The recent turbulent waves in Yunmengze naturally affected Chen Baiqing's plans.
The entirety of Yunmengze was in a bizarre state of extreme chaos yet extreme restraint, which resulted in many of the originally designed methods becoming utterly useless.
At the same time, the severe anomalies caught the attention of the group of evil cultivators who had infiltrated the area.
As evil cultivators, trimming their sails to the wind, quitting while they were ahead, running when necessary, and selling out allies when needed were all essential qualities of being a good evil cultivator.
After all, since they had already become evil cultivators, they couldn't possibly still want to be hesitant good guys, right?
Especially when the situation was so bizarre that even Zheng Zhaoling had arrived in Yunmengze.
Even if there were heaven-defying benefits, one had to learn to see the terrifying, tsunami-like risks.
Quite a few evil cultivators had already begun to slowly withdraw from Yunmengze to avoid this wave of unknown yet insanely dangerous chaos.
Although the evil cultivators Chen Baiqing was tasked with handling had far deeper foundations than the others and had been lurking and observing in Yunmengze for quite some time, according to Wang Chuan and Li Zhuhua's monitoring, they also seemed to be preparing to withdraw from Yunmengze first, waiting for the storm to calm down before making further preparations.
It was exactly at this crucial juncture that Lu Lingyi was sent by Chen Baiqing to meet Cui Hao.
Before she came.
Chen Baiqing had instructed Lu Lingyi on two matters.
The first was to reprimand this junior martial brother for making too big of a scene in Yunmengze, and for unexpectedly failing to take the initiative to report certain matters. This kind of offense warranted eating a Ten Complete Nourishment Pill.
Lu Lingyi didn't understand what a Ten Complete Nourishment Pill was, but what she understood even less was that the turmoil in Yunmengze was actually caused by Cui Hao?
A Golden Core Perfected One had propelled the storm across the entire Yunmengze?
Lu Lingyi naturally didn't believe it in her heart, but Chen Baiqing's methods of governance were too profound, so she didn't dare to voice any objections and simply accepted the order.
The second matter was to require Cui Hao's assistance in finding a way to entangle and detain those evil cultivators who were preparing to retreat from Yunmengze.
The evil cultivators Chen Baiqing was tracking were already being investigated by following the clues, but there was still a portion of the core members who might know the ultimate secrets whose exact locations had not yet been found.
If they didn't catch the most core individuals, capturing a bunch of small fry would be of no use.
Although Cui Hao wasn't stupid in Lu Lingyi's eyes, he clearly wasn't smart to such a degree either.
But when she truly walked in front of the shrine in Huaze Village and heard Cui Hao's instructions and arrangements.
Even if she didn't want to believe it, Lu Lingyi had to accept that the one who stirred up all of this was indeed an inconspicuous Golden Core Perfected One.
Cui Hao's heart skipped a beat. He raised his gaze, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was Lu Lingyi.
Having such a low cultivation base truly made one constantly on edge.
The hateful part was that Master Wanban didn't even give a warning, completely lacking any subjective initiative.
How could this kind of spiritual treasure be worthy of being his master's spiritual treasure?
It hadn't learned a single bit of his master's cleverness.
Or was it that his own bootlicking wasn't up to par yet?
That couldn't be, right?
His own thick skin could barely take it anymore, how could it still not be enough?
Cui Hao's thoughts swirled in his mind as he subconsciously asked:
What did I do?
Lu Lingyi spoke up, The recent events in Yunmengze, of course. Did you do all of that?
Cui Hao nodded with a look of sudden realization, then naturally glanced at Zhu Tu beside him.
Zhu Tu was very tactful; without saying a single word, he turned and left the shrine.
Lu Lingyi took out a talisman that isolated sound and spiritual sense detection from her spatial ring. After activating it, a modest-sized barrier enveloped the two of them.
Although she really wanted to ask Cui Hao exactly how he managed it, now was clearly not the time for that discussion.
Lu Lingyi directly said:
Your senior martial sister asks you, why didn't you make a detailed report of what you did? Do you want to eat a Ten Complete Nourishment Pill?
No! Cui Hao's face instantly paled a little, and he hastily replied, I did report, but there were many things I wasn't certain of myself, so naturally I couldn't report them.
Sister Lu, you know as well, many things are ever-changing, and the situations are completely different. You understand this logic, so you must help reason with my senior martial sister.
Lu Lingyi looked at Cui Hao's terrified expression. She didn't understand what secret code the Ten Complete Nourishment Pill was, but she certainly didn't dare to agree to Cui Hao's request.
How was it her place to interfere in the matters of two direct fellow disciples?
Furthermore, Chen Baiqing was someone who strongly disciplined her subordinates. Knowing her junior brother's methods were not simple, she still didn't let him out to stir up trouble.
Perhaps the first question was exactly in preparation for the second.
Lu Lingyi didn't answer, instead changing the subject, There's no need to panic so much. The evil cultivators the captain is tracking are preparing to evacuate due to the intense fluctuations in Yunmengze's situation. The captain needs you to find a way to make them stay, to stall for as much time as possible for us.
Saying so, she took out a jade token from her spatial ring and handed it to Cui Hao, saying:
This is the intelligence we've gathered so far. The captain said to give it to you, and you'll probably know what to do.
The captain also instructed that she can neither mess up the matters here, nor can she do them too slowly, so she's leaving it up to your discretion.
Naturally, if you have any difficulties or need coordination, you can bring it up with the captain.
Hearing this, Cui Hao was stunned, but he subconsciously reached out and took the jade token Lu Lingyi handed him.
The matters Lu Lingyi needed to handle were now considered finished.
She looked at Cui Hao and asked with some curiosity:
Fellow Disciple Cui, I indeed didn't understand you before. However, with such methods, why did you leave to work alone? Are you in some sort of competition with the captain?
What competition? Cui Hao sighed heavily. My senior sister is master's little cotton jacket, while I'm a pair of shorts at best. We protect completely different areas, what is there to compete over?
Hearing this crude analogy, Lu Lingyi smiled and shook her head:
Alright, alright, I won't ask anymore. However, this matter is indeed urgent, and the captain is keeping a close eye on it. If Fellow Disciple Cui messes it up, I'm afraid there won't be a good outcome for you.
I still have to go back and report. The captain has many other things for me to do, so I won't linger.
Lu Lingyi cupped her hands and said, See you later.
See you later... Cui Hao replied weakly. Then, remembering something, he hastily added, Tell my senior sister that Zheng Zhaoling's target is not us. Tell her not to waste her energy on Zheng Zhaoling.
Lu Lingyi was taken aback upon hearing this, then nodded seriously before turning around and leaving.
Cui Hao pinched the message token in his hand and probed his spiritual sense into it to take a look.
Then, he let out a heavy breath.
His senior sister handing this task to him was likely because she had noticed something from when Zheng Zhaoling suppressed the God of Yunze for the second time and subsequently issued the divine oracle.
He had already met with Zheng Zhaoling.
And he had also reached some sort of tacit understanding with Zheng Zhaoling.
His senior sister sending someone specifically was probably also to inquire about Zheng Zhaoling's situation.
Not speaking directly to Lu Lingyi was probably out of precaution, preventing Lu Lingyi from inferring their master's involvement from this matter.
Looking at the message, Cui Hao felt quite a headache. Then, he helplessly took out the token Zheng Zhaoling had given him.
This kind of troublesome matter... he really didn't want to handle it, and he might not even handle it properly.
Difficult matters were best left to others. It was better to just let Zheng Zhaoling do it.
But... what excuse should he make?
Even as Cui Hao pondered this, he activated the token without the slightest hesitation.
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