Hooking Out the East Wo Country's Hidden Traitors

Jiang Liu was able to keep Mo Baitian in this place so easily because Mo Baitian was careless.

Mo Baitian was ambushed by Jiang Liu with his Divine Sense as soon as he arrived. Secondly, Jiang Liu's Cloudfall Strike technique is now more proficient and its power is much greater than when he fought the Grandmaster of Corpse Valley.

That's why it has such a powerful attack, which has frightened both Elder Bai and Elder He, something Jiang Liu hadn't expected.

Elder Bai laughed heartily, gave Jiang Liu a thumbs up, and said, "Good lad, you've already taken care of things before we even arrived. Very good!"

Elder He nodded in satisfaction at Jiang Liu, and the two Minor Grandmaster elders greeted Jiang Liu warmly.

Then Elder Bai and Elder He gave orders to gather all the captured people from Corpse Valley into the City Lord's Mansion and begin questioning them.

The people from the Exotic Beast Valley in the City Lord's Mansion suddenly realized that their former leader, Li Chunyang, was a spy from Corpse Valley, and they all began to curse him.

Jiang Liu also brought over the two contacts imprisoned in Ascension Tower and their packages.

Before long, with Jiang Liu's assistance and questioning, a complete map of Corpse Valley's power bases in Qi Province was drawn.

The list also detailed the approximate strength of the experts present. Jiang Liu glanced at it and found that there were no Grandmaster listed, and only three Minor Grandmaster, who were located in different places.

Jiang Liu felt a little strange and asked Elder Bai, "Elder Bai, do you know how many Grandmaster there are in Corpse Valley?"

Elder Bai replied, "Previous intelligence indicated that Corpse Valley only had two Grandmaster in total. As for whether there have been any who have advanced to the next level, that's unclear. After all, it's generally impossible to detect Grandmaster unless they make a move."

Jiang Liu nodded to indicate that he understood. Then he recalled the Corpse Valley Grandmaster he had fought in the mountains earlier. He must have been Grandmaster for a short time, judging from his appearance that he was not very old.

If what Elder Bai said is true, then those two Grandmaster must have advanced for at least several decades, so they couldn't possibly be this age. Although Grandmaster can appear younger to some extent, it takes effort, and it's generally only female Grandmasters who do this.

After all, male grandmasters don't care about their appearance. As long as they have strength, is it necessary to care about their appearance?

Then Jiang Liu remembered that Flowing Cloud Matriarch still looked almost exactly like the one in the portrait, and he wanted to complain. That portrait must have been painted not long after Flowing Cloud Matriarch became the sect leader of the Flowing Cloud Sect.

At least several decades have passed since then, yet Flowing Cloud Matriarch still maintains almost the same appearance, which suggests that he must have put a lot of effort into that aspect.

Elder Bai had no idea that Jiang Liu's thoughts had wandered so far. He saw Jiang Liu nod and then seem thoughtful, so he assumed Jiang Liu had made some discovery and asked, "What? Did you discover that Corpse Valley has a new Grandmaster?"

Jiang Liu then told Elder Bai about the discovery of the mountain range and also brought out the spoils from that time.

Elder Bai and Elder He were wondering why Jiang Liu was carrying such a big package, but when they opened it, wow, it was a whole bunch of miscellaneous things.

Elder Bai picked up the shinbone weapon and examined it closely, saying, "This should be a newly promoted Grandmaster from Corpse Valley, not one I've seen before. Because the weapons they use are different."

Then he picked up Koinu Jun'ichirō's longsword and examined it. After looking at it, he curled his lip and said, "These Wo Slaves can't even learn our forging techniques very well. The swords they make are just so-so."

Jiang Liu smiled and said nothing. Then he asked Elder Bai and Elder He to identify anything that could prove Koinu Jun'ichirō's identity.

Jiang Liu had previously disliked Koinu Jun'ichirō's belongings, finding them too disgusting, and hadn't examined them closely. As for the Corpse Valley Grandmaster's belongings, Jiang Liu had already checked them and found nothing unusual.

As for the Lotus Sect's teachings, Jiang Liu plans to leave them to Ascension Tower to handle; it's best not to provoke new enemies for the Exotic Beast Valley for now.

Jiang Liu had just come up with a plan to lure out the East Wo Country hidden in the shadows of Daqian, and he decided to make good use of Koinu Jun'ichirō's things.

After careful examination, Elder Bai found two items with special markings among Koinu Jun'ichirō's belongings. One of them was a token, which was very obvious and easy to recognize.

The other item was a waist protector, embroidered on the inner layer; Jiang Liu wouldn't have known if Elder Bai hadn't recognized it. Of course, the four knives were also clearly marked items.

However, the most important thing right now is to clean up all the strongholds that Corpse Valley left in Qi Province.

Subsequently, Elder Bai and Elder He purged the entire Mountain City's garrison.

They cleared out the remaining remnants of Corpse Valley from the city's defense forces, and then led a team to screen the remaining forces within the Mountain City.

Anyone suspected was arrested and dealt with. As for how to identify them, the method was very simple, because Li Chunyang had instructed that as long as people were locked up for a period of time, the aftereffects of practicing the Corpse Valley Technique would soon appear.

Once a martial artist has practiced the Corpse Valley's techniques for a period of time, their vital energy will become uncontrollable and violent, requiring them to consume Blood Suppression Pill to suppress the violent surge of qi and blood.

As for someone like Li Chunyang, he was a special case. Jiang Liu even checked Li Chunyang's meridians and found that his vital energy had mutated and was a special kind of vital energy that was a mixture of the Corpse Valley and the Exotic Beast Valley techniques.

He must have cultivated both the Exotic Beast Valley Technique and the Corpse Valley Technique to a high level to achieve this mutation. This should be considered a special case; under normal use, it wouldn't be noticeable.

This strange trait only becomes apparent when one is truly ready to fight to the death. Just like before, when Li Chunyang wanted to fight Jiang Liu to the death, he couldn't hide it anymore.

However, this discovery also made Jiang Liu wary, because combining two different or opposite cultivation methods could lead to abnormalities.

Jiang Liu seems to be able to cultivate various techniques simultaneously, which is probably related to the Data Panel, or the Data Panel may have fused the energy cultivated from these different techniques.

That's why Jiang Liu didn't sense anything unusual. It was only through Li Chunyang that Jiang Liu learned the drawbacks of practicing multiple martial arts techniques simultaneously.

Fortunately, I have always had an auxiliary panel to help me cultivate, otherwise I might have really exploded and died.

Li Yangchun is like this now; sometimes he can't control his internal energy, which is why Jiang Liu felt that Li Yangchun's aura was a bit strange before.

As for whether others will do the same, that remains to be seen, especially the two Core Disciples that Corpse Valley has planted; Jiang Liu is prepared to observe them closely.

After all, this could lead to finding more clues about Corpse Valley and the specific manifestations of the drawbacks of practicing two completely different types of cultivation techniques.

Elder Bai and Elder He have each led their own teams to capture the remaining members of Corpse Valley in various counties of Qi Province, while Jiang Liu has stayed behind in the Mountain City.

Before leaving, Elder Bai had already sent a message to Valley Master Mo Han, instructing him to conduct another thorough investigation of all the disciples of the Exotic Beast Valley.

The method is to follow Li Yangchun's instructions: separate all the disciples of the Exotic Beast Valley for a period of time and conduct investigations to identify whether they are spies from Corpse Valley.

Before long, the investigation of disciples in the Exotic Beast Valley began, and sure enough, they found several Inner Sect Disciples and a few Outer Sect Disciple as well.

It must have been investigated once before; these are just the remaining cases that slipped through the net.