Ye Chen naturally knew that Chen Xuan and Xu Mu were working together.
Xu Mu was on Shui Yuanyao’s side, while Chen Xuan was on the other. That meant one of them had to be a mole.
Ye Chen could almost instantly guess who it was.
Xu Mu!
He must have been staying beside Shui Yuanyao under the guise of a mole, secretly relaying information to Chen Xuan.
Why?
Did he even need to ask? Xu Mu was a shameless old lecher who couldn’t walk straight whenever he saw a beautiful woman.
Ye Chen felt that almost every woman he had developed feelings for had been snatched away by Xu Mu.
And Shui Shu looked like a woman with immense charm.
Xu Mu was definitely working for this woman. That was why he had infiltrated Shui Yuanyao’s side as a spy.
“Hmph! Xu Mu, I’m not going to let you win her heart so easily.”
Ye Chen muttered under his breath.
At that moment, on the high platform, the countless races gathered below were still discussing the previous battle at the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan’s divine battlefield.
They had heard that this Transcendent had stolen the show and was completely capable of matching Boundary-Breaking experts.
In other words, there was no Transcendent on Shui Yuanyao’s side. The only one, Xu Mu, possessed standard Boundary-Breaking combat strength.
Just as this thought occurred to everyone, they all stared wide-eyed in shock.
That was because Zidian had personally gone over to Shui Shu’s side.
“What’s going on? Aren’t these two members of the Black Moon Clan on the same side?”
“Zidian is at the fourth level of the Boundary-Breaking Realm, one of the top geniuses in the Inner World!”
“...”
Countless people were too stunned to speak. With Zidian joining Shui Shu’s side, wouldn’t they be guaranteed to win?
Zidian’s fourth-level cultivation was no ordinary fourth level. He was capable of fighting opponents several levels above himself.
Shui Zheng also breathed a quiet sigh of relief. Although he had guessed this might happen earlier, he had not expected Shui Shu to have enough influence to truly bring Zidian over.
Even with Xu Mu and Zilan Yin present, he still had not felt confident.
Just then, Grand Elder Shui Yong took a compass from his body and began testing everyone present one by one.
This was the Life Formation. After several people had been tested, all of them passed the age requirement.
“Let’s go. Those who remain behind at the ruins, remember to activate the protective formation.”
After Shui Zheng finished speaking, he called out to everyone around him, “Everyone, please return.”
The people from the various races rose one after another and headed outside.
Only Ye Chen went over to Shui Yuanyao’s side and said quietly, “May I have a word with you?”
Shui Yuanyao glanced at Ye Chen, then nodded slightly.
Xu Mu immediately activated his perception nearby. What was Ye Chen planning this time?
However, one thing was certain: this Dragon King was definitely targeting him.
At the side of the high platform, Ye Chen lowered his voice and said, “Senior, you’ve heard of me, haven’t you?”
“That’s right. Ye Chen. You’re currently at the peak of the late Transcendent Realm, under the Radiant Clan. You once killed a third-level expert by yourself in some ruins.”
Shui Yuanyao nodded faintly.
“Since you know who I am, you should be able to guess that I wouldn’t lie to you.”
Ye Chen paused, then said in a low voice, “Xu Mu and I are both from the outside world, and I know him very well. The Transcendent on Shui Shu’s side is Xu Mu’s close friend.”
Upon hearing this, Shui Yuanyao immediately turned his head toward Shui Shu’s distant position.
“What are you trying to say?”
“Do you think it’s possible that one side is harboring a mole?”
Ye Chen did not spell it out too directly, instead leaving Shui Yuanyao room to draw his own conclusions.
After saying that, he turned and left. Shui Yuanyao was an intelligent man and should understand what he meant.
Xu Mu was still standing on the high platform and had naturally heard Ye Chen’s words.
His heart remained completely unmoved. In fact, he even felt like laughing.
Ye Chen had not told Shui Shu. Instead, he had chosen to tell Shui Yuanyao.
That proved one thing: Ye Chen believed that he was the mole.
Xu Mu had no idea how Ye Chen had arrived at that conclusion.
If Ye Chen had gone to tell Shui Shu, things might have become troublesome. But now, there was no need to worry.
After the other races departed, Shui Zheng and Shui Yong led Shui Yuanyao, Shui Shu, and the other experts toward the destination.
