After Haoyi finished reading the list Yunxi had compiled in the jade slip, a mocking smile curled her lips. The person behind it all had truly plotted painstakingly, beginning to lay the groundwork so early.
What had happened around those Elite Disciples, and the people they had encountered, seemed coincidental on the surface, yet deliberate traces showed everywhere. The young disciples lacked experience and could not see the clues, but how could an old fossil like her, who had lived for nearly ten thousand years, fail to notice?
"Yunxi, you have done very well. To detect a problem from only a few simple encounters, you are far better than the previous 'Bee King.'"
Yunxi clasped her hands modestly and said:
"Old Ancestor, you overpraise me. It is also because the Honeycomb provided sufficiently detailed information and overlooked no minor detail. Otherwise, Yunxi would not have discovered anything."
"Then tell me, how should we handle this next?"
Haoyi's intent to test her was obvious.
After considering it for a moment, Yunxi said:
"Old Ancestor, Yunxi believes we should cut through the tangled mess with a swift blade. We should capture these particular cultivators surrounding the Elite Disciples as soon as possible and find a way to pry something from their mouths."
Old Ancestor Haoyi tapped the jade table lightly with her slender fingers and said in a deep voice:
"That would easily alert the snake in the grass."
"Old Ancestor, we need to alert the snake in the grass. Then we can observe the reactions of the Sect's other disciples and perhaps make further discoveries."
Yunxi believed these people were all chess pieces. They might not necessarily understand their own missions; they had merely, either passively or willingly, done things that appeared entirely harmless, laying the groundwork for what was about