Chapter 574 - 314: Undercover Agents Are Hard Currency

Chapter 574: Chapter 314: Undercover Agents Are Hard Currency

"What is it?" Tantai Xue asked.

She was genuinely curious about what kind of information Jiang Man was going to reveal.

"When we were in the Black Spirit Abyss, the Sun and Moon Immortal Path attempted to incite turmoil within the Immortal Sect," Jiang Man replied. They indeed tried to do so, though they might have just been testing the waters in passing.

Tantai Xue was stunned. "Incite turmoil in the Immortal Sect? In the Black Spirit Abyss? Why?"

"That will cost extra," Jiang Man said, turning around and vanishing from the spot. Naturally, he wouldn’t mention that their actual goal was to kill him, thereby provoking Meng Qiewei.

Watching Jiang Man’s swift and stylish departure, Tantai Xue furrowed her brows. "I already know who you are, yet you’re still putting on such airs."

However, since the other party didn’t know she was aware of his identity, it was understandable for him to act mysterious and profound. Still, she wondered why the Sun and Moon Immortal Path was trying to incite turmoil within the Immortal Sect.

Was there a deeper meaning behind what happened at the Black Spirit Source? No matter how she thought about it, it didn’t seem likely. The Sun and Moon Immortal Path had indeed been active recently, but they still paled in comparison to the Immortal Sect. Even if they exhausted all their efforts, they shouldn’t be able to shake the Immortal Sect. How could they suddenly incite such turmoil?

Where was the core of the problem?

—

Jiang Man returned to the ruined temple and looked at Chen Shi. "Where is the list?"

He could hardly wait. How many Spiritual Sources would this bring him? And entirely legal and compliant, at that. He could even get his hands on them immediately.

It was just going to be a bit tough on these spies. He was forced by circumstances, after all; he had no choice but to turn these cold-hearted spies into heartwarming Spiritual Sources.

Chen Shi immediately handed over the list. There were sixteen names in total.

Jiang Man was surprised. There were so many of them, and detailed information was included. Although their Cultivation levels were a bit low—only at Foundation Establishment and Golden Core—the fact that they were connected to the Sun and Moon Immortal Path guaranteed their high value.

Recently, the Zhenyue Bureau had been unable to uncover much information. Once these people were handed over, they would more or less serve as valuable leads. He got his Spiritual Sources, the Zhenyue Bureau got their leads, and that mysterious Evil God got their information.

A triple win! Nobody lost out.

"Actually, there is one more person," Chen Shi suddenly spoke up.

Jiang Man was quite surprised. "Someone else? Who?"

For him to bring this person up separately, it must be a big fish.

Chen Shi silently took out a separate list and said, "I am the only one who has seen this person; no one else has."

Jiang Man took the list, glanced at it, and frowned. He was somewhat surprised. He then looked at Chen Shi and asked, "Have you run into any issues with your Cultivation recently? I can give you all some guidance while I’m at it."

Hearing this, Chen Shi immediately said, "Lord Envoy, you misunderstand. We had no intention of claiming credit."

Jiang Man nodded in understanding. He genuinely just wanted to guide their Cultivation. If they didn’t advance, how could they become high-profile spies worthy of attention? In the future, if they ever got caught, he wouldn’t ask for much—they just needed to drop his name.

With this in mind, Jiang Man instructed, "As your Cultivation improves, the Zhenyue Bureau will likely pay more attention to you. In the future, if you ever slip up and get taken away, whatever you do..."

"We will absolutely not expose you, Lord Envoy," Chen Shi blurted out instinctively.

Jiang Man paused, then shook his head. "Be absolutely sure to give them my name."

Chen Shi fell silent for a moment before stating that he would pass the message on to the others. He had momentarily forgotten that the Lord Envoy’s biggest taboo was for them to get caught and then try to sever their ties with him.

Afterward, Jiang Man reviewed their questions, which ranged from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core issues. He explained all of them in one go, telling Chen Shi to take notes and relay the teachings to the others when he returned.

Having finished this, Jiang Man dismissed him. He then instructed the Ling Hua Immortal Spirit to emit her aura and await inquiries from the Evil God.

The Ling Hua Immortal Spirit thought Jiang Man had lost his mind. Wasn’t it good to be alive? Why was he rushing to his death? She just wanted to survive. Yet here he was, charging into the front lines and taking the brunt of the danger. Could even the most miserable and exhausted Evil God compare to her suffering?

She decided to nod in agreement on the surface, but secretly drag her feet. She would stall for as long as she could, taking it one day at a time.

Jiang Man looked at the statue, thought for a moment, and said, "If you don’t listen, the next time I run into an Evil God, I’ll tell them you have the item."

With that, Jiang Man vanished. The rest was up to the Ling Hua Immortal Spirit.

Returning to his residence, Jiang Man recalled the list and slowly wrote down the names one by one. Writing the first sixteen was smooth sailing. When it came to the last one, Jiang Man hesitated briefly before writing it down as well.

