Sprout Plan, Drumbeats Within the Thunderstorm

"Yongzhou Island—if I remembered correctly, that should have been waters under the Vast Sea Merchant Association, and it was located on the fringes. Yet you found it so quickly."

Song Changsheng was somewhat surprised by Song Jingxiu's efficiency.

"Reporting to the Patriarch.

In the East Sea, disasters such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tsunamis occurred frequently and were highly destructive. Therefore, the branch had specifically assigned personnel to gather intelligence in this regard.

In truth, aside from Yongzhou Island, the branch's intelligence contained several other thunderstorms. Their scale was simply too small, and they likely would not meet your requirements," Song Jingxiu said respectfully.

"Excellent. How is the Sprout Plan progressing?"

Long, long ago, when Wind Whisper Hall had just begun its great expansion, Song Changsheng had formulated a plan together with several key figures within the clan.

At the time, the plan had no official codename. Internally, it had simply been called "infiltration"—spending ten years, or even a hundred, carrying out comprehensive infiltration into Great Qi and the Cultivation Worlds surrounding Great Qi.

Later, after Song Qingshi took over Wind Whisper Hall, he officially named the plan the "Sprout Plan."

This was because many intelligence operatives, after receiving Song Clan education—or rather, "brainwashing"—were sent directly away.

Wind Whisper Hall would dispatch people to forge identities for them, even swapping one beam for another, sending them through all manner of official and unofficial channels into various clans and sect forces. They would lie dormant in silence, waiting for their moment.

Over the years, the plan had begun to bear fruit. Several thousand people had been sent out in succession, their footprints spreading across the entire Great Qi Cultivation World, with some even developing beyond it.

These spies were like seeds on a dandelion, drifting upon the wind. Most did not even