Eyes in the Dark

"Is this how an undercover agent operates, making themselves infamous?"

"If I'm not infamous, how can I go undercover?"

"You, a Demoness with the blood of righteous cultivators on your hands, claiming to be undercover? Do you think I'd believe that?"

"I've killed quite a few people, so what? Are all righteous cultivators good people?"

"So, you're saying you only killed scum?"

"Mhm!"

"Come here, let me confirm."

Li Ye stared at the Flower Demon, who shook her little head like a rattle drum.

Who knew what questions he'd ask after controlling her.

Unfortunately, the Flower Demon had no say in the matter. If she wanted to kill the Mad Devil, she had to get Li Ye's help.

In the end, the Flower Demon relented and compromised.

"You can't ask just anything. Don't ask which sect I'm from; I don't even know myself. Some things were done to me with mysterious means before I even went to the Demonic Sect."

"I only have one contact person."

The Flower Demon said.

"Is that so?"

Li Ye was slightly surprised.

Then, he used Words Manifest Reality to confirm the truthfulness of the Flower Demon's words.

The result was indeed as the Flower Demon had said.

She was an undercover agent from a certain mysterious great sect, having infiltrated the Demonic Sect for many years.

She had already collected a lot of information on the Demonic Sect.

Once the time was right, she could uproot the Demonic Sect and eradicate it completely.

At this point, Li Ye had no more doubts:

"The righteous path has such an astonishing plan? I wonder which great sect is leading this."

"What a grand undertaking."

He curiously asked again:

"With so many clothes, can you even wear them all?"

"I can wear them all. Three to five sets a day. I bathe when I sweat and change after bathing. That's why I hate going out and hate practicing cultivation."

This woman has mysophobia, Li Ye thought.

He was, after all, a passionate young man.

Thinking of how the Flower Demon, a young girl in her prime, had risked her life for the common people for so many years.

Li Ye admired her from the bottom of his heart.

Thus, he began to inquire about her in various aspects, showing concern and seeking understanding.

For example, which bellyband was the Flower Demon's favorite (the green peacock one), which pair of shorts (the pink peony one), and whether she sat alone in front of the mirror admiring herself after bathing (every time, and for a long time).

What if the weather was too hot? Would she still wear so many cumbersome ancient clothes?

Would she not wear them in her room?

Did she have any good habits when sleeping, and so on?

A moment later, a murderous scream echoed from Li Ye's room.

It was the Flower Demon, who had broken free from Words Manifest Reality and regained consciousness.

She was completely enraged and wanted to tear Li Ye to shreds.

"How long until the Mad Devil breaks through?"

"A month at the shortest, three months at the longest."

"Find a way to stall him until I've refined the Golden Ginseng."

"...The chances are slim."

"I don't care, you must stall him."

"Al... alright."

"Also, after killing the Mad Devil, everything on him belongs to me."

"That can be arranged."

Li Ye agreed to Flower Demon's request and decided to join forces with her to kill Mad Devil.

Putting aside how much cultivation could be refined from Mad Devil's corpse, Flower Demon had already exposed her undercover identity. Li Ye felt he should do something for the common people.

"I hope you can be quick. This is a communication talisman I refined. Pour your spiritual energy into it to inscribe the message you want to convey to me, and the other piece in my hand will display it simultaneously."

Before leaving, Flower Demon handed Li Ye a piece of clear jade talisman.

This type of talisman is called a Communication Talisman in the cultivation world.

"You haven't been suppressing your cultivation, have you, refusing to break through?"

"Before dealing with Mad Devil, I can attempt a breakthrough. Every bit of strength increases my chances."

Li Ye said.

When he was 'interrogating' Flower Demon earlier, she herself said she hated practicing.

This indicated that this beauty basically slacked off whenever she could.

Yet, even so, she had already reached the first layer of the Object Manipulation Realm at such a young age.

This showed how high her talent was.

Flower Demon left.

Evening:

A knock came from the door.

Li Ye knew it was the food delivery.

As expected, it should still be Beef and Scallion Buns.

Old Wu had said he would take care of him for three days.

Although he said three days, it was actually only in the afternoon, one meal a day.

