Former site of Bai Family Village.
Chen Mu listened to Bai Xiaoqing's bean-spilling confession without committing himself.
"So, you faked your death to pursue the Qi Refining Dao Path, betrayed the Dragon Locking Institute, and defected to the Yellow Springs Sect?"
Bai Xiaoqing's face turned deathly pale, but he did not dare conceal anything and could only nod stiffly.
"You weren't assigned some infiltration and sabotage mission, were you?"
Chen Mu looked deeply suspicious.
Bai Xiaoqing hurriedly shook his head.
"No, no."
"I still have to sign a Dao Soldier Contract afterward. I couldn't possibly do anything to harm the Yellow Springs Sect."
Not necessarily.
A Dao Soldier Contract was not that reliable either.
Chen Mu still harbored doubts, though he gave a slight nod.
It was best if he was not an undercover agent. If he really was a Dragon Locking Institute spy...
Knowing the spy himself would actually be more reassuring!
Bai Xiaoqing relaxed slightly, though he remained uneasy.
"Senior, could you please not tell the Great Zhou Dragon Locking Institute about me? From now on, whatever you command, I shall obey without fail!" He repeatedly clasped his hands and begged for mercy.
Tell the Dragon Locking Institute? I'd need connections for that.
He really thinks I'm some high-ranking Dragon Locking Institute undercover agent.
Chen Mu did not know whether to laugh or cry.
It seemed the means by which he had entered Yizhou had caused this fellow to misunderstand.
Chen Mu did not explain.
Seeing this fellow's reaction, Chen Mu became somewhat more convinced that joining the Yellow Springs Sect had been Bai Xiaoqing's own personal decision.
South of Yizhou, atop a small mountain by the sea.
After spending the past two months constantly traveling through Yizhou's interior, Yuan Zhen had rarely returned to the coastal