The Candidate Appears

Heavenly Square Immortal City.

Inside an inn.

Inside Cheng Buzheng's guest room, he gazed into the distance at the Mortal Cultivators constantly entering and leaving the inner city.

After several days of observation, only a handful of Foundation Establishment Realm Mortal Cultivators from the Huangfu Immortal Clan had left the inner city.

Yet none of them had left the Immortal City.

Thus, there had been no opportunity to make a move.

Besides!

According to the intelligence, those few Foundation Establishment Realm Mortal Cultivators had no connection whatsoever to any core figures. Even after seven twists and eight turns, they could not be linked by the slightest thread.

So they were not particularly suitable candidates either.

Just then, an expressionless young Mortal Cultivator walked out of the inner city.

At the sight of this man, Cheng Buzheng's gaze sharpened.

"This one would make a fine target!"

Cheng Buzheng mused inwardly.

According to the intelligence, this man was named Huangfu Anjia. He had long been stationed in Luminous Immortal City and was the Huangfu Immortal Clan's overseer in the Luminous Sea Region.

However, that was merely his public identity. According to intelligence gathered by the Wind Information General Hall, Huangfu Anjia was actually responsible for intelligence in the Luminous Sea Region.

Because the Huangfu Immortal Clan was based in the Luminous Sea Region, it learned certain important news or secret intelligence earlier than he did.

They could even uncover intelligence that Huangfu Anjia himself could not obtain.

As a result, his status was far inferior to the intelligence overseers of the other sea regions.

Thus, his standing within the clan was rather awkward—insufficient compared to those above, yet more than adequate compared to those below.

Most crucially, he was solitary by nature and had virtually no close friends.

He was absolutely an