"What? Xia Ruize?" I asked in astonishment. Xue Qingcheng nodded, then said, "Visiting relatives."
"That's nothing but an excuse." I replied. His wife and daughter hadn't seen him in many years. His daughter's current lifestyle was in step with the Heavenly Realm. Whether she had a father or not made little difference, because her life only included her mother, along with the many friends and relatives in the Heavenly Realm.
"Even if it's an excuse, it's still a good one. I just don't know what he wants to do." Zhao Qian was puzzled as well.
Just then, Hu Qingya said, "I received an urgent report right after I came out. The Dao Alliance and the Jie Sect seem to have suffered corruption disasters of varying degrees. It appears that many realms have been destroyed. This happened a long time ago, but our intelligence forces only personally investigated it two or three years later and obtained a confirmed report! They may have deliberately concealed the matter, and the corrupted regions have remained locked in a stalemate."
"Could that be why things have been so quiet these past few years?" I asked with a slight frown. This was certainly unusual. Could there be something subtle going on beneath the surface?
"It's hard to say. Perhaps that place absolutely cannot fall?" Zhao Qian asked.
"Mm, very likely. If it's a core resource region, it absolutely cannot be lost under any circumstances. Since it's at a stalemate, there must be a large number of Black Demons there, while the corruption hasn't spread to this side. And because sporadic battles have broken out everywhere over the years, we overlooked these factors, which led to inaccurate reports." Hu Qingya explained.
The intelligence department was extremely important. Sometimes, it was necessary to infiltrate a region from within