Mao Jin and the others had suspected that members of Immortal Trace were hiding among Great Zhou's upper echelons, and that the truth was known to quite a few people. But they had never imagined that one of the members would be Prince Jin, a successor to the throne—and a god-and-devil-level powerhouse involved in this mission!
If—if they hadn't thought to investigate Immortal Trace, they would have slipped into Prince Jin's Mansion completely off guard. One careless move, and Prince Jin, who knew all about Reincarnation, would have seen through them. They would have been dead beyond dead.
At that moment, similar images flashed through their minds: after going through hell and back, the team finally took advantage of Prince Jin's absence to sneak into his private study. But behind the desk, Prince Jin sat in the dim light, watching them coldly. Then he slowly took out a mask of an "ancient immortal" and put it on. Everything went black.
Just imagining the scene sent a chill down their spines.
Thank goodness they had found out in advance. Thank goodness!
Yu Jinghua drew a quiet breath and spoke through the mental network Zhu Tianming had established. "The Six Paths let us read the entire Great Zhou Defense Manual. They didn't remove the relevant information. So that was the point."
"Yeah. If we hadn't been so shocked by the revelations about the 'Six Paths' and 'Mythos,' and then made those deductions naturally, we wouldn't have thought to investigate Immortal Trace. We would never have uncovered Prince Jin's secret, which is practically common knowledge. We'd have lost at least half the mission right from the start." Luan Yaqian agreed from within her invisibility.
The news had nearly blown them all up—but it had also truly lowered the risks they faced!
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