True Spirit Yuanling furrowed his brows tightly as he looked at the many lines of text and images projected from the Jade Pendant before him.
These were all reports that had just arrived from various locations within the sphere of influence of Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain—concerning the abnormal flow of personnel traveling from Great Void Spiritual Pivot to Shuju over the recent period, as well as several suspicious phenomena that had occurred at Great Void Spiritual Pivot and the surrounding planets after the "Demon Suppressing Tower out-of-control" incident.
True Person Yuan He stood to one side, his expression equally solemn as he watched the illusory projection in midair. Another hazy phantom floated behind him, seemingly a ferocious beast concealing its form as it lazily curled up beside its master.
"Judging from the reports coming in from everywhere, quite a few people have indeed suddenly set out for the border over the past few days—nearly twenty percent more than the normal flow of personnel," True Spirit Yuanling said in a deep voice. "Although we can't say directly that all these people were influenced by Yun Qingzi, there must be cases similar to Linglong and Shang An among them."
"We stopped everyone we could. As for some Immortal Boats that needed to dock and transfer at planets around Shuju, I've already notified the local control offices. They've temporarily detained the passengers under the pretexts of 'route risks' or 'facility malfunctions,'" True Person Yuan He said slowly. "They're carefully inspecting the passengers aboard the Immortal Boats now. If there's any news, it should arrive soon."
"Mm." True Spirit Yuanling nodded lightly. "Fortunately, Shuju is remote, and most routes can't reach it directly. Ordinary civilian Immortal Boats have to transfer at planets such as Yaomen Star and Ten Courts, unlike the Otherworld Inn, which