligence on Evil Cultivators, it’s not necessarily about disciples of the Leisure Sect’s inner members.
But if you want to investigate this, sir, you may consider leaving it to my younger sister!
She helps sell goods at a trading firm on Trapped Snake Island, which gathers Demon Cultivators from far and wide day and night, who are all well-informed businessmen.
My younger sister loves gossip, and since practicing the cultivation technique you gifted, her Charm Technique has seen some success, drawing much affection. Many merchants from afar, even if they don’t buy Fire Stones, are willing to visit the firm to chat with her, perhaps there’ll be clues."
Hu Zhile thought of her pitiful little sister, who longed for the gentleman, but so far hadn’t found the opportunity to catch his eye, so she took the chance while intelligence gathering was needed to recommend her sister.
To remind the gentleman of the sincere and enduring at heart, little fox.
"Right, Miss Hu Jiu is always so well-informed, how could I forget about her!" Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but sigh, remembering how that little fox spirit was not only helpful with tasks while chatting about gossip at the Cyan Fish Mountain Market and Wo Hu Temple Market.
Finally having the chance, Hu Zhile immediately summoned the younger sister back.
[Seduced by Fox Spirit Miss Hu Jiu’s Charm Technique, Willpower +5]
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Sure enough, as soon as the little fox was back, she began automatically deploying skills.
Jiang Yuan was used to it, treating her as genuinely loving Charm Technique cultivation and unwilling to slack off for a moment.
He didn’t think elsewhere, and when he looked attentively, he was secretly amazed—no wonder she cultivated so diligently and tediously, and recently busy, he hadn’t noticed Miss Hu Jiu had advanced to the Fifth Layer of the Body Refining Realm!
Upon first meeting her in spring, she hadn’t even successfully established a Foundation, and this cultivation speed is excessively fast!
"Greetings, Sir." Miss Hu Jiu swayed gracefully forward, bowing, her large eyes full of emotion gazing tenderly at the gentleman who captured her heart at first sight.
Since practicing the Charm Technique till now, what kind of men had she not seen?