Outer Sect, Cloud Mist Peak, Song Qing.

After writing down Song Qing’s name, Jiang Man looked at the Old Yellow Ox beside him with a sigh and asked, "Old Huang, is there such a thing as a Peach Blossom-type Evil God?"

"The Immortal Sect refers to that category as Six Desires-type Evil Gods," the Old Yellow Ox said while munching on grass.

Jiang Man suddenly asked, "Old Huang, which category do you belong to?"

Old Huang continued eating and casually replied, "You can guess."

Jiang Man felt that Old Huang had become much more wicked. He then said, "I suspect that the reason Song Qing is always surrounded by women has something to do with an Evil God. This situation prevents him from properly focusing on his Cultivation and causes him to be scammed out of his Spiritual Sources. I’ve decided to eradicate the Evil God behind him and restore him to a normal life."

The Old Yellow Ox glanced at Jiang Man, ignored him, and went back to eating grass.

"Are these types of Evil Gods easy to deal with?" Jiang Man asked.

"Aren’t you curious as to why he’s a spy for an Evil God?" the Old Yellow Ox asked in return.

"He didn’t tell me, so how would I know?" Jiang Man shrugged. "Have you noticed anything, Old Huang?"

"No," the Old Yellow Ox shook his head, then asked, "Aren’t you going to ask him?"

"I’ll ask him when he manages to climb to a higher position," Jiang Man said with a smile.

Afterward, without the slightest hesitation, he gave the names of the other sixteen people to Mr. Yan. She was also at the Ninth Peak, so he had her deliver the list to the Law Enforcement Hall. This freed up some time for him to continue his Cultivation.

Mr. Yan was dumbfounded. She wondered if this was even something she was allowed to know.

—

When Tantai Xue snapped back to reality, she felt somewhat helpless. Jiang Man seemed even more pretentious than she had anticipated. She couldn’t tell if he was genuinely that profound or just faking it.

"Did you get it out of him?" Tantai Xiaotian asked.

"Yes, he said the Sun and Moon Immortal Path is attempting to incite turmoil within the Immortal Sect," Tantai Xue replied.

Tantai Xiaotian was taken aback. "Why?"

"He said that would cost extra," she explained. "But I haven’t figured out the true nature of this matter."

"Logically speaking, it’s indeed impossible. To the Immortal Sect, these actions by the Sun and Moon Immortal Path are nothing more than petty skirmishes. Aside from taking away a certain Abyssal Evil God, they shouldn’t have done much else. Could there be a problem with this Evil God?" Tantai Xiaotian mused.

"I’m not sure," Tantai Xue said. "However, the Sun and Moon Immortal Path really doesn’t seem to have any further objectives. At most, they just wanted to kill Jiang Man in passing."

Tantai Xiaotian fell silent for a moment before asking, "Why do you think the Sun and Moon Immortal Path wants to kill this Jiang Man?"

Tantai Xue was stunned. "Isn’t it because he made great contributions inside?" As she said this, a look of astonishment crossed her face. "That doesn’t seem right. It looks like killing him was part of their plan from the very beginning."

"So it really is related to this matter?" Tantai Xue found it somewhat unbelievable.

Tantai Xiaotian said calmly, "Let’s put that aside for now and talk about the Student Cultivators you’ve been teaching. Ji An, the genius of the Ji Family; three from the Ji Family, including the Ji Family genius; three from the Bai Family, including the Bai Family genius; the Miao Family; the Qi Family. So many people from the major clans of the Immortal Sect have come here. Who did they come for?"

Tantai Xue was shocked, finally realizing the implication. Among all those Primordial Spirits, Jiang Man was the only local. Although that Wei Ran was also quite extraordinary, he was only at the Golden Core stage after all. Therefore, the most highly anticipated figure was still Jiang Man.

"There is a secret here," Tantai Xue said with certainty.

She decided to wait and see what Jiang Man planned to do with the list. Since there was a secret involved, he definitely intended to find out more about the whereabouts of the Sun and Moon Immortal Path. He would surely extract more leads from those people.

The next day.

Tantai Xue heard the news circulating outside. The Law Enforcement Hall had mobilized and begun arresting the Evil God’s spies. She was somewhat curious. Why would they make such a big show of arresting spies at a time like this?

In the afternoon.

After making some inquiries, she discovered that the arrestees were all the people she had previously investigated. In just one day, almost all of them had been captured.

They had been reported. It went without saying who had reported them.

She was astonished. Shouldn’t he have quietly observed the situation and played the long game to catch the big fish? Why did he just report all of them at once?

Then, she received a message from the Ling Hua Immortal Spirit’s subordinate:

"Spies are hard currency. From now on, we will use spies for all transactions."

Tantai Xue was speechless. "???"

Hard currency? You’re treating spies as Spiritual Sources? What happened to strategy? What happened to foresight? Aren’t you going to lure out the mastermind behind them?

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