Today was the second day.

Li Ye pushed the door open and indeed saw an oil-paper package placed on the ground. Upon opening it, there were five steaming buns.

He picked them up and began to eat with relish.

In this era of war and suffering, the common people were struggling, but it had little impact on those at the top.

If they wanted to eat delicacies, it was as easy as lifting a hand.

Li Ye now had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but he didn't go out to indulge in feasting.

He could eat delicacies, and he could also eat hard, unpalatable wowo tou (a type of steamed corn bun).

Li Ye was such a person; he enjoyed good fortune when it came, and when times were tough, he'd eat wo wo tou with a sprinkle of cumin and chili powder.

The five Beef and Scallion Buns were quickly devoured.

Li Ye stretched with a satisfied expression.

Suddenly, his face changed drastically: "My power is disappearing."

Li Ye's current cultivation was extraordinary; below the Object Manipulation Realm, he basically had no opponents.

He had reached a considerable level of attainment and was extremely sensitive to every change in his body.

He quickly checked himself internally, confirming repeatedly.

He finally confirmed that in the short time he was eating the buns, he had lost about twenty jin of immense strength.

How could his power disappear for no reason?

The buns had a problem!

Li Ye's expression instantly turned grim: "It's the same poison as the Holy Son had."

Li Ye, the Holy Son of the Divine Concealment Sect, the foremost prodigy of the Southern Region, shone brilliantly, how amazing he was.

Yet, due to being ambushed, he was afflicted with a strange poison, his power gradually weakened, and he eventually became ordinary, dying in depression.

Now, the person who poisoned him had reappeared.

And they had targeted the transmigrated Li Ye.

Who?

Who exactly is it!

Li Ye's heart burned with rage.

He had transmigrated, and after much effort, he had cultivated this extremely frail body of the Holy Son to its current state.

He was on the verge of rising.

And now, the other party had poisoned him again, intending to cripple Li Ye as well.

This is truly outrageous.

No, the other party definitely doesn't know the Holy Son is dead; they think the Holy Son is still the Holy Son.

Seeing that the Holy Son was not dead, this person became anxious and administered another potent dose, wanting the Holy Son to disappear sooner.

"So there's been a pair of eyes watching me in secret all along."

"What a shame, I'm going to disappoint you."

Li Ye chided lightly, silently circulating the Nine Heavens Crimson Thunder Art.

He could already feel that as he realized he was poisoned and his mind moved freely, subconsciously mobilizing some of his power, the rate at which his cultivation was draining had become very slow.

Li Ye guessed that his body-refining technique might possess the power to be immune to all poisons.

Boom!

The next moment, crimson arcs of electricity surged from Li Ye's body, circulating throughout his entire being. Before long, faint black qi was expelled from Li Ye's body.

A quarter of an hour later, all the toxic power was cleared.

"Good, let me see who you are!"

Li Ye's expression was extremely grim, and he silently recited Daily Divination in his heart.

He had used 'Daily Divination' last night in the Great Barren Forest during the first half of the night, and now it was the afternoon of the second day.

The skill had 'refreshed'.

However, this time it failed.

Li Ye was stunned for a long time: "I almost forgot, Daily Divination cannot calculate my own heavenly secrets."

"Damn it! If I can't calculate it, it will be difficult to find this person."

When Li Ye obtained 'Daily Divination', the information given was this: apart from himself, all heavenly secrets could be calculated.

The other party was targeting Li Ye, and Li Ye was using Daily Divination to deduce who had poisoned him, which meant he was calculating his own heavenly secrets.

Therefore, the divine ability failed.

"In that case, I'll just calculate who came into contact with the beef buns."

Li Ye whispered.

The divine ability had failed, so he should be able to use it again.

Thus, Li Ye silently recited the 'Daily Divination' incantation in his heart.

Hum!

The next moment, sure enough, the heavenly secrets related to these five beef buns appeared out of thin air in Li Ye's mind.

Which shop the buns were bought from, who kneaded the dough, who seasoned the filling, who steamed them, who sold them, and who bought them.

Everyone related to these five beef buns appeared in Li Ye's mind.