After the Ring World's team-building convention ended, undercurrents surged in all directions!
Across the two prefectures of the capital, the Eight Direct Prefectures, and even large and small sects, aristocratic families, and guilds, personnel were being transferred—some relocated outward, some reassigned in, some traveled ten thousand miles away, while others who had long dwelled abroad faced returning home.
Each matter seemed as unrelated as wind and horse, yet all of them served to conceal the tracks of the few Heart Demon Ring weapon slaves.
Zhou You's words had indeed worked.
Among the Demon Weapon Slaves, there was no shortage of wildly ambitious people. Once they learned the exact whereabouts of other demon weapons, they began making plans.
Whether they devoured other weapon slaves to grow stronger, or usurped the host's place and seized another demon weapon, either path could strengthen themselves and improve their chances of standing on equal footing with the Heart Demon Ring's host.
Thus, weapon slaves concealed themselves amid the movements of personnel and scattered to every corner of the realm.
Other than Zhou You, no one could see the truth behind these comings and goings. Not even the weapon slaves themselves understood it.
For the Heart Demon Ring's weapon slaves were not merely distributed throughout the capital; they could be found across all Fifty Provinces.
This personnel shift involved not only Demon Weapon Slaves from the capital flowing outward, but also Demon Weapon Slaves from elsewhere entering the capital. It was practically a house swap.
"Hmm?"
One day, while Zhou You was working at the imperial residence, a subordinate suddenly reported that Commander of the Imperial Guard Zhou Mou had escorted back a batch of documents a few days earlier. Those documents contained information on the Heavenly Southern Divine Sword's disciples during a particular period.
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