As soon as they left the ruins, the clan activated the formation protecting the ruins to prevent anyone from launching a sneak attack.
The group commandeered three flying vehicles and set off for their destination.
Xu Mu and the others naturally occupied one of the vehicles.
Once they rose into the sky, violent winds began to howl all around them.
Xu Mu could clearly see Shui Yuanyao casting wary glances in his direction from time to time.
But Xu Mu only needed a single sentence to resolve the issue.
Since everyone here was one of their own, there was no need to keep anything hidden.
“Senior, judging by your expression, you seem rather nervous.”
Xu Mu turned his gaze toward Shui Yuanyao.
“Ah? Heh, I’m fine.”
Shui Yuanyao shook his head slightly, clearly distracted.
“Senior, don’t worry. I have someone on Shui Shu’s side as well. His name is Chen Xuan, and he’s my friend.”
Xu Mu said to Shui Yuanyao, “He’s infiltrated their side. With him there, our chances of winning will only increase.”
“What? Xu Mu, you’re saying there’s one of our people over there?”
Zilan Yin asked in surprise.
“That’s right. He’s my buddy.”
Xu Mu nodded lightly.
Hearing this, Shui Yuanyao immediately relaxed.
Xu Mu had not been present during his earlier conversation with Ye Chen. Besides, the surroundings had been noisy, so there was no way Xu Mu could have heard them.
And now, Xu Mu had taken the initiative to reveal this information. That was more than enough to prove that he was on Shui Yuanyao’s side.
“If your friend was chosen by Shui Shu, then his strength must be quite impressive as well.”
Shui Yuanyao looked at Xu Mu with a smile.
“Of course. He’s a genius from the Sanitation Department. As for why he’s targeting Shui Shu, I’m sure you already know the reason, Senior.”
Xu Mu did not reveal to the others that Shui Shu was an immortal.
Shui Yuanyao nodded. Naturally, he knew about the Sanitation Department. It was a national-level organization founded by the descendants of Yan and Huang.
This organization was so powerful that it could stand against the entire alien race alliance.
Although many experts did not normally belong to the organization, the moment war broke out, those experts would certainly join its ranks.
The immortals were their enemies, so it was only natural for the Sanitation Department to target Shui Shu.
...
The journey took a full day and a half.
Xu Mu and the others finally arrived at their destination.
It was a wetland where the eastern ocean met the land.
Swamps covered the forest in every direction.
After climbing down from the flying vehicles, they followed Shui Zheng to a spot above one of the swamps.
Shui Zheng released a trace of his power, and the sticky earth below was immediately split apart.
More than ten meters beneath the surface, a stone stele stood embedded in the soil.
“Go in.”
Shui Zheng gestured to everyone.
Xu Mu and the others all passed through the formation here and entered the interior.
Shui Zheng followed them in last.
Inside, the scenery was much the same as in the outside world. An endless forest stretched around them, but instead of solid ground beneath the trees, there was only damp swamp.
On the distant mountain peaks, they could clearly see a golden palace.
Under the leadership of Shui Zheng and Shui Yong, everyone arrived at the entrance of the golden palace.
The palace before them resembled a massive city wall, stretching without end across several mountain peaks.
The palace shimmered with a golden radiance. It went without saying that powerful formations had been set up inside.
“All right, let’s begin!”
Shui Zheng suddenly grabbed Shui Shu by the shoulder, freezing her into ice.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
+ Slow Paced + Main Character Thrives Together with His Disciples】 Transmigrated into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakens a discipleship system that reveals the tags of his disciples! Starting from scratch, he builds the strongest sect. Disciple One: Li Yingling 【Gold Tag: Genius Cultivator】【Purple Tag: Extremely Lucky】【Blue Tag: Bewitchingly Beautiful】 Disciple Two: Li Hangtian 【Gold Tag: Reincarnated】【Purple Tag: Ruthless and Decisive】【Blue Tag: Loyal and Noble】 Disciple Three: ??? 【Orange Tag: Alluring Demoness】【???】【???】 Thus, in the cultivation world, an unremarkable little sect appears out of nowhere, but little do others know that each member of this sect is a powerhouse in their own right. The book is also known as: Cultivation? It's Exactly Like This!
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