"The Culprit"

Li Xing subconsciously raised his head and looked toward the night sky beyond the courtyard.

Were his every move now being watched by the Heavenly Eye as well?

Just who was this master artificer?

After being stunned for quite some time, he finally pulled his wandering attention back to the papers. Beneath every image were dates and times, indeed from the six or seven days ago he had requested. Based on the time frame Zhang Yuan had provided, he quickly picked out the fragments of value from the mountain of images.

The figure of a little girl entered Li Xing's sight.

From the time she appeared to the path she took, everything matched the "book dropper" Zhang Yuan had described.

And above her head was a marked asterisk.

What did that mean?

Li Xing pondered it for a moment, then found the explanation in the lower left corner of the image.

The asterisk represented a Qi Sense User.

He drew in a faint breath. This Heavenly Eye system could not only watch over the entirety of Jinxia City, but also determine whether someone was a Qi Sense User? The most troublesome thing about the Bureau of Military Affairs' practitioners in the past had been their concealment. Aside from Luo Qingqing, that special Listener, it was difficult for anyone else to tell at a glance whether a target was a Qi Sense User. Then he recalled how Lord Xia had ordered every Qi Sense User in the city to be registered half a month ago, and realization suddenly dawned on him.

With the Heavenly Eye system verifying the truth, this registration was far more than empty words on paper—any infiltrator who had not registered would be exposed beyond doubt under the Heavenly Eye's scrutiny.

The only regret was that due to